Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 117, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1920 — Page 19

G. 0. P. TAX ORGY FLAYED BY SAHM Democratic Rally Speaker Gives Facts and Figures. How the profligate extravagance and mismanagement of the Republican, State, county and city administrations duTlng the past three years has resulted In the Increasing of the public debt of the city of Indianapolis to the enormous figure of more than $20,000,000 and the increasing of the tax rate and the amount of taxes raised thereby to miUions upon millions of dollars more than was ever needed to carry on the government before, was reviewed step by step by Albert S&hm, attorney, in an address at a Democratic raUy at Talbot and Palmer streets last night. Mr. Sahm traced the Goodrich tax law from the day of Its inception in the mind of the Governor through all of the vicissitudes which It has suffered down to the present day, showing why and how the law-, coupled with the carelessness and inability of Republican officials to preserve the public’s best Interests, Is responsible for the vast Increases In expenditures of public funds and estimates of expenditures for next year. The Interest alone upon the public debt of the community is costing the taxpayers $3,000 per day or $375 per hour, every business hour of every business day In the year, Mr. Sahm declared. “It may interest you,” he told the south side voters, “to know that while since 1904 our population has increased a little more than 60 per cent, that tax collections have increased more than 300 per cent, and that in addition to this incredibly enormous increase because the ‘tax-eater’s’ maw called for more, the public debt Increased more than 300 per cent, on top of it, and that this is In reality

NEW TAXES OP MOKE THAN yi6.M0.000. “It may interest you to know that the taxable valuations of Indianapolis aro 3002.500,000 and that this enormous sum, r-ius the additional $194,500,000 in the county, will yield the scandalized highnew taxes of more than $16,000,000, this being between 400 and 500 per eent more than fifteen years ago and nearly fS,•XXj.OOO, or nearly 100 per cent, more than we were led to believe would be raised under the new 'tax reducing’ tax lav/. “It may Interest you to know that this $16,000,000 to be produced far next year equals about $55,000 for each of the 300 business days or about $7,000 pet business hour each business day. “It may be needless to remind you that in addition to the burdens heaped upon you by the local taxers you now, by State permission, pay more for heat, light water and telephone, all through and nnder the able business management of that genus homo, the ’tax-eater.’ "It may be interesting to know that In the published budget of the city administration, amounting to $4 673.<596.64 the sum of $3,903 87164, or three-fifths of the total amount. Is designated aa ‘salaries,’ part of which, of course, H chargeable to increases, but very much of which Is due to many Instances where two and three men are dividing one man's job. “It may not be amiss to recite that while the ’tax-eateri is being aided and encouraged by our quasi public bodies end by every beach-comber looking for easy money, by every soldier of fortune, every hobbyrlder and financial adventurer, to make yon like this abnormal, high pressure effort to transform your good community Into one vast, continuous vista of bowers and boulevards, yom own home (you are continually enjoined to own your own home) goes paintless and often paneless, because of the evergrowing, everlasting penalization heaped upon you under the guise of public benefaction by this ‘tax-eater.’ ”

