Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 14, 1911, Page 8

‘AGE FOUR Grand Rapids Weratas'Review 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. Official Paper of Itasca County THREE-CENT FARES AND RAIL- ROAD TAXES. Yesterday The Herald published extracts from a statement by Sena- tor Julius A. Coller of Scott county, one of the oldest and ablest, members of the Minnesota senate, effectually | destroying the claim that the two cent passenger rate is confiscatory, as the railroads claim and as the Federal courts have held, and urg- ing the speedy adoption at a special session of the legislature of an act increasing tax railroads from 4 per cent to 5 the gross earnings on per cent. ' Though the experiences of the last session are too recent to make the idea of an extra session wholly pal-} atable at first thought, there is | question of dollars and cents in- volved that will sugar coat the pill. The railroads are now paying a tax | per cent on their gross ear ings. If you will figure out the taxes your revenue-producing property you will find that you are much more than that—probably 8 to 12 per cent on your gross earnings rate of railroad To change the taxes it necessary for the legis- lature to propose a law to that ef- fect and to submit it to the people for If the legisla- its last session had done the law could have been rated is their ratification. ture this by at the people at the 1912 election. If legislative action is postponed un-/ 1913 regular session the in- the til the crease cannot be ratified until 1914 election. Two years’ additional revenue would be gained by a special session. it is worth while examining the sit- uation to determine if it would pay to follow Senator Coller’s suggestion. In 1909 the gross earnings of the railroads on which they paid taxes was $91,01 One per cent on th he amount of the proposed in- , would be $910,142 a year, or that be saved by a special session $1,520,284 for the two years would called for next winter to submit a law increasing the tax from 4 to 5 per cent. The extra session would cost some- thing, but it need not be long, nor unduly expensive. Even if it cost} $100,000, it would be offset by al giuin of a million and three quarters | return to the people of the state, in a measure, for what the railroads about to take from them by increas- ing the passenger rate from 2 cents a mile to 3 cents, Th undertaxed. No roads are other property in the state pays so low at ir The tax commission has found that railroad property is not taxed | enough, and it has so declared. In! its 1911 report, after stating that rialroad property is under-taxed, the commission says: “This commis- sion does not believe that*there is any good reason why prop- erty should not be taxed as high as other property, and if the revised estimate of the value of such prop- being made by the rail- warehouse commission shows, when completed, that railroad property is not being taxed as high as other property we recommend that railway erty, now road and the gross earnings tax be increased accordingly.” estimate of the value of rail- road property in this state will show that it is underfaxed, whether made by the railroads or by the railroad commission. In 1906 the railroads placed a reproduction value of $495,- Any 180,630.98 on their Minnesota proper- ty. The i911 tax commission showed in its report that if this property assessed at the prevailing av- erage rates—43.48 per cent of actual value on real estate and 28 per cent on personal property—and taxed at were paying | re is no question that the rail-| x as 4 per cent-on its gross earn-| taxes would amount to 6.09 per cent on the railroad gross earnings— and they are paying but 4 per cent. An investment of $100,000 in an extra session to submit to the people a law increasing, tke tax rate from 4 per cent t® 5 per cent would gain $1,750,000 in taxes in the two years that must elapse before it can be done at a regular session. It would, too, be a proper answer to the in- 3 cents a mile. Isn’t it worth the investment, ev- legislature together again? Isn't it, indeed, an absolute necessity ?—Du- luth Herald. ALVWOOD School closed Friday, June 2, with a pleasing program appropriate for the day. Luncheon was served and a shadow and penuta contest was held. Marie Price and Lloyd White being the winners. The children made good progress for which much credit is due Miss Bardsley. The parents are disappointed in not be- ing able to secure Miss Bardsley’s services for next year. R. S. Whitinger and P. P. Johnson were business visitors in Northome on Tuesday. J, M. Price accompanied by his |daughter, Miss Irene, who has been | attending hgih school at Bemidji re- ; turned home Saturday from that | place. Mr. Price has been laid up all week with a sore hand from the ef- | fects of a mosquito bite. | A. H. Delap went to Northome Menday with a load of produce. Mr. bad. | The heaviest rain of the fell on Wednesday night. | Paul McGowan went to Cass Lake te prove up on his homestead. Mr. Bardsley, father of the teach- season er, Miss Agnes Bardsley, attended the school picnic. H. L. Price has purchased a cow from A. H. Delap. A Boost for Case. Opportunities, a Duluth trade pa- per, has the following concerning. D. Y. Case, the well known architect In this age of constant advance- ment in everything pertaining to bus:- ness and professional life, new things scon become old and old things new |and especially does this apply to ar- chitectural designs, whether it be a bungalow, palatial residence or a sky \scraper. What the man of affairs is looking for when he is building a business block or a home the architect that can give him a classy stiucture from the outside and one that has all of the modern conven- | giving him the best of sani- j tation for the interior. Duluth has naay architects, but among the who@ group we doubt if there is a single |firm in the profess’on that outrants Case & Broomhall who is i uces, hat of D, V. have a suite of offices at 710 