Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered st the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, aa second class matter. Subecrlptlen Rates: Single copies 1 02 One week, by carrier -10 One year, by carrier...——— 5.1)0 One month, by mail — .35 Three months, by mail————. 1-00 Hix months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail—— 3 00 One year, at office— 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer. Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. The Indiana G. O. P leaders in session at Oliver Lake today will discuss the Coolidge statement that he does not choose to run for president In 1928. That settles it. Now they are grooming Rev. Shumaker for governor but the republicans are far too foxy for that. He would likely devote his energies too much in one track and its a track that the average campaigner doesn’t follow very steadily. It is claimed that the income of the average family is considerably higher now than it was in 1914. Probably so but so are the tastes of- most fam Hies. The upkeep of automobile, radio and a dozen other luxuries which we feel necessary now make it necessary that the income increases. The republican editorial meeting at Lafayette this week was almost a 1 “flop" according to reports sent out. I The association has almost wrecked itself by a fight among the leaders. Begins to look as though fliey might have done better to have followed the advice of Thomas Adams. Colonel Lindbergh is being criticized for smoking a cigarette in Gin- \ * cinnati the other day. Not such a terrible Diing and remember, they have been looking to find some fault with him now for several months. If they don’t let up on him he may have to take a drink of varnish some day I to help him forget. After all he is probably human. The wheat crop is large in the United States. It is also large in I Canada. There will be hundreds of thousands of bushels for export but because of the forty two cent tariff on wheat in this country, the Ameri- 1 can farmer will probably be left out in the cold. Its wonderful how we can Im- buncoed by this tariff dope. . Because it does benefit a few industries we permit it to wreck a lot of others. The National Association of Manufacturers has'figured it all out—there are 2,500,000 laws and ordinances in this country. The person who can obey nil of them is ready for wings. | The greatest thing that could be done for future generations would be a* campaign to simplify the laws. Last year more than sixty thousand new ones were placed upon the statutes. I Where will we finally get to at this rate.? • | It is to be hoped that Mr. Christie, representing the agricultural depart-1 ment of the government, will be successful in discovering a parasite in Europe for the destruction of the 1 European corn borer. The parasites destroy the eggs of the borers. Para-| sites for cottony scale which infests | soft maple shade trees work on the eggs principally, but one of them does its work by stinging the scale when it is very small so that if the eggs are not eaten up by the lady bird, the surviving scales are stung to death by a midget wasp.—Coium-1 bia City Post. I About a year ago Indiana had an epidemic of hog cholera. Thousands' of animals were dying and there was such a shortage of cholera serum that the government and the state authorities were forced to permit preparations to be used that had not been

J tested. Inoculation had been so gen ’ 1 eral in former years that many far- . mers were persuaded they had stamped out cholera and that immunization , no longer would be necessary. The result was a lack of precaution and . the losses the hog raisers suffered J ' were enormous. The situation Is j , more tn hand this year, but county j agricultural agents and veterinarians i say that there may be a repetition of| I last year's losses unless the farmers 1 I I ! take advantage of the scientific ( > knowledge that immunization pre-j ' vents cholera in almost every case. t Some of the county agents are quot- < 1 ing a government report which ad- 1 vises that pigs he immunized as early as possible and that week-old pigs can 1 , be treated to advantage if the opera-1 tion is performed properly. A former 1 theory, that young hogs should not J be inoculated, has been completely ( disproved by the recent experiments? , it js reported. The department of agriculture treated 171 pigs from one to six weeks old and exposed them to? 11 cholera one to five months, but not ( one contracted the disease. The , danger of hog cholera is always pres-j, ent. A farmer may disinfect his pens? and runways, may keep dogs off place and take every precaution, buti< one of his drove may get the disease I and the other hogs, lacking immuni- ( zation, are likely to become victims?; Conpared with the value of a hog. J the cost of immunization is slight. '■ It has long since passed the experi- , mental stage.—lndianapolis News j o ■ — * BIG FEATURES * 1 * OF RADIO * ! ******»»¥¥¥¥*[ SUNDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES Copyright 1927 by United Press j Central Standard time throughout. , l WEAF, hookup, 5:20 p. m.—Capitol? | Theatre. I WJZ, hookup, 6:30 p. m. — stadium concert. WPG. Atlantic City (273) 7:16 p. mPasquaJe Amato, operatic bari- < tone. (j WOR, Newark (422) and WMAF, South Dartmouth (428) 9:30 p. m.—The choir invisible. WEAF. hookup, 7:15 p. m. —Allen McQuhac, tenor. MONDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES Copyright 1927 by United Press i Central Standard time throughout. | .WJZ, hookup, 5:30 p. m. —Roxy and ; his gang. - < WRC, Washington (469) 7 p. m. —U. ; S. Navy band. ; WPG, Atlantic City (273) 8 p. m.— i Goldman band. | WEAF, hookup. 7 p. m—Operatic , concert. WSB, Atlanta (476) 8 p. m. —Light opera program. o i * TWENTY YEARS AGO * * ¥ ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* 1 Aug. 13—Bart France buys the De- i catur Laundry from Marvin Mygrant. Merriman reunion to be held in ; Liberty township, Weils county, the : 29th. , I James Darkless, of Paulding, home , from Pasteuer Institute, Chicago, where he was treated for a dog bite. , Evangelical Sunday school picnics , near Monmouth. , I R. O. Johnson is seriously jjl with , brain fever at Monroe. I D. W. Beery is the horse judge at | Jhe Muncie fair. I Ray, five-year-old son of Eli Beer, , falls fifteen feet from hay mow of barn and fractures right leg. C. J. Keller, of Fort Wayne, engag- ' ed as m'anager of the Decatur Packing company. ' | Western Union telegraphers are on a strike and no messages can be ’ sent or received. I Umpire named Thompson mobbed 1 by fans after a game between Rich- 1 mond and Decatur. | : '**¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* ' * THE GREAT WAR * .* 10 YEARS AGO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* (By United Press) ' Mobilize I ion of U. S. draft, army in three main contingents to begin ' Sept. 15. 1 Military Mission from Japan to ( land in U. S. Plans are made to ( urge Japanese to bind themselves closer to the aftlied cause. Miss Kate Touhey, of Los Angeles, - sister of James Touhey and Mrs. Ella ; Hyland is visiting here for a few I . days. She is employed in the feder- I ail offices at Los Aneles and is en- ] joying a thirty day vacation which 1 she is spending mostly in Indiana, j

