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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

WashingtOn.-A war revenue bill de-
signed to raise 81, 800, DOC, 900 by tax
alton during the coming year was ap-
proved finally in the house ways and
means committee Tuesday by unani-
nous vote and reported to the house
Wednesday.
In h meantime the senate finance
committee is holding public hearings
on the bill. with a view to being ready
to report soon after the house acts.
To bring the amount to be raised
up to the desired total, the house COM
mittee wrote into the bill a fiat in
crease of 10 per cent in all existing
tariff duties and 10 per cent duties
on all articles now admitted free, all
estimated to bring In $24O, OOO, 1000, this
more than doubling the present tariff
revenues.
In addition 1t was decided to make
all incOme-tax increases retroactive,
beginning with the present calendar
year. Other taxes provided for would
become effective upon the signing of
the bill.
The income-tax Increases, applying
to both personal and corporation in
comes, are designed to produce $685.
100000 more than the present income
tax receipts.
Income and Profits.
Most of the new revenue will come
from the income, excess profits, and
inheritance taxes and additional tar
If duties, but the levies of the bill
would reach into many other sources.
Letter mail rates would be increased
from two to three cents an ounce, and
postal cards from one to two cents,
while $4,000, 900 would be added to
charges against newspapers under q
new system based upon the present
parcel-post zones.
Internal-revenue taxes upon liquor
and tobacco would be materially in
creased. and there would be taxes on
amusements, and stamp taxes Of wide
scope.
Increase In Supertaxes.
The war income tax section would
double the present normal tax of 2
per cent on individuals and 3 per cent
on corporations. 1t would lower the
exemption of individual incomes from
$4,000 to $1,000 in the case of married
persons and from $1,000 to $1,000 for
the unmarried.
In addition, beginning with incomes
Of $1,000, graduated supertaxes would
be imposed, in addition to the normal
4 per cent, ranging up to 33 per cent
on all incomes over 100000 a year.
The surtax schedule follows:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Building Wire Fence.

Stretch the top wire of a fence first,
which will hold the posts in place and
prevent their giving and stacking the
wires that are stretched last. But be
sure the top wire is as tight as you
wish the others, or in stretching them
more they will slack the top wire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Ninety Die in Liner Wreck,

New York.-Ninety lives were lost
on April cath in the torpedoing of
the 7,7S2-ton British liner Abosso, off
Fastnet, according to stories of pas
sengers here from Europe. The ship
was torpedoed without warning. For
ty-six passengers were lost and forty
four of the crew.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
SUPPLY OF CUTLERY SHORT
Abroad on Account Of War Has
Hit American Markets.

Before the war cutlery was an item
on which the average retail dealer was
sure to be overstocked. Not always.
1t is true, of his own free will but
usually because the goods were wished
on him by the superior guile of some
salesman. In other words. cutlery was
always sold. never bought. and the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

tain parts. such as genuine stag
handles for carvers, are scarce and
difficult to obtain. The material,
deer's horns, comes almost entirely
from India, and its receipt is uncertain
and it takes forever and a day to get
it. So only a limited supply can be
had. and limitations are many.-New
York Times.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Potatoes for Seed.

Potatoes intended for seed should
be removed from the cellar to a light,
dry place as soon as danger of freez-
ing Is past. This will avoid excessive
%sprouting and consequent deteriora-
ton of seed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

dealer always had more than he
needed.
With the coming of the wal the very
heavy im%portations from Germany
ceased entirely, and those from Eng
land have fallen to very small proper
tions. Meanwhile, the American manu-
facturers have not been able to in
crease their capacity sufficiently to
meet the heavy demand which they
alone must now satisfy.
Moreover. in some lines there are
certain items. made entirely abroad,
that cannot be had at all. Also cer-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Army and Navy Bill Of So, 800, s4e, 900.

Washington. - All appropriations
when the Senate appropriations COM
mittee reported the war, army and
navy deficiency bill, carrying a total
Of SO, O,946, 900, including $4O0,O 900 900
for construction and purchase of an
American merchant marine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Old Straw Piles,

Scatter those old straw piles over
the fields you intend for corn. as the
covering will prevent the escape of
plant food and put the soil In better
physical condition.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Seventeen French Merchantmen Sunk.

