The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1918, Page 4

THE BISM ce, Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN = s 5 e Editor For that is the Townley system: , LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, MAKE THE LAND PAY, AND IF THE WEW YOR Bldg.; STON, _ __Bldg.j MINNEAP! The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use i i tee tention weal mere: cred ly mal wail of distress fromthe prosperous Red wise credited i All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. All rights of publication of special dispatches hereia| productive value of his land and the resources Special Foreign Representative Prifth Ave. Bldg; CHICAGO, EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS im this paper and also the local news are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year. $6.00 Daily by mail per year. Daily by mail per year (in state). Daily mail outside of by forth Dakota. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES ARCK TRIBUNE 3 Marquette 8 Winter Bt.; DETROIT, Kresege OLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. t other-|_. ited: to’ ib of ne Gea River valley farmer. 1d gether much more than enough to keep body and (In North Dakota) THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Bstablished 1878) oGiD> ; THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. “TAXATION :—To amend Section 176 of Article 11 as amended by Article 20 of Amendments. by omitting the word$, AND SHALL BE LEVIED AND COL- LECTED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ONLY, and by adding the words, THE LEGISLATURE MAY BY LAW EX- EMPT ANY OR ALL CLASSES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM TAX- ATION AND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION, FIXTURES, BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF EVERY CHARACTER, WHATSO- EVER, UPON LAND SHALL BE DEEMED PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND, EXCEPT AS RESTRICTED BY THIS ARTICLE, THE LEGISLATURE MAY PROVIDE FOR RAISING REV- ENUE AND FIXING THE CITUS OF ALL PROPERTY FOR THE PUR- POSE OF TAXATION.” * * * This is one of the constitutional amendments which A. C. Townley asks the taxpayers of North Dakota to approve at the November election. Why should Mr. Townley wish to omit from the constitution of North Dakota the clause which provides that taxes “SHALL BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ONLY ?” “Public purposes” are the legal uses of the gov- ernment. Government is something in whose blessings and burdens all now share alike. When the collection of taxes is restricted to a levy for “public purposes” there is comparatively little op- portunity for private graft. The clause which now stands in our constitution “THAT TAXES SHALL BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ONLY” stands between Mr. Townley and his associates and the public purse. If we omit the restriction “THAT TAXES SHALL BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ONLY” there is nothing un- der the sun which the taxpayers of North Dakota may not be required to pay for. Mr. Townley may covet a private yacht—spread it on the tax rolls; he and his. associates in their exotic tastes may aspire to the possession of a South Sea_ island with ukeleles and hula-hulas—spread it on the tax rolls, and then there are the hundred and one economic schemes which Townley stands ready to unload on the state the moment the bars are down. There are two or three dozen Townley newspapers, everyone of them losing money, everyone of them overcapitalized ; there is the Townley League Exchange, and there is the Townley Chain System of stores, and there is the Cooperative Packing Plant, and there will be, if pres- ent plans mature, Townley elevators and Townley mills without end. There are now at least a dozen Townley banks, and at least one near-Townley hotel, which could be unloaded on the state at a profit. And let us see who is to pay for these luxuries: “THE LEGISLATURE MAY BY LAW _ EXEMPT ANY OR ALL CLASSES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM TAX- ATION AND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION FIXTURES, BUILD- INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF EVERY CHARACTER WHATSOEVER UON LAND SHALL BE DEEMED PER- SONAL PROPERTY.” The land, then, will pay, and, inasmuch as he owns the land, the farmer will foot the bill. , And the farmer who has nothing but land and who is struggling to produce a bare livilihcod from that land will pay just as much in taxes as will the owner of the Red River valley’s best im- proved estate. The homesteader whose dwelling is a sod shack will pay just as much as the second generation scion of wealth in the Red River valley who lives in a $25,000 mansion with electric lights, bathrooms on every floor, refrigerating system for who sidesteps HUN tongue classes. tory, and victory depends upon Liberty Bonds. if he should win “over there.” He'd take {t! tribute in the same degree as will. the,Red River farmer who has tens of thousands invested in ex- pensive tractors and high-grade plowing outfits. LAND CAN’T PAY CONFISCATE IT FOR TAXES. Naturally. we may not expect to hear any dis- He is now paying his pro- portionate share of the taxes; he is paying ac- cording to his ability to pay; he is paying with the which he has won from the land as