The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 264, Ed. 1 Monday, July 6, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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such conditions when the laws enacted
under the administration of Governor
If Colonel Bryan can win the presi-
dential election as certainly as he will
win the nomination at Denver there
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everybody knows that Texas business
is already reviving under the effect of
Governor Francis may not tall the
ticket, but a St. Louis woman has been
elected president of the General Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs, so old Mis-
souri geta in the limellght after all.
Pirate
Pite
From the way merchant ships are
putting dents in British fighting ships.
It would appear that the time is ripe
for a real investigation to be held on
the tight little isle.
By the way, what has become of
Candidate Taft since the Chicago con-
vention, and Candidate Sherman since
his trip to the hospital?
J. Ogden Armour predicts the' hom-
ing of prosperity. At the present price
of packing house products prosperity
is certainly coming Armour’s way.
If Hermann Ridder is selected as
the running mate for Colonel Bryan
there will be no doubt about how Co-
mal county, Texas, will go this fall,
anyway.
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WOLTERS DEFENDS
GOVERNOR CAMPDELL
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Advocated by men prominent in pi
and industrial affairs of this state
before Governor Campbell went
POPULAR DISSUSSION
OF CURRENT QUESTIONS
INDORSES AND EXPLAINS PRIN-
CIPAL ACTS OF THIRTIETH
LEGISLATURE.
presidents in the East, through
lie press of Texas submitted to
Would Be a Dangerous Precedent to
Defeat a Man for Keeping
His Pledges.
FROM B. T. CUMMINGS.
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Full Rendition.
The law which has probably aroused
more criticism than any other is the
Johnson was cheered at Colonel
Bryan's Fairview homa it was Mayor
Tom Johnson, not Governor Johnson,
however, who got the glad hands
there.
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Your friends here, and I am sure.
Democrats elsewhere throuhout this
section, would be glad to read your
views upon this subject, if you care to
favor us with them. Very truly, yours.
! GEORGE E. LENERT,
test of a thoughtful man, and such men
are omparatvely few.
While I did not do as much as many
other men in the effort to defeat Sen-
ator Bailey I did all I could and would
Not Even n Curtain.
At the Players' club in New York a
prompter said of the late Peter Dalley:
"He had the sunniest, cheeriest dis-
position. Once I toured with him. The
accommodations were sometimes rather
GERMAN LABOR UNIONS.
The United States department of
commerce and labor has just issued
a bulletin dealing with trades unions
in Germany that carries much infor-
mation to those interested in the de-
velopment of social conditions, and
particularly to those making a study
of the solidarity of labor interests the
world over.
To the general reader it is some-
what surprising to learn that for more
than a full century organizations of
workingmen were forbidden by law
to exist in Prussia, the chief state of
the present German empire. This re-
pression was typically representative
of the governmental methods em-
ployed by most European nations. The
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500,000 from railroad intangible val-
uh; the man with 3100,000 worth of a good grain crop and the prospect of
would like to vote for, Judging from
‘past events and express shipments.
Basses.
SAN DIEGO, CAL—B. E. Amos.
BAN FRANISCO, CAL—N Whestley.
ternational News Agency. United News A|
SEATTLE, WASH—Amos News Co. J.
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BT. PAUL, MINN.--N. Bt. Maris.
TACOMA, WASH— Amos News Co.
Washington, d. c.—Columbia
Agency.
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cultural county. Meanwhile it has
, M . « euboras. would be to purchase a brewery.
been proposed to establish a suboral- ___________________
further taxes would have been col-
lected under this law. It is also proper
to state in this conneotion that the
general attorneys for the railroad
companies appeared before the com-
mittee on revenue taxation In the
house. and after a full and open confer-
ence and discussion relating to the
subject of taxation affecting them, ex-
pressed themselves as satisrled with
Te action of the committee which was
finally approved by the house, and
agreed not to take the Intangible asset
tax bill further Into the courts. Cer-
tainly, if these Interests dircetly at-
rectea by this law were satisfied with
its enactment the people engaged in
other pursuits in thi state should have
no cause toNiomplaln,
TIE FORT WORTH RECORD
ABB muaxTun.
-u., J. — manual laborers on wages.
It is self-evident that any law which
affects one class will directly or indi-
rectly. affect all other classes.
You will not expect that I shall un-
dertake to analyse each and every act
passed by the Thirtieth legislature. I
assume you refer to those particular
acts which have been more or less
erticised. Nor will you expect in a
letter of this kind for me to undertake
to discus* even these in detail, hence
I shall merely comment on those acta
which have been the subject of popular
MORE AGRIOUITURAL COLLEGES.
In advocating another Agricultural
and Mechanical college for Texas to be
located at Arlington, between Fort
Worth and Dallas, Louie J. Wortham
is giving specific expression to a more
or les well defined view among educa-
tors of the state. While Mr. Wortham’s
proposal is not quite the idea enter-
tained among educators, it is aimed in
the right direction.
