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New-York tribune., 1919-07-19

Damp weather kept the ball tossers
idle again yesterday and gave them
further opportunity to lose their hard
earned dough on the ponies. If the
weather isn't too misty day, the local
clubs will engage the contending West
crn rivnls, with Toney and Vaughn as
the probable pitchers at the Polo
Grounds and Ruether and Cadore the
likely selections at Flatbush.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
BIG OIL CONCERN FORMED.

Upon his return Tuesday morn
ing from Houston where he spent
several days the past week. Jos. 5.
VOORHEES, made the announcement
of the amalgamation Of several oil
companies under one organization
for the purpose Of carrying on de-
velopment work in the various
fields in which the several com
panies have holdings. The anal
gamated concern will be known al
the Homer Amalgamated Oil anC
Refining company and will be cap
italized at 100000. Mr.. Voor
HES was selected as president and
trustee Of the amalgamated com
panies. Others among Lafayette
businessmen who are interested II
the amalgamated companies a.
local directors are Frank w. Mey
ers, DR.. r. d. VOORHEES,, s. E
Yaedle, DR.. G. r. DeLaureal, j. Q
Blanchet and T. B. Hopkins.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, in a statemen
Tuesday afternoon, said that tn
amalgamated organization pos
sessed holdings in the famous Clai
borne and Caddo fields and q
| Anse la Butte and that lease OF
300 acres in the oil district at Ans
| la Butte had been closed and tn
| company would sink a well n
| once and begin extensive develop
ment work there.-Lafayette Ga
zette. w"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
HELPFUL IDEA FROM DEN
YER, BY WAY OF LOS
ANGELES.

Ever since | was in Denver three
years since I've been wanting to
tell you New Iberia folks how
they manage dangerous railroad
crossings in that city. OF course
all are dangerous if you are deaf
and blind, but some crossings arc
all are dangerous, if you are deaf
and here | refer to those that
make sudden curve such as OK
lists at the corner of Center and
Washington Street. In Denver
they had no man with flag and
needed none at any of the cross
ings, although there are many
more people using these thorough
fares than in New Iberia. Where
there was no bend or curve they
simply had a sign up which had
railroad crossing, but at each one
of these bends or curves they had
erected a standard some four or
five feet high On either side of
which was sign printed in large
letters, Danger, diagram OF
which I enclose with this letter
These danger signals were all
painted red. while the letters OF
the word danger were white. So
you could read them a long ways
off. The letters may have been
black, | IN not SO certain now, but
l distinctly remember that the
post and boards on either side werJ
a bright red, (the boards on which
were printed the word danger,
and they were kept a bright rec
all the while. not allowed to grow
dingy or fade out. Accidents
there are much less frequent tina:
in New Iberia, for l talked will
some business people who kept
grocery within a few feet Of on
Of these sudden curves, and they
told me they had been there three
years. and no accident had hap
pened there since these most ct
fective signs had been used. Den
Yer is one Of the most progressive
cities in the Union and is, in man,
ways better run than Los Angeles
With best wishes for the prog
ress and prosperity Of my one tim
home town I am
| Sincerely,
Josie Thorpe Price.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
YOu ~ moro WOfk,

You ars moro ambitious and you Get more
enjoyns0t cut Of everything when your
blood u In tood condition. Impurities In
the blDod have very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness. lazinoss.
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
ard Enrichin6 the Blood. When you feel
ito streasthenint. invitoratins effect. SOC
hsw It hinos eoiar TO the cheeks and how
II improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate IT. true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELRSS Chill TONIC
y not Q patent medicine. It Il simply
IRON and QUMINE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like It. The
blood needs Quinine to Puyifyit and IRON
= Enrich It. These reliable tonic prop
erties never fail 70 drive cut impurities In
IL blood. Vi
The Strsneth- Creating Power Of GROVES
TASTELL9S Chill TONIC has made 1t
the faveGite tonic In Thousands Of homes.
More than thirty-lve Year, a1o, folks
would ride loo1 distance to ct GROVES
TASTuESS Chill TONIC when q
member Of their family he'd Malaria OF
needed Q body-buildinl strenSth-Sivina
toaic. . Tie lamulG y just tho came to-
day, and yoa can eet It nom any drul
sesre. &c psr botth.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06

