Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 44, Number 19, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 1 January 1925 — Page 3

the ADVANCE-NEWS by e. v. blair x ’•*. - - - • *- bH.hdU ‘ The ADVANCE, E.t.b .181 ConsolldliJ>i l, 1920 y THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,1925 WORK FOR A REDUCTION Tax reduction is the keynote of tiie Feder,l Administration program. It is a slogan M has appealed strongly to every ,„i particularly to those who are on the federal ,„w tax list. The idea has taken such deep ‘-, t i„ administrative circles that President ’oolid-e is said to be seriously considering the • U ill(r °of a conference of state executives to i’lVmros upon them the necessity of tax reducto states mid their minor municipalities. This is a suggestion which, if carried out, in i.dit accomplish much good. The general inl iurinv of state executives along this line would b(> powerful, not alone in matters of state leg14a, ion, Imt as well with the tax appropriating bodies in all minor municipalities. But. the effect of- this program would be sma ll as compared with the results which would be attained if every citizen would take in ore active'interest in local governmental Last month we elected members of the st'ito legislature which will meet in January. These members will very generously carry out the will of their constituents in the votes which tliev cast on measures which will affect taxation. If every reader of this editorial would write their representative and senator in the Mate legislature urging strict economy in state appropriations and substantial reductions in taxation, the result would be surprising as well as most gratifying. If every reader of this editorial would take a more active interest in his country government. and would take opportunity to talk with the supervisor of his township regarding the necessity for economy in country administration. like beneficial results would follow. If every reader would be present when appropriations are made at the next town meeting similar results would be secured in township administration. Tax reduction is a constructive program to the carrying out of which we can all afford to lend a hand. There is plenty of opportunity for everyone of us to work along that line.

WASTK TO BE THE TOPIC Waste,it has been said by many critics of things American, is more widespread in this country than in any other. The dissipation of resources, natural and manufactured, is, at least, sufficiently prevalent to justify making the topic dominant at an annual mid-year meeting of the north central division of the Chamber oi‘ Commerce of the United States, which opened in Indianapolis today. To the gathering have come many of the leaders of industry concerned with learning from others as well as sharing their knewledge of how methods and pro cesses may be improved and waste prevented. “Trade no longer is confined to separate localities, with each practically independent of all others in production and consuming the conn modifies it requires. There is more of specialization, communities centering on products that their resources and skill especially fit them to prepare. That tendency makes for the diminution'of waste in production, but it has made more vital the problem of waste in distribution. The inter-dependence of different sections of the nation is illustrated by the fact that visitors from ten states are gathered in the present Kerenee, In a large sense their problems are mutual, each geographical uiiit having power to hinder or advance the welfare of its neighbors. The relation of government to business will be considered, for waste,* whatever its tonus, has economic effect. The qnwise use ot tax money, for instance, can sometimes ntw as bad influence on the general advancennuit of the people as the’destruction of natural resources. “We hope,” to quote from a statement of John W. O’Leary, vice-president of tlm < 'hainber of Commerce of the United States of the advisory board of the worth central division-, “to -bring to light facts "inch will set men to thinking.” WHERE THE MONEY GOES Washington is full of bureaus, as everyhodv knows, and the bureaus are full of jobholders, of course. Among the burdens ’is the women’s bureau of the department of labor. lilis expensive institution has been engaged'in ii deep and exhaustive investigation of the domestic servant problem and has just communirated its valuable report to the domestic eflfici(mry association of Baltimore. Among the valuable discoveries by Miss : ar . v U Robinson, the bureau’s investigator, ls die tact that “the sen-ant problem is just as much a problem to the servant as it is to the 'otisr-wifep’ and a i so “there is a question ■} le great need of efficient and well-trained domestic workers, with the supply of such skill'd l ; >bor far below the demand.” * >f course, that is all deep stuff, of which m> K'Jv had thought before. But who pays for ' "he taxpayer, naturally. And who is the axpayer Not only the rich man who keeps ‘ 1 % ants, 'but also the poor old ultimate conu'r > w ho keeps no servants.

