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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
TAX RATES AND REVENUES.

Some time ago The Post-ChFonl"
Gle called attention to certain criti-
cisms in the Democratic press direct
ed at the action Of the board of pub
lie works in raising the rate of state
taxation from six cents to ten cents
on the hundred dollars. In that con-
nection The Post-Chronicle took oc-
casion to observe that the last time
our Democratic friends had anything
to do with fixing the rate of the
state tax it was placed at thirty-ftve
cents on the hundred dollars. The
Parkersburg Sentinel comes back
with the reply that in dollars and
cents the thirty-fivc cent rate means
less than half the amount involved
in the ten cent levy. L
The Sentinel is right about It, and
the reason why a ten cent rate now
yields more than twice as much rev
enue as did a thirty-five cent rate
ten or a dozen years ago is that the
state has grown enormously In
wealth and in the development of its
resources; and that is perfectly
valid reason why the adequate ads
minfstration of the state govern
ment requires much greater total
revenue and expenditure than were
necessary when our Democratic
friends last had these matters TO at
tend to for US. The grand list has
risen in. the. course of eight years
from a total of only $278;S29,659 III
1904 to $1,16S,012,65S in 1912. Co
ing back to Democratic days and
bringing the increase down to date
the growth would be even more
striking, but the figures from 1904
and 1912 are the only ones at hand.
Taxes are levied now on four and
one-fifth times as much property as
was shown ON the grand list of 1904.
This increase is due partly to the
rapid growth Of the actual wealth
of the state and partly to the fact
that the reform Of our tax system
brought under assessment enormous
amounts OF wealth which had been
escaping taxation. in the old Demo
cratic days. If we analyze the totals
OF the assessments of:1904 and 1912,
the truth Of this statement WILDE
readily apparent. In the earlier
year the grand list of $27S,s29,659
was made up of the following items:
Real esttaey .$16S,4SO,f50
Personal property S0,s56,2o9 z
Public utilities 80. 30,043,300
In 1912 the three classes OF. prop
erty in the state were valued by the
assessors as:follows: IL
Real estate s$633,747.6S3 Il
Personal property 2S9,236,206 .s
Public utilities =. 295,02S,S19s Z:
1t Will be observed that during
he3eight- year period our real estate Ne
increased in Its assessed value mot
quite fourfold H and our personal
property mot quite threefold, while
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
RREAD.

Bread was put on the free list but
we pay cents a loaf just the same
The tariff on broad was, under the
payne-Aldrich bill, 20%. Why,
pray tell us, has not the price OF
bread gone down 20% or to cents
per loaf?
The tariff on wheat was reduced
from 25c per bushe1 to the free list
and the tariff on flour was reduced
from $50 to the free list. With all
Of this precaution to lower prices we
are still paying more for our flour
than we did before the tariff was re-
moved, ~
viii some Democratic spellbinder,
or some editorial apostle of the New
Freedom, tell us whySthis isl SO when
we have had record breaking crops
all over the country, and our export
trade has been cut on?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
'oduction

turers of motor cars we addtaoln
If to this tax Upon the manufac-
turers of motor cars we add the
which it is proposed to
exact from owners of cars, we find
that the automobile industry and its
patrons are expected to furnish
;$22, $4,000 OF the $1O0,o00,00O Of
new revenue which the war has
made necessary. III
Is this just? Is this what the
Democratic administration calls en-
couraging American industry? AL
ready the Democratic party in the
exercise of its autocratic power has
reduced many flourishing American
manufactures to the point of exttnc-
tion by its tariff policy. Does It
propose to complete the job by the
use of the system of direct taxation:
'.The power to tax is the power to
destroy" is maxim familiar to stu
dents of public affairs. Does the
senate intend to ratify the purpose
of its subcommittee to use this
power for the destruction Of the au-
tomoDile industry?-N. Y. American
(Democrat). IF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

