The Cedarvile Herald, Volume 57, Numbers 1-26

# T H E ' C E D A R V I L L E H E R A L D KARLH BULL — — — EDITOR AND PUBLISHER MBMinCB^ K«Uuul MltgfUl Juwoc.j Oblo Ncwipspcr Aasoc,; Mtand^Valley f K » Asaoc. Entered at the Post Office, Cedarville, Ohio, October 81, 1887, as second class matter.____ _____ ____ FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1934 _____________i OHIO STATE AND MILITARY TRAINING In another column will be found a communication relative to military training and the contention that is>going on over the attitude o f the Ohio State University on this subject. We always conduct an “ open column” for those who ^may dis­ agree with our editorial views, subject to no restrictions other than what are enforced by other publications. For this reason we always welcome the views of our readers, # The writer of the communication in his expression fails to give us credit of favoring military training and that our our objection is based on the compulsory feature, something few state universities in the country require, In our last issue we referred to Michigan University, which in many respects out ranks Ohio State, has no compulsory feature and yet has the largest membership of the military division in its history. This should be proof that by dropping the compulsory pro­ vision no institution takes a chance of injuring its standing. Furthermore even though Ohio State is benefiting as a land grant college the law does not make military training com­ pulsory, but optional. The compulsory feature is the act of the Ohio State Board of Trustees, which has hid behind Presi­ dent Rightmire, to carry out its orders. Out of the controversy it has developed that certain other objectors have been granted immunity, but the Board has given, the public no report as to why and on what grounds certain students have been ex­ empted. The boys objecting have given their reasons and be­ cause they objected to compulsory training, they are to be dismissed. To all those who favor compulsory military training in or out of any school or university, we respect their vi.ews, but still insist it is not in accord with the principle of free thought over which the Ohio State as well as other universities boast much in our present standard of education today. We have no desire to offer any defense of the attitude of the church in “ civic affairs,” as referred to by. the correspond­ ent. We take it for granted the church can defend itself on its stand not only of the past but of the present. When Methodism sets its face against what it thinks is wrong, we have noticed that in due time it gains its point and on the question of com­ pulsory military training other religious denominations have joined hands. We venture the prediction that compulsory military training at Ohio State is on the way out. On that issue we will stand by the church leaders and not those who still hold to the age old European idea that military training should be compulsory. Our suggestion that to reach the “ conscience” of the Uni­ versity it might be necessary to apply reductions to financial appropriations through the legislature would bring the result and no one knows that better than the University management. The history of the business transactions of the University Board in the past would not stand much limelight, especially when it reached back to certain business leaders in Columbus. Our correspondent evidently has forgotten the scandal of the board when it cancelled a lease on a dormitory hall that the owners, politicians, could and did demand a higher rental so that they could float additional securities to the investing public. Follow­ ing the verdict of an outraged public the politicians asked for a change in the lease to the former amount. The Board played directly into the hands of the politicians, one or two members o f the board being financially interested in the lease as stock­ holders of the company. This is what we mean by “ conscience,” which our correspondent does not seem to understand. The action of the Board in granting exemptions to certain students from military training will not stand investigation. Favoritism Won for them, “ conscience” caused the others tb be expelled. CEPARVK.LK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934 b ’T " ■ — a ^ stage and the lire curtain was dropped in time to save the auditorium. When the curtain dropped the audience filed out in orderly form without injury to Reserve Officers Association, and as REPORT OF SALE an exworld war army officer, as well Monday, January 15, 1934 as a graduate o f a state university o f The Springfield Live Stock Sales Co. a