Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 7, 1913, Page 10

BATES UNDER Cent. Under Payne-Aldrich Law—Raw Wool to Go on . Free List Dec.:1—Comparison of Rates Under the Old . and New,Laws—-—Features of Income Tax. ; PROGRESS OF ' THE NEw TARIBFUBILL. | The touowuzx\shown theichron- i ologieal history of \the yUnder-? ‘wood-Stmmons) tariff fidll: Jan. § to Feb. l—Heazings, yhouse ways and means comunitiee. April 7—Bill introducecl by Mr. Underwood and ref to the ways and means committeia. April 2-—Bill reported by derwood after Democratic had approved it. May §—Passed houseyof regresent- atives—yeas, 281; nays, 39, May 9—Received by ‘the |senate || and referred to finance comammittee. |1, June 20—Bill completed by senate finance committee and refierred to {lif Democratic caucus. i July 11—Bill reported to senate by i Chairman Simmons with recom~{}! mendation that it pass. | July 21—Made unfinished business of senate. Bept. 9 Passed by senate—veas, P Sept. 1i—House nonconcurs in — ate amendments, and bill goes tof conference. ¢ Bept. 25—Conferces reach final ad-} justment. . Un- caucus i { “; After being under comsideratiom in\j congress for nearly six months the ) new tariff bill is a law, and for the first time in nearly a quarter of a cen- tury tke country has a tariff law.orig- | inated by the Democratic party. ’1he| bill will doubtiess be known as the Underwood-Simmons bill, taking the title freom Chairman Underwood of the |\ minates anii gunpowder on the free ways and means committee of the house and Chairman Simmons of the finance committee of the senate. The spoasors for the bill say that it ‘ will raise ample revenue. Chairman | Simmons has been advised that.it will yield a surpilus of at least $1€,0600,000 2 year above current expemses. If it does not meet the expensss of runming the government the expenses will be reduced. { One remarkable thing about the pres-\ ent tariff bill, a precedent. in fact, is that the semate cut the average rate of duty carried by the bill below that fixed by the house. Heretofore in the making of a tari Dbill the house has | siashed the rates, while the senste has | then taken up the bill and readjusted the rates on a higher genecval average. The house biil carried a general av- erage rate silghtly below 30 per cent. This the seuate cut a little over 4 per cent. The coafersnce commiftee has raised the geners! average duty bat slightly. The average ad valorem duty carried by the bill as perfected about 27 per cent. the preseat law is about 35 pec ceut. Many Changes Consids The conference The average under | | had to cominit deal with 676 pa phs en which | there were disa Sowe of | these involted ouly chavge of a | word or a qu 2 of | uation, but | a majorit them represented dif- | ferences in rates and a few were fun- | damental. The house conferees aiso accepted | the senate amendment fixing dates | when the wool duties shall go into ef- | fect, which was one of the final stum- biing biocks. 1 Raw wool will zo on the free list on Dec. 1, and the reduced duties car- ried by the present bill will become ef- fective on Jan. 1. The house bill pro- posed to make the wool duties effective {mmediately on the bill being signed by the president. The final action was an important concession to the manu- facturers. The senate won over the house also | on controverted paragraphs in the | schedule relating to cotion clbths and yarns. By this agreement slightly | higher duties are given to certain | coarser grades of cotton cloths and | yarns by changing the classification. Fur hats and frames, forms and oth- er parts for the manufacture of such bats received a rate of 