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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

this Is the attitude Of the hotels I rep
resent.
ave believe in food administration.
It's regulations and their enforcement.
We unconsciously violated regulation
and are glad by the contributions
which we have made to the Red Cross
and Y. N. c. A. to reaffirm the sim
cerity Of our support Of the food adj
ministration and Its policies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
1PerCent Tax
Is Urged for
All Purchases
Continued from page 1

In principle, the members Of the
committee are generally opposed to a
consumption tax, but as war tax It
appeals to them, and It may be re-
sorted to as the certain means OF
rounding out the eight billions Of reve.
nue. that Is the goal Of the committee's
efforts.
The b-committee that has been
looking into the subject of taxing luxu
ries has found 1t fruitful and inter.
esting field. More than a Thousand
different articles have been considered
in this class. Members of the commit
tee have been amazed to find what
sums are expended on all kinds OF
luxuries, but they ere especially
amazed at the extravaganza of the rich
in lusuries of vanity and display-the
Injuries that flaunt wealth rather thar
those that contribute to enjoyment
sensuous, sensual or esthetic. Thou
sands of women in the United State,
are carrying gold mesh handbags that
cost as much as $4,000. tax Of II
per cent will likely be imposed on all
the articles the committee decides t.
include In It's luxury list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Corporation Income
ak Is Attacked

The tentative normal corporation in
come tax that has been agreed on is
coming in for good deal Of scoring.
1t provides for tax of IL per cent on
profits If distributed and 10 per cent if
retained. Representative Joseph ".
Fordney. Of Michigan, ranking Repub-
lican member of the committee, holds
that the alternative rate will have a
regrettable effect on banks, as it will
tend to restrict the accumulation of
surpluses and undivided profits, and
Will thus be temptation to unsound
banking and contribute toward re-
strlction Of banking credits
Sound banking prompts the accumu-
latlon Of certain amount of undivid-
ed profits to meet loss emergencies.
such as the compulsory charging off of
assets. such as notes that the bank
examiner may rule are not collectible.
Now, IT bank sets aside undivided
profits it will have to pay 18 per cent
on them, whereas if the sum segregated
tor that purpose were paid out in divi-
dends to the shareholders it would cost
the bank only II per cent.
The same considerations apply to sur
pluses, and the tendency will be not to
enlarge them. thus reducing the banks
ABILITY to accommodate customers, since
1T may not lend to any individual or
corporation more than 10 per cent Of
its capital stock and surplus. The nro-
posed measure is alse held to be in tho
nature Of check on business expan-
sion and to be very oppressive to small
and struggling concerns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

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The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09

Leather Goods, Turks and Re-
pairing at Everett Trunk Factory,
2S15 Rockefeller.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
RECONSTRUCTION
IN EUROPE

At the request Of the French
National Federation of Distribu-
tive Societies, the National Re-
lief Committee has placed $780,
900 at the disposal of the French
Cooperative Movement to re-es-
tablish the societies in the invaded
districts, which at the beginning
of the war composed one-third
f the total number of French
co-operatives. The other coop
eratives have raised a subscrip-
ton of 100000 for the same pur-
pose. The central cooperative
organizations of the Allied ma
ions have decided to form a COM
ION fund for the reconstruction
the destroyed societies in Bel
rum, Luxembourg, Poland, Italy.
2oumania, Serbia, Montenegro and
France, we learn from the Co
operative League Of America, 2
West 18th St, N. Y. C.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09

MONEY TO LOAN-On Dia-
monds, Watches and all Ar
ticles of Value. Licensed
and Bonded Broker. M. S.
Silverman. 14l2 Hewitt.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
WOULD GUST CLEVELAND
SOCIALIST SCHOOL MAN

CLEVELAND - Not satisfied
with expelling the two Socialist
aldermen from the city council,
the powers behind the old parties
in Cleveland are now endeavoring
to have A. l.. Hitchcock, the So
cialist on the school board, re-
moved in the same fashion. One
Of Hitchcock's principal offenses
was a resolution demanding the
union label on all school print
ing.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
SCOTT NEARING
Free Speech at Stake in
Nearing Case:

