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The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
PROVES TAX BURDEN
FALLS ON DISTRICT
W. ]. Swanton Shows Division of Ex-
emption Stands 53.l Per Cent for
Government and 80 for City.
PRoUTY AMENDMENT ATTACKED

Convincing statistics and startling
comparisons were the features of a
talk given before the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Association at
its meeting in lexington Presbyterian
Church last night by w. i. Swanton.
one of the speakers OF the Tax Reform
Association.
A chart. which was explained by Mr..
Swanton, showing the proportions of
property in the District belonging to
the United States government and the
District which Is exempted from taxa
tion. According to this chart. 52 per
cent OF the land In the District Is ex-
empted from taxation OF this, iS.1 per
cent is the property of the United
States, and the remainder, composed OF
church property. school property, mu-
nicipal property. legations, cemeteries,
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
property, exempted because Of charter
rights, is the Districts share. Adding
5 per cent for the land of the streets
and alleys to the governments share.
the division of exemption stands 53.1
per cent for the government and 3.s
per cent for the District Under the
present half-and-half principle the
government contributes less than half
OF the tax budget. he explained. and
declared the Prouty amendment even
aims to abolish this principle.
The Prouty amendment. increasing
taxes by 30 per cent, discriminates against
the small home-owner still further, Mr.
Swanton explained, by increasing the
tax on personal property. A chart
showing the advantages of the single
tax" excluding any personal property
tax. over our present system was pre-
sented. Under this taxation system, the
assessments would be equalized.
The report OF the executive commit
tee of the Committee OF One Hundred
was considered by the association and
unanimously adopted. John r. Kirkwood
was elected a member of the associa-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

chairman: Miss Frances NJ. Banta of Nc
Kinley. secretary; Mrs. S. F. Farr. of
Central: Miss Ida Campbell, of Business;
Miss Margaret Merrill. of Western: Mr..
Saugstsb, OF Mckinley: A. J. Doggett, Of
Eastern. and Mr.. Hart, OF Business.
DIR. Meyer Bloomfield, director of the
bureau Of vocational guidance OF the pub
lie schools Of Boston. who has been called
the leader in this branch of education.
IL to tell OF his work at the first pub
lie meeting of the teachers section OF
the woman's department. National Civic
Federation. at Public Library. at s o'clock
tonight. Miss Elizabeth V. Brown. presi-
dent of the teachers section. will preside
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
Getting a Start NATHANIEL c mH FOWLER
THE LIAR.

| would ask you to analyze these
men, to follow them into their
homes, into society, and into their
business. You will find, l believe,
that all of them are skating on thin
social and business ice, that they
are near danger holes. A careful
study of them will prove to you that
most of them have gone under, or
will go, and when they go down not
even their dishonest associates will
offer them a hand or throw them a
rope.
In this article l do not propose to
analyze the lie in the moral labora-
tory, but to present it as it applies
to business and cold-blooded policy,
irrespective of moral right or wrong.
The men, who today are reaping
the harvest of success, planted in
honesty and gathered in honesty,
and they have builded for themselves
business and social monuments
which will endure. not only during
their lives, but will mark the proper
way for others after they are gone.
The liar occupies no permanent or
cnviable position in any market, even
among fellows of his kind. The liar
does not take the word of the liar.
If you want your competitors, as
well as your friends and associates,
to respect you, if you want to be
able to respect yourself, don't lie.
Lying is the act of a coward, of
the man who is not sure either of
his goods or of himself.
Even if the liar succeeds tempo
rarily, his success is due to mis- con-
nection with truthful men, men of
reliability.
The lie has no place in legitimate
business, and never contributed any
thing to permanent profit or to last
ing success.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
URGES LOANS
AT Low RATES
Col. J. 7. Bachelor Says the
Rural Credit Bill Should Aid
Also City People.
ISSUE NOT INCOMPLETE
Day Soon Coming When Capital May
Be Had at Small Interest to
Boost Business.