the valuation of tie property Of on
public service eOrporat ipns Increased
nearly tento1d. II was q notorious
abuse nder tie old regime that the
pnbIir service corp Ions were car
Tying far Tess tlIan their equitable
ofs die bind sng of; taxat Ion.
40 shia poffi en sof the total In
efEs ase i'll the operty Of tile
;state{is due 20 The sst eady growth OF
itg Efeatg induSt Ties and the develop
5tntiant {of 4 It's ma III ticent resources
which have u ee6m 50 panied the read
iuigtmenti lot tax burd TENS: with that
Growth have come enormously in
Creased demands on the various
fafggtesnilciesE of g65yternm ent within the
State. our! courts and schools land
State institutions have grown tpari
!passu With wealth, and oPulation.
and their growth has involved a
largely Increased total expenditure
'of'public money.
tr,wt5ith the ev,ot}lution1 50 the social
Organism the functions Of the state
are ever charging, and new agen-
}cies of government arc created for
the more mo efficient discharge of the
ldltisi Incident to the exercise OF
those functions. TO the, bourbon
mind-the type that never learns
anything and never forgets anything
the evolution of these ew3agen-
eies of government means, IotAing
but the creation OF new and unnec-
essary offices. The bourbon has al
ways regarded all offices as "spoils. "
The point tof view, from which the
holding Of public office IS regarded
AS an opportunity for public service
lis quite inaccessible to his mental
vision. HE is always opposed to the
creation OF a new office unless as
sufed in advance that the emolu-
ments Will accrue to his own politI-
cal advantage matter how urg-
ent may. be the public need which
the new office is intended to supply.
The fact is that West Virginia
needs tot raise very much greater
revenues and to expend them with
wise economy, If her state govern
ment is to discharge its legitimate
functions with any such degree OF
efficiency as has been reached by the
governments OF some of the more
progressive states. Our state univer-
sity, our public school system, our
department of mines, our agricultur-
al and horticultural interests and
the state department which repro
scnts them, our department of roads.
our department of labor and many OF
our state institutions are in need OF
more liberal instead Of more parsim-
onious treatment at the hands of the
Legislature. II the Democratic pa
pers know of any point at which the
states revenues are being recklessly
expended, without value received, by
all means let tim cry aloud and
spare not, but the naked fact that a
rapidly growing commonwealth
finds It necessary to enlarge its ex-
penditures is in no way discreditable
to the administration in control of
the states affairs. - Morgantown
Post-Chronicle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

The Democrats propose to issue a
campaign handbook citing alleged
achievements of the party. In the
estimation of the people, there ara
four achievements to be eredited-or
perhaps charged Is the better word
--to the party In power. The first
achievement" is the Underwood,
tariff law. This. law has closed
thousands OF factories, reduced hours
In others, set at idleness more than
a million men and brought stagna
tfon to the business world. st does
not pretend to be a protective meas
IRE. More. than thai, President wis
son, in fits message sof September q /.
eonfesses to congress that
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
3soMEETHINas h. REMEMBER.

that Gle promised te
9s
necessaries life and food stufs9 are going higher
S the Baltimore said ia
sorsa single
the United States ineligible for election and we pledge the
this this e. But the DEM END
nothing been done towards out this promise Mr.
Wilson, the candidate pledged is candidate Tor reelection
the Baltimore platform promised econ
that the for the present year exceed
those Of last year BY 5$25ooocoo
snd the in the number useless Offices new
positions have been aos e6 se e 9r bench
b M @ and 5 partisan p
system has been reinstated by the administration
4;,: platform na s 1--WE ia
G 51 the Ana that 'fh
pledge has been rePudae by recurring al ships to
ed to placing gate the high of the nation
make its citizens pay tribute .
REMEMBER the proposes to pay Co.
omba $25oooooo in baoEma in settlement of the Panama
Canal franchise after this question has been settled
price demanded by Colombia has long since been paid
REMEMBER we enjoying peace with all the
world and that Wilson 5 ling a. war tax Of
caused by tariff tnkerng'
$sooooooo BY income tax and that it raised only about o
by that method about close as usually comes
any of the great affairs of state.
REMEMBER we have always had prosperity under
Republican administrations and that the times Of greatest
ptessionin business always come under Democratic adnsa
lions.
REMEMBER-that the Baltimore platform last para
graph language: sour platform Of principles
which believe be Essential to welfare QUE
PLEDGES ARE MADE TO BE KEPT WHEN IN OFFICE as well
assred upon during and invite the coopera
all citizens regardless Of party who believe in maintain
ing unmpared the institutions and traditions Of country"
AND REMEMBER-that these pledges have been violated
and repudated by direction of the President at will
AND REMEMBER-that Congressman Nicely has been
party to all these platform Violations and vote for the Hon.
GeogeE White stands Republican principles which
have always brought the greatest degree of prosperity to the
country the most employment its people, the most orders to
its factories and the highest wages to its abor1ng
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
HOW rHE ,WEsr FEELS.

