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CHARLES L. GATES
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"FEBRUARY 5, 1982.
WHY AMERICAN FACTORIES ABROAD?
Announcement has just been made that Henry Ford will show
his new “Midget” car at the London automobile show on the 19th
of this month. The car is for the foreign trade and is being man-
ufactured in Ford plants in England.
It is probable that Americans are not interested in this compet-
itor of the Austin, which has met with little success in this country,
but they should be interested in why it is being buih abroad, when
thousands of men are tramping the streets of Dearborn and Detroit
begging a day’s work.
In Congress, a few days ago, Representative Harry C. Canfield,
Democrat, of Indiana, offered a resolution that would inquire into
the reason for the establishment of great auxiliary plants of Ameri-
can industries in foreign countries. He said that within the last
two years American owned plants in Canada, alone, have more than
doubled. There are a thousand such above the border now. All
producing manufactures from Canadian products and employing tens
of thousands of workers,
This movement cannot be because of more favorable wage
scales there, nor because of lower taxavion. Wage levels in Canada
are about the same as those in the States and taxes are as high if
not higher
In seeking a reason for this situation that is depriving so
many Americans of an opportunity to work thought must center on
our tariff system as the most probable cause of the increasing move-
ment of American investments abroad.
To the lay mind the tariff is as inexplicable as the Einstein
theory. It remembers, however, that there was a time when Amer-
ican made sewing machines and harvesting machinery were sold in
New Zealand cheaper than they could be bought in the cities in
which they were manufactured. The tariff was supposed to have
been the cause of that evident injustice to American buyers.
Might it not be possible that an unsound tariff scheme is now
the cause of the injustice to American workers.
Representative Canfield’s resolution should be acted on by Con-
gress, because just now the United States is very much interested
in knowing why employment is being taken from its workers and
given to those of foreign countries.
A DOUBTFUL SOURCE OF ECONOMY.
In their zeal to find ways of reducing the cost of government |
some are suggesting that counties be consolidated. In a few isolated
instances there might be advantage in merging two or more less pop-
ulous counties into one, but in Pennsylvania such a
would accomplish little, for salaries of county officials are controlled
in a degree by the population. Such being the case it could happen
that the salaries of officials of counties erected by consolidation of
two or more lesser ones would nearly
of the separate units swallowed up. There would also be the item of
greater mileage to the county seat for jurors and witnesses at court,
constables and process servers, and all others serving in a public
capacity.
The suggestion is an interesting one and, like many others, it!
| Those who offered it, |
however, have lost sight of the fact that it is nothing more nor less
offers a peg on which to hang an argument.
than another cog in the wheel that is constantly turning toward cen-
tralization of government.
This is a country of bigger and better things.
few, however, who see that bigger and better things in government
are always motivated by the thought of bigger and better salaries
for those who are eternally striving to run it. And centralization
always spells bigger and better opportunities to pile ‘up tax burdens | Samuel
for the people to bear.
COMMON LABOR SHOULD NOT BE CUT
Often the Watchman discusses the matter of wages for labor.
Only a few months ago it incited one of the best artisans in this
section into challenging its contention that there is and always has
been inequity in the compensation given skilled workers in the va-
rious trades.
It is not the present purpose to set the carpenter who gets eighty- |
five cents an hour for working out the intricate interior finish in a
house against the brick layer, mason or plasterer who is paid a dollar
and a quarter for work requiring no more skill and less finesse.
They are or should be taking cuts in their wages, and justly
so, because nearly everything they have to buy has fallen in price
to the extent that in dollar value if they were to work for twenty- |
five per cent less than the figures we have used above they would
still be better off than they were in 1927 when their wage scales
and living costs were at the peak.
Let those of the local skilled laborers who challenged the Watch-
man’s contention of several months ago thresh out the justness of
this presentment.
Labor is a collective designation. In discussions of its wage
there is rarely differentiation between skilled and common, so that
when the Wage of skilled is marked down common has to take the
cut, as well.
The inequity in wages paid the various branches of skilled labor
was never as great as that between common and skilled.
a mystery, always, to us as to how the day laborer fought his way
through the period of inflation on fifty cents an hour. It is a
mystery today as to how he manages to live on the thirty-three cents
that is offered him.
Never has he had a square deal in our economic scheme and we
write this with the hope that the gentlemen who have to do with the
management of the borough of Bellefonte and the County of Centre
will consider the plight of those who always have had the least when
it comes to effecting economies in public works. !
