The Cedarville Herald, Volume 31, Numbers 1-26

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O. ^ U f r o x * ° *111 W 1 ItWatfoM* f**N IHIO .SI Vv la Th* ill ih«. repair to tw rV * v». .*W* *. INEQUALITIES BETWEENTHE S OWNERS Of REALAND I PERSONAL PROPERTY f * • •*§ #■ $ Prom tba Report of the Tax Commission of Ohio, Filed with <lpy- F * • m o r Harris, on Jan. i3, VJOB. # Of all the conpequoncen of the gen- ... , ..., ’ . . , .. ... .. eral property tax Uvamost deplorable! ^nnJlln^ 0P^\ !S l^ is that which produces aa over In- fnn0^ ’^ ^ ^ Treating" burden uj>on feSF'properfy vuiditace, -»l-ul and an ever diminishing -share of per- -i^L CEt**iiato f ^ sonal property lu the. support of th a tx * ' f^ L‘3 no^ ^'Xi* government which givrs an equal p r * * ™ f lection to both. . rate Item of wealth. If all were re- OnSaturday, January n tb -S S W ^ S t f i S Suits and Overcoats, atid will, offer you the greatest bargains of the year, and the coldest weather yet to come. W e will make your dol­ lar do double’ duty how And offer ybu nothing but the finest from the tailor shops of the G R EA T EST makers of clothing. „* . * *' t \ • Overcoat Department, ktsl ■* *peri's:!' 'Suit -Department,'.• CHOICE OF SIETY-TB B E B of out fines! fancy •Suits all tiffs 'seasons patterns and xnodels. ' B, M. system tailored. Values $ 23 <r; 1 A P A , $ 25 , $ 27 , $30 $ 33 . Janiary S a le ,. 1 y , U V ^ FOB/TY-BXVESUITS, fancy patterns, all new" 'and E .‘M-. system taile ring, $ 1 $, d* | A ^ £ - $ 20.$22 values. January Salenow.tP 1 te » I O Tliirty Suits fancy pattei ns splendid(J* 1 | g A . ^tvley $ 14 , $ 15 , $ 16 . January Sale.wj-l 1 » O v * ’ t , - ■ 0 r Thirty-two suits fancy patterns, and all broken lines of high price Saifs included (||A A Q \ jiere, values $12 to .$22 January sale.e|)l 7 * > ^ 0 ,In young Men's'Suits wcj offer all of our finest ■hand tailored styles, sv/ell college shaped: gar- . nients, $ 16 , $ 1 $, $20 and $22 Jan^‘<h| j g*A -nary Sain.-.................................... . * . ' 3 * 1 t / n u U , In college model young men’s Suits, we offer all $ 12 , $ 14 , & $15 Suits, as well as -20 ( A odd$ 18 values;, January Sale----- u ALL OUR FINEST 'OYBKCOATS, staple and . .fancy, 26 coats in all jK/aVL system tailored $ 25 , $ 2 $, $30 and $ 32 , now- in Janu-( i ary Clearance Sale a t . . , . ............. V ,P‘ . ' 1 ‘ ' e.,& V ■>; . ALL OVERCOATS, staple and fancy, hand, tai^M- ored, many “niftv,J styles, were ‘ ( .. $ 18 , $ 20 , $ 22 ,v$ 23 , January Sale.. About 1 dozen Overcoats, splendid values, were $ 14 , $15 and $ 16 , January Sale.;*.......................... ............. .. All Overcoats that were $ 12 , and seme odds find ends iD better values, now in Jan­ uary Sale................. p t i P im ■H-. i m ■m SK'6-. Q-: m I S I $1150 mm K vy<%> ife-*.4-! s . Heavy cuts in this department as follows: Boys $10 and $12 Overcoats, long stylish and high class make. January s a l e s . , .$6.75 Boy’s OvercoatS^and Ree fers in $6, $7 and $8 . values. January Sale.......... *......... $4.98 Boy’s Overcoats and Reefers in $5 and some ’ $6 values, January Sale, . . . . . . . . . $3,50. MANHATTAN SH IRTS . $$ values,. .............. ........... \ .......... ... ,$1.98 $2, L.75 and $1.50 values........ , r . ,81.39 Corduory and Flannel Shirts, S3 and $ 3,50 valves now........... .$ 1.98 Wilson Bros, and Grifin Shirts, $1 and $1.25 value now.......................... .. .89c .“Famous*’ 50c and 65c Shirts now. . . . . ,45c It- * ' \ - 1 a t ' -»J 1 \ , ' , 'rt« Bweet Orr .and Crown make $6, $7 and $8 -values. January Sal e— . $ 4,98 Alany $5 and $6 values, m high class make, Scotch, worsted1and cassimere fabrics, Jan- . uary Said------. . . . . . . . . . ----- $3 75 All $2.50 and $3 values, a splendid assort-! menfc, bought late and under regular price, January Sale.............. ............. .. .$1 OS' The celebratedCieveland and all other guaran-. teed trousers, $1.50 and $L75 values,!Jan-s uary sale,.................... ..V. .