Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 August 1930 — Page 2
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FRIDAY, 2^19M
THE POST-DEMOCRAT
ft Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Mancie Delaware County and the 8th Congressional District. The oily Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
JDntered as second class matter January 15. 1921, at the Poitofflct at Muncle, Indiana, under the Act of March S, 1879.
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223 North Elm <Sl/eet—Telephone 2540 CHARLES H. DALE, Publisher. Geo. R. Dale, Editor. Muncie, Indiana, Friday, August 29, 1930
Democratic State Ticket
Judge Supreme Court, First District Walter E. Treanor, Bloomington Judge Supreme Court, Fourth District Curtis W. Roll, Kokomo Judge Appellate Court, First District Posey T. Kime, Evansville William II. Bridwell, Sullivan Judge Appellate Court, Second District Alphonse C. Wood, Angola Harvey J. Curtis, Gary Superintendent of Public Instruction George C. Cole, Lawrenceburg Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr., South Bend Auditor of State Floyd E. Williamson, Indianapolis Treasurer of State William Storen, Scottsburg Clerk of Supreme and Appellate Courts Fred Pickett, Richmond
Democratic County Ticket Congressman Eighth Congressional District
Claude C. Ball
Prosecuting Attorney—Tod Whipple State Representative—Paul Bowden State Representative—Ithamer M. W T hite Judge Delaware-Grant Superior Court
J. Walter McClellan
County Clerk—Arthur J. Beckner County Auditor—Samuel R. Snell County Treasurer—Thomas E. Weir
County Recorder—Atlee Rinker Sherifl‘—Fred W. Puckett
County Coroner—Dr. Clarence G. Rea County Surveyor—S. Horace Weber County Assessor—Edward W. Barrett
County Commissioner, First District—Carl D. Moore
County Commissioner, Third District
Arthur M. Wingate
County Councilman, First District—William A. Clark Center Township Trustee—Frank J. LafTerty Center Township Advisory Board—John D. Curtis Center Township Assessor—Leslie Brand Center Township Ju^feui llPe.ace—Edward E. Femyer '-r Center Township Ju n Peac?—Ambrose D. Gray \ v.w*tCe^er Towrhkxu- .TnWable—John Cox | Towns hi table—Borier L. Rees
I
uld H?'
Seen Worser
i Be Worse” the kollum komthe tax rate situation in the j for the city he didn’t go far
UiM'c r •
menter of r . county and
enough.
Instea* mmenter should have added
that had nut tne oia mac nine Republican leaders been de-
throned it “WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSERFoi'; had the old Republican machine of Cromer-Billy
Williams-Lon Thornburg retained its hold on Muncie by the election of their pet Bob Barnes the tax rate for the city of Muncie instead of being 89 cents would be above
the dollar mark.
Firmness of the Dale administration coupled with strictest economy and deferring some needed projects a year enabled the city to retain its 89 cent rate in the face of a situation which would have carried the city rate to over the dollar mark. Even under the 89 cent rate it will take continued economy and close figuring to give Muncie what the city deserves and rescue it from the unparalleled wave of ex travagance which made the 1929 exit of the Hampton administration the most costly in the history of Muncie. Mayor Dale fought strenuously and successfully against the redemption of the $60,000 of certificates of indebtedness issued by the Hampton board of works and to have paid them off would have necessitated a 10 cent raise
in the tax rate.
We wonder how the kollum kommenter of the Press would have handled the situation for the readers in trying to explain that for one item alone a ten cent raise in tax rate would have been made this year had the old Republican machine retined its deadly grib on the city. In these columns before we have reviewed the report of the state board of accounts examiners who pointed out that in 1929 the Hampton city council APPROPRIATED a total of $84,523.97 more than there were funds available
for last year.
Furthermore, the report continues, the Hampton administration ACTUALLY PAID OUT $51,507.13 CASH, more than there were funds available. In other words, the Hampton administration put out warrants to the tune of $51,507.13 more than there were funds available to them, and left it to the Dale administration to make good these w*arrants for which the Hampton administration had no
money to cover.
