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Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13

Sdf1y emDarraSS business. dafQ
times affect us all and we all
benefit from general prosperity
Fortunately we have the most
convincing evidence to show that
an eighty per cent tax on war
profits would not embarrass bus
mess.
ENGLAND'S EXPERIENCE.
England ievies such a tax, plac
ing it as high as eighty per cent
in some instances. Never the
less the latest official reports show
that English corporations are in
better shape than ever before in
their existance. Take the White
Star Line as an example. After
paying an excess profits tax of
SO per cent this concern has
twice as much. to distribute to it's
stockholders as it had at the end
of 1913 the last year before the
war. l have before me a state
ment from 1876 English compan~
les showing substantially the
same results.
France has just decided to fol.
low England's example and raise
practically all its revenue from
taxes on income and war profits.
The French government has not
permitted its business men to
make the enormous war profits
so common in this country. Itis
estimated that the total war pro-
fits of all French corporations
will not much more than equal
the net earnings of tha Steel
Trust for this year.
URGE US TO BLUNDER.
Our allies are very anxious
that we should not blnndera i'm
tilis matter of financing the waf.
-Wishi~ the 1t feH weeks thu
leading authorities Of France and
England have given out inter-
views which indoise the Gore
Thomas LaFohette plan in princi-
pie although, of course. not men
t,ohing it by name.
Chief Justice Reading of Eng
land is qoted as follows:
Don't leave the burden Of the
war to prosperity! Sound finance
requires that we pay for the war
as far as p possible, out of war-pro-
fits taxation. Britain, recogniz-
ing this, is unprecedently con-
scription wealth; and very soon
she must greatly increase taxes
on incomes
Minister of Finance Theirry of
France isseud a similar interview
at about the same time.
On this side of the water, two
formidable champions-Speaker
Clark and Theodore Roosevelt
hive entered the lists on the peo-
Ties side. The speaker stated
his views in a notable speech
in the House last week and the
former president gave out an in
t.rview in which he said.
''At present what is most need
ed is a heavily--very heavily
graduated tax on thS excess pro-
fits due to war conditionds; A
"A TAX AS HEAVY AS GREAT
kRJrLrN AAS NOW IMPOSED
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13
SUNNY SIDE

School began Monday morning
with Miss Martha Paul as teach
er.
Joe Nesbitt and family visited
M. C. Owens and W fe last Sum
day.
The Ambrosier boys visited in
Cheyenne Wells the last of the
week.
Joe Nesbitt will go with the
Martys jolly band this week to
Lincoln Nebraska. Don't ask
Mrs. Nesbitt how she likes to
batch for she might look cross
and
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13

Quite number. Of the boys
have dropped out of school. some
have moved away. some have
profitable employment while
others are kept at home to help
with the work there. 1t is big
loss to the school to have so many
drop out after the first or second
year. There are also many girls
out chiefly because of their re-
noval from this section.
The attendance in the grades
is also less than last year there
being enrolled 20 in the grammar
room, 26 in the intermediate and
20 in the primary. There is quite
an enrolment Of first graders.
Miss Shy, the .1ew teacher in
the grades. has taken hold Of her
work with enthusiasm and un-
doubtedly enjoy teaching two
grades much better than her
work last year where she had all
of the grades.
Very few new books or other
extra expenses are required this
fall in sta....ing school as supply
was put in last year which seems
sufficient for this year also.
A telegram was received Tues
day that the new science teacher
Robert Giedd would leave Dakota
Tuesday and he may be here by
the time these notes are publish
ed. The boys are anxious to have
him on the job for he will coach
them in athletics.
The classes in the high schsol
thh year are practically all a .
nice aize not being TO large snd
only one small class This ip Of
great advantage to both teacb bsrs
and pspiiH
! M Akesir, arnapized ths on
chestra Tuesday night and HAD
the first practice. James Nc
Crumb and Harold Snyder afs
the two new faces in the orchesAl
ira. The ranks of the orchestra
were sadly depleted last year
by graduation. marriage. remov-
al and other Jcauses. However
they started off with a spirit and
no doubt they will soon be giving
a good account of themselves.
This is one of the most valuable
organizations in the school and
every effort will be made to en-
courage the young people in this
work.
The boys have already begun to
practicing basketball. There is
some real good material for a
team and with proper coaching
they ought to do much better
work than last year when they
lost every game.
Friday night the last year stu
dents will give a reception for
the new ones to break them in
and show them that there are
good times as we'll as work times
in the school,. They hope to make
it a socia feature of the school
life this year.
This year there will be more
literary work done than hereto
fore. Last year it was abandon
ed entirely because of the large
enrolment wich didn'i give the
teachers any time to lookJ after
such things. That will be cor
rected and regular work will be
required teis year along thase
lines.
Herbert Mason has returned to
school after an absence OF one
year. Mary McCrumb has also
returned after being out for a
long time caused by her removal
from the state.
Rev. DeMunbrun was visitor
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13

