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PAGE FOUR THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1914 111 'l Arizona Republican's Editorial Page f '1 The Arizona Republican ARIZONA PUBlllStUNQ COMPANY. The Only Paper In Arizona Published Every Day in the Year. Only Morning Paper In Phoenix. Dwlght B. Heard.... rresidant and Manager Charles A. Slauffer Business Manager Carta W. Cate Assistant Business Manager ' Sppfir 1: V;'.'"JMw0r Ira H. 8. Huggett City lOdltor - ; r; ; r , . V. ;r Exclusive Morning Associated Press Dispatches. Office. Comer Second and Adams Streets. Kntered at the Postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as Mall Matter of the Second Class. Address, communications to THE ARIZONA REPLTB- ,,,,.,., Business Office 422 City Kdltor 4ll:l SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, one month, in advance .7,1 Daily, three months, in advance 2.00 K on r'Sdfe?.::::::;:;:;::::::::::: Z Sundays only, by mail so THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1914 Bo not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of others. G eorge Washington. Inquiries About the Ordinancf The great interest of the people in the new license ordinance is indicated by the great number ut letters on that subject, with which the mail o The Republican is laden. Some of the letters con sist only of comment, generally adverse, upon the measure while others are devoted to inquiry con cerning it. It is impossible to print all these letters hut we take pleasure in replying to inquiries con cerning the meaning of the various features of the ordinance. One reader, a farmer, assumes that the ordinance imposes a tax upon farmers who sell in the city garden products, fruits, eggs, poultry or butter, raised or produced by themselves. The ordinance does not impose such a tax. It could not have been made to lo so if the commission had hud such a pur pose in view. The state law gives the farmers and others the right to sell products of their own with out the necessity of paying a license tax. The assumption that farmers were to be taxed is based upon a misinterpretation of sections 85 and 91 of the ordinance which are intended to relate oniy to hawkers and peddlers of fruits and other articles v. mi n they have bought and expect to sell at a pro fit, one object of these sections is to protect mer clmuts, regular dealers in such articles but they do not in any way affect the producers. Another reader inquires: , "Will you kindly in form me through the' columns of your paper if it is the purpose of the new license ordinance to levy a tax upon any mechanic who undertakes to do -a job of work indiviuually, with his own tools at his own traue. for any citizen, whether merchant, house holder or otherwise, 'the said: mechanic having no si. op alio iieing unable to own. one J "l lie answer to this IS' an answer to all of sev-v eral other, inquiries in the same letter. Such a mechanic is not to he taxed. His status will be pre cisely the same as it is under the existing ordi nance, ordinance No. 6 is designed to tax, not men but ESTABLISHED vocations. A mechanic who should establish himself as a jobber or con tractor would be subject to a license tax under the new ordinance just- as he is subject to such a tax under the present one. But under the new ordi nance he will enpoy all the fruits of his own labor Just as he does now. The Merchants' License Tax Among the amendments which will be necessary to make the new license ordinance acceptable, and there must be many such amendments, will be one affecting those clauses relating to the mer chants' license tax. They run entirely too high on the basis of a $12.50 quarterly tax on sales of mer chandise, not exceeding $3,000 a quarter. This rate applied to the sales of many of the stores of Phoenix would compel the annual payment of sums ranging as high as $1,000 or more, which is too much, considering the fact that stocks of goods now pay a tax on their full value, 'to the city, and to the county, for county' and state purposes. Either the rate prescribed in the ordinance should graduate downward or a smaller rate than one-fourth of one per cent on sales exceeding $5,000 a quarter should be fixed. Or as has been suggester a rate may be levied' on net,, instead of gross sales. We believe, also, in justice to:some of the nierr chants,, the smaller, ones, a lower basis than sales of $5,000 quarterly should be established, .the tax being fixed correspondingly lower. Probably, though, not many of the merchants of Phoenix or those classified in the ordinance as merchants, will be ad- ' 'versely affected by the new, scale.