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putting the burcen OF the war on one
class and not anotherf"
NO. Mr.. Roberts replied, because
bank deposits and savings show the higher
wages are coming back, and the wage
earners are buying bonds; but you touch
there a very crucial point-it is the crux
of all systems of taxation-it is hOw to
tar uithort killing the goose that lays the
golden egg.
Capital is willing to put up its last
dollar TO win this war and labor TO put
up its utmost strength; but you can't take
out of reservoir more than you put into
it; and here is the suggestion i throw out
purely tentatively: To distribute the cost
of the war evenly on all classes, an in
finitesimally small tax on consumption
say of tea or coffee-would bring larger
revenues than heavy taxes on a few large
incomes. Tax capital all that is neces-
sary, yes, but tax pro rata the big wage
Garner evenly, as you tar big incomes. and
that is most easily done by consumption
tax"
Might Kill the Goose.
"But what IL the consumption tax de-
creased the sale Of the goods taxedf
Wouldn't that kill the goose that lays the
golden eggf
"Yes and NJ On such necessities as
tea and coffee, no, when you consider the
wages labor is earning to buy the necessi-
ties. On semi-luxuries, like silk, limou-
sines, &C., yes; it would decrease the pur-
chase Of the goods. If the tax were heavy
enough, It would stop production and
shut the factory; but that is exactly what
we want. A non-war factory shut down
releases so many workers for war.
Before the war our factories annually
produced $4,000, 000, 900 of goods Now
We can't both consume $24 900, 600, 900 Of
factory products and at the same time
raise and save $24,O0O,OO 900 for war
in one year. We have 10 cut our con-
sumption somewhere, and tax on the
consumption Of luxuries cuts both ways.
If it raises revenue, it helps the war. If
it decreases the purchase Of the luxury,
then it sends both the work and the money
that might have been expended on the
luxury back into war channels-whieh is
exactly what we want"
But it is when you come to consider
what is luxury that you are reminded
of the Director-General's invocation to
high heaven when he took over the rail-
roads. Gentlemen" he said TO the press,
please pray for the Director General of
Railroads." and so might the Ways and
Means Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives and the Finance Committee
of the Senate pray when they tackle tax
alton for the war.
What is a luxuryf What are excess
profitsf What are war proftsi Lmou-
sines are a luxury. Therefore tax them;
and at once there is protest that if the
limousine owner doesn't use his motor to
come to business he will use the train, and
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'IF''''''
years of prospecting for oil, or gas, or
minerals, as the ease may be.
Suppose the lucky strike represents an
individual instead Of group OF men
called Il corporation. The tax would work
out this fashion:
Net income ...........$i 100000
Personal exemption 1000
IaXable bsSo,'Vo
Taxes graded TO SO per
cent on 1898 900. ............. $5e7,5Io
Now oil and gas and mining men may be
wrong; but what they contend is that
prospectors, who really keep the oil and
gas and mining Industries supplied with
new areas, will not go out to gamblers
risk of total loss if on one lucky strike 90
perAcent of their success may be taken.
They will support the war TO a finish.
In fact, the ranks Of the prospectors
have already been drained to depletion
by enlistmcnts; but they can't afford to
play the game unless some one grub
stakes them, and capital will not grub
stake them on these terms. II isn't case
of won't Nor is it q case of cant"
with the apostrophe taken out. II is .
case of cant with the apostrophe Sc
vcrely left in.
Motor Fuel Essential to War.
And remember this war is essentially q
war of high powered motor fuels. The
navies of the Allies, the motor trucks that
carry supplies to the front lines, the big
guns that eat up gasolene in being moved
ut the rate of more than n gallon a mile,
the numbering but dauntless and snoutless
tanks that suck up oil and gas fuels with
the appetite of brontosaurus, the artil-
lery of the air, the airplanes that tend
more and more to fight in squadrons-all
are dependent on oil and gasolene.
The war cant be won without them;
and at the present moment there is less
than six months supply of oil in storage
above ground. To be accurate, there is
about four months supply. If Germany
should succeed in inducing Carranza to
cut off oil fuels from Mexico, the Allies
would depend on the United States for
oil fuels; and the production of oil
is decreasing by good many more thou
sand barrels per day than the fuel ex-
perts of the country care TO contemplate.
Gasless Sundays were no indication of
growing scarcity. They were in fact
the prompt response of the supplies
available on the Atlantic seaboard to a
sudden very great demand. You cant
ship gasolene for export through oil pipe
lines; and the gasless Sundays we're really
a transportation problem; but they gave
the city public fairly good taste OF
what would happen if we awakened some
morning and found we were short Of
motor fuels.
You can no more wave stick and send
man out to locate an oil well than you
can wave wand and send prospector
out to find a gold mine. He may find it,
or he may not; and you have to keep the
lure of gamblers big chance out to keep
the prospector hunting; and this the pro-
posed system of taxation does not do.
But the thing cuts closer. 1t comes
Continued or Eighth Page.) 4
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Taxing the Golden Egg Goose Wisely
Bankers Confid e Mt
of Financial Out
look, but Point to
Errors