a basis. Naturally, he is paying more than the humble homesteader in the Slope country whose land is not yet clear, who hasn’t been able to scrape to- sonl in company. Exempt from taxation personal property. Charge nothing on the Fargo office building producing a revenue of $100,000 per annum. i Exempt the big hotel that is worth a quarter of a million and is earning twenty per cent on the investment. Exempt the dealer in machinery and automobiles; exempt the owner of dia- monds and fine cars and beautiful homes and expensive furniture. Slap it all on the land. ' Who owns the land? ‘ The farmer. ‘ . And if the farmer can’t pay? wir a Take his land, let him rent from the state. The first principle of socialism is that ‘owner- ship of all property shall be concentrated in the state. This, Mr. Farmer, is the goal toward which Mr. Townley is directing you. It may be Utopia, but for whom? Surely not for the man who is striv- ing for a home, who is hoping by hard labor and close economy to win independence and some se- curity for old age. Stady it over, Mr. Farmer. Use your brain and do some thinking for your- self. You have thought too long by proxy. FRUIT PITS VS. GERMAN GAS. If you could save an American boy from. Hun gas, would you do it? | The gas defense division, chemical warfare service U. S. army, has issued a call to house- wives, grocers, canners, and proprietors of hotels and restaurants to aid in the collection of fruit pits and nut shells from which to make carbon for the millions of gas masks used by the Ameri- can army. Investigation has shown that the very best grade of carbon for the use in the manufacture of masks, may be obtained from the pits of apri- cots, peaches, prunes, olives, dates, cherries, plums and the shells of Brazil and hickory nuts, walnuts and butternuts. There are two reasons why every loyal Ameri- can should save these. The carbon will not only save many lives at the front but the consumption of fruit from which they come will result in utili- zation of perishable foods, while collection of nuts for their shells will also make possible the use of their meats as food. This is a movement in which every one can co-operate. In this case, the gov- ernment is not asking for money. It is simply asking for that which would be thrown away in times of peace. The Bismarck retail grocery stores and depart- ment stores have been asked by the food adminis- tration to provide receptacles into which pits and shells can be dropped, and to urge that their patrons save every pit faithfully. Pits, seeds and shells should be thoroughly cleaned and dried in the sun or ovens before be- ing turned in. Only those named are of use and no others should be put into the receptacles be- cause time and labor must not be wasted in sort- ing. America sent 141,000,000 bushels of wheat to Europe from the 1917 crop and practically no sur- plus was available. What was sent was what was saved by the voluntary co-operation of the peo- ple, a slice of bread here, an ounce of flour there. This is the spirit that is expected to make the anti- gas drive as successful as the wheat-saving cam- paign. Hague peace words have been forgotten in Haig war deeds. : The warmer you keep your home now the cold- er winter will seem. Your dollars will take a Yank to Berlin and back—if invested in Liberty Bonds. ; Your dollars will tempt the kaiser here—if not invested in your government bonds. We take off our hat to the American schoolboy “Freedom, For All, Forever” is the fruit of vic- The kaiser wouldn’t BORROW money from you Within ten years you will tell yourself that the summer and steam heat for winter. | Liberty Bonds you hold were the best investment LET THE LAND PAY, AND IF THE LAND 00/CAN’T PAY CONFISCATE IT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918 Me, FROM CLYDE BUNNELL, France, Aug. 23, 1918. Editor Bismarck ‘Tribune, Bismarck, N, D. | Dear Sir: Through you and yotr paper, | want | to thank my many friends in Bismarck | who were kind enough to send me, magazines and The Tribune. | do not | know who sent them as there were no| names on the wrapper. But 1 appre: | ciated them very much, although they | were dated way back in May and|} June, | gure enjoyed reading them and; I have passed many long hours of monotony reading the good stories in} the magazines, and it lets me knew| that I-still have friends in L'ismarck, | although some of them have proven false. Behind Me” in Bismarck will always) remain true and J only hope that God} will spare me to return to her. There; is only one thing our friends do not do there, and that is this, they do not write often enough. And that is what we want most, long, cheerful letters and lots of them. . I have been in they army for 18 months. now, and | shall never regret the day I enlisted. And army I have learned many things that I never dreamed of learning before. It has made a man of me, and I loye it; love everything and most of all love that which we are fighting for, to make this beautiful world safe and free for civilized persons to live in. And I thank God I am_not. classed as | a “slacker;” and I want to say that North Dakota. will not. be a healthy place for a “slacker” to live in when us “Old North Dakota Boys” return home. We do not want them to greet us at the station when the train goes through; we do not want them to cheer us as we go