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THE OREGON SUNDAY " JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1915.
COPY OF PRESIDENT'S
LETTER DEALING WITH
CANAL TOLL RECEIVED
Order Relates to Charges for
Deck Loads in Cargo of
Lumber in Vessels,
EXEMPTION IS GRANTED
Taxt Received by J. W. Teal From Sen
ator Chamberlain of Interest to
Zocal Shippers.
" A ropy of President Wilson's order
. -.relating to lumber deekload tolls has
been received by Joseph N. Teal from
Senator George K. Chamberlain, a let
ter from Secretary of War LIndley
M. Harrison accompanying the order,
saying:
"A cable is being sent to the gov
ernor of the Panama canal to put the
Instructions of the president into ef
fect at once, pending the preparation
of- formal rules and regulations cover
ing the matter."
As .the exempting of deckloads from
canal tolls is expected to aid the. lum
ber operators of this district in de
veloping Atlantic coast markets, tho
.frrli .text of President Wilson's order
Is of decided interest. It reads as fol
' lows:
Tbe Whire H.m. Washington. Mr Pear
llr. .(!. i iir.v : Tlicn- ting Iwm brought to our
attention the ef!.t of- a p,l i lug tbi- l'niinma
. cat.ul rules it mnsurffiiipjit it vessels of i-om-Bien-i-
in ri-ifnril m ih. menial of till,
' reckoiteil in m tuniaiicp tnen-w Ith. Attention
tu:s tjt v:) (jMi in iriiii ly i!ir.-ici in this respect
to tho ui.-tlter of o-.:;l..il ii..c-l. luads. I have
sufficiently conll't'ei the sibj.rr matter with
rou ami the tit rmy g. uerrf! to determine
"Lion that uuiili I ihitiK Hlntild lx done now.
If the eofuiertM fch:i I ! alter liie exiMtiug iuw
Uin the suhject, there will perhaps be oppor
tunity to deal iih it more completely and
stlsfnctorllv ; but until that course , tHkeri.
the war herein uui;etivl simiis to rne the le;t
one l meet the exNtiug sitnatttin.
Canal Act Amended.
The I'uimma canal act. s amended tiy the
Set of "June l.". lull, provides a follows:
"See. ,Y Thai 'he preKi.i.-nt in hereby au
thorized to piescrllx and trotu time to time
ehh.nKP the tollg tliat Khali tr levied bv the
govettiment of the Culled States for the use
of the t'anuujri oanal: nrovble;! th:it no !.i!U.
. rhii pre.rltei as above, shall be ruanged,
unlest ,x months' notice tliereif shall be
- riven by the president by proclamation.
Toils may be ba.ed upou k'osm or net regis
tered H. unlike. dif piai-eirreiit tonnage, or nther
wlse, and may be t..i.-I on one form of ton
nage fur warships and tmotlier for ships of
commerce. The r.iie of tolls may 1. lower
upon vessels in ballast than upon vessels carry
ing passengers or cat . When b::sed Uon
net recisteie.l tonuat-'e for ships of commerce
the toll shall Ttot exceed tl - per t.it regis
tered ton, nor be less than 73 cents ier net
retrlstore ton, subject, however, etc.
If the tollg shall uol be based upon net regls
. tered tonnage. they shall not exceed the
equivalent of $1.'J."-. per net registered ton as
nearly as the same may be determined, nor
be less than the equivalent of 75 cents per net
rcKistered ton. The toll for each passenger
ball not be more tKti Jl.rj. ."
Proclamation Is Issued.
In pursuam e of this there was issued a
pioclamat h n fixing tolls at !.2t per ton for
vessels of i-onuifree when carrying cargo, and
ptovidlnK therein that the rules and regula
tions to carry this Into effect would tie Is-ued
by the secretary of war. There was subse
quently issued a second proclamation which
perilled the rule which should be ued in
Dienmirlnj; ves-els passing throiurh the Pan
ama canal , and which took the place of the
rules and rejrttl 1 1 ion, which were, under the
first proclamation, to be Issued by the secre
tary of war.
