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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

state everything they arc asking for,
relieving them thus from further re-
sponsibility in aiding to bring about
comprehensive tnx-reform Legislation
to cqualize the taxation on all forms
of property.
Hnrt with Committee.
Senator Hart supported the COM
mittcc amendment, and was in favor
Of even lower tax rate If 1T could BIO
had. 1t is a mistake. he said. to re-
gard money OH deposit AS property in
the same sense AS other tangible
values. Primarily Il medium of ex-
change. money, he said, has no abid
Ing resting place. and its possession
on specific taxing day is no indication
that 1t is the undivided property of the
person in whose name IL stands.
AS the medium OF exchange and the
life-blood of commerce. said Senator
Hart. nothing should he done to i'm
pcde its flow to the banks whence it
flows out again to give life to the
States Industries in the form of loans.
AS long as the tax on deposits is
maintained. he said. banks. will from
year to year be confronted with seri-
GUS runs at the beginning OF the year.
when the tax is levied, forcing re-
strictire policy with regard to loans.
He told of two estates which had to his
personal knowledge recently sent $780,
600 out Of the state for Investment in
Florida because Of the heavy bank-de-
post tax I'm Virginia.
Paul Defends deduction.
Senator Paul thought that Senator
FeatherstOn's fears that the market
for real estate mortgages would suf-
fer were T1l-founded. If it was con
coded that the reduced tax OH de-
posts would increase the flow of money
to the banks, ii was equally evident,
he said, that In order to protect them
selves against loss the banks would
have to re-invcst such money in mort
cages and commercial paper. Under
the new currency act, he said, national
banks viii also be permitted to in
vest more freely in mortgages than
they have been heretofore.
Other speeches in favor of the com
mittce amendment Of 10 cents on the
500 We're made by Senator Walker.
Senator Wcndenburg. Senator Royal
Senator Thornton and Senator Blanks
Senator Wendenburg was certain that
under the reduced tax the State would
derive more than twice the revenue
from bank deposits than il does I'M
der the present high tax.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
DECKS CLEARED FOR
ENABLING ACT VOTE
Measure Submitting Question of Prohibition to State
wide Election Now Before House for Final Ac-
ton To-dayWi Go Then to Senate.

Gearing the decks Of all itmendtnc n I q
ana substitutes. tie House OF Delegates
Yesterday advanced the Williams bin,
known as the enabling act to its final
stage, so far az that end OF the Capito
~ concerned. The bill comes up to-
'ay as the first measure on the calendar
on its final reading and passage 4
number OF members have indicated
their desire to speak on the bill The
patron. Judge Martin Williams. said he
saw no reason Tor prolonged debate
The issue Is clearly known to every
member. Unless some new point nee
'ssiiating reply is raised he does not
expect 70 have anything further TO say
ana VIII urge that the roll be called
ana the bili be sent TO the Senate to-
DAY. Its passage by the House has
never been in question. though oppon-
cnts OF the measure claim that IL viii
he by II less majority than was tho case
last session, when the Jordan bill, prnc-
ticaily Identical in it's details. passed
the lower branch by vote of 60 to 30.
The Senate later rejected the bill by
vote OF ~ 10 I6
Emergency Act Passes.
The House was convened yesterday
morning, with prayer by Rev. J. Il.
vim. i'S unanimous consent. Senate
bill No. 4. aDpropriating $4,000 for
payment OF criminal expenses, the APP
preparation for the year ending Febru-
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DEPOSIT TAX BILL
PASSES SENATE
BY 81 TO z VOTE
(Continued Erom First Page.l