Paris.-Seventeen French merchant
men were sunk by German subma-
rines during February, March and
April, according to an official state
ment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Alfalfa Is Neglected.

There are few farmers who cannot
grow alfalfa. Leaving the seed in the
sack seems to be the greatest diff
Guilty to overcome.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
Race for Denver Auditor Close.

Denver.-The vote for auditor from
10 out of 1873 precincts give Stack
house, 9,105: Mulnix. S,507; Crowley,
1925; Kenehan, GAPS.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
loveIand Man Wounded.

Ottawa, Onto. S. Ecrest of Love-
land, Colo, was listed as wounded in
the casualty list of the Canadian
overseas force
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
HOW INCOME TAX WORKS OUT

This table is based on an exemption
of $1,000 for heads of families. For
persons unmarried and not heads Of
families the exemption Is 81 900.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

Experiments in Ceylon have found
that con water, fermented for a
few days, can be used to coaeulate rub
Der,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
From 100000 to $15o,0oo.7 per cent
From $50, 900 to 5000, 900. 20 per cent
From 5000, 900 to $25o,00o. "a per cent
From $3.50, 900 to $500, 900 81 per cent
from 5000 O to $500. 900 80 per cent

On all exceeding 100000. .33 per cent
The provisions requiring the normal
tax of individuals to be deducted and
withheld at the source Of income
would not apply to the new normal
tax prescribed in this bill until after
January 1, 1918, and thereafter only to
incomes exceeding $1,000.
Tax on Inheritance.
In addition to the inheritance tax
now i'm force, the bill imposes a tax
equal to the following percentages of
its value upon the transfer of each
net estate:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
WAR TARIFF BILL
MAKES
PAY HIS SHARE
81 800, 900 900 To Be Raised in
Year by Measure Reported
to House.
BOOST DUTIES; NO FREE LIST

Limit on Incomes Reduced to $1,000
for Single Men and $4,000 for Mar.
ried Men-Taxes for Heirs Are
lncreased-Tariff Raised
10 Per Cent and Arti.
cIes on Free List
Are Taxed 10
Per Cent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

$50, 900. ..One.half Of I per cent
$4,000 to $15o,ooo. .........1 per cent
$4,000 to s25o, per cent
$a5o,oo o to s450, 1000. ....... per cent
$4,000 to $1,000, 900 .....2h per cent
81, 1000, 900 to 100000 .....3 per cent
81, 1000, 900 to 100000 .3h per cent
$4,000, 900 to 100000. .....4 per cent
$4,000, 900 to IS, ,ooo. . AZ per cent
IS, ooo, 900 to 100000. .....5 per cent
So, 600, 900 to 81, 1000. ....7 per cent
$11, ooo, 900 to s15,ooo.ooo. 10 per cent
$15,000,o 900 and over.......15 per cent
The exemption is lowered from $780,
600 to $4,000 and a new tax of L per
cent levied on estates between $4,000
and $4,000.
The bill proposes to bring in $780,
100000 by doubling the present 8 per
cent tax on excess profits.
On distilled spirits the present tax
of S1.1O per gallon is doubled; to the
rectifers' tax 10 cents a gallon Is
added. and fermented liquors are as
sessed S2.75 per barrel instead of $1.5O.
Tobacco Tax Doubled.
The tobacco tax is doubled, except
as to cigars, which are graduated
from 80 cents to $40 a thousand, &C.
cording to retail value. Cigarettes,
made i'm or imported into the United
States, would be taxed an additional
S1.2S per 1000 If weighing less than
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26

