Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1904 — Page 7

| JUGGLING .—-—- ■ ■ Republican Tax Board Reduces ■Assessments on Railroads and Increases Them on Lands. _ ■ Fai rl. ; ’nks. as chairman of the ■ ’ ' w , u; . convention in 1892, de ■’" 1 the new tax law odious, and ■fU-ffiliean platform of that year ■ ' <i.< law as putting unneces■’“burden., upon the farmers. But ■oas not .rious then and has been Eten repeated since, that all the large corporations gathered statisE along their right-of-way to show El tl’f assessments on farm lands - ich low< r than on the railroads, ■S It was on this ground—unequal Erir irate'n -'diat the corporations ■race th. :r fight against the law in the ■rate and federal courts. ■ ne Democrats refused to lower the ■cessments except in cases where it ■ ‘ demonstrated that inequalities ex■isted and when the Republicans came ■into power in 1895 they did not dare carry out their policy of antagonism w the law, much less redeem the promise to repeal it. But they wanted to find away to make the law •‘odious” as Mr. Fairbanks characterized jL and to make it a burden to the farmers, as it had been pictured in tie Republican platform. In pursut“fe of this policy the Republican board of tax commissioners has become an autocrat that defies local judgments and arbitrarily increases local assessments on lands and improvements on lands, till protests are coming up from all parts of the state. The new law provided for a county assessor, who reviews the work of the several township assessors, and established boards of review to finally ■ pass upon the county assessments and I eliminate discriminations. The Dem- j ocratic principle that the people, j through their local officers, should be supreme, was adhered to in the en-; actment of the law and in its admin-. istration, but the Republicans have re-■ versed this rule and in their zeal to' favor corporations and yet meet the ever-increasing expenses of the state government, they are engaged In a seductive policy of reducing from time to time the corporation assessments and increasing those upon lands and improvements. That these statements are not based upon hearsay and that it is easy to come down from generalities to partic-1 ulars, can be demonstrated from the j records of the board of tax commissioners itself. The records for 1904, have not yet been made up, but those for 1902 and 1903 show conclusively the trend of the Republican board. For instance, the reduction of as-, sessments of railroad property in Bartholomew county in 1903 aggregated $33,290, but the assessments on improvements on lands in the same county were increased 50 per cent, thus reducing the county revenue from corporations and Increasing it from the people. In Jackson' county the railroad assessments were reduced $28,890, but the assessments ( on lands were increased 20 per cent. Some of the most flagrant cases of this kind are submitted in the following table: to c. S Per cent of Increase: ® 5 I County. On improve- ► 3 On lands, went on lands. *s* : r • ?! Bartholomew. 50 $33,290 Jackson 20 28,890 Mia ®l 10 60,105 Montgomery.. 10 10,700 Starke 15 50 6,755 Wabash 10 73,525 How It Works. The tariff on tin plate is 1% cents Par pound. In the year 1894 the cusrevenue on tin plate was $9,W 9.175. In the year 1902 the revenue Was $2,997,786. The production of tin Plates for the year 1902 was 819,840,000 Pounds. The col’actable bonus at 1% cents a pound was $12,297,600. Duro? the five years inclusive, 1898 to I’W, the total production of tin plate 3,932.871,040 pounds. The total bonus collectable was $58,993,065.60, yule the total revenue collected by the government was only $11,143,215. a the year 1900 the total capital invested in the tin plate industry was v-7,488,302, and the total wages and Claries were a little over $11,000,000.