with his amendment making the rate
20 cents on the 500. He was entirely
In sympathy with the object of the
bill. lie said, but thought that the re-
duction to 10 cents was too great
Compared even with other property
that is assessed at only one-fourth it's
value. he said. tho tax on deposits on
20 cent per 500 basis would be
only one-ffth as heavy. since under
the bill bank deposits were made ex-
cmpt from local taxation.
The bin under consideration. said
Senator Buchanan. provided for an ex-
cmption from tax rather than "a re-
cuction OF tax. Bank depositors a
class, he said. are usually more for
tunately situated than farmers, yet the
bill proposed to remove the tax on de-
posits entirely. II was u case he
thought. of cxempting the man WHO
is best able to pay
For 20 Cent Rate.
Senator Featherston favored sub
s'antial reduction In the tax on de-
posits. but was unwilling that such
reduction should be granted to bank
deposits without being granted also
10 real estate mortgages: tho two
classes of property being he said,
almost on "a parity. TO take off the
TAX or deposits. he argued. would be to
encourage the flow Of money to the
"""NS anu ~ uininiSh the amount Of
money available for mortgage invest
lneht. making il harder for tho farmer
borrower to secure renewals
In view Of the emergency said to
"hist, SAID Senator Featherston. he was
Wiling TO support the Buchanan
amendment for 20 cents on the 800.
icavinS II to succeeding Legislature
or the present one TO enact tax-rcform
laws correcting the inequality he ha d
Just described. 1t wan unwlse he
thought to give the bankers OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

eral Assembly to enact laws shall he
deemed limitations on the power of the
people TO enact laws
The resolution goes OH in detail to
specify how the Initiative and refer
endum may be exercised
Mr.. White said that no had prepared
TINS resolution entirely independent of
any action that may be taken by the
General Assembly on the enabling act
tion In effect. no enabling act would
be necessary. but under its provisions
certain proportion of the electorate
could petition and order an election
on that or any. other issue, and pro-
vision is made that laws may be passed
by the General Assembly subject to
confirmation in referendum election.
Mr.. White has expressed the view that
the enabling act as now pending is
uncoI. stitutional since tho present State
making power in the General Assembly
and provides that il may make laws
Tor the regulation or prohibition OF
the sale OF liquor
y bill aimed to prohibit the sale of
Iiquor on the grounds of the Virginia
state Fair Association was offered in
the House yesterday by Delegates Kent
and Stephenson 1t prohibits the sell
ing or giving away OF Intoxicating Ii
quors or beverages at fairs or other
large public gatherings. The bill was
ture and Mining. y companion bill was
introduced yesterday In the Senate by
Senator Saunders.
:, bill introduced yesterday by Sena-
tors Hartman and Watkins directs the
Governor 10 appoint three commits
sioncrs to be known as the virginia
Commission to tho Panama Pacific In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Here and There
in the Legislature

The House Committee on Finance
announces public hearing on the
cato Pitts and strongly advocated by
owners and agents for real estate. for
Monday at 10 o'clock. Five hundred
copies of the bill were ordered printed
by the House yesterday for the inform
alton of those interested in the subject.
Delegate Love. chairman OF the House
Committee on Schools and Colleges. in
troduced yesterday IL joint resolution
amending the state Constitution. so as
70 make division school superintendents
elected by the qualified voters Of tile
district they serve. instead of by the
State BOARD OF Education, as at pres
ed a considerable following since the
last session Of the General Assembly.
: The House agreed yesterday to a
or thirty minutes between and .
o'clock to-day. to hear John IL. Wal
lnee o 1Ei on the ni pending zen game bin
hall of the House of Delegates.
n general constitutional amendment
endum. was offered in the House yes
terday by Delegate Hugh ~ White
The resolution proposes to strike out
ticle =, which reads: The Legislative
power OF the state shall be vested In a
General Assembly. which shall consist
OF n Senate and House of Delegates
The following is inserted in its place
The legislativo powers Of the State
sembly. consisting of a Senate and
House OF Delegates. but the people re-
serve to themselves the power to pro-
pose to the General Assembly laws and
amendments to the Constitution, and to
adopt and reject the Same at the polls
on referendum, vote as hereinafter
provided. They also reserve the power
to adopt or reject. any laws, section Of
any law or item In any law appropri-
ating money passed by the General As
sembly. except as hereinafter provided
And the Limitation expressed in this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
TSnactmept of PopuInr Vote.

