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PROPOSED: TIFF
ON BUT ITEMS
A Concise Statement ' of tha
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
Rates Raised en Some Luxuries Raw
Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy Reduction Farm
Products Reduced. "
Washington. Important changes ' In
rates on variety of commodities in the
new tariff bill now before congress
follow: - -
" Barley malt, from 45 cents to 25
cents a bushel.
Buckwheat, from 15 cents to 8 cents
& bushel. "
Oats, from 15 cents to 10 cents a
bushel. .
Ripe, cleaned, from 2 cents to 1 cent
a pound.
Wheat, from 25 cents to 10 cents a
bushel.
Butter, from 6 cents to 3 cents a
pound.
Cheese, from 6 cents a pound to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Beans, from 45 cents to 25 cents a
pound.
Eggs, from 5 cents to 2 cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings,
from 25 per cent to ID per cent.
Fresh vegetables, from 25 per cent
to 15 per cent.
Apples, peaches, etc., from 25 cents
to 10 cents a bushel.
Raisins, from 2& cents to-2 cents
a pound.
Lemons Present rate 1 cents
pound, proposed rate 17 cents for
package under 1 cubic feet, 35
cents for package up to 2 cubic
feet, 70 cents for package up to 6
cubic feet, Vz cent a pound for lemons
in bulk or in larger packages.
Oranges, limes, grapefruit, etc.
Present rate 1 cent pound, proposed
rate same as for lemons.
Pineapples, from 8 cents to 6 cents
a cubic foot capacity of barrels or
packages, from $8 to $5 a thouasnd in
bulk.
Chocolate and cocoa Present rate
when valued from 15 cents to 24
cents, iVt cents a pound and 10 per
cent ad valorem additional; proposed
rate 8 per cent ad valorem.
Value of Raw Wool a Factor.
Woolen manufactured goods and
clothing Present tariff rates are
r.pr1 in mnv crsph on vnln nf raw
wool. Cnmnarison is here made with
the equivalent ad valorem duties as
previously estimated by the ways and
means committee on wool prices In
1910:
Combed wool and tops, from 105
per cent to 15 per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu
factured eoods. from S7 ner cent to
35 per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, bindings, etc.,
from S3 per cent to 35 per cent
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc., from CO
to 35 per cent.
Garters, suspenders, etc., from 45
per cent to 25 per cent.
Table cloths, from 40 to 25 per
cent.
Lace curtains, etc., from E0 to 45
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from 45
to 30 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from . 8 cents a hundred
pounds to 5 per Vent ad valorem.
Lime from 5 cents a hundred
pcTunds to 5 per cent ad valorem.
China clay, a ton, from $2.50 to
81.25.
Fuller's earth, manufactured, from
$3 to $1.50 a ton.
' Mica, manufactured,, from 5 cents
and 20 per cent additional a pound to
30 per cent ad valorem.
Chinaware. decorated, from 60 per
cent to 55 per cent ad valorem;
chinaware. plain white, from 55 per
cent to 50 per cent ad valorem.
Cut and decorated glass .. from 60
per cent to 45 per cent ad valorem.
-Mirrors from 11 cents and 25 cents
a square foot to 7 cents and 13 cents
a square loot.
Marble, rough, from 65 cents to 50
cents a cubic foot. . "
Marble articles from 50 per cent to
45 per cent ad valorem;
Granite and building stone, dressed,
from 50 per cent to 25 per cent ad
valorem. ...
Iron." steel and metal products: v
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles,-45 per
ronf in 40 Tier cent. ' ' . '
Ferro manganese, . from $2.50 a ton
to 15 per cent.
Round iron from $6 to $12 a ton to
8 per cent. ,
Iron . and steel forglngs from JO
per cent to 15 per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from 45 to
25 per cent. ' ' .
Sheet steel or iron, now $8 to $18,
cut to 20 per cent
Tin plate, now $24 a ton, cut to SO
percent. ' .- . '..
Shotguns and rifles,' now $2.25 . tt
$10 each, changed to 35 per cent.
-Table and kitchen ware, from 40 to
25percent ' - ' - .