—Senator Ham Lewis, of Illinois, is of the opinion that Japan
might slip down the Pacific and snatch the Philippines right out
from under the very nose of Uncle Sam. What if she should? It
would be relieving us of something we haven't known what to do
with since a certain Fourth of July away back in 1898.
—If the ground hog is any kind of a weather prophet winter is
over so far as Centre county is concerned. Certainly he hadn't a
chance to see his shadow anywhere in this bailiwick last Tuesday.
—Starting in the townships and running up through the towns,
cities, States and Nation the cost of our combined government is
taking just one-quarter of our national income. If those who pro-
duce that income have to take a cut why should not cost of govern-
ment take the same?
It has been’
| porarily filled by his brother Wil-
Maggie L. Down-
ing, also of this place, were united
in marriage.
—While driving through Union-
ville a few days ago Sheriff T. J.
Dunkle was set upon by a
of bad little boys and sfowballed so
fiercely that only the fleetness of his
team saved him from probable death.
His assailants were Constance Cam-
bridge, Tonner Leathers, Jack Griest,
Pat McDonald, J. Miles Kephart and
a few others whose names are be-
ing withheld for the present. This
whole gang helped to put the Sheriff
in the jail, but he couldn't find any-
one who would help him put them
in.
—The painting of the Bush Ar-
cade progresses somewhat slowly be-
cause the weather is so variable.
Geo. Burnside, son of Mr,
| Thomas Burnside, is quite ill and his | 2nd dig the bait.
place at the car shops is tem-
liam.
— William Reasner whose
was so badly mangled when coup-
ling cars at Snow Shoe, a week or
two ago, has had to have the mem-
ber amputated.
~The report of the local Y. M. C.
A. for January is: Visitors to men's
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to do the dirty work for them. Sev-
eral years ago Elmer had a dog, at
least he says so, that he trained to
dig his fishing bait. It was only a
jie whiffet without any blooded
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pedigree, but it was chuck full of
‘common sense. Whenever the dog
| would see Elmer go for his fishing
rod it would take the bait can in its
mouth, skip off to the garden or
some other convenient strip of land
The dog evident-
| ly could smell the worms because he
| never made a mistake in digging
| where there wasn't any. When he'd
| scratch out a worm he'd pick it up
| tenderly and drop it in the can and
lit would take him only a few min-
| utes to dig enough of bait for the
| fishing trip. One day Elmer took
| the dog along down to Spring creek
‘on a trout fishing trip. Down on
reading room 379; to boy's reading the riffles opposite the Imperial Fill-
room 497; books taken from library ing Station laid one of those real big
138; number attending Sunday af- ones that inhabit the creek. Elmer
ternoon meetings 237. ‘put on a nice, fat, juicy worm and
~The second heavy snow storm | tried to tempt it onto the hook but
of the winter began on Saturday the trout wouldn't so much as take
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There are too ! Philipsburg,
morning, last, and continued through-
out the day and night.
—At a special exercise in the
of the Centre county bar presented
our fied and venerable Court
Crier, Mr. Bartram Galbraith, with
neck tie.
Mrs. Amanda Schreyer died at
the home of her ts in this
place, Jgutenday. was the eld-
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Bartram Galbraith, of Howard street.
After her marriage to Mr. Charles
Schreyer, in 1875, she went to live
at Jeffersonville, Ind. at the cli-
never agreed with and 'ahe
became so ill that she came to
home here with the hope of regain-
two little daughters survive her.
—The Arctic Coal Co., with James
Passmore as commander-in-chief, will
Jeeopen the Decatur mines in
psburg region and a quickening
of business there 1s looked for in
—Mr. William Hess and lady, of
, are visiting their num-
| erous friends and relatives in and
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Dine Grove Mus, Most of
their time, course, being spent
with the former's venerable father,
Hess Sr.
