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Evening journal., 1914-06-20
The Income Tax Guess of
The Secretary of The Treasury
Grom the Philadelphia Press)

From out Of the chaos and the tangl,
Of the new income tax law there has al
last emerged one clear fact. The amount
that the tax win bring into the govern
ment treasury viii fall far short o.
what was anticipated and figured The
Secretary OF the Treasury now esti
mates that about thirty millions Of dol
lars will represent the payment from
this source during the present fiscal
year This Is but third OF what the
makers OF the law predicted would r..
suit in revenue.
II IS now evident that the great
mllds that prepared this measure were
~ as bllnd maze IN regard to its re-
suit as they We're in the methods OF lis
collection. Only one idea was clear 10
them, the wicked rich were to be made
20 pay the loss in revenue brought
about by the low duties OF the new tar
NJ. The great mass Of voters were to
be exempted from this new tax burden,
and, therefore, it would not be unDopu-
lar throughout the country and it would
nave distinct strength as a political as
set.
An income tax IS no new idea in the
world Foreign countries have long
made use OF il. But in the lands
abroad the tax is based on principle
OF fairness and equity It IS founded
on the theory that all OF the people
shall share in the support of their eoun-
try, that each shall bear his proper pro
portion Of the burden. In those coun-
tries it is a real national tax. The new
law Of tile United States is both class
legislation and sectional legislation roll
ed into one.
Even by the figures Of the men who
made our law it was admitted that but
one person out Of every two hundred
IN the United States would be at all
affected by the income tax. That. OF
course, is class legislation Of the most
pronounced type. The votes OF the
country are in the exempted class. Ii
Is only the few who will pay, not the
many.
Il is sectional legislation, because
1t Is the North that must pay the
tax. The estimates OF the trainers OF
the law made half OF the amount to
be collected come from four North
ern States, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois. The State Of the
chairman OF the ways and means
committee which drew the bill will
pay less than one-half Of one per
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cent. of the total. The same favorit-
ism for the Dixieland that marked the
making Of the new tariff was careful
ly extended to the income tax as
Well
At the time the measure was pre-
pared, its author estimated that dur-
ing the first ten monhs of its exist
ence, up to July ] OF this year ii
would yield over eighty millions Of
dollars. Afterwards. the Treasury ex-
perts did some figuring Of their own.
and reduced the amount expected 10
ftfty-four millions. And now the See
retary Of the Treasury is compalled
to admit that it will bring but thirty
millions, only about one-half Of even
the revised estimate.
The usual result follows. When
ever facts and test have proven this
administration wrong in its claim and
its predictions, there is ALWAYS the
cry Of fraud conspiracy and other
monstrous things. When experience
overthrows expectations, there must
be something wicked somewhere.
some horrible plot to discredit an
omniscient administration. So now
there is the cry of fraud from Wash
ington that persons are not telling
the truth under oath about their ia
comes, that there is perjury every-
where; and with it the announcement
that new inquisition will be start
ed because the returns of TODAY do
not come up to the guesswork Of last
year.
It does not occur to the admins
tration that there was no real basis
for their original estimates. that A
good part of the guessing that was
then done was the result Of inflated
imagination as to the number of
great incomes, that it may be possible
that wealth in the United States Is
more evenly distributed than was
supposed by the master minds of Con
gress II is all another evidence Of
the incompetency Of a Democratic /
to look ahead and to
forsee the results Of its action. The
estimates Of the makers OF the income
tax law blundered some billions Of
dollars in estimating the incomes /
taxable under that law. Is il any
wonder that the business world Is |
fearful Of regulation under laws /
by these same men? The in
come tax bungle is typical Of Demo- /
cratic inability in constructive legis- /
lation.
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| plead for the city to buy it. To the
African race whom her family mad
helped to free-not with bullets
which their religion would not allow
but by means of the Underground
Railroad" garden would bave
been of infinite good
visited this lady's grave last weet
in the ground of the Friends "a
Fourth and West streets. She Was
Miss Elizabeth Barker Hilles. for.
merly OF No. GIG King street. In the
hurry and rush of the Twentieth cen.
tury, ] regret to say. that, although
live close at hand, it had been long
since | had visited this hallowrd
ground. Roses were blooming. Some
children, en- route for school, held
pleading hands through the iron bars
OF the renee. 20, Missus, please
give me rosel" they said
May God forgive me If I do WRONG
IN believing they could do more than
q prayer. Are they not prayer in &C.
ton?
And now to conclude: The blood 4,
my noble mother rests on this citv
and doubtless, that of MANY anofbe,
through wrong, injustice and broker
laws For them / cannot fight
II my beloved mothers sorrowfu
death-yet glorious, if agony. nobi,
borne as good soldier OF our lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ-ean h,
made the means OF teaching III,
children of this town the differenca
wide as the universe, between goldav
liberty and Hell-born licenses. al,
viii not have died in vain.
Very truly yours.
SUSAN ROWLAND
Wilmington, Del, June II, 1914.
Evening journal., 1914-06-20
VISIT MANY PLACES
on A STRAW RIDE.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWPORT, Del, June 20-A straw
ride was given by Miss Anna Spence.
Of Newport, on Saturday evening last
They went from Newport to Kiamensi.
thence to Newark and then to
Cooch's Bridge. Those who went
We're: Mr.. and Mrs. William Springer
and daughter. Violet, of Wilmington:
Mrs Spence. of Newport; Mrs.
Dickerson, of Kiamensi; Miss Cath
crime Dickerson, Miss Elizabeth
Dickerson, Miss Myrtle Dickerson,
Miss Anna Spence, Miss Alice Spence,
A'ise Violet Snringar- Alfred Spence.
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A CONVENTION 0F VALE.

