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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
NEW FARMERS WEEK
FEATURES PROMISED
Affair to Have Unusual I'M
portance This Year, Says
Dean F. B. Mumford.
STATE BOARD HERE
Plenty of Rooms for all Wis
itors Promised by Com
mercial Club.

Farmers Week this year will in
many ways assume an Importance 1t
has never had before" Dean F. B..
Mumford said this morning. "A large
delegation will represent the Farm
Board of the state for the first time.
The State Grange will hold an all-day
meeting on Thursday, according to a
communication l have received from
C. o, Raines, of Hayti, Mo-. master OF
the grange. This is one of the most
important farmers organizations in
the country.
1.-The Missouri Corn Growers Asso-
citation and the Missouri Live Stock
Producers Association, two we'll
known farmers organizations, will Of
fer expensive prizes for men and boys.
The ham and bacon show is new
and unusual feature. Missouri was
the first state to hold a ham and
bacon show and the thing has been
duplicated by many other states.
To Give Il Stock Show.
d
bandry and the dairy department will
give show of their own in the
live stock judging pavilion. They
will bring some of our famous ami
mails and explain the methods of feed
ing and caring for them"
ALI the equipment, laboratories, IL
braries and classrooms of the Col
lege of Agriculture will be thrown
open from January 10 to % for the
exclusive use of the Farmers Week
visitors. The faculty of the college
and its student body will give their
entire attention to making the visit
pleasant and profitable. Nine special
short courses will be given daily
Rousing evening programs under the
auspices of the State Board of Agri-
culture will come Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. There will
be Agricultural Association meetings
and a general Rural Life Conference
after 8 o'clock every day. The get
together banquet given by the Uni
versity of Missouri to visiting farm
ers will take place Friday night, with
its usual feast of good things to eat
good speeches and good fellowship.
Ofier Special Program for Women
A special all-week program fol
farm women will be offered
There will be room for everybody
The Columbia Commercial Club, witt
the help of the students of the Col
lege of Agriculture, will see that ev
cry Farmers Week visitor has com
Portable place to eat and sleep. Her,
is what Russell Monroe, secretary o
the Commercial Club, says abou
rooms:
Did you ever see Farmers Weel
crowd too large for Columbia to TAX,
care of? Well have a comfortabl,
bed for all the farmers of Missouri i
necessary, even if we all have to sleel
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
NOTES

Mack Shepard went to Kirksville
this morning.
j. A. Hudson is transacting busi-
ness in St. Louis.
W. L. 'Dorgan went to Moberly this
morning on business.
Miss S. E. Schooler went to Halls
vile this morning on business.
NJ G. Quinn and E. C. Steele went to
Sturgeon this morning on business.
Miss Anna Finley will spend the
Christmas vacation at Kansas CITY.
Mrs. e. G. Courtney, Miss Grace
Gordon and Mile. Tastevin left for
New Orleans this morning where they
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22

in our half-filled coal bins in order to
provide the needed sleeping quarters"
An information booth will be found
in the main corridor of the Agricul-
tural Building. All Farmers Week
visitors will be asked to register there
upon their arrival at the University
grounds and receive the official
badge. The Daily Announcer will be
distributed from this booth each aft
ernoon
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22

Centralia Couple Get License.
A marriage license was issued this
morning to Miss Ora Lena Mackey,
81, and John William Curry, %, both
of Centralia The wedding will take
place December 80.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
EVENING MssoURIAN COLUMBIA MISSOURI MONDAY

where he will spend the holidays. Mr..
Vandiver will then leave for Tulsa,
where he has a position in the Car
ter Oil Company.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
Today Is the Years Shortest Day.

This is the shortest day Of the year.
The sun was in the sky today about
twenty seconds less than it was yes
terday. Tomorrow the time of sun
shine will be heightened about twen-
ty seconds. From December II to
December 20 there is difference of
only a few seconds in the length OF
each day.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22

Eldon R. James. former dean OF
the School of Law of the University,
now legal advisor of the government
of Siam, who has been in Washington,
D. c.. on business for that country,
will arrive in Columbia tomorrow to
spend the Christmas holidays.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
Mrs. ]. P. Heibel. She has been teach
ing at Round Lake, MINI.

