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FREELAND, PA., OCTOHER 27. 18!K
ROBBERY OPIUM.
A Gross Injustice Perpetrated by the
Republican Party Upon the Demo
cratic Citizens of Pennsylvania.
How One* Republican lias n Greater
Representation Than Five Dotno
crats— Ignoring the Constitution to
Serve Party Ends—CandidateGobln's
Share In tlie Crime and the Spoil.
The present constitution of Pennsyl- j
vania was enacted in 1873, and went ;
into operation on Jan. 1, 1874. Section
18 of Article 2 is as follows: "The gen
eral assembly, at Is first session after I
the adoption of this constitution, and ;
immediately after each United States
decennial census, shall apportion the !
state Into senatorial and representative j
districts," etc., etc.
A like provision is made with refer- i
ence to the judiciary of the state, and j
common fairness suggests that tlie con- j
gressional districts should lie apportion
ed just as frequently ami at the same j
times.
How the Republican party in Pensyl
vania has treated the mandatory pro
visions of the constitution above
quoted Is shown in the fact that the
last apportionments were enacted as
follows:
Senatorial, 1874: representative, 18S7;
congressional, 1887.
For 24 years, therfore, they have
been persistenly refusing to do, with
reference to the senatorial apportion
ment. what the fundamental law com
mands: for ten years they have been
similarly derelict with reference to the
representative apportionment, and for
a like number of years they have al
lowed a congressional apportionment to
stand, which, by a fair rendering of the
people's will, should at that time have
been set aside.
The reason is plain. They derive a
large advantage in representation from
their remissness. Not only do they
shut out the Democrats from their fair
share of senators and members, but
they also checkmate that element of
their own party that chafes at "boss-
Ism" and the innumerable evils that
always attach to It.
To illustrate the gross injustice of
these procedures to the Democratic
party: In the senate of 1897 there were
44 Republicans and 6 Democrats. In
189G the Republicans reached their high
water mark as to majorities in the vote
for president. In that year there were
cast for McKlnley 728,300 votes, and for
Bryan 433,228 votes. By dividing the
number of senators for each party into
the party vote it will be found that
there are:
One Republican senator for each 16,-
553 Republican votes.
One Democratic senator for each 72,-
204 Democratic votes.
Make a like calculation as to the
members of the lower house of the
state legislature, which had 171 Re
publicans to 33 Democrats, and the fol
lowing will lie the result:
One Republican member for every
4,259 Republican votes.
One Democratic member for every
13,128 Democratic votes.
The American system makes every
citizen politically equal, and the laws
are supposed, and in fact, are consti
tutionally ordered to lie made to en
force that rule; yet here we have a
method of electing senators in Pennsyl
vania that makes one Republican as
good as four and a half Democrats—
that is, that gives one Republican as
large a voice In this matter as four
and a half Democrats.
As to the congressional representation,
the Injustice is even greater. Including
the two elected at large, Pennsylvania
has 30 members of the national house
of representatives. Of these 27 were
elected as Republicans and but three
as Democrats. Here we have:
One Republican member for every
26.933 Republican votes.
One Democrat for every 144,409 votes.
Which makes every Republican vote
count, In this regard, as much as five
and a half Democratic votes.
As showing the gross injustice of the
present senatorial apportionment, many
specific instances might be cited. Let
one suffice. According to the census
of 1890 Luzerne had a population of
201,203, and Lackawana a population of
142,108, making a total of 313,291. The
senatorial districts in these two coun
ties, under the act of 1874, which is
still operative, overlap, part of the Lu
zerne district extending into Lacka
wanna. Together, they have two sen
ators, or one senator for 171,645 of pop
ulation.
The county of Lebanon has but
48,131 population, yet she has a senator
by herself.
That senator for the last 12 years was
General Gobin, now the Republican
candidate for lieutenant governor on
the machine ticket; and General Gobin
is one of the men who have exercised
the most potent influence in perpetuat
ing this great wrong by openly oppos
ing or secretly conniving against any
new apportionment.
Every legislator who has done this,
or been in any way an obstructor of
apportionment legislation has been
guilty of perjury, for all take oath to
obey the constitution which perempt
orily demands it.
Are the Democrats not justified in ar
raigning the Republican party for this
among its myriad of other great wrongs
and persistent ignoring of the plain
letter of the constitution?