y L. % +. FU . il. ~ . d -ra 80
News from that west" of which
Chicago is the center. is anything
but reassuring to the Democracy.
The Comeback" of Uncle" Toe
Cannon in the Illinois primary not
only is significant Of the former
speakers popularity, but it also
shows the decadence of the opposi+
ton to the general principles for
which former Speaker Cannon
stands. Perhaps mo clearer state7
ment of the changed conditions tn
the Central West has been made
than In that Of IA fspat ellsf from Hi
.cagoS to the wash into Post ot
s,ws;liieh the following xeracts are
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Upon a
> EREAT RICANi1NDUSTRY. 3.

Representatives of the automobtls
industry who protested so vigorously
against the imposition OF 2-cent n
gallon tax upon gasoline as part OF
the war revenue bill are likely to re-
greet their impetuosity. So vigorous
were their representations that the
senate subcommittee has stricken
that provision from the bill, but sub
stitutcd for it the vastly more bur-
densome tax of rs cents per horse
power on all passenger automobiles,
to be paid by the individual owners,
and 81 per horsepower on all auto
mobiles freight and passenger TO
be paid by the manufacturers. LII
Do the members of the senate sub
committee really understand what
the measure they propose means? Il
Statistics show, that there are
more than 100000 automobiles In
use in this country. Averaging the
horsepower OF these machines at
twenty-five each, we have taN
upon the owners and users of auto
mobiles of os7s12, 500 in all. Ia!
Is there anything about the own:
ershfp Of an, automobile, which in
very many cases today is.a necessity
ana not a luxury. that justifiesa this
,prodigipus penalty imposed upon the
,owners2 III ms ~ I'D ,,es <.
8But that, is the least 9of the bur
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

President Hodges of the University
sat for term as member Of the
board of control, which is the watch
dog of the states treasury. How he
iustifies criticism of West Virginia
expenditures and reconciles his worn
there with the charges of extrava-
gance is beyond our ken.-Parkers-
burg .Disnatch News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

Contracts for Connellsville coke
are so scarce that one is reporter
on the. sliding scale system, which In
good Republican times had been prac-
tically eliminated from the coke OPP
orators business system.-Connells-
VILE Courier.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19


pERpETuArE BY NTEIIIGENT IEGlsLAloN THE
wasIuH WAR LAYS Ar OUR DOOR.
The e ssksa opay % sS5
StaS sep
r. s.a g.
B BsFI g e
washington ssaG Bs le on isHa IL
the AZ. tn PsF T m1s i
tage On the contrary respects
wa. Hsss
wss ana mot the noero py
theories have always proved to g
which
viii persisted in forever any It popular
War or Democratic partys tariff policies
Europe declared contemplated
s trade 9T g saH s
Gold is being exported in quantity:
ue 9ns nf2ps IF
nt q FS11 sGp raise
dured e pe thy home market
eg ri men out Of employment were paradig the
American putting thE3
closing 9 n
ton Of the tariff importing
the balance trade going more and more
our own European goods are Withheld from
n'ks soa a1sa
Markets Which formerly supplied
Germany and not be
Of markets clear and conclusive arks are
merely the demands for our products with
nng supply increasing production increasing
we could have kept markets
could gotten enlarged
proe Ws II, neither Fv.:s.
But what failed for ourselves the warW
war offers this neutral nation those
permanent possible by intelligent legislation and
If home desirable oEousy
let retain them for American producers by tariff
Tforsign advisable clearly
and surely let retain them and enlarge them for
manufacturers by reciprocity treaties ..ss 81
tariff for only has to be tariff
revenue s sa for udieiou, protection would prove
well.
reciprocity were adopted by the Democratic
America could proceed confidently and eompenty
They would that those opportunities and would
not BE- temporary but permanent . ~ 49,
lasting months but for periods of the
fostering care Of a wise and far:seeng government
There would then occasion for parades Of
amties Others for CLEAN prosperity
with home ard
obtained through intelligent production
would be immense and our Y
the world and mighty navy to protect our @
genee its people PIE # n Rs'
Why not the Democratic party abandon its
Why it forever taxing
ing restraining and retardng roducton2 Why bak
and ngltened policy Of
retaining the production at home and
this way lie progress and prosperity f
and for the nation. 5s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
REMEMBER, KANSAS.