ly more than par value Of the gold
coin Of any country. It's exports have,
for a number of years, kept well ahead
of It's imports. In a recent year they
stood: Exports, $50, 142, goo; imports,
$50, 1855, 900.
The combined acreage of the
try is about 50,000,000. of which about
40, 900 acres is devoted to grazing
and pasture land. A serious effort is
being made by the state to refOrest
a part of the land and rewards are
offered to private persons who plant
and care for trees on their land. The
government also appropriates a large
sum annually for agricultural shows
in each of the 10 departments or
states. The government has giver
100000 for buildings for the Rural
association of Uruguay, which holds
an annual gathering at Montevideo.
Europeans enjoy equal rights with
natives under the Uruguayan laws,
but these laws are strictly enforced
Owing to the low percentage of pow
erty and the prevailing temperance OF
the people, the percentage of serious
crime Is said to be below that Of vir-
tually all other American countries.
". III. Koebel, 'one of the wldest-known
authorities on South America, says:
"In the matter of sobrlety Uruguay
ran easily allow points to almost any
other nation. Only C small proportion
of crime Is caused in Uruguay by
either dishonesty or drink Uruguay
IN laws dealing with corporations and
investments have been lenfent In the
past, but q movement has been under
way for same time to give private
capital fewer advantages, at the same
time extending state ownership and
control.
Education is compulsory and the
schools are under state supervision.
even to the nOrmals and universities.
The voting e begins at twenty years,
only men being permitted to vote.
but the right of franchise is not 30
freely or rashly given as in this coun-
try. The would-be voter must pass a
literacy test before he is permitted
to register.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26

md all would be selected by congress,
whose powers would be greatly cur
allied under the proposed rule.
Its Climate and People.
Gifted with the nearest TO an ideal
Innate to be found in the western
world, Uruguay has done much to de-
7elop It's natural resources and to
make life congenial for its people. The
iverage temperature for the summer
$ only II degrees and for winter Is
favorable climate the physical char
,cteristics of the ~Uruguayan people
are remarkable. They are taller, finer
;et-up and have clearer compilations
han any of the other South American
peoples. There Is less of the Indian
n them, too, than in any of the other
lwellers on the southern continent.
rhe country has a fairly complete sys-
EN- of railroads, three Of which are
Guaranteed by tile goyernment--that is,
, certain net income is assured to
chem each year. The country Is going
n for good roads very rapidly and
macadamized roads extend for about
'orty miles outside of Montevideo, the
,apital and chief city.
AS Uruguay has made efforts to at
tract n substantial type of immigra-
lion, the population Is of diverse ORR
gin. At present the Spanish and ltal-
ans predominant, Spanish being the
language Of the country. There are
several Swiss and German colonies,
however. The immigrants are closely
scanned, for the country wants none
that will swell its low rate of pauper-
ism. At one time the Uruguayan gov
eminent offered TO immigrants not
only free land, but the means to pur-
chase the needed farm stock and i'm
plements. However. the increase in
population has been so marked of late
years that no extra inducements are
now offered to new settlers.
tWomen Are Beautiful.
The Uruguayan women are said to
be more beautiful even than the wom-
en- of Chile. They are more democrat
ic, more inclined 70 the new order of
things than the women In most Latin
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26
L. Y. Ptak Lumber Co.
Some Dawu.
Janousek. s.. D.

when 1t comes to hounds" said the
fat plumber, "my brother up in Trum.
bull county has got everything beat /
ever heard Of" "What kinda dawg Is
it?' the thin carpenter inquired, scent.
ing some of the fat plumbers usual
fairy tales. 81 think he calls 1t a bugle
hound" "You mean beagle hound,
don't your "Well, maybe It is" "what
is wonderful about it?'' ''The way it
hunts" "Birds?" "And animals. too.
1t will go after anything Bear and
deer?' Anything. / tell YOU" at
must be some dawg." 81 should saw II
Is. The other day my brother heard
the sound Of what seemed to be a ter.
rifle struggle In one Of the upstairs
rooms OF his house and when he ran I'M
to see what the excitement was all
about what do you suppose that hound
had freed on n Of the bedposts ~
"CoonT "No." "What?" Sock.
roach."-Youngstown Telegram.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26