MAMAKER
~ ON TAXATION
Startling Figures Showing the In
equalities of Taxation Under
Quay Machine Eule.
The Farmer and Workingmen Compelled
to Pay $2.94, While the Corpora
tions Pay But One Penny.
Mr. Wanamaker, in a speech delivered
nt Huntingdon on Oct. 19, had the fol
lowing to say upon the subject of tax
ation:
I have been waiting for an oppor
tunity like this to say something more
to the farmers and laboring men of
Pennsylvania about taxation.
In my Williams Grove address on
Sept. 1 I declared that the people, and
especially the farmers, were unjustly
taxed. I stated that through legisla
tion passed by the Quay machine there
was unjust discrimination in favor
of corporations, and that the masses
were forced to bear an unequal bur
den of state taxation, and I want to
reiterate those statements again to
night, and to present to you specific
] proof of their correctness.
The statements that the farmers paid
too much tax have been challenged in
public speeches by the Republican can
didate for governor and the Republican
state chairman.
Nominee W. A. Stone, in his Pitts
burg speech on Sept. 7, in the course of
his reply to assertions made by me,
said: "There is not a corporation in
Pennsylvania that ever for one moment
realized that it was the favorite of the
Republican party" (meaning the Quay
machine). Speaking of our tax system
he declared: "This is a great triumph
for the Republican party, and one of
which all Republicans should feel Justly
proud;" and, continuing, he said: "It
seems to me that it would be much
easier to prove that farmers, laborers
and mechanics are the favorites of the
Republican party, who have been so
highly favored by its legislation."
At Hollidaysburg on Sept. 15 Candi- |
date Stone is again quoted as saying
that "The people are not taxed, and
not one foot of your land (meaning
the people) pays one cent of tax; we
have taken the tax off the lands and
put it on corporations."
ELKIN QUOTED.
Republican Chairman Elkln, at Car
lisle on Aug. 31, said: "We (meaning
the Quay machine) have taken taxes
off the lands, occupations, trades and
all personal property, except money at
interest." At Pittsburg on Sept. 7 he
again declared that "the purpose and
policy of the Republican party (mean
ing the Quay machine) has been to re
move the burden of taxation from the
people and place It upon those who
obtain some franchise from the state,
and we (meaning the Quay machine)
have reason to feel proud of our rec
ord."
I am facing an audience composed
largely of farmers. Before me are men
who gain their livelihood by the tilling
and handling of land. If there is one
among you all who does not know that
the statements of Candidate Stone and
Chairman Elkin are false let him stand
up and say so. There may be some
farmers here who on next election day
intend to vote to perpetuate the Quay
machine. To them 1 want to ask it
it is a fact, as Candidate Stone assert
ed in his Hollidaysburg speech, "that
you are not taxed und that not one
foot of your land pays one cent of
taxes," and whether It is true, as Chair
man Elkin states, that the Quay ma
chine has taken the taxes off land?
If one ,single farmer in this audience
will come upon the platform and show
that his land Is not taxed I will agree
to make six speeches a week for the
Quay machine from now until election
time, and if there is one farmer here
who owns or works a farm that can
not show by his tax receipts that all
these statements are untrue I will
stand by the same offer. And If there
is one farmer who does not know that
he Is unjustly taxed and Is paying part
of the corporation's share I want him
to send me his name and he will be
given proof of his happy ignorance.
The subject of taxation is a vast and
complex question, but there are phases
of it and facts concerning it that can
be reduced to simple, practical and con
vincing propositions. And specifically
and with varied figures I want to pre
sent some of thorn to you.
In this argument when I make use of
the word "corporations" I mean those
of that class that have the right to con
demn and take private property for
their own use, such as steam railroad 3
which pay no local taxes .for county,
township, school or road purposes upon
their roadbed and other property used
in the operation of their franchise. And
also other great combinations of cor
porate wealth, such as pools and trusts
and companies capitalized at millions,
all of which maintain armies of agents
and lobbyists to invade and surround
legislative bodies, whether national,
state or municipal.
Candidate Stone tells the farmers of
the state that the corporations pay the
entire cost of running the state gov
ernment, and also the appropriations
to public schools. This statement is
grossly untrue, as is shown in the last
official record of the state treasurer.