BROKE IT ORAUI'AI.LY TO THE PrBLIC. Hr. Sahra declared that, like the man who cat off his dog's tail a small piece at a time so as to make the operation “less painful'' the Republican county and city administrations tried to break the news of the enormous increases In the new tax levies to the public piecemeal. First, he said, they just “estimated” that the rate of Indianapolis In Center township probably would be $2.30 on the $100; i'ndlinapolls In Warren, about $2.25; Indiana mils In Washington, about $2.55; Indianapolis In Wayne, about $2.40, and Indianapolis in Perry about $2.42. “The ‘tax-eater' was simply estimating, *© it wouldn’t hurt so bad. “He was getting yon ready for what would follow, what surely did follow, and when he finally got down to brass tacke he gave you the full count. “He estimated the rate here In Center Township at $2.30, but he fixed It, and fixed you at the same time, at $2.40; he fixed Perry at $2.51; Wayne at $2.46; Washington at $2.62; poor old Warren at $2.72. “How would you like to live In Warren ! “However, he dopes us with a little soothing syrup by predicting the rate for 1922 probably will be less. "But his predictions thus far are like the Irishman's flea, never there.” GIVES FIGURES OH $6,000 HOME. Mr. Sahm took for example, the owner of a modest, $6,000 home, and figured that under the old tax law the property would be assessed at $4,000, or two-thirds of its true cash value, and showed that under the old rate of S2.CB, which was decried by Goodrich followers as much too high, the taxes on the property would amount to $107.20. But under the new law, be pointed out, this $6,000 home was appraised at $7 200, which under the last year levy of SIOO would make taxes against It amount to $113,20, or fS more than under the old system. Under the new rates, he explained, the . xee on a $6,000 home In Indianapolis o. the various townships will be as J -Lows; In Center Township, $17280; Wayne, 4177.12; Perry, $182.83; Washington, a ,88.64; Warren, $195.84. •Sixty per cent more taxes!” Jimmy Mellen urged young voters to Join the Yonug Men's Democratic Club and requested mothers and fathers to sco that their sons and daughters take active parts In Democratic politics. Hjnry Spaan, Democratic candidate so Congress; Martha Yoh Marsan, Mar n County Democratic Women’s Chalrni :* and John W. Holtzman, also spoke. ' )bacco Machines a Ohio Replace Girls ■ •'STHESDA, Ohio, Sept. 24.—Labor ■ ’-‘age is held responsible for the lnB'lJation of tobacco stripping machines S many Belmont County cigar factories, fl I oese machines replace girl workers. ■ Hollers, who earn $5 a thousand, like ■“ machine-stripped leaf because It cuts ■ -*l4 eliminating the necessity of trlm- ■ -gg ragged edges, which, it is claimed, ■ 3 unavoidable in hand trimming. I ThtMr these machines, it is estimated. B' ect a having in tobacco amounting to B->jn 40 to 70 cents per 1,000 cigars. ■ t'revloualy most of the eastern Ohio was shipped to other countries to he used for dyeing purposes, some S r <iug to Australia. Now, however, the demand from Eastern cigar markets has materially increased. One manufacturer Baatesvffie turning out over 100,000 • -a with hurley fillers dally Is nearly , * behind in his orders. st m—- • *Y\I.AN BONDS SOLD IN T\ 8. pt fNNIPEU, Manitoba, Sept. 24.—DurAugust Manitoba disposed of sev!f? blocks of bonds, amounting in all X. 1 4,500,000, which have all been sold in ti United States at a rate to yield the 1: estor a little more than 8 per cent. T ; bonds were for five years and bear psovoant .

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FIRE BUG SOUGHT IN SIOO,OOO BLAZE (Continued From Page One.) it was thought to be In the sheds in the rear of the planing mill. These sheds were filled with lumber, but the fire spread to the planing mill and not much damage was caused to the lumber yard of the company. The planing mill was a four-story brick bnllding, 80 by 80 feet in te. and tha building and expensive machinery Is a total loss.

CITY DETECTIVES AID EIRE MARSHALS SEARCH. Much importance Is placed on the fact that a number of fires occurred In the northeast section of the city list night. Members of the detective department and the State fire marshal’s office are cooperating in the Investigation of the fires. The most important clew obtained by the police was given by Mrs. W. B. Goss, 921 East St. Clair street, who saw a man run from the scene of the fire started at the Otto J. Sues* Transfer and Storage Company. 920 Biddle street, at 9:55 o’clock last night. The Sues* Company’s buildings are within 200 yards of the Jnngclaus lumber yard?, and that fire had just been put out when the firemen saw the flames at the Jungclaus plant. Mrs. Lottie Zumphy, 925 East St. Clair street, discovered the Sues* lire, which originated between two frame sheds directly in the rear of her home, the fire reaching the pile of lumber in the Sues* Company’s yards. It was Mrs. Zumphy’s screams that attracted the attention of Mrs. Goss, who lived on the west side of Economy street, the alley where the sheds are located, where the Incendiary started the fire. MAN FLEES SCENE AS EIRE IS STARTED. Mrs. Goss described the man as being slender and weighing about 133 pounds. lie was a white man, smooth-shaven, wearing a dark suit of clothes and a soft felt hat, she said. This man ran across St. Clair street, and continued north on Economy street and then turned west in the first alley north of St. Clair street From that point it is believed that he went to the rear of the Jungclaus factory and started that fire. The fire was spectacular and attracted a large crowd. Fire brands showered on residences northwest of Massachusetts avenue and firemen were kept busy putting out roof fires. On the sout.i of the Jungclaus plant is an alley known as Fowler street, and residences at 807, 811, 817, 819 Fowler street were damaged, as was the Pete Granosky Company's Junk shop. A heavy loss was suffered at the Champion Mop Company’s factory, 847 Massachusetts avenue, which was totally destroyed. There was some damage to the George W. Hollenbeck flour and feed store, 843 Massachusetts avenue. PRINTING PLANT DAMAGED BY WATER. The Charles W. Boswell Printing Company, 841 Massachusetts avenue, was also reached by the fire, but the damage In -that place was for the most port caused by water and amoke. At the shop of the Joshua N. Knapp horse shoe shop, 553 Massachusetts avenue, the entire rear of the building was burned. ; ; 1 The big five story fireproof building of the Hogan Transfer and Storage Company, 963 and 860 Maeachusetta avenue, was only slightly damaged by the flames which were prevented from spreading farther northeast by the building. A freight car on a track in the rear of the Hogan building, directly between that building and the Jungclaus factory, was damaged by the flames. Remarkable work was done by the firemen, who prevented the flames from spreading throughout the Jungclaus lumber yard, located east of the factory and also from reaching across Fowler street to the John A. Schumacher lumber yard. HEAVY EAST WIND SAVES LUMBER YARDS. A wind from the east assisted the firemen in,preventing the flames spreading through the lumber yards, but that same wind carried fire brands across Massachusetts avenue and showered them on the roofs of houses on Ashland avenue and Edison avenue. At 9:19 o’clock last night the firemen answered an alarm at 511 Massachusetts avenue where there was only a slight loss, but they had hardly returned to the fire houses when the alarm was received that sent them to tbs Otto J. Sues* Company's storage houses and lumber yards. While the firemen wero fighting the blaze at the Jnngclaus Company an alarm was received that sent some of the fire department to the Talge Mahogany Company, 1103 East Thirteenth street, where a fire of unknown origin caused a loss estimated at S2OO. A hot Iron started a blaze at the Progress Laundry, 415 East Market street, at 1234 o’clock this morning, but the loss was small The William P. Jungclaus Company are contractors and builders. The office building of the company is brick and was not damaged. The planing mill, located directly In

