The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1906 Page: 4 of 6
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CIGAR EDITORIALS —No. 11
It makes no difference what kind of a cigar you like —
whether mild, medium or strong; whether a domestic, Havana-
filled or clear Havana—there are four fundamental features that
it must have, to satisfy you.
First — Is “mellowness.” You want a cigar that smokes
smoothly, without any raw or bitter taste.
Second — You want a cigar of developed fragrance — one with
some taste to it, whether that taste be mild or strong, rich, or
delicate.
Third—You want a cigar that burns slowly, but evenly, wiih
the last whiff as good as the first.
Fourth — You want a cigar you can trust — one that you
will be sure is just as good to-day as it was a month or a year ago.
All these four fundamental features are positively guaranteed
you by the “A” (Triangle A).
Your personal choice as to character or price you can make
for yourself.
No one c'gar will suit all tastes. There are many “A” (Tri-
angle A) brands, and among them you are sure to find the cigar
you want. Make a test of any or all these. Many examples of
“A” (Triangle A) quality are already familiar to smokers —far
instance, among the brands sold at 10c. is the Cantwell Club.
One of the most popular “A” (Triangle A) productions is the
Anna Held
Cigar—5 Cents
This cigar is of a quality that would have sold for at least
3-for-25c. before the introduction of “A” (Triangle A) processes.
L.
AMERICAN CIGAR CO., Manufacturer
PLATTER TOBACCO CO., Distributer
THE “TRIANGLE A"
Mark
Stands for Honest CigGi Value*
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The
Initiative
uml Referendum
illy l.i*i
vU r Post in Tlo* Publlcl
Hut that would lie an ideal sy s
tom for making intelligence the
condition of suffrage 'that the
suffrage ought to he limited to
the intelligent may be granted.
But that any class of citizens
should disfranchise others by
labeling them “unintelligent” is
repugnant to republicanism,
whether the republicanism be
representative or democratic.
Each citizen should be bis own
disfranehiser. He should be his
own judge of his own intelligence
at each election as to each ques-
tion of public policy on which a
difference of opinion is sufficient-
ly pronounced to call for a show
of hands And this self-judg-
ment is what the initiative and
the referendum would demand
of all citizens.
Nor should we overlook in the
same connection the influence of
the initiative and the referendum
in promoting and extending civic
intelligence. For it is civic in-
business in-
said to have I telligence, that is needed for
[ good government. The kind of
(Continued from lii-t Issue i
The whole question of rep re
sentative in contradistinction to
democratic republicanism, in tin*
American sense at any rate, may
be reduced to one proposition:
Representation which does not
tend toward democracy, is not
truly republican. There is a
radical difference between repre-
sentation of the people and abdi-
cation by the people. The true
American spirit in this respect
was expressed by a Swiss demo
crat, Felix Diog, when in the con
stitutional assembly of the Can
ton of St. (Jail in 184a, lie said:
“The people are sovereign. The
people,and tin' people only,should
exercise supreme power. Their
will should be law. Sovereignty
cannot be delegated. A sove-
reign who aets only through j telligence, not men
delegates may
abdicated.”
Is it objected that tin people j intelligence that is developed by
are not intelligent enough to be, the principles of “cent per cent”
trusted with this supervisory | and the experiences of “the
power? Or is it argued that they merry chase for elusive dollars,” i
would be apathetic, because in Uniy be competent to deal with
American experience the voting questions of private policy, but
in candidates is larger than on it is not the best kind for deter-
questions of public policy? These mining questions of public policy,
objections nullify each other. Qnly active participation in pub
The argument that the people are lie affairs, with a sense of per-
apathetic takes into consideration sonal responsibility, can develop
only the unintelligent who ne-; this civic intelligence; and under
gleet to vote, ignoring the public the initiative and the referendum
spirit of the intelligent who do j that participation would be open
vote. Those who do vote are not to every citizen. If there is a
apathetic; they prove it by vot- deficiency of civic intelligence
est in the mere personality of
candidates? A degree of inter-
est in the personality of candi-
dates is indeed until raI and whole
some; but the custom of invest
ing them when elected with lull
legislative power disturbs the
civic equilibrium. Considers
tions relating to person, party or
class, confused with an intermix
ture of public questions, tend to
distract the voter when he has to
choose bet ween one candidate for
irresponsible legislative power
and another. Not infrequently,
therefore, he votes for the candi-
date who will misrepresent him
on some questions, because he
prefers that candidate for per-
sonal or party reasons, or as his
representative on other ques-
tions, or it may be for his effi-
ciency in the business details of
public life. This would not occur
if the voter were able when vot-
ing for the candidate of his choice
to instruct or overrule that can-
didate by mandatory initiative or
referendum on questions of pub-
lic policy regarding which they
disagree. Neither would the re-
verse of this any longer occur.
