Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 12 May 1922 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922.

THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Btis&ocratic weekly newspaper representing the Democracy of Mancie, Delaware county and the Sight Congreaeional D is tret. The only Democratic newspaper in Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 16,1921, at the postsSfiso at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March S, 1879.

Subacription Price, f 2.00 a year in Advance

Office 815 North Mulberry Street

Telephone 2540

GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher.

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922.

A REPUDIATION OF HARDING The Washington correspondents are scattering broadcast the fact that the defeat of Senator New, everywhere and p-oporly interpreted as a direct repudiation of the Harding administration, has created something of a panic in the administration circles of the capital, and among the senators. Mr. Lawrence makes a rather too laborious effort to dispel the idea that the primary result constitutes a repudiation -of the administration, and the leading Republican papers of the country, supporting New’s candidacy, that have been insisting for six weeks that the defeat of New would be a repudiation of Harding, are not attempting to answer themselves. Thus the Chicago Tribune, which has told the people during the last ten days that the defeat of New would be a blow to the administration, hastens to say in its issue of yesterday that it was really deceiving its readers all the time. The brazen impudence of the present attempt to persuade the public that nothing like the Harding administration was involved is sufficiently exposed in the elaborate advertisement of the New forces on page 9 of the Fort Wayne News of. last Monday evening. At the top of the advertisement these words: “Who Wants to Repudiate Harding?” Beneath, these words: “Vote for New and Stand by Harding.” At the bottom, these: “Will Republican Men and Women Who Overwhelmingly Indorsed Harding in 1920—Fail to Stand by Him on Tuesday? “A Vote for New Is a Vote for Harding.” And the same Chicago Tribune which has the impudence to refer to the “Democratic attempt to make the New defeat appear as a repudiation of Harding” as an absurdity, is quoted in the advertisement in the Fort Wayne News as follows: The first real test in any state of the standing the administration has among the Republicans who helped place the administration in power will be afforded by the Republican primary in Indiana Tuesday. The result of the contest, therefore, will be heralded, not without reason, as the judgment of Indiana Republicans on the Harding administration. If New v/ins the result will be proclaimed widely as a vote of confidence in the administration and an expression of encouragement to the President in carrying out the full program of administrative and legislative reforms he has undertaken. If Beveridge wins the impression will be created that the administration has suffered a repudiation. After having published the above in its issue of April 27, it required more than “guts” in The Tribune to stand sponsor for its repudiation of that view in its issue of May 5. As The Tribune said the “first real test of the standing the administration has among Republicans” was the Indiana senatorial primary. It was so understood from coast to coast. There was practically no excitement over the contest in this state. Two men running for the same office—that was the superficial im pressiom But metropolitan newspapers sent their correspondents here to study the situation. Editorials on the deep significance of the contest were published in the papers of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Kansas City. Why? Because of senatorial debates between the two candidates for the Republican nominaVon ? Not at all. New scarcely spoke at all. The reason is that which The Chicago Tribune set forth on April 27th :-— “The first real test in any state of the standing the administration has among the Republicans who helped to place the administration in power will be afforded by the Republican primary in Indiana next Tuesday.” And the test has been made. And the verdict has been rendered. And the Harding administration now knows its “standing/ It has been repudiated.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

HARK FROM THE TOMB Once upon a time, just before an election in a State which was not Indiana, President Harding wrote a letter for publication and campaign distribution in which he pronounced the performances of his Administration “monumental achievements.” In the just-closed Indiana campaign, Senator New called those performances “great achievements.” But today, whatever prediliction Mr. New and Mr. King may have had for “great” and “signal” as the qualifying adjectives, they must admit that Mr. Harding hit upon the right word. Certainly Mr. New must now realize, as he casts a retrospective survey upon the Indiana graveyard, that Mr. Harding spoke with prescient acumen and a fine mastery of language when he termed the achievements to which Mr. New chose to hitch his star, “monumental.” . i

GOT BILLY AND THE MULE Billy Finan, bearing a committeeman’s “proxy,” boasted at the democratic organizing meeting last Saturday afternoon that he “got what he wanted” when Kilgore was elected chairman and that he had come to the meeting to “put it over, and did put it over.” Several hours later, the same day, Billy’s “store” on South Walnut Street was raided and the police “got what they wanted,” about seven quarts of white mule, which they found in a hole in the wall.