-' The. sales, pro bably, of few of them are lower than to.VH') a ijuur ter. Under the existing ordinance such merchants pay. a tax of $U a quarter while those whose sale reach $5,000 but do not exceed $10,00n quarterly "pay a tax of $10. We see how groundless, however, is the supposition that the new ordinance will put the small merchant out of business. While his tax Is only slightly increased that of his larger brother Is many times, doubled! That the new ordinance, when the.: figures and rates have been properly adjusted will protect the holiest merchant against the dishonest one is illus trated by a story printed elsewhtre this morning. Every merchant will be compelled to pay his full share, whatever it may be, of the license tax while, at present. If he has paid at all he has paid only on his simple statement as to the volume of hi. business. - Dr. Wilde's New Position The friends of President Arthur H. Wilde of the University of Arizona will be pleased to learn of his appointment lo the professorship of education and school organization In Boston University, his alma mater. .This is n position in which the superior eve cutive ability of President Wilde will be glvon a good field of activity, similar to that he has enjoyed ut the university where he has accomplished so much within the three years he has been Its directing head. Within that time we have seen It raised from the position of a preparatory or high school of Tucson to the real Krade f university. President Wilde has not escaped the criticism which he would have missed if he had been less active and efficient. A lalssez faire policy would , ... have been easier to follow and a much more pleasant one fr a university president with no other aim 3 ' than to please the powers that be and make things v . pleasant for those around him. The extension work of the university has grown um,er the adrainiatration of ni, Wllde. The un,VMrtty as been Bp,,ad ovor the state, hrou(fht to the door of the farmer. The greatest encourage- ment has been given to the youth of the state in avai, lnemselves of aj t),at the university has had to ffer in its various departments. We trust that no head of the university will ever m the ner8y and n ., .. mux whom all who have been brought into contact with him, must wish unbounded success in his new mii1- tii.n. Equine Dental Work We reproduce the following from the latest pro gressive. Farmer and Hume-builder ' bwan.se it is so excellent that it ought to be made known to all liorse owners, some of whom may not be readers of the Progressive Farmer. We wish all papers would print it. "Once at least every year you shoudl have your horse's teeth examined by a competent veterinarian. We are constantly coming upon horses that look badly . nourished, thin, dejected, when the trouble is with th,e teeth. The unimal cannot properly chew his grain and in many cases the jagged edges of the teeth lacerate the inside of the mouth. Re member these voiceless creatures cannot tell you thir troubles. It is for you to find out If anything is wrong, and to prevent till possible suffering. But don't think that any blacksmith is good enough deptist to care for your, horse's teeth. Have the best veterinarian you can get." THE LURE OF THE CUBAN MOONLIGHT . Light serves only to brighten its color. IVniu guey stands eminent even in the tropics, where moonlight is like a vivid northern day. There is something in the ether of the flat table land of, the province that makes its moon an incredible ttiiiig. It rises like a burning dragon. It swims up from the edge of endless savannas as level as a sea. Im mediately the land flashes with enormous plumes. Hrst, they are glittering indigo; ; a. moment later they are irozen silver. They are -the plume Heads of the royal palms, whlen stand in all the horizon bound land like temple shafts. . The sky is bare: . the stars are drowned by light. Heaven Is brightly olue. Camaguey is a city of the moon. It stands bewitched, ready to vanish. - In the dead walls of the river like it vie streets, any defiant doorway should open at any moment for Bnbadilla himself to emerge with curv ed scimitar. From anv guady wasp's nest hf bal cony a veiled princess should beckon. In i Mm of "itreet Though he meet ho" Moorish princesses, the stranger who prowls through Caiiiaguey of nlgHts will rind himself-bewitched -the moment he-leaves trie liviy, lighted plazas. ' Camagues's streets, ac cording 'to authentic legend, were planned with the intention of bewildering the buraheers. Certainly he was a reckless, desperate buccaneer who dared lo separate himself from his companions In them. I am a specialist on getting lost, but in Camn guey my art was wasted. Persons who do not know the first elements of the science can get lost there. Strangers have been known to wander around and around,, always in sight . of the high tower of, the cathedral, or even . within hearing of trolley gongs, and never, get hearer to them until rescued by one of CamagueJ-'s , prodigiously armed little policemen. -' . - ? :.',':, Evan' Haraaa Oat Lost . Even the horses get lost there. .J ' know, for I tried , to ride a liorse and ;ieid twn.;dt nets' to 'their stable Freely scknoWredglng,, to 'i the ' horses my worthlessness as 1 a , pathfinder. I fcu'e them their heads. They disagreed at " the first coi ner. ".' The stable was fifteen minutes' canter, frohi where we entered the town. W reached It after iv.o nours, and then only hy going in a. (lirectioh precisely op posite to the. one where -the stable,' should have been. . ' ,' ' ' -.- However, the horses and. I found a cloister of violet nuns that night. . Not' that the nuns were violet: but their custume was, tind If one wishes to see something beautiful, he must see black . Spanish eyes under white and violet, -with a-Cuban tnoon shining. It was :j violet nun. peefing through' n barred loophole in (hick masonry, who pointed out the right way to the senor, eaballeror I never found that cloister of violet nuns again, but I found mnny other things. " ' ' .