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War Taxes
Long and labored articles in the sub
sidized press are now in order to prove
that corporations should not be taxed
These arguments will be brought forth
by the Senate amendment to the reve
nue bill suggesting a corporation tax
of one fourth of 1 per cent on the gross
receipts of corporations The Boston
Herald devotes a column editorial to
this single proposition and makes a
special plea for the corporations It is
to be observed that the Boston Herald
is not at all worried over the taxes
which are proposed on the necessities
of life The people who have to pay
for ood and drink can work more
hours and earn more monpy to pay the
extra tax but the beloved corporations
must not be touched Corporations are
to be protected at all hazards A cor
poration that earns 2000000 a year
must not be made to pay 5000 taxes
Horrible The supposition is not to be
entertained for a single moment The
people must not only fight the battles
of this country but they must pay the
expenses of the war as well Thats
good Republican doctrine What do
the people think of it
Unite Against the Foe
In the conduct of the war against
Spain there should be no display of
jiolitics There is one fact absolutely
certain and that is the people irrespec
tive of party were in favor of the dec
laration of war and are now desirous
that the campaign shall be carried on
with unrelenting firmness vigor and
severity
To conquer Spain and to conquer
Spain quickly and completely is what
the people desire and in order that this
may be done they are willing to lay
aside all political considerations in dis
cussing war measures
It is to be regretted that the Republi
cans have set the example of partisan
ship by preparing the war revenue bill
along political lines and it is unfortu
nate that many of the Presidents mili
tary appointments have been plainly of
a political character It is to be hoped
that no further exhibitions of party
feeling will be made Democrats join
ed with Republicans in voting 50000
000 to be used by the President in mak
ing preparations for war and they will
continue to vote with Republicans on
strictly war measures Let the Repub
licans keep the currency question the
protection of trusts and the making of
political appointments to the army in
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SONDS OR TREASURY NOTES
Democrats in Congress who are op
posing the issue of 500000000 worth
of bonds are acting in the interests of
the people Of course the Republicans
-will raise a great howl that the Demo
crats are obstructionists but the
Democrats are simply obstructing an
attempt to place a great and neces
sary burden of taxation upon the coun
try There are more ways of raising
money with which to pay the expenses
of the war than the one way so dear
to Republicans that of issuing bonds
with which to make the syndicates rich
and to keep the masses poor
Treasury notes are just as good as
bonds being payable in coin and they
do not carry any interest Again
there is a great quantity of silver lying
Idle in government vaults which ought
to be utilized The people knov that
the Democrats are fighting for their
benefit and the Democrats are quite
-willing to go before the people on the
issue raised by the Republicans Treas
ury notes will have to be redeemed in
the long run just as the bonds would
nave to be redeemed but there would
T be no interest to pay on the notes and
that is why the money sharks are op
posed to them Every three months
the bondholder would be able to thrust
bis hand into the treasury and loot it
of interest He could not do that if
treasury notes were issued Anything
to get interest out of the government
is the cry of the Republicans And that
is the extent of the bond buyers patri
otism Chicago Dispatch
The Financial War Tpuc
Naturally the Republican gold bugs
both in and out of Congress are wildly
Indignant at the Democratic proposi
tion to provide money for the carrying
on of -the war without increasing the
interest paying bonded debt of the na
tion They do not want either a further
issue of treasury notes the coinage of
the silver seigniorage or the taxation
-of corporations What the Republi
cans are aiming at above all things is
the enlargement of the interest bearing
debt This will prolong the existence
-of the national banks and increase their
profits It will also tighten the hold of
other big moneyed corporations on the
Government and the people
That the corporations and the banks
1 will win in the contest is more than
probable but the Republican party
under the cover of the war excitement
will thereby forge a weapon that is
-sure to destroy them in the end The
people cannot be fooled in financial
matters now as they were thirty five
jyears ago when they were saddled
with a debt of billions bearing a high
rate of interest under which they are
still groaning and which not even an
other generation will get rid of The
Democratic plan provides ample reve
nue for the present needs of the
and it does not mortgage the
people further to the money classes It
would receive the support of a majority
of the voters at the polls if an election
held to morrow New York ews
the background and they will find
Democrats voting with them in all
measures looking toward the defeat of
the common foe
The Gold Ftandard
Many of my correspondents express
the opinion that the financial problem
is too complicated for the ordinary in
tellect and in this belief make no at
tempt to reach a solution I do not be
lieve it possible for any person of even
ordinary intelligence to arrive at any
other conclusion than that the restora
