Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 August 1922 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 18, 1922.-

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THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT

A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware county and the Eight Congressional District. The only Democratic newsphper in Delaware County.

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Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postoffice at Muncie, Lidiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ' * Subscrinlion Price, $2.00 a year in Advance Office 733 North Eim Street. Telephone,2540 GEO. U. BALE, Owner and Publisher. FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1922.

THE GIVE-AWAY

WHY NOT DO IT NOW? * * I

The Post-Democrat rises to inquire what benefit the people of Muncie erne deriving from its expensive police department, as now organized? .... w< - .... . a^ ' ■■ . i .Very recently bank robbers got in their work on the Me? Naughtoi], store and during daylight hours blew up and looted three safes, getting away with eight'thousand dollars. It is apparent that the robbers had no fear of the police. The robbery took place on the second floor. The only thing that they had to fear was that they might fall down stairs after finisnii.g the job, or of straining their backs carrying away the “jack”. Several months ago the publisher of this paper was waylaid by masked men who attempted to murder him and his son. The motive was known, thousands of people here have a fair idea wil'd' inspired the attempted assassination, yet it is too much for Benbow and his rainbow chasers. ^ | The chief , according-to veracious chroniclers of the daily press, has started a crusade against automobilists, having conquered all ether worlds,'and the shirt sleeved cops on the corner who ought to be out in the middle of the street, directing traffic and. prot&vtf mg both pedestrians and automobilists, are told to grab drivers who happen, to leave their mufflers open or who fail to display license plates."'" ' - The sheriff of Delaware county, who is working in close harmony with the chief and his hawkshaw sleuths, has been running his car for two weeks without a rear license plate but it would not be ethical to arrest him. He is the sheriff, by gum. _ i Every day the people of Mtmcie are regaled in the daily press by a column or so.of the doings of the police court and the jail if overflowing with Victims of the chase for booze. Never in the history of Muncie have there been so many violations of-the

liquor law or convictions for intoxication.

If the importation of liquor were stopped there .would be : no liquor law violations, no drunks, no fat fees for the prosecutor, or no easy money for the sheriff who boards the victims at a profit

and farms them out to work on county road work.

The big guns in the booze hauling game are well known, apparently, to everybody but the chief of police, the sheriff and the prosecutor—hence the regular morning performance in Lance

Cooiis’ dispensary of even handed justice.

Everybody knows what’s the matter with the police force and everybody has the right to expect an immediate reorganiza-: tion. Three-fourths of the force belong to the Ku Klux .klan and’ a bunch of supposed officers of the la wbelonging to that : kind .of; a gang of outlaws cannot be depended upon to serve the public. When Phil McAbee was fired from the board of safety and his place filled by the appointment of Mr. Rosenthal, it was the general understanding that the cleaning was to take place. ‘ - ^ Dozens of klansmen are boldly walking the streets of Muncie carrying big guns in holsters. Revolvers are man-killing instruments, yet these outlaws are permitted to lug toy cannons because of their membership in an order which professes to represent, i God, country and strict law observance. ' '.J For heavens’ sakes, gentlemen of the board of safety, cut The rotten out of your police force and fill the places with men who , respect the law and who will put an end to the reign of terrorism ’

that now exists.

Nothin^canffie-expected of Fisher, who takes his orders from, the gun toting crew, and who through some inexplicable reason is still hanging onto his job, but Collins and Rosenthal are againstthe Ku Klux terrorists. They have the power to make the cleaning

and every day’s delay is fraught with danger.