$1,24 Jt Reduction of 20 Per Cent. On dll Men's Black Dress Suits and Cravenette Coats. Boys’KneePants Boy’s Suits, Regular and Bloomer styles $8, $9 and $10 values. January Sale........$6,75 Boy’s Suits choice ,of *54 beauties, $6 ai.d $7 values. January Sale/. . . . . . . . . ,$4.75 An assortment of 61 Suits, all stylish patterns $ 0 mid $6 values. - January Sale $3.50 Good wear resistin'/ Suits warm and' comfor­ table $2.50, $3.50 values* January Sale. .$1.98 Knee Pants and Bloomers. $1,50.andf$2Knee Pants and Bloomers. .81.15 81 and $3.25 Knee Pants and.Bloomers. .89c 75 cent values in Knee Pants............ .. ,67c 50 and 60 cent, values now................; . . . ,43c Men’s High Grade Furnishings HND ERW EAR . FAN C Y HOSIERY . Wilson Bros. Silk 81.25 values now;........75c \ $3 values now...........— . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.98 50 and 65 cent Valuesnow. . . .................. 39c 25 and 35 cent values now, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19c HANDKERCH IEFS . 10c values now............ - ......... ,4c 15 c values now. »■.«, , . ,»* *••»»»..«»*•■»•« 8 c 2 o& fancy* now, , . - « . . . . *. , 15 c $2 values now............... $1.48 $1 values now.......................................... 89c 50c and 65c values now..................45c FANCY V ESTS . 85 and $6 values............ ................... 83.50 $3 and $4 values........................ $1.98 M EN ’S W IN T ER CAPS. $1.50 and$2 valuesnowin January Sale. *98c $1 Winter Gaps nowin Sale.......... 75e Winter Caps now................... 50c Winter Caps........................... 25c Winter Caps.................. , „. The general prppevty tax vas adopt­ ed fn Ohio in ,184(1, pud \yas -written Into the ‘constitution of 1851 in the language of section 2 of article-^Il„ to vhiqh attention has already been called. Ever pinco its adoption the grand tax duplicate of the state 'hho pliov?4i, more and more clearly, the in­ equality of contribution between reap aag personal property, In l§t>2 th i ?yand duplicate of all properjfy, real and personal, in the state, was $507,- 581,000; in 1907 it was $2,280,563,19? In 1852 the total value of all real tes­ tate was $354,937,000.’ In 1907 it was' itai-y turned for taxation, or if there, w-m legislative freedom to devlso appro­ priate methpda to secure a Just coa- tributton from every class of properly, the per cent of the burden upon the, grand duplicate would ho reduced by far more than half. , • Tax iWiTfi m f INipjBIS, CpmmSesion i; Write#HfMlily rh tlre repori of thoT.axCorunilnnlofi of Ohio submitted 'hr the logl ilatufe by'Governor Harris, tljis str- ug con* $1,544,301,318, In 3S52 the tof l value dcnuiatfeVy language IS used in din- ’ of all personal property- in the plate- cussing tlje Iniquities of tho present yas $162,644,000; In 1907 it was $736,- tax system; ’ 171,880; In other words, the first year First—It punishes the honest. Tire a|ter the adoption ,pf the1present con- ■taxpayer who undertakes to make a stitution the tax value o f all real es- full return of-his cash, credits, stocks tafe in Ohio was 2* 1-3 times that of and bonds, Is bound to return them all „personal property, while at the at their true value, in'money,and this pfesenfc'day, after 55 years-of develop.- value Is apparent or so cas'ly1asccr- ment in railroads, ,telegraph, tele-, taftmble ’in most cases as„to permit phone, electric light, and other, mod- “uo.dilference'of opinion. A’daposit in era "utilities, gs well as industrial cn- a solvent hank can not be worthless - terprises of every kind, ‘with the con- 'than par; a note With good security sequent, enormous growth in the Is- by w. v of mortgage, ter ope,-wise, is sues of stocks and bonds, the tax worth its face" value; while a bond or value of all *’eal estate in' Ohio is still a share of stock has generally •& fixed 2 1-10 times that of all personal prop- market price,. To list these classes erty. And this is true notwithstand- of property at less than their ,value ing the fact that'corporations gener- would he as plain a violation of the ally in