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The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

Ing income tax returns showing tax
able income, aggregated 52,498 in the
calendar year 1909, and that number
increased to 232.O79 for the calendar
year 1917. The number of individuals
aggregated 357 1898 for the calendar
year 1913, and that number increased
to 3,472, 800 for the calendar year 1917.
For the fiscal year 1909 the total
ordinary receipts aggregated $6O3, $780,
1894, of which $780, III ,933.95 came
from customs duties, S246,212, ,643.59
came from internal revenue, and the
balance was received from the sale of
public lands and other miscellaneous
items; whereas, for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1919, the total re-
ceipts from customs amounted to S1S4,-
457 ,S67.39, while the internal revenue,
including income taxes and corpora
tion and excess profits taxes, amounted
to S3,s39, $50, ,612.O5.
So you will see that until 1910 the
money you paid toward the support
of the government was slipped away
from you so easily that you hardly
hleW any dDoul It, 1Ou tib nv
know that you were paying taxes to
the national government.
Indirect taxation is the most Sc
ductive form of raising public rev.
enue. You never came in contact with
the federal government except when you
bought postage stamp. But now you
know 1t every time you buy drink at
soda fountain, or bottle of medi-
cine, or sand a telegram, or make a
! long distance telephone call, or per-
form any one of a score of other nor
NAL activities of daily life. Some
thing must be put in the kitty for the
government. Its annual rakeoff runs
into the billions. You pay it and the
government spends it.
But all that part OF the party is
about over now. The oysters have
been eaten and put in the bill. They
must be paid for. 1t is perfectly clear
| that in the future by far the greater
part of the revenue required for con-
Quoting the public business must come
from direct taxes. 1t is also clear
that the ordinary expenses for run
ming the government will in future
probably exceed four billion dollars a
year. That is lot Of money to take
out of your pockets, and mine. Hadn't
we better see what is done with it. and
whether we can save any of it? Con-
gress, which is very far-sighted, and
able, when its own skin is concerned,
to distinguish hawk from a hand
saw at very great distance, is be-
ginning to take notice
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REMEDY IN YOUR HANDS

I have been asked many times, and
particularly since this series began /:
"What is the remedy for the condition
and situation of government business
that you have described? What can
we, the average man or woman with
| cut influence, and with no knowledge
of politics, what can we do about it?''
Well. the answer Is that you can do
| everything about it. The remedy lies
wholly within your own hands, as l
| have tried to point out in each one
| of the articles that have preceded
this one. 1t is remedy easy to pre-
| scribe but, confess, difficult to put
| into effect.
Difficult, mean, in the sense that
| you will have to give up time from
| your own engrossing private affairs to
| pay some attention to what you prob
| ably think of as public affairs and, as
| such, not concerning you. The whole
point 1 have to make is that public
| affairs are your affairs.
l do not suggest that you so into
| politics. l do not suggest that you
attend political meetings. l do sug-
personal interest, in the business of
government as distinguished from the
politics of government.
A part of the remedy you ask for
the conduct of the business of govern
ment has been applied when the facts
and the conditions are spread broad
cast and made known to every tax
rnyer. Bad conditions are in way
to be remedied when they become
known.
But some hundreds of you have
written me and asked: "How can we
help? What can we do?' Let's take a
concrete case.
Congress has committed itself to the
policy of building twenty tirst-class
battleships in the next few years.
Armed and equipped, those battleships
will cost in the neighborhood of $45,-
COO coo each. That will make total
cost of 5000, ,OOO 900; that is, just short
of a billion dollars.
Do you approve that expenditure?
Do you think 1t wise and necessary?
Do you think we ought to spend our
money that way? Do you think we
ought to spend 80 or 80 per cent
of our total national income for wars,
past. present and prospective? That
is what we are doing. If you approve
of it you have only to sit still and
say nothing. If you disapprove of 1t,
let your congressman know.
You live in a congressional district
and every two years you. send man
here to Washington to attend to your
public business. Do you know him
Do you know what he Is doing here?
Your. state has two senators, who also
represent you here. II they do not
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10