neighboring state, which also requir- ------- -- l THE NEW DOLLAR AND WHAT IT MEANS The country is interested at the present time in the kind of a dollar that will be in circulation if President Roosevelt gets the backing o f congress to put his plan in operation. It is very easy for the individual citizen to express his personal views on money, its value, what shall be the standard and what the con­ tent shall be in either gold or silver. The facts are that very few of us are able to discuss such a subject with a full know* ledge of what certain changes will or will not do. There is no question but what we have financial leaders that know money like the college professor knows history or latin but our leaders in the financial world have betrayed their trust to the public in recent years and for that reason, confidence is lacking and the public refuses to listen to suggestion or advice from that quarter. ’In the past r onetary problems have been decided largely as political1issues but not so this time. For instance we learn that Louis J. Taber, head of the National Grange, former Republican candidate at the last state primary election for United States Senator, publically endorses the monetary reform now advocated by President Roosevelt. The following is a short concise explanation that should be easily Understood: The 60-cent dollar talked about in President Roosevelt’s de­ valuation plans does not mean the dollar won’t continue to change into 100 cents, 20 nickels or 10 dimes. Nor does it mean the paper dollar itself will not look the same and still measure six by two-andone-half'inches. Use o f the terms “ 60-Cent dollar” or “ 50-cent dollar” referred to the theoretical gold dollar, which exists on the statute books and is defined as containing 23.22"grains o f fine gold. When the United States still was making gold payments, this f much gold could be demanded at the Treasury fo r every paper dollar presented. I f the President decides on a dollar o f about 60 per cent o f the present gold content—the percentage indicated by the new Treasury price o f $34.45 an ounce— it will mean the gold dollar will contain only 13.93 grains. That’S what is meant by a 60-cent dollar. In comparison with the 23.22 grain gold dollar, a new 13.93 grain dollar would be worth only 60 cents, The important effect o f devaluation on the dollar in the average pocketbook is what that dollar will buy. I f the President's monetary plans have their desired effect, prices will go up. In other words, it would take more dollars to buy a bale o f cotton or a bushel o f wheat. I f this happens, the farmer will get more dollars for what he sells. This is one o f the President’s major objectives. ■He wishes to make the dollar buy as much in commodities as it did in a so-called normal year like 1926. Indiana-has a chain store tax that certainly is a tax and so much so that various oil companies have announced the discontinuance o f many branches. By a recent law the tax on all chain retail stores including oil stations was increased from $25 to $150 per unit. The Standard Oil Go., o f Indiana will close 800 stations; Pure Oil Co., 185. The Indiana law was declared con­ stitutional by the United States Supreme Court more than a year ago. This is no doubt going too far to get tax funds but what has happened in the past has brought on the present tax. The charge has been made that many chain organisations escape much o f the tax they are supposed to pay by having headquarters in a dis­ tant Btate. An effort is to be made by the school interests o f the state to get additional funds fo r operation by adoption o f a state income tax and the repeal o f the ten mill limitation re­ cently adopted for relief o f real estate. Such was the argument of Dr. Henry F, Walradt o f the Ohio. State University. He also urged the adoption o f a gross net income tax on unincorporated business and ad­ mitted that a general sales tax seems imminent. The one thing the learn* ed Doctor did not disclose whether he would recommend an income tax for teachers or university professors drawing tax money rs income. He has about everyone else included in his income proposal to collect a tax running from 3 to 8 per cent but those drawing public salaries and adoption o f his plan would come as near closing the schools as anything we know o f at this time. anyone. The loss is fully covered by jed certain “ compulsory" military HOGS—Receipts 879 insurance. The theatre was erected |training. I also have investigated 190-230 lbs _________,__ 3,40 @ 3,60 several years ago by Charles W .! Ohio’ State as a parent having two 230-270 lbs _________ 3,40 @ 3.50 