Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1922, Page 6

tinued untll it had had a thorough|ported to Tongress for action. The m' EVENING STAR’ trial, Meanwhile the District Congress | President is behind it, and public How to Compare the With Sunday Morning Edition. of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' As- | sentiment, without regard to party or P : % sociation is protesting against the |section, has exprissed itself favorably. T B d f Ci J WASHINGTON, D. O |unier of school hours without the| The. word subeidy has lost some-| - ax buraens o ties TUESDAY.........May 16, 1928 change of the clocks on the score that | thing of the, terrorl it seemed once to = ———————————————————— [t seriously Interferes with home ar-|possess inspire whenever the THEODORE W. NOYES.....,.Editor rangements and with the proper feed- | question’ of a merchant marine was ¥ ing of the children. mentioned, regardless of the fact that 3 The Evening Star Newspaper Company | In this connection & question arises all sea-carrying nations have sub- d r-mn;.?'mfi,, st nd l;mfll"';:" Ave. | of secious importance. If the schocs |sidized thejr ventures of that kind. leago Office: Towe Bullding. Eagtand close at 2 o'clock, the clock DeiNg UN-| ' com———t O t——e—— Offce . 16 Regent St..Lendon, E0f4nd. | changed, and the dinner hour 18 held . Why Blue Plains? Th ing | &t 5 Instead of 6, the children are one & u:n.l;-ndl:fi '3:.:1"»;":“ tly:e"e:n ol "; N Toner 10T strestat st TiaY HE: The proposal to locate the home for at 60 cents per month: dai’y only, 43 cents per the feebleminded of the District at month; Sunday ouly, s por month. Or- [ tween school and dinner, and unless p . by siay be feat by wail, or teleptone Maln | ypoCue i rent parental discipline is’ ex- Blue Plains makes a wretched muddle 8000. Coflection 1s made by carriers at the of what otherwise bld fair to be wise and timely legislatjgn. Who favors Mississippi, Texas and Kentucky have tal's reasonable and fair tax levy, that proposal? Wil be 80 out down as to excite the | heayily taxed ae Werhioreen Focsuny end of each month. ercised they go to bed at the usual slecp. This iq most dangerous to the | not the District Commisstoners. Not | hostile comment of those critics who | with & nominal full valuatfon asse Rato by Mafl—Payable in Advance, (hour and will get one hour less of Maryland and Virginia. 2 i mc‘hcah.h of the youngsters. If every|, .\ . .4 of charities nor the board of | 8T® Misled into the bellef that thelment thelr tax-rates were tw Dally and Sunday..1yr. : : % 1 4 1 L1, soafchd ,';“;;";‘:"; ';::;’?'go:;dsb:";: children's guardiads;. Not. the delo. | et ot Focative, thns| thres times as large as that of the ’ ’ v gates of the Counctl of Social Agencles | burdens. But If this standard of measure- e , e ° Dally only Sunday on trouble. But in what percentage of How often do we hear some citizen 1 S Daily and Sunday..1yr., cases can this be done? The children ;;'“'m'mc;";m'”"th“ F":” Monday | of o wtate axcialin: WhAL! You Only | really tacd two or thine Siaces g Daily onl. $7 are 1kaly t0.De o the dtreats at plkY ening Club nor the leration of |pay from one and a halt to two dol- | much as the District they are also Bunday- cnly. Women's Clubs nor the Associated |lars in tax-rate? Why) in my city we| taxed two or three times as much as et = = for an hour longer than they should are twice as heavily tax-burdened.{all Ohlo citl includi Cl land s, : Charities. Not, in g0 far as i known, | Our rate is three or four dollars. and Cincinnatl; all Rhode Islan WO f f ND. The True Taxation Yardstick. :fw‘l"“’r‘e':f" will miss an hour of nec- |, yngle organization or individual How much stronger would this ox g"'ue., Pcluding Providence: and ah with a nderful sale of STANDARD CUT e ssary 5 - clamation be if, through increase o rginia_cities, Including Richmond. b v The pending amendment o the | Ciock changing may not be possible | Prominently Identified with welfare | the "asessment.’ our tax-rafe ranged| For ail these cities have: like Wash- 5 . . District appropriation bill, designed to work in the National Capital. between one and one and a third|ington, a low tax rate and a high by legislation, owing to the prejudice &l nee effect a cash-basis system for the cabi- | in Congress against the daylight- The arguments against the location | dollars! standard of assessment. .. ” Yet the District's tax-burden would tal, having proposed “full-valuation | uine plan for the country at large | Of (¢ home at Blue Plains are simple | e the same whether the rate were L a8 assessment” for the purposes of 1axa-!ang the fear of example here. But I and compelling, and have been force- ;i 5¢.~u~; 100 per cent assessment, OF| y¢ ¢he tax.rate yardstick of meas- | JAE Change of standard of assessment to assessed valuation of taxable prop- lfrom two-thirds to full valuation is :;tlg "lh::,h-grv;;u;c‘loln is com: ‘.n?- oining tax-rate peculiarly hurtful to the District, | ¢11) vatuation of tusble‘proparty. u': whether the tax-rate is or is not re- | reported, estimated, or guessed by ] 16-17 ST. N.W. * THE MAN'S STORES - 1005-1007 PA.AVE duced in proportion. T4 Dl;:u d Harry, officially or un- If it is not thus reduced, the present| “gna]} we disregard th 1 G heavy realty tax burden 18 unbear-|of tax-burdens. the total and. Der ably increased. ' If it is thus reduced, z:l:;'(la ;;xt-;:van:::n:-eme?"n ac 2 uthorities, an: the present mofierate rate, which, ap- | Soptte bY (e census suthorltios, and Welcome, United States Chamber of Commerce plied to Washington's high assess- | leading standard of measurement? 2 ment valuations, produces the capi- Certain sample: cities of Florida, / & oot 5 | $1.50 on 66 ssment. tion, the question arises once more as | clock.changing can stil be eftected by | LY Presented to the proper authork| ¥4, 1% s B car® eide variations | urement establishes that in compari- to the true standard of tax compar®|seneral agreement through Commis- of mctual mssessm on with these citles of Florlda, Mis: \ 2 500 sons. It has often been asserted bY |gioners' mandate. This, of course, |, 1° difference between incarcera-|Ameriean cltics under mominal sissippl, Texas and Kentucky Wash- 'y - tion and reconstruction has been | valuations—ranging trom 20 to 90 tngton is only half taxed it proves congressional critics of the District | shoylq have been done in advance of cent—the tax-rate alone is ax a yard- that it is undertaxed because of the |the shift of office opening. established two-thirds ~assessment, with reference to cities in ! theory full assessment prevails. It} has aiso bDeen chaivged tual Lac e trict is undertaxed because of the rate of taxation, with reference to cities in which higher rates prevail. As a matter of fact Washington's per pointed out. The obvious dangers' of also that every one of the Ohio cities placing an institution of the type un- | burdens meaningless or misleat (fourteen), every city in Virginia der consideration upon a tract aweadv * kX % (five), and every city in Rhode Island occupled by two homes of utterly di-| The only rellable standards of com-| (fourteen), are only half taxed. It vergent character have been empha-|PATing tax burdens are the tax levies| proves that the taxes pald in Mem- sized. The utter inadequacy of the|OF the total tax receipts, the dollars|phis, Dallas, Louisville and Jackson- acreage available has been stressed | 2ctually ralsed by taxation, and In ad-[yille are about twice as much as and demonstrated. dition, for convenience of compari-|those paid in Cincinnati. Cleveland, Who favors the Blue Plains site for | “°% the per capltas based upon and| providenca and Richmond. derived from these figures of actual| put it th rdstick of measure- the home for feebleminded? So far s _yardstick of T . ctual 1 t 1t t onl. as the public is informed, no one ex- taxes pald, In caloulating the ment:is not aulty 1t not enis proves tax burdens the rate standing alone g‘:«:«.