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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
From the Eighteenth Birthday to
the F0Pty-sixth.

There may be many men, and par.
ticularly men Of 40, who are afIiicted
with the doubt that is shown in the
subjoined letter:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sr: I,
is generally known with certainty that
all who have reached Is years must
register. Is It possible that the draft
bill is 80 ambiguous in it's language that
1t is impossible to determine the period
OF age over which a man need not reg
lister and that such limit can only be
known by proclamation Of tho Presi-
dent?
The Brooklyn Bdole Of August Is ad-
vised its readers that one whose forty
fifth birthday was on March last was
not required to register under the pro-
posed law. Surely the law Is sufficiently
specific to determine who shall and who
shall not register. or rather tho actual
age limits imposed. e. H NJ.
NEW York, August 81"
The expression rs to 45" has been
confusing to some who failed to re-
member that these numbers were In
elusive. There Is no ambiguity in the
bill which became law on Saturday.
1t says:
Provided. further, that persons shall
be subject to registration as herein pro-
vided who shall have attained their
eighteenth birthday and who shall not
have attained their forty-sixth birthday
on or before the date set for the reg
istration in any such proclamation by
the President or any such other public
notice given by him or by his direction,
and all persons so registered shall be
and remain subject to draft into the
forces hereby authorized unless exempt
ed or excused therefrom as in this act
provided"
The duty to register falls upon every
man who on September Il has come
to his eighteenth birthday and has
not come to his forty-sixth. A youth
born on September IL, 1900, must
register. A man born on September
II, 1872, should not register; he is
beyond the law by one day.
The period Of twenty-elght years is
from eighteen to forty-five, both in
elusive" to use the language of the
new law; or it Is from seventeen to
forty-six, neither inclusive, as some
persons may prefer to look at it. And
the only dates by which the citizen
is to reckon his registration age are
the date Of his birth and September
II, Thursday of next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
A Demonstration by the Most WILL
Ing OF Peoples.

There has been no more illuminat.
Ing sign Of the American public's
general willingness to do anything
and everything to hasten victory than
the almost complete abandonment on
Sunday Of motoring for pleasure. The
people were not ordered to stop driv-
ing; they were asked. They we're
asked to do something that to many
Of them may have appeared unfair,
for, while Sunday is the day when
most gas Is burned without actual
necessity, 1t is also the one day, for
millions Of car owners, when there Is
an opportunity to enjoy the outdoor
pleasures to which Americans have
become addicted since the wonders Of
the automobile were discovered.
1t seemed a fine gauge Of American
willingness when the people put aside
wheat so that the soldiers in Europe
might have plenty of bread; but lay
Ing aside the switch key Of the motor
car Is a far greater sacrifice. There
were substitutes in plenty for white
-four. but there is no substitute for
the motOr carat least, not In the
cities. You may say walk" to the
Manhattanite, but by the time he has
walked out of the sight of crowded
houses either his legs or the light Of
day are exhausted. 1t is useless to
suggest the railroads, for the new
fares exhaust the pocket, and the par
Tor car, which once helped to make
summer travel bearable, Is practi-
cally extinct.
SO Sunday was complete triumph
for unselfishness, except In those rare
=
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Defence Of an Abused Institution.
From the Vancouver Proriroe.

From the Vancouver Prorirce.
In song and Joke through all the ages
the goat has had mort OF the left handed
compliments, All that tho goat has done
to redeem his character counts for moth
ing. The most fashionable men and
women wear on their feet and hands the
skin OF the kid. The nnest OF Ehawls.
some OF the most popular winter garments
are tho product OF these nocks. Dainty
children are fed with the milk Of the
goat. and It produces the finest OF cheese.
But there are few good words for the
benefactor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
THE ENORMOUSLY COMPLEX PROB
LEM OF INCOME TAXA TON.
The Questions Of Undbud Earnings Of Subsidiary Corporations
Of Interest and Depreciation.


