THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, 'JUNE 27, 1908.
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Direct Primary . Grows; in
.Popular. Favor With' the
. People Because "' of the
Abuse of Power Vested in
;. Politicians. , ' .'
SOFT-SHELLED EGG HATCHED AND
SENT FORTH FEATHERLESS CHICK
Issue in 7 Tennessee Today
, Differs in Some Respects
From Oregon, Inasmuch
as It Invokes More Than
One Issue. - ;
.By FREDERIC J. HASKIX.,'
- (Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J. Haskin.
. Washington; p.. C.r June 27. The
moBt I conspicuous ; example Nof ' the
change of the voters from the atti
tude of helping aa aspirant to "get
the nomination? tQ a determination
to "make the nomination" them'
selves, la afforded by the recent suc
cess of Ooyernor Chamberlain i of
Oregon, a Democrat,' who was select
; ed ' for United States senator at
general direct primary. In "a Repub
lican state.. , .The .? Oregon general
primary for senator Is la effect an
extra-constitutional method of choos
.Ing: senators by direct; vote, and .Is
not a party primary.,; Yet it Is the
direct outgrowth of the determtna
tlon of the voters to take into their
own hands the elective power. They
learned how - to do It In party .- prl
merles, and they have carried things
a step farther 1 toward : matured de
mocracy. -'PYi'.:'
Oregon and Oklahoma aT both experimenting-
with direct legislation by means
of the Initiative and referendum.' Other,
states are not yet reaay to tax eucn
radical departures from the represent-
V tlve- form of government, , but the in
j creaalns; power of the direct nominating-
primary snows tpai me people xenenuiy
are inclining- In that direction. United
States senators are nominated by party
primaries in many states, and each bl-
ennium adds etbers to the list. The
convention : fbrnominating county of-
floers Is almost extinct, so generally has
the primary election nominating system
been applied to minor offices in rural
districts. -' '
- Abuses of the powers of delegated
conventions, the opportunity for corrup-
tloipand the dangers of dark horses
all had to do with the downfall or the
convention In counties and cities. Even
more potent than these was the con
stant danger to party organisations from
possible 'bolts.1,1 'A candidate who' is
defeated In a convention by intrigue is
much more apt to holt and head an
other ticket than is the candidate. who
has been defeated for the nomination by
a majority of the voters of . his party.
The latter is a more convincing defeat
;:; y. Demand StroaaVS?:
The voters, finding their power -. in
nominating minor officers, have grad
ually reached out until they now control
congressional and state of flees. In a ma
jority of the atatea. The demand-for
direct primaries is so strong In others
that the system bids fair - to become
universal within a decade.' The next
move of the direct primary advocates
win pe roaae on, me national conventions.
-, The movement varies In the 4 several
tatea, according to local conditions, of
course. For sake of an example, take
the case or Tennessee, wnicn just
now midway between the convention and
primary system. Two years ago M. R.
Patterson, one of the Democratic aspir
ants for governor, demanded that the
state committee order a primary." The
convention forces won and-no, primary
wa held. But the aspirant who de
manded the primary was nominated by
the convention ana was elected gov
ernor. - - ' - ''
This year-former Senator Edward W.
car mack became a candidate for the
Democratic ' nomination against Gov
ernor Patterson, and he demanded a di
rect primary. Practically all county and
city nominations and all congressional
nominations In Tennessee are now made
by -primaries. Nearly, all of the Demo
crats county committees joined in a re
quest to the state committee to. leave
the contest for governor to a direct
primary. But the state committee.
friendly to Governor - Patterson, de
clined to accede to these demands and,
instead, ordered a primary - convention
nlan. Under this scheme a seneral pri
mary election le being held in Tennes
see today. xne two aspirants xor gov
ernor wilt be voted for liv'eae'h county,
and the delegates to the nominating con
ventlon will be instructed to vote as a
unit for that candidate receiving a ma
jority in the county. , - s
; i Makes It aa Issue., : '
Thus the electoral cones plan Is
ractlcallv applied to the race. ' Senator
larmack has made the direct primary an
ssue in the campaign, and has declared
that he will not accept the nomination
'unless he has a popular majority of-the
votes cast over the whole state. Gov-
ernor Patterson defends the - primary
convention plan and says that he will
take the nomination If he has a majority
of the delegates, even 1f his opponent
has the majority -of the popular vote.
