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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

Let examine what this plan of cutting off the just
of the plants adding them and unprecedented charges
for the benefit of the general fund means
In the first place. there stand two fundamental facts
First that by the council has not REDUCED BY
ONE PENNY THE ACTUAL COST OF RUNNING THE GOV
EMINENT It simply has shifted the cost
Secondly, WHEN CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST THE
LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS, THEY REALLY ARE MADE
AGAINST THE LIGHT USERS AND WATER USERS WHO
SUPPORT THOSE PLANTS and against whom they may not
justly be made.
Briefly them the council has evaded it's duty Of cutting Ia
coas municipal expense and instead has placed the general
rather than the general And lest you think
this taking money from pocket put in another
Der THERE rs A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
LIGHT USERS AND WATER USERS AS A CLASS AND
THE TAXPAYERS AS A CLASS
For instance there many eastern spectators who
Tacoma realty They do not live here support local merchants
They perform useful labor to upbuid the community They
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
(BULLETIN.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 10.
THE situation is strained, but
America will wait a reasonable
time for Austria to act" Secre-
tary Lansing told newspaper men
late today.
His intimation was plain that
IL Austria did not recall Dumba
at once, the United States was
ready to hand him his passports.
Relations with Germany also
were tense, because of the kais-
er's refusal of PREPARATION for the
deaths of those who were lost in
the Arabic disaster. Inferential-
ly, this means, too, that he dis
avows responsibility for the Lus-
itania victims.
Germany is involved in the
Dumba incident, through the re-
lations of its embassy with the
American, Archibald, who carried
Dumba's message, to say nothing
of the kaiser's own reported plan
to carry out a munition-pla
crippling campaign like Dumba's.
At the same time, Austria. as
the kaiser's ally, is expected to
stand by him in the Arabic con-
troversy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
There were millions and
millions of dollars In Taco
ma this afternOon-maybe
billions and billions,

millions of dollars i'm Taco
ma this afternoon-maybe
billions and billions.
Sixteen hundred bankers, maxi
ing up probably the largest party
of guests which this city has en-
tertained in years, arrived at
12:45, enthusiastic over the boat
ride from Seattle.
There were two kinds of EN-
the fat and the thin. All looked
prosperous and well-groomed as
a clothing-ad, but the fellows
from New York and the Atlantic
seaboard were distinctiveNy the
live-wire, push-ahead young type,
smooth of face, slick of hair and
latest-tailored of dress.
The older boys were from the
middle west. They had gone into
banking, many of 'em, after hav-
ing made enough money to do 80
in the rough-and-tumble competi-
ton of prairie days. They don't
care much for these here fashions.
There was one banker that
q Times man looked for in
vain. He was the one who
wore a rusty broadcloth coat
and a plug hat. He had his
little country wooden, build
ing, and he sneered at fine
offices, typewriters, marble
counters, adding machines,
and SO on. His favorite aft
ernoon diversion was fore
closing mortgages.
We've read about him of
ten, but he wasn't there.
Maybe the old curmudge0n is e
dead.
All of the crowd fairly exuded
responsibility and trustworthi-
ness, but even at that, James X.
Lynch Of. San Francisco; Peter X.
Goebel, Kansas City; F. e. Farms
worth, and w. q. FitzwiIson, New
Workers. both, and Il. w. Wing.
Wis, fairly surpassed
the others in the appearance OF
men to whom you give your
money freely and get a slip OF
paper back.
It was only right, for they're
the newly elected officers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
)UMBA RECALL BRINGS CRISIS
1900 Bankers a
Good-FeIIoW Lot;
All Like Tacoma
EAT AT PICNIC BAR

D y o o . o 9 . o 9 o o . o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
GERMANS WIN AGAIN

