The Indiana Journal, Volume 34, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 October 1937 — Page 4

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The I nil tan » Journal Published Evelry Thursday at Syracuse. Indiana Lnle-ed as second-cLss niatter May 4th, 1908, at the postoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879 THE INDIANA JOURNAL, INC. F. Allan VVeatherholt, Editor

County Fair Philosophy F YOU have doubts about the future of the United States, and feel the country is headed for the demnition bowbows, take a day off, and head for the nearest county fair. You can find suggestions showing the solid foundations on which our civilization is built. The county fair may be to a large extent a pleasure gathering. People Xvould not crowd to it as they do, unless they had a mighty good time there. But unlike many sporting events, therg is a foundation of solid achievement on which the whole show rests. A county fair is. primarily a display or farm products. It presents the cream of the'output oi the surrounding farms, orchards, and gardens. * You see there the fruit of toilsome labor, going back many years. Also the fruit ot thoughtful study and inquiry of experienced persons. Those noble fat cattle, kings and queens of the bovine world, those grunt- I ing porkers that can scarcely waddle across pen ,tor their hepps of fat. did not grow to their present stature and form by luck and chance. Brains and sweat were spent freely to 1 produce them. These exhibits show that the American „ people are not yet trying to make their living by luck and chance and smart tricks, but that the solid folks on the farms are trying to produce and sell useful and high quality things. In doing so, they encourage others? to go, and do likewise. They demonstrate that the prizes of life are won in the main by merit, rather than by luck, pull, favor, or politics. When people get that idea and go back to their jobs, they are bound to do Liter work, ft gives onei faith in humanity and the country to see these industrious country folks, as with pardonable pride they, lead the prize bull into' the ring, and arrange those luscious apples and pears on the exhibition table. Mobilizing Against. Accidents THOUSAND men anti women mobilize for war on accidents l&X&ga! at the Twenty-sixth National Safety Congress and Exposition which will be held from October 11th to 15th in Kansas City, Missouri. Accidents which killed 111,000 Americans and injured ten million in 1936 - will be given microscopic study. More than 400 speakers will discuss accident prevention in the home, on the farm, on streets and highways, in industry, in schools, in the air at sea. The meeting will attract accident prevention experts and students from every corner ot the United States and a number / of foreign countries.. ]• The work that is done at this Congress can be pt immense potential value, if the public will cooperate. But'the best plan in the world can do little if the attitude of public indolence toward the hazards that menace life and property continues. The finest accident prevention program ever devised is relatively useless without enthusiastic public cooperation and support. The most complete surveys of the cause of accidents are valueless if no attention is paid to them. Final public benefit will rest with, the public- -John Jones’ life can’t be saved if John Jones is too lazy to help. .Accident prevention is an individual problem. It is up to each of us to take the simple steps that suffice to prevent the bulk of accidents, minor and major, within the home, in business, on the highways or elsewhere. Passing the buck doesn't work. This coming Safety Congress w.j! be the largest .and most important ever held.

Legalized Mulcting Os Consumers • The Miller-Tydings bill — in effect, gives the Federal blessing to state laws permitting-' price-fixing of trade marked goods by manufacturers—has become law, in spite of the President’s opposition. It was attached as a ‘‘rider” to a routine appropriations bill for the District of Columbia, passed at the end of the session, and the President was forced to -nga' it because the District would t have teen without funds otherwise. . ~ More than hidf the states have so far passed price-fix-ing legislation. Under the