The newspapers tomorrow will tell the
' result of the contest, but as prohibition
is the chief issue the question of how
V
Tennessee stands on the direct primary
nuestlon may not be settled. The de
feat of Governor Hoke 8mith of Georgia
by "Little Joe" Brown was reactionary
In more ways than one, as it involved a
protest against a direct primary wlrch
took away the balance of the power
from the smaller counties.
Kentucky has been one Of the most
conservative of States in Its election
laws, all voting having been done by the
open viva voce method until 1891. . The
1.., r. V stataa to artnnt the i-r,l
ballot. Kentucky now bowa to the reign
of the direct primary. ! it has been the
cause of many party reuns ana ractionai
A' spring chicken with a fair com
plexlon and -the appearance of having
just come from the barber, where it
might have been shaved,' and massaged
and manicured and all that, was hatched
on the Oak farm near Vancouver, Wash.
a. I. Gheen of Portland has the feather
less chicken now. ' '
The chick, with the, exception of one
oV twoJJnv pin feathers on its wings,
is absolutely void of any covering what
ever. The chick seems to feel humlli
sted. when -displayed to the gaze of the
inquisitive public, and only by expres
sions of sadness can it apologize for the
nude condition in which it appears.
'The chick is three weeks, four days
old, and ia larrairfor Ita age. ' It his nn
excellent appetite, sleeps well, hasn't
had the colic as yet, does not cry at
night, - but is particularly f ond . of
Scratching. .- - - -
' With the exception of the fact that
the ''peep" is naked, it le-very much like
any other chicken. It was hatched from
an ordinary egg. ; The egg's geneology,
as far as is known, is to the effect that
a Plymouth Rock hen had the honor of
lay In the essr which has brought about
this strange phenomenon In the poultry
line.' - ; . , ": -;' ' - - - . -
; When winter comes Mr Gheen Is pre-
rarinar to have a cute little suit with
rousers and Jacket to match, so that j
the chicken can spend the pleasant days i
v:-
A Chicken So Said It Really Looks
- Naked.
out In the open with the other chickens
that nave neen more xoriunaie. -
HOUSEWIVES CAN BUY NO MORE
' PIANOS IN OATMEAL PACKAGES
i Good-bye to all lottery, schemes and
premium lists which have been distrib
uted -by flouring .manufacturers and
others selling packages to the public. -
The last of the millers and wholesale
houses of the northwest that have had
goods on' the market and offered prem
iums and prises as an inducement to the
housewfe to buy their goods, have met
the requirements of the government re
garding the lottery laws and the task
begun by United States District Attor
ney John' McCourt and his assistant,
Walter H. Evans, several : weeks ago,
has been finished. . , j -.
Plans of. this .character are held by
the government to be lotteries, for the
reason that the articles are not of equal
value; but of necessity are of varying
values, and because It la purely a matter
of chance Whether the purchaser of a
Package of candy, peanuts or popcorn,
or example, will receilve one article or
another. - - '
It. would bo practically impossirjie ror
the wholesalers to nreoare articles of
different kinds of precisely tha- same
values. Thst the differences In value
are slight and that the articles approx
imate each other In value does not re
lieve the scheme ef Its unlawful char
acter, according to old uncle earn, ana
he holds that any variation In the value
of the premiums given renders, the plan
a lottery. - '
The attorney general of the-United
States has prepared a circular which
has been sent to the Portland oirice.