SMALL INVESTORS KEEP UP INDUSTRIES Kiuce 1921 'American rmh*ttfi<fcr 'have' piffcliased. 151,(15-1 new $2,25U cars, 7,1148 now ssff, 000 locomotives, and 8,000 new $30,000 steel passenger cars, at a total cost u| more than sl,600,000,000. There are still on 'order, 49,702 height ears and 285 locomotives; Those expenditures tire . made because the roads must have equipment to give satisfactory service. The average income rate from railroad securities is much below a standard mortgage or tax-exempt bond rate. But for the courage of the small investors who have come ihto the industrial field vacated by so many big capitalists who buy tax-exempt securities rather than hold industrials, there would have been no railroad stock or bond market to finance those purchases; and the nation would he short of railroad service, the factories short of business, and the workers short of wages. Industrials on which the nation lives should not hear the burden of heavier taxes to make up for what the tax exempts escape. Tax. exemption is wrong in both theory and practice; it should be wiped out. DAWES SYSTEM WORKING History will probably record that the greatest piece of work ever performed by three men following a great world was was the working out of the reparation plan by Legal Advisor Owen 1). Voting of New York, Businessman Dawes, our new Vice-President, and Banker .Robinson of Los Angeles. Their report on reparations due the various nations following four years of world war cataclysm, and then adopted and agreed to at the London Conferences, is, being lived up to by the various nations and carried into effect. Germany, owing the largest bill of reparations of any nation in the world, has for three months past paid her regular installments to Great Britain, France and other countries according to schedule, a total of 227,000,000 gold marks, even paying for the American armies of occupation. One plain young American busines man ■Seymour Parker Gilbert, Agent-General for re >arations payments for Our Country, is admin Poring the entire reparations plan. Was then ver such a demonstration of the superiority f American busines ideas to the* methods o. vorld politicians, leaders amL-diplomats?

SPIRIT THAT WINS Two girls home from the holidays tell then amilies they like everything about then chools. They think the teachers are adinir ble; they enjoy the food; they like their class uites; they are not merely satisfied; they ar nthusiastic. This being their first schoolin, .wav from home their families have been cage o see the results of the experiment. The spirit of these girls is the one ever oung woman should covet. It is the spin hat wins Probably both of them dislike som >f the details of their lives away at school bu hey say nothing about them. They- are in tt king frame of mind. are hot home wit oleful reports and demands for a change. These students probably will get alon, am high marks, be graduated with honors ai. e happy and successful in their -future live They have the attitude that makes for succes .’hey make association with them a pleasure l heir bright, happy, optomistic manner. IVop re glad to have them about. ANOTHER NORMAL SQHOOL Now it is Michigan City, wants the stat - -o establish a state normal school, and all kind -Jinducements will be presented to the nex jgislature to bring about the enctmont nf ; iw that will satisfy the petitioners. When will the raid on the treasury slap? rirst, one sectioinof the state generously dolates a lot of kind for a park, and no sooner s this established than another section comes forward with a lot of land for the same purpose. One county gets anew road and another county wants one, just because they believe that now is the accepted time to get plenty while the getting is good. All cost money nd help to increase taxes. . ’ A. . No hope can be given the. people unless there is a return to sanity and these raids on the people’s money stopped, livery time a dollar is spoilt it comes pit the people. There are few institutions self-supporting. ■\ — y * COMPULSORY AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE This subject will undoubtedly receive considerable attention at the of future lawmaking* bodies. There may Ik* sound reasons for the state requiring automobiles owners to carry liability insurance to protect the public in case of accidents, but . there is no sound argument for demanding that the state go into the liability insurance business in order to furnish such protection. It has.all the regulatory nnd police power at its command. TT it is- not capable of enforcing its laws and .regulations,' it is not capable of operating business or industry. If it is capable of enforcing its la"ws and regulations, it is not. necessary for the state to Operate business or industry. Let- legislators and lawmakers beware of pew schemes to put the state into business.

