The Cedarville Herald, Volume 30, Numbers 27-52

t monuments,Gut Stoncsand Statuary Many things must be con* sidered in the construction of a monument, Not only should ’the design be artistic, but the material substantial, and theworkman­ ship—the best. We aim and succeed in combining all these at all times,. ■With our superior facilities and equipment, which are not equalled by any retail concern in the U. S,, we are prepared as, never before to furnish high grade work for less money than infer- for worlc will cost elsewhere. We employ no agents in this terri­ tory* I f at all Interested in anything in our line, write, phone for catalogue or if possible call to see us. Pell phone 804. Citizens 2X5. Established 1884. QEORGE DODDS & SON, 113,115, 117,119 W . Mam St., Xenia, O, Automobilists W e Want Your Attention $ Whether you own an Auto now or want to buy one later, we know that our services will prove valuable toyoy . ' ■ We specialize in Second-handAutos. 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Charles L, Edgar and Walton Clark of tha Notional Civic Federation C oijv piisoion on Municipal Ownership Show Why American Institutions Should Not, Do Abandoned at the Demand of Socialist* and MunielpaUrvr*. The efforts of tbe National Civic fed­ eration have resulted ia a commission of Amevlcnns whose first Interest In this Investigation, as In nil else, Is to do what they may to preserve and con* tinue the American idea and American institutions, believing that the high state of civilization and prosperity In America justifies the American Idea and the American method and places the burden of proof heavily upon those who would say another idea and an­ other method would result in improve­ ment in the condition of the people, . Believing this to be the thought and Intent of the membership of the com­ mission and of the committee subor­ dinate to it,- we still believe that there are ills in the Amcrlcnn body politic that may bo remedied or cured. We believe that the remedy should' be ap­ plied and the cure effected without any unnecessary departure from the Amer­ ican Idea and the American system. We believe that the framework upon which may bo built purity of adminis­ tration and the highest possible good of tbe citizens is in existence with us and that It Is not necessary in the ef­ fort to cure the ills from which the body politic may -be suffering to de­ stroy that body. We submit that, liv­ ing In a land where peace and pros­ perity are the common lot, we must be very cautious of change. This does not mean that where abuses are found' to exist they should not be promptly and mercilessly eradicated, bat It does mean that changes in system should be undertaken only after conclusive proof that such changes will result‘in bettering the condition of the Individ­ ual. We had better bear the relative­ ly few ills we have than subject Oifr- selves to unknown conditions that may bring in their train greater ills of which we do not know- Our Investigation has determined with certainty many heretofore mooted questions. It Indicates the probably correct answers to other mooted ques­ tions. Where the facts are clear and the conclusion, evident our task has been to summarize and indicate. Where there Is remaining uncertainty as to facts and conclusions are not evident we have made an effort to, determine) the probabilities. This has resulted In arguments based' on such, facts as our Investigators have recorded and on our own experience as operators and ob­ servers, We believe no Intelligent reader of the voluminous record of, this commis­ sion's Work will fall to conclude that it clearly proves municipal ownership to be productive of many and serious ills, with little or no compensating good. The writers of these chapters, agree­ ing, wa M letft with the othermember* of the committee of twenty-one, that public service companies Should reason­ ably be regulated and afforded the pro­ tection that corneawith regulation and appreciating that, the;committee was not appointed or constituted to consider methods of regulation, nevertheless de­ sire to record their opinion that some form of regulation of private com* panics should bo. adopted In each o f the Bnltcd States. What that form 'should be this commission Is not pre­ pared by any Investigation or any study it has made to suggest.' Finally, we who stand In opposition to municipal ownership, speaking, wo believe; for all individualists, arraign the arrogance of mahy of Its advocates in assuming that