Capon tiie whole matter belnfc referred to
the attorney general by me, he renders an
opinion in which, amon: ther thinrs. he de
cides that Uie term "net registered tonnage"
B used in Hie act 'if eoncre-s, must be inter
preted to mean the net tonnage of a vessel us
treasured under the rules prescribed bv the
tatutes of the Cnlted States. He doe's not
think it can be interpreted to mean net regis
tered tonnage us measured under the ajiecinl
rule provided for the Panama canal. As
a reauft of this, he decides that If the toll
rate established at $1.20 per net registered
ton, when multiplied by the tonnaee as ascer
tained by the Panama canal rules, exceeds
tiie atnount produced by multiplying the net
registered tonniiK- a? measured by the rules
prescribed in the Cnlted Statea statutes, by
$1.25 (the amount named In the statute), the
excess thus produced I uncollectible.
Rate Shall Remain.
It therefore follows that insofar as the
present proclamation and rules, eithr rs to
deck loads or otherwise, would result In col
letting at tiie rute of !. per net registered
ton more than would be produced by multi
plying by $1.2" the n. t registered tonnage as
n.easured by the Cnlted States statute rules,
they lay down a course of conduct unwarranted
by the Panama canal act.
. Of cours5, it is desirable to remedy this sit
uation, arid I direct that it be -remedied in
tiie following way:
That you. rs secretary of war. Issue rules
and regulations with respect to the tolls, so
that n tolls shall I j demanded or collected
upon' imy vessel of commerce which shall
aggregate more than $..1 uiton the net regis
tered tounage as measured under the statutes
of the Cnited States.
That the toll r.-te shall remain as at present
$1-0 per net registered ton as measured by
the Panama canal rules so applied, however.
as Just above stated, that where, bv such
measurement?- when multiplied bv $1.20, a
ffMiaat,lt"n",,ibi!tni
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The Portland's cuisine and service is world-famed,
and it is enjoyed with rare appreciation by Port
land citizens themselves.
In the beautiful dining and grill rooms are served
the finest delicacies, gathered from forest and
stream, from dairy, orchard and garden viands pre
pared with rare skill wholesome, tempting, satis
fying. BREAKFAST from 6:30 to 12
AFTERNOON TEA from 3:30 to 6
DINNER from 5:30 to 8
GRILL SERVICE from Noon to
1 A. M.
WEEKDAY CLUB LUNCHEONS
from 12 to 2
Served in Dining Room and Grill
SUNDAY TABLE D'HOTE
DINNER $1
Served in the Dining Room
THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS in the
unll h,ach Evening Before ami
After the Theatre
Geo. C. Ober, Manager.
Remember the Press Club
benefit for the Larch Moon.
tain Iran at the
I uesaay nignt.
AMERICAN POSSESSIONS HAVE EXTENSIVE
fi-it4 j?i I' ! hfC i I 'u T- n $11 xAi i
Z u
If 'PtC 'm
Top The Hawaiian building at the Panama-Paoific International exposition, which houses a varied and Interesting
islands. Bottom The Philippine building, in which the exhibits are distinctive in interest and character.
greater sum is produced than would be pro
cured by multiply!!);; - ?l.-." the net regis
tered tonnage under the Cnited States statute
rules, such excess shall not be demanded or
collected.
Your rules also, of course, should be drawn
so as to produce a similar result witli resi ect
to the minimum that may !e changed.
WOIIDROW WILSON.
D.
RESTA, DRIVING
PEUGEOT CAR, WINS
GRAND PRIX RACE
(Continued From Page One.)
almost impossible by the steady
downpour during the race, and at the
finish all the drivers were covered
with mud.
Victor Zs 25 Years Old.
This was the first race Resta has
ever run in this country. He is 25
years old and came to the United
States from Engrland where he had
been a demonstrator for the Sunbeam
car.
Seventy thousand persons braved
the cold rain to watch the race the
attendance falling- nearly 50,000 short
of that anticipated, owing to the
weather. This was the first bis au
tomobile event of the Panama Pa
cific exposition. The second will
be run next Saturday when the
drivers who pertormed today, will,
for the most part meet in the Van
derbilt race.
Tho race started promptly at 10:30,
jylieii Starter Luis Wagner gave the
signal and Cooper, Ruckstell and New
house left the line with a roar. Three
seconds later the big racers piloted by
Taylor and Bragg leaped forward and
tne other o starters were sent away
at thrsKj second intervals. Scarcely
Va.
