Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 362, Hammond, Lake County, 11 May 1922 — Page 4
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THE TIMES
Thursday, May 11, 1922.
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THE GREAT PROBLEMInteresting facts regarding taxation the 'dominant problem that now confronts America lare pertinently discussed by a writer in an In--dianapolis paper who says: "The functions of government have been ! increased by. the establishments of bureaus and j commissions, until now one in thirty-four of our .working population is on the pay roll of the 'national, state and local government. Last year the Federal government spent as much as the -'price of all the farm products of the country. In Indiana in 1921 $40,000,000 more taxes were paid than in 1920. The state auditor's report j shows that $26,241,371 .60 was collected for state purposes and $28,420,278.06 was spent, thus f showing an increase of expenditures over receipts of $1,578,906.45. While commodity prices 'were reduced nearly one-half in 1921 over the (previous year, yet the cost of maintaining nearly ,every department of the state shows an increase lover 1920. "When our lawmakers - add new functions ;of government, create new boards and commisisions, incrase salaries and promote- extravagant public expenditures they are not representing but misrepresenting the people. The taxpayers are againstthese things. When men seek office they promise economy and reform in public service. But when in office they forget all .about their promises, fall into the hands of the
lobbyist and promoters and fail miserably as true representatives of- the people. "A report from a Western bankers' association says 'an extraordinary wave of economy is sweeping over the country. Our checking system shows that people are spending money for essentials, but cutting ' luxury expenditures to the quick." But the public extravagance goes on. These bankers appreciate the burdens the people are carrying. They know full well that burdensome taxation is having a depressing effect on business and driving much intangible property to cover and thus the public is the loser. ' While individuals are cutting their expenditures to the barest essential needs, public expenditures go on with an increasing speed for nonessentials, such as palatial school houses, ornamental bridges, mammoth gymnasiums, hard-surfaced roads in places of little travel, swimming holes and public parks, adding new boards and commissions to meddle in the affairs of the people, with sleuths at the elbow of every man and an inspector at his heels. Salaried men and women are running around over the country trying, to tell the people how to do everything under the sun, from the raising of a child to the setting of a hen. Bi'tax reform must begin right at home. The city, the township, the county and the state must clean their own houses. Men of greater ability and probity must be elected to office. Men sent to Congress and our Legislatures must be more than orators and politicians."
THOSE WHO used to think Russian generals had queer names should 'read the news from China.
THERE IS a suspicion that those who deplore the "failure" of prohibition are less pleased the more successful it is.
THE PEDESTRIANS would stand a better chance if only persons who can afford to run automobiles were running them.
AN ORCHESTRA leader in Mexico was shot. If he was leading at the time, it was some shot.
MORALISTS SHOULD .admire the modern bathing suit it never conceals anything.
IT IS often the henpecked man who runs with the chickens.
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EGYPTIAN FLAPPPBg.
And flat-wheelers A&4 egbeater3 She made dear old Egypt him) Ere she put it on the pum. j -J
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Mow eil us la the papers That tfie girls cut up their capers "In pld fegypt long ago. Scjen&sts have found it so. And the old Egyptian flapper y.as as phic and was as dapper Aa the one you see today Jazzing down our own broadvjray', The business man. so tired, fler fair pulchritude admired "As she shimmied by the Nile In the most abandoned style. How reformers tried to stop fcer. This antique finale-hopper, But she greeted them with, jeers At the Cafe des Algiers. Sh, they said her silly doin's fould lay Egypt out in ruins, But I don't know as it did Though she vas an awful kid. And her costume was outrageous (Should she come again, please page us), And ner ways were very bold And her heart was very cold. So. with seekers and cake-eaters
The soviet government has thus far printed seventeen trilons el rubles. Any ragman will give them 20 cents a hundred pounds for the lot. .. We shall never be satisfied that the ultimate in sport has been reached until we see a baseball game between trafiic cops and taxjcab drivers. . i4
Though they rpuse sojne indignjM Uon, Flappers, now, are imitation. Fpr they haven't learned tht ' ways Tf those ancient ribald days. . They could not flap in the chorus Of the day that's gone before us. They are harmless, we've a
nuncn. When compared to that
Duncn. They could never Thedabara By the scorching old Sahara. They are not bo very bad When we think of what we'ys had. Every age has had its flappers. Never mind our present scrappers, : And, without" doubt of it. They will soon grow out oi it. :
So small, so slight a thing!
I scarcely can believe It trails a broken wing Into the dark to grieve.