Murphy, owner o f the Chicago Cubs, j youngsters, a son and a daughter 270-300 lbs. ____________ 3.25 @ 3.40 at a cost o f $350,000. He presented - there, and I know that Ohio State is 300 lbs. up ______ 1 ___3.00 down the theatre to his native city and fnot without religious “ conscience" nor 170-190 Jbs, ___ ________ 3.25 @ 3.40 steers sold very well at $5.00. Choid Veal Calves of a good run, sold at $0.00, More than 100 stockmen con­ signed their animals to this sale. equipped it with expensive scenery, all o f which was destroyed. devoid o f religious training, as P O T T S ’ B O D Y W O R K S ! Established 20 Years Phone—Main 792 j EXPERT WORK, PROPERLY PRICED [ FENDERS—BODY—RADlATOIt--TOP—PAINTING § UPHOLSTERING—AXLE—-ETC. f MODERN FIREPROOF BUILDING { J. G. Cooley 27-20 NORTH CENTER ST. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO | 1 I “HERALDWANTANDSALEADSPAY” Another bill to be introduced at the next meeting o f the legislature is for an income tax to reach all classes from $1000 up and with no exemptions whatever. This 'bill is to be offered to raise fundi for schools and we understand some fancy theories have been advocated by the sponsors, said to be the State Parent-Teacher’s As­ sociation, but backed by the school book and school supply interests- It is claimed that even during the de­ pression millions could be collected for the simple reason there is to be a public record o f government money paid to farmers for wheat, corn and hog reduction that will be profit and this added to the price they are able to get for the coming crops and for hogs will pxgepd $1000 with nine out of ten farmers. No exemptions are to be permitted In this bill. In addi­ tion hundreds and thousands o f em­ ployees in stores, offices and factories have returned to work at increased salaries under the NRA ~and the minimum o f $1000 would catch all these. It looks like the tax spenders are preparing to pick the goose that lays the golden egg o f all its .plum- mage. In the meantime the members o f the legislature may be hearing from the voters in their respective counties and learn that Parent-Teach­ ers’ Associations do not control all the votes in Ohio. Things are beginning to heat up in Democratic ranks for various state offices even though the primary elec tion will not come until next August. Gov, White will announce Saturday evening for United States Senator at a banquet in Lima, This week a farm organization petitioned former Vic Donahey to announce for senator and Martin I. Davey for governor,Donabey served as governor three terms. Cong, Charles V. Trunx, serving Ohio at large is also expected to be « can­ didate fo r senator in the primary. All in all the Democrats are to stage a big show and it will be a “ hot one.” On the Republican side Sen. Fess has announced for re-election. Gilbert Bettman, former attorney general, is expected to try again. To add to the ridiculous we hear that Robert Taft, Cincinnati, has up his sails hoping the wind will blow his way. Taft sold out Ohio with the classification amend­ ment. An anxious public is awaiting the time that name is found on a bal. lot. Scores o f Ohio newspapers hope Taft is willing to offer himself at a candidate for any office. The pencils are already sharpened. It How looks like Gov. White will ask the legislature to provide a law to make possible the appointment of receivers to collect back taxes on in­ come or rent producing property where taxes are delinquent. This will hit farm land rented, residences and busi­ ness property that has .delinquent taxes. The big feature in a state that has many millions due in taxes will be the appointment o f favorite poli­ ticians as receivers to draw fees to help them over the depression. The delinquent tax problem is serious in not only Ohio but all other states and the Gov. o f New York state this week urged the repeal o f two important tax producing laws to lift some o f the burden off the shoulders o f tax­ payers, Gqv. White at the last min­ ute came out for the ten mill limita­ tion in Ohio but has advocated more new tax laws than any Ohio governor in years. . you 150-170 ibs. ............... 3.00 @ 3.40 130-150 I b s .....................„2.25 @ 3.25 _____2.50 down ___—2.00 @ 3.40 „ ------ 1,35 down ......... 3,00 _____ 2.20 @ 2.75 ____1.50 @ 2.25 \ declare. i Ohio State ** a non-sectarian 100-130 l b s , ____ school, and should never be sectarian. Feeding Shotes _ All faiths and.non faiths are repre- Stage —_________ sented in a school o f some 15,000 stu-.Best S o w s _____ dents. These students are coached Heavy S o w s __ and urged to go into the churches or {Thin Sows —______ _ tabernacles o f their respective faiths, SHEEP—Receipts 21 and they do so, without any moral or Breeding Ewes ____—3.00 <§) 7.00 implied restraint'. Surely, Karlh, you Best L am b s _____________7.50 would not write an editorial without M ed ium ________ ______ —5.00 @ 7.00 some prior knowledge, yet It seems tojCulls ......... .............. ........... 