45 per cent. This maiter affects the hat industry in Connecticut. The house fixed the rate | &t 40 per cent. the senate made it 45, The silk schednle also was reopened, and the rate on silk partially manufac- tared from cocoons or wastes, not fur- ther advanced in manufacture than carded or combed silk, and silk moils, | was reduced from 30 to 20 cents per pound. The Metal Schedule, Probabiy no single indnstry covered by the tariff bili suffered such redue. tionx in duties as did the iron and steel induostry. The house cut doties un- sparingly, and then the senate follow- el by making still further reductions and increasing the free list, The house, for example, placed a éuty of 8 per cent on pig iren, spiegei- sen, scrap iron and serap steel and like products aud made ferro-maganess dntiable at 15 per cent, The senate free listed hoth of them, and the con- THE NEW TARIFF LAW #he Hat Industry \of Connecticut is Hard Hit—Average Ad i f’mgsowero adopted /by the conference. |ivet and othergfabrics, 45 per cent. | Fancy paper boxes.. i i tHis conferbnce | comanittee ‘Testored the classtfication - basedfon the cublc feet of ithe coutainers:in)which such prod- ucts ;are dimported, which results in a ofithe duty. alsolost in the struggle overia! jduty-on bananas when the coufexence {committee struck out the semate!rate snd\restored bananas to t.he&tme‘lis: of the house bill, ' Woolen|Schedule. Very{few changes were made in the woolen-schedale. ; The senate was sus- tained| by the| comference committee in its samendmenits: fixing the dates when wwool :\duties shailego into effect. Com- promises wereimade:by the conference comutitiee |between sepate and house rates,’ by’ whichiwool tops will bear a duty of ‘10 pericent:and yarns a duty of 18{per cent. Theisenate sought to reduce the duty on wweolen blankets and to free list | blankets valuedsat not more than 40 ! cents aypound, but the conference com- mittee i rejected jthe amendment, and all {blankets willjbear duty at 25 per cent ad valorem.’ The house rates of | 50 .per cent ad velerem on carpets and T v A ycompromiset was reached on the ! paragraphs relaiting to angora goat hair, alpaca, by’ which the hair will _pay a duty of "15/per cent; tops from | such hair, 25 pericent, and plushes, vel- ‘ Sundries. The confierence (committee adopted’ fhe action -of rthe jsenate, placing ful- 'list. There}was a.compromise on the paragrapn relatingito furs, but general- "ly the housesrates were restored. The senateirates prevalled as to lace curtains andilaces and the house won by vhaving restored the paragraph in thejhouse bill covering chamois skins | and¢ glove leathers, by which the for- mertwere madesdutiable at 15 per cent, ! and ‘the latter at 10 per cent. There | ‘Wwas a\compromise on the glove sched- ule betaveen semiite and house rates and theisenate’seaction in free listing harness, saddlesi and saddlery parts ‘washapproved bflLhe conference com- mittee, althongh!the house bill had made them dufiable ati20 per cent. The only substamtial victory won by the vhouse in the free‘list was as to free\art. Hene are rates of themew tariff com- | parediwith the Payne-Aldrich Jaw: . LUXURARES. Payne New law, law mamundx,nr A Free 10pac | Diamond but unset... 0po 2poc | Wpe Wpe| Ct 55 t0 60 8 to 55 | pc pe| Staiged glass . -- $%pc &pc Gold\leaf, 50 leaves.......... $L% %Fpe Laces\ embroideries, efc., of -t SR eeevesnease-dbcand Hp e Spa Candy, (val. at i5c. orbiess.. 