Ennciment OF POpulnr Vote.
IF on receipt of certificate show
ing the result of the election it shall
appear that majority of the ballets
cast are against State prohibition
then the laws Of II regulatory and local
option character now in effect shall
wide. prohibition. tho Governor shall
proclaim that on and after May /. 1916.
tho manufacture or sale OF liquor In
action of the General Assembly is
necessary to put the will of tho peo-
pie into effect. but 1t is provided that
acts for sale of liquor for medicinal.
secramental scientific or mechanical
purposes. Violation of the law after
May /. 1916, makes the offender liable
prescribed for selling liquor without a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

state everything they arc asking for,
relieving them thus from further re-
sponsibility in aiding to bring about
comprehensive tux-reform Legislation
to equalize the taxation on all forms
of property
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Save Up
for the
Big Chance !!

In the life Of every man there
comes at least one big oppor-
tunity-and 1t takes certain
amount Of money to grasp it.
The way to prepare is to lay
aside a little each pay day.
Come to this big, national bank
start as small as you want
deposit regularly. We help along
With 80 interest, compounded
semiannually.
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Made a New Man of Him
Thomas Riley. unable to work,
told by his physician he was
suffering from Consumption.
was made we'll and strong by
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II took severe cold and was gener.
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Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
German Idea Worth FOIIowIno

No one has figured out the infinitesi-
NAL space of time it takes American
women to adopt, in city, town and
country, the latest fashion presented
in Paris. But American cities, acl
cording to Frank Koester, a consult
ing engineer and civic planning ex-
pert, are hopelessly behind the style
in municipal appearance, judging from
the German standard, which, Mr..
Koester believes, is the very latest.
In the Travel magazine Mr.. Koester
discusses What German Cities Can
Teach Us" Like his book, Modern
City Planning and Maintenance, pub
ished by Mcbride, Mast & Co., it is
an urgent plea for American cities to
improve their appearance
The beauty of German cities CON
sists in their attention to detail, Mr..
Koester concludes. The attention
to detail is made possible by nonparti-
san and commission form Of govern
ment. He gives some of the regula.
tions generally in force throughout
German cities, which America might
do well to copy.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
RIots on the Landseape.

In the schemes for city planning
that are to be formulated what dispo-
sition is to be made Of the billboards
which are so rapidly multiplying along
our highways and upon vacant spaces
generally? The billboard is becom-
ing a natural nuisance if it has not
already reached that unsavory distinc-
ton. 1t is garish, obstructive, vulgar,
unsightly and an offense to normal
sensibilities. These structures, with
their tawdry and ever changing
proclamations, now line what would
otherwise be some of our most attrac-
tive boulevards, but whose outlook
upon the country through which they
pass is shut off by these monstrosi4
ties. They destroy vistas, they hide
the view of stream and hill and COM
pei relief in introspection or the re-
reading of newspapers with whose
contents we are already familiar
They are a barrier between man and
nature and where the scenery is finest
there they are most persistent in
seeking lodgment. A few years ago
the brewers of a particular brand of
beer undertook to have the name of
their product stretched over the en-
tire expanse of Niagara Falls, but hap
PLY without success
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
ALLOWS BILLBoARDS TO STAY
Decision of Wisconsin Court Prevents
City Doing Away With Un-
slightly Structures.

The circuit court of Milwaukee coun-
ty, Wisconsin, has recently rendered
a decision that constitutes at least a
temporary setback to the cleaner city
movement in that jurisdiction. A city
ordinance provided that no billboard
should be put up or maintained unless,
among other requirements, it be placed
back from the lot line or line of a
naVigable waterway a distance equal
to its height, and be at least three feet
away, at each end, from other struc-
lures or distractions. The court held
that the evidence of any danger from
billboards did not justify any such re-
strictions, especially in view of the
fact that the ordinance required q
space Of from two to three feet to
be left below the billboard; that such
requirement being unreasonable rem
dered the entire ordinance void.
The decision mentions the possibil-
ity of the extension of the police pow
er to the promotion Of purely aesthet-
ic objects on the ground of the general
good of the community but apparent
ly does not consider such an extension
proper one.-Exchange
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Good Quality of Butter.

In the making of a good quality of
butter the temperature of the cream
when it goes into the churn is an i'm
portant factor. A good thermometer
Is the only safe guide If too cold, as
it often is in winter, one of the best
plans of warming up is to put the
cream into a vessel and set in larger
vessel and pour hot water into the
larger vessel and let stand, stirring
the cream frequently so that the mass
will warm up evenly until the desired
temperature is secured. Better have
a little warm than too cold, as usu-
ally the temperature will drop one or
two degrees after churning COM
mences.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
.[iEIIzIG Town
PllL5IgLEY =
~AM|b
o2 W.
PAYS TO HAVE DEFINITE PLAN
Committee Of Experts on the Laying
Out Of Cities Gives Conelu-
sion Arrived At.

