The Oregon daily journal., November 29, 1908, Page 30, Image 30

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 29. 1808.
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Panama Canal, tKc Navy and; Other
Dig rrojects Are Kept Ooing by the
Smoker and tne DrinkerInteresting Estimates of the Many Foolish Things People Do With Their Money Some of the S ources of ; Oncle Sam a .e venue and How . It Is Disbursed
HOW OUR BILLS ARE PAID IN LUXURIES
M. R. AGITATOR. Mr. Figures, and
Mr. Easygoer. sut about a table
Jin the club grillroom.
"I see that It costs ua $8.S
per capita to run the govern
ment now," remarked Figures, as b
turned the leaves of a government re
port .- "And what did It coat when our era
M prosperity began In '98, when' Mc
Klnley was elected?" asked Agitator.
. V'Only ts.lt "
' "There, didn't I tell you, Easygoer.
that we were making our prosperity an
xruse for extra vKgHnre? It coat ua
$6.18 in '9. and now it is $S.S6. That's
n increase of $2 .(rS. or more than 40
per eent. Every man. woman, and child
i is taxed 8.8i a year to keep up a
big navy and nn army all over the
earth, and all sorts of new-fangled de
partments down in Washington. It's
an awful tax for the poor man to pay."
"Well, we're a rich country, und I
think we can afford to spend $760,
000.000 a year on uie government." pro
tested Easygoer. "Here, waiter, bring
us three Havana perrectos."
The cigars were brought.
"There, Agitator, smoke up and for
get It," wa Easygoers remark as he
offered his friends the cigars.
Figures took a cigar and lighted It
"No, thank you." saiu Agitator. "I
don't amoke, and if 1 did smoke I
wouldn't waste my money on imported
cigars. Why, every time I think of our
$900,000,000 puoiic neoi ana ine mu
Then the "government collects an n- this, I hope my frlehd Agitator remem
teraal revenue lax or sz a tnousana, ner. mat i m
making 197. RO a thousand rierfectoa.
That'a 89, cents on each cigar; so our "The tobaoco Industry is pretty well Figures took another sheet of papernlng the government?1'
friend Easygoer, you ae. In buying centrali.ed, added Figures. "We raised and made this table: "Perhaps he wears some
three cigars, has contributed about 80 nearly 700,000,000 pounds last year, or WHAT THE IMPORTER PATS THE clothes," said Agitator, "or
you; see, the man In front of. the bar some beer for the : nary," suggested paid all the bill of the department of "So it appears that last year we paid
eui now i our inena .Agi- ngricuiiure. - ji . , . ( - to the government iu.t about a dollar
nnvim nearly 60 cents a navs 1231.000 000 out af hlsnnrket to Kasvroef. '
day to support the government," help run the government.", tator going to .pay nis snarecr run- well, f igures, t guess you're right more per bead than was needed. I like
cents to the government. How many
of these do you buy a day?"
"Half a dozen."
"That's 2190 a year, and so the gov-,
ernment collects more than $200 a year
from you." .
"Never thought of that before." ex
claimed Easygoer.
"You see. Agitator, our friend Easy
goer pays his $8.68 per capita share a
good many times over. Now let us
see what the tobacco smoker doe In
paving the country's bills.
"We imported last year 40,000.000
pounds of leaf tobacco, worth $26,000 -000.
and the smokers paid $22, $00. 000
duties on that. Then we Imported
776.000 pounds of cigars, cigarettes and
smoking tobacco, worth 14.000,000. and
the smokers paid 13.800.000 duties.
That's $26,000,000 import tax paid by
Easvgoer and, the rest of the smokers
who want the best tobacco In the mar
ket. Revenue in Smoke.
"Now take the internal revenue tax
on the tobacco user. The government
collects 6 cents a pound on tobaoco.
$3 a thousand on cigars, and S6 centa
a pound on cigarettes. We used
last year 7.600,000,000 cigars, 1.000.-
000,000 little cigars, 5.000,000,000 clgar-
about It," admitted Agitator.. "But do, to tl BUT nut 1 hat roVAnna t h I at wav!
PuK. ffi"k2rr.dV GOVERNMENT REV-
whlrh Ifantiifk-ir ra1ri SKO flrtft 000 - mAMau. in Umnh.la . It'a th. Mon mkA Mv all th rmintrv'a -hills?. A cam' : ENIjE.
pounds more than three times as much uovwtruiisr.' v, '. buys foreign made goods who contrib- there any oter sources of revenue?" Taxes paid by tobac-
as any other state. In the manufacture Customs duties on Imported , uta the rest of the government reve- , . ' ; . . t co users .$ T$.000,000
of cigars, Pennsylvania, with lflOO.000,- goods . $$$$,000,000 nu... , . - A Few Other &evenue. , ' ' Taxes paid by alco-
000; New York, with i.MO.OOMOO. and Deduct duties on tobacco and "No, air; I'm s, Iwme' market man. I . . ! -hollo drinkers .... 2Sl,o6o,00
Ohio and New Jersey, with 1,200,000,000. alcohol .....,.,,......,.- 4$,000,0(I don't believe in sending good American there ara some scattering sources Taxes paid by buyers
made the bulk of the Product. New j ' ' money to Europe. I buy, American of Income. They amounted atl told last 2." foreign goods. . . 290,000,000
O0Vd 'Vlrgrnla:"with ' 1 106 OoSooT WHAT THE IMPORTER PAYS FOR. K ery time, - , ,, v , year to $81,000,000. Some of these Item, lather Pper.on7 "
was the only big competitor. Missouri . iMruK1 - i ' c . were $9,000,000 profit on coinage. $1$.- " Persons ....
took the lead in smoking and chewing " ooraciiurS in uBr. 600 000 from Und sales. $6 000 000 from
tobacco. 7J.000.000 pounds, with NortR Public lands 17,000,000 ft m - ; ... . f''."f Ir0m.