Miss Catherine Jones has returned
to spend the holidays with her par
ents, Dean and Mrs. J. c. Jones. She
has been teaching at Arkadelphia,
Ark.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22

DR.. J. w. Warshaw, formerly head
of the Spanish department of the Uni
versity, now head of Spanish at the
university of Nebraska, arrived in
Columbia yesterday morning Doctor
Warshaw intends to spend the hol-
idays here and in St. Louis.
Miss Ella Hodges of Lafayette, Ind,
arrived today to be the guest of Mrs.
Thomas S. Townsley, 140S Rosemary
lane, during the holidays.
Miss Theeta Searcy, who has been
teaching at Okmulgee, Okla, has re-
turned home to spend the holidays.
E. B. Cauthorn is here from Dallas,
Tex, to spend Christmas with his
family.
Mrs. ]. w. Quinn and her daughter,
Miss Marjorie Quinn, will go to Kan
sas City tomorrow to spend the hol-
idays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Switzler will
leave tomorrow for st. Louis, where
they will spend Christmas. with their
son, R. H. Switzler.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Thompson came
from Kansas City yesterday to spend
| the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. A S.
| Prather.
Miss Agnes Heibel is here to spend
Christmas with her parents, Mr.. and
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22

Prof. Sam D. Bratton returned
from Chicago this morning. He has
been doing special work in geology
at the University of Chicago. He will
teach here during the winter and
spring terms.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-12-22
SOCIETY

General and Mrs. Butler Ames will
arrive tonight to visit Mrs. Ames'
mother, Mrs. w. Fl. Willis.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

rious investigations made by the two
competent bodies above specified
should not be lost because Of tie fail
ure OF those most interested. the ad-
mlnlstration and taxpayers Of this
city, to support them in the Legsla-
ture that has just begun its labors at
Albany The Hirsh committee is not
at all likely to present report DIFF
fering greatly from that of the MARI
ing committee. if it is to be worthy Of
serious consideration, and the sooner
bills are started on their way in the
Legis ature the sooner viii the people
in general know what measure of re-
lief rea property in this city and tate
will be granted from the steadily grow
ing burden of which so many owners
complain.
In the last analysis, of course,
reasonable and proper taxation presup-
poses the highest possible degree of in
teiligence and conscientiousnes in the
administration of public affairs, state
rs well as municipal. Without incurring
criminal liability it has been seen that
an administration can be very wasteful
Of the citys money. and a waSteful ad-
ministration invariably and inevitably
has to be paid for by the people
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Hudson River at about Forty-second
Street.
Secure transfers to and from all
Forty-second Street crosstown lines on
q basis equitable to the public and the
companies
Obtain extension Of motor bus route
through Broadway to intersect Times
Square
Obtain esoalator at Sixth Avenue and
Forty-second Street.
Secure new paving on street where
needed
Reduce noise of street surface cars.
Encourage hotel and amusement en-
terprises and development of same.
Bring about by legislation, or other
wise. uniform inspection Of buildings
by the various departments of the city
and state
Protect property owners against un-
just claims and Violations
Reduce fire risks and insurance rates.
Maintain highest standard Of police
protection.
Obtain equitable assessments of
property on and abutting this thor
oughfare.
Oppose curtailment of pneumatic
postal tube service
Cooperate with all city departments
in upbuilding Forty-second Street.
Provide country wide publicity for
Forty second Street through the press.
Enlist proper reorganization by city.
state and Federal officials.
Complete project to continue Hudson
Terminal tubes from Thirty third
Street to Grand Central Station.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
London Buvs 85th St. Corner