production of each is threatened with ex-
tincthn because of the intervening OF
the system. This was clearly brought out
in the debates in the House and the Sen
ate by the representatives from Colorado
and Utah.
Tho man after twenty years Of cndcav-
oring made lucky strike that brought Il
net income of 81 ,000,000 On his taxes
he was allowed specific exemption of
1900 and an additional exemption of 10
per cent: on invested capital, or an cx-
cnption in all of 5000, leaving taxable
rs excess profits 500 600 Mt 80 per cent.
This made the excess profits tax S193.-
600, leaving a net income TO his ten back
crs and himself of $206, 400.
On this was the normal tax OF Is per
cent, or 1917 l52, making the total taxa
ton $780, and leaving a net balance OF
SlGg,24S for the eleven men, on which
again each man would pay an income tax.
Now while each mans share seems big IN
tercst on capital of $4,000, the fact is
that $50, 900 represents only one of twenty
years of prospecting for oil, or gas. or
minerals, as the ease may be.
Suppose the lucky strike represents an
individual instead Of group Of men
called II corporation. The tax would work
ont this fashion:
Net income ...........s 81 100000
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-09-18
Notice OF Lis Pepaens.

Notice Of Lis Pen6ens.
You viii Please To Take Notice, That
an action has been commenced in the
sofa. by the above named, plaintiffs
against the above named defehdants.
wit:
l. For partition OF the property
hereinafter described in accordance
the lands owned by the plaintiffs and
defendants.
2. For the sale thereof. If: it shall
be found to the best, interests of the
owners that sale shall be made.
3: That the adverse claims Of each
ana Eye ct tho be
the parties respectively he Determined
PENDANTS be forever enjoiiied = ana ID 1,ar
red from making any claim against
the interests OF the plaintiffs in said
property or any part or portion thereof.
S.. For such other and further relies
equitable based upon tn = facts: and a.
legations OF the complaint.
The complaint Of the plaintiffs in
this action is now on flles Ia the office
of the Clerk of the District Court. in
and for the County Of Cock and sssate
described is assf6fiows:.
Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
Northeast Quarter. md Tots one in
BSeetion Thirty, Township Sixty
18th p. n. II.
;. KNNoI4D & ARNOLD.
Attorneys for P9Nt11s ]
\ 1928 .Ht Duluth. MIMI.
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Notice Of Liz Pendens.

You Will Please to Take Notice, That;
an action has been commenced in the
District Court for Cook County. Minne:|
AGAINST the above named defendants.
the object of which is as follows. to-,
wit:
l.. For partition Of the property
hereinafter described in accordance!
the lands owned by the plaintiff and
defendants.
T.. For the sale thereof. if it shall
be found. to the best interests of the
owners that a sale shall be made.
g. That the adverse claims of each
and the rights of each and every of
tie parties respectively be determined,
t.: That each and every of the de-
PENDANTS be forever enjoined and bar,
interests Of this plaintiff in said prop
erty or any part or portion thereof.
s.. For such other and further relief
as to the Court may seem just and eq-
uitable. based upon the facts and al
legations of the complaint.
a es IS RcM on of the p@ int dee this df
the. Click of the District Court in and
for the County of Cook and State of
Minnesota. and the property therein
described is as follows:
Lot One. Southeast Quarter of the
of ): the Southeast Quarter of Section
Fourteen. Township Sixty-four North,
Of Range One West of the 4th +. M.
Lots Two. and Six and the West half
Fourteen. Townshi p Sixty-four North
of Range One West Of the 4th p. NJ.
Dated this 18th day of August A. d.
ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
81 : Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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Notice Of Lis Pentaeus.

