South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 18, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 18 January 1919 — Page 4

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ate value wouldn't ither except that It Is conMderablv rnir to scharfe. The fault with our taxation Is largely with the method and inequality of as.v?!nient, forcing a tax rate that is eo high as to be frightful, par

ticularly to bu-!nKS. It will take Just as much mony J

to run the government with the lower rate of taxation, but it will be more equitably distributed anion? the tax-payers. A man with 1,0G in a savings bank, drawing four percent Interest, is now assessed $4.10 or $44. There seems no such thing as proportioning' actual cash. The man with a piece ol property valued at $1.000. is supposed to be assessed approximately 1333.33 or $14.6:. Tiiis is happening right along In Houth Kend on both the larger and the smaller scales. It is unjust, inequal and unfair. Everybody, of right mind, should hope , to see the "actual value" system worked out by the present legislature. Political party or no political party it will be best for the masses, and best for everybody, in the long run.

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JANUARY KS. 1919.

THE NEUTRAL PUBLIC. TIim rre.ite-t ttaport in America has l-vn ti'-u up lur yeveral dayd by a strike of harbor workers. The -us In ens of th. metropolis has 1 n paralyzed. Food upplie.s Iiavt- bt-n interfered with. Fuel has come perilously near exhaustion. Tens of thousands of men in no way connected with the .strike have been thrown out of work. Foreign tra.U- has Uen blockaded. Children's lives liae been imperilled. And the millions of people involved have Hood for 1. all, as u-ual. There hae been indignant protests Horn various individuals, hut the- public as a whole ha taken the strike a,- a matter of course something to be exp- ted and endured, like a, blizzard. It is much the same when a labor struggle anywhere interfers with the normal life of a community. Private tapital and private labor sight nut their battle If l hey were the only parties concerned, and ', the public acquiesces in that viv, only lamenting, in a recontiled tort of way, that an innocent bystander" should suffer through n. fault of its own. Tho public is not an innocent bystander. The public 1: the buss, responsible for the situation and possessing authority to straighten it out. As soon as the general public becomes thoroughly imbued with that truth, there will be no more such tie-ups. Arbitration boards will not prove futile the moment trouble" ap1 ears. They will ha- authority, and wield it firmly and ju.-tly. compelling the private parties engaged in public service to continue their service while their disputes are being adjusted ami compelling them to acquiesce in the adjustment when once it i.s made. Surely when Americans are planning to compel peaco throughout the world they ought to be ablejt) compel pra e at bono-.

A ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY. The suggestion that a great national highway be named for Theodore Jtoosevelt is timely and appropriate. v The need of good highways is recognized more today than ever before. We have got rid of the old notion

that a. road was homething of little more than local

a interest and value. The growth of transportation needi and the development of the automobile . and motor truck have raised the country highway to a place or dignity comparable with that of the railroad. We are learning to think of roads In terms not of the township and county, but of the state and natioi We already have our "Lincoln highway." constituting a line monument and at th ame time serving important purposes of utility and pleasure. Another great paved highway stretching across the continent

would be worth more to the country in a practical way than its cost would amount to. It would also serve as a fitting memorial to a president who did so much to save and develop western resources and to link east and west together in work and spirit. "Don't spoil a good meal with a bad stomach, "says an ad. That Is all right: but It's better to get back to rirst principles, thus: "Don't spoil a good fctomach with a bad meal."

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Outside the rain was coming down with that persistency peculiar to the climate of France about three-tifth of the year. Inside the tent where the mn were trying to catch a few hours of much needed rest, the mud was at least a foot deep, that slushy

mud that Is also peculiar to France, j

Capt. Clark Carson had thrown down his mattress on top of the mud. and was resting. He bad not yet fallen asleep. Others in the tent had succeeded in banishing the cares of the day, and were obliviouB to the fkor of mud. Suddenly the flaps of the tent opened, and a man in the uniform of a lieutenant came in. "Hello, there," saluted the lieutenant. "Hello, there." answered Capt. Carson, without looking up. "Make yourself at home." The lieutenant plowed through the mud up to the mattress occupied by

the captain and seated himtelr on its edge. "How are things back in South Hend? Have you heard from there lately?" casually inquired the lieutenant. With that. Capt. Carson looked up. "Hello, Cliff, where did you come from?" he asked. "Oh, I just walked over. I'm stationed about 10 mllea from here, and I heard that you were over here." "Well, come ami have a sleep." invited the captain, as he rolled over to make room on the muddy mattress for his old South Pend friend, Lieut. Clifford CassJdy, son of Asst. Chief of Police William Cassidy. The invitation was immediately accepted, and soon the sons of South Pends mayor and assistant chief of police, who had not seen each other since leaving South Bend for the service, were joined in peaceful slumber. C. J. C.