this state are required in re-, law‘as npt to list'them at all," and. turn as, personal property all’the real yet 'if the owner returned 'them-* for esiate used in the.Operation of their taxation and they wore subjected,to business, . * - j the prevailing rate, he would pay sav­ in 1850 real estate paid 77.8 per 1eral times a$ much taxes as the* own- ■ cent of the taxes apd personal proper- er o£ .tangible property, which hhd , ty 22.2 per cent; in 1870 real estate been assessed 'at far less than its paid 60,7 .per cent-of all. taxes, and -trim-value--infirro ray, and In ’ many personal property 39.8, while in 1907 cases all his profits from such' invest- real estate paid 67.7' per cent of all taxes and personal property but 32.3, These remarkable figures are even more significant when It is remember­ ed that the chief growth of the state's wealth has been ip the larger munici-. polities and"the tendency tte Cottceh- tratipn of population in the cities'has been' more ami more evident,with the passing years. Ip i8u0 the total pop­ ulation of Ohio was 1,980.329, and tho total population of a ll' incorporated municipalities was 373,$28. That is. to nay, more than,five times qs many people lived in the -country \\s in the cities and villages when the present constitution of Ohio was adapted.,In' 19Q0 the total population of Ohio was 4,157,544. and’ the to'ttfi population' of! all cities and villages was 2,412,352, In other words, considerable more than half the whole number of inhab­ itants in the state now'iive In the mu­ nicipalities ‘V'hcn The constitutional convention .of 1851 met in Cincinnati that city had a population of 115;435, which Was then about twice" the total population of the ten largest citios in tho state, "-In I860 the total popula­ tion of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, Dayton," Youngstown, Ak­ ron, Springfield, Cantoh and Hamil­ ton was 182,14.6. .-In 190d the total population of these ten c*ties was 1,280,832, <antl it is probably today nearly two million. Certainly it is ten times as large as it was ih the.i,mlddlQ of the. last century. ‘The special report of the United Staten census department on the sub­ ject Of rin'al aiul urban populations makes some comparisons that, with respect to Ohio, "■ reveal conclusively ments would bcp_confiscated .by the public authority. It is well‘dknown" that with an average tax raid in most Ohio cities of from 3 to 4 per ceril, the owner of cash in hank or of flrht* claa^tiadustrial bonds, or of standard stoclf "itf -a foreign corporation would thus, In some inslauces. not only-bo deprived of ail returns upon bis in­ vestment but would pay a fine' in ad­ dition for the, privilege of such own­ ership. Second—It rewards the dishonest, A"taxpayer who cares. Ills. hot lutslufie, .iff s i ............. bide, and tho .existence of which no methods have yet.beep devised which' ore adequate to reveal.' .., Third—It respite! frequently in dou­ ble taxation ■This may not he true with respect to all intangible prop- hlo taxation is found in the attempt to tax, at the same rale and by the same methods, both land and the „ farm worth $10,000 Borrows $5,000 upon it he is required to'1pay taxes Under the. present the full value of the farm, while "B’'"” who loans the money pays taxee bu the $5,0OO.Tnortgage, This id Mot only double !laxatlon. but it impbses i the burden upon one who can loa t attord to bear it, for the owner of the land not only continues to pay taxes on its full value, iwt he ®aye an athennf , isf interest on, the mortgage wmch |sr computed upon the msumptidn that such mortgage Is taxable, in other . . . . . . words, the: borrower pays a higher the fact that the larger cities of the jrate of/interest than'he would if. the state are growing at the expense of |mortgage were not Subject to tkxa- Remember the Early ShoppersWilt Get the Best Values, So Come at Once, Dress Suit Cases and Traveling Bags at 2 0 Per Cent Reduction, R. 8 . KING 8 BURY. go & 52 E. Main Street, Xenia, Ohio, tho rural communities. In making