Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by .'HE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President ,L R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. pick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies I .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 6 00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mall 3.00 Vne year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 33.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative BCHEERER. Inc. |ls Lexington Avenue, New York, 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. It may be six weeks until spring arrives officially, but this brand of weather sure reminds one of the balmy days. The country has answered the appeal for funds for the flood sufferers to the tune of 17 million dollars. We call that great. No country like America. This week the nation observes the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. May the memory and deeds of this great man always remain part of America's thought and tradition. Another crowd attended the horse sale here yesterday and buyers came from a wide area to purchase Adams county horses. They went away pleased for the offerings were good. Chief Justice Hughes does not oppose some changes in the Supreme Court set-up. He favors compulsory retirement at 75 and increasing the membership not to exceed two. Congress will decide the matter. Bandits and burglars evidently had a pick on an Indianapolis couple. Their store was held up by two Negroes and 355 taken. When they got home they found that thieves had ransacked the house and made way with $3,800 in cash, jewelry and postal savings certificates. They need protection. ; Governor Townsend favors the repeal of the law under which employes contribute towards the unemployment fund, in connection, with the social security act. At present employes are taxed nine mills on every dollar and repeal of the measure would eliminate this tax. It appears that the bill will pass. The pulling power of advertising was again demonstrated by a well known tooth paste company during 1936. Sales were increased from three to fourteen million dollars, while the increase outlay for advertising was only a half million. People buy what they see advertised and unconsciously go to the store that is known through newspaper advertising. The floods and strikes took the Spanish revolution off the front page for awhile, but press reports state the battle is raging there in all its fury It looks that regardles of which side wins there will not be enough left in the country CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur 11. 11. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two. When changing address to another town, always give present address and new address.

I to glory over and that few people • I will be left to help rebuild the towns and cities. Chances are the ■ war will run tor years and may be; j the seed for n greater conflict in 1 I Europe. lt i The country lost a great citizen, i mi able statesman, noted lawyer ,t and faithful public servant in the' | death of Elihu Root. He possessed ; j | one of the greatest intellects ever! 0 given to man and used it to the 1 0 1 benefit of the country. He had an i q exceptionally keen Insight, sound i 5 Judgment and an Integrity which I 9 endeared him to America. He n served In the cabinets of two presidents and' was privileged to live more than the average span of life, reaching the age of 91. For years he was a leading figure in America and was a champion of international peace and good will. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM— I The General Assembly resumed its work Monday, following the ' recess taken on account of the ’ flood emergency, with the prospect l 1 of accomplishing speedily and es- j »I fectively a program that has been! prepared. During the period of' adjournment the Democratic leaders have gone over the long list of bills introduced. About one-half of those pending were marked for the discard and eight proposals are listed as the measures that i should get favorable attention. . | The" list of those thrown out is !, a long one and undoubtedly there f ! will be no little grumbling and , dissatisfaction on the part of spoilI sors. But, for the most part, the I ■ measures marked for slaughter are ■ not essential or even very important. They are aimed to accomplish |" something that may seem desir- < ■ able to blocs and groups. Some, no j doubt, were introduced to please j constituents and the authors, who | ■ have done their part, will not | ’ grieve at their finish. ’ First on the "must” list is legis--1 lation to cope with the conditions ’ resulting from the flood. No one. ’ questions that something must be done and probably there will not I be much trouble in determining what is the state's duty and re- 1 sponsibility. The second item on c the list is a proposal to strengthen the automobile driver's license law and to increase safety on the highways. > Others on the list are the biennial appropriation bills, revision of < i the tax laws in some minor particulars, provision for the reassess- e '■ a ment of real estate this year and v every four years, and a bill to,c create a 'state division of labor. ‘I it ! The program is, for the most part, ■ constructive. Adherence to it will ( * . be generally approved. — Indianap- ' olis Star. i ■■ - - o i Modern Etiquette * By ROBERTA LEE , ■ * * 1 Q. When a woman meets a man, ■ who is a strictly business acquain- [ tanee. at some (social function, is' she obligated to recognize him? A. Not unlees she wishes to do so. | ■ but she usually does unless there is [ . some good, personal reason why' she should not. Q From which side of the chair ’ should one take hie eeat at the i j table? A. The chair should be drawn back with the right hand. This of I course makes it convenient to take ' the chair from the left side. i Q. What are the correct hours to . make a formal call? A. Between 3:3V and 5:30 p. m. > 0 '♦ « ■ i Household Scrapbook j By Roberta Lee , 9 * Putty I'utty in a window frame can be softened by stirring together two pounds of sal-soda, one-half pound lime, in one gallon of hot water. Apply while still warm to both sides ‘of the glass and let it remain for r twelve hours. The gluts can then be > removed without cutting- The ai mount of solution given Is sufficient for a number of windows. Gray Hair j A so>p that is pure white should g ,be used in the sliampoo for gray U hair, as many of the colored soaps x will leave the hair yellow. Apple Pie r When baking an open-top apple ® I pie, invert another pie pan over it- ? Title will make the steam cook the h pie thoroughly. Fi, 0 - Trade in a Good Town — Decatut |

