The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 1-26

# CE u K j u m " r .. P.9.. 19 j 2. THE CEDARV1LLE HERALD KABUI B U L L -----------------KDITOR AND PUBLISHER &at«r«d lit th* Post Ot£:;*.. UedarviHe, Ohio, October 31,1887, as s*:ecoud class mutter, _ _______ « ~ FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1932, ~ ^ FARMER MARSHALL COMES TO TOWN Qompetitioii in farming is getting keener. *We can now ex­ pect greater production o f corn,, wheat, oats, which will no doubt send market prices lower. “ Farmer” Marshall is now in his campaign for Congress and has a great farm speech. Any sun-burned, frost-bitten, horney-handed son of the soil will rec­ ognise upon shaking hands with “ Farmer” Marshall that the warts, blisters, cuts and scratches on his hands could only be acquired by being a “ dirt” or “ dirty” farmer. You will no doubt notice from first approach to “ Farmer” Marshall, the fresh aroma from the dunghill, known only to those who own, operate and must eat and live off the profits of a farm with no sideline of public salary or fat attorney fees. As a “Farmer” we take off our hat to the latest member of the agricultural society. We can testify that Mr. Marshall has won a wide reputation as a “ farmer” farming innocent women, or­ phans, unexperienced men in the purchase of stocks that even did not permit return of the original investment. He played the game square and “ farmed’ * all comers without discrimination. While this farming process was going on “ Farmer” Marshall used promises as fertilizer from the blue-sky but his crop was broken-pocketbooks, broken .hearts, sorrow, anguish, distress, honest up-right men and women made helpless and throwfi on the mercy of relatives. When the value of his wares were ques­ tioned he fought back. Those that knew the inside of stock­ selling were knaves and thieves if they offered a suggestion that might mean the loss of a sale. “ Farmer" Marshall never even had “ Bohemian oats" for sale. His specialty was finely engraved paps; and a customer.that liked to hearo f bigj?rofits. In time the victim found he had been “ farmed” by “ Farmer” Marshall. A fter the horse has been stolen then Congress gets busy talking Shout investigating Wall Street, The annual crop o f suckers having been robbed o f all earthly possessions, the stock- market bosses are finding business slow and as a result it is charged to the depression. Charles G, Dawes in statement says Wall Street is hut a peanut stand and people should stop watching it fo r prosperity. But there is another..crop o f suckers now in the making, the younger element inflicted with the natural instinct as it were to gamble, all ready to dump in cash just as soon as it can be secured. There is no use,of issuing- a warning for each crop o f suckers must have its own ex­ perience. • . HOW ELECTIONS TOUCH POCKETBOOK The primary election is but a few days away and we have at hand a report of the Ohio Institute that has made a survey of “ Election Costs in Ohio and How They Can Be Reduced.” It is interesting to make comparisons with other states and it cer­ tainly will be interesting as we hear much discussion today a bout the cost of all forms of government. In 1930 Ohio elections cost 91. cents per vote with a state average. In Cuyahoga counts the cost per vote was $1.09; Franklin, $1,32; Lucas, $1.42; and Montgomery, $1.12, As compared with other cities Milwaukee cost 61 cents; Minneapolis, which is larger than Cincinnati 36c; St. Louis, larger than Cleveland, 72c. Ohio election laws provide for paying election officials $8 a day with extra for the presiding judge. The law provides for about twice as many precincts, which means more officials than are used in St. Louis or Minneapolis. For instance Cedar- village has two precincts and the township two, When one in each is sufficient. The school district, the township, the village , and the county pays this hill out of tax money. The Ohio In stitute recommends a decrease in precincts; reduction in the number of paid judges and clerks, all of which will be opposed by political bosses. In as much as Senator ( ? ) Marshall voted on election law changes while in the upper branch of the Ohio legislature, and is running for Congress on a “no platform” campaign, those who are insisting on reduction of taxes might ask him how ht stands'on this question and how he voted on the election law The additional cost of government could not make much dif­ ference to the Senator ( ? ) , as he was drawing state pay and ha lived off the county most of-the past twenty years. If he goe; to Congress he goes on a no-platform basis. He will not be under obligation to vote for a single reduction in governmental costs and yet draw his $10,000 salary, while labor'is on corn1bread and beans and farmers going half clothed to keep their taxes paid. Mr. Marshal] will have but two obligations—vote asi he is told by his sponsor, D. Pemberton, utility lobbyist, and Wal ter Brown, who wants the prohibition laws repealed. MARSHALL’S BOOTLEGGER LIST Back in the days when Senator ( ? ) Marshall’s justice of peace and constable salary bill graft at the expense of the tax­ payers o f Ohio, was up”for