~—Street Commissioner Shaughnes-
sy's first duty ought to be
that portion of south Water stree
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'!a nibble. The trout was not far
from the bank and the dog finally
spied it and evidently noticed that
court house last week the members its master was trying to catch
‘it. All of a sudden it made a
leap into the creek and sprang at
‘the trout. The trout opened wide
|its huge jaws, the dog landed in its
imouth and two gulps and it was
| another Jonah. At least, that's
what Elmer says, and he felt the
loss of that dog so much that he
| has never tried to train another to
| dig his bait.
| An item is again going the rounds
of the press—big and little—that the
{Emerick “heirs are at to start
{000 fortune they believe coming to
them from the Astor heirs. We
{want to make public the fact that
{we are one of the Emerick clan
!bears and we are willing to sell our
| interest in the above vast fortune to
the highest bidder. Quick action is
what we would like to see and any-
body wanting in on this good thing
; should remit at once. We prefer
jo to checks.
| So far we haven't seen any pre-
| dictions on the fruit crop for this
| year and we are constrained to won-
‘der what the cold weather is going
'to do to that plum tree at the bor-
¢ that was out in blossm
And what will it do to
advanced buds on many other
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| State. From early morning until
a —
misses’ wear on display, and in
located at Eliza-
Centre
county for the school year of 1930-
1931 was $21,084.
{ t that ,000,
her health. Her husband a [atotmer HY at getting 30 ‘|
through intermarriage of our for-
; parts. Annette
Veronica Rider and Merrill
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their acceptance of the invitation to
‘appear before the assembly group.
On Friday, February nineteenth,
the grades in both buildings will
celebrate Washington's birthday. The
feature is an unusual one, combin-
ing work and play. Visitors will
be taken by guides over a prescrib-
ed route where episodes of history
will be shown, each grade telling in
song and story its particular part of G
the whole.
starts in the first grade with that
never to be forgotten “Cherry Tree”
story. On to Boston, there to wit-
‘ness the why, where and how of the
famous Boston Tea Party; then we
arrive just in time to hear Washing-
ton, with Ross and Morris, ask
‘Betsy Ross to make a flag. Then
on to Valley Forge, to “Crossing the
Delaware,” to the scene depicting
the signing of the Declaration of
Independence, to the Continental
Congress and the adoption of the
Constitution. The ‘Federal March,”
written in ceiebration of the ten
States having ratified the Constitu-
tion, will be played during this epi-
sode. ‘There will be a minuet, too,
‘and visitors will also meet George
‘and Martha Washington, with the
cabinet members and their wives.
The pages of history books are being
turned diligently to make each and
every episode true and authentic,
and much genuine research work is B
being done, so that this purposes to
be an instructive piece of work,
rather than mere entertainment, and Wh!
(should draw a goodly crowd of par-
ents for the occasion.
| A beautiful cantata, “George
Washington,” will be sung Monday
evening, at the High school building, gi
‘at eight, by the fourth, fifth, and
sixth grades of both buildings.
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FORENSIC CLUB ORGANIZED
Approximately fifteen candidates
|reported at the first meeting of the
‘Forensic club, an organization spon-
‘sored in the interest of debating.
Speeches -were assigned and try:
outs for speaker's positions on the
{PATIENTS TREATED
AT COUNTY HOSPITAL.
| Earl E. Brown, 10 months old son
lof Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, of
| Bellefonte, was discharged on Satur-
| day, after undergoing medical treat-
ment for a week.
| Mr. and Mrs. George Rockey, of
' Bellefonte, are receiveing congratu-
lations upon the birth of a daugh-
|ter, at the hospital last Tuesday.
| George Delige, of Bellefonte, was
‘admitted Monday for medical treat-
‘ment and was discharged on Friday.
| Eugene McClellan, of Centre Hall,
was discharged, last Monday, after
having undergone surgical treat-
ment. :
Coach William Gutteron, 'of the
| Bellefonte Academy, was discharged
‘on Monday. He had been a surgical
‘patient.
© Miss Emiline Hoover, of Pleasant
Gap, became a surgical patient last
Monday.
Mrs. Linnie E. Trostle, of Belle-
fonte, was admitted last Tuesday
for medical treatment.
Mrs. Donald Hines and daughter,
of State College R. D., were dis-
charged last Tuesday.
Mrs. William B. Keeler, of State
College, was discharged from the
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hospital last Tuesday.
After undergoing surgical treat-
ment Mrs. Florence Ober, of Le-
mont, was discharged last Tuesday.
| Miss Sarah Shuey, of Lemont, af-
|ter undergoing surgical treatment,
| returned home last Tuesday.
| Mrs. Mary Heeman, of Pleasant
|Gap, a medical patient, was dis-
charged last Tuesday.