tion of bimetallism is essential to the
prosperity of the country if prejudice
be laid aside and the facts honestly ac
cepted which are supported by over
whelming evidence
So far from presenting complications
the problem is one of extreme simpli
city and next to the salvation of the
soul is the most important that can oc
cupy -human attention The prosperity
the happiness and to a great extent
jthe lives of industrial workers in all
ui iiiziai countries uepena upon tne pro
per solution of this financial question
I will state certain facts for which
conclusive proofs have been and can
be presented A gigantic conspiracy
centralized in London lias long existed
among the money powers of the world
to depreciate prices of all products of
industry and inflate the purchasing
power of money The effect if not the
intention has been to close factories
throw millions of operatives out of em
ployment reduce wages to starvation
prices and pauperize all who by indus
try are engaged in the creation of
wealth Itincreases all time debts and
taxes renders mortgagees unable to
pay interest and deprives tens of thou
sands of farmers tradesmen and oper
atives of their homes H Haupt
Courajie of the Stay-at-Home
It sometimes requires more and bet
ter courage to stay at home than to go
to war Many a man who if duty
would permit him to volunteer would
be glad to go is compelled by the most
solemn and binding of all human obli
gations to stay at home It is not a
manly a wise or heroic thing for a citi
zen to leave his wife children parents
or sisters in want in order to go where
he is not needed So long as there is a
surplus of men who want to enlist and
whose presence at home is not essential
to the support of families no man
whose presence is thus required has a
moral right to enlist Washington
Post
Sons of Their Sires
There have been already appointed
or slated for prompt appointment to
offices of high rank in the army sons of
j Senators Gray Elkins and Fairbanks
and a nephew ot Senator Allison ana
sons of Representatives Hill and Ilitt
Secretary Algvr and the late Secret -try
Blaine None of these sons of distin
guished sires lias been educated or
trained in the duties of the offices to
which they have been appointed and
therefore their duties will not be prop
erly performed As a consequence many
soldiers are liable to suffer possibly to
die from this form of political favorit
ism New York World
A Thoroughly Kxploded Idea
The idea that the foreigner can be
made through the workings of a tariff
to buy warships for us and keep an
army in the field for us and pay our
bills generally is as dead as Julius
Caesar And for that much we can be
thankful Even Mr Dingley appears
to have come to a partial recognition of
thetruth that the tariff is a tax Man
chester Union
Said in the Heat of Debate
Several weeks ago several Congress
men were talking about resigning and
leading troops to Cuba But no resig
nations have occurred yet Dallas
News
Kitchen Comforts
If you jiave in mind the purchase
of something pretty or much desired
for your hall parlor or other part of
the house let it go and get instead lino
leum to cover your entire kitchen floor
advises Ella Morris Kretchsmar writ
ing of Ilousedeaning and Pretty
Kitchens in the Womans Home Com
panion Do not buy a poor quality
it should cost not less than 50 cents
per square yard as the good grades
are more economical lasting for years
They are warm unlike oil clothj easily
cleaned cheerful and pretty Do not
waver between new portieres curtains
or even a piano and a new range or
stove if you need one if you have to
make choice -not if value
a you com
fort and peace above lesser considera
tions A gas or gas gasoline stove for
summer represents more comfort to the
square inch than any other possible ar
ticle in a house excepting an ice chest
and a strong box Provide tz
least two comfortable chairs and have
a high shelf back of or near the stove
and out of drafts which will do much
to insure you a good quality of bread
through the year A reliable clock will
have much to do with the regularity of
your meals
The Atlantic
Experiments have been going on for
the past twelve years for the purpose
of trying to learn something of the
characteristics of the Atlantic Ocean
as a great moving body of water As a
result the whole Atlantic is shown to
be slowly circulating round and round
like an enormous pool
Dont think because a man is an ice
dealer that he is cold hearted
RICH ISLAND GROUP
THE ORIENTAL QOLONY WHICH
IL uOST TO SPAIN
The IslanderB Their Natnral Wealth
and Their Love of Loafing and Smok
ingManila Its Antiquities Dirty
Streets and Variety of Evil Odors
The Philippines
The victory of the American fleet at
Manila awakened interest in the rich
Islands wlilch that victory has taken
from Spain The Philippines have been
a Spanish colony ever since their con
quest in 15G5 which was effected by a
fleet bearing an armed force from the
western coast of Mexico The Span-
years end the air Is almost satu
rated the perspiration of the body does
not dry but stands in large drops
which fall off on the slightest mover
ment The heat is so intense in sum
mer that Europeans frequently tum
ble over with heat apoplexy Even the
Spaniards do their business In the early
hours whiling away the heat of the
day in sleep Late in the afternoon
Manila begins to awaken
The group is rendered a valuable pos
session from the fertility of the soil and
the variety and abundance of its
products Despite the fact that the na
tives work only under the most urgent
provocation and then only for so long
a time as may be necessary to satisfy
their simple wants the plantations of
the island produce an immense wealth
