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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

will bend every EFFORT to have these obnoxious
amendments put through the house. They look
vote down the senate amendments and let the
conference committee pass upon all of them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

Men going to get even with the women by
wearing diaphanous vests. We will wait for
warmer weather to don ours, In view of certain
CelestiaPs remark
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07
Let the whiskey lobby beware,

The people of Virginia have their eyes on the
whiskey lobby. Nothing more shall be done i'm
the dark, for The virginian will turn on the
light.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

The people of Virginia have their eyes ON the
whiskey lobby Nothing more shall he done In
the dark, for The yirEiman will turn the
light.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

Secretary Bryan is proposing a European trip
to preach the gospel of peace He might try
Mexican and South American trip for the same
purpose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

King Manuel denies that he has given up his
rights to the throne of Portugal We have no
objection to publishing the denial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

The people of Virginia have their eyes ON the
whiskey lobby. Nothing more shall he done In
the dark, for The virginian win turn ON the
light.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

The grounding started the weather as per
contract
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

The people of Virginia have their eyes the
whskey lobby. Nothing more shall he done in
the dark, for The Virginlan will turn on the
light.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07
THE LICENSED SALOON.

You hydra headed monster black
Lowborn of perdition.
Virginil gives your head a whack
TtAtll change your condition.
Vile octopus grown fat blood,
Graveyard of fondest hopes
You merit tear of the good,
AS you writhe in the ropes
Your tyrant neck shall feel the weight
OF sober freeman's heel:
Come know the sentiment of State,
From which there's no appeal.
And while you're being shorn of life
Your carcass borne to grave
Virginia will renew the strife,
Her sister States to save.
r. w. GRIzZARD.
Richmond. Va, February 5, 1914
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07
GOES TO ATTEND
BREMNER'S FUNERAL
LOCAL LAWYER, BROTHER OF
LATE CONGRESSMAN, LEAVES
FOR NEW JERSEY.

Leith s. Bremner, Of Hanover county,
well-known young lawyer, whose
ONCE is located here in the Travellers
building, has left for New Jersey to
attend the funeral OF Congressman
Robert g. Bremner, who represented
that state in the national house OF
representatives,
Congressman Bremner was we'll
known in Richmond and Hanover
county, where he had been occasionally
to visit his brother The funeral will
be held in Passaic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07

The people of Virginia have their eyes the
whiskey lobby. Nothing more shall be done in
the dark, for The virginian will turn on the
light.
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AFTER MORE MONEY.
Another Race Track Bill introduced
at ANNAPOLIS Adds / Per Cent.

