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LAW IS HELD VALID
THE NEBRASKA CORPORATION
TAX MEASURE UPHELD.
DECISION BY SUPREME COURT
A Loud Complaint From Western
Nebraska Counties Regarding
Passenger Train Service.
Tho supremo court has uphold tho
occupation corporation tax law enact
cd by tho recent legislature Tho law
provided a gradually annual tax on all
corporations doing business In Ne
braska unloss oxpressly exempt. The
tax will bring to tho stale $60,000 this
year. About $15,000 was paid undor
protoBt. Tho law was attacked by the
Mercantile Incorporating company or
Omaha and tho Erie City Iron Works
of Erlo, Pa., who sued to recovor back
nn occupation tax paid by them, under
protest to Secrotary of Stato Junkln
and to havo- tho law declared uncon
stitutional undor which the tax was
exacted. Tho law was upheld In tho
Lancaster district court and the deci
sion Is aulrmed by tho supremo courts
Tho law was argued in both courts
by Grant Martin, deputy attorney gen
eral, who appeared for tho state,
while John J. Sullivan, W. W. Sla
baugh and John Battln, appeared for
tho corporations. Tho law was en
nctod by tho loglslaturo undor tho Im
pression that it would raise approxi
mately $300,000 annually for the stato.
Thero has been paid to tho secretary
of Btato approximately $60,000.
Tho law was assailed on tho ground
that it violated tho constitution In im
posing a tax on franchises. It was
contendod that this was a tax which
should bo levied under tho constitu
tion according to valuation and not
according to the amount of capital
etock of corporations.
Mr. Martin contended the tax was
not a tax which should bo levied ac
cording to valuation but It was a tax
which might bo fixed by tho legisla
ture arbitrarily according to the capi
tal stock of tho corporations. Tho
opinion sustaining tho law was writ
ten by Judgo Root.
Better Service Demanded.
Tho Stato Railway commission nan
under consideration tho proposition,
to havo a general hearing for towns
in western Nebraska which are de
manding bettor passenger train serv
ice. Complaints havo como from a
number of towns. Tho complaint from
Thedford follows:
"Tho facllltioB for west-bound pas
sengers nro absolutely worthless, as
far as local uso is concerned. It takes
about fifteen hours to travel thirty
miles, and only ono train a day.
"Imagine a young women, unattend
ed, being compelled to go to a point
west of Senocn, Thomas county. Sho
would got on tho stub train at Thed
ford, No. 39, at 8:53 p. m which train
terminates at Soneca. There sho
would bo compelled to sit in tho little
dingy station tralnmon's waiting room
for thirteen hours or moro, waiting
for passenger tain No. 43, at 9:38 a.
m. tho following morning. Tho hotel
accommodations aro Inadequate in
every way to supply tho demand, no
sldowalks, or street lights, and sho
might get lost in trying to find tho ho
tel, or crippled for life. Possibly"
worse luck might befall hen Strang
ers havo been compollcd to beg ac
commodations at prlvato residences
many times.
"Wo characterize this condition of
things as Indecent, indelicate and im
moral; having a tondoncy to degrade
womanhood. It is worse than the
old-tlmo stago coach. Thedford is
tho county seat of Thomas county,
and as such should havo at least one
through train each way."
Thero aro three trains oach way a
day, but do not stop at Thedford.
Public 8entiment Wins.
Tho city of Lincoln is ahead somo
$50,000, paid to it by the Lincoln.
Traction company, duo for a year, as
nn occupation tax. This payment
enmo as a distinct surprise and ro
lief to a long-suffering public, which
had been goading the traction com
pany for many months to pay up.
Judge Dean for Congress.
Judge J. It. Dean, a domocrat, who
was appointed to tho supremo bench
by Governor Shallenberger and who.
was a democratic nominee for re-election
at tho lato election will be a can
didate for congress.
Grand Assessment Roll.
Henry Seymour, secretary to the
State Board of Assessment, has com
pleted tho work of compiling the
grand assessment rolls and tho figures
havo been entered on tho pormanent
records in tho office of the stato au
ditor. The assessment of the state
for 1909 Is $u98,986.819, against 391,
735,401 for 1908. Tho assessment la
one-fifth of tho actual value of the
property of tho state.