The objections raised to the plan which
hun rilannntinUAA hv the . COVem-
ment. and which are set - forth in the
circular are held to do overcome) uy
placing In every package of the com
modity a premium Identical In character
and value with tWat placed in every pack
age, and by stamping or printing upon
each package of the commodity the
name and an accurate deacrlptlon of the
article which It contains. This la done
so-that each purchaser will not be tak
ing any chances, and wlll know exactly
what he is buying In connection with the
oats or flour, or candy, or whstever
happens to be the contents of the pack
age. W. ... , i,: v. -
So according to the new ruling you
Just can't ramble for prises wlfen la
reality yon are buying something to eat.
fls-hts. but it Is now accepted as an In
stitution. -'vl.'-' - .; . j.
Toters ana primaries. -
Whether or not - the voters In a pri
mary are wiser in their selection or
candidates than delegates In. convention
Is an open question. - But the effect of
the primary on party erovernment is un
doubtedly for the better. Important as
political organizations are to tne dusi
ness of government under our system.
It was not until the primary asserted Its
power that the parties were given legal
resognltion. ,, -
The necessity of enacting laws to pro
tect the primary elections and to pro
vent -fraud has caused the legislatures
of many states to enaot laws which
govern parties snd methods of making
nominations. . This, has prevented the
snap" nominations which were fre
quent in the old days when the only
arty laws were taose promuigatea cy
he party committee, and which could
be changed at the will of that body. -
If the , present disposition of both
arties to yield more and more to the
irect primary- continues, many great
changes in American politics may be
looked for. Suppose that in 191 J. there
Is a demand upon the national com
mittee of one or both of the great par
ties for a presidential primary. It. will
be s refused, if precedent is followed.
Then It may , become an Issue ' In the
campaign, the defeat of a party candidate-
may be traced to his attitude on
the. question. Thus It Is entirely , pos
sible that by 1916 there will be a gen
eral' .presidential .primary.
ypy-H'"X'.''Tb i Situation. Vvrv '''-'v
It : Would ' be held: of course, on the
plan of that being held today In Ten
nessee the convention delegates from
each state be In a- bound by the ma
jority of the votes cast in their several
atatea From - this step It : Is not . far
to a direct primary of all the atatea
There Is already sentiment to aid this
development The Republicans of the
northern states - object to delegations
from southern states which never cast
Republican electoral votes . controlling
Republican nominations. In the Demo
cratic convention. Texas, with- its solid
majority, is always outvoted by Penn
sylvania, wmcii win never cast a uem
ocratio electoral, vote. The proposition
to cut the southern representation in
the Republican convention was defeated
the other day or a very cioee marrin
and ; by the- force . of political - neces-
NOTED PASTOR TO BE
HEARD AT GLADSTONE
Bishop Eobert Mclntyrg
Will Give Two Addresses
at Chautauqua.
Robert Mclntyre la .of -Scotch - birth.
He came to America when but seven
years old. -. From childhood he baa been
schooled in tha "University ' of Advert
Domestio .afflictions caused . him.
when hut a mere lad, to become bread
winner for a large family. Ate 11 he
HIKER SCORES
CURRENCY PLMI
Arthur Eejuolds Denounces
the Aldrich-Treeland BiU
; in Strong Terms.
; Salem. -Or., June 27-In his address
before the bankers yesterday afternoon
Arthur Reynolds, of me national cur
rency commission, characterised the
Aldrlch-Vreeland bill as a "oombina-tlon-compromlsing
emergency currency
bill, an unsclentiflo makeshift a patch
upon the coat of Joseph and a legisla
tive bastard." Reynolds' scathing de
nunciation of Aldrich and the entire
senate . finance committee was the sen
sation 01 the seaslon yesterday.
M Senator Aldrich and his colleagues re
fused absolutely, said Mr. Reynolds, 10
receive the currency commission and
would only agree to a five-minute in
terview with one or two of its mem.
bers. He saM Aldrich lpc-tBlat Antlra.
ly for the benefit of Wall atreet and
the money barons of the country.
