Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1904 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ “From 1894, the last year In ♦ ♦ which the State Board of Tax ♦ ♦ Commissioners was Demo- ♦ ♦ cratic, to 1903, the last year for ♦ ♦ which returns were complete, ♦ ♦ we increased the valuation of ♦ ♦ railroad and other corporate ♦ ♦ property for purposes of taxa- ♦ ♦ tion from $161,256,991 to $195,- ♦ ♦ 830,030, an increase of more ♦ ♦ than 21 per cent, while during ♦ ♦ the same period the valuation ♦ ♦ of farm lands and improve- ♦ ♦ ments was increased from ♦ ♦ $534,551,722 to $596,357,780—an ♦ ♦ increase of less than per ♦ ♦ cent.” From Governor Dur- ♦ ♦ bin’s Anderson speech. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers snd ■■y Pensioners (n Same Class ♦ With Debauchees. <s■ In a speech delivered at 4> <S> Brownwood Tex., on Sept 7th, <S> Senator Joe Bailey of Texas, <t> one of the leaders of the Na- <s> tlonal Democracy and a pros- <3> pective speaker for the Demo- 7 <B> crats In Indiana during ‘ the <S> present campaign, said, as re- <S> ported in the New Orleans Times Herald, a Democratic <s> paper: <> <> “Take qut the debauchers, <£ manufacturers and pensioners, <i> and the Democrats would carry ♦ Indiana by 100,000 majority." > ♦ ♦♦♦♦<»♦>♦♦♦>♦♦♦