May Reinstate Agents.
Sovernl of the Insurance agents of
the aBnkers Life of Lincoln whose
licenses were revoked by Audltoi
Barton because they bad used ques
tionable methods to secure business
have been calling on the auditor late
ly asking for reinstatement. Several
of tho ngonts have put up the story
that they were acting undor Instruc
tion In offering the iducemonts they
did to secure business, and wcro also
acting in good faith, believing In what
they said. The auditor is Inclined to
believe some of the agents.
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS,
Apportionment la Made to the Vari
ous Counties.
State Superintendent E. C. BIshbp
has filed his report, showing tho ap
portionment of state school funds
among the different counties ns fol
lows: ' No. Of
. County Scholars. Amt. Due.
Adams 0,045 $ 4,214.63
Antolopo 4,332 3,403.69
Unnner .....v.. .-?,.. J!6l EG1.69
Blnlno , 464 32S.GO
lloono "4,403 3,'110.87
Box Butta ..'.1?MR..v:: 1.8Sr, 1,293.23
Boyd , 3,442 2,390.74
Brown 1.73R 1,210.33
HulTAlo ........ rt 7,3X1 G.145.90
Burt , 4,282. 2,985.38
Butler 0,003 3,491.54
Onus ...... ........ G.234 4,340.29
Cedar , 6,430 3,785.71
Ch(lo . 1.205 840.12
Cherry .' a.r.to 1.749.9R
Cheyenne 1,274 888.22
Clay I..'.. 4,944 3,440.91
ColfuX 4,046 2,820.83
Cuming r,,31 3,708.36
Custer 8,701 6,066.2ft
Dakota. 2,225 1,651.23
Dawes , 1,911 1,332.33
Dawson ...h... ' 6,165 3,600.99
Deuel ................... 914 C37.23
Dtxon 3,882 2.79.1,18
Dodge 7,254 6,057.42
Douglas ,t.w. 39,503 27,541.10
Dundy , 1,428 995.59
Flllinoro 4,814 3,356.27
Franklin v. W. 3,764 2,624.23
Frontier 3,201 2,23t,71
Furnas 4,312 3,006.28
riOKO 9,766 6,801.79
Qnrllcld 1,182 824.08
Gosper , 1,918 1,337.21
Grant 26r, 185.45
Oreeley 2,866 1,998.15
Hall 6.845 4,076.08
Hamilton ..... 4.475 3,119.93
Marian 3,588 2,501.52
llnyos 1,111 774.68
Hitchcock 2,005 1,397.87
Holt 5,007 3,490.83
Hooker 297 207.07
Hownr.l ,t 4,221 2,942.84
Jeflorfton 5,300 3,695.11
Johnson .1,520 2,454.12
Kearney 3,167 2,208.01
Keith 1,023 7,132.24
Koya Paha 1,193 831.76,
Kimball 611 366.271
Knox 6,281 4,379.06
Lancaster 21.045 14,672.37
Lincoln 4,617 3.170.13
Logan 454 316.53
Loup 740 515.93
Mudtson 6,039 4,210.31
McPhcrson 095 48 (.66
Merrick .1,170 2,210.10
Morrill 1,203 S40.12
Nance 2,854 1,989.79
Nemaha 4,519 .1,160.61
Nuckolls 4,124 2,875.22
OtOO 6,320 4,400.25
Pnwneo j i 3,781 2,636.09'
Perkins .. 764 625.69
Pholps 3,603 2,442.27
Pierce 3,656 2,648.94
Platte 6,708 4,676.76
Polk 3,389 2,362.79
Rod Willow 3,529 2,460.39
lUchardsoii-.. v.. 6,664 3,941,92
Rock 1,234 860.34
Saline 6,090 3,231.95
Sarpy ...... 2,866 1,991.19
Saunders 7,193 5,014.89
Scott's Bluft ......V.... 1,952 1,260.93
Reward 5,038 3,612.45
Sheridan 1,941 1,353.26
Sherman 3,047 2,124.35
SIOUX 1,364 944.01
Stunton 2,806 1,956.33
Thayer 4,870 3,395.33
Thomas n 334 232.87
Thurston 2.578 1,797.37
Valley 3.360 2,342.67
Washington 4,342 3,027.21
Wayno 3,567 2,486.89
Webster 4,033 2.8U.7R
Wheeler 787 648.70
Vork 6,709. 3,980,27
Total 371,353 J253.904.23
Enthusiastic Over Corn Show.