ANNAPOLIS, MD. March 14.-Follow-
ing the killing recently by the senate of
the Williams bill to abolish the Hartford
county racing commission and wipe out
betting at the Havre de Grace track Del
egate Noble Mitchell of Hartford intro
duced bill in line with racing legisla-
ton in France. The bill Is to compel the
Havre de Grace track to turn over 1 per
cent Of the gross receipts taken in at its
meeting to the Hartford county officials
to be used toward the maintenance of
the Havre de Grace Hospital.
The proposed law means that instead Of
per cent being deducted from the re-
ceipts the amount shall be raised to g
per cent. Five per cent is now deducted
for maintenance of Hartford highways.
By taking its stand in regard to the
Williams bill. it is said. the senate did
not mean to demonstrate opposition to all
legislation restricting track betting. In
stead it was thought better not to favor
ably consider any individual anti-betting
or restriction bills until reports are ready
on statewide measures.
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city figures by the census compflers In
figuring the comparative tax-burdens Of
the respective cities
The census bulletin. giving the statls-
tics of 1912. explains the inclusion Of the
county tax figures as follows: "Of the
independent local governmental units or
divisions other than the city corpora
tons whose receipts and payments are
included in this bulletin the school ais
tricts are the most important and most
numerous. = For ten Of the eighteen
cities having over 100000 Inhabitants a
percentage Of the receipts and payments
of the counties in which the respective
cities are located. based on the ratio
between the assessed valuation of the
city and that of the county, has been in
cluded, with those for other divisions OF
city government This treatment Is de-
sirable because in the remaining cities
of groups l and II the original county
organization has been merged with that
of the city The addition Of the county
figures places the cities of groups ! and
II on a more nearly comparable basis
than would otherwise be the case. me
cities of groups and II for which per-
centage Of the county receipts and pay
ments has thus been added to the city
figures are Chicago. Cleveland, Pitts
burgh, Detroit. Buffalo, Milwaukee, Gin
cinnati Newark, Los Angeles and Mime
apolis.'
The eight other cities in which the CITY
and county taxes are merged are ne"
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taxes. II only q part Of this subven-
ton IL viewed n representing realty
veiues owned by the United States and
withdraw from the assessment roll
and tax list. the sddition of this part
OF the fund to the total tax levy in
calculating the per capita tax levy
would swell the latter to an unbear-
ably burdens0me figure.
In comparing the per capita tax levy
of Washington with that of other cities
it is to be considered that the contribu-
ton In lieu of taxes of the largest (auasD
taxpayer Is. In Washington's case. omit
ted from the calculation. 1t is IL the
steel trust and other great plant-owning
corporations were omitted from the tax
levy of Pittsburgh. If Uncle Sam was
treated in the calculation as a single tax
payer. his tax contribution added to the
levy and his own name added to the pop
ulation, Washington's per capita would
be doubled, amounting to S31.J0. greater
per capita than that of any other city
In the United States. more than doubling
Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Or
land and Milwaukee.
There is no way of handling the ques-
ton which makes it fair to omit from the
Washington calculation of per capita con-
paid in by the largest property owner and
quasi taxpayer.
Eliminate the governments exempted
property from consideration and what Is
there of property and resources in the re-
naming fraction Of Washington to cause
1t or to enable 1t to bear a high per
capita of tax burden? What has it of
business property values to make it COM
pare favorably with much smaller Ameri-
can cities? Its mills, its factories. its
great plants $50 far as they exist are in
the governments exempted fraction of
the city and do not count in the local as
sessment and tax levy. Then there Is the
third Of the population colored and an
extraordinarily large percentage of tran
stents and non-taxpayers. How much per
capita of tax levy could Philadelphia,
Baltimore or New Orleans or Chicago.
Cleveland or Milwaukee or Buffalo. Gin
cinnati or Detroit afford to pay if its
largest taxpayers. the owners of its mills,
the manufacturing plants, ETC., We're
omitted from the calculation and third
OF its population was colored?
Not one of these cities has SO large a
percentage Of floating non-taxpaying pop
ulatfon as the capital. with its one-third
negro population and its thousands of
temporary visitors and the government
lation reduces the nominal per capita tax
levy without reducing 1t in fact by cash
contributions. Not one of the cities emu
merated has SO few money-making re-
sources In manufactures. trade and COM
merce, in proportion to its population, to
meet this drain of taxation.
Clearly Washington's tax levy not only
averages up in actual figures with those
Of other American cities, but for the rea-
son stated 1t must be doubled in order to
make a fair comparison with other cities.
and even without this doubling its tax
burden is. owing to its peculiar condi-
lions, harder to be borne than that of
any other municipality with approximate
ly the same census figures of tax levy.
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Odd Fellows Get Together Meeting.


HYATTSVILLE, March IA, 1914
Oriole Lodge. No. Al. l. o. o. F.. held
get-together meeting Thursday evening.
Following a brief session of the lodge
visitors inspected the premises and later
partook of feast Brief addresses were
made by William II. Anglin, master OF
ceremonies; William A. Shepherd. deputy
grand master: ID. W. Corkins. noble
grand; Frederick tombstone Edward A.
Fuller. Fred d. Tillman. DR.. Robert ii.
tombstone. Capt o. A. Greager. Edward
Devlin, j. Frank Lillard, w. Z. Lodge
and T Howard Duckett.
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interstate commerce commission decides
that the New Haven can lawfully retain
the sound lines the department probably
would be satisfied and its skirts would be
clear.
Disposition Of Docks.
Involved in the question is the dispose
ton of many OF the wharves and docks
owned by the New Haven In sound cities
such as New Haven, Bridgeport, Fall
River. New Bedford and Providence.
Many of these properties are said to lie
of little value to the New Haven and
others have been for sale for years.
The argument against their sale was
made by f. q. auckland, vice president
of the road, who said these properties
were owned in fee and that forced sales
would lead to material losses by New
Haven stockholders. He denied that
their ownership by the New Haven
gave the road a monopoly of the water
frontage and a monopoly of the water
commerce of New England.
He called attention to the fact that
the New Haven had made many offers
to sell certain of these properties but
had been unable to secure what il con-
sidered fair offers.
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Leander Syme Fractures Wrist.