commerce should Gin every case
where their form or package
make it possible, be plainly
marked with the price at which
they left the hands Of the pro-
'ducer.' He advocates the enact
ment Of federal cold storage
law.
The recommendations with
respect TO general legislation fo.-
low the lines Of preceding mes
sages. Addressed to a Congress
mastering Republican moiorlties
in both branches most Of them de-
serve support regardless OF party
lines. They are in effect remind
crs of the things that ought to he
done. placed Of record in advance
so that they may be compared ut
the session IS close with the actual
performance Of Congress. Tlm"s
Picayunc.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
E;or safe by au fret class 0rocers

business. The exports from the
United States to Germany for the
first ten months after the armls-
tice has been So, 420,095, and our
imports from that country $4,9l4,-
1877; while Great Britain has i'm
ported 81 ,OS5, 600 of German goods
and shipped $SO,000,000 Of British
products. 1t will be seen that it
has somewhat the lead in German
trade; but the returns are chang
ing very rapidly in our favor, and
we will soon overhaul and pass
Great Britain commercially in the
German trade.
The biggest boom in this line
was in October. when all coun-
tries began to appreciate the fact
that German trade was well
worth while. and that there was
no reason why it should be re-
jected. Before the war Germany
stood second in trade with the
United States and with Great Brl-
tain. These two countries en-,
joyed the greatest reciprocal trade
in their interchange Of goods, and
their next heaviest commerce was
with Germany, with Great Britain
slightly in the lead. Our October
exports to Germany was more than
half that Of last year and over 5(
per cent of our exports to South
America. An active competition
i has started between the two coun.
tries for German business. The
United States is seeking to re-
/, cover the business it lost with the
war and is in fair wav Of doinq
so. Our export trade with Germ
any the last year before the wal
was $533.919.OOO which is worth
bidding for. and which we car
and will get.-Times-P icayune.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06

summed up in this single sentence :
"The real antidotc for the unr"s
which manifcsts itself is not sup
preston, but u deep consideration
Of the wrongs that besct our
national life and the application
Of remedy" But he speaks out
surely and forcibly against the
fomentcrs Of anarchy and the rev
dictionary agitators. In Amer
lea he declares, "therc is but
one way by which great reforms
can be accomplished and the re-
lief sought by classes obtained,
and that is through the orderly
processes Of representative gov
eminent Those who would pro
pose any other method are en- =
mics Of this country And he
asks for laws TO strengthen the
government in its fight upon these
enemies.
With respect to the problem OF
excessive living cost, Mr.. Wilson
offers several definite suggcS-
tons. He recommends again thu
extension Of the food control act
to cover the living cost emery
ency. He urges the enactment OF
regulations "with regard to al
goods destined for interstate
/ shipments. to strike down th'
abuses which have grown up il
the manipulation Of prices by tn
withholding Of foodstuffs ant
other ncccssaries Of life II
urges, for example, a requirement
that goods destined for interstate
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
TIE PREs1DENT's MESSAGE.

President Wilson'S message to
Congress is sound state docu-
ment, but it lacks the high
lights" which have distinguished
some Of his preceding messages.
One outstanding feature is its
omission of anything more than
indirect reference to the peace
treaty. While his evident deci-
sion not to reopen the treaty fight
at once may disappoint many OF
his own and the treaty's support
ers, who feel that the peace ques-
ton should take precedence over
all others because its settlement
must precede both the national
and the international adjustment,
it was dictated, as we think, by
sound reasoning and good general
ship. Time is now fighting on the
side of the treaty. The pressure
Of nublic opinion is being felt at
Washington. Senators, unblinded
by passion. or prejudice. or rabid
partisanship, are singly and col
lectively seeking out the way to
an acceptable compromise. Mr..
Wilson apparently feels that they
should be given time and oppor-
tunity for that search unham-
pered by an immediate reopening
Of the promiscuous set-to on the
Senate floor.
The matter Of railroad legisla-
ton is specifically reserved for
discussion in a later message.
Next in interest is the domestic
situation. with its manifold trou-
bles and problems. With respect
to industrial strife and unrest, the
president delivers . homily fair
enough and instructive enough,
but rather disappointing in that
it prescribes no ready-msde cures.
His conclusions are virtually
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
TRADE WITH GERMANY.
During the great war trade with
Germany was illegal, punishable