TIE annual convention OF the Delaware state Bank
ers Association in Lewes this week was At
tested by many Of the most prominent bankers and
hnanciers in our State II resulted in an exchange of
views that cannot fail to bring benefit to our banking
system and the entire business community.
IN the matter Of banking Delaware has an envlable
record The Federal reports show that there never
mas been failure of national bank here We also
have been remarkably free from trouble affecting state
banks and trust companies. There have been In
stances Of dealcaton, but the institutions afecta
BY such misorunes have swallowed their losses ana
continued in business
~ recent years great forward strides have been
made BY Delawares financial institutions They have
become more progressive and at the same time pre
served that element Of sound business prudence that
counted for much for the protection Of investors
depositors There has been iberaIty without reckless
ness with the result that our banks and trust COM
panies taking them a whole, never were IN better
condition to command public confidence than they are
today. :
bnt there is no banker, no matter how smart he
may be- who knows it all and there Is none who can
fail to learn something Of value from a comparison
ideas such as featured the convention held in Lees
1t Is safe to assume that with the passing Of each
year such conventions will increase in practical value
70 our business community
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Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.

DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
compiled by John g. Quinius, The
Sunshine Man,
True happiness lies entirely in
ourselves, not at all in our circum-
stances. From the lowest depths
there is a path to the loftiest height. .
Father, let me cling to thee,
Little strength have /;
am on troubled sea,
Thou canst pacify.
ieaF, God, my earnest plea,
heavenly Father, shelter me;
l can cry to none but Thee:
Harken to my cry.
Nv. G. Martin, ITO Thee ! Cry"
Every tragedy in the home circle.
every nour OF agony through which
you pass, every wrong that you must
endure in silence-for there is no re-
dress upon this side OF the grave--ie
not Durposeless or accidental. II is
great privilege to which you are
called-the high prerogative. Of suf-
lering Some day we shall see the
meaning OF il all, and never regret a
moment Of it.-R. J. Campbell.
Going with the stream is nature,
going against the stream IS grace,
ana grace Is manifest when you see
man struggling against his evil
Dfopehsltles.-Rev. J. Taylor Binns.
saw a delicate flower had grown
up two feet high between the horses
-ath and the wheel-track. One inch
more to right or left had sealed its
tate, or an inch higher, and vet II
lived to flourish as much as if il had
a thousand acres of untrodden space
around it, and never knew the danger
It incurred. It did not borrow
trouble, nor invite an evil fate nv
apprehending it.-Thoreau.
like religion that does not grum-
ble ABOUT the world in which we are
nFlng, but finds that because God is
~ y lhefe cannot be much wrong. / 4
heard story about a woman in New
ork who has been left widow. She
was turned eighty and she had but
one daughter. And the daughter was
taken and she was left alone. Her
visited her He thought to |
comfort her, so he said: "My sister. |
bear your burden a little longer: Won