Leander Syme, sixteen years old son of
Corporation Counsel Conrad Syme, this
morning fractured his right wrist while
cranking an automobile in front of Con-
vention Hall. He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital. where Dr. w. H. SWINE.
his uncle, set the fracture.
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Is 147, more than Washington. Al. This
city's comparative per capita taxation
which year only 129 cities had smaller
per capita levies and 53 cities exceeded it.
Cities of Smaller Tax Burden.
The cities in which the per capita tax
levy is smaller than in Washington are:
Philadelphia, Pa; Baltimore. Md: New
Orleans, La; Jersey City. N. j.; Seattle.
Wash; Kansas City, Mo-; Indianapolis.
Ind; Louisville, KY; st. Paul, MINI. !;
Columbus. Ohio; Toledo. Ohio: Atlanta.
Ca; Worcester, Mass; Birmingham,
Ala Memphis. Tenn; Scranton, Pa. {;
Paterson. N. j.; Fall River. Mass; Spo-
kane. Wash: Dayton. Ohio; Grand Rap
ids, Mich: Nashville. Tenn; Bridgeport
Conn; Lowell. Mass; San Antonio, Tex.
Trenton. n. j.: Salt Lake City. Utah
Wash; Lynn, Mass: Lawrence. Mass. :
Wilmington. Del. Kansas City. Kan. ;
Youngstown. Ohio; Houston, Tex: Fort
Worth. Tex; Duluth. MINI: Norfolk, Va. !:
Oklahoma City. Okla. Schenectady, N.
Y: Somerville, Mass; st. Joseph. Mo-;
Utica, n. Y; Elizabeth. N j.; Waterbury.
Conn; Akron Ohio: Manchester, N. H.;
Hoboken. N. j.; Wilkes-Barre. Pa: Erie
Pa; Evansville. Ind: Fort Wayne. Ind; ;
Harrisburg. Pa; Savannah. Ga: East St.
Bend, Ind; Terre Haute. Ind; Passaic.
NJ j.; Johnstown, Pa; Bayonne, N j.;
Brockton. Mass: Holyoke. Mass;
Charleston. 8. c.; Allentown. Pa: Spring.
field. III; covington;. Ky: Altoona, Pa;
Ala; Saginaw, Mich: Sioux City, Ia:
Binghamton. n. Y; Rockford, ILL.,; Little
Rock, Ark; Augusta. Ga: Springfield
Ohio; Lancaster. Pa: Pueblo. Col: New
Britain, Conn.,: Chattanooga, Tenn: York,
Pa; Maiden. Mass; Berkeley. Cal; Bay
city. Mich: Haverhill. Mass; Topeka,
Kan; Salem, Mass: Lincoln Neb; Dav-
EXPORT, Iowa: FL Paso. Tex; Tampa,
Fla: McKeesport. Pa; Flint, Mich ;
Kalamazoo, Mich: Racine, Wis: Su-
perior Wis; Wheeling, w. Va: Macon,
Ga: Butte, Mont; Woonsocket, r. L.
Montgomery, Ala: Chester. Pa; Fitch
burg, Mass: Dubuque. Iowa; Calves
ton. Tex; West Hoboken. N. j.; New
Castle, Pa: Roanoke. Va; Elmira, N.
T.: Huntington. w. Va: Knoxville,
Tenn: Hamilton. Ohio: Lexington. Ky:
Springfield, Mo-; Quincy. ILL.,; Charlotte,
N. c.: Joliet. ILL.,: Auburn. N. Y: Ever
EFT. Mass; Decatur, ILL.,; Portsmouth. Va:
perth Amboy. N. j.: Taunton, Mass;
lansing, Mich; Pittsfield, Mass: Cedar
Rapids. Iowa: Oshkosh. Wis: San Jose.
T.: jackson. Mich; williamsport. Pa:
Joplin, Mo-; Lima, Ohio; Muskogee.
okla: Aurora. III; Lorain, Ohio: Aus
tin. Tex: Newport, Ky; Orange, N. j.:
La Crosse. Wis: Shreveport, La; Col
a-ado Springs. Col: Council Bluffs. Iowa.
The following cities have per capita tax
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Corporation Tax No. in Levy.

