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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

dwindled till to-day 81 treasury note has
deteriorated 9s. The diminishing purchasing
power is due partly to the fabulous increase
in paper credit, seen in the largely increased
bank deposits, which mount up each year
many hundred millions; partly to the in
creased taxation.
The industrial profits are larger than ever.
The excess profits tax is like a SNOWFALL.
The shell maker adds 60 per cent TO cost OF
making, and usually another 10 per cent for
himself. He has TO pay the iron or steel
maker 90 or 70 per cent more for the steel,
and each separate item in his bill of costs
Is added 20 by the tax. Now we see why
the cost Of the war has jumped by millions
20 its present figure.
We were brave when we all demanded an
excess profits tax which should stop prof
iteering We must be equally brave in ad-
hitting our mistake and cutting IL of alto
gether. II was a hideous blunder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Photos 5y Brol0n Brothers.

cussion Of this phase appears in "The
Dramatic Mirror:
The plan of Congress to include in the
war revenue bill tax upon cabaret perform
ances is regarded by theatrical managers as
particularly wholesome sign. In the frs.
place it indicates that they will not be COM
PEELED to fear the competition OF those res
taurants where cabarets are the rule to such
proportions next year as during the past
three seasons. The proposed tax Of 10 per
cent to be levied upon admission TO cabarets,
in addition to the higher prices Of food made
Necessary by the war, will tend, the managers
believe, to cure the public of its increasingly
exclusive admiration for restaurant enter
tanment, and will send it back to the natural
and legitimate place of entertainment-the
theatre.
The cabaret has encroached more and more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

VVIAR, THE Outlook" points out, is
w not all waste, and wars profits
ought to be made to finance war.
It would seem to be a kind Of endless
chain, a process allied to the univeral
processes at work in the vegetable king
dom, for example.
There is colossal destruction, but
War, the destroyer. is also creator. le
rskes fruitful lands waste; it lays villages
and towns in ruins, batters down factories,
Consumes iron and cloth, rubber and leather,
grain and meat, and countless other COM
nodi.ies; but it also forces mankind TO
FAKE waste land fertile. build new industrial
centres, double or treble efficiency in manu-
heturing, and produce with less labor than
Before a greater quantity Of wealth. While
i-poyerishing some men, war enriches
others. While draining the nation Of many
Us most promising lives, it enables the
f''lon, through the discipline Of those that
remain, to increase in wealth
History furnishes proof Of this truth IN
''rndanee The experience of hosts Of peo-
De now living verifes and confirms this
ruth Seourged few nations in history
ave been by war, the Republic Of the United
sa'e' entered, through the Civil War. into
period Of prodigious prosperity. Defeated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Let War Pay Its Own Way

and Inundated by Prussia in 1871, France,
with astonishing resilency, rose at once to
unprecedented economic strength. And to-
day, in the midst of war, it is the testimony
of men who know, England is finding her in
dustria salvation.
Since, then, war is both producer and
consumer of wealth, the cost Of war should
legitimately, as far as possible, be paid for
out Of the wealth that war produces. 1t IS
from the reservoirs which war has filled that
the government should, for the most part,
draw whatever taxes are necessary 20 pay the
cost of the destruction that war wreaks.
This is the principle that should chiefly
determine the lines of war taxation.
In England, in the first year of the war, as
Commerce and Finance" points out, all con-
Germs making unusual profit out of the war
were taxed 40 per cent in the second year go
per cent, and this year so per cent. If this
country applied that same method on the
basis Of England's percentage in the first
year Of the war. the government would on
the face of these figures, receive 100000
600 in revenue, and would leave to the
oorporations over sGO0OO0,OOO more profits
than they had three years ago. In other
words, these concerns would be growing
rich and the government would be getting
q large part of its necessary revenue out OF
the wealth that war had created.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

cent beer in a cheap cabaret, presumably
our tip will be one-half of a cent.
Before Uncle Sam starts collecting his
tips IN these "gilded halls" and fashionable
se-factories, the benevolent societies
will have taken considerable toll, for al
ready soldiers and sailors in uniform make
nightly collections foc relief funds of
various kinds from the rot otherwise well
enough punished patrons. The women
partners of the male patrons enjoy oblig-
ing the latter to dig up quarters and half
dollars to jingle on the dancing floor for
the fund" after the "sturendous patriotic
review" has done its ar3uous stint.
The war can be fought in the cabaret
trenches by means of this tax, provided
this tax, if finally levied, does not put this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Capitals Instinct of
Self Preservation