4c and 3 Bpe Candy, ower 15c. per Ib...... 0pc %pc Spuff Moo Spc Bpe Cigars aad\ c!xareuu.lh M50 54350 | and and %Bpc Bpe| @eafpomi. ot 0 %pe Hpe Flowering bulbs ¢ulips, hya- 500 to cinths, etc., per M. -3l to $10 $10 | Preserves, per lb lcand Mpec BHpe Jeilies .. Ape tives, gal 150 szm $2.60 G 0B | kling wines, gts., per doz.. $9.60 $3.60 In pint bottles, per doz. 430 3480 Still wines, gal. e doe Ale. beer, etc., in bottles, gal 4o 45 Laces Silk manufactures Playing cards, per{pi. Bpe Free #Bpe Free Gpec Hpe NECESSARIES OF LIFE. Glass jars, per b.........n.... le pe Common window glase, per 5e 2 Beissors and shears, doz....16c and Wpe Bpe Free Free Needies, sewing and knit- ting, per thousand........., $leand Mpe 3 Bpe Crochet nesdies ,,...evrreeer %Ppe Wpe Waod, Rough lumber, per 1,000 €ff,, %% TFres ! Sawed boards of white i wood, planks, ete., per 1,000 ft, board measure. s Fres Other sawed wood, P‘f 1,500 ft. boasd measuve. Bpe Pree $1.25 Frea Free Free 8¢ Free 9pe Bpe Bps 5pe %e Free e 8¢ 2 and Bpe Bpse WBpe Wpe Bpe Wpo Free Free Free S e B 800 15 i8¢ 1e 20 L, 1o o pe 8c 8o 2c 46c Be $4.00 200 16c 40c (green or dried), per bu %0 Potatoes, per bu.. - 1 Castor beans, per bu. of 50 Ibs. 2%c Flaxseed or linseed, per bu.. e Straw, per ton . 8150 Vegetables in n: . Bpec Ctder, per gal. . B Garlic, per lb. 2 lc Beets .. Bpec Sugar beets eees . Wpe Fish. F¥ish, dried, salted, smoked, pickled, frozen, per Ib...... %e Mackerel, halibut or salmon, fresh, salted or vlckled per 1b.. 1c Packed ln ofl or canned...... 30pc Fresh water fish, per 1b . 1-4 Fruits and Nuts. Apples, peaches and other small fruits, per bu. . e Thegsame, dried, per Ib...... 2% Berfies, per qt... . 1lc Chocolate and cocoa, per Ib. zu,c to Spc Figs, per Ib.. 24e Piums, prunes %0 Lemons, per 1b 1%e Oranges, grapefruit, limes, poE bt A ey 1c Pineapples, per thousand.... 8 Orange and lemon peel, per 1b. 2% Citron, per 1b% e Peanuts, unshelled, per Ib Jec Peanuts, sheiled, per 1b.. 1e Almonds, unshelled, per Ib 4c Almonds, shelled, per Ib.. e Filberts and walnuts, shelled, per Ib... 3c Filberts and walnuts 5e Pineapples, per thousand.... = Pineapples, preserved. Bpe Household Necessitées., Salt, per 160 Ibs. S BT Salt in bulk Potato starch, pe 1%e Other starch, per Ib e Vinegar, per gal Tise Mustard, per 1b . 10c Red pepper, per lIb.. pares Nutmegs. cinnamon, per Ib. 3e Cloves, per 1b Brooms . Brushes . Buttons, per gross . Perfumed toflet soaps 80pc Castlle soap, per lb. 13%e Medicated soap, per lb. %e All other soaps Cosmetics contalning alco- hol, per 1b 0pc Cosmetics without alcohol.. #@pec Plasters, all kinds Lpe Saleratus, per Ib e Sponges, raw.. Mpe Sponges, manufactured. Wpe Common earthenware %pe Earthenware, ornamented “pc China and porcelain...... Biscuit, bread, cakes, etc. Pickles and sauces Beans, per bu Gun wads . Silk ribbons Mattress hair . Phonographs -.... Photographic dry plate Films for motion pictures... % p cle to 3c per ft Manufactures of catgut, am- ber wax, asbestus, etc.... %5pc Mpe | | Manufactures of bone, horn, whalebone, etc.............. BFpe Wpe Manufactures of india rub- ®pc %Spec Manufactures of ivory, gel- atin, shell, etc......... Npe| Matting made of cocoa fiber, per sq. yd.... 6c | Clay pipes, per gross. %pe | Other pipes, pipe bowls and other smokers’ article: pe pec| Harness, saddlery ... Freo Meat Products. Lard, per Ib... 1%c Free Bacon and hams, per lb. ic Free Meat extract, per Ib.. %e 10c Meat extract, finid, per Ib... I5c sc MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. Cotton. Cotton. thread and carded yarn up to and including No. 15, per Ib... Cotton from No. 15 to No. 30, per Ib., increase per number Cotton, exceeding No. 30, per 1b., increase per No. Cotton tbread, colored. up to and including No. 20, per 1-16c 1-5¢ To!ton thread, colo!