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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
The Single Land Tax Remedy.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your condemnation Of the personal
property tax does credit TO the just radical
ism so often eyinced in your editorial col
umns. But what about the real remedy, the
perfect substitute for the evils of personal
property taxation An income tax is more
certain Of collection and less suppressiye of
wealth production, but il may drive from our
midst the people whose presence adds greatly
% cur business prosperity.
Why not get right down to bottom facts
and place the entire tax burden upon land
values that is, take for community use the
values created by the community? Certainly
simplicity and justice call for this change,
and real estate will never come into its own
until IL wisely agrees 10 carry the entire bur
dem The few full years with the many empty
years IN the real estate world will be fol-
lowed with continuous fulncss and no emptl-
ness when a rational system OF taxation elm
mates all forms Of assessments excepting
those made upon the site value of land. We
charge for hotel rooms church pews and the
atre seats according TO their respective loca-
tons Would not a like rule apply to house
and business sites? We care not how gor-
geously apparelled or jewel ladened the occu-
ton fixes the price.
II has been said that the Aston estate pays
81 per cent of its net income in taxes. but
that estate owns the best sites; and if it paid
50 per cent there would be no injustice, for
some Of It's sites have increased in value
many thousand per cent It's valuable i'm
provements should be exempt from taxation,
that Il might be encouraged TO make further
improvements.
Our present clumsy tax systems. Federal
and state, are a reflection on our intelligence.
The Federal government should be supported
by direct levies upon the states, according TO
their representation in the lower house, and
the state governments should be supported by
their natural resources which include the
land within our towns and cities. Real estate
will have a steadier market and get rid of its
ups and downs when 1t puts through a tax
reform that will relieve business or va n
suisitorial and unequal burdens.
JAMES 2. KOHLER.
Brooklyn. Oct. Il, 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18

would be going back 90 obsolete models TO
make such an army the chief training
school for American soldiers. The real
army Of the first line ought to be our
primary training school. 1t should do
the educational work which the armies of
Germany and France do, and it could do
that sort Of work pow i the term of en-
Hstmeut were cut down and soldiers were
released into the reserve after an eign-
teen months or two years service. More
over. the les. possible school for officers
FIRST line army and our deficiency IN
officers is far more serious than our de-
dciency in men.
The Garrison plan errs, therefore, fun
damcntally in trying 20 shift the centre
Of gravity Of our military system from
the regular army 20 the new Continental
army. We could easily get along with zoo p
600 fewer Cortinntals if we should OBJ
tain 100000 more regulars than the
administrations scheme provides. In war
he best is the cheapest. Let us con.
struct real first line and then think
about constructing second and third lines.
We shall never achieve a sound military
ystem if we build it on any other foun-
dation than an ample supply Of fully
trained officers and men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Threadbare Phrases.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In addition to the phrases TO which a
correspondent has called attention in your
columns as being worked overtime, would
wish that those cases that are always and in
variably "a puzzle to the doctors" might not
occur with such frequency, and that in writ
ten and spoken words there would be fewer
Conference Ny masseur tells me that a
patient is not sure where he and his wife
and children will go for little change, but
they are going TO have conference 70 de-
eide; my maid tells me that she may change
her situation. but must first have CON
ference with a friend. And J agree with the
who recently remarked that the
members of any newspaper staff may be re
garded as heroes who refrain from "opInng'
and reaching the last analysis"
, Chicago, Oct. s, 1915. ISAAC ARTZ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
"A Noble Act.
.r Of The Tribrne-

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have just read Of the noble, kindly
act Of Mr. Thomas Osborne. Surely it will
bring rs blessing, greater than any human
thanks or gratitude could bcstow.
I wonder If we all would not and in his
heart he HIMSELF nave greater respect for
Mr. Riley Il he would show a little more
humanity under such conditions
Il may mean the straight road" for many
a man. for our best impulses and acts come
from the influence Of our mothers
Surely Mr.. Riley can exert his authority
toward Mr.. Osborne in some other way than
Is deprving man or woman. no matter how
wrong their life, % "a last word with or look
on q mother \ SUBSCRIBER
Brooklyn. oct. 10. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Forcing the Simple Life.