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The total number or wage-earners and I people in this industry ar! h J e dlpplng department of! the tin industry the total number of employes is 4,004. This includes wageearners and salaried people. The special bonus of one-fifth of a! cent per pound would give a bonus of $1,355,939.20, which is considerably! more than half of the sum paid in' wages and salaries. Is it any wonder I after reviewing the foregoing statement, that those engaged in this industry should have been able to have reaped a profit in a few years sufficient to have purchased one of the largest railway systems in the United States? It is not surprising when we consider these facts that Mr. McKinley in his last public utterance should have stated that the time had arrived when the protection laws should be revised, and it is not surprising that those who are interested in this class of industry should be so zealous in the advocacy of its perpetuity. Ship Subsidy to Be Revived. Os course Secretary Shaw directly represents the president in his public announcements and speeches. When he spoke at the banquet given by the New York Chamber of Commerce last November at Delmonico’s he was enthusiastic for the ship subsidy steal if no other way could be devised of increasing the merchant marine. As the junketing committee of congress headed by Senator Gallinger has been holding meetings all over the country on purpose to gather evidence in favor of the ship subsidy bill, there is no doubt that such a message will be forced through congress if money and Influence will do tt. President Roosevelt has virtually endorsed the program that Secretary Shaw spoke of with so much favor, and the only means left to stop the steal is for the people to defeat those who voted for It. Nearly every Republican member of the United States senate is on rec- ' ord as voting in Its favor, and several ! of them are candidates this year for re-election, such as Senators Aldrich, [ Ball. Bard, Beveridge, Clark, Depew, i Foster, Hale, Kearns, Lodge, McCumI ber. Proctor. Quarles and Scott. The i bill was not voted upon in the house of representatives. The Republican majority leared the people, but It is claimed that a majority are pledged to do so when it comes up at the next session. Every candidate for congress should be made to pledge himself to vote against a subsidy bill in whatever form it may be presented, and also that members of the legislature ! will not vote to re-elect senators who ■ favored it. It is bad enough to be | plundered by the trusts through the protective tariff, which is an Indirect | form of subsidy, but to rob the people j directly by granting an enormous sub- ’ sidy to the Morgan steamship trust I would be a crowning infamy that the ■ voters should guard against. Shots From the Commoner. “One contribution to the g. o. p. cam--1 paign fund counteracts two federal in I junctions against a trust.” “Popular election of senators will | make the senate a representative body J instead of a political board of trust I directors.” I “The man who talks about ‘granting self-government’ when the subjects are ‘fit for it is the same man who never would go into the water until he learned to swim.” “The coal trust has so much coal on hand that it is compelled to put the miners on half time, r.nd such a small stock on hand that it is forced to elevate the price 10 cents a ton every day or two. The coal trust evidently is not worrying about the ‘shackling ot cunning’ just at present. Many of the Indiana Republicans look upon Speaker Cannon's coming Into the state as a part of a plan to boom Congressman Hemenway for the senate, and the utterances of the speaker in several places indicate that the charge is not unfounded. Friends of Charles B. Landis and supporters of Governor Durbin feel particularly aggrieved at the manifest attempt of Speaker Cannon to boom the First district congressman. Harper's Weekly says that “there can be no denial of the fact that the 1 strongest independent journals of public opinion are lining up for Judge Parker." Commencing June let the G. R Iwill sell 15 day round trip tickets, to northern resorts on G. R. & I

THE AUGUST DEFICIT. ’ll Commenting on the August treasury report the Indianapolis News finds much to be criticised and declares that it is time to retrench. In a lead- ■ mg editorial it says: We now have the story of the I treasury’s operations for August, and ! it shows that the government con-, tinues to live beyond its income. The deficit for the month amounts to , “’42,212. That for July was over $17,000,000, so that the total shortage for the year so far is $23,750,941. Comparing the figures for last month with those for August, 1903, it appears that receipts from customs have fallen off $2,704,000; from internal revenue, $510,000, and. from miscellaneous sources $1,735,000. The total loss in receipts Is. therefore, $4,949,000. The total receipts were $44,903,390. The expenditures for the month were $51,242,603. We have lost about $5,000,000 in revenue and increased our expenditures oy something over $9,000,000. “There is, of course, nothing new to be said about this condition of affairs, for by this time the people are tolerably familiar with it, and no doubt appreciate its significance. Our only purpose is to emphasize the fact that this inadequacy of revenues to meet expenses has come to pass under the operation of the Dingley tariff, which we have been taught to believe was the perfection of human legislation. Os course the administration can do nothing to increase the revenues, for they are fixed and determined. But expenditures can be controlled somewhat. “It seems to us that the time for retrenchment has come. The government is spending too much of the people’s money. We all want and are willing to pay for an efficient and adequate army and navy. But $24,000,000 in a single month for these objects seems to be coming it pretty strong. From this point of view the disappearance of the deficit through on increase of revenue—the expenditures remaining the same—would not greatly help. What is needed is the practice of a rather severe economy, and a realization on the part of those charged with the administration of the government that there is a limit—if not to the wonderful ability of the American people to pay taxes—at least one beyond which the government should not go in imposing taxes and incurring obligations.”