BAPPAUEB ADVANCE-NEWS. THURSDAY JAN , 1925

SCHOOL NEWS

longstreet SCHOOL Mary E. Vojler. Teacher Treva Muliett, Editor. We are having ohr examinations on Monday and Tuesday Mildred and Anna Culp were absent from school Monday forenoon. We will have about two weeks’ Xinas vacation, J. I. Weldy butchered: Thursday. We are learning the county ci'icers according to their duly. 7'he key to the coal shed door was lost and we are unable to get the door open. Treva Muilett found a quarter in the school yard Wednesday. We received anew axe Saturday. We received anew 1 <25 calendar from the Farmers & Traders Bank of Nappanee. . * i~J After the examinations are over we will give, out qip- Christmas presents. Those who were neither tardy nor absent, the first semester are* loisWeldy, Marie Schieber, Edgar Lockwood, Waiter Schieber, Winifred Knight. Devon Schieber, Marvin Muliett, Fern Schieber, and Dwight Weldy. Our trustee brought new supplies last week. J There were seven who took examinations. We are all trying to be good so that Santa Clauq will visit, us. Pygmy Victim of Act of Mistaken Kindness

in 1904, after the St. Louts exposition, one of the African pygmies exhibited there was stranded in New York on his way home! He finally got a Job in a Coney Island restaurant, but soon lost it, and was neap "starvation when a person interested in hisyplight asked Dr. W. T. Hornaday, curator of the zoo, to give him work, says the Boston Transcript. The pygiyy- wfts set to work cleaning and tending tlie monkey cage, and later was promoted ter the hear cage. He was happy, and cheerful, but so slow that it took him half a day to clean Hie cage. It was not long before lie became an object of greater Interest than either the bears or monkeys, and an ingenious person conceived the idea of placing a sign on the front- of the cage during the hours he spent there, announcing that he was a specimen of homo'-sapiens. The fellow was not left untroubled long, however, for the New York Times learned of the practice and started righteous agitation against such indignity to a poor pygmy—and thus to the hunlan race —and quickly interested the negni welfare societies. At their protest lie was discharged and, after wandering southward from one ill treatment to another, he committed suicide. T , ’ Javanese Clever - The Javanese natives hav£ a great love for inttsic. Some of their miisical instruments are very ingenious in appearance and pleasant to listen to. One of them, which is called a gnmelan, is a sort of native orchestra, composed chiefly of gongs sounded in various cadences so as to produce a very sweet melody, with an accompaniment of wind and string instruments. A bamboo Instrument called the anklung is also very popular. This is Shaken by hand and- gives forth a Sprightly rhythm of which the hatives are very fond. The music is played in- the Open air and is frequently the accompaniment to entertainments at which the age-old stories of the Island are told. The Javanese also excel in work in copper and gold, although, having none of thqlr own, they have to import their raw materials. Bees Work Selves to Death Honeybees turn on the heat in their apartment houses at 57 degrees Fahrenheit, says the Journal of Pharmacy. When it gets that cold, they form a compact spherical cluster. Bees on the inside of the ball become active and walk, wiggle and beat their wings to generate heat. The outer stieli of. the cluster is-made upof bees that cuddle close and stay still. They furnish the insula which prevents the escape <tf heat so effectively .that there may be 75 degrees difference between the inside and the outside only four and one-half inches away. Thousands of dollars are lpst, to American beekeepers every year, however, by bees working themselves to death in keeping warm this way. v “Chameleon Lakes” It is well known that the water of many lakes exhibits' characteristic colors. Lake Geneva, at the western end of Switzerland,' is. blue, while Lake Constance, it the eastern end of that country, is green. Blueness implies purity, since the natural color of water is blue. “ A green lake has Its water slightly clouded with impurities. It is said that green lakes sometimes become absolutely colorless for a time, and it has been found that this sudden change of hue is due to the washing Into the lakes of mud colored red by oxide of iron. Red is 'complementary to green, and the result of the mixture is that the green coloU of the water becomes for the time being neutralized.

