Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 64, 24 January 1921 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, JAN. 24, 1921.

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Utility Regulation by State Commission v v -, . ........ i

The governor of 'Arkansas received 38 en

dorsements from governors of states in the Un

ion favoring and endorsing state regulation of

utilities. A summary from the office of Gov. Brough of Kansas says: "No state with a corporation or public, utility commission would consider such a ."backward step as abolition of state regulation of utilities, according to messages received by Gov. Brough from the governors of these states. Several point out that there has been some criticism of of the law due to increases in rates made necessary by abnormally high operating costs in the last few years, but predict that the commissions will be found reducing rates as soon as conditions permit. They declare that state regulation is the best method of controlling the public utilities and regulating service, and protecting the public. Of the 43 states heard from, 38 indorse commission regulation ; secretaries of two report the governors away from home; while three advise that their states are without commissions. One of these, Texas, probably will consider establishment of a utility conimission at the current session of the legislature, Gov. Hobby says." Apropos of an effort under way in Indiana to abolish the public service commission or to weak en its powers, the survey made by the governor of Arkansas should be conclusive evidence that the states which have tried the regulation of utilities by commissions are well satisfied with the experiment. The statements from some of the executives follow : Governor Boyle of Nevada, who says his state considers the commission "an indispensable department," enumerates the reasons as follows: "First, because it keeps public service corporations out of politics ; second, because it properly, and intelligently represents the state before interstate commerce commissions on all interstate rates affecting our people; third, because it effects, by informal methods, satisfactory adjustment of intrastate rates and services ; fourth, because it shuts out improper and destructive competition ; and, fifth, because it saves our industries and people hundreds of thousands of dollars annually." Governor Critchie of Maryland says his state "has had a public service commission since 1910, and state regulation is here to stay." Governor Sleeper of Michigan thinks "state regulation certainly should be perpetuated," and Governor Russell of Mississippi asserts: "Our people are thoroughly satisfied with this commission and would not do without it." "There is no intention in Massachusetts of doing away with this commission, which has proven its usefulness' Governor Long of the Bay State advises, while Governor Dorsey of Georgia says : "Our commission, the first ever created in the Union, functions well. We would not consider repealing the law." Governor Cox declares Ohio has "had a most satisfactory experience with commission regulation," and, "in fact, our state could not have done without t." Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania says his state "would not think of abolish

ing" the public service commission. "California is strong for such a body," the governor says.

The Home Rule Bill

When a Feller Needs a Friend

With the home rule bill scheduled to go into the legislative hopper today or early this week, the first steps to give Indiana cities an oppor

tunity to choose their own form of municipal

government will have been taken in the Indiana general assembly. The measure has been carefully drafted to avoid the weaknesses that have marred some home rule bills, and public opinion has been crystallized to support its provisions, so that, .humanly speaking, the proposed act should make fast progress through the preliminary stages of legislative procedure and come before the two houses in a short time. Opponents of the measure so far. have not disclosed their hands or indicated what the nature of their attack will be. A former measure met its doom in the committee to which it was referred ; but it seems probable that the measure this year will reach the floor of both houses with a favorable report, leaving its fate in the hands of the representatives and senators. If the bill survives the committee, public opinion is strong enough, observers believe, to induce the. representatives and senators to pass the measure. No chance will be taken, however, in the committee, and strong pressure from civic organizations in many cities, which has been organized for this purpose, will be exerted to advance the bill out of the committee to the floor. Dilatory tactics on the part of the presiding officers of the two houses to prevent the handing down of the bill for advancement to the third

reading will not be tolerated. Progressive mem-1

bers of both houses have expressed their willingness to support the measure. In the meantime public opinion must be on the alert to prevent delay in the advancement of the bill. Representatives and senators must be informed that the, voters of the Indiana cities want the bill enacted into law. Under the pressure of an aroused public demand, the legislature cannot defeat the bill.

Mr. Beveridge on the Direct Primary Former United States Senator Beveridge will deliver three addresses here within a few days, one of them on the direct primary law, which some of the practical politicians want to scrap. Mr. Beveridge always has been a welcome guest in this community and his views on national and international affairs have received cordial support in this community from the days when he was first sent to the United States senate. His espousal of the direct primary law is in accord with his entire record in behalf of progressive legislation. Mr. Beveridge sees in the present effort to amend the direct primary in Indiana an effort of the bosses of both parties to regain control over nominations, which was lost when the law placed that prerogative in the hands of the people, where it rightly belongs. In the light of his former fights to protect the rights of the people, Mr. Beveridge consistently could do nothing else but begin a state-wide fight on the movement to destroy the efficiency of the present law. Wayne county voters will hear a lucid analysis of the direct primary and an explanation of

the designs of the men who are fighting it when Mr. Beveridge speaks here. Every voter should avail himself of the opportunity to hear him. The advantages of the direct primary will take on new importance for those who are lukewarm about its advantages. ,

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Who's Who in the Day's News

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Good Evening By Roy K. Moulton