President Roosevelt has the distinction of being the only public man that i ever declared that a cowboy, whom he described as “brutally dissipated” and "riding into saloons and firing pistols right and left,” is a nyich better companion than a small farmer, an agricultural laborer or even mechanics and laboring men. Here is what he said in his book, “Ranch Life and Hunting Trail”: “They are much better fellows and pleasanter companions than small farmers or agricultural laborers; nor are the mechanics and workmen of a great city to be mentioned in the same breath.” Congressman C. B. Landis says In his Delphi Journal that there is no issue between the two parties. That Is a concession that amounts practically to a surrender, for when it comes to a choice between the men representing the two parties, there is such a decided conviction in the public mind favorable to Judge Parker that it is reasonable to presume that his election will come with an overwhelming majority.—Plymouth Democrat Democrats will understand that the wild-eyed statements in the Indianapolis News, the Chicago Chronicle and other Republican papers, to the effect that there 1s dissension in the Democratic party and dissatisfaction with the administration of National Chairman Taggart are creatures of the imagination wholly. The party is united, aggressive and is going to win. That is where the shoe pinches the Republican organs. Isn't It strange that the Republican party when pretending to be the enemy of trusts finds it necessary to employ J. Pierpont Morgan, the greatest of trust organizers, to act as its financial agent? Senator Fairbanks is still afflicted with the hold-on. The limited prospect of the vice presidency ain’t to be considered as in the same boat with present possession of the senatorship. Fearful Odds Against Him. Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such, in brief, was the condition of an old soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Versalles, Ohio. For years he was troubled with kidney disease aud neither doctors nor medicines gave him relief. At length he tried Electric Bitters. It put him on his feet in short order and now he testifier: “I m on the road to complete recovery. Best on earth for liver and kidney troubles and all forms of stomach and bowel complaints. Only 50c. Guaranteed by Blackburn & Christen, Drug ists. Notice to the Public. Cataract and all diseases of the eyes cured without an operatihn by Dr. G Thain. It makes no difference how long you have been blind or how sore your eyes are, you can be cured; also, deafness or hard of hearing can be re. stored. Consultation and examination free. Dr. Thain will return here again and be at the Murray House, Thursday, Sept.Js. NOTICE I will make cider every day until further notice. Respectfully, P. Kirsch. **

"What is Life? In the last analysis nobody knows but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means ; derangement of the organs, resulting |in constipation, headache or liver ! troubles. Dr. King’s New Life Pills ! quickly re-adjust this. It’sgentle, yet thorough. Only 25c at Blackburn & Christen’s drug store. Railroad Notes. Creatore’s celebrated Italian band nt Lake Erie park and Casino, Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, September 17th. Special fares via the Clover Leaf Route Apply to agents for particulars. $27.00 special homeseekers’ rates, via Erie railroad. On August 23, September 13 and 2? the Erie will sell homeseekers’ tickets, good for 21 days, to points in Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian and Oklahoma territories. A. M. DeWese On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and rot ud trip excurson tickets to the west, northwest and southwest at very low rates. Further information, call upon Erie agents or write, C. L. Enos, T , P. A., Marion Ohio. Old Settlers’ Excursion, Tuesday, ' Oct. 4th, via Erie railroad. Round trip will be sold from Decatur to ■ Lisbon, Ohio, for $3.75, Youngs- ■ town, $3.75, Greenville Pa. $4.,75. ' Special train leaves Decatur at 7:01 p . m. Tickets good returning 30 1 days. For further informtion call s on or write O. L. Enos, Marion, Ohio.

