TARIFF CHANGES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
m
Washington.—Following are the changes made by the new tariff
bill in the rates charged for imports of household necessities:
Present law. New taw.
Sugar .48.5 per cent. Free after Marsh 1,
1914.
Tea .Free. Free.
Coffee .Free. Free.
Salt.1 pound 7 cents. Free.
Bread .25 per cent. 25 per cent
Milk ...Gallon, 2 cents. Free.
Cream .5 cents. Free.
Eggs .Dozen, 5 cents. Free.
Butter .Pound, 6 cents. 2'/a cents.
Oatmeal .Pound, 1 cent. 1-3 cent
Flour .Barrel, 45 cents. Free.
Cheese .Pound, 6 cents. 2/2 cents.
Meat .10 per cent Free.
Wool yarns .79.73 per cent 18.90 per cent
Wool blankets.72.90 per cent 30.90 per cent
Wool underwear.93.90 per cent. 35.70 per cent
Wool clothing .79 per cent. 35 percent
Wool dress goods for
women and children.99.7 per cent 35 per cent
Cotton clothing.50 per cent. 30 per cent
Cotton table damask. .40 per cent. ' 25 per cent
Cotton collars and
cuffs .64 per cent. 30 per cent
Cotton stockings .75 per cent. 40 per cent.
Cotton underwear.60 per cent 30 per cent.
Trimmed hat* .50 per cent. 40 per cent
Brooms .40 per cent. 15 per cent
Oil cloths .44 per cent. 20 per cent
Wheat .Bu., 25 cents. Free.
Potatoes .Bu., 25 cents. Free.
Cabbage ..2 cents apiece. Free.
Beans and lentils.Bu., 45 cents. 25 cents.
Beets .25 per cent. 5 per cent
Nearly all other vege
tables, natural state.25 per cent. 15 per cent.
Vegetables sliced or
otherwise prepared..40 per cent. 25 per cent.
Pickles .40 per cent. 25 per cent
Vinegar, gallon.7/2 cents. 4 cents.
Apples, peaches, quin
ces, plums, and
pears, green or ripe.25 cents. 10 cents.
Edible berries, quart.. 1 cent. i/2 cent
Lemons, limes, grape
fruit, oranges, pound.1 cent. i/2 cent.
Molasses .48.5 per cent. Free after March 1,
1914.
Cattle, each .$3.75. Free.
Sheep, each .75 cents to $1. Free.
Barley, bushel .30 cents. 15 cents.
Macaroni, lb.....V/2 cents. 1 cent.
Poultry, lb.3 cents. 1 cent.
Raw wool .43.90 per cent. Free after Dec. 1.
NEW TARIFF LAW
WILL MAKE MANY
RATE REDUCTIONS
Synopsis of Measure on
Which Special Session
of Congress Has
Been Working.
MARKED CHANGES IN
THE AVERAGE DUTIES
Democrats Confident That the Coun
try Will Be Benefited by the Alter
ations, and That Business Will Re
main Unaffected — Ad Valorem
Rate in the Bill Is From 27 to 29
Per Cent., in Payne-Aldrich Bill
They Are 40.12 Per Cent.
Washington.—The Democratic tariff
revision bill, first on the program of
reforms mapped out when President
Wilson came into office, advanced to
its last congressional stage when It
was brought back to the house from
the joint conference committee with
the unanimous indorsement of the
Democratic conferees.
The measure, of course, has both its
friends and enemies. According to
the administration, it carries out
four of the party promises. Tariff re
form, reduction in the high cost of
living, campaign against the trusts, in
that duties have been taken off of
many trust made article, and the in
come tax.
The measure, consequently, has a
larger importance than that of a mere
tariff reform bill, and Its effect must
be widespread, both on business and
industry, and also in connection with
politics. Democratic leaders are con
fident that business will sufTer no un
toward effect; that consumers will be
benefited.
Changes in the Rates.
The bill imposes an average ad
valorem rate of from 27 to 29 per
cent. The average for the present
Aldrich law is 40.12 per cent. The
average for the Wilson-Gorman act
was 39.45 per cent.
Duties generally have been reduced
on all of the articles that enter into
the necessaries of life, including the
products of the farm as well as manu
factured products.
Trust made products in many cases
nave been transferred to the free list
or the duties at present imposed have
been substantially reduced.