-,''' - - . I came on lovers clinging window liars, the senoritas just visible behind a slit of shutter r jalousie. I came upon half , ruined houses, and be-, hind rusty gratings .saw fades as Indian us-Montezuma: Julius Muller in the-Century Jitatentelnc-' VILL'A THE BUTCHER ; HistoTy will remembef .'.Pttridhoy-VIMii, .geheMl-in-chief of the Mexican: constitutionalists, i as .a fighter Of remarkable courage and resourde, worthy in those respects to rank with Santa Atla and Mlra mon. rfistory will itlso. remember him as a cruel and remorseless victor by whom' the butchery of prisoners was practised after every success. The recent execution by one of Villa's firing squids ni a federal general and his entire staff of thirty-two men is one of those, (shastly Incidents that will ul--"ways be recalled to dim; his fame as a soldier. . Civilization -cannot condone this kind of warfare.- It Is barbarism 'hure and simple. To argue that Villa Is only pursuing the cuptoni or his coun try; that what he did ..the other day has been done elsewhere by the orders of Huerta and Zapata, does not make his conduct any more tolera'nle in Ameri iin eyes.- The military genius 6f Villa may be In dispensable to the constitutionalist, cause, hut should that cause finally triumph, as '.most people Expect, It win carr into the -sphere of civil administration u heavy handicap in the record of its chief general ... fit-- 'ooW I'ninanitv. ; A government' in Mexico City with' Villa, as a 'dominating influence jum not .omvaiiy lie j (-cognized n the United c".-'o!.- i(1r V'llsnn. tn he consistent with himself, could not strike hands with one who indulges In funnier by wholesale. The future of .Mexican con stitutionalism demands the elimination of Villa as a political quantity. THE BARGAIN Off The Sailor Don't be larmed, miss, hut the steamer has sprung & leak and Is quite likely to sink witMn fifteen minutes. . The-Young Woman Mercy, .how1 very sudden!" "Yes, miss. Will you let me add that I mean to do my best to save you, miss?" 'Thank von. sir. hut, of course. I can't he saved itnles my chaperon is saved, too." "Very stout lady with the hook nose?'.' .. , "Yes. ' - ' "Good-night, miss." Cleveland Plain iSealer. 1 TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR X&- i- ' "Jx-J i-VV'T. '-. A Y At the left, model of white crepe with embroidered border. Right, model of embroidered voile with rose Bilk girdle. Farm Notes j) Plain Speaking BY H. L. RANN I By WALT MASON Scalp specialists tell us that the military hair brush is responsible-for more baldness in man a'tid -beast than -the dandruff cure which - has passed the acid test With the cheerful grin of the chump who spoils a fresh shine by balancing himself on ydur Mxlords in the street Car. This brush -goes down deeper than the prosecuting attorney in a divorce suit, and when set At the proper angle' it ' leaves a ' track, like a baby cart on the beach. It is ri dftad- v lief enemy to falling "hair th.ui old-atre -oi a, sear, 'j .frfam. tonic. '" ', . y;-' " -"'"-. '' - . - . : ' .'. i - .. A good many of the fashionable hoteW of. the cndhlry are introducing pumpkin seed ten M- . ver,,, .' mifuge.' The plan is a' good one. The lrtiihpkin h(W been the butt of ridicule in sons and story ;evet .' since" it' displanted the Hubbard siuash as'.ji choice", entree, but we are here to say -that a nine-'inch'slalr of pumpkin pie, washed down with cider vinegar'ahd dill pickles, will make' a section hand's stomach sit ... up and take notice.' The man who clasps', a ooltV pumpkin pie to his bosom on an empty '.stomach ; tmd survives the ordet.l will never need a "massage - lor , his digestive apparatus. ' f . ' '.-. The alleged milk-fed sprins chicken is'ii liigger' joke than the civil service laws. The mair who-at--' tempts to bring up his chickens on the bollhr will needmore rubber uioing than a fountain syringe and as many points or contact as a mechanicHl milker. While it is true that a diet of lobbered inllk' has sieered many a lulling pullet safely thiough. the teething period, its use is not to be recommended, ': as it Is liable to introduce hiccoughs into the hen nery. Stick to the good old bill of fare of sharp sand and ground glass. ! SHOPPING AN INDOOR SPORT . Someone has said that you can always judge thfe caliber of a man by the manner in which he Onuses himself. My experience of fifteen years as floorwalker in one of the largest department stores in tile country has convinced me that you can al- was judge a woman by the way ill whicil she Shops which, after all, is only another iv.iy tit ' saying the manner in which she amuses herse-lf. , . . I have learned to realize that when the average woman goes on a shopping expedition-wlieii she has taken up the trail of the bargain, detei mined, to truck it to its native counter she brings nil heT cleverness into play, and in the zest at the haae she is certain to reveal her true self and nn-on: sciously drop the mask she wears on most Social occasions. ' Always on the alert, always eager to .brins down the game, big or little, with a timely pur chase, these shoppers you will see hrowsina a Joitt the; counters in and out of season. You will see. them questioning the sales girls, trying to