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the rear of the office building, Is a total loss, as are some frame lumber shedain the rear. William P. Jungclaus is president of the company, H. P. Jungclaus is vicepresident, and F. W. Jungclaus is secretary and treasurer. SHAFER PAPER LAUDS TAGGART (Continual From Pass One.) to be an orator, but tried to gain control of the state organization. In this process lie made a combination which resulted in placing upon the Republican state ticket, which already suffers from the unpopularity of the Goodrich administration, Ora Davies of Kokomo, a former county official, vrho is officially described as “short in his accounts.” Davies has a disposition to stick, to the discomfiture of Watson and the exasperation of Republicans who don’t like Watson’s politics. Ralaes Old Issue. Back of it all lies the division between the progressive and old-guard Republicans in Indiana, a division which Is healed so far as Harding Is concerned, but which is alive as regard* Watzon. Watson is an old aversion of the progressives, who defeated him for nomination four years ago and only allowed him to go to the senate whe n an unexpected death created a second vaeaucy. The progressive sentiment is a live thing here. Ex-Senator Beveridge will test its strength two years from now, when he will try to succeed Harry New to the senate. Watson moreover, has not been happy in bis campaign. ll® rather overplayed the “separate peace with Germany” idea in his early speeches and became so enamored of it as to declare that this country was “never officially at war with Germany." He rather took this back later, or strove to explain It away. But at least he got off on the wrong foot nis opponent as already indicated Is Thomas Taggart Taggart is one of the puszlea to a visitor from other parts of the Union. Outside Indiana Taggart’s name has been always coupled with “Boss” Murphy’s of New York and the late Roger Sullivan’s of Illinois. Just “Dos* .Taggart" Ho Is to the outside “Boss Taggart.” You can not conceive of “Bose” Mur* phy running for the senate In New York. It would raise a moral issue, s<A called. But In Indiana Taggart is regarded with considerable affection and respect. His nomination does not raise any moral Issue. He Is the opposite of Watson. He is no orator and he is a politician. Indiana admires politicians. They are a pecular product of the state which feels that it honors itself when It honors politicians. You find a hlgh-brow, rather mugwumpish newspaper like the News regarding Taggart with a rather kindly eye. It was always so. Years ago when Taggart was over aryl over again mayor of Indianapolis the News used to say unpleasant things about Taggart. But Taggart has been translated. Ills translation took place when he served a few years ago some months In the United States senate. Indiana says that Taggart made a good senator. Whatever accounts sot it, Taggart has been saving his soul in recent years. People say of him that be has "mellowed” with the passing of years. Taggart Well Regarded.

At any rate, there he stands, a pretty well regarded figure with a certain formidable quality, a greater talent for “personal contacts" than any other man In the state. He has a penius for knowing people and making them like him and respect him at close range. There are several men in the United States senate who are there for Just the gift that Taggart possesses. The chances seem to be a little against him this time, with the swing toward the Republican party that is unmistakable In Indiana. But hard readings as this will be in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. Taggart Is undoubtedly the strongest opponent Watson could have. Watson is making an appeal which touches the state and Interests Indiana business men. It is being said for him that he Is a gat friend of Senator Penrose, that Penrose is sick and that under such conditions Watson, if re-elected, will either be or act as chairman of tbe senate finance committee. This committee wUI rewrite the United States tax law and especially deal with the excess profits tax. Indiana is senTO WOMEN WHO OVERDO Thousands of American women in our homes are dally sacrificing their lives to duty. In order to keep the home neat and attractive, the children well dressed and tidy, women overdo. Soon a weakness or displacement is brought on and they suffer In silence, drifting along from bad to worse. For forty years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has proved a boon and a blessing to women In this condition, by restoring their systems to a normal healthy condition. Why don’t you try it? — Advertisement.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1920.

