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New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

year with 7o5 less. ps.-es The Park laSs
Department of Brooklyn asks for Sill
100000 more than it received last
year 1t wants S15,495,37O to carry
through the things it has planned for
Brooklyn during the coming year.
Department of Water, Light and
Electrlcity must have S3,539,876 more
than last year. 1t asks for S12,573.-
o'I Department of Correction can
not 40 its work successfully unless
SoS So ,aoS ,o7' is allowed it. This is s2,-
39s' 'Z94 more than it got last year.
Among many other things, the De-
partment of Education has set its heart
on building SAG 900 600 worth of school
nulldlngs next year. These are some
OF the items that figure prominently
in the bill for service which has been
handed to New Workers by Comptroller
Craig. 0''eA
The claim is made that New York
"lll not be able to meet these CHARGES
because the spending planned is wav,
over the safety limit allowed by law.
Folks Voluntarily Paid Back in 164s
1t IS singular, yet it is true. the first
taxes ever paid in this city were vol
unfairly given. Back in 1648 the peo-
pie OF New Netherlands gave willingly
toward the building of church, and
again in 1867, when the city did not
have funds to provide tor the main
tenance of minister folks went down
INTO their pockets and paid the cost
But time and events proved that a
government cannot be conducted on a
voluntary tax system and in 1865 the
Ulrector Genera and the Council of New
Netherlands passed an ordinance pro
Vldlng that the Burgoms sster of New
Amste rdam shall first and foremost
sollclt both from the trading shippers,
merchants, factors and PASSENGERS
and from the citizens in general. a
voluntary subscription and contribu-
ton, each according to his circum-
stances, and in case of opposition or
refusal either from any disaffected or
lil-dlsposed persons, which the Direc-
tor General and Council do not antici
pate. the Burgomasters, with the
president OF the Schepcns. are author
lzeS to assess such according to their
circumstances, and condition them to
constraln to q reasonable contribution
and promptly to enforce it by execu-
ton"
This was the start of the enforced
system of taxation. 1t will be noticed
that an effort was made to preserve
me me appearance Of voluntary support Of
the government by first permitting a
man to contribute of his own will and
II he did not avail himself of the op
portunlty to literally take him by the
nape Of the neck and force him to
pay uD. AS it is many years since the
tax system possessed this voluntary
feature, New Workers will have moth
ing to say about the bill which has
been Sresented but to pay it.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Bensonhurst Builders
Plan Sectional Retterrnenf

Bensonhurst is a section of Brook.
iiyn IN which considerable home build
ing has been going on Keen rivalry
has been shown by builders in erect
ing attractive homes. Last week these
builders held luncheon at which plans
Tor an organized effort for the better
ment Of the section were discussed
and action taken for future improve
ments of the location.
Houses that are being erected in
this district of Brooklyn are both laree
and small. 1t is location conyenient
to stores and amusement places
churches and schools, and has been
brought much nearer to the uptown
section of the city by the new subway
additions of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran,
sit up Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
New West Side Apartment
Hotel Ready for Tenants
ihirfeen-Story Structure Opno.
site schwab's House Largest
Sectional PrOiect

me opening of the new residential
notel at the northwest corner of West
End Avenue and Seventy-fourth STRAIT
10 be known as 305 West End Avenue
MARKS the completition of one of .he
largest building enterprise of the veor
on the West Side. 'S'
me location is exceptionally attrac-
tAve, facing the park surrounding ~.
1chwao mansion, and overlooking the
Hudson. Advantage has been taken of
,he location in the layout of the thir-
'een upper floors which consist of
suites OF two or more rooms. many of
them spacious in size beyond the avar-
age, all tastefully decorated and win
appropriate fittings and appurtenancas
None OF the suites, however. il fur
hlsned, since in accordance with the
pollcy OF the management in seeking
TO 1urtner the atmosphere of per-
guests.
The lobby or lounge is of tho
Georgian period, paneled entirely IL, in
wood. The warm color of the woodwork
contrasts pleasantly with the rich cur
talns OF heavy needlework In this room
aang three large old landscapes taken
from a house in Somersetshir Enc
land. -e
BEYOND the lounge is the writins
room, and adjoining is the ladies'
room, the general scheme of which is
green and yellow, with curtains Of
printed linen.
The dining rooms are of black AMI
gray The carpets are of black velvet.
and wall benches, tables and chairs Of
ebony, with cushions of changeable
black and gold cloth. while the walls
and curtains are Of varying shades of
plain gray.
Kenneth L. Seaman. lately of te
Hotel Gotham. will be residential man
ager.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
s 1903 fO9 973
ASSESSED WILLIE
1920

