Doworraic; Walcin ERI II - BY P. GRAY MEEK. ink Slings. —By the end of this week Mr. THAW will probably know what is to become of him. ~—While a dog growls over his dinner the dyspeptic usually does his growling after. ~The streets and crossings of Bellefonte Tuoesday were enough togive the most even tempered person a brain storm. —JIf TEDDY succeeds in getting TAFT into the Presidency maybe TAFT will give TEDDY the job of sitting on the lid. — Easter is not far off and the good old ghicken hen is getting right down to work in anticipation of the usual great demand on her resources. —Honduras and Nicaragua are said to be at war over a mule. If the mule were left to itself it would promptly kick the war clouds ont of sight. —When Dowik and the real Erniian meet up in Heaven there will likely bea show down that will start more than a gentle zephyr in the celestial atmosphere, —The College boys play at Garman’s to- night aod you can take it from us that many a Bellefonte girl will have a con- niption fit over the cleverness of the dear fellows. —The experience with water-proof cel- lars in Pittshurg recently bas been such as to lead the people of that city to believe that water, like fire, often times explodes the theories of modern builders. —The Illinois Legislature is considering a bill creating the office of state beer taster. If it passes you needn’t be surprised at an exodns of pooh-poohs, because you know most any one of them could qualify for the office. ~—MABELLE GILMAN issaid to bejbooked | for reappearance on the stage in this conn. | try. Can it be possible that there has been a slip in her steps toward being the Mrs. President of the United States Steel cor- poration. —The CARNEGIE hero medals were passed aronnd on Monday. The man who saved the stook market panic last Thurs- day not baving come forth with bis claims there wns none saved for the hero of that catastrophe. ~ —Dr. EVANS baviog given a scientific explanation of what a ‘‘brain storm”’ is the actions of the irate house-wife when she holds a rolling pin aloft and makes things fly generally will no longer suffer for want ~ of proper deseription. "ius ~The Central. Pennsylvania Methodist Conference is now being entertained in Ty- rone and knowing so well the hospitality of that town we are sare none of the preach- ers will get it where mauy of the Tyrone chickens certainly will. —Well, we had the sapling bender on Tuesday morning. Now for the robin snow, the poor man's manure and the onion snow. Whilespring is here these are old time eventualities that necessarily come to pass before the season is settled. —That Akron, Ohio, man who was de- fending a divorce suit on the ground that be is not an habitual drunkard ought to have been given time, at least, to digupa little sen-sen before they made him blow his breath in the faces of the jurors. —Philadelphia wants FRANK LEAKE for head of her filtration bureau. Mr. LEAKE is probably a very good man but the name is a bad one to apply to the water depart- ment, especiaily siace it has been leaks that have caused all the trouble down there. —Ex-Senator BURTON, of Kansas, who will be released from his six mouths term in prison today proposes to edit his news- paper in defense of his acts and show up President ROOSEVELT": pernicious activity in other people’s affaire. It will be inter- esting, no doubs. —One of the CARNEGIE hero medals should go to our new postmaster. His ex planation of how Le wanted to and couldn't dump clerk CHAMBERS is an exhibition of asinine nerve seldom seen in communities where people are supposed to have some little intelligence. —One by one the railroad presidents are dropping in for a call at the White House and, strange as it may seem, none of them have anything to say after they come out, II their silence is golden some one will be taking a ride skyward on a lot of low priced stooks some of these days. —It the North American wants to know what ought to be done for President Roosg- VELT after he gets out of office it should direct its inquiries to the railroad presi dents of the country. they won’s be ranning the finest trains the world ever saw just to please him as they once did. So far as they are concerned it will be a side-door Pullman for him when he goes traveling. ~The work of the capitol investigating | Bu committee is progressing satisfactorily and its greatest vindication is of the declaration | Saoto0-..... made last year by State Treasurer BERRY. | Carlis At that time he insisted that there was graft aud corruption in the construction of | (hester....... the building, but the machine press of the | Chex State made the most vituperative attacks iipiitisna on him and insisted that he could point to no cases. Of course he could not while | Coalport.. Hamp. CARSON was protecting the gralt- | cube ers with his unmeaning opinions as Attor- ney General, but now Ne Concord has gotten to work with an honest and