The income tax feature of the bill is
expected to net some $83,000,000. It
will call for a tax on net incomes of
unmarried persons of $3,000 and up
wards and on net incomes of married
persons living together, where the
wife or husband is dependent, of $4,
000 and upwards.
Experts' estimates indicate a sur
plus of $16,000,000 over all expend
itures at the end of the present fiscal
year.
A rate of 40 per cent, is imposed
on stockings and half hose valued at
not more than 70 cents a dozen pairs.
For stockings between 70 and $1.20
a dozen pairs a duty of 40 per cent,
was agreed upon.
The conferees eliminated the provi
sion inserted by the senate denying
entry into the American market of
goods manufactured by children under
14 years of age.
The final agreement provided that
any person employed to collect the in
come tax may be utilized by the sec
retary of the treasury in the general
service of the internal revenue bu
reau.
Larger Customs Revenues.
“The customs revenues will be larg
er for the current year, 1914,” Sena
tor Simmons said, "because the rates
of the Payne-AIdrich law have been
for the force quarter, and will con
tinue in force on wool and woolen
goods until January 1, and on sugar
until March 1. When the next fiscal
year begins, July 1, 1914, all the rates
of the new law will be in operation
and the tariff duties collected will be
smaller.
The income tax which is collected
for the calendar year can be collect
ed for only ten months of the present
year, as the law specified that collec
tion shall not go back of March 1,
1913. The estimated decrease In the
total expenditures of the government
for 1914, $5,000,000, is based on the
fact that smaller expenditures are
expected for the army and navy esti
mates.”
The balance of the total estimates,
as given in the treasury estimates, is
made up of postal receipts, internal
revenue receipts, the profits from pub
lic land sales, and other sources of
federal income.
Agricultural Praducta and Provisions.
Cattle, sheep and other domestic an
imals suitable for use as food, wheat
and wheat products and eggs, have
been transferred to the free list. Re
ductions have been made on oats, but
ter, beets, frozen eggs, peas, green
house stock, zante currants, choco
late and cocoa sweetened and extracts
of meats from the rates provided by
the house. The rates have been in
creased over those provided by the
house on broken rice, fish packed in
oil and ground spices. A rate of 20
per cent, ad valorem is placed on
ground spices in addition to the spe
cific rate provided by the house on
unground. The senate receded from
the reduced rate placed on flaxseed
and its amendment placing a duty on
bananas. The house classification on
lemons and other citrus fruits is ac
cepted.
Schedule H, Spirits, Wines and Other
No changes of importance are made
in this schedule. The rates on gin
ger ale and similar beverages are
slightly decreased on bottles contain
ing not more than one-half pint each.
The senate receded from its amend
ment placing an internal revenue tax
on grape brandy used in fortifying
sweet wines.
Papers and Books.
The house rates have been reduced
on common paper, box, boards, papers
partly covered with metal leaf or
gelatine and plain basic papers for
albumenizing for photographic print
ing. The rates provided by the house
for surface-coated papers suitable for
covering boxes has been increased
from 35 to 40 per cent. The senate
amendments placing specific rates
graduated according to thickness and
size have been agreed to with several
reductions in the rates provided. The
rates agreed to are approximately
equivalent to the ad valorem rate*
provided in the house bill. A specific
rate has been placed on lithographic
views of scenes and buildings lo
cated In the United States Instead of
the advalorem rate provided by the
house. This amendment results in an
increase in the rate of duty.
Roman, Portland and other hydraul
ic cements, limestone, rock asphalts,
asphaltum, and bitumen have been
transferred to the free list The house
rates have been reduced on lenses,
surveying instruments, telescopes, mi
croscopes, photographic and projec
tion lenses, in increased on strips of
glass for lenses and gauges, opera
and field glasses. A new classifica
tion has been made for unmanufac
tured mica and a rate of 4 cents
per pound placed on all valued at not
more than 15 cents per pound, and 25
per cent, on that valued at more than
15 cents. This results in an increase
over the house rate of 30 per cent,
on the cheap glass of mica, costing
less than 14 cents, and a reduction of
all that Is valued at more than 15
cents per pound.
Cotton Manufactures.