Why not do it now instead of waiting until some terrible

tragedy renders it everlastingly too late? THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE WELL

The annual report of the secretary of the school city of Muncie, should be carefully scrutinized by every citizen interested in , the welfare of the schools. The report shows that the funds have been properly handled. It shows a total balance bn hand at the j end of the fiscal year of $350,395.80. Of this amount more than $160,000 is ih the building fund. The city owes a debt of gratitude to the-three men, Edward Tuhey, Vincent W. Jones and George L. Haymond, who compose the board of school trustees. Working without salary they have performed prodigious labors and have produced results. There are no better schools in the state than those of Muncie, and the vast sum placed at the disposal of these men has been so prudently expended that the end of the fiscal year finds over a third of a million dollars in the school treasury. In

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(Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette) v > Never in the history of tariff making have, the kpbiisors ; . bf protection made so many damaging confessions’as to the effects upon the pocketbooks of the people as; during the * last year and more that the present tariff of abominations has ^ bedn pending in the senate. ' *The enemies of the notorious measure now being forced upon the people will be able to make their case against the act by merely quoting the admissions of its friends. The other day it was found necessary to back away from the decision to place a duty on hides. This necessity was not imposed by any awAkeumg of moral consciousness, but to the political necessities of Henry Cabot Lodge. The boot and shoe made it plain to that worthy that unlfrss he got free hides for.them they would have his hide, no matter what the cost • Thus the right-about face. Tn defending this right-about face and attempting to satisfy the farmers, who had been previously made to believe that the duty on hides would mean money in their purse, it became necessary to show that the duty would not be advantageous to the farmer at all. Ever and anon some champion of the protective policy makes an admission of this sdrt. It was during the debate of the senate that the tariff duty on agricultural products is. on Canadian reciprocity that Elihu Root admitted on the floor a farce as far as protection to the farmer is concerned. The other day in defending the right-about face on hides, Senator Lentoot made another admission: ^ Let us assume that we are talking of thd farmer v with‘0iie cow. Let us suppose such a farmer, v/ith g. wife' and five children, slaughters that cow and g‘ets an additional $1.20 for the hide. He has to buy two pairs of shoes a year for each member of ! his family, not including himself. That’s twelve pairs of shoes, and they cost him-20 cents more a pair. . That is an increase of $2.40 in the price of the shoes he must buy, or twice the increase he gained for the hide. That applies to the farmer with one cow ; who may kill that cow and have a hide to sell. What have you to say of the millions who have no hide to sell? Suppose the average farmer takes his pencil in hand and begins to figure just what he gets out of wool. As a matter of fact, as we have shown, the tariff as it stands vyall cost the farmers many, many millions more than it gives them. They are trading dollars for dimes. In this connection comes the latest confession of the Chicago Tribune, that uncompromising organ of Republicanism:L ■ •> The sheep senators, who have been charged with advancing their private interests in making the increases in the wool schedule, say they do npt own many sheep, not as sheep are counted on grazing lands, and that their insistence on a high -taTiff is merely to encourage the American wool growing

industry.

Tf that is the whole object of a tariff bill, it | 'would be easy to frame one, although we doubt if tfic men-who followed the method ever would have a •chance to make another. f . r The wool schedule will be found in price tags on ) Apierican clothing. If price increase plainly says * “tariff” in the days of wage reductions, the,intimate ^ knowledge of wool raising which senators donnnat- ’Y ing the wool schedules have may be about as costly as anything the Republican party gave an eaij to. Of jconrse, the result of the tariff on wool, Will show in the ^rice rhark on all woolen'clothing. The increase in price will represent the graft of the woolen industry. And this woolen industry, for which the graft is graciously provided, is the same one whose profits from 1917 to 1920 were so enormous, as to stagger credulity. Thi? ,certainty that the plain people of the streets will be able to get the effect of this infamous tariff conspiracy is the trtie explantion of the present admission of the men who are forcing the injustice upon the people that the tariff must be made by a commission in possession of facts. Wilspp provided such a commission. These men who now say we “must have a commission” utterly ignored it in the making of the present law. And the people know there is a tariff commission which has been ignored.

Harvests Soybeans Early For Best Pay

yields

The Clan Condemned

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inritruetorsGenii—that

Wizards 1 ,

the Knights

Kl'eagles, of Colum-

good'quality hay, slfoutd be*S*when ^ a * a representative of the Great

the pods are about half tilled, says L. Ca ,Y ,. 1C . h ierarch y, . ls °n ^ he , ^ of j rogate unto itself the powers vested E. Thatcher, agronomist, who is mak- . cathollclzi ng America and destroy-| j n constituted authority. It is dis- • 7 T r . i mo* miv ^niTPormriQ inctrirnrinncj • onri i i • t •

organization is breeding suspicion and hatred between Protestant and Catholic, Jew and GentJle;, White man and negro, native born and foreign born. It is threatening to arrogate unto itself the powers vested

ing a thorough study of this new

crop.