'arolina' Kentucky Ohio and Virginia caring ror tne Indians jb.nou.ouo . - ' m tisinci or woiumma. ,ouu,uuu irom
nroduclna- nearly all the rest Department of agriculture.. 10.600,000
end
'You know we're the greatest tobao- VA1 .n.u"e esbllshment
co-using nation in tne world, we use e lnV.vin
five and one half pounds of tobacco a B".Vi enrraving
year for every inhabitant; Germany uses '.''''irY'.L
three and one half pounds and France M1"t" aKnd,,afsay otTlcea
and England two pounds each." , buUdings
Agitator waan't Interested In any Ii"!ted, States treasury
more tobacco statistics. miscellaneous expenses
"Well. Sir Knight of the Pencil." said
he. "you've charged the smoker up with Total
ubout a tenth of the government rev- "It'a interesting to note where the
enue. Who pays the other nine tenths? government collects all the drink tax,"
Who, for example, pays the $100,0 00,000 added Figures. "The big distillery cen
the government spends on, the navy and ter is Peoria. III. The government col-
the $125,000,000 spent on the army? looted there last year $35,000,000 from
35
43
$1,000,000 10
Total .. . ... . . . . . $680,000,000 100
Since yOU tho niatrtrt nf f'nlllmhl. tl HAH IIM from "Toil. M hv h(a kla that h fnl-
neither smoke, drink, nor buy foreign the Pacific rail wa vs. i2.8OO.00O from tha .wh smoke and drink pay shout
6,000,000 Koods. vou don-'t contribute a oenny to .tbin . itiiuinnn a' i1!. ,ountrlr bills, and the buy-
9,400,000 ' ' . , .... " . cr j joreign goods nearly all the rest.
?' ; pay the country's bills. The customs and land fees, $2,800,000 tax on national . I think. It's up to Agitator to
$,$00,000 duties 'last year amounted to $$32,- banks, and then a lot of little Jtemi drta ,or to. help on the good
1,300,000 000,000. Cutting out' the duties on to- But we didn't need this $61,000,000, or; 1 - ,
9'!'2 bacco and drink, there was collected "L !"'.li0 l"rPluI fr. 1 HTl. Bu,.pak,nBL of the cu,"
t ,i -vu.va . , vj,u. . i uu ma v,V wui'c, AH'wior, wnKi are ine
son nna
. . 60,000,000 $290,000,000, Some of the big items I don't count the postal service as a chief ports of entry?"
. were: twton gooas, a,ouu,uuu; wooien government expense. It la run aa a "New TnrV J. . ,u. ,
..$270,000,000 goods, $EM00,00O; ugar. $80,000,000 " Business, institution. It took in last of th Tlllt list ter thX fC.lirC
-Tjn, or courap. i use sugar, inier- year isa,duu,uuu, ana paia out 19Z,- custom house en lVt tils Ann nnn .
rupted Agitator. 000,000 leaving a deficiency of $8,600- third of all tha mnSv k5 Vh
"Then you do contribute your mite. 000 The smoker paid that." goveniment f rSnT.n ynnr5ild Llh
I did hate to believe that you were go- "So it appears, Figures, that our PhlladeTphla. Chielio Tn nv.
ing to saddle the whole expense of the .friend Agitator's $8.$l for every man, New Orieans and R.mlr.h;
government on us. Some other big woman and child doesn't mean very thia uW t StoSnna n? Um T0"
And who' W, the deficit in the postal ,,. ,l,o a gaUoVta. "That 'was rnre fiT tne "custom. duTies u'sV yea? " sugie.Ted Easier th,, up to JOMM.OoT"' Tht'en
The re low who stands in rront or- dmtrict nid l7.ooo oort-eoveHna- all "L"!"'" , "-rr""".V,- ""l-'i'i" "And what . ,. .
lions' we are spending on the Panama ettes. and $70,000,000 pounds of smok-
l 1 , ,r ... inA o naw vnv in rnn. Ino- nA hewlnsr tobaCCO. I h gOVem-
omlze. I tell you we're a frightfully ment's taxes on these forms of tobacco
rxtravaa-ant nation.
Figures was blowing
; flectively.
rings re-
TobaCCO and Taxes.
"You don't smoke,"
jret you kick about taxes."
"WTiat's the smoking got to do with
taxes T'
"Oh. I was only doing a little fig- WHAT
tiring," answered Figures, as he pen
ciled some memoranda on the page Import
fell
the bar keeps the army and navy go.
ing. answered figures.
Well, I'm from Missouri.1
"Meanwhile." suggested
"let's help pay the coal bill of the
around the world fleet by having a
drink. Rye highball for you, Figures?
Scotch for me."
"You don't drink.
district paid $17,000,000 covering all
the. money spent on rivers by the gov
ernment
fruit and nuts, $7,000,000; leather goods, there is no per capita tsx, and the
Jfn. i;.viv.nT. Zf,i;; $8,000,000: precious stones, $3,000,000; amoker. the
SaTiiX'fK. manufacture.. $20,000,000, . Now, fore ign good;
smoker, the drinker, and the buyer of "Xf,"? contributors?"
pay all the taxes,
Fv.n.r Pald 6,50O.OOO; that covered the hfcrbor fh t'h' l"f c"' J T fd imitator' capita, is a delusion. Here is the way the taxes. They aref Illlnofi
Jr'0, appropriations . The other big whiskey r 3E Jfn'i th government stTtisticians fteSJe'ot.t 222vNj?'T .00,000
revenue districts are In Indiana Ken- fVl., ,i.'mH , tv,. h..'hn the cost to
tucky and Ohio. Seyendistrlcts in i these " ha. ,. hit nf mnn to n the country
ces, the per "Seven atates pay three quarters of
is the way ta;"- They aref Illlnofa, $56,000,-
lent statisticians fteure out $32,000,000: Indiana.