Music is being urged by a prominpnt scientist as a substitute for liquor. Now. we presume, we are for a season of home-brewed etudes, cookstove rhapsodies, drugstore symphonies and moonshine mazurkas. Be sure your "Lohengrin" victrola record bears the government stamp, and don't buy sheet music or pianola records from bootleggers. Lu-:y Page Gaston has resumed her war against cigarets. Now, you see, if w? had joined the league of nations, wars of all sort3 would have been stopped. A pint of modern hootch saved a man's life the other night. He didn't drinR It. PROBABLY QUITE SOME TIME. "Martin Toot, west end grocer, MET DEATH with an unfortunate accident as he attempted to board a train in the Union station in Pittsburg" Wednesday, ar.d as a result will be CONFIN'KD TO HIS BED for some time." East Liverpool (Ohio) Tribune. Ja-pan has shut down all silk production, but that needn't worry us. We can still get our silk straight from the southern cotton fields. "Clothing, Half Off," signs are seen everywhere. So far as we are concerned, the slogan Is absolutely true.

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Two Minutes of Optimism By HERMAN J. STICH

By ED. HOWE Any one who bets on his judgment against the judgment of the world, will be punished for folly. In everything in which man Is interested, the world knows what Is best for him. It has learned from experience, best of all teachers. Millions of men have lived millions of years, and tried everything. The results of these experiments have passed down from the first to the last generation. Everywhere there is an undercurrent of truth that any one may take advantage of; whatever hypocrites may say, there are enough burned children to warn you to keep your hand out of the fire. One trouble with every one is conceit; we all have a natural disposition to know it all, and to trust our judgment against experience. Look over the next fool you meet; even you can tell him how to avoid most of his troubles. Those persons who teach sentiment who make hope better than it is are doing harm; and there are millions of them. Good judgment and good taste are big chiefs which will never fail to help you.

Most men believe an outrage has been committed when an opinion Is expressed that does not agree with what they, have been thinking. This is not the right attitude: if you have believed that sum of two and two is three, you should feel obliged to a man who knows, and can prove, that the correct answer is four.

When Cartoonist Elmer A. Bushnell, whose drawings are a feature of the Palladium, puts the atmosphere of farm or western life in his cartoons, or depicts political situations graphically, he draws true to life. For he

knows these phases of life from personal contact. His career reads like fiction. Ho was born and spent his early childhood on the old homestead, North Bloomfield, Trumbull county, Ohio. When he was "as tall ns the plow handles." he was "farmed out" for his board and overalls, working on

several farms.

Then he was shipped "F. O. B." toi an aunt's ranch in Kearney, Nek. It was his first ride on a train. He :

tells laughingly how his gingerbread lunch gave out. and how a Chinaman shared his lunch for the rest of the trip. "Cowpuncher" until the end of his teens, and then back east. Deckhand on iron ore vessels between Cleveland and Duluth. Then porter and clerk in grocery stores. Next roustabout to foreman in a machine shop. And then his first Job on a Cleveland, O., newspaper, where he did general assignments and broke into chalk plate drawing. His school education " in the elementary grades and his art ability was acquired in the "stick at it" school. From Cleveland he went to Cincincinnati. After several years with the Cincinnati Post, where he first gained notice as a cartoonist, he went to the Cincinnati Times-Star, where his national political cartoons soon placed him among the leading cartoonists of the country. From the Ohio city he went to Memphis, and then achieved the artist's ambition, that of free-lancing in New York. "Then he jouied the Central Press association stafT. His favorite sports are horseback riding, and trolling for black bass in inland lakes. And his hobby?

TODAY'S TALK By George Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can", "Take It", "Up". "SOMETHING ELSE MUST FOLLOW" "It is not enough," says Stevenson, "to have earned our livelihood. Either the earning itself should have been serviceable to mankind, or something else must follow." Most of what you do which you do not love to do, enters Into that strata of existence which one great thinker designated as a time of degeneracy. " For certainly are we refilled and renewed only In proportion aa we are builders of ourselves and the times in which we live. Beyond the mere process of working to gain our livelihood must follow something else! History is the story of heroic minds and deeds. Sleepers and idlers take no space on its pages. Every day we must answer to somebody for being alive and for taking up room on this earth. For every day brings greater tasks and calls louder than ever for strong men and women those who are fit and ready. Not in selfish pursuit, but clad in the robes of "valor and generosity" must we enter our day's work. We must try to dismiss our mistakes as incidents and take hold upon our conquests in virtue and good doings as events to mold our worth and our progress. So that when we have done our best and finished our last task something else shall follow that the world will think worth picking up and holding to forever! .