i Today's Taxogram By ELLIS PARKER.BUTLER (Reprinted from the New Mexico Tax Bulletin) Said Statesman A to Statesman Z: “What can we tax. that is not paying? We’re taxing every blessed thing-— , Here’s what our people are defrayin': “Tariff tax, income tax, Tax on retail sales, Club tax, school tax, Tax on beers and ales. “City tax, county tax,. Tax on obligations, War tax, wine tax, Tax on corporations. “Brewer tax, sewer tax, Tax on motor cars, Bond tax, stock tax, Tax on liquor bars. “Bridge tax, check tax, Tax on drugs and pills, • Gas tax ticket tax, Tax on gifts in wills. “Poll tax, dog tax, Tax on money loaned, State tax, road tax, Tax on all things'owned. “Stamp tax. land tax, Tax on wedding ring, high tax, low tax, Tax on everything." ' Said Statesman A to Statesman Z: “That is the list, a pretty bevy; No thing or act that is untaxed: | There’s nothin’ more on which to levy." Said Statesman Z to Statesman A: “The deficit each moment Waxes: This is no time for us to fail— We will decree a tax on taxes. 1 Experts and humanitarians w’Jl do every-' i thing in their power in the interest of saving us from death and injury, but the final answer .must be made by the people. America's • ‘ Legion COMMUNITY, like every other,] has its contingent of American Legionnaires. Nearly a score of, years ago they returned triumphant from, the Great War and became citizens to whom we point with pride. Today we can look] upon them doubly proud because the Amer-, ican Legion has demonstrated itself as tyi-L tying the true spirit of Americanism upon which this nation was founded. In New York City recently some 300,000 Legionnaires paraded that spirit up fabulous Fifth avenue for 18 hours in the, most amazing demonstration ever witnessed by that blase metropolis. Up that fashionable thoroughfare scene of May Day parades when the red flag of Communism is flaunte,! and where the flags and soap box champions of other “isms” beg attention and followers —the American Legion paraded the American flag and demonstrated to the millions who lined the avenue that there is still -a deep patrotic reverence for that flag and the Constitutional rights of every one of this nation's 130 million citizens. In convention the legion delegates did . not ponder political and partisan issues but voted on matters of "far greater national import. They voted to.ask Congress for an investigation and deportation of those alien “ism” groups and they reaffirmed their faith in the Bill of Rights as a living document designed for the protection of the humblest citizen. ' v This community is fortunate to have among its citizens a number of these true Americans—the Legionnaires. However, it is regrettable that the legion’s gigantic parade up. Fifth avenue could not have been, made the entire length of the Lincoln Highway. Had this been possible, there would not be a man woman or growing, youth in America today who would not feel reassured that there is a strong patriotic server for defense of individual liberty.

terms of these acts, all of which are similar in purpose : land result, the consumer is practically helpless. A. man- ! ufacturer. of a trade marked product can establish any' price he wishes at which retailers .must seil, no matter how excessive tne profit. The consumer must pay this price, or go without. The retailer, even though he has bought the article, cannot . sell his own property at a margin of profit I satisfactory to him. 'This type of measure is rivaled only by punitive taxation of low-cost merchandisjing systems .in its adverse er-' iects on the consumer. It makes a farce of the anti- ! trust laws. I

Fortunately, some progressive retailers, both chain and independent, who aren't afraid of honest competition, are taking steps to give the consumer protection. They are stocking the “price-fixed ’ goods—and they are also stocking' and advertising “non-price-fixing” competing goods of similar qualit? which they can sell at lower price?. Thus the consumer , cqn buy what he wants at a competitive price instead of paying an arbitrary factory mark-up. Organized consumers of the country should fight tor repeal of the Miller-Tydings bill.-

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BOY! WHAT A LINE TO BUCK! > pa hi M .lifiKia.iipiiifflipji/ * wiiwfaO II ho liiliiliii ii H : MEM WfeISJW 4 i !i i i|jl| i •fi'bN I V I'll ! P' i Pwgfeftfi ft 'V '‘feo i ■■Pii 1 — : : l i j “signs of the TIMES i By 1 RAY E. SMITH :— < i 1 I—.—.—.—:—_— !