‘?; cities of Ohlo, Virginia, N } land and the District of Co- I cept the conferees of the Senate &nd | iy of no value; the assessments stand- | jumbia are less than half taxed in ‘ H‘;;";- 2 : i loas | 178 alone are of no value, and the ap- gomparison with cities in Florlds, nder ese circumstances, unless 88185 'exas ant entucky, uf plication to the tax rate, either of the i, 3 somo way can be found by Which tho | legal basls of assessmont, the nominal | 152" 01e, s Wemasives omly haif A Prompt Declination. Refusal by the United States to participate in the proposed interna- tional conference at The Hague on the subject of Russia is In logical pursuit of the policy which dictated declina- capita tax burden, which is the only | tion of the invitation to Genoa. Secre- dependable standard of comparison, |tary Hughes' note to Ambassador 1s as high as that of the average cdm- | Child conveying this decision to the parable city. Genoa conference is an explicit state- In another column on this page to- | ment Of reasons. The United States, day is printed a discussion of this|though desirous to aid in every prac- $1.50—$1.75—$2.00 matter of the proper standard of com- | ticable way consideration of Russia’s| matter of selecting a site would ‘be ! jegal basis of assessment, or the un-!taxed or one-third taxed, when com . parison in matters of taxation. It is |economic exigencies, believes it can-|left to some competent authority such rel!ul&le(reporu °f the relation of e pared with blom‘: cities in Illinois, sesse 0 true value as a m e a. there shown how fallacious is the as- | not helpfully participate in ‘The Hague |as the board of charitles, it is to be| 4, yparative burdens, gives results yardstick of measurement is ° regretted that the BSenate did not|that are confessedly erroneous. 1; ;sotd lln-ceg-t?. w&rmuan (l:'lm ylnisé yardstick which is made up in part o eading, neinnal an levelan ::'l“' B:“ “’":h ittrely ";‘;’L the 1 eliance upon guesses at the Folation | with tax rates of $15.50 bear one-half ' - Better further delay in nINg ! ¢ the assossed to the true value fluc-|as heavy a tax burden as Louisville, 3 for 33 50 o and_ destined to encounter the same [the much-needed home than that it be | tuates In length ' in the different|Memphia and Dallas, which approxi- difficulties if the attitude disclosed in [obtained under circumstances which | States. It s not the same in any LW/ $20.and one-aixth or ong-seventh Pa the Russian memorandum of May 11 | jeopardize its future and the future of : $94.80; East St. Louis, $89.60; Cedar . remains unchanged.”” This govern-|two astablished institutions. six inches long in Ohio. Raplids, $91.98; Council Bluffs, $90.09; 3 3 I ment, however, does not let the matter Lincoln, $106.38, and Omaha, $106. liable, worthless and misleading as a .28, 5 common standard of measurement. In| Who believes for a moment that All S'zes 34 to’ 46 il factors of taxation Washington is|drop at that poinf, but expresses its| The Eighteenth Amendment. |most of the states the rate is merely | these tax-rate AERres measure the rated as undertaxed in comparison | Willingness now as before “to join comparative tax-burdeas of ese il b a percentage figure that must be ap- Miss Elizabeth Marbury, prominent luation to|cities? with certain cities, it is overtaxed | With the governments extending the plied to the assessment valuation compared with other cities by refer- | Present invitation in arranging for an I in New York politics, and an anti-| bring about the amount of tax money Who places any confidence in the . 