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EXCESS PROFITS •
TAX MAY BECOME
FIXTURE IN U. S.
War Measure May Become
Part of General Plan of
Providing Finance
Nov. Ifi.—Belief that
it is exceedingly probable that an ex
cess profits tax, now imposed as a
war measure, will continue as a per
manent part of the American tax
system was expressed by Professor
T. S. Adams, of Yale University, in
an address he delivered here today
before the National Tax Association's
convention. This taxation of excess
profits would be, in Professor Adams'
opinion an expression of the prin
ciple that the state and the commun
ity stand as silent partners in every
business enterprise. Professor AcT
ams Is now serving as special adviser
on taxation to the Treasury Depart
ment.
He strongly advocated the taxing
of all business units on their net in
come, the wisdom of which course
has been for many years the sub
ject of considerable difference of
opinion by tax authorities and others
interested in scientific methods of
taxation. Professor Adams admitted
that the opponents of this method of
taxation were able to present sVong
arguments in support of their posi
tion which undoubtedly were worthy
of full consideration but the fact re
mains, as ho said that "we shall
never have even an approximately
consistent scheme of taxation until
the necessity for separate business
taxation is rcognized and imposts
laid which are consciously designed
to express the fiscal obligations of
business as such."
According to Prof. Adams, the jus
tification for this class of taxes Is
that a large part of the cost of gov
ernment is traceable to the activities
of business and to the protection
which business as such enjoys. It
was Prof. Adams' idea that this fis
cal obligation of business is not ade
quately met by the present property
tax nor by a mere personal income
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Rules For Forwarding Christmas Boxes
to Officers and Men in Naval Service
on Ships in Home or Foreign Waters
Phe Navy Department authorizes the following statement:
Christmas packages intended for officers and men In the Naval
service, on vessels in home waters and abroad, should be forwarded
in the following l manne:
!•—Packages forwarded by parcel post must comply with the
postal regulations and should be inclosed in substantial boxes witn
hinged or screw-top cover to facilitate opening and inspecting.
.2. All boxes shipped by express are limited to 20 pounds in
weigh", should measure not more than 2 cubic feet in volume, be or
wood, well strapped and have a hinged or screw top to facilitate
opening mra inspecting.
3. —No perishable food product other than those inclosed in cans
or glass Jars should be packed in parcel-post or express shipments.
4.—A1l mail matter should be addressed as now prescribed by
the postal regulations. All express packages should be forwarded
In care of Supply Officer, Navy Yard, New York.
5. —All packages must be plainly marked with the name and ad
dress of the sender together with a notation indicating the nature
of the contents, such as "Christmas bo*," or "Christmas present."
ti.—The Supply Officer at New York will cause each express
package to be opened and carefully examined to see that nothing
of an explosive or other dangerous character is forwarded.
Many Christmas boxes have already been forwarded by express
in care of the postmaster at New York. Arrangements have been
made for the transfer of all such packages to the Supply Officer at
New York, who will examine and forward them to the proper
destination.
The shipment of Christmas packages for vessels abroad should l>e
made so as to reach New York as early as possible ami not later than
November 21.
tax on the owners of the business.
in discussing this measure of this
tax which Prof. Adams urged sTiould
be imposed on all business concerns,
he pointed out that there is'no per
fect measure of any tax but said that
personally he believed the most sat
isfactory measure would be accord
ing to net income from the business.
He suggested, however, that the rate
should be graduated somewhat along
the excess-profits tax which he said
lias now spread to fourteen or fifteen
countries and is yielding handsome
revenues in most of them. (
S.VIiK OF DATKS
London, England. 1 — The Pood
Controller has issued a general li
cense under the Dried Fruits (lie
striction) Order, 1917, authorizing,
until further notice, all persons to
buy, sell and deal in Tunis and
Egyptian dates outside the United
Kingdom.
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Submarine Beaten,
Says British Expert
New York, Nov. 16.—Arthur Pol
len, noted British war expert, has
made the following statement to the
Associated Press on the submarine
war:
"Anything unsatisfactory in the
military and political situation in Eu
rope is balanced by the extraordin
ary news that the German submarine
campaign las broken down alto
gether. The submarine is defeated.
This is the most momentous event
since the C;iited States declared war.
It means we can all stay in and that
America can really come in.
"Six months ago shipping was be
ing destroyed, according to some .au
thorities, at a rate of 9,000,000 tons
per annum. Had this loss con
tinued the Germans had the right to
expect, not, indeed, military Vic
tory, but a peace that would mean
something much less than defeat.
This was Germany's only hope and
it was the Allies' only anxiety. For
every one, including the German
high command, knew that with sea
communication reasonably safe the
military defeat of the Germany army
was certain.