ME difficulties Of financing the war
by taxation arise from the instinct
Of self-protection operating among
"e various social interests. These raise
successive bowls in Congress when the
muse and Senate committees on Finance
'Asnllne the various possible sources Of
taxation.
II Is natural 10 make analogies and to
va" parallels. We find one here in
S"hsn experience as analysed by "The
.hghsh Reviews" discussion of the new
'''iish war budget:
ne have now an income tax of 25 per cent
an excess profits tax OF 60 per cent.
-, produced last year 81 SOC, 100000.
r. budget is now coming on, and the
sAesiior Of The Exehequer will be asked
=. "assd already has been asked-to in
-. ne excess profits tax. The working
v, minks that he Is getting his own back
~. hsars that all the great capitalists have
a.. compelled TO disgorge so per cent Of
90 "-go'ten gains. lie asks, Why stop
=. per cent? Why not make the tax 10
tA' or even 30 per cent? And some cx-
"A. -" would 20 20 far a. 20 annex for
a.. Nh'ht o. the state the whole Of the
a. =" made In excess Of the pre-wsr stand
.,.. s~piisiist laughs In his sleeve and
- Put on any tax yon liz. do,t
elss., cont pay II. You pay II. you poor,
.s,s workman. ignorant Of political econ.
h.,,, rress have been rising steadily
,.,,, month ever since war began. The
's power Of the pound sterling has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

TIME war has set .he world to chew
ing American gum. Our exports OF
- chewing gum have grown from a
value Of $88,269 in 1913 to $696,O49 for
the first nine months Of the fiscal year
1917. Exports to all countries during the
same period increased from SlS6,944 to
1926 $50. Soldiers in the trenches OF the
battlefelds Of Europe use the gum, there
has been a great growth ia the habit IN
the Philippines, and consular officers sta
toned in Asia, particularly in China, state
that there Is "A market in the Far East.
Canada was at one time the largest pur'
chaser Of American made chewinf gum
but Of late years Europe has far outstrip-
ped her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

form of manufactured happiness out Of
business. With tax on booze at the dis
tillery and brewery reservoir, and a tax on
indulgence at the cabaret spigot the
grand patriotic reviews" may become less
patriotic and more economical.
In whatever case, the cabaret has been
discovered by tax genius.
So far as most theatrical managers are
concerned, the government may 90 quite
as far as it likes in taxing the cabarets.
1t may, indeed, quite tax them out Of ex-
stence Nor is it hard to fathcm this
managerial sentiment. The cabarets, it is
pointed out by those whose business it is to
keep shrewd tab on figures, are compel
ing with alarming success with the older
type of theatrical entertainment. dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

each 10 cents or fraction thereof paid for ad-
mission TO any public performance for profit
at any cabaret or similar entertainment TO
which the charge for admission is wholly or
in part included in the price paid for refresh
ment service or merchandise; the amount paid
for such admission to be computed under
rules prescribed by the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, with the approval of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, such tax to be paid by
the person paying for such refreshment, SER
vice or merchandise.
con with the dance; let Joy be uncon-
fined" as Milton said before he went blind
But if you dance in cabaret you'll have
to pay a tip to Uncle Sam as well as to
the hat girl. Uncle Sans tip is the reg
ulation French and Swiss tip, 10 per cent
of the food bill If you have had five
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
The Gay Friendly "ChooChoo TRAM of ones Youth O' '"

According to "The Railway Age Ga
zette," the locomotive is designed to OPP
crate on 1000 volts, single phase, 20
cycle current, taken from an overhead con-
tact wire. Each truck is a motor truck,
which receives power from two motors
through a spring gear wheel on each side.
Each gear wheel is connected to the three
drivers by the usual side rods, and the re-
mainder Of the drive and running gear is
like that used for steam locomotives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