eucn parent and subsidiary corpora
lions should be permitted or required
.o ME consolidated returns both for
income ana excess profts taxes and
10 pay one income tax and one excess
proits TAX BASED upon their combined
capital ana combined earnings. 1t Is
Almost superfiuous to point out that
such SUBSIDIARIES are distinct corpora
.,ois only IN normal sense, since
'iey are IN realty only branches or
uepaI ''hents OF single corporate
enterprise deriving their life from the
parent company and being no more
.''an Observation-Disclosures for conducting
i's uusiness'
"hetner the same results could be
a'sieo Wy single company operating
, u'uer suiIiclently broad charter and
~ W oo business IN many states
nv, ,ne quest'on. Inc organization
in modern business. and the cornorate
house cannot practically be torn down
and built anew. To impose a second
income or excess profits tax upon the
earnings Of a subsidiary when paid or
passed to the credit of the parent COM
rany Is often in effect to tax a mere
bookkeeping transaction. What Is
more serious, 1t places the excessive
anc discriminatory burden of a double
TAX upon corporate enterprises so Or
ganized. as compared with other cor
porations In the same trade or bust
hess, winch conduct Identical opera
t'ons directly and not through the
medium or subsidiaries. One income
ana one excess profits tax based upon
cohsohoated return Will in such
cases eliminate inequality and prevent
any corporate enterprise from having
its tax burden doubled simply on ac-
count OF the form OF Its organization.
lax laws IKE other laws, shouid
penetrate through the form to the sub
stance and treat that business as one
"nich IS IN fact one. To DO otherwise
must inevitably result in discrimina-
tion' based on an irrelevant and often
accidental circumstance
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any par' vi II - 10 suostl'u'e
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Anotner strlhlns instance OF imagi-
&c ~ iieoiio appears IL, tho appicat'on
'ne pfeSehl Ia" anu reg uiations 10
Vi oii ana gas properties.
ohuer eAis',"s PROVISIONS the owner
VI natural gas nero so long as ne
Neeps up IT'S yieio D! driiiins new
"enS' au'oiiiauicaIiy prevents himself
| from charging OH any annual allow
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property.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
TRADE BRIEFS.

Steel tires are now replacing pneumatic
rubber tubes on swedish bicycles. The In
vention consists OF q thin strip OF hard
ened steel resting on springs fastened into
the rim OF tho wheel. These tires can
be sold for about - each. and the in.
creased cost 10 onset by the fact that
there are no expenses for the repair OF
punctures. There can be no skidding, as
tho sharp edges OF the steel band take a
firm hold on psvementa
Equipment for mixing and placing ce-
ment by a compressed air method 4.
needed IN Dundee, Scotland. Plans for a
new bridge over the River Tay have been
completed and Information regarding the
desired construction materials should be
sent to the once OF the city engineer
Mexican crops OF corn and wheat will
be large ones. It Is reported. These are
the principal paintings but eae yield OF
rice, barley and beans will also be larger
than usual. The potato crop. though
small. will be of good quality.
4 navisable canal will be built from
Milan, Italy, to the River Pc. thus con-
Meeting the commercial centres of Lom-
hardy and Venice with the Adria,ic Sea.
Tho construction work will begin in about
= year and will reach completion within
ten years. The project will be financed
by the national Government and the prov
inees and cities TO be benefited by the all
water route to the sea.
As means of augmentins the much
ispieted food supply OF the country, the
President of Panama has issued a decree
permitting free turtle fishing In all waters
Of the republic. Permission to engage in
this business must be obtained from local
authorities.
In June. rols there were landed at the
three most important fishing ports OF New
England. Boston. Gloucester and Portland
2+.333, 2l9 pounds OF nsh valued at ST.
1I3.4s3 These totals represent 712 trips
made by the fishing fleets.
Mexicans. Bsls!ans and Canadian school,
boys are cultivating the sugar beet farms
OF Ontario. The young men from the
schools of the province have been urged
20 work in the hslds TO replace older men
who have been called to the colors 1t 10
reported that the boys have done re-
markedly well and are giving satIstac-
ton. The Belgians. from their long ex-
perience In the sugar beet fields, are the
most expert workers. Mexican labor was
introduced into the Dominion because OF
the shortage of Canadian farm hands.
Consul Francis r. Stewart reports that
q market for Mexican agave nbre Is being
sought in this country. Samples OF the
fbre and the name OF the exporter can
be obtained by reference to File No.
102774 at tho Bureau OF Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. 7A Custom House.
this city.
Dyeing materials for skins and fabrics
OF all kinds are needed in Italy.
Spain presents a market for powdered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