1 I ence to the other factor. inquiry by experts into the economic | .| that the self-taxin community de- | fluctuating “full valuation” yardstick | prohibitionist, Is quoted as saying:|Hacs that i¢ will spend upon itself in | which is not of the same iength in 3 Scientific and official students of |situation of Russia and the necessary | taxation know that either the rate or | Femedies.” “The women of the coun were the | that particul: . 1t it has valued two states, or even in both cities . . . . g it 1 | its property for tax 5 counticx of the same atate, and There are all kinds of union suit sales these days—BE- the assessment is a misleading yard-| There remains to consider the dit- stick when used alone. The District | ference between 'such a conference as igh first to demand prohibition. They will | t8 Property for tax PRrposes, O MEC | (i " when applied in practice” pro- asks that it be measured by the only |that suggested by Secretary Hughes e e Nrat s d a.its Y Phe | standards “of assossment, netice pro e first to deman repeal. € | percentage rate to produce the desired ::m n; ;;-pfl-::n’--;::‘ ‘: :d;: WARE OF THE JOBBER CUT (Short Trionbs a”d Short trustworthy yardstick, the per capita |and that proposed to be held at The tax burden, the resultant of the two |Hague June 26. The latter is outlined mothers of the country will wipe out | amount is low, and if it has assesed a factors of the equation, rate and as-|in the agreement of the Inviting the eighteenth amendment. its property on a low standard its rate 7 . o elghteenth amen to produce the same amount must belevitable. Ly pam ' Legs)! The sale we are launching consists of five styles of sessment. When that is done it ap-|Powers, a cabled summary of which pears as a reasonably highly taxed |has been received here. It would ap- This states the wet case frankly and | nigh. For example, in the Ohlo cities| Morals community, neither too heavily nor |Pear that the latter meeting is to be . ( in Washington), the rate Is low and reliabllity by crossing tax rates z . . Tully. Mise Marbury is not making a | (as in WeSCiREIOn) o 30 n "Town [ with lies or widely varying local fine striped madras knee union suits, of standard SIZE and too lightly. Let that yardstick be ep- | merely for a preliminary exchange of plied. views to consider the line of action to drive at the Volstead act, but at the | {1 roi¢ s very high and the assess- | guesses comcerning “full valustio source of it. The way to get rid of pro- | ment is very low. It results that, co Heredity taints with falsity and per- y . . hibition s to get rid of the authority | ring states as & whole, we find the |meates with decepionevery atom of standard MAKE. They won't last long at this price. | be adopted by the commission of ex- Prope: ting perts “toward the Russians.”” In other wn:un l; K:e w!hc:. words, The Hague meeting is predi- ashington 1s happy to welcome),,ieq ypon continued negotiations di- idest diversity that is conceivable of imposing it. Repeal the elghteenth | tax ‘rate and this diversity is abso- e the thousands of business leaders who rectly with the soviet government, are here attending the tenth annual ) ) .. the suggestion of Secretary amendment, and the trick is turned. |lutely immaterial, for no one dreams = meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Hughes, 8s expressed in his letter of Miss Marbury, however, is much in | 0f taking the tax-rate alone as the| There follows a table showing the . standard of comparison. Now, wheth- | 070 Pl e oo tax rates of the United States, and is glad that = declination, implies consideration of they have come at a time when the |, oqies and measures by the gov- advance of her company. The man-|er the application to this tax-rate of agers of the wet campalgn are con-|the nominal legal basis of as: ssment | on local assessments and. the citied » National Capital is at its best, in re- ernments other than Russia wWithout spect both to its beauties and its com- | .