The dismay and more or less futile in
dignation so apparent in England during
the debate on the new budget seem to
have subsidized pretty quickly in face Of the
inevitable. and already there is an eXem-
plary tendency to look toward the future
in as cheerful a spirit as possible. An
overwhelming majority profess their will
ingness TO make any sacrifice that is really
necessary, only taking exception at the
two or three methods Of taxation that
happen to hit them personally; a consid-
cradle minority declare that they would
swallow the whole budget cheerfully but
Tor the ineXcusable concessions to the Pro-
tectionists, and few Of a singularly san
guine temper discover all sorts Of hidden
blessings in every clause.
One cheerful moralizer undertakes to
show that many Of the supposed hardships
which must inevitably follow mean moth
ing more than a reversion to the simpler
life of an earlier generation. The cost of
telegraphing and telephoning is insignif-
cant when it is considered that such lux
uries were not enjoyed by any one few
years ago Letter writing was INDUCED in
less recklessly, tea was much more costly
than it is to-day and most people were
content with cold baths. Why, them
should there be any grumbling at the diff
culties that must now be faced?
Even a generation ago" he remarks
people would have opened their eyes at
the telegraphing telephoning letter writ
ing. ea-before-breakfasti hot-and-cold-
bathing, to say nothing of the fashionable
dressing now prevalent A few people. it
is true, were luxurious, but these were not
the best people In great houses young
ladies shivered because fires did not begin
early enough, because hot water was a
luxury. As for early breakfast and late
breakfast, and lunch and tea, and dinner
and supper, with occasional snacks in be-
tween, it was not to be thought Of"
In short, he argues that the new era of
simplicity should be greeted by a wild
outpouring Of moral thanks" and so it
will, no doubt, by those who on high moral
grounds have been preaching thrift for
so many years Moral arguments have
had no effect at all; luxuries have come TO
be regarded as necessities, and necessities
have multiplied at an amazing rate Now.
instead Of moral arguments there is COM
pulsion, and compulsion will probably
work better. A member of Parliament re-
marked the other day that the nation
had already tackled the problem of saw
ing IN manner not sufficiently recog-
nized lie said that some time ago in the
snokeroom OF the House Of Commons lie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Indicting the Cat.

The cat-Fchs d0mcs''cG, habitat, from
freside TO back FENCES on trial. It is
charged. as the principal count i'm the
indictment. with killing 100000 birds a
year, in addition to various other offences.
Since this is a pretty serious accusation,
the National Association Of Audubon So
cieties is making an investigation 70
gather information about the extent Of
puss's depr.dations and the effect on the
country at large.
Just what the punishment viii be if the
crime be proved has not been determined.
Sentimental considerations are bound to
enter into the case FEELS domesticG is
not without friends and defenders, and
can prove value as a vermin destroyer.
There seems 70 be grave doubt among
the experts, however, whether the cats
value as a protector Of the public's prop
ertv and health as an enemy Of mice and
rats will offset her detriment as an enemy
of birds, which themselves protect crops
against insect depredations.
There is little doubt, though, that
serious case is being built up against the
cat. Not only birds, but, in rural regions,
small game. become her victims. The
rapidity with which puss breeds and her
tendency. under some circumstances, to
revert to the wild and predatory life.
count heavily against her. One commu-
nifty. Montclair, has already adopted cat
licensing ordinance, making provision for
the capture and execution, or sale to vivi-
sectionists, Of "vagrant' cats. In some
sections Of nearby New Jersey tramp
cats have become so numerous and such
bold marauders that cat-hunting parties
have been organized.
1t would unquestionably greatly mini
mize the nuisance Of ownerless, marauding
Toms and Tables if cat-licensing regula-
tons became as general as are those for
dogs. The requirement OF a license. with
its accompanying fee, economists tell us,
implies the right to destroy. Nobody
wants to destroy the sleek, weI-behaved,
well-cared-for household pet The fight
ing. marauding back-fence feline and the
half-wild tramp, killer Of birds, young
came and barnyard fowl, should be exter-
minated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18