S(3eVT
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A Delicious Dinner
The Portland--
Heilig on
had the lost car left the starting
point when Ruckstell roared past the
judge's stand at the end of his first
lap. The rain had not yet begun sand
the course was in its best condition
of the day, yet even then the racers
were compelled to slow down measure
ably as they swung into the hazardous
"Purgatory Bend." For nine laps
Ruckstell, in-his Mercer, held the lead
closely pressed by Kddie Pullen. On
the ninth lap Pullen shot ahead of his
racing mate. Resta began to forge to
the front at this stage and soon headed
the speedy Mercer. Except for one
brief period when lie surrendered the
lead to Tom Alley in a Duesenburg,
Resta maintained the lead until the
35th lap. After the 25th lap Hughes
began to press him.
Meantime the first mishap of the
race had occurred. Coming into Pur
gatory bend, Lou Gandy's Edwards
Special went off the boarded tracks
and smashed into the fence. Gandy
and his mechanician were thrown out
and the car was wrecked, but neither
man was injured.
At noon the first serious rain start
ed, and so steady was the downpour
that the rumor spread that the race
would be called off. Chairman Hugh
son of the race committee declined to
assent to such a plan, however. The
effect of the downpour on the drivers
was apparent, and they soon began to
drop out of the race. Even such dare
devils as Barney Oldfield, Caleb Bragg
and Ralph de Palma declined to "risk
their necks" further and withdrew
when the race was half run.
Some daring driving was done dur
ing the first rain. The wind blew the
rain directly into the. eyes of, the rac
ers as they sped aiong the Esplanade
and covered their goggles with water.
Several of them drove their cars with
one hand, while with the other they
tried to shield their eyes. Others re
moved their goggles altogether, taking
a chance bare-eyed with flying par
ticles of dirt.
Resta -was overtaken and passed in
the thirty-fifth lap by Hughie Hughes,
driving an Ono, and for lap after lap
the race developed into a contest for
speed, endurance and nerve between
the Peugeot and the Ono.
Sesta Setakes I.ead.
For 15 laps for nearly 50 miles,
Hughes maintained the lead but he
was never at any time more than a
few hundred yards ahead of Resta.
At the fiftieth lap Hughes stopped for
oil and Resta shot his Peugeot ahead.
Hughes was at his pit only half a
minute and immediately set out to
overtake his rival. During the next
five. laps these two finished the most
thrilling brush of the entire race.
Never once during the entire time were
they more than 100 feet apart and
most of the time they were running
wheel to wheel.
Then the Peugeot forged to the front
until it waa nearly two minutes ahead
of Hughes. The Ono car clung
tenaciously to second place, however,
and Hughes maintained it until the
eightieth lap, when he was relegated
back to third place by Howard Wil
cox in a Stutz. Hughes was then in
third place. During the last 23 laps
Hughes, Wilcox, Carlson. Anderson
and Disbrow successively made a bid
for the trophy, but none of them could
overcome the commanding lead Resta
had and he was never headed.
After the thirty-fifth lap the driv
ers began to drop rapidly out of the
race. The steady rainfall, the sharp,
deadly turns, the necessity for con
stant vigilance to escape disaster, and,
above all, the slippery character of
the course, were too much for even
the veteran drivers and they refused
to take chances longer even for the
most sought prize of the auto racing
world. Ralph De Palma, Huntley
Gordon, Eddie Pullen and G. E. Ruck
stell abandoned the effort in rapid
succession and others followed their
example until, going into the ninetieth,
only 15 men remained. Then Harry
Grant, two-time winner of the Vander
bilt cup, was forced to Quit when his
eyesight failed under the tremendous
strain.
CHILDREN ARE NOW SAFE
Fresno, Cal., Feb. 2". The two
small children of Jack Henderson, who
wag murdered by an unknown Indian
on his homestead near Hume, were
safe here today. The children, who
were left by their mother when she
started on an eight mile Journey to
telephone the sheriff, were carried oyer
the snow trails by a trapper.
DATA FOR INCOME TAX
MUST- BE GIVEN TO
GOVERNMENT MONDAY
(Continued From Page One.)
able increase in the amount of the
tax to be collected Is anticipated, and
more diligence will be exercised by
the commissioner and his assistant col
lectors throughout the country to see
that no one who should pay the tax
escapes. It is also the belief of the
commissioner that the added experience
which his assistants now have will
enable them to serve the public more
promptly. There will t be fewer oc
casions for misunderstanding the e
qulrements of the law, he says, and
that naturally there will be fewer
points of interpretation raised.