Bernard London is the buyer of the
southeast corner of Columbus Avenue
and Eighty-ffth Street. the sale Of
which by Abel King and others was
announced yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
With Rentals and Living Costs Deeply Involved
Taxation Becomes Problem of All the People

contrary to ordinary business expert
cncc.
lie may be builder Of bung starters,
or buckets and in his experience has
found that it costs him less per bung-
starter TO build them in lots Of q thou
sand than in lots OF hundred and
from observation he knows that the
rule holds good in all the industries
that production on a large scale tends
to minimize the unit cost
We may carry the analogy into his
domestic circle, who're he finds that it
costs less per capita to lodge, feed.
cothe and care for six persons than it
does for two. SO he argues that with
an evcl-lncreasing population. the cost
per capita of municipal housekeeping
ought to decline. or at least ought not
to continue 10 grow. as it has been,
from the beginning of statistics
Cost of Government
This is logical reasoning and a
proper deduction from the facts that
he has before him. But there are other
facts that bear materially on the gem
eral proposition, which he has not CON
sidered. and which Won possibly lead
him to the conc usion that an increas-
ing per capita cost of city government
is inevitable. Tie should not stop his
Investigation here, however, because
that would mean that he would be re-
slgnedly submitting to an unnecessary
imposition. Shou d he carry MS studies
out 10 thc legitimate conclusion he
would reach the properly founded con-
Nlction that under truly economic CON
dltl0ns OF government the per capita
cost of municipal government should
rot continuously increase, and at the
psychological period in the growth and
Development Of the city shoul dDbegin
- decline to point at which it could
be standardized.
But that is consummation, no
matter how devoutly it may be wished,
which is unattainable under present
conditions of government. Before it
can be reached we will have to choose
an administration with will to bring
it about, and not only a Will. but the
intellectual capacity for such job.
And we viii have to keep such an ad-
ministration en- the job long enough to
do it in good and workmanike fashion
and that would mean through several
terms.
The present and more urgent propo-
sition confronting the taxpayer is low
to stop the growth of the individual
tax bill. He feels that the taxing
powers are crowding too much of the
cost Of government, city and state,
upon the owners of real estate, while
others are escaping taxation alto
gcther.
In this he has plenty of sympathy.
There is a school of economists whose
philosophy implies the raising Of all
revenue for all governmental require
ments directly from land taxation.
This school is itself divided up into
factions, probably the major part re-
fusng to subscribe to the extreme
Henry George theory, but willing to
take all they considered good i'll it.
But until these single taxes and Henry
Georgeites can agree among themselves
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Better Forty-second Street
Aim of Real Estate Owners
Proposed Improvements Planned to Make Street
More Attractive 10 Shoppers; Rental Values
To Be Protected

Forty-second Street, for many years
the centre of the White Way, is going
to turn its attention TO the serious side
Of life. At a meeting Of prominent
property owners and business men
heId Yesterday at the headquarters Of
the Forty Street Association it
was decided to enter upon an active
campaign for the Improvement of con-
dltlons affecting this famous thorough
lare and the nearby districts.
Walter j. Salmon, president Of the
associations, presided at the meeting,
and after general discussion of the
conditions prevailing at present gave
the aims of the association, which are
as follows:
Increase sales of retail stores by
adding to the prestige of the street
as shopping centre.
Improve pedestrian and vehicular
traffic conditions.
Obtain adequate subway service to
and from the TWO subway systems.
Accelerate new building operations.
Obtain tenants.
Obtain an improved lighting system
commensurate with the Importance Of
this thoroughfare.
Eliminate "schlock" stores from
Forty-second Street and improve mer-
camille conditions.
Induce all river and sound steamers
to land at Forty Street piers
Obtain improved and enlarged public
docks at Forty-second Street and East
and North Rivers
lndorse erection of bridge across the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