During the great war trade with
Germany was illegal, punishable
with fine and Imprisonment.
Many persons accused Of it, es-
pecially - Great Britain, were
convicted of Grading with the
enemy and properly punished.
A disposition has been shown by
some to maintain this hostile at
titude toward Germany even after
! the war was over, because of the
barbarities inflicted by the Ger
mans during the struggle, and the
wantOn destruc ton Of property of
the Allies on the high seas, in
raids and bombing conspiracies.
A strong element also insisted on
keeping out German goods as a
protection to American and Brit
ish factories and establishments,
and laws were proposed and
passed to that end. The matter
Of dyes and drugs received the
greatest consideration. Germany
had secured a monopoly in these
goods, and it cost the United
States-and Great Britain as well
"a long fight, much effort and
some expenditure Of money to
build up home industries in these
lines Of goods. The. movement
was a success in America, and the
dye industry in particular was
placed on substantial and pay
ing basis. A fear has been enter
tanned that after the war closed
Germany would enter the field
again and seek to recover its old
monopoly and crush out our in
FAINT industry. Protection against
these efforts on its part was called
far and granted.
1t was also suggested that Ger
many might dump" on this and
other Allied countries quantities
Of cheap and poorly made goods
produced by underpaid labor. anal
thus cripple our industries. Laws
aiming to assure the protection OF
these industries against dump.
ing" were passed in Great Britain
an dthe United States.
But as time passed and with il
some of the bitterness Of the war,
the folly Of shutting off all Ger
man trade was recognized by all
persons who gave the subject care
full consideration. It was not 10
the interest Of the world to crush
5 Germany commercially and eco
nomically; and distinctly against
the interest Of the Allies, for il
would render itimpossible to pay
the heavy damages and indemn'
ties Of the country. 1t was felt
also that GERMANY would be a
good country toXieal with. as il
was short in nearly everv line o.
goods. Nearly all the countries
that had recently been at war will
Germany began to bid for IT.
trade. The contest has grow
stronger the further we have got
ten awav from the war and there
is now active competition. espec
ially between Great Britain ano
the Tinted States. for Gern' a.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31

Minneapolis flour output for the week Jan. g was 23s, 1855 barrels
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31
WHEATON DEFINES
 INTERPRETATION

The State Council of Defense, of which Chief Justice George Wheeler is the member for Bridgeport, has ar ranged to have it's director of the De- partment of Americanization, MT. Harrison H. Wheaton, speak at Park street Congregational ch1rch next Sunday evening.
 Sa-s Mir. Wheaton:
 "Americanizauon is the process of making a united America. It is the evolution of native and foreign-born residents of all races and nationali- ties toward higher and fuller real ization of national consciousness. It calls for contributions from every racial and national group to the common citizenship of this, their absorption of these contributions into our national life anI the develop ment of finer appreciation on the part of the native born for the art, literature. music, enterprise, invent iveness, labor. commercial ability and pa 0ular genius of the foreign born"
 "Americanizaio ton is more than teaching an immigrant the English language. Il Is the reconstitution of his civic consciousness It is an ad- justment of all his attitudes of mind. of his ideas. habits of thinking. tra- ditions, customs and ideals to Ameri- can standards"
 MT. Harrison's subject will be Teaching Many Nations.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31
No SOap-No Wash
 For U. $. Soldiers