Steam' engines, printing presses,
machine tools, from 30 to 15 per cent
Embroidering and lace making ma
chines, nowyfree, made dutiable at 25
per cent, -f ' ' ' '
The schedule carries a blanket
clause that articles or wares not spe
cially mentioned shall pay 50 per cent
If wholly or partly of platlaum, goli
or silver, and 25 per cent If wholly or
in chief value composed of Iron, steel,
lead, copper, nickel, pewter, line,
aluminum or other metal. Tableware,
penknives and watch movements are
required to. bear the names of the
manufacturer and country of origin.;
Lead bearing ore, from 1 Mi cents a
pound to half a cent
As to Aluminum and Lead..
Aluminum, from 7 cents a pound to
25 per cent .
Antimony, from 1 cent a pound o
10 per cent
Lead bullion, from S 1-8 cents a
pound to 25 per cent
Nickel pigs, from 6 cents a pound to
10 per cent.
Chemicals, oils and paints:
Alkalis and compounds, from 25 per
cent ad valorem to 15 per cent
Alum, etc., from cent a pound to
15 per cent ad valorem.
Bleaching powder, from 1-5 cent to
1-10 cent a pound.
Fruit oils and essences, from $1 a
pound to 20 per cent, ad valorem.
Flaxseed and linseed oil, from 15
cents a gallon to 12 cents.
Cod, seal and white oil, from 7 cents
a gallon to 5 cents.
Crude opium, from $1.50 a pound to
$3. v
Prepared opium; from $2 a pound
to $4.
Ocher and ocher earths: Present
rates range from cent to cent
a pound; proposed rate 5 per cent ad
valorem.
Orange mineral, from 34 cents a
pound to 25 per cent
Zinc oxide, from 1 cent a pound to
10 per cent
Paints, colors, etc., from 30 per
cent to 16 per cent
White lead, from 3 cents a pound to
25 per cent
Sponges, from 20 per cent to 10 per
cent . . -
Reduction In Silk Goods.
Chiffons, clothing, ready-made, ar
ticles of wearing apparel of every de
scription, Including knit goods, fron
60 per cent-to 50 per cent ad va-
lorem.
Woven fabrics, from 50 per cent tt
45 per cent ad. valorem.
Beltings, cords; tassles, ribbons of
artificial and imitation silk or horse
hair, from 45 cents a pound and 60 per
cent ad valorem additional, to 60 per
cent ad valorem.
Lumber and wood:
Veneers, from 20 to 15 per cent
Osier or willow for basketmakers'
use, from 25 per cent to 10 per cent."
Willow furniture, from 45 to 25 per
cent
Details of the Sugar Schedule.
The sugar schedule, eliminates the
Dutch standard of color and reduces
the basic rate on sugar testing by the
polariscope not above 75 degrees from
.95 cent a pound to .71 cent a pound.
For each additional degree shown by
the polariscopic test the additional
rate is reduced from thirty-five one
thousandth of 1 cent, a pound to
twenty-six- one-thousandths oL.1 cent
a pound.
The other items in the cane sugar
section are changed as follows: Mo
lasses testing not above 40 degrees.
from 20 to 15 per cent, ad valorem;
testing above 40 and not above 56 de
grees, from 3 cents to 2, cents a gal
lon; testing above 56 degrees, from 6
cents to 4 cents a gallon. At the
end of the section the following clause
is added: "Provided that three years
after the day when this act shall taKe
effect the articles hereinbefore enum
erated in this paragraph shall there
after be admitted free of duty."
Maple sugar and refined sirups, from
4 to 3 cents a pound.
Glucose or grape sugar, from 1 to
1 cents a pound.
Unmanufactured sugar cane, from 20
to 15 per cent
(A provision placing the articles in
this section on the free list after three
years is also included.)'
Sugar, candy valued at 15 cents a
pound or less from 4 cents a pound
and 15 per cent, ad valorem to 2
cents a . pound; valued a more than
15 cents a pound, from 50 to 25 per
cent ' x
(Cuban sugars by treaty arrange
ments come in at a 20 per cent reduc
tion from the regular duties.)
Scrap tobacco, taken from a general
classification, at a rate of 55 cents a
pound, and given an individual classi
fication of 35 cents a pound.