As an Offset to the objection that
county taxes do not in the case Of some
OF the cities enter into the census cal
culation of tax levy Is the fact that
taxes imposed upon the ssross incomes
Of public service corporations. banks,
etc, I'm lieu Of personal laxcs are not
considered in calculating she per capita
tax levy. This kind of tax II con-
spicuOusly heavy In Washington. 1t
the personal tax and figure in tho per
capita tax levy.
Assistant Assessor oyster has analysed
the per capita tax levy Egures of the
various cities. According GO his calcula-
tions the part Of the personally tax which
is derived from the public Utility corpora
tons. banks trust companies etc. and
which does not enter into the census per
capita tax levy is greater IN the case Of
Washington than the part of the personal
tax which does enter into the census cal
culation. His figures concerning Wash
ington are:
Per capita tax-Real estate. .$14. IS
Personality 49,, .......-- 13o
es Census total ad;nv :t,ss, r.i,,,d. -; g
s177e
Mr.. Oysters figures corro3orate what l
have said as to the heavy realty tax i'm
posed on Washington compared with that
of other cities. Here are some of the per
capita realty tax levies in various cities:
Washington. s14.45: st. louis. SLID;
Cleveland. $11.42: Detroit. st3.47; Milwau-
kee, 1874: Cincinnati. s13.93: Denver.
1927; Omaha. s11.96; Los Angeles, $780,:
New Orleans, $10.4S; Seattle. $l2.SS and
Providence. s1O.T4.
If Washington's personal tax, emitting
the corporation personal tax, is lighter
than that of many cities, its realty tax is
CORRESPONDENCE heavier. The total tax
levy. combining realty agd personally
tax. averages high AMONG American
cities. It's personal tax ought not to be
increased as proposed by the Johnson
Prouty amendment, unless; its excessive
realty tax is corresponding3y diminished.
Between Mr.. George on one side and Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Prouty on the other
Washington Is threatened with heavy
increase of both real and personal tax
levy, raising the total per capita tax levy,
as We have seen. to a startling total.
Uncle Sam Not in Tax Levy.
In another respect the comparison OF
the census per capita tax: levies is not
fair to Warrington. Ns account is
taken in the calculation Of the heavy
taxable values held exempt from tax
alton by the United states, ON which
as a quasi taxpayer Uncle sam pays n
six-milliOn-dollar subvent5On in lieu Of
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The above comparisons Of the tax
figures Of Washington and Cleveland 1or
1910 and 1912 are interesting because
Cleveland had in the interval oet"eeH
assessment from 90 per cent to loO per
cent, and had thus radically altered It's
1910 figures and destroyed comparisons
based upon these figures. 1t VIII De
noted, however, that While CleVeianu
raised its basis OF assessment and en-
larged by many millions Its figures OF
assessment, it reduced at the same time
Its tax rate, so that its actual tax DUR
den, represented by the per CAPITA tax
levy, increased very slightly Ihus, Whiie
from 500 sos, 10 in 1910 to s51S,o52,2lO IN
1912, it's tax rate was radically reduced
and as a result its per capita tax ievy,
it's actual tax burden, increased uins
Washington's per capita tax levy in
creased from $14.06 in 1910 to $3.50
in 1912, a far greater enlargement or lts
actual tax burden than in the case OF
Cleveland.
The Johnson-Prouty proposition is to
adOpt the George proposal Of a Cleve-
land increase in realty assessment
without making u Cleveland decrease
I'm tax rate, and to impose In ADDITION
q drastic tax on Intangible personally
with the result of much more than
doubling the per capita tax levy.
These comparisons omit from Washing
toms tax assessment and tax levy and
calculation of per capita tax levy WASH
ington's largest property owner ana au 1aa
taxpayer, the owner of the largest rae
tories and Industrial plants-indeed, the
only large factories and industrial plants
in the District If Uncle Sam owned only
one-half as much property as 1ndlViouai
taxpayers the addition OF TINS amour. u
would make the per capita tax levy
larger than that of any other city In
the above suD-lists.
If Washingtons tax levy were increased
one-half, as by raising the standard OF
assessment from 66ss to 100. the per
capita tax levy would be larger than that
of any other city in the above suo-hsts. II
the governments contribution were
withdrawn the per capita would De oi-o
greater than that OF any otner CITY IN
the United States.
It may be of interest to figure what
as measured by the per capita
tax levy is proposed by the various TAX
boosting proposals that have been mace
First, there is the actual Q912) per capita
lew of $3.50 Then if the realty as
sessment is raised from 66h per cent to
100 per cent without reduction OF the tax
rate there results per capita levy OF
s22.97. The Browne-George Q912) per
capita ION which the George bill is baseD
is 1886 The per capita imposed by Rep
resentative Crisp's figures ION which the
Johnson-Prouty proposal is baseO is
s39.61. Mr.. H. ]. Browne figures Q9l4) a
SINCE tax levy of s15,OO0.OOO. and Repre-
sentative Borland a composite tax levy
of the same amount. The per capita levy
under their proposals is $42.45. Repre-
sentative Prouty's per capita levy. pro-
posed in the recent joint debate, is 1870.
The following table shows the detail of
these figures:
WASHINGTON, 1912 ACTUAL AND sPECULA-
TIVE PER CAPITA LEVIES.
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Obstacles More Serious.