State Superintendent E. C. Bishop
returned from,, tho corn show, nt
Omaha highly enthusiastic over the
educational . value of, tho. exhibit. Air.
Bishop stated that In his estimation
tho show this year far outclasses any
other such exhibition over hold. .Hav
ing at heart tho welfare of the school
children of tho stato and knowing tho
benefits to bo derived from their at
tendance at n corn, show Ilka this
year's, the ono thing abovo all others
that the stato superintendent would
liko to sco is for tho corn show to
bo held in Omaha again next year,
after which ho thinks tho location
would become permanent.
Auctions of prize grains at tho show
closed with total sales amounting to
about $5,000.
Nebraska corn was among tho last
put on tho block for salo, but failed
to bring high prices. The ten cars
of yellow dent corn, which won first
prlzo for Harry Seltz of Do Soto,
sold for $10, and tho second premium
corn In that class went nt $7.
Tho prize ten ears of whlto vari
ety, winning tho Nebrnska blue rib
bon for G. N. Titus of Toknmah, sold
for $10, and the second bqst ten cars
was auctioned at $5.
The Influence on future corn crops
through the distribution of tho prize
corn 1b tremendous. Tho ten grand
champion ears alone, It oach koine
produces one good ear, would propa
gate nearly 2,500,000 btiBhels of Im
proved corn In three years.
Another Candidate In Sixth.
Tho Sixth district has another can
didate for congress. Robert G. Ross
filed his name with tho secretary of
stato declaring hp is a enndidato for
the populist nomination. Mr, Ross
lives at Lexington, Dawson county.
Protest Money to Treasury.
By tho decision of tho suprome
court upholding the validity of the oc
cupation tax law, tho stnte treasury
will soon he enriched by somo $20,
000. This amount of money was paid
to the secretary of stato under pro
test by some 600 corporations.
May Sue Burlington.
State OH Inspector Mullen has cer
tified to the attorney general that tho
Burlington owes his department $590..
50 for the inspection of oil dono by
his predecessor. Ho asks tho attor
ney to decide whether to bring suit
for the amount.
Woman 8ent to Asylum.
Mrs. Jcnnlo Gelgcr, a prisoner in
the penitentiary, who attempted to
assault Mrs. Smith, wifo of tho war
den, with a pleco of board, has boon
transferred to tho asylum.
Mr. Towne Not Chosen.
Former United Statos Senator
Charles A. Towne of Now York has
not yet been engaged by tho stato of
Nebraska to present tho bank guar
anty case to tho United States su
preme court, notwithstanding reports
to that effect
FIVE DAIRY COWS AND
TWENTY ACRES OF CORN
Fair Returns of an Illinois Tenant's Dairy and Poultry
Tl - 1 - n . .
uusuwsa rigurcu uut in JJetauJiy
Arthur J. Bill.
Tho following Itomn of coBt rfnd
profit of n small tenant's business for
one year may ho of Interest, not for
striking results, but ns showing a fair
ly close farm account In three fea
tures. Mr. Nollsch rents n part of Mr.
Leigh F. Mnxoy's 160-ncro farm In San
gamon county, paying $7G per year for
tho house, barn, lota, orchnrd and gar
den, covering nbout five acres; $5 per
ncro for 20 ncrcs ot pasture, and one
half tho corn raised on nnothcr 20
acres. Tho writer understands thnt
tho tenant also makes money by labor
outsldo tho farm. Tho plnco is well
equipped and thero Is much fruit of
several kinds. Tho totnl oxponses for
tho year 1908 wcro; rent, $175; hay
bought, $70; chicken feed bought, $77;
poultry supplies and lumber, $23; to
tal, $345.
