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EDITORIAL
Maybe a laugh is good for what
ails us, but alas! what ails us isn’t
good for a laugh.
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No
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It has been a case of too many
laws and too many fragrant mis-
carriages of justice under the laws
shat have given rise to a growing
disrespect for law with its accom-
panying increase in all forms of the
crime.
RATHER INCONVENIENT
Folks going shopping to Lancas-
ter during the Summer months
should either carry two watches, or
have a mighty good memory.” If
you want to shop at stores, remem-
ber that’s daylight time; if you want
to attend the farmers’ markets,
that’s standard time; if you want to
do anything else, take your own
time.
What could be more inconvenient
than such a grand mixup in time.
TIME TO GET BUSY
The spring season has arrived.
Now is the time to make the needed
repairs or a coat of paint for the
house and garage, the planning of a
garden, or getting the lawn in the
shape with seed and fertilizer for
the summer, or some interior
changes or refurnishings in the
home. Probably every home needs
something and not in many, many
years were materials as cheap, or
good labor available at such reas-
onable wages. Many families will
be able to do this work themselves,
but if unable to do it yourself get
busy and employ as many people
as you can. Work is needed by the
scores of men and women, and by
giving employment to them you are
helping yourself and everyone in
the community, either directly o
indirectly.
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
THREATENS NATION
With persistent declines in rail-
road traffic and a growing realiza-
tion that much of this loss is going
to be permanent because of the sev-
ere competition from motor trucks
and buses, Washington continues to
concern itself with the more trivial
aspects of the problem. The loans
of the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration are merely temporary re-
liefs, which further increase railroad
indebtedness and thus tend to make
a bad situation worse.
In one type of traffic after anoth-
er, motor vehicle competition is eat-
ing into the business of the carriers
Owing to the failure of Congress to
tackle the problem of motor trans-
portation, regulating of automotive
vehicles has been left to the various
states. Most important of all inter-
state operation of road vehicles is
left to compete with the railroads
unregulated.
Unless something is done, it will
inevitably lead to either wholesale
railroad receiverships or govern-
mental ownerships, unless a large
measure of business prosperity is
quickly restored. In view of the
public interest, it is to be hoped
that Congress will not long delay
an attempt at a fundamental solu-
tion of the railroad problem.
THE BONUS QUEST
Congress has been diligently can-
vassed to pledge a majority for the
two billion dollars with which to pay
war veterans the face value of the
bonus certificates that by the pres-
ent law are to mature in 1945. No
sooner is balancing the budget in
sight, than it is proposed to disjoint
it with commitment so radical as to
threaten - the country’s financial
structure. Whether this cash bonus
{ where directors ee their
SERIAL BONDS ARE
LESSER BURDEN ON
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ncial institutions many school dis
tricts of
of the money accumulated ir
and officials of
ate Department of Public In
that such losses woul
id more
king funds,
district
e rial bond method of fin
nking fund method, the
rict umulate funds te
bonds when due, usually at
venty-year pel
man)
bond
the end of a ten or
od. It is pointed out that
occur before the
and in the present instance
providing embar
1ssing to ome chool districts
aving
nk failures are
or seriously endangered.
Througn the closing of some fin
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Pennsylvania may lose the |
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Much of this lo could have been
voided by directors using the ser
al bond method of fin: ncing. Stat
chool officials declare. Such dan
gers and some unnecessary expense
may be avoided, they ay, by using |
the serial type of bonds, some of |
which mature each year beginnig at
the end of the first year. When |
such bonds are issued the interest |
and that part of the principal mas |
turing each ycar may be paid from
general funds of the district.
Distribute Burden
In order that the burden
equally distributed over the
during which the issue is in
the bond schedule set up |
provide for equalized payments. Un |
der this plan the yearly payments
on the principle gradually increase |
throughout the period of the issue
and the payments for interest grad-
ually decrease, but the sum of these
two items is practically uniform
from year to year. This plan makes
it possible for the proceeds of a fix-
ed number of mills on the assessed
valuation to provide for this item |
of expense without the establish-
ment of a sinking fund. The fact
that the obligations mature each
may be
period
force, |
vided for from each year’s
rupt the district at some later date. |
method money is set aside to
ligation and a heavy burden
to the neglect. Sometimes
fund and used for other purposes
Even though the fund is properly
established and accumulated it may
be lost, as has happened recently in
many districts. In addition to the
dangers involved, school finance
leaders say that the issuance of the
type of bonds requiring a sinking
fund is an expensive type of finance
as the rate of interest received on
the money in the sinking fund is al-
most always lower than the rate of
interest paid by the district on the
bonds.