If, however, the fields are to be seeded to wheat, he continues, the soys may be cut when in full bloom, being more palatable and richer in protein at that stage of growth than at any other. Soys for hay are cut with a mowing machine and allowed to dry in light windrows. The hay may ba hauled in directly from the windrows,, or it may be left in the field several days if well cooked. , ? Wheat may be drilled in -soybean stubble directly, or after disking the ground, without the expense of plow-

ing.

Harvesting and other, operations in connection with the cultture of this important new crop will be fully demonstrated at the Experiment Station, Soybean Day, September 15,

Limestone for Wheat

Most of the soils in the eastern half of Ohio will give a prompt response to an application of fine ground limestone, according- to soil specialists of the Ohio Experiment Station. Tests at the Station show an increase in the yield of wheat ranging from 2 to 9 bushels, for an aplication of one to two tons of lime-

stone per acre.

ing our educational institutions; and | orbing domestic tranquility by incit-

instead of lighting this hobgoblin created by their leaders for profit, in the open, according to the manner cf their forefathers, they seek to overcome the powers of evil by donning a clown’s garb, swearing to conceal their identity, and marching behind an Imperial Wizard, whom they are sworn to obey. They fail to recognize that our Government has been established by free American people, who will handle it without interference by, or dictation from, church, or clan; that it is to be jfloverned by neither priest nor wizard knights nor clansmen.—Former U. S. Senator Leroy Percy in

the Atlantic Monthly. Distinguished Jurist.

Orlando, June 16.—Declaring that

ing controversies and by reopening old wounds. It is attempting to introduce a svstem of espionage which is an attribute of depotism and a confession of the failure of democ-

ratic government.”

Veterans Score Hooded Raiders. Condemnation of the Ku Klux Klan is embodied in a resolution adopted by the Corporal Harold W. Roberts Post No. 466, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Los Angeles,. Cal. “The true spirit of Americanism,” statesthe resolution, resents bigotry, abhors secret machinations • and terrorism, and those who speak for Americanism and in her cause, speak openly, with their faces to the sun. “Assaults have been committed in

there is no place for “a invisible emJ X

pi re” within the United States and •characterizing the “usurpation of p'overnmental functions” by the Ku Klux Klan, or any other organisation, as destined to do an inestimable wrong to society. United States Judge Henry D. Clayton assailed the policies and principles of such societies in fiery phraseology today in an address before the Florida State Bar Association. j Birmingham (Ala.) Civic Association

known masked outlaws, and the odinf these outrao'es has reflected

Sends Resolutions to City

Authorities.

“We find that the existence of a secret oath}-bound organization, in our midst whose members parade our

That the need for limestone is an ; streets and highways at night, conincreasing one is shown by an ex- j cealing their identity by a mask and periment on a tract of the Station | other disguises by. its course of conland at Wooster which gave an in- ! c | uc t, methods and example, has furcrease of 41 percent in yield of wheat mshed not only an excuse, hut a

on the Ku Klux Klan. These acts demonstrate that the name of the organization may be used for evil purposes, and from the nature of its activities, it has the moral effect of causing; unthinking and misguided persons to enter into unlawful conpiracies and to perpetrate unlawful “The State of California needs no i masked riders, no invisible empire to control her affairs. Our courts of law. our law enforcing officers, our whole machinery of governmept are founded on the fundamentals of

true American citizenship,” Bishop Berry (Methodist)

Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1921.—Bishop Joseph F. Berry, of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this city,

for liming in 1996, 97 percent in l&ll, 105 percent in 1916, and 160 percent 1 in 1921. A portion of this , tract has never been limed, while that portion with which it is compared has received an average of iy 3 tons of

limestone every five years.