Five cows aro kept and 1,270
pounds of butter wero sold at nn nv
erugo price of 31 cents per pound,
making $404.81. Threo calves wero
sold for $27.41. Threo hogs, having
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Figured in anolhcr way, Mr. Nollsch
estimates that his total exponso for
the year was $824, leaving him a not
Income of $30.09, but thin expense
must Include the family living.
But to exntnlno theso accounts sop
nratoly, Mr, Nollsch estimates that
tho five cown at $209.95 worth of grain
and $02.30 worth of hay, a totol ol
$272.25, or $54.45 per cow. Deducting
this largo food bill from tho money
received for butter and calvos, we
havo $159.97 of profit, or $32 por cow.
This is a llttlo moro than tho nveragc
incomo of the best one-fourth of the
dairy cows of Illinois, ub figured out
by tho state experiment station from
tho full yonr's record of 554 cows in
3G herds. But strictly speaking, a
part of this $32 should bo credited to
the work of butter making, and again
the cows should bo credited with tho
skim milk fed to the pigs and with
tho milk used by tho family. In thus
considering tho dairy business alone,
It should lo remomborcd that, on the
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Jacoba Irene, Queen of Illinois State Fair.
milk as part of their ration, wcro sold
at six conts por pound, amounting to
$40.80.
Two hundred and ilfty hens wero
kopt and from theso, 1,144 dozen eggs
wore sold at an averago price of 10
conts, $183.04; chickens sold, $100.73;
turkeys sold, $56.90; total of tho place
Plymouth Rock Cock and Hen.
at $854.C9, which would includo tho
sale of $11 worth of other products
than thoso nnmod abovo,
Tho tenant's half of tho corn
amounted to 650 bushels, most or all
of which wob fed on tho place. Do
ducting tho totnl money exponso
nnmcd, $345, from tho Income, $851.09,
the profit is seen to bo $509.69. And
to got tho man's totnl not incomo for
the year's work thero must bo added
to It whatovor money he earned out
side of thin farm.
crop side, tho farmer raudo, in addl
tlon to tho abovo cow returns, what
ever profit thero is In raising tho high
priced corn of Inst year. Tho 650
bushels at 70 cents would bo worth'
$455.
Tho total Incomo from tho poultry
was aoen to bo $304.67. Tho tenant's
full estimate for their keep was $124.
52, plus $23 for supplies and lumber,
$147.52 in all, leaving a net profit ot
$193.15 from tho poultry. This lum
ber was for cqulpmnnt that would last
several years and need not all bo
charged to tho 1908 business.
A largo item of exponso allowed In
figuring tho $509.69 of profit, but not
specifically' referred to thero, is the
corn that three work horses ate, but
it tlioy were used to earn consider
able money outsldo of tho farm, only
a part of tholr expense should bo
charged to tho farm, This account,
though not exnet and comploto In ov
ory itom, throws much light on tho
totnl Incomo and tho soperatc sources
of incomo from this llttlo place.
Cement Promotes Thrift.
Cement Is n promoter of thrift It
Is bo easy to work thnt tho farmor and
his help can utilize their spare hours
doing a llttlo at a time. For oxamplo,
thoy enn start with n smnll feed floor
In tho barnyard, then ndd n walk to
tho barn, then to tho well, then con
tinue It to tho house, then around
It, etc
Care of Plow.
Now that tho plowing Is nil dono,
wlpo off all dirt from wood and Iron
work. GIvo ti good coating of oil to
tho metal pnrls next spring so thero
will be no delay In getting tho plows
to scour.
BARN DOORS FOR LAMB FEEDING
13. A. IIobb, Livingston county, Mich
Ignn., has devised a plan for letting
feeding lambs out and In 11 driveway
without opening tho largo doors and
unduly exposing tho Interior. Ills
barn is so arranged that ho docs his
feeding on tho ground floor, thero bo
Ing no basomont to the barn and tho
bays raised eight feet from tho ground
by a board floor. This glveB tho wholo
basement ot a barn 36x84 feet for food
Ing purposes. Whllo doorB wero pro
vided at ono end for tho uhcop, it was
dcslrablo on account of partition divid
ing tho basement into two apart
ments, to provldo an opening neur tho
main doors on tho rear side ot tho
barn, Tho accompanying illustrations
show how our subscriber accom
plished this without tho nocesslty of
keoplng the largo doors opcu and ex
posing tho whole Interior.