THE STARVATION HUND. The concessional opposition to the $100,000,000 appropriation asked for by the president to feed starving friends in Furope did not emanate from American home. It was not found in public gatherings. Citizens discussing ihc matter, in private or public, would have been ashamed to look in one another's faces and condemn so generous an action. The opposition was found only in the halls of congress. Congressmen and senators went out of their way to discover obsta les. Seme of them questioned the onstitutionality of the measure. An ordinary political "pork bill" i ui-'ht be legal enough, but it was held a dangerous innovation to ote money for keeping a!ive throuc.h the winter eertain brave and worthy foreign populations which are in desperate straits :ind In' -idenially damning with food the advancing wave of anaiehy, which threatens all Kurope. and in iirectlv. all the world. So this tine and wise philanthropy, Muri:ested by the world food administrator and recommended by the president, was hedged abou: with l---isi.it i e dithciijties. Tho-e iliibc iltb s suddenly vanished. They are swept away b a sudden wind, blowing fresh from tho source ol u 1 1 authority in Anoiici. The obstructive congressmen heard fim home. It was another striking denuMWiation of the power of pah'i.- ,.piiiion. Never wan the public mind morrt keen and expressive than, it is today, and never were Ijw-inakers and exc'iitits more conscious of their representative function and more docile in obeying instructions.

I ACTIONAL SPLIT IN HOlSK EXPIXTKI). (lly Felix F. Ilruiver.) Uumblings and grumbling in republican legislative ranks here are not confined to the senate, where open Insurgency made its appearance on the very first day of the assembly. Now there are rumors of an impending conllict in the house. legislators are beginning to receive messages from their constituents and these messages for the most part express the desire of the people of the state to rule themselves and not to be ruled by a crowd of politicians who are working for their personal benefit. To date, open opposition has not appeared in tho house for the simple reason that thus far there has been no opportunity for such division. An idea of the situation can be obtained from the fact that Goodrich's supporters are active in feeling out the sentiment of democrats in both houses. Ordinarily with a republican majority as large as the one in the present legislature the democratic minority would not be seriously considered, hut with the certainty that the administration will lose the votes of many republican:;, a desperate effort is being made to gain those of some of the democrats. Hardly a move has been made thus far that has not been in opposition to the expressed wishes of tho governor. An effort to camoullage the real situation has been a failure and recently L. W. Henley, secretary of the republican state committee has been busy at the statehouso circulating among the legislators in an effort to get them to come across. The situation this far can be summed up as follows: en. N'egley of Indianapolis was named republican floor leader over the protest of Gov. Goodrich. Only ;i very few of the senate and house employes named in the g. o. p. caucuses were men recommended by the organization.

Lieut. (ov. Push, in his opening speech, made a tb claration of independence and expressed open opposition to any plan to take the government of the people out of the hands of the people. Sen. McConaha was named by Push as chairman of the finance committee despite pressure brought to bear by Gov. Goodrich to have Sen. Munton appointed in this important position. Republicans in the house have expressed opposition to the Goodrich plan. Lieut. .Gov. Push blocked the inital move to have Sen. Cravens, democrat, removed from the Eenat on the grounds that he was not elected. ltepublcans here are now trying to hide behind a discussion of the tax hill. Goodrich members of the assembly continually dodge a discussion of the real issue and persist in talking about the tax bill most of the provisions of which the majority of the legislature does not understand and very little of which tho public in general understands. The tax bill, however, probably will become the center of a fight later in the session because It, too, contains power grub sections which the people of the state are not willing to accept.

