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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
2
H Ellis of the Ohio State Grange Patrons Husbandsry urges voters to study the taxation amendment to the constitution. He promises to mobilize grange members statewide to awaken broad interest in adopting the amendment, signing as S H Bellis. The 1903 proposal is described as similar to the current measure.
M W Laird of Middlefield Ohio endorses the tax commission proposed constitutional amendment dated July 19 1908. He argues for taxation reform to classify property including municipal bonds and to relieve the burden on tangible property while empowering lawmakers to craft fairer laws. He urges trust in the current generation to shape wise legislation through elected representatives.
Prominent agricultural author and lecturer J Al Dobie of Wapakoneta Ohio praises an proposed constitutional amendment granting voters control over taxation. He argues the current flat system is obsolete and that property classification offers a needed remedy based on examples from other regions.
N. J. Bachelder, Master National Grange, tells the First National Tax Conference that state by state tax differences on farm products create competitive disadvantage for taxed producers in states where such taxes apply. He argues the lack of uniformity handicaps production and sales despite small gaps.
Ohio and Iowa foster a plan to hire inquisitors targeting tax dodgers, claiming some gains and losses. Kansas tested the approach, labeled a social crime by critics, while Tennessee debates similar steps.
John Gould of Margie Crest Farm urges classified taxation to replace the uniform rate. He argues current valuations are subjective and concealment of property leads to unfair double taxation. He favors taxing franchises, deposits, and in transit oil, with a wise legislature to implement a fair, centralized system.
Twelve year old William E D Stokes Jr builds a receiving box that captures and reproduces words from wireless signals. He operates alone on a hotel roof concealing the invention from his father and produces audible speech across several feet. The device imitates Marconi and De Forest codes and yields distinct voices and phrases from distant signals.
A silver pearl typewriter is made for the Hessian empress whose hobby is typing personal letters. The article praises Champlain for exploring northern New York and New England, charting coasts to Connecticut, and shaping Canada as a home for people, not just a fur traders’ land.
The document reports multiple Ohio General Assembly joint resolutions proposing amendments to the state constitution. It outlines changes to bill reading and veto procedures, finance and taxation provisions, and the scheduling of regular legislative sessions, with dates and secretary of state attestations from 1906 to 1908.
Griffith argues for no exceptions to the batter being out on a third strike with a runner on first, regardless of a held ball. He would exclude passed balls as misplays by the catcher preventable by a double play, making the rule inapplicable in those cases.
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