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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF m A UFFERER i Was Restored by Lydia E. f Vegeta- lpound. Grayvllle, I was a great uf- f erer of f emd plaint for a year and I got nothing that helped mo un til I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I was Irreg ular and had cramps bo bad that I had to go to bed. Now I have better health than I have had for years and I cannot speak too highly of your medicine." Mrs. Jessie Sciiaab, 413 Main St, Grayville, III. Case of Mrs. Tally. Chicago, III. "I take pleasure In Writing to thank you for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I suffered with such aw ful periodic pains, and had a displace ment, and received no benefit from the doctors. I was advised to take Lydiu . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and am now as well as ever." Mrs. Wil liam Tully, 2052 Ogden Avenue, Chicago, I1L If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcgcto "ble Compound will help you.writo -to Lydia E.PinkhamMediclnoCo. (confidential) Lynn, Mass., for ml Tioe. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, nd held In strict confidence W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 41-1913. Nebraska Directory BOILERS Vcrtli-al or linr Izontul new orNecouilliutiil. WILSON STEAM BOILER CO.. Omaha GREEN GABLES The Dr. Beaj. F. Bailey Sanatorium Liocola, Nebraska Its brick and stone buildings so taste fully furnished and thoroughly equipped, In the beautiful park of 25 acres, with staff of experience and a nursing corps of unusual merit, offers you most per fect hospital results, yet always pre serves the atmoaphere of a delightful country HOME. Write fcr particulars. iiM"-Ji WKSBSSm These Bankers Will Assist Progressive Farmers If you or your sons wish to learn the EXACT FACTS about the Ozark Region of Missouri, and what progressive farmers can do there, write to The Ozark Bankers Development Committee This committee is composed of 102 Ozark bankers, each pledged to see that you shall be fully advised as to how to succeed in the Ozarks. The banker knows you can succeed; this is why he is willing to help you in every possible way. He Has No Land to Sell but he will aid you in finding land at a price which you can farm profitably and will fully in form you as to marketing and other conditions. Write for names and addresses of Ozark Bankers They will be sent to you free of charge with a history of The Ozark Bankers Development Gommittee also something about the Ozarks of Missouri and what the Ozark Banker can do for you. Address 102A Depirtmint of Development, Frisco Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. PARKER'ft HAIR BALSAM A tolltt prrparatlun of in.rlt, llalpt to rilct ituidrutr. Far Raltorin Cntnr and Beauty tody or Faded Htbv ownum ilwu I'rmrei.ia. m KEEP THEIR HEADS STEADY Australian Statesman Asserts Women Prevent Conditions of Political Turbulence. Tlio prime- minister of Australia, wlicro the women have suffrago on equnl terms with men, was Interview ed while on a visit to London on the results of womnn suffrage In bis coun try. He Is quoted as Baying: "Women's suffrage steadies political feeling. In democratic countries tur bulence Is always a danger. Well, In a time of political excitement men will let themselves Ioobo. Women won't. They don't want hysterics. They don't want eartluiuakos. They aro the domestic economists, Htid they have to calculate the needs of their households pretty closely ovory week, This Is why economic questions are more careiully studied now and why you get steadier, more sober, more wholesome opinion on nil questions connected with the homo." I'osslbly no stronger conclusion can be deduced from the eleven years' ex perience of woman suffrage In Aus tralia than the fact that its national parliament, by unanimous vote, adopt ed a resolution declaring Its entire success and calling upon the parlia ment of Great llrltaln to enfranchise women. New York livening Post RASH ITCHED AND BURNED 400 South Hermitage Ave., Chicago, 111. "1 was attacked with a breaking out on the Inside of my nrms. It was a small rash or pimples and It Itched and burned, especially at night, so that before I knew It I had made my self sore. I had to wear the llnest kind of cotton underwear, no woolen at all, because the least thing Irritat ed it and mndo it much worse. The fash itched and smarted until at times I got no sleep at all. "I had this trouble and took treat ments for about one year, but they only gave mo relief while tnklng them. Then I began using Cutlcura Soap and Ointment and I got relief right away. In three months I was a well man again." (Signed) H. W. Foley. Nov. B, 1912. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each treo.wlth 32-p. Skin Hook. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dopt. L, Boston." Adv. Made Him Short Tempered. "Mothering mo again about that bill. Say, didn't I tell you three weeks ago that 1 wttH Hhort?" "Yes, but you aro short too con founded long." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOHIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that It Dears the nf XT" , "? Signature of CuO&fCtfcJuM In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria It is no task for a clever woman to manage a young man during, court ship. Soma men never borrow trouble; they buy It outright. Politeness opens many doors, but they are usually self-closing. HI I 1M I liiWW UMlCosfttBnop. Tutt. Ocod. I'm In tlmt. BoU ij Drurt(li. TARIFF CHANGES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Washington. Following aro tho ohangos mado by the new tariff bill In tho rates charged for Imports ot household necessities: Present law. New law. Sugar 48.8 per cent. Pre after March 1 ' 1014. Tea Free. Free. Coffee Free. Free. Salt 1 pound 7 cents. Free. Bread 25 per cent. 25 per ceni Milk Gallon, 2 cents. Free. Cream Scents. Free. Eggs Dozen, 5 cents. Free. Butter Pound, 6 cents. 2'a cents. Oatmeal Pound, 1 cent 1-3tcent Flour Barrel, 45 cents. Free. Cheese ...'. Pound, 6 cents. accents. Meat 10 per cent Free. Wool yarn 79.70 per cent. 18.90 per cent Wool blanketa 72.90 per cent. 30.90 per cent. Wool underwear 93.90 per cent 35.70 per cent Wool clothing 79 percent 35 per cent. 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 stocking 75 per cent. 40 per cent. Cotton underwear 60 percent. 30 per cent. Trimmed hats 50 per cent. 40 per cent Brooms 40 per cent. 15 per cent. Oil cloths 44 per cent. 20 per cent Wheat Du., 25 cents. Free. Potatoes Du., 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 percent Vegetables sliced or otherwise prepared. .0 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 V2 cent Lemons, limes, grape fruit, oranges, pound. 1 cent 'a cent. Molasses 48-5 Per cen Free n,ter Mch 1, 1914. Cattle, each $3.75. Free. Sheep, each 75 cents to $1. Free. Barley, bushel 30 cents. 15 cents. Macaroni, lb 1i2 cents. 1 cent. Poultry, lb 3 cents. 1 cent. Raw wool 3.90 Pep cent- ree a,ler 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 tha Coun try Will Be Benefited by the Alter ations, and That Business Will Re main Unaffected Ad Valorem Rata In the Bill la From 27 to 29 Per Cent, In Payne-Aldrloh BUI They Are 40.12 Per Cent Washington. The Democratic- tariff revision bill, first on tba program of reforms mapped out when President Wilson came Into office, advanced to its last congressional stage when It was brought back to the bouse 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 tour 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 ot many trust mado article, and the In come tax. The measure, consequently, has a larger Importance than that of a mere tariff reform bill, and lta effect must be widespread, both on business and Industry, and also In connection with politics. Democratic leaders are con fident that business will Buffer no un toward effect; that consumers will be benefited. Changes In the Rates. The bill Imposes an averago ad valorem rato ot from 27 to 29 per cont. The average for the present Aldrlch law Is 40.12 per cent. Tho average for the Wilson-Gorman act was 39.45 per cent. Duties generally have been reduced on all of tho articles that enter Into tho necosBarles ot life, Including the products of tho farm as well as manu factured products, Trust made products In many cases havo been transferred to tho free list or the dutlos at present Imposed have been substantially reduced. Tho Incomo tax featuro of tho bill is expected to net some 83,000,000. It will call for a tax on net incomes ot unmarried persons ot $3,000 and up wards and on net Incomes ot married persons living togeth'or, whero tho vfe or husband Is dependent, of $4, 000 and upwards. Exports' estimates Indicate a sur plus of 110,000,000 over all expend itures at the end ot tbo present Uscul year. A rate of 40 per cent Is Imposed on btockhigs and half uoso valued at not more than 70 cents a dozen poire. For stockings between 70 and $1.20 a dozen pairs a duty of 40 por cent, was ugreetl upon. Tho conforces eliminated tho provi sion liiHcrtcd by tho sonato denying entry Into tho American market of goods manufactured by children undor 14 years of ago. Tho llnal agreement provided that any person employed to collect the In como tax may be utilized by the sec retary of the treasury In tho general servlco of tho Internal revenue bureau. Larger Customa Revenues. "The customs revenues will be larg er for tbo current year, 1914," Sena tor Simmons said, "because tho rates of the Payno-Aldrlch law have been for the force quarter, and will con tlnuo in force on wool and woolen goods until January 1, and on sugar until March 1. When tho next fiscal year begins, July 1, 1914, all tho rates of the new law will bo In operation and the tariff dutlos collected will be smallor. Tbo 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 mate!." 