marching up the street;. nor to be Jjnvited to. their homes to meet their wives, the girl some soldier came to France to fight for and expected jo find her waiting EVERETT TRUE “WECE, WHATILE YOU HAVE, SIR ¢ I know theziittle “Girl I Left | the short time that "I have been in'the| , - SANTA GOES OVER THE TOP EARLY. . YY aly your po jie puttd ss : ? LZ ry Uy 7 ys ~” Ga! 4 tp Kon 4 ce Up for him when he returned, but instead married a “slacker.” No. We do not | want to meet them. I have seen quite a bit of country since leaving old Fort Lincoln, and Although France is a beautiful coun- try, | wil: say I have seen none to com- pare with the good old U.S. A. and it will be a grand and glorious day when us boys can go back. But we, none ofvus, want to go back until it is over “over here.” Again I want to thank the people of Bismarck for their kindness in the things they, have sent to me. And if Miss Elizabeth B. F. will’ please write more often 1 beg to remain as ever, Your Friend, COOK CLYDE E. BUNNELL, Co. K., 164 U S-Inf. A. P. 0.727. A: E. Forces, France. If you have a friend worth loving, love him.: Yes and let him know you love him, ‘ere evening’s sunset glow. tinge his brow. What's the use of keeping good things from a friend un- til he’s dead? If you have a good word to say, say it now. FROM JOHN: NICKLEBY. To Mrs. S. B. ssickleby fromther son son in England. Aldershot, Eng., Sept. 1 1918. Dearest Mother: 1 am here at last. [ have been here quite a while but I can’t tell you the date of my arrival or the date that I left but it is enough to know that I am here safe. The war news is look- ing fine lately; I think the war will soon be over as soon as/Uncle Sam gets a few more men over. They are coming all the time I guess. This is certainly a lovely country, boys they are some farmers over here. They have-no farmers in N. B.. If they had them in’ Canada as they have them here’ things would be better at this time of the war, but they will perhaps NOTHING IN Here — since r see THE Gav SLEEPS IN THE PRUNE BIN If The farmer, struggling to make a beginning you ever made—in dollars and cents as well as with a skinny pony and’a spavined mule, will con-! patriotism. : i ma a ie ne i INAINIS s ‘ Yj [4 Mf ] > Mwy QD yiy ZI 3 VAs ic sD Lad eZ learn something of use to them be- fore this is over. I have got three letters from Verna since I got here. They were forwarded from Sussex. I was not a bit sick on the way over. I expected to be but we ‘had a lovely trip, it was not very rough. I lost my pocketbook the other day with $15 in it and am completely busted now but a soldier is always broke, so 1I| don’t want to be an exception. Frank Lord is over here but I think he went) to France about two weeks ago but I’m not certain, he may be in Bramshot where -we are going after a while. They are going to give us six days’ leave after a while and I will try and see a little of the country and I will have more to write about. I! saw a little of Liverpool but not much. I don’t think I'll goto London as it is too large for me, ‘although I may go through there if I go to Scotland. As news are pretty scarce 1 will close,, with all kinds of love.to you all las as ever , your toving son, JOHN. Dear ‘Little ‘Sister:. Just a line to let you know that I arrived safe in the old country. I wish you were here to go with me on my pass but | guess I’ll have to go alone. I lost my pocketbook and Ethel’s address was in it but I told Verna in my letter to send it to me. Good day little sister. Write me.a good long letter., From your Brother ip JOHN. Address: No. 3256951. Pt. John L- Reynolds, 15th Canadian Reserve Lattalion, Bramshot, Houts, England. 5 sm ane Call, for Pity. There are people who go about the world looking out for slights; and they are necessarfly miserable, for they find them at every turn, especially the im- uginary ones. One has the same pity for such men as for the very poor. They are the morally illiterate. They have had no real education, for they [Coming to’ Bismarck Dr.Mellenthin (SPECIALIST i For His Seventh Year in North Dakota DOES NOT USE SURGERY Will be at M’KENZIE HOTEL Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 9 & 10. Office hours 9: a..m. to 4 p. m. | Two Days Only No Charge for Examination‘ Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu- {ate in Medicine and Surgery and is licensed by the state of North Da-, kota. He visits professtonally the more important towns and. cities and offers to all who call on this trip {consultation and examination free, except the expense of treatment when desired. According to his method of treat- ment he does not operate for chronic appendicitis, gall . stones, ulcers of stomach, tonsils or adenoids. He has to his:credit many wonder- (ul results in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder, bed-wetting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ail- ments. : If you have been ailing for any [length of time and do not get any better, do not fail to call, as improper measures rather than disease are very often the cause of your long-standing trouble. . Remember above date, that exam- ination on this trip will be free and that his treatment is different. Addresg: 336 Boston Block, Minne- apolis, Minn.—Advertisement. ———ooOoOoOoOoOoOO EAT CORN FLAKES THAT SAVE SUGAR. 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