each American for running ' fnutcKy, iig.ooo.ooo;
Pennsylvania, $23,000,000: Ohio, $22,-
y ana umo. ovrn oniniui in vnsso niiitu a hit of tnnnav to nav tne country: ' ;Zs . . "7a,li-"iiv
states paid $100,000,000 whiskey XV cirv"J hllU " CAPITA GOVERNMENT EX-' 0,M0; Mouri. $9,000,
Of course, the distillers don't pa? tn if" n rl '"tnuJes 1 scHbbfing Fig- nJLalo SnnU, 210.0'0.0fl
Th.u r,ii.nt tt er, ik. Alter a w minuies scriDoung v lg- PENSES. 000 Internal revenue
year."
Agitator." said .J.J Ji .f.r. "? ureV made this-' calculation:
a - .a A C4 AAA AAA anil nttn
this to the $26,000,000 import dutiW What, are you on the wagon, Agitator?' JvJ
U.e. ms rr iVl TVnen tnH)
government spent 10 times as mut-h," Figures, "therefore you leave a 'quarter fovernment from the whiskey drinkers. HS, rmiNKER PAYS THE Conrf"a- congressional library,
objected Agitator. . . , of. billion more government expenses for the consumer always pays the tax. WHAT THE DRINKER PAYB THE publlejwintlnj. eto. $ .137
sed he. "and "But it went a gooa ways iowaru
paying some of w w'l...1 ,!
what the smokers' $78,000,000 paid for
Figures dug through the government
report ana maae ini num.
THE SMOKER PAYS
GOVERNMENT.
40,000,000
1.000. This ac-
OUt of $270,000.-
revenue collected last
for lis fellows to nay. Now every time "Beer la more the -drink of the reo- UOVls.nJiiMli.NT..
I take an American whiskey highball I nie. and Days a much smaller tax. You Import tax on beer $ I, $00. 000
dear Agitator, import lax on wiim i,uu,uuu
had to bear the Import tax on spirits 6,000,000
pay a cent for the army and navy, while were wildly asserting, my
Kasygoer, with his Scotch, pays an 1m- that the common people h
THE er drinking beer, for then you only pay Weill, the beer drinkers do pay a
a. fifth of a cent tax. unTess you drink Ux but it is spread out over a
imported beer. Then you pay more many billion glasses of beer and
Internal revenue tax
on
brewing
tn t . on
margins of the government report. pounds of tobacco jz.suu.uuo
"Now, my good friend jsasygoer. wno import tax on vo.uu pounua
doesn t worry over our 1900.000.000 na- of cigars and cigarettes . .
ri.M the m lllnnl w SM TntarnAl revenue tax On 680.-
spending on tne Panama canal, pays 000,000 pounds of tobacco. . 61.800.000 tax that the mountaineers try to evade
port duty of 2 cents. You get off cheap- burden of an extravagant government
a-ood Internal revenue tax
than a cent a glass tax. no ,, obliged to drink beer, vou' License -duties on brewing
The whiskey drinker pays for the kno Tne New York state breweries distilling
collectors.
ing 68,600,000 Interior department .
Executive expenses proper...... .$20 .Where Revenue Comes From.
state department 04 , , ,
Treasury department 1.064 " you II look at a map of the
War department ......... 1.460 United States you'll see that the great
Navy department 1.1$7 hulk of th(, --.... ,.,..
2.09H
150.000.000
SOO.000
. ... army. The internal revenue taxes on j .v- i
800.000 distilled spirits . last year amounted to VL " "L u'n"Trnt gne oaa t Total . . ., $224,700,000
... 166,000.0 I0. That s the $1.10 a gallon ,h. Government laat vear noi eh to WHAT THE DRINKER PAYS FOR.
15 centa for cigars purely to gratify his
taste, and I know he isn't racking his
head about his .share of the govern
ment expenses." .
"No. the common people must pay
the piper." snapped Agitator.
aid Figure "This cigar probably lyhtte Hou se
J""1B"",.' .re House of representatives .... 3,900,000
cigars come through the custom house 1" ' : x iSn nSo
the government collects an ad valorem Foreign intercourse 't00'()()
duty of 26 per cent That's $22.60. . . 17- K,ft ftnn
Then there's an extra duty of $4.60 a Tot1 ...... ..$7.7,690,000
round. I Judge that these cigars weigh "That's a pretty good showing for
6 pounds to the thousand that would ' the smoker' remarked Easygoer.
be $72 more duty, or $94.60 altogether. "When
Total ' $77,900,000
WHAT THE SMOKER PAYS FOR.