1t is generally admitted that
scientific authority has right
to utter, without interference
from the government, his scien-
tlflc opinion on the subject in
which he is most deeply learned.
But when that scientist has come
to the conclusion that social JUS
tice is a mockery until labor
gets full justice, has he the
right to publish his opinions?
When that scientist holds the
theory that those who do useful
work should govern the world,
has he the right to say so?
Has he the right to say so
at any and all times?
These are the questions at
stake in the indictment of Scott
Nearing, who is charged with
having violated the Espionage
Act in writing "The Great Mad
ness" pamphlet which contains
his scientific opinion and con-
scientious convictions in regard
to certain problems arising out
of the war.
Scott Nearing's experience has
been wider than that of most
men and his understanding of the
| age in which he lives is deeper.
For that reason he has been
able to render a greater service
to his fellow-men than falls to
the lot of most.
He is a university man with
the highest degrees that can be
conferred by institutions of learn
ing. He has been and is still,
when circumstances permit, a
toiler. His greatest learning has
come from the school of Hard
Knocks. Possessed of a great
earning capacity, he is poor
man because he would rather tell
the truth as he sees it than amass
money His connection with two
great universities has been sew
! cred because he would not be
/ muzzled.
Scott Nearing's first great
service to the labor movement
was his solution of the Child
Labor Problem" That work.
partly the result of his labors as
the secretary Of the Pennsylvania
Child Labor Commission, has
been text book for those who
have fought the good fight for
legislation prohibiting child la
Dor.
Scott Nearing's work with the
Socialist Party, with labor unions,
and with the Peoples Council
during the last year, has been
! directly in line with the work
done in his books. He has been
fighting the fight of the masses
against the profiteers. Now he
faces trial, after an agitation by
organizations Of representatives
of Big Business, who have de-
manded that he be punished.
They have represented to the
authorities that Professor Near
ing has violated the law, and
the indictment has followed.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Below is a table showing the
cost of service to the consumer
under corporate ownership and
under municipal ownership.
Maximum rate per kilowatt
hour for electricity, % Before
municipal ownership; (2) After
municipal ownership.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09

The toilers have nothing to lose
but their chains. The real rea-
son why the proletarians are so
slow in Kidding themselves of
the chains on their wrists is sim
ply this: They have weighty, tho
invisible, chains on their brains.
The New Appeal.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
THE RED DAWN
BY John M. Work

We bp'ldllSlS are hoJ nero
worshippers.
In doing honor to the memory
of Karl Marx we do not put
him on pedestal, and herald
him to the world as having been
infallible.
We give him his due-no more
no less-because of his valuable
service to the cause of humanity.
Now and then you see Marx
Capital referred to as the Bible
of Socialism.
1t is an unfortunate figure of
speech.
There is no Bible of Socialism
Karl Marx would be the last
man to want us to quit thinking
He would be the last man to
want us to accept any book as
containing the final word on eco
nomic problems.
If he could speak, he would ad-
wise us to use our intellects-to
accept nothing in his works but
that which appeals to our intel
lects-and to improve on every
thing in sight, if we can.
And, fortunately, that is the al.
most universal attitude of the So.
cialists. Our minds are open
We are ever ready for the admit
lance of new ideas.
In adopting this attitude, We
do honor to Karl Marx.
And--what is more important
we insure the continuing prog.
ress of the race.
Marx was an investigator. He
was an intellectual pioneer. Or
some subjects he did not have
time, and perhaps also lacked op
portunity to investigate. His
writings show that he was not al
ways devoid of passion and pred
udice. He was sometimes lack
ing in the scientific spirit-whicf
is utterly dispassionate and fol
| lows the facts Whithersoever the,
lead.
But, in economies, he got dowr
to bed rock.
The essentials of his economi,
theory have withstood all attacks
Those who came to jeer have re-
manned to cheer.
Had there been enough of then
so as to put his theory into
practice-the world would have
been saved whirlwind of woe.
The red dawn of the coming
new day is already flushing the
horizon. We can see it coming
1t will be but a short time unit
Marx and his successors will be
triumphant-for the brotherhood
Of man will have become a fact
Then, all honor to Karl Marx
And all honor to every Com
rade-to every obscure Comradt
and to every well known Com
rade-all along the line-living OF
deceased-who has helped the on
ward urge.
When the two hundredth ami
versary of Karl Marx birthday
is celebrated, Socialism will have
been in full bloom for many years
Capitalism, will be looked bacl
upon dark age in the history OF
humanity. There will no Longer
be any slavery to the earning OF
a bare living. Happiness ano
enlightenment will be universal
The people will be we'll on the
way towards becoming a super
race.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
CABBAGE CAMOUFLAGE

