W :m mm NWALKI 3W inaneport. made by the
I EVENING SENTINEL :hmhh department of New Yo1k city.
in; he first six months of
a L. & A L GOLDEN P 133- ”lulu“ than 3tttttttol1~ of loud. \‘f‘illlti
at abo‘m hati :< nullien doll vurt
_,__,_.._,. 7
Itondtmned by the in n:.t.h in-ptttors,
ESTABLISHED KY
JAIES GOLDEN and tltwtl'oyt-l. lt intludvd frui's, ye:-
. .._ . etttb‘ts. 1110.3. canned goods, t'o:fee.l
MONDAY! AUGUST 6- 1917 not», spit-rs and llllSt‘t‘iiliill'l‘u<. sup-
The tits-<1 s for July and All‘tUSI
lu-
lit-at,
has
MINIATURE ALMANAG FOR
TOMORROW
High tide 1:45 a. 111; 2:15 p. 111.
Sun rises 4:55; sets 7 :01.
twill naturally tzz'eatet', owing lot
‘tlu tumult 1' And iit'ttl11‘<.~ to
fry-1). most of them will he ittt-Xt'tts:~tttt‘.j
‘tlood t'.-ood 'toultt not be litmz'u i to
rpoil in any tivilizctl (outtuu'rtv, i
EVENING snummr. mm: WP M rpcmmll i1,
BONE CALLS . . . . . '
']‘l}p"('.\‘t'l]l.< out a rillail lmlt of tile to .'
Editorial Rooms-am. ' .1221 .
Business Office—93. t
N ormlk Branch Office—1388.
Editor’s Residence—218.2.
City Editor’s Residence~1492 4
Business Manager 5 Residence~louo tl-v up 01 rot in the malkcts and;
113-12.
255:
‘tt-l waste of food in New York.
foltsvrver in any neishltorlmoti cannot
t
Ihelp httt notice the quantities of food».
1
, stores It is: the same FV'Pll‘Wfi'llt'l‘t'
t
EYES THAT SEE NOT i
The old song says that "The night
though the tvil is greatest in hit: cit-
ies, The edible commodities that per-
lttll in the devious route from produc-
The eyes l‘e-l
bath 2! tltOlh‘Hnd “WK" t'l' to container would lit-(l a how
fer to the stars in the sky. and the army.
words of the song fall short of tlte To lltlu should be added the waste
truth. T0 My that the German Em- of food after it reaches the ('(liltlllml‘l'.‘
D'WH‘ hit!“ *1 thousand f’Yt'H thllltl bf‘ That factor has. been ctmsiderahly low-
. t . '
just as inadequate. A thousand, 1n- pl-etL thank; to the effective ltrnpzlw'
deed, reckons only a small proportion gandl] of Mr. Hoover, but there is still
of the eye's that are watching. ever far lot) much food allowed to perish
watching, for the Kaiser. became it is not cooked tlHlt‘kiV
‘ ~.
No system of espionage has ever enough. or because leftover food 15
compared with the German spy s'ys. not saved and kept cool.
rem in magnitude and in organization. And film-.1 is just as much ‘mgm
But with all its
and int-omphchensible extent,
baffling thoroughness, the
cf»
pro.
perhaps more, in the domain of
tilt re is
Those
they do not
producer. Despite llillllt' earnest
a vital point at which it fails. putt. made to utilize this season‘s
watchful Pl't’S “Wk. but ducts to the full, 11 large part of the
see. Th0” 93”" hm" in“ they do not output will never go to satisfv human
understand, Trained to Rt" lit?” and hunger. direciv or indirectly. It will
i . v4 .
1'” um" ‘1“‘5' fail ‘0 (“Ml itleus. rot on the trees or ill the tteld or tn
who entertained anti cellars.
loss will be ttnnvt'tiltblt',
A t‘hieago man .the garden or in bios
Much of that
owing to lack of labor and transpor-
not an angel but a German npy una‘
a German spy can
. He can,
wares. says tltat
find out anythingr but an idea
everything
tation. but a great deal of it will he
and has, told the Kaiser (all-plpsenp-S. And mm
about Americans but their spirit. That
llt' "can-
due to sheer
lessut-ns in the handling of food has
he fail»- to llhtlot'slttlltl; that llpctmlp a crime,
.fi-_......___--_._-__
CONSERVATION OF DEMOCRACY
' 'llvery proper t‘ft’ort should. Tm made
no‘ predict nor estimate.
The ‘tct'nuu spy had it all fixed up.