CCIENCE has little regard for appear
% ances. Science finds germs where
~ the architect has put scroll. Sci
ence deplores adornment on the ground
that it is irrational and unreasonable.
Left to reason alone, the angles and cor
rers of a picturesque world would disap-
pear, because their presence entails a cost
in energy for which science can find no
corresponding result.
The evidences that a growing rational
ity is reducing the worlds landscape IN
many directions are not far to seek. There
was a day-the early day of steam-when
a part Of the fascination of broad stretches
of uninterrupted prairie was to be found
in the occasional ribbon of smoke which
flashing steam locomotive painted across
the sky. There was something about the
locomotive which fostered the seeds OF
imagination,' not merely because it was
going somewhere, but because there were
evidences of magic power IN smoke and
steam and the obvious relationship be-
tween the burning fuel and the driving
wheels. But the engineers discovered fret
fully that steam was horrible waste oil
mower. and that in the scientific world,
where energy is treasure, the steam loco
motive was a malefactor Of great wealth
i'm the worst degree.
There may still be some fascination Tor
The newcomer in the sight of cars NOV
ing through the city on the elevated
tracks apparently by some innate power
But the city itself may remember regret
fully the funny little dummy engines that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
T IS proposed to tax the cabarets.

TT is proposed to tax the cabarets.
The Federal government has heard
l. the strident "jazz-band" and has seen
.he "grand patriotic revue" and has felt
the Jingle Of the giddy restaurant dollar.
Hence the embodiment in the tax bill Of
8 10 per cent levy on cabaret expenditures,
as approved by the Senate Finance Com
mittee.
Much bitter contention surrounds the
evying Of these specific war taxes and no
one knows until the President signs a
measure just what will be its fate in Con-
grsss. But the cabaret has been singled
out for attention. The cabaret tax section,
which The committee estimates would raise
between 100000 and 100000, reads:
tax Of 1 cent shall be collected for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

what was picturesque, however inconven-
lent it may have been. The electrifcation
of terminals is already now an old story
in New York, and for miles about the city
IL some directions the only form Of energy
used in transportation is electricity.
Now comes the Pennsylvania Railroad
with an electric locomotive built ike a
circus horse car on wheels, a locomotive
that does somehow contrive to convey an
impression of power ard reserve force,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

but that, so far as properties Of the pictu-
rescue are concerned, might as we'll be a
white enamelled bathtub or an antiseptic
toothbrush.
The special application of the new loco
motive will be for handling tonnage trains
over twenty-four miles of l per cent
grade and twelve miles Of per cent
grade from Johnstown to Altoona, Penn
The slope is familiar to travellers chiefly
because it contains the Horseshoe Curve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

each year upon the domains CT the theatre
TO the great alarm of the managers. res
taurant entertainment which comprised in
the beginning few song and dance artists
finally grew during last season to the dlmen-
sions of musical revues and pageants, which,
in many cases, were as deliberately staged as
pieces of a similar character on view in the
theatres.
Perplexed at the growing competition, the
managers took the matter up with the De-
partment of Licenses in an effort to bring TO
bay certain cabarets which were presenting
essentially theatrical entertainment without
being taxed for the same. Now, it is under
stood that no cabarets are operating in the
city which do not pay theatrical license
tax. Despite the soaring prices of food, how
ever, the cabarets continue, it is reported, to
do a prosperous business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

Next fall a different aspect upon amuse-
ment conditions is expected by the managers.
They are assuming that the more and more
active participation Of America in he war,
with its consequent regulation of food and
its constant demands upon the purse-strlngs
of the people, will show a more conservative
attitude on the part Of the public
Herbert C. Hoover has expressly told the
Women's Committee of the Defence Coun-
ell that women could aid in reducing food
waste by banning cabarcts. This, he said.
would alone prevent the waste of millions.
Mr.. Hoover has sent TO the Society of
Restaurateurs of New York a telegram
urging them TO remodel their bills of fare.
1t is intimated that the abolition of "a la"
dishes in the cabaret and other fancy res
taurants would save large sums.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
THE First Ne7c York Central Express

used to pull the cars about on the elevated
structures, and sigh over the passing of
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
WAR INSURANCE

