Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 19 May 1933 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper represo: ling the Democrat* ol Muncie, Delaware County and the lOtlr Congressional District The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. -■•in . _

Entered as second class matter January 15, 192.1, at the Postofflce at Muncie, lidiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 2 CENTS—$1.00 A YEAR 223 North Elm Street—Telephone 2540 CHARLES H. DALE, Publisher Geo. R. Dale, Editor

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, May 19, 1933.

MAJESTY OF THE LAW (American Guardian)

Sam Bemenderfer has discovered that those who speak out in meetin’ are not the ones who get the breaks in the daily newspapers ,**of Muncie. The Editor of the Post-Democrat learned that many years ago. The records of the courts from here to Washington are replete with historical data, showing what happens to an editor or a mayor who refuses to sign on the dotted line of orthodoxy. As far as the Post-Democrat knows, Sam has never been in jail for bucking the machine. We hope he will keep on kicking until outraged “justice” puts him behind the bars. There’s nothing like going to jail for asserting a principle. It clarifies the vision, strengthens the determination and purifies the soul. It even teaches mercy. World leaders of today are ex-jail birds. Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler suffered repeated terms of imprisonment before they got the whip hand. Jail seems to be an admirable prep school for ambition politicians. The editor of the Post-Democrat graduated from a number of jails and the state prison farm, all convictions being for plain speaking, was promoted to the office of mayor and is now threatened with a post-graduate course in Federal prison for carrying out pre-election promises. In the not distant future the criminals who engineered the rotten deal to send the mayor to prison will be groveling for mercy. The editor of the Post-Democrat is merciful today. Saturday night one of the main actors, driving an automobile, while druifk, plunged his car in the flood and was rescued by Volunteers and taken home. The Post-Democrat is despriving its readers of a good story and its editor, as mayor of the city, may have been derelict in his duty in not ordering an arrest. Instead of berating European men of affairs who rose from pub lie denunciation to places of power, we wonder at their comparative merciful attitude toward their former persecutors. In tfie not distant future those who used money to corrupt Federal agencies in the Muncie case, will be hollering “Kamerad.” But to come back to Sam, we repeat that looking through jail bars a few times, will be necessary, before he can possibly qualify himself as a leader of the forlorn hope of educating hard boiled politicians. y Fed Up On Promises The only criticism heard against the report given by President Koosevelt, on what had been done during the first nine weeks of his administration, and what he hopes to accomplish in the future, comes from an Indiana Republican. EJe is the president of the Irvingtofi Republican Club, which appears tp have taken on its shoulders all the * burden of sniping fhe hational administration in an effort to keep alive partisan spirit in Indiana. Mr. Hecker, the president of the club, has a very peculiar basis for his criticism. He declares the report given by President Roosevelt was a failure because the President promised nothing but throughout the address continually mentioned plans as seeking to do and accomplish something. Of course, this critic is probably still laboring under the weight of all the promises which were made by the national administratiofl during the past four years and before then that he has been unable to see the light of a new day that has da\Vned. He still clings to that crowd which likes to feast on promises of a “chicken in every pot and two cars ih every garage;” “prosperity is just arouhd the corner;” “the stock market boom is evidence of the confidence felt in my election;” “normal times will be restored in sixty days;” “there is no depression you are only laboring under a state of mind.” And there were many riiore of the same class from Mr. Hoover and his official spokesihen. President Roosevelt promised nothing during the campaign, expect to make an honest effort to solve the problems of the depression. He has made no promise that poorhbuses would vanish from the earth, because he realizes that such a promise would simply be intruding on ' the good judgment of people with good sense. He did admit there has been a slight recovery but he followed that with a whrning for the country not to become over-optimistic. It was within his jurisdiction to tell what he seeks to do and that he hopes to accomplish something, and the people welcomed that. It was in contrast with some of the statements by Mr. Hoover of what he had done when he had not done Emythihg. If Mr. Rhhsevelt is criticised because he does not make extravagant and impossible promises, the criticism will not carry much

weight.

Upholds Outstate Breweries The Republican State Corhmittee has taken on itself the task of explaining to the people of Indiana how some of the out-state 1 breweries feel about the operation of the Indiana beer control law. In assuming that attitude, the Republican committee is making itse’|f vulnerable for questioning as to its veracity as well as to the motive behind its support of a few beer brewing companies unwilling to sub-

mit to regulation.

