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The Independent is in receipt
of the first copy of the Kensett
Keynote that has come to our
exchange table. It is not the
first issue of that paper how
ever, being number 27 of its
first year. The Keynote was
sent to this paper and doubtless
to hundreds of other papers to
create the impression that ex
Congressman Brundidge is not
supported by his home county.
The Keynote is only G months
old and vet it pretends to voice
the sentiment of its county and
proceeds by veiled insinuations
da* to attack the character and offi
cial reputation of White Coun
ty’s distinguished son. Mr.
Brundidge is declared to have
had the money and influence of
the Iron Mountain behind him in
his last race and other equally
ridiculous and unsupported
charges are made. This cam
paign was to Have been a clean
one and we believe that Judge
Hays wished it to be so, but
hardly has it opened than a
mean, contemptible, false and
malevolent article is sent broad
cast over the state to misrepre
sent Mr. Brundidge. The voters
of Jackson county will hardly be
deceived by this new-born publi
cation, for as constituents of the
ex-congressman, they have ev
ery reaso^i to remember with
pride hip record of service in the
national house and mere reck
less^harges are more apt to
sttfErigthen him in the esteem of
^j^yj^ose "’ho know him to be able
and incorruptible with a clear
record of official life behind him
than to have the effect so plainly
sought by the Kensett Keynote
Japan and California.
The state of California propos
es to pass a law, making it im
possible for a man not capable ol
citizenship, to own land in Cali
fomia.
In that what does Califomfi
do more than Japan does ?
No foreigner can own land ir
the mikado’s country.
But Japan demands that thi;
government take a hand, am
prevent such a law being passec
in California, because they say
W. '' “it discriminates against the Ja
panese.”
Be that as it ma.v, this govern
ment cannot forcibly demanc
simply to please
If California
violates any treaty, the law
would be a dead letter.
But how is C lifornia to vio-j
late a treaty, when it demands j
for California what is not denied j
to .Japan.
This country is not kicking be- j
cause an American citizen can’t j
own land in Japan. , j
The whole matter is one too
| small for international dispute.!
| And the suspicion asserts it
I self the people of Japan are seek
ing some excuse for seizing Ha
1 waii and the Philippines.
Let them do it, and then give
them a licking that will stop all
other wars.
If there is war, it will be one
of Japan’s making, and the Unit
ed States is amply able to defend
! her own soil and her possessions,
j though we doubt the wisdom ot
these island possessions. But as
'long as they belong to us, na
tional honor demands that we
protect them against invasion.—
Batesville Guard.
Republican Admissions.
There is little room for doubt
that Representative Gardner
voiced the sentiment of a large
majority of the republicans of
the country, the other day, at
the opening of the debate on the
Underwood bill. His speech was
not sn much in condemnation of
the bill as skepticism for the
country’s future under the meas
ure proposed. He admitted that
republican defeat at the last
election must be laid at the door
of the Payne-Aldrich measure,
and, further, “that the republi
can party had been too slow to
recognize growing evils,’’ and
, that “it had permitted a far too
! powerful oligarchy to run the
| government its way instead of
| the people’s way.”
This is a frank admission, by
one who has always stood faith
fully to republican policies, of
the correctness of democratic
contentions.
Mr. Gardner’s skepticism ap
pears to rise largely from a fear
that the Underwood bill is too
radical. He believes the people
wish to try some of the new
. ideas and are willing to risk the
■ consequences of their proving
disastrous; that, the republi
cans Have failed to give them
what they wish, they have turn
ed to the democracy—another
! refreshing admission.
But is the Underwood bill a
; radical measure? Analysis of
I its provisions shows that it is
l not. It is in even- sense a plan
of revision downward, just what
was promised by the republican
platform of 1908. But while it
is a revision downward, it is du
l lv mindful of the interests th'at
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are largely interwoven with the
existing tariff system. Its pur
pose is not revolution but order
by adjustment.
If such a thing were possible it
would be better to tear down the
tariff walls. That, however, is
not within the limits of possibil
ity. Absolute free trade is not
a part of the system of any civ
ilized government in the world
Tariff of some kind there must
be for the revenue required to
pay the expenses of government.
But the revenue should be raised
by placing the tax more heavily
on luxuries and most lightly on
the necessaries of life. That is
what the Underwood bill pro
vides. It sacrifices no interest.
It merely prevents one interest
from encroaching upon the nat
ural rights of the whole people.
It establishes equality between
the different interests of the
country.
That Mr. Gardner’s senti
ments are shared largely by re
publicans is evident from the ab
sence of that vigor and aggres
siveness that heretofore have
marked the resistance of the ad
vocates of the protection theory
to attempts to lower the tariff.
Of course, opposition is mani
fest, but the old-time fire is
lacking. This shows that the ad
herents of the theory are all at
sea. They realize the meaning
of the revolution last fall, and
recognize the fact that their Chi
nese wall policy has been repu
diated by the country. Power
less themselves, and wanting in
disposition, to effect the changes
which it is apparent the country
demands, they content them
seh'es with making feeble pro
tests against the policies of their
j opponents, who would heed the
people’s wishes, and by making
; dismal prophesies as to the coun
try's future if the people’s
wishes are carried out.—Fort
Smith Times-Record.