Texas educators generally agree
that agricultural education in Texas
must be expanded. Ultimately Texas
should have and doubtless will have
agricultural high schools in every agri-
This is not increasing taxes; it is
Sometime* the greatest injustice is
done a man by one who claims to be his
friend, and I have seen nothing from
the pen of any enemy of Governor
Campbell so well calculated to injure
him as your effort to shake th* red rag
in the face of anti-Baileyites.
If the election of Mr. William* as
long benefit from being trained to finish
into tasks ere they seek for pleasure.
were Bailey men. On the other hand,
together with three or four other gen-
tlemen here who acted in opposition to
Senator Bailey. including the chairman
of the anti-Bailey organization in this
these law*. The Thirtieth legislature
in re-enacting the William* bill cured
certain defects and also repealed the
Love law. Subsequently, the case which
was pending at that time, involving
the validity of the Iove bill, was de-
cided adversely to the state, and the
law held to be invalid. If, however,
this decision had not been rendered,-Do
Alcohol may be purchase in Cuba
at 10 cents per gallon. It 1* thought
that alcohol may take the place of
gasoline as fuel for the automobile.
Now, Mr. Man, the club’s back homa*
And we have got our jaw set;
Thus you will see
You should not be
Too reckless with the faucet.
— Indiahapolis News.
The Robertson Insurance law has
probably been more generally discussed
in the press of the state than any other
law enacted by the Thirtieth legisla-
ture immediately atfer Its passage I
undertook to explain the effect of this
law. Mr Fouse, one of the great in-
have been up against Jat time*. I
played nce in a theater where, at the
end of every act, the manager had to
come forward and any:
“‘"I must ask the ladies and gentle-
men in the audience to be good enough
to turn around. The players are about
to change their costumes."""
trial pursuits a* to the effect of the
gro*« receipts tax law. Law* imposing
a tax upon the grot* receipt* of public
service corporation* have been upon
our statute books for many years and
this is absolutely no innovation. I
know of my own personal knowledge
that when the gross receipt* tax bill
was before the committee on revenue
taxation of the hour "--------- ~
HAS KEPT THE FAITH
*<•6 that the member* of the various
executive colmittee of the Democratic
party should be anti-Bailey men. and
also advocating the election of anti-
Bailey men as delegates to the state
convention, which meets in San An-
tonio.
Kaiser Bill denies being under the
spiritualistic influence of Prince Zu,
etc. Course he ain’t He's the spir-
itualistic cut-up himself.
But fop the statement of your paper
above quoted I should have taken no
notice of the publication, but inasmuch
88 I am in sympathy with Governor
Catpbell’s campaign for re-election,
and sincerely desire to see that end ac-
complished. and because I believe that
this statement of your paper, displayed
so conspicuously upon its front page, is
calculated to do Governor Campbell
serious injury. I have determined to wsunvv --- -~-z-----z.
notice it. In my judgment, no one has criticism. Candidly, I do not think
been so diligent to fan the names en- these acts have in any wise injured
gendered in the recent campaign as has Toxa*, but I do believe that they have
your paper, and you seek to attribute 1 been misinterprete and misunderstood
all things evil to those who do not ~ ‘ ‘ “ h 2
agree with you on that question. I
believe the great majority of anti-Bal-
ley men i» Texas are willing to let
the question rest as it is until such
time as Senator Bailey shall again of-
fer for office, and at such time many
of them would doubtless vote for him
and many who voted for him recently
would then vote against him.
I am not informed as to conditions
prevailing in other parts of Texas, and
I am equally sure that you are not in-
formed as to conditions prevailing
here. You assert that many conspic-
uous anti-Baileyites are in the anti-
Campbell movement, and because of
your use of the word, “conspicuous,** I
•io not take the statement as being at
all personal. To make a fair statement
surance 1
the publi
me four
county, I have been and am writing
letters to anti-Balley men urging them
to support Hon. Jack Beall for congress
because he has been a faithful repre-
sentative of the people and had as
much right to his individual opinion as
we had to ours.
I desire through this letter to appeal
to thoughtful men who were opposed
to Senator Bailey that they be not mis-
led by any charge that there is any
effort to organise them aganst Gov-
ernor Campbell. If there had beer
believe we would have heard of it Uu
fore your article appeared, and I trust
that every man will vote in each par-
ticular contest according to h honest
judgment, after mature consideration.
Not nn Issue of Campaigu.
To the Editor of The Record:
Hillsboro, Texas, July 3.- In your
paper issued July 1 you published a
letter purporting to have been written
by Hon. deorge W. Biddle, chairman
of the Democratic Club of Texas, from
which it would appear that he is ad- I
dressing the same to the citizens of i .
Texas, requesting them to support the Ubunua E -H-g ,
candidacy of Attorney General David- Secretary Lagrange Board of Trade-
son, and also requesting that those to " ’ * ‘ men""e
whom the letter is addressed should
among those who are opposing Gov-
ernor Campbell, there are conspicuous
anti-Balley men and conspicuous Bai-
ley meh, as many of the latter if not
more, than of the former. Among those,
in Hill county who were actively iden-
tified with the campaign opposing Sen-
ator Bailey I know of none who are op-
posing Governor Campbell, and sev-
krai of these men who are now support-
ing the governor were doing so when
you and I were espousing ths cause of
Judge Bell, whom I now honor and ad-
mire, but with whose»conduct you were
recently much displeased. There are,
no doubt, men who were Bailey’s
friends, and also his opponents, who
would be glad to measure a man’*
qualifications for office by the stand-
ard of whether they did or did not sup-
ort Senator Bailey. This is not the
w,F
of some greedy interest imposed upon
a well meaning but ignorant old man.