The total receipts of the state treas
ury for 1897 were $12,475,070.17. Of this
sum the entire amount received from
all sources, from all corporations, in
cluding the thousands of smaller cor
porations which we are not considering,
together with the tax on bank stock,
was only $6,044,131.67, or about 50 per
cent of the cost of running the state
and paying the school appropriations.
This demonstrates Candidate Stone's
misrepresentation No. 1.
Candidate Stone says that corpora
tions are taxed higher in Pennsylvania
than they are in other states. This
statement is untrue. For the purpose
of proving the falsity of Mr. Stone's
assertion I will compare the tax law
of our state with that of New York.
TAXES IN NEW YORK.
In New York state every dollar of
corporate property is taxed, yet our
own ex-auditor general, Jerome B.
ftfles, in a public speech delivered In
1893, made the astonishing statement
:hat there were from J 100,000,000 to $600,-
000,000 of railroad property in Pennsyl
vania that pays no tax whatever, either
locally or to the state. In New York
state the dollar of value is the basis
upon which taxes are levied, real and
personal, and no corporation of any
kind can escape paying its share of
taxes. But, by the statement of ex-
Auditor General Niles, in Pennsylva
nia, through discriminating legislation
passed by the machine, and purchased
by the corporations, one-half billion
dollars' worth of corporate property es
capes all taxation. The fairest way to
show the difference In taxation of
steam railroads between Pennsylvania
and New York Is to take the trunk
lines and lateral railroads that lead out
of Pennsylvania into New York, and
compare the taxes they are compelled
to pay in each state.
The Northern Central railroad, from
Wllliamsport to the New York
line, near Elmira, a distance of 70 milesr
does not pay one cent of taxes upon
Its roadbed and other real estate used
in the exercise of Its franchise in the
Pennsylvania counties of Lycoming,
Tioga and Bradford, ropn seating a
value of $2,000,000. Rut when it reaches
the township of Southport, Chemung
county, New York, it contributes In
taxes to that township $372.40. Passing
through the corner of Southport,
through the city of Elmira, into the
township of Hors( heads, it pays to that
township $637.52. It touches the corner
of Catlin and pays $36.64, and enters the
township of Veteran, in the same coun
ty, and pays to the township treasury
$1,038.80. Then it passes through the
counties of Schuyler, Yates and On
tario on to Niagara Falls, paying at
the same rate in all counties named.
Then again take the Lehigh Valley
railroad, which does not pay one cent
of tax on its roadbed and other real
estate for local purposes from the Del
aware river at Easton through the
counties of Northampton, Lehigh, Car
bon, Luzerne, Wyoming and Bradford.
When It reaches the township of Van
Etten, in the state of New York, it
contributes $1,902.33 to that township
treasury.
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION.
Then take the Delaware and Lacka
wanna railroad, which contributes noth
ing to the local treasuries in Pennsyl
vania. When it reaches the township
of Ashland, New York, only touching
one corner, it contributes $225.C0 toward
township taxes. To the township of
Elmira It pays $425.82, to the city of
Eimlra $1,199.70, to Horseheads $926.06,
to Big Flats $1,157.20, and so on to
every township it passes through.
Then take the Tioga branch of the
Erie railroad, which runs through Tio
ga county, Pennsylvania, and does not
pay one dollar on its 50 miles of road
bed in that county. When it reaches
Southport, in the state of New York,
on a valuation of $63,000 it pays to the
township treasury $441.
Then the Fall Brook railroad and
leased lines, which pay nothing on
their roadbed in the state of Pennsyl
vania, the moment It reaches the town
ship of Lindley, in New York state,
contributes $1,500 to the local treasury
of that township.
It should be remembered that in New
York all these railroads, in addition to
the local taxes specified, pay also a
state tax for the general purposes of
state government. Yet all the railroads
I have mentioned pay no more or no
less in the state of New York than the
farmer, merchant, manufacturer, or the
money lender on their dollar. So again
Candidate Stone's statement that cor
porations pay more taxes in Pennsyl
vania than in other states is proven
false.
This is Candidate Stone's misrepre
sentation number 2.
Again, Candidate Stone asserts that
the corporations in Pennsylvania pay
their full and equal share of taxes.