According to Mr. Reynolds, Aldrlch's
original idea to base a credit system
on railroad and other corporation bonds
was made for no other purpose than
to bolster up those securities and make
them- sell again at somewhere near
tne rigure they did before the panic.
Mr. Reynolds also made the statement
mat Aiaricn was assisted by the man
agers of those national banks who had
in their possession larger amounts of
railroad bonds than government bonds.
A.i me time or the crisis last win
ter, said Mr. Reynolds, the national
banks held more than $626,000,000. of
mi roaa and corporation bonds while
they held less than $50,000,000 worth
of municipal and public Improvement
oonaa. 11 was tnis illegitimate inter
est according to the learned banker.
toai was ieaaing Aiaricn and nls col
leagues to base a currency system, on
corporation bonds.
- 'Credit Currency," was ths subject
01 me aoaress.. e said tne umteu
States was the only nation that had
ever- used the bond currency system
and said it was absolutely useless. The
paramount feature of our system Is
Inelasticity and the speaker attributed
numerous panics directly to that cause.
The last panio was caused by many
things, he said, but the Inelasticity of
prime causa
a credit cur-
the credit system was the prime causa
' Scotland has emnlored a credit cur
rency for 200 years, said the speaker,
-ttw
A-'i
knock the
direct presidential primary would
proi
that the unfted States Is a federated
ops from under the notion
system of semi-soverign states, perhaps.
But it would be no more unconstitu
tional or extra-constitutional than the
nresent method or elsctinv rtrentriAnra
It would add vastly to the trouble of
cting campaigns ror tne nomma-
the- chief expense -would be
conducting campaigns for the nomina
tion, dui tne- cnier expense wouia b
borne n by - the . various . state , organisa
tions. J i ' - ' - J-
What' Ita effects would be upon men
and ' lasues - Is a matter of pure con-
lecture. But It la altogether likely that
if a primary naa oeen neid tnis year,
Foraker would have - had t more votes
at Chicago than -he did. An ultimate
effect, would De a renewal or the de
mand for election ot the president by
popular vote, and a revival of all the
old questions of states' rights In a form
which would sppeal to J.he popular ap-
peute for conirovorsy. . .- ;
. Vower of the People.
in tne Beginning, tne ratners gave
as little power to the voters as pos
sible. The only function the people
can exercise under the constitution In
directing the affairs of the federal gov
ernment - lm iu eiwi - memoers 01 me
house of representatives. - That Is - a
body -which is wholly renewed every
two year. -me-constitution -holds as
a . check against that popular, . and
therefore ' dangerous ' element the aen.
ate. which la elected by the legislatures
of the states and which Is a perpetual
and self-continuing body. In the execu
tive branch, tne constitution veats all
power in
srates. Th
removed from popular control, as the
judges sre appointed by the president
for life. That was the theory by which
the- federal government was to be con
ducted r-
As a matter of fact, the people have
elected the president from ; the first
choosing between nominees. In the
first few elections some states chose
electors by tne legislatures, but . the
popular vote had become general in all
tne states, except oouin uaroima, by
lsjz. Bouin Carolina legislature ap
pointed its electors until after the Civil
waf. The election of senators is be
ing taken from the hands of the leg
ion, xne constitution veats all
a president and vlce-preaidept
y electore "appointed by the
The Judicial branch is totally
lslaturea by the spread of the nrimarv
election system. in reaerai judiciary
is still neyona popular control, which
lire.-
Home Office t
.CORBETT BUILDING,
Center rtfth and Morrlaoa Streets,
rOBTLASTD. O&EOOX. '
U M ILLS....... President
U BAMTJKL,. . ....Oaneral UanafM
CLARKNCB f. BAUWU Asst. Kga
In Best for Orenohicmb
The Policyholders Company
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Bishop Robert Mclntyre.'
worked In a Philadelphia mill. : Later
he followed tha trade of bricklaying.
