The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 October 1934 — Page 2

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THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL REPUBLICAN. Published every Thursday at Syracuse. Indiana. Entered as second-class matter on May 4th. 1908. at the postoffice at Syracuse. Indiana, under the Act of Con arses of March 3rd. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance 82.00 Six Months In advance — LOO Single Copies 05 Subscriptions dropi*e<i if not renewed when time Is oat. HARRY L- PORTER, JR. Editor and Publisher Office Phone 4 — Home Phone 904 THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1934 MAIN STREET WHITTLINGS The editor’s mother-in-law has just written from St. Petersburg, Fla., asking why the editor and wife do not write to the government asking that they be paid for every paper they do NOT publish, as farmers are paid for cutting down on their crops, and then with that money, spend the winter in Florida? Why doesn’t a storekeeper get paid for the work he doesn’t do, or a doctor for the patients he lets suffer, or an undertaker for those be does not "■'bury or — Someone poisoned Joe Rapp's dogs. He had four setter puppies, and also a beagle hound he was going to train for an Indianapolis party, and he kept these dogs in the kennel in the yard of his home. Saturday morning they were ill and were taken to a vet who thought slow poison had been tossed into the kennel to them. It is hoped perhaps two of the pups can be saved but it is feared the rest of the dogs will die. The Hon. Mr. Durgan kept mentioning in his address at the school house, Tuesday evening, that 13 million were but of work in 1932. He didn’t mention the fact that Green, head of the American Federation of Labor says there were 15 million out of work this summer. And he didn’t mention the NRA at all, in listing the accomplishments of the present administration. Is that not an accomplishment? 0 THIS FROM A CABINET MEMBER With strikes all over the country in the last few months, the observation of Secretary Perkins surely does not add to the woman’s reputed intelligence but just the reverse. Here is what Rayol F. Munger, financial columnist' in the Chicago t News, says: “Quite a while ago, in making a speech to an audience of Chicagons, Secretary Perkins, a member of the cabinet, was asked whether strikes ought to be called under the NRA. She replied that a strike might be justified or unjustified, but that if labor was strong enough it had hater strike anyway, as this would at least call in a government conailator and probably win some concession. “At the time we did not report that speech, thinking it merely the unwise utterance of a well-meaning woman. It did not seem helpful to unsettle confidence any further. It has, however, tinged our own views of the recovery movement. Seeing the nationwide growth of strikesand controversy, we have regretted not sounding an alarm earlier.** ’ 0 S. S. CLASS MEETS The Good Cheer class of the Church of the Brethren met Tuesday evening in their regular monthly meeting in their clans-room. A hearty welcome was given their new teacher. Rev. Warstler by the 35 present. The meeting was called to order by the class president, Millard Tom. After singing a hymn, Rev. Warstler led in prayer. The usual business of the meeting being completed, short talks were made by several members of the class. The class then engaged in a word contest after which they all retired to the basement where sandwiches and coffee were served. • o The salesman drove his flivver into a filling station and ordered a gallon of gas. “What are you trying to do," asked the attendant, “wean her?" — 0 They say the reason ministers do not usually use Fords is because a man cannot drive one and maintain his .standing in the ministry.