Alworth | building, Duluth, Minn. D. V. Case came here January Ist, 1911, frou sivwing Where he was located some «wo and a half years. Prior to this time he was with W. R. Parsens & ».. Who had offices in Duluth, Des Moines, Iowa, Oklahoma City and Fort Smith, Kansas. The other member of the firm, E. F, Broomhali, was located in Kansas City, Lincoln, | Nebraska and St. Joseph, Mo., but | hearing of the great prospects. in store for Duluth and the Northland territory, he decided to threw his fortunes in this section and add what he could to make it one of ar- chitectural beauty and granduer and so joined D. V. Case. Since locating in Duluth the firm have been very busy, in fact, at this writing they have three draftsmen employed get- ting out plans and have contract work under way that amounts to more than a quarter of a million dollars. their share, having drawn the plans for the $20,000 Ryan Hotel, $10,000 Mesabe laundry, $20,000 Orpheum Theatre, $10,000 Ryder Block, $8,000 Sub-Station Fire Hall, and many oth- ers buildings all at Hibbing, and $35,000 MeAlpine Block and $30,000 | Hughes business block at Grand Rap- over the Northland. They are also | school for the Women’s board Missions of the Interior, home office at Boston, Mass. Madin is located in Asiatic Turkey, being a metropolis for a wide section of the country, making this High School an educa- tional center. The plans as drawn by Case & Broomhall show a three story building of very attractive ap- pearance to be built of native lime- stone at a cost of some $60,000. It seen from this, that their talent is also drawn upon from Europe which stamps them im the forerank of their profession, as these plans, were left in competition that is the average rate of 25.91 mills, its really world wide. ~ crease in passenger rates from 2 to! en at the discomfort of bringing the | Delap reports the reads as being very) Iu range business they are having | ids and many other plans scattered | drawing plans for the Mardin High | ft} : , Deer in that innovation, but now no (GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1911 SENATOR STONE IS TAFT LEADER Missourian Likely. to Handle Reciprocity Measure, DEMOCRATS TO PUSH FIGHT. Situation Will Be Different From What It Was When the Last Tariff Bill Was Under Discussion—Williams of Mississippi Is Expected to Take Part In the Coming Debate. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, June 1°. » (Special.J— It is likely to develo, -Aat the Taft leader in the senate is W-siiam J. Stone of Missouri. Althougs senator Pen- rose reported the Canadian reciprocity bill and will push it along as the sen- ator in charge, the defense of the meas- ure will devolve upon Democrats. It has been evident for a long time that Stone has been fitting himself for the position of leading the fight for the | bill. He has been urging speedy ac- tion upon it and has taken a very ac- tive part in favor of the bill during the hearings. He also has had many and extended conferences with Presi- dent Taft on the subject. Stone and the president are very good friends. Stone is a “Tafter,” as members of the party are designated | who made the trip with Taft to the | Philippines a few years ago. Will Be a Contrast. The situation in the senate during | the consideration of the Canadian bill | will be in great contrast to that when | the last tariff bill was under discus- sion. At that time Democratic sena- | tors were severely criticised for allow- | ing the burden of opposition to the Re- publican program to be carried by in-| surgent Republicans. It was said that | several Democratic senators lost an op- portunity to make reputations for themselves, Such will not be the case during the next few weeks, for not only Stone, but Williams of Mississippi and many other Democrats, will take a prominent part in the discussions. Senator Bai- ley, who would be the natural leader in tariff matters on the Democratic side, will be opposing the bill, but he will have only a small following. | A Near Discovery. A witness before the senate finance committee was moving along in a monotonous sort of manner and re- marked that the flying machine was | the latest device for handling sized timber. “Do you mean to say that you handle your timber with a flying machine?” asked Senator Gallinger. with amaze ment. The witness explained that it was a spar 120 feet high with cables, which replaced the old donkey engine. Seeing Washington. | The spring and summer months have brought thousands of sightseeing tour ists to Washington. There has seldom been such a rush of visitors to the capitol. When congress is in session the galleries are filled with strangers who for the first time observe the na tional lawmakers at work. There is every prospect that visitors to Wash ington will enjoy that privilege for several weeks, !f not months. Bailey’s Choice. | “When I leave the senate,” said Sen- ator Bailey, “I will become either un editor or a law professor. My inclina- tion is to become an editor, for I be- eve L cau do more good in that line of work.” This remark was injected into the hearings on the Canadian reciprocity | bill, The Texas senator no doubt thinks | he has a mission and that he would) give the world great truths. It would be interesting to note a newspaper war between Bailey’s paper and that of a journal published st Lincoln, Neb. In the same discussion it was devel- oped that Senator Smoot was the own er of one newspaper and was interested in others. He said he did not write for bis paper. “If T owned a paper,” said Bailey, “I certainly would write for it.” Almost Forgotten. In some manner the subject of de natured alcohol was injected into a senatorial discussion, and different sen- ators pointed out that the impression seemed. to be that the bill was to bring fortunes to thotsands of people—yes millions, especially the farmers - throughout the land, and yet no one seemed to know of a single advantage that had been accomplished by it. At one time there was about to be