carefully. and not allowed to stand un
New York paid Sl27,00 for govern
ment in 1905 The bill increased
steadily each year as the city broadened
and heightened, but it seemed every
one took a particular interest, in those
days, as to how city officials spent city
money. Before half the century had
passed New Workers were paying mill
lions of dollars a year for municipal
efficiency.
England Run Cheaper
In 1871 and 1872 city folks were told
that $16,950767 would be required to
carry on the business Of New York,
which was four times as much as the
national expenditures in 1901. The cost
was based on a property valuation of
$736,9SS 058. New York's real estate
then actually was worth 81 900 900, 900,
or thirtieth part of the entire value
OF Great Britain at that time.
In the fifty years that have
rapid increase, both in the value of
New York property and in the cost Of
projecting it and safeguarding the
health, comfort and welfare of those
who own and occupy it,
The public value placed this wear on
property, $9,6O8,017 ,467, is 900 per cent
more than its value in 1871; the forces
of government have been expanded to
national proportions; and the bill for
keeping these great forces at work is
at least thirty times greater than the
Dill paid by New Workers back in 1871.
Mr.. Enright has announced that he
cannot run the Police Department Of
the city next year with less than $41,-
3lS,975 There are ab1u 1000 Off
GERS and men in the Police Department.
SIX years ago, just before the start Of
the war, Uncle Sam maintained his
army of 1896 officers and 1902 ,45O men
paid them, and clothed, fed and pro
vlded heat and buildings for the latter.
at an expenditure of $11O,4G1,910, an
amount less than three times greater
than what Mr.. Enright asks to main
tam his army. Back in 1898 the Po-
lice Department of Manhattan cost
about $4,000, 900.
me Fire Commissioner says that he
Will be unable to do all that he should
40 next year unless he is allowed
sl6,383,535, which is s3,OO0,Oo0 more
than he cot to provide fire protection
to the city last year
Some of he Big Items
The street cle<,,ing organization
will cost New York $7,OOO0OO more
than 1T did last year. 1t wants S2Ol17.-
IO4 to carry on the work next vear
lhe Health Department has asked for
nearly twice as much as it received
asst year. 1t has sent in an estimate
calling for $S,S21,027. Last vear II
was given $4,758,951 to look after the
nealth OF the city. The Department of
ruDllc welfare wants S20,O3O,266, al
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
By Louis Gretsch
Chairman Home Building Commit
tee Brooklyn Chamber Of

Commerce
The mortgage situation in Brooklyn
at present has reached the most critical
stage known in many years, and it is
not an easy task to determine alto
gether just what the cause for this
situation is, or how it can be readily
improved. When the committee Of
which | am chairman first took up a
consideration of the housing problem
IN the greater city, we found that the
lack of mortgage money was one Of the
primary reasons for the cessation in
building operations, and so the mort
gage situation becomes very closely
allied with the housing problem.
The method by which small sums Of
money are placed at the disposal of
builders. while helpful is not of great
value, and so we are led to a considera-
tion of what are the big means by
which builders might be induced to
proceed on large basis. The first
source that suggests itself is the saw
lngs banks. Under the law, we find that
savings institutions in the State OF New
York are permitted to loan up 10 65 per
cent of their resources on bond and
mortgage
The following statistics were fur
nlshed by the Savings Bank Assoca-
ton of the State of New York, showing
the situation as of July l, 1920:
Total resources .......... 81 $50. .82O. .2S2.7s
rotat on deposit ........... 239S, ,32S. .94O.74
Total bond and mortgage
holdings ..............e. 1.227.177.57se2
The same statistics as of july l.
1920, fer the savings banks of BROOKLYN
are as follows:
Resources .. srec %. ooo a.
Deposits an , ot
Total bond and mortgage '''''V'' 80
hoi"lngs ....--........... 276.542,S52eS 81
From this it will be observed that
both with respect 20 the state of New
York and the borough of Brooklyn less
than o0 per cent of the total resources
OF the savings banks is invested in bond
PONDS and mortgages. If the additional
10 per cent allowed by law were invest
ed on bond and mortgage it can We
readily seen what large sum of money
would be available in 1.-The present
emergency.
Governor Says Banks Should Helm
Governor Smith has written mo-
81 believe that savings banks which
are primarily organized for the purposn
OF promoting thrift among the peop]e
can render no greater service to the
several communities in which thev are
located than by investing funds demos
tied with them to the full limit allowed
by law, having in mind at the same
time the safety of the depositor."
And then there is another preat
source, so far rs Brooklyn is concerned
which has been barely touched. 1t is
1act that fire insurance companies
collect over $S,oOo00O year in pre-
lnianls in the Borough Of BROOKLYN and
that until short while ago. when an
lnvestlgaticsa was instituted by com
mlttee of the Chamber of Commerce
Practlcally no mortgage loans were
IN this borough. Since that time few
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