We frankly agree that some of the
acts of the Thirtieth legislature can
be improved; we recognize the human
frailties of the Campbell administra-
tion; we belleve that legislative reform
ought to stop and await developments
but we protest against the crusade of
revenge that is being waged under
the unsuspecting Ignorance of the Wil-
liams candidacy; we remind the com-
mercial interests of the state that this
movement is fraught with disaster,
and we warn the people against the
deceptions that are being practiced in
their name.
Mr. Williams charges the Thirtieth
legislature with responsibility for
business depression. Perhaps he has
forgotten' that the legislature ad-
journed in the spring, that the new
laws went Into effect immediately, or
in the summer, and that the business
depression began about the middle ot
October. Everybody else has had the
impression that the business depres-
sion was caused by the wicked con-
duct of Wall Street gamblers, and
TH* nEcoND ox SAl.
Te Recora can be tound at new sac
boiemtee ’ZF-ZJXi Co. ,,
ATLANTIC CITI, N. J—Step A Bro., 2411
PacificA3, EennFamer Rom-e xews stana.
Great Northern Hotel News Stand. Empire
tow stand. Postoffice Newe Co.
CINCINNATI. OHIO- Toma New* Co,
COLORADO SPRINGS. COL.—H. H. Bell.
Bred Harvey’s News Stand
DENVER. COLO —Kendrick Book &.Statlo-
try Co. H. P. Hansen. •• Bice. Echo ewE
Eervice. M. Schandler. 1000 17th st- _ k- L
Fowifhf 17th and Welton ets. Tony X -areeh
Ho” 268 anK-C. H weavetaCo.
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tNSs CITY. MO—Toms News Co.
LOS ANgELE, CAL.E J. Bedlol. Stb an*
Amos New• .
MEMPHIS. TEXNWorld New. Co.
NEW YORK CITY—Arhur Hotanng • New.
stands at Brosdway .nd 20th, Broadway and
»ata. Broodway and “2nd. No. 1 Part Bow
Poeoas delivera to hotels telephome 6874 Mad-
303Square L Jonas & Co.. Antor Houso News
Benna"Sehelt: Now. staba, S-tb and Rrone-
way. Hotel St. Denta Hotel Mfariborguzn-
Empire Hotel.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.—St. Charier Hotel New.
Stand. T. M. Carmack. George Wallace, 100
Royal are. _
OMAHA. NEB—Kemp A Areson Xews Co.
OAKLAND, CAL.—Amo. New. Co.
piE BLUPT, ARK -S. A. Nnenberg.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.—Penn News Co.
PASADENA, CAL.—Amo. News Co.
PORTLAND, ORK.—Bowman Nema Co.
ST. LOVIS, MO.—R. T. Jett Hook • Sta:
tieneny Co. 0. L Ackerman Southerm Hotel
Kem Stand. Hotel Jertergon New. Stand.
ST. JOSEPH, MO—World Newe Co.
SALT 1aKE C1TT. UTAI -Rosentiela &
July, for the low price of lumber end
the high price of cattle.
The policies of the Thirtieth legis-
lature have come to stay as surely a*
the polletes of the Hogg administra-
tion came to stay. There was a revolt
against Hogg as there is a revolt
against Campbell, but the one falled
as the other will fall because it Is reac-
tion against reform, against the wel-
fare of the masses, against safe com-
merce. against the small property
owner and the sturdy peasantry
of a commonwessith that never
has yielded and never ought to yield
to the blandishments and seduction*
of wealthy and favored classes.
tion should only apply to public serv-
ice corporations whose physical pro
erty had no situs within the state, any
therefore, could not be reached by a
property tAg and to those public serv-
ice corporaHons whose physical prop-
erties within the slate are wholly dis-
proportionate in value to their incomes.
Thus he obsolutely opposed the in-
clusion of lumber companies and pack-
eries in the bill. The bill, as reported
by the committee, Included only certain
specified public service corporations,
and producers of petroleum oil and
wholesale sellers of petroleum oil.
After the bill passed the house, on
the floor of the senate. Senator Greene
offered an amendment which was
adopted, imposing a 50 per cent tax
upon the gross receipts of the sale of
pistols. This provision was later ac-
cepted by the free conference commit-
tee. and thus Included in the law It
was distinctly stated by the author of
the amendment at the time that It was
Intended to be a prohibitive tax upon
the sale of these articles.