In business this kind of manipulation would soon be discovered and considerable trouble would follow, but the daily newspapers—both Republican—haven’t been able to discover the acts or the Hampton Republican machine crowd even to this day. Even if the daily “controlled” newspapers did discover it more than likely it would ask its readers to believe that it was fortunate that the sum was that small and who would even raise their finger against the best minds when only a little over five grand was in-
volved.
Nevertheless the Dale administration was forced to absorb this $84,523.97 in APPROPRIATIONS IN EXCESS of funds available, and the pre-dated $51,507.13 of ACTUALLY ISSUED WARRANTS, and a great part of that 1 was done this year- Next year, the remaining vistage of i the Hampton administration extravagance will be paid ?md
then the Dale administration can draw a long, breath and proceed with its plans for the city. When Controller Holloway recommended the continuance of the 89 cent levy for the city he did so after a most thorough and comprehensive study of the city’s finances and the needs for the coming year. Several projects which the Dale administration desired to launch this year were deferred because of the deplorable condition of city finances left by the Hampton orgy. We % take opportunity again to say that the citizens of Muncie were more far seeing than the old machine Republican leaders credited them, for they ditched the CromerBilly Williams-Lon Thornburg crowd and turned to the present administration to protect them against an increased tax rate. Led by Mayor Dale the people of Muncie knew that if they retained the old Republican machine via Bob Barnes they would be soaked plenty for taxes in the coming year for the henchmen of Cromer-Billy Williams-Lon Thornburg were so thoroughly imbued with the orgy of extravagance there is no telling what they would have tried if they were in possession of the city government at this time. And boy! the tax rate would have been plenty thi time. It was only by firmness on the part of Mayor Dal and the administration that there was not at least a ten cent raise, but after all the guarding this raise was sneaked into the tax levies ordinance by the most diobolical and boldest tampering every witnessed. Perpetrator of this act illustrates to what ends the political machine will go to serve its end. The altered ordinance was discussed and an investigation of its being tampered with is being conducted by the mayor. Yes, kollum kommenter of The Press the tax rate “Could Be Worse” and if the people hadn’t turned to the present administration it most certainly “WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSER”
FOREIGN TRADE
(Continued From Page One) farmers to go outside to purchase feed for their stock. i‘lA*4.heir buying they find that the tariff on hay, boosted to $5 a ton by the farm-relievers in charge of the Smoot-Hawley enactment, hits them with full force. There is a surplus crop in Canada, but the farmers must pay the tariff toll to
get it in.”
As the Sun points out, the Shenandoah farmers can not cash in on the hay tariff when they have
CAPTAIN SINKS WITH HIS SHIP
Freighter Neches Rams Scow Near New York; Crew is Saved.
lease dates as are posible to secure. Next week’s program at the Rivoli brings Nancy Carroll, in The Devil’s Holiday” “Animal Crackers” with the four Marx brothers and William Powell in “For the Defense” At the Wysor-Grand “Queen High” an attraction that Broadway paid two dolalrs to see,
New York, Aug. 28.— (DP) — The Clyde Mallory Freighter Neches rammed a scow at the entrance
surplus, and “that’s where the rub to the Bay early today and sank comes for poor Mr. Garber. In with the loss of the Captain, but
years of surplus production the tariff doesn’t work. But when there is & shortage it works beautifully
—against the farmer.”
City consumption of hay is now negligible, says The Sun, so even wlpen the tariff works there is no "*'n for the farming group as a ^4 e - It simply boosts the price ^‘fhat they themselves us on the Y~Along the Northeastern tier of
Spates, near Canada,” The Sun ,, , .
continues, “some farmers with surplus hay may be able to charge their farm neighbors more than they would if there were no tariff,” hut it finds the Shenandoah Valley too remote from Canadian com-
Mann Acting Again
the 25 members of tire crew were fished out of the water in one of the harbor’s most thrilling night
rescues.