Flax, hemp and jute:
Flag, hackled, from 3 to 1 Mi cents a
pound., '
Tow and flax, from $20 to $10 a
ton. .
Hemp and tow of hemp, from 1 cent
to Mi cent a pound.
Hemp, hackled, from 2 to 1 cent a
pound.
Mattings, Linoleum, Etc
, Floor mattings, from 3 cents to Mi
cent a square yard.
Linoleum and oilcloth, now classi
fied from 8 cents a square and 25 per
cent, to 10 cents a square yard and
20 per cent reclassified at the follow
ing rates plain or stamped linoleum,
SO per cent; Inlaid linoleum, 35 per
cent; oilcloth, 15 per cent '
' Pile fabrics, from 60. to 40 per cent
Bags or sacks of single jute yarns,
from cents a pound and 15 per cent
to 25 per cent;
Paper and Books:
- Printing paper (other than paper
commercially known as hand made orn
machine hand made paper. Japan pa
per and imitation. Japan paper by
whatever name known), unsized, sized
or glued, suitable for the printing of
books and newspapers, but not for cov
ers or bindings, not , specially yro
vided for In this section, valued above
2 Mi cents a pound, 12 per cent ad
valorem: "Provided, however, that if
any country, dependency, province or
other subdivision of government shall
impose any export duty, export li
cense fee, or other charge of any kind
whatsoever (whether, in form of ad-
dltional char-, vt license fee, or eth- I
erwise) upon printing paper, wood pulp
or wood for use in the manufacture of
wood pulp, there shall be ImpoHed
upon printing , paper, when Imported
either direcUy or indirectly from sxich
country, dependency, province, or oth
er subdivision of government, an-additional
duty equal to the amount of
such country,vdepeadency, province or
other subdivision governments ur,on
printing paper, wood. pulp or wood. t or
use in tne manuiaciure oi wcou
pulp' -
Writing paper, from 3 ceyts a pound
and 15 per cent ad valorejn to 25 per
cent
"Envelopes, from 20 to 15 per cent.
Books, from 25 per cent to 15 per
cent
Photograph albums, from 35 per
cent, to 25 per cent
Manufactures of paper, from 35 to
25 per cent.
Sundries: , :' .
Straw ' hats, unblocked and ttn
trimmed, 35 per cent- to 25 per
cent . -r .
Brushes and -feather dusters,, from
40 to 35 per cent,.- . ,
v Fireworks, from 12 to 10 cents a
pound. .' ' ' '. '
Gunpowder valued at less than 20
cents a pound, from 2. cents to Mi
cent a pound; valued over 20 cents
a pound, from 4 cents to 1 cent a
pound. ,
Furs, Hats, Gloves. -
Furs, dressed on skin, from 20 to 30
per cent; partly manufactured furs,
from 50 to 40 per. cent; furs for hat
ters' use, from 20 to 15 per cent
Hats, bonnets and hoods of felt
taxed under the classification of the
present law from $1.50 a dozen and l!0
per cent ad valorem to $7 a dozen and
20 per cent, placed in the new bill at
40 per cent ad valorem.
Women's glace'gloves, from $1.25 to
$1 a dozen when not over 14 inches in
length;- an additional tax of 25 cents
a dozen, for each inch in length over
14 inches.
Women's kid gloves, from $3 to $2
a dozen, not over 14 Inches In length;
an additional 25 cent tax a dozen for
each inch over 14 inches in length.
Cumulative duty on lined gloves,
cotton lined, from $1 to 25 cents a
dozen; silk or wool lined, from $1 to
50 cents a dozen; fur lined, from $1
to $2.
Musical instruments, from 45 to 85
per cent
Fhonographs, from 45 to 25 per
cent.
Photographic plates, from 25 to 15
per cent.
Moving picture films, from 25 to 29
per cent.