T. L. Kensel, of LaJunta, Colo
in Company with E. E. Fleming.
made this office a social call last
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Flem.
ing had been up to Rocky Ford
to the watermelon eats" and
there ran onto their old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kensel and brought
them back home with them for a
short visit.
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13
Letter
BY Edward Keating

BY Edward Heating
Congressman from the third Colorado
district.
promised inslast weeks letter
to explain the plan for financing
the war submitted to the Senate
by Senators Gore. Thomas and
LaFollette. AS I suggested, we
have not heard the last of this
plan. 1t was temporarily defeat
ed-twenty senators voting for it
but it will come again and it must
he adopted if the credit of the
country is to be maintained.
The plan in brief was as follows
First-Issue as few bonds as
possible and raise as much money
as possible through taxation.
Second Levy taxes on incomes
and war profits.
Third-Refuse to place addi-
tional taxes on the things men
eat and wear and use, and thus
hold down the rapidly advancing
cost of living.
If submitted to the voters of
this country, I venture the as
:sertion. that program would be
ratified by eighty per cent of the
people. 1t was pressed so vigor-
.oasly in the senate that $500, 600,
600 was added to the tax on
wealth and many of the more OBJ
.Boxious consumption taxes were
eliminated.
WAR PROFITS" TAX.
The most interesting feature Of
tn plan was chat relating to the
tax on war-profts. The bill as.
finally ratified By the senate inn
posed IN average tax Of about 81
per cent on war profits. This
was considered entirely too low
by the supporters of the Gore
Thomas. LaFollette proposal and
they offered various amendments
one calling for an ell 8hty per cent
tax. 1t was on this proposition
that the big fight was staged.
To show how it would work out
let's take the steel trust:
The average yearly net earn
ings of that concern for the three
years preceding the war was
$63. O00. 600.
For this year-1917-it is esti-
mated that it will earn above ex-
penditur> of every description
,S49O. 000. 900.
Its war profits would, there
fore. be $427, 900. 600 and under
an eighty per cent tax it would
contribute to the government
:.$s84. 800, o00
Under the bill as it now stands
after Gore. Thomas and LaFol-
lette forced the advances-it will
pay $l83. 600. 600.
A conservative estimate of the
war profits of American business
concerns for 1917 shows they
will reach the enormous total of
$4,000. 900. 600. An eighty per
cent tax on that sum would net
s., 200. 600. 0OO-or almost twice
:as much as the amount provided
by the revenue bill as originally
reported to the senate.
OPPONENTS ARGUMENTS.
The principal arguments used
by the opponents of the Gore
Thomas-LaFollette plan were
that it would make the war un-
popular and that it would EN- bar
rass business.
1t is hardly necessary to answer
the first argument. A heavy tax
on wealth might make war unpop
ular with certain class of patriots
,;'l - po;thor e Yht NOR ,,uy
Cheyenne record., 1917-09-13
Governors Proclamation
Calls Colorado Manufac
. turers. p

Every manufacturer in Colorado
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
SWISS FARMER HAS
AN ARTIFICIAL HAND
OF REMARKABLE POWER