\ oy girect dealings. or the reported relation of assessed to | wkich very small tax rates on tenting themselves for the present!; o value will bring about a/stand- :l‘h u‘::_nm{‘ forts. It is to be regretted that a more Some surprise has been expressed suitable convention hall camnot be | “gn* ontineee ot the American with criticising the Volstead act and|ard that is reliable, depends in tne proposing & modification. As experi- | first place upon the closeness with| L ARGE AND SMALL TAX RATES = hl t::“mrh:‘h: 5'.::1“‘:““ Z‘;: ed“": declination. There is no warrant for = deirab ey 8t{his. The policy of this government Vhioh i o (From Census Bulletin 1918, Table 30) %0 distant day. was settled and fully stated in the sessment alone or the rate alone as a | Meeting, Which “would appear to be means of determining the relative |2 continuance under a different no- tax Dburdens ot ciues. Statistics | menclature of the Genoa conference irom census reports clearly prove the absurdity of relying upon either basis of measurement alone. 1f by | reference to one or, the other of these two essential and interdependent MONEY’S WORTH OR MONEY BACK enged politicians, they fear attemptig | ratio, the closenees with too much at once. The question is|heres to the actual ful LOW TAX RATES (UNDER $20) the property, and in the second place, ticklish, and they are approaching it | 1% PTSRSCI Pley “with ‘which the city WITH HIGH ASSESSMENTS. gingerly and indirectly. officials guess at the actual relation| w.ssachusetts e¢ities: Brookline, But thelr real objective is Miss|of the assessed to the Jrue value. The|$15.70 (clty, $10.84); Boston, 31770 = = essions, o , X Narbary's; Thay, lvor Gcues Joai | C2ifammions, clolel ot ueafletal 35} sty piss); Byrinedeld, $1700 (oiy, peal of the eighteenth amendment.|comments. expe ience and knowledge| ¥ jjichigan: Grana Raplas, $18.20 Of Human DSLUE £ol city, $13.08). and when they think the time pro-[Qf humar Setute S CoUb iR, M o | (G, 3 pshire: Manchester, $16.36 pitious will make a drive for its re-|very few exceptions, no reliance| (city, $13.08). peal, or for such legislation as will ;nl\l-levler lJo;e tber "“"f‘ ohn‘ ;l\fi:’o'. :s! Some N.H Ys‘;:ks 'c::lleg: ilx&“l')”h ull valua or taxa .| Niagara Falls, $15.! ty, $10.57). Sender 1t 81 Oeed:lotier. clther in accordance with the lawful| ™ Af'GLio citles: Akron, $15.40 (city, & —And if you want to out-buy the cash in hand ‘With the laying today of the corner As Mr. Greeley would put it, the|rates or that reported in actual prac-|g13.95); Canton, $13.26 (city, §10.08); . o stone of & magnificent building which | 0t Which declined to participate at | o 4y pronmit 1s to prohibit. The|tice. Bihoinath 16,80 (clty, " §15.05): —remember you.are always privileged to open a Genod, ; Nottilng'. has, doourred. .to R Cleveiand, 15.55 (eltys 3151075 Colum. Charge Account. That’s one of the features of our drink traffic is now prohibited. True, N M t dependence | bus, $14 (city, $10.48); Dayton, ’ISJB the pronibition is challenged and al |, NatiTRIY. the momt oD nral. | (eity, s1050 Hamitton, 31466 (el ima, Would be placed upon the truthful- s1 most openly defled, but the remedy 18 | neus or aceuracy of those who claim | $iuee)? JLATE BT E0 (Y 302 not in running away, but In enforcing | to obey the law and follow the legal |$15.00 (city, $11.30); Springfield, the law. It is not permitted for men . |$14.90 (city, $11.62); Toledo, $15.37 ratlo. One is presumed to be law- | (o, $1195); Youngstown, §1442 and women to pick and choose among | abiding. But thirty-four