represent you fairly, you can keep
them at home. Whatever a majority
of you want you can have.
To this moment majority have
approved, at least by silence, the great
military expenditures that have been
made from the money you have paid
in taxes. If now you have come to
the conclusion that 1t is too much, you
have only to say so.
Do you realize that this conference
on the limitation of armament which
President Harding called arose fun
damentally out of the circumstance
that all of the so-called big nations
are paying more than they can afford
to pay by way of preparation for war?
The endeavor to find a formula to
limit armaments is another way of
saying that the nations are trying to
find way to save money. Since the
war the great powers are all living
beyond their means. All of them are
in debt All of them, except ourselves,
owe more than they can pay. In all
of them, including the United States,
government expenses are running be-
yond government income. A nation
can no more stand that sort of thing
than a private person or a private
business.
If you will devote a half hour or
an hour every evening to thinking
about and talking about public busi-
ness you will be amazed at the
prompt response you will get. If there
is any question you want to ask, write
to your congressman or to either one
of your senators. That will cost you
two cents for a postage stamp, and 1t
won't cost him anything to reply. for
his letters go through the mails free.
That is one way of helping to remedy
the present condition.
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INNISFALLEN
ABBEY

Upon the spot where the ruins Of
InnisfalIen abbey stand, tradition has
it that ST. Patrick preached. Tho
abbey was founded by St. Finan Lob
hor (St. Finan of the books) who died
late In the Sixth century.
Arising midst wooded isle,
Where fair lkiIIarney's waters smile,
Famed InnisfalIen abbey gray
Presents itself in sad decay;
Its ruins mirrored in the lake
Where monks Of old their thirst did
sIake.
A thousand years before our time
The abbey had attained it's prime;
Its monks had tasted, prayed and
wrote
To love and piety promote
Books on the mysteries of creeds
With annals of great Irish deeds.
But centuries have passed away
Since mathis ushered dawn of day,
Since the sweet vesper hymn was sung
And the rejection bell was rung;
Now nothing but the songs of birds
The abbey's solitude disturbs.
What memories cluster round the
place
OF men, the noblest of their race!
Men of ideals high and true
Who loved the right, would wrong es-
chew;
Who toiIed to make men meet for
heaven,
While not thought to self was
given.
NEIL MACDONALD.
Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.
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THE SHAMROCK

Almost everybody wears shamrock
or a bit of green in honor of st.
Patrick, the patron saint of Erin, but
how many know why they do?
The shamrock, or small white clover,
was used by st. Patrick. then mis-
sionary in the island, as symbol or
illustration of the Trinity in speaking
to the then pagan natives. Menaced
by the Druid priests of the pagan
faith, st. Patrick plucked shamrock
at his feet and asked, "Is such thing
more unbelievable than that this
plant should have three leaves?"
1t is curious coincidence that the
trefoil in Arabic is called "shamrakh"
and was held sacred In Iran as EN-
blematical of the Persian Triads.
Pliny, the ancient naturalist, says that
serpents are never seen upon the tre-
foil.
IT is reasonable to imagine that the
Irish had inscribed mystical virtues
to the trefoil or shamrock, previous to
st. Patrick's arrival, and on hearing
of the Trinity they fancied some Pc
culiar fitness in their already sacred
plant to shadow forth the newly re.
vealed and mysterious doctrine.-Chi.
cago American.
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irish parliament building onA

The old Irish parliament building on
college Green, now occupied by the
Bank of Ireland. Is destined to be-
come the official home of the legis-
lature of the new Irish Free State, ac-
cording to the political correspondent
OF the Freeman's Journal
"When Michael Collins and william
Cosgrove visited the handsome historic
building" the writer says, their visit
was not entirely concerned with mat
ters of finance. When arrangements
appointing the Bank of Ireland as
financial agents of the new govern
ment were concluded, the ministers
were conducted around the building
with a view to investigate Its suit
ability to house the parliament.
'They spent little time in the old
house of lords, which is practically un-
changed after the 100 years that have
rolled away since it put the castle
within reach of the subverted Grat-
tan's parliament"
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An Arms Cache In Crater.