leain in advance when reductions are to be ma'de. You Will see them pick out some article and then cnipa In day after day and watch its price tag. Then When the price is lowered to the point wliwe they thlhk it is a bargain, you will see them pounce' im it and carry it home Woman's World. , CORRECTING AN ERROR . j tramp at Mr. Cobb's house one morning. "I've walked many miles to see you. fiir." h:; said, "because people told me. you were very kind to poor, unfortunate fellows like me." , ' , . "Indeed!" said the old gentleman. "And are you going back the same way?" ( "ies, sir," was the answer. "Well,' said Mr. t'o:ib, . "just .contradict that runior a you go, will you? Good morning!" Lippincott's. AFTERNOON DRESS I used to say just what I thought, on every mor tal theme, and life was hectic then and hot, and every day a scream. I tried to show I had no fears of any human foes; and people often pulled my ears, or else they punched my nose. But I was not dis mayed, thereat, nor humbled yet, by heck! And people otten Jammed my hat clear down around my neck. My head was bloody but unbowed, as said Ji&tile martial toff, and very time I met a crowd they'd kick my coattails off. "A soul undaunted istHl 1 have," I often would .declaim; and then I'd 'buy a quart of salve to spread upon my frame. In (ipie one wearies of such strife, however bold his Mul, and so, to gain a peaceful life, I canned my rigmarole. Instead of shooting off my bile at every time and place, I bought a large elastic smile, and wore it on my face. And 'though I still had burning thoughts, I 'kept the blamed things down, and no one IHHird the caustic shots for which I'd won renown. And now all day I dance and sing, and people like me much; my head's no longer in a sling, I do not ifeed- s crutch. NO REST FOR THE WEARY Time was when a doctor said to a business man, "You need rest. Take an ocean voyage. Then you will be far away from every thought of business No messages can reach you, not even the daily pa pers. For a whole week you will be absolutely cut off from the world." Then came Marconi and his wireless. Forthwith the big ocean steamships had their daily newspapers and stock quotations. Pnssehgers received private messages from land at nil hours of the day and night. Men transacted business with their offices practically ns well as if they were only detained at home for a few days and employing the telephone as a medium of com munication. With the means of keeping in touch vtlth affairs on snore, few busy men with large in terests could lelrain from making use of the agen cies at hand. There was little difference between Uavelius on an ocean liner and staying at a big hotel. '. Now comes announcement of a fresh invasion of Hie steamship : by forces thai, . properly belong on land. The newest giant liner, due at New York before Ions will introduce. ocean vaudeville. The re!it "lounge" is 10 be converted into a theater seating l'aio and entertanrnent will be provided by a company of artists from a London music hall. If" the scheme proves successful, musical comedy and even grand opera may be given later. Of course the performances will.' not bo free to passengers. An Incorporated Warehouse .' If such' an institution were' established here where grain,-fruit.. vege tables and cotton and other products of this vall6y could bp: stored and , .insured, and its 'warehouse receipt used as security bv the banks, it.,yould add a million or more to the profits'., of the farmers. The Phoenix National Bank A NEVER FAILING SAFEGUARD Prevent all misunderstanding regarding the paying of bills by using checks. You are thus Insured against a second pre sentation of the same bill, for your check can ahyays be traced, and it always bears the . creditor's endorsement, which is the best kind of a receipt. A man cannot deny his own sig nature. For Convenience and Safety this plan Is a win ner. THE VALLEY BANK "Everybody's Bank." Safe Security for Small Investments Home Builders 7 Special Gold Bonds Secured by choice Real Estate First Mortgages placed with the Phoenix Title & Trust Company, aa Trustee. Issued in amounts of $100.00 - or more. -No better se curity for Trust Funds. Home Builders ; ' 127 N. Central Ave. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 1165,000 'aid-in Capital No Demand Liabilities Phoenix Title and Trust Co. 18 N. 1st Avenue ji o ririnno"i-i-i--r n-nM-iriri ri-imnnrirniinii mimin-MV The English theatrical manager responsible for the ; innovation intimates that prices will range from ' 15 upward. lie expects to draw much of his talent from stage folk traveling from one country to the. other to fill engagements, although there will be some permanent members of the ocean company. ' Poor, old, tired business man! Go where he will, the vaudevillians still pursue him. It may be said that if he prefers seclusion, he can go to his bunk below. Theoretically he can. but in practice it doesn't work out that way! If there's any fun a-going, he'll .not be able to keep out of it. The; modern ocean Miner emphatically is not a rest cure. r-I'lttsbupg tlazette Times. '. , ' HIS REVENGE . "Hid your father ever lick you?" ' "Once, but I got good and even." v' "How?" -, . .: 'f' "Why, when the circus came' to town shortly Afterward, I said I didn't care to go." Boston Transcript,