The senate classification of cotton
cloth, according to the average num
ber of the yarns contained therein,
was accepted, instead of the house
provision for the highest number. This
slightly decreases the rate of some
fancy weaves and novelty cloth, but
on the greater bulk of cotton cloth the
rate is not affected. The rates on
bleached and dyed colored yarns are
increased and on cotton yarns and
cloth made of yarn, frbm numbers 79
to 99. The rates on handkerchiefs or
mufflers, not hemmed, have been de
duced from 30 per cent., as provided
by the house, to 25 per cent.
WORK DONE IN CONFERENCE
Alterations That Were Made From the
Original Underwood Bill Passed
by House.
A summary of the agreements in
formally announced from day to day
during the conference work shows in
comprehensive manner the following
important alterations of th^ original
Underwood bill:
The tax rate on incomes of more
than $75,000 was increased by a grad
uated scale from three per cent, to
seven per cent., and the exemption re
duced from $4,000 to $3,000 for single
persons. The new provision allowing
a $4,000 exemption for a married per
son provides ‘that only one deduction
of $4,000 shall be made from the ag
gregate income of both husband and
wife when living together.”
Articles added to the free list in
clude pig iron, ferro manganese ore
cheap grades of iron; cattle and other
food animals; wheat, flour, flax, hemp,
sugar refining machinery, school text
books, sand blast machinery, indigo
dyes, moving picture films, cement
and asphalt.
Some Increases Made.
Increases from the house bill in
clude:
Angora wool and articles made
from it.
Silk ribbons and narrow fabrics
from 40 to 45 per cent
Lithographic views of American
scenes.
Surface coated paper suitable for
covering boxes, from 35 to 40 per
cent.
Many kinds of acids.
Some kinds of paints.
A new classification for woolen
stockings, gloves and mittens makes
a reduction from the house rate on
those valued at less than $1.30 a dozen
and an increase on those above.
Reductions from the house rates in
cludes:
Common paper boxboards.
Papers used for photographic prints
Wearing apparel made of cattle or
goat skins.
Fur hats.
Rough forms of dog and goat 6kins.
Camel’s hair press cloth for use in
cotton oil mills.
Cotton stockings and half hose.
Perfumed and medicated soaps.
Crude chicle.
Linseed oil.
Chlorate of potash.
High-power lenses, surveying instru
ments, telescopes and the like.
Oats.
Butter.
Beets and other vegetables.
Extracts of meat.
Currants.
Chocolate.
House Rates Changed.
Through a reclassification rates will
be slightly reduced from those fixed
by the house on fancy grades of cot
ton cloth.
The tariff on automobiles, fixed by
the house at 45 per cent, and radical
ly cut by the senate, was compro
mised by making a new classification
of automobiles valued at less than
$2,000, for which a rate of 30 per cent,
was fixed.
The 5 per cent, rebate in tariff
made by the house bill on goods
brought in American ships was re
tained with the added provision that
it should not "be so construed as to
abrogate or in any manner impair or
affect the provisions of any treaty”
the United States has.
That portion of the house bill re
quiring foreign manufacturers or ex
porters to submit their books to Amer
ican custom agents was amended so
that if the exporter refused to allow
such examination an additional duty
of 15 per cent, ad valorem can be im
posed on his exports.
Section 8 of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, which provides that Cuba
should have a preferential rate of 20
per cent, on sugar and that the gen
eral tariff of the United States should
not be reduced below the figures of
the Dingley tariff law of 1897, is re
pealed.
AS THEY ARE KNOWN ABROAD
Citizen* of Various American Cities
Have Nickname* Which Some
times Appeal to Humor.
An over curious newspaper man
once bought a ticket to Yellville,
Ark., just to see what a town with a
name like that would look like, but
there is a stay-at-home sport that is
just as good as that The question
is, what do citizens who stray from
their native city call themselves? (
The man from Memphis is a Mem
phian, from Troy is a Trojan, and
from Duluth a Duluthian. All right
then—where is a Phoenician from?
Answer, from Phoenix, Ariz. That is
a natural process of word formation,
but not one in a thousand could fig
ure it out.
Citizens of Los Angeles refer to
themselves as Angelenos and dare the
world to laugh. Buffalonian is a
mouth-filling word, and Detroiter is
well enough. But what is the trav
eler from Little Rock or Kamloops t
It would not be safe to refer to the
stranger from Butte as a Butter, but
what is he? And you man from Key
West—are you a Key Weston, and ii
so can you walk six thousand miles In
flfteen minutes?
By the way. if you are from Walla
Walla, don’t you think the bgst way
out of it would be to stay at home?—
Kansas City Star.
