Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — Page 2

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NEW YORK’S EXPENSES

/‘Manhattan was bought from the Indians for $24 worth of trinkets. It will cost $211,115,015 for the city's upkeep in 1917.” Such is the statement with which the New York Sun begins an account of the enormous financial responsibilities which now rest upon New York city. The figure quoted is the amount of the budget approved on November 1, and it represents not extravagance, but,, according to the city’s experts, “cost paring to a degree almost'unsafe.” The total debt of the city is $1,475,572,596.38, and there is an item in the budget calling for almost $70,000,000 to jbe applied to this debt. The city financial authorities charge this to wild oats, claiming that before the present system of budget was introduced, and when political corruption was the rule in New York municipal affairs, the city acquired a great many unnecessary debts. In new .SI,OOO bills, the annual appropriation would fill a box five feet square and five feet deep. It would make a stack of new SIOO bills higher than the Woolworth building, and if it was in $t bills, placed end to end, it would extend three-quarters of the way around the world at the equator. New York spends $6.75 a second to keep itself going, or about $575,000 in every twenty-four hours. Expressed in terms of national expense, it is shown That the debt of New York city is greater than that of the United States, if certificates and treasury stock are excluded. It is more than the combined debts of New York state, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The budget alone is great enough to cover the annual expenditure of Texas, Montana and Alaska, which have a total area of about 1,000,000 square miles, compared with New York city’s 315 square miles. The United States paid a total of $79,990,000 for the Louisiana purchase, the Gadsden purchase, Florida, Oregon, part of California, Alaska, the Hawaiian islands, Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, a total of 2,861,171 square miles, for which an amount was paid equal to about!

one-third of New York city’s annual expense. When Mexico was peaceful and prosperous, and before Canada took a hand in the European war, their combined annual expenses were less than those of New’ York city. Thia year’s budget would have borne the combined annual expenses of Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Norway and Switzerland. Figuring gasoline at 21 cents a gallon——the price which prevailed recently—New York’s annual budget would just meet the gasoline bill of the United States. But it shoplfi also be observed that, according to the latest figures on the cost of the European war, the New York budget would defray the expenses of all parties concerned for only two days, estimating that the war is costing $105,000,000 a day. After the debt is decreased and the interest on it is met. the greatest single item in the expense account is education. This costs the city $ 11,425,000 a year; and, incidentally, the finance committee which makes the budget is more likely to be generous with this appropriation than any other. The police force costs $17,780,000 and the fire department $9 206,000. The department of water and gas costs $6,052,000; charities, $4,351,000; street cleaning, $7,741,000; the health department- $3,335,000, and the department of correction, sl,536,000. In addition there are the hospitals, the docks and ferries departments, the law department, the park board, the civil service board, the courts, and the various city offices and institutions to be maintained. In spite of these huge appropriations, there are many experts who believe that the city’s financial affairs are in better condition than ever. There hag for some time been much agitation for a new court house, but the city fathers, while recognizing the need, 1- ive thought it wise to make the lest of the old one until the debt i> reduced. The increased cost of living has necessitated the raising of salaries in order to hold skilled employes who were being attracted to other fields, and these appropriations have been made without hesitation, but in general the committee which prepares the budget cuts every item as much as safety permits, and in this way the city hopes to reduce the burden on future generations.

A WOMAN IN CONGRESS.