Now, under our state law, they pay
but four mills on the dollar of their cap
ital stock (not counting the $500,000,000
that escapes altogether); but does not
every farmer here know that he pays
from 15 to 25 mills on every dollar of
his capital stock? Is this equal and
fair taxation? This proves the falsity
of another of Mr. Stone's statements.
This Is misrepresentation number 3.
FARMERS IN OTHER STATES.
Again, Candidate Stone asserts that
the farmers of Pennsylvania are no
more heavily taxed than those of other
states. Yet the average tax in Penn
sylvania on your land, for the past ten
years, has been from 15 to 30 mills on
the dollar, while in New York state it
has averaged from three to ten mills
on the dollar, and in some townships
and cities in that state almost the en
tire local taxes are paid by the corpora
tions. This proves the falsity of Mr.
Stone's statements, and is misrepre
sentation number 4.
I might continue the list of his mis
representations on this subject almost
indefinitely, but time will not permit.
You farmers who live in interior coun
ties do not fully understand the way
you are discriminated against, but the
farmers who live along the New York
state line, in the counties of Erie, War
ren, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Bradford
and Susquehanna realize how the ma
chine made laws of Pennsylvania take
the burden off of the corporations and
place It upon the backs of the tillers of
the soil.
All along the northern border the
farms in New York state are more val
uable than those of the same size and
kind In Pennsylvania. A $5,000 farm in
the state of New York is not taxed to
exceed $25, while the adjoining farm in
Pennsylvania of the same value pays
from $65 to SBS. And it is something
New York farmers cannot understand
why railroads in Pennsylvania are not
made to assist In paying local taxes,
and why Pennsylvania farmers support
a political system that compels them to
pay 20 mills on their dollar, while rail
roads pay only four mills on their prop
erty.
Through the machine passed and cor
poration protecting legislation of our
state the corporations are favored to
the extent of millions annually, which
is paid by the farmer, land owner and
laborer.
The evasions and exemptions allowed
to corporations from the law requiring
them to pay four mills tax on the
dollar are enormous, and I believe that
a thorough and faithful enforcement of
the provisions and even the present un
just tax law would put millions of
i money in the state treasury.
SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES,
j For example, the last report of the
' secretary of lnternul affairs, for 1897,
| showed the cost of all corporations of
this t lags (railroads) in Pennsylvania
to be $1,653,072,313. The total cost of
equipments owned by the railroads was
$189,404,266. Stocks and bonds owned
by railroads, $282,655,815; cash and cur
rent assets, $90,302,269; other assets,
$200,508,217, making a total of $2,315,942,-
SSO. Taking this to represent the cash
value of the capital stock of these
roads, and multiplying this sum by
four mills, the flate the law requires,
you have what the great railroad cor
porations alone should pay into the
state, amounting to $9,263,761. Yet the
j taxes paid by corporations of all kinds
—big and little —together with the tax
! on gross receipts of corporations, and
j the tax on bank stocks amount to only
$6,044,131.67, showing a discrepancy upon
; this too liberal basis of $3,119,631, which
In some manner the corporations are
j relieved from paying.
J Now, farmers, you ought to ask Can
| didate Stone, who declares that there
| is no discrimination in favor of corpo
! rations, to account for this shortage of
more than $3,000,000.
But the loss of that vast sum of
money Is not a commencement of the I
Injustice heaped upon the farmers by
the present machine made tax system,
since the same amount of property—
-52,315,941,880, the value of railroad stock
and Investment—ln the hands of the
farmer is taxed five times as much,
or $46,318,855.
The railroads In this official valua
tion pay only $5,448,120.47, making a
balance against you under this system
that Mr. Stone calls equitable of $40,-
870,735.
But experts say that the value of
railroad property in Pennsylvania is
double its assessed valuation, or nearly
$5,000,000,000. If this be true, then the
railroads are paying about one mill
on their dollar, while you farmers are
paying 20 mills on yours.
In Tioga county last spring I was in
formed that $13,000,000 of farming prop
erty in that county pays $325,000 an
nually, while the same amount of rail
road and mining properties pay less
than $12,000, as shown by the county
treasurer, a discrimination against the
farmer of $313,000.
CORPORATION TAXES.
Scores of like cases can be shown
throughout the state, but time will for
bid more detail on this particular point.
