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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-12-16

II done.
The school taxes are the heavy ones. The county school
and special school taxes amount to more than all the other
ounty taxes, including the special road tax in Highway
District No. 2. Some of the districts, owing to the small
number Of pupils, get off with a small special levy. Others,
like Independent Districts, l and 2 and common school
districts 5, 10, IL, 13, IA, 16, IL, 19, Fl, 22 and % bear heavy
special levies, some of them equaIing or exceeding all 9th
err taxes combined. This is due in a measure to the large
amount of property that is not yet on the tax roll. Since
the last assessment was made more than $4,000 acres have
beer added to the tax rolls, much of it being in these dis
tricts with high ievies, and in a short time these levies can
be reduced.
But the cost of the schools cannot be, and should not, in
most cases, be reduced. The law compes every child to at
tend school. 1t fixes the length of the term that must be
taught, and by so doing virtually fixes the cost of the
schools A slight reduction might be made in the amount
paid for teachers but they are now paid smaller salaries
than the teachers of most other counties of the state,
and a reduction would result in a poorer class of teachers.
Schooling costs money but it is worth more than it costs.
The people themselves fix the school taxes, and the fact
that they vote upon themselves the taxes required to MAIN
tain them to a high standard is the best kind of evidence
that they do not wish to economize in the schools
Accepting as facts that the state and interest taxes can
terially lessened it there was a desire to economic in
these matters, leaves only roads and bridges, and the run
ming expenses of the county where savings are possible.
The general movement for better roads p~recludes the idea
that a lessenlng OF the amount expended for roads will be
considered. This leaves only the current expense where
savings can reasonably be expected, and if these were re-
duced o%ne-fourth it would not reduce taxes materially.
The living expenses of an ordinary prudent family can
not be materially reduced. If economy is made in the way
of clothing for one year, it compels a larger expenditure
for clothing the following year. 1t is the same way with
taxes. The Rockland school district, Independent No. 2,
is this year paying an excessive tax because it made too
low a levy last year. 1t costs money to live, but no one
wants to die merely to save the expense of living.
Tie December number of the Homeseeker's Illustrated
Monthly, is devoted to Power county. 1t is published at
Boise by Senator Earl Wayland Bowman, one of the most
gifted men in Idaho. With the January number the name
of the magazine will be changed to The Golden Trail, and
ii will take on a little more of a literary turn. 1t sells for
$1.0O a year, but will be sent to people outside the state,
two copies for a dollar. 1t is undoubtedly the best immi-
grafton inducer within the state. The following extracts
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

THE Vocational Bureau which the Consumers League
is planning to establish as a result of its cam
paign for 1000 members will. it confidently be-
leved. an a real need in the life of community
The Consumers League in Philadelphia has had such
Vocational Bureau for several years. 1t has been
found to be valuable TO employers and employees
alike that is about to be transferred TO the admins
tration OF the public school system integral part
Of the municipal government.
The idea is to have Il as a clearing house be-
tween the schools and future employers of children
legal working age who need to 80 to work
The teachers who have had opportunity to observe
the children at work in school and any special
aptitude-in the boys for mechanics or qualities that
would make good hook-keepers or statesmen; in the
girls any aptitude for design. painting. millinery or
dressmaling, for domestic science-are invited to
make use of the Office by registering the children as
they leave school to go to work
The children are urged TO come and talk over their
prospects with the secretary in charge and employers
are invited to the Office files for satisfactory refer
encos for empoyes-women, boys and girls
Properly conducted such bureau should exercise a
benehcent influence in many directions and shape
melligently and wisely the future those who ar,
leaving school to in the various calngs which
make up the professional. industrial and commercial
life Of our nation
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
With The Photographers