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TRAFFIC MAY NOT
MOVE ON YELLOW
“Shooting the yellow” traffic
light is becoming a common prac-
tice among motorists, according to
the traffic experts of the Bureau of
Highway Patrol and Safety of the
Department of Revenue. This prac-
tice is not only dangerous but is
contrary to the law, it is pointed
out.
Pennsylvania Vehicle Code is
quite clear on this subject. The
code provides that when yellow is
shown alone, traffic facing the sig-
nal must stop before entering the
tion. It forbids movement
of traffic, except the traffic within
the intersection when the vellow
first shows, and making a “U” turn
on a two way street back of the in-
tersection, when such a turn is in-
dicated by proper signs. These are
the only exceptions.
inters
Perry Highway project through
Conneaut Swamp to be completed
this summer.
the cherry trees growing by the Po
tomac. They must come from some
place where sweaty-browed taxpay-
ers have put them. These dollars
must be paid in before they can be
paid out.
We do not believe that the major-
ity of the men who served in the
great war would be willing, when
they see the cold facts, to place in
financial jeopardy a cause which
they did so much to preserve. To
seek payment now is to embarrass
the country, to threaten the welfare
of all that has been fought for.
TAXES MUST COME DOWN
Taxes and the cost of government
must be reduced because the people
are demanding it in all sections of
the country and because things can’t
continue as they are. Business men
and wage earners are crying out a-
gainst the oppressive load of taxa-
tion. And when the masses raise
their voices, the leaders are
to listen. That is one advantage of
a Democracy.
There are 110 government bu-
reaus in operation at the present
time. Practically all of these can
be eliminated and the country will
rock along as smoothly as ever.
The government is engaged in 250
different types of business and has
deprived private capital and indivi-
duals of opportunity and at the
same time has made private capital
and individuals pay the bill.
Taxes are now absorbing 3 per
were paid with flat money, as some
suggest, or with a further issuance
of bonds, adding to the national
debt, its influence upon the credit
stability of the country would be
us. Many believe that it
would precipitate a new crisis of
such as to dwarf our
difficulties, under which the
country with distress. Two
cent of the wealth of the country.
Six percent is a normal return.
Wealth is paying half of its fair re-
forced |
| This basis
vear means that they must be pro- | Satisfied with his :
1 income | @PPear at the county treasurer’s of-
In the less desirable sinking fund [te have a mercantile tax act.
pay | present act is an enlargement and 2
the interest and principle of | Bt ne
Directors may fail to meet this ob- | APTI 2, 1921, thus
may | in some form over a century old. Of
| late years the tax has
ace strict at a lat late due |
face the district at a later ua She | tractive to other states that the De-
happened that money has been “bor | Partment of Revenue receives more
Po | requests concerning it from the oth- |
rowed” unlawfully from the sinking | Yédue ncerning it m the oti
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Business Firms
Must Pay Tax
(From page one
on the gro ale price of all mer
indise actually sold by the retail
'rchants, Reist pointed out. The
ite on all wholesale business of
nature is one-half mill, or
entieth of 1 per cent. of the
ue price, which is le than on th
ail business.
merchant is permitted to be
business without paying his li-
I'he retailer pay: $2 a
ar license to the State. The
lesaler pays $3 year. There
incidental fees of 75 cent for
«ction purpose I'hese go to
the mercantile appraiser and the
county treasurer for their services
I'he amount of the tax is too small
to be a burden on the merchant, Mr.
Reist said. It is also too small tc
be added to the sale price, he de
clared, and so cannot be
passed on
to the consumer.
All persons, firms or corporations
who are vendors of goods, wares or
merchandise are liable for the tax.
It is based on the whole gross vol-
ume of business transacted annually
includes receipts
and merchandise sold on credit dur-
ing the preceding calendar year. A
dealer, according to Reist, has been
defined by the courts as one who
does not buy to keep or make to
cash
should | sell, but one who buys to sell again.
Any dealer or vendor who refus-
es to make a sworn return when re-
quested to do so by a mercantile ap
praiser will be required to appear
before the county treasurer of his
county for examination. The coun-
ty treasurer has the power to issue
subpoenas for the production of
any books and papers necessary to
secure information to fix the tax.
Appraisers are now gathering this
information. July 12 has been set
as an appeal day for the present
year. At that time any person dis-
assessment may
and may not be postponed to bank- | fice for redress.
Pennsylvania was the first State
The
original act of
making the tax
been so at-
er states than concerning all other
taxes combined. One foreign coun-
try, Canada, has copied Pennsylvan-
ia’s mercantile tax act, but has
made its rate higher.
Welfare Federation
of Lancaster Co.