Everything is so uncertain in these close election days that it is impossible to say at this moment whether Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana is to be the first congresswoman or not. At present, however, figures indicate that she is to have that distinction. It is a distinction not altogether enviable. The time will come when women will have due representation in the House and the Senate and will attract no more attention there than they attract by their presence in any delegate convention today. But the first woman in Congress will be an object of special interest to all the other members of the great body and to all visitors, while .to newspaper writers she and her-

proceedings will supply endlees ‘.‘copy.”/’ • t ty-r ' It Is much to be feared that her presence will not be entirely welcome to her colleagues in the House for It Is a truth that many men are not fully educated to the active participation of women in politics and secretly resent it. Therefore, as a pioneer in a place hitherto sacred to the brethren, Miss Rankin may occupy a difficult position. She need not fear lack of civility. Her fellow representatives will be polite to her, but some may not be glad she is there; algo they will probably observe her with needless curiosity and a disposition to criticise. She has a difficult role to fill—that of representing all voting women as well as the. state of Montana. Nothing startling or spectacular, however, is likely to result from her presence in the house. Nothing of the kind has ever manifested itself in Western legislatures where women have figured more or less for a number of years with entire satisfaction to their constituents. But feminine pioneering in politics must necessarily have its drawbacks.— Indianapolis Star.

President Wilson in the recent election received the largest vote ever cast for a candidate for the Presidency, and he received nearly 1,000,000 votes more than were cast for both Taft and Roosevelt four years ago. His gain was three times as much as that of any President running for re-election. Wisdom is a valuable asset, when one has horse sense enough to apply it. Some men work themselves thin trying to sidestep the boss and kill time.

PHILOSOPHY' OF WALT MASON

Every morning John, the granger, looked w’ith sadness on hig corn, for it was in deadly danger, by the hot winds seared and torn. Through the weary weeks he’d tilled it — only nightfall made him stophoping by his toil to build it into something like a crop. It was perishing for water, and the heavens leaked no more; every day was fiercer, hotter, than the day that went before. And it seemed to John, the granger, as he watched hig corn crop go, that henceforth he’d be a stranger to all things but grief and woe. But when once suspense was ended, and he knew the crop was gone, “Next year’s crop may well be splendid, and I’ll bank on that,” said John. “Two bad years don’t come ..together—that would be too fierce, gadzooks! So next year we’ll have such weather as we read about in books.” Thus the buoyant, hopeful mortal rises when the worst is known, to surprise you with a chortle when you're looking for a groan.

NEUTRALS TO JOIN IN TRADE

Will Foiin League to Override Belligerent Restrictions. Washington, D. C., November 13. —Full details of the recent proposal to the Brazilian parliament by the Brazilian Society of International Law for the formation of a league of neutrals to resist trade restrictions and other encroachments by belligerents were made public here today through the official gazette of the Brazilian parliament. The proposed league would consist of all present neutrals, and would spring automatically into effect whenever another war broke out. The society, in an exhaustive report, reviews the constant encroachments by belligerents on neutral trade and urges' the government to take immediate steps to procure the co-operation of all neutrals for the declaration of a uniform series of neutral rights and for their enforcement of the same. Rights suggested are the immunity •of enemy goods under a neutral flag, complete liberty of trade between neutral nations regardless of ultimate destination, freedom from any extra territorial actions such as blacklisting, and the forbidding of any alien to inform a foreign government of matters which might lead to belligerent restrictions. Violations of these rights would be met under the plan, first by the withdrawal by the neutral league of the privileges of friendly treatment for the offending nation, including the trade rights. In case a consular or diplomatic official should be concerned, his credentials would be handed him at Once.

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FROM MELITA TO ROME

Acts SO. 31.—November t». The Journey to Romo Accomplished. Meeting With the Brethren Fresh Evidences of Brotherly Love St. Paul Calls Together the Leaders Amongst the Jews at Rome The Gospel Proclaimed and Expounded. **l am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” —Romans 1:16. eARLY tn the following spring Centurion Julius and his soldiers sailed from Melita with St Paul and the other prisoners, Luke and Aristarchus accompanying the Apostle. The voyage was effected without special incident the landing being made at Puteoli. the seaport of Rome, which is one hundred and fifty miles inland. Here they tarried seven days, the centurion awaiting orders from Rome respecting the disposal of his prisoners. The delay afforded St. Paul an opportunity to meet with a little band of