BERLIN. Sept. 10.-The Rus
sian center suffered another loss
today from the Teuton battering,
1t was officially announced. Gen.
Won Hindenburg stormed three
heights OF Kiosko on the Zeels
wanska river, taking them with
considerable loss Of life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

o EAT AT PICNIC BAR s
@ Did you ever see banker :
o at picnic bar? .
9 "a picnic bar, Ethel, is 9
@ just a kind of counter of I.
Q rough boards, without any 9
. footerail or other modern {:
@ improvements 9
o They had one today at 9
9 the Tacoma hotel, and as the Z:
q bankers cottoned up to that /:
8 buffet lunch, they stood, !:
= sandwich in hand, lined
9 along the bar, urging the i:
o white-aproned gentlemen to .
o HurTy-up First. .
@ Mist of 'em had an awful 9
Q timet paving away at the 2
o place Where the rail should 9
. have been. .
. The ladies had separate :
o lunch, and drank, stickless :
o punch. Q
Q ~s~ 900 o . o o o 9 . . .
And SO all this bunch of fell
lows, laughing and smiling just
like banker can when he hash {
the. heavy duty of turning down
your request for a 500 loan on
a $1,000 property, got up to the
Tacoma hotel from the boat; ate
one swell luncheon; and started
on Z ride around the Stadium, PIT.
Defiance and our other show
places, In the autos donated by cit
liens. There were plenty of cars.
They were appreciative guests
ticlxled to death at the hospital
ity OF the Tacomans who had CIV
en- the machines. and delighted
every minute with what they saw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

Although not cents tax
alton was decreased, the city
council, by juggling funds OF
the light and water DEPART
ment, reduced the municipal
expense for 1916 today-On %
paper-tO such an extent
that it now stands lower
than a 15-mill levy.
The cuts are only on paper,
however. They are all made
diverting revenues of the mu-
nicipal light and water plants
into other channels.
When the budget committee
convened today, Commissioner
Atkins had figures to show that a
cut of $75,600 in operating ex-
pense gsas necessary to bring the
tax levy below 10 mills.
Figures by Superintendent
Collins and Savidge of the light
and water departments showed
that new light and water rates
to the city would reduce the OPP
Grafton expense of all depart
ments by s62,322.
Then the council voted to sell
90 the light department the IL
lots at Gath and broadway, on
which the city substation stands,
for $4,000, the cost price. This
brought the budget, without a
single cut in actual operation ex-
pense. 10000 below the sum
that a 15-mill levy would bring.
More Juggling.
The council also decided that
the water department should here
after only pay interest on $780,
900 of the $1,300,000 debt
against 1t, placing the remaining
$650,000 debt against the gen.
eral fund. This was done to re-
lieve the financial strain on the
water department, but 1t will ne
Hesitate large levy for inter
est and redemption against the
general fund.
Although some criticism has
been expressed against the alleged
Juggling of budget figures. Com
missioner Drake expressed him.
eelf today as we'll satisfied over
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
SITUATION VERY TENSE.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
: Sept. 1O.-The relations Of
America and Austria are
strained almost to the break
ing point today following
President Wilson's demand
for the recall Of Ambassador
Dumba Of Austria.
The action was based on
the ENJOYS admitted efforts
to cripple American NUM-
tions plants by calling Aus
trian workers out ON strikes.
The threatened breach
may cause a severance Of
diplomatic relations, hut this
would mot mean war neccs-
sari1y.
High Officials admitted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

Miss RhOda Fullam, daughter
Of Rear-Admiral Fullam, until
recently superintendent of the
naval academy, who will be one
Of the attendants at the marriage
Of Miss Margaret Andrews ut
Newport, II. 1.
Miss Eullam now may be classi-
fled as Pacific Coast girl I'm one
sense, as her father has been
transferred 20 the command OF
the Pacific Reserve fleet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
ACTIVE In WEST. ALSO

PARIS, Sept. 1O.-Using gas
bombs, artillery and rifle fire,
the Germans are making terrific
attacks against the allies in Al
SAGE and the vosges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

