Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 266, 19 September 1921 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 1921.

GREENVILLE GRAVEL COMPANY ANNOUNCES DECREASE IN PRICES The Greenville Sand and Gravel com- . pany, one of the largest of its kind in

Ohio and Michigan, filed with the department a schedule decreasing sand prices nearly 29 per cent and gravel prices nearly 25 per cent, regardless of freight cost3. It reduced sand from 70 to 50 cents a ton and gravel from SO to 60, with an additional five per cent off for cash payments once per month. Lightning Hit Schoolhouse. Ughtnin struck the Delting School House one and one-half miles from Aneonia this county, Saturday morning. The lightning tore a hole eighteen feet square in the roof and ruined the - plastering and weakened the building in general. One window and frame and part of side wall was ruined. The loss on the building has not been estimated. Common Pleas New Cases. Ora Grace Hahn vs. Ralph E. Hahn, a minor. Margaret A. Hahn et al, action for partition. The State of Ohio on relation of John G. Price, attorney general. Special recoveiy of money; amount claimed, $4,093. Retiring Officials Honored. A. B. Craig, O. Perry and J. L.

' Folkereth, who retire from the office

of County Commissioner Monday, Sept

19, 1921, were remembered Saturday afternoon by their asstciates in office and employes, when Mr. Craig was

, presented with-a handsome umbrella ; and Messrs. Perry and Folkereth with handsome canes. Dismiss Armstrong Plea. Judge, D. W. Younker in probate court has dismished the application of J. Leroy Armstrong for the appointment of a guardian for Enos Arm- , strong. Some fifteen or twenty witnesses testified that Mr. Armstrong was capable of transacting his own business and two physicians testified to the same effect. The costs were assessed against the son, who made the application. Hospital Response Good. The Hospital Committee is very much pleased with the general response that has been made to the appeal for the furnishing of the rooms of the new hospital. The following rooms have been taken for furnishing by the organizations whose names are

given: First Floor Private room, Coterie club, $328.63; Private room, Civic League, $388.65: Private room or nurses room, Presbyterian church, $205.70. Second Floor Private room, Wednesday and Monday club, $308.67. Private room. Ladies' Aid Society, First Christian Church, $328.63. Maternity room, Greenville Masonic Lodge, $432.67. . Children's room, City Schools, : $566.71. Operating room, Mrs. St. Clair, $1,003.75. Sterilizing room, Mrs. St. Clair, $1,271.77. There Is still left for selection the following rooms: First Floor Office, three bed ward, two bed Vard, dining room, and kitchen. Second Floor Private or nurses room, doctor's room. The committee believes that before the end of the week all of the rooms will be taken.

The Child Labor Tax By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 19. Thousands of dollars may be involved in the question of, how old a chlid is, under the Child Labor section of the

Internal Revenue act, which is now in

force and is said by officials of the

paternalistic bureaucracy. The other side stands largely on the merits of the law they are advocating." The same battle has been waged in the same words a score of times.

At any rate, the opponents of child

bureau of internal revenue to be prac-j labor finally obtained the passage of

tically abolishing the employment of ieaerat law against it. Immediately children under 14 years of age in the .the employers of child labor brought industries to which it applies. The i suit on the ground that it was uncon-

validity of the law is yet to be decided by a decision of the supreme court which will probably be made some

time this fall. The law provides that a tax of 10 percent may be collected on the net profits of an employer who employs children below a certain age. No employer can afford to pay such a tax. The law is said to work like a charm. Employers take every possible precaution to avoid employing such children. In 37 of the states the state laws against child labor require the child to have a certificate showing his age, and this is accepted by the federal inspectors. In other states the federal inspector must ascertain the child's age by what means he can. Where vital statistics are properly kept, it is easy. In other cases baptismal records are available, but sometimes the parents or employers of the children are put into ingenious devices to prove a child's age. In one case in Georgia no written evidence could be found to prove the age of a boy, who, his mother claimed, was 14 years old. She took the in

spector to her home, called forth her family and stood it in a row. There were 14 children, the youngest a babe in arms. "Count 'em yourself, lady," she invited. "There's your evidence."

