Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 9, 1910, Page 4

oe GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, MARCH'9, 1910. Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. SENATOR ROOT ON INCOME TAX. There is an important issue which will come before the next Minnesota but which has received at all in comparison with its importance. This is the in- come tax amendment to the federal constitution. There seems some dang er that in this state it may go by default into the waste basket. This should not be. It should thave thorough ante-election discussion, and the people, as a whole, should make legislature no discussion known their position. They may rest assured that it will not be forgotten by those who oppose the tax, and who favor it will need to be very active if Minnesota’s vote is not hose recorded as ‘‘No.” When Governor Hughes threw the zreat, weight of his influence in op- position on the grounds that it would make state bonds liable to this tax and so narrow their market, capital laughed aloud in its satisfaction. “That kills it’? was the general ver- dict pronounced in glee or mournful- ly as sympathy was for or against. The republicans of the New York jegislature promptly smothered a movement to hear from) Senator Root who had announced himself as favor- img such an amendment and had! vot- ed for it in the senate. But Mr. Root has more courage or more honesty of purpose than the gentleman at Albany as he has recently sent them a letter yeiterating his position and taking exceptions to Governor Hughes’ espec argumentl. ; He says: “I do not find in the amendment any such meaning or ef- fect. I do not consider that it will in any degree whatever enlarge the taxing power of the national govern- ment, or will have any effect ex- cept to relieve the exercise of ‘that taxing power from the present re- quirement that the tax shall be ap- portioned among the several states. Nor does he consider, it unfair that the citizens of New York would pay a larger part of the tax than those of any other state, since “the income of New York are lin a great measure derived from the country at large. A continual stream of wealth sets towarc the great city from the mines, manu- factories and railroads outside of Ne* York. “Thousands of men” he added “whe have assassed fortunes in all sorts of enterprises in other states have gone to Ndw Yonk to live” and concludes with the statement which will apply to all wealth and to all incomes as well as ta the coming great com- mercial and money “We ought to be willing to share the bur- dens on a national government in the same proportion in which we share its benefits.” center. DECENTRALIZE THE POSTOFFICE The senate ‘has jbefore it a bill for the reorganization of the postal service. Its consideration should pre- cede any attempts to change the postal rates. As Senator Carter ver: aptly remarks, the . department has spent $70,000 to secure from ex- perts a plan of reorganization, it ought to reorganize before it does anything else. The bill contemplates two radical departures, both of which would be {wm the interest of economy. It would make the service more continuous ey installing an official who would serve during good behavior and have general charge of the administrative work. It , would also decentralize the Department to a great extent. Under the present system, when a postmaster wants a few letter heads 0 a bunch of postal cards|he must send to Washinton for them and wait un- til all the red tape has been tied. % he gets disgusted and buys the supplies himself, the postoffice will gpend twenty times the cost of the year. articles in am imvestigation, and fin- ally charge them up to the post- master. If a railroad were run on this plan it would go into bankruptcy im a It is_as if the railroad kept all its surplus ties, rails, tools and spikes at one terminus, releasable only on an order signed by four or five vice presidents. Students of the postal service believe that if the Wsiness methods of the postoffice were modernized, the deficit of $17,- 000,000 would disappear without the change of a rate. Mae Oh Biel DO EXAMINATIONS EXAMINE. The difficulty of obtaining a reli- able examination of banks is again suggested by recent experiences in Massachusetts, where four banks have been looted of nearly $2,000,000 in six months. One national bank in Cambridge was robbed of $160,000 by a twelve-dollar-aiweek clerk, peculations came to light only a few weeks after the bank had been pass- ed as all right by a mational bank examiner. The Federal Governme. has suspended the official, pending an investigation of his investiga- tions. The examiner merely appears to have been outmaneuvered by a clever scamp, who had _ intimate knowledge of the bank’s affairs. The piling up of embezzlements has pro- duced a public skepticihm about the reliability of examinations. gations by outside demanded in addition, to the Federal and State inspections. Public alarm is uncalled for, as the peculations are trifling compar- ed with the vast sums of money handled by the bayks, and there is no fear that any|depositor will lose by them. The greatest concern should be felt by the bankers themselves. The conditions seem to say that their confidence in stated examinations is not warranted by the facts. In the large cities where there are clear- ing houses the same feeling exists, but fortunately there the banks have the means at hand to protect them- selves. They organize clearing-house examinations, inspect each other and thus not only keep close tab upon the actual status of the banks, but get a general idea of whether any banks are doing business recklessly. This system illustrates the essen- tial