The Neches, outward bound for Key West, Tampa, and Mobile, was slipping silently throught he narrows shortly after midnight. The
night was intensely dark.
As the vessel passed Fort Wadsworth at the entrance to the bay the scow loomed ahead, and before
Eber Estes could slow
down or swerve, the crash came. A great hole was torn in the starboard bow and the ship began sinking immediately. Officers on the bridge began blowing the
petition to profit’by such a pos7i-[ whist,e furiously to summon aid, bility. and the hands fought to reach the
deck.
Mr. Garber’s hopeless task would' So swiftl y ^ vessel sink, probably arouse Ihe sympathy of ll0wev er, that some had to escape The Sun, that paper confesses, “if i thr °ugh portholes and the others, Mr. Garber had not Supported’ the unable to lower lifeboats, had to
starts the week’s line up, folowed tion.
by “The Show Girl of Hollywood” with Alice White and Jack Mulhall, after which Xane Grey’s most recent release “Last of the Du-
anes” will hold forth.
Short subjects, including con^ dies, news reels and other intei--esting screen novelties will also be included with each feature attrac*
Smoot-Hawley farm-relief hoax.’
Tribute to a Bubbling, Fount: — Mr. Fess, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has fled to the Great Lakes for rest and congenial surroundings. For at Jeast ten days we shall miss the wonted refreshment of his speech, but he is a fountain beyond the grasp of drought. He will bubble and spout until Dr. Work is green with envy. We do not envy the disposition of those too numerous Republicans who would like to have that fountain sealed.—New York
Times.
In the emporium of pieces and indignity conducted by J. Frank Mann it is OK for a taxi driver to get drunk on his off hours and drive down Walnut street without losing his drivers’ license, regardless of the drunken driver law. For Mann so ruled in the case of A1 Hughes, very recently and permitted ^he taxi driver to go free on drunken driver charge because if he found Hughes guilty his drivers’ license would be taken away and b^ing a taxi driver without a driver’s license would be like being up the well
known creek.
Mann in court declared that although Hughes was drunk and drove an automobile while in such condition he didn’t have the heart to put Hughes among the unemployed due to the drunken driver law didn’t exempt taxi drivers who made their living driving motor vehicles. This logic savors greatly of the diagnosis of the Lester Wright stomach ulcers. For Wright received a suspended sentence in his early liquor case because he pleaded to the judge tha.t he suffered such ailment- Sympathetic-jus-tice prevailed for Mann confessed he once had stomach ulcers and Lester had his greatest condolence and he suspended the sentence of the notorious liquor law violator. We pause to wonder just what logic careened the cranium of Mann as he arrived at the conclusion that Hughes could be freed of the drunken dricer charge because of the liability of losing the drivers license and he couldiiff
taxi shove anymore for a whole^ycar. : Udmjs^-Yv:~AmiTcfn"EActors of th We might call Mann’s atteiVtion that any f bootlegger almost prolSUitTve. Tiny action has u ' 11(1nn ^ c -
might Feet miffed at being stuck .after the Hugh decision. ^
For when a bootlegger is stuck and his sentence not suspended then the bootlegger while he is serving his sentence is most certainly detained from his usual vocation.
American Wheat Growers Market Sacrificed for Grundy Schedules Washington, August—The following letter from a prominent banker, who is familiar with agricultural conditions, was published in ,the Amarillo (Texas) News-
Globe:
“Perhaps the most significant point brought to ofir, attention dur-
ing the discussion
jump.
police lunch and two coast guard cutters, playing their searchlights across the water, picked up the survivors as they swam about. Samuel Stalen, first mate, and E. Carey, first engineer, said Captain Estes AVent down with his ship when a load of pipe rolled
and crushed him.