His education . was received at' public
schools . and - Vanderbllt .university,
Kashvme, Tenn.
in l fa he entered tne ministry.. Ten
years later he became pastor of the
largest Methodist church In' 'Chicago,
from which he went to the famed Trin
ity church, Denver, and then was pastor
at at. jamer cnurcn, Chicago.
- For the lasf four or five years he has
been a very popular pastor of Los An
geles. His eloquence, humor and pathos
are ' most captivating. - He presents at
the Chautauqua two lecturea, "The Bst
tle of Lire? and the - "Evolution of
Abraham Lincoln." .-, in
Chehalls Rock-Crusher a Success. .
(Special Dispatch to The JmirniH
Chehalis, " Wash.. ; June 17. -In addi
tion to . having , turned out many car
loads of rock for the eztensivs road Im
provements In ' Lewis county the past
several months, the big rock crushing
Plant at Meek lit near this city, has
proved a profitable Investment for the
county.
fhe total sales of rock aggre
gate almost 111,000, and the expense of
re
total of 497 car loads
operating the
less. During t
plant was
about $1,000
-erlod referred to a
fit rnrk was sold.
Much of this has been nsed on the ex
tensive .system of street Improvements
under way In thin city. ,
and all have been delighted with the
evenness with which the system of our
neighbor to the north, Canada, works.
Japan is the -only country outside the
United States that ever attempted a
currency system . based on bonds, and
that country had enough of it aftar
one year's trial. - -- ,
Over-expansion was the greatest cause
of last winter's panic; that with the
fight waged between several New Tork
banks against each other. Slnoe that
time 160,000,000 ia gold have been ex
ported, said the Des Moines . banker,
without any disastrous results. The
suspension of payment for several
weeks during the last winter wss char.
acterlsed by the speaker as a crime,
forced upon the banks by the inelastic
currency system, but a crime Just the
same;, one that shattered the confi
dence of the, American people in Ameri
can banking. --1
After Mr. Reynolds came W. O. Jonea.
assistant cashier of the National Park
Dan. Mew yora city. He discussed a
great many varied phases of banking
and especially problems that face the
country banker. Mr. Jones said that
he himself was a country banker-once
in eastern Kansas whers one vicissi
tude after the other visited him. In the
aiBguiae 01 grasanoppere ana crop fail
ures. Hs was called uuon to face everv
emergency and consequently Is In a po
sition to give advice.
Secretary J. L Eartman's report
snowea mat mere are now tt mem
bers In the state association of bank-
era mis number represents, however,
only about 60 per cent of the banks in
Oregon. The treasury of the associa
tion contains jss.zo.
S. P. SIIEAKED 111
fl'ML LAUDS
Suit Against S. P. in TOiich
Bonaparte Is Personally
to Be Very Busy.
(United Ptms Leased Wire.)
Carson City, Nev., June 27. A. suit
will be tried in tha federal courts on
August ' 28 that may result In the
Southern Pacific losing 6,000 acres of
rich lands In Washoe and - Humboldt
counties. The government contends that
when the titles to the land were pro
cured by the. Central Pacific company,
the Southern Pacifies and the United
States Trust company, it waa with tha
understanding - that there were no
known minerals In tha land.
In bringing suit to have tha patents
revoked United State District Attorney
Sam Piatt maintains that ths companies
knew of the existence of minerals In
the land when the titles were secured.
It Is understood that Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte will have the case un
der his personal supervision. - , '- ,
' In China the salt tax is a government
monopoly, : ' It is on of the principal
revenues of the empire, yielding about
$9,000,000 a year.-
ELECTRIC LINE IS
' PROMISED ALBANY
f HlweUl Dispatch to The JoorsaL)
Albany, Or., June 17. After a long
period of suspense, due to a three
cornered controversy, Albany Is prom
ised an electric railroad. It Is reported
on good authority that A, Welch of th
Willamette Valley company, has pur
chased the First-street railway fran
chise ield by A. Hlrschberg. The trans
action removes all possibility of In
junction proceedings by th latter firm
and construction work Is expected to
be started Immediately by the Welch
concern. The old electric railway com
pany, whose franchise acted as a check
on both the Weloh and Hlrschberg in
terests, has been declared obaoleta bv
common vote of the cltlsens.