j Notice Is Hereby Given, That an acc
:tton, has been commenced in the Dis
stricts Court for Cook County. Minnesota
by the above named plaintiff against
the above named defendants. the object
of which is to try the adverse claims of
the defendants to the lands and prem
Eises hereinafter described. and to OBJ.
tain q decree OF said Court adjudging
Eand determining that said defendants
have no interest in, or lien upon said
lands and premises, and that the title
Of the plaintiff thereto is $ good and
valid, and that the defendants and each
lot them, be forever barred and enjoined
EfEom. claiming any right, title or in
tere9t In or lien upon said lands and
premises, or any part or portion there
OF. adverse to the plaintiff herein. r.
The complaint OF the plaintiff in the
above entitled action is now on file in
the Office Of the Clerk Of the District
EGduSt OF. Cook County, Minnesota.
/ The property described Il In the said
complaint Is situate in the County. OF
Cook and State Of Minnesota, to-wit:
Lots Five and SIX III Section. Five.
||Dnt West Of the Fourth Principal Mer-
(idtan. ss Il
i Dated 3 I; this 18th d.y Of August. a.
ARNOLD = ARNOLD,
5# Attorneys for P1aintin $
I'll Lyceum Building,
q -zA Sss5s5 duluth. Minnesota s
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right titles 90 tet IN III IN d
I gcrihed Ii the cOmpl lint
nm nlsfendaaats.

ST t3Nlts. ...I7
The State Of Minnesota TO the Above
1e1f3od @USfenAad&S: q 49,
YOlfa Are herabNE summoned and fsre4
uutred to an9WeEstho complaint Of tho
plaintiff In tho Above entitled action
which ts dlad in thu office OF the Clerk
l s. S senx s. Gfes 1oS4
answer to, 4thes said goamplaint on tha
Subscribers Ut their offices in the Lyl
.ty.a 1Gtnnesata, within twenty days ATT:
.er the service Of this sunnl11uaons upon
syeu; AxelusaveA of the day Of suchS sefvii
complaint within the time aforesaid
the, plaintiff In this action win apply
TO the Court. f6f the relief demanded
in tho complaint herein. 1914 ~ s5ss a.
Dated this tetn day Of August, A.: b.
ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, ]
- $. -, AL Lyceunn Building,
r. Duluth, Minnesota.
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DefendantS.E
Notice of Lis Pendens.

You Will Please TO Take Notice, That
an action has been. commenced in the
District Court for Cook County. Mime:
against the above named defendants,
the object of which is as follows. to-
wit:
a L. Fer 9ta partition partition of the property
with the interests and proportions Of
the lands owned by the plaintiff and
defendants.
2. For the sale thereof. if it shall be
ers that q sale shall be made.
3. That the adverse claims of each
and every of the defendants be tried,
and the rights of each and every Of
! the parties respectively be determined.
d.. That each and every of the de-
PENDANTS be forever enjoined and bar
red from making any claim against
the interests of this plaintiff in said
property or any part or portion thereof.
D., For such other and further relief
as to the Court may seem just and
legations of the complaint.
The complaint of the plaintiff in this
action is now on file in the office of
the Clerk of the 3is strict co%rt in and
Minnesota, and the property therein
described is as follows:
Lots Two and Three in Section Seven,
Township Sixty-two North, of Range
Four East of the 4th p. NJ.
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section Eighteen, and South
half of the Northwest Quarter; North
east. Quarter of Southwest Quarter OF
Section Seventeen, Township Sixty-four
North of Range Two West of the 4th
p. M. 49,
Lot One in Section Seven, Township
Sixty five North. of Range Four West
! of the 4th P. M. r. 49,
Lot Four in Section Nineteen, Town.
ship Sixty-t1ve North, of Range -Four
West of the 4th P. M.
Lot One in Section Thirty, Township
Sixty-five North. of Range -Four West
| of the 18th p. M.
Lot /Seven in Section Thirty -one
| Township Sixty-f1ve North, Of Range
Five West of the 4th p. M. :
! Lots Five, Six. Ten and Twelve in
Section Thirty-two Township Sixty five
North, of Range Five West of the 18th
| P. M. ,.
Dated this 18th day of August. A. p
ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
1928 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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~ / /! ! ! / / ; ; ! q.