Umbrellas and sun shades, from 50
to 30 per cent
The schedule carries a general pro
vision increasing the duty on manu
factured articles not specifically pro
vided for in the section from 15 to 20
per cent Unmanufactured articles re
main at 10 per cent
NEW INCOME TAX
STARTS AT $4,000
Elaborate Provision for Gradu
ated Payment System in
New Tariff Bill
Washington, D. C Included In the
Democratic taTiff revision bill is an
income tax section, which would re
quire every resident of the United
States who earns more than $4,000 a
year to pay a tax of 1 per cent on
his earnings In excess of the exempr
tion. This would ncVcompel the man
who earns only $4,000 to pay a tax,
but .it would demand that one who
earned $4,100, for example, pay into
the government treasury an annual
tax of 1 per cent, on $100, or $1
The bill also would provide higher
rates of taxation for persons . with
larger incomes, adding a surtax of 1
per cent, additional 'on earnings in ex
cess of $20,000; 2 per cent additional
on 'earnings in exceBS of $50,000, and 3
per cent additional on earnings in ex
cess of $100,000.
How Surtax Would Be Imposed.
. Under the surtax provisions the man
who earns $20,000 would pay . to the
government each year, at the rate of
1 per cent on $16,000 ($4,000 exempt)
or $160. If he earns $30,000 he would
pay 1 per cent on $16,000, and 2 per
cent, on $10,000, making his annua
tax $S60.( Tha pereon with a $50,000
income would pay 1 per cent on $16,-
000 and 2 per cent on $30,000 a total
tax of $760.
The man with an income
of $100,000 would be required to pay
1 per cent, on $16,000, 2 per cent, on
$30,000, and 3 per cent, on $50,000,
which would be $1,500, ' bringing his
total income tax to $2,260. Anyone
with a . net Income of - a- ..million
would pay this $2,260 r onv: his. first
$100,000 and In addition he would pay
4 per cent, on $900,000, which would
bring his totartax to $38,260. -This
bill also would re-enact the
present corporation tax law, imposing J
a 1, per cent tax, on the earnings of
corporations, stock companies, insur
ance companies and the like, but it
would exempt partnerships. ' , This 1b
a'flaOax, there being no graduated
scale as the earnings Increase. Tha
few changes from the present corpo
ration tax act, concern chiefly the time
of making returns and the-; time for
collection. "
. The bill includes tasder Its , provi
sions the property and earnings in this
country . of persons who. Hve abroad.
,May Bring In $100,000,000.
It Is estimated. by members of the
ways and means committee that ap
proximately $100,000,000 in revenue
may be derived from this new taxln
eluding, the corporation tax, that
amount making up for the deficit in
revenues to be derived from. Imports
by virtue of the greatly reduced tariff
and the transfer to tae free list of
articles that are classed as necessa
ries of living. ,
Incomes of taxable persons shall
nclude gains, pro2ts and income de
rived from salaries, wages or com
pensation for personal service of
whatever, kind and in whatever form
paid, or from professions, vocations,
business, trade, commerce -or, sales or
dealings in property, also from Inter
est, rent, dividends, securities, includ
ing Income from property, income
from but not the valuo of property
acquired by bequest, devise or de
scent, and also proceeds of life insur
ance policies paid upon death of per
sons insured.
Provision Made for Deductions.
The bill allows as deductions In
computing net income 'all necessary
expenses actually Incurred In carrying
on any business, not including per
sonal living or family expenses, inter
est accrued and payable within the
year by a taxable person on indebted
ness; rail national, state, county,
school and ... municipal, taxes, not in
cluding local benefit taxes; losses .In
curred in trade or from fires, storms
or shipwreck not compensated by In
surance or otherwise; debts actually
ascertained as worthless and charged
off: also reasonable allowance for
wear and tear on property; but no de
duction will be allowed for expense
of restoration or improvements made
to Increase property value. . .
It excepts also. In computing net ln-
cpme, amounts received as dividends
ypon the stock of any corporation,
Joint stock company, association or
Insurance company which is taxable
upon its net income under the cor
poration' tax provision of the bill.
The bill excludes the compensation
of the president of the United States
during his term, that of Judges of the
Supreme and inferior courts of the
United States, and compensation of
all officers and employes of a state or
any political subdivision thereof.