Stalsen, slightly injured in diving from the ship, was taken to the Marine hospital, Staten Island. Twenty-one other survivors were taken to the Clyde Liner Mallory at its pier and the remainder to the Stapleton, Staten Island, sea-
man’s institute.
mg the discussion of thetFann ence 0 P pne ° wean-esuay morning Problem here yesterday IW-Yhe' th ®. Riverside church, M^-iJCfe
enacted, and which it is estimated will increase the cost of living of.
Might notthe. bootlegger appeal to Maxm th*t finding; i!»'Vioi]‘n ^ Tho Pl Jcheduies n weD* him guilty and sentencing him would deprive him from 1 ra ^:M in our recent tariff revision making a living at his chosen profession? on approximately one thousand As it turns dut, Hughes can go out free of the drunken ^puWe.^’are 1 tLse d produced 1 by the .>u, '• 1 u ”' 1 ' 1 L J 1_ industrial section of our popula-
tion. As a consideration for the ad ditional price paid for these commodities, we have, according to Mr. Olson’s chart, sacrificed a large part of the market of the American wheat grower for his
product. *
“The whole situation appears to warrant the conclusion that the American people will he called upon t,0 pay $500,000,000 to do whai both Mr. Legge and Mr. Hyde admit can not be done and to send men of: .their reputation as emissaries to the wheat growers of the country to advise them, in substance, that in order to make our tariff on industrial commodities effective we have sacrificed our European wheat market, and that
driver charge and retain his drivers license and get drunk and drive down Walnut street at any hour of the day or night, on or off duty and there is nothing that can be done
about it.
And it was only just a few short days ago that the morning missed had such a complementary editorial ergarding the firm stand of Mann on the suspension of drivers licenses but evidently Mann didn’t get the import. If Mann had done his duty in the Hughes case he would have put the lad where he belonged and then the chap wouldn’t need his drivers license for several months and in addition would have learned a few things about the laws of Indiana. But now Hughes is the living example of the chap who got away with the drunken driving and can laugh at the less fortunate drunken drivers who don’t
happen to be t axi drivers
party of Mr. Legge and Mr. was the chart used hy Mi 1 . Olson to show the increase in the tariff levied against the importation of wheat by the countries of Europe. The chart disclosed that a verylight duty was charged prior to 1.930, but that at the present time the impoj^ duty charged for the.
of course been taken by those countries as a reprisal against us the tariff bill we have recently
Rounding the Corners Rounding the corners by the motorists in the business and close in residential sections has been made easier by the work of a special crew sent out by Bill Daniels, street commissioner, to make these improvements. Bill’s crew rounds the corners and then rebuilds them on a gentle slope so that now you don’t have to swing half way into the street to negotiate a curve. There have been countless expressions of appreciation reached the ears of the administration because of this work. While rounding the corners isn’t such a big display job, it certainly is one that meets with the enthusiasm of every motorist and truck driver who now can ease around the corner without the fear of jerking off a wheel. Formerly it was necessary to swing out into the incoming line of traffic, port the helm quickly and jump back into the fight side of the street again—a process that was nerve-racking in many instances. Now the gentle slopes and curve of the rounded corners permit an easy piloting of the machines around the 'corners even without going into the lint of incoming tfaffic. The crew rounding the corners rebuild the sloping curb without setting forms and thereby complete about four times as much work in a day as would be possible under the old-time method and this has enabled the crew to cover so much territory in these three summer months. Rounding the corners is to be continued throughout the city and We are sure that visitors to our city join with the motorists here in expressing appeciation to Bill and his crew for the rounding around town.
OurFall Opening Saturday, August 30 With a most complete line of Suits, Top Coats and Overcoats at the same old price, $25.00—no more, no less We also carry a line of — — Selz Shoes at $6.00 Style Mark Hats at $5.00 Fruit of the Loom Shirts at $2.00 , Give us a call, you will not be disappointed. Kings Clothing Co.
Indianapolis Man is
Superintendent
The White Rvvef, IT. B. conference opened Wednfestffty; 'morning
wtli Bishop IT. H. Fonts, in (diWtgt!. This year’s meeting saw the largest number of ministers and lay > delegates in several years to be in ‘
attendance.