Ia the naturalization d1paEtment
lot any large taysn e s iustr,otive
70 ZEE nawly arrived iizasni nts
taking ont their frst papsas. s7he
inning an not ., nuusrpns NOW
q ~bsfore thu Nh, but / they, nay
still, b. ,seen as thsy. make their FIRST
declaFation. g.. s. 81.
The officer administering tire form
often gives A:shoft description of the
qualitisg that constitute an anarch-
list, and then he says; If -tth,sre-is
any anarchist hare, let him. hold up
his hand'' And up 90 most sof the
hands. -
Few of the applicants have under
stood half of his renaarles. let him
hold up hts hand" is about aA that
has penetrated tho nindsq of most Of
them, owing to. their ulfansiliarity
with the language. The officers
speech has merely: been a test, and
he good-nataredly urges them 4 to
make a diligent study Of, the lAng-
uage before applying for final pa
pers.
Fhls occurrence was, naturally, far
Ecomnoner before July l9l4, and
since then: many an applicant, " has
secured his final papers: Whether
THE Americanization process has
been complete in each case is mat
ter Of doubt, and each of us who
finds opportunities of familiarning
recent arrivals with our national in
stitutions, language and Ideals is
under obligation to make these, op-
portnnities fruitful.
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SUMMONS,

|: The State Of Minnesota to the Above
l. Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned and re-
'qn1red.. TO- answer tire complaint Of the
which is filed In the Office 81 the: clerk
'of the District Court. Of Cook County,
Ninnesota. ana to serve . copy Of your
|ansvver to the said complaint upon the
isubseribers at their OFFICES in the Ly-
Cceum: building. Duluth. st. Louis Coun-
~. Minnesota. Within tNtenAy days; af-
ter the service Of this Summons; upon
yous exhaustive of ta4 ID Sk such -senv-
ice: an9l II vow falf to 'af7Yeker the said
|cOEnpiaiut within the time aforesaid.
the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to- the Court for the relief demanded
In the complaint herein.
Dated this 18th day Of August, A. d.
1878.
ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs,
42l L3ceufn Building,
Duluth. Minnesota.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County Of Cook.
DISTRICT COURT
Eleventh Judicial District

Split Rock Mining & Invest.
corporation, and Northern
Counties Land Company,
Minnesota corporation.
Plaintiffs,
GEORGE H. MayheW. Hugh j.
McCleafn. Edith Mathew
Str0nn, Ella Mayhem Town
: send, c.. E. Peaslee, L. N.
Carlson. Hans .Wannebo.
The State Of Minnesota, and
all other persons and parties
unknown. - claiming any
right. title. estate. lien or in.
teFest In the real estate de-
scribed in the complat Int.
Defendants.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-09-18

All rules are broken in modern
warfare. We learned lately that
Aaig got Ham on the flank. We
used to get bacon there in the good
old days.
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Abner took Keziah to a training
camp, and she sat. for half. an hour
staring at one Of the armored tanks.
"Ain't yer comm along, Keziah?"
he asked.
i mot yets she answered "pm 60
in to See how they make that durn-
ed thing fly, if I sit here all the
year."
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
County Of Cook. .-..
:, DISTRICT COURT
4 Eleventh Judicial District.

county q COOK. moi.
:. DISTRICT COURT
u Eleventh Judicial District.
Northern Counties Land Com
pany. q Minnesota corpora
.> +sSas Plaintiff,
Cook, Edwin johnston, Albert
HI Fish. Arthur H. Fish, A.
HFish, Mary J. Spileman, Ed
f. Ward F.. Spileman, Hiram F.
spilen,an, Lillian NJ: Ander-
hHil.and devisee Of L. J. EN-
eIy,deceased, L. M: Carlson,
Chris Murphy. Daisy I.
Mall. W. George Little. !;
RlagWeSa Log cognor G9%1any Kich.
ardson Realty Company,
Minnesota Cor p or a ton,
George Wetherby, trustee fol:
James N. True, Clark H. Car
hart, GoWan-PeytOn-Twohy
Company pnasca, e. G eSrporat1on' Co., C:
poration, E. ]: Bunker. J. H.
Constantine Margaret Laren,
Mary F. Pope. George w.
Green, John T. Culbertson,
George L. Robbins, John A.
G; Leland Gedar Supply Com.
Paine, William P. Harrison,
The County of Cook and
State of Minnesota, and all
other persons or parties. IN
known, claiming any right, -.
in the real estate described
in the complaint.
Defendants.
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TIVE cNALLEstoE OF TODAY