Christians residing at Puteoli Doubtless he sent word to the Christians residing at Rome, whom he repeatedly declared that he longed to meet and whom the Lord promised that he should meet. The journey to Rome was made on foot. En route the Apos-

tle was frequently cheered by evidences of the Christian love of the brethren. Some of these met him at Appii Forum, forty-three miles distant from Rome; and another delegation met him at The Three Taverns, thirty miles from the great city. Doubtless the brethren came on the journey for their own refreshment and joy, not realizing, perhaps, that the Apostle needed this evidence of love. “In His Own Hired House.'* The fact that there were no charges of an evil character against St. Paul, and the further fact that the centurion who had him in charge during the voyage became his friend, were quite sufficient reasons why he should; not be treated as an ordinary prisoner, but should ,be permitted to live in his own hired house under the care of a soldier to whom he was lightly chained. However, although not permitted to go at liberty, nevertheless he was able to receive his friends and others who called upon him.

It is difficult to estimate how much Divine providence had to do with these arrangements. Moreover, the soldier on guard was changed every few hours, so that probably the Apostle came into close contact with at least six soldiers dally. Thus gradually he probably had contact with the entire imperial guard. Thus many were brought into contact with Christian teaching and example. It Is claimed that through some of these soldiers the Gospel was carried to France, Germany and even Great Britain. St. Paul must have had some financial means. It is assumed that by this time he had come into his patrimony. The Scriptures intimate that Felix held him captive at Caesarea in hope of receiving a bribe for his release, evidently having some information respecting St. Paul's finances. The Lord's servant was not slow in using his God-given privileges. First of all he met the Christian brethren. But, as early as the third day after his arrival, he sent for the Jewish leaders and officers of the synagogues, of which there were seven in Rome.- He desired to give them information at first-hand respecting his presence there as a prisoner and to preach to them the Gospel. He explained that, although a prisoner at the instance of the Jews in Palestine, he was not disloyal to his nation or its customs. He had been pronounced innocent at the Roman Court there, but had been compelled to appeal to Caesar for his safety, although even then he was making no accusation against his countrymen. He then proposed-that gladly would he explain to them the good news that the long-expected Messiah had come. The response was that the Jewish leaders at Rome had received no communication injurious to the Apostle. Then they expressed a desire to hear for themselves what he had to say; for they had heard of this sect and knew that everywhere it was denounced as evfT. If he could say anything favorable to it, they would hear him. “Preaching the Kingdom of God.” On the appointed day the Jews came to hear the Apostle’s Message. From

Preaching the Kingdom.

the First Resurrection and then will begin the work of blessing all. When some refused the Message, the Apostle sought to-influence the believing ones by quoting from the Prophet Isaiah, showing that God had foretold that the majority of the Jews would reject the Message when it should come to them. He did not mean that those deaf to the Gospel would be eternally tormented, but that they would lose the wonderful privilege of becoming joint-heirs with Jesus In His Millennial Kingdom.

En Route to Rome.

morning until evening he demonstrated from the Law and the Prophets that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah; that He is now gathering a Spiritual Seed of Abraham to be His joint-heirs in the Kingdom; and that when this company is complete, they will be glorified in

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Marshal Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborne Fire ChiefJ. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Ward.. Ray JWood 2nd Ward..... Frank Tobias 3rd Ward. Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS ClerkS. S. Shedd 5heriff..............8. D. McColly Auditor...J. p. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott SurveyorM. B. Price C0r0ner........Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor. ..G. L. Thornton Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist W. Marble 2nd Distrist..... ,D. S. Makeever 3rd District. .Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson......Barkley Burdett Porter Carpenter James Stevens..; Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John KolhoffJordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild.. Keener Harvey Wood, jrMarion George FoulksMilroy John Rush., George Hammerton Umon Joseph Salrin Walker Albert S KeeneWheatfield E. Lamson, Co. SupL. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward,' Rensselaer _ •

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