Dr. J. B. Parson, Indianapolis, was reelected conference superintendent for the tenth year. Unusual interest is being shown. Ail pas ■ L the local district are in at-
NEW NEWSPRINT CENTER
Alamosa, Colo.^-7-(UP) ' Business ihtANists of Alamosa have or- j ganized for a determined drive to j make Alamosa the center of Colo- j rado’s new industry, that of manufacturing newsprint paper. Selection of the site where the paper will be manufkfctured is Understood i to lie between Alamosa and Salira.
GREATER OPENS
MOVIE SEASON IN MUNCIE SUNDAY
Sunday ushers into Muncie, 1930 Greater Movie Season at both Wy-sor-Grand and Rivoli Publix Thetres, with a gala array of selected screen productions which have been arranged for the opening of
the new show season.
The giant combination of Publix Theatres benefits the Muncie situation to such an extent that such attractions as may be seen in the Deluxe Theatres of the metropolitan centers, come to you intact, with the same presentation ideas
the American wheat grower will be anf l big time atmosphere as you obliged to pay for it by a flat re- ~ J “ " ’
duction of ten wheat acreage.’
per cent in his
Killed While Blasting Stumps Logansport, Ind., Aug. 28.—(UP) —Anthony Shorter, 60, Winamac, was killed yesterday while blasting stumps for a ditch excavation.
find presented in the larger the-
atres.
This is done with the aid of the latest innovations, such as Magnoscope screen, Brenkert Effect Apparatus and other important additions, which are located now within the projection booth of the Publix Rivoli Theatre. Many new attractions will be booked, just as quickly after re-
MUNCIE’S NEW GREATER MOVIE SEASON STARTS SUNDAY NEW SEASON PROGRAMS
Rivoli
Wysor
Sunday and Monday
Grand
NANCY CARROLL
—in—
Sun. & Mon.
‘DEVIL’S HOLIDAY’
GINGER ROGERS
—in—
“QUEEN HIGH.”
Tues.-Wed.-Thur.
FOUR MARX BROS.
Tues. & Wed.
-Mn—
ALICE WHITE
“Animal Crackers.
—in
“SHOW GIRL OF
Fri.-Sat.
HOLLYWOOD”
William Powell -
Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.
—in—i
ZANE GREY’S
_“For The Defense.”.
“Last of the Planes.”
PUBLIX GREATER THEATERS.
Walnut and Jackson
fj—
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Who 1 nese
Pays trl r A 1 axesr
XN 1929 thn failroads paid 1420,000,000 in taxes Jl all over the United States i i i the greatest sum ever assessed against them. It required nearly one-fourth of all the money the railroads were able to earn clear to pay this tax bill. It represented an increase of 1,220 per cent over a period of a generation. The fate of increase was thirteen times greater than the increase in population. Twice greater than the increase in the national income. Six times greater than the increase in property investment of the railroads. T hree times greater than the growth of the faillroads’ net earnings. One hundred billion tons of freight and seven billion passengers had to he transported one mile by the railroads to earn the money to pay this tax bill. Taxes ate up the earning power of 54,000 miles of line; 372,000 employes; 13,300 locomotives; 521,000 Height cars and 12,000 passenger coaches. Every hour of the day the railroads were compelled to drop $47,945 into the hand of the Tax , Collector—$13.32 every time your watch ticked eff one second. Who really pays all this ? The railroads pay over the money but yon really pay for it. The railroads get their money in only one way by transporting freight and passengers, and you, who Use the railroad, pay that money. It is your money which goes into this enormous lax hill and so long as you permit these faxes to increase, just so long are you going to pay more money to the tax collector by way of the railroad. The remedy lies largely in the hands of the average citizen and tax payer himself. Intelligent interest in the tax problem in every community will be necessary^ When somebody wants to raise railroad taxes in your community remember that you who use the railroad are going to pay the bill. The railroad has no money except what if gets by performing services for you.
J. J. Bernet, President.