On the subject of national defense Mr. Bryan clear
ly past praying for The more he says the worse he
grows Here is his latest idea preparedness for war
as presented bevy OF startled reporters
versty Club, Chicago Descanting the needessness
Of spending money navy, the ChauauQua strategst
thus unfoded his great alternative for mobilization Of
embattled farmers at strategca points repe
sion. "With twelve national highways leading from
foreign foe could seize their guns and mobilize quick
ly at certain points by riding 70 them i'm their motor
cars" That Is Mr. Bryan's plan for national defense.
and state of perpetual preparedness I the man ever
ioked. would conclude that he chatting those
reporters. But he perfectly serious. The most
ridicued scheme national defense heretofore pro-
bounded was Thomas Jefiersons celebrated amphbious
navy considering of vehcuar gunboats wheels stor-
ed on shore at eligible points and ready be wheeled
down 10 the water for launching the appearance Of
the enemy But Mr. Bryans mobilization highways for
the assembling of farmers with their fowling pieces
beats that hollow.--A lwaukee Sentinel.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

not afford to wait for his money for
several weeks. and with many Of
them it is a case where they barely
manage to exc out a living AS a
consequence road supervisors will be
unable in the future to get labor to
work the roads on account of lack
Of funds to pay off the orders that
are issued
No man is expected to give his time
and labor and then wait for several
weeks. possibly months. for his
money, as in the case when men work
on the county roads.
If the highways are to be improved
and the supervisors propose to de-
pend on laborers who are worthy Of
their hire, then something will have
TO be done in order to meet the orders
I that are issued.
There is q statute which provides
that the prisoners confined in the
county Jail should have a little exer-
else and work on the roads, but so
far no effort has been made by the
county officials to put the law in
force.
How much better it would be TO
give the prisoners confined in The
county Jail q little exercise and at the
same time save money for the county.
I than to retain them in their idleness?
( Hundreds of dollars could be saved
annually by working them on the
county roads. The law is a dead let
+ ter so far as putting it into operation
I is concerned
! It seems to use that the Levy Court
! should take advantage of this law,
and thereby save hundreds Of dollars
annually. The question Of criminal
! labor on the roads of necessity calls
for q guard over them. Why could
not each supervisor he givent pow
er to guard them and make them
work? We believe that If the law
was put into effect that it .wodld
have a tendency TO lessen crime in
the county
If the Levy COurtmen want 10 show
to the people that they are working
for the interest of the county. let
them get busy and make use o. the
criminals and save hundreds OF doll
lars annually to the taxables.
The eyes Of the people are on the
Levy Court. and it is up to them to
make a good record before the COM
mission form of government becomes
effective. We have pointed ont what
can be done Let us see if any men,
Der of the Levy Court has backbone
enough to fight for such a move.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
Editorial Opinion
A PROMISING SIGN.

From the N. Y. journal OF Commerce.
The organization OF the Federal
Dyestun and Chemical Company I'M
der the laws OF Delaware, with
capitalization Of S15,OOO,OOO is a
promising sign, whether or not the
incorporators are associated with the
Standard Oil Company and the du-
Point de Nemours Powder Company.
There is plenty of reasons why men
connected with those companies
should take a large interest in the
new enterprise. The companies arc
engaged on large scale in indus
tries which produce at relatively low
cost the chief materials for making
aniline dyes. 1t must be compare
lively easy and inexpensive for them
to extend facilities for supplying
these by-product materials and to
make profitable the production of the
dyes for which there is a large and
growing demand i'm this country.
There is no reason why this de-
mand should not continue to grow
after the European war, which has
done so much to open the opportunity
for meeting it here, shall have come
TO an end. The supply of raw ma
terials will continue to be practically
without limit; and, with the capital
and skill at command. American en-
terprise can surely hold its own in
the domestic field at least Why
should there be fear of what Germany
will do, when It gets through with
the work OF destruction and both
capital and labor supply greatly de-
pleted, II not exhausted? All that it
is necessary TO do is TO apply some
thing like the Germany efficiency and
economy TO the production Then
the advantage will be all on our side,
with materials at hand and the mar
ket at home.
German industry Is not going to
rise from its ashes at once. full
fledged and fully armed even for the
production of dyes and other chemi-
Gals. Il is likely to be a long time
before 10 has any large surplus to dis
pose of and it viii be costly to get il
across the ocean while markets on
the other side will be reviving. Why
should Americans admit that they
cannot compete i'm their own mar
kets. oven with Germans. in an in
dustry for which they have such an
advantage as they may easily estab-
lish before the real competition is
ready TO begin? Why should they be
afraid of dumping" If they have a
full grown industry and are capable
of managing ID so as TO produce as
well and as cheaply as rivals any
where. they can surely hold their own
in their home market Rivals in Ger
many will be ia no position TO under
stand them and get possession of that
market unless the Americans are too
weak to hold on to it.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
THE DELAWARE PEACH.