The government reports of 1894 the
latest available declared the exports of
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LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
lards did not accomplish their conquest
without difficulty for although the na
tives were poorly armed having only
the weapons common to savage peoples
throughout the world they made a
stout resistance and all the military
strength and strategy of the Spaniards
were needed in order to subdue them
The islanders have since shown by oft
repeated insurrections their objection
to Spanish rule and between 1565 and
the insurrection of the present year it
is said there has hardly been a decade
in which Spanish troops have not been
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A WEALTHY NATIVES PESIDOCE
called upon to pacify one or another of
the disturbed provinces
There are 1200 islands in the Philip
pine group the greater number of
which however are mere dots or islets
inhabited by only a few families In
significant as are most of these the
larger islands are of very respectable
dimensions the total area of the entire
group being 110000 square miles The
Islands are all of volcanic origin and
each has a mountain range The larg
est volcano on the islands is Mount
S-a-
the islands to be 32000000 while the
imports were 28000000 chiefly of rice
flour wine dry goods petroleum and
coal the exports were of hemp and its
manufactures sugar coffee tobacco
leaf cigars and indigo How greatly
the amount of exports might be in
creased under a proper form of govern
ment which did not tax the energy and
almost the life out of the people cannot
be conjectured but it is certain that
with proper encouragement the Philip
pine Islanders would become an Indus
trious and wealthy people
A Mixed People
The population of the Philippines is
probably the worst mixed of any group
of islands even in that part of the
world The islands lie about midway
between the continents of Asia and
Australia The Negritos or aborigines
are closely analogous to the natives of
New Guinea and Australia But the
Negritos long before the coming of the
Europeans had become an unimportant
factor in the population having been
driven back into the interior and
mountainous portions of the islands by
the Malays When Magellan discovered
the islands in 1521 he found all tho
coasts settled by Malays Puc the
Malay Indians by no means monopo
lized the better parts of the islands for
among them there was a large admix
ture of Chinese Japanese Hindus Si
amese and other Asiatic coast races
and tribes so that the Malays them
selves were a sort of composite race
To the present day the heterogeneous
ness of the population continues and
although the Spanish have political
control of the islands only about 5000
of these foreigners and they chiefly
officeholders are to be found on the en-
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A PRINCIPAL STREET IN MANILA
Mayon which travelers describe as be
ing most beautifully situated It is a
perfect cone There are few large riv
ers but many small ones It rains con
siderably in the islands and rainfalls
are exceedingly heavy a fall of eight
inches in twenty four hours having fre
quently been noted
A torrid heat prevails all the year
round The mean annual temperature
of Manila is about 90 degrees which in
dicates that in summer the thermome
ter stands above 100 regularly every
day and hugs the century mark pretty
closely during the night Even in what
is called the winter season a tempera
ture of 65 to 85 degrees prevails so that
a Philippine winter would be deemed
a tolerably yvarm American summer
The heat is rendered almost unendur
able by the moisture In tne atmosphere
for day and night fronryeara end to
tire group The fewness of the number
of their conquerors naturally serves as
a constant irritation to the natives that
5000 strangers should rule with des
potic power a population variously es
timated at between 9000000 and 31
000000 is not to be endured even by
ignorant Indians
The city of Manila is a typical east
ern metropolis It is on the east side
of a wide bay which furnishes a toler
able anchorage but not a secure place
of refuge for shipping The city itself
is as in most eastern centers of trade
divided into a new and an old town the
latter being fortified with walls in me
diaeval style and containing ware
houses storehouses offices and an enor
mous native population while the new
town much better built with edifices
more modern in style and construction
Ilea without the walls A small stream
Which during the rainy season becomes
a mighty torrent runs through the
heart of the town and divides the two
sections The old town has narrow
streets badly paved reasonably filthy
well provided with varieties of odors
teeming with East Indians of every
age color and previous condition of
dirtiness whose principal occupation
seems to be keeping out of the sun
smoking cigarettes and chewing betel
nut In the interval of smoking they
load and unload the vessels most of
the native population finding its em
ployment about the shipping while
those not thus engaged have all the oc
cupation they want at their homes in
the manufacture of the coarse goods
known as manilla bagging and sacking
and in the making of cigars of which
many millions are annually exported
to China and India
Manila affords the stranger many in
teresting sights not the least among
which are the street cars in which
everybody men and women smokes
A car is usually drawn by a single pony
managed by two drivers One beats the
pony and the other holds the reins and
blows a tin horn On the rear plat
form stands a pompous conductor who