According to a bulletin issued by the Republican state commit- that they expressed in their report

tee “the beer business is worth four times as mheh to the importer as it is to the government that created him.” This statement is given in face of the actual figures supplied by the state excise collector showing that the average profit to the importers is thirteen and a half cents a case of beer, while the state received eleven and a fourth

Cents as tax from every case sold. ^

In placing the case of the out-state breweries ’before the people, the Republican State Committee summarizes the breweris’ grievances as follows: “The out-state breweries want to enter Indiana on the

Measured by the present wage and farm incomes, taxes, interest and debts have more than treoieu. Tax sales and mortgage foreclosures under such circumstances are consequently downright robbery and any government, state or county, that condones such robbery is ah accessory to the crime. It’s all well enough to talk about the sacredness of contract, but what sore of sacredness is it that only debtors must stand in awe of? Since the beginning of the “depression” billions have been lost in the banks. Where is the sacredness of contract, the majesty df the law and its strong arm, for the pro-

tection of the victims?

Other billions of savings have sunk without trace in gilt-edged mortgage bonds and similar safe, sane and cbhservatiVe investments. Where is the majesty of the law, the sacredhess of contract—police

courts, sheriffs, militia?

But hefe is a poor devil of a near home owner. Skimping and savings, he paid a thousand dollars down on a five thousand dollar home. Skimping and saving, he managed to pay two thousand more in the course of time while he paid full taxes and interest on a property that was but partly his. Today the hear home owner is out of work, through no fault of his. Today the property has shrunken to less than half of its price. On the other hand, taxes trebled and so did interest. The man is out Of a job. The mortgage is still on the job working three hundred and sixty-five days the year. Society does not owe the man a job. But the man owes interest to creditors and taxes to society, which must be paid though the heavens fall. What matters is that society wiped out the equity of the debtor Society did not wipe out the equity of the creditor. The debtor has ho sacred contract with society asShring him an income. Nor is there a social contract stipulating that debts be paid in the same value at which they were contracted. The law knows nothing about dollars worth one hour’s Work one year and one week’s worth another. It knows nothing about dollars worth one-half bushel of wheat in one decade and six bushels of wheat in the next. All the law knows is that dollars are dollars, which contains as much wisdom as saying that fish are fish, though one be a shark and the other a sardine. Therefore, if the debtor happened to borrow sardines, it's too bad he is called upon pay in sharks, for fish are fish. The whole thing is an insult to ordinary decency, and morally so crooked that nobody outside of laAVyers and counterfeiters would defend it. But there is your majesty of the law and sacredness of contract all set down in type and neatly bound in pigskin. The fellow hired the money. He agreed to pay dollar for dollar. If he cah’t pay, the reason why he can’t pay is none of our business. So raus mit ’em, and if this means another family turned into homeless wanderers and perhaps bums, prostitutes and criminals, the majesty of thi law will take

care of them when hailed in court.

Swat the Fly By JOHN H. WILLIAMS, M. D. (City Health Commissioner)

Sacredness of contract! The other day a friend u , , , ., A x _ of ours and a preacher friend at that came to us a I )C>u ^ an d set ready to fight one of with a tale of Woe. His wife is sick. His salary for our most deadly enemies—the fiy.

Now is the time to begin to think j Each method is simple and inex-

pensive to carry out. Screen ydur windows and doors with close fit-

saving the souls of his flock hasn’t been sufficient of late to purchase the shake of a lamb’s tail. The man

Flies are not

in

only hatched

Ss despeniteiy^tii need’of m'oney!' lll F , ortunateIy , lie ll has l, “ t ( ! hey ,0 Jt" in .»W« Three insurance policies in that many oldl'" h - “« th f *«' . mt0 our ran Co nnrnnanin* cnliH a* n f nih>«ly through Carelessness Of bv

accident when their f ! od is scarce. Elies may come to us straight from feeding on the rpiitum bf a consumptive or the wastes of a ty-

assets.

line insurance companies solid as the Rock of Gib-1 raitar. The combined loan value of these policies is around $1,500. This isn’t guess work. It says so in black and white on the contract as insurance policies are sometimes called. But alas and alack, the

three Rocks of Gibraltar have ceased loaning on their contracts as per contract.