5.00 down me that you have not investigated 1CATTLE—Receipts 74- Ohio State, jBest S te e r s ________ ____ 6.00 As te the need o f “compulsory” ' Medium Steers military training, I have had V lot J Corn F e d ____— —4.00 @ 5,00 o f it, in my university days at another Stock S t e e r s _____ ,•____^3.00 @ 4.00 Shorts and Middlings AAA wheat payments to Ohioans now total $992,618. More than 1000 farm debt adjust­ ment committees have been appointed by governors o f 23 states, ; A noticeable increase in home burn­ ing o f lime, from local livestock de­ posits, for agriculturel purposes is re­ ported in Ohio. The trend has been evident for three years. Responses o f crops to potash fe r­ tilizers are apt to be greater on soils naturally well supplied with lime or on soils that have been made alka­ line by liming. Responses often are poor on acid soils. Samuel Insull gave several thous­ and depositors in his utility empire a good cleaning in stock sales that have proven worthless. A Russian banker takes the measure o f French investors for several million and com­ mits suicide when attempt is made to place him under arrest, The former head o f the Cincinnati baseball dub this week goes Into bankruptcy and what a schedule of debts and what a headache a couple o f Cincinnati bank heads must have, Garage and real estate operations, private loans con­ stitute the most o f the liabilities. As­ sets, not much is said about that nor is there much to tell. However ref­ erence is made to exemptions and a neat life insurancef but bankruptcy does not include life insurance. ' The depretslon is nothing but plain old fashioned debt, national, state and in­ dividual. Now we beg on our knees to Uncle Sam as the great healer to cure a debt cancer that is eating us up. Unloading the debt on the gov­ ernment is npt going to lift responsi­ bility nor jt is going to heal the sore. If the worst comes to the worst and the nation is threatened from a finan­ cial standpoint, Unde Sam Is going to be a hard landlord for individual property rights' will never stand in the way when it comes to saving the nation as a whole. state university, and in and during the wprld war, and since, and in my con­ tact with citizens military training camps, o f which I am Greene County’s chairman o f C. M. T. C., and I have never been hurt thereby, nor have I seen a youngster injured by his train­ ing. Such military education as .they get is an aid in after life, and does not thrust them into any military or­ ganization. If they are objectors, they are not conscientious; if they are conscientious, they are not objectors. As to your cry that the only -way to reach the “ conscience” o f the Uni­ versity would be through its fiscal ap­ propriations, let me say that then you Should nqw expect the university to have a great "conscience" at this time, since its biennial appropriations have been cut to the point o f really crip­ pling the institution. I really don’t know what you mean by conscience,, but your appeal to the church leaders to bring pressure to destroy the in­ stitution because you do not see any benefit in its established military, de­ partment curricula, is, I fear, un­ fortunate. The church has, in the past, too militant a part in. civic af­ fairs, ‘receiving a set-back in empty pews. Let the church understand its great power for spiritual good, Would you care to publish this, my Ohio combats two generations of codling moths, or apple worms, each year. In some seasons a partial third generation appears in Lawrence ,County. For four consecutive seasons !the weather has been favorable to Fat C ow s__ ____________ 2.50 @ 3.00 Canners , _______________ 1.00 (a) 2.25 Bulls ________________2,00 @ 3.00 Milk C ow s ____________15.00 @ 30.00 VEAL CALVES—Receipts 76 @ 5.50 ;codiine moth Light and .th in _______„ ’3.50 down ! Hogs today again commanded a 1 Government contracts now being premium over the expected market.°ff°red cotton growers call for $125,- price fo r this district, going at a to p ;000,000 in benefit and rental payments o f $3.60. Top lambs wpnt to Colum- and a reductlon in acreu8e to 25,000,- bus buyers at a top o f $7.00. A few |000 ac« s - Under the P™f?ram pro­ head o f choice dry fed steers brought! duction would Ial1 40 Per cent below the high price o f $6.00, while medium ! the avera£e of 1928 tr ou g h 1932. » IWMW jMMWMM i ■« I ■■ —nil'.' 