The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1909 Page: 2 of 10
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FOR AN EMERGENCY
PRESIDENT TAFT EXPLAINS POSI-
TION ON INCOME TAX.
Oeclares Emphatically He l& Not In
Favor of Its Imposition at Once,
Though He Would Have
States Indorse It.
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VSHINGTON. In the novel
of "Ivanhoe," Isaac the
Jew tells the knight that
he knows it is the custom
of the Christians to put on
pilgrims' garb and to walk
barefooted for miles to
worship dead men's bones.
There Is something of a
sneer In Isaac's tone and
Ivanhoe rebukes him with
a truly heroic, "Dlasphem-
' I don't know how many
thousands of Americans go yearly to
Mount Vernon to pay a visit to the re-
pository of a dead man's bones, but
the number is something enormous.
If George Washington never had
lived at Mount Vernon, never had vis-
ited there, never had died there, and
bad been buried in the antipodes there
would be excuse enough for the visits
to the place of seventy times seven
the number of the pilgrims who go
yearly down the Potomac to stand on
the towering hill and to look off down
the valley.
It is with an utter shame that It
is confessed that after four years'
residence in Washington one man
American born and with some lurk-
ing pride of patriotism In his make-
up never until recently went to the
place where the lather of his coun-
try and the exponent of the American
school teacher's ideal of truth lies
buried.
Mount Vernou is the ultimate ob-
ject of the voyage down the Potomac.
There are other objects every paddle-
wheel siroko of the way, for the hills
on either side are hills of rare beauty
crowned with trees that saw the rev-
olution nnd that in the fall are wear-
ing the raiment which belongs to the
kings of the forest.
On the boat going down there was
s young German gentleman, who had
married an American wife. He was
much more interested in the beauty
of the Potomac's banks and in the
history of the country beyond the
banks and in the life history of
fJeorge Washington than was she.
The German asked his American wife
if George Washington was born at
Mount Vernon. She answered that
tie was; which he wasn't, not by
many miles. He asked her manj-
other questions, to each and every
buLwith unerita* inaccuracy, she
traveled American
one of which.
made answers. This was
girl. There Is n fairly well-grounded belief that
she met and captivated her German husband
while she was doing Europe In an automobile or
mat. rhapsodizing on the Rhine.
Some day, perhaps—vedy likely, in fact—she
will go back to her husband's land and will
listen to his telling of his American trip, and in
the enthusiasm of the nature which he made
manifest on the Potomac he will tell the "his-
toric truths" concerning George Washington
which he learned from his American wife.
It may be that some of the Germans who
know something of the life of the American gen-
eral who was the friend and fellow soldier of
Steuben will come to think, as some Americans
have come to think before this, that a little
American history might be included in the course
of study of the average American girl, and that
not a dollar should be spent on her passage
money to Europe until she knows without stop-
ping to think whether It was Georgu Washington
hi Abraham Lincoln who crossed the Delaware,
and who, something later, forced the surrender
of Cornwallls at Yorktown This may seem to
be a matter that is beside (he mark, but. while
(he listener had none too thorough a knowledge
of American history, there were gome things
said on the boat plying down the Potomac that
if they had been snid by an eighth-grade school
boy ought to have brought him a flogging.
Mount Vernon has been written about by
pretty nearly everybody who has ; een the place,
it hasn't fallen to the lot of everybody to see It
in the fall. It is a noble place, a fitting resting
ground for the first American.
it seldom falls to man's lot to sc. su--h he-
roic trees. There is a giant oal: which stands
sentinel over the first burial place of W i-hiug-
ton. The body was removed from the base of
the oak about Tr. years ago. It never should have
been removed.
It Is said that Washington selected the place
where his body now lies and left instructions
that one day the change of sepulcher should be
made. The oak which guarded the first grave
must have been standing for three centuries.
The view from the place is inspiring enough to
enkindle the eyes of a dead man. The view from
the new tomb is fine in its way. but it is as noth-
ing to tho grand sweep of river, hilltops and for-
ests which moves before the c-ye from the place
where Washington slept for 30 years.