they exclusively oe-' cupy the field of reform In dealing with the problems -concerned and that they arc '.the sole promoters of meas­ ures Of economic Improvement in mu­ nicipal affairs. We assert that the op- ponents of municipal ownership and operation, firm and consistent support- .ers of Justice, ore the class’sceklngdlie public welfare intelligently and In ac­ cordance with American principles. On this point we do not yield to any body o f men, "We seek, as n first principle, to in­ sure every man his own. In doing so and in endeavoring to protect the pub­ lic ngalnsf oppression and error we find It our duty to demonstrate the er­ rors In the schemes of municipalizes and Socialists and to warn against the oppression that they threaten. Wo are resisting efforts to put burdens on the backs of the American people. Wc can­ not and will not remain silent while the attempt is made to thrust costly and Impracticable projects upon cus­ tomers of public service corporations and upon the public at large. We know the truth will out .We aro confident that ultimately the American people must appreciate at their value the unsoundness of the arguments of the municipal Socialists. We shall aid In hastening the day when our fellow citizens will know through discussion what the public of London have been taught by bitter experience. London lias awakened to the perils of munici­ palization, as Is evidenced by Its ver­ dict Jn tlio recent borough and county elections, In that great city the munic­ ipalized have led their fellow citizens .astray, and their dupes, findlng.it out, havp administered to their false guides an overwhelming rebuke. We individualists are.not seeking to lend the people In strange paths. Our aim is to keep them In the paths they have heretofore trod—paths well known, along which the American pea* pie have marched to heights of pros­ perity and civic development not Astonishing Result. . ......... tfi. _____ ____ <ic?» Shortly bloart appearedmixed withpyuriu^ndi/flWweftkJllflUt lhfta An Attack Of Gravel. For three triosUm1 «M ntider the c&rool ert ominrat •peclelfetMAl- fcanjr. Ifflfc (Kitulng wotm I *.\v* tip In despair. unit treat home to die, Ilefotlvaa heard Of. Dr. Kennafrr'e Fnvorita Remedy,ofBondotit,N.Vn atidarcedhietottyit, Attordoii RREMARK, eietrlittlea?. Avorits Itemedjr, enlargedkiteto r wlilch eflrt enro ono in tiCAtf dMtftafflWA#. Ahr.uMwr Si ............... ........ “ ■■■ ■ ■■■ D r . P . Kennedy’ s Favorite Remedy! RoadouLN;?. TriteIM ” nf.wnflvxrj'wharo. . . iafhkthotamaootircft. j ngto .................... ...... A remedy O oer death **I *,««. ahf.uMbe I hope olhoreswifted will find re* e. dw.Hrowti,I’eter*hutf,N,Y.1’ WREN ’S Premium JLxhibit Ladies Suits, Evening Coats, Wraps, Waists and Skirts We Are In the Premium -Class by Reason-of the Largest Exhibit, the Largest Number of Styles, Our Unequaled Ffty ting Facilities, • . Ladles’ M isses ’ and Children’ s N ew Fall Garments in the newest fabrics, the best styles, and the most perfect fitting in every line. E ve ry day we are receiving the splendid new garments selected by onr expert buyers in N ew York and from foreign importationsj You may rely on the style and the finish .and the fit o f everything we put out from our big suit department. It Is Now Time to Buy Ready- to-Wear Suits, Costumes; Dresses and Evening 'The season and the calendar says so, and the< weather confirms it. ' Costumes and Dresses from $25 and up Suits $ 10.00 to $ 75.00 . ............. Skirts $ 3.98 to-$ 25.00 E ven ing Coats, W rap s and Capes $ 19-90 up ■’Misses’ and Children’ s School Dresses and « Hats $ 1.00 and up. t - 11 F IR S T SHOW ING IN F A L L M IL L IN E R Y I f you C£>ma to SECOND FLOOR yon will see something new every any, The shapes are so decidedly marked, that ■there is no pohsibillty of wearing last season's HATS with­ out a thorough going over by am experienced milliner. The newest styles have shoi bfront brims, and greatly elongated in the back, with sweeping plumes as the prime accessory. We have the newest Pans and New York Models', and tha.tr •Is the guarantee of the very latest in the Millinery world. / Ladies’ and Misses’ Ready-to- Wear Fall Hats $ 2.25 to $75 This Is a FarewelHoBummer-Garments; Welcome the Coming, Speed the Parting Guest. Queen Autumn Eeigns in the Realm of New Suits, Coats, Waists and Millinery. THE EDWARD WREN COMPANY. SPRINGFIELD, O. known heretofore''to the civilized world,. Along tl)«?Se paths have been atuinbllnK blocks.' Our opponents aro endeavoring