To the Editor: The bill introduced ir
the Senate by Senator D. U. Fletcher. OF
Florida, will, with some contemplated
amendments. undoubtedly become the
law. 1t is for the purpose of establishing
credit banks for the benefit of the agri-
culturists of this country on both a large
and small scale 1t is supposed to contain
the best principles of the same class of
farmers banks which nave existed In
foreign lands since time nobody knows
when. but which for small farming opera
tions were introduced in Germany about
siXty-four years ago by the celebrated
Raffeisen in conjunction with similar
banks to aid city and townspeople along
the same line.
AS a whole Senator Fletcher's bill is
revolutionary, so far as this country Is
concerned, but revolutionary in most
worthy cause. and has-practically-the
Endorsement of every right-minded. think
ing man and woman in the United States.
But his bill makes no mention Of
similarly aiding town and city people in
the way of promoting and introducing
small business; it being confined in its
purposes to the farming people only.
The bill is needlessly cumbersome.
lengthy. and confusing to the average
farmers mind. 1t, like the income tax
bill tends to fog-only somewhat less So
Where it is intended to teach methods
Cf banking new and strange to our
average people. 1t ought 10 be simpli-
fled. codified, and be made so clear that
any intelligent school child could under
stand it, because there is nothing in the
principles involved of a complicated or
confusing nature.
Chance for Some Senator.
The ancient history of foreign land or
agricultural banks will not be entered
upon here. 1t would require volumes
to describe what is known of them. Our
story is with the towns and cities peo-
pies, beginning with Raifeisen's great
work. and for the purpose of having
some Senator or Representative take the
subject up and immortalize himself in the
pages Of American history.
For the day is surely coming, and at
no distant date, when by such means,
any honest man or woman of fair busi-
ness ability having no means of their
own. will be able in all our town and
cities TO get at A low interest cost suf-
fiCient capital to begin or further en-
large any new or established business
sound in its inception and practice.
The result Of such a privilege will
vastly increase the tota; volume of the
business of this country. 1t will enable
hundreds of thousands of men and
women to earn an independent livelihood.
1t will vastly reduce poverty by giving
employment to n countless number now
unable to find any kind of work to do.
1t will largely increase tine volume of the
output of practically all our manufactur-
ers, and vastly increase the wholesale
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

There is no other remedy so truly help
to nature. 1t relieves the pain and discom-
fort caused by the strain on the ligaments,
makes plant those fibres and muscles which
nature is expanding and soothes the in
fammation of breast glands.
Mothers Friend is an external remedy,
and not only banishes all distress in ad-
vance, but assures a speedy recovery for
the mother. Thus she becomes a healthy
thoroughly enjoy the rearing of her child
Mothers Friend can be had at any drug
store at $1.00 bottle. Write to Bradfeld
Regulator Co., 22S Lamar Bldg, Atlanta,
Ga. for their free book. Write to-day. It
is most instructive.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

Copyright. lsl4)
DOES it pay to lie?
- Yes and no.
Yes. if it appears to be expedient
and the truth would I'M ure you and
others: if you have no respect for
yourself and are willing to take the
chances OF loss of reputation.
No. if you are a man and propose
to continue to be one, to build for
yourself a character which will for
ever remain with you as a business
and social asset.
The success of the liar is tran
sient. His lies make mine under
him, ever ready to explode, to injure
or 10 kill him.
Business worth while, business
which lasts, business which pays in
the long run, business of permanent
profit, is founded upon the truth and
run by truth.
The lying salesman may sell more
goods at the start than does the
truth-teller, but sooner or later, and
probably sooner, he will lose his
customers as well as his reputation.
The clerk. or other employe, who
presents a lying excuse for tardi-
ness, for absence, or for misde-
meanor, is sure to be summoned be-
fore the court of business, tried, and
found guilty.
In taking this stand, | realize that
| am confronting the argument that
dishonesty and Misrepresentation
pay in business, because some con-
Germs succeed and make huge profits
by practicing disreputable methods,
and not a few employees have won
out financially without a strict ad-
herence to the truth.
Before accepting this apparent
proof of the wages of dishonesty"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
MURDERER IS ELECTROCUTED