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BACK-FIRE FOR ROOSEVELT When President Roosevelt intimated in his recent radio “fireside chat” that all critics of his administration are reactionary lawyers and political editors” he invited rebukes from New Deal supporters as well as from members of the American Liberty league and Republican newspaper editors. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, one of the foremost proRoosevelt newspapers, was moved to comment as follows: ♦ Mr. Roosevelt might have denied himself his jibe at reactionary lawyers and political editors.’ It is quite true, as he says, that most of their cries have been heard before. But along with them now comes an increasing demand from many friends of the administration and from constructive critics of the Roosevelt program for a greater clarification and explanation of recovery aims. “Unfortunately Mr. Roosevelt does not always distinguish as much as he should between those who jibe from malignant motives and the friends who question from honest fears.” The president’s attempt, in the same address, to convince thoughtful Americans that the New Deal is entirely sound because England has applied a similar program with considerable success was an equally unfortunate “break." The English program did not have the complicating agricultural relief angle, for Engiang is more thoroughly industrialized than the United States, replies the South Bend Tribune. If the president had solicited editorial assistance from some of the editorial authorities in Washington they doubtless would have stricken from his manuscript the intimation that American bankers have not been as helpful in government financing as the British bankers. Phil S./Hanna, editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce, submits these for presidential and public consideration: ' “England did refund her war loan and save $150,000,000 a year in interest. England did go off the gold standard. But England did not devalue her gold. She did not refuse to pay her bond obligations according to the letter of the contract. Even today (In England) you can buy and sell gold without danger of going to jail. “But the real point is that England was able to refund her bonds because she balanced her budget. That budget was balanced in part by REDUCING expenses and in part by increasing taxes. In short, England as a borrower did the things that created the incentive for investors to want to buy her bonds. Her appeal to patriotism of the investors to take a lower coupon was backed up by the kind of actions that improve a borrower’s credit. “Mr. Roosevelt • • • has increased taxes, increase expenses, needlessly and futilely injected uncertainly by an indefinite devaluation policy. And as to the reference that the bankers of England helped the government wbat more could not ask over here than the help the bankers have given our government bond market? Our bankers have helped so extensively that nearly two-thirds of all our banking resources are invested in government bonds.” Even if the radio “fireside chat” program had been hastily improvised and the president had spoken extemporaneously it would have been difficult to ignore his arbitrary classification of all critics as “reactionary lawyers and political editors” and his comparison of England and American recovery methods. If he really believed that all “new deal" critics were diahoudt or blind it would set a recordfor presidential obtuseness. If he is convinced that English government economy and English refusal to resort to an indefinite money devaluation policy have not contributed to basic English improvement he may need a new sot of official financial advisers.— Warsaw Times. THE CROP CONTROL VOTE Elkhart county farmers have voted in favor of continuing the crop control program of the AAA next year, but the margin in favor of the program was so narrow as to be far from convincing. Official totals show that 262 farmers voted for the corn-hog reduction program next year and 244 voted against it. On the vote to adopt a one-contract per farm program the vote was reversed 240 favoring it and 245 opposing it. Preliminary figures show that throughout the state the sentiment in favor of the program was somewhat more pronounced. On the first question the vote was 63.1 in favor in the 43 counties that had been heard from but on the second question only 51.2 per cent for the program. In Elkhart county it was estimated that 1,000 farmers were eligible to vote, but fewer than half of them availed themselves of an opportunity to express their opinion. What ths farmers who did not vote think es the program is anybody's guess, but it has been said that a good many of j them rather hope the program will j bo continued but that they have no

intention of participating, preferring rather to sacrifice the benefit payments for the prospect of getting the advantage of higher prices and bigger crops. Os course such action by any considerable number would completely destroy the effectiveness of the control plan. It is apparent from the vote that farmers have not all been convinced of the success of crop reduction. Prices of corn and hogs are higher, and some of this increase is without question a direct result of the AAA program. But no one can Bay how much of the increase is due to the program and how much to other causes, including the drought and the general increase in most price levels because of the dollar devaluation. Prices fluctuate from year to year and in view of the abnormally low prices of last year it is fairly safe to say that they would have been higher this year in spite of any action or any failure to act. No farmer can take a pencil and figure how much he gained or lost this year by taking part in the AAA program, because he has no way of knowing what the prices would have been had* the program not been put in effect. He knows, of course, that prices are higher because of the control plan, and that the government pays a premium to those who reduce their output. But he doesn’t know whether a bigger crop and the elimination of the processing tax might not have brought him an even greater money return. It is interesting to note that party politics played almost no part in the vote. Some of the townships in this county which rejected the plan are the most strongly democratic in the county.—Goshen News Times-Demo-crat. „ 0 LAKE NEWS. (Continued from page One) ing to Florida, where this year Mr. Boyts will manage • the Esplanade apartments at Miami Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solt spent this last week on a motor trip into northern Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Horst of Indianapolis came to the lake this last week end, and closed their cottage for the season. While fishing, Friday afternoon, Ed Horst caught the limit, 25 bluegills, in a short time. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rusch of Indianapolis are spending this week at their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Symmes Jr. of Indianapolis came to the lake last week end to close the Symmes cottage. Mrs. C. M. Vawter went with Mr. aqd Mrs. JVill Veltman, to Detroit, Tuteday, to spend the winter with them. Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrad of Kokomo visited their cottage over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tuttle came from Indianapolis to the lake, Saturday, planning to remain here until yesterday. They attended the wedding of Joe White and Miss Eleanor Berhalter in Kendallville, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hogan and party returned to Chicago last Thursday after spending two weeks at their summer home. Van Cripe of Elkhart spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Mary Cripe, and his sister, Mrs. Thos. Schlecht, and spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kinnear of Marion are spending several days at their lake home. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brannum and Mrs. Brannum’s sister and husband from Indianapolis spent the week end at their summer home. G. C. Harwood and family spent Sunday at their cottage. W. B. Leas of Goshen closed his cottage, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Miller of Anderson entertained guests at their summer home last week end. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Emerson and family and Dr. Wallace spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Orpha Carter in Logansport. Mrs. Harry Fishack spent Monday in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bornaman and son Junior spent last week at their cottage but have returned to Chicago for the winter. Mr. and MrsHLTFishack of Toledo, 0., are spending several days with Mrs. Grace Olds. morse dellplain resigns PRESIDENCY OF NO. INDIANA HAMMOND, "xST—Morse DellHain today resigned as president of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company to accept the vice presidency of the Weis bach Street Lighting Company of America, with national headquarters in Philadelphia. Ho also resigns as president of the Gary Heat, Light and aKter Company, the Indiana Hydro-Electric Power Company. The resignations are to be effective Oct. 15. ■