One of the great indoor sports in Indiana nowadays is reading editorials in republican newspapers explaining that Albert Jeremiah is all right, after all. We are now given to understand that what they said before the primary doesn’t go now.

WITH APOLOGY TO SAMUEL WOODWORTH (and his old bucket) How heavy’s the heart of the old rural guy, When sad recollection brings back to his view, The wheat and the corn and the oats and the rye, And every old thing which he foolishly knew Would double in price, and keep right on doin’ it, While hogs, good gosh! he just couldn’t wait ’till Normalcy’s bell Rang in the glad tidings, with wealth or dang’d night it; And e’en the rude contract that bound him to sell. The old broken contract/the iron bound contract, The moss covered contract that sent him to hell. That moss covered contract that fooled him on sight; For often, days past, when tired on his bed, He found it the source of exquisite delight, To figure the profits that Gamaliel had said Would leap from the ground when he got to be boss! And quick to the bottomless pit his hopes fell; For the cheap Normalcy boys had put it across And dripping with coolness, they told him to sell. The old broken contract, the iron bound contract. The moss covered contract that sent him to hell. How sweet, from the green mossy party, to beat it, And home again, happy, cuss Gamaliel the pure! Never a four flushing liar could tempt him to leave it Though filled to the neck, with dear Normalcy’s lure. And now, far removed from the old perturbation, The tear of remorse will intrusively swell, As fancy reverts to his bad situation. When the Grand Old Party forced him to sell! The old broken contract, the iron bound contract, The moss covered contract that sent him to hell.

With Billy Finan as his right hand bower, Obediah Kilgore ought to make a howling success of the campaign. Billy says the democrats here did no good a-tall, during the time he was awa-; r , (with the accent on away) and he is now taking charge. All those who expect to follow this peerless leader please stand on their heads for thirty minutes.

It was charged openly in the republican press in Indiana and by Harry New’s speakers, that Beveridge is a pro-German. Charley Bookwalter said so in his speech in Muncie. We are waiting

patiently for the next chapter.

The horde of Indiana federal office holders who were forced to go to the front for Harry New, are now shaking in their shoes. It is said that Beveridge is giving them the once over. There are so many of them he cannot decide who to begin on first, but the axe is sure to fall, and great will be the devestation.

“Only Clean Garbage Will Be Collected,” reads a headline in the Muncie Star. Say, this here new republican administration

seems to be going just a little bit too far.

“I put it over. I got exactly what I wanted,” remarked Billy

Finan in democratic headquarters last Saturday afternoon, when Obedia Kilgore proxied himself into the democratic county’chairmanship. Three or four hours later, Billy got something he did

not want. ^i

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The report is that Billy Finan, alleged democrat, and Hard Boiled Smith, republican precinct committeeman from the tenth, worked together, tooth and toenail, for Harry New and the Billy Williams slate, on primary day. Billy being Obedia Kilgore’s right hand man, it is not strange that Billy is the boss of the whole works.

The gang that threatens to start a new “democratic” newspaper, were promised by Billy Williams that the new paper would receive all the legal advertising from the city and county. Billy seems to forget that he has broken his plate, so to speak. The proposed new paper, which is being promoted by Billy and his bi-partisan bunch, cannot get a dime’s worth of legal advertising from either the city or county or from any township in Delaware County.

To show how “democratic” that new paper is to be, it might be stated that its savory promoters went to the Press office, a republican newspaper, and tried to get their printing done there. Walter Steel, the business manager, held his nose long enough to tell them to get out and stay out, and it is rumored that he sent for the health officer and had his office fumigated after the sweet scented committee had departed.