Income Tax Figures.
Mr. Cordell Hull and his as
sociates are being discussed for
th^ amount of in-j,
come, below which no one should \
be required to pay an income tax j
at $4,000, and in some places •
they are being severely criticis
ed. Popular pride is being ap
pealed to. and the average Amer
ican is called upon to protest a>.
being discriminated against.
This is the essential point to be
considered in the framing of the
law, and it differs vastly from
the income tax in other coun
tries. According to investiga
tions made by Mr. Bryan, now
secretary of state.the income tax
maximum of exemption in En
gland is $750, with an addition
al $600 on incomes of less than
$2,000. In Prussia incomes un
der $225 are exempt. In Austria
the exemption is about $113. In
Italy incomes under $77.20 are
exempt. In the Netherlands
the figure is $260, and in Switz
erland, S100. A tax collector
must surely possess a large a
! mount of nerve who would at
i tempt to collect an income tax
from a man who made only
$77.20 a year, and while all
men should cheerfully bear their
burden of government, and as
the purpose of the income tax
is to raise revenues, there can be
no objections raised to the max
imum of exemption, excepting
that which has been properly
raised by Mr. Hull when he point
ed out that the cost of collection
on these small incomes would
more than consume all the mon
ey received. It is estimated
that through the agency of the
income tax one hundred million
dollars will be raised annually,
and this amount will be taken
from those wrho can afford to
pay it, while the poor man as
well as the rich man will reap
the benefits of a lowered tariff
and cheaper goods. This form
of legislation has at least the
proper tendency, and we cannot
agree with the late Mr. Glad
stone’s dictum that an income
tax makes a nation of liars. It
is not in the nature of the Amer
ican to pay any sort of a tax
with enthusiasm and rare en
joyment, but the average Amer
ican is not a perjurer, and would
rather pay on what he has than
swear a lie, or even tell an un
truth. Of course, there are peo
ple who do these things at the
present time in the matter of
personal property but they
are not nearly so numerous as
some people think, and the way
to cure them of this vicious hab
it is not by confessing its exis
tence, and abandoning an equit
able plan of taxation. The bet
ter way is to have faith in our
fellow-men, and this will cause
them to grow in justification of
that faith.—Memphis News
Scimitar.
Invents Improved Carburetor
Indianapolis, Ind., April 29.—
Homer N. Motsinger of Lafay
ette, Indiana, and a former Pur
due University student, has
brought a singular honor upon
his alma mater and has just ac
complished by the use of a new
invention of his own a seemingly
impossible feat. In. an official
test held in this city he proved
his claims of being able to gener
ate enough energy from a lone
gallon of gasoline to send the
equivolent of a one-pound weight
approximately three and one
half times around the world. He
attached his new carburetor to
an old automobile in making the
official test, and after breaking
all world’s records declared that
he would be able to even better
the remarkable showing under
more favorable conditions. The
invention will likely stamp him
as among the greatest of Hoos
ier inventors.
Sunday Croquet Players Wor
ried.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. April 30.—Timid
residents of Montgomery county
who on Sunday afternoon risked
life and limb in a game of cro-,
^^
iuet\ and then worried all week |
he grand‘jury wras in session,
leed have no further fears. At- j
orney General W. L. Moose has j
'endered a decision in which he ^
announces it is not contrary to
aw to play this game on the
the Sabbath. The attorney gen
sral was asked for his opinion on i
the matter, but try as he would,
he could not find anything class
ing croquet as a sporting event.
Another resident wanted to
know if it was against the law to
fish on the Sabbath, to which the
attorney general replied it was
not, so long as the fisherman did
not make it his vocation. To
fish for market on Sunday is a
violation of the law
From Clarksville came the
query, “Can a licensed Presbyte
rian minister, U. S. A., perform
a marriage ceremony?” Attor
ney General Moose did not com
mend this species to the fool kil
ler, but informed him a minister
of this faith, the same as a Hard
Shell, Soft Shell, Foot Washing
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of music for the £,.j®
schools. B;
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nesday and Friday; Dtpai®
i dav, Thursday and Saturday.®
or oilier species ui ija^uoto,
Methodists, Campbellites, Chris
tians, Episcopalians, Catholics,
or any other religious creed, who
have filed a certificate with the
county clerk, may perform such
a ceremony. It is contrary to
law for the minister without his
credentials, to perform a mar
riage ceremony. ■
School Bonds Favored.
Batesville, April 29.—At a
meeting of the school board held
here today it was recomntendec
that seven mills tax be voted
six mills for general purposes
and one mill for the improve
ment of the West Batesvilh
school building. Two rooms wil
be added to that school, thf
grounds improved and enlarged
and the premises otherwise im
proved.
At this meeting Miss Ethel
Wood was added to the corps of
teachers for the West Batesville
School and Miss Bess Maxfield
was again appointed as director
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Kitchen Sink
WHEN it comes to selecting 1
ing fixtures the woman
1 hobby for appropriate and
| sign in all furnishings will have
, I and absorbing interest, for the
plumbing fixtures now offered
sive number of designs for her
; are all graceful, beautiful and
rectly fashioned for their purpose,
These fixtures of 'Standard"
ture and guarantee when
1 make the satisfactory
W. R.
McLain Bldg.
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