Interest on the national debt. $24,600,000
Panama canal 27.200,000
District cf Columbia : . 11,400,000
attu.ooo
1,800,000
irv in pvann : ,
and get Into trouble over" Then there:i fJ f l"a"n 0?if'
the J 2.2 5 a gallon tax on your imported " "J" "Vs. h vaa ti;. r-hiM.n
spirits. That brought In $8,000,000 last tl,J0"triVl7 ii iai, nl (S
year, making $184,000,000 revenue from dl8trl.9.t contributed $4.600,000 that paid
'strong drink Beer Isn't taxed so high. r th na?al ortlnance bureau The
The beer drinker only pays dollar a 5iywa5!keSbr,ewe.r,e5 coIIe.Pted., IVA"
barrel to the governmentbut laat year : tn St Louts breweries $3,500,000.
we drank 60,000,000 barrels, and that These four brewing centers raised near
put $80,000,000 nf the beer drinkers' 'v half the b"1 tax. You might put It
money Into the treaaury. On Imported ,nat these breweries collected all the
beer the government collects 40 cents millions of money we spent last year on
a gallon on bottled beer and 20 cents new fighting ships.
on bulk shipments: tnis brought In $1.-
War department $124,800,000 Deduct poatofflce revenue 2.13
rvavv aepanmeni .......... si,mr,uu
Postal deficiency 8,500,000
Total
"Here
Department of agriculture 2.260 collected In the .prosperous manufuc-
Postoffiee department deficiency. .117 turlng belt from New York to 8t. I-onls
laboV""' f ' oommrc . and 12g Of course, the consumer, have spread
Department of Justice' ' and 'the ' all over the country, but this little
Judiciary .110 stretch -of highly developed country Is
tne revenue collector or the treasury.
"Weil, SMgures," said Easygoer, ''you
certainly have entertained us with your
, . aomoer looKtng government report.
Balance ..$6.7$ Agitator has discovered that be l.n't
The government's revenue on the pel paying his share of the country's bills.
ce this: wnue i una rtn a big contributor, and
citizens. Here. hop-
Total $8.86
$231,100,000 cDita basis fisrures out like
we have $20,000,000 more than rc-r pibwi nnvfDMu mrim. we're both wiser ci
need," said Figures. "The $60,000,- : ln" the smoker and the drinker and the
ftnn rtiil'v on 192.000.000 of imnorte'd NUE.
sugar, paid nearly half the pension Customs duties ... .
money. So every time the old soldier Internal revenue taxes
nuts a bit of sugar in his tea he's help- Postal service
ine- to nay his nenslon. The silk dresses Miscellaneous receipts
now tnat we nave neen smoKea tor of the women or tasnven pata ior tne
buyer of Imported goods retain their
$3.88 large appetites."
2.13
.71
800.000 last year. And then the im- the Panama canal and the president and entire Indian service and the light- Total $9.84
ported wines added $6,000,000 more our ambassadors, and a few other house. 'The duty on leather goods paid Deduct postal revenue 2.13
you know the man who 'nnena a hnt. thines and we have drunk hiarhhalls for for the whole currency system. The .
I'm buying good cigars after tie' pays the government 67 cents. So. the army, I think we ought to have duties on precious stones and chemicals Balance $7.71
'Yes. concluded Agitator, "and now
I suppose you'll propose adding a cent
to the cigar tax. half a oent to the
glass 'of beer tax, and a cent to the
highball tax, and build a few more bat
tleships" "Yes," added Figures, "we could build
100 battleships with that money."
UNCLE SAMUEL'S THREE SCHOOLS
T
month of August, but not for November
or December.
so hard
The rural cousin's face fell
that it bounced,
"But." he walled, "of all the things
one can do In New York what appeals to
me most is shooting the chutes!"
The city cousin laid his hand on the
country cousin's shoulder.
"Abner," he said, gently, ah! You
SHOULD WIDOWS BE LABELED?
S
By M. Wyckoff.
I MOULD husbands wear wedding
rings? Is a question that Is fre
quently debated In the corres
pondence columns of the press,
put aside, aba will wear color which, Prussian blue, or In some way dlsflg-
to the seeing feminine eye. speak as urlng their persons.
plain as words of her- widowhood. But , I do not. of courae, advocate such ex-
what doe. . the average man. enrap- trerae measures as these; but still
tured of "divinity," met at danoe, din- widows might be obliged to wear a
ner. "at home," or hotel, reck of the small black patch nvur the left eve-
tan .tin ,1, i, . . 1 ,1 itjM I,, n. , ., ... V. ... . .. . . , . I
and undoubtedly the tODle Is an -T. "L7?."4 "LIT' B"M, "lner conspicuous
., ln Juauve, ui (gray, or uiai-K mm wnue . pni.
T?v -M.rm John A. T.nean. coming in contact with representatives the natural results of nrevinna r-nnrtl.
HERE Is a public impression that of every county which would not be tlons of the colored soldiers and not
an enlistment in any branch of J,""1Dle l,le numurum nn ui run- ue m any oven acts on tne part or
the service Is an abandonment There are today a number of commls- If the services continue as they have
a .mMHAn 'It fa plolmAit that atrtriat nffl.r wha wnrbfd their WAV r('ntlr thAi-a will h. llftl .,,-1,1, .J .n in
asaociation with the desnerate from h ranks to the highest position the future and few objections to young mustn't talk about shooting chutes. This
association vtiw ine aesperaio t,1r,Ki. i th. irmv th nw and tho mn ,r.ii.tin ... . ,..i s winter, mv hov. It Is the close sea-
Characters Who are supposea to mane marine corps. In comparing military, success and preparation for usefulness ion for chutes. Not a single one may Interesting and debatahle one, though Nothing, sir; absolutely nothing. Or, again, they might be required to
up the majority of the ranks and the naval and marine service with civil life after the expiration of their term of be shot until the late spring! The ,game there would seem to bo many good rea- He perceives her wedding ring and wear a hat of distinctive shape. Tie
Imnelnori rHnnlnntpri hnhlt nf minv nf ,l upp"i tuiuiira, u! mum auiuii nn vn-n 11 mey ere lncnnea TO laKe UP icuicuiwi Benin
... , . . . . . . '., that the service presents equally ad- vocations in civil life.
the officers Is sufficient to demoralize vantageous chances for all men who .
the steadlcsf-et young men. desire to achieve anything. The faot m.i
Th. iif. .nMi a... ... that they must make sacrifices and en- " hv seeins- "The Old Homestead." get
Tine is thought to stifle all asDlrations :"Vnter danBe tend1", to. raak? -.th7"i A r,"'al cousin arr ved in New York tin violently homesick and taking the
nne is mougni xo suiie an aspirations, better men and to cultivate self denial , , , next train for Troy and way stations.