countries. Not in any other land are
to be found such splendid horsewomen
MS those of Uruguay; they learn to
ride when children and they equal in
feats of riding the daredevil guachos
Of the plains.
The country is given over mostly to
cattle raising and kindred industries,
although the soil is said to be admir-
ably adapted to agriculture. There is
an absence. however, Of the great
ranches that distinguish Argentina
the Uruguayan lands are more broken
up into small holdings. Frequently
the guachos or cowboys are part own
ers of the herds, serving only in sub
ordinate capacities because the
ranchero is better fitted for handling
business. The Swiss colonists, be-
sides taking with them the customs of
their own land, have established the
d~airying and c~heesemaking industries
with which they were familiar in Eu-
rope. They also took with them a
knowledge of vineyards that has re-
suited in the Introduction of a new
source of wealth to Uruguay.
Manufacturing has made little prog
ress outside Montevideo, where live
nearly a third Of the country's 1900
900 people. However, many Of the
factories In the busy seaport capital
would do credit to any flourishing
American or European city. 1t is in
the workshops and manufacturing
plants of Montevideo that the govern
ment has imposed the eight-hour day,
not alone because Of the greater eff
cheney brought by the short day, but
because Of the feeling that the work
ers must have ample time for recrea-
ton. Montevldeo is one of the lead
ing cities In South America, both in
natural advantages and the beauty of
its architecture.
Keeps Its Currency Value Up.
Uruguay is financially one of the
most substantial countries In the
world. 1t has a paper currency, but
its peso can be exchanged for slight
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26
Entered at the p~ostOfice In Tabor, 8.
H., az second class matter.
Not the Horse They Prayed For.


: The nuns of. a certain charitable in
stitution In Calcutta had a bus horse
that had done much useful service.
In cours Of time the horse died. much
to the grief of the good ladies whom
he had served so faithfully and well.
The providing Of a successor was the
next.pr0blem. and, as funds were short,
the nun decided to resort to prayer.
They prayed long and earnestly and
morning they discovered a horse
grazing on the lawn. They were firm
~ convinced that their prayers had
been answered; the horse was taken
to the stable and harnessed to the
bus. A few days later the institu-
tion was visited by a prominent citizen,
the owner Of a number of race horses
and a supporter Of charity. He claimed
the bus horse as one of his racers, in
spite of the protest of the nuns that
1t had been sent to them in response
to their earnest prayers. He was good
enough, however. to give them a real
bus horse to replace the horse that he
had claimed.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26
"Dixie."

The song Dixie was written
1859 by ID. ID. Emmett, and was q
publicly sung by Bryant's mintrelS|
New York, at Mechanics hall. The
spring air and the words, which VI
In the darky dialect, appealed to
South, where the song became popa1
1t became the battle song of the 4
federacy. There were two OF
"Dixies,' the one a northern ballad
the other a southern ballad of the q
war, by Albert Pike, which first
peared In the Natchez (Miss.) Cour|
The origin Of the phrase "Dixiela1
Is thought to be in the name of o
Dixie, a slave-holding New York 4
zen, who moved to the South. \
large number of slaves, the story ri
bemoaned leaving their old h1
which they called Dixie's Land. 4
phrase spread and was approPris1
for the Southern states, which VI
substituted for the original Dixiela|
The phonetic connection between |
word and Mason and Dlxon's line a
has been pointed out. The bound
line to the negroes was "Mason 4
Dixie's" land.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26

rule, indicate the rapidity of
progress In some of the South Amer
lean countries. a progress with which
quainted. Uruguay, the least of the
Independent South American nations,
Is in some respects the most advanced
country on either of the western con
linents.
The lowest percentage of poverty In
either of the Americas belongs to Uru-
guay's distinctions. The nearest ap-
.proach to q universal eight-hoHr day
n its industries of any country on the
American continents also Is to be found
,ry are administered by a governmental
commission, which has a method of
'eaching each individual case. The
title republic has a public insurance
system, owns a large share Of the cleo
trio and power plants in the principal
towns and plans a sweeping economic
program that will bring every. public
utility uRder government ownership.
Uruguay is tired Of political parties
that is why 1t .yearns for commission
rule. 1t now has a president and a
two-house congress. The representa-
tives are chosen by direct vote every
four years, the senators by electoral
vote. The two houses of the congress
,lect the PRESIDENT who serves four
years. A permanent committee COM
>osed of two senators and five repre-
'entatives takes the place of congress
Turing recess and assists and advises
he president on legislative matters.
n this respect, at least, the Uruguayan
congress is on the job more than that
# the United States. Under Uru-
uay's proposed commission plan both
he advisory committee and the presi-
lent would be dropped and a commits
ion of even men would rule, all of
mem being constantly on the job. Each
would have a ~six-year tenure Of office
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26
A Letter from Montana.
or A Cry from the Wilderness.
Nashua, Mont, April 10, 1911.
The Tabor independent