Those deeply interested in lawn
tennis. and closely following the ma
tionsl championship matches at Forest
Hills. L. l., understand only too well
the real and friendly meaning of the
term yellow peril" although Ambas-
sador IsHu assures US that such is
merely fantasy. KuMAoAE, however.
Is stern reality.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
The Heart Upon the Sleeve.

To be demonstrative We thought
A thing to check at.
Nor wore the heart upon tho sleeve
For DAVIS TO peck at.
Now we have dropped the ancient fears.
The shyness oiden;
The most courageous hearts of all
Arc blazoned golden.
The wound stripe gilds the khaki sleeve
Brave decoration,
And when tits worn the Eagle screams
In sslutation.
MoLANpBURoH WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Ohio War Gardeners Ingenuity.


Vacuum cleaners. an Ohio farmer has
discovered, mako excellent potato bug ex-
terminators Noticing that his potato
vines were thick with the pest, he at
tached a long extension feed wire 10 an
electric lamp socket In the cellar of his
home and carried the cleaner out into
his back yard potato patch, The current
was turned on. and in few minutes every
bug was drawn into the bag.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Call for Shock Troopa,
From the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansds Gazette.
Oscar desires
To engage the services
or one or two
Able bodied young men
To precede him
Into his home
When he arrives late
And without excuse
And TO act more or less
In tho nature OF shock troops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Speed the Day!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-str: Now
mat we have to walk on Sundays. in
stead OF riding, fear the price Of shoes
Is bound to keep on soaring till We get
the kaisers hide.
DESIRE LEscARBouRA.
NEW YORK, September ..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Germany's Chronic Condition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr.
Gould Germany revolt"" you ask in an
editorial article. Why. my dear sir, Ger
many Is always revolving.
RUFUS L. WEAVER.
New YORK, September 2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

Allied intelligence officers have OBJ
tained evidence which proves that the
Crown Prince was an indispensable
aid to Marshal FocH in the Marine
offensive. He muddled the German
army. and FocH beat them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

Yesterday was truly a universal
Labor Day. one in which everybody
could participate rightfully, all labor
ing for a common cause.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

Motorless Sundays are helping to
make the world permanently safe for
democracy. and temporarily and Incl
dentally safe for pedestrians.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Wanted Wings.

4 caterpillar tractor
Saw airships in the sky.
"Do you suppose" II muttered,
THAT some day I shall ny?"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

Uncle SAM, having legally adopted
2.ss0.o0 nephews. must now ask Aunt
Congress how to support them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
Returned Travellers.

First Oyster--Mums the word.
Second Oyster-I hope nobody finds out
what Atlantic port we enter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
The Enforced Pedestrian.

Robinson Crusoe saw the footprint
at is certainly Sunday instead OF FRI
day" We protested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

london once, 4o-4s Fleet street.
Paris once, Rue de Ia Michodiere, on
Rue du ouatre Septembre.
Washington once, Munsey Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 202. Eagle Build
Ing. sos WaahlnEton street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03

" or friends tcho favor rs soifh usans.
scripts and iHssfrottons for publication tctsh
70 have rejected articles refSrnsd they must
IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
Red Cross Lecture.