A FEW THOUGHTS FOR THE PRESIDENT General Jacob Coxey recently read a communication to President Harding that has a world of meat in it notwithstanding that the general is a somewhat eccentric individual. He had an interview with the President recently and these are the high spots in it: “Mr. President,” said “Gen.” Coxey, “When you are playing golf and taking your week-end outings on the Mayflower, just lot your mind run over the suicides that have occurred since your inauguration, being at the rate of one human being for each twenyfive minutes since March 4, 1921, 20,000 per annum. Remarking that the parents are feeding potatoes to their children and “boiling the skins for themselves” and that in Akron they are pleading for one day’s work in a week, he remarked: “Mr. President when you feed your favorite dog with choice meats, think of the millions of starving children who would kneel down, pray for and thank you to just give them a few crumbs from your sumptuous table.”

Senator Porter J. McCumber, the tariff law frafneer, piously hopes that the trusts will not use the power given them under the Fordney-McCumber measure to rob the consumers and to increase the cost of living. That’s so sweet of him. It’s like giving a crook a gun and a set of burglar tools and then hoping that he will not use them.

Sears and Nichols Canning Company, whose president, Walter T. Sears, was one of the active business men interested in the Harding campaign of 1920, “went Republican” the other day. The receiver thinks he may be able to pay all creditors and hopes to have something left for the stockholders.

Now we see that the narrow-minded Democrats are figuring on conducting their comping campaign in Ohio on miserable little state issues, like taxes and economy, apparently not having vision enough to realize that we Republicans freed the slaves and that the Old Flag still floats.—Ohio State Journal.

I came, I saw, I conquered, wrote Julius Caesar. Now Hon. Harry Daugherty may write of his Indianapolis trip to see Judge Anderson, “I went, I got spanked, I returned home.”

Mark Sullivan says that in the Indiana primary election, Albert J. Beveridge and Harry S. New did not tell the truth about each other for fear it would hurt the party. He seems to think it always will when two G. O. P. old guard men tell the truth.

Editor Charles S. Knight, republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, refers to Secretary of State C. E. Hughes very irreverently, saying Hughes “and whiskers.” There is such lovely harmony in the Grand Old Party.

MOTHERS’ DAY Sunday is the day set apart for honor and reverence of mothers and boys and girls, sons and daughters, over all the country will bow in reverence and love to the name of mother. As a symbol of the purity of motherhood flowers are worn, a colored blossom for those mothers who are still here and one of white for those who are sleeping their last long sleep. This is only a slight reminder of the great debt, which can never be paid to “the best mother who ever lived—your mother.” It is little wonder that this movement to honor mother, which started in this country, has grown to such an extent that it is observed in every land of the globe. It originated with Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, who, mourning the loss of her own mother, asked public officials to set apart a day for special service and tribute to mothers. The movement is based wholly on sentiment, but has a strong appeal, for whether mother be young or old, or living or dead it is a pleasure to recall those days and stories learned at childhood at her knee, and go back in memory, pick up the threads and review the happy days of childhood. “Mother” has been the theme of song and story for time immemorial and yet the half has never been told of her sacrifices and love. Remember Sunday is mother’s day, wear a flower or do some kindly act in her memory and if you are still blessed with a mother make the day one of happiness for her. All honor to mothers, to her teaching and to the greatest blessing on earth—that of motherhood.

COURTESY TO OTHERS Courtesy has long become a recognized factor of success in any rank of life and in any work. As an example of the recognition of its importance a street railway company in Columbus is giving its employes a course in courtesy to be practiced in their work. Any one who has dealing with the general public recognizes the fact that courtesy is needed at all times for the world is made up of all kinds of people. It is not always an easy matter to be courteous as any one in public life knows. The temptation comes often to be just as rude as the person may be with whom one is dealing, it is an easy matter to forget courtesy and to let one’s temper go in trying times. Courtesy practiced on everyone soon becomes a habit and the everyday work is made easier and the day more pleasant by its use.

