The Cedarville Herald, Volume 62, Numbers 27-52

i r - v ................... ||i Poa-V- 7 W ,-*w * GIOA£VJLIJ£ HERALD, FRIDAY, JJGYEMBEE 3, m # Bigelow Amendments Exphunett ■J&ssys'si;fiv%RXASASSs •xffauwtkw o f the propowtb prepared for ourTwders, * " 8 5 ,f J K B S . p n ^ d In DgM idH id third p l,C (W1thobollot. J h . WHWi< wtrtiim tRfH iy fa* dollar nowcollKtod by tHs itoU* A bffiTwhich would corrupt file initiative procwi Into t diyiet by yvbleli «roupo may vote themselves more subsi­ dies at the expense of others in the easiest possible way. The tomediateeffect of the first amendment is economic. It soaks everyone. The lea? ranee offset of the second amendment to both econonile '* * ^ and politlcaL . It m*k:«s it easier to soak everybody. ’ — the __FIRST AMENDMENT -The first Bigelow amendment proposed for the constitution of Ohio provides: . . . . A GUARANTEED INCOME o f $50 a month for single persons and $80 a month to married couples who have passed SO years o f awe. if "retired from gainful occupation as wage earners." It to proposed to get the*money to take care of the 690,000 old persons in Ohiowho could qualify by; . . , 1 . A 2 per Cent tax in addition to all general revenue levies on land valuedat the rate of 120,000 an acre and up. 2. An income*tax equal to orte-fourth o f the individual or cor­ porate income tax paid to the federal government in the preced­ ing year. Diene piece of literature, Mir. Bigelow says this scheme would raise $60,000,000.' ' „ •Inanother he says it would raise $100,000,000. A trifling difference or$40,000i000 means little to those who> pro­ pose schemes to spend other people’s money. > HOW MANY COULD QUALIFY FOR SUBSIDIES? There are 795,000 old folk In Ohio who could qualify by reason of age. •' Of this number 27,600 aliens would be disqualified. - Another 72,441 are gainfully employed at sumB much greater than proposed subsidies. ThJs leaves 690,000who would qualify for payment. ) AN OFFICIAL VIEW OF COST William S. Evatt, tax commissioner of the Ohio Department of Taxation has mads a study o f the cost' of the proposed Bigelow amend­ ments and’the revenue possibilities of thetaxes set up: The figures follow: , ' •Cost for the first, yeae— .L„ _____ _$810,000,000 •Revenue from the land tax"if land.includes buildings___ _ _______ ________________ - 100,000,000 Revenue from the land tax if it is held to mean unimproved land -----—. 10,000,000 Revenue from-income tax computed on basis of 1937 retnrna __________ _ 40,000,000 Any way the revenue is computed there will be a staggering short­ age in the subsidy fund which must be raised by new taxes or stoppage o f state services. The shortage would he: , If land moans hWd^aaag?buildings, ........... .....$170,000,000 If it nitons unimproved JandJ__,_____ ______ 260,000,000 HOW THE DEFICIT' WOULD W RAISED The shortage under the-first Bigelow amendment would range between 170 and 260 million dollars a year. ■<s' This would be raised in'tWo ways: 1., Elimination of present subsidies to county, municipal and township governments. 2. Seizure or funds allotted to schools, welfare and relief ager ties. S. By a literal plague ofnewrtarea. THE PRESENT OLD AGE PENSION SYSTEM The present old age pension law in Ohio applies to persons over 65 years old. The federal government shares the cost on a basis of need. Under the provisions of the^presentjaw 121,000 old folk get bene­ fits.' . a The1;avenge September-payment was $22.65. Of this the state paid half. ' The system now costs 82 million dollars a year which cost is divided equally between the state-andfederal government. THE QUESTION OF FEDERAL PARTICIPATION The new federal Social Security Act would prohibit the federal government making any contributions to the state for old age pension purposes. This is due to a provision requiring that every state,pay pensions on the basis of "need,’?