WOUNDED.
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Light as a feather's fall; And yet it snapped the cord And hushed the wildwood calL
And now the irised win
Is furled, the voice is nushed Twas such a little thing. And yet a life was crushed. Doris Kenyos,
Into some covert blind And still, its pain to bear. Where it may healing find, Or die in silence there. C.V.. - :.. ..V"
Wr STATISTICS. Fifty per cent of the people who go into banks go in to fill their fountain pens. In all the history of the Manistee and Northeastern railroad in Michigan there has never been a collision. The company has never had more than one train. - Russia owes the government of Chile 70 cents, or in ether word 456,873,249 rubles, which is quite a debt. ''mm m When an employee has been with the Standard Oil Company fifty years, he gets a button. This is one of the important items of news of the day, but does he have to give the button back when he emits I
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THERE is one thing our egg- man HAS It on th butter producer THERE Is no substitute JCST as g-ood as tbo egg:. THEY say that Shakespeare never REPEATED but our prominent RACOSTEtHS are all about alike AXT we'll bet Mrs. Shakespeare LOOKED pretty nervous when WILLJAM started to tell one of his STORIES for fear some OF the came people were there THAT were there last time. o:vra of the powerful new explosives Is HEXA3IITnODinrEXLTAJa'E til'T we understand IT goes off on. the first syllable. A wife will almost DO anything her husband wants HER to flo unless she DISCOVERS that he wants her to do it. BUTTONS used in America last year
COST J100. 000,000 and that we FIGTJRE is Frobably why we are WEAIUXO a row of safety pins IX our union suit. WE try more and more as t WB get older to vary our para. graphs FROM day to day WRITIXG them now with a headache A.nd yet again with a alight TOUCH of neuritis THESE today are tonsilitls paragraphs. ABOUT the time sh begins getting CARELESS and lolls around the house WITH her hair untidy HE begins getting careless AND quits shaving every day AND begins to eat onions. A writer believes that good music IS destined to give the country THE emotional stimulus . OSCE contributed by . alcoholic liquors . . AXD we can Imagine ourself AfTER a long hard day in our EtiEGAXTXT appointed office GOIXG up to somebody In our pet, suasive way AXD saying: Won't you come out AXD Join us in a little BATTLE Hrmn of the Republic
PERUVIAN DELEGATE ARRIVES IN U. S. FOR CONFERENCE ON CHILE DISPUTE
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Dr. Melton Porras and wife, photographed on their arrival on the S. S, Homeric Dr. Melton Porras and his wife were two arrivals in New York on the S. S. Homeric. Dr. Porras is a member of the commission that wiJ represent Peru at the An con treaty conference at Washington whrd vital issues will be decided.
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BEFORE we go home? THIS Is campaign year and we have yet
TO be Qffered a cigar WHAT do you know about that?
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Sam CHare who says he is a pressmen of Jersey City was found on the sidewalk at 119th street and Indiana boulevard. Whiting this morning with his throat, cut. 1 He will recover, but it is 'believed he is demented . and attempted suicide.
Opposition to the widening Calumet avenue, Hammond, has suddenly blown up and it is believed the project will now go h rough.
Judge Kopelke today issued a writ of mandamus ordering Comptroller Melton of Gary to issue licenses- to 110 saloon keepers who hare tendered their 1200 license fees.
The Crown Point council last night knocked out the ordinance which provided for the paving of Main street.
The Standard Oil Co., which furnishes water free to the city of Whiting has complained to the Whiting council that people are wasting the water end that it will 'be necessary to charge for It unless they stop. The council authorized the appoint ment of a water inspector at 13 per day.
The American Steel Foundries plant at Indiana Harbor was the. scene of a fire this this morning which caused $12,000 damage.
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Mrs. Constance Chester of Hobart was probably fatally injured this morning when the automobile In which she- was riding- was struck by an E. J. & E. switch engine at a crossing In South Chicago.
The ' county commissioners yesterday let the contract for the paving of Sheffield avenue, in 'Hanrmpnd, from Gostlln street to Douglas Park. Nedjl & Greenwald were the low bidders at $12.(00.
The E. B. Lanman Co. of Columbus, O., has purchased a site In East Chicago and will erect a $100,600 plant.
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York City cover?