the Bronx, would mean tax of s1S5
on every 500 of assessed property
value. The Comptroller figured out
that New Workers would have to pay a
/ bill of $9S,629, ,567 if it insisted on all
the service recommended.
Five years later or in 1899, the five
boroughs were consolidated into the
City of New York The charge that
year against every 800 worth of real
estate in the city was $2.01. Ten years
ago the tax ranged from $175 to $1.87
on every 500 worth of property, ac-
cording to the borough it was located
property valuation Of S6,491 1886 ,999,
and the cost of government in that
year was figured at $131 ,474976
Expenses Up 400 Per Cent
Compare these figures with those
winch have recently been presented by
the city authorities and startling tale
VIII be told in figures. They will show
that the cost of operating New York
IN four years, jumping from $131 ,0OO,-
0C0 to $500,000,000. They also show
that New York has not stopped pro-
crossing, as land and buildings here are
now worth S9,608, ,0l7 ,467, which is an
increase of 81 ,3S9 COZ ,494 over the pre-
vious years valuation and S3,116,681,-
16S above the value of New York of
ten years ago
1t is hard to believe that New York
City, or rather Manhattan Island, was
ever run successfully at cost of
$4,000 year, or that the tax rate in
this fine old city was ever one-half of
| per cent on a property assessment
which represented only so per cent of
its market value. Halcvon days were
those, present owners OF real estate
carrying property was light and there
were neither department laws nor legal
statutes that restricted or curbed
ownership.
$4,000 Maintained City in 1896
1t was back in 1896 when taxes were
below the per cent mark, which, per
haps, is the lowest in the history of
New York since it became Yankee
ruled and controlled city. Less than
$4,000 was asked Of the people of
New York that year. to run their city.
In those days the pound was still
money unit in this city. so the bill nre-
sented by the city fathers to the
people was f7,96S. The property value
Of New York in that year was publicly
estimated at ii ,26l ,585. which in Amer
lean money would be s6,307,925 an
amount slightly less than a seventh
of the money Police Commissioner En-
right has asked for to police the city
next year
Although the estimated value of real
estate had increased in the ensuing
nine years to S25,00O,0OO, the cost Of
government remained low. Every item
OF government expense was scrutinized
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Sale of Brewery Pronertv

The auction sale Of the Fidelio Brew
ing Company, Inc. scheduled for Tues
day, viii be held on Wednesday, Octo
per II. at noon, together with the
tnree-story tenement at 316 Oakland
Street, Brooklyn. The sales will be
held at the brewery premises, sol First
Avenue. by L. J. Phillips & Co.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Leggetf Building Leased

Fenwicn r. Small leased for the Con
eress Warehouse and Forwarding Cor
poratlon the ten story mercantile
building at the junction of West
broadway, Franklin and Varick streets
known as the Leggett Building, for ten
years.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Recent BUYERS of Realty

Carrie L. NJ. Grieg is the buyer Of
me dwelling 80 West Eighty-afth
street, sold several weeks ago.
William Rosenberg is the buyer of
the tenement 404 East Tenth Street,
sold recently by George Ehret.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
History Office Building
In West 10Th Sstreet Sold

j. Julian sold to A. Jacobs the twelve
story office building Is and II East
tortieth Street, 53.6x9Sx Irregular
SPOTS & Starr were the brokers.
Hyman Bernstein sold to Yetta
Berkowitz the one-story building at 81
East 112th Street, 25x10O
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
Many Holidays in December.