will soon be in heaven. And the old (
lady lifted her head and replied II I
10 not thank you for that kind Of
ak. | am ready to go whenever the
call comes. but / am very well con-
.ent to stay here as long as the Lord
will let me, for I have still some
.hings to do, some things to enjoy. II
IS a beautiful and noble world. and
am not going to grumble to you. or
o God, at my lot / am going 10
est quietly until my call comes,
! like that. There is a devout
leart. Such life is a perpetual
rayer.-Collyer.
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Former President William Howard TAFT is a dis
tinguished member Of the Yale faculty President
Woodrow Wilson is a former president Of Princeton
and evnces the keenest possible interest in It's for
tunes Yale and Princeton met on the baseball dia-
mond few days ago Result: Yale 9; Princeton
o. We trust sincerely that President Wilson will not
contend that the discontinue Of Princeton was due 10
causes purely psychological On the other hand
we hope that Republican optimlst whose optimism
is tinctured by superstition VIII look upon that base
ball score augury Of the result OF the election
next November, when Wilson and Bryan will be the
battery for the Democratic Nationals Hard and ineli
gent work and not superstitous optimism should rule
the conduct Of every Republican when that great game
is played
Evening journal., 1914-06-20
ORPHAN HOME ExERcIsEs.

The annual exercises of the Gram
mar and Primary Departments of the
Delaware Orphan Home and Indus
trial School will be held June 2s
There will be services in the morning
at 1890 o'clock and in the afternoon
at o'clock Neal Comfy, OF vii
mington, well known missionsrv
worker and a staunch friend Of the
institution for many years, will speak
in the afternoon along with Elder q
r. Rodgers, of Baltimore. DR.. q. G
Carter, of Auburn, n. Y, will deliver
an address in the morning. Other
speakers will be present during the
day to assist the students I'm their
exercises which will consist of scrin-
tural recitations and songs.
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AN OFF DAY FOR THE CHICKS.

4 r is pity that the Wilmington baseball team made
such poor showing IN the game with Allentown
on Thursday For the first time this the grand
stand and the beachers filled with interested
and enthusiastic spectators They went there hoping
TO see the home team acqut itself became the Tr
State champion Of 1913 and the Tri-state leader in
the present II is useless to attempt to gloss
over the fact that they keeny disappointed when
the Chicks blew up and permitted the visitors to win
BY score Of II to A.
IN other words It an off day for Wilmington
and particularly for its pitchers They could not
stand mp against the Allentown baters The prevail
ing hope Is that when Wilmington and Allentown
meet again the diamond the Chicks Will wipe out
the defeat Of Thursday by rolling up score that will
be equally disappointing to Allentown.
Meantime the Wilmington public should continue to
give TO our home team that measure Of countenance
and support that is essential success In a fight
for a pepnant. There is baseball team that does
not have its off days and real lovers of the game are
fully cognizant Of the The Of that assertion
is shown by the way in which home team ac-
quilted itself in the with Harrisburg yesterday
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