New York City’s nerves have been very bad since the recent Wall street explosion. Following the receipt of a postcard carrying the warning that the United States customshouse at New York would, be blown up, a heavy cordon of armed sailors and special guards were thrown about the building. Only persons with important business were allowed inside and if. they carried a package or bag, its contents were minutely Inspected. The picture at the left shows guards carefully examining the contents of a young lawyer’s brief case. They actually feared that he might have enough TNT In this case to blow up the building. In the lower picture an armed sailor is shown In the act of asking a woman if she has any dynamite on her person. FARMER IS CORN KNIFE VICTIM. GRKBNSBURG, Ind., Sept. 24. Charles Martin, farmer, living near this city, suffered a severe cut in hi# heel when he stepped in front of a corn knife being used by his hired hand in cutting cane.

Bible of the honor of having one of its senators really or in effect head of the most important senate committee. Indiana business men are greatly interested in who will guide that committee. This argument for him, circulating quietly, mar help him more than all bis own speeches. ESCHBACH YELPS AT MEYERS SLASH <Conticud From Page One.) obtain the services of either a Progressive, Democrat or Republican to head the Goodrich coal commission and as a result Mr. Esohbach added tbe job to bis own collection. The man of many jobs declares be has found nine Republicans of “proved ability and Integrity’’ for the commlsaion’s employes, and ten Democrats, but he doe* not specify whether the Democrats are of the Phil Zoercher type or not. DEVOTED TO SLAPMNQ FEDERAL CONTROL The rest of his statement is devoted to condemnation of Federal control of coal such as was exercised In Indiana by Evans Wpollen, es fuel administrator. In the condemnation of Feleral control Mr. E*chbach disregards entirely the plaintive plea of Governor Goodrich to President Wilson to restore this fuel administration which tbe heed of the new commission now finds so disgusting. Mr. Eschbach’s wall is as follow*: “When the commission organised 1 was authorised and empowered by said commission to recommend a high-class citixen, without regard to politics, to be coal director of Indiana. "Wo first offered the position to one of the beet known ex-Progresslvea iu Indiana. Because of hie official and business relations at that tfme he could not accept. W* next offered the plact to one of the leading Democrats of northern Indiana. After several days consideration he declined because of hi’* health and age. The last offer was to x Republican. lie declined. “Mr. Myers says: “ ‘Who will these agents, clerks, engineers, etc., to be hired by the commission be? Democrats? Nay, Terily. Will half of them be Democrats? Will there even be any Progressives hired? Walt and see. Every single one of them will be dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, Republican politicians who know how to get votes. The test will not be what they know about coal.’ SAYS IT REACHES IGNORANCE PEAK. “This statement reaches the peak in gross Ignorance, petty disregard for t/uth and narrow, unthinking partlsauship. “On Wednesday, Sept 22, the State of Indiana was divided into nineteen districts with an expert accountant and investigator assigned to each district “Nineteen men, the majority of whom worked with and for the Federal Government dnring its investigation of the fuel situation, none of whom so far as we are informed Is or was a Republican politician without knowledge of the coal problem, was assigned to tbe task. "Os these nineteen men, ten were Democrats and nine were Republicans of proved ability and Integrity and their only instructions were, get the facts, give every one concerned a square deal and shield no one. "The Federal control of fuel prices and some of the orders of the Federal Government during the war period are largely responsible for some of the deplorable conditions now existing In the coal altuation in the Middle Weit, problems which are going to be much more difficult of solution than they were of creation, but the chairman of the special

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coal and food commission and every loyal Hoosier and American laid aside political affiliation or peraonal convenience and cooj>erated In every honorable way with the Federal Government in efforts, many times ill-advised, to solve the problem. "We all wanted to do what we could for the common welfare whether we agreed with the agents or methods provided therefor. “The conditions, so far as fuel are concerned, are as acute now as then. “The special coal and food commission Is working day and night In every honorable way to relieve the unhappy and unfortunate situation before winter is here. “We bespeak the cooperation and support of all law abiding citizens of Indiana In our efforts. •’Will Mr. Myers be found In that large

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it will be submitted to a referendum vote as it is in the form of an amendment to the constitution of the brotherhood in. November, and If carried will go into effect in April. It will have no effect on the November election. The greater pert of today's session was occupied in the election of delegates to the American Federation of Labor, delegates to the Union Label Trades Department of the A. F. L., delegates to the Building Trades Department of the A F. of L„ and members of the tabulating committee. An early noon recess was taken today and tb edelegates marched to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, where a group photograph was taken.

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