When Democratic leaders i lament about the small num- ] cer of Democratic newspap- j ers in the state, they are tell- ] 1 ing the truth. The Republic- j an papers far outnumber ] those of the Jeffersonian ; I party. In only three cities of ] I any size are there Democratic ( dailies —The Journal-Gazette at Fort Wayne, The Tribune at Terre Haute and The Bui- ; i let in at Anderson. Such cities', |as Indianapolis, South Bend, , Evansville, Muncie, Richmond, Hammond and Gary do not have dailies bearing i the Democratic stamp. The Western Newspaper Union, • an unbiased organization, : • lists It dailies in Indiana. ' and only 33 of them are Democratic. There are 295 ‘ , weeklies, 105 which are class- I ]ed as Democratic. Numerical- ‘ ly, then there about one Dem- 1 ocratic paper to every three Republican or independent * papers. But since there . are 1 so few Democratic.papers in 1 the large centers, it is safe to ' estimate that the total Dem- ’ ocratic circulation is not 1 more than one tilth of tn»t J of the G.O.P. papers. This , situation unquestionably 1 places the Democratic ‘ under a great handicap. j' Pennsylvania now joins the states which is after ; the tounst business by means of display advertising. A 30inch advertisement in New York papers urges people to visit the Keystone state. ' “Pennsylvania Welcomes ; You This Fall”, reads the a’d-c vertisement, and continues, “The ‘welcome mat’ is out on all our doorsteps”. The beautif u 1 mountains, valleys, streams, places of historic note add 30,000 miles of fine highways are described lure . out-of-state persons. Even a card kvqjvn as a “Hospitality Passport will bo issued on request. Pennsylvania calls on tourists to let its famed motor police be their guides. ,We cannot help but be impressed by Pennsylvania’s in- ■ itiative in going after tourist [ business. Why shouldn't Indiana do rhe same? ’ Al Smith's famous Brown ' Derby is badly caved in today. Senator Gopeland’s defeat in the New York mayoy- > alt.v primaries was also Al’s defeat. The Al Smith of by- ‘ gone years, the brown derby, the cigar, the nose, and the habit of talking irom one ' side of his mouth couldn’t put :■ Al’s anti-New Deal candidate t over. Why has Al lost his f effectiveness- -his grip on the people? It’s because he is not Ithe Al Smith around which > millions rallied in 1928. As - Governor of New York and > as Democratic candidate for ‘President in the 1928 cam-1

paign he looked and acted 4 like one of the common 1 people. The Al Smith of 1937 ‘ no longer speaks for the com-1 1 mon man. He is fresh from J his $50,000-a-year job as man- J ager of the Empire State ‘ buildings. He cannot shake 1 off the atmosphere of the; walnut panel director rooms, j 1 He now represents the rich I and powerful. The brown ’ derby doesn't fit him any 1 more. And it has lost its 1 magic with the voters. ‘ “Ain’t God good to Indi- ' ana” sings the poet Bill Her- ( schall in his famous poem by 1. the same name. M. M. Justin, Purdue University agricultural expert, tells us just how; | good God has been to Indiana this year. The corn yield. ( he-says, will be 186,480,000 " bushels, nearly 700,000 bushels more than last year. He reported the crop 90 per cent ' normal compared to 47 per 1 cent last year. The oats crop 1 was 12 per cent better than ' in 1936. The barley crop was | twice as good as last year. The potato yield is 160,000 ‘ bushels above the five-year ] average. And so on and on 1 Justin tells of above normal ' cre.os. Even themens are mak- j ing it a banner year by’ laying mo.”? eggs than since 1925 w ith the exception of 1931. The American Legion is a power in politic?. It has about a hundred members in Congress and 12 in the United States Senate. It has a Secretary of War, an assistant Secretary of Commerce and 20 Governors in its membership. President Roosevelt, who was assistant Secretary of Navy during the World war and Newton D. Baker, war time Secretary of War, have been ruled ineligible for membership in the Legion because their service was’ not “active.” There are.no honorary memberships. Being national] commander of the Legion Ts ; a grueljng job. This is the word of Harry W. Colmery,] Topeka, Kans., immediate | .past national commander. Ini a year he traveled 90,223 '.miles—-32,690 by air — and made speeches. The commandei draws $10,600 a year in salary and is allowed $lO,000 for traveling expense. f “As good citizens, ve'< should insist that the public ]: interest is paramount to the ; special claims of either em-ji ployer or employe. We should < oppose all at;e nuts to pro- ] mote the sOcalled class con-h diet in American life. The'i cla c s idea is a foreign impor-j tation, and its cultivation’< here would destroy the veryp basic of our freedom.”-- W. ! j C. Mullendoi*e, Director, U.l'' S. Chamber of Commerce. |j