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DEMOCRATIC MEET (Continued from Page One) his return from Europe, Glass said the farmers of this country are not making money, they are getting it! Protection. “When that bill passed Congress and went to the Senate, he pocketed it. It was only after an outraged public forced him to present the bill that he did so and it was passed. There is a depositors* insurance, clause—protecting the Forgotten Man, protecting deposits up to $5,000. “Since the passing of that bill but 3 banks have failed, one in Florence Ind., and the depositors were paid 100 cents on the dollar within 11 dan. “Then, insurance companies were tottering on their feet. They asked Congress for loans. It developed that many presidents of insurance companies were receiving salaries as high as $250,000 a year. To protect the forgotten man the clause was put into the bill that before the government loaned these companies a cent they must reduce salaries to a just and reasonable amount. “The Gold Act was passed—but the. Gold Act made the government a net profit of 2 billion, 800 million dollars to be applied on indebtedness. “Our opponents said this defrauded creditors of 40 per cent of their possessions—but if you take SI,OOO to a creditor you owe today, you will get credited with 100 cents on the dollar. Other Acts Passed. “The’ CCC camps were established. Young men were standing on street corners with idle hands when the president conceived the plan to put these young men to work, $25 of their monthly salaries being sent home to maintain their’ families. “The Home Act was passed, whereby the government loaned money to save homes. There has been $85,000 loaned in this county, and many more such loans are to be made. The borrower has 15 years to pay. “The farmer with unpaid interest and taxes looked to the Farm Mortgage act. In this county alone the government had loaned $599,000 to farmers with 20 years to pay. “For years the farmer was the Forgotten Man. In July 1932 wheat was 46 cents. But there came the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Checks Not Received. “Corn and hog checks have not yet been received in this county, but the amount due is 410,000. I sent two telegrams this morning asking that these checks be sent immediately. There may be many doubting Thomases among you* but Roosevelt keeps his pledges. , “In 1931 corn sold for 12 cents a bushel; in 1932 for 17 and one half cents a bushel; in 1933, 15 cents a bushel and in 1934 for 40 cents a bushel. “The drought has figured somewhat in the present price, but—you could borrow on corn in the crib at 45 cents per bushel before the drought. * • - ' “The Depression is an Act of Gbd or Man. But I don’t think God had anything to do with it. “Blaine warned that we must have reciprocity with other nations; McKinley warned we must follow such lines of reasonings; Democrats have