Sheriff Returns With Prisoner.
Chehalis, Wash., June 17. Sheriff Ed
ward Deggeller arrived her Thuradav
from Elklns. W. Va. where ha want
after George Wyatt, who was on of
a number of prisoners who broke Jail
here several weeks ago. He hoboed his
way from here to his old home, where
he wss nicked up by the officials in
side of half an hour after he arrived
In town. Wyatt will be prosecuted on
either of two charges here, the burg
lary of Tapelt's Jewelry store at Doty,
Wash., or on a statutory charge.
TAKING STEPS to further your
best Interest is to further our
own m weU. We accomplish
this object by giving you full
value for your money,- No, mat
ter where you may direct your
footsteps for Coffee, we doubt U
yoult be able to get tuiytbing
near as good as ours.
Ofir Pino Multnomah
Coffee
Is used in thousands of fami
lies. Perhaps this is all the argu
ment required ia its favor, for it
is used in families where, , al
though eaomy must be prac
ticed, the best coffee sold at this
average price is carefully sought
for. Per lb. 25c; 5 lbs $1.18. .. :
Juno Java and Mocha
, Coffee
; A true mixture of "Java" and
Mocha Coffee, and has a perfect,
fine, true flaror with an uiviting
aroma ; mixed ; 2-3 Java to 1-3
Mocha. Per lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.65,
. D. C B. Coffe
A blend of the finest old East
Indian private plantation coffees.
D. C B. Coffee is roasted to an
exactness of even condition. Per
lb 40c; S Ibs $1.90.
D. C. BURNS CO.
Coffee, Tea and Spices,
, 208-210 Third Street,
Between Taylor and Salmon.
TEA
The English serve tea and
a few little cakes at four in
the afternoon; it has no
thing to do with hunger or
thirst.
Tour grocer returns your money if you
don't like Schilling's Best: we pay htm.
TTTTff ff If f TSfl
fact. It must he sdmlt ted, does not add
greauy to (its popularity. ....
The tendencv of the nation from the
beginninar has baen - toward a more
directly democratic form of government
Whether this tendency will carry the
eople forward until the federal repub
lo of semi-soverelm units la dlsolaced
by a democratic state, the future alone
can ten. thus rar many changes have
been male In that direction, yet the
letter of the constitution still standa
These changes have been accomcllshed.
and other change will be accomplished,
by the methods which the voters ft
the political parties choose to decide
upon for "making th nomination."
Excursion to th Beach. .
For the convenience of holldav trav
elers, the O. R & N, excursion ateamer
T. J. Potter will leave Portland Satur
day morning, July . 4,, at 1:30 o'clock,
for North Beach. ;
Thla will enable passengers to arrive
Otl the beach nrlv , In th ft,rnnnn
Saturday to Monday round trip excur
sion tickets -13.00. On sale at Third
Buy. CeMra! East
iorteiid Property
Uet us show you what we have on GRAND and BUNION
AVENUES.
See the lots we are seUing In YORK ADDITION for S850
v each. ' ;
See the lots we are'selHng in SULLIVAN'S ADDITION
for $300 each. .. s
See the lots we are selling in BROADWAY ADDITION
for ?G50 each.'
Mall (Q, Von Borstel
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY
Bulletin Ho. 6
:
- ' ' TAXATION. v
Wa have heretofore discussed problems in which the interest of
the public and that of the company are mutual; we propose now to
discuss the question of taxation in which these interests may seem
to conflict. There is always more or less agitation over corporate
taxation, and this will probably continue until, by a clear presenta
tion of the facts, we can rally public opinion to a fair point of view.
