Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1933 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published MJ A THE Every Eva- DECATUR ning Except JE. DEMOCRAT Sunday by £2— CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office us Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gon. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse See'y & Hus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies . $ .02 i)ne week, by carrier „ 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail — 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail. 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere |3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER, Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. These must be days of changing • thought. Even Maine changed after 84 years. If there are only 43 more days of the world's fair, by the same figuring Christmas will be here in about 95 days. The leaves are beginning to turn and it won't be long until we have, Indian summer. Wish we could I have about six months of the pres-, ent brand of weather. Saturday night's rain was just | the thing needed to put the final l push in the sugar beets. The crop | is coming along nicely and will be ready to harvest about the tenth of October. General Hugh Johns n spoke| wise words when he stated the purpose of the NRA was to give friendly aid and not an iron list in the carrying out of the recovery program. A business lives or dies according to the foresight of its management in making new friends to take the place of old friends who' some day will be gone, aptly stated a well known merchant. The best | and quickest contact with all gen-1 erations is through the advertising columns of the home newspaper. Give an encouraging word to the township trustee, the school head and public officials who are trying I to keep things going during these days. They have a hard job. are | desirous of pleasing the majority | and at the same time must maintain the schools and public institutions in a manner according to law. The public does not have all the facts a good many times and therefore is easy to criticise. The members of the County lax Adjustment Board are. donating their time in studying budgets and adjusting tax rates. Proceeding with the thought in mind to render the greatest amount of public service, their action is commendable. This county will be one of the leaders when it comes to a clear understanding on the tax question and the solving of the perplexing problem. Next Sunday will see the end of daylight saving time and cities operating under the fast time will resume the central standard time basis. There were so many things —————————— If you need money for any worthy purpose, do not hesitate to consult us. Let us explain—no obligation—how you may borrow from us at a moderate interest cost and do away with those financial worries. If InconvenTent to call at office—call, phone or write us. FRANKLIN SECUBITY COMPANY Over Schafer Hdw. Co. Phone 237 Decatur, Ind.

going on this year, apparently no one paid much attention to the time discussion and each community went about Its business as if , nothing happened. It's a matter anyone can decide without going to a lot of trouble and argument. ' Most businesses now a days operate on different time schedules and it seems that everything is moving along satisfactory. When the lowa assembly convenes shortly there Is bound to be much controversy on the subject of taxes. Those who favor a net income tax will demand a graduated tax upon Incomes. It will be objected to on the ground that such a tax represents an invasion of i the federal tax field; that it is I double taxation; that it penalizes thrift and rewards indolence; that if carried to a point where it would i be effective as a producer of rev ! enue it would defeat its own pur-1 pose by stifling thrift and initi-! ative, a process which would stop the wheels of industry and par-1 alyze progress. This graduated tax, it will be argued, is fundamentally un-American, unjust, unsound and dangerous, and violates the equality intent of the constitution. I “Get the people accustomed to | levying a 10 per cent tax on a $5,000 income and 20 jjer cent on | ! $10,000." says the Marshalltown Times-Republican. “Step it up from 'time to time until complete confiscation is reached. Is this the big I ■ idea of advocates of this tax? Ai ' flat rate gross tax on incomes can | Ibe regulated. It is a tax which all people pay. When its rates go too i high the people can elect representatives to make laws that will reduce this tax. A tax which is paid by a small minority, and i i which exempts a vast majority. | can be made confiscatory, and thei minority which it robs is helpless. I The intent of our constitution was ' to protect a helpless minority from a ruthless majority.” We think that more and more the idea of a flat rate gross income 1 tax 1- Wowing in favor. If such a tax were in lieu of all other taxes it would have much to commend it to the people. A tax of i . this sort would be fair to all. rich ! jand poor.—The Rock Island Argus. Newspaper display advertising in 25 representative cities showed an average increase of 16 per cent' last month compared with August, j | 1932. Business, government and ■ | public are eager to know just ex- 1 actly what that amazing gain , I means. That it reflects renewed confi-! dence on the part of the nation's | business there is not a shadow of j a doubt. Business does not spend good dollars on advertising unless it is reasonably sure there is business to be had. And yet a 16 per cent increase in advertising volume does not necessarily mean a corresponding increase in business for the advertisers. The proof is in the pudding, which, in this case, is the business done. And the proof is at ' hand. There is no more accurate bar-, ometer of business than the weekly report of freight car loadings, and that barometer’s latesf reading shows the business mercury rising rapidly. September started her brief career by running the business barometer up to its highest point in two years. The loadings for the week were 105,327 cars in excess of those for the corresponding week of 1932, and the highest weekly total since November, 1931. Here is the corroborating evidence proving not only that the newspaper advertising gains reflected business gains but accounted tor them, at least in part More car loadings can mean only one thing — more business done, more goods sold. Those who have sought the reasons for this upturn in business after a slight sag during August all came to the same conclusion: general business conditions are better. o Special Indian orchestra, l| Wednesday, Sunset.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1933.