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 Ho land sales, and other sources of federal Income. Agricultural Products and Provisions. Cattle, sheep and other domestic an lmals suitable for use as food, wheat and wheat products and eggs, have boon transferred to the free list Re ductions have been mado on oats, but ter, beets, frozen eggs, peas, green bouse stock, zante currants, choco late and cocoa sweotened 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 rato of 20 per cent, ad valorem Is placed on ground spices In addition to tho spe cific rate provided by tho house on unground. Tho senato receded from tho reduced rato placed on flaxseed and Its amendmont placing a duty on bananas. The house classification on lemons and other citrus fruits Is ac cepted. Papers and Books, The house rates have boen reduced on common paper, box, boards, papers partly covered with metal leaf or gelatine and plain bnslo papers for albumenlzlng for photographlo print ing. The rates provided by tho house for surface-coated papers sultablo for covering boxes bus bcou Increased from 35 to 40 per cent. The ucnato amendments placing specific ratns graduated according to thickness and size have been agreed to with several reductions In tho rates provided. The rateH agreed to are approximately equivalent to tho ad valorem rates provided In tho houso bill. A specific rato has been placed on lithographic views, of scenes and buildings lo cated In the United States Instead ot the advalorem rate provided by tho house. This amendment results la an Increase in tho rate ot duty. Cotton Manufactures. The senate classification of cotton oloth, according to tbo average num- ber of tho ynrns oontnlnod therein, was accepted, Instead of tho house prorlston for tho hlghost number. This slightly docroasos the rato of somo fancy weaves nnd novolty cloth, but on tho greater bulk of cotton cloth tho rato 1b not uffectod. Tho rates on bleached and dyed colored yarns aro Increased nnd on cotton ynrns and cloth mado of yam, from numbers 79 to 99. Tho rntvs on handkerchiefs or mufflers, not hemmed, have boon do ducod from 30 per runt., as provided by tho house, to 26 pur cent. MANY WIUTpAYInCOME TAX Estimated That 450,000 Persons Ars Affected, and That $83,298,000 Will Be Raised. 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 $300,000 0 per cent More than $500,000 7 per cent Washington. According to esti mates completed by tho treasury ex perts, fjr.,000 American citizens must keep such accurate account of their Incomes this year that they will ho able to report to tho Income tax col lector next spring exactly how much they owo tlm government under tho new Income tax law. So fur as tho taxable American Is concerned, the Income tax law Is now practically In force against him. While tho tariff law In which tho law Is em bodied will not ho signed until next week, tho HrHt returns do not have to bo made to tho Internal ruvemm col lectors before. March 1, 191 1. Hut when tho returns aro mndo they will cov er tho Incomo of citizens from March 1, 1913, to December 111, and tho first payment of tax will bn for money re ceived during this period. Every single person (citizen or for eign resident) whoso annual Incomo exceeds $3,000, and every married per son with an Incomo nbovo $4,000, Is expected to report his or her re ceipts In detail to tho government agents March 1 of each yenr. To Produce $82,000,000. Tho cHtlmnto complbted Indicates that the Incomo tax will prnduco $82, 98,000 from the 425,000 persons taxed. To this will bo added tho $35,000,000 or moro producod by tha present cor poration tax, which Is continued as part of tbo law. President Wilson, tho federal Judges of tho Supremo court now holding of Ilco and employes "of a state or any political subdivision thoreof," aro tho only persons specifically exempted from tbo tax by the now law. Tho president and judges now In office were mado exempt to escapo any ques tions ot tho constitutionality ot tho law, and their successors in office will be compelled to pay tbo tax. First Burden Is on Citizen. The general public Is expected to giva close study to the now law In tho next few months, as the first bur don ot the tax payment rests with tho individual citizen, and IiIb failure to report his Incomo is punishable by a lino. It is admitted that when first re turns are mado many taxable persons probably will escape payments, but with each year tbo government's lists ot persons with tnxablo Incomes will be made moro nearly complete. Methods of Collecting Tax. Two primary methods of collecting the tax aro contained In the law. One is that the individual return mado by tho citizen; tho other the returns by corporations and other employers who pay their employes' taxes "at the source." Under tho 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 the $3,000 figures, and will pay the taxes for Its employes and deduct tho 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 bas paid its tax at its source. In figuring up his net Incomo for the taxpayer, the American business man, after deducting $8,000 for him self, or $4,000, It married, will havo tho right to claim tho 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 tho year. Trade louses, or storm or fire losses, not covered by Insurance Worthless debts charged oft during tho year. A reasonable allowance for tho de preciation of property. Dividends from companies whose