There is no ardent Democratic partisan in Delaware
VINO has more Democratic Republican and Progressive
friends than Eugene NJ sayers city Tax Collector for
the Southern District He has suffered a slight
stroke Of paralysis which while Il has ineapaetated
nm for the time being seems to be subaidng We
feel sure we express the sentiment Of d community
~ which he has been prominent and popular SO many
years when We wish him a speedy restoration to
health and to official and political activity
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Greenwood, Sussex county the home Of former GOV
ernor Simeon 5. Penewill Is looking up By a vote
OF S26 TO O. the people there recently decided to
about Sl25oo for improved public school facilities
That speaks exceedingly well for the interest Of n
small town like that in the cause Of education
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Women should be discouraged from smoking in NOV
ing picture shows, the National Board Of Censors SAYS
solemnly Wilmington need no such discour-
agement There Is no city Of its size in the United
States that has fewer women smokers and fog wo-
man to indulge in smoking in public place il an mn
heard Of thing.
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

The story Of the rescue OF Captain John smith by
Pocahontas is fiction says Professor A. B. Hart of
Harvard University America will demand most con-
elusive proof before It will permit Professor Hart OF
any other researcher to shatter what has become
national classic
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Representative Britten viii never get through tho
present Wison-Bryan Congress his proposed bin max
ng It penal offense members of the Cabinet Con-
gressmen and other Federal oficeholders to lecture
for pay. self-defense foredooms such a bin 10 de-
feat
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Ihe importation Of diamonds into the United states
eii on Sl50OO0oo during the first year Of the Wilson
ADMINISTRATION That would seem to indicate that
many Americans realized that diamonds and Demo-
cratic depression do not go well together
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lhose suez canal stockholders who are compelled
70 worry along on dividends OF thirtythree and one
hlrd per cent should exchange their canal holdings
for shares in certain mining properties If tbev ysb
70 know what real adversely is
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Frederick Wassmer, Samuel Reed
William Springer, Delaware Ruth.
Ralph Ruth, Frederick Bouidwin.
Howard Spence, Allen Dickerson.
John Dickerson, Harry Spence. Wal
ter Spence
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

ihat Wisconsin man who has preached his own
funeral Grafton into photograph for future use must
be suspicious Of his friends and neighbo-s including
the pastor Of the church to which he belongs
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Clifford Pinchot is busy endeavoring to conserve
ms senatorial boom in Pennsylvania that he has lit
tie time just now for general conservation work
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

Huerta may at least be proud Of his navy Of one
snip II hrs army had fought as well his situation
would not be as desperate as it is at present
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

American opinion unquestonabIy fncnes to the
view that Secretary Of State Bryan viii make bet
Ter impression with his chautauqua lectures than he
has with his Mexican ana Colombia policies
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

II George VI Perkins has any regard whatever for
his own pocket he win accept Amos Pinchots press
ing invitation to get out OF the Progressive marty
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Il Is worthy of note that Turkey is buying more
% rot out in port to be battered to pieces by
Greece or some other nation.
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

IA the eye Of the foreign manufacturer +,e r-oaou
WOOD ar law is Of the best pieces Of legislation
ever passed by an American Congress and approved ~
an American President y
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ton endorses only
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tion at any moment.
and positive proof
must be submitted
The accompanying
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has been issued 20
this paper.
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NAT Chicago police official who says that social
ss mas ceased to exist in that city is either blind or
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

rhe family bathtub is menace to The public health.
says New Jersey physician. That depends upon
whether il is used for bathing purposes or as gar
bage receptacle.
Evening journal., 1914-06-20