Mr.. G.. o. White, Red Cross or.
ganizer and lecturer, was here last
Sunday and with the executive
and other committees, completed
the organization of the Red Cross
Chapter for St. Martinville
which comprises t h e southern
half half of the parish.
After going over all the details
of organization, the City Hall was
open to the public and Mr. White
delivered lecture and went deep
ly into the important work that
was being done by the American
Red Cross in this war, in Europe
and in this country.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
War-Savings Stamps Sell at
Rate in Excess Of Savings
Bank Accommodations

Treasury receipts from the sale
OF war-savings stamps are running
at the rate of 81 100000 a week.
Saving bank deposits in the last
few years have been increasing at
the rate of 100000 business day.
Treasury receipts show the Ameri-
can people are putting their small
savings at the service of the Ma
ton through war-savings stamps
at a rate far in excess of prewar-
savings bank accumulations.
Two billion dollars of war-sav-
ings securities will be issued. If
these are all sold this year the
Treasury will receive about ST.
68O,OOO,O00, and at the end of five
years the Government will repay
the loan together with $32O.OOO,
600 in interest.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
Rice Planters Held Meeting.

The Upper Teche Rice Planters
Association had meeting here
last Sunday which was attended
by Mr.. Knox, the engineer in
charge, and his report to the as
sociation satisfied them that every
thing is going on satisfactorily
The indications are that all inter-
ests will be protected in time and
the improvement contemplated
will be of immense benefit to the
entire section, it is one that will
be boon to the rice industry in
this entire section.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
K. SCHW ARTZ.

The bar has been lifted from
the catching of Buffalo and Cat
fish in Louisiana. This action
comes as the result of efforts to
give the people food other than
meats that the latter might be con-
served for our soldiers and allies.
Orders to this effect have just been
received from the State Conserva-
tion department and while it is not
likely to largely increase the sup
ply of fish in this locality it will
do SO at shipping points.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
MEDICINE VS. FOOD.

Do not buy something which you
already have, You have food
which you feed your horses, cattle
and sheep, but when you want
medicine, buy only medicine. That
is what you get in B. A. Thomas
Stock Remedy. We sell it and
guarantee it to be medicine. We
tell you that it will tone up the en-
tire system of your stock and aids
digestion, thereby causing them to
get all the food value out of the
grain that you feed them. For sale
by A. l.. Durand e. Co Inc.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
DEMAND OF ADMINISTRATION.
In the matter Of the Estate Of
Auguste Francois
Probate Docket No. 1850
10Th Judicial District Court,
State Of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin,
Whereas. Felicie Bsrard Of st. Martin
Parish. Louisiana. has filed her petition
In this office applying to be appointed
Administrative Of said above mentioned
and entitled succession.
Now. Therefore Public Notice is here
by given to all parties interested to show
cause. II any they have in writing. with
in ten days from this publication. why
said application should not be granted
and said appointment made az prayed
for.
Witness the Hon. James Simon. Judge
Of said Court. st. Martinville. La, this
10Th dsy Of Feb. 4. ID. 1918.
NJ. DUCREST. JR.
Dy. Clerk OF Court. st. Martin Parish, La.
See my spring goods Schwartz
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02

The school teachers of the parish
were kept busy Friday and Satur-
day making out the classification
cards of the QUESTIONABLE.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
FOR SALE

Four gasoline gas lamps $50 candle
power each with pressure gasoline tank
oil In FIRST class condition. at q bargain.
can be seen at my office. am putting
In electricity. Fine outfit for country
merchant.
J.. B. OLIVIER.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

VuS0A uOl VVoinVoS SOonVs Nv SoAvA
by local applications. a. they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure catarrhal
deafness. and That is by constitutions !
remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused
by an infiamsd msdcOudition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamad You have rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when 1t ia entirely clsased. Deafness j.
the result. Unless the inflammation
rau be reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition. hearing will be
destroyed forever. Many cases OF deaf
ness are caused by Catarrh. which is al
inflamed condition Of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Cstarrh Medicine acts
thru the blood On the mucous surfaces
Of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
Circulars free. All druggists. 76c.
+. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. q.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02