The diamond mines of South Africa
are robbed of J5.000.000 in diamonds
yearly.
HOW THE NEW INCOME TAX WILL BE LEVIED
| AND WHAT REVENUE IT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD
Incomet. , Number. Total'tax.
$3,000 to $6,000.126,000 $ 630,000
$6,000 to $10,000.178,000 5,340,000
$10,000 to $15,000 . 53,000 4,240,000
$15^)00 to $20,000. 24,500 3,185,000
$20,000 to $25,000. 10,500 2,100,000
$25,000 t« $50,000 . 21,000 9,660,000
$50,000 to $75,000 . 6,100 6,832,000
$75,000 to $100,000 . 2,400 4,776,000
$100,000 to $250,000 . 2,500 13,775,000
$250,000 to $500,000 . 550 8,805,500
$500,000 to $1,000,000 . 350 13,653,000
$1,000,000 or above. 100 9,301,000
Total. 425,000 $82,298,000
MANY CITIZENS
|T0 CONTRIBUTE
TO INCOME TAX
Estimate Is That 425,000
Persons Will Be Affect
ed Under Provisions
of New Measure.
EXPECTED TO RAISE ,
SUM OF $82,298,000
All Who Get $3,000 or Over Must Re
port Their Incomes—Now Is the
Time to Begin Accurate Accounts,
as New Law Will Cover Receipts
From March 1, 1913—Failure to
Report will Be Punishable by a
Fine—Methods of Collections Pro
vided.
INCOME TAX SCHEDULE.
$3,000 to $20,000.1 per cent
$20,000 to $50,000.2 per cent
$50,000 to $75,000.3 per cent
$75,000 to $100,000.4 per cent
$100,000 to $250,000.5 per cent
$250,000 to $500,000.6 per cent
More than $500,000.7 per cent
Washington.—According to esti
mates completed by the treasury ex
perts, 425,000 American citizens must
keep such accurate account of their
incomes this year that they will be
able to report to the income tax col
lector next spring exactly how much
they owe the government under the
new income tax law.
So far as the taxable American is
concerned, the income tax law is now
practically in force against him. While
the tariff law in which the law is em
bodied will not be signed until next
week, the first returns do not have to
be made to the internal revenue col
lectors before March 1, 1914. But when
the returns are made they will cov
er the income of citizens from March
1, 1913, to December 31, and the first
payment of tax will be for money re
ceived during this period.
Every single person (citizen or for
eign resident) whose annual income
exceeds $3,000, and every married per
son with an Income above $4,000, is
expected to report his or her re
ceipts in detail to the government
agents March 1 of each year.
To Produce $82,000,000.
The estimate completed indicates
that the income tax will produce $82,
298,000 from the 425,000 persons taxed.
To this will be added the $35,000,000
or more produced by the present cor
poration tax, which is continued as
part of the law.
President Wilson, the federal judges
of the Supreme court now holding of
fice and employes “of a state or any
political subdivision thereof,” are the
only persons specifically exempted
from the tax by the new law. The
president and judges now in office
were made exempt to escape any ques
tions of the constitutionality of the
law, and their successors in office will
be compelled to pay the tax.
First Burden Is on Citizen.
The general public is expected to
give close Btudy to the- new law in
the next few months, as the first bur
den of the tax payment rests with the
individual citizen, and bis failure to
report his income is punishable by a
fine.
It is admitted that when first re
turns are made many taxable persons
probably will escape payments, but
with each year the government's lists
of persons with taxable incomes will
be made more nearly complete.
Methods of Collecting Tax.
Two primary methods of collecting
the tax are contained in the law. One
is that the individual return made by
the citizen; the other the returns by
corporations and other employers who
pay t*-jir employes’ taxes “at the
source.” Under the law as it will be
signed by President Wilson next week,
every large company employing labor
will be compelled to report any regu
lar salaries it pays in excess of tl^e
$3,000 figures, and will pay the taxes
for its employes and deduct the tax
from their pay envelopes.
This "payment at the source” will
apply to salaries, rents, interests, roy
alties, partnership profits and some
other sources of income, and persons
receiving such incomes must be pre
pared to show that the money has
paid its tax at its source.
In figuring up his net income for
the taxpayer, the American business
man, after deducting $3,000 for him
self, or $4,000, if married, will have
the right to claim the following addi
tional exemptions:
Necessary expense of carrying on
business, not including personal, living
or family expenses.