A weapon storehouse in the immense
crater of extinct Haleakala, where the
natives of Maui many years ago made
their last stand against the all-con-
quering king of Hawaii, has been dis
covered, according to Emil A. Berndt,
business man Of Honolulu, says a
dispatch to the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mr.. Berndt says each of the three
white men with knowledge of the cave
stumbled across 1T when wandering
aimlessly about after losing their way
in the crater. He reports that it con-
tains crude stone hatchets, immense
quantities of slingshot stones, spear.
heads and other implements of an.
cient warfare.
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you Join this new Edgeworth Satisfied
Smokers Club.
1t will cost you a postcard.
The tobacco will come to you post
paid.
1t may be the pipe-tobacco you
have always hoped to come across.
Merely set down your name and
address on a postcard. If you will
add the name of the dealer to whom
you will go for more in case you like
Edgeworth, we will make sure he has
it in stock.
We will mail to you samples OF
Edgeworth in both forms-Plug Slice
and Ready-Rubbed.
Edgeworth Plug Slice is formed into
fiat cakes and then sliced into thin,
moist waters. One slice rubbed for
moment between the hands furnishes
an average pipeful.
Edgeworth Ready Rubbed is rubbed
up for you. You pour it straight
from the little blue can into the bowl
of your pipe.
Both kinds pack nicely, light quick
ly, and burn freely and evenly.
For the free samples which we in
vite you to judge, address Larus &
Brother Company, Al South 21st
Street, Richmond, Va.
To Retail Tobacco Merchdnts-f
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany will gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post one or two-dozen carton
of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice
or Ready-Rubbed for the same price
you would pay the jobber.
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
FAMOUS OLD DUBLIN CASTLE
Historic Edifiee Dates From 1910
When It Is Known to Have Had
First Royal Occupant.

Dublin CASTLE recently brought into
the limelight by the evacuation of the
English military, followed by Irish oc-
cupation, has figured as prominently
in old world affairs as any vaunted
traditional "castle on the Rhine" or
stronghold of medieval "robber ba-
rons," remarks the Kansas City Times.
Its first royal occupant was King
John, who spent two days there in
1910. Richard II sojourned there for
nine months two centuries following
King Johns visit. Many sovereigns at
different times have spent short stays
there, including King George ~ and
the present prince of Wales.
King John ordered its building in
1909 and from then on many wings
and additions were built, in the mode
of architecture favored by the reigning
monarch. AS no two monarchs agreed
as to the most esthetic form of frozen
music" the castle has presented an ap-
pearance as variegated and tempera-
mental as the Irish themselves.
The castle yard is likewise historic.
Back in 1888 it was the scene of "a
trial of combat" Two cousins, both
O'Connors, were hailed before the lord
justice to settle the responsibility of
the killing of a fellow clansman. They
were each given sword and a shield
and after taking oath that each be-
lieved his cause just one, they
fought The victorious O'Connor cut
off the head of his cousin and pre-
sented it to the lord Justice.
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His Lucky Hunch.
rhr erNrAuR COMPANY. NEW YORK CIR.

A Youngstown man was an enthusi-
astic spectator at the Kentucky Derby.
Having little knowledge of the sport
and desirous of placing a small bet
just for the excitement of the thing,
he looked over the list of contenders
until his eye rested on Behave Your
self"
The Youngstown man, as the news
reports have since told the world, was
among those who Cleaned up" be-
cause Behave Yourself was the Derby
winner.
"How in the world did you happen
to pick a winner?" asked friend.
II had a hunch.'
"Hunch?"
"Yes. Behave yourself is the last
thing my wife said to me when | left
home. ngstownTelegram.
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TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY "BAYER'
"Bayer" Introduced Aspirin to the
Physicians Over Fl
Years Ago.

