REVENUES FORCE ADDED TAXES Coal, Gas. Oil Inhertances, Laundering, Manufacturing Sources of Assessment. IMMENSE STATE EXPENSES will Departmental Expenditures Bill Provides for a Const Grading. Probe Officials as to One Legislature tutional governmfs ing with the Hous Coal Tax for High A State : of he ti ways tax on amount realized to the I 8 maintenainece, improv coal edie i ates half truc ons and aid highways anm tax of 2 shall imposed the of each ton of coal pre for market, which im the has mined shipment or market The mine superintendent is charged with the duty of reporting the amount on blanks prepared General, and these filed with the ement repair of State and Stat that It provides an he sa} ia per cent on when shall when the value pare d posed at been he time coal or washed and le ready for by the Auditor reports must be Auditor General, the re. poting official getting 1 per cent of the sum collected. If the mine super. intendent shall fall or refuse to make such report, the Auditor General has the right to appoint a person to make the assessment, and and records may in such reports. the mine Eye and Limb Liability. Destruction of 283 eves and amputa- tion of 209 arms, legs, of Pennsylvania workers, dustrial accidents in 1916 aggregate cost of $562,404 in work. men's compensation payments, missioner John Price Jackson, of the Department of Labor and reports. He pointed out through in. that these imately one-eighth of the total com- pensation payments of $4,224875.43 awarded for all classes of disabilities and deaths during 1916. LI PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFS SU the Flor ted a fund flag. They had a big - So — son a ——- — -— — - — — — pl Patriotic foundrymen at Iron Works an foot have collec enormou staff and ence LO purciase erected a 75 at Wi strongly lkes-Bacre demand- ion alas, trewn for 100 one of Hazleton's streets of many autos, Every Catholic Total Carbondale Broken on the tires Abtinencs and Free. wor Union be and ha voted 0 Arms President In a pro Hugentugler slween unanimously to ans which may be issued the lamati Mavor birth asued by f f on | Yorkers oreign i if they go pea heir personal not be Of the nartment men Holly tow? lant of the ] at Philadelphia, L260.000 Public asked by the roads in Pennsylvania consent to a flat increase of 15 cent. In rates within the Shooting mark with a flobert rifle on the mountains Michael Wayne, of Mahanoy Plane, was fatal ly wounded in the abdomen He died hortly after at the State Hospital lekesburg is organizing a State bank with 325.000 capital and a garment factory Railroads playgrounds, yivania Service rail to per Commissi was i operating freight atate ide, 6.year-old not being permiasible George Knelly, aged 14, was denied damages by a Luzerne jury for the of both legs under a Jersey Central car. The Tidewater Pipe Company, ing oil from the loss handl- West to the seaboard has issued orders to all ite foremen to till all the company’s land fit for agricultural purposes and grow oats, potatoes, barley and other food products. The corporation declares It makes the mandate purely from pa- towns, James City, the glass centre of Elk county, has gone dry through the ex. piration of the Lepsch Hotel license, Directors and patrons of the public Bradford and Pocop- son townships have formed an organ. ization to take charge of the offer of $60,000 made by Plerre 8. duPont, of Longwood, for the ersction of an agri Filbert, managers of Reading, has or to display Mayor FARMERS TO PROFIT BENEFIT BY OPERATIONS OF FED- ERAL FARM LOAN BOARD. Will No Longer Pay Usurious Inter. est for Money Needed to Develop Their Land-—Reduction High Cost of Living. in hus Cost The 1051 lirect attack that recently made of living Is the federal farm terest rate been on Of the announces the loan board that in through- country will be live pel of four and one-half per cent on by the land ban nnounced. on all farm loan out the A rate bonds cent, ued of the farm loan followed reation heen mortgage oans at will seem of Ti Tak ng the “ie Out trying « been accused not <hirking responsibil fre Why They Oppose Taussig. The Illinois Manufacturers’ ciation wired Senator Lewis f the tariff « that one-sided ARK Taussig member « ommission the ground prove him to be ann In view of reputation made a ns n on tntterances and part Taussig's who has his Professor economist of looking hoth sides of the tariff question, this is sur prising. There are those, however who consider anybody look upon Nelson Dingley as a canon ized saint to be rankly partisan the tariff question This mistake ariges from their point of view, they choose so as to make the middle of the appear 40 miles away. ns An specinlty on who does not road This Is An Age of Force. in international relations, force, ac tual or possible, is what counts, This ought not to be =o, but it is. no use shutting our eyes to facts, Bel glum i= the classic example of what the nation that is too weak to protect may expect from neighbors, give the world the {mpression that it soft it could not protect it the fate of Belgium, kK Pianos Att} you want in pa ip toy ever pooch will p Second Hand Bargains We have a large stock od slight 1 stan Here are a fow saropl Steinway. . $175.00 Knabe.... 