Special Homeseekers’ Excursions to the West and Southwest via the Cover Leaf Route, August 23, Sept. 13 and 27, 1904. Lowest rates ever offered. See agents Clover Leaf route. N. B.—Don’t forget the regular Homeseekers’ excursions to the West and Southwest Sept. 1 and 21, 1904. Russia--Japan war altas 10 cents Three fine colored maps, each 14x20; bound in convenient form for reference. The Estern situation shown in detail, issued by The Chicago & North Western R’y, mailed upon receipt of ten cents in stamps by A. H. Waggoner, 22 Fifth^Avenue, Chicago Ills. A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper 42x64 inches mounted on rollers; edged bound in clcth, showing our new island poi sessions. The Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, China, Munchuria, Koorea and the Fai East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kntskern, P. T M., Chicago & North Western R’y, Chicago, 111.

127.50 Hot-Springs, S.D . 30.70 Deadwood and Lead and return from Chicago daily, via the Chicago & North Western Ry. Correspondingly low rates from other points. Tne Black Hills region the great natural sanitarium of the west, is one of the most [.picturesque spots in the world and well worth a visit. Information and tickets can be secured from your home agent. Illustrated Black Hills booklet with valuable map mailed on receipt of 4 oent in stamps by W .B . Kniskern. Chicago. Homeseekers' excursions via South ern railroad in connection with the Queen & Cresent route to certain points in Alabama, Georgia, Florida North and South Carolina, Kentucky. Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia on the first and third Tuesdays in each month —May to November, 1904 nclusive, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus $2 Tickets are good going 15 days, and for stop-overs south of the Ohio River with final limit for return of 21 days from date of sale. On the same dates one way settlers’ tickets will be sold to points in the same territory at one half first-class rates, plus $2 from Ohio River gateways. For rates schedules and full information, call on your nearest ticket agent, or write J. S. McCullough, N. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. To California Tourist Car Service to California. On August 11th the Missouri Pa cific Railway established a daily through tourist oar line, St. Louis to San Francisco. Train leaves St. Louis daily 11:59 p. m. The route is via Missouri Pacific railway to Pueblo, Colorado, thenoe via Denver and Rio Grande to Salt Lake City and Ogden and Southern Pacific to San Francisco and Los Angeles. This is the famous soenio line of the world —through the picturesque Rooky Mountains. The service and accommodations are upto date and personally conducted. Very low rates will bej in .effect from August 15 to Sept. 10th .via Missouri Pacific railway to the

you write us. drnl ire mil nriln ijou lion to yet Dinner Sets. Toilet Sets, (lockl vi<| Chuirs.ffinini) Chairs,Silver ■nare.SidC'botirrts, Kitchen Cabinets. ftVovnsGVunrs.Gouehes.lro-Gafh, Writinn Desks ictj<;lftsffritche.s,Sfiivuig--IDochines.Liice Curtains. Rims.and k'nrior of cost b»j selling our Teas anil Coffees To your friends, We are Tea importers and Coffee roasters selling direct to the consumer,write for GnTnloq.iultlrcss LimuTea Comboni),Ulma Ohio