'ACTUAL VALUE" AS BASIS OH TAXATION. The Indiana Tax commission has recommended to the srovernur and. the state assembly, the passage of iL tax 1 iw providing tor the assessing ,,f the property it the state, no longer "according to value," but it "actual valu." It is a good move, and t.no of the best solution- o'f the .-quäl taxation problem that has yet Leen oifered. "'Actual value" affords no such opportunity for the juglinic of aluations as does "according to value." though no doubt the former was the original Intent of tne latter expression. It is this effort '.o make "according to value" mean one-third or onhalf "actual value" that has resulted in much of the unequal taxation in. the state. There is little question but an "actual valuation" assessed against all property, will reduce the tax rate in Indiana, and St. Joseph county in particular, from the rate fcr this jear, $l.lo on the $100. to approximately SI on the 5 1 'J"; some people paying less in total, and others considerately more and t'hese latter aiaiuly, tho.-e who can ! - st afford to pay it. We do not for the priscbt pretend to recommend the administration tax tall i. fore the assembly, or to compreb nd it for p:;i poses of recommendation or criticism, but if there l such a feature as the above in It. that Itature oudht to be enacted its to law. To be real simple. hioI frank about it. we believe that if the present tax laws were amended, ju-t to the aloe extent and

i.o farther, it would go about as far toward the nec-

sary tax reform due the stal as a j-'teat. long tax u.easur would. p rhaps the imt of it "jokers' c.l-

Tin.Y Niiori.n un oiiosi:j. (Indiana Pally Timo.) When a chief executive, rej-rardless of his political faith, goes in for Centralization of pow er, the peopl?, and the people's elected representatives, not only have the right but they have the responsibility to light that centralization if. along with it, goes no machinery for the control of the orticial whose power Is Increased. Gov. Goodrich's legislative program from beginning to end has through it this policy of centralization. While this or that bill, by Itself, means nothing much, all of them taken together make a formidable campaign acainst popular government. No one denies that the tendency of the times is toward such centralizations of power as will make for efficiency. That is but half the fact. The tendency of tho times, also, is to increase the people's direct power over the official in whom power centralizes. It is this latter fact which Gov. Goodrich Ignores and It is this lack of acknowledgment that makes his legislative program, from the standpoint of popular government, altogether vicious. How the powr of government shall be divided is purely a constitutional question. Constitutions are the work of the people. The governor has :;o right -o attempt to write or rewrite the constitut.on if the state of Indiana to make it harmonize with hi republican political philosophy. Rewriting the constitution is a job for the people. The people alone have the authority to rewrite the constitution and they should be called upon to do their own work. It is almost ridiculous how, wherever you turn durins h session of the legislature, you discover a sharp corner of the state constitution sticking out far enough to block the way. There is no denying the necessity for a constitutional convention and this legislature not only should submit to the people the question of calling a convention, but realizing that constitu ion making is the fundamental right and protection of the people, the legislature regardless of parties should op-

cul.ited to render the remainder of the bill worthless

Doubtle the new tax bill l as Its faults, but thiI,ose lo tne last ditch such measures as propose to

centralize power in the hands of any given officials.

The Public Pulse

Com mu Titration a for this cottmn iaay be alined anonymotrsly bot meat be accompanied by tbe name of tfc writer to laaure good falrfc. No rapomlblllty for facta or sratfmtota eiprcwd wm awiamed. lIont dlffrmasloa of paMle question la taTited, bat with the rlrnt rvacrrel to eliminate Iclon and objectionable matter. Tae column la tree. But, b reasonable.

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proided no corresponding po-r over that official is ;iven the people.