Hundreds of visitors go to -Mount Vernon
daily. They peer into the tomb and then
straightway go to the house. There is an Inter-
est, of course, which must attach to any of the
belongings of Washington, but it seems to be a
legitimate matter of regret that of the thousands
who go to Mount Vernon the Interest in the mir-
ror which Washington used when he shaved and
in the spoon with which he ute his porridge, if
he ate porridge, is far greater than in the forest
'.rees under which he walked and in the garden
whose hedges of formal cut were planted with
his own hand.
Indoors at Mount Vernon everything Is dead;
outdoors everything Is alive. The forest and
garden are instinct with Washington; the con-
tents of the house are as dust.
There Is a real interest, however, in the
library of the old home. In the wain the books
are simply copies of those which were on the
shelves in Washington's time. The originals, as
I understand It, are In several libraries of the
country There are two originals, however,
which are open at the title page, so that If the
light be good. ou< may read Washington's name
writt< u in his own hand and the title of the book
word "Sentimental."
wonder was, and the
light was responsible for its remain-
ing a wonder. If the father of his
country had not iu his quiet hours
been reading "A Sentimental Jour-
ney." If the gentle Martha had
peeped into the pages and had re-
proved tieorge because of what she
saw there one can Imagine his ready
answer that the book was written by
a holy priest of her own chosen
church.
The man with the megaphone on
the Washington "rubberneck" wag-
ons tells his audience of passengers
as they roll by the Metropolitan club
house: "This is the club of the nobs."
In another minute, as the big sight-
seeing bus passes another clubhouse
the megaphone man says: "And this
is the club of the cranks."
"The club of the cranks," as this In-
formation howler calls it, is the Cos-
mos club, and a most interesting or-
ganization it is. Its membership is com-
posed of scientists, some physicians
and clergymen, a few lawyers and
two or three newspaper men. The scientists are
in the great majority.
It costs a pretty penny to join the Metropolitan
club and to pay the dues and to live the life of
the organization. The initiation fee at the Cosmos
club is rather small, and the dues are light, but
there are scores of members of the Metropolitan
club, "the club of the nobs." who willingly would
pay twice or thrice the Metropolitan's initiation
fe« and the Metropolitan's dues if the expenditure
could gain them admission to the club where the
"cranks" foregather.
Kvery Monday night is called "social night" at
the Cosmos club. Of course the clubhouse is open
at all times, but on Monday evening the members
make a special effort, to b
always a large gathering in the great, sweeping
rooms of the house where once lived Dolly Madi-
In the light of extensive and widely
varying speculation regarding the at-
titude of President Tuft toward the in-
come tax. it is gratifying to note that
In his speech at Portland. Ore., he set
forth his views with a directness
ivhlcn leaves no doubt as to where he
i stands Following his discussion of
| the corporation tax. the president
! said:
"I am not in favor of levying an in-
come tax such as that which was pro-
vided In the bill, in times of peace 1
am not in favor of it because I think
it will prove to be too inquisitorial as
to individuals, and 1 think it will be
j found also that It puts a premium on
I perjury, so that the gentlemen whom
you are especially after when you levy
j an Income tax will escape, and only
those which are too conscientious will
pay more than their share. In times
of dire need it is necessary that It
(the government) should use such a
tax. objectionable as it Is in certain
of Its features, and. therefore, I hope
it will pass the states."
The president's declaration must set
at rest the allegations that he favors
the imposition of an Income tax at
once, if the constitutionality of such a
measure shall have been confirmed by
the adoption by three-fourths of the
states of the amendment submitted by
the present congress.
The president's self-defined position
does, however, raise a decidedly in
Jeresting question. If, as he hopes
the federal government is authorized
to impose an income tax, how long
will it be before it is compelled to do
so? Mr. Taft believes the federal gov
eminent should enjoy the right to in
j pose such a tax in emergencies. On
the other hand, he would regard th
' exercise of that right under normal
! conditions as bad because, as he ex
| plains, it would put a premium
perjury and would probably prove im
possible of equitable assessment. And
i yet the strength of the advocacy of an
income tax as a normal method of
raising revnue was clearly demon
; strated In the session of congress re-
cently adjourned. So great was that
strength that at one time a majority
of the senate was committed to it and,
while there were no figures available,
the leaders clearly appreciated that if
the house had an opportunity to vote
on the question it would adopt the tax
by a large majority. The actual adop-
tion of the tax was prevented only by
the Influence which the president him-
self exerted to secure the enactment
of the corporation tax as a substitute.