Since there is an average annual loss of 500 to 700 pounds of calcium carbonate from the soil, it is only a matter of time, it was stated, until the more favored sections of Ohio will be calling for limestone. An early resnonse to this call it is believed will prevent soil deterioration

as well as increase production. OILMEAL MAY BE FED STEERS ON PASTURE

to lift her again to the “straight and narrow way.” But the multi-

tudes pass on!

The wayfarers on the straight and narrow way of conventional respectability are not touched by the despairing face turned

imus .pver a, uiiru or u muuun uuuaio m me oeuuui tieacuiy. xu , f hpm Shp m'nnpd • Jpt hpr o-n J these days of deficit sin public treasuries, and _ crookedness in': U P t ™ w a n Jv

public office, the example of prudent economy set by these men ;is worthy of deep thought and consideration by the general public.

Oser, .the Switzer cheese that is about to marry Matildy McCor mick. The story emanated from Switzerland—a country some

Of what value are all our preachings and prayings and agonizings with reference to so-called sin when sudh things , can be.

For the picture portrayed truth.

But, though the artist did not exalt his art and reconcile us to

the fact,, the helping hands were there, many of them, in that pass-

ing see:

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are

5eeniingly. careless and callous multitude.

Annually; thousands of dingers to the precipices of doom

place in Europe where the women all have goitres and the men .bad Ereaths because of the peculiar aroma of the native cheese

seared consciences by standing for that William Tell yarn. Ac- . • ; , Hovn+oB mon nnri -p it r rengiun cording to this McjCormick-Oser yarn, American tourists have I pttn'tablp orNation^ ^ cbu ^ h *?’J h ? deserted the Alps and spend most of their time around 1 'Max's, f. L i OVP ’ thp oo iRq Mo-wV 10 ^ Ve rea LZ t^ L T ia ‘ livery stable, looking at the horses Max and Matildy ride and when ^ £ v , - 1 b 0 est guidon may be won.

Steers that are corn fed on good pasture will not make economical use of high priced oilmeal and cottonseed meal .except during the last two months before marketing. However, in finishing steers for the market at this time, especially if pasture is drying up. G. Bohstedt of the Experiment Station recommends a limited allowance, or about one pound j of 8u(hh protein feed daily per steer. This allowance may be considered profitable in that the steers plain faster and put on a more desirable market finish. WATER BY RAIL London — Drought conditions in some districts are so serious that water is. being shipped by railroad to several villages.

cloak for the. perpetration of dastardly crimes' by these potential assassin's, who have committed these outrage upon our citizens and socie-

ty.

“We, lyerefo'Pe, most earnestly appeal to the members of this orgapization to either publish their names, the names of their officers, ,

the oath by which they are bound, I jj,, v q-

the constitution and lav/s by which they act. or disband. Offering) la reward for the apprehension of criminals who are using their organizations as a cloak and shield for the commission of crimes will not

sat'sfv the phblic.”

On? Hundred Prominient Citizens

i said: “How any one who is not either such ignorant or vicious can be associated

Publicly Express Views.

One hundred citizens , of Asheville,

with such a movement as the Ku Klux Klan is more than I can understand. If recent exposures from the' inside by those who claim to know the actual spirit and life of the organization can be belived, it would seem that the whole business is to

be tabooed by good citizens.” H. Bow (Methodist) Dallas,

Texas.

‘It is un-American, for all Americanism worthy of the name is based upon eoual rights to all men. It is undemocratic, for all democracy is based upon the principle that all make the laws and all obey them. It is a government by force and fear and threat. It is a cowardly thing on a par with anonymous letters written only by those who have no

N. C., representing men in practical- written only oy rnose wnu nave ly all walks of life, last night gave ! couragp. and who dare not face in ’ ■ • - ! the white light of day the actions

v/hich they can cover with the man-

out the following statement of their reasons for regarding the organization of the Ku Klux Klan here as a menace to the peace and good feeling

of the community.

“There has recently been organized in Asheville a branch of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Its membership is secret. Its methods of operation are mysterious. Its purposes are as yet ill-defined. It represents itself as the champion of law and order; yet lacking a known membership whic/h would serve to make it a real force in the shaping of public opinion and condemned by its scheme of organization to anonymous activity, it can be judged only by its

fruits.