difference between a bank and other commercial enterprises. No wholesaler :would ‘think he was strengthening by having his competitc examine his business. He would ra- ther keep it; to himself. But he must confide in his banker. His banker, however, cannot be secure by tell- ing him how the bank is running. The banker’s safety lies in telling the other-bankers in a general way what he is doing and how he is doing it. Banking is a much more delicate process than selling groceries. It is much more dependent on public confidence. A weak or foolish bank failing can cause the strong banks infinite annoyance and anxiety. This Probably is the reason they consent to examine each other. whose Investi- —————————_____ WHO OWNS THE UNITED STATES The other day the Wall Street Journal published an analysis of fi- nancial control showing that J. Pier- pont Morgan iis dominant in corporate business that has a capitalization of $10,000,000,000, or nearly 10 per cent of the entire wealth of the country. One man out of ninety millions con- trols 10 per cent of the wealth. Re- markable, isn’t it? And worth think- ing about by' a people whose right to work for wages and to get wages enough to live upon depends upon the character of the control of this (wealth. But that isn’t the whole story by any means. Md®dy’s Magazine, which isn’t a “muckraking” maga- zine and is published for investors, not for Socialists, coments thus upon the showing made by the Wall Street Journal: “It is a wellknown fact that the railroads, industrial concerns and in public utility enterprises the socalled (Rockefeller , interests rep- resent a larger aggregate of capital than do Morgan interests. — “And, further than this, these two big interests are themselves quite directly allied and are becom- ing more closely cemented im both their plans and motives as the years sol iby, : | not so acéountants are | “And outside of these two great groups are half a dozen or smaller groups of captalists which between them represent in corporate contra! easily $15,000,000,000 more of capital- ized) valuesl “These outside groups are identi- fied, both in interests and other im- portant ways, with either the Morgan or Rockefeller group, and thus we may, in presenting an exhibit of con- centrated control of corporate under- takings, fairly state that a capitaliz- ed valuation of probably $35,000,000,- is . concentrated in the hands and under the control of not more than a dozen men.” 4 Thirty-five per cent of the nations wealth, because the people created it—in the hands_of a dozen men who are closely, allied in motives and methods? 1 Nor does that tell the full story. Moody’s Magazine estimates the total capitalization at par the country’s corporate wealth ‘at $43,000,000,000. Of this $35,000,- 000,000, or 80 per cent, is in the control of a dozen men who work to-| gether. And these men are not phil- anthropists or patroits but men greedy} of power who are contriving to cre-} ate—have created, in fact—the great-| value of est power that ever existed in the/¢ history of the world. People laughed at Senator Follette when he made a showing! alarming as this in his} speech in the senate, and called him | a disturber, a Socialist and a Pop- | ulist. | This aggregation of corporate con- | trol involves the power of life and) death over smaller business activ- | ities. It involves the power of life and death over the workers of the na tion. It. proposes to use this power | for the selfish purposes of the few who control it, and it commands the government! of the nation to keep its hands off. Are the American people, who re- Welled against the infinitely less irritating -tyranny of a stupid king of England, and who rose in arms} against the power of a slave-holder’s | autocracy, likely to submit to hav-| ing the price they shall receive for | their labor, and the price they shall pay for the products of that labor when they need them to keep body and soul together, fixed) by the dozen men who have gathered up this terrif power and are using ‘it for their own benefit? a TO-MORROW YOU MAY DIE. Dedicated to Judge L. L. Croze, Houghton. Sometimés, old pal, in the morning, When the dawn is cold and gray, And I lie in the perfumed feathers Thinking thoughts I dare not say, I think of the “stunts” of the night before, And smile a feeble ‘smile, And I say to myself for the hund- redth, time, Is it really worth the while? Then I pick up the morning paper, And I see where some saintly man, Who never “soused” in all his life— Who nevef said “hell” or “damn,” Who never stayed out ‘till the wee ‘small hours, Or jollied the gay soubrette, But preached on ‘the evils of drink- F ing, The cards and the cigarette. “Cut off in the prime of a useful life,” The headlines glibly say, Or “snatched by death’s grim reaper, He had crossed the great highway: They bury him deep, while a few La | friends weep, And the world moves on with a sigh, And that saintly man is forgotten soon, Even as you and I. Then I say to myself, “Well, Jack, old scout, When you're jump. And veach the place ithe best and And reach the place where the best and worst, Must bump the eternal bump, You can smile to yourself, chuckle, Tho’ the path be exceedingly hot, For when you were on earth you were moving some,” Now is that an unholy thought? Then I arise and attach a cracked ice band To the crown of my. battered hat, And saunter forth for a cold gin fizz- She’s a great old world at that! called to take the and in my store .. : Capes. t dededivdiochech-chedheclededhedhediedhedhe ddedhedhecheheche heck hed man-tailored garments. ss cleclochsclechechockeclechecleclodheche choc dhe hohe dhecheheskeahed rder Your Easter Outfit Here at Ho ' Order Now..... March 27 is Easter Sunday The American Ladies’ Tailoaing Co., Chicago, whome I represent have issued their Spring Fashion Portfolio. It pictures in actual colors 66 of the most charming new style in Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and It shows 238 samples of fabrics, the latest weaves in cloths and silks. . . . YOU GAN HAVE A GARMENT MADE IN TEN DAYS Considering material and workmanship Prices are extremely low. JOHN I have it on show PS h-dhchhedecbechchchediecheh chk dehchdh heck hehehe Oe hoclechecheche check, Tok ciochochechedhecloclochechsechoshodloddochashocheclocloclockechechedhedheohetioctectecbedieceebphedeeedededededd ded kkk kA ke) “DON’T FORCET TO INSPECT THIS LINE BEFORE PLACING YNUR ORDER THE SAME PERTAINING TO MEN'S GARMENTS THE PIONEER STORE, ss cechectucRechoatockeckooRockockoctockoctockesoskecbockostechectockeciosheciociechoctocheckocectectectocke cteckockostostostoatekostecBeatostochoatoteatectockootectootestoctooteckostectockoctecRostostestoctostoctecteatectoud BECKFELT, Grand Rapids EASTER SUNDAY | FALLS MARCH 27| Date Set By Astronomical Calcu-| lation--Supposed Harbinger of Early Spring. A_ rather interesting|train of|thought is suggested by the fact that Easter will come unusually early this year— March 27—which to the minds of some people predicts an early spring. The earliest date upon which Eas- ter may fall is March 22, but in a period of more jthan 200 years the conditions brought it upon that day but once—in 1818. The dates have been calculated from 1786 to 2013, both inclusive, being 12 cycles of the moon. Only four times in that ex- tended period thas Easter ‘come as early as March 23. It may come as late as| April 25, as it did in 1886, but it will not again strike that late date until 1943. In 1791 it occurred upon April 24, but it will be the year of grace 2011 before it is again as late. The next early Easter will be 1918, when it will fall upon March 23. Whether the prompt waning of the moon after the sun has crossed the vernal equinox has any bearing upon spring weather is problematical, but there are those who believe weather conditions are more or less dependent upon lunar phases, and shape their season’s predictions accordingly. And they may be equally reliable with the ground hog’s shadow|and the breast-bone of the goose. The day for Haster fis the result of an astronomfcal calculation. It falls upon the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The sun crosses the spring equinoctial line on March 21. If that day should be a Saturday and of the lodge, stated that Racine was not injured in any manner while go- ing through the form of initation. At that time the candidate complained of being injured, he being in a badly scared condition and two doctors|who were present, made an examination but found nothing wrong with Racine with the exception that his nerves | were unstrung from the effects of the! lessons taught, as perscribed by the; ritual. The Nashwauk lodge treats the aff: as a joke and thinks when the case comes to triai, providing it does, it | | will be dismissed. | Bear Hunt in the Rockies. The Gem is giving an unusually good bill of motion pictures. In the | near future they will show “A Bear | Hunt. in the Rockies.’’ The follow-! ing from the Moving Picture World| gives a brief description of the man- | ner in which tthe films were obtain-| ed: “Heretofore hunt pictures have been made with animals either in) captivity or trained so as not to be dangerous. In this instance, however, the operator joined an actual hunt and the audience goes with the party from tthe time they start until the bear is killed and taken to camp./ It is reproduced on the screen with ; and marvelous fidelity and offers numer- ous thrills before the rifle shot brings the huge beast to the ground. The way the young woman, fishing, re- treats to camp when the bear swims the stream is a touch of comedy that gives a touch of life that in- creases the interest. The scenery of the Colorado Rockies is faithful- ly produced. To those who have been fortunate enough to clamber over these magnificent mountains thread their narrow defiles, this picture will appeal with irre- sistible power. And those who have not been there can rest assured that the reproduction is faithful and is almost as good as seeing the origin- als, without the attendant discom- forts but will not deter the enthusi- ast from climing a mountain though they do exert some influence on oth- ers; and this picture is a good, sub- stitute. The technical work is un- commonly good, considering the dif- ficulties under which it was perform- ed. It is a picture which should se- cure the congratulations of all wha appreciate the labor involved in ob- taining it.” FOR SALE—Gurnsey Bull, 2 years old will sell or exchange for sheep or young stock. Call at my place at Pokegama lake, U. C. Gravelle. the moon reach the full that night, the next day, March 22, would be Easter. This concurrence of events, as stated, has been recorded but once in a calculated period covering beyond 200 years. CLAIMS EAGLES BROKE HIS RIBS Abe Racine Sues for $2,500 Dam- ages for Alleged Injuries Re- ceived in Lodge. Abe Racine, a Nashwauk carpenter. is suing the Eagle lodge of that place for $2,500 damages in the district court, for injuries which he claims were received during his initation in- to the lodge. In his complaint he states that two ribs were brdiken. . Attorney John C. Lewis, Henry And I go’on my way rejoicing— What's the use to complain or sigh Go the route, old scout, and be merry For to-morrow you, may die. —Wnm. J. Flynn, Superior. Hogan, C. A. Kennedy and G. A. 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