as great a contest for the authorship of the law as there is for the credit of originating rural free delivery. Ev- erybody claims to fave been the pio one seems to care who was responsible for the denatured alcoho! law. Back Numbers. Sitting side by side on a senate sofa not long since were Tom Power and Fred Dubois. Power was one of the first senators from Montana, and Du- bois became a senator from Idaho two months after the state was admitted Those were new states not so very long ago, and yet that pair on the sen ate sofa were back numbers. They were associated-in one of the greatest filibusters the senate has known, in 1893, when the silver men tried to de- law. | | majority,” he paradoxically said. | questions, SENATE LEARNS ABOUT PAPERS They Are Told How Editors Do | Thalr Work. QUESTION OF NEWS VALUES. General Manager of the Associated Press Tells Why Certain Facts Are Not Worth Printing—Public Antip- athy to Newspapers Is Developed by Inquiry Before Committee. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, June 13. — (Special.J— Members of the senate committee on finance learned more than they ever knew before concerning the newspa- per business on the day when the hearings on the reciprocity bill closed. The senators discovered, among other things, that news associations are not permitted to color the news or make yartisan reports. They also found that they had been mistaken in a number of matters regarding the publishing business and the methods of gather- ing and distributing the news. One important fact that they learned upon inquiry was that a newspaper was not obliged to print every dispatch sent to it just us it was sent; that such a dispatch could be edited, cut down or thrown away; also that the news associations and the correspondents were not respousible for the headlines. What Should Be Published. Although not pertinent to the hear- ing, there was a discussion as to what newspapers should publish. The gen- | eral manager of the Associated Press explained to Senator Bailey that if a pastor of a church should preach fifty- | two sermons according to the doctrine of John Wesley there would not be news in the sermons, but if he should make an infidel plea it would be news. The Texas senator was of the opin- ion that it would be better if the pa- pers should print the good and leave out the bad, but other members of the committee recognized that papers were printing what the public demanded. Stood Out Prominently. What stood out prominently in the hearings was the general dislike of public men for the newspapers. How generally this is known there is some doubt, but no one can have read the hearings or the speeches or heard men talk about the Canadian reciprocity agreement without fully realizing that there is a general antipathy toward the newspapers, that they are tolerated as a necessary evil because they are protected by the constitution, but that upon the whole they are regarded as an agency of misrepresentation. That is especially the attitude of al large number of men who oppose the Canadian agreement and hold newspapers responsible for pushing it forward. The same feeiing toward the so called muckraking magazines brought forward the proposition to in- crease the rates of postage on period- icals. The debates on the reciprocity bill will develop still further the bitter feeling of senators toward newspapers. ; A Root Paradox. One day when the senate showed the | that there was still a deadlock on the | election of a president pro tem. Sena- tor Root remarked that it was a good thing to show the country that the Re- publicans did not control the senate. “While a majority of the senate are Republicans, there is not a Republican In | explanation he added that a majority | of the senate called themselves Repub- licans and were Republicoms on many but on many others they were wide apart. As those questions | upon which they divided were now up. permost in the minds of the people and subjects of legislation there was not a Republican majority in the senate. What He Said. When Melville E. Stone of the As- sociated Press was before the finance | committee Senator La Follette ques- | tioned him as to why the reports of Colonel Roosevelt's western tour were so meager. After explaining an un- foreseen circumstance that tended to | curtail the reports Stone added: “If you remember, senator, said only two really important things on that trip. At El Paso he said he was against the recall, and a short the colonel | time after at Los Angeles he said he | was for the recall.” “Climatic changes.” remarked Senator Williams. Long Standing P: For a long time Senator Tillman has been paired with a Vermont senator. First it was with Proctor, and when he died Dillingham became the pair of the South Carolina senator. Al- | though much in evidence when he was in good health, Tillman was ab- sententiously | sent more or less during his early ca- | reer, as he was often on the lecture | platform. Cullom a Wonder. Day after day we marvel at the vi- | tality of Senator Cullom of Illinois. He is in his eighty-second year, and yet he continues to attend to his sena- torial duties with fidelity. He is at his office in the foreign relations com- mittee early and stays late. He hav regularly- attended the meetings of the finance committee for weeks during | the long drawn out hearings, and he | is in his seat in the senate day after | was" feat the repeal of the silver"purchase{day. For a man of his years and | strength he is a wonder. HOUSE WIRING AND FIXTURE HANGING A SPECIALTY Electrical Supplies and Machinery W. N. DELCOUR ELETRICAL CONTRACTOR P. O. BOX 154 Grand Rapids, Minn Leave Orders at HARDWARE DEP’TMENT Henry Hughes @ Co. The Diamond Feed Co. Carries on hand a full line of Hay, Rough Feeds, Shorts, Eran, Oilmeals, etc ard is per- pared to attend your wants on short notice Deliveries made to any Part of the village. Phone orders will receive prompt attention W. C. 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