It not infrequently happens now
that voters prefer a bad rep re
sentative who will represent them
truly on a dominant issue, to a
good one who opposes them on
that issue. And shall we con-
demn voters for making such x
choice of evils, when we offer
I in the last analysis they do rule:
j it is whether they shall rule with
a minimum of friction or with a
maximum of ohsi ruction
I whether their gown mi nts shall
! respond to their will quickly and
j without disorder, or sluggishly
land with culminating upheavals.
What a glorious response to
t Ids question was that of Norway
and Sweden. Had the people’s
! representatives in those coun-
tries decided the dispute, a de-
! instating war might have result-
led with its aftermath of interna-
I ti nal hatred. Hut when the
j people of Norway were allowed
to decide directly through ref
I erendum, peace was assured and
| internationaI friendship followed.
Always and every where the prin-
ciple works with similar effect.
The greatest advances in govern-
! ment are where political forms
j make government sensitive to
j the popular will.
In the United States, for in-
stance, the popular will sways
government as it,does not and
cannot in Russia. The people of
| the United States live under po-
j litical forms that admit at fre-
<1 uent intervals of ^ xpressioms of
| their opinion. These forms for
I the most part are, indeed, crude
| and defective; but for ascertain-
ing and executing the people’s
j will Russia has i.o forms at all.
Consequently, although the peo-
| pde of Russia do govern, in the
I sense that Russia is what her in-
! habitants allow her to be, yet the
| obstacles in the way of their ac-
tion have been such as to make
theii influence upon government
so remote that it could l e exert-
ed for progress only through
"conspiracies and revolutions.
Governii ent n the United States
is, there-fore, more truly than in
Russia. g"\a rmuent by the peo-
ple. But in this respect Anieri
can government yields to British
government. The ‘'responsible
system” dominant in Great Brit
I ain and her autonomous colonies,
under which important questions
- are promptly though imperfectly
referred to the people, and an
I administration in comparative
harmony with the people's ver
| diet comes into power as soon as
j that verdict is rendered,puts the
i British government more direet-
I ly under popular control than
j any other great government on
i the globe.
Besides the direct effect of
| democratic forms in strengthen-
ing popular checks upon govern-
ing agencies, there is the secon-
dary effect which l have already
mentioned. It is of even greater
importance, considered by itself,
them only the alternative of vot- j than the tlirect effect. This is
ing lor a bad candidate or a bad
polic.v ?
Not only would the initiative '
and the referendum tend to en-
hance the civic intelligence of all1
citizens -even those citizens of
the slums whose civic intelligence
the tendency of democratic f nuns
to vitalize the civic spirit of the
people. The more democratic
the forms, the more general and
vital will civic spirit become If
it is true that a people make their
government and as a primary
is almost nil, and those infinitely .. . . .,
, . . , conception it is true- then it is
more dangerous citizens of the! _ , .......i,,,* u„ (i,,,;
business world whose civic Su-
ing. Neither are they unintelli-
gent, except by the frail test that
he who is with us is intelligent
and he who is against us is not.
What, then, does the apathy ar-
gument lead to but the conclusion
that the initiative and the refer-
endum would operate automat-
ically to disfranchise the unin-
telligent?
now, who can deny without bet
ter tests than we have yet had
that it may lit* due to that abuse
of our representative system
! which transfers the voter’s re
sponsibilit.v to his legislative
representatives, and tends to
transmute his natural and whole
some interest in questions of
■ public policy into a morbid inter
Rainy Days
Gome
To mid every one some-
time. Afterward^ SOME show
the effects of tlie rain.
Some Don't
Those that don't generally have
a little stored awny against the
arrival of that damp period.
Have you ?