In the case of the collection of the
corporation excise tax a great many
misunderstandings and difficulties
arose from the fact that the com
panies subject to the tax had to make
a report for two months under the
law in force prior to the present one,
and for the last 10 months of their
year they had to make their report
according to the present law. There
were also a great many points cf issue
as to the meaning of the new law and
as to what really constitutes the net
income, what items should be deducted
and what should not. The utaff of
deputy collectors were for the most
part equally unfamiliar with the law
and its many intricacies, and they re
quired almost as much schooling to
decide what was required by the law
as did the public themselves.
Now there is a large staff of ex
perienced field men who can deal with
the public much more satisfactorily.
It will be necessary, of course, to in
crease the number of deputies this
year but they will be given a good deal
of schooling before being sent out into
the field.
The figures given are of especial in
terest at this time, as they show in
detail what was done by his office last
year in collecting the corporation and
individual income taxes in Oregon.
Kecord of Returns Made..
There was a total of 4497 returns
made by corporations in Oregon for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, of
which 2332 showed that a tax was due
on them. The total capital stock listed
was $550,659,770. The returns showed
bonded and other Indebtedness aggre
gating $354,333,769, and gave their net
income as $19,818,664, or an average of
3.6 per cent on the capital stock out
standing. The corporations making returns are
divided into five classes. Financial
and commercial corporations not ex
empt, including banks, trust companies,
guaranty and surety companies, title
Portland Grocers
Who Sell
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Twentieth Century Bread is rec
ognized as the BEST bread. It is
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easily digestible. For your
health's sake eat 20th Century
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Twentieth Century Bakery.
150 Fag St, Portland. East 1252
EXHIBITIONS
exhibit from tne
guarantee cefmpanies, building associa
tions and insurance companies of all
classes are designated as class A.
There were 401 returns received in this
class, of which 298 were subject to tax.
Their total capital stock was $40,268,
949; their bonded and other indebted
ness, not Including the deposits of the
banks, $7,177,961, and their net income
$2,9S8,702, or practically 7.4 per cent on
their capital stock. This classification
showed the highest net earnings.
Class B includes public service com
panies, such as railroads, water com
panies, transportation companies of all
kinds, stage lines, pipe lines, gas and
electric light companies, storage, tele
phone and telegraph companies. These
The Glorious
has come
Our Spring Apparel
is here!
Spring with swelling bud, with lark and robin caroling
joyously proclaims herself on every hand. In our
Women's Apparel Shop, too, Spring has blossomed in
a day! Women of Portland are invited to feast their
eyes on these new fabrics, so handsomely fashioned and
so redolent of the very perfume of Spring!
Tailored Suits of shepherd check, gabardine, poplin, serge, vigoureux,
homespun, covert and in various silken fabrics.
- Preferred shades are sand, putty, Belgian, green, black and navy.'
Priced $17.50 upwards.
Coats of white chinchilla, English tovert, serge,
shepherd check and silk; the same shades prevail
as shown in the tailored suits. 'Modest orices
$9.85 upwards.
A fine, new stock of Dresses in dainty models poplin, crepe de
meteor, crepe de chine, gros de Londre, satin meteor and taffeta.
A lovely exhibit of newest conceits in all shades and pleasing color
combinations. Priced $14.50 upwards.
The entire thircl floor is occupied with the exhibit;
you are courteously invited to come tomorrow
and succeeding days; new things arriving daily.
BEM
showed that their net earnings were
but 3.3 per cent of flieir capital stock,
which aggregated $163,705,969, and
their bonded and other indebtedness
was $216,277,986. The net earnings
were $5,326,412. There were 473 rov
turns made under this heading, of
which 213 were subject to the tax.
Industrial Concerns Sbowu.
Industrial Vnd manufacturing con
cerns are shown under cuass C. There
were 1156 which made returns, but
only 469, or the smallest proportion in
any class, being subject to the tax.
The earnings showed but 2.2 per cent
on the capital stock, which is the low
est return for either of the classifica
tions. The total capital stock was
$238,744,015: bonded and other indebt
edness, $66,359,456, and total net in
come $5,322,156.
Class D comprises all mercantile
concerns. There were 903 sent in re
turns, of which 591 were subject to
tax. The total capital stock was $42.