: and to destroy moral and studious and unselfishness in their character. hen the frost was on the pumpkin and
habits. The fact that incorriglbles are A good soldier is almost without excep- the price tag off the sleighbell and an- . n . kv,.,i, r-i,
frequently sent to the army, the navy tlon a good man. nounced to his city cousin that he de- l leaning rremn oioirs.
or the marine corps, naturally creates It is admitted that our service, are sired to visit Coney Island. The city This excellent cleanser is used orin-
n adverse view of the service. It is too much dominated by foreign element cousin, evelnir him as one who would ,.in.iiv iv.r th minium xhnfle nf kid
. . i . ... u nnniiifia innr hn i a mnrr m .nnnn M'liuri Luunr, uwtvi'r. is niiin in rn
laws!" W " 7" " " Tr.V no with whom It will 1 that patches are removahle:
Of course there was nothing to be claim his estate to the world, and no dujKe n a ijttle mild flirtation Too th latter to the still more forcible re
sald after that. Abner consoled himself particular reason why he shouldn't. late he learns that she Is a widow, and straint that. If the hat or head dress
Rnr n far a T know nonn has vet 11 wiuuw ut?iu un mHrryinR mm. i hi, t.-. ' . V. B:- " hit wkumi
m t so rar as i Know, none nas yei clags t R)n ,he fa.c)nat: wear It. while if it were becoming
puunuiy ouvui.di.cu whol mii"-i" inK widow who has forgotten or stifled every woman woum want to tie seen
to be an even more necessary social ner woes and is looking out for No. 2.
Innovation, namely, that widows shouM T nj nn. rtwn unnn th "fti
beiV 8e d!?""uiahed mark ot ,heJr charm"eof the widow! V"Beva?e" oVhe
forlorn condition.
Of course, in the early days of her
doubtless true that there are many un- and that we have not as many natives, say. "How green!, How extremely ver- gloves. It is as follows: Oum traga- widowhood, the poor woman, of whom m'nEfnd In rH m
desirable men wearing the uniform of in either service as we should, but when dant about the edges!" remarked coldly: canth. one half ounce; white castile I have no 'wish to make fun. does an- . " f .?
the United States, but that they are comparison is made we recognise that - -No Abner, Coney Island is for the soap, one ounce: rose water, one pint, nounce her sad lot to all and sundry. Suffice it te say. th
roiiicKing month or July and the torrid and tincture or musK. 10 drops. And ror long alter tne weeas nave neen " '""s n.
man, his on
OLD LONDON TREE OCCUPIES SITE WORTH ?fH
In the majority, either In the army, there la a large number of foreigners inu'i - t..i.. i .i.,, t 'm.,t, in -
navy or marine corps, is a mistake, everywhere in schools of all kinds and "" -
ana tne probaDlllty is that the disci- In all vocations. Native Americans are
filine they receive Is a restraint upon really scarce In the United States, a
hose of evil predilections and keeps fact that Is deplored by every loyal
them from recklessness ln which thev American. That these foreigners have
would otherwise indulge. As ln civil made good soldiers, sailors, marines and
life, some are hopelessly degenerate and citizens there is no denving. While it Is
could not be reformed bv any treat- not a pleasant thought that adopted
ment On the other hand, methods cttixens are rapidly attaining a majority
have been adopted in every branch of In our country. It is nevertheless true
the service that tend to develop the to some extent, and we would that some
Uort' Im.. that la In .Ln.,. .nllalA moh 1.lnl. . I.... 1 . . ...... 1 .. I .1 1. ..
' j -" - ... - - - - 1 1 1 . v i. i ii a 1 1 , ircioiaiivn i:uu m ut uc. inru UJ
and if they have any natural disposl- which we could have less rivalry with
tlon to improve themselves there is no the foreigners who are coming to the
reason why they should not make a. United States in such hordes. It has
rapid advancement as In civil life. sometimes been claimed that the native
Employment has been arranged for Americans were not Inclined to enter
everv hour of their lives, and if they the service, but when one remember
are In any sense inclined to obey regu- the great number of foreign born cttlsen
a It a-nllM nt hilv I h. U.M f ,ltl. It SW-
2"J aci-cpi niHcipnne mey u is not surprising that the quota or nlir,i.. pnr the land on which It
surely cifn be made efficient and noble natives is so small. cuples. For tne land on wmcn it
men. The very principle upon which We should be proud of the record of stands, the northwest corner of Wood
they enlist should be a stimulant to our army, our navy and our marine street and Cheapslde, Is worth $4,500,-
thelr ambitions. Patriotism is sup- corps, because of the wonderful ad- 000 an acre The tree has stood on
posed to promote enlistment ln the de- vancement whlrh they have made in an afre' Blood on
fense of one's country and with the all respects. It is reported that the tnis Pot for more than 200 year.; while
adoption of progressive Ideas there Is moral status of every branch of the its site has augmented in value to al-
notnlng to prevent the study of service has been marvelously improved most fabulous proportions,
the science under the most favorable within tue past decade. A much better There have been several hard-fought
auspices. .They have everything pro- class of men has entered the service, lawsuits over this plot of ground, the
yifled clothing, food and sufficient pay and in the reports from the fleets the fight having been carried even to the
. .fvery .JnB necessBrr. and nothing morality of our sailor, ha. been unl- house of lords, but so far the lawyers
to hinder them from devoting much of versally commended. There has been have never been able to break through
their time to the acquisition of knowl- no objection to the location of military the phalanx of legal enactments which
?.f .y, . ,r wnlch they have a posts, naval and marine stations at any preserve the tree. In the first place,
talent, fcvery provision is place in the United States on account there is a law In England which prohlb-
vVtttu I j , foneervallon their -of a fear of demoralizing Influence of Its builders from putting up a structure
-a?iL J?. , m,n,al an2 Physical de- the men, but on the contrary there have whirl, shall keep out the light from
veiopment. In illness they have the been many requests made to congress windows which bear the mysterious
iZll h. C8r all respects. So that urging the establishment of these var- words. "Ancient Ulrfhre.- This tree in
th-yJliy ni 0,ccaslon V anxiety !n lous posts. Prejudice against the col- Ulieapslde is literally surrounded by a
tne matter of finance. Thev have the nrert r.ire ha rn..j irnnki. in .1.. ,!. ... . . , i v..--- .i,...