HENRY P. DAVISON The death of Henry P. Davison removes a figure well known in the financial world and a man who could be considered an asset to any nation. Mr. Davison’s fame as a great force in financial matters is widely, known and his death is greatly regretted. He has been widely useful in solving the world’s great financial problems and has shown himself to be a man of exceptional ability in many ways. He was prominent in the country’s best known banking institution and the country has suffered a great loss in his death. But to few men are given such power and ability as came to Davison and he made the best use of these talents for the benefit of himself and those around him, an examole which mii'ht be well followed.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON BACK YARD TAXES

SUGGESTION FOR MOTORISTS

An eastern paper has offered eight suggestions for motorists which it offered for approval of drivers. One is that it is wise to permit a car to pass you from the rear and it is not always proper to assume the driver of the faster car is inviting a race. To be fair it(is well to keep to your own side of the road and avoid crowding of other cars. A man or woman’s disposition is well shown if they sneak in and steal another fellow’s parking space just as the latter is getting ready to back in. Cutting in directly in front of another car, honking continually when temporarily blocked and the omitting the giving of hand signals are all discourteous as well as dangerous yet every day we see some one committing these little thoughtless acts. Caution is needed in driving and aids in bringing pleasure to others. These are old failings of drivers, attention has been called to them time and

again yet the careless driver goes his own way heedless of what < fers to the . s £ ate e xP ease which his driving may mean to others, and as a result accidents continue, j Kl^oSlfnitr andVhite hnecessometimes loss °± life and hmb. _ ^ sarily increases the State expendi-

Local Burden, State, City and County Greater than Government’s Demand for Aid By ROBERT D. CAREY, Governor of Wyoming. Editor’s Note: Robert D. Carey, Governor of Wyoming, gives you food for thought in the following. It is the popular thing just now to find fault with national taxes and to mutter dark threats about what one will do “next election”. The governor points out that the national demand for tax pennies is hot nearly as important to your pocket book ^s the state, city and county’s demand ■ for tax dollars. '• ... ) On account of large expenditures incident to the recent war and the increase in cost of State and local government, taxes have been greatly increased and people in all sections of the country are objecting more and more to paying taxes. The average taxpayer has little idea of governmental expenditures and is inclined to blame the State Government for any increase which may be levied against his property. The fact is, that outside of Federal taxes, those that are the largest are to a certain extent local taxes which the people themselves could regulate in many instances if they would but make the

effort.

Generally speaking, the greater portion of money raised by taxation is for the support of schools and for municipal government. In this state each $100.00 paid by the taxpayer in our two largest cities is distributed as follows: City Government $39.93, schools $29.40, County Government $17.57 and State Government $13.10. It will be seen from the above that the cost of State Administration is comparatively small wh^ich is also true of the county, while the cost of maintaining a city is far out of proportion to that of either the State or County. It appears that the smaller the subdivision of government, the greater the cost of the

same.

Schools Need More As to schools, there is little chance of reducing expenses as we are demanding and expecting better schools and, in fact, it would be a very poor policy to fail to provide funds that they may be properly financed and improved. While the cost of supporting them is great, no right thinking person should object to oaying his share, and no expenditure of public money will in the end bring greater returns. Necessarily the cost of government has increased in proportion to the increased cost of living and everything costs more than it did a few years ago. Consequently both officials and employes must be paid higher salaries or wages, supplies are costing more and it is much more expensive to care for an inmate of a penal or charitable institution. Further, new and increased demands are constantly being made upon the State, and the State today is engaging in many activities that it did not formerly. Perhaps the greatest burden that the States have assumed is the building of highways. The Federal Highway Acts have caused every State to organize Highway Commissions which are necessarily large and expensive organizations and which are spending vast sums of money. This to a large extend trans-