I want to give you a few examples of
how great corporations are protected.
The Philadelphia and Erie railroad,
which cost upward of s4o,ooo,ooo,through
the kindness of machine legislation, is
not obliged to pay one dollar of tax to
the state on capital stock until the
road shall earn a 6 per cent dividend.
Of course, that time has not and will
never come, as Its stock can be water
ed, salaries Increased and expenditures
kept high enough to prevent any such
contingency.
Will Candidate Stone show where the
machine made tax system of Pennsyl
vania, which he declares favors the
farmer, hns ever exempted $40,000,000 of
farm lands until the farmers have
made 6 per cent clear, after enjoying
like privileges with the Philadelphia
and Erie railroad, of voting high sal
aries to their sons and friends and rais
ing the valuation of their farms as
they see fit?
You farmers who are paying 20 mills
on every dollar of farm lands you have
should ask Candidate Stone to explain
the following figures taken from the
auditor general's report of 1896. That
report shows that the Philadelphia and
Delaware Connecting railway, costing
$536,566.82, paid into the state treasury
only $35.22 In 1896.
The Kinzua Valley railroad, costing
$113,450.21, paid $28.12: the Allentown
railroad, costing $1,085,747.94, paid $ 15.02;
the Baltimore and Harrlsburg railroad,
costing $480,000, paid $43.73; the Balti
more and Philadelphia, costing $9,840,-
000, paid $675.41; the Bustleton railroad,
costing SIOO,OOO. paid $10; the Clarion
railroad, costing $140,000, paid $1.60, and i
the Pickering Valley railroad, costing
$481,399.08, paid the sum of 92 cents.
TAXES ON RAILROADS.
In other words, $12,777,164.05 of rail
road property paid a total tax of $870.03
in 1896. At the same time $12,777,164.03
of your property at 20 mills (the aver
age) paid $255,543.28. Stated in a sim
pler way: $12,777,164.05 of property be
longing to corporations and a like
amount of property belonging to the
farmers, together amounting to $25,-
554,328.10, paid taxes in 1896 amounting
to $256,413.31. and of this sum the far
mers paid $255,543,28 and the corpora
tions $870.03; or, to still further show
the inequality, every time the farmer
paid $2.94 of taxes the corporations, un
der the tax system that Candidate
Stone says is fair to the farmer, paid
but one penny.
I could prolong the list showing the
Inequalities of taxation almost Indef
initely. but time .will not permit to
night. After all, It seems much like
a waste of argument to try and con
vince the voter of what every intelli
gent citizen already knows—that there
Is no fairness or equality In our ma
chine made system of taxation.
But there Is another side of this great
question of taxation that must appeal
to every person within the hearing of
my voice. It is the remedy. It is far
easier to justly criticise the deficien
cies of economic p< llcies than to rec
ommend intelligent and adequate meth
ods for their equitable adjustment. It
Is impossible for me tonight to do more
than give in general terms the funda
mental principles upon which, I belive,
the taxation of our people should be
founded.
A REMEDY SUGGESTED.
The dollar of value should be the
basis upon which taxes are levied. The
man owning SI,OOO worth of property,
either in railroads, farming lands or
corporate interests, should pay ten
times as much tax as the man who
owns but SIOO worth.
No taxable property should be given
advantages or concessions In the hands
of one owner that the like property or
value does not receive in the hands of
every other owner. A full assessment
of all property should be made, and an
Impartial Indiscriminating tax should
be imposed.
The assessed valuation of property in
Pennsylvania, real and personal, accord
ing to the last census, that of 1890, was,
in round numbers, $6,500,000,000. Ac
cording to the best expert authority the
actual valuation of real and personal
property in Pennsylvania at the pres
ent time is $10,000,000,000. If the value
of assessable property Is $10,000,000,000,
the present tax rate of four mills (that
corporations are supposed to pay, but
do not, though It Is only about one
flfth the rate the farmers pay) would
/leld $i(V000,000 to the state annually, or
a"bout three and one-half times the
amount collected under the present law.
This would pay the running expense
of the state government and give the
$5,500,000 to public schools that is now
allowed, and leave, $28,000,000 to be paid
back to counties to aid in or
wiping out entirely, local taxation.