I do not wish to be understood as
indorsing the principle of prohibiting
an evil by taxation, but under the
circumstances, the governor was hard-
ly justified in vetoeing the bill on that
account. The provisions imposed a tax
of * of 1 per cent on the sales of
wholesale liquor dealer, and beer dis-
tributers was included in the bill by
the free conference committee. While
this provision violates the prlnclpl* to
which.Krosz.recetpts. tax .hould be 11m-
is ited, it hardly justified the governor in
vetoeing the measure, especially in
view of the fact that the bill wa,
finally passed on the last day of the
extra sesston. If it had been vetoed be-
cause of these provisions a number of
public service corporations would have
been relieved of paying their just pro-
y portion of taxes, or an extra session of
.. the legislature would have been neces-
n J sary. The point I wish to make is that
be: the commercial and Industrial Interests
of the state should not be alarmed by
reason of the passage of the gross re-
ceipts tax law for it does not affect
them; and, as heretofore stated, It is
not an Innovation Introduced by the
Campbell administration but was mere-
ly an amendment of the law as it ex-
isted and ha« existed for many years.
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nnconp TRAVXU.SU AGEXTS.
Te tvUewiaz travelleg reprsnrntat in
aukfortad to Mceidt tar subseetptio nac.d
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hbodes, Jesw E Balley. -
otflee. It. was not one of his polietee
but the legislature having enacted it.
he rerused"oma„ie"corzeet.
th?mrw mt Xu^raK^urth0:
principle involved in th* bill is correct,
and that is th*1 the reserve on lit*
insurance premium* collected by the
insurance companies belongs to the pol-
icy holder* and is merely held in trust
1 the insurance companies, and, there-
?Yrtheshougbe invested in securities
wherever possible in the state in which
the policyholder* live. The systemtof
the old life insurance companies has
Keen the factor that has made New
York the money power of the nation.
The money they have drawn from the
people of Texas in comparison with th*
Eumieshzz a hyezznan"r 24
zaeptnachrsegtberzntg,ocssmad:
compantes that they cannot do business
in PiAs Before condemning a Demo-
eratiexovernorand a Democratic leg-
Aritur the people of Texas should
undertake to understand the facts and
krownth briefly vet I fear, at too mue
length discussed the most .tmportan
aws enacted by the Thirtieth feriste:
ture. I want to add that tn practicaliz
every instance, these measure."a:
enacted in compliance with the ae
manda made in the Democratic Plat-
form upon which Governor Campbell
wrm nominated. This zeads.meofowink
swer that portion of your letter witj
reference to my support of Governor
Campbell for renomination. „ -
a pRmrx
FnT'iTXA^ *egiseum
l^sTat".
did their full duty. I cannotrseeshow
a Democrat can condemn a Demeeras
public servant for having pertormea
the duties imposed upon him by his
party. For the Democrats to condemn
Governor Campbell for having com:
piled with the platform demands is to
set a precedent most denseroustto-t:
wt/are nt the people of thls state, th*
most sacred duty of any pubtsegservan:
1, to obey the instrugtlons. of hl son:
stituency. Governor Campbell has don*
expect to. *
But I cannot understand how the In-
terests of this state can be subserved
at this time by defeating a Democratio
governor for a renomination for a
ond term when he has been faithful
in the discharge of the trust Impene
in him. and piac ng in his steadI a jcan-
didate who is unknown to the Pe0p1e OI
the state. No doubt, thi* candidate 1s
a good man and a loyal Democrat.
There are hundreds and thousands of
good men in this state who can1 boast
of these qualifications, and while in
my judgment, these prerequisites are
essential to make, a good governor, it
does not follow that because a man 18
a good citizen and a loyal Democrat
he possesses the other qualifications
that may go to make up the man and
executive officer.
Texas is a great state, with many
varied interests and a population cos-
mopolitan in its character. The man
who is to he the governor of this stat*
should be familiar at least to some ex-
tent personally with the various inter-
est* of the respective sections, and in
a measure, know and understand th*
people that constitute its citizenship.
The high personal regard in which
I hold you, and a knowledge of your
unselfish and valuable services ren-
dered to the Democracy of your sec-
tion at all times and under all con-
ditions, as well as the debts of grati-
tude I owe to those Democrats among
whom you live and by whom you ar*
recognized as a worthy champion of
their cause, have prompted me to an-
swer your letter, and in compliance
with your personal request, give same
to the press. I beg to remain, very.
truly yours, J. F. WOLTERS.
improvement of working condition*, a
uniform scale for all workmen in the
same line, strike benefits, and the gen-
eral promotion of th* interests of
labor. Assessments ar* light, from
3% to 7 cents a week, and these, to-
gether with Interest on invested funds,
bring an annual Incom* of some $5,-
000,000. The reserve fund is about
14,000,000, although the greater part
of the income is expended in sustain-
ing strikes, furthering the propaganda*
assisting the weak, relieving opera-
tives temporarily out of work and fu-
neral expenses.
A comparison of the resources of
the German with the American feder-
with no means to bring under taxa-
tion the personal property, the in*
tangible assets and the other corpora-
tion values and privileges that had no-
toriously escaped taxation.
What do the farmers and real es-
tate owners think of that plan of
taxation?