\‘t'ar wouldn‘t be dcciurefi. (‘omzt'ess
would never vote for it. Americana
He had counted
i
t
Iii ii.
to conserve food and other t'tlltlllltttii'
lit-sol which there in donut-1‘
Wt'l‘r
on certain facts and figures which be
peace loving.
.‘~‘l‘lll‘f‘il\'. [livery proper effort should.
. ~ It. .1 .v..t.1. lit- t:tt‘~
‘ thouu‘ht he had carefully compiled. llt' ~t~ "It'llt 1” lHHt't» ellttlllll \ ht d
' knew cvt‘rvthiltu but the lhintl “'ltlfh ""-"Z "l 1“"“1' T" " large "NW3“ m”
' c'tn't be :een with thet-yesofttu'botli', “it“ 1’“ ”W“ by “W“ 1”“3““'“74 penal-
er: for prohibited hourdinu, not what»
which has. to he sought with the (“NOS
that un-
should
Hp coul ltll “H ever methods are adopted, they should
derneatlt the "l
worry" altitude of the American was
an inherent love of freedom, a burning
an essential pat-
gift for
. is under-
of the soul. .
supprllplul he clearly and fully stated in the law.’
and not left to the 11 him, lo'ejudiee or
varying judgment of special agents. in—
lf certain
11‘!
l l. ‘ In it‘mocr'lt V \'f‘, liL’illlP'S Ill. illll‘l‘illlr‘l'llihfl
‘Jt .3 l l | _ . . . I '
I )l -‘ "I “I‘ll ‘Ul ll'l'l' l‘ilibll‘ “0L“ (“'0 ng‘alllh‘t [illilill' [)(llll') ,
l‘i( 'l} , 1 B 1
' i ”ll l" (“W I' ”no“ ‘ (70.12.11 55' Ni (l"('llll(‘ by “UV. I 0 'l"
villi)! ll; ll ... , i r L
taken,
in the end brains will beat brawn.
[tattoos are necessary, let them be lilac.
1ed on the statute books by the men
l l 'on will master uninspired es- Whtt “'t‘t‘t‘ t'lt‘l'lf‘tl 10 lt‘tli-‘ililtt‘ lt‘l‘ ”-1“
am v .41 « . -
people of the t‘nited States. In no
pionage. l
,..._-————
event should a general law be enacted,
AN INVESTED INHERITANCE
'lt may he that the. old provmb con-
.vcstin: some department or bureau
with the power to prescribe what acts
shall
democracy is
(tr-mint: ministers.l sum: must needs be be unlawful (‘ouscrvation m
rtconstrut'ted in the light of ever-tn-
creasing The 10-
markable record of the many descend-
ants of Jonathan Edwards in accom-V
plishieg notably wmth white things‘
amiliar to all stu-
even more important
and pertinent facts than conservation of food.
_._._ ...-...-4,-.-._-_-..
stands that
wants;
an
American consumer
to reason if the;
to get u
it is to
the M1
t
dye cheaply. the way to do
for this countlv is f
dl ms of American history and sociol-
\nd no“ it turns out that the
start competitionwthe more
tor; and the higher the tariff the inert“
t
0- _V.
I ““1 to
an of the hour. Herbert (7. Hum e1 11 H
the competition will be.
in
is the son of a minister.
It was \lr lloover’s
., . .
was a ministtr. a Quaker evangelist
ho so threw her soul into her worlc
118 a
think that a tariff could be too high.
that
has been the practical equivalent ‘ol
mother who but the. present European war
on ““7““"1‘Il‘ hitzh tariff. has ltl‘OYC‘n
w
in the Northwest that she died
' 11g.
labors. The shall
3'05““ Of her and the soot will excessively low
th- - ’
. n chametet of the mo
50” «acrmun it c 5011 who freely tlt'it'm‘ result. t‘atlmlle Mill] is (1 good
ted in t
The
moon demand that developed for thisr
that the higher an article goes the
more rapidly will competition evclolte
or is reflec }
and enthusiastically relinquished llB
business in London to devote himself
to lifting the load upon Belgium.
If instead of hemoaning the bad
bad traits one inherits it would be!
come the fashion to reckon on the
best, the outlook would be more
cheerful for many people. More pre-
cious than millions is the heritage of
example of this sudden enor- "
material ran the price to $1." 15 or
$1.80 pet pound,
A meal litany .\1ner-l
ican manufacturers: undertook its man-
a
ufaeture and today it is selling at
normal price.
and a big industry that will produce
lytn: cheaply will rcsutt."—-H. ll. Dow,
Give us a good tariff,
‘l‘resitlcnl, Dow Chemical Company
nlster
the son of this quiet Quaker 1111 c]
And laurels are due the son who took “mm“ W '-
‘nttcb a legacy of soul and "treated it
‘ ' amine critical moment in the big and
critical nerd or his own time.
