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THURSDAY, J UN K 24, li09.
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, June ai, 1909.
Interest in tbe rates of duty im
posed by the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill has given place, during the
past week, to consideration of the
special form of taxation which is
to be imposed by the bill, in addi
tion to the customs, to raise rev
enue. Indications at this time all
point to the defeat of vhe income
tax proposition advocated by Sena
tors Bailey and Cummins and a fol
lowing composed of practically all
the Democrat's and a considerable
number of Republicans. This has
been accomplished through the in
fluence of the President. Mr. Taft,
when informed by the Senate lead
ers of their inability to array a ma
jority of the Senate against the in
come tax, determined that the
psychological moment had arrived
for the accomplishment of a reform
first proposed by President Roose
velt and heartily espoused by Mr.
Taft when he was a member of the
Roosevelt cabinet. This is the in
spection by the federal authorities
of the books and transactions of cor
porations, with a view to eliminat
ing those corporate abuses which
have been the bane of the manage
ment of the great corporations in
this country and the exposure of
which has so shaken public confi
dence in their securities. Mr. Taft
conceived the idea that by impos
ing a tax on the net earnings of
corporations the government could
compel them to submit their books
to the inspection of federal officials;
that such corporations, owing, as
they do, their being to the state,
could thus be required to contrib
ute their shars to the expenses of
the state; that the deficit in the
federal revenues could be wiped
out; and that the nation could be
relieved from almost sole depend
ence on the customs' duties as a
source of revenue.
The President did not undertake
'.o force his ideas on Congress until
tbe Senate leaders appealed to him
or assistance to head off the income
tax, but when they asked his help
tie gave it in such form that they
aow find themselves compelled to
provide a system of excise which to
ihe majority of them is only in de
cree less repugnant than the income
cax. This situation constitutes a
material victory for the President
and a serious blow to that autocracy
which Senator . Aldrich and a few
.hosen colleagues have long exer
:ised in tbe Senate. In the estima
tion of all thoughtful observers the
tenouement of the situation in the
ienate augurs well for the future
f all those progressive policies for
vhich Judge Taft stands and to
vhich in the natural order of things
he extremely conservative element
n the Senate must have proven an
nsurmountable obstacle. 1
Of course the defeat of the in
ome tax proposition is a serious
lisappointment to its Democratic
idvocates. Nevertheless even they
btain some measure of victory in
he triumph of President Taft, for
t has been agreed that both houses of
Congress will pass, by the necessary
wo-thirds vote, a joint resolution
.roviding for an amendment to the
onstitution specifically authorizing
Jongress to impose a tax on iu
omes. That such an amendment
i necessary is doubted by some of
he ablest lawyers in the Senate,
. ncluding Mr. Bailey of Texas.
)n the other hand President Taft
nd other jurists of a standing
fhich entitles their opinions to re
pect believe that it would be de
:idedly unsafe for the federal gov
rnment to enact an income tax
ind depend upon it for revenues
cause of the possibility that the
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Supreme Court might again pro
nounce such excise unconstitution
al. The accomplishment of a two
third vote in both houses of Con
gress for the proposed constitution
al amendment is no small achieve
ment. That accomplished, it
will remain only for the states
themselves to approve it and when
three-fourths of them have done so
all possibility of judicial defeat for
an income tax will have been re
moved. The contract for the construc
tion of the new drydock of Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, has been awarded
to the San Francisco Bridge Com
pany, the contract being for $r,
760,000. Announcement to this
effect was made this week by the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The drydock is to be the largest
one that has been yet built by the
United States and it will be capa
ble of holding the largest vessels in
the navy. Its length will be 620
feet, and Its width 140 feet.
July Lippencott'g.
It is only fair to warn people who
prefer fiction of the cloomv. risaue.
or generally horrible kind that they
will not be interested Mil the July
Lifpincotf s. Not that the contents
are entirely frivolous there is, as
there should be, a leaven of seri
ousness: but the ceneral tone is
joyous, uplifting, encouraging the
reader to cheer up and view the
world ' through rose-colored glass
es," as did the naive little heroine
of the complete novel "Color of
Rose," by Dorothea Deakin.
Ihere are half a dozen c ever
short stories in the issue. "That
Little Dinner at Larrabee's." bv
John Kendrick Bangs, is in this
genial humorist's best vein. "To
the Manner Born." bv Grace Mac-
Gowan Cooke, is a story of quality,
miigntening and enlivening.
'The TealousV of Anna Karenina "
by Lucy Coplnger; "A Cup of Cold
Water," by Edith Morgan Smith;
ana &ixty Minutes," by George
Wetherill Earl. Ir.. are all fullv ud
to the usual high standard of this
magazinels short stories. Mrs. La
Salle Corbell Pickett's sketch.
