Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-05

REGENTS call for about one-third more. By con ar
sultation with different farmers we find that the oe
above assertion as regards the increased tax ls %
about right, and that the farmers are not very -
much taken up with this new Byrne tax.-Henry oe
Independent. 90
The newspapers of the state and particularly OF
the papers opposed to the present state admin @
istration are very %outspoken IN their criticism OF -
the tax commission owing to the substantial IN o.
crease in taxes, which had previously reached a OF
very high mark. The farmers are said to be the @
hardest hit and the increase is said to be from ~
one fourth to one-third in most cases. In Kings o.
bury county the increase is from forty to fifty per os
cent. Persons interested can ascertain at the %
Office of the county treasurer just what their IN or
crease over last year amounts. to-. The rate OF OF
levy seems not to have been proportlonately re- O.
duced to correspond with the increased assess ~
ment. oe
Henry Ford is receiving considerable criticism -,
as well as advertising because of his method of o.
profit sharing with his employees. There are those oe
who maintain that his wage scale will denorallze y
the system in other Detroit factories whose profits ar
do not admit Of paying a floor sweeper, roustabout OF
or unskilled laborer SIS a day. Others are of the O
opinion that Ford might better divide his profits ~
with the public which purchases his cars by low 90
ering the price. He will not, however, feel inclln- oc
ed to do this when that same public is clamorlng O.
for all the cars he can make. His price is $3.50 y,
lower than the nearest competitor with a i've o.
passenger car. It is a question, however, but &C
what a plan of dividing the profits by giving a %
lump sum to every employee at the end of the year 90
would be better for the trade and the employees OF
as well. The employees of the Ford factories were %
literally paid before Ford instituted his present "
II ~ III ,olo~, n441r - o h1rh
as ST to $40 a day, and the chances are that by OF
practically doubling the wage scale many of them @
will spend it as fast as they can get it, while if -
given to them at the end Of the year would be an O,
incentive to salt down a good part oft at least o.
Kimball Graphic. ~
The story is that when the United States troops 0,
invaded Mexico in 1916, they used to sing apopu- O.
lar song of that day that begane Green grow the =,
leaves of the hawthorn tree. The Mexicans, o.
Come to associate the song with the invading army, o,
until they began to call the detested Americans 9
the green-grows,'' or t'gringos.'' The name =
has stuck ever since, and Mexicans now apply it O
as a term Of contempt to all Americans. Q
A Norwegian recently died in Turner county a
who did not leave a very good temperance lesson o
behind him. He was a VIGOROUSLY hard drinkers .
but left an estate valued at 100000, all IN FARMS =
which he had accumulated in the last IS years. It o
appears that every time he got on a big drunk Q
some one took advantage of him by unloading =
a quarter of land, but when he sobered up he hung @
onto the land and the lands made him rich.-Ver- o
million Republican 2
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The FlandreaH Herald, a progressive news 8
paper gives this view of the situation: ICON Q
gresham Burke of Pierre, is the minority candi- 9
date for the United States senate from this state. =
While Mr.. Burke is classed as a stalwart he is far O
more progressive and consistent than Crawford, 9
and can always be located on every question Of :
public service. The Herald takes a great pleas 3
ure in saying that it via support Burke in prefer 9
ence 70 Crawford AS the campaign advances 9
it viii be pleased to give reasons why all progress :
sives should join hands IN electins Burke and re- {
firing Crawford 8
General Buckner, who surrendered Fort Dom {
elson to General Grant In 1862, and the last Of the (
confederate lieutenant generals, died last week at s
1t #L. 20 $500 - L:.# Icrnn s-@ NH,,ng ~