WAKARUSA

Happy' New Yoqr -Hcury Mu maw of Elkhart, formerly of this Place, left Elkhart Tuesday for a visit with friends in Kansas over the holidays. Some from Imre witnessed tire marriage of Miss Mabel Bechtel and Maurice Sunday evening at the North Main Street Mennonite church, Nappanee.— -7- Miss Savilla Wenger who is teaching Home Economics at the University of Illinois, is here over the holidays at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs.' Henry Wenger.—-A pretty wedding w,ls solemnized Christmas eve at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Metzier, when their eldest daughter. Kathryn was united in marriage to Russell Searer, son of -Jacob Searer. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Vein,on Schwalm of North Manchester College, where the bride had been a Freshman until 1 recently.. The guests were: Rev. mid Mrs. E. J. Swartz of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. s. S- Metzier, both grandparents-of the bride. Mr. and .Mrs. Michael Holdeman of Elkhart, and Mr. and Mis, Elmer Maurer. The groom is employ ed by the First National Bank and friends are wishing them all good, j Olen Smetzer sold an Oldsmobile ! to Chas. Wenger, northeast of town 1 recently.-—-Friday forenoon at the Olive church, five miles north of.here was held the funeral of one of Olive township’s pioneer farmers, Isaac Sailors, who died at the home of his daughter at Bucks, Indiana. He was 80 years old and leaves besides his daughter, two sons, and two grandchildren. J. I. Weldy of south of here Ts again in- Michigan holding singing school.——“A fine Christmas dinner was enjoyed by the following at the home o's their parents, Mr,..and. Mrs. S. S. Metzier, Martin, Oscar, Forrest, Ralph and Manford Metzier and families, Silas and Nelson Weldy and families, anti Mr, and Mrs. Russell Searer. An error was made several weeks ago when it wag stated that Mr. and Mrs. Isiah Shauffl moved to the Enos Loucks farm east of town, it should have read Mr. and

Easy to Begin -Hard to Stop _ _ • __ • * >u ; ■• • * . * •>* * It isan easy matter to start, a Savings Account at this hank. One Dollar enrolls you in the Legion of Savers. • ' It is a much-more difficult task to stop saving after you have formed the habit. The money you save is never missed. You learn to get -along without it, and have the added satisfaction of knowing that you are traveling the road to success. ' *> You’ll know how easy il is to save a certain definite amount until the happy day when your pass book shows that you have gained vour goal. Then you’re amazed at the rapidity wifli which small amounts have grown into larger ones. . Come in now and start a Savings Account. v ‘ " V t ' . rr First National Bank.

THE BANK OF SERVICE

Mrs. Henry Shaum.— —Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lienhart spent their Christmas with .•.•huives of live la tier at. Milford.^ —Mr. Jacob Sparer has been ill the past few weeks. AH Wakarusa and community was pleasantly surprised recently when they heard of the ntariage of Miss I’earl Culp to Mr. Floyd Tvohmstn. The bride has been employed as clerk in Frash Bros, Store since spring and the groom is one of Wukarusa’s best barbers. The bride said recently thht It happened “Long ago,” so the exact date of their marriage is not known,

When It’s Lumber '■i . ~ • Need lumber or building materials for some quick repairs? Whatever it is—a fence picket or anew roof — call 137 for an estimate. We tire prepared at all times to make prompt deliveries on any kind or grade of lumber you may want. When you need anything in our line, phone us first. Miller Lumber & Coal Cos. Phone 137 Nappanee

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but all the same wq all wish them a long and happy future. Geo. Weldy who for the past six weeks has been confined to the. house on account. of gcl tUc neurtOs, is gradually improving.—r Lowell Leonard Is home over the holidays from Indianapolis where he is attending school. Mrs. H. M. Schwalm attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Griso of near Bremen, recently.—-—The barn on the farm owned by Warren Yoder northeast of here, nar Jonesville burned to the ground Tuesday. The tank heater is said to have been the reason of the disaster.

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