The st. John plantation had
the public road from St. John to
town dragged this week with very
good result, this road is now in
fine condition.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02

Father Peeters announced a
Mission for one week, which will
commence the fourth week of lent.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-03-02

Representative George F. West
fall OF Atchafalays was attending
o business here this week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09

of us ALL Another thing-do not ex-
pect the chairman of your district to
run after you in this matter. In
stead you should hunt him UP. He is
doing a great patriotic work without
any compensation beyond that of a
duty well done Do not act mean or
grudgingly with him because he is a
solicitor in the greatest cause the
world has ever seen. He may feel
like hitting some stingy people but
he never shows it because he is pat
riotic and must not let his feelings
get the best of him. Hunt your dist
riot solicitor up and make your in
vestment in fine way. Just think of
what he is doing and besides in many
cases he is buying more bonds him
self than are the average.
President Wilson's answer to the
kaiser will consist of one word of
one syllable. 1t will be
mo !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09

1t seems to me that a creed of be-
ing polite, honest, frank, kind, is a
pretty good creed. You may not be
courteous at all times but as surely
as you are the reverse just as surely
will you leave bad taste in the 9TH
er mans mouth. On the other hand
politeness costs nothing and it will
warm people toward you. If you al
ways pay what you owe in a pleasant
way your creditor will appreciate
your action for too often he has to
run many times for what belongs to
him and often he is insulted without
reason. Ask what is coming to you
in frank manner and nine times
out of ten it will be paid without
question. If you have an explana-
ton to make do SO frankly. The 9TH
er fellow appreciates frankness and
being straight 1from the shoulder.
Kindness is the last and greatest of
this little creed. You can be kind
and generous and often this costs
nothing more than a friendly spirit
Kindness means more often good will
than financial aid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09
WANTED

MANI4ESS LANDS FOR LANDLESS
MEN--We can sell you 40 acres of
cut-over land in sunny Sawyer coun-
ty, build a house and barn, furnish
you one COW, 2 pigs, chickens, etc.
Require cash payment of $3.50; no
other payment for three years. Each
additional 40 acres requires a pay
ment of 5000 cash. For full partic-
ulars call on A. L. Wiedenbeck at
Farmers & Citizens State Bank, Lam
caster, Wis. 31c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09
HELP WANTED
CARPENTERS

WANTED-To let a labor contract
for the building of fourteen houses,
two, three and four room. All mater
ial and specifications furnished. No
foundations or cellars. We will con-
tract these houses in lots of one or
more. Houses to be completed by
January 1st, 1919.
For further particulars see, write
or phone j. B. PALMER, CARE OF
THE WISCONSIN ZINC COMPANY,
PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN. 32c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09

One way of running a country pap
er is to endeavor to make it bright
and interesting instead of silly and
trivial. Country life is full of inter
est. In fact interesting people
and events can be found on every
hand. The aim of a country editor
should be to record the interesting
and important and to ignore the triv-
ial and tiresome. Country papers in
their way are just as important as
city papers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

SCHOOL BUILDING FOR SALE
The frame school house located in
Dist. 8, Little Grant, will be sold to
the highest bidder. Mail or hand bids
to Mrs Minnie Cooley, Clerk, Lancas-
ter, Wis, RID All bids must be
sealed. The board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. Bids opened
Tuesday, October 18th. BY order of
school board. 33p1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-09

The women of the farms working
day by day in the homes while their
men work in the fields are doing one
of the grandest and greatest portions
of the winning of the war. Many of
them are over-worked and can get no
help. Why aren't the silly gadders
conscripted to help these noble moth
ers of the farms?