collects a copper all around every time
the car passes a section post These
section posts are somewhat less than a
mile apart The conductor is particu
larly careful to look after the due bal
ance of a car fore and aft He will no-
allow more to stand on one platform
than on the other If there are eight in
front and six In the rear or vice versa
somebody has to stumble through the
car from the heavier end to the lighter
This precaution is necessary to prevent
derailments Other precautions still
more necessary are omitted Thus a
woman carrying a little small pox pa
tient is as welcome as any one else
The villages consist of collections of
huts made of wattles and reeds thatch
ed with grass The native naturally
claimed that ny a respectable Ma
lay pater familias has been seen escap
ing from the ruins of his burning home
beating away in his arms his favorite
bird while wife and children were left
to shift for themselves
One of the worst features of cock
fighting outside of its Innate brutality
Is the betting universal among tho
spectators of the game The sums stat-
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TOWN OF CAVITE NEAR WHICH DEWEYS FLEET ANCHORED
ed are often very high and their pay-
ment which is rarely shirked may in
volve the ruin of the loser
PAID HIS BILLS IN FIGHTS
Debtor Whips a Landlord and lawyer
Until They Call It Even
In relating a fight he once had with
a man from Illinois S H Piles of Padu
cah says At that time I lived in
Smithland W P Fowler was judge
I was sheriff J W Code was clerk
Blount Hodge was there and Ben
Barnes Dr Sanders T C Leech
Judge Bennet J W Bush and many
others of the old timers lived there
then I kept a hotej called the Wayer i
fy House The man from Illinois put up
with me I gave him one of the best
rooms He stayed several days I got
uneasy about my bill and asked him
for it He said that I was in a h I
of a hurry and that he would pay It
whenever he got ready I very foolish
ly told him that if he did not pay mo
right then I would take it out of hia
hide He pulled off his coat and said
he was ready to settle and we went at
it We fought for some time and I
thought I had whipped him but I am
sorry to say that I was mistaken
He resisted a short time and jump
ed on me again When we fought oufc
this round I again thought I had whip-
ped him but alas I wa3 again mis
taken for he rested for a time and
came at me again By this time I was
very tired of the fight He got me down
on the floor and after thinking about it
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THE HARBOR AT MANILA
feels more secure in these than he
would in houses of stone brick or wood
Earthquakes and typhoons are cqm
mou The grass hut can standtlie heav
iest earthquake shock and die tremors
which bring down a stone building in
ruins do not affect the slender struc
ture When an earthquake occurs as
it does in some portions of the Islands
from two to seven times a week the
native Is amused to see the Europeans
jump up and run en dishabille out of
their homes for fear the walls will fall
upon them sits under his grass roof
and enjoys the sensation for even if
his home does fall he crawls out from
under his load of hay and with the as
sistance of his wife and neighbors sets
up the poles and recommences house
keeping as though nothing had hap
pened
Next to the church the greatest Sun
day and holiday resort in a Philippine
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EMILIO AQU1XAIDO
Insurgent leader of the Philippines
village is the cock pit usually a large
building wattled like a coarse basket
and surrounded by a high paling of the
same description which forms a sort of
courtyard where cocks are kept wait
ing tnedr turns to coine upon the stage
when their owners have succeeded in
arranging a Wdgfactory mach It la
for years I think I was whipped
When he let me get up I told him he
djd nopwe me one cent and could
stay at the Waverly House freeof
charge as long as he wanted to This
man from Illinois had a lawsuit in our
court and David Greer was his lawyer
David had the suit up in nice shape
and expected a big fee but alas for
David This man from Illinois flushed
with victory after getting through
with me concluded to settle with Da
vid as he had with me He went to
Davids office and told him he had set
tled his bill with Sam Piles and now
he was ready to pay him his fee in the
same way David got up out of his
chair and backed himself up in the cor
ner and told the man from Illinois that
he did not owe him one cent and also
told him that if it would be unpleasant
for him to stay longer with me that he
could go home with him and it would
cost him nothing to stay as long as he
desired to but the man from Illinois
had not completed his mission at
Smithland as yet He owed Tom Rob
ertson a livery stable bill he called
on him to settle Tom told him he owed
him nothing He then called on Mr
Cade and he told him the same thing
The last time I heard from this man
from Illinois was that he was fighting
the livery stable man at New Liberty
111 to get his horse out of the stable
without pay and he did so
An Explanation
He Why are you in half mourning
She My half brother was buried last
Sunday
Mrs Decree The newspapers are
very discriminating Her Friend Why
so dear Mrs Decree They published
columns about my divorce suit and
now they dont say a word about my
second marriage North American
Hqw is your wife I see her very
seldom Why hows that Be
cause she sits behind me on our tan
dem Fliegende Blatter
You know what you say about your
noor tefn WelL thaf s the way your
I folio wbo have money talk about you
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