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preached tariff for revenue only. But Republicans raised the tariff higher and higher. Tariff Again. “When the Smoot-Hawley bill was before Congress 40 nations said if you pass that bill we will cease trading with you. Canada had been our best customer—she raised her tariff in retaliation. There must have been some reason for 13 million men out of work in this country. “And furthermore, after Canada raided her tariff, 1,071 branch plants of American manufacturers were built on the Canadian side, and 174 in England, with capital invested more than a billion dollars, and 77 per cent of it American capital. “England was our best customer for food products. But in 1932 they made an all-Empire agreement for buying with the quota system by which the American farmer got the worst of it. “England made an agreement with the Argentine. Before that time the United States sold manufactured goods there. Now these are bought from England. “The Depression was not an Act of God. France and Belgium made their trade agreements. Germany applied the to the American farmer. Mexico which had bought 75 per cent of the wheat from the American fanner raised the tariff to 33 1-3 per cent. “The president sent a reciprocal tariff bill to Congress to open the markets for the American farmer and manufacturer, with the provisiortthat debts of a nation would not be considered in making these agreements. 2 Small Countries Agree. “Now we have two trade agreements. With Honduras and Cuba. “Until foreign markets are again open to American farmers and manufacturers,' we must keep the home market as established under the AAA. “If I am re-elected I shall vote for the processing tax, the only tariff ever enacted in the history of this republic which benefitted the American farmer. • “The Grazing bill came up. Three quarters of the state of Nevada belongs to the federal government. It is grazing land, and sheep and cattle men have fattened their stock there all these years without cost. “The bill provides that that land shall be under the direction of the secretary of interior and that he shall have the power to cut the size of herds' and assess a reasonable fee for pasturage. “Investigation showed the largest sheep owner there was a Greek'who had never been naturalized, and most of the herders were Basques and Greeks—not even naturalized. “Probably these men are among those urging: “Let’s go back to the Constitution. ” Nit-Wits—Horse Thieves. “My opponent in his speech at Wawasee said that we Democrats were all Socialists and Nit-Wits. After that speech he was called to Indianapolis and told to stop it. “Let me read to you what he call-' ed Republicans and Democrats in 1912 when he was running on the Bull Moose ticket.” Taking a paper of 1912 from his pocket, Mr. Durgan then read that after the Republican convention in Chicago had nominated Taft for

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president, he had called them “the amalgamated association of horse thieves. ” From another issue that long ago, Mr. Durgan read that Landis had said “For 40 years the Democratic and Republican parties have been traitors to the union.” Durgan closed with: “Republicans and Democrats acting together have made this republic great. Let him think that of his Republican neighbors. You and I know them to be God-fearing citizens. ” ' o SHRINKAGE IN TRUCKING HOGS TO MARKET EXPLAINED “The cost of feed and shrinkage averaged higher pn hogs trucked to market in the evening than it did on those trucked in the morning,” said James R. Wiley of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, in discussing the results of an extensive study of shrinkage in trucking hogs to market at the Fourteenth Swine Day, held recently at the University.“It has been the opinion commonly held among market folks that shrinkage was less on hogs trucked in the evening. This opinion was largely based on the observation that hogs trucked in the evening took on a larger ‘fill’ at market than those trucked in the morning and fed immediately or within an hour or two after arrival. This observation is correct. Our data shows that the fill of hogs trucked in the evening was 4.2 pounds per head compared with 2.1 pounds fill for those trucked in the morning. Apparently the fact overlooked is that hogs trucked in the evening miss an

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evening feed, while hogs trucked in the morning are fed at the farm the previous evening and hence do not have to eat as much at market to weigh out with the evening haul hogs. Morning haul hogs more than weighed out with the evening haul, for their shrinkage was only 1.36 per cent for a 50-mile trip compared with 1.80 percent for the hogs that were trucked to market in the evening. ” Mr. Wiley also presented data showing that hogs fed at home in the morning, trucked at once and Weighed to the buyer with only a “water fill” at market shrink but little more than do hogs that are hauled in the morning before feeding and are given a corn and water fill at market. He concluded that the feed and shrinkage cost, slightly favors trucking hogs to market in the morning for distances up to 75 to 100 miles, which is about as long a morning haul as is practical under ordinary circumstances. On hauls of 40 to 50 miles, or less, „he said that hogs trucked to market in the morning may be fed at home as economically as at market, so far as the cost of feed and shrinkage is concerned, but—“No slop at home, only corn. Even a corn fill at home should be avoid- , ed in hot weather. Better truck the hogs to market in the early morning and feed at market when the therI inometer goes to 70 degrees or more. I Other factors found to “ influence shrinkage were distance to market, finishing the hogs on slop or ground feed and the number of hours from the last farm feed until the home I weight was taken.

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