-a principle not contained in the pro­ posedBigelow plan under either interpretatiom THE QUESTION OF LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS An intertttjunfi’but complicating question has been raised about the meaning of the word "land” in'tax law. A recent statement from 'the office of the attorney general took the view that'“land" as used in the first Bigelow amendment would include improvements.': ¥ A long-line bf-Supreme Court, decisions support that view. Definitions in all-standard legal and popular dictionaries include improvementswithin the meaning of land. Mr. Bigelow, long a single taxer, naturally is indignant about that opinion. The people of Ohio aremot concerned with what Mr. Bigelow n i thought when he wrote his amendment. They are concernedwitth-the effect : If the courts suppqrte4«thto view that land includes improvements the tax wovfld fall on virfuSUy/tevery home owner in metropolitan areas of Ohio. • . Again no one kninjA%|ast:what'the amendment may mean. It to ambiguous . * AMBIGUITIES LEAD.TO UNFAIRNESS Among otherAmbiguitito,mtba,propoaed first amendment to one that might lead to:wneatdw l o f tfnfairness. , The amendment'f^pdd^SXy^-MWidies shall be paid to all those “■whoare retiredfr<mgainfuloo<mpaV(pnat wage earners." Banners, small-gtoro ownorsjr housewives and professional people havanotbeen wageeatoCrs. Would the courtsoxclade them from benefitsT Who knows? The langoage-seems.$e exclude'ihem. THE SECOND dMBM&NT The second BIfelOw amendment proposes to let the bars down to initiated-amendments<and laws. Under the proposed plan ode big city eaail^Could^rovid# enough Signataroe to submit either an amendment ...... r, toAiditHto'tlie «s«utoements for an AMENDMENT to a fine 100,000'jdgnatare* obtained at large. SECOND, to rodttto the requirements of a LAW to-a flat 50,000 rignatoresobtainedat lucre. At large means aknpTy that the signaturee may be obtained any­ where in the state. Th^mM^r^tuirements are, for: .fromatkeot from . require* 10 per cent o f the voters with signatures pdrearct o f the counties with not ices than 5 per esnt canvassed. 'm3 per cent o f the voters in the state collected from tpCr cent o f thacounties with not toes than 8 per Cent from canvassed. HSRHSNCE OF CALIFORNIA . . ...iiaJuts an initiative requirement similar to the one proposed in the second Bigelowamendment. This fact is respoturfblsfor California’s reputation for freak lcgto- toMoeu . In California the ease with which an amendment or law may be mMEtted virtually has wrecked the initiative process. Tgie people do not like it. T&iS'to proved by tbe fact that they become so disgusted with the number o f proposals they must read in the voting booth (the average to from 11 to 86 proposals an election) that they simply do not vote on ftyyn Many proposals are voted on by less than 8 per cent of thou who fie to the polls. TOWNSEND ON THE BIGELOW PLAN 4Dr. Francis E. Townund, founder of the Townsend plan, was In Ohio the week eifd.of October-8. Among other things he said to re- porters from the throe Celombue-newspapcro:. "The Bigelow plan is like the TTam and Egg* plan in California. Itto utterly unworkable if We’re going to toy to maintain the capital­ istic system. w "The job the Bigelow people want to do to entirely too big a task tor any one state to undertake. It penalizes the state that-steps out *W» aren’t ready to scrap the capitalistic system yet. "These schemes like the Bigelow plan in Ohio will 'doom business _ - - - y end i don’t su how we can live without business. and eggers’ In California have made state fundi ■psmw m w warrants cannot be. sold at all. Lord knows what would heeffsn tf it was voted tato effsct—half the business would fold up at The Hunting’Reason will soon be here eo you had better Fijetect Live Stock and Fences m m m * m c a m p a ig n t o H e l p o b o a io z a t io n 140 lbs, down___ down Feeding p ig s ----------------7.60 down Fat sew s-------: ------------ 6.00 to fi,lfi Stags -----— ___4.75 down SHEEP A LAMBS—60? head. Top fat lambs -------- -,-9.00 Seconds ..._______ _______8.25 Medium _________„,J__.7.50 Feeder lambs __________ 420 to 6,76 Fat buck lambs___ .v 7.00 to 8^5 Butcher ewes_____ 1.90 to 2.95 Breeding ew es________ 6.25 down Yearling wethers______ 4.25 to 5,00 CATTLE—161 head. ” _ 1 Common steers ,___ 6.80 Fair heifers __________ 6.00 to 6.86 Good heifers ______ __7.30 to 8^0 Other heifers__ ___ 5.50 down Beet fat'Cows___ __ to 6,70 Medium cow s__ _______ 4.00 to 4.60 Thin cow s---------- 8.30 to 8.96 Best b u lls__ _______„_,6.00 to 6,66 Other bulls __________ „5.95 down FrFeeh cow s__ _____ ,$54,00 down VEAL CALVE^S—147 head. Top vealers-_...,__11.7H Good and choice ______10.80 to 11,75 Medium — ____ ______ 8,90 to 10,80 Culls ,— ___ 7,10 Receipts o f live stock at this market totalled 2090 head for the day. Hogs topped at 6.70 for weights in the Spread o f 200 to 224 lbs., and for some of the offerings up to 249 lb. averages. 