December. taking the world over, ia n month of bank and public holidays. No less than 20 of the 3l days of the month are recognized somewhere as occasions for church fetes or cessa- ton of business in celebration of To- cal or national events.
 Christmas. of course is more wide ly observed as holiday than any oth. CT, but even 1t is not recognized every where. Non-Christian peoples pay no attention to 1t. and in countries where the Greek Catholic church prevails. The old style Julian calendar is used. so that, while Christmas is observed as church festival, it comes abou, two weeks later than in countries that use the Gregorian calendar.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
The Onbu Tree.

The olnbu tree on the South Ameri- can pampas, says W. H. Hudson in Far Away and Long Ago, is very singular tree, indeed. and being the only representative of tree vegetation natural to the soil. on these level plains, and having also many curious superstitions connected with it, it ie a romance in Itself. It belongs to tie rare Phytolacca family. and has an im- lnense girth-forty or fifty feet in some cases at thp same time the wood Is so soft and spongy tl!at 1t can be cut into with a knife. and is utterly unfit for flrewood. for when cut it refuses to dry, but simply rots away like a ripe wsterll-lon.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
ThInklno and Character.

Few people are fully rounded char o,ters. Some rise to dizzy heights i. some lines while they grovcl in the 5,,st in others. The world needs right h.lonce if it's 10 have the best chnluc- t.rs in if. And how different men are , Game become afflicted with the swellcd ,ead and make no efforts at self-im- movement This is Il maa'a comnn "a freshmen. but only n q faw u.-gra- ,.ted cases deef !, p2rEsi heyoNd a few years. Tho meni"l rcn'' ever then is at Icay. hHeipl X gr~e venace to p~g7rss ii te npa.e { mogpifying yeur rWn weaknesses Corr ..ct with oth"~e cH,p'ns'" hr ,, snots and faibs g', tu if0aiiiG ae9' ,hen. 1lu's ali wrong NoauA'n .snse suggcS.s a'ton"cn 70 'han, TNr wise mai, Su,sutlf e~ ta" deal n" I.- tion for the weakness aGd strives at Compel himself 'o rril 1e ihe possb.t- N of attaining it.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
Proud k,or.~.

, "What became If tAa pro ivn'or rrr'V sbe East who war gong 70 pug E,i..- sersyille on the m"pf"
 ''He kept h!s promise. all l!sh:.' said Uncle Ilira.l Witherhee.
 "How?"
 Half dozen detectives trailed him here and when he was arrested the 'Chiggersyille date line appeared in every newspaper in the country."-- Birmingham Age Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
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The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-02
The Prescott Daily News Published by
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rrtsred as second class mail mat :. November 4th, 1905, at the post I sr.. at Prescott, Ark, under the act v Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-14

back pay due him for his disability
more money perhaps than he has ever
had at one time before-the Red Cross
worker advises him about starting q
bank account.
If the man is not confined to bed,
he can find recreation and entertain
ment in the Red Cross house, where
there are books, billiard and indoor
tennis tables, cards and other games,
writing material and perhaps music.
On certain evenings he can attend
entertainments given on the stage OF
the Red Cross house under Red Cross
auspices, by the Elks, or an American
Legion post, the Knights OF Columbus
or the War Camp Community Service.
Parties and picture shows in the wards
are also furnished, with occasional ex-
cursions when convalescence comes.
IF the man is seriously i'll, his fam
ily is sent for and provided with &C
commodations In the Red Cross house,
so that they may be near him day and
night.
Finally, when he is ready to leave
the hospital, he is ADVISED aDCul lur-
Their medical care and the opportuni-
ties for training provided by the fed
eral board for vocational education.
He is directed to go to the Red Cross
headquarters nearest his home town
for further service, if it is needed.
The local Red Cross is at the same
time notified that the man is returning
home and may still have problems
which call for advice and suggestions.
Just as the Red Cross stood beside
the service man through training in
this country and in his life overseas,
it is still at his call to aid in the strug-
gle for readjustment to normal life.
If the friends and relatives of the
BOYS in the hospitals wish to know
about their condition and what is be-
ing done for them, letter addressed
to the American Red Cross in the pub
lie health service hospitals where
they are being treated will receive
careful attention.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-14
!. I'VE.
O. A~ ~
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CARELESS POISONING COSTLY
Frequent Reports Made OF Animals
Gaining Access to Paint Boxes
and Other Containers.