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This sort of thing is going on all over the country. Out have you heard of any judge or governor tearing his shirt over this flagrant violation bf contract? Not much you have. The only time these gentlemen get excited is when a bunch of desperate farmers try to prevent the agents of these concerns from confiscating their homes and jobs. It is then that the majesty of the law and the sacredness of contract must be upheld.

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The grim irony of the situation is that the farmers have bankrupted themselves feeding their own executioners. In the early days, county governments Were largely concerned settlihg disputes over fence lines and stray livestock. Now that land and livestock are largely mortgaged, the chief duty of sheriffs and judges is collecting debts for absentee owners by way of evicting their own taxpayers from’ house and home. Assuming that in normal times this is the proper method of preserving the holiness of contract, the fhet remains that these are not normal times. At ho time in the history of the country lias the spread between earning poiver and indebtedness been sb great as now. Never has the outlook for increased .'•M-nir- pmvnv been as gloomy as now. In order that the debt-ridden American masses be placed in a position wherein they can even think of relief from the crushing debt burden, farm prices and wages must be trebled, and who in the midst of world bankruptcy, can hope for this?

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Selling people out of house and home ih such a Situation is like selling life-belts bn the installment plan as a protection in case of shipwreck arid re possessing them when their wearers are struggling

in the water.

This may be in accordance with the sacredness of contract. But personally, we’d respectfully and emphatically decline paying our debts under such circumstances, majesty of law and sacredness of contract notwithstanding.

phoid fever patient. They carry the germs on their feet and bodies, arid deposit them on our food. During the summer months, it is very important to keep flies away from any one who is sick, and to destroy all body discharges, lest the dis

ease be spread to others. Screen Your Homes.

Twice as ma^y babies die in homes where flies are numerous as whefe they are carefully excluded by screens. The fly is capable »f causing untold sickness and dehth. With it, whei*ever it goes, it car ries disease germs. ^Their haunts are the manure liekp, decaying grass, wet soiled p iper, decayin' garbage, etc., and in such placer flies breed by the mdiions during

the hot summer months.

It takes but 10 days under friv orable conditions fbr the eggs tr hatch out into the furl-grown fliei A single fly may have mam thousands descendants during one seasbn. For this reason, from earl' spring to late summer, fher' should be no letup in the oampafgi of destroying the fly and eliminat ing its breeding place. We have many methods of allack agaiunt the single fly as well as in swarms

You Tellin’ Me, Sam?

iluncie, Ind , May 17

fciditor Muncie Post-Democrat: Some time ago the Writer re

quested an audit of the Center Township trustee's books. Your are privileged to ask for such an audit 'at any time (as a taxpayer) that

you feel an audit is needed. In reply to my request for an

audit of these books, I received a letter from the state accountant’s office saying that they were complying with our request and that they would request these auditors to get in touch with the writer as soon as this work was begun. The

accountants came to Muncie, hut

did not get in touch with the writer. In a round-about way I learned that they were working on the trustee's books and I called on them for a few moments while they were very busy auditing the books. I explained to them that we would seem them later when they were through with the official audit of the books, to go into detail with them on matters that we thought needed particular attention. The state men, taking this audit, explained to me at the time that they did not have Lhe time nor the inclination to look into the legitimacy of any of these claims. In fact, this is not what we asked for. We only asked for an audit of the books, the same as we had re-

ceived in the last qua-ter of 1932. When the audit was taken of the

trustee’s books in the last quarter of 1932, the records will show thi^t no comment or conclusions were made by the auditors, as this is'hot

a part, as they explained,

business.

Imagine the surprise of the writer to note, therefore, the ar tides appearing in the two Muncie papers wherein these state atuli tors claim that no effort had been made to support the claims of the committee wanting an investigation before them, and that they though) that our claims were more or less general about the amounts involved that these two state auditors had turned their department into court of justice, and that the plaintiff had failed to appear. I certainly take exception to the state audi tors expressing their conclusions

shme basis as the Indiana brewer, who may Sell his beer direfct to the Ihdiana brewer, who may sell his beer direct to the wholesalers or retailer Or consumer without going through the importers.” But, the Republican state committee should be just as interested as the Democratic state administration in proper control of the distribution of beer to prevent the return of the saloon or any of its evils. Both parties held to that promise in their platforms last year and it just so happens that the Democratic admipistration has been given authority to put the promise into effect. And one of the evils of the saloon days was the close connection between out-state breweries, their wholesale representatives and the salooh, often owned by the wholesalers or the breweries. Under the importer control law' in Indiana such an evil connot exist and will not exist. There will be no difficulty in regulating the Indiana breweries, therefore no importer control is needed for them. Apparently, the Republican state committee has gone on record