Perhaps you've noticed that
auerkraut is to be rechristened
Liberty cabbage" under which
name it probably will smell just
IS sweet? And it will most like
w cost more.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09

A saving under municipal own
ership of IS per cent. These
prices obtain while the utilities
are paying interest and bonded
debts incurred by their purchase.
When the properties are paid for
there will be a still greater
saving.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09
HOUSE FOR SALE - A 7

Room Modern House for
Sale Cheap. Three lots,
Fruit Trees, and Berry
Bushes. Near 37th and
Smith. Terms if desired.
Call Main 478.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-05-09

The collapse of Capitalism is
increasingly threatened with ev-
cry additional week of the war.
The people must be instructed
on what to do in this crisis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

other outhouses: good orchard so acres
open land. on Meadow Road. miles from
Seven Pines. Price, $500 Cheap.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

7oo-AckE farm ~ miies ives. OF Rich
mond. High state OF cuitisAtiou: mite9
from high school. miles from railroad
staten STA, and vii.nce. about SSv agrees in
adapted TO wheat. corn. tobacco ana grass.
Rolling land watered by several year-round
streams. makinS II sn,inbie tor cattle rails
INK. Seven-roUIn dwelling, largo shady
yard. ALI necessary oulbuiloIngA Price
Sl7.60o; one-half cash balance long term.
secured by mortgage. Address J 635 care
lines Dispatch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06
LANDS AND FARMs FOR SALE. pl

COTTAGE bungalows rooms. bath. pam
try; about years old. hrst-cla5s cond!-
ton: newly papered and painted. Electric
lights. sewer. water: in Highland Park
Only $3.50. 4 bargain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

REAL EsTATis-EoR SALE. o7
LOT in West End. $1,000. Small cash pay
ment: no interest. Box l59. Richmond. Va.
81, COO for a nice brick home on West Clay
Street. Long time. Walter Schahf, Room
20U. Central National Bank Bldg.
FINANCIAL. %
LOANS real estate made quickly and at
moderate cost. Henry 8. Hutzler & CO..
1913 East Main Street. Madison 3l29.
SPECIALS AT THE STORES. 81
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

/ 80 acres and l0-rooEl residence with hath
hot and cold water. large barn. corn crib,
/ etc.. close to Seven Pines car line. Price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

FARM for sale and possession November I.
dg0-acre tract: two miles from main line
cleared and balance IN wood and young
timber: well fenced with woven wire; two
small dwellings, and outbuildinHs: splendid
well water ana two running streams: large
level nclds we'll drained, fertile and suitable
for tractor and other large machinery: an
public road. also lies we'll for subdiYiding
The price INCLUDING all horses mules. COWS
il sheep. IA hogs. wagons. buggies. machin-
cry, ,p!oTs, etc. is less than $40 per acre.
Newport ''ews. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

i 2sa acres. Henrico County. II miles out.
60 acres open BALANCE In heavy CROWN
VIII trade. for, city residence either In
Woodland Heights or W est End ana pa
some difference
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

l,Soo acres. one of the finest river farms in
Virginia. l.3u0 acres open land mostly
river low ground OF first quality. Price.
$3.50 per acre.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