If Your Houss Catches Fire If your house catches fire —keep your hej.d. Follow a simple but vital routine and i your chance of escaping j safely will be tremendously’ I increased. Succumb to panic land thoughtless activity and I your next stop may be tne i hospital or the jnorgue. | Writing in McCall’s, John ' J. McElligott, New York Fire I Chief, points out that t.vothirds of our annual fire deaths occur in dwellings, i mainly because the occupants i don't know how to get out. And three-fourths of these victims are trapped on top floors, because they fail to recognize the danger signals) of heat and pressure on bedroom doors. The first thing the householder should do if awakened' by fire, is to feel the “bedroom door panel. If the wood is hot don t open the door unless you want - to sign your death warrant. If there is an .exit ■ via a window’ or roof, take' it. If not, stay in the room w’ith the door closed for help. i If the door is relatively < cool, open it an inch, . with i your body braced against it * so it can be instantly slammed it a rush of hot air tol- 1 lows the opening. If the outside is bearable, move < with the utmost speed. Don’t * try to save belongings. Fire travels a thousand times fast- 1 er than the uninitiated real- t ize. A stairway that is pass- 1 able one ir.inute, may be a > roaring inferno the next. And i once you’re outside stay out! < Many a lite has been lost be- ; cause someone rushed backd inside a burning building. Chief McElligott re com-! I mends that every family hold periodic fire drills, especially is if there are children. The ex- I perience tuese drills provide 1 may be a liie-saver if fire < eventually breaks out -a * mind and body trained in the < technique of escaping a burn- 1 ing building, are not so sus- ‘ ceptible to the deadly delay i and. panic. 11 |] Caught j Short 1 The statement that the ‘ American people are faced 1 with a j’ailway crisis is' not ! mere rhetoric. It is an omin-/ ously ex ident fact. |; With the expectancy of ai J heavy increase in passenger < and freight business daring ] 1937, the I.C.C. shaved rail- ' road freight rates 4.6 per cent, /-'he “boom" did notp materialize, but rising oper- ' ating casts did. Prices of railway equipment, material ami- 1 fuel have increased about 12 per cent within, the last year,-I adding $125,060,(4)0 annua fly to railway costs. In addition,] 1937 wage increases thus far; to the non-train service employes (the lower paid vzorkmen) amount to approxim-) ately $98,000,000 annually. If 1 the present demand of radroad train service employes (the highest paid railroad labor in the world) for a 20 per cent wage increase is successful, it will mean another annual expenditure of $116,000,060. Finally, now pending in JNmgress, and which has Senate approval, wo>uld limit the length of freight trains to 70 cars, and add still another $150,000,000 to annual railroad operating expenses. Faced with falling revenues on one hand and rapidly rising costs on the other, the American railroads will suffer crippling losses and the public will suffer from impaired transportation service, if something is not done immediately to balance railroad outgo and income. Not only should threatened losses be avoided, but the railroads should be permitted rates to earn a reasonable return on property investment, over and above necessary operating expenses. » if the railroads are-ever t » accumulate reserves with which to meet the next depression, it should be now, ' when business is above ce- : pjession lows. <