out of| (city’ $10.82); Zanesville, $17.20 (city, is to be its. permanent home, the na- change that policy, and there was no tional chamber will become even more | oo gor delay in restating the than in the past 2 Washington insti- position. tution, and it is to be hoped that the | ATeT S PANeN g as I members of the organizations Which | ... ts Russia. Delegates from Mos- make up its constituent membership | o wore admitted and virtuslly pro- service—in addition to dependable values and attrac- tive prices. ‘will come to regard the capital even the laws. They are required to obey all | gixty-eight cities, excluding Wash- | §11.94). i more than in the past as thelr com-|Po%ed terme. Thelr atttnde v ore |on the books. ington, over 100,000 In population | Some Pemnsylvania clties A = The Two Best ook ety sion. They sought to gain a material T e ey ha ey ety sreat. , Luncaster, (city, $16 1 Y ¥ parted in practice, = 1 e n eminety proper s 1 e |10 gocaedadvanngs, Toe e |08 hring rp ofrevot in Mo 5" ekl SIicn |y G o0 v ot L Refrigerators : m t. of legal fu u: ] duction to the Genoa conference was | 18 reported to be unusually ligh B e From $90 to §20 in differ 5. 1;, oo‘,’m:%:‘é’:é‘“s ;qu; ‘oc tggz ] - merce of the United States should |,ccompanied by announcement of a|a dogen on hand simultancously do| cnf"states ~ Going a step forther:|3iio3) e e National |y vo” with Germany. They were |not give Obregon any real concern. It |can we rely upon the accuracy of the " Virginia __cities—Lynchburg, " Capital, and it is a reasonable hope concerning the extent of de- 7 5 Pe | there to drive the shrewdest bargain |18 only when they come in numbers g:::‘::; o the legal ratio made by :.1”5&1 ‘;”x‘é’%s;‘“"f‘».’;h.’ii’»’.’.?fl" :}g::; T, Ly 7, Challenge Re fngerator that when ‘more adequate provision i .| that the Mexican executive is worrled. itted de- 5 bas been made for the accommodation z:;ib::, ::;‘.“;:'Mp“:u““'n:;e::;:a 2;32‘ o?h;ephsar",:ra:,d%:rh lehe‘::‘ént‘::l;lofi{ 3121 TiyY i:g.)no!,};“"i‘:_sg'(zilfy“"(fég' . £ Co. and Alaska Refrigera- p of h gatherings its - h ficlals o e y-1 v - ., 19.65 A e ey o | short of a complete vielding to the| A few of the dslegates apparently O e elatm full valuation and | West VirElniaCheriesion 31388 SE==0 tor Co.—best because they chamber can best function, hers at the | FUS1a Proposls. There 1s no feston |regarded the Genos confererics es an $herance to the logal sats? (abes- G 314997 Wheeling #1350 Gy, are scientifically construct- % to expect different results from further | occasion on which it might be profita- 1 the accu- .40). > - 2 meat of L govern- thorities them: slur ities—G1 Bay, $16. , ment u‘fiifii"’ffimfi:fi."’;flm meetings conducted upon the same | ble to pass the hat for a collection. | racy of these reports of the relation B s it ey G ed. We know they will give aa ' Tamit of ite fonctioning; Four|{DVIR: Henos'ther Amarioan ‘refum, - of aseased to trus valuo. xcopL (0 |$128n); Madison, $14 (clty, $1135) LA unending satisfaction. 5 ' = 8 which will have the emphatic support o, “Wisconsin and the state of | Milwauices, des s i ) ot . s Presidents of the United States have| o o pAmerican people. The objectionable play which caused|sota, WstonfIR, et o which tne [ konh, 1750 (o, $18 50) We provide them in five different styles and about fifty varieties—Top, Lid, Side Icer, Apartment House Models. Mod- street riots in Berlin is at least getting | qgyres given were obtained from the erate in price, as you'll see, ranging from mmission, and represent | BIG TAX RATES (OVER $30) WITH S e e e ""‘;quo‘;lfn:(oel;n the proportion that LOW ASSESSMENTS. testified to the value of the Bervices ————— rendered by the chamber, and Con- _gress has written into legisiation its| Having been complimented by the |cia) poesibilities elsewhere. ' Valuation bears to the| Al Cslifornia cities except San Righ opinion of the guidance furnished | London Times, Ambassador Harvey he fgures given bav. | Francieco. Hishest, San Dicgo, $46.30. $ 75 '$ wisd ocratic criticlsm termin @ ebio, Colo. $30.10. 