Boston. March 24.-After sleeping sound
Iy all night. up to fifteen minutes before
his execution. William A. Dorr, was
electrocuted in the Charlestown State
prison today for the murder of George
Z. Marsh, a wealthy Lynn, Mass, man.
ufactu-er. in April. 1872 AS he was be-
ing strapped in the chair Dorr issued a
warning to the youth of America to ab-
stain from wrong-doing even If they were
positiye they could avoid detection.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
SOLITUDE FOR MOTHER" JONES

walzcnburg. Colo. March cI.-"Mother"
Jones. the famous woman labor aGitator.
who was taken from a train at this point.
while en- route to Trinidad. and lodged
in the county jail. was held incom-
municadO today and none of the leaders
of the coal mine strike were allowed to
see her. The rank and file of strikers
were restless and some of the radicals
threatened to storm the Jail, but the
leaders cuunseIled calmness.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
ERECTED FOR R. NJ. MCNEIL.

Tho property at 5oS Eleventh stree
northwest which was recently purchased
by Robert II. McNeill is improved by z
three-story structure with frontage OF
twenty feet The property is said to have
been acquired for a consideration OF
about s5n0c"- The sale was made subject
to a trust OF $4,000
me bul!dln" at preset is being Util.
lied for business purp ses. The properr,
was purchased from Harry q. L,aycoct
The new owner cOntcmpIates remodeIins
the structure
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
BUSINESS PROPERTY SOLD.
John r. FIannery and William r
HIts Buy Business site.

John F. Flannery and William F. HitZ.
have purchased tho business property at
the northwest corner Of Connecticut ave
nue. and l. street. The property was
formerly owned by George II. Higbee and
was sold to Flanncry and Hitz through
the real estate hrm of Story & Cobb. for
consideration Of SI2IO0N.
The property is said to have been ac-
quircd as an investment. which includes
100 TO 1l06 Connecticut avenue and 17G2 I.
street northwest. The property has a
frontage OF about ninety-thrce feet.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
d. J. KAUFMAN'S HOME STARTED.
A. L.. smith Awarded Contract for
Connecticut Avenue Residence.

Arthur l.. Smith. general contractor.
has been awarded the contract to erect
three-story residence. located at Ma
comb street and Connecticut avenue
northwest The residence will measure
fifty feet by sixty feet. The work has
been started.
The new residence will contain hot
water heat, electric lighting. and all
modern plumbing. The building will he
covered with a slate roof When COM
pleted il will be one of the most up-tO-
date residences in the city at a cost OF
about $1,000. The plans and specifications
were drawn by Frederic Pyle. architect
D. J. kaufman is the owner.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
PLANS FOR ST. ALBAN'S CHAPEL
Contract Let for Ncw Building to
Cost About $4,000.

Plans and specifications are being pre-
pared by Bubb and Jones to erect one
story chapel located at TennaIlytown
d. c., for St. Adams Church.
The new chapel measures twenty-threc
feet by fifty.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

ed Many d WOmdn
through the trying
ordeal. saved her from
suffering and pain,
kept her in health in
advance of baby's
coming, and had q
wonderful influence
in developing a love-
ly disposition in the
child
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

Already twenty-one counties in Cali
fornia out OF the total & 81 are MAIN
tanning county free library work, says
a recent report of the United States
Bureau Of Education.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

More than l2N,O0a00 board feet of
timber was given away free by the gov
ernment last year to settlers and miners
living in or near the national forests.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25
.aorner's Friend
in Every Home
Comfort and Safety Assured Before
the Arrival OF the Stork.