The following couldn't happen;
but try to imagine it.
Suppose the distressing elements
of warfare could be eliminated. The
elements that would remain would
make war an Incompatible blessing.
Eliminate the pain of the wounded,
the helplessness of the mutilated,
the grief of the bereaved, the ply
steal discomfort of the campaigner,
and the sentimental regrets caused
by the destruction of ancient land
marks. Everything else is, clear gain.
For those of us who are not fight
ing there are more jobs than we can
handle. Whatever we have in our
makeup we can capitalize.
Can you add up figures? Very well;
be an accountan-we need you. New
er kept books, did you say? That
doesn't matter-we'n teach you.
Can you draw straight lines or
make a circle with compass? All
right-be a craftsman. Never stud
led trigonometry or physics? Oh,
make a stab at it-we'll help: you
learn.
Can you: run. simple machinery?
Inexperienced? You have hands and
eyes, haven't you?
This is the attitude of the war
time employer. 1t is the only one he
can take if he wants to get work
done.
Never was an epoch so crowded
with opportunity. 1t teens with in
SEPARATION. All that we are, all that
we can do, all the time we have is
needed. The sorriest attempt that
we can make at any kind of a job is
acceptable, if it represents honest
sffort- Every chance is given, US to
qQa6fyr At something better than we
arv doing: There are no nonentities
We are all personalities. -
II is dependency that leads. Ia
suicide the depressing monotony OF
sha1ndrums life; Fea. rofa danger does
not point, to- the open gas7jet or tha
lansasnum-bottle: It's tho misery 81
saistlsee without prospects, the az
onixing samenesss Of the worlaay
ftn 80.
{. IN 4readmin viii. be out. Of fish.
Ian while the wars lasts. Will it 70.
turn when the fighting men come
baek to compete for jobs in civil
llf4?. Il: nesd not. It must not. r. s.:
Hare is . clance fer4 some super.
4 st1kssnnan Whose gigantic intsllsct
d II toe Arsnns, the. economic 5fozIno2aa
~ win He Z ersater ernancfil,,tto
4hnn lincoln himself.
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The cops in dear ole Lunnon went
on strike to get recognition for their
organization. And Foch in dear ole
France struck and got the same
thing for his, and the blighter amt
satisfied yet.
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Old Bill SHAKESPEARE, who classified
the seven ages of man, would have
enjoyed himself on Sept. IL. He'd
have found most of them at the reg
istration stations.
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Armies are always capturing the
key to this place and that. They'd
have had some fun with. Baldpate
and it's seven keys.
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Buying a round-trip ticket is an
economy, if you know you're coming
back; you pay less for the ride home.
Unless you're the Kaiser. He paid
extra both ways.
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Rip Van Wrinkle would have had
to sleep a few more years these days
If he'd wanted to sidestep registra-
tion.
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SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota to the Above

SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota to the Above
Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff in the above entitled action.
which complaint is filed in the, office
of the Clerk of the District Court of
Cook County, Minnesota, and to serve
a copy of your answer to the said COM
plant upon the subscribers at their Of.
fees in the Lyceum Building, City Of
Duluth, State of Minnesota, within
twenty days after the service Of this
summons upon you. exclusive of the
day of such service, and if you fail to
answer. the said complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
therein.
Dated this 18th day of August. A. D.
1918.
ARNOLD e ARNOLD
Attorneys for, Plaintiff,
421 Lyceum Building,
1928 Duluth, Minnesota.
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Estate OF MINNESOTA,
County Of Cook.
|, DISTRICT COURT
Eleventh Judicial District.
Plaintiff,

Northern Counties Land COM
: >pany,. Minnesota Corpora
ton,
=. Plaintiff,
e. VS..
SR0derick. r.. Macfarlane. Rich
- ard bowman. Moses Zim-
- herman; Richardson Realty
; Company, a Minnesota Cor
:: poration. Charles j. johnson,
= :; William p. Harrison, and all
= other persons and parties
t., unknown, claiming any
!. right. title, estate. lien or
i interest In the lands describ-
/. ed in the complaint.
:. Defendants.