Coblenz, Jan. S1. - (Correspon- dence of The Associated Press)-The German washerwomen of Coblenz have won a victory in their first skir- mtsh with officers of the American Army of Occupation. Lack of soap caused the complications.
 In Germany soap is in greater de- mand than chocolate or tobacco. The poorer classes virtually have been without 1t for years, managing to get along somehow by the use of in ferior mineral substitutes. Many Of the washerwomen of pre-war days had gone out of business-unul the Americans came.
 When the travel soiled Americans arrived In Coblenz by the thousand naturally there was a grand rush to send out bundles of washing. The women were perfectly willing to do the work, but they demanded a. cake of soap with each consignment of clothing. The Americans scoffed at the suggestion.
 The laundries had all they could do to attend to their old customers and a limited number of new ones, and bundle after bundle sent out by generals and colonels and privates l too were returned in hurry. And back again to the washerwomen went the bundles, and the women returned them to the officers with the simple explanation "No soap" All the plead ings of the German speaking order ! lies had absolutely no effect,
 | Even the terms of the armistice
 were considered, but there was nc
 reference to the shortage of soap and so the situation became worse | day after day. Just when 1t appear
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31

Cashier-Query; My client bought a tract of land in September. 1917, for S12,OOO. In July. 1918, he sold it on a contract for $SO,O00, payments to be made in instalments up to July, 1919, and up to date $270 has been paid on tho contract.
 Upon default of payment the seller coutemplates declaring the contract uC. If 1t is not declared off and contract price is finally paid, what amount of income tax would De pay able and when? If the contract is declared off would there be any in come tax, and if so. in what amount and when due?
 Answer; It is quite difficult to give a definite answer without having seen and read the contract you men ton There may be some provisions contained in il which would have considerable bearing in computing your tax problem,
 From your statement it would ap- pear that your client retains the right to cancel the contract for non payment of any instalment. If that is true there can be no sale, and therefore no title can be in the ven dee, within the meaning of the In come Tax law,
 Until final payment Is made, and deed is delivered conveying title, l do not believe the S1S,00O profit indi- Cated can be included as income In the tax return. However. the $270 received before the cancellation of tho contract should be reported pro vsding the contract states that the payments made prior to such cancel lation shall be deemed as forefeitures Should he s270 be returned under the contract provisions, then it cer- tainly cannot be regarded as income,
 If the contract Is permitted to stand and Is finally paid, would regard the sale closed during the year in which the final payment Is made, and tbe tax rate for that year would apply.
 The opinion expressed above is based largely upon the similarity of this case to that of the sale of a commodity as expressed in Article 1 of Regulations A of the War Excise Tax Negotiations of 1918, which reads as follows.
 ''1 WHEN TAX ATTACHES ''SOLDT'
 The tax attaches when the ar tic. is sold; that is to say, when thf title to 1t passes from the seller ti .the buyer pursuant to a previo1n contract of sale or upon sale with out previous contract =
 Tax Editor-I open moving picture theatres in different cities and ge them going with a view of selling
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31

ocriucal measure upon the citizens of New York State
 T notify you that the citizens of New York will not stand like a lot of dumb animals and receive the in- solent, unjust and outrageous treat ment which is now being accorded them It is poor politics and poorer Judgment to gpurn the appeals of the people, even though they be made to you by organized labor men and women If you consummate this dis honest and dastardly attack upon the rights of our fellow citizens you will find you have gone a long step too far.
 "A large majority of the people of
 New ork State are opposed to the amendment. If you realize this kill it Be patriots, not traitors. You know your duty. Do it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31