to persuade us the sole responsibility, 1for these stumbling blocks vests upon our, public •eervlco system, to be remedied only by a change of-systoatr- This, we deny. •Wo are patiently studying the ways of justice.' MunlelpaTlzers ’advocate ex­ perimenting at' enormous tost with, public funds, with the principles of lib­ erty and tvltlr the institutions of our* country,' in this Wc stoutly refuser to take part, We are. conservatives jn believing that it is better fo adhere to old and tried methods based on our accepted national principle, but radicals hr tho detwanteatldn to discover and to stern-, ly rebuke and rectify any Injustice Which may have been developed by the present system.. As it Ms always been the function, and duty of govern­ ment to Insure that individuals shall deal Justly with their fellows, it Is now the function and duty of government to protect the governed against Injus­ tice on the part or these associations of individuals working under the name of public service corporations. Any government that is too feeble dr corrupt to control with Justice tho con­ duct of a public service corporation has little prospect of being able Itself to. supply such public sorv’lCo with effi­ ciency and justice. Otir duty is to elect to office men.who have the intel­ ligence and integrity to govern effi­ ciently, honestly and justly—men who can and will curb the unjust aggres­ siveness Of the ihdividunl or of tho vol­ untary association of Individuals and who can and will compel each to bear Its s^are Of tho burdens of government and give In price, service or otherwiso a proper consideration for special privileges enjoyed. Our nation is what it Is industrially and commercially and in world politics because of tho American character, de­ veloped by tbe most absolute Individu­ alism, and because of the American Corporation, developed under a govern­ ment that governed, but did not trade. Our duty Is to conserve the human agenelea that have made our country what it Is—the adventurous individual and voluntary association—but not to let them be Our masters. This is tho confession o f faith o f the antimunlcl- pallzer, the nntl-Socialiat, XENIA’S LOSS $90,000. Dtpretsinfi Experience of an Ohio City With Municipal Lighting, In response to an inquiry iu regard to the municipal electric light plant Mayor Brehnan of Xehla, 0 „ writes as tallows; "The city paid upward of $21,000 for a light plant, and tho cost of run­ ning the same was at the rate of $103 per lamp. The plant was ba'dly run, the operating of the same being in tho bands of a committee of councllmen who were inexperienced and, of course, drawing bo salaries, did not give It tho proper attention. AH they got out of the sale of tho works was $2,600, Tho city afterward eulered Into a contract, with a- private corporation, and tho price now paid per lamp is $63.” Another authority states that tho amount 'ultimately Invested In the plant was $33,600 and that tho loss when It was sold, together with tlie ex­ cess cost of operation over what tho lighting would Have cost by contract, amounted to more than $90,000; In other words, that that sum represents tho cost of tho experiment. Fourtn.—Z'rovWe subway guards and trolley car conductors with safety razors. Fifth.—-Free and unlimited coinage of lenionndc.—Now Yojk Mail and Ex­ press. . ■____ _ ' •Conserve the Rights of All. Thus far municipal government In this country has not been a success, and one of the duties, ono of tho bur­ dens, of the generation now coming On fo assume the responsibilities of citi­ zenship Is the cleansing of tho Augean stables of municipal corruption and the uplifting of the tone of state legis­ lators, so that while the interests of the public shall be sacredly preserved the xighte anil tho reasonable profits o f the corporations enjoying public franchisee ahajl be carefully and im­ partially protected and maintained,— lion. William-H, Taft. Contract Renewed, A determined effort was made last spring to' launch I'atchogue, N- Y., into a municipal waterworks project A special election held to act in tho mat­ ter resulted In renewing tho contract with the, company for twenty years. Tho village clerk writes that tho vote was largely In favor of this action. Beating the City Plant. Rural1 tea lmvo a scheme to beat tho municipal plant to a frazzle. There is no charge at Eaton Rapids for porch lights when next to the street So out go the lights in tho house after supper, and tho evening paper Is read on tho porch in the midst of myriads of bugs. But It's cheaper.