069.407: bonded and other indebted
ness, $26,361,575, anft net income. $2,
937,391. Their earnings show a re
turn of practically i per cent on their
investment.
The miscellaneous class, in whioh
1564 returns were received and of
which 761 were subject to the tax.
Include architects, contractors, hotel
companies, theatres, etc. These re
turned 5, per cent earned on their cap
ital stock, which aggregated $65,871,
427; bonded indebtedness, $38,156,789,
and net earnings. $3,244,001.
The federal tax collected from the
corporations of Oregon for the last
fiscal year included $88,368 under the
old law and $146,751 'under the present
corporation income tax law, a total of
$235,120. There was no additional ex
pense incurred by Collector Miller's
office in the collection of this tax. Of
the entire assessment levied against
the corporations, only $240,635 was
added to the returns mad a by the cor
porations themselves.
The report also shows an interest
ing series of figures in the collection
of the individual income tax in Ore
gon. The total number of returns was
2829, of which 2307 were made by
married persons, 379 by single men.
143 by single women and nine sep
arate returns made by married women.
Of the number making returns 773
returned incomes above $2500 and be
low $3333.33; 934 between that figure
and $5000; 752 between $5000 tnd $10,
000; 192 between $10,000 and $15,000;
77 between $15,000 and $20,000; 35 be
tween $20,000 and $25,000; 17 between
$25,000 and $30,000; 26 between $30,
000 and $40,000; nine between $40,000
and $50,000; 10 between $50,000 and
$75,000; one between $75,000 and $100,
and $5000; 752 between $5000 and $10,
000, and one between $250,000 and
$300,000.
Tax Collected In Ouregon.
The total individual income- tax col
lected, in Oregon was $90,054. Of this
$25.27 was refunded and $200 in pen
alties is included. The normal one
per cent tax on incomes of over $3,000
brougrht $60,521; the one per cent
additional on incomes of $20,000 to
$50,000, $13,157; the two per cent on
incomes from $50,000 to $75,000, $3,
279; .the three percent on incomes from
$75,000 to $l(K,00i, $2,399; the four
per cent on incomes from 1 00,000 to
$250,000, $9,667; the five per cent on
Incomes from $250,000 to $500,000,
$829.00.
The additional expense to the local
office for collecting the income tax
was $2,615. The net total of the cor
poration income tax collected in Ore
gon was $146,751, and the individual
tax $90,029. The cost of collecting
was therefore 1.1 per cent. The cost
of collecting the corporation tax for
the entire United States was less than
four-tenths of 1 per cent and 1.2 per
cent for the entire individual income
tax.
The total individual income tax
paid in the United States was $28,
253,534 of which the normal tax was
$12,728,038. The total returns num-
Springtime
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Shop for Gentlewomen
bered 357,598. of which 278,135. were
made by married persons, 55,212 by
single men; i 23,551 by single women.
Only 6,682 married women- made sep
arate' returns. As was the case tn
Oregon, the greatest number of re
turns for either class of Income was
between $3,333.33 and $5,000, while-at
the extreme top over 44 men have in
comes exceeding $1,000,000 a year.
There are 1,426 American citizens re
siding abroad with total net Incomes
of $19,843,399, and 425 non-resident
aliens registered incomes aggregating,
$7,317,842.
316,909 Returns Mad.
There were 316,909 corporation , re
turns made, and the tax was com
puted on 188,SG. The total tax as
sessed against them was $43,396,499.
The capital stock aggregated $64,071,
319,185; bonded and other indebted
ness, $37,136,216,096; total net income,
$4,339,550,008.
According to the classification
shown above, those in class A earned
13.52 on their capital stock; class li,
4.55 per cent; class C, 7.63 per oent;
class D. 10.44 per cent; class E. 6.JS1
per cent.
The government Collected $l,70870
over and above what the corporations
had assessed themselves, and adjust
ments amounting to $399,118 were
made, making the total additional thus
collected $2,107,388.
The total tax collected from corpor
ations was $43,127,739 and the in
dividual tax earned $28,263,634. The
estimate of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue is that the Income tax for
the present fiscal year will total $40,
000,000 and tiie corporation tax about
the same. For 1916 he iigures an in
crease of $2,500,000 for each class of
tax.