« After all. true worth Is the same In
A (”Ill am. it Is for the people of today
'10 unto the Ideflc application of
MN audition to the-Wm ”0
in preparing not bandages place the
Hannah: in n steamer over but water
until they are penetrated with steam
“They need no wringing.
NASH’B 1’0 PLAY NEW YORK
1‘“.
Next Sltlrdly Afternoon the Nash
W tun will play i Not:
run: unfit m M M T”
In on on. I'll! only it In I
this ycall
t
l
l
lTax bill.
it"slilllirlles, was favorably reported to-
lday by the Senate Finance committee.
;It
itatxaoon.
by (‘hairtnan Simmons,
.
l h a l
istul’lk especially fruits and vegetables l
,ot wal taxes~tbe largest tax budget 111‘
American
‘future tax increases declared probable.
.pm't pointed out,
'actit'ns will also have to furnish the
.taxca upon whiske'
'amount of revenue derived from these:
domain left
1
'of the so- called Ilenroot surtaxcs on
:sary hereafter to further
'Housc retractive income taxes on 1916
$108, 000, 000. the report stated:
profits tax upon individuals as well as
corporations in lieu. of the present
eight per cent excess profits law, the
('Ommlllt'f' :‘dld its plan is similar 10
the 1 of European countries, where it
has had matked succes.
"We must face the p0.*."li)lliiy,
'the probability," the report stated.
ti.—The War even higher taves than are now pro-
posed in this country and we must ad
just our system so that it will work
on tilt
is REPttRlitl
E'VUD
'\\'ASHI.\'GTO.\'. Aug.
finally revised to meet latest
satisfactorily even under _incrcased
rates. oYur committee has not been]
able to find any satisfact tory reason:
why individuals t'ng't'td in ,1tttte‘rtndll
business. should not be subject to this-
tax twar profits) as well as corporw
lions and partnerships." l'nder the1
present law, the report stated, inflatedi
values to patents and trade marks and;
watering of corporations‘ stocks makes.
evasion of the revenue law possible.)
,while the committee‘s new basis is be—l
lieved to meet the situation. Senator!
Simmons also pointed out that the new!1
t
propost-s to raise $2.(>0ti.t$7t.l,tl0tt by
The majority report Was submitted
who explained
the committee‘s revirion or the
”(”150 bill was on the principle of rats.—
in: l"‘t‘\tHUPS with the burdtn
public A substitute report
with '1 bubslillln‘ bill is expel ed frnm
Senator Lal‘ollette, Seuatms Gore and
Thtlnas also plan a separat) report.
Senator Simmons' report stated that
a flexible scientific war tax super-
stttttture had been construct. 11 by the
Senate Committee for the imposi ion
it'linl
upon the
plan is a war profits tax rather than an
excess ptofits levy.
The new tax of one cent for each 25'
cents paid on parcel post package-st
was said in the report to remove dis
criminalion in favor of “the railroads
and the parcels post.
history—dis. well as for
income. war profits, liquor
haceo tax increases.
and to-
the majority re-
) l‘ - ' . . 4
form n“ ”“43"" "1 "In addition to this." he report said”
“your committee can see no intrinsic
rtetson why. in this luesent emergencyf,
the government should not impose a
'tax upon this method of thansporta-l
keen sense at the extreme ltnpottance tion “Myriam- in up“. of the fact thatf
of its action in its effect upon the ‘
country and the successful )rosceution
the revised bill,
In a general statement for the com
mittee. Senator Simmons s'tid:
“It has at all stages ac‘ed with a
at e increased.” ‘
or the 'ar. Nor was it unmindt'ul that The Home fini per cent taxes upon?
whose who will have to pay these t-x- '
electricity, gas and local telephonel
service were filminalt'tl because “11‘
appeared to the committee that this:
tax would fall with very great severity:
upon the people of moderate means as
Well as the poorest classes, who at the
present little depend very largely .in
the cities upon gas or electricity l‘l
furnish them with both light and heat
fol cooking as well as, in litany (21308.:
hugger part of the money to purti'ase
the bonds for expenditures not l-1t)—
vided for the taxation and “that as we
may be called upon to loan to foreign
governments engaged wlt‘t us in war
against Germany.