The Old Man Reflects." is also
worthy of mentiou.
Another important feature is the
first of three papers which under
the Penprto tiMp "Tlinf Mnnrec"
discuss nefvous disorders, real and
imaginary. The author is George
Lincoln Walton. M. D.. whose
book "Why Worry?" has proved a
boon to thousands of readers. The
department "Ways of the Hour"
contains brief but noteworthy arti
cles by Thomas L. Mason, Ellis O.
Jones, Minna Thomas Antrim, and
i'ml Collom.
Some sparkling epigrams by Ni
na A Rovall: poetrvbv Thomas E.
Burke. Sue Tauss Bieber. William
J.Lampton, Robert Gilbert Welsh,
uucy wtningweu t;able. and Clin
ton Scollard: and LitiincotV s fa
mous humerous department, "Wal
nuts and Wine," complete the
number.
A Fourth ot July Table.
The table service for a Fourth of
July dinner should be of blue china,
with a white cloth, of course. A
ceuterpiece of red geraniums in a
blue bowl will complete the patriot
ic color-scheme. The place-cards
may have tiny flags in the corner,
aud the serviettes may be folded in
to tent-shapes with a wee flag fly
ing from the top, and a toy soldier
for sentry standing before each.
To carry out the color-scheme, the
soup may be cream of corn, with
little red stars cut from slices of
beet floating in it, and the fish
course may be lobster farci, with
potatoes Parisienue. But do not
try for color at the expense of the
goodness of your food. Woman's
Home Companion for July.
That anger is a miraculously
speedy cure for at least certain va
rieties of lameness was amply dem
onstrated Monday. A woman who
for several days has been hobbling
about on crutches selling court
plaster became angered at her es
cort, who has but one leg, and pro
ceeded to administer corporal pun
ishment with a vengeance. When
the police interfered the woman
not only dropped her crutches, but
walked to the lock-up without
limping. Mayor Richard sent the
imposters out of town post haste.
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In Recorders' hands.
Attorneys Atnmernian and Max
ie of Scranton, on behalf of J.- G.
White Company of Philadelphia,
filed a petition to the Federal court
at Scranton Tuesday for a receiver
for the Berwick Consolidated Gas
Company of Berwick. S. C. Jayne
of Berwick, and William E. Barret
of Scranton were appointed as the
receivers. The nlant is valued at
$22.. 000 and the total indebtedness
is $190,000. Avery Clinton Sickels
president ot trie company, made a
statement to the effect that the
company was in a bad way.
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F. R. Jackson.
F. R. Jackson, president of the
First National Bauk of Berwick
died at his home late Wednesday
evenicg, after an illness of several
weeks. He was one of the most
prominent business men in Colum
bia county. Surviving .him is a
daughter, Mrs. H. P. Field, and a
sister Mrs. R. H. Gilbert, both of
Berwick.
Of all evangelistic methods, that
adopted by William II. Flake is
one of the most unique. Flake is
cruising down the north branch of
the Susquehanna in a small boat,
stopping to hold meeting at points
along the way. Bloomsburg and
Danville were the last places visit
ed. Twenty-seven yearsof Flake's
life, prior to his conversion, were
spent in prison.
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It is reported in railroad circles
at Harrisburg that the new yards
which will be built at Northumber
land, will be patterned after those
at Enola, and that their cost will be
in the neighborhood of $3,000,000.
When it is considered that this is
more than the total railroad pay in
Sunbury in two full years, North
umberland's sanguine hopes for the
biggest boom in its history seem
justified.
The Board of Pardons at their
meeting in Harrisburg Thursday
failed to reach the application for a
re-hearing made in the cases of
F01 tuando and Antonio Callebro of
West Berwick, convicted in Sep
tember 1907 of selling liquor with
out license and of extortion. The
men are under sentence of five and
tour years respectively in the East
ern penitentiary.
The thirty-second anniversary of
the founding of the Royal Arca
num was celebrated by the Asso
ciated Councils of the Susquehan
na Valley, which includes Blooms
burg, Berwick, and Danville Coun
cils, yesterday by a joint picnic at
Rolling Green Park, near Sunbury.
Addresses by prominent Supreme
and Grand Council officials, danc
ing, and sports, marked the day.
Mayor Richard has given formal
orders lor the arrest of any and all
violators of the town ordinance pro
hibiting the sale of fire-crackers,
squibs, or firearms prior to July 4.
Violation of the ordinance makes
the offender liable to a fine of $5.