System of Collection Framed
It establishes a system of collection
of the tax at its source, requiring all
persons, firms, copartnerships, com
paaies, corporations, joint stock com
panies, associations or Insurance-com
panies, and all trustees, executors, ad
ministrators, receivers, etc. and offi
cers and employes of the United
States having the control or disposal
of. salaries, wages; interest and other
profits and income of another person
tb withhold and pay to the collector
of internal revenue the amount of in
come tax due from such person. All
such persons or firms are made per
sonally liable for such tax.
Persons or corporations liable to
make return on Incomes who fail to
do so at a specified time, are made
liable to a fine not exceeding $500 and
the penalty for false or fraudulent re
turns Is fixed at $1,000 or imprison
ment not exceeding one year, or both
"In formulating this additional im
post," said Chairman Underwood in
his report, "the attempt has been
made to provile not only 'a source of
revenue, but also a means of redress
ing In some measure the unequal tax
burdens which result from the prac
tice of basing the federal income en
tirely upon customs and internal reve
nue duties. This Is a system of tax
ation which inevitably throws the bur
den of supporting the. government up
on the shoulders of the consumers
It correspondingly exempts the men
of larger income, whose consumption
of the ordinary necessaries of life, is
subject to tariff taxation In a far less
aggregate degree than is that of small
er income earners, who expend the
greater proportion of their resources
for the ordinary necessaries of life.
Underwood Defends Plan.
Speaking of the principle of taxa
tion laid down and the graduated sys
tem nronosed. Mr.' -Underwood de-
. -
clared:
"The progressive principle already
has been sustained by the Supreme
court ctX the United States in the in
heritance tax cases and there can be
no doubt that the same principle ap
plies to the income tax included in
this bill and will be fully upheld
should it ever be called Into question
Owing to defects in personal property
taxation, the larger Incomes in the
United States have for many years
been able to escape with less than
their share of the general burden of
taxation, and this inequity will be, it
is believed, in part overcome by the
plan proposed." x I
The bill provides that all taxable
persons shall be notified of the amount
for which they are liable under the
law nn 1 hAfnra th 4 Bt dav of June
1 . . aaoe,Bamontm most h
paid on or before June 30. For delay
In making payments and ten days aft
er notice, there shall be added the
sum of 5 per cent, of the amount of
tax unpaid and interest at the rate of
1 per cent a month from the time the
tax fell due. , ,
' The corporation tax provision, it is
directed, shall be computed upon in
come for the year ending December
31, 1913, and for each calendar year
thereafter. It Is provided, howe'rer,
that corporations may designate the
last day of -any month as the day of
the closing of the fiscal year and may
have the tax computed on the basis
of net Income ending on its designated
day. All labor, agricultural, horti
cultural, fraternal, religious and mu
tual benefit socle tlea ar made exempt
from the tax.
Has the Earmarks.
Guide-In front of you is tne na
tional capitol. "' r
cr Miss Gush -Oh, lsnt It angelic? V
'. Mr. Grouch Augellc? Why, young
woman,' how can you speak of ; It as
"being angelic? 1 ' -
t Miss Gush WelL it ha wlng.
"liasn't itf .'; ' -
!0GS KILLED
MORE SHEEP
SCHOOL FUND SUFFERS GETS
BUT ONE-HALF. THE AMOUNT
- OF LAST YEAR.
CLAIMS EXCEED $52,000
Figures Prove Sheep Killing Dogs a
Costly Nuisance 32 Counties Get
No Money For Schools.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Frankfort After paying all claims
for sheep killed by dogs, the auditor's
department will pay into the school
fund from the 1912 dog tax $45,706.15,
only half the amount turned over last
year. The sheep claims, amounted to
$52,498.63. Sheep claims from each
county are paid out of the dog tax col
lects In that county, and the balance,
if any, goes to the school fund of the
county from which the money origi
nated. Thirty-two counties will re
ceive no money from this fund foi
their schools, the sheep claims hav
ing more than used up the entire dog
tax collections. Sheep claims in Jef
ferson county amounted to $650.45, and
the schools will receive $795.31 bal
ance. There were no sheep claims in
hve counties: Edmonson, Greenup,
McCreary, Perry and Wolfe. Martin
county uad the smallest claim, $3.50,
and Madison county the highest,
claims for sheep killed by dogs in that
county amounting to $1,075.92, with
not enough money to pay them. Pike
county schools will receive the largest
amount of any from the dog tax, $2,-
22S.20.