JUST A COLISKUM. Jan. 10, 1919. L'ditor Xews-Times: I am in favor of a coliseum. T would have it located close to the heart of the city. I would build as and for a coliseum only. I would not have it serve any of the functions of an office building, a market, or a mausoleum. I would have it for an audience room only and such scries of side rooms as might be desirable for committee rooms but could be opened into the audience room when desired to create the fullest capacity. Why not ofllce roms? Because they would interfere with committee rooms and necessary side rooms, and conventions and exhibits would interfere with the desirability of such rooms for offices. Why not a market? Because a market with 100 or more hordes brings odors and flies and a general uncleanllness net desirable about such a place. And because we now have a convenient and sanitary place for a market on the Colfax av. bridge. Some reference has been made to a coliseum near the river south of Colfax av. with a market below. This would be a very unfortunate place for a market, (a) Because so hard to climb the hill with a basket of produce, (b) the dirt blowing from the bridge and streets above would make it a very unsanitary place for a market. "Why not any of the functions of a mausoleum. i. e. memorial tablets, (a) Because there is nothing physical or psychological about a coliseum that seems to make 't In any sense the proper place for memorial tablets, (b) there la nothing of perpetual probability about a coliseum, (c) a memorial tribute to those who in any way Served In the world war should be in a place where it will endure for all time, (d) a granite monument Is the ideal but if bronze tablets, let them be placed in the halls of the court house, the surroundings would be appropriate, the court house will be maintained In a good condition for all time. Let me repeat what I said in my first sentence, I favor a coliseum, lo. rated near the center of the city, with no office, market, or manusoleum functions. Just a colie-um. We can have a coliseum in its place for its purpose. We can also have .i memorial of appropriate kind and so located a to be perpetual. MARVIN CAM PB ELI;.

who fought for liberty and righteousness, and also for those that constituted the Americun army from this community. j The idea of the coliseum Is beau- j tiful and should - hav the support I of every man and woman of this j community, because, if it is built i every man and woman will be a stockholder of that coliseum as I long as they live, and I also want j to emphasize the fact that people j as a whole must pay for it either ; directly or indirectly. : Now. the main question arises, j how are we goin? tc pay for this ! coliseum? , Mr. Swygart pointed out the fact j that our bond limit Is $700.000, and we already have outstanding $4 4 8,- j 0 00, and we can only provide from j that source $232.000, and now how are we to raise $148,000 or more? j

If the city administration, or whoever undertakes the proposition , of raising" the money for the coliseum, why not go a little further and raise enough money to build other buildings that are as essen-1 tfal. Now let me suggest to you a problem in which muft lie met witn candor and altruistic mind. The people not only of this community but of every other community are confronted with the sjme problem, how to make both ends meet. If the city administration or whoever may undertake this proposition to build the coliseum, will not take Into consideration the main fact, the people, their Income and expense, the administrators of the affairs may receive more blame than praise or honor. The entire world is talking on reconstruction, why not us? The reconstruction problem is an evolutionary one, and society today can't sidetrack that very law,f because it is the only law that determines or settles all questions. There is no power which can stop it, so in order to avoid reaction let us cooperate with It. ' So before we build any magnifi

cent building let us look with our eyes open and candid mind at evolution and the rest of the world; to what they are doing in order to be consistent and right. The gathering expressed its sentiment regarding a place for automobiles, for flowers and etc.. but none said anything about alleviation of the heavy burdens on the community, or they did not seem to realize that they would make them heavier and more complex. I am in favor of a coliseum, but listen, why not kill two birds with one stone, build the coliseum and also a place for public utilities such as municipally owned coal yard, ice plant, dairy, and municipal market, owned and controlled by the people, whereby the people can buy the necessities and mean.t of life at cost, and what they save on the price of those commodities, will enable them to paj' the outstanding debt for the coliseum, the municipal utilities buildings, and for the upkeep. These ideas are evolutionary, and

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if carried out, will not only pay for the coliseum and establish the much needed public utilities, but will assist those who need them mo5t, instead of being an added burden. The parents and families of those heroes will appreciate your good work and you will accomplish two good things, one is that you erect the collneum for those that are dead, and the other is that you are paving the way to make life more worth while for the love ones that they have left behind. What better plan could be given for the heroes, for their parents and families, and what greater benefit could society derive from their supreme- sacrifice. So I ;ay to whom it may concern to look to th future, to cpoperate with evolution, and that means patriotism, consistency and harmony. NICHOLAS P. DI CGSARE.

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Till: COLISKUM NI TIIK I'FX). PLK. Editor News-Times: The matter of the coliseum Invites vital questions in which every citizen of South Bend should be interested. The open meeting cf the Chamber of Commerce was my first opportunity vince my discharge from the T". nrmy. to hear discussion upon a question wMch involves the people of the city of South Bend. And those who were not present still have an opportunity to discuss it throucrh civic centers, the press and other means of publicity. The question of location was well discussed and it was unanimously agreed to have it In South Bend which I deem to be the proper place. Other questions for the construction of the building was also dlscuw d. The reason for building this coliseum is to memorize the heroes

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