The danger of animals becoming
poisoned through the careless use OF
poison material when spraying or bait
ing for insects, is pointed out by OIL
Gals at the Ohio Experimental sta
ton, Wooster.
Every year reports are sent In OF
animals suddenly dying from securing
access to paint boxes and poison con-
tanners.
Sometimes paris green boxes, white
lead or arsenate of lead containers are
thrown into the trash pile or dump and
animals get the poison from these.
Paint boxes, even though thinly
coated, are licked by cattle because OF
the sweetish taste of the lead COM
pounds.
Such boxes should be Thoroughly
cleaned with gasoline before using for
farm pals, it is stated.
Materials most dangerous to live
stock are paris green, london purple,
arsenate OF lead, calcium arsenate,
and any compounds Of arsenic or
zinc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-14

tact with about 1000 men every
month.
In public and private hospitals and
sanatoria under contract with the pub
lie health service about 9,600 men are
receiving treatment. In most Of these
places the Red Cross maintains work.
ers, who frequently discover men en-
titled to receive treatment from the
government, but who have never even
heard of the plans made for their
care. In the near future there will be
$1,000 beds in contract hospitals avail
able for ex-service men and $4,000 SOL
diers' homes and army and navy hos
pitfalls.
OF the $4,000 service men suffering
from nervous and mental diseases as
result Of the war, there are thou
sands whom the government is trying
to locate. Red Cross workers have
been helpful in identifying some Of
them who have turned up in state hos
pitfalls for the insane This not only
helps the government find the lost
men to whom it owes great debt,
but also relieves untold anxiety Of
many mother and family.
Here is Surgeon General Hugh S.
Cummings tribute to the Red Cross
at the completion of years work:
81 wish to request that the Red
Cross consent to continue this very
valuable service"
Commenting on the different phases
of Red Cross help. Surgeon General
Cumming says:
"a careful analysis of the assistance
given by the American Red Cross to
the public health service in the dis
charge of its obligations to the bene-
ficiaries of the service makes it very
clear both from the standpoint of hos
pital efficiency and benefit to indi-
vidual patterns. the most important
is the medical social service"
To get an idea of the scope and
value of medical social service, it is
necessary to follow a disabled ex-
service man through his hospital
career.
In the receiving ward he finds a
member of the Red Cross staff. She
obtains from him information which
is Of use to her in helping him get his
disability-pay or the government al
lowance due his family. Often the
man brings note from the home serv-
ice worker in his home town, indicat-
ing some special need.
After the man has become estab-
lished in the hospital he is visited
every day by one of the Red Cross
ward workers. To her he can appeal
for any service which it is impossible
for the other attendants to give. She
will write home for him, help him In
renewing his War Risk insurance OF
perform any errands he may want.
If 1t develops that the man is wor-
rying about conditions at home, every
thing possible is done through the Red
Cross chapter In the home town to
assist the family in Strengthening out
| it's tangles. The man is kept Informed
of the progress of what is being done.
If suddenly he opens a letter and
finds check for $500 or $1,000, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-14
Had Figured Il Out.

Davey stole a penny from his baby
brother and his mother caught him at
it. She locked him up in the clothes
closet, telling him to think things
over and try to decide what should be
done in the way of punishment.
Ten minutes later the mother heard
a light tapping on the closet door. Up
on opening it, Davey walked out, wear
ing solemn expression upon his face.
"Well," asked his mother. shave you
decided?"
"Tve been thinking and thinking
he replied, "and / think that jesus
wouldn't like you very well IL you
whipped your little boy."-Coiumbus
Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-14
KEEPING HOGS IN CONDITION
Mixture of Charcoal, Salt, Air-Slaked
Lime, Weed Ashes and copperas
Is Favored.

For hogs running out the following
preparation helps to keep them in
good condition: Take Of charcoal
three bushels: Of salt eight pounds; OF
air-slaked lime two quarts; Of wood
ashes one bushel; dissolve one pound
Of copperas in hot water, sprinkle
with the solution the mixture Of the
other things; mix all up thoroughly
and put the mixture in the feed boxes
and set them where the hogs will have
free access to them. Every farmer
should have self-feeding boxes or
racks, so that the stock can only get
the needed supply and not waste it
nor get too heavy supply at one time.