Those counties which will receive
no balance from the dog tax are:
Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Carlisle, Carroll,
Clark, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin,
Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant,
Greene, Harrison, Henry, Hickman,
Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason,
McLean, Mercer, Montgomery, Nelson,
Oldham and Owen.
School Opens at Reformatory.
R. L. White, who was Bertillon cltrk
at the Frankfort reformatory until it
was learned that no statutory pro
vision had been made for that office,
but who was retained as guard, has
been put in charge of the night school
at the reformatory. The school has
enrolled 440 prisoners, and they are
divided into IS classes, six of which
will recite at a time, giving the pupils
two nights of recitations each week,
More than 100 convicts, gray-haired of
fenders and boys who had scarcely at
tained their majority, with slate and
books under their arms, filed into the
corridors of the new cellhouse, where
seats were arranged facing black
boards. Moot General Assembly Meets.
There has been organised in the
Western Kentucky Normal school, at
Bowling Green, what is known as the
Moot general assembly, and it is hoped
this will be a great factor eventually
in influencing the people of the state
to read more and study more about
governmental affairs. The "house"
was organized as it is done at the state
capitol; the state officers were elected
in the same manner as if it were the
real thing, each student going into the
booth and voting for the candidate of
his or her choice.
No Choice This Fall.
"In my opinion, the action of
the Connecticut legislature in rat
ifying the constitutional amendment
providing for the direct election of
UnitedJStates senators automatically
postpones the Kentucky senatorial pri
mary called for August, 1913, until Au
gust 1914."
This was the statement of Charlton
Thompson, of Covington; joint author
of the Kentucky primary law of 1912.
He expressed his opinion that the Au
gust senatorial primary goes over un
til August, 1914, and the congressional
delegation from" Kentucky is almost
a unit in that belief.
Direct Election of President.
Representative A. W. Barkley, of the
First' - Kentucky district, introduced
several important resolutions looking
to constitutional changes. Judge Berk
ley seeks to provide for the direct elec
tion . of presidents by the several
states; to lengthen . the presidential
term to six years, and make the exec
utives ineligible to re-election; and to
do away entirely with the "short ses
sion" of congress. .
Kentucky Gets an Appropriation.
J. E. Barton, state forester, received
notice that an appropriation of $75,-
000 has been made by congress for the
next fiscal year for co-operative fire
protection between the states and the
United States forest service. , The sec
retary, of agriculture has allotted $4,-
000 for use in Kentucky.
Roller Skating Is "Tabooed."
Roller skaters had a hearing before
the state capitol commission. .Under
a statute referring to the playing of
games on the capitol grounds, Custo
dian Thomas Wiard prohibited skating
on the walkB. . Hundreds were coast
ing down the walks of Capitol hill.
Friends of the children appealed to
Gov. McCreary, and he submitted the
issue to the commission, but he ques
tion was left to the. discretion oi tne
custodian, and the ban continues ia
effect.
i
LOSS OF LIFE 500
ACCORDING TO REVISED STATIS
TICS GATHERED BY RED
CROSS SOCIETY.
HAMILTON IS HARDEST KIT
Magazine Writer Says Greatest Need
' is Credit, Modification of Statutory
Restrictions and Enabling Legisla
tion Flood Zone Needs Aid.
Cincinnati, O. Sloane 'Gordon, a
magazine writer and a native of Han,
ilton is in New York after a four
weeks trip during which time he vis
ited the flood territory of Ohio. la au
interview Mr. Gordon stated:
"The big need now," said Mr. Gor
don, "is for credit and for such modi
fication of statutory restrictions "and
such enabling legislation as will make
it possible to rehabilitate. In Hamil
ton, for instance, the property loss is
$15,000,000. Much of this falls on the
city through the damage sustained by
its famous municipal plants, its streets
and its parks. This the city can btar
if given the leeway to issue bonds. Thf
manufacturers and the big merchants,
though frightfully hard hit, are
game as men can be, and bravely say
that they will pull through without
aid. I never saw a more heroic set tf
big men than this catastrophe devt'
oped in Hamilton.