principal Pacific coast points and return. .“Also low Jrate Colonist one way tickets will be sold from Sept.'JlS tojOtotober 15. For rates information and reservtion of berths, apply to G. A. Deane, Jr., Special Low Eicur ion Rates Via the Clover Leaf Route Seasen 1904. to west and soutnwest Ist and 3rd Tuesday in each month. Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 19th to 25th.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World’s Fair) St. Louis, Mo., April 30th to Nov. 30th. Stop-over Privileges at St. Louis on all tickets to and from the west. Write for rates and particulars to GEO. H. ROSS, Geu’l Traffic Manager, Toledo, Ohio T’ L. Miller, Agt. World’s Fair Route To St. Louis via Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad, Clover Leaf route. Low round trip fares from Decatur as follows: $16.00 round trip. Going any day. Return limit December It. $13.35 round trip. Going any day. Return limit 60 days from date of sale. $12.00 round trp. Going any day. Return limit 15 days from date of sale. $7.30 round trip. Good only in coaches. Going any Tuesdav or 1 hursday. Seven days’ limit. Commencing May 17. Pullman palace sleeping cars, case and free reclining chair cars and through day coaches on all night trains. Buffet and free reclining chair cars and through day coaches on all through day trains. Meals served a-lacarte on through trains. See T L. Miller, agent Clover Leaf route a Decatur, or address George H. Ross General Traffic Mgr, Toledo, Ohio.

THE THING TO DO are in a hurry to leave this heat and flurry, To find a nice, cool spot on mother earth Just take No. 5, and as sure as you’re alivej She will land in a nice, cool berth at Traverse City, Mich•? 914 Petoskey “ 11.12 Bay.Niew, £11.15 Roaring Brook, “ 11.29 Harbor Springs, “ H-36 Oden, 11 - 3& Mackinaw City “ 12.18 Tickets sold at above price will be limited to 15 days for return. Season tickets to these pointe good until Oct. 31st. at one and one-third fare. J. Bryson. THE GREAT SOUTHWEST. MANY SEEKING HOMES WHERE LANDS AR CHEAP AND CLIMATE IS MILD. Low Rates tor Homeseekers and Colonists Twice a Month. Many farmers in the Northern and Eastern states are selling their high priced landsand locating in the Southwest —in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Manv who have been unable to own their homes in the older country are buying land at the low prices prevailing in the new country— J 5, $lO, sls per acre and up. These lands are mostly cut-over timber lands, some of them possessing a deep rich soil prod ucing corn, wheat, oats,clove

cotton, fruit and vegetables. Well improved farms are scattered throughout this country. Many places with small clearings and some improvements can be bought very cheap. Our descriptive literature gives a fairly good idea of this country. It tells about the soil, crops, climate, people, schools, churches, water and health. It contains maps showing locations of counties, towns, Tailways and streams, and gives names and addresses of real estate dealers in the towns. Red need rates for homeseekers and colonists are in effect first and third Tuesdays of each month, byway of St. Louis. Cairo or Memphis and the Cotton Belt Route. Let us s< nd you our literature and quote vou rates. Address E. W. Laßeaume, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Cotton Belt Route, St. Louie, Mo.

Arkansas Texas Louisiana An ideal country for cheap homes. Land at $5 $lO. sls, acre; gro»s corn, cotton, wheat, oats, grasses, fruits and vegetables. Stock ranges 10 months in the year. Southeast Missori, Akansas, Louisiana and Texas are full of opportunities — the climate is mild, the soil is rich, the lands are cheap. Low home-seekers’ rates —about half fare —via the Cotton Belt twice a month — first and third Tuesday. For descriptive literature, maps and excursion rates, write to LO.SCHAEEER, T. P. A. Cotton Belt Route CINCINNATI OHIO.

New Fast Electric-Lighted Train Q through. solid without change between Chicago, Superior and Duluth, with H all modern devices for the safety Mi and comfort of patrons. Buffet S smoking and library car. Booklovers B Library, Fullman drawing-room H sleeping cars, free reclining chair ■ cars and day coaches and excellent H ala carte dining car service. B Electric lighted throughout, with ffl individual reading lamps in every ■ berth. K Leaves Chicago 10.00 p. m. daily. ■ Pullman sleeping cars and free ■ reclining chair cars to St. Paul and ■ Minneapolis also on this train. I > The BeJt of EVerf thing. ■ A. H. WAGGENER. Traveling Agent. T 22 Fifth Avenue. Chicago, 111. g ■ I ra« Wmmbhmhmbhbmhbm: