Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — Page 2

IE JIM Min MI F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF » JASPER COUNTY J- -jj Lonp Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence fill! Kntered « Second-Class Mall Matter; fiune 8, 1908, at the postoffice-at Rensse- ! her. Indiana, under the Act of March K. 1879. - --J , .. Fabllshfcd Wednesday and Saturday.,. The Only All Home-Print News-; pitper in Jasper County. ADVERTISING KATES Display ............. 12 Inch Display, special position. . . . 15c Inch Beaders, per line first insertion; .5c Beaders, per .line add. insertions. .3c Want Ads—Ope cent per word each insertion; minimum 26c. Special price It run pne or more months. ' Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has . open accounts Card of Thanks—Not to exceed ten lines, sc. Cash with order. All acounts due and payable first of month following publication, except xtant ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted fsr first page. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917

EXCESSIVE TAX ON NEWSPAPERS.

Congress seems to have it in for the newspapers and magazines of the country notwithstanding the fact , that they have made, in most cases, the congressmen what they are, and in drafting the war thx bill publications have come in for an unjust share. In referring to this discrimination the Lafayette Journal says: \ Congress is endeavoring to frame a war revenue bill that is calculated to produce S 1.800.00k.000 to meet the expense of our first year’s participation in the European war. Naturally the burden will fall heavily upon' business interests of every character and there have been vigorous protests against alleged inequalities, and predictions of disaster for certain industries if the proposed tax is not reduced. The Journal believes that the publishers of the country should bear their just proportion of the a-

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war tax and has not protested, with | ized the utterances of many news-] papers, when discussing the injus-; tice that is being meted to news- 1 papers. That which cannot be cured must' be endured, but for the information I o* our» readers ‘we desire to call attention to a few things that will i be of interest to them a little later [ when a great many publicaions will be compelled to increase' their rates 1 or suspend publication. | ■The .newspapers,, and magazines! as well,, are directly taxed no least than five times by the war revenue bill that jvill be enacted within *a ■ day or f wo. First, there is- the ,tax; of -10 per cent that is to be levied! on paper at a time when prices' have nearly doubled as a result of shortage. ’ This tax alsp covers every ' other Item, of manufacture, except labor. Next may be mentioned thp corporation . tax, then the tax On profits, if there are any. 'Next comes the tax bn advertising, and last, but by no means least, i3< the increase in postage rates. . Not content with providing an j increase- in postage,, the ways and ■ means committee has figured out j a plan that makes it impossible j’or publishers to transact, business with any degree of satisfaction, through the medium of a progressive increase in postage rates. For instance, effective July 1. the rate will be 11-6 to 2 2-3 cents per pound, based upon the parcel post zones of distance. . Five months-later the rate rises to 11-3 to 4 1-3 cents, and five months after that another increase becomes effective, making the rate lu, to 6 cents a pound. Seemingly congress cannot comprehend that the newspaper and magazine, subscrintioh business is based upon a yearly contract,' in most instances, and unlike merchandise the price cannot be changed every few days to meet new conditions. Subscription prices, have become largely fixed in the public mind, and the public, which will - pay increased prices for other commodities without much protest, is affronted when subscription rates are increased. One of the best selling magazines was recently compelled to increase its price to meet increased costs of production and news stand sales immediately dwindled kb-almpst nothing. Many publications that could manage to go along without raising prices under the postage that becomes effective July 1 will be compelled to ask more when November 1 arrives, and some that could stand even that raise will be unable to continue at the old price, after the first of March. No doubt many magazines will be compelled to suspend publication. and a glance at the news stands lends strength to the belief that a considerable number of them i could be spared without material j detriment to the public, whatever

the , hardship endured by the publisher. . -r But we arfe firmly of the belief that the news of, the people should not be unduly burdened by taxation. Newspapers „'<}o not make profit on subscriptions and whatever tax is levied should logically be placed upon -the advei;tisipg pages.- . The difficulty of adjusting subscription rates to meet the constantly changing schedules and the injustice of five different taxes upon one line of bu sin ess at the very ■ beginning of, the war should be so self-evident that reasonable men wotild. repudiate even the suggestion of such a thing. !

PROGRESS SLOW BUT SURE

Things are looking better for us across the water this week. The; Russians have a new government in which the /socialists have taken a share in organizinz, and this will tend to make them less radical in their demands. The difference between doing and telling others what to do. or supplying in place Of asking, changes the view of every human being about life’s problems, whether he is in Russia or in the United States. Then the ,new Russian minister of war, a young mam ufacturer, has been applauded by the conventions assembled in Petrograd, that he would insist that the army in the future should be ruled by an “iron discipline” which will mean quite a change from its revolution day condition and may mean an— 1 eventual offensive. The Russians evidently are taking their liberty seriously. They 'are holding meetings and-sending delegates to national conventions to consider national questions and therefore, while the policies of the different classes may conflict, just as those of our parties do, yet there is every hope that in the end they will get together “for Russia” as we do for the United States. On the Western front the battle has continued to be favorable to our side. The Germans are continuing to, use their men to hojd the. English and French in check, which lessens the number left when our men get into the trenches. During the terrific battle of Ypres the English, outnumbered in aeroplanes, machine guns and artillery, were obliged to sacrifice men to keep the Germans from breaking through, and their losses were larger than they have been on these great offensives, therefore it is reasonable to suppose Germany has been hav-

iug the same experience. Counter charging, after having been driven out of their trenches is costly work, arid the German armies, already on tlie .decline, are dashing themselves onto the rocks in ff hope of holding out until their submarines can cori ; quer England—-a- result we have faith they can nbt accomplish. England has almost as much land per inhabitant as Germany arid this year is 'farming it as intensively, and oven yvith diminishing imports will :>e able to feed themselves as long •is Germany.