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Increased Number Os LawsBoosts Cost Os Government,

Indianapolis, Aug. 13.—There has i been no effort on the part of any one | to deny that the costs of government , in Indiana have risen tremendously in the last ten years and that there is no immediate recession In sight. | Various reasons for this Increased i 'burden on the taxpayer have been i assigned, ranging from the depreclat- 1 (C<l purchasing power of the dollar to i I tiie complexities of modern life. Along with the admission of In- i creased governmental! costs there is I the declaration that the scope of i [government has been greatly enlarged, that it costs more because it does more for the citizens. There ils no basis for denial that a government whose scope Is increas-? ed by forty-seven different acts extending governmental powers will (Cost the taxpayers more when these additional activities are undertaken. Government, Living It is equally evident that when the state imposes regulations and reI strictions on private business tjhe cost of conducting that private business is increased and the additional I cost is eventually passed on to the , consumer. Consequently, it 4s inevitable that the cost of government and the cost, iof living should increase at the same time. It cannot be denied that every | governmental activity that imposes 'an additional! burden on a commercial [enterprise imposes an additional exi.pense on the consumer. It may or not be a welcomed expense, Its advantages may overwelgh its cost, but it is always appreciable. For examjfe, the state oil inspection department reports that in the, fiscal year 1926, the fees collected exceeded the cost of operation by [ 3178,434.84. No one is foolish enough to beilieve that this tax was absorbed by the oil companies. It was passed on to the Indiana consumers of gasoline and kerosene and added just that much to the consumer’s expenses. So it is with every activity of the government that places an additional burden on individual activity. Music and Taxes Likewise, there is a burden imposed on the individual whenever the local units of the government embark on any one of the many enterprises that have been authorized by new laws. When music is provided in

saßßKHKßgßsaaKsiw R ■ « The PEOPLE’S VOICE « K B B This column for the uze of our B B readers who wish to make sug- B B gestions for the general good B B or discuss questions of interest. K W Please sign your name to show B B authenticity. It will not be B B used if you prefer that it not be. B R H BBSS BBBBBSBBBBS9BB Indiana Legislature What’s the matter with our Indiana Legislature any way? One day we hear that our celebrated "Life Prisoner” D. C. Stephenson says, "When I cracked the whip the most of those members jumped to do my bidding" The next day an editorial in the Fort Wayne News says that Dr. Shumaker, that Arch foe to liberty and the -Constitution dominated that same Legislature. Do we send men to our State assembly who can be so influenced by one man. It seems to tiie common observer, that our representatives should be governed by the wishes of their continents. editorial assertions against, what they call the wekk men in our Legislature don’t go very far with inteiigent people. We remember reading last winter when some one was trying to get a bill through and asked a member to vote for it, the one approached said, "Personally I havn’t much against that bill but if I vote for that bill I would not like to go back home for public sentiment is against it where I live” Ah, back home, back home, there is the moving force. There is where this awful violation of tiie Constitution. This dreadful infringement of the liberties of citizens of our benighted country has its source and don’t let Republican editors or “one horse” lawyers or attorney generals forget it "Back home" stands behind Shumaker all the malicious attacks of editors and vituperations of obscure lawyers and‘wonderful speeches of our celebrated attorney general will go for nothing when it comes to the ears of those “Back home” —we wondered when we read an editorial and a quotation from a speech which compared the work of Shumaker to the reddest of red radicals that such an article and such an idea could eminate from the brain of a man with common sense. REPUBLICAN VOTER i 30 ideal building and 10 onehalf acre tracts in Bellmont Park will be sold Tuesday, Aug. 10th at big sale, afternoon and night. It