The total vote in Kansas compar'
ed with the presidential vote in Kan
sas in 1912 follows: r.. RI
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
TOO MUCH CORN

One Of our subscribers writes that
his hens are weak in their legs and at
times they can not stand up. He feeds
corn and wheat and says that the
fowls eat we'll and seem to have a
good appetite. We have no doubt
that the trouble is the result of feed
ing too rich a ration If less corn and
wheat was fed and more green feed,
grit, meat scraps etc, given the hens
that are not now too much affected
would probably recover and become
strong and healthy. Feed all grain on
a floor covered with straw which will
necessltate scratching and thus en-
courage exercise before the feed is
obtained. At first have the straw only
few inches deep. Feed the grain in
the morning and allow the hens to
scratch for it all dav.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
CONVENIENT FARM KITCHEN
L|GHTENS BURDEN OF WIFE
Department of Agriculture Issues Bulletin Giving Inorma
ton to Proper Size and Location Of This Important Fea
ture of Country Home.
hands. The writer points out that

vest hands. The writer points out that
it will be better to provide a tempo
rary shed or a kitchen on the porch,
with Oil stoves or other cooking de-
vices, to handle this unusual rush, and
thus allow the hOusekeeper to have a
smaller kitchen during the rest of the
year.
The size of the kitchen, unless a
large pantry or storeroom is pro-
Vlded, is also governed somewhat by
the amount of supplies which must be
stored. In the case of a farm distant
from town, supplies necessarily must
be bought in bulk and need sufficient
storage space. In such cases it is
sometimes wise to provide an extra
pantry or storage room. In arranging
the pantry, however, especially if it be
between the kitchen and dining room,
care should be used not to make it
too large. as long passageway be-
tween these two rooms adds necessar-
lily to the labor of the woman.
The kitchen. the writer finds, should
be SO located that 1t will be especially
convenient to the pantry, dining room,
stOrerOOm, cellar and WOOdshed. At
the same time, access to other parts
of the house should be easy from the
kitchen, although as the writer points
out, it is unfortunate if the kitchen is
made the principal entryway to the
house. She particularly urges that it
be on the same level with the pantry
and dining room, as steps, even if only
one or two, mean the extra work of
lifting and lowering the body up and
down them many times a day, and
lead inevitably to greater breakage of
crockery.
The bulletin is very specific in con-
demning kitchens in Easements. 1t
very emphatically urges that general
traffic through the kitchen be reduced
as much as possible, and especially
that it be not be made a place where
outer clothing or hats are hung.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
also be kept out Of local stock yards