Tombstone Proof

sututional. Thus the ancient farce was repeated by which a law is passed and put into effect before the supreme court has decided whether it is a law or. not. ' Most of the manufacturers gambled that it was not a law and brazenly broke it as far as they cared to do so. Nevertheless the tax

payer's money was spent to put in ac

tion an elaborate machinery for its

enforcement, which was entrusted to the department of labor. In 1918 the supreme court fulfilled the hopes of

the employers of child labor bv de

claring the act unconstitutional. The New Law. Immediately the agitation was renewed, and in the revenue bill of 1918 was inserted the provision by which a prohibitory tax is levied on employers of child labor. This accomplished exactly the same thing that the child labor law was intended to accomplish, and it stands on the constitutional ground, right of the federal government to levy taxes. Even as there are other ways to kill a cat than choking it with butter, so there are more ways of getting around the dear old constitution than the Founding Fathers even dreamed of. Now this tax law is being enforced and with good effect, it is claimed. The census figures on child labor for 1920 are not out yet ,and only they will prove just how much has been ac

complished. But there seems to be

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

NOT TO ESTABLISH NEW COLLEGE, BRYAN BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 19. That Indiana university has no intentions of establishing a junior college at Fort Wayne or at any other city in the state was emphatically asserted today by President William Lowe Bryan,

when his attention was called to sucn a report from Fort Wayne. The plan of a junior college is to give the first two years' work in the city where it is established and the remaining two years at the university. It is understood here that there has been considerable agitation at Fort Wayne in favor of such a college for that city. Indiana university, through its extension division, conducted classes at Fort Wayne last year in law, political science, journalism, English and business, and is planning to conduct the center on a much larger scale this

year. The enrollment at Fort vvayne last year was more than 400. The center will open Oct. 1 with from 12 to 15 faculty members as instructors who will go from here once

a week. Among these will be Dr. E. M. Linton of the political science department: Prof. Paul V. McNutt of the law department; Claude M. Bosler of the journalism department, and Prof. Frank H. Strenghthoff of the school of commerce and finance. These men will be assisted by faculty men from Franklin college and DePauw university. Work at the Fort Wayne center counts on the attainment of a degree from the university the "same as if it were taken in Bloomington.

movement for the establishment of a junior college here as a part of the organization of Indiana university has been backed by local newspapers and alumni of the local normal school, which was abandoned some months ago when the school board decided the normal was too expensive. The alumni of Uje normal have held several meetings demanding that the school be maintained and proposing that Indiana university be asked to establish a branch school offering two years of college work. "

The tombstone of a dead twin prov-j little doubt that the tax law has abol-

FINISH CORN CUTTING

AND FILLING OF SILOS THROUGHOUT INDIANA

(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19. Corn cutting and silo filling are nearing completion in some sections of the . state and the main portion of the crop ' is out of the way of frost, according to the weekly report of George C. Bryant, agricultural statistician to the

United States department of agricul

ture, today. Early potatoes are hard

ly worth digging in some localities and the late crop will be poor, it was

said. The report follows: Favorable progress was made dur ing the week in all outdoor farm activ

ities until the last day or two of the

"week when heavy rains occurred in

some sections. Corn cutting and silo filling are nearing completion in some sections of the state. The main portion of the crop is now but of the way of frost. Some of the new crop is being fed. - But little wheat has been sown to date. Fly free dates commence on Sept. 22 on the northern border, when sowing will be general in that section and progress southward at the rate of . 16 miles a day. . Rye seeding will conform very closely to wheat seeding dates. Potato Crop Poor. Early potatoes are hardly worth ' digging in many localities. The late crop continues to show improvement but will be poor. Meadows and pastures are in splendid condition. Young clover is getting . an excellent start for the winter. Clover fceed hulling is nearly finished with yields varying greatly. Tobacco cutting is progressing very rapidly and will be completed within another week if weather conditions remain favorable. Apples in the commercial districts are very scarce. The quality all over the state is not up to the usual standard. Live stock, generally, is in good condition. . Farm labor supply exceeds the demand. Late truck crops continue in good condition. Melons all gone.