Interest paid out of Indebtedness.
National, state, county, school or
municipal taxes paid within the year.
Trade losses, or storm or fire
losses, not covered by insurance.
Worthless debts charged off during
the year.
A reasonable allowance for the de
preciation of property.
Dividends from companies whose in
comes have already been taxed.
Interest from state, municipal or
government bonds.
Must be Entire “Net Income."
It is a clear provision of the law,
however, that the taxable person must
make a return to the internal revenue
collector for his entire "net income,”
and exemptions claimed under the law
must be submitted to the federal offi
cers for them to determine upon their
reasonableness or legality.
The amount of the income tax, as
finally agreed upon, follows:
From $3,000 to $20,000, 1 per cent.;
from $20,000 to $50,000, 2 per cent.;
from $50,000 to $75,000, 3 per cent.;
from $75,000 to $100,000, 4 percent.;
$100,000 to $250,000, 5 per cent,; $250,
000 to $500,000, 6 per cent.; above
$500,000, 7 per cent.
A single man with an income of
$25,000, for example, would pay 1 per
cent on $17,000 and 2 per cent on $500,
a total tax of $270. If married, the
first tax of 1 per cent, would apply to
only $16,000 of the income.
Ready to Answer Questions.
The treasury department is prepar
ing for a flood of questions about the
new income tax, realizing that this
feature of the tariff bill about to be
come law strikes more intimately at
the tax paying citizen than do the
indirect taxes collected through the
customs duties.
One of the first steps taken to get
general information before the public
will be to distribute income tax blanks
through postoffices, internal revenue
officers, and other federal agencies.
However, the fact that he does not re
ceive a blank or a request to pay the
tax will not exempt a taxable person
from the penalties of the law.
Representative Cordell Hull of Ten
nessee, who drew the income tax pro
vision of the tariff bill which will soon
become law, made public a detailed
explanation of the tax plan as it will
touch the individual citizen.
“The treasury regulations soon to
be prepared will make clear to every
taxpayer the requirements of the law
and its application to income derived
from the various kinds of business,”
Mr. Hull said. “Any person who keeps
familiar with his business affairs, dur
ing the year should have no difficulty
in executing his tax return.
How Tax Is Divided.
“The income tax is divided into two
phases, the ‘normal’ tax of one per
cent, on the whole income above
$3,000, and the additional tax that be
gins with an extra one per cent, above
$20,000 and is graduated to six per
cent, above $500,000. Wherever the
income tax is paid ‘at the source’ by a
corporation for its employes or in simi
lar cases, only the one per cent. n<5r
mal tax is so paid.
“The individual has to pay any a
ditional tax himself. The provisions
of the law requiring the tax to be
withheld at the source does not take
efTect until November 1, 1913.
“For the first year the citizen will
make return to the local Internal reve
nue collector before March 1, 1914,
as to his earnings from March 1. 1913,
to the end of this year. The collector
will notify him June 1 how much
he owes and the tax must be paid
by June 30. After next year the tax
will apply on the full calendar year.
“If the income of a person is under
$3,000, or if the tax upon same is
withheld for payment at the source,
or If the same is to be paid elsewhere
in the United States, affidavit may be
made to such fact and thereupon no
return will be required.
covers incomes of All Citizens.
“The tax covers all incomes of citi
zens of the United States, whether liv
ing here or abroad; those of foreign
ers living in the United States, and
the net incomes from property owned
or business carried on in the United
States by persons living abroad.
"The net income includes all in
come from salaries or any compensa
tion for personal services; incomes
from trades, professions, business, or
commerce; from sales or dealings in
personal property or real estate; from
interest, rent, dividends from securi
ties; for all business carried on for
gain.
“Bequests will not be considered in
come, nor will life insurance paid to
a beneficiary or returned to the in
sured person as a ‘paid up' or ‘sur
rendered policy' be taxable. Interest
on such property will be included as
income, however.
“The amount that may be deducted
from a total income includes the cost
of carrying on business, actual losses,
depreciation allowances, and tax ex
empt or tax paid money. Living ex
penses cannot be dedncted, nor can
money spent for permanent Improve
ments to property.
Forms to Be Ready Soon.
"The form that is to be filled out
by the taxpayer will be drawn up
soon by the commissioner of internal
revenue. The taxpayer will have to
give his gross revenue and then speci
fy and claim the deductions to which
he feels entitled.