I a part of which influence consisted of
the argument that to re-enact an In-
come tax without the authority of a
constitutional amendment would con-
stitute an affront offered by the legis-
lative to the judicial branch of the
government. The adoption of the con-
stitutional amendment would, of
course, destroy the force of that argu
merit and thus detract materially from
the president's intluence to prevent
the imposition of an income tax.
while the action of three-fourths of all
the states in conferring on the federal
government the power to impose such
a tax would inevitably strengthen the
position of those who favor it.
EFFECT Or "l....lr"F ON PRICES
ipossibility That Reduction of Dut.es
Should Result In Immediate |
Price Reactions.
Tariff reformers need frequently to
be reminded that the tariff is only sue
of many things that influence the
prices of commodities. By harping
too much upon the efTect of duties :is
a tax on the consumer, they give rise
to the expectation that a reduction of
duties must be immediately followed
by a reduction of price—an expecta-
tion very often disappointed.
There can be 110 doubt that the duty
upon hides increased the cost of im-
ported hides, and allowed a correspond
Ing addition to the price of domestic
hides. The removal of the duty was
thus an advantage to the American
tanner. Other things being equal. It
woulH reduce the cost of American
leather, and the import duty upoa
leather being also reduced, there is an
enlarged opportunity for competition,
which might be expected to reduce
the price
Thus far the reasoning is clear. But 8aid:
Comment of Old Salt That Took Con-
siderable Starch Out of
City Man.
The city man on his vacation at
the seafaring village down east wel-
comed the rain one day because now
he could appear In that suit of yellow
oilskins with the saucy, salty sou'
wester.
Thus attired, and with 11 pipe slewed
in his jaw he swaggered down the
beach. He approached a retired cap-
tain of the old American merchant
marine —a real oldtimes. who eyed
him amusedly. The city man in the
oilskin disguise felt conscious ol the
seafaring man's scrutiny, and laugh-
ingly gave himself a hitch, looked
alow and aloft, spat to leeward and
pulled an imaginary forelock.
The old shellback looked him over
carefully again, but never cracked a
smile. But alter a long silence, as if
he had thought over the matter quite
thoroughly, he turned to the city man.
took the pipe from his mouth, and
All ye need now 's a wooden leg f
be a reel adm'ral!"
suppose the demand for leather to In-
rease more rapidly than the produc-
tion. and the demand for hldos more
rapidly than the supply. The price
could not be raised as fast or as far j
as under the protection of high duties. j
but it does not follow that It would ;
not be raised at all. If it Is true, as is }
asserted and as appears probable, that .
the revival of ail kinds of industry has j
created a greatly enlarged demand for |
leather In all forms, even beyond the
general ratio of increase, it is evident j
that we have influences to consider to ,
which the tariff can be only secondary j
The uses of leather have increased j
enormously of late years nnd in many |
fields. Even the automobile Is said to j
have made an appreciable difference. 1
People are wearing American shoes |
all over the world who never wore 1
shoes before. It may safely be con-
cluded that if the duties on hides and
leather had not been reduced, all
prices would have been raised to the j ^nHng tho summer. Pew people know
highest possible figures. The "re- j bow valuable It Is in dyspepsia, catarrh,
vision" has checked an artificial ad- j and as a goneral tonlc.
vance It is also demonstrated that | Many,hollslindp0undaot this root .ire
the reduced duties are more than ade- j nsel fach year in tho famous catarrh
quate Cor all desirable protection. j romedy)peruna. This fact explains why
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Golden Beal, the root of tho above
plant, is a very useful medicine. Many
people patlicr It in our rich woodlands
progress in the Merit oystem.
When compulsory civil service re-
form laws were first Introduced they
needed to be guarded from abuses by
certain strict provisions. In making
examinations the test for appoint-
ments and in eliminating elasticity
; from the system, no one could say an
ideal method of appointment was be-
\ Ing established, but only that a great
j improvement was being made over
] old methods and that the very Inelas-
ticity was necessary ill order to give
1 the new system a fair start In the
struggle for existence.