lhe labor independents
This country is having six
months o winter twice a year. The
snow hns all melted and is falling
again SO we are having the first
half of next winter. Jack rabbit
meat is fresh the year around.
The ham is all gone, sky high, and
we are living on Bohemian pota-
toes and Dutch hay. Prospects
for crops are good considering the
prevailing prices and we expect to
be millionaires before we prove
up. but listen (girls) the legisla-
ture has passed a law requiring all
single men to be married(we are
all single, eight of us) before be-
ing able to prove up. Our bache-
lorhOod is q sorrowful case in the
culinary department. Pan cakes
and biscuits are the main diet, and
the flap Jacks are generally used
rs sole leather, in fact George Pc
trik has his shoes soled by Fred
Olson the champion pancake flop
per of Fort Peck Res. As for am
munition in this coming war we
have a good stock of biscuits.
Girls! have u heart for us poor
honest 'aders rs we are looking
for q better cook. Tie reason of
this writing is by motion of Geo.
Homer and seconded by Frank
Zvonar. Mac Sholtus, and the resi-
Of the Bachelor Club. Vinegar
and cooking-soda is q poor remedy
for burns. by the way Brother
Bachelor Geo. Petrik has his hand
lmndaged from the effect of using
his hand as a pancake turner. The
Club has very little faith in its
assistant cook Albert Lunde rs he
is no better SO the club is in favor
of a female cook. Girls get itO
The shacks look like bird cages
but are devoid of the warbler. A
big hop will be pulled off in
Snakeville on Coon Creek next Sa
turday night and we will all be
there. Brother McInerney is tai
loring his suit and polishing his
rubber collar aud expects to make
q ..smash". Squaw Lame Wolf
has arrived from her recent visit
to the East and will teach us the
latest swing. Trsctor farm
ing is the vogue in this country.
Breaking and sowing are in full
blast Thirty nine tractors we're
sold by the local dealers to home.
steaders aud that is saying a good
deal for our country. This is con
sidered 4 dry country by you peo-
pie of Tabor but your visit would
convince you otherwise. The
creeks are flooded to the limit and
Nashua is going boat riding down
the The Big Muddy, So hardly
any danger of a drou.h. Best wi
shes from the Club" to the rea-
ders and hoping to hear from you
pcople. We sure will appreciate
all news from your part of the
country.
Signed
Frank Zvonar Geo. SHonner
Fred Olson Geo. d.. Petrik
Albert Lunde Geo. Lawmeyer
Mac ShuItus Mike McIuerney
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lncurable ProdtuaI,

In spite OF good training, example
and precept at the iresidcs, a man
from New England boasts that he
spends as much as five cents a year
for ADJUSTMENTS. There are prodigals
everywhere, 1t seems.-Pittsburgli
Dispatch.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26

Optimistic Thought.
He who saves iG little things
liberal In great ones.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-04-26
Signed

Frank Zvonar Geo. HIonner
Fred Olson Geo. d.. Petrik
Albert Lunde Geo. Lawmeyer
Mac Sholtus Mike McInerney
The Washington times., 1917-06-23
Cotton's Flight

The small amount of speculation in
a staple commodity like cotton in the
face Of phenomenally high prices is a
fact at variance with the popular
theory that all high prices are artifi-
cially caused for speculative profit.
The cotton situation is a compare
lively simple one. The demand for
the raw product is universal. At the
Southern source Of supply very little
cotton can be had, though the price is
26 cents, as against the s or 6 cent
pound rate of three years ago. The
present figure is said to be the high
est quoted for nearly half a century.
Germany is worse of than any
other country. But England's stock
is running low and getting lower
every day. The buying is fairly
steady, since as long as the supply
lasts the mills must get it.
When the new crop comes in it will
relieve the situation for the time.
But the highest estimates do not
show enough to meet the worlds
need. Undoubtedly something will
have to be done to secure increased
production. Prices would tend to en-
courage that, but the difficulty of Sc
curing field hands must be met. Cot
ton cannot be raised without labor,
no matter how tempting the rewards.
The large number Of negroes that
came North this last year are no
doubt factor in the situation.
The use Of silk and Of linen may
be increased somewhat, but nothing
can take the place Of cotton for the
bulk of its uses. How to supply the
market is a problem that must be
worked out in the near future.