Instead* th* Thirtieth legislature
reinforced the law assessing intangi-
ble assets, so as to bring under taxa-
tion 1176,000.000 of real value; in-
creased the franchise tax upon cor-
porations which enjoy the peculiar
privilege of immunity from personal
liability; laid gross receipts taxes upon
publie service corporations and quasi-
public service corporations with the
power to tax consumers; put into ef-
fect the constitutional rule of full
value taxation and thereby sought to
bring under taxation upon equal terms
the large property owners who had
theretofore escaped upon low valua-
at ions.
Under the plans of the Thirtieth
legislature revenue required from
general property is 11,000,000 less
than heretofore; the state and the
counties in th* aggregate receive $1,-
rough, and on such occasions the true g..,
gold in the man showed forth. pr
“In a little southern town the dr*ss- the
Ing rooms were awful. Everybody
swore and raged. But Dalley restored
them to good humnor. Said he:
'••Why, this is nothing to what I
Conferred With Committee.
In passing it may be entirely proper
to say that representatives of the vari-
ous Interests affected by the bill, with
the exception of the pistol dealers,
wholesale liquor dealers and beer dis-
tributers, conferred fully and freely
with the committee on revenue taxa-
tion, and so far as I am advised. in
each instance the several representa-
tives expressed themselves as entirely
satisfied with the provisions of the
The intangible tax law, affecting the
railroad companies of the state, as
passed by the Thirtieth legislature was
merely a re-enactment curing and
strengthening certain provisions of the
original act passed by the Twenty-
ninth legislature under the Lanham
in his last address to the public,
published in the newspapers • of July
4. Candidate William* makes some
rather frank observations, from which
th* people may draw fair conclusions
about his ideas of taxation.
In plain terms he argues that the
Thirtieth legislature should not have
increased the taxes upon corporations
but instead should have raised the ad
valorem rate. In a former address
he advocated th* abolition of the state
tax commission whereby the intangi-
ble assets of railroads are ascertained
and taxed. Thus we have the definite
programme of raising the ad valorem
tax rate so as to draw larger revenue
from real estate and physical property
full rsndiUon law for taxes on proP-
ertv From time immemorial, the ren-
dition laws ot Texas provided for the
full rendition for taxes on property,
but the law seemed to be ineffective.
The purpose of the full rendition law,
as passed by the Thirtieth legislature
is to make it effective. Coupied with
this law, 1* the law which was enacted
providing for an automatic tax law by
which the rate is fixed being based
upon the renditions. Governor Camp-
bell distinctly stated at the time that
if the legislature did not pass the auto,
matic tax law he would not permit the
full rendition law to pass without hi
veto. The effect of these laws, taken
together, is not to inereaseth tae8:
but to equitably adjust-ttarm spotng.
the burden of taxation falls PrOR9-
tnatlg upon those whoshoud W
IL No Bonest reason can be «iven .wn!
the owner of a 111 per acre.postoa
sand tarm soud pay taxes on zendi-
tion ot #1o or ill per acre and the
owner of a 175 per acre black land
tarn, .hould pay upon the samerend:
^rd'VU^WoU*^
cent, on $105. The Ux board under, thn
automatic taz law reduced the.rate in
1107 to 12* cent, for .tale PHRPIKKng
It must be evident to everx..thin KinE
man that with a full rendition this
year the rate may be reduced to some-
where in the neighborhood of •
Under thio law the duly ot tne
county rate evolves upon the.commis
Slpnrs courts ot Ue respecuive c. ""
tibg It is self-evident that these
courts will reduce the county rateto
a proper proportion. A desire to.con-
tinue in the public seryice.or to.main-
tain the confidence of their cons titu
elite, if nothig else, willpromptwhe
comiissioners’ court, to complXa "it
their autles in thle respect, bomA "we
resuit in 1907 was thet the man."no
owned • 115 per “^re fann paid at the
rate of 121 per cent on the $0V I
full rendition, and the man wholowned
the 175 per acre farm paid the reduced
rat,‛o 12% per cent of hl. pzoperE
under the full rendition. Th e year
and in the future each *111 W ar,
proximately the rate of 6 cents per
|1UO on the full value of their respct-
ive properties. Will any honest farmer
in fexas contend that this is not just
and fair? The constitution of our state
provides that taxes shall be equal and
uniform. The fortunate possessor of
puehorPropeni ^n2: than
fortunate neighbor does upon his. In
my judgment, within the next IeW
“ear., "n man will b. found to com-
plain at the practical operation of.this
law, and it wUl be aiscoverea, M in-
deed it has been demonstrated in 1907.
that the respective counties.W 111 Pay
no more taxes than they have in the
past but that the burden is more
equitably distributed in proportion to
the value* of the respetive owner*.
The mere fact that tn* tax rate in
XTors ^r.poTC’iTi» ^.7
make their home* with u». All Patiz
otic Texan* are anxious to aee Tyu
develop and grow and achieve the des-
tiny which rightfully belongs to her
and become the greatest commercial
and industrial empire in this union.
Club;
Ban Ai
Dallas
Fort V
Housto
Waco
Galves
Shreve
Auetin
Fort
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Aust
Lagrange, Texas, July 5.—(Special.)
The following correspondence Qntin5
interesting comment by Hon. J. F. woi-
ters on the policies of the Campbell
administration:
La grange, Texas, June 29.—Hon. J.