them at a profit. I do not operate { them any longer than is necessary to | make them a success and thcf l self | them. In payment, l receive part cash and part mortgages. If some of these mortgages were not paid, l might have to take the theatre back and therefore my profit might be to- tolly or partially wiped out Must I report on the profit this year or can l wait until the mortgages are paid off? E. M k.
 As you have made a sale outright and have taken a mortgage simply to protect your interests, you must report the profit made on the sale in the year in which the sale was made.
 As it happens this years revenue bill contains a provision by the terms of which you can apply for a refund should it develop in later years that you cannot collect and thereby lose profit, But at best, this would be d remedy which you can only claim after you have found that your profit has been wiped out.
 If you wish to avoid in the future to pay taxes on uncollected profits. I would suggest that instead of making sales outright, you make contracts for sales in which you agree to turn over the property only in the event that the final payment is made. That would make the sale complete only at the end of the payments and would not have to report any profit until then. (See answer to Cashier). w. K.-An employe of a concern has drawn s35 per week salary and has received q Christmas gift from the firm of $500 Your query is whether or not this $500 needs to be accounted for on the income return ! of the employe-
 These so-called Christmas pre- sents" or bonuses" are as general rule not gifts at all but they are pay ments in consideration of services
 which are expected and are generally customary in the business l When they do not exceed in char
 acte-, d reasonable sum, the firm ] generally considers them expenses of
 the business and consequently the | employe must consider them income,
 for the purpose of preparing his re- | turn
 The eInploye should consult his
 firm and ascertain whether or not l this money was intended as a gift,
 and is not considered as expense by
 the firm or whether the firm con-
 siders it as part of it's expense, and
 prepare his return accordingly | Copyright 1919, by the Bell Syndi- cate, Inc-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31
F Finance, Real Estate, Insurance

of starvation and want. has been set at $6O0,OO0, or one-ffth of what the recent united war workers campaign raised. At the last meeting of the Executive Committee, which was created at Governor Holcomb's per sonal call, 1t was generally agreed that, without a doubt Connecticut would give about a million dollars to this deserving charity when its ob jects and urgency were known to tls" people of Connecticut.
 Strong Executive Committee.
 Besides Chairman Jacobus. the Ex- ecutive Committee includes Rev John G. Murray, Hartford; George w Wheeler, Bridgeport; Judge Isaac Wolfe. New Haven; Mrs. T. Benknap Beach, Hartford; Miss Edith Wool sey, New Haven.
 Prominent People Interested.
 With Governor Holcomb on the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31
DISTiLLERS ASK
 FOR REFERENDUM

New York. Jan 31-For two days q committee representing American distilling interests has been in ses- sion at the St Regis Hotel to plan a campaign of protection against the effects of the Prohibition Amend ment When the committee learned yesterday that the official death war rant of John Barleycorn had been signed by Frank l.. Polk, Acting Sec retary of State, whose certification in- corporated the amendment officially as part of the Const4sution, President Woolner of the Dtsti1lers' Commit tee said:
 Until the referendum has been exercised in the twenty two States the Constitutious of which contain the referendum l ~ovision, there can be no binding proclamation by the Sec retary of state or any other Federal authority that the amendment has been adopted
 The referendum clauses in the State Constitutions provide that no action of the Legislature is effective until ninety days after the adjourn ment of tho Legislature, MT. Woolner explained
 If. during the ninety days" he continued. "5 or per cent. of the voters petition for referendum the action of the Legislature must be submitted to d vote of the people. Until the people have voted in these States, the action of the Legislature does not take effect and i neither final nor binding upon th State whose Legislature may have begun the ra1ificatirl of the amendment
 "Of twenty States the Legisla- lures of fourteen are still in session, and until these Legislatures have ad- Journed the ninety days within which to petition for a referendum have not begun to run. Immediate steps will be taken to have the referendum in- voked in Arkansas. California, Colo rado. Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Mis- souri. Nebreska. Nevada, New Mex ieo. "a Oregon, Utah and Wash ington.
 Until the people of these States have had an opportunity to vote upor the amendment, 1t rks ratification
 Hol' 1 P--otcsJ "Spurn1ngs'
 James Holland. President of thf New York State Federation Of La. Dor, left yesterday for Albany bear ing q letter which he intended tC Lave nrescr'ed to the Senate. Tho letter part Is as follows:
 "l notice by newspaper account. t,'at my appeal on behalf of over gA, million organized labor men anC woL in New York City and Stat, for an opportunity to present tssti mOny agins' the Prohibition amend T ent was in an unceremOnious man ner ignored and oontemptuously cas upon the table. also notice tha your colleagues intend. in real Prus sian and Kaiser style. to srorn th. wishes and appeals of the Dc. le ant \ brutaiiy force this dishonest C Id hyp