"The action of Gov. Cox and the
legislature in depositing state funcs
with building associations enabled
those institutions to extend additioKf.l
time and credit to those with whono
they have had relations. But where
a SJr.aU property owner and there are
hundreds of such in Hamilton alone
has had his house and the lot on whkh
it stood washed away, something he
roic must be done to aid hiia and keei
him in'the town. An exodus of work
men would spell calamity. Archibald
S. White has been in consultation with
Gov. Cox and Atty.-Gen. Hogan for sev
eral days, suggesting plans to relieve
this situation and there is likelihood
cf success. And if ever a community
or a state stood in need of advice ar.d
aid and money and credit, the flood
zone of Ohio does to-day. It is a frigt;
ful catastrophe, this flood worse than
the San Francisco earthquake accord
ing to all accounts."
Fully 100,000 Made lomeless.
Revised statistics show that 500 cr
more persons were drowned in Ohio
in the floods of March 25.
Tt reports show that fully 100,000
persons were rendered homeless by
the floods. The property damage is.
too great to be estimated at the pres
ent time. A
Dayton, Columbus and Hamilton
were the greatest sufferers. Some
20,000 were made homeless in Colum
bus and some 22,500 in Dayton. The
Columbus dead is 89. while Dayton is
put down as losing 150 persons.
The stimate for the Gem City in
cludes many reported missing. Next,
to Columbus and Dayton the loss cf
life was heaviest in these cities:
Hamilton, 72 dead; Piqua, 45; Tiffin,
30; Chillicothe,17; Delaware, 18 dead,
21 missing; Middletown, 8; Franklin,
7; Troy, 6; Coshocton, 3; Miamisburf.
Portsmouth and Zanesville, 2 each.
The summary is herewith given:
Belpre, 15 houses destroyed; 10 fam
ilies homeless.
Athalia, 10 houses destroyed.
Beverly, 15 or 20 houses damaged.
Chesapeake, 200 persons destitute.
Chillicothe, 17 dead, 500 homeless,
200 houses destroyed.
Coshocton, 3 dead, 15 houses de
stroyed, 35 families homeless.
Columbus, 89 lives lost; several per
sons still missing; 4,474 families, to
taling 20,000 persons, homeless; 24S
houses destroyed.
Dayton, 150 dead, 22,500 homeless.
Defiance, 400 homeless, 26S dam
aged.
Delaware, 18 dead, 21 missing, 115
families homeless, totaling 883 per
sons. Eaglesport, 20 houses destroyed, 1S5
persons affected.
Franklin, 7 dead, 75 families home
less.
Fremont, 4 dead,. 450 houses de-
habilitation.
Hamilton, 72 dead, 2,500 houses de
stroyed or wrecked; 1,000 families
need continuous hep; 12,500 need aid
in rehabilitation.
Hanging Rock, was under water.
Ironton, 5,000 families homeless.
damaeet-, 20 fare-
Hies stripped of everything.
Lowell, 20 houses destroyed.
xfaita onn families homel'js 14
Manchester, 380 families acmeless. J
v McConnellsville, 250 families home- J
lose. , j
Marietta. 115 houses destroyed, 50O :
families homeless. -
Miamisburg, 2 aeaa; flUmei.-s
Middletown, dead, 15) homeless;
1,000 need aid. 1
Middleport, 1,500 homeUwi. H;
Oakwood, 150 families homeless. f-i
Piqua, 45 dead, 1,100 homeless; 1,400.:
need help. v
Pomeroy, 75 families homeless.
Portsmouth, 2 dead, 3 500 homeless.;;
Proctorville, 100 houses damaged, j.
Prospect, 60 families . homeless.
Sidney, 25 families boiiflnss. .
Tif5n, 30 dead, 46 housnrt destroyed,. J
600 families homeless, 2.-000 need help :
Troy, 6 dead, 3 or 4 Kilasing, 1.00C . ?
homeless. ' ,
Warren, 150 families c Peered, 4 or
houses destroyed. , . r
Zanesville, 2 dead 41 0; bouses, ae.-.
j O-ICA V.nme1aef 1 320 V. 1",
I need help in rehabilitation.