A statewide meeting of those inter
ested in the moral and material vel
fare Of their home cities was recently
held at Philadelphia Summed up, the
consensus of opinion was as follows:
First. 1t really does pay to sacri-
fee immediate sales for the future.
Second. 1t really does pay to sac
ritice immediate prospects for greater
results by selling in the beginning
lots twice as large for less than twice
as much money.
Third. 1t does pay to keep the good
will of your purchasers, even at mon
etary sacrifice, for their cooperation
is essential.
Fourth. 1t pays to control your sit
uation, so that you will get the &C
crued benefit of your own work
Fifth. 1t really does pay to spend
more money upon the beautiful things.
Sixth. 1t really does pay to have
regard for a city plan as a whole in
every plat you file.
Seventh. And, in proportion to the
size of your city and the absorbing
power of your market, it does pay to
look ahead and provide that your sec
ton of the city shall permanently re-
main available for the particular char
acter of residence property you select,
and so bind your own self, before you
bind your purchaser, that your restric-
tions must live.
Eighth. 1t surely pays to use, in
such a development, the services Of
a competent and interested landscape
engineer-a real city planner'"
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
HOLSTER FOR THE PIT SlLos
Arrangement Shown In Illustration
Herewith Will Be Found to Be
Quite Handy in Digging.

Four underground silos we're dug in
our neighborhood last fall and all are
successful. Three of the parties are
now planning to dig more this season.
To the man that intends to keep cattle
and hasn't the money to build silo
above the ground, I would say, dig a
pit silo. The sketch shows the rig
used in digging mine, writes c. E.
Wooley of Calhoun, Colo, in the
Farmers Mail and Breeze. A is box
two feet square with a hinged bottom
and catch that locks with a pin. The
trip rope is fastened to this pin.
BIB are pulleys. is a one-inch rope
used to raise and lower the box. D
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
DAIRY
IN AKN
TA(
FOOD THE DAIRY cows LIKE
Necessary All Substances Entering In
to Composition Of Milk Be IN
Proper Proportions.
Copyright. 1914.)
CBy JAMES 3. MORMoN.)


A dairy COW giving large quantities
Of milk consumes much feed. Milk is
formed from feeding stuffs digested
and assimilated by cows. so it is nee
essary all substances entering into the
composition Of milk be supplied to
dairy stock in proper proportion to get
good results For production Of milk
there are required water, carbohy-
drates, protein, fat and mineral ash,
High quality milk contains about 81
per cent. water, s per cent. sugar,
of fat, 2.5 of casein, O.S Of albumen
and>0.7 of ash.
Feeding stuffs contain necessary ele-
ments in varying amounts. Water, for
instance, is contained in all feeds, but
not enough to produce milk, so cows
should be given plenty of fresh, pure
water. Carbohydrates are Of two
kinds-those without nitrogen, such as
starch, sugar, etc, and fiber or cellu-
lose, which forms the greater part of
plant cells. which are converted by
COWS into fat. Since carbohydrates
form the largest part Of feeds they are
made the basis of calculating rations.
Protein is the flesh producing sub
stance, containing nitrogen derived
from plants, an important part Of milk,
and nothing can replace it. Fat fed to
dairy COWS in feeds is stored in the
body and changed into milk fat. The
ash is what is left of feeding stuf1s
after being burned and goes to form
bone and digestive juices.
Now a balanced ration is one in
which the proportion of protein, car
bohydrates and fat is such as to give
the best results in the quantity and
quality of milk produced, which varies
with different cows in different eli
mates. For COW giving 25 pounds
of milk day the German standard
fixes a ratio of one protein to As OF
carbohydrates and fat; the Wisconsin
and other standardgf ratio of one to
six. The latter is regarded as cor
rect.
A COW weighing from $50 to 1000
pounds receives a daily balanced ra-
ton as follows: Roughage, 35 pounds
of corn silage and IL pounds Of mixed
hay. Concentrates, two pounds of
gluten meal, two pounds of wheat
bran and one pound of cottonseed
meal, oilmeal, ground oats and wheat
middlings. If the cow gives less than
twenty-five pounds of milk daily de-
duct one pound of concentrates for
every three pounds less Of milk. On
the other hand, for every three pounds
of milk above 25 pounds day, give
an additional pound of concentrates.
Cows fed entirely on hay for rough
age should be given about 20 pounds
a day and about two pounds of oil
meal instead of one pound.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Earth Holster for siIO.