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Bulbs For Your Spring Garden Now is the time to think of your fall planting of hardy bulbs for j j your spring garden next year Spring flowering bulbs are among the most satisfactory garden flowers, because, no matter what the ' condition of the soil may be, rich or poor, clayey or sandy, they are j ’ I practically certain to produce blooms as the embryo flowers are al- ( I ready formed in the bulbs when planted. Our Washington Bureau has ready for you a new bulletin on the ' selection, planting and flowering of bulbs- hyacinths, tulips, nar- | cissus. The bulletin will tell you about design-bedding, treatment of , bulbs after flowering, perennial garden or mixed flower border i . planting, and contains information on the individual requirements of all kinds of bulbs. If you are interested in the appearance of your garden next j spring, you will need this information now. Fill out the coupon be- | low and mail as directed. CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 252. Washington Bureau, Decatur Democrat, 1322 New York Avenue. Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin BULB CULTURE, and enclose ■ herewith five cents in coin (carefully wrapped) to cover return postage and handling costs: NAME . . ..... ... STREET & No. I CITY STATE I am a reader of the Decatur. Ind . Daily Democrat.

» S d' Answers To Test Questions Below a.e the Answers to the Tert Questions Printed on Page Two. 1. One-half white and one-half negro. 2. $15,000 less 15 per cent. 3. A Vienese composer of music. 4. Adolphe Sax, the inventor. 5. Joan of Arc. 6. Job. 7. First Amendment. 8. Harold Begbie. 9. In the Southern Orkney’s, Scotland. 10. South Africa. 0 • « Household Scrapbook -ByROBERTA LEE ♦ • Care of Shoes Sometimes the toe of the shoe is I a little large. When this is the case, fill the toe with hair combings. This also keeps the sho from cracking across the top. The Teapot Place a small stick across the top of the tea pot that is seldom used, instead of keeping the lid on securely. This will allow fresh air to enter and will prevent a musty

PUBLIC AUCTION TRUCKS—TRUCKS—TRUCKS As I have discontinued my trucking business and am engaged in farming, will sell at public auction at the corner of First and Jefferson streets, Decatur. Ind., on THURSDAY, Sept. 21st at 2:00 I’. M. 1931 Gramm 2% ton truck (carries 1932 title) and 3 ton heavy duty Fruehauf Trailer, electric brakes, A No. 1 condition, new rubber; 1931 lleo 1% ton Dual, straight truck with stock body, in first class condi- ’ tion; 1928 Reo. 3 ton truck with 31 Gold Crown Motor and 3 ton Fruer liauf trailer, Van body, first class mechanically, new rubber; Also one 12 ft. van body; one 12 ft. flat body; 2 pr. 31x7 Dual truck chains; 2 pr. 32x6; one pr. 34x7 single; 2 pr. 32x6 single; extra tires, tubes, and ■ many other articles. These trucks may be inspected any day before the sale at my farm 2 miles south of Decatur on Mud Pike. Terms—Cash. , ELMER TRICKER, Owner Roy S. Johnson, auctioneer.

' odor. Boiling Milk 'lf milk boils over on the range, or in the oven, sprinkle a thick layer of salt over th- burning milk, allow it to remain for a few minutes. then wipe off. —o * “twenty years - * AGO TODAY From the Dally Democrat File (Assessment this year is $111,345 in excess of last year. Adam Egley weds Ethel Harbor , of Laketon. 'Ed Whitright of Center Ice Cream Co., dislocates shoulder. Mrs. Anthony Kohue undergoes 1 operation tor appendicitis. Mrs. Ernest N-hrwald and Mrs.' I John Koop are visiting their mother, Mrs. Bultemeier. Mrs. Noah Mangold entertains | ■ fourteen ladies of Christian Aid. M. A. Frising r is in Fort Wayne' I on business. Mrs. Jasper Gilbert is called to ' P6e by daughter-in-law's illness. Fred Bollman of Gas City is visit-1 ing here. D. E. Smith is in Philadelphia ■ taking the 33rd degree in Masonry. o Free Textbooks Planned ■; Hebron, Neb. (U.R) —Recognizing •the need for readjustment of edu-

rational costs in depression times, the administration of Hebron College here have announced that all text books will Im* provided students free of cost. Some fees have ( been lowered and others eliminated entirely. i o Hens To Ride Camels Spokan. Wash.. — (UP) — Two j dozen White lavghorn pullets are getting ready tor a long jaunt to far-off Ramuliah, a day camel back from Jerusalem. Raised here by Mahmood Yennes. they will be sent to his wife in the Holy Land to' ' start a poultry yard. o NOTICE We will start our cane mill Sep-. tetnber 25 and would be glad to j make your molasses. Would Ifke to make some on shares. John Eicher, i one half mile east of Berne. Sept. 19-26 j