asked a group Of members how many had
been 30 their tailors' since the war began
and they all denied having INDUCED in
that extravaganza. As 70 the women, their
frugality. he said. was 'perceptible TO any
man who had eyes for female attire
There is hope in some quarters that
the necessity Of economy may compel
women 20 pay more attention 70 house
hold duties. such as cooking. drcssmakn2
and other activities given over largely ~
recent years 70 professional practitioners.
II it does there viii be much rejoicing
among those who have been so deeply
concerned at the manifest tendency Of
women under current conditions TO depart
from what in time Of peace was COM
monty supposed to be their proper sphere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
America First.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: President Wilson's address before the
Daughters Of the Revolution should be read
by every man. woman and young person in
the United States Then they should ex-
press their loyalty. II only by wearing a
red, white ard blue ribbon. Boys and girls
could sell the emblem on the street, and
there would be a little profit for them and at
the same time this would be convenient
way for the people 20 get them.
B. +. HOBRoN.
TyTinsham. Mass. Oct. Ia. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18

and naval preparation where the almighty
dollar looms larger than the national honor
and self-respect and any time is looked upon
rs wasted which is not spent in the pursuit
Of wealth then the turning point has been
passed and the decline begun.
and my ancestors for generations have
been Americans rs Mr. Hubbard is. am
proud Of my countrys glorious institutions.
and look with dread upon the time when
they may be lost through the slothfulness,
cowardice or perhaps the over-confdent stu
pidity Of its citizens F. B.
New York. Oct. g. 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Able Judges for Poor Mans Court.

II is gratifying TO find that the Bar
Association Of the City Of New York has
deemed Justice Edgar J. Lauer and Mr..
George Il. Medalie, the Rcpublican-Pro-
greselve candidates for Justices Of tAe
Municipal Court. to be worthy Of indorse-
ment This is testimony, from a nom
partisan body, to the professional stand
ing. character and ability Of these candi-
dates. In Justice Lauer's case especially
The public knows. from the quality Of bis
ten years service on the bench, that the
Bar Associations Endorsement is well de-
served.
The Municipal Court. the poor mans
court" is entitled to the best service OBJ
.ainable. Governor Hughes once said Of
it's work: 1T is doubtful whether any
court in the country affects the welfare Of
more persons" And with this court there
is an extremely small percentage Of ap-
reals: the decision Of the judge is usually
Gnal. for the litigants have no means TO
prosecute cases in higher courts, with
their expenses. and delays. The impor-
lance. therefore. Of having honest, compe-
tent. able Judges cannot be oyerestimated.
The voters can make no mistake IN sup
PORTING the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS candi-
dates who have been certified by the Bar
Association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Humanity a Threadbare Cloak

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Letters OF the same tenor as that OF
A. s Pier in to-day's Tribune may be ex-
pected 70 multiply from now on Instead o.
forming expeditions and leading them "to
it," these writer's seek TO succor the Allies
by prcsuming 10 dictate 20 our President and
Inci:e the nation into d course Of folly
and ruin. Always using that tattered AMI
threadbare cloak humanity" as though the
same did not cover all Of US under all earthly
conditions, Humanity is real. not ideal or
celestial CARL A. kEHRNIEDER.
New YORK. Oct. u, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
Let Us Tel Them to Make Peace

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AT the end Of each day how many
people are thinking of the poor lives that
have been snuTcd out on that day on the bat
tedelds Of Europe?
Not many. in wager. Over here as the
sun goes down we look around. we see on all
sides GOOD will, friendship peace We forget
10 look further than our eyes will allow us
20 and forget to think about the poor. stricken
warning countries Of Europe. over there as
the sun goes down we see not good will nor
friendship nor peace. no, over there the sun
sets every evening on slaughtered men,
women and babies. sets every evening on
ruined homes, on ruined plans and on q
ruined country covered with human flesh and
blood IS with mud. And we let II 90 on,
We look on beuignly while they send out
armies Of men TO fight and if possible, kill
other men. men they have never even seen
and with whom they have no quarrel OF their
own making. We read without tremOr Of
q shell exploding in trench full Of met, Of
10 blowing them 10 pieces leaving a hand
sticking out of the loose earth here and "a
foot protrudng there, and we read without
d shudder Of "a man who has had his very
yitals torn away from his poor body.
II IS up 10 America to say: "Stop this wan
ton slaughter. Cannot you see the world Is
being robbed Of its men, Can't you see the
sturdy, strong young lives drbbling away
like sand? Get out Of these cold trenches
and go back 10 your weeping women folks
and your little babies" a. ".
New York Oct 10. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18