debate and was defeated in a refer­ endum election by nearly half a million votes through the or­ ganized automobile clubs of"Ohio,,the Senator ( ? ) , serving as sort of proxy for D. Pemberton, lobbyist for Cincinnati saloon keepers against regulation of saloons in wet days, debated on the merits of his bill in the Neil House, Columbus, at which time he said that those who circulated the referendum petitions in Ohio were bootleggers. . Locally Mr. Marshall put a brand on several of our citizens which will be recalled with interest: Harry C. Lewis, then man ager of the Cedarville Farmer’s Grain Co., now manager of the Xenia Farmers' Exchange; E. W. (Ted) Richards, and the,Ed itori *We might mention a couple o f the Marshall-styled boot­ leggers in Jamestown that sponsored petitions: C. Tiffen Walk­ er, garage owner; and L. S. O'Day, grocery clerk. The same session o f the legislature that passed the Marshal hill providing for this salary graft Marshall voted on each anc every hill of interest to utility companies, at the expense of the consumers, was favorable to Pemberton’s utility crowd. It was this same*session when Marshall attempted to breakdown the mechanics lien law that gave protection to lumber interests, to hardware and pain dealers, to labor. Mr. Marshall would un der his bill breakdown this protection and throw all these in­ terests open to attack from those who would use fraud to make private gain possible. Marshall” s record in the Senate was costly to every citizen in Ohio. He never supported one economic measure of any con sequence. Where it meant more expense to taxpayers, new jobs in state, county or city at the expense of the public, he gave his vote and support, one qf the things that is breaking the back of every taxpayer today. As for his justice and constable graft bill in the refereiidum election his neighbors and fellow citizens in the county must not thought well of it for it was de feated in his own precinct, ward, city of Xenia and county by a big vote that kept him off the streets of Xenia for severa days, nursing a terrible defeat. TKKKSofMAGIC ° j° E ^ lA D W »S E 'A .h BREAKING A STICK SUSPENDED ON PAPER T T N a PAPER * 5■flea ’PAPER LB. Wall Street haa made millionaires and paupers the same day, week or month. Some had to loose before the other could win,, just like the speaker game. Five dollars stocks were boost­ ed to $250 or $300, the higher the price the quicker the sale. Those who were trusted with other people’s mon- division in the Spiatirk War. Ho had •erred la tho Ohio Senate; the* went to Concreu, where he feeeame speaker o f the House. Only two Ohio men e m became speaker, the ether being the late Nicholas Loogworth. On his re­ turn to his home in Springfield Keifer turned to law, being active at the her until a few years baric. He bad a dis­ tinctive carriage. Was short add rath­ er stoqt and ahraya appeared in full dress whether before court, or about his usual daily duties. He bad jp^won- derful memory and it was not so many years back we enjoyed an hour o f his company at the Springfield Commercial Club when he related many interesting historical events touching on things aiid prominent per­ sons he knew‘ well in Greene county. Incidents in connection with the re­ cent disaster with the new state offtee building in Columbus during the pas* few days are: What caused the ex- |plosion? Who is financially response ble? Attorney General Bettman has ,ruled the State Building Commissior must proceed to rebuilding the struc- iture, which is estimated to cost more !than a million dollars. Where is the money to come -from? It is said the contractor haa drawn nearly all o f the contract price. Some want Gov, White to call the legislature to provide * tax to pay for the repairs to which the Governor says. -—No! Responsibility Imust be fixed first says the Governor, ey were tempted to get rich quick and took-a chance-—and iost o f courae.-justl M y it h e t t a t * should do the- as the operators wanted it to be o r i ^ ^ settle the payment o f there would be no gain. Yet a nation I the j,jji8 afterwards, qf 120 million people suffer amjl com -[ plain about how the people have lost ( wealth, most o f which was paper prof­ its. All the time the big game was I ill fujtl blast leading head-on to the depression we were worrying our­ selves into a nervous fever because a dog .track was in operation or soraej fellow wan or lost at a horse race. A stick tot soft wood about two feet long and one inch thick, two strips tot paper with the ends pasted together forming wops, two sharp knives and a piece tot hardwood, or an Iron poker, are the paraphernalia needed for this trick. Have two persons stand about three feet apart and hold the knives ertended, I’lnee the paper stripe over the sharp edges o f the knives and suspend the two-foot stick through the lower ends o f the paper loops. Stand off and strike the stick a sharp blow in the center with the piece of hardwood or the iron poker, and U will break in two. In many instances ft has been known that the paper does not even tear, Will U . , Wall Street claims there is to be no prosperity until the stock market is mce again the, dumping ground