From the Dover State Sentinel.
The suggestion is made by the hor-
ticultural department of Delaware
College that proper fertilization Of
peach orchards may have an influence
in preventing peach yellows. This is
not given out with any degree Of con-
fidence. but is a suggestion merely
that should be proved by long and pa
tient experimentation. II is a Ques-
ton worthy of such investigation, for
however successful other parts OF the
country may be in growing peaches
no part of our land has yet succeeded
in producing this luscious fruit in. the
perfection with which il grows on our
Delaware soils. Other soils may pro-
duce the color and size, but the tex
ture and the flavor Of the real Della
ware grown peach is beyond descrip-
ton and beyond the widest magma
ton Of man. Go on. Professor McCue
and if you succeed, Delaware will build
you a monument; if you fail it will
still be a worthy effort.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

coming to the front, and the labor of
their hands viii 90 into the markets of
the world as never before. Japan will
claim her own in the Pacific and her
right to be considered in the trade OF
the world. China may follow suit.
In brief. my judgment is that if the
war continues through next year the
United States will be rich beyond the
dreams of avarice and viii require the
coolest brains and nerves in the bank
ing and political world to keep us from
riotous speculation and bubble blowing.
But if our bankers and statesmen
keep level heads and hold the country
to conservative course, prosperity may
be wit. us for many years to come.
Now, however, is the time, when the
prosperity is setting SO strongly in our
favor, to point out the dangers ahead
which are, first. imitation; second ma
tional avarice, and third, lack OF pa
triotism
Values must rise in this country SO
I long as the war continues. Houses,
lands and labor will be quoted higher
! The problems after the war will be the
defence of these values. The middle
West and Iowa must remember, as their
I special dangers, that transportation of
their goods 20 the seaboard has got TO
advance. The cost of harvesting the
crops must advance with cost of labor
? except so far as offset by greater use
of economical machinery.
!, New land areas in Russia and. else
where will come into competition with
you and your overseas market will be re-
strcted. For a time general prosperity
p will bear up our prices, but in the enc
your seven years of plenty will be fol
4 lowed by seven years of depreciation
o and the corn that you should store up il
e Egypt now are the certificates of indeb
? tedness that viii pay good rates of in
I terest when lands and labor have les
than war values.
For every thousand dollars an lows
farmer invests in automobiles he shouli
:, be encouraged TO invest five thousand il
;. per cent bonds whose interest will
D meet the future annual expense of hi
T automobile.
Then if times become worse he ca
house his automobile, live on his inter
e est. diversity his crops, and develop hi
e home market.
After the wal each country must de
o velop itself and its home markets NOR
d than ever before
Some years later when shipping ia
b cilities have ,bcen restored there wi
?. come a profitable interchange of com
Il modities and the inauguration of recir
rocal tariffs. each country producin
e that 10 which it is economically adapt
ed and from which it can most advar
N tageously buy foreign luxuries. But ia
ID Iowa, as well as Pennsylvania Me-
Y York and New England, the home mar
a. ket and the home development is tn
D. keynote to future prosperity.
err Yer ytruly yours,
re c. W. BARRON.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
THIS COUNTRY, AFTER THE
WAR, RICH BEYOND DREAMS
LETTER OF c. W. BARRON TO THE MEETING OF THE WEST
BANKERS AT CEDAR. RAPIDS. IOWA
Draining
Pocy-CooI
Speculation and Bubble Blowing-The Higher Liy-
ing
lFrom the Val street Journall

