COMMUNICATED.
To the Editor Industrial Worker.
Dear Sir:—As several subscribers
of the Worker have recently been
making inquiries regarding the
time when Ex-President Grant
ruade a tour through the different
countries of the world. Will you
please publish the following which
is quoted from page 775, Volume
XXVI of the ninth edition of the
Encyclopeadia Britannnica. After
retiring front the Presidency
March 4th, 1877. General Grant
decided to visit foreign countries
and on May 17tli of the same year
he sailed from Philadelphia for
England accompanied by his wife
and son. Ha was everywhere re
ceived with royal greetings by the
sovereigns ol Europe and people
of the old world. After leaving
Great Britain he viisted the con
tinental countries of Europe and
then journeyed through Egypt and
Palestine; thence he sailed for In
dia. visiting Calcutta and other
places ol interest. In the latter
part of March, 1 879, he sailed for
Burmali and later visited the Ma
lacca penin. ula, Siam Cochin, China
and Kong Kong, reaching the last
named place April 30th. Next lie
made a tour into the interior of
China At Pekin Prince Kung re
quested him to act as arbitrator in
settling a controversy between
China and the Loo Chco Islands.
In this matter, while prevented by
his plan from acting in a formal
arbitration, he studied the question
in controversy, and gave such ad
vice r,s to aid in a settlement with
out war. Next he visited Japan
where the honors shoved him were
even greater than these received in
any other country. He sailed from
Yokolioma Sept. 3, 1879 reaching
San Francisco on September 20tli
and received the heartiest of greet
ings everywhere on the Pacific
coast, and on his journey eastward
through the states to his former
hone in Galena.
Early in 1880 he visited some
of the southern states and Mexico.
The enthusiasm of General Grant’s
receptions in the old world, the
favorable impression made upon
tho public by his brief, prudent and
pratical speeches while abroad, to
gether with the high military ge
nius and his civil administration as
President cr *n» United States, led
many of his friends to seek for h'm
'he nomination for a third presi
dential term. At the Republican
nominating convention held in
Chicago in June. 1SS0, the name of
] General Grant was presented and
j during ihe first thirty six ballets
! secured votes ranging from 302 to
j 313. Owing, ho.vever to the objec
tion of many of the delegates to
the nomination ol General Grant
for a third term, his adherents, to
the number ol 30ti. found them
selves without the necessary sup
port in the convention, and that.
body finally declared itself, upon a
closing ballot, in favor of General
Garfield. In 1881 General Grant
purchased a hot.se in New York
which he subsequently made his
home, snendirg a pari of liis sum
mer in a cottage presented to him
at Long Beach near Mie City.
The great interest taken. by the
public in a scries of articles fur
nished oy Grant to “The Century
Magazine’ induced his friends to
urge him to write his own biogra
phy to the close of the Civil War.
He consented to do this, especially
r.s the contract he was able to moke
vitli the publishers ol' his books
promised him such large financial
returns, as would relieve his
family from much of 'hi1 embar
rassment caused by the losses of
his property through the fraudul
ent conduct of some of his former
partners in business. His contract
for his biography, two volumes
octavo, was signed February 27Hi,
1885, the work appearing about a
year later; and so large was the
patronage of an appreciating pub-1
lie, that the share of tho profits in
suring Mrs. Grant and family the
first two year's’ sales, reached the
large sum of nearly $400,000.
In the summer of 18S4 General
Grant began to suffer from what
soon proved to be a cancer at the
root of tho tongue. The sympathy
of the whole nation was aroused in
his behalf, and on March 4, 18S5
Congress passed a bill making him
General on the retired list, thus re
storing him to the rank from
which he resigned after the close I
cf the war. In the meantime Gen
eral Grant knowing that his
disease was rapidly shortei ing his
life, deligentlv worked on iiis bio
graphy in the midst of almost con
tinuous suffering, heroically persist
ing in the task even after he be
came speechless, and until ils com
pletion, only four days before his
death.
Respectfully submitted by
A MEMBER OK LOCAL 2 10.
EXPLAINING
THE
Individual Normal War Income
Tax Rate.
1. Section 1. That in addition
to the normal tax imposed by sub
division (a) of section one of the
Act entitled "An Act to increase
tho revenue, and for other purpo
ses,” approved September eight,
nineteen hundred and sixteen,
there shall he levied, assessed, col
WINTER
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Heavy full sized Quilts .$2.50
Heavy Quilts for single beds.1.50
Leather Slittens.25c.
Wool Mittens.35c. and up
Heavy knit yarn sox..
Mens high grade Suspenders.-'*c.
Mens leather faced Gloves...25c. and up
Fleishers knitting yarn, per skein.75c.
Womens heavy wool hose.50c.
Womens Middys . $1.75 to 4.50
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YOUR WINTER REQUIREMENTS
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lecteil, and paid a like normal tax
of two per centum upon the income
of every individual, a citizen or re
sident of the United States, re
ceived in the calendar year nine
teen hundred and seventeen and
every calendar year '.hereafter.
War Surtaxes oil Individual
Incomes.
2. Sec. 2. That in addition to
the additional tax imposed by sub
division (t>) of section one of such
Act of September eighth, nineteen
hundred and sixteen, there
shall be levied, assessed, collected,
and paid a like additional tax upon
the income of every individual re
ceived in the calendar year nine
teen hundred and seventeen and
every calendar year thereafter, as
follows:
Itutes of Surtaxes.
One per centum per annum upon
the amount by which the total net
income exceeds $5,000 and does
not exceed $7,500;
Two per centum per annum upon
the amount by which the total net
income exceed;, $7,500 and does
not. exceed $10,000; (and so on.)
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at the Industrial Worker Office
Satisfaction assured.
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RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
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We are here to please old and
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( LEANING, PRESSING,
ALTERING & REPAIRING, j
First cluss workmanship.. Gent- ■
j lemeiis and Ladies Clothes.
J Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., .next door to Segerst rom and
Hagen's.
BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS.
The Bowling .jlley next door to
the Eagle saloon is now o[>cn for
business. Everybody cordially in
vited to come and enjoy themselves.
Exemptions From War income 'l'ax
How Computed.
3. Sec. 3.—That the taxes im
posed by section one and two of
this Act shall be computed, levied,
assessed, collected, ar.d paid upon
the same ba-is and in the same
manner at the similar taxes im
posed by section one of such Act of
September 8, 1916, except that in
the case of the tax imposed by sec
iion one of this Act the exemptions
of September 8, 1916, as amended
by thia Act, shall be, respectively
$1,000 and $2,000, and the returns
required under this Act, shall be
required in ti e case ef net mcon.es
of $1,000 or over, in the case of
unmarried persons, and $2,000 or
over in the case of married per
sons.
You will note that the tax of
1916 is still in force and the 1917
tax is an additional one.
In computing the above tax the
individual is allowed the old ex
emption on the 2 per centum tax
of 1916 but is only allowed $1,000
or $2,000 exemj tic n on the addi
tional 2 per centum tax of 1917
with an additional exemption of
$200 for each dependent child
under eighteen years of age.
Therefore a married man with a
income of $5,000 per year would
pay 2 per centum of $2,000 and 4
per centum on $1,000 with $200
additional exemption for each child
under eighteen.
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14 H. P. BOILER
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11-2 INCH STEAM PUMP
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