nous approval Of the committee. will
be made subject of final onsideration
at the next annual meeting Of the as
soclatlon next fall.
Various FAX Plans
That this important body. probably
the foremost organization Of its class
IN the nation, shou d have come to the
conc uslon to recommend q diversified
system Of taxation, embracing a tang
ible property tax, a personal income
tax and a business tax justities the in
terence that like conclusion would
DOUBTLESS be reached by other organi-
cations similarly constituted
with special reference to TIE prob
lem in Its app ication to New York
Clty, the commission appointed by
Mayor Mitchell in 1914. and which re-
ported IN 1915. and which was probably
as able, intelligent and disntcrested
commission as could have been an
pointed, two years before the above
mentlonad report Of the National Tax
Association reached substantially the
same conclusions as had that commit
tee. fred T.. Maring. the present
president of the Chamber of Commerce,
was chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Mitchell, and is chair
nam now of the Advisory Council Of
Real Estate interests, a body which
has also taken a lively Interest in tax
legls lation, and will be heard from
further on in the course Of the present
session.
There is also the present Mayors
CHAIRMAN. which has held several pub
lie hearings. bat has not yet folrnu-
lated its rcport This will be ready
soon, and with it the bills it will ad-
vocate and which the Corporation
Counsel is understood to be preparing.
Bills Await Action
The Real Estate Board is already
represented at Albany by two bills on
the general subject of taxation. the
object of which is to relieve real prop
erty Of part of its burdens by re-
stricting the city's powers of levyng
of taxes on realty to per cent of I e
assessed value. and by the same bill
limiting the rate on personally to
being that citizens win voluntarily pay
a tax of quarter of per cent on
their personally, and so provide a
much larger revenue than seems to be
collectlble under the present law. BY
another bill they seek to have some
Of the exemptions of the present law
removed, so that larger valuation
will be subject to taxation.
There is furthermore considerable
body among tax payers who are of the
opinion that there should be no ex-
emption of real property from tax
alton, or at least that only property
that is owned by the city, state or ma
tion should be so exempt. The assessed
value Of property. owned by the city
is $3.50 100000; by the state, $7773,- :
600; by the nation. S67730OO and by
religious, educational and charitable
bodies, $406 6,2OS 600.
Support for Bills
1t would seem to be of importance
that the results of the long and labo-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN

HARAGE-A frst-c lass. well-cstahshed garage for
sale or rent in a fine one-story up-to-date 5ric,
and stucco building At present So cars i've sor-
ise; N the centre OF the flatbush section Of
trooklyn Tel. 6l5 Wildwood. 8 to 10 a m
'~ner has other business demanding his personal
..tcutiou
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

about the general subject of municipal
housekeeping than he does, and begins
to read up on subjects relating thereto
OF course he finds that taxation stands
at the head Of the list, and if he begins
at the foundation he finds long columns
Of figures telling of the yearly appro-
pr'ations and the yearly tax leves, the
yearly assessments of real and personal
property and the yearly tax rate. He
finds, 70 his annoyance, that the amounts
OF all these are constantly increasing
and intuitiycly thinks there must be
something wrong about something
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
News and Views City Suburban Real Estate Market

there is little likelihood of the theory
of a single tax gaining a demonstration
In this vii -.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Buys Corner for Is
Per Cent of Old Value

Gustavus l.. Lawrence, who purchased
on Friday the four lots at the south
east corner of Broadway and Ishan
Street, will erect on the site a six
story apartment house, 100 feet square
which he expects to have ready fol
occupancy by next October. Mr.. Law
renee bought the lots for about 25 pei
cent less than the market price two
years ago He expects that building
r.aterial prices viii be 10 per cent
lower than at this time last year. Mr.
Lawrence figures that under these cir
cumstances there is no reason why con
sale was negotiated by Hall J. How
4 Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

The first effects upon an owner of
resi- estate OF greatly increased tax
bill is explosive Of Indignation. In this
state of his mind he often writes to the
newspapers, joins the nearest property
owners association and demands that
more Of the taxes be shifted from own
ers of real property to others shoulders
and even that the city authorities be
required to get along with less money
than they demand.
Begins to Learn
About this time he begins to feel that
he ought to know great deal more
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Board to Have
Painting of Mcclure
Portrait of Energetic Former
President To Be Hung in
Brokers' Quarters