Answers to Questions Reader What did the luxury tax in the United States amount to In 1920? So far as we know the figures have not been made - public by the government. An idea of the amount of this tax may be obtained from the figures that apply to Richmond. The

luxury tax on Jewelry and wearing apparel in this city amounts to- about ' $700 monthly; theatres and places of amusement, exclusive of dances, $3,000 to $3,500 monthly; soda fountains and the like. $1,000 monthly. The total in Richmond is estimated to be between 365.000 and $75,000 annually, on these Items. T. H. Is there a very large demand for cartoonists and illustrators? Is there a large demand , for comics, comic services, or cartoons? Give me an estimate of the salary of a cartoonist? Good cartoonists and illustrators are always in demand, but usually it requires long training and fertil immagination to qualify. The demand for comics and cartoons probably will remain for a long time, but only the output of accomplished cartoonists are demanded by buyers. It is difficult to estimate the salay of a cartoonist, as this depends on his ability and on the demand for his work. Some cartoonists receive as high as $50,000 annually from onecompany for their output, exclusive of other contracts which they may hold. Palladium Reader, Lynn (1) Are dividends from stocks and bonds subject to income tax? They are subject to tax. Interest on bonds are taxable to the individual for normal and surtax, with the exception of bonds bystate or political subdivisions and government bonds. Dividends on domestic corporations are taxable to theindividual for surtax only. (2) If not,, and your other Income did not amount! to $1,000 or $2,000, would it be neces-J sary to make income tax report? It is necessary that you make a ro-i turn.

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Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today

A bill was passed by the city council for the pavement of North D street, cement curbs, and six-foot cement sidewalks on both sides of the street, and the street to be widened six feet.

and his noise." Long hours I set there.

sad and mute, then muttered, with a !

hollow laugn, "uefore I squelch my neighbor's flute I'd better bust my phonograph."

Rippling Rhymes By WALT MASON

Drawing cartoons.

How universally we wear clothes! And "clothes" mean certain, well-

tested forms of utility we always carry out: collars, underwear, shoes, hats, stockings, etc. All are matters of experience: whatever is better will appear in course of time, as a result of further experience. So it is with our morals,

'"i customs, laws: they are the best we can do. in tne mam, mere nave Deen no

on some of tho shows he goes to. The only shimmy dance that is worth anything is that which the laundress does over a washboard. John Drinkwater has returned to England and will not have to do so any longer. A Turk has reached the age of 144 vears. The good die young. UNREST. ,1 am the soul of unrest When busy I am at my best Work is my only leisure. Ambition my only fire. . Each day as I grow older, I make this fire smoulder. A. M. Bernstein. The late "Coal Oil" Johnnie was a remarkable man in two ways, points out the Medicine Lodge "Index." He first spent a millioti dollars in a few months, and then he managed to live

os $50 a month. . "We ve managed to do one of 'em," says the "Index."

changes in centuries: we have different "styles, nut in tne ena a coat wm afford so much protection, and no more, as a law will afford so much protection, and no more.

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Dinner Stories

t "Something mighty funny about this yur watch of mine!" grumbled a citizen of Straddle Ridge. Ark. "It hain't kept no decent sort of time since I had the jeweler over at Tumlinville fix it First rate good watch, too!" "How much did it cost you in the first place?" asked an acquaintance. "Swapped a dog for it and got a dollar to boot nine , years ago. I'll betcha, by cripes, that there cuss stole the jewels out of it. That's what I'll betcha."

I Rose, the garrulous domestic, can

give you facts of history international, dramatic, scandalous right off the bat, without a moment's hesitation. "How do you manage to remember all these things, Rose?" inquired her employer the other day. Then Rose came back with the infallible rule for memory training. "IH tell ye, ma'am," says she. "All me life never a He I've told. And when ye don't have to be taxin yer memory to be remember-in' what ye told this one or that one, or how ye explains this or that, ye don't overwork it and it lasts ye, good as new. forever."

Don't Say: He acts GOOD. The flower smells WELL. The music, was WELL and sounded loudly. The music sounded LOUD in the galleries. She looks PRETTILY. 8ay: He acts WELL. The flower smells GOOD (adjective). The music was GOOD and LOUD (adjectives). The music sounded LOUDLY in the galleries (adverb). She looks PRETTY (adjective). The verbs smell, taste, sound, look, be, appear, etc., are generally followed by an adjective.

ALL ARE OFFENDERS My neighbor, Johnson, plays the

flute, I hear him at it night and day; . he cannot rlay it worth a hoot, and yet he whangs and whangs away. J There ought to be a law, I've said, '

when much incensed by music t-tale, whereby punk flutists might be led to court, and fined, and placed in jail. For nowadays we all believe in shooting laws at every jay; If anything should chance to peeve, we want a Htatute, right away. And so I sat me down to think how I might have a -statute framed, to einch that fluting Johnson gink, and make him sorry and ashamed. And aa I 6at, I heard him say to someone, just beyond the hedge, "I wish that bard would move away he suiely keeps my nerves on edge. He has a wheezy phonograph that plays a lot of ancient slop; month after month I stand the gaff, for there's no law to make him stop. I'd play sweet music on the flute, soft, soothing chords that throb and thrill, but when I start that fat galoot turns loose his clanking music mill. Now, you are learned in law, my man, so tell what methods one employs to get a statute that will can that obese poet

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