00 7, (e cnllestys-husinss v edong o m;"tfi':p’:;:;;fimm( e i, | Not having the gtfta of & spiritualls- .nvenfg’:u??: Tavoiving & comparison | iackechulis P san.52: Tampa, . to l 0‘ i 3 medi Conan DG’ ] 85e58 8., 2 Kol lo 1s cantent to | betweer rty sold and the considers- | Goorgia_oftles, except Atlanta. [‘ This year's meeting of the chamber | mat should posséss In the country to 1s held at a time when many trouble- | Which he is assigned. e Plocelved at such sales The| Boise, Idaho, $31.91 Galvanized-lined, Enamel-lined, Porcelain-lined, Porcelain be a medium of publicity. TR District assessor adopted in 1915 this| Iilinois olties—Aurora, $66.92; Chi- throughout. some problems vex both the govern- ———— i eaas— approved method of rtaining the 0, $62.76; Danville, $72.54; Decatur, \ ment and the people, and none of Germany's present financial policy SHOOTING STARS. rg"uon u;::‘:‘:::u‘l’: ‘:ll t!'r?:nl(tne t::g 33333' l"::::l E‘;«‘fi%‘;‘qfi?[fi. ::0“1’0" lce Chests : them s more vexatious than “Euro-|is to speed up the tax collector and | value, andabor, presented in maps | Rockford, 62.44; Springfield, §79.60. . * pean Conditlons and Thelr Effect on |dodge the bill collector. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. o les comparisons of selling | “Indlana—Highest sre East Chica- . There's muty o tome whetetan. T American Business,” which is given S e oz prices, with nuel!menu: 35‘0 transac- % $51.20. Y. € ce ehiat iaice: o the Drogiaic ubia 10DI6 ¢! Ineffaceable. tions ‘numbering ever 2.000: X e | A I e Coanctl Binfts, $99.0 Chest betfer meets the requirements for comaMeration, Ther s Jeed for |o; LRVTS/ 8 au.eviint bellef. that; Run- | THe'bomard atms &, furiivé blow sating over B30 e clty and every | Des Moines, 385.63. By than any other type of refrigerator. all the light an this subject that can |5, "0UM rether ‘be “Prussianized”| ' And fhinks thatall conceajed holies. | xind of vealtys " | “Minneapolis, Minn, $36.70. These will interest you— i be had, end both the govern: ¢ o d than the way it is. Yet, as he lays his victim low, The sales that compared with as. L:n;;z Missourl citles, . except St. et | widb e 3 ment an A uis. € e 9 business are bound to profit by the A "‘:;":h‘; ‘“”',’d'm Sl drise B0 Svecked one another | $106.25 Neboi MOUS e gt 25in. 27 in. 17% in..... 510-65 : exchange of views. Daylight-saving has put the old sun A‘"‘l.;h ‘While “;:: may never know e ey :;J,pl“l_ The result of | @ Some New York citles—Highest, i rias A e : dial even further out of date than it 6/ porfldy that s, dedplse, and Do atific method of ascertain- | Auburn, $41.51. i 2 § e T was before. The record in his heart will show | {he” tha relation of assessed to the | South'Carolina—Charleston, 3$56.62; 23 in. 24 in. 15 in.....,. 3 A shame complete that never dies. | trus value in the Disttic Was 1o ST Other sizes of Ice Chests, up to $28.50. as—Highest, $36. rove that the minimum legal ratio | Nearly all ‘Tex: Negligible Quantities. Righer than the minimum logal atio Wachington cities—Bellingham, : and reported T2 ies o d600 Bverert, $64:69 (alty, 300 spirits come states commended it | $56. e ilons e et the assessment basis ga‘uj , $52.51; Spokane, $41. Charges that lynch law has been advocated for the punishment of vio- lation of prohibition cause concern. The method is needlessly hasty. The —— ot ! Europe and Our Merchant Marine. The joint committee of Congress bootleg addict in the course of time |Considering the sbip subsidy bill was (back to this earth?” showed that tlon of the true val- | coma, ~$54.70. aubmits