F. Wolters, Houston. Dear Sir: I would
be very much gratified if you woui
give us your views as- to the effect
of legislation enacted by th* Thirtieth
legislature on the business interests
t to the extent that there has arisen a
I misconception regarding them which
has probably affected the interests of
the state. We had a repetition of
Houston, July 1. — Hon. George E.
Lenert, Secretary Lagrange Board of
Trade, Lagrange, Texas. Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of June 29. I
beg to say that in my judgment tne
laws enacted by the Thirtieth legisla-
ture will result in lasting benefit to
the business interests of this state 1
use the term ’•business interest8' in
its generic sense to include all of the
----’ - in Texas, whether they are en-
rofessional, financial, com-
l or agricultural pur-
swer each of them, and I am convinced
now as I was then, established beyond
any question by facts and figures, that
the life insurance companies could do
business in Texas under the provisions
of the Robertson bill. This law was
damentals of agricultural science
would be done at the subordinate
schools.
Moreover, these Institutions with
their experimental farms would be-
come the centers of agricultural in-
formation and interest with respect to
the problems peculiar to their several
sections.
A plan of this kind would really
increase the efficiency of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college by re-
lieving it of much work that can be
done more economically in the smaller
institutions, which would afford op-
portunities among young men who are
not inclined or who are not able to
take the full course in the present
college, and hence receive no agricul-
tural education at all.
A good beginning upon this phase of
expansion would be to establish a
subordinate agricultural college in
North Texas with its teeming popula-
tion and its important agriculture. No
more advantageous location could be
found than Arlington, half way be-
tween the cities of Fort Worth and
Dallas, with their great railroad fa-
cilities for the coming and going of
students and student farmers.
After setting forth this letter among
other comments made upon the same nenKi. «n Texas w
tashasntia“iPer"n"purposptncofe
ganize the party against Governor 1 1 self-evdent
Campbelk."
For instance, there seems to be a
general misunderstanding among peo-
ple engaged in commercial and indus-
upon the old basis of low valuations j nothing or it is the dangerous fallacy
equalizing taxes at the expense of the
big tax dodger and for the benefit of
the small taxpayer.
We ar* not surprised that men who
do not think should not understand
the beneficent operation of the new
tax laws, but we are surprised that a
man who aspires to I be governor
should exhibit such a lack of compre-
hension.
Mr. William* may not know it, but
he could not have proposed a plan
more acceptable to the corporate in-
terests if he had .permitted them to
frame it for him. His argument
read* like the deliverance of a rail-
road lawyer and corporation apologist.
It is a string of platitudes meaning
thihe question ot prohibition is notan
!rr;-op»n
mretmBEtena andtomhecprpopemaperatlg
prmAKes to instruct the legisature “
Bubmit a constitutional amendment.pro
vidIng for state prohibition .earre,
either one of them will urge the leg
islature to submit the amendment.
Approves Governor’s Course:
I Hear Governor Campbell criticised
because he maintained a position.o
neutrality in the campaign for the
election of delegate* at farse which
preceded the primaries of May 2. lam
convinced that every .Pemoorat who
has given the matter the proper con-
sideration an athought will.agree.that
the governor pursued the Proper
course in that contest. For him to
have beoome a partisan on rither. 5149
of that controversy would have largely
affected the welfare and «uccess of h s
administration. My belief that.th1s18
the view of most Democrats is con-
firmed by the fact that only recent r
I have attended conferences held in
the Interest .of Governor Campbell*
candidacy, at which meeting were as-
AmbledI men who had activelx
poused the cause of Senator Bailey
and those who had opposed him.
In conclusion I desire to say that I
do not agree with Goveror.Campbel}
in all of his policies. I did not at
the Dallas convention Indorse all or
the platfrom demands. I have never
seen a platform which suited me in
all things. I never expect to. It is
the duty of a Democrat to accept the
judgment of the majority of hl* itows
and aegussce in their wisdom. I have
never been fortunate enough to’find
any candidate for governor with whom
I could agree upon all things. I never
governor should be accomplished, all
of which is Impossible. It would be seen
in the future that it wan brought about,
not by a Bailey organization, nor by
an anti-Balley organization, but by
interests who best accomplish their
purpose by selecting men for high of-
fice unacquainted with the duties of
the office and unacquainted with the
arts and wiles of their masters. The
issue involved in the present campaign,
in my judgment, is not whether Ba{-
Ieyism or anti-Baileyism shall prevail,
but it is whether the people shall con-
tinue to control the railroads of this
state, or whether the railroads shall be
permitted, with bridles off, to govern
the state. However sincere Mr. Wil-
liams may be the representatives of
corporate power have discovered in
him virtues unheard of before. I be-
lieve it impossible that a man should
possess such powers and virtues and
be able to hide his light under a bushel
for sixty-nine years. I believe that
when the campaign shall have ended
that four-fifths of the Democrats who
voted against Senator Bailey will have
cast their vote for the election of Gov-
ernor Campbell, and I trust that you
will be kind enough to publish this
letter, as I do not believe the charge
that there is a purpose to organize
the anti-Baileyites against Governor
Campbell is founded in fact.