Now, alter ten or fifteen or twenty
years of experience, the time has
come when the rigid barriers may to
some extent be relaxed. The old
spoilsmen enemies of the merit sys-
tem naturally sneer at the change,
hut, nevertheless, what is happening
Is strictly logical and marks distinct
advance. If it has become possible to
facilitate the discharge of incompe-
tent employes without too much red
tape, that is one gain. If, as has just
happened in New Y'ork state, a reduc-
tion in the weight given to formal ex-
aminations can be made all along the
line and a corresponding increase
made In the weight given to experi-
ence as judged by tho appointing
power that Is another gain. At the
Judge Gaynor's Pose.
Judge Gaynor. the Tammany candl- |
date for mayor of New York, Is con-
ducting one of the freakiest cam-
paigns in tho whole history of queer-
streak politics. He is the willing
nominee of the Tammany organiza-
tion. but continues to harangue
against municipal corruption and 'o
discourse in general upon the exceed-
ing sinfulness of all the arts and
methods by which Tammany has been
accustomed to win elections and to
thrlvo upon the boundless opportunl-
tiesfo r graft that have followed the
various winnings. He is the nominee
of an organization that has made po-
litical crookedness a science, but con-
tinues to point with pride to "my life
record and my life work for good gov-
ernment and lo destroy low and cor-
rupt government" without an appar-
ent touch of embarrassment at tho
ridiculous pose in which be is placed.
A candidate of Tammany hall preach-
ing reform in politics is somewhat in
the same classification of that notorl-
ousin dividual who upon occasion and
to subserve his own ends is supposed
to rebuke sin.
The Tammany candidate has even
made the spectacular play of sending
tack money which was forwarded to
him for campaign purposes. Possibly
that $1,000 check which a Itrooklyn
merchant sent directly to the Judgo
through the mail was for the very pur-
pose of giving him an opportunity to
write a letter declaring "I have de-
cided not to uso a dollar In this elec-
tion." Even in the primary which re-
sulted In the nomination of Justice
Gaynor. Tammnny influences were ac-
cused by several of the New York dai-
lies with having stuffed the ballot-
boxes to assure the election of cer-
tain convention delegates And to
think that the candidate of an organi-
zation that couhl resort to such meth-
ods is opposed to the using of a dollar
to pomote his candidacy! Gotham
must be growing pretty solemn If It
is not touched by the gayety of such
a situation.
everybody uses Peruna for catarrh.
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They don't intrude "shop" upon you in the
Cosmos club. The members are a genial body of
men and they have many guests from all parts of
the world. They find out what the guest likes to
talk a^out and then some one who knows the sub-
ject is promptly Introduced to him. There are few '
world subjects upon which you cannot get au I
expert opinion in the Cosmos club.
The members, of course, have their hobbies j
and they ride them In one corner of a room there |
will be an astronomical group, and there will be 1
another corner with a fish group and another cor
ner with a bird group and another corner with. It
may be, a mushroom group. It isn't all science. -
how ever, in the Cosmos club. The members play
billiards and pool and bridge, and they have a tine
time of it generally and at 110 great expense, for
it is one of the hard facts 01 earth that men de-
voted to science have little money. Learning
doesn't bring high pay in the market.
present and there is | ,tart guCh provisions would have
been sources of weakness, not
strength.
In New York state the development
has gone to a point at which the civil
service commissioners, instead of con-
cealing information in a way still
mown to occur in some places, are
giving it the largest publicity. At this
Taft's Antipodal Critics.
Taft is the type of statesman who
incurs criticism from both the oppo- 1
site extremes of opinion.
He Is too conservative for the radl- ■,
cals, and too progressive for the ultra-
conservatives. He may be defined as j
a progressive conservative. He is the
man who thinks hard before speaking; j
looks before leaping; and wants to be ,
reasonably sure he is right before go- |
ing ahead.
The business world, big business
and little, employers and employed, .
breathed a sigh of relief when he was ;
elected. The labor world felt that !
while there might under him be less
vociferous Hp service to the "square
deal," there would be more of tho
real article all around. It had dlsfov
ered that while threatening and alarm-
ing capital might be good fun for the
gallery, It was death for work and
wages.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Easily forestall-
ed, if not prevented by-
having all the walls
Alabastined during
vacation. All germs
killed when you use
The Sanitary Wall Coating
Alabastine Is suitable for use on plastered
walls, wood ceilings, brick or canvas.