O. New Market Road. miles out.
Gond 5-room residence and numerous out
buildings; % acres In good state cultiva-
ton. balance IN very heavy timber and
wood. Practically enough timber to pay
for place. Price. $1,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06
FINANCIAL
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. 3
EXECUTIVE

A few dollars invested In a practical bust
ness course will be worth thousands later.
unuhusl demand for stcnnEraihcrs al high
Szlares We have day and night ella SScS.
Gail or phone. Massey Business College.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

TWO farms OF % acres each: close to Rich
mond; good improvements. $1,000 each.
WILLIAM u. Redo,
80 North Ninth Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

142-acrc farm on Broad Rock Road. miles
from Richmond; high state of cultivation;
plenty OF shade: beautiful home. Price
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12

Experience" which returns to the
Orpheum Theater for the entire week
of March IS. has had the most re-
markable history of any play on the
American stage to-day. 1t made its
first appearance in Broadway three
years ago. and faced the critics, who
at that time said it was surely de-
stined for the storehouse. 1t played
to S12 at its second performance; since
that time ii has been hailed with de-
light and acclaim in practically every
city of this country 1t is said to
have been publicly endorsed by the
Governors of seventeen states the
mayors of countless cities, and by
more than $500 clergymen. Incident
ally it has also brought in a profit
of more than 100000 for its pro-
ducers
The facts about Experience" are
interesting. Originally produced as a
one-act play, at Lambs Gambol,
George V. Hobart, the author, was
urged to expand it into a three -act
the crossroads of life. The original
performance at the gambol has enlist
ed the services of William Elliott, as
Youth; Frederick Perry, as Expert
ence; Eftingham Pinto. as Passion;
William Deming, as IntoXication: ana
many, well-known Lambs in feminine
roles. Mr.. Elliott was so impressed
with the possibilities of his role Of
advance to purchase the rights to the
completed play.
Hobart at once began work and
turned out the completed manuscript
in very short time. Mr.. Elliott took
the manuscript to F. Ray Comstock
and Morris Gest and the three formed
partnership to uproduce the play. 1t
was finally given in Atlantic City late
in September. 1914; one whole act was
disappointing to Mr.. Hobart who un-
nRTtOOk n re % hn
following week, in Cleveland Mr.
Hobart wrote the famous House of
Last Resort" scene in one day. 1t was
produced the following night, Thurs
day, and scored instantaneously. This
is the scene in which Frailty meets
Youth in a resort of the underworld
1t had been booked originally at the
Lyric Theater, but when the news
came from the road that Hobart had
been compelled to rewrite an entire
act, there was a sudden shift in book
ings, and the Shuberts sent it to the
Booth, new theater in side street.
The receipts the opening night were
$531, The audience was composed al
most entirely of critics and members
of the Lambs Club. who were there to
see their friends act. The general
public was not in evidence at all The
next day was a Wednesday and a
matinee had been announced. At noon
not ticket had been sold from the
rack.
That night the receipts were s115.75
and everyone connected with Expert
ence" was depressed. Everyone, per
haps, except an unknown young wo-
man, who leaped into fame over night
by her impersonation of IntoXication
and Frailty. The notices, while not
severe, had been generally unfavor-
able.
The members of the firm, Messrs.
Elliott, Comstock and Gest held a
consultation at the end of the first
week, when the gross receipts were
found to be less than $4,000. They de-
cided to back their judgment with ad-
vertising. They felt that they had
the goods" in the shape of play
which would please the public if the
public could only be made to realize
it. So to overcome the handicap of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12