BE TAKEN FROM THESE FUNDS TO LOWER THE GEN
ERAL TAXES COSTS HIM MANY DOLLARS YEAR.
1t has the effect the manufacturer who power
in his factory the business who water
light in his business
TT is ONLY THE RICH AND UNINDUSTRlOUS-w
tax bill important them than their water light bill
WHO ARE BENEFITED.
If the council working right lines, it would cut
and light rates low that not cent profit would
be made 1t would give cheap water Tacoma homes cheap
light Tacoma and cheap power to Tacoma factories
Then would divide the general expenses of the city fair
honest That would be constructive craftsmanship
But the present policy is in favor of the 10 per cent and
against the 90 per cent.
Do you wonder certain interests strong for the plan?
Do you wonder that three kept loudly applaud this
saving this economy? That they try to mask and disguise
sort of fight on Commissioner Drake?
It's money for them Their and the taxes Of those
they represent being paid OUT OF THE POCKETS OF Ia
COMA IS WORKINGMEN AND BUSINESS MEN.
It is pernicious fatuous scheme. Kill it!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
COUNTY OFFICERS AND THE
DRY VOTE.

One of the citizens of this county.
an ardent statewide prohibitionist,
says: "How do the candidates for
county offices stand on the question of
prohibition. Did they vote "wet' or
dry" in the September election?" He
goes on to say that he and hundreds
of other voters in the county, have
declared that they will not support a
wet" man for any Office, county state
or national. A "wet man." he says
cannot be expected to give a whole
hearted support to the enforcement Of
the new prohibition law when it goes
into effect, even though he may desire
to do So" We don't know about this.
1t had not occurred to us that this
question would be injected into the
campaign for county offices. 1t seems
likely now that it will, however, and
candidates might do we'll to sit up and
take notice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
THE AROMA OF THE APPLES

Mr.. +. ii. LaBaume, Everybody
knows him), sent recently to Mr.. John
Wood, Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of Roanoke, "a box of the
most wonderful apples of most
enhancing aroma+*t and loud per-
fumed, unrivaled by the odors of
Arabia rivaling the famed gold
en- apples from the garden of Hes
perides ITSELF" ETC., and lot of 9TH
er high sounding jingles, surprising
anything heretofore received in this
sanctum. Mr.. Wood replied in the
same unrestrained mountaineering lam
guage. This correspondence between
these two distinguished and unsur-
passed masters of the mother tongue,
was sent us presumably for publica-
ton. We are forced, reluctantly, to
decline to do so. This paper has
some reputation, small though it may
be, for truth and veracity. We know
that Mr.. LaBaume is regarded gener-
ally as a truthful citizen, but when
SNPioiSiiB IHc iilcIllS anu WONDERS OF
his own apples his statements must be
taken cum grano, and we have no pos
sible means of proving his statements
true. How can we, sitting at our
desk in Tazewell, judge of all these
aromas, palate crushing and "lus-
cious caresses" and all, of box of
apples sitting in Secretary Woods
office in Roanoke? The one, and only,
means possible to judge of the truth
fulness or untruthfulness of the mer-
its of said box of apples, is lacking,
and this lack is an "aching void" that
only apples can fill. Therefore, in
the interest of the truth of history,
we are compelled to decline to publish
said articles until positive, actual and
personal demonstration is given in
this Office
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
THE GERMAN POTASH EMBARGO.
Worlds Supply of Important Plant
Food Now Cut OF.

With the complete embargo which
Germany has put against exports of
potash, the rising hopes of American
consumers have been blasted and
has sent prices up to former pro-
hlbitlve levels of from three to four
times normal quotations. 1t looked
while back as if America was going
to get fair stock of potash but now
the foreign potash embargo is COM
p!ete.
The United States consumes $500
tons of potash salts per day. Up
to January LIST, the shortage in this
country, due to the war, was over
$4,000 tons, and it is estimated that
by May LIST, the shortage will have in
creased to about 725,OO0 tons. The
potash embargo will work a severe
hardship on our fertilizer companies
who have to move on a pre-arranged
plan of manufacture. A number of
companies announced months ago.
shortly after the war started. that
their spring fertilizers would contain
on the average of so percent of nor
NAL potash contents. Now, this sud
den embargo on potash has made
these 90, per cent potash fertilizers
appear rather attractive.
Reasons for Germany's imposition
OF the potash embargo may be based
on several conditions. One theory
is, that Germany probably does NOT
care to furnish an important plant
1000 to raise grain crops in the United
States to feed her enemies. This
shows from German standpoint,
enc of the most reliable form an
agricultural point of view. what a
valuable plant food potash is.
From reports received from fer
tilizer dealers, potash fertilizers have
been advanced 10 per cent, for ex-
ample, potash fertilizer that cost
$1,000 ton before The war now costs
$1,000, with the so per cent. lesser
amount of potash, and there is still n
possibility of still further reduction of
the potash contents in the fertilizers
containing this important constituent
of plant food.
Our leading agricultural scientists
advise the use of lime as a means
through which the insoluble potash
In the soil can be made soluble and
available as a plant food. Almost
all soils contain potash, and most all
have enough for present plant re-
quirements while some contain an
excess beyond these requirements
If this valuable store of potash can
be made available by the application
OF lime, the average farmer can read
lily make up the balance of potash
needed to insure good growth of
the better paying crops, which are
the grains. The lime should be
applied to the soil evenly, with a
lime spreader if possible, and let the
harrow follow shortly after. If the
soil should be sour, and good many
are more or less, form the overuse of
vegetable and animal matter, the lime
will, in addition, neutralize the acidity
resulting in a more healthy growth
of the plant.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
CORN BLOWING DOWN.