To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross" !"
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
uine. world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-one
years-Adyertise
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
Ereshen a Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes supertluous.
One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap.
Ointment, Talcum) Advertisement.
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
Probably He Didn't.

Martha, four, accompanied by her
sister, Katherine, six, came to the of
flee to see daddy" He had gone out
on some mission but inquiries of the
various habitues of the Office failed
to bring information as to his where
abouts. Finally Martha remarked:
81 guess daddy knows himself where
he is.''
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
First Weaving Machine 1888.

Weaving has been practiced from
the earliest times; the aid Of machln-
cry dates from 1913. when the fly
shuttle was invented.
The Ordway new era., 1922-03-10
"There's a Reason"

"Ethel is taking violin lessons" is
she? Why, the poor girl hasn't the
slightest ear for music" 81 know.
But she has beautiful elbows.
sons Weekly.
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Forty-six persons are said to have
died in England at more than 120
years of age.
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.ins Fl
10 II n d s
SHORT TIME
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Quick and Easy Way To
Increase Weight and Energy

remarkable is the action OF
ms yITAMON TABLETS in
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Ewing power of what you eat,
be woman recently gained al
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hrs.
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XIV.
THIS WAS YOUR MONEY

Consider for moment, If you will,
some further figures. This is your
money 1 am talking about.
For every fiscal year from 1866 to
1893. inclusive, there was surplus of
receipts over expenditures. During
this period of % years the surplus of
receipts over expenditures totaled ST.
92O, ,2O5, ,O13.41.
For the fiscal years 1894 to 1890, in
elusive, the expenditures exceeded the
receipts in the aggregate of $2S3, ,022,-
991.14. For the fiscal years 1900 to
1904. inclusive, the surplus of receipts
over expenditures aggregated $31O,-
319, 9,165O4. For 1905 the expenditures
exceeded the receipts by $7S,776,-
622.3O.
For the years 1910 to 1914, inclus-
I've, the receipts exceeded the expendi-
lures by S149,O24, ,4O4.27. For 1915
the expenditures exceeded the receipts
by s33, ,4SS,931.53. For 1916 the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures by
$55, $3.50, and for 1917 there was
deficit of $29,724S6473.
From 1866 to 1917, inclusive, the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures for
each year with the exception of 1894.
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1905, 1908.
1909, 1915 and 1917. The total amount
by which the expenditures exceeded
the receipts for these IL years just
named, is SAB, ,766, ,744.70. For the 50
fiscal years, 1866 to 1917, inclusive,
the receipts exceeded the expenditures
in Al years, the total of such excess
for that period being $2,591, ,453, ,1S4.16.
For the fiscal years 1866 to 1910, the
revenues were raised through an in
direct system of taxation. Beginning
with the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910, the receipts from direct methods
of taxation have usually grown each
fiscal year. as will be seen by the fol-
lowing table:
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A M Martyr.

A Martyr.
"Who is your favorite movie hero
ine?"
"My wife-she sits through them
all !''-Judge.
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191o-Corporation tax .......s 20.951, ,7s0.97
1911-Corporation tax ......... 1856. 1853
1912-Corporation tax ..... 2s.5S3, ,3o3. 70
l9l3-Corporauon tax ......... 5000. .299. "a
191+Corporation excise tax. 1851 o77.22
1914-Corporation income tax 32.46e, 662 81
1914-Individual income tax. 2S,25S. 34.s5
1915-Emergency revenue. 52,069. .126. %
1s1G-Corporation income tax 3s.156. .5eS.77
l915-Individual income tax. 41.048. 162. 90
1s16-Emergency revenue.... s4,27S, 3O2. 13
1916-Corporation income tax 56.s93, ,657. .sS
1916-Individual income tax. 6T.s43. .594 63
19l7-Emergency revenue. 1921. $50 So
1g7-Corporation income tax 17s.572, ,SS7 Sc
1917-Irdividual income tax. 1so los. $40 10
191S-Income and excess prof
its tax .......................2 2. .s3s sss ss4 %
I9l9-Income and excess prof
its tax ....................... 1856 oos, 7os 10
The number of corporations max
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ONwash Ireland Menae' over
meoers Tn"
who the Irish ship Of stars
soon
~, snd anids enthusiastic
oP re S shows at the castle In '
wasah a
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Where Your Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends Your Money
in Conducting Your Business
By EDWARD G.LOWRY