...... 4 nu.jiur.i 111111 1., imvei sntini, inn ix is a grave question
isnd and on sea. anl the experience of whether or not these objections are no'.
in It.
But, surely, something could be done
with the wedding ring or with a spe-
vldders. said Tony W eller. eptto- another fint r,r h. a ki-v. nri
the accumulated wisdom of Hi.mn ... i t, ' , V.....
love affairs. Btll ever widow should be' eomDelled
that. If a widow of to wear on the little finger of her ria-ht
And for long after the weeds have been average attractions means to marry a hand a silver band. This would he
. man, his only chance is to drown him- readily distinguishable from other
self or to start Immediately for the rings, and In Its color would prettily
le. The former, however, is symbolize the wearer . widowed con
certain method of evasion. dltion.
whole oolnt is that, as a rule. Something too should ho rlnna in
"XTTT T TTVTO T, T . ' T . 1 1 A . Ti ' 1 .the victim has no chance .of escape." make widows disclose at first sight the
jyilJuJlL-JNk-)---ltS .LOCatlOn .frOteCted Dy jfCtS Of Jrarliament He J ensnared, fatally enared,- be- number of their progeny, but I have no
"i-w-v -s- a. - fc -wwiwwm. awwvwm. j fore he knows where he is. A couple space to go into this subsidiary re-
or aances, a leie-a-ieie in a cosy cor- lorm.
ner," a short railway Journey alone. None the less, something of the kind
and. if the widow knows her business is urgently required. A short while
and which of them doesn't? within since a young friend of mine married
a few weeks the once gay and careless a widow, and one the return from the
bachelor is gasping at tho altar. honeymoon he was rather surprised to
And all because he had no warning be greeted by the children, of whose
In the first Instance that she was a existence he had not previously heard
widow. If he had known, and if he and.; like the little girl ln the poem,
were a sensible man, he would have they "were seven."
ilea rrom me nance, ne would nave a.
ONDON, Nov. T. There Is a tree
In Cheapslde, London, that may
literally be described 'as the
most expensive of It. kind on
earth. If $5 gold pieces filled
the entire trunk and $5 bills fluttered
bers ln ,he place of every one of the leaves,
L
THE OTHER FELLOW'S GAME
Y
By i 'ara Reese
OU are playing the other fellow's
game when you snap so hungrily
at the alluring bait which he
adroitly holds before vm:
You are playing his K-ime. an.l
the yield of hook and n - -1 will be his
when the finish ronies. Including yon
und your poor backbone, vonr sraieo
whose consent has never been obtained
when It came to cutting down the tree
and putting a modern structure on Its
site. For the same reason, the store
keeper who rents the tiny two-story
structure on the corner Just ln front of
the tree has never been able to put his
40 times removed' Oh. no; small building up beyond It. present height. lM
fvy. lie Is looking out for lilmscir. and ome years ago, one builder who IvyI
the game he has started is all for his thought himself more "cute" than the IMJ
own ends ami purposes: he has no use others, started-to take the law into his fl VI
for you except as a fertor In giving own hands and put up a building, think- V
(xtra zest to the sport. Ine to "arrange with the owners of tho I I
Vou are playing th
uainf when you allow
other fellow's "Ancient Lights afterwards. But he
vnnr.eif to tu, waa mat with a nerfect shower of In-
made a convenience of time after time junctions, proceedings, writs, and Indict
to accommodate a selfish acquaintance, ments. more than would have covered
or w nen you place your gifts at the the tree In Its full spring bloom, and It
lisjiosal of an ambitious but cold- Is said he has never heen BDle to pay
. , .a i rtii .llll'll mil. I, Ml , UIU- I r. pnill ,.aB ;.., ...... - - i
lins anrt what treasure yo i happen to blon.led comrade; when you Indorse for the thousands of dollars of law costs
some one. when you allow a wilful ad- which his little experiment resulted in.
garaeners
pufTiBB. v nen tne spirit is ovet vou
receive no reward rs a participant
rther than a "wen-dune tro n" In the
frying pan or fish kettle.
And the older you grow the less sense
you appear to have in this respect. Just
playing the other fellw' game ail t c
time and struggling in the seine wmr
self as part of his fun. If vou would
do a little angling yourself, lasting the
line, drawing the new. experimenting
with the bait, and improving the tack;,
you might occasionally have a fill
basket of your own to carry to market
or enjoy a fish meal, or he aule to tell
fish stories at corporation hamiuels
But there you go, always playing the
other fellow a game, adding to his
wealth and laurels, biting a bait which
conceals a hook, shaking hands with
velvet gloves wherein claws are hid
ing, warming into life a frozen add.-r
which will turn and sting you. There
you go, shoveling out your saving everv
time a dazzling scheme appesls. part
ing with your cash under brilliant per
suasion and exhortation, .tj i i K i
strangers by loaning them of your sub
stance, or holding their infants tint;!
the said strangers return from tvk-t
windows and postal stations.