de- | Consho termined corpe of lawyers all that Bemmy | Corry charged, and more too, is being found ons. Oune thing is certain be STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 52 The Taxes that One Corporation Has | Evaded or Falled to Pay. If additional facts, to those already far- nished the people, were needed to show the inequality and ucjastuness ofthe present tax | how corporations evade the payment of the moiety of taxes imposed upon them, the | following figures certainly shouid be suf- | figent : The corporation, the stock of which is largely owned and controlled by non-residents. It is permitted to do business within this State upon the payment of a two mill sax based upon the gross amount of business done within the Commonwealth. While our courts and public officials protect its prop- erty and punish those committing wrongs against it; while it has the use of our streets and pablio highways for its delivery wagous in the transportation of packages and freights that it sends to or receives from its thousands of offices scattered over the coun- try, yet it pays no local toxes to main- tain either the courts or pablic officers nor does it help in any way to make or keep in repair the public highways that it uses daily. Even for the horse and wagon that it uses to gather up and deliver its ship- ments at its different offices it claims and is allowed exemption from taxation on the ground that these are necessary to do the business upon which it pays to the State the two mills of taxes assessed against it. Nor does it pay the pitiable two mill tax upon its gross business within the State How it escapes or evades this we do not know unless it is by a false retarn of the amount done, or through the gross neglect or favoritism of state officials. The WATCHMAN has been to no little trouble and considerable expense in securing the figures given in connection herewith, and particularly in getting hold of those showing the gross amount of business done, aud the expenses of doing that business, at 210 of its principal offices within the State. fo ad dition to the points named this com pavy has in the neighborhood of 2,000 other offices in Pennsylvania the aggregate business of which will equal, if not exceed, the amounts done at places indicated. And to this ean be added all the business it receives from its thousands upon thousands of offices outside of the State that has to be carried from the State lines to its patrons within it as well as for the traflio it carries through Pennsylvania in delivering goods from one State into another. How much this would increase the total it added to the gro:s business within the State would be but conjecture on our part, but shonld certainly be sufficent to offset any claims the company might make for deductions for shipments made to points outside the State from offices within it. During the past twenty-nine years this company bas paid into the State Treasary a total of $91,958.82, or an average per year of $3,170.79. It it paid during this time the full two mill tax required by law the payments would indicate that it bad re- ported a gross business yearly of bat $1,585, - 000. How much this amount falls short of the actual ‘‘gross business’’ doue during all these years can only be guessed at but an idea can be had by comparing the following | Si figures with the average returns made hy the company : For the year 1906, according to the com- pauy's own books, at bat 210 of its offices within the State it did a gross baosiness of $8,905,955, with an office expense of §1,- 355,790. Estimating that at its almost 2,000 other offices, not included in this list, an equal amoant was done this would make a gross business of over $17,000,000 in place of $1,588,000 as a basis for its two mill tax. On the figares shown by the company’s own accounts—the tax i¢ should pay an- nually would be close to or aver $34,000 per year in place of $3,170,79. As evidence of the correctness of this statement the basiness done during 1906 and the expense of doing it at the following offices are given : : Gross Receipts. Expenses, 19 915 2 670 109 15 773 8 038 926 15 039 2719 9 838 035 12 208 1372 15 711 1746 6 152 1 685 5 BAZ 857 11 153 2 690 17 963 1822 11 788 24m a 1 2 404 18 942 3 23 7 9% 848 16 197 1 638 15 940 1 5683 22 520 33 23 753 2 501 14 118 675 26 088 3 580 7 675 691 11 083 1 807 6 612 1 245 26 31 2 876 36 303 2 826 32 511 3 089 47 973 TT 11 117 7: 5 430 m2 4 561 431 674 1 053 6 951 967 20 891 25623 4 338 0 20 990 2 946 5 038 520 16 826 2 206 6 027 598 aN sav 2073 8 241 1146 19 989 374 10 738 28m b 357 933 Aiqus Express company is a foreign i BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 22, 1907. Postoffiee. Gross Receipts. Expenses, ! Danville... 8 302 1 951 Derry... 7 35 938 Devon... 4 764 443 — 15 460 Lar Downingto 6 121 904 DuBois..... 31 2 938 5 891 70 rady... 6 046 00 Easton.......... 46 604 7 050 Ebens