‘ed ‘\lo 20 to N No. - Above 8, increase per No.. Spool thread of cotton, !n- cluding crochet, darning and embroidery, per doz. Spool Cotton cloth, unbleached, less than 50 threads to sq. in., pér sq. yd...... Cotton cloth, unbleac ed, from 56 to 100 threads to 8q, in., per sq. yd 1c Cotton handkerchiefs MUMers ....co.ccceresne. Cotton olotn, bleached, val. at over fc per 84, ¥d..eeeo. Cotton stoekings, seamiess, PO¥ dOS. Pr.cccccsasccasssncess 708 and 15 pets %pe Shivts and drasers, pants, vests, sweaters, etc., per and 16 pe .18 Sams, higher grades......., s and 15 Botten suspenders Hats, Bonnets, Ets, Bur hats, bonnets and hoods ¥ val. al pol ower $6.60 per doz., tux per doz. . $1.58 and WP e Samg, val. between $5.69 and $18 per doz., tax per doz.. §8.6 and Wpc a-me vai. hetween $18.60 and $20.09 per doz., tax per daz. §5.6§ ~aagd 60c and 49c and 60pe 60pc 5pec 8, ingrease per J Mape ; t;f G Free Free Froe 3o Wpc Free 250 Free $2.00° 10c 16¢c €e 10c¢ Free Free Hpe Free | & g Mpe Wpe Wpe Sipe | 5t [=pe T to Wpo Z%po “aded Wpo “pe Wpo Gpe Wpe Bpe N i s TINI L Gamtien Ppor Ibiissiiisississnnsiasnsesdlo and Wpe Bame, welghing. over 25 lbs. por dox., pPer uciiiiiiiive 0 Men's gloves, per dox. prs. Women's or children’ or sheep, per doz. prs. prs. .00 ‘Women's or children’s, goat or other leather, per doz. S e 33.00 to 3.7 Men’s goat or other leather, per dozZ. Prs.....ecee.. $4.00 Cotton gloves .. aeerenees WPO Firearms. Muskets, muzzle loading shotguns .... %pe Double barreled breechioad- ing shotguns val. at not more than $5.00 each.. $1.50 Same, val. at more t $5.00 and less than 31000 - 3400 and Bpe Same, val. at more than WO $5.00 Pistols and revolvers. T6c and %pec Watch Movements. | With less than 7 jewels. . To0c With 7 to 11 jewels 31.35 With 11 to 16 jewels. . $185 With 15 to 17 jewels . $L% and %Bpc | With more than 17 jewels... $8 and | Bpe | Watch cases, clocks, etc.... 40pc Pens, metallic, except gold pens. per gross. . 13 Penholders and gold pens..5c and Bpec | Plate glass, fluted, rolled or ribbed, per sq. ft.. .« ¥cto 1%c Cast polished plate glass, per sq. ft... 10c to 22%e Spectacles, eveglasses, val. at not over #c. per doz..2c and ipe Same, v at 40c. and not over $1 ....46¢ and 20 p Same, val. at over $1.50...... Wpe Glass lenses, ground, pebbled or polished .... .. $6pec Telescopes, microscopes and fieldglasses Hpe Mosaic cubes of marble, onyx or stone, per Ib....... 1%c and 2pe Manufactures of marble, etc. 50pec Millstones Bpe Grindstones, per ton 3.7 Roofing slate ..... Mpe Cement, per 100 1bs. Te Iron and Steel. Iron beams, joists, girders, per lb. 3-10¢ Boiler or, of steel, per Ib 3-10c Same, val. at over 4c. per 1b 20pc Iron or steel anchors, per ib le Iron and steel forgings...... 30pe Apti-friction ball forgings... é5pc ‘oop, band or scroll iron or steel, per ID...ceercrnrsnene 6-10c to 3-10c Steel bands (tempered) for making band Saws.......... Bpe Railway bars. T-rails and flat rails, per 1b......... <o 3-10c Railway fish piates, per lb. 3-10c Iron or steel sheets.......... 5-10c to 9-10c Sheets of iron or steel, pol- il Pee 10700 s 1i4e Rivet, screw, fence or other iron or steel wire, per lb.. 3-10c to 6-10c Other iron or steel wire...... 1c ur ward Anvils, iron or steel, per 1b. %e ‘Azles periib. . %e sledges, crow- bars, etc., per Ib.. $oE e Bolts, nuts, hinges, etc., per 1b... S8 I Cast iron pipe, per 1b.. %e Cast iron vessels, andiron: etc., per Ib. §-10c Chains, per lb. %e to 3c Boiler tubes not thinner than No. 16 wire gauge, per lb........ 1c to 2¢ Other tubes ..... wees WpcC Penknives “pc Same when val. or more per doz. have addi- tional duty per piece of... e to e Sword blades and side arms M pc Files, per doz... e to TThe Horseshoe nails, per 1b. . 