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PAGE TWO The Parker Post AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Published Weekly By POST PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. J. B. FLANAGAN, Manager. subscription rates: One Year $2.50 Six Months 1 50 Three Months .75 Eutered as second-class matter Ma 28, 1910, at the postoffice at Parker, Arizona, under the Act of March 3,1 ! 879. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Standing before the senate and house of representatives in joint ses-i sion as no other president has done i in more than one hundred and twelve years, President Woodrow Wilson stated last Tuesday simply and ter- 1 sely what he thought ought to be done for the welfare of the country and asked his legislative colleagues, man to man, to aid in keeping the j pledges of their party. Witli a sweep of decision that shattered precedent, the president brushed aside all im aginary boundries between congress and the executive office and rescued himself as he expressed it. from the “isolated island of jealous authority” which the presidency has come to he regarded. The president's message was an un usually brief document, dealing ex clusively with the need for a tho rough. moderate and well-considered revision of the tariff. He drew at tention to the necessity for an early reform in banking and currency, hut refrained, he said, from urging. I for the any other legislation that might divert the energies of < ongress “from its clearly defined duty” toward the tariff question. The message referred to no par ticular schedule, mentioned no rates, and included no statistics. It was an enunciation of the president’s prin ciples on tariff revision. His speci fic views and ideas as to rates and duties, it has been generally accept ed. will he contained in the tariff hill it eli which he is now considering m detail. The president's decision to put the weight of the administra tion’s influence behind the bill with its various schedules as drawn by the house ways and means committee, caused him to omit specific refer ence io tariff rates until the measure was finally agreed upon in tlie open ing days of the present session. The message urged that special privilege and exemptions from com petition be cut out of the nation’s tariff system and that the revision be made ”to square with the facta as they are.” At the outset, the presi dent called attention to the party’s pledge for tariff reduction. RESIGNATION OF MR. HESS. The resignation of School Superin tendent .John M. Hess has saved the county the expense of a recall elec tion, and it has saved Mr. Hess fur-1 ther worry and trouble over trying to hold the office, which, at the best, j isn’t worth the price. Mr. Hess' lack of diplomacy with ! the county and school officials and j prominent democrats and his gallan try in taking up the fight of a pretty Yuma school teacher are primarily j the causes which have led up to his quitting the office. As an official it ! can be said to his credit that he has ! filled the office with competency, and at all times apparently has had the best interests of the schools at heart. Whatever his connection with the \drug lady in the case may have j been, the people of the county should j not hastily judge him without a full hearing. Certain letters are alleged tc have been indicted by him to the Yuma school teacher, but of the truth, of these matters no evidence has beer advanced to the general pub-; lie. h is alleged by many that Mr. Hess i ; the victim of a political conspir acy on the part of those who wished to see him killed politically. The Yuma incident, if it were a fact, was j just w'hat his enimies were looking for. and they jumped on him with a vengeance. By his resignation Mr. Hess not only saved the county considerable expense, but he also saved the younc ’ady in the case much undesirable publicity. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. Administration tariff and income lax in one bill was introduced in the house Monday. The tariff measure to’ .eves duties from many articles of food and clothing. It makes sweeping reductions of dut e- on many other nevvssitirs of life, ant* increases the d’itie; on many of the luxuries. Th< income tax levies on all in comes above $4900. The new rates ar.* estimate*! to reduce the revenues $50,000,000 annually This is expected to be made up by the income tax. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee has issued a statement explaining the tariff bill and the' theories of the adininistra -1 iion regarding revenue and tariff. Th bill makes an immediate 25 per cent reduction on the sugar tariff; all duty is to he removed in 1916. This decision was reached by the president and house committee after a series of conferences. Louisiana sugar planters were consulted, and deealred that immediate free sugar would destroy the industry. Raw wool is made free iminediate- Ilv w ith heavy reductions on all wool ien goods. The free wool proposal is backed by President Wilson. This jard the sugar program may result in a battle in both houses. Protection lie the farmer is cut more than 50 i per cent in an effort to reduce the : c isl of living Protection of steel and implement* ■ manufacture i:- cut as much. Meat isl put upon the free list. The duty