You are Just a tool, or sn instrument
. r marketable stuff for the other fel
low's ''use, and without wit enough to
e through or know this. Or, if ynu
tmppea-to have wit enough, then you
. bluster and grow indignant, when It is
entirely too late, and inKtead of learn
ing yoiir lesson, you straightwav wrig-
gl orr 10 search of a new hook on
wf.nt.-ii tiniig -ourseiT. you are-
goose or a nsn, ail right
vantaee to he taken nf vnur ennn na- A f.w veara ago. some
ture ' were ordered to lop off certain limbs
Imi are playing the other fellow's of the tree which hung over Chearslde.
game when you knowingly permit !m- It was done really to save the life of
position to be practiced against you the tree, and with the consent of the
and yours, when vou abrogate the parish clerk and church warden, of St.
riphts that should he vnur own. when Peter's. Cheapslde, the ancient little
you pa threadbare in order to keep the Norman church ln Foster I,ane, nearby,
profligate, wen clothed. And you are who guard this tree from the vandals'
playing th other fellow's game when clutches. When the men began to work
you snap at evry alluring scheme on the tree, however. It created a big
which onmeg along, when you break sensation In Cheapslde. "They are
your neck to enroll as charter member chopping down our tree." went up from
of some new organisation under the a thousand angry throats In th, dls
deluslon that this is the "real thing." trlet. Policemen were called and doubt
wh. i von rush unthinkingly with the less there would have heen another
crowd, or when vou feverishly talk of shower of writs, Injunctions and pro
fiting in on th "ground floor." Mind ceedlngs had not the minister of the
what you are about, for you will be parish explained the real reason for the
caught sure as fate.
Vou are playing the other fellow's
game when you accept repeated fa
vors, when you place yourself under ob
ligation, when you wine and dine too
often nnd too freely at his expense.
You think you are a free agent as you
frisk about ln deen waters,
maybe you are not!
lopping operations.
Another almost Impassable barrier
which protects the tree In Its position
ts the fact that It grows in sacred
ground. There Is a law in London that
no building can be erected on sacred
around without special act of carlla-
Beware, ment, and woe betide the unhappy man
who dares to put up even a shanty
r within the sacrea precincts or a grave-
C,auZe Morning Glories. yard In
As a ilval to the cloth of gold rose ha. been lmmortallced ey Word. worth:
with its beaded center, and the black,
game rose with It. gold-rim. comes the At the comer or woea street when day-
i V,--t k' i I
; ; J j I t J C r 1 - - it '
I " I iTti1 A2T 4 ' I '
- - .,.. T M f. . Jj'iif jii S'Vj
Lfet. rVW Mourn . ! ).. 1.. 1 J 4
f-n Ml
.... . --m
' .
made hay of the cosy comer, he would
have hurled hlmaelf out or the train
window.
I do not plead only the cause of the
marriageable man, bachelor or wid
ower; every unmarried woman should
support by crusade. What chance has
the maid against the widow? None,
sir; absolutely none. The former must
give the man warning that she Is "un
attached," the latter need not, and fre
quently does not until the victim I.
Inextricably ln the colls. ,
I submit, then, that in fairness to
men, in fairness to unmarried women,
widows should be distinctively and un
mistakably labelled as such.
The next question Is,' what form
should the label take? I do not think
there should be much difficulty about
this
Progressive.
Bobbv Ood made you, didn't he?
Mother Tes.
Hobby And he made papa, didn't he?
Mother Of course, dear.
Bobby And me, too?
Mother Certainly.
Bobby Then he'. Improving all the
time, isn't he?
It May Be.
It may be, of course, that some tur
ban ed and bloomered Hearst Is ln the
Balkans reading , letters. Houston
l'oat.
light appears.
This bird was wont to perch in
now famous tree and it attracted
i iiout tnof asine. do you suppose
or an instant that the shore angler
who is after you In tne wholel- 1m.
any emil Interest tn you as a part lm
ou Imagine he la putting forth effort
imply and solely in improve the for-
mortiing glory of gauze.
This is to be worn in the hair a. an
ornament ot the side of the Grecian
knot It is" also to be used, as the
other flowers are. In the front of the
Mru o, oil a.1V! an.4 .vpnln. af- now .'"""? l "rn
Hut leaving fairs. " tVZV.
ii is in perreci wnoring. ana gi- Kak- as th vear IS! lat
rkinnln. tr.,.1, t rilmv a-nwa n? ayhlt ' bgCg 88 UlS year laSZ JUSt
or r. n, iMi. m ... " ' " years Jiefflre
i - . in.,. . . Amerlc
town aba would -Jlke to hsve on her" raveyara,
winter frock, she should get one or That whosoever
According to the story told bv New
Tork retail tobacco deslers. there in
Savaae races usually oblige their f,000 more cigars being smoked dallv ln
widows to proclaim themselves by silt- the metropolis than there were six
ting their noses, or pulling out all their months ago. Thev say that this is one
teeth, or painting themselves green or of the signs of prosperity's return.
POSTMEN WHO CAN PAINT
LONDON, Nov. 7. "Wanted An ar- only takes those who engage In It awsv
tistic telegraph pole," such I. fm 'helr every day tasks, but brings
i - ,,,,,. hiMiiba ,u other capacities and other personal
is unique and childlike an- )t,B, j am ,nonp1 to tlllnk that ,
nouncement of the British post- least rest of all for the busy man Is to
master general. Sidney Buxton. Jo nothing, and the greatest rest Is to
The postmen of England have demon- mJ2.2oV? "s
strated the possession of an extraordl- brains, in other directions than his or
narv amount of artistic ability, and they dlnary avocations. I do not know any
in kv.i em it,, .-anta nf fhatr forrn ot recreation that Is hVtfer for the
will probably fill the wants of their individual than the recreation of artistic
chief. work."