The new development did not tend to
clarity the situation, and it became more
evident that the obstacles in the path OF
a complete understanding are growing
more serious as the negotiations continue
Although no official explanation of this
new demand by the department was
forthcoming, 1t was understood that
T. W. Gregory and Jesse c. Adkins. the
government attorneys in charge of the
case. feel that provision for the DISPOSE
ton of the sound lines is necessary to
their side of the case.
In the bill prepared by Mr.. Gregory for
suit under the Sherman act against the
New Haven the sound lines were includ-
ed as prominent factors in the New
Haven's alleged monopoly of the New
England transportation field. The de-
partment is said to take the attitude that
it can do no less in an amicable adjust
ment of the case than it would have at
tempted to do through the courts. II the
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enjoys the expenditure within it of its
due share of the state fund to which
thousands of state citizens: outside Of its
limits con tribute it will b.. time to per-
nit state taxation to enter into its COM
parative per capita tax figures. When
Washingtonians are like Baltimoreans.
Maryianders again with all the Maryland
ers' rights and privileges as citizens OF q
state Will be time to charge against
the Washingtonian in comparison with
the Baltimorean the state tax which the
latter pays not as q Baltifnorean but as
a Marylander. When Washington has
senator's, representatives aud state leg
islature 1t will be time for it to pay for
such luxuries in the shape Of a state tax
Municipal taxation, state taxation and
national taxation must logically and fair
ly be compared separately in the different
cities. Municipal per capita figures of
erly compared unaffected by considera-
ton of either state or national Gas. for
instance, internal revenues tax-burdens.
National Taxation.
In an earlier letter Washington's pa rtici-
patton in national taxes oh equal terms
with other American cite. is described.
The Washingtonian pays the same ma
tonal taxes that every other American
pays. 1t is sometimes said that the
Washingtonian pays s1S annually (per
capita) toward capital-makiny. while other
Americans contribute per capita about 6
cents. But the Washingtorian real fig
ure Is $780, for he contributes both as a
Washingtonian and as an American. He is
the only one who pays on both sides of
the account and he Is the only one who
has nothing to say on either side of the
account. Just as the congressman's out
ragged constituent contributes. theoreti-
cally. his cents ann Tally ito enable the
nation to meet its obligation In respect
to the nations city, SO the Vashingtonian
contributes his full share in national
taxes to enable the nation to pay the
congressman's salary, to erect an ex-
pensive federal building in: the congress-
mans little home town, and to cause by
appropriate irrigation a: ''navigable'
stream to flow down the Cry bed of the
congressman's home creek;
In another letter the real taxpayers OF
national taxes are sought and 1t is dis
covered that not even the average cents
per year is paid for capital maintenance
by the outraged constituent of the con-
gressmen most vigorous in protest against
this national contribution.
Does not the Washingtontan pay enough
both in national and local taxes? Is he
in any respect favored by the legislative
body, which, not chosen bJ him. decides
for him all questions of equitable taxa
ton?
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levies within s. of Washington: that is,
not exceeding $17.75: Chicago. ST Louis,
Cleveland. Milwaukee. Los Angeles. Min
neapolis. Providence. Rochester. Oakland,
CAL; Syracuse, New Haven. Richmond,
Omaha. New Bedford, Dallas, Albany,
Des Moines. Peoria, Wichita, East
Orange, Chelsea and Lynchburg.
PER CAPITA TAX LEVY CLASSIFICATION
Cities with per capita less than $40. so
Cities with per capita between $40 and SIS. Nc
Cities with per capita between SIS and SO. A
cities with per capita between so and s25.. 10
Cities with per capita over SIS. ...........-- 3
1875
The per capita tax levies are not high
or low in accordance with population of
the city. The high levies are scattered
through the list The five highest are
Boston. New York, Newton: Mass
population, 41.1a5); New Rochelle. N Y.
population, 33.O29), and Pittsburgh.
The following table gives the compare
tive per capita tax levies of some cities
approximating Washington in size. with
the addition of the much larger neigh
boring cities of Baltimore and Philadel-
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rails TO cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding Protrud-
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