"Your committee was profoundly i111-
pressed with the expediency and ncces
sity of broadening and developing our
system of special taxation so as to pre
sent a scientific scheme, lotlt'ttlly con
structed; to provide a superrtruclure
cry like thot of the sewing machinedI
'lhe committee felt that a tax of this.K
character ought not to be imposed 1111-,
putllt'tently strong and flexible to meet pigs a point was “inched where it _
not only our present but our future would ppmmp “pram,“ to tax every-
war lit-eds. and so adjustet :e: to its [hing susceptible to taxation. Light E
trilmwvanitatuy the net't'S-un'y but“ and hell are the very last things'
dens of taxation and safeguard the ac- “pp-ll should be subject to taxation.
thitit's of the nation by imposing no For similar reasons the mnmllllpcfl
t;t\ whi 1h would not leave lac 1m." recommended that the tax upon charg-
payer reasonably co.ttpen~'attn'y re- t-s fol} telephone service to subset'itr'
tttrn froth his luventhlenl. ' ('l‘s be eliminated." i
“The basis of the system Preposcd Striking out of all insuranct tthlSjl
by your committee is the income alt-l from the House bill was based upon
war lu‘olitu taxes. internal revenue tlm lltlit'f that excise taxes upon in-I‘
and tobacco, anti sulance is a questionable princtpleu no";
rtrtzttu moderate subsidiary levies 111 ‘shoulti be subjected to tax only an n:
the nature of excise taxes. The sys- last l‘t'fitll‘i." I .
lent tll‘t‘svutt'tl is in form much the Elimination or reduction of all of the?
same as that in the House. bttt it has. five per cent gross sales ‘
it been systematized, cc~
tax upon
many manufacturers was defended be~1
ordinated and made more consistent.
“As a result of these changes it is.
cause the manufacturers also must payt
es'imatt‘u that about twothtrds of the
additional ruvcnue expected will come
high income and excess profits lllXt‘d.l
from the income and war profits taxes.
"Your committee felt," the report saith.
"that only where the conditions are ex-l
in ttxtnt-r the rates upon incomes anti
excesa pmlits your committee. kept
ceptionat should such a rtlanufacturers'
constantly in'mlnd the fact that the
is believed,
gross sales tax he justifiable!" For?
these reasons the House tax on ptaeut t
medicines was reduced to two per cent;
Proposed new federal license tax on
motorcycles and automobiles based
upon the original selling cost in lieu of1
tho llouse manufacturers' tax, was ex 1
ptained 0s follows: ' i
‘A gross tax upon automobile manic;
[110“]?th 1v asflrst considered, but on:
thorough investigation it wpeare‘dl
that over SO per cent were making:
vcxy small profits. A few were muklng
enormous profits. A gross production:
tax in size sufficient to produce a sub- ‘
stantlal return would have driven outi
of business a large majorlty of auto
mobile manufacturers. oYur commit-'1
tee concluded that hte automobile. was;
a proper subject for .1 war revenue inx'
and reconlmcnds for the lngh‘gross
sales tax which might or might not be1
passed on to the purchaser, a mod-l
crate excise tax upon the owners of‘
automobiles and motorcycles."
Declaring that the new tax on cal)-
nrets and retention of taxes on other
amusement admissions is justifiable,i
the report said the tax on moving plc- ’
tare theatres charging .less than 25‘
cents had been eliminated, because:
sources would depend upon the pros-
perity and activity of business and
that to impose taxes which would tend
to discourage enterprise and dampen
these activities would tend to defeat
the legislative purpose. Moreover. it
thought that if the rates np’t'l incomes
and excess profll’s were fixed at the
highest level there might be httt little
for further increases in
rates." .
The report defends the elimination
iuocmcs of over $40. 000 added in the
House designed to laise $66. 000,000 as
fu‘ lows:
“In view of the, fact that in addition
to the large increase in the normal tax
and sur-taxes upon incomes, the billp
provides for a lawe increase in the
war profits tax of corporations and
partnerships and includes individual?
in the scope of that tax, and in view of
the probability that it will be
neces-
incrent'e
these rates in order to provide for in-
creased war expenditures, your com-
imittee believes that for the present ith “The moving picture show has be-l
is inadvisable to increase the surtax Come a national institutlon. It possess-t
”“95 "Gym“ "1030 proposed in the es many valuable educational fea- i
(’“glm‘l HOUSE bill. " tut es . They are largely patronized by
Regarding the elimination of the people of small means " yi
House taxes on Club dues were. elim-l
incomes, which would have produced lnated, the report said, because it was!
ldiflicult to reach clubs properly taxa-
“This tax scented in principal both. me. and at the same time exempt thosel
morally and economically unsound. In- which 3110“” 110‘ be taxed.