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I at tlie Standard Oil ipump station at 1 PrebleC. W. F. Davis and sons of Salem | are opening a wholesale candy store lin the People’s Loan and Trust j Company block. • t i Miss Marie Gass is visiting in troito Special Mid-week Lenten (Services, beginning Wednesday 'of this week at 7:30 o’clock, were announced by Rev. C. M. Prugh,' ' pastor of the Zion Reformed churchi The topic of the sermon for the opening service will be "Keeping Lent,” The public is invited to attend these services. o Pope Continues To Show Improvement Vatican City, Feb. 9 — <U.R> — I Pope Pius continues to maintain i the recent improvement in his I condition, a Vatican official said I today, and spent a comfortable I ■ night. Usually reliable informants said that the pope was treated by one ,of Rome’s foremost dentists yesi terday and that the dentkst re-1 i placed a tooth which the pope lost i ju couple of months ago, due to its

looseness and softening of the gums. Tlie new tooth was secured by a bridge, it was said. The pope has no other artificial teeth. His own are considered unusually I strong for a man of has nge — nearly 80. • Prof. Aminta Milan!, the Vatican physician, persuaded the pope to ; return to (bed from his wheel chair soon after noon today, it was understood, because of the rainy weather. o — Injured Attorney Is Back In Office Hubert R McClenahan, local attorney, who suffered a fractured leg several weeks ago when struck by an automobile on North Second street was able to be at his office today for the first time since the accident. The attorney is recovering rapidly, although still forced to use i crutches. Eczema, Athletic Feet, Pimples, All Skin trouble. Try B. B. Ointment 50c Box AT YOUR DRUGGISTS

REGULATION OF ' TRUCKS URGED: Petroleum , Marketer 1 ' Committee Urges Watch- ; ing Os Laws , Indianapolis, Feb. 9. — “At the 1 1 1937 session of the Indiana legis- , lature numerous bills aiming to tax, control, regulate and restrict ( the use of our highways will prob- , ably be dumped into the legislative . hopper,” says the Indiana petro-1, I leum marketers committee. ' “Already ml the statute hooks of this state there is a plethora of highway regulatory laws. Instead of adding to them, our legislators might well consider revision," simplification, ami reduction of), those laws already existing. Any proposed new highway regulatory ■, law should certainly receive care-! ful (I liberation. Such laws should meet the test of bringing 'the. greatest good to the greatest numbers.’ They should not be adopted I to give benefits to special groups.' Any measure, whether dealing with highway transportation or any other activities, which imposes restrictions or hardships on a group of taxpayers, should be enacted into law with the greatest of caution. “Under the present Indiana laws the general regulations regarding speed and other factors of safe op-. eration apply, as they should, to all trucks operating on the high-1 ways of the state. Public interest could not be served otherwise. i I “In the matter of taxation and i the protection of the public against I irresponsible agents, however, the I present law differentiates between i trucks used in private business and 1 those operated as public carriers. I A persbu who wishes to operate i trucks as public carriers on the I highways of this state must supply ' evidence of financial responsibility, I file reports and conform to other | regulations of the public service ■ commission. In addition to the regular fees paid on private trucks, I the operator of trucks used as pubj lie carriers must pay a special perI mit fee of $25 ami sl2 per unit of equipment, an additional tax of 60 cents per 100 pounds ou the gross I weight, and a gross receipts tax of i one per cent. The theory behind ' this differentiation between private i and public carriers lies in the fact i that the operation of trucks by a ! private business is an incidental, but necessary, part of the business, | whereas the common carrier cari ries on its business almost entire-