"rrean1's insular security has become Jest
oven to children Hamburger Nachriehten.
How they DO laugh when bomb lands in
the nursery.
Mr.. Bryan still thinks that speaking
trumpet is a good enough weapon with which
20 stave Off an invading force
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31
IDAHO BOYS INVENT DIGGING
MACHINE.
Idaho City World.)


Clifford Highly of this place, who
is electrician for the Boston & Idaho
Gold Dredging Co., has just received
word from Washington that a patent
has been granted him on his auto
matte post-hole digger.
The machines which he and his
brother Richard of Orchard have per-
fected, is entirely automatic in its
action and only one handle is requir-
ed to operate it.
Holes can be dug with it three
times as fast as by any other hand
method, and although its total length
is only FIVE feet and its weight fifteen
pounds, wells have been dug thirty
feet deep by suspending it from a
long rope tied to the handle.
Clifford, in a humorous mood, sug>
gested that if one of the contendine
armies in Europe should be equipped
with these diggers they could put up
entanglements so rapidly that pursuit
would be out of the question and
peace would have to be declared
He is now in communication with
eastern manufacturers and it is ex-
pected that the machines will soon be
placed upon the market
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31
PATRICK WHITE GOES TO
HIS FATE IN COLD WATERS
Body of Unfortunate Rancher Found
Saturday Morning Near Star.

Harassed for years by sickness and
lately by the obsessions of disorgan-
lied mentality, the body of Patrick
White found everlasting rest yester-
day when it was laid by grief stricken
friends in a grave at Mt. Calvary
cemetery. Funeral services were held
at the Catholic church, says the Nam
pa Leader Herald.
Mr.. Peterson. Dear FAMILY
have cost you enough, so good
bye. Do not look for me. l will
try and go where no one will
know me.
"Pat White"
This note, water soaked and blur
red, was found in one of Whites
pockets when the body of the deceas-
ed Nampa rancher was taken from
the Boise river near Star Saturday
morning. 1t is the only word rela-
tives have had from the unfortunate
man since he left his ranch, where he
lived with the family of his brother
in-law, liver Peterson, Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is generally taken as proof
that White came to his death through
accident rather than suicide.
Noticing the water ripping over a
blue object lying in the shadows near
the ford he was crossing, A. G. Chen
owith a rancher, investigated and
found that it was the body of White
clad in overalls, heavy shirt, under
wear, and walking shoes This dis
coverv was made at IL o'clock Satur-
day morning Chenoweth immediate.
ly notified a neighbor who returned
with him to view the body. They
did not remove it but telephoned tc
the county coroner, who arrived sew.
eral hours later in company with
Sheriff Froman. An inquest was deem.
ed unnecessary and the body was TAX
en- to Caldwell from whence it wa.
shipped to Nampa Sunday.
From the condition of the body
when it was found. Coroner Fari:
thinks that White was drowned some
time Wednesday, the day following
his disappearance from his ranch one
miles north of Nampa. 1t was founc
in shallow water, too shallow fol
drowning, so that it is impossible tc
tell just where White met his fate
The current could have carried il
miles down the river between Wed
nesday and Saturday.
The reason for Whites disappear
ance still remains a mystery. The
general belief is that he was mentally
deranged and did not fully realiz,
what he was doing. While at time:
he was perfectly rational, there were
days when he showed unmistakablt
signs of mental disorder and it ap
pears not unlikely that he was suffer
ing from one of these attacks wher
he wandered from home.
Mrs. Peterson, his sister, stoutly
denies that White was CLOSELY con
fined to the house and that it was tn,
chatting under this restraint tina
caused him to depart. "My brothei
was allowed every possible freedom
consistent with his physical and men
tai conditions" said Mrs. Peterson
yesterday. 1--WE tried to keep him or
the ranch as much as possible. but W,
never forbade him to leave it. Hi
relations with Mr.. Peterson and m,
were always of the friendlest nature
We never quarreled. l cannot under
stand why he left u.s."
| Neighbors say they never heard o
any trouble between White and hi
sister and brother-in-law.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31
A Noisy Yard Engine.