comes of the last year have paid their \fost House stamp 'taxes, virtually
taxes and the balance has either been those. of Spanish War days the report
t‘Dcnt or saved and added to capital in “aid- have been ”9"”an The new
which form it will yield returns in the one cent atamp tax on bank checks, tt‘
ensuing years To our this tax— pal“ Was said was provided because pre-
lncome again is not only double tan. “'9’“ "1 mm“ belligerent countrlel:
tlon of n peculiarly obnoxious kind but and because ""1"" '3 “° good reason
would possibly compel . ”My" wlwhy mg source. which would yield a
lmpnlr his caplm and than dlmlnlan' suhntnnllnl revenue. should be over-
government sources of untton ft , looked.”
would be one of thou- disturbing tues “'9 “0W 8911"” 10 per cent for-
wnleb would alum Nahum and check “3 ""1" ‘1" committee motored“
would have taxed nearly new articles!
t
lnduatrlul productivity. It 1- very
economy and would hold out a threat “d ’1‘“ ’MHM'M
hmmmtm
ammo"
—"—T- #-- —‘
the rate :1 on first and second ( lass mailll
BOSTGN S TUBE
Summer ifiearauce Sale
It is a Sale of Real Opportunity-«n
Great Economy Event—--Hundrecls of
Items Not Advertised on Sale.
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Oi"
Table Linen
~Despite the great scarcity and almost prohibi-
tive prices, we are ot‘t'erinc values that compute
favorable with those prevailing six months
. 390 yard
Splendid Assortments of
Longcloths and Nainsooks
——Quaii:y till
81 50 Ent 'li
$2.0“ Brazil
1
Lichest, lowest.
.$1.19 piece I
”$1 69 piece.
pliers the
sh L0 ngcloth ..
Lo necloth
Lt; l.
Site Mercerized Damask . . Sh
. ' I: 4‘ i'l" I .~
75c Table Damask ........... 59c vard $3 '00 E“?— Fh LODJC'U" 31-98 ”39“
was inches wide, 1't—al'.~e1'\'iee giving. 83. 50 English Longeloth $2.98 piece
81.00 Table Damask ........ . 750 yard $2.00 Nainsook . . . . . . . . . . 81.59 piece:
~~ .- tuches wide, Scott-.1 and lrtsa manufacture. «350 Nainsook . . - - . . . . . . ' $1.79 piece
81.9 -5 Table Damask
Mlleavy
linen,
980 vard
cream damask. made from pure Scotch
substantial quality.
$1.50 Table Damask . . . . . . . $1.19 v and
-~7‘-’ int-hes wide, Scotch and ill. 'b manufacture
sturdy value, excellent desizns
$1. 25TableCloths.........
83.00 Japanese Naiusook . . . 81.95 piece:
EXCELLENT VALUES IN OUR.
' TOWEL DEPARTMENT '
12 ltfic Bath Towels . . . . . . . . 10c:
~~~ltegular size.
. 98c each
' l'BthTte.ls..H........ 2-2'
32.50 Table Napkins . . . . . . . $1.98 dozen Ghanaian 09:111.? 1 1 C
$4.00 All Pure Linen Napkins $2.98 doz. 2:3c Bath ‘Towels ....... . ..... 16c
18c Linen Crash Toweling . . . 15c yard 2'50 Till‘leh TOWC‘IS ---------- - . 19C“
350 Turkish Towels
-- Large size heavy woven
350 Turkish Towels
——.l~‘ancv W91“
25c Linen Crash 'l‘oweling . - - - -
25c Russian Crash Towering .
19c Hemmed Dish Towels.
. 19c vard
. 19cvard
25
.121-2ceach C
blue checks
with power for running $11K 'Ill nlachtn- t
An Airplane Torpedo to End the Vt 211' mm. H J "
G l" Rtts<ell has just offered the government an inv.tntion which. if successful, will
effect on the fig htint: in Lurolte. H e insists he has tlist'ovetetl a 11mtho d of scudiuc
air trout the ground 01' front an airplane. 'lhcse he says can be controlled by
on the spot picked out.
have a l'elnat'kalihs
torpedoes through Ills
“‘llth‘S‘S so they will dug;
Vaterland, German Ship, Greatest m We 'ld, W ith American Flag
The great ship Vatcrland. the biggeat vessel in the world, which the Hamburglldmerican Line had in &
boken when the war was declared in Augu: t 1914, and which has tomato 1 d them ever since, now files the“
erlcan not: It was run up the other day The vessel has been taken ov er bv theh Navy Depot-,tment and u
been repaired at a cost of $1000. 000 because of this dntnnge done bv Ger man uterus when the Guitar! sun
declared war on Germany. She will l hell. carry troops to tight uglilnnt th e Germans. .
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