fo r the hard earnings o f the sucker list. The higher' price received for crops, manufactured goods, wages, 'etc., the more we sent to Wall Street never to return. Wall Street is the stamping ground fo r our international bankers and with the aid o f the administra­ tion in Washington billions were loan ed to European and other countries on bad paper, never to be returned. As a result it was hot long until there was a shortage in money. Banks can' not do business without money any more than a grocer can be without su­ gar. Factories began to close because the buying public was shy o f cash. It hit the farmer because money was in Europe and could not be had to pur­ chase, clothing, meat, wheat, ail of which came from farm products. The cry went out next that money was be' ing hoarded but we find now that the wealthier a man was in the hay-day of balloon prosperity, the poorer he is today during the depression, The big cry about hoarding was to throw out the smoke, screen over the foreign loans. Wall Street will again be in full swing some o f these days. Then again we will say it is a necessary evil and ..still complain about a poker game or dog race track. Once more in the future Wall Street will coiled the toll and what will they call the next slump, a panic, depression, or what? ; A movement is on now to have a change in the from o f government for counties. The big city bosses have a plan worked out calle’d “ economy” . It provides fo r consolidations o f officer with sugar coated promises to voters. It is expected the plan will be sub­ mitted to the electorate for a vote to change the constitution by an amend­ ment. It will be another “ classifica­ tion” campaign to line up the sucker list in Ohio..Allready one Farm Bu­ reau speaker is advocating the change just like a prominent farm leader did for classification, at so many thous­ ands per, according to the expense ac­ count filed in the office o f the Secre­ tary o f State, As Dr. P. R. Madden stated some days back, in discussing “ classification” he always voted no on all amendments, believing that what we had was better than what was pro- about it. The new plan would still posed because no one knew anything put more power in the hands o f state elective or appointive officials, with the proposed change each county sim­ ply gives up certain rights now enjoy­ ed to govern themselves, to state o f­ ficials. The plan has many pleasing platforms and promise* that will be like nectar to the honey bee. The big city bosses are determined to break down rural government to give the cities control. The Ohio Farmer, well- known farm publication, recently took the Farm Bureau to tasjc editorially fo r opposing the formation o f County Tax Leagues in Ohio. The Ohio Far­ mer will now have a chance to set the farm organization leaders right oft the proposed change in county, gov­ ernment. Because a few politicians get together and map out a plan does ! not mean it is what is best for the { rural counties. I f it is so good a thing it will not be necessary to pay farm leaders a big price to “ sell’ ’ it to the ' rural counties as was done with clas­ sification, 1 nn*iiniiiWw>lniL’no ‘ Greene county lost a distinguished neighbor, in the death o f J. Warren Reifer o f Springfield several days ago, Living to the ripe old age o f 9fi is a fortune few experience. He, had a prominent part iii this Civil Wat be- ing made brigadier general by Lin­ coln, At the age o f fifi William Me Finley, placed him in command o f a The depression may make one city out o f two in Ohio. Uhrichsville and Dennison, “ twin cities” , are broke and it is suggested by civic leaders m both that they should pool their debts and have only one government fo r the two cities. To form one city it will be necessary to lay away many, pet ideas that are bound to crop out and forget the past. With this done one expense o f administration would provide just as good government as has been en joyed in the past by the two cities. Schools everywhere are being put on a short term basis 'because o f lack o f funds, Dayton faces a shortage Springfield has been so busy building new buildings the past few years no thought o f financial stringency hit the city until this spring; Xenia is short $20,000 fo r this term and must bor­ row or closedown the grade schools. I f the board borrows it will be short that amount for the opening o f schoo l next fall and as *a result the short term is the only way out,. Federal office holders in,, this sec­ tion, Dayton, are organizing to pro­ test a cut in wages, which has been advocated in Washington by business organizations mid a few congressmen and senators. President Hoover has fought salary cats from the first, al­ though his administration has .spent millions more than the income and the public is asked to pay more taxes. The suggestion f o r payment o f the soldier compensation is being; opposed on the ground the government is not finan­ cially able. Yet the administration now plans to cut the pensions o f the disabled veterans as well as cost o f hospitalization. The soldiers on the government pay roll seem to be more valuable and must take no pay cut, while those who were