As Indicated, the trap doors, which
aro throe feet high nnd six foot long,
nro hung on spoclnlly mado hinges
nnd fnstened nt oach end by small
push bnrs. Whon tho largo sliding
doors nro drawn together nnd secure
ly fastoned, thero is no difficulty ol
handling the secondary doors, During
tho day tho doors aro raised but when
desired cun bo lowered and everything
mado as snug as ono pleasoH. This
plan haB boon worked for two years
with very satisfactory results.
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JUDGE URGES A NEW PARTY
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of tho United
States court of appcnls, writing In tho North
American Revlow undor tho caption, "Prosperity
with Justlco," advocates tho rise of a now po
litical party committed to tho policy of an equal
distribution among all men ot the fruits ot tholr
labor.
Judgo Grosscup holds thnt the society of tho
.future must be founded on "a proprietary co
partnership in corporate success," and adds that
ho is now rondy to renounce his loyalty to tho
Republican party in favor of n now party which
shall havo for Its purpose thq establishment ot
n policy of Justice nnd equity to all mankind.
Tho porlod of awakening in America, Bays
Judgo Grosscup, came with tho administration ot
Mr. Roosevelt. Doctrines which cannot now bo
forgotten and which must bo workod into tho very fabric of our national
life wero thou enunciated. Corporate greed must bo curbed, tho tnrlff must
bo revised and a scheme, dovlsod which will work Justlco to tho common
man.
Judgo Grosscup believes that tho prosout administration Is not only fall,
ing to carry out tho policies inaugurated by Col. Roosevelt, but Is assuming
n reactionary attltudo which Is making tho burden ot the workor moro op
pressive nnd Intolerable than before. Henco tho need ot a fresh party. As
to iho actual work for reform accomplished by the former president, Judgo
(1rost?cup Bays:
"Tho central figure of this period (tho period of awakening) was Prcsl
dent RoosovelL Thero aro those bllud enough to tho faults of this remark
able man to see In him a greater man than Lincoln; nnd thoso blind enough
to his virtues not to soo in him tho extraordinary insight that gavo to him,
ns to Lincoln, his leadership among men, But no ono saw moro clearly than
Mr. Roosevelt that his administration had accomplished llttlo In tho actual
work of roframlng tho lawB to carry out Its spirit -no ono saw moro clearly
lhan ho that his work was chiefly that of a proacher of rlghtoousncBs.
"To his successor wholly selected by hlmsolf was loft tho constructive
work thnt was expected to bo done. RooBovelt had summoned tho people,
had impnnelcd them as 11 great Jury boforo whom, to frame nnd to whom to
submit, ono nftor nnothcr, tho constntctlvo proposals that would carry out
the purpose ot the awakening. The proposals themselves ho loft to be
framed and submitted by Ills successor.
GREAT LAWYER SAVES WOMAN
When Samuel Untermyer of Now York, one
of tho greatest ot tho country's corporation law
yors, wob appointed several wooks ago by Jus
tlco Malono ot tho Biipromo court of Now York
to defend Augusta Crlslnti, charged with tho mur
der ot her husband, tho bnr was amazod and
wondered what ho would do with tho caso.
Mr. Untormyor hnd not been connected with
n murder ense for years. Ho had not been inside
a courtroom in connection with a case of such
minor Importanco In 11 long whtlo nnd ncccssnrlly
his friends bollevcd ho hnd forgotten many of tho
tricks thnt mako criminal lawyers successful.
But tho "doubting Thomases" didn't tnko Into
consideration tho kind of man thoy had to deal
with.
Whon tho court appoints u lawyer for n
person too poor to retain legal counsel the nttornoy is nllowod $500 as a fee.