If not, now is a good time to
start. Take a little stock in the
Chandler Building
& Loan Association
and add some to it every month
and you will he surprised at its
growth. If you have a start in-
vest it and let it grow No use
to let It stand still Everybody
can get ahead who wants to
telligence is hardly better than a
mere reflection of their own busi
ness interests not only would;
.all civic intelligence improve in
I this clash of mind with mind in j
rendering direct and responsible
judgment on questions of public
polic.v. but the fidelity of public j
servants would be vastly im-1
proved. For is it not true that
the more directly we bring gov-
ernmental machinery within the
influence of public opinion the
better the government tends to
become? Such at any rate seems
to be the impressive lesson of all
political experience.
That every government springs
from the people is no speculative
theory. It is an observed fact.
No matter what may be the forms
| of government, the people rule
everywhere. But if they are so
far removed from the machinery
! of government that they can en-
force their rule only by revolu-
tion, their governing agents be-
come despotic and corrupt. And
to the degree that they are so
1 removed, to that degree
no less true that by reaction their
government helps to mold their
civic character. Democratic
forms of government tend to
make the spirit of the people
democratic; despotic forms tend
to make the spirit of the people
disorderly.
iContiniHMl next week >
Old-fashioned
Paint
The good paint which
lasted so well a generation
and more ago, was simj ly
pure white lead and pt.-.c
linseed oil. Paint made 11
these two ingredients alone
is just as good to-day as it
ever was.
The only point is to buy
a brand which you can
rely on.
Collier
Pure White Lead
(Made by the Old Dutch Process)
is guaranteed perfectly pure.
It has the reputation of
years behind it.
If your dealer will not
supply you, it will pay you
to write to us.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
Clark Avenue and loth Street, St. Louis, Mo,
For sale by first-class dealers.
leaves a net profit of five million,
two hundred and eighty seven
thousand, three hundred and
seventeen dollars for the eleven
month-.
The additional month will make
their total net profits fir the year
at least five million, seven hun
dred thousand dollars
Now, there is a little less than
twenty-seven hundred ndh s of
the M. K it T railroad system.
Hence this year the average net
profits per mile are twenty-one
hundred and ten dollars.
Now. reader, what should a
mile of railroad which earns a
profit of twenty-one hundred and
ten dollars peryearafter deduct
ing all expenses, repairs and im-
provements, be valued at for tax-
ation purposes?
If you value it at twenty tlious
and dollars per mile that would
be allowing a valuation that would
produce nearly 11 per cent annu
ally.
If you value it at fifteen tlious
and dollars tier mile their net
earnings would lie over 11 per
cent. But over in Oklahoma ter
ritor.v. Governor Frantz is so
sorry for the poor railroad com
pany that he appraises them fqr
taxation at twenty-six hundred
dollars per mile, which in this
case shows net earning per year
equal to 80 per cent of the tax
value.
The railroads are entitled to
pay taxes on the same basis as
other property. No more and
no less.
We are pretty certain there s
no other property in Oklahoma
that gets off as easily as the rail
roads
People of the new state, see ti
i it in your constitution that all
| kinds of property get a square
| deal on the tax duplicate.—New
State Tribune
Uuide to Railroad Taxation.
The question is sometimes
asked, “How should a tax asses
sor ascertain the value of rail-'
road property for taxation?"
One of the fair ways of ascer
taining tin* value of any property
that is on an earning basis is to
ascertain what its earning ca-
pacity is, annually.
The property is fairly worth
what its net earnings will pay
interest on at a reasonable rate.
For example: The report
made by the M. K. A T. railroad
officials for eleven months of the
fiscal year show gross earnings,
nineteen million, live hundred
and thirty-nine thousand, six
hundred and sixty-three dollars.
After paying fourteen million,
is des- j two hundred and titty-two tlious
potism and corruption engender- and, three hundred and forty six
ed. Our question, then, is not dollars for all expenses of opera-
KMORY A. FOSTER.
County A tty
Attorney at Law,
lit H»M 10,
Hoffman bldg. Chandler, O.T
S. A. CORDELL
Attorney at Law
Special attention given to Probati
Business
Office room No. 10 Hoffman Bldg
CHANDLER OKLAHOMA
DR. A. B. POTTER,
DENTIST.
Office in Clapp Building over the
Star Store
Chandler, O. T.
FRED A. WAGONER
Attorney at Law.
whether the people shall rule, for I tion,
Rooms 0 and
repairs and improvements,1 chanih.hu.
l’ostollice.
OKLAHOMA
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