on latlle is cut to about one third. | Among the articles on the free list i are flour, bread, shoes, lumber, pola-j toes swine, corn, bibles, cash regis ters, steel rails, fish, agricultural im plements and leather. Articles taken from the free list include diamonds and other precious stones, furs and spices. The present corporation tax. levying 1 per cent Oil el) corporation incomes above $5,- 000 is retained as part of the income t:- X. The bill reverses the maximum and minimum provision of the present law The rnt.i in the act are maximum, and the president is given authority to negotiate ieciprocity treaties, mak ing concessions to countries that fa vor American commerce. Such treat ies must have the sanction of con gress | A concession of 5 per cent is made in all tariff rates on goods brought to this country in American-built -"hips and owned wholly by American citizens. Wheat and flour are on the free lU. hut there is a 10 per cent duty aga : nvst countries imposing a tariff on American flour. This excludes Can ada and other flour exporting coun tries. An income tax bill exempts an in come of four thousand dollars or less. A man earning forty-one hundred dol lars pays one per cent tax on the one hundred, the amount which he earns over the exempted sum. The bill adds a surtax of one pey cent additional on earnings exceeding twenty thou sand and two per cent additional on earnings exceeding twenty thousand. nVo per cent additional on earnings exceeding fifty thousand, and three per cent additional on earnings ex ‘feding one hundred thousand. Thus, the man with an income of one m ? Uion dollars pays one per cent on sixteen thousand dollars, tw'o per cent on thirty thousand dollars, three per cent on fifty thousand dollars, four per cent on nine hundred thou sand, making a total of thirty-eight thousand two hundred and sixty dol lais. Tlie hill includes the proper ty and earnings in this country of persons living abroad. The ways and means committee estimates that the income tax and corporation lax will raise one blind ret million dollars annually. The hill excludes the salary of the I president of the United States, jud i ges of the federal courts, and all of l'ic-Ms and employes of state, or of any political subdivision. The meas ure makes provision for tax incomes t from tiieir own source. A SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE. A young Irishman, in want of i i five-pound note, wrote to his uncle j .is fallow*,: ‘Dear Uncle: “If you could sec how I blush for shame, while I am writing, you would pity me. Do you know why? Because! I have to ask you for a few pounds and do not know how to express my- j self. It is impossible for me to tell j you; I prefer to die. I send you this) by messenger, who will wait for an answer. “Your most obedient and affection ate “Nephew.” “P. S. Overcome with shame for what I have written, 1 have been run ning after the messenger in order to take the letter from him. but 1 can not catcli him up. Heaven grant that something may happen to stop him. or that this letter may be lost." The uncle was naturally touched hut was equal to the emergency. He replied as follows: “My Dear John: • “Control yourself and blush no longer. Providence has hoard your prayers—the messenger lost your let i.er. “Your Affectionate Uncle.” SETTLERS’ MAP. A complette descriptive’map of soi. and topography of the Colorado Ri\ or reservation in Arizona. Shows I’arn land, fruit land, overflow land, mesa river, sloughs, sand alkali, muds, wa terholes and timber in the great Par ker valley where 3,500 farms will be opened to entry soon. Map accom panied by written description of o\ cry acre. Also complete report on Packer project. Price $2.00 postpaid. Randall Henderson - Parker, Ariz, i THE PARKER POST, SATURDAY. APRIL 12, 1913. REAP RICH REWARD. American mines and metallufgical works, according, to returns made to Mining and Engineering World, made a record during the first quarter of ■ 1913 when 114 companies disbursed dividends totaling $23,304,820. This i compares with the disbursement of ■ $21,700,390 by 83 companies during the same period in 1912 and with $21,849,031 in 1911. Since incorpora tion the above-mentioned companies have to their credit no less than $712,197,042. This is a return of i $108,629,690 in excess of the cornhin-j jcd issued capital of the 114 compan-j ies and is a record of achievement* equalled by but few industries. The copper properties had natch ■ tlie better quarter, for with only 25 j contributing the quarter’s disburse ments reached a total of $11,423,187. ; These 25 properties have had a re- I markable career during the years of *.hoii operation, for no less than ! $372,451,675 has been divided among fortunate shareholders. All hut about $13,000,00) o r this amount came from companies operating in the United States, British Columbia properties ; contributing approximately $5,000,000 lint! Mexican properties $8,000,000. DIRECT CHOICE OF SENATORS. The direct choice of United States senators by the people was authorized and made compulsory Tuesday when the Connect’out leg islature ratified the constitutional am endment submitted by congress les; than one year ago. For more than sixty years proposals have been made m change the constitution so as to provide for the direct election