In comes hnvo already been taxed. HOW THE NEW INCOME TAX WILL BE LEVIED AND WHAT REVENUE IT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD Incomes. Number. Total Tax. $3,000 to $5,000 126,000 $ 630,000 $5,000 to $10,000 178,000 6,340,000 $10,000 to $15,000 53,000 4,240,000 $15,000 to $20,000 24,600 3,185,000 $20,000 to $25,000 10,500 2,100,000 $25,000 to $50,000 21,000 9,660,000 $50,000 to $75,000 6,100 6,832,000 $76,000 to $100,000 2,400 4,778,000 $100,000 to $250,000 2,500 13,775,000 $250,000 to $500,000 550 8,805,5CO $500,000 to $1,000,000 350 13,653,000 $1,000,000 or above 1 100 9,301,000 Total 425.CC0 C32,202,0CO wamammmmaKmiKimKmmamammaamKmmammmmmmmmmmtmmamtmmmimmmmtmmumm c JKt'r mutmc. Interest from stato, municipal or government honds. Must bs Entire "Net Income." It Is a clear provision of tho law, however, that the taxable person must mnko a return to tho Internal revenue collector for his ontlro "not Incomo," and exemptions claimed under tho law must bo submitted to the fedora! ofll cers for them to determine upon their reasonableness or legality Tho amount of tho incomo tax, as finally agreed upon, follows. From $3,000 to $20,000, I per contj , from $20,000 to $50,000, 3 per emit: from $50,000 to $75,000, 3 por centj from $75,000 to $100,000, 4 percent: $100,000 to $250,001), 0 par cont; $260. 000 to $500,000, 0 por ceut; above $500,000. 7 per cent. A hIiirIo man with an Incomo or $25,000, for oxumpln, would pay 1 per cent on $17,000 and 2 por cent on $500, a total tax of $270. If married, tho first tax of 1 per cent, would apply to only $K'i,000 ot tho Income. Ready to Answer Questions. The treasury department Is prepar ing for a flood of questions about the new Incomo tax, realizing that this feature of tho tarllT hill about to be come law strikes moro Intluiatoly at tho tax paying citizen than do the Indirect taxes collected through the ctihtouiH duties ItcptcHcutntlvn Cordell Hull of Ten nessee, who drew tlm incomo tax pro vision of tho tariff hill which will soon become law, mado public a detailed explanation of tho tax plan as It will touch tho Individual citizen. "Tho treasury regulations soon to ho prepared will mnko clear to evory taxpayer tho requirements of tho law and Its application to Incomo derived from tho various kinds of business," Mr. Hull said. "Any person who keeps familiar with his buslnoHS affairs, dur ing tho year should havo no difficulty In executing his tax return. How Tax Is Divided. "Tho Incomo tax Is divided Into two phages, O10 'normal' tax of one por cent, on tho whole Incomo above $3,000, and the additional tax Hint be gins with an extra 0110 per cont. above $20,000 and Is graduated to six per cent, nbovo $500,000. Whorovor the Incomo tax Is paid 'at tha sourco' by a corporation far Its employes or In simi lar cubcb, only tho ono por cent, nor mnl tax Is so paid. "Tho Individual has to pay any a dlttonnl tax himself. Tho provisions of tho law requiring the tnx to be withheld at tha source does not take effect until November 1, 1913. "For tho first year tho citizen wilt mnko return to the local Internal reve nuo collector boforo March 1, 1914, as to bis earnings from March 1, 1918, to tho end of this year. The collector will notify him June 1 how much hn owes nnd the tax must bo paid by June 30. After next year the tax will apply on the full calendar yoar. "If the Incomo of a person Is under $8,000, or If the tax upon samo is withheld for payment at the source, or if tho same Is to bo paid elsewhere in the United States, affidavit may be made to such fact and tboreupon no return will be roqulred. ' Covers Incomes of All Citizens. "Tho tax covers all Incomes of citi zens of tbo United States, whether liv ing here or abroad; thoso of foreign ers living In the United States, and the not Incomes from property owned or business carried on in the United States by persons living abroad. 'Tho net Income Includes all In come from salaries or any compensa tion for pcrsonnl services; Incomes from trades, professions, business, or commorce; 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 como, 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 'aa Income, however. "Tho amount that may be deducted from a total Income Includes the coat ot carrying on business, actual losses, depreciation allowances, and tax ex empt or tax paid money. Living ex penses cannot be deducted, nor can money spent for permanent Improve' ments to property. Forms to Be Ready Soon. "Tho form that is to be filled out by tbo taxpayer will be drawn up soon by the commissioner ot internal revenue. The taxpayer will have to give bis gross revenue and then speci fy and claim the deductions to which bo feels entitled. "Unless a man's income tax Is 'paid at the source' he must hunt up a tax blank, rill 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 Ilka having tbo handling of interest rents, salarlos, or other portions of tho in como of any citizen aro compelled to deduct tho tax for tho individual and pay It to tho government. The Indi vidual then will receive a receipt showing ho has paid bis tax." a 1 v",- I "J .