President Wilson urges unity among ali Christian
churches That is about as likely as unity amon-
al political parties or lower cost Of living under the
Underwood tariff
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@ muained and certified 60
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lieation. The figures of circulation
rsnaained in ths Associations 80
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for pay. self-defense foredooms such bin 10 de-
feat
Greenwood. Sussex county the home Of former GOV
ernor Simeon $ Penewill, Is looking up. BY vote
Of S26 TO the people there recently decided to spend
about Sl2500 for improved public school facilities
ihat speaks exceedingly well for the interest OF a
small town like that in the Of education
The importation diamonds into the United states
fell on Sl5oO0O0o during the year Of the Wilson
administration. That would seem to indicate that
many Americans realized that diamonds and Demo-
erauc depression do not go well together.
Those suez canal stockholders who are compelled
70 worry along dividends Of thirty-three and one
third per cent should exchange their canal holdings
for shares in certain mining properties il they wish
70 know what real adversity is
"
That Wisconsin who has preached his own
funeral grafton into phonograph for future use must
be suspicious Of his friends and neghbo.s including
ene pastor Of the church to which he belongs
-
American opinion unquestionabIy fnciines to the
view that Secretary OF State Bryan viii make a bet
ter impression with his chautauqua lectures than ne
has with his Mexican and Colombia policies
President Wilson urges unity among ali Christian
churches. That is about as likely al unitv anon.
an political parties or lower cost Of living under the
Underwood tarT.
Ihe family bathtub is to Tie public health,
says New Jersey physician That depends upon
whether il is used for bathing purposes or as gar
bage receptacle.
II George W Perkins has any regard whatever for
ms own pocket he viii accept Amos Pinchots press
ing invitation to get out OF the Progressive party
Clifford puchof Is 80 b,.u
MS Senatorial boom in Pennsylvania that he has lit
Tie ume Just now for general conservation work
Huerta may at least be proud of his navy Of one
snip II his army had fought as well his situation
would not be as desperate it is at present
i is worthy Of note that Turkey is biyinr more
SHIPS TO rot out in port or to be battered - nia Nv
Greece or some other nation
mat Chicago police official who saws thar soc,a,
wee has ceased to exist that city is either blind or
crazy, both. ~ ~
The Washington herald., 1914-10-27
FAIRBANKS SCORES DEMOCRATS
IndIanans Are Told That Business
HaIts Under That Party's Rule.

Indianapolis. Ind. Oct 2s.-"Democ-
racy has been put to the supreme test
1t has been given power to put its poll
cies into effect and, as usual. has failed"
declared Charles W. Fairbanks. former
Vice President in an open letter to Re-
publicans made public here today.
The letter goes on to say that under
Democratic rule business has been halted.
the farmer has been injured. and in
creased taxes or bonds have become
necessary to preserve the public credit.
Let US begin the work OF restoring
prosperity" Mr.. Fairbanks concludes his
letter, by electlng a Senator and Repre-
sentatives in Indiana who will stand for
Republican policies and uphold the hands
Of a Republican President who would be
elected in 1916
I'VE know full well that our cause Is
just and that justice will triumph. The
people are aroused as they have not been
in recent years, and II We shall continue
TO rally to our colors as We have been do
ing We shall win a far-reachlng victory.
We invite to the support of our cause all
of those who may have disagreed with US
before"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-27
LONDON ATTACKS SEA LORD.
Prince OF BattenberE, NaturAlIEed
German, Asked to Explain.

London, Oct. 3.-The anti-German agi-
tation throughout England has now
spread SO that attacks are being made
on Prince Louis OF Battenberg. First
Sea Lord OF the Admiralty. He has
been subjected to a number Of veiled
attacks. the latest being carried on in
the columns of the Globe this afternoon.
The newspaper comments on the pro-
priety OF a naturalized German occupy
ing so important a position in the navy
at such a time and also on the various
rumors, and then says:
The prince enjoys the full confidence
Of the king and the government as well
as of his colleagues in the admiralty.
We know his eagerness to defeat the
German feet is as great as that of any
born Briton. But in this struggle public
opinion is OF vital Importance.
Every well-informed person knows
that the character Of Prince Louis Is
beyond challenge, but II is imperative
that the man in the street be equally
satisfied. At present he is not 1t is
the plain but disagreeable duty OF the
Globe to say So
The Globe demands that an authori-
tatIve statement be issued on the sub
ject. Despite the fact that the king
rc"cived him in a special audience last
week the TumOr persists that the prince
was imprisoned on suspicion of being
a spy.