himself t6 practioally the|In Session yesterday. This is an item| I don't see why they should do 80, was W amall SN Note—Where two figures are given eame result without the necessity of [{rom & report of the meeting: replied Benator Sorghum. “They don't wnnlu the J:lit:?;e J‘l_rd::l':;.;o.x_' m nn‘;n. :: ;n:tm.n | tax ate for cl‘thy‘ eollecting a_mob. Bdward P. Farley, one of the vice]need m and they haven't measuring & e of citien? - 3. in parenthesis, is the city tax ing presidents of the Emergency Fleet oney, i 807 | tive tax-burdens v joining tax. fate aloner —_——— Corporation, who I ust returned | votes.” £ e ‘rom an investig: —_— 2 The intangible tax in the District of | ditions in of the maritime coun-| Jud Tunkins says all that most in- v tries of Hurope, told the comm! Columbia is not regarded as having tries of Mun sHipping lfl.‘.'m,...“f‘,: vestigations do 18 to stimulate a large L] S How the CesbBegister Man ot | byeises, Zacis ' KWl oy lon of shipping con- This concern makes one of any relationship to the intangible bal-| tratyy concerned s Rich. : $ et Jegisiation to develop the American aout of the money you have made the very best lines of Baby 2 = 1ife. Nias promptly passed . a e AR This concern is complimentary. It| . ae<eris 5855 Your liands Into one of the thom, BroR AL, i nnanip, keeos] Il : ! : Vehicles—and we illustrate ‘Daylight Saving” Troubles. |shows that our entrance into the marl- Seegy s i Lo g n‘lclm;nn» Sled ¢ | mADY & man and woman worlk/ng for i > A one of the most popular. tar as it has the “daylight- My heart to sympathy inclines. . - & amall fraction of what they could X 4 g 8So as gone ylight- | time fleld is rated as important. We ‘While Johin D. boosts the ot Patterson | garpy if they knew how to 5 & . saving” system without changing the |are to be reckoned with, and our com- | * grow will the w"“” = Rtee £ Pavehol |command & wider market for their Close-woven in attractive Ecru clocks in the District has worked |petitors for business there sense the Shay yar. pR¥, Uelr; duieht e D s yon Aronks e R el Bt ““ % X ' b color; with adjustable hood and falrly well in the deprzmsnt; 23 MI:‘ i ! . Progress, o will repey - study g in || e \ trong rubber-tired wheels; foot brake. Easy 518 75 i ot Ty B ettt sob | Cothpilinant Ty bl m.mmmd s ':: fisand il SehmeR Oulch Wil De point waa solen- | .iic* T nue besn married 5 dosen| ; comfortable for the tiny passenger. o fusion or material delay. Som afu:- mm for th.‘ et ti ; g lesEariE times.—Burlington News. s R B also all the various styles—Sulkies, Strollers, Pullman or A '3 o ghly e fray. The Amerl-| « the. 'l'lhlu aaylight-saving stunt is mere- | | : nd pts—of this and other contemporancous makes, such as mchools, however, were affected and |can merchant marine should be one of the banks were bothered. Indeed, thejthe best afloat. It. should lack for ‘' banks were so much bothered that the | nothing in its inaugural, or in its sup- ¢ 'President has been asked by & delega- | port after inauguration. The object mnrmmuutlam&nrnuutomhm-mnnfl‘cm - +-h . “emefgency law changing the clocks in | the water, and maintaln our strength. [anything,” said Undle Eben, own | the ans e District. The President's reply nunogm-n‘“‘ m‘fi,h“wg'm "?: on o e Saah Eagis Abat the present system Wwould be con-| The bill' in'band will soon be X Pl AR L veon stalled in l!“fi;“.‘ 1y & complex way of kidding your- A ‘Whitney. - Marked at convincing prices. . Hom thieves beve disppeniad wi udiul:ely to sal as a|® nd Times-Dispatch. 3 — - 3 taxicah robbers have took thelr place:” ['geience. or- 8rt. e iden. was im-| ‘War ty China Has Just Begus, Ma | liif SR ! 5 e Rntu“rnmol Germany. In this school | Soo Bayl—Headline. All right Ma, | fl ' ¥ £ “If loudness of de volce counted fob 15" erery Roakible -1 “?"“ 2 s b : ¥ o cha 3 :