For recent meeting OF Western
bankers at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, an ex-
preston OF opinion as TO the future OF
this country after the war was invited
from a representative OF this financial
newspaper.
G. W. Barron responded as follows
Dear Sir. Yours of September IL att
hand 1 think the future OF this coun-
try and particularly Of the West, after
the war. is wen expressed in the letter
head on your paper. | will interpret 1t
because perhaps you do not understand
Egyptian hierOglyphics.
After the war there will be corn IN
Egypt for many years, and your bank
is typical of the rich Egypt west the
Egypt of rich soil fat increase and
great accumulation. / notice that on
the broad sidewalk about your Egyptian
architecture very few people are walk
ing. The street has only electric cars
and automobiles nowhere horse.
Your bank has two Egyptian stories.
/ interpret the higher one as your re-
serve force. and ii this war continues
YOU may need third-story To- store the
metal. paper evidence of credit and Sc
curities which will continue to pour IN
upon you.
The danger in this country today is
wholly from a sudden peace in Europe
with the continuance of the present
tariff. Today we are draining the whole
earth Of its gold and its materia
wealth. The danger 20 the uniteC
States is that at the close of the war the
world win be found in bondage iinan
ciallly to these United States
There was a time when the South ha'
the wealth of this country and cottoi
was king. Gould anybody then in TIN
South have forccasted the revolution II
labor, finance. cotton and politics tina
would arise from the war;
The sudden acquisition OF wealth j
dangerous 10 nations as to individuals
The war is going TO raise our prices
our standards of living and our wages
and leave the country in no condition
for its labor to compete with the labo
of impoverished Europe
To save the United States in the fu
tlre we have got TO elect TO save SOM
of Oir Industries, through a protecty
tariff from European competition.
When the armies Of Europe return t.
the field and Che factory the Unite
States may find itself in dangerou
situation unless it is defended by bot
tariffs and people armed and patriotic
Unfortunately. the accumulation O
wealth Indernines patriotism.
The real wealth of nation is in tn
soul of its people
The nations of Europe are taking o
new life and are being reiuvenate
through this contest. France is gettin
new soul Russia is getting a new pa
triotism, England is getting wide dc
minion over land and sea- The small'
nations of Southeastern Europe a.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
GEMS OF THOUGHT

DO not think wasted time TO submit yourself to any
influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling
-Ruskin.
.-.-.-.
Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and
ever and blessed be thy glorious name, which is ex-
allied above all blessing and praise-Nehemiah tx g.
.-.-.--
Write your name by kindness love and mercy on the
hearts Of the hundreds you come in contact with year
after year and you will never be forgotten.-Alex-
ander
II you want 10 be miserable. think about Yourself
about what you want. what YOU like what respect neo
Charles Kingsley.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

n the editorial columns of the Clayton News we
find the following:
The farmer is the backbone of this own-ln fact he
Is the mansay of the nation That reminds that IL
we just get every farmer in this community TO real
lie the financial advsablity of tieing to this town in
his commercial dealings il will be practical step in
advance for the future Of the whole community town
and county both U Will enable TO have better stores
and shops and other business enterprises and will
ject life into everything and everybody Il will
Increase tho value Of the farms and the property
and viii make life easier and attractive IN every
way Il viii go far toward preventing our young
manhood from sraying away from the safety and
prosperity Of the farms and into the pitfalls and misery
9l hand TO mouth existence In Oyercrowded city
~ viii enable them to grow strong the farm while
he our OF every ten in the cities becomes but weak
atom among countless other atoms Many farmers are
p ol az 10 home institutions it Is possible for hui
en beings to be- but with others there room for con-
home f'7 '"e" nioney at
.ns1 Is true as regards any country town ON the
peimarNa Peninsula. There is one important noint
however upon which the News failed to touch Thai
Is the duty Of Delmarvan to buy in wilmireo, who,
ne OF she cannot buy in the home town The neronou
AN and the rural sections our Peninsula have aan,
interests in common. That fact should not no ,o, go,
Of when the buy-at-home question is being discnssas
by newspapers published in the rural districts
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
DO THEY GET ITg

