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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
6
Publication details for The Boston Post dated April 14 1909. Includes volume and issue numbers, office address, subscription rates for different durations and regions, and notices about payment in advance and discontinuation. Editor B A Grozier listed.
The text compares state and local tax systems across Nebraska Texas Massachusetts and Ohio noting uneven enforcement and concerns over double taxation. It argues that local taxation intrudes on state authority and contrasts it with England’s approach.
The article argues the current Senate tariff bill mirrors the 1897 Dingley framework, restoring its rates while trimming some items. It notes lumber cuts and remaining protections, contrasting House changes as tentative and consumer concerns as ignored. It labels the measure a reestablishment of the old regime.
The 1907 panic over fear rather than fact depressed confidence and hurts, not crops. Railroads lagged in receipts by 30 million in 1908 and immigration fell. A single steamship line carried 335000 third class passengers in 1908 versus 1,116,000 in 1907. The author urges coolness and constructive optimism as patriotism.
Japan controls Manchuria through half of the stock and plans to annex it as a province despite Chinese protests. The Flowery Kingdom elders push China to honor treaty rights, while Japan builds Holland type submarines. The United States and England may gain from the outcome as China seeks U.S. friendship amid Japan’s commercial consolidation.
The article compares English death duties and U S inheritance taxes, noting Britain’s system yields over 90 million dollars with local shares around 25 million. It argues the Payne bill would shift tax collection to the federal level without service returns and cites state levies totaling about 12 million a year plus New York State’s 5.4 million.
The article argues for child happiness as a fundamental right, backing a Massachusetts bill modeled on England’s Childrens Charter. It urges reforms including juvenile courts, stricter protections, bans on underage gambling, alcohols access for under 14, and restricting work to non school hours.
In Burlington on April 1 a meeting of consultors and permanent see selected three candidates from Michigan to succeed the late bishop. Michaud of Burlington was chosen and will have his name forwarded to Rome with others, not to be made public. The Rt Rev Thomas D Beaven presided.
The Six-Eyed Sleuth dives back aboard the Hamburg after being cast overboard to recover Colonel Roosevelt’s safe papers. He spots Stubb and Slipshod Sue, unveiling a tense confrontation as Steve readies his revolver and prepares to confront the duo.
A two year marine engineering course will be established at the Institute of Technology for Naval Academy students and line officers up to lieutenant-commander. Applications must be submitted to the Navy Department before enrollment.
An observant Cambridge correspondent recounts pedestrians era at Portland and Main streets with five girls crossing safely. The column mentions Judge Clarence Hale, a juror's wine mishap, Dr. Joseph Derrick moving to Los Angeles, Auburndale rifle incidents halted by police, and civic interest in police autos and park preservation.
Nearly 100 members of the descendants now in Washington for their annual session took an excursion to Charlottesville. Just before the train left a box of flowers was received from President Taft with a request to lay the tribute on Jefferson's grave.
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