HOW TO ADVERTISE TO EFFECT

A newspaper advertising solicitor went to a retailer one day to induce him to carry more space in the local paper. He found him painting on the display window with a- brush and some white substance that would wash off easily when dry. . “Oh, I don't know how to write ads,” said the merchant. “You don’t?” countered the solicitor. “Seems to me you are doing a pretty good job of it on your window there.” “But this isn’t an ad; it's just a sign.” "What’s an ad but - *a sign, and what’s a, sign but an ad? If you would write your newspaper ads as easily'and readily as you do those signs you paint on your windows you would get a much larger audience and a greater business.” The merchant saw the point and began to writs his ads about as he would paint something on the window. He learned thereby to write good ads that- pulled business for hint. - Of course, .he could say more in a newspaper ad than he could with a paint brush on his front window, but not much more, and he learned that the first and best thing for him was to have -a real message, and the next thing to tell it as quickly and clearly as possible. That’s about all there is to “How to Advertise,” and still a man may write and ptudy advertising all his life and never get out of the kindergarten when we consider what there is left to know about it.—Business Chat.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

When civil war raged o’er the land, I was but two feet high; yet eagerly I wished ,to stand, a howitzer . in either hand, and for my country die. But sternly then my elders said, “You are too young to fight; don’t think or dream of carnage red, but drop your toys and go to bed, and in that bed sleep tight.” Again I hear of war's alarms', much talk of sturdy blows; the battlefield for me has charms, and I would like to carry arms, an 1 swat my country’s foes. But when I speak of this, my aim, the captains cry, “Nay, nay! You are too ancient for the game; go buy yourself a quilting frame, or help the girls crochet.” So if our battleships shall meet the foe upon the brine, or if on land the armies meet, I may not kill men and repeat, the inglenook is mine. They ought to let the fellow fight who wants to bear a gun, e’en though his kidneys are "not and though his scanty locks are white, and though he weighs a ton. But no, alas’ they choose their men, rejecting able lads, because one fellow has a wen, and one’s too old to fight again, and some wear liver pads.

World Record in Treaties.

Some painstaking person has compiled a list of treaties from 1360 B. C. to 1860 A. D. In those 34 centuries the world achieved 8,000 treaties, and we are told that each of them on the average lasted a little longer than two years. It is as trjie now as it was 1,500 years before the Christian era that treaties are only kept when there is an honest intention among all parties of keeping them.

Flour From Beets.

The sugar flour of northern France is made by pouring fresh beet pulp into the top of a tower of w.arm air, where it passes through a series of gratings rotating one above another, and is delivered into air gradually increasing in temperature up to about 250 degrees Fahrenheit. The product weighs about 25 per cent of the weight of the beets.

Turned White Overnight.

A black cat which was accidentally locked in a safe at Athens, Ge., duplicated the feat of Marie Antoinette and a few other celebrities, if dispatch to-; the Buffalo Express may be believed. When the ’safe was opened next morning' the cat walked out, unharmed, but perfet-tjy white.

Not For Him.

Mrs. Newlywed—-“ Henry, do you remember Jack Watson? Well, he has just been married, and to a girl of ab Solutely no family at all.” Mr. Newlywed (looking . sadly around at the collection of his wife's relatives) — “A-a-a-h-h me! Some men do havt good luck I”

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CHICAUO, IMOIAMAPOLI* * UUUISVILLB ■* RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect February, 1017 NORTHBOUND No. 35 Cincinnati to Chicago 4 :51 a.m. Nd. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01 a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a_m. No. 32 Indianap s to Chicago 10:36 a~m. No. 38 Indiana p’s to Chicago 2:51p.m. No .6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31p.m. No. 3v Cincinnati to Chicago 6:56 p.m. - | SOUTHBOUND No . 35 ' Chicago to Cincinnati 1:45 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville I 10155 a.m. No. 37 • Chicago to Cincinnati | 11:18 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Inaianap's I 1:57 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette) 5:50 p.m. I No. 31 j Chicago to Cincinnati | 7:31 p.m. No. 3 1 Chicago to Louisville | 11:1® p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ’ CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler J 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..............Rdy Wood ... 2nd Ward Frank Tobias ■ 3rd W ard,.. . Frank King At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kresler 1 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 Clerk. Jesse Nichols Sheriffß. D. McColly Auditor.......J. P. Hammond Treasurer........ Charles V. May Recorder..... George Scott SurveyorE. D. Nesbitt Coroner Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. .G. L. Thornton Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist DistrictH. 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 StevensGillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John KolhoffJordan •R. E. Davis.... Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Harvey Wood, jr Marion George FoulksMilroy John Rush Newton George Hammerton - Union Joseph Salrin.Walker Albert S KeeneWheatfield E. Lamson. Co. Bupt.. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward. Rensselaer

TRUSTEES’ CARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address —Rensselaer, Indiana. Second and last Saturday of each month in G. A. Willlm’s law office. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

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