160 lb. averages cashed at 6.35, and lighter weights 6.16 down. Feeding pigs were taken up at U6Q down, and tot sow* from 6JO to 6,16, Lambs were 26 cents lower than a week ago, with a good supply o f fat ewe and wether lambs offered. These topped at 9.00, while second* were marked at 8.25, and mediums at 7JO. Fat buck lambs were discounted 75 cents per hundred. Feeder lambs rgnged in price from 420 to 6,75, Butcher ewe* were bid up to 2.96, and yearling wethers down from 5.00. For Bale—Six Poland China Gilts. One mile west o f Cedarville on Route 42. G. W. Watson. Subscribe To THE HERALD Citizens o f Xenia and Greene] Counties in which Boy Scout mem- County will have an opportunity next |berships are heing sought are those week to perform a "good deed” tbat.UBing the facilities o f Camp Hugh will encourage the Boy Scout movo- j Taylor Birch, near Yellow Springs, ment. j The campsite o f twenty-live acres and Over a three-day period, November twenty-three buildings has an ap- 7, 8 and 9, a sustaining membership] praised value o f $25,000 and is located campaign will be conducted as part! in Greene County, of a ■area-wide, six-county project. J Greene, Logan, Champaign, Clark, To maintain and widen the scope ] Clinton and Highland County, foYm- o f the Boy Scout program in the] ing the Tecumseh Area council, Boy Simon Kenton District^ citizens will! Scouts o f America, fire cooperating be invited to become contributing in the-membership campaign, members o f the Boy Scouts -o f' Campaigns similar to that in Amerioa. ! prospect locally have already been While no specific vplue has been completed by Clark, Champaign and placed upon such memberships, an- Clinton Counties. ‘ nouncement was made. Tuesday that Money derived from the member-, contributions o f $1 or more will ert- ships is used exclusively for admin- title donors to membership cards, istration o f the Scout program with-, Lesser amounts will be acceptable, in the Tecumseh Area and each of however, ’ „ the six counties has been .asked to The project will be. launched by a ‘ procure its proportionate share o f. group of volunteer Scouts workers at memberships. j n breakfast meeting at .7:16 o’clock At pr sent, there are twelve regis- j next Tuesday, morning . in Geyer’s tered Scout troops, with an enrollment after which prospects in all parts of o f nearly 300 boys o f more than 12 j the county will be contacted in quest years o f age, in the Simon Kenton of memberships. » district in this county. • { D. C. Anderson, Xenia, has accepted . A group o f interested men from - general chairmanship o f the campaign. Cedarville and Clifton will handle the; and Jay Burnett, Xenia, is the dis- details o f the campaign in these trict finance chairman. ' communtitos, Temperance Notes Sponsored by Cedarville W. C. T. U. REPORT OF SALE Monday, October 30, 1939 Springfield Live Stock Sales Co. head. 200-224 lbs. .J , _____ ____ 6.70 226-249 Rte. —..................6.65 to 6.70 | l HOGS—1279 i ! I edar 250-274 lbs. --------- ----- 6.55 • - . ‘ 275-299 lbs....................__.6.45 tion than on ariod advertising of al» nnn- _ __ . . . cohlic beverages, In principle it is lfi0 .173 ,us _______ ggp wrong, in -p ra ctise'it is piling up * * mountains o f trouble for the short­ sighted manufacturer swho use it. 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Palmer: “ We know more about alcohol to­ day than any generation has ever known. We know something o f its effect upon the mental life of people. We know the effect it has jn landing people in state mental hospitals. We recognize the way in which it para­ lyses the upper levels o f the. brain, puts judgment out of gear, makes people liable to get into not only auto­ mobile accidents but into grave moral accidents as well. “ Shall we be indifferent to a brazen Vodka and snipers are prominent in the Russian invasion of Poland, ac­ cording to dispatches, It’s difficult to say which is the dca/ier. W. S. Alexander, administrator of the Federal Alcohol Administration, in a recent address told the delegates to a national convention o f iiquor dealers that: On .nothing have I ex­ pressed myself with firmer convic- liquor traffic that comes back