Nothing is plainer than that the
heavy burden of taxation borne by cer
tain interests results alone from the to
tal or partial exemptions granted vast
corporate interests, as the result of ma
chine legislation.
The resources of Pennsylvania are so
vast and her wealth so great that, if
each dollar of property paid Its Just
Bhare, taxation would be so light
it would scarcely be felt by any. But
the machine paid speakers will reply to
this statement by telling the farmers
that Wanamaker advocates a tax sys
tem that will place (we will say for ar
gument) a four mill tax on their lands.
To this I want to say, yes, I favor the
placing of a four mill tax on your lands
and your homes, if by so doing I can
strike off the 20 mill tax that the ma
chine made laws now compel you to
pay.
I believe I can do no greater service
to the people of my state than help to
change the perpetual machine laid
mortgage of 20 mills for a reasonable
and moderate tax rate of four mills or
less.
The above article by Mr. Wana
mnker In a full oxpannlon of the gen
eral points made by Georsre A. Jen Us,
the Democratic candidate for gover
nor, in several of bis now fbmons
campaign addresses. Vote for Jonks
and equality of taxation and equullty
In all other respects before the law.
JENKS AND QUAYISM.
Some Kxtracts From tlio Jefferson
County Statesman's Speeches That
Show Clearly Where lie Stands
on Thut Subject.
It has been alleged that the nomina
tion of Mr. Jenks for governor by the
Democratic convention at Altoona was
brought about through the influence of
Quay. Some of Mr. Swallow's stumpeis
are even yet so asserting in their
speeches. The allegation is absurd
upon its face. Quay knows Jenks,
knows him to be an honorable, high
toned gentleman, who can neither be
lorrupted, nor by any power swerved
from the straight line of what he es
teems to be right and for the good of
the people. Had Quay been in position
to exert any influence in the Demo
cratic state convention, George A. Jenks
is about the last man in the state for
whose success he would have em
ployed it.
Lest there should remain in any
Democratic or independent Republican
mind any doubt as to where Mr. Jenks
stands on Quay and Quaylsm, the fol
lowing brief extracts from his cam
paign speeches, etc., are herewith pre
sented:
"It is well known and cannot be de
nied that Senator Quay has ruled leg
islatures for years past. His will was
the law of the majority, and no bill of
any importance was passed without his
approval, nor defeated without his eon
sent." —Interview with Philadelphia
Ledger, Sept. 1, 1898.
"Upon the Republican party, with its
glorious traditions, there has grown an
ulcer. M. S. Quay, for twenty-seven
years an office holder, twice a United
GEORGE A. JENKS.
States senator and again a candidate
for election, has acquired his power by
keeping an eye single to what benefits
him."—Speech at Warren, Pa., Sept. 10,
1898.
"Quayism is now the proper name of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania.
The particular characteristic of its
managers is selfishness, as all officials
are chosen, not for their peculiar fit
ness, but because of their willingness
or ability to strengthen the hands of
Quay and help him throttle the will
of the people."—Speech at Erie, Sept.
17, 1898.
"The concentration of power in the
hands of a single man in a republic is
dangerous. The czar could not rule
here because the people still have the
spirit of liberty, yet they allow them
selves to be ruled just the same by
Czar Quay through indirection."—
Speech at Oil City, Sept. 20, 1898.
"The real contest and issue in this
election Is between Quayism and the
people of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. The question you must an
swer on your conscience and on your
character is: Who shull rule, one sin
gle, autocratic ruler, or the voice ofthe
people honestly expressed by ballot."—
Speech at Meadville, Sept. 19, 1898.
"The whole of Quayism is corrupt
and rotten, not only in dollars and
cents, but in the principles that under
lie it. The government of the whole
state by any one man or by 50 men,
is a violation of the constitution of
Pennsylvania."—Speech at New Castle,
Pa.. Sept. 21, 1898.
"We must settle this Quayism by
saying that the people's rule should be
resumed, and these wrongs should be
no longer perpetrated."—Speech at
Pittsburg, Sept. 24. 1898.
Hon. Jerry N. Woller will receive a
large vote from the organized work
ingmen in the state. He has served
them long and faithfully.
Candidate lams is a taking public
speaker, a hard worker and a sincere
student of all public questions. He
would ably and faithfully represent
the state at Washington.
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