1%c Tacks, brads, etc., per Ib. %o to 4o Btereotype and electrotype plates .. Crosscut saws, pe; Mill saws, per linear foot. Circular saws Steel band saws, per Ib. All other saws....... Screws, according to length, per 1b.scesvits S e 10¢ TUmbrella and parasol ribs.. 80pc Wheels for raflways, per 1b 14c Hooks and eyes, per Ib...... 4%c and Bpe Plows and other lgflc\llmrll Hemp, Jute, Etc. Cables and cordage made of hemp, per 1b............ 2 Bingle yarns of flax hamp or ramie, per Ib.......cce.... 106 Fleor mattings, per sq, yd.. o Linoleum, per sq. vd. ., Scto 12c and Bpe HeandkerehlafS .....cccerereeee B DO Handkerohiefs, hemstitehed, 66p ¢ Bhirt eoliars and ouffs, linen, per doz.....ceoue. Paper, Bhsathing and seofing paper 10p e Priating paper, vai, at frem 8. {6 5. PEF 1B.,rvrrerrrrrr 2106 t0 §-10a Bams, val, above de. per ib., Lipe Copying paper, tissue paper, ete., per Ib.... €rape paper, per 1B.....ersr 56 and Bpe Surfase ceated papers, per i 3 Letler and noie Paper, per [T : rees 86 gad Bpe Same, weighing mete thaa 15 1bs., per ream, per Ib. . 3¢ and Bpe Booiss and pamphield e BB E Bpe Bypc Bpe HBpe WMpec Mpe Ipe Wpe Wpe Vpe 8e Bpe %e to 1c 6c to 120 HBpc Bpec ¥Bpe Hpe ®pec Wpe Gpe Free $1.50 Wpe Free 2pe Bpe Bpe Bpe Fpe Wpe Bpo| pe Mpe Mpe| 0pec 15 to 0pe Bpec ¥pc Bpec Bpe 12pe 10pec Wpc Wpec 20pc Bpc to 55 PC n RS i = 5pe L2pec 12pa 2pec 2pe 2pe %Bpe Bpe Bpe 5pe Bpec Speo 12pe Bpe #pe Bpe Bpe Bpa Bpe Bpe Bpe ps | tain exemptions. P omen’s and dress goods, wool, per sq. ya ...m..........—.....u....fl&} and Wpe te llc Sana : and SR EE DL R Bpo - W Carpets, treble, ingrain, 3-ply, Per 8q. Yd...cevsseeecaneess..22¢ and opc ‘Wool carpets, Dutch and 2-ply ingrain, per sq. yd..18c and “pec Hats, bonnets and hoods, composed of straw, palm leaf, etc., not trimmed. Same, trimmed .......... Bpec . B0pc Brick and Glass. Fire brick, not glaged or or- namented, per ton. . Same, glazed or ornamented, per ton 2 Other brick, not glazed. Other brick, glazed or orna- $1.25 Bpec %pc pe mented . . Tiles, unglazed, per sq. ft... 4 14e Tiles, glazed, per sq. ft 8c B Glass bottles, vials, § green or colored, per Ib..... leto 30pc 1izc Automobiles and bodies...... 46pc 30to $pec Automobile chassis........... Hpc Wpc Finished parts except tires.. 46pc 2pc Bicycles ceneen . 4pc HBpe Motorcycles &pe Fpe Steam engines . 0pec 5pc Cash registers . . 3pc Free Typesetting machines Mpec Free Typewriters .... 3pec Free Printing presses . Embroidery and lacemaking machines %p Sewing machines Free Shoe machinery . Free Cream separators . 45pc Free Nippers and pliers, per Ib... Sc and 30pc Ope Glass bottles, plain. “pc Mpe Glass bottles, fancy #pc 4pc Electric light bulbs Lead pencils, pér gross Slate pencils covered with wood Other slate pencils, per 100.. RAW MATERIALS. 4c Bpe 6pc spec ic %Bpe $1.00 e Collodion (in sheets), | Argols ... Chalk, Ib. Clays, per ton.. China clay (kaol 2% $1%5 Coal, per ton... 45c Free Coal slack, per ton. . 13c Free CokpH LY, . 2pc Free Asphalt, per ton. 50c Free Marble, c. f.. . &c B Building stone . 50pec Bpec Iron ore, per ton 15¢ Free Iron pigs, ton.. $250 Free | Aluminfum, 1b...... e 2 | Copper (bottoms), b, 2%e Spec Lead ore, 1b. Mica, Ib.. Nickel, 1b.. 0po Quicksiiver, 1b. ¢ Wpc Zinc (pigs), lb. BBpe Bugar cane . Bpe Tobacco, 1b.— Unstemmed . $1.85 35185 Stemmed . $250 $2.50 Flax straw, ton. 200 Free Flax, not dressed, 1b lc Free Hemp, ton Bilk (carded or combed), Ib. %c Mc Cork bark, 1b........ e 4 Feathers and downs (crude) 20pec 20po | Opium (crude), 1b... 150 $3.00 Plaster, rock or gypsum, crude, ton . 