11 I. |.|..« .1.1'-- CONSIGNMENTS to our Monday Sales should be in our Barn Monday morning. Better prices can be realized if graded car lot pens are ready for buyers at sale time. NOTE: We can furnish your sale of hogs information for Government program. Springfield Live Stock Sales Co. Sherman Ave. . Phone Center 796 Springfield, ‘Ohio reply 1 Thanking you, II. S. BAGLEY, Osborn, Ohio. MINISTER’S VIEW W, H. Stacy, extension rural socio­ logist at Ohio State College, goes back to the Bible for information on “crofi control.” From Chapter 23 of the book o f Exodus he quotes: “ And six years thou shalt sow the land and shall gather in the fruit thereof. At the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and He still, that the poor o f thy people may eat, and what they leave the beasts at the. field shall eat." Through lack o f {Hanning in Ameri­ ca’s competitive agriculture, Stacy says, farmers have been forcing each other to go to the extreme in crop production and have been overworking their land. Nature is not to have its way. in better liquor than has hfeq known fo r ages past Our' brain trust chemists have found a new way to age liquor in 24 hours that will make it better than nature ever in­ tended. Such is the' announcement this week and a company is to float millions in stock to the investing pub­ lic that will make them rich over night and you do npt have to im­ bibe in the newly aged drink to feel that way. Of course there are plenty o f suckers that will bite on the scheme and (take a chance, Just the thing the average American citizen craves. The stock may or may not he as good as the whiskey but at present we do. not care for either. It might ibe nothing more than the bootlegger’s bathtub gin. The Greene County Emergency BchopI offers npt only a worthy plan for unemployed teachers but children and adults can avail themselves of studies that will be not only Interest; ing but valuable, Schools are open in Cedarvllle and Clifton as well as at different parts o f the county, County Superintendent Aultmnn is director and Dr. Hup o f Columbus is aiding in organizing and selection o f teachers. Farmers interested in animal and plant ■breeding can at­ tend such a class at Clifton under the direction o f Cecil Rife, w h o 1 specialized In this work at O. S. U. The Emergency school provides classes in nursery, sewing, cooking, physical education, mechanics and general agriculture. There are broadcasts at various hours over sta­ tion WOSU, (570) Columbus, If in­ terested you can get information from S. O, Liming, Xcpia. Rev. Charles W. Brashnres, pastor of Grace M. E. Church, Dayton, writes- the Daily News in that city comment­ ing on dismissal o f O. S. U.' students, which will be interesting'reading: ■* “ Do we understand that colleges are now expelling students suspected of | following conscience ? Most colleges j have some students who are abso-i lutely immoral. Some are drunkards,1 some are cheats, some are incor- ■ rigible. I have not seen the pictures of students cast out for such crimes: It must be unfortunate for the uni-, versity to have it so generally under-, stood that they cast put those who i are conscientious, I should think that, { if they could find a student who.was: conscientious about anything, they I ought to put him on the faculty to i teach other students to be more con-j scientious. If there is anything our : government needs now, it is not so! much men to shoot guns, but men who • will conscientiously fulfill their obliga- ■ tions as they see them. It is hard to | believe that our own beloved state* university, supported by general tax-' ation in order that it may train youth to good citizenship, wpuld throw out the ones with conscience and educate ; the rest. , ' “ Surely this is not a matter o f mil­ itarism or pacifism. This is a matter j of religious liberty. If a state un i-' versity has the right to force boys* to do things they honestly believe are wrong, where is the freedom of con­ science for Which our fathers paid s ! great a price ? Wouldn’t there be a hubbub i f they demanded of us all j the things they are demanding o f the i boys 7” j MIAMI VALLEY FARM SERVICE FARM MANAGEMENT OUR BUSINESS LET US HELP YOU MAKE THAT FARM PAY W l " I n The Heart o f the City *» Right in the centerof theatres and ■hops. Bus and car service to all outlying points and suburbs. Excellent Culrine—New Low Prices 250 Outside Rooms With Bath Circulating Ice W ater— Tiled Showers A clean, comfortable home forthriftytravelers. 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