A few years ago, several postmen It was in the course of this address
whose souls were not altogether ab- that the postmaster general offered his
.. . tVl. j-h,,.. nr intter. nut PriM for the most artistic telegraph
sorbed In the delivery of letter., put Je and ngt y,ar Iondon w,n
their heads together for the purpose of less witness a fearful and wonderful
developing their artistic tastes, and exhibition of poles of every variety, for
after one or two meetings, it was found of.'P'w'av 0F0lookTnsr fFtl?!t:
that a large number of postoffice em- u" waY ."J.' .l" L.AT1
ployes could not only paint, but paint 0,1. and Sror,m tn An thTr llWt
Well. Several of them succeeded in get- ? m" et his conditions which sr. ..
ting their work, of art recognized both foil,..: COBJiUon- which are a.
in the press and by the committees of ' . .
a number of Important art exhibitions. The pole must be one which would
The art club in the general postoffice, really add to the beauty of the scenery:
though only founded two years ago, now t must meet the varying views of all
numbers 150 members, and the exhibl- the local authorities; it must please
tlon of the works of its members at Individual land owners on whose prop-
the parcels department In the London ertv it will be placed, and lastly It must
postoffice has attracted a great deal of tlsfy the rigid artistry of the most
attention. captious engineer.
This year the exhibition was opened It will doubtless be a somewhat dlf-
by the postmaster general, accompanied ficult task to design a telegraph pole
by his wife, and so successful have the that shall thus prove Itself to bo a
postmen been in their efforts that "thing of beauty and a joy forever."
"paintings by postmen" are quite-ln de- Many prises-were won by the postmen
mand, and have already won not only this year and art critics, described the
fame but shekel, for the artists. . work as "extremely creditable." The
Those who do not know the strenuous medals were distributed by Mrs. Bux
llfe led bv the ordinary English post- ton, the enthusiastic wife of the post
man might Imagine that the- pictures are master general,
painted between the delivery of letters,
which is one way of accounting for the TiAWHnit
occasional mail delays which occur ln - weuuciion.
London. When a letter falls to arrive Two little children, being awakened
the postman 1. supposed to be rouhd tfie one morning and told 'that thev had a
corner , somewhere studying landscape new little brother, were keen, as chll
effects.1 This is far from being the dren are, to know whence and how he
aaa hiwmr for nn nna Works harder Ua ' "
1. ,4 ...... -1 W I ... a.. irl I . h nHtnflnn r-t,' , , l ..a ntl in ., V, !,. 1, la 1 1 1. 1 ., . , . i . . ... 1. i 1.- l , u . . .-. - -
ttl This particular corner of Cheapslde Is-to be built upon. There would be a cities. Their wages are never over $7.$0 the 'li" M,,Kmtt' a"
In l.ailr nf ttl sTesntfirAf flOBtnf f ir.A and Onn rprf Pi't ir' nf ATnrnt(nn pAtti 11 a wu.la an1 4r.nn thaw ft a Vat xiniaVirr . txTk.. a-.. 111. - . m . ..... .
-..u. ei.f or ,a.i ...at. in LA if ' .;V-: " ".rV.tVT"' ' "VuJ"w. . , .'""' asgea tier little
K. .r.-M With whet, t ramenHnlia 11frl .., wnn.i. K..ll tV. XWrZlJM - v. I v. V.-J. 4t,. ..X .
w vi "iiu ....suuo iix'ik-i 11 uuiiuiiik uirjic, iur n WU on inailrlUV WIIICU UWfUwn j.tio "vimri ii$'
' ' MOST VALUABLE TREE IN THE WORLD.
There', a thrush that sings loud: It, has" .Cendant of perhaps the oldest tree on nearly all the land in tho district, de
sung for three years. record in England; and It may almost clared that "the old tree In Cheapslde
to
As
ell 1 1 l.a fbftt Bland tn the WRV Of Its Mt reel It. a! f la- an tiarrrtar that tVta tiaiv. t -Exnl.n t hava
street nava - with wnicn loaevciop ine
IJSSnthJr tW .tr!,rt 7l being built over--the sanctity of the pie on both side, of the
rrr.l flkln -.fhl'-..-ar" 1an'1 "etf-snd the powca of the "An- right-to rtnlm 'Ancient 1,1
ird. and Is spoken of, r,y Chaucer: rit.ni Mints'' statute it Is very pmba-. builder who went in for i
rh'osoever ploynes It way. . ble that this piece of ground will remain property would have t
lt.ne -er one to, wunm he has never these flowers.- The morninn alorr goes! u. .h.n hut chmtii' miruitnr . . "unlmprov
Lu. ail .-C;fi'nlTii.-.".,ar! .'V"1 "!!? nntYl Mitt than thelack or the . Ji . a t7iw ln t Interview the manager a bis to gt gny profit out of. lua build, .wor.
lehta' 4nd th nltl.a
Improving this When the postmaster, general opened
to - 'square', so the exhibition he spruce ox tne great ga
the worker tn "Because," replied the sister, "It My.
precious Httlel on bls-cart, 'Famllle. supplied.1"
'lr.artl.tlo fac- r .
But How Piffeirnt.
Admiral Togo entertained Admiral
rovea ior tuiointr ctmury or many people that he would never ra vantage derived a Irom. mis cia.a 701 sperry at Tokyo. The lot .Hmir.i
nt out or turn Duiid. went. - 1 ogo entertained was Rnin.n.w
"6uch : tecreation,ha 114, Arkanaaa Oaxette. ,