Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-14
Scraps and faets.

stamp on bank checks be lncludeu III
the war revenue law. Il prefer an IN
creased graduated income tax and
whenever a man has an income OF
one million dollars, l would take an
in excess of that" Senator T1llman
added. "a million a year is enough
for any man and the government
needs the money"
New high marks in November Tor
monthly dredging were set in botf
the Gaillaru cut and the CulepIa
slides, according TO the current issue
of the Canal RECORD. A total or l.
22S,73O cubic yards Of earth was re-
moved in the Gaillard cut, and l,oV4,-
4SO from the Culebra slides, or more
than 10000 cubic yards In excess
of October figures for each place The
new hfIeen-yard dlpper dredge Cals-
cades, commissioned the last day In
October set a new record for dredSes
by taking out 2S9,2S0 yards during
the month, although 1t was not work
ing a full "a hours schedule all
month. The Record figures tnat l.
666 cubic yards are being taken from
the cut every hour, or enough 10 I'LL
a nine-car train of standard passenger
cars.
Count Won Reventlow, in the Tages
ZellunR, NAk SAAS tSS~ -
the German naval and militia attaches
at Washington, declares he tlnds 1t i'm
possible to believe that the request
thew be recalled was not due to polltl-
cal reasons. In addition, he comments,
is the fact that the recalls were de-
manded after a long campaign OF the
British press and of the American
press. which takes sides with the enc
mles OF Germany" Count Won Re
yentlow quotes Washington dlspatch
referring to the danger OF a severance
of relations between Austria ana the
United States and says he does not
know how highly Austria estimates
the danger Of a severance, and is curl
Gus to learn what position II will take.
He quotes with approval the remarks
of the Lokal Anzierger concerning the
loss Of lives of passengers or the An
coma and declares that the Unlteu
States demands that submarine snail
not fire when a ship fees after being
challenged, but shall in respectful ST.
lence let it flee."
Representative Lever has again
introduced his Federal warehouse Dill,
providing for system. OF licensed
warehouses operating under Federal
law. The purpose Of the bill Is to pro-
vide a UNIFORM warehouse receipt
for cotton, grain and other slapie
and non-perishable agricultural pro-
ducts with view of making the pro,
duct of the farm Of such liquid
character as to make it easily negoti-
able, and, therefore, good collateral
for borrowing upon. This bill passed
both houses last year, but on account
of the finbuster on the ship purchase
bill in the senate, failed Of final agree
ment between the two houses. Mr..
Lever, in speaking Of the bill last
Saturday, said: II hope to be able to
report this bill from the committee
on agriculture before the adjourn
ment for the holiday and thus give It
an advantageous place on the calen-
dar. 1t is my intention to press hard
for it's passage because l look upon II
as being of extreme importance in the
general plan Of working out better
distribution of farm products"
The text of the American note to
Austria Hungary regarding the SINK
ing of the Italian steamship Ancona,
made public last Sunday night, re-
yeals a formal demand by the United
States for prompt announcement OF
the illegal and indefensible" act; for
punishment OF the submarine COM
mander and for reparation by the
payment Of indemnity for the Killing
and injuring Of American citizens.
These demands follow a statement in
forming Austria-Hungary that the
good relations OF the two countries
must rest upon q common regard 1or
law and humanity" The note ar
raigns the shelling and torpedoing OF
the liner as "inhumane," "barbarous'
and a "wanton slaughter" Of help
less men, women and children" In
official and diplomatic circles the
communication is regarded as being
the most emphatic declaration to come
from the United States government
since the beginning of the European
war. No attempt is made to conceal
the fact that unless the demands are
quickly complied with diplomatic re-
lations between the two countries
will be in grave danger Of being sew
cred.
Personal income tax was paid
during the last fiscal year by 35I,5l5
individuals, who turned into the
government $41,046,162, more by
nearly $13,000,000 than the total paid
by 357,59S making returns the year
before, according to the annual report
of the commissioner Of internal reve-
enue, made public last Sunday night
The greatest increase shown was in
the amounts paid by those subject to
the normal tax, a jump from about
S12,72S,OOO in 1914 to about $16,559,-
900 in 1915. Incomes exceeding $780,
900 paid this year about $6.439,O0O
compared with $3,437,000 last year.
There were S2,754 individuals subject
to the normal tax; 127,44S who re-
ported incomes between $4,000 and
$1,000 and TIA whose returns were
made on a basis Of incomes of $780,
10 nnrnnratiOn
income tax 299,445 returns were
made, a decrease OF 17,464 from the
previous year ascribed by the report
to various conditions including dis
turbed business conditions incident
to the war in Europe and the trouble
in Mexico. The corporations paid 1885,
9S6,952 or about $6,627, 900 less than
in 1914. The report says examination
showed that but few corporations
had purposely falsified their returns
or sought to evade the tax.
Destruction of birds, according to
a statement made last week by Col.
G. o. Shields, president of the League
Of American sportsmen, costs the
United States a billion dollars year.
Cotton growers" he said, lose $780,
100000 a year by the boil weevil.
Why? Because the quails, the prairie
CnlcRcnS, InS UleduOW idIhS dllu OliiSi
birds, which were formerly there in
millions, have been swept away by
thoughtless men and boys" The
chinch bugs costs wheat growers
of the country another $1OO,OOO,00O,
he said, and the Hessian fly $780,
100000. 1T takes more than $4,000
chinch bugs to weigh an ounce and
nearly $4,000 Hessian flies to weigh
the same" he continued. "a quail
killed by an expert in Ohio had in its
crop 1900 cinch bugs; another killed
in a Kansas wheat field had 1000
Hessian flies. Col. Shields added that
potato growers pay $17,00O,OOO a year
for spraying poisons, and remarked
that quail slain in Pennsylvania had
twenty-sever potato bugs in its crop.
He said that Mrs. Margaret NJ. Nice
of the faculty of the Massachusetts,
state university, after long study es-
timated that a quail destroys $4,000
bugs and 100000 weed seeds an
nually.
The complications in Greece and
what that country will do to protect