without having learned anything and seeks once more to put the mark of alcoholic iiquor slavery upon our country ? Or shall the Church awaken anew with a deeper understanding and n truer and more profound message about the menace o f alcohol as an individual $hd racial and social poison, and do some­ thing to restrain this vast and grow­ ing evil in the civilization o f today?” LEGAL NOT ICE Elden Thorne whose place of resi­ dence is unknown, will take notice tlmt on the 4th day of August, 1939, Icu M. Thorne filed her petition a- gainst hint for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and said cause i iwl come on for hearing on or after November 4, 1939, at which time judg-t ment may be rendered against him) (9-22-6M0-27) MARCUS SHOUB Attorney lor Plaintiff. Dr. H. N. Williams DENTIST Vsllow Springs, Qhlo X-RAY EQUIPMENT W A RN IN G TO VO TER S ; M M rTH K I TWO IHM IOW AMENDMENTS NOW 10 yoa coR bu sHrc <• Identify you vote mxt Tucsday. You'll notice that the nano nl l i«low” dlooi net appear on the ballot. Vote AGAINST these amendments by marking X and nothlnfialse before theword^NO"! TheTwo BIGELOWAmendments Will Impofw crushing new taxes on the working man and former .« on ovary family in Ohio Skyrocket living costs Raid school funds, close schools Increase Unemployment Abolish relief Stop Welfare Work ] W ipe out Retirement ai d Workmen’s Compensation Funds Ruin local governments. . bankrupt Ohio Destroy teprosentative government Overthrew nr.alertly rule 'Mop-tie the Legislature * « Pigeon-hole the Constitution v Make! the ballot box useless Th«f«two BlftlLOW AMINDMBNTS are the matt •'MittyriMMl distinctly* proposals In Ohio's history. VM rX IWNSf them an November 7 . Clip this sample baWat WHltah* It to the pells. THE M il EMENENCY COMMITTEE i. J. '.lIVKEV CMraM •liilRwM CMuMwNig ;CDtd •ectlan AilS^Siki Jinuanr. 1940. Nad Milting Mellon 4 of «rUeIo4 Vi of tho conatitutlon ihall bo npwM and annullod. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF OHIO , (Propoood by Inltiativo Potition) USE X ONLY IN MARKING BALLOT IB NO An amendment to the constitu­ tion o f tho. StQta of Ohio proposing tho adoption o f m new section to be known •• Section 13 o f Artid* XII, T5 The amendment propoMS to provide penelone to persons who are not under conviction of crime, who ara sixty years of age or over, retired from gainful oc. ' cupatlon as wags earners, citizens of the Stats of Ohio or thoaa who may become citizens after Its adoption, and who reelda in the Stats for ten yearn •r lees time should the legislature by law eo provide. Such payments supple, ment all sources of private income. Revenue for payment of such penelone fa to be derived from a specie! tas of two percent on certain lands, end such revenue used before revenues from other sources ara used and from revenue da, rived from a state income tag auto, tnatically enforceable, While the amend, ment li declared to be effective without enabling legislation, law* not incon­ sistent with Its provisions, may be . passed in furtherance of its purpose, and it la provided that such lawa may be passed either by the legislature, or by direct vote of the people with the ; powers of the initiative and referendum. All provisions of law or constitutien- confllctlng with the amendment era to be construed, as being amendad os.ou- pergeded with raepect to such conflict. 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF OHIO (Proposed by Initiative Petition) USE X ONLY IN MARKING BALLOT An amendment to tha constitu­ tion o f tho State o f Ohio proposing tha adoption o f a new taction to be known at Section I (h ) of Article If. This amendment provides that the signatures of at least 169,909 qualified - electors to be secured at large shall qualify an Initiative Petition proposing an amendment to the Constitution of tha State of Ohio: it farther provides that the Dlgnaturka of at least 50.000 qualified etcetera.to ha assured at large shall qualify an Initiative Petition pro, posing a law on any subject whateo* aver, th* full text Of which shall bo forth in tho petition, Propored lavwa are t&triB&ji sss 'i a s atltuted the tequlremont that Only tha rasldetteo addrer* (thawing city nr tow*, ship shall be required, R eferendum o n h o u s e r ill n o . u (P ropUMtl by RefcraUduut N * M k ) USE X ONLY IN MARKING -BALLOT m m m m %