of pvejudide and

^ifiade any attempt to get in touch with the writer, wrio was responsible for this audit being made,, except tvhen they first came '0 town. There is no evidence, how r - ever, that even this Was done. The -writer is requesting the Indianapolis office of the state accounting department to send representatives here who will be willing to make a supplementary report and conduct a hearing if needs be, wherein both sides of the proposition will be hearJ. I told the state accountants that were here on the job in Muncie, that their entire procedure smacked of favoritisn and prejudice, and 1 am reiterating

that statement now.

The lack of support accorded the writer and his committee, in taking their own good time to serve the public in matters of this kind, by the local press and by the local officers at large, is most distressing. We are paying county officers m this county thousands of dollars every year to look after our public affairs, and if any of these officers had any disposition to be fair and square wuth the taxpayers of this county in seeing that each and every man lived up i.o the responsibilities of his office, we have seen little evidence of it to date. Questionable politicians in both parties have been manipulating public affairs in this county ( o their own selfish purposes for ; long that law abiding citizens hesitate to question their activities. Articles in the paper, editorials in the paper, and *ne criticism i brought down on those who at-

of their tempt to defend the interests Of the

public, are sincerely most distress-

ing.

In the city of Chicago, the committee of six were needed to clean up the city, from the questionable politicians and A1 Capone’s hoodlums. In the city of Muncie, a committee of twelve has been at work for six months to do the same thing. The writer is only one of the spokesmen for that organization which is interesting itself in the expenditures of public funds, in order to serve the home owners and property owners in this coun.y from having their property confis

cated.

We are now serving notice on the public officials who have with in their power the expenditure L,f money, that from here on they had better play the game strictly ac cording to Hoyle, and represent the interests of the people at large rather than the political interest? of the men responsible mainly for their election or appointment. Do not condemn this activity, because your next-door neghbor may be on' 1 of this committee of twelve, and do not draw your conclusions in matters of public interest until you are in possession of the facts. There is a subtle effort on foot to print articles f6r the Peoples Forum that are not signed. Any article that is printed for the Forum should be signed or it should not he printed. I am charging puoHc officials who are now' being investigated. with encouraging these kind of articles to be printed, in order to diveft public opinion from

mentary report to the main report, which they were sending to Indianapolis. This they fatly refused to do, and stated that the case was closed as far as they were concerned, and that any hearing which

as upholding the cause of the breweries which resent their inability

to open up in Indiana on tH« old scale and one that both the bTtag'Vsnp^mTnfa'i^Vlport' 1 licans and Democrats promised would never be returned. Tt^y admitted that

“PLAY BALL!" (Continued From Page One) 5ist of nearly all of the players who furnished mahy thousands of fans entertainment last summer at McCullough park. Sure-catch Chet Russell will appear at first base, Dudley Williamson, the iron man behind home plate, flashy Benny Devol and little ‘Rabbitt’ Johnson, the one and only Tommy Casey, Cleon Hutchinson, Eddie Dyer, and hard hitting Jimmy Satrayan. The games will continue to exist on the ‘donation plan’ and a good season Of baseball is anticipated by Manager Tuttle. Although this is the first year that Muncie has been represehted in the Indiana-Ohio league, the City of Muncie Baseball association is glad to be affiliated with the calibre of teams within the organized group and can assure the public that our interest is for better entertainments and sportsmanship among opposing teams. Officials of League George Brehm, city councilman of Richmohd, Indiana, serves as president arid treasurer of the league arid Ken Murphy, also of Richmohd, is Secretary. Managers of-the eight competing teams are Frank Kautsky, Indianapolis, Karl Tuttle, Muncie, Ed Meehan, Middletown, Ohio, John Mathews, Dayton Marcos, John Shroyer, Dayton Shroyers, John Logan, Richmond, Clarence Schmieding, Dayton* McCalls, and J. C. Kirk, Hamilton, Ohio.

unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Seal. LINTON RIDGEWAY, City Clerk, and Clerk of the Common Council of the City of Muncie, this 10th day of May, 1933. May 12-19

ting screens. Do not leave food uncovered. Keep Garbage Covered. Get a good heavy garbage can, large enough for your needs, with a close fitting cover, arid see that it is kept covered at all times, and I kept in a dry, convenient place. j In emptying the garbage into containers, try to avoid spilling any! of it on the outside of the can.' Burn or destroy ail garbage or waste matter. Do not allow any do-1 cayed vegetation to collect. Burn all sputum boxes of tuber-1 culosis patients. Clean all Stables,' poultry and animal houses at least once a week and bury or spread the manure. Some Pertinent Hints Refuse to buy food from any) butcher, baker, grocer or confectioner who allows nis goods to bej* on display uncovered, where flies and dust and lift than hands help make it unfit for human cbhSuihp tion. The above goods should at all times be under cover and well pro tected. Protect the s eeping baby or any sick member of the family from flies, by a screen or a cover if rriosquito netting. Do not picnic hear ?. dulhp or other unsanitary places. Burn or bury all refuse at your picnic after eating, to safeguard the health of others. Whn picniciag, leave the grouhds as clean as /on found them. Rertiember, that filth plus flibs, plus disease, equal death.

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DALEVILLE, IND. Mr. and Mrs. George McKee entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Davis and daughters, of lndianapoli'.s, Miss Mary Patch and Paul McKee, of Marion. The Hayshakers Club wall meet aext Wednesday evening at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Gebr^e Davis. Mrs. James Parker spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Emilia Bryant, at Muncie. Mr. and Mrs. John Barkdull entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barkdull and chil dren, George and LaVerne, and Mr and Mrs. Clyde Stegav, of Ander son. Mrs. Raymond Shirey and sbns Warren and Wayne, are spending the w'eek : erid with Miss Ifhia Dare and other friends at Uuland. The 4H Club of Salem Township met at the home of Mrs. Hazel Brown Monday afternoon for the purpose of organizing and the election of officers. Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Lenora Hensley, 2b, wife of James A. Hensley, north of towm, whr died Monday at the Ball Memorial Hospital at Muncie, were conducted Thursday afternoon at th' 1 Hofherr Chapel, north of Yorktobvn, with the Rev. George Winfrey, of Alexandria, in charge. Burial was made in the Hawk Cemetery. Mr. ahd Mrs. Joseph Shberiiaker announce the birth of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Barrett entertained at dinner Stiriday, Mrs. Anna Oliver, Mrs. Emma McAllister, Mrs. Eva Skinner, Mr. and M-s. Earl Skinner, Mr. arid Mrs. Clealls Nelson and sons, Max Eafl arid

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE. Notice is hereby giveri to the citizens , of Muncie, Indiana, tha: public hearing on an amendmen' to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending before the Common Court cil of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council i chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 5th day of June, 1933, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change wall be heard. The proposed amendment or change to be made is as follow's: To amend, supplement and change the present Zoning Ordinance of raid City of Muncie, Indiana, so a? to transfer to the business district to the six hundred (GOO) square foot area district arid to the eighty (80) foot height district the fril'ow'ing described territory in said City of Muncie, Indiana, to-writ: Lots numbered forty one til) and forty-tw;o ^12) in the Oloms Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. Said proposed ordinance or sbeh amendment or changes of said present Zoning Ordinance has be -r referred to the City Plan Commi • sion of said City of Muncie, and has been consklered, and said City Plan Commission has made its re port approving the same; Informa tion concerning such proposed amendment or change is now on file in the ofice of said City Plan Commission, for public examina tion. Rad hearing tvill be continued from time to tiine as may be found necessary. In witness whereof I have here

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and it smacks

favoritism.

It is not in keeping with the other report made in the last quarter Of 1932, and this state board of examiners made no effort whatsoever to notify us that they soug’ t such information. Therefore their report was entirely misleading and not in keeping w r ith the facts. Fur theremdre, I am stating at this time that itar. O. Sellers and the writer appeared before them and took exception to their report. We insisted that their entire report had been used by the newspapers to whitewash the invespgation that was being made, and was entirely misleading as far as facts w'ere concerned. We insisted that they permit the case to be reopened and that we be permitted to bring .n our witnesses in support of our claims, since they were taking if upon themselves to be a court of

justice, and then wurite a supple- rigid investigations. Honesty and

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right is might. Respectfully,

S. H. BEMENDERFER.

■Pparardless of wheLier or not the gold content of a dollar is lowered, most of us seem just as anxious to they had not collect dollars as ever.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

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