is a wire cable and E cable carrier.
The whole thing operates like hay
fork. In raising the earth box and
pulling it along to where it is dumped
the trip rope is drawn through the
pulley backwards until the hook H is
reached. This catches in the pulley
and the draft is then thrown on the
trip rope, which pulls out the pin
holding the hinged bottom and the
load is dropped. The driver then
hooks the singletree to the trip rope
at H and draws the carrier and box
back to the silo.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Too InslonIGoant

Young Mr.. Ellis was very much In
love. and one evening he determined
to ask the momentous question.
1T occurs to me, Agnes" he be-
gan, that in the relations which viii
some days exist between US the
thought. of-er-money might assume
undue proportions. should hate to
think that any discussion as to my
salary would give rise to any painful
scenes"
Believe me, Alan" said the girl,
shat never, under any circum7
stances, would l allow such HttllS
thing, as that to come between u.s.
Illustrated Sunday Magazine. .
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
WORKING MULES AND HORSES
Best Preparation for Hard Spring
Work Is Regular Exercise and
Feeding During Winter.

Mules and horses worked regularly
and fed moderate ration will do
better during the winter than those
worked irregularly with the feed in
creased when the work is increased.
The best preparation for the hard
spring work is regular exercise (work)
and ~agular feeding during Se winter
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
AND BILIOUS ATTACKS

HEADACHE AND BILIOUS ATTACKS
Caused by Malaria removed by the use
OF Elixir Babek cure for such ailments.
MyseiI @ ana whole noussnola e mad SUI SUI
Malarial Fever. elixir BabeR has
cured us perfectly. so that we enjoy at
present the best Of health. Jacob Eb-
erly, Fairfax Court House, Va
Elixir Babek so cents. all druggists or
by Parcels Post prepaid from HoczsW-
ski & Co, Washington, D. G.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Poor Place for Dairy Cow.

The COW stable should have plenty
of ventilation, but this does not mean
that there should be an incessant
draft because Of poor doors and leaky
sides in the barn. A barn that is sided
up with cracks big enough to throw a
cat through is no place to keep dairy
COW.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21

or at least for a month before the
hard work and warm weather Of spring
come. 1t is true that during bad
weather it is difficult to find work for
all the mules and horses, but they
might be given more work than. at
present with proper planning. When
they are not at work regularly the
feed should be light and it is doubtful
if any benefit is derived from extra
feed when an occasional days work
is required. Nothing is gained by
making the feeding irregular just be-
cause the work cannot be regular.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
After the Ennanement.

Mother suppose. dear, that Jack
will be coming round to see me?
Daughter-Oh, that's all right. He
said he had seen you and he wanted
to marry me just the same.-Ex-
change.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Aceounted Eor

1T seems strange to me that SO
many operations are said now to be
absolutely necessary"
"Of course they are. Don't doctors
have to liver"
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
IN the "a q asoolaw Lnatin.

Judge-Yours is a very serious
crime, my man. Fifty years ago it
was a hanging matter.
Horse Thief-Well, your honor, so
years hence it mayn't be a crime at
all
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
LOSING HOPE
WOMAN VERY ILL
Finally Restored To Health
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Bellevue, Ohio was in terrible
state before l took Lydia E. Pinkham'L

V ege table g Com
pound. Ny back
acheduntil thought
it would break, 1 had
pains all over me,
nervous feelings and
periodic troubles. 1
was very weak and
run down and was
losing hope of ever
b eing well an d
strong. After TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
Feedlno paIrv cattIe.

When feed is high, dairy cattle ought
to be most profitable. One cannot at.
ford to use high-priced grain and hay
for poor cows.