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ly on the highways and partakes, on the nature of a public utility. Many of states follow that theory of taxation and regulation and differentiate between trucks used by private businesses and those used as common or contract I carriers The Indiana levies on trucks operating as common carriers are, however, considerably ( higher tlian those of the majority O s the states. The tax on receipts, which is levied in only a few states, is usually applied only to passenger busses. “There is ne the present taxes on trucks operat-, ing as public carriers in Indiana are excessive and unfair. The legislature might well take steps to reduce those taxes and bring them in line with the practices of • other states. Their effect cannot beo ther than to restrict and to] hamper the economical use of the highways for the benefit of the general public, and by putting up insurmountable obstacles in the wayof countless entrepreneur operators tend to bring about monopolistic control of public carriers operating on the highways of the state. "At the 1937 session of the legis- 1 lature amendments to the present laws will be sought to include trucks operated in the course of private business in the regulatory and tax requirements of common carriers. Those changes in the law , are advocated, it is said, by transportation groups, who see in them, away to curtail haulage by private i businesses. A company now operating one or two trucks, for example, might not find it profitable I to continue to use them with great-, I ly increased taxes and burdensome , regulations. If such trucks are tak-1 en off the highways, the carrier in-1 terests hope to secure the haulage that will be released. In other words, the carrier interests would curb the use of private trucks as much as possible to divert the haulage of goods to public carriais. "Passage of any law that would haye such an effect would be obviously unfair and unsound. It would penalize the general public by higher transportation costs, it would place an unnecessary and unjust burden on private business depending upon motor transportatio nto get products to market, and it would tend to push highway transportation in the state further into the monopolistic control of a few. “7 private business operating one or more trucks is definitely not in the transportation business. A wholesale grocer or druggist, for example, needs to transport goods from the warehouse to its customers, but such use of the highways

is merely .. . tainly it is ui lltJ( . al U) »•■ (JH innarely ™ same , ls ~,’ » * and impose (lons ami Im, a. ''"nM should am> um i,.,;;? encourage. “Privately umrei | ni , generally < n.y . IS do mmumm ■ ~ i(k "> ,i rall ' d "> ■> real. 'W example, might , : ., H full load, making , h . ;k „ the route until h ;i ., ih . ./W re .... J load whatsore.-, '•« rier trucks, « return depeml loads; usually 1..,, t,,.,,.,,;' s "K directions 0ft,,,, Thus '*>« ured by use of the ‘ trucks operat.-d ■■ W private irnsin,re quired to pay sp- , aM . s ed upon common ~i rri , “If the present | M j ana ■ amended to ii . i |l|lVjb . owners, every t.mn.., Ih th( , would be im liul. ,1 Ttus mean that ev.-iy i.inueiplaced under tin- same regulations ami i, l: required i» ■ the special ta\< s a..* by the common contrast, riers A farm, r w ii,, I)WU> 4Bj erates a two ton track, ujedjJ in hauling ins own a supplies, would pay Kr * weight tax. “The Indiana law M lt M stands places severe restricts on the development of transportation. Any person tai porting iiasM-tiM i-. m property ft compensation is held a ci>i»m j carrier under the act. A man fl lowns and operates ln S own (rM must pay heavy fees, m W t i sorts of requirements impose | the public service commission. a I finally must pay one per cent i ' his gross receipts. Even contra ! carriers are classified as comim j carriers under the act and mn (submit to excessive legulalionsa i special taxation. . j '•"If the Indiana legislature slrtl ■ j extend the law so as to indt . private trucks and make tha .' quasi-public carri.-i s burdened wit , I taxes and regulations, this stw i will have the distinction ot harinj . ■ the most oppressive, unjust. u| r ’ unsound law regulating trucks ii ■ the United States. The presell J lay is bad; if amended to incra ' privJTe trucks it would be ititoleif ; able." .. o — Fresh Fish. No. 1 pickertL Boneless perclt. Smoked ‘white fish. Ocean perdu Haddock. Mutschkr’s Me«t Market.