the bad notices, and the fact that the
play was being produced in an un-
known. out of -the-way theater, they
decided to spend s25, 900, if necessary,
advertising the play. That money
was the wisest investment they ever
made. In one day they spent $4,000
in the newspapers OF New York, using
They plastered every billboard in the
neighborhood of New York. They be-
gan systematic campaign to have
clergymen come to see the play, and
every clergyman who saw it endorsed
it. while many preached sermons
about Experience" as a lesson for
young men.
In two weeks and a half. the tide
turned. Meanwhile business had been
bad and the management of the Booth
had served notice on the management
of the play to Vacate.
Experience" was not to leave New
York. however. Its three managers
secured the Casino Theater, a play
house which for more than thirty
years had been devoted solely to musi-
cal comedy. But it was in Broadway
where the crowds are, and the adver-
tksing. the electric signs in front of
the theater, and great colossal signs
all drew the crowds. 1t opened there
January Q, 1915, and the receipts the
first week were over $4,000. The third
week, including ashington's Birth
given, the receipts jumped up to S16,-
675. All sorts of advertising stunts
proved successful in arousing pubic
interest. The whole company was
taken by Morris Gest one day to meet
BILLY" Sunday in Paterson, and
Billy" made the statement then that
"I haven't been to theater in
twenty-eight years, but if | were
going to see any play, 1 would go to
see Experience
1t ran all told, nine months in New
York and was given for nearly 5OO
performances.
The following season it went to
Boston to stay eight weeks, and re
mained five months, playing at three
different theaters. This same com
pany then went to Chicago, opening
there December "a. 1915. and closing
there June II, 1915. The same com
five months, and broke the records
for long runs in that city. Two other
companies have played practically
every city of the country.
Experience" has broken may rec
ords on tour. 1t played three and
half weeks in Providence, city whlcn
George NJ. Cohan says is the worst
show town in America. 1t played tour
weeks in Baltimore to gross recelpts
of S66, 600. 1t played four weeks in
Milwaukee, a notoriously bad show
town, and drew SAT, goo in that time.
1t went to Trenton, \. J.,-actually
one-night standard played there Tor
two solid weeks. 1t did the same thing
in Wilmington.
"Experience" has made a fortune,
not only for it's producers, but Tor
George V. Hobart His royalty OF ~
per cent. of the gross receipts, has
brought him in as high as $4,7OO in
one week, when three companies were
PLAYING. He has purchased a hand.
some home at Pelham, which cost MN
$125,000. and he is rapidly becoming
one of our richest playwrights.
And all from a play which drew SI2
at its second performance, and which
was an actual failure at the start. The
remarkable career OF TINS play mas
been pointed out as an example of
what can be done by clever advertis-
ing and showmanship.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-12
VETS LOSE HOPE
AS DELAWARE
BODY CONVENES
Governor Townsend Clinches
Sentiment by Plea For
Ratification

Dover, Del, March 12..Delaware's
General Assembly. which opened in
special session yesterday. will rati-
fy the prohibition amendment. No
one in Dover is willing to hazard a
guess that the amendment will not
he endorsed. Even the vets have
given up hope. National leaders of
the Anti-Saloon League, who came
here ready for a hard fight, found
things so favorable that they went
on to more uncertain states.
Governor Townsend's message. de-
livered personally yesterday to the
joint session of the House and Sem
ate, clinched the attitude of the leg
islators. In a personal heart-to-
heart talk from the rostrum in the
House he told them it is time the
wet and dry issue is cleared from
Delaware state affairs. He warned
the wavering that a nation. state,
a community and home are watch
ing the action of each of them.
He presented the amendment in a
message which pledged Delaware
anew to the nation in whose affairs
it has taken an historic part He
asked for wider legislative enact
ment to make Delaware's state ac-
tivities as effective as the individual
loyalty of her citizens.
Calls For Ratification
He proposed the ratification of the
prohibition amendment as a war
measure. He pointed out that they,
as all other legislators for the last
decade, have had to face the wet and
dry issue at election. At times it
has clouded other state matters. 1t
is time to dispose of it, he told them,
to clear the way for other state
questions.
Now in the stress of the times, he
said: 1T can we'll be considered a
war measure"