ANY man or woman of any age in
the active military OF naval service of
the United States can obtain govern.
ment insurance. 1t has been ruled
that members of officers training
camps are under the act and can OBJ
tain insurance. The cost for each
thousand dollars of insurance IL from
siXty-tive cents a month to persons at
the age OF twenty-one to one dollar
and twenty cents a month to those of
the age of fifty-one.
The beneficiaries are limited to
wife, husband, child. grandchild.
brother or sister. stepbrother or step
sister, adopted brother or adopted sis.
ter OF the insured as well as parents,
TO stepparent either OF the insured or
his or her consort.
The insurance is not compulsory,
but the cost is low and the protection
great, and not only are all persons
eligible afforded every opportunity To
obtain this insurance without trouble
or extra expense but they are spe.
cially urged to do so.
Gen. Pershing and thousands OF
other officers and tens of thousands
OF soldiers have already taken out In
surance. Up to date policies OF in
surance have been Issued aggreeatlnf
sI,O32, ,s3s. 900.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
SHAlE TESTING PLANT
is IN OPERATION

Frank Middleton and the Bruce
Brothers have put up their new shale
testing plant in the basement of the
Mayer hotel and the first run was
made last night.
The plant is modelled after those
used in the government laboratories
in Washington, and was purchased by
Mr.. Middleton when he was east sew
eral weeks ago. II is a simple but
very complete affair and is thoroughly
dependable.
II has a furnace much like those
used by assayers, and this contains a
retort which holds eight and a half
ounces of shale. Gasoline is used for
fuel. Leading from the retort is a con-
densing pipe, and this leads TO a con.
tainer where the oil is caught Pipes
lead from this to other glass contain.
ers where the gas and amonia sui
phate are caught.
hS OA OAl NOllNdintl III a lOi
of shale is easily determined, as eight
and half ounces is in the same pro
portion to a ton as a dram is to {
gallon. Therefore, II fifty drains &
secured from a run, the shale show
fifty gallons to the ton.
The run last night was on shall
from the claims owned by Bruc
Brothers &c Middleton in Burner bi
sin, undoubtedly the largest deposI
in this section, and it showed abou
forty gallons OF oil to the ton. an
about six thousand cubic feet OF gas
While the owners OF the plant go
it for their own purposes, tests will
be made for outsiders. Tests are be
ing made this afternoon ana they ar
being watched by a number OF inter
estcd spectators.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
NEW RECRUITS
SWAMP OFFICES
Secretary Baker Comes to
Their Relief by Ordering all
Applicants who are Quail
fled to be Accepted

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-secretary
Baker came to the relief OF thousands
OF men who have volunteered for the
regular army but have been rejected
because OF the breakdown of the re,
cruiting machinery, by ordering all
qualified applicants who presented
themselves. before noon be accepted.
even though their examination and
other details could not be accom-
plished until later.
Thousands of men are seeking to
volunteer before the new draf: regu.
lations go into effect. Many of these
were turned away because the re
cruiting stations were swamped.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
THE PASSING OF
GEORGE w. CARTY

George w. Carty. Western Pacific
yardmaster at Winnemucca, passed
away at noon Thursday in the hospital
at Portola. The cause of his death
was kidney trouble. of which he had
been a sufferer for some time. He
was a native OF Missouri and was 81
years of age on the 18th of last Aug
ust. To mourn his loss he leaves his
wife, who was with him to the last,
and his father. three brothers and two
sisters. His father and one sister re.
side at Belleview, Mo-; one sister In
st. Louis, Mo-; one brother at Muir.
physboro, ILL.,; one brother at Granite
City, ILL.,, and n brother at Portland,
Ore.
The deceased lived in Elko for some
time and was engaged in the mauufac'
ture OF cigars.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
PACIFISTS ARE FRIENDS
OF WAR, SAYS REDFIELD