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Pepping , People Don't you often wonder who starts all these pep propositions to enthuse the great American public? The present grand idea is -for everybody to build a house and put his fapfily in it, and live happily every i afterwards. Private building in 1936 amounted® tp sl,903,000. whiqh was only about one-third the annual expenditures in that direction., in the five years prior to 1930. Residential con struction was formerly the most important item in the. nation’s construction account. In fact it was not many years ago i when the cry went up that America was “overbuilding”. Today the claim is that there is a housing shortage. The pe’)-people insist that there can be no over-crowding in America. In the last analysis owning your own home is good for you! The people who pep pedple don t forget to mention that you should provide plumbing, heating and airconuiti'onmg. For sentimental purposes they ado nimbler roses, ana tor practical rea/ sons list all the gadgets. Hats Off fio / i Soy Beans Among the big booms that, have taken place in this country one cannot overlook tne humble soy-beans. In 1932 the ; production of soy beans in me United States was a little over thirteen million bushels, and it hopped up 300 per cent to nearly torty million bush-) els in 1935, and made another big leap these last two years. ■ Today the production of soy bean oil meal is greater than that of linseed oil meal. ’ Soy bean oil is used satisfactorily with all classes of live-/ stock, including poultry, according to R. C. Ashby of the University of Illinois, who explains the increasing demand tor this product. Ninety percent of the soy Leans! processed now go into live- 1 stock feed, whose high merit has been proved repeatedly] by experimental station tests. Farmers in the soy bean] belt, other experts assert,! have capacity to consume the meal of larger crops than anyso iar produced. Thus future soy bean crops -at least the' great volume that goes into meal-may conceivably be] consumed right in the area of production. Processors have Kept ahead ot the producers. Their mills at key points to- ; day have crushing capacities double that so iar required, in majhy instances farmers exchange beans for meal at . thq/processing plants, knowing the dangers of feeding the whole bean.

lu tviadw GJLd IjvA locLaXf p. 7 Through the window of the present | F / Ah my life must come to me - iL ! d ijil' Freedom, happiness and friendship— I I I These great beauties I shall see II ? j i Only as they near my casement; rW-ti Lt% Then my heart must bid them stay, i j 1 For God’s blessings always enter | I Through the window called today. ! - IlL.” Care may cast a. fleeting shadow J On my precious windowpane, | ’ But I know that sunshine gathers I \ < Added splendor from the rain; So> 1 that BidF2 I Life is glorious and gay, As greets m y eager spirit Qli4| ■ ilzlrp. Through the window called today.'

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1937.

! THE LOW DOWN — —from HICKORY GROVE Bein’ some kind or other of an agitator, sure must be a miserable , way to live and put in your time. And th® ones I nave seen, they are mostly all alike, and always vexed and more or dess mad, and act like they had been eating something that kinda soured on their stomach. ■ ■ I And I guess it is normal for ’em to be that way, just like it is normal at certain times of the year for the hydrophobia skunks down in Arizona, to be mad. And they will tell you, down in that country, that the season, for skunks bein’ mad, is the around. But for you folks who havb not been lucky enough to have been in Aricona, and hear some of the big stuff they tell down there, 1 will say that this hydrophobia business, it maybe was started by some duck who had been drinkin’ ► - from the Hassayampa River. And the story about, the Hassayampa is, that whoever d'rinks there, Jie never again tells the truth. But to get back to the agitators who are all. the tinje frothin’ at, the mouth, 1 reckon Arizona is maybe not so bad 9ft’. • Yours, with the low down, JO SERRA. The Essential Investment An essential part of f /ery investment program is a plan that will reach -surely and steadilyr—from youth ,to old age and meet the eventual- ■ ities faced by the aged as well as the young. ‘ Jlere is where life insurance stands in a class by itself. The vital element in any policy is time it is designed to give man a method to assure income in old age and also to care for his dei?endents in event of death. It leaves nothing to chance, nothing to an individual’s judgment in making investments. Based upon mathemaiical law, it is as safe as human ability and faith can make it. s Life insurance js not the only good investment. There are many. But it is an essential investment. It is the safest economic protection for the average individual.