Miss Barbara Keeler returned to
‘her home in Bellefonte, on Tuesday,
after undergoing medical treatment.
Mrs. Edith Spicer, of State Col-
lege, is a surgical patient, having
been admitted last Wednesday.
| William Cox, of Nittany, became
|a surgical patient last Wednesday.
Howard W. Miller, of Bellefonte,
was discharged, Saturday, after be-
ing a surgical patient for several
days.
Mrs. Minnie V. Poorman, of Belle-
fonte, was admitted for surgical
treatment on Wednesday.
Mrs. Walter Van Voorhis, of State
College, was discharged, Wednesday,
after undergoing surgical treatment.
Miss Eleanor Weaver, of Pleasant
Gap, was discharged last Wednes-
day, after receiving surgical treat-
ment.
Walter Dippery, of State College,
returned home, Wednesday of last
week, after having been a surgical
patient.
Mrs. Mae Muirhead, of Bellefonte,
Of course, it naturally |Kauff
the several States should adopt com-
contributed much to the | Such a question promises an un-
At the end of
first half the score stood 19-2.
i boys came back during the
{second half to play a splendid game.
They only allowed their opponents
five points whie they secured ten the
last half. The line-up:
(iB. HK. 8.
{Caldwell F
Rossman F
Ith
Wh
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Regler G ....-
rone High
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2] evcrcsnnend I! mason
| Substitutes, Tyrone—Kauffman for
Glenn, Hutchinson for Haag, Drake
for Burget, Irvin for Miles, Aurand
for Igow. Bellefonte.—Keeler for
Ulrich.
On Friday, January 29, the Mt.
Union High quintet played remark-
able basket ball to defeat Bellefonte
High. The final score was 40-13.
At the half the score . stood 21-8.
The local boys were outplayed dur-
ing the whole game. Due especial-
ly to the size of their opponents the
local High school was unable to show
either a strong defense or offense.
The line-up:
Gerlock C
Puono G
Wible G
Totals
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Substitues, Bellefonte—Whippo for
Ulrich, Keeler for Whippo, Knapie -
. for Gingery, McClure for Rossman.
‘Mount ‘Union.—Oyler for Calupa,
Dinardi for Eberman.
after being a surgical patient.
Miss Elizabeth Weaver, of Miles-
burg, a surgical patient for several
days, was discharged last Thursday.
William J. Porter, of Dayton, Pa,
was discharged last Thursday after
having been a surgical patient.
Samuel Kunes, 6 year old son of
Mrs. Alice Kunes, of Howard, was
admitted Thursday as a surgical pa-
tient and discharged the same day.
Charles B. Baird, of Pleasant Gap,
became a surgical patient Thursday.
Mrs. Ralph Owens, of Bellefonte,
was admitted last Thursday for sur-
| - gical treatment.
Jack Hull, 3 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hull, of Bellefonte,
is undergoing surgical treatment, he
having been admitted last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dawson, of
Spring township, are rejoicing over
the birth of a son, at the hospital
on Friday.
Mrs. Maude Zettle, of Centre Hall
R. D., became a surgical patient on
Friday.
Mrs. Dora Bickle, of Bellefonte, is
a medical patient, she having been
admitted on Friday. ;
Margaret Muirhead, 7 year old
daughter of Mrs. Mayme Muirhead,
of Bellefonte, was discharged Satur-
day after undergoing a day's surgi-
cal treatment.
Charles Woleslagle, of Fleming,
Botame a surgical-pationt on Satur.
y.
Mrs. G. A. Robinson, of Bellefonte,
Mrs, Cora Walker, of Bellefonte,
is undergoing treatment, she having
been admitted Monday
Mrs. Mary Ann Shutt, of Belle-
fonte, was discharged on Sunday af-
ter receiving medical treatment.
Stanley Moore, of Flemington, a
surgical patient, was discharged Sun-
day. :
There were 45 patients in the hos-
pital at the beginning of the week.
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ADVANCE INFORMATION
There came a knock at the door.
The cottager it.
“Good i” said the shab.
mily dressed visitor. “Is it here that
you are offering a reward for a lost
“Yes,” said the cottager anxious-
ly. “I'm offering ten shillings. Can
it be that you have news of my poor
little Fido?”
“No not yet,” he replied. “But as
I was just going in search of the
dog I thought you might let me
have a little something on account.”