of sen ators. It was not however, until June 24 1911, that the senate was induced tor the first time in its history to give its consent to the change. On that day it voted to submit to the states the proposed amendment. The resolution to submit had already passed the house in a somewhat dis- i ferent form. Before adjournment of the session, both houses agreed to the language to he employed, and the resolution was deposited with i the secretary of state May 10, 1912, | for distribution among the states. RELIEF IS OFFERED. Overuse of water. Inadequate drain age systems, and the rise of alkali after irrigation, occasionally render areas of farm land unfit for the pro duction of profitable crops. The rem-l edies for these t roubles are well l known, hut their application requires time and some expenditure of money. To encourage the prompt installation of drainage and the eradication of the alkali by washing it out, the sec retary of the interior has issued a public notice affording relief to all those settlers on government pro jects whose lands are thus affected. Under the terms of this notice, thej reclamation service is authorized to deliver water at a nominal rental on a temporary contract to the own ers of such alkali lands. Where such lands have been included in the area covered by a previous public notice, ihe following method will be adopted: 1 — Tlie water right application and 1 j public notice and other notices sup-; plementary to or amendatory thereof, will he suspended so far as they al- 1 feet the lands described. 2 The date when the first install-: I merit of t lie building operation and j . maintenance charges will become due i : Mid payable on said lands will he t’ix !> >4 hereafter by public notice. j ”> —The commissioner of the general' J land office will he instructed to cause 1 the records of this office and of the local land office to lie changed in ac cordance herewith. 4 —The reclamation service will he ia ut non zed to furnish water to said land on a rental basis, at not less than the operation and maintenance charges in force during I lie period of such suspension. EGYPTIAN WHEAT. RIVERSIDE. April B.—From the Nile valley to Southern California is some distance, but not too far for the Riverside enterprise to span. Mer i its of shallu, or Egyptian wheat, have led Henry L. Graham to introduce this cereal to local farmers. Seed of the favorite grain fed thousands of I years ago in the stables of the Piha-j rahos and Ptolemies has been re ceived here. The particular seed was grown in Arizona. Mr. Graham has investigated the foreign cereal’s adaptability to Cali fornia conditions. The experiments last year in the similar climate and soil of Arizona resulted favorably. Three tons net of grain was the yield. Only four pounds of seed is required to the acre. Both the grain and fodder are excellent stock feed. Describing shallu Mr. Graham said: “A number of Riverside ranchers arc seeding experimental plots to this? ex cellent feed and fodder crop. Shallu is of the sorghum family, is one of the best drouth resisting grains known and is especially suited to dry land farming. Os course, if ir rigated. it will grow to better ad . vantage. Mr. Mint Operator anti Mrs. House Sav ep * ~ w • Do y° u rea, ' 2e ilow much <t's to your advantage to deal with THE ONE mam price store? It’s because you get here the best of service with courteous treatment and firstclass goods at reasonable ) prices. 4 rtl ? H g | Armour’s Star Ham, “The Ham What wp iihnri p 1I f j a IUI Vj Hassayampa Brand Butter, None Bet ter. Calla Dale Farm Eggs, Guaranteed F resh. I • Parker Valley Hay, Best in the West. Arizona and Western Shoes, Guaran teed. A 1 Flour, the Best for Bread, and a full line of ) -«r- g - GROCERIES IhO KOCI CLOTHING I I HARDWARE and mining supplies # YOURS FOR BUSINESS Colorado River Supply Co. I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GENERAL MERCHANDISE THE ONE PRJCE STORE PARKER, ARIZONA REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF PARKER BANK 4. TRUST COM PANY, PARKER, ARIZ., AT PAR KER, IN THE STATE OF ARIZO NA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI i NESS APRIL Ith. 1913. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, less due from directors $11,055.30 Due from directors 1,427.00 Overdrafts 150.00 Other Bonds, Stocks, Securi ties, etc. 500.00 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures 1,200.00 Heal Estate 2,000.00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid 5,041.82; Specie 2,524.30 Legal Tender ami Na tional Bank Notes 1,000.00 Exchanges for clearing 88.79 Due from State and National Banks, ap proved Reserve Ag ents 7,854.31 11,407.40; Tolal $34,041.52! LI ABILJTI ES. Capital Stock naiil in $10,000.00 Undivided Profits 3,883.07 Individual Deposits subject to check 19,558.45 19,558.46 | Total $34,041.52 State of Arizona, County of Yu- j ma.—ss. I, G. C. DUNN, Cashier of the j above named bank, do solemnly l swear that the above statement Is i true to the best of my knowledge and belief. G. C. DUNN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me :nis 11th day of April, 1913 R. C. SAUFLKY, Notary Public. My commission expires Feb. 19, 1910. (Notarial Seal.) Correct-.—Attest: •JAS. B. ROSS, J. F. 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