New York Herald: An artificial
arm and hand that seem almost un-
canny in its ability to take the place
OF natural member Is the invention
OF farmer named Keller of SwitZer-
land, who lost his own right forearm
at the age of 20. After many patient
experiments he built the apparatus
that now bears his name and which
answers every purpose for which an
artificial arm can be used and has
many unquestionable advantages over
other such limbs II can be used
for handling any tool, and this with.
out changing its parts Other artifi-
cial hands have several interchange
able sockets that are screwed on or
off for holding different tools, pro.
cess that interrupts work and is most
inconyenient to the workman.
The Keller arm has metal body
shaped approximately like a hand and
provided with three hooks that take
the place OF fingers; an iron socket
al the wrist and a double set of straps
This is attached to a tubular part that
serves to fasten 1t firmly to the stump
OF the arm.
By means of the three hooks the
wearer can lift heavy weights as we'll
as perform delicate work. A knife can
be held between the iron hooks. the
end of its handle firmly fixed in the
socket at the wrist The knife so
held can be used for sharpening \
pencil, for slicing bread or for cary
ing wood
Any other tool can be manipulated
equally well. but when 1t cannot be
held so simply as knife-that is,
inserted in the socket and caught be-
tween the iron fingers. the straps in.
side the hand are brought into play.
They form a double loop around the
fingers and inside the socket, and en-.
able the wearer to take up any tool
without using his other hand. Friction
and pressure then hold the tool so
tightly that 1t cannot be pulled out
without considerable effort These
straps are heightened or shortened by
buckle end eyelet holes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
MODERN CIRCUS USES
BUSINESS METHODS
Shows Employees in all Departments
Are Specialists in Their Own
Particular Field.


\ circus institution of the James
Patterson Trained Wild Animal
Show combined with Gollmar Bros
circus calibre does not run its season.
dissolve and disperse. In winter the
entire establishment is maintained
only the performers and workingmen
are dropped. With the performers
this is generally a mere suspension
OF service, for contracts are frequent
ly made for several years. Owners.
managers and general agents, press
agents, contracting agents, advertis-
ing agents, treasurer, bookkeepers
and others find no idle moments
Rolling stock, suffering Srom the hard
effect of seasons campaign, need
the painter and the carpenter; new
acts and novelties must be secured to
keep abreast of the times.
The management must know the
character and population of every
town, have information of the condi-
tions of business, yicissitudes of the
year and the prospects for the coming
season; know the national, state and
municipal law and the character of II.
censes and the price of food for man
and beast keep track of floods,
drOuths or disasters to crops or peo-
Pile, be familiar with the seasons of
plowing and harvesting. The circus
man of today must have a general in
sight Of the railroad business. He must
know what railroads reach certain
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
GERMANS STRUGGLING
TO MAKE ENDS MEET

Copenhagen, April II. via London. -
The results of the statistical investi.
cation into the war cost Of living in
Germany which was conducted in
April. 1916. and which are now pub.
lished show that the cost of the bare
necessities OF life of families Of the
lowest wage class materially exceeds
their income. This class includes fam
lilies earning from 100 to POO marks
monthly, and their living expenses are
put at 222 marks, five pfennigs
The deficit, the report remarks, has
been covered by either drawings on
savings or running into debt. Prices
have steadily gone upward in the en-.
suing year increasing the impossibili.
" Of the poorly paid classes, who in.
clude persons ranked as in the edu.
Gated middle classes In America, to
make ends meet without public re.
lief
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
WAR RISK BUREAU
FOR LAND PROPERTY

New York. April IA A federal war
risk bureau to cover property on land
in the same manner as the govern.
ment now insures ships and cargoes
at sea is suggested by the New York
Produce Exchange. A petition sent to
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
says that the prompt establishment
of such bureau lis an immediate ne.
cessity for the carrying on Of our bus.
mess in grain products, provisions and
allied articles
The board of directors of the Ma.
tional Association Of Manufacturers
proposes that the governors of all
states be empowered to suspend or
modify restrictions on the labor laws
in the interests of national defense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
HER HAIR BETRAYED
LASSIE IN PANTS
AMONG RECRUITS

Chicago, April IA youthful per.
son in appearance, about sixteen years
old, applied for enlistment in the Unit.
cd States navy here today. While the
applicant was signing the papers,
Lieut. l.. NJ Stevens noticed tendril
OF hair straying from under the
youths hat
rs the lady sure she wants TO en-.
list?' he asked suddenly.
Who me? Yes, ! am a woman.
am Miss Jean Ray and I'm twenty
years old want to be a gunner"
Lieutenant Stevens expressed regret
that the navy had no place for Miss
Ray and advised her to 20 home,
change her clothes and join the Red
Cross.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
OSAGE LANDS
RESERVATION
FOR NAVY OIL