“These fruits are manifest. This

tie of night.”

DIVORCES FORGED Vieijia —The government has found a “divorce mill’ where more than 500 forged decrees have been issued. . . . ~ -

CROSSES ATLANTIC 201 TIMES;. STILL ENJOYS IT New York.—W. P. Willis, a British merchant, has just comoleted his ?01st crossing of the Atlantic. He says that he still enjoys the trip, and that it is the best way he knows to rest his mind and body. He has never been seasick, and thoroughly eniovs a storm at sea.

DEMOCRATIC HOME COMING

the/horses are gone, grazing, enraptured, at their empty stalls. All of these dam fool tourists demand some sort of a souvenir from the livery barn, according to the veracious correspondent. That may account for the grand rush for the empty stalls when the horses are gone and |or the complaint coming out of Switzerland, that fertilizer is getting scarcer every day. Governor McCray is now busy with his alibi for sending armed troops against the miners at Staunton, now that the coal strike has ended. He and the standpat organization to which he belongs will have a hard time explaining , things to the laboring men of

Indiana.

The coal strike came to an end through a niutual understanding between employers and employes. No government agency had the slightest influence in settling the strike. Neither side paid any attention to President Harding’s high sounding proclamations and plans. The rail strike will come to an end in the same manner. Labor and capital alike very sensibly decided to settle their own differences when they became absolutely convinced that Harding had nothing to offer but meaningless words. Harding can now get down to the serious business of playing golf, grinning at a camera and giving dog parties for Laddie Boy.

—Editorial in Enquirer.

THE HELPING HAND

The story of a young girl who had gone “a kenning wrang”— and it is a sad story, daily repeated in the press—recalls a picture which a few years ago attracted much attention in the East. Just below a “straight and narrow path,” within easy reach of the passing throng of straight-laced average people, was portrayed a young girl, her face buried in her hands, her posture eloquent

of despair. , .

At her feet yawned a chasm. The merest touch would send her to destruction in the depths. A kindly hand might save her. But the smug-faced and conventional multitude goes hurrying

by. They turn their heads away from her. None reaches to lift he? problem solved over which manv'cities ^nd from her imminent danger.' Just one kindly hand would be enough small, will join in rejoicing , Y * ’ * ’ g d

THE COW

And now it is stated that last year the American dairy cow produced 99,000,000,000 pounds of milk worth $2,500,000,000. When butter, cheese, ice cream, chocolate and other milk commodities'are considered it is easy to see what the produ ct of the well bred American cow means to the America)', people and its comrnercial .life. The. unitiated and those not versed in the value- of pure bred animals often wonder at the enormous prices some of these animals bring, but when such figures as are given here a^e considered the wonder is that more people do not take up the raising of pure bred stock and do away with scrub stock entirely. Pure bred campaigns have been held and in some places have awakened interest and been entirely satisfactory. Pure bred animals are one of the factors in farm/prosperity, a nd this is one of thaAreasons that interest in purq bred stock is growing from

year to year. - ' , - ; ^ ■ ’ /

SHORTAGE IS LESSENED

According to recent figures gi^en out by the government residential buildings valued at, $500,000,000 a month are being put up over the country. This means space for at least 125,000 families per months. With these figures it would seem that Hie shortage of homes, which has been a problem of the last few years, will soon be met. This shortage was estimated at 1,000,000 homes. Following the World War most of the building was on non residential buildings and in no way was a help co the family needing a home. The government is watching closely the building going on over the country and it is stated in point of floor space and in dollars contracts for residences let during the early summer monhts were more than double that of other kinds of building. Information and data, and schemes to . aid the home builder have been, surveyed by the government and it is stated the- result is proving satisfactory. The meeting of this shortage will mean great things to the country in more T^ays than one and will be a

Get yourself in tune for the coming campaign by attending the big Democratic Rally to be held at First and Rose Street on the evening of

Tuesday.

Aug

Good Speakers will entertain you. Refreshments • will be served and there will be plenty of good music.

Let’s Start Her Rolliie