its compilations the Census bureau con­ siders -every municipality of 2,500 In­ habitants or over a city, and the rest of tho state as constituting the coun­ try districts. On that basis Ohio's rural population in J3S0 was 67.8 par cent of the whole popti’aHon; in 180ft it was 59.1 per cent and in 1900 52 per cent. These statistics show not only a, decrease In tho percentage of popu­ lation in tho country districts but an actual-reduction in the number o£ In­ habitants. In 1890 the country dis­ tricts of owo had a population of 1,189,219. while in 3900 they had a population of 2,160,445,* a decrease of 8,774. jf&ithing could more clearly show tlio trend 0? population toward lie largo confers, and no fact is more generally admitted than that. tho gi cutest increase In wealth has taken place in fi»ch centers of papulation, and particularly in that form- or char­ acter of wealth peculiarly incident to the great eiiles, such ns corporate, franchises, maaufarttu-«.-rs’ plants and products, industrial securities, moneys and credits, stocks Ufid bonds. And yet nil the iiersonal property In Ohio today, as shown on the grand tax tlup Hcate, is wqrth less than half the real estate and bears a smaller proportion of the total faxes for state aAd local purposes than it did in 1870. The estimated true value of nil prop­ erty in Ohio, according io the latest report of the United Sfates humus bureau, for the year 3004, was $3,940.* 909.000; tl 0 total iKurns for taxation that year, as shown l>y the giamt tax duplicate, were $2,113,800,600, it may fahly by estimated that tho total Antelopekm African Stamps, flu, mtioiq-fi ia part of the arms of Rhodesia, emblazoned on the stamps of that portion Of British South Africa. Another species of antelope, known ns tho sasin, Is on tho stamps of Nowanugar, a town irf Hindustan with an active trade with tho outside world, which hdo been Issuing stamps of Its own office tho year 1877, AH Dread Ridicule. Almost; any *mna ran bo calm in ;0 into of denunciation, but ftw wm Ktfchfi to ha Unshod At, tion, and this despite the fact that the mortgage is generally concealed by .the mortgagee, A further result of this taxation of land and mort­ gages at tho aarne, rate is a discrim­ ination against citizens of Ohio and . I1 favor of citizens of other states. A resident of this Btate who lends 'money secured by a mortgage in Ohio is taxed upon the credit thus created, whereas a non-resident, such as « for­ eign insurance company, IS toot taxed upon any indebtedness to him Se­ cured by ; mortgage' upon land in this state, ’ 1 • Fourth—-It iti unjust to the owners of all other property. The escape from taxation of fully 90 per cent of all intangible property, which is un­ doubtedly going on in Ohio today, in­ creases by exactly Its share the bur­ den upon the owfters of other prop­ erty and particularly tjm owners of real estate which may he, and gen­ erally ia, assessed for taxation below its true market value, but wh*eh, tih- def no dicumatauces,”can altogether avoid the dupl’eale. ' . * " Fift1i~-tt. lowern tlm standard of In­ tegrity. And this is tho gravest com­ plaint that Can be brought against the present sjstefti. If the attorn t to tax intangible property by the natno methods ns those which apply to other forms of property were a inaterini benefit to the state, which it h not, instead of a material injury* which It is, ouch benefit could no.ef compensate for the deplorable Infln- enco upon tho moral sense of c, n- munition that results from * knovl- edge that mice returns for taxation are made by citizens generally, life ’s Afnbitloni All life is a fight, with self. The. bat- tlo begins wilh eouftciousness and hover lets up until the aged warrior goes to another world for his crown. The supremo ambition of every »obh» - life is to conquer self, The giwatwtt sorrowof the world is sofrow mrerib* sbaVs ilcfcat. A Grant Truth. A bright and happy morning m i * ration to your neighbor win him comage for the w**k d*y—ftnw mor* Amadoim ■ tnfiWr- $ § ! j RlafefeMkuA, * r