—Detroit News. Reepeetfully Submitted. Recommended to tho public utilities commission; trirat—Immcaiftte suppression of the oiirroptltioui subway smoker, Secoud. Municipal ownership of apartment house janitors. Third. *Mnko it unconstitutional to play "Amraimn” or “Voor .Tohti” be­ tween the hours of IS ill, and 12 p. m(, Inclusive, and vice versa. Wi*» Decision at Sparta, T«nn. At an election held in Sparta, Tenn., on June 27 upon the question of wheth­ er or not the town should Issue $40,000 In bonds with which to own and op­ erate a municipal electric light and waterworks plant the proposition Waa difeated by a vote of 03 to 18. Can’t Do It by Statute. Any corporation la entitled to a fair return on r’ t Fs lr-ltlmato invest­ ments (• .■ . Vi.-e all expenses j when the e /•'< tally and econom* t tcally ndmlnib.ere.L There are some corporations which aro undoubtedly overcharging the public, but there are more whose stock has never paid any dividends whatever, and only an un­ fortunate aggravation of the present strained relations existing between the people and the public service corpora­ tions can result from tho expectation of the former that they can through legislative action obtain a universal redaction in the charges made by such corporations.—Municipal Journal and Engineer, A Danger to Bo Avoided, If a city is not well governed, munic­ ipal ownership is the most dangerous tiling imaginable and should he care­ fully avoided. There Is always the danger that the public utilities the city Is supposed to own will become nothing more or less than tho private property of the people at the head of the government, who will work to their own advantage and tho enhancement Of their private .wealth.—William T, Stead, Only ns a Last Resort. ‘ Any city which la getting fair treat­ ment from a privately owned plant should eschew municipal ownership. Except under unusually favorable con­ ditions—conditions that promise to make tho proposed plant a positive money earner—municipal ownership should bo only a last resort.—Marquette (Mich,) Journal, ■Political M. O. Machine*. Municipal ownership of street rail­ ways, gas and electric lighting means att enormous political machine with thousands of employees to bo voted at the behest of some political party.-* Mayor Mahool of Baltimore, SCHOOL DRESSES, Children’ s Wash School Dresses in Ginghams, Percales, and White, for sizes (5 to 14 years. Prices are about what the material would cost you. Y ou save the making and worry. Prices ' 50c,75c.$1.00 * and$1,50each. School Ginghams New Fall Plaid Ginghams for school wear, almost endless selection, at................ ........................ ..........] ......... ... 12 l - 2 c Short lengths of 15c Dress Gingham, in all the new patterns and colorings, 10 to 20 yard lengths.................. .12 l - 2 c Broken lots of Dress- Ginghams in good styles 10c. One table worth 12 1-2 to 15e, all marked to 7 l-2 c to close. School Hosiery Pony Stockings for boys and girls are the best you can buy. There are no others as good for the pr i ce. . . . . . . . . . . . . ,25c For Boys’ extra heavy, heavy and medium weights. For girls, medium and light weights, all a t........ .. ,’.25o Raw hide Stockings for boys are the best 15c -stockings made that we know of and it is our business to know them all. SCHOOL SHOES We sell boys’ and girls’ School Shoes that are made to. wear. We do not believe the people of Xenia w&nt low priced shoes, but rather they want strictly first class mer­ chandise at the right price. Every pair of shoes from our shoe department is guaranteed to be perfect, in every way ahdwe are to make right anything that is not just as repre­ sented. The same principle applies to everything in our House. Boys’ Shoes in Dongola K id and B ox Calf, the new shapes and styles, single and double soles, at SI, Si .25, S1.50 a pair Girls’ School Shoes in all the popular leathers and shapes, fully guaranteed for wear, a t . . , . .SI, S1.25, S1.50 and $2.00 Jobe Bros* & Go XENIA , OHIO. E b e r s o le ' P ianos > H S O L U T l i L Y 1 & U » \ A J B L E . «Wc ,’iavii for u fiatobwof >«arcu.-<cdEI^isolo Bands Intlio C vup : n:\tory where they if* constantly subjected to the liard- vr-t k' id of use. We have found ‘the Ebersole to be a good, dur&bio piano, wei? ufa*3t-utttanc! vreat and tearot tl'umuaic *o6lIi‘ a* BAtnt, Dircfctrepa b \ ati QolisCtViiteryet Musi*. T h e Sm ith & N ixon P l a n o C o . Id a n d n E. Fourth s tre e t. CINCINNATI, © .