ed the date of birth of a boy who was

trying to prove himself 14 years old. One family was found which had prepared a tombstone and set it in the cemetery for their daughter when she was born. The date of her birth was carved on the stone, and a space left for recording her, death. Decorated mugs presented to children and inscribed with the dates of their births have sometimes been offered in evidence, and many families have been found which had framed records of all the family births hanging oh the

wall. One father had dispensed with the frame and merely written the

record on the wall paper. The family record kept in a Bible is of course the commonest form, and many persons seem to have thought that any record written in a Bible would be accepted. One inspector wa3 surprised to be confronted by a long file of women and children bearing conspicuously new Bibles. The effort to abolish child labor, of which this tax is the latest manifestation, is a good example of how we legislate in this country. Ten or 15 years ago child labor was one of the crying

abuses of American industry. Children from 10 to 14 years of age were employed in a number of industries and for long hours. Many of them were undoubtedly stunted and killed. A great deal of publicity was given the subject. Newspaper editorials, magazine articles and cartoons aroused the public to the abuse. As a result many state laws were passed prohibiting or restricting child labor, and a great majority of the states now have such

laws. Many of those that have not;

are agricultural states in which there is little or no factory labor of any

kind. The serious abuse has for some years been confined to a few states

where the interest employing child

labor were strong enough to influence

the legislatures.

To those who were working for the

abolition of child labor, a federal law

proniDiung it in tne wnoie country;

seemed the only means. They were opposed by the believers in states: rights, who see a threat of the com-!

plete destruction of local autonomy

in the rapid spread of federal author

ity which recent years has witnessed.

These persons declared that the Unit

FINE 115 VIOLATORS FISH AND GAME LAWS

One hundred and thirty-four persons were arrested and 115 paid fines and costs for violations of the fish

and game laws during August, 1920, Richard Lieber, director of the state

conservation department, said today

Convicted men paid fines and costs

aggregating $2,634.70 he said. During the same period last year 118 persons were arrested and 107 paid fines and

costs. Chief offenses during August ac

cording to department records were: hunting and fishing without licenses, 50; seining and possession of seines, 35; taking undersized bass, 9; taking fur-bearing animals out of season, 9; harboring ferrets without a certificate, 8. Mr. Lieber pointed out that there are 24 salaried wardens and 4 nonsalaried men employed. The southern district had 9 men and each man averaged in arrests 5 5-9 against 15 men in the northern district 5 3-5.

OHIO ROAD BUILDERS

ASK LONGER WORKING HOURS FOR EMPLOYES

COLUMBUS O., Sept. 19. Predictions that the next session of the Ohio legislature will see an attempt to do away with that portion of the eighthour day law which applies to road building are being generally made here. Road contractors are reported to be almost unanimously in favor of the change which would permit their workmen to be on the job for 10 hours during each work day and such a proposal has been under general discussion among them. The contractors declare that there are never more than 145 days in the

year when weather conditions permit road building, and that it is a mistake

not to take advantage of every suit

able day to complete their work. They

declare emphatically for a 10-hour

day.

Any move to weaken the eight-hour

aay law, nowever, is expected to draw

fire from organized labor which was; instrumental in having the law enacted and which has maintained a guard against its violation ever since. On one occasion this summer atten

tion Director Tetlow of the department of industrial relations received protests from labor leaders that several contractors had been working their men 10 hours a day and the or

ganization is known to be on the watch for further violations.

BIRDS AND BEASTS IN ZOO PREPARE FOR HARD WINTER NEW YORK. Sept. 19 The birds and beasts that live in the Bronx Zoo are preparing for an early and hard winter. Although they live in luxury and don't have to worry about where their next meal is coming from, they are instinctively hoarding up food. All classes of animals scent a stiff winter, keepers say. The squirrels are putting in full days storing up unusually large quantities of nuts. The prairie dogs, a month ahead of time, are secreting lots of food in their underground homes. Robins and blackbirds are flocking together and showing unmistakable signs of preparing for migration to southern climes.

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FORT WAYNE, Ind., Sept 19. A

ished child labor in many industries

Now it remains to be seen once more whether it is really a law or not. The customary suit has been filed attacking the constitutionality of the law, and this case is number .16 on the supreme court docket. It will in all probability be heard and decided this fall.

The lawyers will have a fine time. Those on behalf of the law will point out that the federal government has a right to levy taxes, and that it has

long employed this method of abolishing or mitigating abuses. The attor

neys for the employers will say that this is so, then states rights are a dream, for here is a method by which the Federal Government can invade them in a hundred places. By levying other similar taxes on industry it can control industry in a number of ways. , The mere layman gets rather little out of it but a swimming head. He is

inclined to conclude that our Govern

ment is a thing of expediency and compromise rather than of principal

anyway, and to hope that the law will

be upheld since it is useful, whether

Washington and Hamilton would have liked it or not. They probably

wouldn't feel at home in America in

any case.

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