Washington, April 14.-Plans for
the government to take the Unbiased
portion of the Usage reservation as an
oil reserve of the United States navy
were outlined by Secretary of Interior
Lane to members of the Oklahoma del.
egatiOn i'm congress who called to urge
that all the Usage country be sub.
mitted to leasing One-half of the ma.
tiOn is now producing oil and gas.
Secretary Lane indicated the depart.
ment of the interior was ayerse to TAX
ing any step with reference to the new
territory until the navy department
had announced whether its require.
ments would justify retaining the area
for government purposes.
The Usage oil is of too high gravity
for fuel use without refining, being
heavy in lubricating and gasoline
properties, and after refinement leaves
about 10 per cent available for fuel.
The secretary said he would ask con.
gress for legislation giving the govern.
ment the desired use N the reserva.
tion, but would advocate the building
of no government refineries The oil
will be delivered to existing refiner.
les which in turn would deliver the
portion for fuel back to the govern.
ment
Senator owen called attention of
the secretary to the apparent inequali.
ties in the prices for Oil Great Brit.
ain, he said was getting oil at Tampl.
co for lie, while the United States was
paying soc here.
The delegation favors the immediate
opening Of the new territory providing
the government does not reserve il.
but the secretary registered himself
against anything but gradual leasing,
II at all. Opposition also was express.
ed by the delegation against extension
OF the trust period of the Osages for
twenty-five years, or until 1856, but
favored giving the competent Indian
his property as soon as possible, that
development of the state might con.
tinue.
The fact that the Osages were the
richest people per capita on earth,
Senator Owen said, entitled them to
no charity at the hands of the gov.
ernment, providing they were compe
tent to handle their own affairs The
incompetent Indian, he added. should
be protected.
The department indicated il would
not increase the Osages' per capita
payments, but invest their surplus
wealth in government bonds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
ALASKA DOG RACE
NEARING END

Nome, Alaska, April l4-With Leon.
ard Seppal in the lead but with the
teams OF Victor Anderson and Fay
Delzene following only a few miles
behind him, the tenth annual all.Alas.
ka sweepstakes dog team race enter.
ed on its last stage early today.
With the departure of three racers
from Council, eighty-five miles from
the finish at Nome, there was expected
to be no more resting along the way
for any of the teams until the finish
line is crossed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
WILL MEET SOON
IN EXTRA SESSION

Austin, Tex, April IA Governor
Ferguson today issued his proclama.
tion calling the legislature to meet in
special session on Wednesday, April
Is.
The two subjects contained in the
proclamation, are, the consideration of
general appropriation bills, and "the
special consideration of the matter of
the adoption of uniform system of
textbooks to be used in the public
schools of the state, after the con.
tract for the present adoption has ex.
pired."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
PATRIOTIC LANDLORD
WILL HELP SOLDIERS

Union Mill, " j. April 1.-Two
hundred and ifty tenants of houses
owned by James Usher have been
told by Mr. Usher that ne would not
charge rent to families In which the
principal wage Garner enlists Tor war.
Mr. Usher also offers to help support
such families i'm other ways.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
Eastern Star Officers Elected

Oklahoma City April IA Officers
elected by the Grand Chapter. Order
of the Eastern Star in their present
session in this city are as follows:
Grand matron, Mrs Osa Bruss. Law.
town grand patron, s W. Hogan. Ca.
shion; associate grand matron. Miss
Myrtle Frensley, Duncan, associate
grand patron, J. F. Hetherngton. Ok.
lahoma City; grand secretary Mrs.
Mary AlyersOn, Blackwell; grand
treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth McWhirter.
Cleveland; grand conductres.. Mrs
Lulu Bolts, Prague; associate grand
conductress, Mrs. Gladys Hargis. Paw
huska.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
MEATLESS DAYS
SOCIETY PROGRAM
IN WASHINGTON

Washington, April IA group OF
prominent Washington society women
have responded to the appeal Of Mrs
Wilson, wife of the president, and
wives of other high officials, for rigid
economy during the war by obtaining
signed pledges from hundreds Of their
associates to follow this program
Simplicity in dress and entertainment;
no meal to exceed three courses; one
meatless day week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
AMERICAN LEGATION
IN SWITZERLAND
PASSES UP MEXICANS