FIRST OF ALL WE STATE: ; ' V .
(a) 'Street railway companies in the United States pay a higher
tax per dollar of income than any other extensive industry known,
except liquor and tobacco manufacturers.
' (b) That the Portland Railway,! Light ft Power Company of
Portland PAID BY WAY OF TAXES (and charges in the nature
of taxes) about $300,000 in the year 1907. ;
V (c) THAT THE PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT &
POWER COMPANY PAYS PROPORTIONALLY AS
LARGE TAXES. AND MUCH LARGER THAN MOST, AS
ANY STREET RAILWAY COMPANY IN THE UNITED
STATES..
' (d) That the figures will show that the city and state receive
from the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company the equiva
lent of ALL FARES COLLECTED FROM ONE CAR IN SIX,
after deducting- the actual cost of running such car.
Figures prepared in this office show that the company pays an
average of about 13 per cent of its gross and 35 per cent of its net, .
compared with &3 per cent gross and 13.9 per cent net average for
cities of 500,000 population or over; that is to say the Portland Rail
way, Light 'ft Power Company pays In taxes about $120,000 MORE
PER ANNUM than the average of cities of the same or greater
population.
A writer In the Yale Law Review (August, 1899, page 173), in
summing up the situation, said: r" "
"IN PRACTICE THE TAXATION IN DIFFERENT LO
CALITIES VARIES GREATLY, AS WE HAVE SEEN, AND
REACHES ALL ALONG FROM THE ENTIRE TAX EX
EMPTION, ON; THE ONE HAND, TO OPPRESSIVE TAX
ATION (WELL-NIGH CONFISCATION) ON THE OTHER,
It Is a fact that the Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company
pays taxes and ; charges in the following amongst other forms:
(1) privilege of crossing bridges; (2) taxes upon its power houses,
carbarns and other' valuable real estate at the same rate as a citi
zen; (3) taxes on. its tracks," which are assessed as real estate;
(4) city ordinance payments; (5) taxes on its franchises; (6) cost
of street pacing and bridge assessments, and for, the repair of
streets between and beside its tracks, notwithstanding the fact
THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS SIMPLY A SURVIVOR
OF HORSE CAR DAYS, WHEN THB COMPANY'S HORSES
HAMMERED THE TRACKS. Today, with electricity, no injury
la done to the streets by the cars, and yet the company continues
to pay for the repairs made necessary by carts and wagons which
wear out its tracks and adjacent street surface.
We do not ask for unreasonable reductions, but do ask to be
let alone until wa "catch up," and want to impress you with this
thought The STREET, CAR IS THE POOR MAN'S CAR
RIAGE and the means of relieving him of the necessity of dwelling
m the congested portion of the city near his place of work. Tax
the carriage too heavily and you impair its efficiency. Further."
more, it should be remembered that there Is hardly a savings bank
ia the city, where the man of modest means keeps his money, which
Is not largely interested in the securities of our company. What
difference does a fraction of a cent a year make to you when com
pared with your daily convenience in regularity and efficiency of
service? And is it not true that every dollar of tax beyond a living
.rate is a tax on-efficiency and good service? To any man who
thinks accurately, it must.be dear that an unfair burden impairs
the company's ability to meet the various problems, such as the
rush-hour difficulty. It is also clear that if you cripple the com-
iany's financial power, you seriously interfere with its ability to
ead in the development of the city and its suburbs.
FDMALLY: It Is to1 the interest of every citizen to see that he
gets good serivce at reasonable rates, and that money which should .
be devoted to this purpose is not diverted to excessive taxation.
Over $2,000,000 have been spent on the property in the last year
for betterments and extensions, and the system of free transfers
saves the traveling public about $400,000 per annum assuming
that all nassensrers who now ride on free transfers would be willing
' to pay the price formerly charged therefor and which is permitted
m many otner large ciucs., ,
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