In many-nearly all--corn fields,
there is more or less damage done ev-
cry fall by wind. Corn is broken off
near the ground, blown down and in
Jured. 1t has been thought until re-
Gently that the wind was entirely re-
sponsible for the damage, and such is
the case in many instances, but it has
been discovered, says a recent bulle-
tin issued by the Department of Ag-
riculture, that a worm, called the
corn" stalk borer," is responsible for
nearly all the damage heretofore sup
posed to be caused by the wind. Not
all of it of course. Tall corn. heavily
cared, particularly if the ear forms
high up on the stalk, is likely to be
blown down by strong wind, even
when the ground is dry. But where
the stalks are broken off above the
ground examination will show, says
this bulletin, that the stalk has been
weakened by the stalk borer. This
borer is developed from lava in the
corn stools left in the field from a pre-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19

1t will be seen from the above, that
of the 1926 pupils of school age, 1906
do not attend school.
Of the little fellows, to 8 years Of
age, numbering Pip, 1874 do not at
tend school.
From Is to II of the 3067, the larg-
est group, 731 do not attend school.
In the Is to 20 age group of the 1850
1172 are reported as not attending
school. They drop out rapidly after
II years of age. These figures, which
we take it, are approximately correct,
furnish flood for thought" Admit
ting, which is probably true, that the
school attendance has increased since
the census above was taken, five years
ago, it is evident that there are still
a large part of the school population of
the county not availing itself of the
privilege of the free schools provided
for them. Why don't the children at
tend school? Whose fault is it that
they do not? 1t is not a pleasing or
encouraging fact that, in this TWEEN
tieth century half of Tazewell's school
population are not awaiting themselves
of the opportunity to get an education.
Another view: AS has already been
stated, the schools of the county are
already crowded. Double the atten-
dance and how could the work be ham
died with present facilities?
1t should be said that the above
figures and percentages are taken
from the federal census and includues
children from 6 to 20 years. Our
. school census here includes children
only from 2 to 10 years of age. Prof
Thompson says that his school CEN
sus. gives about 1000 pupils of school
age-7-19, inclusive, and that over
60 per cent of them are enrolled and
counting those attending schools and
colleges outside, that perhaps 80 per
cent of Tazewell's school population
is in school. A new census 10 to be
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
Shaking OFF the Winners.

December exports over imports were
$132, 100000, or the largest ever
known. The January figures returns
yet to come out, will be even larger.
Partial returns for the first week in
February indicate balance of exports
over imports of $44, 100000. This
is at the rate of $1SO,OOO,OOO per full
month and above $4,000, 100000 a
year, and President Farrell of the
United States Steel Corporation has
said that the pratical assurance of
a balance of at least$1 900, OO0, 900
for 1915ought OF mean an unprecedent
ed industrial boom.
This is not only what thought to
mean. 1t is what it must mean as
an irresistible effect of trade forces.
The acknowledgements will howl in vain
and vain in the end will be the efforts
OF the standpat cbstructionists to stop
1t. The country is already in full
command of all the foreign exchanges.
its outside debt is being paid off at an
unprecedented rate, and even gold
exports at the outset of the war is
beginning to come back.
The winners who whine from habit
or for political effect, of to regain a
hand-hold on the public treasury.
Will continue to whine. The country
is now in way to move along without
them. N. Y. World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
EXTRAVAGANCE AND LAZI-
NESS.