also be kept out OF local stock yards
and feed lots
Farmers Watch Symptoms.
That local farmers may be on the
lookout for any break, the symp-
toms of the disease are given below,
together with methods of prevention
and treatment
The disease develops in from three
to five days after exposure and affect
ed cattle are first noticed to be slug
gish, and are observed to shiver, and
later become stiff and lame. There is
also a profuse flow of saliva. The
peculiar LESSONS of the disease are
small blisters affecting the mouth, the
skin abobve and between the hOofs
and over the udder and teats After
these blisters break they bleed and
leave raw surfaces, which sometimes
heal but often leave chronic ulcers
Affected animals lose weight rapidly,
and the milk flow is seriously checked
One patient does not usually show all
of the symptoms.
Ordinarily the disease is not always
fatal, nor does one attack render the
animal immune, and the disease may
recur at comparatively short intervals.
There is a marked fever that is high
est just before the LESSONS break. The
active symptoms of the disease last
from eight to fourteen days, and
animals usually recover within about
three weeks.
How Disease Spreads.
The injecting virus is present in the
yards. stables, carts, and on the food
or feeding utensils. Even d road over
which the infected animals have pass
ed may carry the infection. The in
fictitious material is present in the
saliva, milk. urine, manure, expired air
and perspiratiOn.
The prevention of the disease is
simply the prevention Of infection.
Unless disinfected thoroughly, prem
Uses may remain infected for an I'M
determined period.
Any reasonable suspicion Of the
presence Of the disease should be
promptly reported to the local health
officer.
Simple cleanliness is the best treat
ment of the disease, and most cases
will recover without treatment in two
or three weeks.
Human beings may also contract the
disease. and persons coming in contact
with affected animals, are liable to
contract it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
Edited by 4. D. Cobb, Agricultural Expert

young plants, and the root system Is
also often smothered.
The young alfalfa should be allowed
to go into the winter in as vigorous
a condition as possible, and this will
best be accomplished by allowing 1t
to get all the first growth possible.
Avoid Clipping.
1t is safe to say that clipping should
not be resOrted to after October l. In
most cases if the young crop can be
successfully carried through the first
winter and soil conditions are suitable
to the crop, alfalfa will prove sue
cessful.
On thin clay soils. it will be an ad-
vantage to give the young alfalfa a
light application of manure in the fall
or early in the winter. This will pro-
vide some nourishment for the plants
and make a light mulch that will pro-
tect the plants from winter killing
Very often this application of manure
will be the means Of preventing heav-
ing Of the plants during the spring
thaws, and will save crop that would
otherwise be lost.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
PROFITABLE CROPS
FOR NEAR FUTURE

1t is estimated that IS per cent of
the matured crops of Germany for the
present year We're lost through actual
war operations and wars demand for
the laborers who usually harvest and
save the seasons yield.
In France and Belgium not so per
cent of the harveStS We're secured for
the uses Of the inhabitants.
In Great Britain and Ireland con-
siderable percentage was lost, while in
Austria-Hungary, Servia and Russia it
is said that the losses are fro m25 to
so per cent Of the crops raised
These losses mean an immense
shortage in the food supplies of Eu-
rope.
Even Greece, which has not suffered
great losses in her fields, is calling
for grain from North and South Amer
lea, being shut off from her usual gran
AIRY in other years of deficient grain
supplies, Russia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
CLIPPING ALFALFA
IN AUTUMN MONTHS
|MPA|RS CROP VALUE
Young Crop Requires Light
Application of Manure to
Assume Good Return Next
Year.

A number Of inquiries have been re-
ceived recently by the farm service de-
partment of the Palladium regarding
the ACCESSIBILITY of cutting young al
falfa at this time of year.
Alfalfa that was sown in July and
early August this year had every op-
portunity to make rapid and vigor-
GUS growth, and much of it at the pres
ent time is almost a foot high. 1t is a
strong temptation to cut this for a
hay crop. Also it is the. opinion of
some farmers that it would be desir-
able to clip it and allow it to lie on
the ground for a mulch.
1t is necessarily a hardship to the
growing plant to cut it and at this
time of the year when there is posi-.
bility Of sudden sharp frost followed
by freezing weather the crop may be
ruined by cutting. Young alfalfa is
one of the tenderest plants grown, and
everything should be done to conserve
it's energy.
Danger From Weeds.
In many cases the inquiry as to
whether. or not it is advisable to cut
the crop this late in the season, is
brought on by the fact that there are
a number of weeds in the field. How
ever, the chances are that If the crop
of alfalfa has grown so tall that the
owner feels called upon to cut it, 1t
has placed itself out of the way OF
any danger from weeds.
The real danger from weeds comes
when the alfalfa is young and just a
few inches above the surface of the
ground. Weeds coming at this time
grow fast enough to smother out the