2 For what Mary is marigold named? S. Can bees hear? 4 What is the Indian meaning of the word Oregon? 6 What general of the Mexican war later became president 8 What army camp was named for him during the late war? 8 What Is the original of the ex
pression good-bye? i When was the statue of Liberty presented to U. S. by France? 10 What are two synonyms of the" word abide? AXSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S QUESTIOXS. 1 What city Is the capital of Nevada? Ans. Carson City. 2 -Where is the Canadian river? Ans. It rises In New Mexico and runs through Texas to the Arkansas river. 3 In what month f the year did all our great wars begin? Ans. In April. 4 What country has the greatest amount of money invested in Canada? Ans. The United States. 6 What does the prefix "dml" mean? Ana. Half. 6 What Is the "OVd Man ef the Mcnmtaln?" Ans. The Great Stone' Face described by Hawthorne. 7 Where is Casco Bay? Ana. On the southwest coast of Maine. When was the last violent eruption of Vesuvius? Ans. Ia 1911. 9 Are there any floating jmlnes In the ocean? Ans. Tes. 10 Who !s "Emperor Otto?" Ans. The son of the late Emperor Charles. Mountain miners In the Andres do heavy labor In a rarlfied atmosphere that makes the slightest effort fatiguing to newcomers, says the Scientific American and Candisn scientists are in Peru to discover whether this immunity of the miners is due to changes in the blood or to other functions. The scientists wll yield their own (blood; both at sea level and at three miles altitude, and the samples will go to our universities for analysis.
PESKY BED BUGS
Bast Chicago's boxing contests which were to be staged this evening by Joe Simpson have been postponed until the court can act in the injunction against the police.
Bedbugs lay an average of seven
eggs per day. Under favorable con
ditions they natcn la live days oi which two-thirds are females. Tbey
mature to adult size and are capable of laying la four weeks. How many
bedbugs would you have ia a year i If you left one female or egg unmoj tested for one year?
To rid the pesky bad bur. yea readily see how necessary it is to use a preparation that will kill the era as well as the live ones. P. D Q has boen dnontrated bv the leadIn? Hospitals. Hotels and Railroad CorapaniM that theaafest and mast economical way to stop
future cranerations of bedbnss. roaches, flea and ants is to use the new discovery Pesky Devo
Us Quietus P. U. Q." A S5e package of P. D. Q. makes a caart. enough to kill amillioa bedbugs, roaches, ttu and cooties and at the came ti mo destroy their eggs. Impossible for them to exist when P.D.Q. Is properly nsed. Free a patent epoot in every package to get the pesky devils in the bard-to get-at places and save the juice. P. D. Q. is not an inseet powder, no muss or dust to injure the beddiwr. , . , p. D. Q. for family use 85c Eospital size $1.69 makes Ave cations. P. D. Q. can alas be purchased in sealed bottles, double strength, lid aid form. Genuine P. IX Qr U BGVCff DedlUsd.
Only 3.87 Return in 1921 Number 6 in a series of statements by the Illinois Bell Telephone Company We have already presented to you certain facts concerning our telephone service in Hammond. And we have asked you this quesdon: "Have you ever wondered how such a service could be furnished for the price you have paid? " The fact is that the service you have received HAS NOT been furnished at the price you have paid. In 1921 the return was only $55,681.00, or only 3.87 on the present value of the plant.
If it costs a fixed sum to furnish a certain service, that cost can not be escaped. Someone must pay it. In this case, you and the other subscribers did not pay your part of it. The Illinois Bell Telephone Company had to donate the difference. It was not your fault. You were not asked to pay it. In fact, you did not know that the amount you were paying was not sufficient to pay for the cost of the service you received. There are two causes for the conditions which exist. One is the cost of labor, supplies and equipment. These costs have increased, varying, on some items, as much as 100. The second cause is the basic error of inadequate rates.
The Illinois Bell Telephone Company is now serving about 5,858 telephones in Hammond, but its rates are even now too low. This raises again this point: That the cost of furnishing telephone service increases faster than, and out of proportion to, the increase in subscribers and in the revenue which they produce. The larger the plant grows, the more valuable is the service to each subscriber but the more it costs to serve each subscriber. Telephone men know this to be true. Later we will show you just WHY it is true. Granting for the moment that it is true, then you have this fact: that, with unlimited use of service by each subscriber as is now the case in Hammond, the average amount paid by each subscriber must increase from year to year, even if unit prices of material and labor remain fixed.
The Illinois Bell Telephone Company has been maintaining and operating a" 5,858-subscriber business on this basis, a totally inadequate return on the valuation of the property devoted to public use. Your interests are at stake, as well as those of this companye
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