165.00 Emerson .. 100.00 Kimball. 70.00 Starck. . 195.00 * bargains Gell Qur Big Free Trial Offer We requi on a Stare k piano. You are n ney in any way. All you do is to for 20 days free trial in ¥ d trv i s¥ re you test it ar fe tin er Lhe payin ir low for auy resson it ) days you de 8 whell itis » u keep it $ does not ir expestat] ¢ for the mon ou 108 The Sweet Toned Starck y in tone ality. BE lhe y are 3 separate past of the pias 3 and power tone quality of the Fuk pertore ve 8 Beet Deus 2 he Celobrated Starck Player-Piano maseige an re he Siar 1 a y srranged to we nif rou na i AROS i Saves $150.00 from our factory to ye es that e of vour ng as we do, direct to ofier you n lhe purchas ur factoryio-home offer, y ist the one tne prices ve Lo Le 3» you have rally wn work in I be Go Piano Book Free Our big new bes fustrated coats phar forma It wells 3 FreeCatalogueCoupon PA 1967 Biarck § Please prod with oe y pert Btarck Piano 2 should fact PHILA lots, in $207@2.12; No. 2 @2.10; steamer No No. 3 red, $2.03@ 2.04; ted B, Rye No.2 W tor, $1.70@1.75 of nearby rye, @ 1.30, Corn @132; do, No. 4, DELFPHIA export el ievator Wheat Car No. 2 red, i, $2.1 \@ 2.08 A, $159 Southern red 2 red, 32.0: 2.08: rejected $195@2 estern, in export per bushel; small in bags, quoted at $1.10 0 quality Western, No. 3 yellow, $1.31 No. 4, vellow, $1.20@1.30; yellow, $1.27@1.28; South $1.30@1.31 Oats-—No. 2 white, 76@75%c¢; ard white, 7T4@74%c; No 3, @73%ec; No. 4 white, T2@72%c¢; ple oats, 69@ 70c. Butter—-Western, ereamery, fancy, specials, 46c¢; extra, 44G4bc: do extra firsts, 42@43¢c; do firsts, 41@41%c; do seconds, 38@40c; nearby prints, fancy, 47¢; do, average oxtra, 44@45¢c; do, firsts, 41@43c; do, geconds, 39@40c; special fancy brands of prints were jobbing at 50@53c. Eggs — Nearby firsts, $10.06 standard case; nearby current ceipts, $9.90 per case; Western extra | firsts, $10.06 per case; do firsts, $0.90 per case; fancy selected carefully candled eggs were jobbed at 37@38c per dozen, Cheese held, 27% @28¢; good, held, 27%; 14@22c¢. Live Poultry- 23 24¢c; exceptional refed eleva lots as 1 do ¥ el jow, stand white, 73 gam fresh, solid-packed per re. New York, full cream, do do, fair to} do, part skims, | Fowls, as to quality, lots, higher old roosters, gpring chickens, soft-meated, 24@ 25¢; ducks, as to size and quality, 89¢24c: pigeons, old, per pair, 28@ | 20c: do do, young, per pair, 20@25¢. 16@iie; 424 and Per } 2%: West Virginia 1 ryiland prog ‘ Mar firsts Maryland Western S0@ 31 eges, choice, Poultry’ 89 Over, a0; land, MNAY dozen, 30G31«c and Virginia do, ivanis East do. Eggs nearby do, West Southern, do, 29; nearby, do, 35@36 Old hens, small to leghorns, winter, 2 lbs 280030; young, large, fat, 26@ 26 poor, LARRY, 21922 3 lbs do, do, shore J0@ al Virginia, duck 30@3] ldve hickens 4 Ibe and medium, 23. 22: old roosters, and under smooth and rough and Young Pekings, 23 puddle do, do do, whits 13@14 do, do, Pucks aver, 21922 21@22; smaller, Hens, 28¢; young gob toms, 24; poor and 20@21 Pigeons 35¢c; old, size, each, an do, and do, do. muscovy, do, do, do, 20. Turkeys blers, 26: old crooked breast, Young, per pair, do, 3b Guinea fowl, as F@ 45 Dressed Hogs—Choice light weights, do medium weights, 15; do heavy welghts, 15; do stags and sows, 12¢012%; boars and rough stock, 11 @11%. wo Live Stock PITTSBURGH, Cattle Choice, $1050011.25; prime, $11.50012. Sheep ~~ Prime wethers, $11.70@ cull and common, $56@ 7; lambs, veal calves, $146 14.50. “Prime heavies, $16.45@ 15.50; 26@156.30;, heavy York. Hogs- 14.50; | @14.2 25 pigs, $11.504012; rougha. $13.50 town look Jose ¥ h mar smokestack With nearly ing on, Be Bowling, of "lorencs Jol were ried recently Wi i gems that the inherited is an opal and is esti $300,000 Among the many fine new Austrian Emperor from the dead Franz Josef which weighs 17 ed to be worth about has ounces mat Up to March 4 there had been ship ped from the new sugar crop of Porto Rico 106.283 tong of sugar, Or some what more than 20 per cent. of the estimated crop for the vear, which has been placed at slightly in excess 500.000 tons of 2.000 pounds each. ¢ of Weather news is now received reg ularly by wireless at 270 amateur radio stations located in nine of the North. ern and Western States. In this way | the wireless operator is enabled to | give his neighborhood weather fore | cast as soon as it is issued Preliminary figures from the United | States Bureau of the Census give the | quantity of cotton consumed in the country during February, 1817, count. {ing round as half bales, as 547.203 bales, compared with 540,733 bales in {the eccriesponding month of 1816, and | the quantity for the seven months ended February 28, 1917, as 3.914.866 | bales, compared with 3,616,454 bales in | the corresponding period of 1916.
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