Berne, (Nia Paris April 1.-THE
Swiss press announces that the Amer
ican legation has decided not to wise
any passports for Mexico and that
prospective travellers TO that country
must apply to the Mexican consul
All persons going to France are
warned that they must spend at least
ten days there before being allowed
to leave for another country Germany
and Austria have established a quar-.
antine for departing travellers, and
Italy for incoming ones.
Forty-three American diplomatic
and consular officials will arrive here
Sunday from Austria.Hungary.
There is nothing on the market like
the StiXRite self vulcanizing rubber
patch. Ask us about il. See window
display also. Oklahoma Oil and Auto
Supply Co. 10
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
"st. Petersburg again.

Amsterdam, via London, April IA
German correspondents on the Rus.
sian and Swedish frontiers report that
the Russian provisional government
intends to change the name of the
capital back to ST. Petersburg. The
government is said to have decided
upon this because Petrograd recalls
to every Russian the saddest time in
Russian history"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
Packers Raise Wages.

Oklahoma City. April IA yolun.
tary wage increase of from FIVE TO
twelve percent for 500 laborers in the
local plant Of Wilson and Company
packers has been announced here
by officers OF the company Increased
living cost was given as the reason
for the company's action. The In.
crease will add 100000 annually to the
payroll OF the plant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
FRENCH MARINES
GET GLAD HAND
IN WASHINGTON

Washington, April "A. French blue
jackets in uniform attracted much at
tention today in the streets of Wash
ington. Groups of them walkinl
around the town were cheered bv ne
destrians. Some had pinned little Am
erican badges on the front of theh
blouses while others carried flags re-
moved from automobiles and present
ed by their owners
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
ELEVEN HUNDRED
RED CROSS AIDS
IN TEXAS INSTITUTION

Denton, Texas, April li-First aid
training for Red Cross work will be
taken by llO0 young women of the
College Of Industrial Arts, located
here, II was announced today Efforts
will be made to have the college rec.
ognized as subtraining station.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
BIG BANK MERGERS
EFFECTED IN SWEDEN

stockholm, Sweden. April 2.-CBy
Naln-Anotucr big bank merger, the
sixth within less than as many months,
is announced Tine stockholm Bank
of Commerce takes over the Norrland
Bank, giving il d combined capital and
reserve of nearly $3S.O00. 900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
GERMAN BAKERS
ARE NOT OBSERVING
FOOD REGULATIONS

Copenhagen, via London, April IA
A Cologne dispatch to the Berlin Tage.
blatt says that sixty-eight bakeries
there have been closed by the police for
violations of food regulations. At a
meeting OF bakers, the guild master
said that third Of all the bakers In
Cologne were facing court proceedings.
He declared that the method OF many
bakers in disposing Of their flour al.
lowed to them was shameful.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
RUSSIA WANTS
ROLLING STOCK
FROM AMERICA

Petrograd, April 1.-THE Russian
provisional government has decided
to place a contract in the United
States for 10000 railway cars and 2OOO
locomotives to be delivered by July,
1913.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

towns, the character of tunnels
through which the heavy and long
circus trains must pass.
The question of a towns population
is not Of the greatest Importance, but
the accessibility, Towns that are trade
centers, one into which several rail
roads run are always picked by the
circus management The throngs who
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
To Prevent The Grip

Colds cause Grip Laxative Bromo
Quinine removes the cause. Remember
10 call for the full name, LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Look for the sig
nature Of l.. w. GROVE. 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
WAR MEASURES
IN METROPOLIS
ARE INTERESTING
Woman Suffragists Canvass for Re.
eruits. Prominent Germans Will
Help Keep the Peace.

New York, April IA house to
mouse canvass to stimulate recruiting
for the army and navy was begun to.
day by the woman's suffrage party.
The women carried thousands Of pos.
ters for distribution throughout the
city.
Mayor Mitchell has accepted the Of.
fer OF committee Of prominent men
of German birth or descent to form
an organization to preserve normal
conditions. The mayor said he had
no doubt of the fidelity of citizens Of
German birth and blood and that the
only thing to guard against would be
MISUNDERSTANDING"