30c Bauxite, ton $1.00 Fuller s earth, ton $1.50 Argentine - ... %pec Metaliic mineral substances in crude state, not spectal- )y provided for.. .. Wpe Wpc Timber, wn, sided or squared (not less than 8 in. 8q.), and round timber.c.f. %4 pc Free Wood puip, mechanically ground, lb.. Y%c Free Weod pulp, chemical, lb. 1-16to Free %e Hides «... Free Free THE INCOME TAX LAW, All Incomes in Excess of $3,000 Sub- ject to It—Penalties Provided for Failure to Make Reports. The income tax feature of the new tariff law, made possible by the adop- tion of an amendment to the federal constitution, marks a new feature in tariff legislation. It is expected to yield an annual revenue exceeding $100,000,000, which makes possible the reduction of tariff duties. Under the terms of the new law 2 tax of 1 per cent will be levied on all incomes in excess of $3,000 with cer- The bill provides that there shall be “an additional tax of 1 per cent per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $20,000 and does not exceed $50,000, and 2 per cent per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $50,000 and does not exceed $75,000, 3 per cent per an- | num upon the amount by which the total met income exceeds $75,000 and does not exceed $100,000, 4 per cent per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $100,000 and doee not exceed $250,000, 5 per cent per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $250,000 and does not exceed $500,000 and 6 per cent per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $500,000." Individuale to Make Returns. Every person subject to the income tax must make a report of his income to the collector of internal revenue In the distriet in which he llves or In whieh his business {8 carried on. In defining what shall be considered inceme for taxation, the bill says: “Subjeet omly to such exemptions and daductions as are hereinafter al- lowed, the net income of a taxable person shaill ineclude galus, profits and Yncome derived from salaries, wages or compensation for personal service of whatever kind aund in whatover form peid, er from professions, vocatlons, businesses, trade, commetas or sales or dealings in property, whethsr real or persenal, growing out of (he ownershlp or use of or interest In real or personul preperty| alse frem interest, rent, divi- dends, secutities er the tramsaction of any lawful business earried on for gnin or prefit er gains or profits and Income devived frem any seuree whatever, in- ciydisg the inceme frem but not the | surance company | sausage, taxable under the income tax law, or plus the sum of $1,000 additional if the; person making the return be a married;} woman with a husband living with hem} and being himself not taxable un shall this additional exemption of $1. 000 be deducted by both a husband - and a wife.” the income tax law, but in no cveni dents to Be Taxed. Foreign R | The bill contains provisions for thd } taxation of the incomes of citizens re« siding in foreign countries on incomes - . derived from property owned or b\l‘!k\ ness carried on in the United Statesy | The bill also provides: ] “That if any persen, corporation, joint stock company, association or ims llable to make return or pay the tax aforesaid shal refuse or neglect to make a return s the time or times hereinbefore speci- fied in each year, such person shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000. Any person or any officer of any corporation required by law to make, render, sign or verify any return who makes any false oe fraudulent return or statement with ims tent to defeat or evade the assessmenk required by this section to be made shall be gullty of a mjsdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding $2.000 or be imprisoned not exceeeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court, with the costs of prosecution.” The first tax s to be levied and col« lected on imcomes from March 1, 1913, to Dec. 81, 1913. Thereafter the in come shall be computed for calendaz vears ending with Dec. 81. The bill also provides that the In« come of states, territorfes or political subdivisions shall not be taxed, and there shall be no tax levied on incomes derived by states and municipalities from the operatiom of public utilities, but this does not exempt the corpora- tion operating the utilities from paying tax on the portien of the income due to the municipality. 2 alsd Good Prison Fare. If what is said of French prisons bd correct the wonder is that there are any people left outside. An official return of the necessaries and luxuries | supplied recently to the prison depart: ment shows that there is no stint Among the edibles supplied are 84,000 tablets of chocolate, 17,000 kilo- grammes of butter, 3,000 kilogrammes of coftee, 85,000 eggs, new laid, of course; 50,000 kilogrammes of Bologna 2,000 cheeses, 200 kilo- grammes of caramels, and ten times that ¥ ‘ht of other sweets. A kiloe gramry : nearly 2% pounds. . . = How to Be Immortal. . . Only one-cell animals which have na differentiation are immortal and never grow old. Physical, immortality, death. less youth is possible, but you must be an infusorfan or a yeast plant to attain it, and one wouldn't even be & clam or a jellyfish for the price. Tha process has no limits any more than it has beginnings. Life 1s just that, one-third dying that two-thirds may live, whether it be the single cell or | the body.—Dr. Weods Hutchinson in Hampton's, s Naturally Filtered Water. An English naturalist, who has ex plored the mountain ranges of the Malay peninsula, reports that in seve eral species of bamboo the hollow in- ternodes—the parts of the stems bees tween the joints—are stored with large quantities of naturally filtered water. He also discovered two spe- cles of ferns, growing on trees whose thick, fleshy stems are filled with gal- leries tunneled by ants, the ferns thus forming living nests for the ants. New Life-Preserver. A new life-preserver, which has beer successully tried, may be introduced into the German navy, writes the American consul from Brunswick. The apparatus, which weighs 5% pounds, consmts of two swimming cushions | bound together by straps. The cush- fons lie upon the breast and bac.k. The apparatus is provided with a small lamp fed by a battery. A Pennsylvania County's Oil Wells. In McKedn county whenever they want funds to run the county affairs they just put down an oil well on the county farm and up the money gushes. The South Penn drilled a well last week that is doing five barrels a day after being given a shot of 80 quarts of nitroglycerin. A farm like that is & mighty convenient thing for a county to have.—Philadelphia Record. ~Stint” and “Stunt.” # Stint is a good word as a noun. A & verb it means something nst quite 80 pleasing. Do not confound it with stunt, however. A stunt is something quite useless. It is the horse-play of the mountebank, and has nothing i common with honest, productive labor. A stint is the warning to the wise thag something demands to be accome plished; a goad to the laggard thag time is on the wing.—Atlantie, v i, Stops Splashing. Two small curved ribs mm the spout of a new anti-splashing faucet prevent the water spattering as it is sues, no matter what the pressure. No More Worry. “Party that lost purse containing twenty dollars need worry me lengex ~—it has been found "™ VA A A - * S