In thousands of American homes there
g q bottle of Mothers Friend that has aid
The Washington herald., 1914-03-25

Chart explained by w. Sw.non showing proportion of property be-
longing United States and the District Of Columbia which is ex
empted from taxation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
FANS FOR THE DANCE.

foot, and the buttoned tops have
smart correctness, giving the proper
afternoon effect. yet being made of
such exquiSiteIy soft kid that the move,
ment of the ankle is not CONSTRUCTED in
tie least.
Dainty gloves, attractive ornaments,
handsome stockings. smart shoes and
pretty lingerie are all demanded by
the well dressed woman, and there Is
a distinct preference for the bizarre.
as may be noted by the vogue for
hosiery embroidered in birds. butter
dies or small animals.
The popularity Of dancing makes the
fan again an important feature OF the
fashionable wonlan's costume. Jewel
ed fans are beyond tue means of most
Of us. but there are charming and
tasteful fans which can be purchased
for a moderate sum The tiny per
sonal teucn which the clever woman
may apply to even the plainest fan
gives it an especial note Of chic. II
she can paint a dainty pattern applied
i'm water coiafS Will transform pau
gauze or SAITH fan into Il work of art
The woman who cannot paint will fine
plenty of attractive designs for stem
cling Bits of old lace are invaluable
They may be sent to the fan makers
and mounted either alone or Ill com
| bination with other fabrics.
Some moaish fans are shown here
| The upper one is a costly creation o.
| Did point lace on a ieweled mount
| The one below it illustrates the popu
| larity of ostrich feathers. The fan i
| carried out in shades of gray. Be
meath it is il new art creation of quain
shape and adorned with conventional
lied flowers of the school futurist
The other fan is of shaded net outlin
] ed with rihbon velvet. II bears tn
owners monogram in gold
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09

not sticky, the drag does the best
work. AS the soil in the field will
bake IL plowed wet, SO the road will
bake IL the drag is used on it when 1t
is wet. II the roadway is full of holes
or badly rutted the drag should be
used once when the road is soft and
slushy.
The earth road can best be crowned
and ditched with road machine and
not with picks and shovels, scoops and
plows. One road machine with suit.
able power and operator will do the
work of many men with picks and
shovels and. in addition. will do it bet
ter. II the road is composed of fine
clay or soil it will sometimes pay to
resurface it with top soil from an adj
iacent field which has sand or gravel
mixed with it.
Storm water should be disposed of
quickly before it has had time to pene
trate deeply into the surface of the
road This can be done by giving the
road crown or slope from the center
to the sides. For an earth road which
is twenty-four feet wide the center
should be not less than six inches nor
more than twelve inches higher than
| the outer edges Of the shoulder The
| narrow road which is high in the mid
die will become rutted almost as quick
ly as one which is fiat. for the reason
| that on a narrow road all the traffic Is
forced to use only narrow strip.
| The width of the earth road will de-
pend on the traffic. As Il rule. twenty
five or thirty feet from ditch TO ditch
| is sufficient If the road is properly
frowned. Ordinarily the only bitches
needed are those made with the road
machine. which are wide and shallow.
Deep narrow bitches wash rapidly. es-
pecially on steep slopes. The earth
road should not be loosened, dug up or
piowed up any more than is necessary.
It should be gradually raised. not low
red: hardened, not softened.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
At the LENTEN
DANCING CLASS
Milady Is Alert Not Only to Ac-
quire the New Steps, but tc
Discover the Latest Wrinkle Ii
Tango Garbing.

va VEN during Lent maids and
I'd matrons have continued their
q gyrations, relieving their con-
sciences of responsibility by
claiming that they danced for their
healths sake. Certainly the modern
woman does require some sort of stren-
uous exercise to keep her figure to the
slimness required by the fashionable
gown While milady does not attend
entertainments, she patronizes the
smart dancing class, which is. OF
course. different matter. To this she
may wear her prettiest frock and frol-
ic to her hearts content and put the
responsibility on the soul of the dane
ing master or mistress Thus in her
semi-retirement she may extend her
knowledge of tango steps and perfect
her agility in the maZes Of the dance
that will be publicly in full swing as
soon as Easter has passed.
In her Lenten leisure the society wo
man is also adding to her stock of
dancing frocks or having them reno
waited She knows that now is her op-
portunity to secure the Smartest and
most novel creations. Half dozen
dancing frocks for the season are by
no means too many for the wardrobe
of the woman who is devoted to tango
There are two sorts of frocks dan
sante-afterncon models and models
intended for evening wear. Sometimes
the only difference between the two
seems to be in the length of sleeve and
in the footwear and headgear worn
with the costume, for Il hat usually
ACCOMPANIES the afternoon dancing
frock. whereas in the evening the hair
is ornamented with some sort of co
quettish coiffure ornament
In the afternoon also smart little but
toned boots that may make brief ap
| pearance in the street accompany the
| dainty frock, and in the evening slip.
pers are the proper footwear for the
| ballroom.
Dancing boots for afternoon wear
| with frocks dansante are the prettiest
things Imaginable. High. curved heels,
| trim lines and the thinnest of turned
soles make them most becoming to the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
SSp.RIll!t, The TIaIY1lE|:
FOR ROAD WORK
So Says Department Of Agri-
culture.
GOOD WHEN SOIL IS DAMP.
II Attention to Roads Is Put Off us7si!
the Latter Part of Summer the Sur
face Becomes Dry and the Toll Ex
pended Is Unsatisfactory.