ILLUJI If IM. —~ — I Why did you buy this NEWSPAPER? I SUPPOSING that, beginning tomorrow, all the newspapers are discontinued. What a furore the public would make. “News! News’ We must have news or we will he no better oft’ than the ancients.” All right, suppose we give them news but cut out the advertisements. Then you would discover that politics, the doings of society, notices of fires, accidents, deaths, scandals, sports, the activities of the police and criminals add little or nothing to the real comfort and happiness of this greatest age in the world’s history. Advertising is the NEWS of all the looms, of all the furnaces, of all the laboratories, of all the shops, of all I the stores, of all the world, and ail working for you. Because of advertising, luxuries and necessities that once cost a king’s ransom arc yours at little prices. Advertising pits merchant against merchant, artisan against artisan, producer against producer, for your benefit, forcing out the best there is in everything and telling the world about it. I •• Read advertising. Keep abreast of today. Adveri I tising furnishes you with facts and opportunities that otherwise you would never know.

I BENEFITS OF THE NEW DEAL

By Representstive Louis Ludlow (Editor's Note—This Is the third of a series of articles by Representative Ludlow on ‘•Benefits of the New Deal.’’) As (be age of mechanism has developed It has become apparent that few workmen can do with machinery what many have heretofore done by hand labor and the result has been that the few have been employed al excellent wages while the many, tn deepest melancholy. have tramped the streets unable to find work to support themselves and their families and to educate their children. This ■condition has become progressively worse. The tew gainfully em ployed have grown fewer because unemployment has reduced the markets for the products they manufacture, while the many who have no support have grown more numerous, adding constantly to the nation’s suffering and intensifying iis distress. Among thinking people there has for a long time been a growing conviction that the only remedy for this condition is the shorter work week and the minimum wage and that eveti this remedy ! cannot become effective unless , its application be made universal. To accomplish this important and vital purpose is the object of the National Recovery Act. which is dedicated to the undertaking of spreading employment so that work aud prosperity may go around. From the standpoint of labor this act is super-important, as it writes into the statutes a recognition of labor organizations I and the right of collective barg- , aining. The language in which . this guarantee of the integrity of I labor unions is written is as fol- I lows: “That employees shall have the I right to organize and bargain col- I Jectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall ' be free from the interference, re- j straint. or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; that no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing.” From the standpoint of industry the act offers distinct advantage to all worthy business enterprises by the elimination of cutthroat 1 methods of competition and unfair I practices which have made good i business men suffer from the ' derelictions of the bad. An Indiana manufacturer of I saws told me the other day of ‘ some bad conditions in the saw ■ industry that already have been 1 ironed out by the Recovery Act. i A large manufacturer recently

worked his skilled employees I thirty-five hours on a rush order for which they received five dol i lurs In pay. This was at the rate of less than fifteen cents an hour. i Naturally by paying starvation wages that manufacturer. In com petition on government contracts, could underbid manufacturers who , paid their men forty cents an hour, or a living wage.* Under the ( .Saw Code of ’he Recovery Act uil . saw m inufacturers will pay the i same minimum wage. This Is a blessing not only to the laboring I men in the saw industry, who i have a right to living wages, but also to the honest and fair manufacturers of saws who deal justly . with their men. No longer will , those manufacturers be penalized by unfair practices for adhering i to their high ideals. The general acceptance of this i rule of spreading employment and creating better industrial conditions is indicated by the rush of industries to sign fair practice codes and the fact that the blue eagle, emblem of compliance with the National Recovery Act, Is ap- : pearing in windows all over thei United States. Already under the operation of this major piece of I legislation millions who have not 1 bad employment for months and years are on their way back to the furnaces, forges and workshops, and General Hugh Johnson’s army goes marching on! Space will not permit me to

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uw “ llou •“ «•* <l-1 except vfrs- - Incompletely, but who claims to h» ve . Wh ° hat ln‘,s* most souls ,„„ H| pe()i)k H areut sympathy for would consider this r .„ ** lutperfecx Indeed if lt 1 aid the glad tiding, e* 1 National Recovery Avl * an end to child labor ed States. Thu. by oße being accomplished wh M '7' ■nodically and |„ efil . statutes and executive ,1 a long period of of the southern . ..tto,, eMM 10 ell “ 2; child labor in the thus wiping out the .m, ' ou the Southland sitne slavery, other cedes sur “ ly adopted eontaiu the > da . vision. It is Do wonder Roosevelt said in one of t,» addresses that nothing h e had done gave him mor., pu than his approval of the wiped out the curse of cin|7 That is in leed an epochal tn j for humanity and ÜB e O s n, I dental benefits of the ne , oue of the by products, „ it as no one contemplated in u ginning a drive against lalvor. Ihe little ones with eled bodies and dwarfed » ties, frightful example, of selfishness, will now have, portunity to grow and God’s sunlight.