The Mayor has also given notice
that the ordinance prohibiting rid
ing bicycles on the pavements of
town will be rigidly enforced.
CHARTER NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that an applica
tion will be made to the Governor of the
state of Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the
1st day of luly, A. D., lgo(), by Lewis S.
Clewell, Adam Hummel. Christian A.
Small and William B. Ferguson, and
others, under the Act of Assembly of the
State of Pennsylvania, entitled "an ac
to provide for the incorporation and reg
ulation of certain corporations," approv
ed the 29, April, 1874, and supplements
thereto for the charter of an intended
corporation to bo called Bloomsburg
Brick Manufacturing and Construction
Company, the character and objec of
which is the manufacturing of brick and
construction of buildings and for these
Eurpose to have and enjoy, all the rights,
enefits and privileges of the said Act of
Assembly and supplements thereto.
Christian A. Small,
6-io-3t. Solicitor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of William a. Lord, deceased, late of tht
TaiBtt of Blommtmrg, Pa.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of William
H. Lord, late of the Town of Blooms
burg. Pa., deceased, have been granted
to the undersigned, administrator, to
whom all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payments, and
those having claims or demands will
make known the same without delay to
Administrator, Espy, Pa.
J. G. Fhkkze, Atty. 6-io-6t.
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RICH 6IBE.RIAN CROPS.
''1 Heilglcn Mo.-e Cspatle of Produc
Ing Human Food.
Though the name of Siberia Is gtltl
,n;;nilarly accepted as a synonym for
all that Is Arctic and sterile, says the
!.:r.iloti Globe, It Is becoming clearer
every year that few regions of the
arth are more capable of producing
:i: Dense stores of human food. This
ear, In particular, when the crops
'ivcr much of European Russia have
uti'rd, the richness of the Siberian
lunds has been extremely conspicuous,
and there Is surplus produce In vast
abundance, the only difficulty being
the Inadequate means of transport.
With a virgin soli and a far more ac
tive and Independent Russian popula
tion than Is to be found in most parts
of Russia Itself, there Is no doubt
that a great agricultural future should
await this enormous region.
Mark Twain as an Art Critic
Mnrk Twain's humorous advice to
ome htirlari who broke Into his
do'.iso the other day proves that he
ha 3 the taculty of finding humor In
the most unexpected places. A friend
r.nre took him to see a very beautiful
and valuable piece of sculpture. It
('presented a young woman colling
up her hair, and the workmanship was
such that the owner's other compan
ions stood open-mouthed In admlra
lion. "Well," said the host, turnln?
to Mark Twain for his verdict, "what
do yuu think of it? Grand, Isn't It?"
"Yes, it's very pretiy," said Mark,
"but It's not true to nature!" "Why
not?" lnq ilrca every one In surprise
"She ought to have her mouth full of
hairpins," repllej the humorist grave
ly. Wasp.
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Time's Changes.
When the "old schoolboys' studied
geography they were familiar with a
blank space on the map known as the
Great American Desert, a hopeless re
gion. Now the best apples in the
United States are raised there.
The curbstone market opened in
Bloomsburg this morning, with
about a dozen wagons in line and a
big variety of fruit and vegetables
shown. Liberal patronage was ac
corded, and if this is maintained
the market will be continued ns in
former seasons. During the con
tinuance of the market, produce
can not be lawfully sold on the
streets until after market hours.
Because he neglected to nffiv a
Government stamp to a deed to a
lot purchased from the Rosemont
Cemetery Company 37 years ago,
John Farver, of Sixth street, was
advised by the Internal Revenue
Department at Washington, D. C,
that he must journey to Scranton,
purchase a fifty-cent stamp to affix
to the deed, and pay a fine of $10
to fully rectify the error. The fine
plus the expense of the Scranton
trip nearly equals the original pur
chase price of the lot, which was
$16.
FOR SALE!
The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El
well is for sale.
Location:
AVest Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. Hi rooms. Lot
about 00 by 212 feet.
FRAME BAItN
AND COW. STABLE, '
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Boom,
Stationary Range and Wash
Tubs; yater, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will be sold on easy
terms. Apply to
GEO. E. EL WELL,
Attorney.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
The R. E. Hartman Store
Bloomsburp;, Pa.
HAS JUST BEEN OPENED
with an entirely new stock,
no old goods of any kind.
We are starting on new
plans. Every person's dol
lar has the same value here.
No Favoritisms, No Credits.
Your money will buy just
what your neighbor gets
No more, no less. VVe pro
pose showing all the new
things just as soon as they
are put on the market, and
at prices that will please
every buyer.
Come and See Our New Store.
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