Hicks Throws Up
Job at San Diego!
1
Manager of Washington State BaUdin?
eslgns Pie agreements Sespon eiblo
for Sis Action.
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 27. Gwynn
Hicks, who has been In charge of the
Washington state building at the San
Diego exposition today, announced his
resignation, to take effect as soon as
his successor can arrive. That probably
will be within a month.
"There were disagreements with the
commission as to the character of the
exhibit and an unwillingness to let mo
proceed with my program fQr getting
additional exhibits from the chambers
of commerce,'' said Hicks. "I consider
this essential to a proper showing of
Washington resources and there was
nothing for me to do save to resign."
It is said that L. M. Brown will ar
rive in a week or two to assist in the
rearrangement of the exhibit, to be
followed by Richard Seeley Jones, ex
ecutive commissioner.
MORE GRAIN; LESS SUGAR
Basle, Switzerland, Feb. 27. The
German government is conemplatlng
the issuance of a decree reducing by
one-quarter the area previously em
ployed for the raising of sugar beets
so as to Increase the production of
grain and vegetables. Sugar manu
facturers are raisins; objections. They
contend that sugar is a nourishing food
and that the by-products are valuable
for feeding cattle.
Object to Girls' Trousers.
New Tork. Feb. 27. Because two
choir girls are to wear boys' trousers
in amateur production in the Calvary
Baptist church, several members of
the choir threaten to resign.
TO CURE A COI.D TH OJTB SAT
Tke LAXATIVE BBOMO QTJININE Tblet.
Prti(t(riiit refund money If it f alia to en re. E.W.
GROVE'S Ignatnre In on each bo. 23c. AJt.
NO
WISCOilN'S EUfeENlC
MARRIAGE LAW CUTS
About 4000 Couples- Less
Took the Big Jump in .1914
Than in Year 1913,
HEALTH BOARD APPROVES
Say Educational Value of the Act
Should Be Considered in Judg-'
ing Zta Effect.
Madison. Wis.. Feb. 17. The Wis
consin eugenic marriage law, the first
of its kind in the world, has now been
in effect a little over a year, and the;
results can be estimated. The state
board of health has just reported that
one effect is a lessening of the num
ber of marriages contracted. It ap
pears that about 4t)no couples less took
the big jump in 1914 than In 1913.
In 1914, 17,245 regular ceremonies
were reported and 87 common law mar
riages were recorded. In the previous
year there had been 21,052 marriages.
The board of health does not believe
the eugenic law is entirely responsible
for the decline. It payrf: "On account
of the great prevalence? of certain dls-
0
cline in the number o
I'onty reasonable
would be some de.
of marriages re
ported if the eugenic ' law is properly
enforced, on account of the Inability
on the part of the prospective bride
groom who Ik afflicted with either .
of the diseases to obtain a medical cer .
tiflcate.
"Statistics compiled by many other
states and several ; foreign countries,
show that, extending over a period of
time, there is a marked decline in our
marriage rate. This factor must be
considered in making proper deduc
tions from the figures presented. The
industrial depression which has been
upon us for more than a year Is also
responsible in a large myisurs. '' Sta
tistics show thut a financial depres
sion seriously retards marriage in the
same way that it frroduces a decline in
the birth rate.-
"Thoughtful persons who know of
the ravages of certain diseases" Will
agree that the actual number of mar- ;.
rlages occurring in the state In a
given period of time is not nearly as
important to our posterity as the gen
eral healthf ulncss of the contracting
parties.
"The educational value of the eu
genic mairiago law should not be lost
sight of. A more fruitful campaign of.
education could not have been waged
throughout this state than through the
passage and enforcement of the law."
The report throws some lighten the
attitude of men and women toward
matrimony. It would seem that f or ,
women ohce was enough;- at least
only 672 widows married again, while
938 widowers took another chance.
However, the situation was reversed
in the case of divorces. Of the "grass
widows, 320 married again, while only
286 men took a chance. ,
In 12,969 of the total number of mar
riages, both jartles( were native born,
with both parents native; in 683 the
groom waa native and. the bride for
eign born; in 1479 canes the groom
wan foreign born and the bride was na
tive; In 2121 marriages both parties
were foreign born. In 83 cases the
nativity of one or both parties was '
unknown or not stated.
MORRISON
A T FO URTH
NUMBER OF WEDDINGS