Coal Operators Open
Home in Washington
A new embassy has arisen in
Washington. It houses the ambassa
dors extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary of his mighty ma
jesty, King Coal. i-
Tliis means that a group of Penn
sylvania operators who virtually con
tiol the anthracite supply of the en
tiro country have set themselves up
a house to live in in Washington,
to which it is necessary for them
to travel very freqently now that
they arre in almost constant com
munication with the government on
questions of prices, supply and distri
bution.
HAJRJUSBURG 'jfrfWj TELEGRAPH
SMITH COLLEGE
GIRLS MOTHER
RENCH BABIES
"Angels of Mercy" Find it
to Reteach Art of
Play to Children
French Front, October 11.—(Cor
respondence),—A small band of
Smith College girls is mothering the
distressed populations of those dis
tricts of France devastated by the
Germans before they were forced to
retreat last spring by the victorious
French *nd British troops who had
hammered them on the Sovime. The
correspondent of The Associated
Press passed a day with the young
women in the war zone where they
have arrived to instal themselves in
the midst of the stricken people.
They have made their headquarters
in the grounds of the Chateau of
Kobere court. There they live in
shacks and portable houses in sight
of the blackened ruins of the castle,
burned by the Germans. From this
center they go to twelve villages
which have been taken over for re
lief by the American college girls.
Before the war they had altogether a
population of approximately 4,600.
Now this has been reduced to about
1,200.
The American "angels of mercy,"
as the Smith College girls are known
brought with them from America or
purchased in Paris large stores of
articles of first necessity for the peo
ple. Many of the peasants had mon
ey which they had been able to con
ceal from the Germans, and these
people were quite willing to pay forj
articles provided by the American
girls. Others among the peasants
were destitute of both goads aril
money and for these the American
girls made charitable provision.
The girls brought motor-trv'w,
and several of them are metor-difv
ers. Once or twice a week each of
the villages In their district receives
a visit from a party, of the girls in
their trucks which are loaded with
necessities, and these are sold to the
peasants at cost price or less, and
thus many of the needs of the people
are met. Food, linen, clothing, fur
niture, kitchen utensils and live
chickens and rabbits are most de
sired.
Other branches of assistance to the
people take the form of a traveling
dispensary, the giving of medical ad
vice by the two women doctors from
Smith College who are merAbers of
the squad, the foundation of nuiSer
ies for the care of the smaller infants
while their mothers are working, and
the establishment of palyrooms for
the other children.
The care of the children is one of I
the most important parts of the girls'
work. In th£ first place, the little
ones have to be retaught to play,
for during the German occupaion
they were not allowed to do so and
in most cases had forgotten how to
amuse themselves in simple games.
It is wonderful how soon they learn
under the American girls' encourage
ment and leadership. Then the ne
glected little ones are taken in hand
and taught the value of cleanliness
and neatness. For the women much
help is provided in the way of sew
ing classes and instruction In 'mod
ern hygiene.
It is hoped here that the work of
the Smith College girls, forming the
first unit, in cheering up and helping
these stricken peasants may be an in
centive to others to undertake simi
lar labors in the hundreds of vil
lages which have suffered from the
German occupation. Everywhere in
the Somme and Oise and other
French departments now 'partially
freed from the German troops there
are similar opportunities.
Acts Instead of Words,
Italian Premier's Slogan
Rome, Nov. 16.—Great enthusiasm
and patriotic feeling marked the sit
ting for the Italian Chamber of
Deputies yesterday afternoon. Pro
fessor Vittorio Orlando, in his tirst
speech as premier, struck the key
note of his policy, namely, that the
situation called for acts rather than
for words.
The premier spoke feelingly of the
assistance being rendered by the En
tente Allies to Italy, and a passage
in which he expressed the cordial
gratitude of Italy to the "great
American republic" for her willing
and powerful aid roused tremendous
cheering.
Ex-Premier Glolittl, who made his
first public appearance since Italy en
tered tho war, re-echoed Premier
Orlando's words, saying the whole
nation would follow the govern
ment's lead, but there must be no
hesitation or half measures.
CHURCHMEN FOR "DRY" WAR
ninhep (irr Say* Four Paprn Mla
conxtrurd Convetitton'B Stand
New York. Nov. 16.—Declaring that
"lour English-language, newspapers"
of New York had misconstrued the
pi ( feedings of the convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New
York, relating to prohibition, yes
terday, Bishop Greer presiding, again
brought up the question to-day and
action was taken to make it clear
that the convention was In favor of
the introduction of a prohibition
measure by Congress for Xhe dura
tion of the war.
This was done through the readop
tion of a resolution offered last year,
approving j-estrictive legislation
against the liquor traffic and adding
an amendment that "this convention
thereby declaies its unqualified ap
proval and support of such measures
as the Government shall see fit to
tako to secure the establishment ot
national prohibition during the pe
riod of the war."