tures there is no question but that it is bringing about better highways and is saving large sums of money formerly wasted upon poorly located and ill constructed highways. Selfish Demands Unfortunately, at each session of a legislature each community and interest demands from the legislature appropriations for its particular benefit. Few members of a legislature have a general knowledge of the State or its institutions, and frequently have to take it for granted that an appropriation is necessary and througih lack of knowledge money is some times voted unnecessarily. As a usual thing during the first session of legislature, after a Governor has assumed office he has had little or no time to investigate the needs of the different State institutions and on this account is not able to advise the legislature as is possible after he has been in office for some time. There have been instances in this State when money was voted for unnecessary improvements for State institutions and recently the State has abandoned an expensive light and water plant which was provided for one of the institutions for the reason that it was much more expensive to operate it than to obtain light and water from an adjacent city. This is an example of a member of the legislature getting through an appropriation simply because he wanted something and this was about all he could think of at the time. Another cause for the increase in taxes, is the voting of bonds which has become most popular and which are very often voted on with little consideration of the needs for which the money is to be raised and as a rule little interest is taken in bond elections'.’ Not long ago a bond issue of $350,000 was submitted to the people of a school district and at the election 350 voted; one person for each $1,000 of bonds to be issued. It seems that many fail to realize that bonds must be paid and that to retire them and pay the interest the money must be raised by some form of taxation. Budget Benefits There is no question but that the adoption of the budget system in many of the States means the saving of large sums of money that were formerly voted without pegard to the necessities of the State government; in fact without a budget system appropriations are made haphazard while with the budget a careful survey is made of all proposed expenditures. Further, the provision in many budget laws that no appropriation can be made by a legislature until after the passage of a budget bill does much to discourage the introduction of apropriation bills. As to the cost of City government, the people themselves by taking more interest in municipal affairs, could bring about more efficient and more economical City Government and if Cities would employ qualified persons to superintend their expenditures a great deal of waste could be eliminated. If more careful consideration was given to the matter of voting bonds, no doubt, in many instances, they would not be voted, but as long as people are demanding] more and more a reduction in expense cannot be expected, and only when the time comes that the people and their duly elected representatives make up their minds to spend no money except for that which is absolutely necessary can they expect a reduction in State, City, or Municipal taxes.

Looks Like a Large Crop of Fall Hogs

Says College Economist, Scanning Federal Findings—Price May Break

Federal crop reports show 11 per cent more brood sows on American farms April 1 than at the same date last year. On Ohio farms are reported 12 per cent more sows; on Indiana farms, 14 per cent more; and on the farms of Iowa, 25 per cent more. “A study of hog receipts at the Chicago market since 1902 shows a close correlation between the number of brood sows in April, and the number of hogs put on to the fall market,” says R. F. Taber, extension economist. He continues: “In about half of the 15 years between 1905 and 1920, April counts showed 5 per cent, or greater, increase in sows on hand over the previous year. The autumn of every one of these years brought about heavy marketing of hog(s. “Reports come from all sides as an exceptionally heavy loss of small pigs this spring. We have no figures as to these losses, while they may have been considerable, will not offset the increase, and that there will be more than a normal number of pigs marketing next fall. “This may break the price, which is due for a break, according to past experience. However, a return to normal times may bring back a normal meat consumption, and take up the surplus.”

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice Of Sale Of Bends To Pay For 1 The Construction Of A School Building Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Trustee of Washington Township, Delaware County, State of Indiana, at the school building located at the Town of Gaston in. said' Township, at the hour of 2:30 P. M. on the 3rd day of June, 1922, will offer for sale this issue of $90,000 of bonds of Washing'ten School Township in Delaware County, State of Indiana, said bonds will be numbered consecutively from one to one hundred' eighty inclusive, and dated on the 1st day of Febuary, 1922, payable at the Gaston Banking Company at Gaston, Delaware County, Indiana, and each of said bond's shall bear interest at the rate of 5% per annum, payable without exchange semi-annually on the 1st day of February, and the 1st day of August each year at the Gaston Banking Company at Gaston, Delaware County, Indiana each year until paid! such interest to be evidenced by coupons attached to said bonds. Said bends shalll be for the following denominations and become due and payable as follows to-wit:

I I III I 1 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 192: : > 2 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1924 3 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1925 4 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 192G 5 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1927 6 Fourteen bonds of $50-0 each Feb., 1, 1928 7 .Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1929 8 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1930 9 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1931 10 Fourteen bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1932 II Twelve bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1933 12 Twelve bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1931 13 Twelve bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1935 14 Four bonds of $500 each Feb., 1, 1936 The issuance and sale of all of said bonds have been approved by the State Board of Tax Commissioners of Indiana, and ab legal step; have beep takem which) would validate the sale of said bonds. Said bonds will be sold to the highest bidder therefor for cash and for net less than the par value thereof. Each bidder is required to file with his bid a certified check for $500 payable to John F. Hyer, trustee of said township, conditioned that in the event the bidder is awarded said bond’s that he will pay to said John F. Hyer, trustee of said Washington Township, not later than the 10th day of June, 1922, the amount of his bid for said bonds and in the event that said bidder fails or refuses to pay the amount of his bid for said bonds on said 10th day of June, 1922, said check and the money represented thereby shall be and become the absolute and unconditional property of said Washington school township for the use of the special school fund of the township. t Said bonds will be issued and sold in pursuance of an order of the Advisory ‘Board of said' township entered of record and signed by two members of sai.l Advisory Board, authorizing said bonds to be issued and sold for the purpose of providing! fund's for payment for the construction of a new school building at or near Gaston in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana, for the accommodation of pupils of school age resident in said township, for their education in the high and common school branches of study, and the cost of purchasing, installing and constructing a new heating, plumbing and lighting system for said building and for the services of an architect for drawing the plans and preparing specifications and superintending the construction of said' building and other necessary expenses incidental thereto. If said bonds are not sold upon the day aforesaid', said sale will be continued from day to day until said bonds are sold. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. JOHN F. HYER, Trustee of Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana. MARK P. BENBOW OZORA T. SHARP OLIVER A. BROYLES. Members of Advisory Board of said Township. LEFFLER, BALL & LEFFLER, Attys. May 12-19 & 26.

CITY ADVERTISEMENTS Department of Public Works Office of the Board, 212 Wysor Block, Muncie, Indiana. NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND CONTRACTORS City of Muncie Contract for Disposal of Garbage, Instructions to Bidder's.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana, did on the 5th day of May 1922, adopt and place on file, in the office of the City Clerk of th-; City of Muncie, specifications for purchase and disposal of garbage of the City of Muncie, Indiana, together with instructions to bidders, bond, form of proposal, non-col-lusion affidavit, and contract to be entered into with the successful bidder, and did on said day order that notice be given to the public, and contractors that sealed proposals for the purchase and disposal of garbage of the City of Muncie, Indiana in accordance with the specifications so adopted and on file in the office of the City Clerk, would be received by the said Board of Public Works when called for during the meeting of said Board of Public works to be held at its regular meeting place in Room Number 212 Wysor Building in the City of Muncie, at 9:30 o’clock A. M. on the 22nd., day of May 1922. Each bidder shall file with his bid an affidavit that he has not directly or indirectly entered into any combination, collusion, undertaking or agreement with any other bidder or bidders maintain the price of the service or contract or to prevent any other bidder or bidders from bidding on such contract or to induce any bidder dr bidders to refrain from bidding on such contract, that such bid is made without regard to reference to any other bid or bids and without any agreement, undertaking, or combination, either directly or indirectly with any other person or persons firm or firms, corporation or corporations, with reference to such bidding in any way or manner whatever. All such proposals should be sealed!, and must be deposited with said Board before the hour of 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of the 22nd day of May, 1922, and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for tha sum of $200.00 which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated' damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the contract and bond, in case, he shall be declared to be the successful bidd’eer. Said Board of Public Works reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board' of Public Wo’-ks. MARY E. ANDERSON, Clerk. May 12-19th, 1922.