1t is Il great mistake to put off work
ing roads until August or September.
according to road experts of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
The roads should be worked when the
soil is damp SO as to make the soil
bake when it dries out. Ii the roads
are worked when they are dry it takes
more power to draw the machine, and
besides. dry earth and dust retain
moisture and quickly rut after rains
The use Of cods. sods. weeds or vege-
table matter in building earth roads
should be avoided because they also
retain moisture.
by using the road machine in the
spring while the soil is soft and damp
the surface is more easily shaped and
soon packs down into a dry, hard crust.
which is less liable to become dusty In
summer and muddy in winter.
Repairs to roads should be made
when needed and not once Il year aft
er crops are laid by. Because of its
simplicity, efficiency and cheapness,
the split log drag or some similar de
vice is destined to come into more and
more general USE With the drag prop
erly built and its use well understood
| the maintenance of earth and gravel
| roads becomes simple and inexpensive
matter. Care should be taken to make
! the log so light that one man can lifl
/ 1t with ease. as a light drag can be
drawn by two medium sized horses ant
responds more readily to various meth
DDS of hitching and the shifting posi-
ton of the operator than heavier
| one. The best material for the drag |.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
Looking Ahead.

A handsome young woman entered
the Office of prominent lawyer. lnl-
mediately the legal one rose to greet
her.
Il am glad to tell you, Miss Smith,
he pleasantly remarked. that your
breach Of promise suit has been set
tied The defendant has expressed
desire to compromise the case by mar
rying you"
Il am very glad to hear that" was
the smiling response Of Miss Smith.
1T is much better than taking a
chance on losing the verdict. You
have managed the case very well.
How much do owe your
Let me see.' thoughtfully mnsed
the lawyer. "Shall we say S100T
1--WE shall not" was the emphatic
rejoinder Of the fair plaintiff. lit is
entirely too much"
well. then. l will tell you what
will do, Miss Smith," responded the
lawyer. Il will just cut that bill in
half II you will promise to retain me
as your counsel when you sue for q
divorce. Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
GOOD ROADS IN ARIZONA.
Many Miles Of Highway Improved IN
the Southwest.

the SOUTHWEST.
Many miles of country roads have
been improved in the southwestern
country by the application of ealiele-
which. if properly handled. gives salts
faction for country road Of moderate
cost. Last season three miles of road
near Phoenix were improved by the
appIication of te,iirlIe ana :; wearing
surface of oiled sand ard gravel.
Caiiche is !, local name for ealca
II Gus. cement-liile deposit which occurs
IL great abundance in many parts OF
4 rizcna. particularly iii and near the
fapthills. When pu!vcrizea, wet and
conlpactad by traffic or rolling it forms
Il macalam or concrete-like mass oil
moderate hardness and fairly high de-
gree of toughness
The engineer states that The road has
l very. satisfactory surface. but 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the sand and
nil will last as long rs the calicllc base.
The cost of the road WIS about $1,000
! per mile. CalicEe was ha,l'ed from ont
and tllree-gnarters to four and three
uuarter miles and the oil from foul
and cne-ilalf to seven and one-hail
| miles Engineering Record.