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GIVES SUGAR TO CBLERRATK
Tammany Man 1)1 tribute* Tliouxnnd
round* to HouaewlVM
New York. Nov. 16.—"Jimmy" Kel
ly. Tammany Hall leader of the Sec
ond Assembly District, will celebrate
the success of the Democratic ticket
in the recent election by giving away
1,000 pounds, of sugar to 350 East
Side housewives, who, incidentally,
can vote now.
Kelly started a restaurant a year
or so H go and among other things he
bought 1,000 pounds of sugar. As
the restauiant was not a success,
Kelly still has all the sugar. Each
family will get a bag weighing two
and one-half pounds.
IDAHO WAR WORK PROGRESSES
Boise, Ida.—There are no apparent
signs of German propaganda, I. W.
W. agitation or other disloyalty in
Idaho, the state moving along with
constructive war worfc without dis
turbance. The State Defense Coun
cil has preparations under way to
meet any trouble, altlio>gh none Is
anticipated. Couer d'Alene mining
camps passed the summer without
renewal of trouble. The Governor
has issued a proclamation to peace
officers to exercise diligence In guard
ing elevators and storehouses.
EVEN THE HUN IS
GLAD TO TASTE
U. S. TOBACCO
Wounded Prisoner Braced Up
by Cigaret Given by
American Captor
According to many letters from the
ianks over in France the Germans
hate Americans with the same inten
sity that they hate the English. Nu
merous Instances of this are record
ed. This is rather singular if you
think over it logically, for no coun
try has treated German settlers so
amiably, and just think how eagerly
the Germans have been emigrating
to this country for a century. But
the German is not bothered with
logic. Recently a French unit hoist
ed a signboard over the trenches
saying in German: "The Americans
are with us." Gee, whiz, you should
have heard the bombardment that
sign got! Hate us—rather. And yet
when a German wounded soldier ex
presses his longing for a smoke,
never does the American return any
but good for evil.
"We had ruptured some eighty
Huns in a raid on the first line
trenches," tells an American soldier
writing to his father. "And I hap
pened upon one chap badly shot up
who had dragged himself deliber
ately toward our trench. Seeing him
so game, I gave him life and finally
put him in an ambulance. on
I happened again on this fellow in
a temporary (hospital. He could
speak pretty fair English and when
he begged me for a Bull Durham
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even In that gloomy place where
they were dying on all sides. I wish
you could have seen that German
take a lons inhale of that ready
made smoke. I bet you that there
is one Hun, anyway, who will never
hate the Americans."
That is true generosity. The Yank
gave the Hun some.of his precious
tobacco, not knowing whether he
would over reeetvo another packet
from home. And there are millions
of men who smoke and who have
not made one little sacrifice to supply
the fighting boys who need them
so keenly. When you are buying
your next Havana or box of clgar
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of the forlorn Sammy holding down
his job in the trenches; then shoot
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Sli vnrt Oyler .50
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Girls Earn Big Wages
Packing Sardines
With herring plentiful about Pas
samaquoddy Bay and sardine fac
tories at Eastport and Lubec running
day and night, many women and girl
paokers of fish ard earning the larg
est wages of the season. One expert
packer" received $52 last week, sev
eral came in for S4B, while there
were other women, and even girls,
who packed enough fish in the tin
cans in one week to receive $35 to
S4O by working seventy hours. This
long period of work is allowed in
sardine factories, where the fifty-four
hour law does not obtain.
The sardine season is short, how-
I ever, and such large wages are not
made regularly, although thje women
[can earn more money in these plants
than men. —Fishing Gazette.
NOVEMBER 16, 1917.
IIAICVAIIIV* I IXCOI.N OPPOSED I
Council of \ntlonnl Aendrmr of lit-
HiKU Rt'iclKtrrH ltd Protewt
New York, Nov. 16.—The council of
the National Academy of Design has
added its protest to others registered
against George Gray Barnard's statue
ol' Lincoln, replicas of which have
keen accepted by committees In Lon
don and Paris. The following reso
luiori was adopted:
"Kosolvcd, That the council of the ]
National Academy of Design hereby
asserts tlijit there has been no ap- j
proval of this statue on the part ot j
ihe National Academy as a body; and
further, that the members of this ■
council, as here assembled, do notl
consider that the statue adequately
portrays Lincoln.
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166,000 Prisoners Taken
by British on All Fronts
London, Nov. 16.—1n the Hou3o
of Commons yesterday Henry Wil
liam Forster, Financial Secretary of
War, said that since JPTily 1, 1910, the
British had captured from the
Turks 30,197 prisoners anil 186 guns
and from the Germans on the west
| ern front 101,534 prisoners and 519
j guns.
The approximate square mileage tn
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the British in the same time, said
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: number of prisoners captured on all
•I fronts since the beginning of the
war was 166,000, while the captured
nuns numbered 800.