Yours truly,
B. Y. CUMMINGS.
OFFICE, DALLAS, TRXAS-R F.,Patton.
Agent, 344 Main 8t. Phone Main 5433- SuD
ecriptlons and advertisements taken-____________
Assistant Attorney General Pollard
ha* ruled that a train dispatcher is
not a railroad official. Maybe he is
merely an officialette.
administration. This theory of taxation
was not an innovation introduced by A t
Governor Campbell. The Twenty-ninth Au,
legislature had enacted both the Wil- P.
Hams intangible tax bill and the Love
gross receipts tax law, as applied to
the railroad companies. Each stipulat-
ed that when the railroads paid the
tax provided for by the Willfams’ bill,
the Love law would cease to be opera-
tive. The railroads contested both of
Denison has voted to purchase th*
waterworks plant. What Denison
ot the state.
It is understood here that you ar* a
supporter of Governor Campbell for re-
nomination. If this is true, have you
any objection to giving us the benefit
of the reasons that impel you to sup-
The gate at City park has at last
been water-christened, and now a wel-
come sign await* all those who ar
weary and in need of rest
—t----*----
Mayde th* sea serpent was seen
through a peephole in the Baskin-Mc-
Gregor law by the crew of the ship
that entered the port of Galveston.
Through the new opened door shall I
custom enter in.
Promise is high for all that men be-
gin.
The moon in this 188th day has
Neptune in ecliptic conjunction and
Jupiter in beneflc aspect.
All things are favorable for the be-
ginnings of new undertakings or du*
tics large and small.
In the daily routine favor looks on
opening new sets of books, beginning
new shop or office systems, changing
positions or undertaking new duties i
and responsibilities.
In the household, luck should at-
tend engagement of new servants, do-
mestic changes and the introduction
of new methods.
An excellent day for baking.
Open new places of business in
these twenty-four hours, whether in
the day or evening.
Deal with merchants, particularly
those who handle wearing apparel.
A fortunate day for clergymen,
bankers and professors and for deal-
ing with them.
Excessive indulgence in pleasure
and society threatens to affect harm-
fully the health and happiness lot
women of this birthdate. During the
twelvemonth they will probably Ais-
cover that renunciation of something
they desire will bring them a greater
joy.
Difficult problems will arise to vex
the minds of men whose birthdate this
is. The result* will depend on the
course into which they set their feet
early in this twelvemonth.
Children born today are under as-
pects that tell of desire for pleasure,
a dissipation of talents for mere so-
cial extravagance. Giri* will need
guidance to make them prudent In
dealing with men. Boys will probably
Lobby Vulturen.
Lone Ago these corporations learnes
not to permit themselves to be milked
hv those engaged in this vocation. As
ayre.u“ however, they must freqzentiz
send their officer* or attorneys to the
capital to avoid being held up by th J
™r»naf^^.rh^«^
rTOe^bi&s^S^^^
becompersny h“therefore, generally
manages to make trouble for the lesser,
holth not less important. industries.
sueH’as those people whoare.engaged
in the growing of cane and refining of
sugar growing and milling of rice
irrigation canal companies, lumber
mnfe on Industries, life, f re and ma-
rln* Insurance companies, etc., the man-
ufacturers and sellers of drugs, pack-
eries cattle men, cotton seed crushers,
S[r!*t ?ar systems, electric light sys-
tems the brewer, liquor dealers and
various and divers other industries.
These industries, as a rule, do not have
attorneys exclusively In their employ,
nor can they always spare their offi-
prs and agents from their regular
duties to go before the legislature to
int out the Injustice of legislation
affecting them, and even if they did.
they would probably be at a disadvan-
tage as against the operations of one
of these professionals. The restlt Is
that the fine play of the professional
comes in and in many instances he
procures employment from these in-
dustries. It must be said to the credit
of the legislature that as soon as the
real avocation of one of these pestifer-
ous creatures is discovered his advances
have but little effect. He usually, how-
ever. fortifies himself Dy ostensibly
appearing in behalf of some foreign in-
terest. In my judgment, this law will
result to the benefit of the business in-
terests of the state and will result, if
not in fewer and better laws, at least
in fewer bills.
property heretofore rendered tt at a good cotton crop. *
about 10 per cent value and the man | It would be about as reasonable to
with 81,000 worth of property hereto- | blame the Thirtieth lesislature for the
for* rendered it at about 80 per cent floods of May and June, and to ap-
of value: both now render at approxi- plaud it for the seasonable weather of
mately full value to the great relief of
th* man with 11,000; th* state tax
rate has been reduced from 20 to 12 %
cents and after Aug. 1 wil not exceed
71 cents, and county tax rates are
being reduced about one-half.
In other words, the large property
owner under full rendition will have
his assessment more than doubled, but
will pay no more net taxes, because
the rate is less than one-half what
it was; the small property owner will
have his assessment Increased one-
fourth to one-third, but will pay less
net taxes because the rate is less than
half.
Entered at tie poetoffice at Fort Worth 48
second daw nail matter.___
FERMS OF SUBSCRIPTON.