From the Snow Hill People.
There are approximately 500 miles
Of county road in Worcester county.
There is levied $4,000 each year to
keep them in repair This means an
average levy Of $50 per mile a year.
Has the mile in front of your farm
had $40 worth Of work done it this
year, or last year, Mr.. TaXpaying Far
merg In some cases perhaps it has,
and if so you should pat yourself on
the back for you are one of the fortu-
nate few.
This does not take into account the
maintenance of bridges which was
provided for by a bond issue nj the
last Legislature. when a bill was in
troduced and passed increasing the
Indebtedness of the county by $4,000
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

national conference Of Progressive leaders recent
y held in New York decided to go with the party.
This decision was partly nullihed on the day By
a higher authority-the Supreme Court Of New Jersey.
one of its justices signing order barring the Bul
Moose from ticket in the New Jersey primaries
cause at the last general election the party to
poll five per cent of the total and thus
a party within the eyes of the law.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
MAY pICK COPS TOnAY.

Members Of the Police Commission
at their session this afternoon in all
probability viii select the two men
who are needed to nm vacancies exist
ing in the department The men to be
chosen will have TO submit to a physl-
cal and mental test after being named
by the commissioners as police offi-
GERS.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
SUSSEX AM ms ROADS.

From the Georgetown Journal
With thousands of dollars of coun-
ty orders outstanding and no funds to
meet them, is it any wonder that per-
sons refuse 10 work on the county
roads when they are unable to get
their money after performing the
labor?
In these DAYS a laboring man can
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

Let troubles come-and gol They
viii be forgotten soon, for Want Ads
will help dispose of them. AS soon as
the cook leaves, or the stenographer
starts on her vacation, run a Want Ad
and your troubles will dissolve.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

The National Bank Of Commerce Of ST. Louis has
been compelled dividend from six to four
per cent The assigned is that there is small
demand for loans and that the interest for these
very low This is suggestive It is evident that there
can be no large industrial business activity in this
banks circle OF clients There is of idle money
in this country but there is business to It ex-
cept among the "war trade enterprises
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

Imports TO the value Of S29s26149 entered the thr
teen principal districts Of the United States
for the week ending September 49, 1915 which du-
ties were collected in the of S3O4O36S
age ad yaorem Of duty of 1911 per compared
with an average annual ad yalorem rats Of duty OF
176 in 1918 under the Republican protective tariff law.
which efficient revenue producer. This is the
lowest ad valorem yet recorded under the Demo-
cratic tariff law. During the month of August 20 per
cent OF imports entered free of duty. The free
trade provisions Of the present tariff law boon
to the foreign producers apd retail prices are not
declining.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

Some Democrat in Kentucky is going to get a letter
pretty II will be dated at the White House and
t will be signed by Woodrow Wilson. It will tell how
much the President desires the election of Democratic
Governor in the bluegrass country, etc. etc
Evening journal., 1915-10-12
TUESDAY OCT. IL. 1915
EXprRIENCE 0F TMO MIrNEssEs.

q EVEHAL days ago when discussing the proposal
~ that the business Of the Court Of General Sessions
be conducted by calendar instead Of by the hit
or-miss no-calendar method called attention the
expensive experience OF employee of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Corporation who had been summoned
witness in lower Van Buren, street shooting ARRAY
We now in a position to state that that has
been continued to the next term of court. That
ploye OF the Harlan and Hongsworth Corporation was
kept in court eleven days waiting to be called The
understanding is that he lost more than sac in wages
Another witness boy lost. eleven days from
school
1t has been asserted repeatedly that law is the
OF common We do not think that any
layman who reads Of the experience Of those wit
uesses will share in that view. What the Court Of
General Sessions needs make Of the criminal law in
this county the of is a calendar
that will permit the business the court to be
Quoted properly and yet with minimum Of inconven-
fence to lawyers, jurors and witnesses It come
sooner later. 1t should
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

James J. Hin urges that we loan billion to
the bellieerens Of the Triple Entente They buy
ing things from us he urges, and if lend them
the money they cannot pay us for goods our ex-
ports win fall OF and our crops will decline in value
Then an this tremendous "war order export business
is not real business at alleh, Mr. Hill? Anyone
do business II he VIII lend his customers the money to
my their bills.
Evening journal., 1915-10-12

The sacred ratio" hobs up again. Henry Ford has
examined standard American submarine and declares
IL is sixteen times too big The fact is however tha,
our submarines are sixteen times too few in number