To Mr. Untormyor $500 mentis nothing, so It wns'iiot to got tho monoy, as
subsequent events show, thnt ho entered the caso . with Buch zeal. Ho
worked night nnd day for tho poor Italian woman. Hq spent $1,000 out ot
his own pocket nnd when tho Jury camo In with a verdict of "not guilty"
Mr. Untormyor gnvo tho $500 tho stato owed him to tho prisoner. Ho hnd
saved hor life and given hor what seemed to her a fortuno, moro money than,
sho had over hud in her life.
Recently, whon tho JudgoB of Now York were criticised for assigning
certain types ot Inwyors to defend capital criminal cases, they asked tho
members of tho New York bnr for help. Attorney Untormyor was ono of thu
125 who rcspondod to the Judges' call nnd agreed to tako a criminal caso
occasionally oven though It meant financial loss.
"Wo lawyers owo something to the dignity ot tho business," Untormyeu
Is- quoted ns saying. "Wo uro Bworn ofllcers of tho court nnd of Justice."
NEW MINISTER TO CHINA
William J. Calhoun Ib to bo tho now minister
to China. Tho Chicago lawyer at first declined
the post, but Inter reconsidered his determination
nnd accepted it.
President Tnft wob ready to appoint Mr. Cal
houn to tho fcdornl bench, to tho plnco given
Judgo Carpenter, If ho would take it, any thoso
In touch with things at tho Whlto House. Thoso
men wore not surprised to lonrn that ho wna bo
Ing pressed to go to China, Mr, Calhoun stirred
Chicago political circles ns lato as Novombor 6,
when nddrosslng tho Mnrquotto club members in
the presence of Senator Cummins of Iown, ho
fcarloBsly defended tho "Insurgents" at Washing
ton. Politicians generally felt that tho speech
brought tho Chicago lawyer back into tho po
litical iieia ana it is said thoso who did not agree
with Calhoun began to fenr the influence ho might havo.
Born In Pittsburg, Pa in 1848, Mr. Calhoun has long been a commanding
figure In Illinois nnd the nation. In 18D6 ho took up tho cnuso of tho lato
President McKlnley and did much to BWlng Illinois' delegation to tho McKln
ley column In tho national convention. In 1900 Mr. Calhoun could havo re
ceived tho Republican nomination for governor If ho would havo permitted
his friends to enter him In the race. Ho has a wldo acquaintance In tho
statu, having lived at Danville, HI., where he wna admitted to tho bar In 1875,
boforo going to Chlcngo.
In 1898 Mr. Calhoun was named a member of the intoifltnto commorco
commission, serving until 1900, In which year ho moved to Chlcugo. In 1905
ho wns selected as a special commissioner to Vonezucln, when nn Interna
tional crisis waB Impending. His report, made then, has formed tho hnsls for
America's action ever since In maintaining tho principles of tho Monroo
doctrine,
PLEADS FOR RACE SUICIDE
With Thcodoro Roosevelt In far-away Africa,
no one yet has taken up tho cudgel to defend tha
former president's antl-race-sulcldo theory, which
has been assailed by Prof. Scott Nearlng of tha
Unlvorslty of Pennsylvania. Prof. Noarlng Is in.
Btructor of economics, nnd ho bopb as ono of tho
dlreBt perllB which confront this country thu
danger ot overproduction in only one thing
population. Prof. Nearlng haB launched tho doctrine ol
smaller families on tho basis that largo famllieu
and many of thorn nro likely to out up all tha
contents of the national larder and create a
famine' He ascribes the high cost of food, to
tho increase of Inrge families, and ovidently haa
no faith in tho stories about vast quantities of
food being destroyod to prevent the ovarloadlno-
of thq mnrkots,
lucldontnlly he opposes largo families n tho ground that woman Bhould
devote herself to rearing two or three children In a proper manner rather
than hearing throe or four times that number to overcrowd the schools nnd
keep thu buker busy.
"Race sulcldo Is a good thing," Is tho way tin: professor puts It, "be
causo It provonts an Increase In population greater than can be provided for.
It ulso meuus an easy life for women. How can they enjoy life whon they
Kuetid their prlmo In bearing children? '