DILY. . M
have done more if ft had been in my
power. I am, however, supporting more
men for office who voted for Senator
Bailey than I am who voted against
him in the contests that are being con-
ducted between them. I know of no
man in my county who has written
letters to anti-Balley men urging them
to support an anti-Balley man because
he was such, but. It is true, I am in-
formed. that at least two of the most
prominent Bailey men in this city have
sent out letters to the “faithful” in
this county to vote for men in our
local contests because the candidates
w
x J
nate agricultural college and accom-
panying experimental farm in each of
th* distinctive agricultural sections of
Texas, namely, the black lands of
North Texas, the sandy lands of East
Texas, th* coastal region of South Tex-
as and the semi-arid lands of West
Texas. These institutions should be
affiliated with the Agricultural and
Mechanical college. They would af-
ford agricultural ducation to thou-
sands of young men who canot at-
tend the Agricultural and Mechanical
college for the full four years, and
their graduates who desired a broader
education could take a year or two of
finish at the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college, which would become a
finishing college for scientific, agricul-
tural education, while th* greater part
of the undergraduate work in the fun-
Hogg were first put into operation, but
the passing years have demonstarted
to the corporations and the people alike
the beneficent provisions of those acts
until now no Democrat can be found
who would seriously contemplate their
repeal.
Gross Receipt* Tax.
Corporation Stock. . .
Another law that hat been criticised i
„oEtrsgssartzcps,ctoatn2 chpii :
block and pay Into the treasury 10
o nrporatr.5 ,
ana 2jua: “enawenMe
w 68 gb ’
of all of the capital etock and the pay-
ment into the treasury of 60 per, eent ,
thereof, and for the payment of the
remaining 60 per cent within, two ■
vears No sound criticism can be of:
ert to this law itself, though it
should provide for the pavment.inte
the treasury of the enure capitalnste
;S.b’^e o?go^ot*cXbW
qdnvernoraip- in ’1K HoLgosernis °Pn
his system of taxa- Eonenttump hclered‛in°tavor of it in
nd and tends to inspire confidence in the
stability of ourcorporations. -hteb
Another law, the passage of which
wAtaFkaszyentheheubsampoe
S^w*’ ¥^s°^Sorn^ Mt
Jorp^raUons dl'ecUy Interested, inwang
ing to their reasone ,.4,,
ESklsparattorzypbrdanenai9i8yai
rdttporptttioneron emreconbcting
facts and preparing petitions, procurins
incm-nacstbmt"nshemerEnh of
the earsiuture when in session, or to
ahs lerimittee hereokintheznterest
nf inv measure in which he may De inu
prend but it does require that such
terestdana the Interest in the measure
shall be fully disclosed. The -effect of
ina law is to put out of business the
professional lobbyist. Properly defined
a professional lobbyist is a Rerson.wko
Kng: about the legislative halls seeK:
TrKoA pay to defeat the passage or
procure the enactment of any law. re;
aardless of its effect upon the general
welfare of the people: to procure th*
adoption or rejection of ani amendment
to a pending measure. His Aavor.e
scheme 1s to impose upon the credulity
of inexperienced members andindur
em to introduce measures that will
IffMt unjustly a particular Industry or
Interest then directly or indirectty
procure'employment from such intar!
pat to defeat the passage of the meas.
ure. The larger corporations, such.as
railroad companies, express cempentek
sleepng car companies, teesrapn
and tefophono companies dread.tnese
vultures more than they do all the
blatant demagogues on earth.
in shaping the course of public ,
thought, but just beginning to stir ,
under the heavy weight at what-re-
malned of feudal repression, enunci-
ated doctrines that smacked strongly ,
of individual liberty, and were marked (
for suppression. Accordingly a law ,
forbidding th* organization of crafts-
men was passed in 1731. This re-
mained until 18*1 when it was par-
tially repealed. The government ap-
parently repented of it* generosity
and soon put the old, repressive meas-
ure in force again. Twenty years
later ths whole obstructive measure
was repealed. The rebound swept
most of the unions organized under
the permissive regime into the vortex
of socialism that closely bordered on
revolution, so that the government
saw in them a menace to th* social
order, and in 1873 again enacted law*
against labor unions that had the ef-
fect of suppressing large numbers of
organized bodies of workingmen. In
1830, a* a concession to the political
importance of soclalism all restric-
tion* upon labor organizations were
removed, and now nearly one-tenth of
all the German, handicraftsmen be-
long to some union.
The largest union in Germany at
the present is the Free Trade union,
corresponding to our American feder-
ation. The titie does not pertain to
free trade in the sense that term is
understood in the United States, but
refers to the right of labor to organ-
ise. The Gewerleschaften is esti-
mated to have upon its rolls 1,100,000
of the 1,300,000 union workers in Ger.
many. Thi* number is exceeded by
the American federation, which is
composed of 130 international unions
and about 1,300,000 members. The
largest group* in th* Garman organ-
isation are the metal workers, then
the masona, tbs wood workers, th*
miners and the workers in textiles.
The object* sought by th* German
federation are practically the same as
those announced by the American fed-
eration, namely, the increase in wages,
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