injured in .ser­ vice, and thousands helpless, must feel the ax and take reduced ^pensions The administration plan is hardjy con riatent. There are hundreds o f able bodied politician veterans in federal offices that ate drawing $5,000 more a year in salary and also getting a veteran’s pension. This is*an insult to the injured veteran that must live on ten or twelve dollars a month or widow o f a veteran that does not get one cent to support herself or family. The two weeks past there has been no buying o f wool by dealers on or ders from Eastern buyers. The wool market is the worst in years and the highest price we have heard o f is 10 cents. This week a small quantity of wool is being purchased on a basis o f eight cents a pound for limited quan­ tity. It is said the co-operative poo unloaded a vast amount o f last year’ s wool on the market some weeks ago only to be followed with no buying for two weeks and only a limited quanti ty for this week. We are informed that Clinton county growers still have their wool as local buyers have not been able^to get instructions to either buy or ship,* Years o f Experience and Cleaning, Davis, Tailor. in Tailoring Cleaner* and ALONZO PEELLE Candidate for County COMMISSIONER Of Greene County “In Times Like These” If we would want to show our real patriotism by favoring i a legitimate cut in all govern-1 ment offices from the higher, ups to the bottom. J The Tax Spenders should at all times co-operate with jthe Tax Payers, and this I pledge { myself to do upon nomination and election. * f I solicit your support at the Republican Primary, Tuesday,1 May 10, 1932. ALONZO PEELE Is It Possible? (Hillsboro News-Herald) la it possible for a practically un­ known man to be nominated on the Republican ticket for Governor of Ohio just because he is Very wealthy and because o f his wealth has secured the support o f two o f the big city bos­ ses? If it is possible then it means that only persons o f great wealth may aspire to high office in this state; that Ohio has become a plutocracy instead o f a democracy, This question will be decided at the May primary election. Six months ago David S. Ingalls, o f Cleveland, was practically unknown. He is a candi­ date for the Republican nomination for Governor. He served in the World War and served as a member of the state legislature. He inherited thirty million dollars and it is said his wife inherited forty million dollars. Because of his millions, Masche, Cleveland boss, and Walter F. Brown, Toledo boss, selected him as the Re­ publican nominee for Governor. You know political bosses always want, a candidate for office to be rich. I t . makes it nice for them. Plenty o f money to carry on a campaign is to say the least, most acceptable to pro- fessional politicians,______ j ____ It is not to the discredit of Mr. In­ galls that he has a lot of money. Money is a mighty convenient thing to have. For a man to have a large a- mount of money by his own efforts shows he has ability of. some kind, but to inherit money is no indication eith­ er of ability or lack of it. But here is a young man who is untried and un­ tested, who is unknown, who has ac­ complished so little that he has at­ tracted no attention, aspiring to the highest office in the gift o f the people of Ohio. If he were not very rich he would not be given the least consid­ eration as a candidate for Governor. And he ia only 32 yeara old and at that age ia lacking in the experience, in the judgment and in the knowledge o f public affaira to be Governor o f a great state. Mr. Maache and Walter Brown ex­ pect to dominate and control Ingalls, if he i8 elected. In thia of course they may be disappointed, but they would never be for him if they did not think they could control him. We da not be-, lieve that even the warmest supporter of Mr. Ingalls will claim he would have a chance for the nomination but for his wealth, will not claim he haa any personal following. Under these conditions he should not be nomina­ ted, Only one of the three candidates for the Republican' nomination has per­ sonal strength. That one is Clarence J. Brown, o f Blanchester, present Sec­ retary of State. He is well known in every part of Ohio, He has proved his ability as Lieutenant Governor and as Secretary o f State. His onejhandicap is being comparatively poor. If he has the money of either Ingalls or Coop­ er the result of this race would be a ' foregone conclusion. He would win easily. And he will win easily if the people. know conditions. We believe in the good judgment and the fairness of the people o f Ohio. They are not going to sell the nomination for Governor to the highest bidder. They are not go permit two political bosses to name their candidate. They are going to select,, the man with the ability, with the qualifications and with the exper­ ience to serve them best, which means they will nominate Clarence J. Brown. Something New! A Cut Price Wall Paper, Paint, Glass Store The price on everything in our entire Stock has been cut deep and will STAY .CUT. This is NOT a special Sale event but the price will be the same to-day-to-m6r- row and from now on. 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