The Toledo Terminal railroad re-
Gently received the following express
sive letter:
rs it absolutely necessary, in dis
charge of his duty day and night, that
the enginer7 of your yard at the upper
Terminal bridge should make it dins
and dong and hzz and spit and clang
and bang and buzz and hiss and bell
and wall and pant and rant and yowl
and CRATE and grind and puff and bump
and click and clank and chug and
moan and boot and toot and crash and
grunt and gasp and groan and whistle
and sneeze and squawk and blow and
jar and perk and rasp and jingle and
twang and clack and rumble and jan
gle and ring and clatter and yelp and
croak and howl and hum and snarl
and puff and growl and thump and
boom and clash and jolt and jostle
and shake and screech and snort ano
snarl and slam and shake and throb
and crink and culver and rumble and
roar and rattle and yell and smoke
and smell and shrek like hell?-Den-
yer Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31

ed to be between eighteen and twenty
millions of dollars. The government
appealed the case to the Supreme
stated that it would come up for a
hearing February Fl, 1916. There Is
scarcely any question but that the
Supreme Court will affirm the de-
cision of the Customs Court. Mean
while, the sum for which the govern
ment will ultimately be accountable,
and which must be taken from the
treasury cash register, with a mo
sale" ring-up, is being steadily aug
mented as each arrival of a foreign
vessel bringing imports from abroad
calls for additional rebating.
In all probability Mr.. McAdoo, fol-
lowing a decision of the Supreme
Court adverse to the governments in
terests, will resort to one of his old
tricks and defer liquidation of rebate
claims until June 80, 1916, in order
that the treasury deficit for that fiscal
year will be somewhat less shocking
to public and dangerous to the De-
mocratic chances of success in the
1916 campaign. Watch him! The de-
lay in getting this case before the
Supreme Court carried him over the
fiscal year 1915.
The anticipated decision of the
Supreme Court means one of two
things, either of which will be dis
tasteful to those who voted for the
clause: Its immediate repeal, which
will be confession of legislative in
efficiency, or its continuance in force
which will mean a continuing decrease
in the revenues.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31
POSTPoNING AN IN
CREASE IN DEFICIT

Washington, Dec. 20, Especial cor
respondence) = Secretary McAdoo
makes no reference in his annual re-
port to the probability that the Uunit-
ed States Supreme Court will uphold
the decision of the Court of Customs
Appeals, which decided last spring
that the clause providing for a FIVE
per cent rebate on goods brought in
in American vessels was equally ap-
piicable, under our commerce and
navigation treaties, to merchandise
brought in in vessels of foreign coun-
tries with whom we have such treat
les in force If sustained this will
take many millions from the treasury.
This rebate clause was a fatuous
attempt on the part of Mr.. Under
wood and his disciples to stimulate
the upbuilding of our shipping in
dustry by what really amounted to an
indirect subsidy, inasmuch as FIVE per
cent of the import duties collected in
the name of the u. S. Treasury were
to be refunded on those goods which
were entered in American vessels
The Republicans repeatedly called the
attention of the Democrats to the
fact that this clause would work to
the benefit of about 20 countries whu
were our foreign competitors, if it be-
came a part of the law, and that il
really meat horizontal cut of five
per cent of the entire dutiable list
under the treaty rights of those coun.
tries. But the majority remained OBJ.
durate. The decision of the Customs
! Court was in consonance with Re.
publican argument.
AT the time the Customs Court de.
cision was rendered the amount Of re.
bates due foreign vessels was estimat