Alabastine is an alabaster powder
ready to mix with cold water and apply
with a wall brush
Try it.
Al! dealers.
Taft's Real Constituency.
Ultraconservatlves are disposed to
scold the president for "suggestions of
entirely novel legislation," etc.—as II
it were humanely or politically possi-
ble for a president pledged to carry
on the progressive policies of the
prior administration to act the "stick
in the mud" and the wooden man in
his own administration!
The great bulk of the American
people, those Lincoln called the "plain
people
tremes of radicalism and rust eaten
torylsm; and they are Taft's real con
stituency.
IN VENTER OF GRAHAM BREAD
couM be prevented and totally cured try his theories on himself. After
If the man who wanted alcoholic practicing his preaching for some
| drink would confine himself to a , time he announced In public on vari-
t ' 7. , . r o.,r purely vegetable diet 1 ous occasions he had met with re-
! H>lvester Graham, a native of Sui
Held Conn was the man who in-j He argued in public and private markable results in his own case, and
vented the bread and it has borne his 1 hat by lollowlng up his course 01 detailed the improvement In his con-
' mine ever since I treatment and using only vegetables ; djUon occagloned by bis following a
,... „ of America make Graham was the pioneer "crank" on the diets drunkards could shake vegetable dlet
many loaves of graham bread during |he "heS "uJbituuT craving . 1U' follow8d " hU 8,udlea ulons
tho vear but few of them know the his theories thioughout the countrj.|^ ,It.lnL. the line of dietetics, with the result
histcK-y of this article of food, cor While lecturing under the auspic ,
haVe they ever taken the trouble to ; ..f the Pennsylvania Temperance so-1 Graham was himself In delicate
learn vhy nd how it came to bo lirat! ciety in
Democratic Objective.
Representative Champ Clark, tho
minority leader ir the house, is hearti-
ly In favor of the proposal to hold a |
national conference of Democrats,
similar to the recent Saratoga gather-
ing. He says;
"I think our reverses have only en- '
couraged us to renew our efforts for i
victory, and a conference of tir^ -t |
would prepare the way for harmony
are between the opposite ex-1 nDj enablo
us to subordinate all minor |
issues to the great object of Demo j
cratic supremacy."
What Is that great object If not the
possession of tho governmental pa j
tronage?
Simple Gold
In n HrrlouH thing. Often, In-
deed linn tli** neglect of n weeiu-
Inicly frittlnu eold boen fol-
lowed by dlNUMtroiiH coune-
queneeM.
It Mliould l e borne In mind
perpetually thiil the COLD of
to-dny 1m the < ounuinptlon of
to-morrow.
The InMiKnlfiontit eold In the
untiring pnth tinder of IIiono
deadly dlweunea.
Pneumonia Pleurisy
Brcnchiiis Consumption
They Nturt with n mere eold;
stop It there.
SIMMONS COUGH SYRO?
Will «lo It.
Manufactured b> the
A. C. SIMMONS. JR.. MED. CO.. Sherman. Texai
Sylvester Graham the First to Popu-
larize Article of Diet That
Bears His Name.
America make
Hard to Loosen Tammany's Grip.
The vigor of the assaults made upon
'.he Tammany strongholds this fall Is
expected to stimulate that organiza-
tion's election fraud activities to an
altogether exceptional degree. Cheer-
ful prospect for New York.
ujivud Lb
for gtrong drink.
that he finally advocated a strictly
that state, about lb:i0, he con-1 health at the time he discovered hl.s , vegetable diet us n cure for all the
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Rural Mail Service.
There la not the (lightest probabili-
ty that there will be retrenchment In
the matter of the rural mall delivery.
The value of the service to the farm-
ers may be argued from many view-
The Difference.
In the face of President Taft's re-
peated declarations that economy wll.
be practiced, there appear still greater
demands for expenditures. They art
lor expenditures, however, fcr the
benefit ot future generations and foi
the enriching of the country. The>
are not tho careless, extravagant ex
penditures in the ordinary conduct ol
Thcmpsoii's Eye Water
Save the Baby—-Use
pa*
CURE
Ut ttvt mm TO*
Should be given at once when tho
little one coughs. It heels the del-
icate throat and protects the lungs
from iniection—guaranteed safe and
very pulctahlc.
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