the parks by councils and town* boards, taxes are increased. These facts were doubtless known to members of the last lelslature but they did not interrupt u movement that resulted in giving locaj public officials opportunity to expend public money legally In forty-seven additional ways. Nor does the exercise of the authority granted officials to expend public money measure the cost thereof to the taxpayer. It Is not reasonable to presume that the scope of government can bo broadened without additional administrative expense. The proof that it [cannot be done lies in the numerous instances of the increase of salaries for public officials as granted by the 1927 legislature which has been roundly criticized as a "salary grabbing" assembly. What Legislation Did In furtherance of the theories and practices which have for ten years followed the adoption of "centralized government” in Indiana, the last legislature accomplished these things: I 1. It provided forty-seven additional ways by which local officials could increase the cost of government to the taxpayers. | 2. It passed twelve laws having influences on private businesses which influences will eventuaOy be reflect'ed in additional costs to consumers. 3. It passed eighteen laws increasing the authority of state officials and departments and providing additional duties for the state officials. 4. It thereby laid the foundation for ' increases in the cost of govenment to the taxpayers which will be deflected in tax levies for years to 'come, in the form of interest, sinking funds and salaries, all of which are inevitable. This Is Paternalism Not yet have the people of Indiana come to a realization that with every transfer of individual duty and in'dividmzl right to the state they saddle upon themselves additional burdens in the cost of both government and living. This is paternalism. Whether applied to the local unit or the state government, it is a specie of “centralization" that is neither Democratic nor Republican. j— —

———————— i NEWS FROM GENEVA i —by— J Miss Catherine Anderson ! Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mude and family j have returned from a week-end outj ing at the lakes. ; Emmett Tully and John Martin, who j have been employed in Indianapolis, j this summer returned to their paren- | tai homes Monday afternoon, where they wil spend a few weeks vacation before returning to Dental College this fall. O. A. Potter is very sick. ’ The M. E. Ladies Aid was delight- ’ fully entertained at the home of Mrs. I J Elzie Conner, Mrs. N. B. Shepherd assisted. Twenty membeis and seven 1 guests responded. The afternoon was spent with the fancy work, and the 1 different committees told of their plans for the coming month, after which dainty refreshments were served. ' The Misses George Martin and Catherine Anderson were callers in Portland Tuesday afternon. O. D. Arnold was in Portland Wednesday on business. Mrs. Frank Worrell, of Fort Wayne has returned home after a few days visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. 1 Charles Pyle. 1 Mrs. C. T. Elson and son, Robert ’ and daughter, Sarali Margaret, of Gar--1 rett, and Miss Ruth Eakright, of But--1 ler, have been visiting Rev. and Mrs. i Barton this week. Mrs. Clara Anderson and Margaret. ’ Houghton were in Portland Wednesday- * all day. The Geneva Band gave a concert at Portland Tuesday night. The three young Roop children who 1 have been spending a month with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindsey, have returned to their home 1 at South Bend. — —-o— ... 5 Mies Margaret Vesey and Mrs. E. r W. Kampe attended a family reunion f held at HickjsviHe, Ohio, yesterday. 1 David Adams of this office was . here today after a ten days vacation 1 spent with his mother at Albion, t Michigan, and with friends at Toledo ] and Detroit. He will visit at Marion 3 and Lima, Ohio, a few days before returning to his duties here. Ralph Amtiine is golfing at the Van Wert Country club this afternoon. O t NOTICE My truck will make Fort Wayne • on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I each week. For prices see D. F. t Teeple, 189t9x

• TR Y TIIE ♦ NEXT ONE ,(,*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* RIVERS 1. Name the longest river in the world. . , h , 2 Name the longest river in U’ United States. 3. What river, the longest in Asia. has figured in recent news dispatches from China. 4. What river of Canada was i' ll subject of a poem by Robert W. Service? 5. What American river that flow Into the Pacific Ocean is famed for its salmon ? 6. What river in Indiana was named as the last word of a song beginning, "On the banks of the —, 7. What river flows through lans. 8. What river that flows into the Dead Sea is mentioned prominently in the Bible? 9. What Is the longest river in South America? 10. What river is known us the "Father of Waters"? ANSWERS 1. The Nile. 4,000 n.Ues long. 2. The Missouri. 2,945 miles long. 3. The Yangtze. 4. The Yukon. 5. The Columbia. 6. The Wabash. 7. The Seine. 8. The Jordan.

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