SCRANTON. Dec. l5.-''The pacifist
who does not abhor the principles Of !
'frightfulness.' cruelty. lust, and
might is right as propounded by I
the autocratic leaders OF the German
Empire, must necessarily be fried
of war" said William c. Redfield,
secretary of commerce, in an address
TO the Scranton Board of Trade here
last night. For he that is Tot against
II is on it's side"
1T is of immediate and despcrti
concern to the world" Secretary
Redfield continued, that in any ma
tion these things should come to
fruitage and power. For tftP evil
thing menaces mankind. II ID the
deadly foe of the pacifist, for II is
the seeker and promoter of war"
Secretary Redfeld said that there
Is no room in Socialism for ships
sunk without trace, for treaties which
are scraps of paper "and the slaugh-
tered children and the outraged
women of Belgium and France cry
out in horror at the mockery of So
cialistic theory which fails to rise in
horror at the sight"
Continuing, the secretary said:
I'VE fight not the people called the
German people, not even tie political
entities known as the Central Powers,
so much as evil enthroned among
them using them fer its purposes,
possessing them as devils are said to
have done mankind OF old It does
not alter this that there are those to
who mthis devil may seem an angel
OF light. BY their fruits ye shall
know them and that fruitage from
the beginning OF the war till now
has been evil and again evil and yet
again. Official lying, official cruelty.
official lust, these revealing things
cannot be concealed. The picture is
known and read OF all men. Against
this evil men of all continents stand
together. men of all religions are
united, men of all colors, all races and
all languages make common cause. A
most hopeful sign is that for the first
time Mohnmmedan and Hindu, Con
fucian and Hebrew, Christian and
Pagan-men OF all faiths and of no
faiths have forgotten their differences
and are dying side by side in oppos.
ing that which instlnctiyely, but
rightly. they know TO be evil, seeking
TO control the world"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15

The picture last night at the Brad
ley Opera House, "The Retreat OF the
Germans at the Battle of Arras," drew
deservedly large crowd. nearly every
seat being occupied, 1t is claimed that
nearly forty moving picture machine
men were killed in the taking OF these
pictures. The scenes were of actual
war scenes, various guns in action
were shown, together with the fright.
full havoc wrought by them. No one
should miss seeing every serial OF
this wonderful war picture as It gives
a better idea OF actual warfare than
any amount of reading would do.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
BOLSHEV|KI
ARREST u. s.
COMMISSIONER.
Member OF the American Rail-
way Commission with Men,
ber of Provisional Govern
ment Taken into Custody

PETRoGRAD, Dec. 15.-charles
Smith of st. Louis, member of the
American railroad commission to Rus.
sia' is reported to have been arrested
in company with the former assistant
OF minister of Russian railways. The
former minister is being held by the
Bolsheviki as member of the pro
yislonal government.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES

Keep Jar or two OF mayonnaise on
hand-youll find it an economy and a
convenience. For mayonnaise is not
only dressing that adds richness to
the plainest salad, but one that makes
a delicious spread for bread and re.
places butter.
Eggless Mayonnaise
One-half cupful mashed potatoes:
two tablespoons of oil; three table.
spoons of vinegar; one teaspoon of
horseradish; one-half tablespoon of
Worcestershire sauce; one-fourth tea
spoon each OF salt. mustard and sugar.
Add the oil to the well mashed pota-
toes gradually. beating well. then the
vinegar and other ingredients, mixing
thoughly all the while.
Economical Cream Dressing
One.half cupful sour cream: one.
four teaspoon salt; one teaspoon
! powdered sugar; three tablespoons
chill sauce. Beat the cream thorough.
ly until stiff. Then add the season.
ings and chilli sauce.
Plain Mayonnaise
One egg yolk; one teaspoon salt,
one teaspoon mustard; one-half tea
spoon paprika; one-half teaspoon DOW
dered sugar; one cupful olive oil; tw,
tablespoons of vinegar; one table
spoon lemon Juice. Beat the yolk well
then add the seasonings and a few
drops of oil gradually until the mix
ture is thick. Mix the vinegar wit
the lemon Juice, then add few drop
OF this acid and few drops of oil al
ternately, beating constantly. Hav,
all the dishes and ingredients cold ant
store in a cold jar.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-15
HEAVY FIGHTING IN
PROGRESS IN ITALY

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. Dec. 15.--tBy
Associated Pross) Heavy fighting is
in progress in the mountain front east
Of the Brotna River The enemy is
attempting to advance positions rs he
did those west OF the river