AS testimonial to Laurence Nc
Guire for his efforts in behalf of the
Real Estate Board of New York dur
ing the FIVE years he was its president.
large portrait Of the former plesl-
dent is to be presented to the board.
The portrait and frame, according to
estimates, will cost $500, which is to
be collected by popular subscription
A committee appointed for thi. pur-
pose includes Joseph P. Day, chairman;
Albert B. Ashforth Thomas n. Hoven-
den, Robert r. Rainey, A. N. Glitter
man, Martin f. Huberth, Charles F.
Noyes and Elisha Sntiin.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
steady Increase in Municipal Expense Reaches to
Pocket of Every DweIlcr--For First Time
Public Is Demanding Relief

the classification OF subjects that belong general head
Econmc taxation occupies greater than any
authoritative works political economy
The drest OF SUBJECTS to the general reader and neglected
feed to more convenient time by the great majority
had property or have lived na The
meridian OF h before ne would take kindly
lhe are 50 many owners OF real property however, in New
City and who to
real property who have observed alarming
taxation IN the CITY, that study of its and tendencies
forced dunont
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
NESTCHESTER COUNTY

oWN your OWN ORANGE GROVE ~
fiultlnnh Park 'lorido's finest lake jewollcd
hlRhiahd section, why nbOyc goa level A few
doihfs month van buy It. llpnt pcnches. u
Vui'* money crop. with oranges. ana the
p"h'hrh iphy be innde to pay not only for
your lnnn ana Grunge grove but yield II profit
h'fines we Gun produce you Il better oinnrs
fI"Yo iVr i"rr money ihnn any one In The
.'i"t' hhp IN fl"rIdn q Fi'uiest acotion. Fruit
land Fnrk IL best We can prov,. II \vri,. fn,
" BOOK ol actual Photographic. the intcfeAllng
n"'y OF Ftnltlana Farh farm and why
r'"rh'H may p"y for II lnkc County inud
lAnd f1fk. Lnkc County. Foridu
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
SunnOrt for Rills

1t would seem to be of importanc.
that the results of the long and labo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

and it was agreed to have them printed in the Record so members could see what it all was about. MT. Volstead's 8 statement that the changes met the ap- proval of flayoring extract people caused Representative Gard to ask if he was chairman of the judiciary com- mittee or the flavoring extract asso- citation.
 Without debate the prohibitionists voted down set of amendments of fered by Representative Gard that would have made the bill more dras- tic. In the section prohibiting. among other things. the manufacture, sale and barter of liquors, MT. Gard wanted to strike out, in three separate amend ments. the words "give away" fur nish' and receive" The first was de- feated 76 to 32 and the others in about that order. Then MT Gard put the House on record by moving to amend the same section by adding to the word "possess" the words for saIe.p It was defeated 72 to 25.
 An amendment by RepreseS ative Wilson, democrat, Pennsylvania, to permit citizen to make wine and cider for his own use was defeated 72 to 5o
 MT. Volsteads ravoring extract amendment was adopted "A to AS, and when he sent forward a handful of others everybody agreed that it was a good time to quit for the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
President Tells Senator's
 How Agreements Reached
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(COntinued From Page One) port his claims that the people of Eur ope were generally opposed to the league adding that the purveyors of news do not carry this information"
 During the day it developed that some administration senators were urging steps to ascertain whether certain reservations proposed by the opposition might be ac' ceptable to the other governments sigma tory to the treaty. It was suggested that much discussion might be saved in the Senate should it develop that these res ervations, considered objectionable by the administration only because they might necessitate reopening negotiations, really would be readily accepted abroad
 In this class were said to be the propos- ed reservations stipulating beyond doubt that the Monroe doctrine was to remain national policy, that there could be no declaration of war under article ten with out a declaration by congress and that such questions as immigration and the tariff were to be left solely for domestic determination.
 Administration senators say those res