“Unless a man’s income tax is ‘paid
at the source' he must hunt up a tax
blank, fill it out, and see that it finds
its way to the proper federal official
in his district before March 1, 1914.
“Firms, corporations, and the like
having the handling of interest, rents,
salaries, or other portions of the in
come of any citizen are compelled to
deduct the tax for the Individual and
pay it to the government. The indi
vidual then will receive a receipt
showing he has paid his tax.”
WEALTH IN MIDDLE WEST
Investigations by Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Reveal Large
Fortunes There.
The commissioner of internal reve
nue made public the estimates on In
comes for the middle west.
These estimates show that far more
wealth is distributed in Illinois out
side of Chicago than in the city. The
commissioner of internal revenue is
inclined to believe the reports are so
far from correct that he will not use
them to any extent in his plans for the
collection of the income tax.
According to his statement. 12,000
citizens of Chicago have incomes
ranging from $0,000 to $20,000 per
year, while 12,800 citizens of the
Eighth district, which has its head
quarters in SpringQeld, have incomes
within this scope. Only 5,000 individ
uals in the Fifth district, with head
quarters at Peoria, are listed.
Likewise in Indiana there is a great
variance in districts. The collector
for the Sixth district reported over
20,000 taxable incomes, and the col
lector for the Seventh district reported
only 6,000. •
Large Fortunes In Iowa.
Iowa’s incomes will be largely taxed,
the collector for that state reporting
nearly 17,000 taxable fortunes. Wis
consin has a few over 10,000, Michigan
close to 12,000, and Minnesota about
4,000.
A feature about the Minnesota in
come estimate is that the collector de
clares there are 150 men in the state
with incomes upwards of $100,000 an
nually, while in Chicago the collector
reported only 35 persons with incomes
above the $100,000 mark.
Large fortunes seem to predominate
in Minnesota, for there are 1,000 men
rated with incomes between $20,000
and $50,000, as against 500 in Chicago
and 1,000 in the whole state of Illi
nois; 500 with incomes between $50,
000 and $100,000, as against 175 in
Chicago and 275 in Illinois, and 150
over $100,000, as against 50 in Illi
nois.
Indiana and Michigan are also re
ported as having large Income bear
ing fortunes over the $20,000 mark.
Figures for the Middle West.
The following table shows the va
rious taxable incomes in six middle
west states:
ILLINOIS.
$3,000 to $20,000 to $50,000 to Over
$20,000 $60,000 $100,000 $100,000
First dist.12.000 800 175 35
Fifth dist.... 6.000 ... ...
Ftghth dist.. 12.900 300 10
Thirteenth .. 9,000 200 50' 10
INDIANA.
Sixth dist.... 19.000 900 100 75
Seventh dist.. 5,850 120 30
IOWA.
Third dist.... 16,000 30 30 i
WISCONSIN.
First dist.5.500 250 50 10
Second dist.. 4.000 200 25 10
MICHIGAN.
first dist.... 6,500 750 150 80
Fourth dist.. 3,000 200 70 to 100 25 to 40
MINNESOTA.
First dist.... 2.500 1.000 500 150
Canadian Fox Industry.
Much money 1b Involved In the Ca
nadian fox Industry. Since the open
ing of this season 219 live foxes of va
rious hues Including silver gray, val
ued at $330,000, have been shipped
from Edmonton to points in eastern
Canada and the United States for
breeding purposes. Included in this
lot were ten young black foxes which
were sold to a New York firm for $30,
000. Many young foxes die soon after
capture. Several black pups have died
after being sold for $1,500 to $2,500. A
western raw fur company which has
been supplying the eastern markets
with young live foxes announces that
it will discontinue the eastern ship
ments, having decided to establish a
farm in western Alberta, where 40
foxes are already domiciled. A de
crease of 25 to 50 per cent, has taken
place in the prices paid for these ani
mals, which is attributed to the large
number which have been supplied
from the northern country of Alaska,
Yukon territory, and the northwest
territories. The supply has been plen
tiful because the young foxes were
dug out of their holes before they were
able to escape. In a short time the
young foxes will leave their dams and
it will then be impossible to catch
them otherwise than singly in traps,
and the prices will probably rise.
The Winner.
Senator Key Pittman was talking in
Tonopah about two lobbyists who had
quarreled.