Why should there be in country
like the United States, hundreds and
thousands of strong, healthy men dis
titute, and forced evory winter to ap-
peal to charity for support? For
fifty years the United States has had
no wars. The country is boundless
in resources. Millions Of acres of
rich land is to be had almost for the
asking. No burdensomc taxation laid,
no hindrances but every encourage
ment possible given every man in the
unfettered and protected right to pur-
sue his vocation. Millions expended
yearly for free schools. Every facil-
ity possible put within the reach IF
every man alike. And yet, there has
MT been year for fifty years that
breadlines did not exist in the cit
les and restitution in the country,
calling for help. 1t has been the case
under every administration. There is
an explanation. 1t is due to criminal
extravaganza and laziness. There
are only few comparatively, who
are "lucky" millionaires and rich men.
The rank and file of American citi-
zens are working men. They have
attained to competency and kept
their lands above water, and have the
above water still; have worked, work.
ed every day, barring sickness, if
they could get it. And these have lived
economically. They avoided waste,
they did not drink up, smoke up, or
dress up, II they earned. By economy
and industry any reasonably intel
legent, healthy men cannot only earn
living but save something for a
rainy day in this great, God blessed
country of ours.
If these starved, helpless people
in the towns and cities would get out
in the country where they are needed
they could make a living, and by ex-
ercising a little common sense and in
dustry, would become independent.
Instead, they hang around the towns
and cities, and not infrequently move
from the county into town where they
can be sure of help. We believe in
helping the helpless and needy, but
have no sort of sympathy with extrav-
agance and laziness, which, we believe,
in thousands and thousands of cases,
is the cause of restitution and want.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19

vious crop. 1t is worm looking like
q caterpillar. To get rid of it crops
should be rotated. Winter blowing will
destroy the lava. The same as to
the 'bud worm," often troublesome in
many fields--a small worm which at
tacks the corn early in the season.
These pests can be gotten rid of
by rotating crops and winter break
ing of the land. There is no doubt but
that the method of cultivation has
something to do with falling down or
blowing down of corn late in the sea-
son. Deep blowing breaks the roots
which fasten themselves in the earth
as support to the stalk. If these
stays and braces are injured the corn
is robbed of its support, and is easily
blown down. Particularly is this true
if the plows are run close to the
stalks. AS the corn gets larger, cul-
tivation should be shallower, and
farther from the stalks so as not TO
injure or interfere with the roots
which are at one and the same time
the supports and feeders for the grow
ing corn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-19
THE INTELLIGENCE OF HORSES

Most people make the mistake of
believing that the horse is an intelli-
gent animal, whereas he is one of the
least so in the whole list of domeSti-
Gated farm animals"
The above quotation is taken from
an article by John Mason in the cur
rent issue of the National Stockman
d Farmer, on "Horses and Bad Hab-
it's" Most people will differ from
Mr.. Mason. We have always regard
ed the horse as one of the most intel
ligent instead of the "least so" of all
the farm animals.
Some horses have more sense than
have others, the same as some men
have more intelligence and sense than
others. Mr.. Mason says that "horses
are creatures of habit. They do not
reason" How does he know that they
do not reason? We have all known
horses to do things they had not been
taught, and had not done before. The
writer has owned several horses, and,
from his experience with these splen-
>'iN IL tlllllCulI 10 DClleNG
that they had little or no sense. One
or two of them had good deal of
mean sense, but it was sense all the
same. Mr.. Mason rightly concludes
that the horse is what his master
makes him, and that much may be
known about man by the kind OF
horse he has. The same can be said
of boy. He is what his teacher
makes him. To say that there is nc
such things as good sound "horse
sense" is to go counter to general
opinion and wide experience. Try
to teach horse that is low in intelli-
gence and see what will happen. II
Mr.. Mason had said that some horse
masters have no sense he would have
hit the nail on the head square.