Author BANKS Financial Contributor
Authority National Methods
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AreYou a aSmoker
In This Club?

emake it practice not to harp ON
what good pipe-tobacco Edgeworth
is. We know that pipe-smokers like
to form their own judgement.
Here is one who has formed his own
judgement:
CROWN MARGARIN COMPANY
Park & Virginia Aves.
St. Louis. U. s. A
Hot Springs, Ark, Oct 4. 1920.
Larus & Bro. Co..
Richmond, Va.
Gentlemen:
have been a user of Edgeworth for
over three years and during that time
/ haps never yet met its equal IN
flavor, smoothness and high quality.
Occasionally it happens that | am
unable to get Edgeworth in my travels,
SO l change to cigars until l get in a
town where it is to be had.
Last week / ran out of tobacco and
was unable to replenish my supply. So
bought another brand of tobacco in
its place.
went into a cigar store upon my
arrival here and when got my hands
on a can of Edgeworth, it made me
think of Briggs cartoon, "Ain't il
Grand an Glorious Feelin'?" 1t was
like meeting an old friend.
Put me down as permanent
member OF the Edgeworth Satisneo
Smokers Club.
Yours truly.
(Signed) J. A. Pierce
General Representative
CROWN MARGARIN COMPANY
Como Hotel, Hot Springs. Ark.
This man tried cigars; he tried out
St least one other brand of pipe-to-
bacco. He was so glad to lay hold of
Edgeworth again that he sat down
and wrote us how good Edgeworth
smoked.
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We have never
told you that Edge
worth hasn't an
equal for flavor,
smoothness and
high quality. But
we are more than
willing to let one
of our customers
: tell you that.
n Do you smoke
a pipe tobacco
that no other
4 can take the
, place Of? If not,
we would be
glad to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-24
WOMAN ASSAULTED
IN CRITICAL STATE
Describes Assai|ant as COL
0red Man Who Attacked
Her in Stable.

Miss Agnes M. Hawken, between
thirty and thirty-five years Of age. is
IN serious. though not critical con-
dition today, while officials and small
groups of Fairfax county citizens are
securing the vicinity of Jackson City,
about three miles from Mclean, Va.
In search of a colored assaiIant, who
last night between $40 and o'clock
attacked and criminally assaulted
her.
Miss Hawken. until this morning,
was unable to speak of the occur
renee. Shortly after the arrival Of
Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg. the
Washington fnger-print expert. how
ever. she was able to give a partial
incidents surrounding the attack. She
was able to state her assailant was
a colored man.
Several Are Suspected.
AS soon as the description was OBJ
tained Assistant Commonwealth At
torney Wilson Farr of Fairfax coun-
ty. with Police Magistrate Clifton
Laughlin. Sheriff ]. X. Allison and
Deputy Sheriff Carl Mcintosh, imme-
diately instituted a search for three
or four more suspects. The first
house to which the sheriff made his
way was one about 500 yards from
the home of Miss Hawken. the resi-
dence of a colored man. He had dis
appeared and could not be found, and
his wife also was not at the house.
The search will continue through
out the afternoon for other suspects.
The story which Miss Hawken told
Detective Sanberg was as follows:
Describes Assault.
She got off the car at Jackson sta
ton at $40 o'clock last night on her
return from work at the government
printing Office. She made her way
home and had eaten supper, when she
made a trip to the barn to look after
the cows and horse. She was not
molested during this first trip TO the
barn. She returned there short
time later. however. after having
washed the dishes, and Immediately
after entering the man sprung upon
her back from feed box in which he
had hidden himself.
who are you" asked Miss Hawken.
She recalled this question distinctly,
showing that she was absolutely un-