"But there’s no fear,” he said, "of
their maiming or mutilating one anoth
er. They are like Bluff and Stuff.
“ ‘Who came out ahead,’ a man ask
ed, ‘in that street row between Bluff
and Stuff?'
“ ‘Stuff did,’ was the answer, ’but
he had half a street’s start.' ”
QUEER ORNAMENT FOR EEL
Grave Assertion Made That One Cap
tured In Connecticut Wore
a Dog Collar.
A giant eel with a dog collar on its
neck was captured by John Balinskl
of West Warren near Willimantic.
Conn., not many days ago. The catch
took place in the Quaboag river, a
mile below Willimantic. The eel was
47 inches long, as large around the
body as the wrist of an ordinary sized
man and weighed 13 pounds. Balinski
killed the eel in low water, it evident
ly having been\caught in the pool
where it was captured when the tide
went out. The collar, of the sort
worn by a small dog, was securely
locked about its neck, and so tight
as to cause the skin to bulge out
around the edge. The initials “W. R.
C.” and the name “Prince” were en
graved on a silver nameplate. The
eel's back was badly scarred, showing
where It had been speared on various
occasions. Foot fish hooks with lines
attached were found in the monster’s
mouth. It was almost impossible for
Balinskl to hold the eel after he had
grabbed it for it would twist and
squirm about in his hands with ease.
He finally got it between two stones,
and killed it. About the only thing
it was good for was to chop it up and
feed it to the chickens.
Some humorists are, in fact, but
literary barbers who spend the time
in cutting the whiskers off of old
Jokes.
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOB SICK CM
“California Syrup of Figs” can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.
Every mother realize^, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
Figs” that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
xnd it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with*
out griping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit
laxative,” and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
; els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic—remem
ber, a good “inside cleaning” should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50
cent bottle of "California Syrup of
Figs,” w hich has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
His Usual Custom.
Mark Twain in his lecturing days
reached a small eastern town one aft
ernoon and went before dinner to a
barber to be shaved.
"You are a stranger in town, sir?”
the barber asked.
“Yes, 1 am a stranger here,” was
the reply.
“We’re having a good lecture here
tonight, sir," said the barber, “a ‘Mark
Twain’ lecture. Are you going to it?”
"Yes, 1 think I will,” said Mr. Clem
ens.
“Have you got your ticket yet?” the
barber asked.
“No, not yet,” said the other.
“Then, sir, you’ll have to stand.”
“Dear me!” Mr. Clemens exclaimed.
“It seems as if I always do have to
stand when I hear that man Twain lec
ture.”
JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.
I took about 6 boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which I had suffered for 5 years. I
had dizzy spells, my eyes puffed.
Judge Miller.
my Dream was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
nalpltatlons. Am
now 63 years old,
able to do lots of
manual labor, am
well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. I feel very grateful that
1 found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish. I
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about •
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
(English and German words) and re
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv. _
They Were Cheap.
An elderly lady from the country
one day decided to adopt two children
from the county orphan asylum.
She walked several miles before
reaching the car line. It was the first
time she had been on a car. She
stared wide eyed at everything she
saw, then her gaze stopped on a sign;
she read thus:
"The Ohio Traction Company—Chil
dren under twelve years of age three
cents, or two for five cents.”
“Well,” she Bald, “that’s the best
bargain ever. Calling the conductor,
she said: “Young man, I'll take two
of those childuren for five cents right
now, a boy and a girl, please.”—Na
tional Monthly.
EMM,
“Pape’s Diapepsin” cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
—Time It!
"Really does” put bad stomachs In
order—"really does” overcome indiges
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes—crnt—just
that—makes Pape’s Diapepsin tie lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn lumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides tilled
with bile and indigestible waste, re
member the moment "Pape’s Diapep
sin” comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It’s truly
astonishing—almost marvelous, and
the joy is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape’s Dia
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars'
worth of satisfaction.
It’s worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can’t get their stom
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home—should always be kept handy
in case of a sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It’s the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.—Adv.
Awful!
. Stella—I hear you had a terrible ex
perience.
Bella—Yes; I was rescued from
drowning by another girl.
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain,cures wind couc,25c a bottieJlr
More celluloid combs are said to be
made at Oyonnax, Prance, than at
any other place in the world.
Lack of nerve keeps lots of us out
of jail.