Commending the work of the local
chapter of the Red Cross and its
twenty-one County Branches, James
L. Feeser, Vice-chairman of the Na-
tional Red Cross exclaimed how the
power of the Red Cross was gained
through the loyal interest and work
of the volunteer,
“I have spent my day here visiting
around your city and county and wit-
nessing the Red Cross program in ac-
tion,” said Mr. Fesser.
the daily visit was a visit to several
of the county schools where Junior
Red Cross is organized; a visit to
Rossmere schools where he viewed
the paintings presented for the enjoy-
Cross; a visit to the
Warehotise and the supply warehouse
in the lower end of the county. The
day was concluded by Mr. Feeser
presenting certificates to the city po-
licemen who had completed a first aid
course The National Red Cross ex-
county firemen who had completed
the first aid course, and al volunteer
workers who made it possible for the
Red Cross to meet every emergency.
A large representation of city and
county Red Cross members were pres-
ent at the meeting held in the audi-
torium of the Grist Building. Captain
John M. Groff, presided.
Membership in the local Red Cross
Chapter is secured through subscrip-
tion to the Welfare Federation. Ev-
ery subscriber to the Federation be-
comes a Red Cross member, as the
Red Cross is one of the participating
agencies of the Welfare Federation.
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ASKS AUTOISTS TO
OBEY STOP SIGNS
teports of repeated violations of
“Stop” signs received by the bureau
of highway patrol and safety of the
Department of Revenue, have
brought a reminder from Walter Ww
Mathews, chief of the safety section
of the bureau, that under the Vehic-
le Code “Stop” means a complete
turn in taxes.
Since wages have been reduced
and business profits cut to the bone,
there is no reason why the govern-
ment shouldn’t follow the same
trend. Governments are operated
fo protect the people and not to ru-
stop.
The code makes it unlawful for
the driver or operator of any vehie-
le, street car, or trackless trolley,
omnibus, before entering a “Stop”
intersection to fail to come to a
complete stop within a reasonable
distance before entering the inter-
section where a stop sign has been
erected. Merely slowing down or
shifting gears at such an intersec-
tion is not complying with the law,
Matthews says.
The penalty imposed for violating
this provision is a fine of $5 and
the costs of prosecution and, in de-
fault of payment, imprisonment for
not more than three days.
Attend Farmers’ Day
Reserve June 9 for a visit to the
Farmers’ Field Day at the Pennsyl-
vania State College. The latest
available information on farming
and homemaking will be presented
by the college specialists in experi-
ments, demonstrations, exhibits and
in them.
tours.
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Included in |
ment of the patients by the Junior Red i
city Emergency |
{ about one week in
ecutive also commended the numerous i
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REPORT REVIEWS
WORK OF PATROL
Half of the 24 hours in each day
in March were working hours for
each of the 400 State highway pa
trolmen assigned exclusively to pa
trol duty. Last month each of the
100 were on duty 12 hours per day.
[ime for meals is not counted
time on duty.
These 400 patrolmen averaged 3
67 rrest per man during the
an arrest about every eight
organization
month,
and one-half days. The
made 1468 arrests in March, These
were for violations of the
vehicle code and other law viola-
They made 7248 patrols, in
various
tions,
vestigated 560 accidents and gave
51,996 verbal warnings.
Each patrolman averaged 933
miles on his motorcycle last month.
T'his mileage totaled 373,446 miles.
The revenue cruiser, manned by the
patrolmen, which is the
State’s check on gasoline bootleg-
gers on the Delaware and Schuyl-
kill rivers, patrolled 1835 miles. The
total March mileage covered by the
patrolmen in line of duty on motor
cycle and cruiser, afoot or by rail
or other means of transportation
was 596,668 miles. The total for
the first three months of the year is
1,836,566 miles.
These and other events in the
daily life of a State highway patrol
man are clearly shown in the new
monthly performance summary and
which replaces the old monthly re-
port ordered discarded by Secretary
of Revenue Clyde L. King. It gives
a close up of the activities of the
individual patrolman as well as
those of organization as a whole.
The dependence of the public up-
on the State highway patrol is now
shown in the number of requests
for information. There were 10,437
personal requests of such a nature
made at the various sub-stations
last month, and 28,593 requests
made of patrolmen on the highways
Sub-stations answered 25,326 tele-
phone calls. There were requests
for information of one sort or an-
other, emergency calls, reports and
other business.
The extent of this personal serv-
ice is also shown in the number of
stolen vehicles and other property
recovered by the patrol last month.
The summary shows 54 vehicles re-
covered having an estimated value
of $26,050. Since the first of the
year highway patrolmen have re-
covered 182 vehicles with an estim-
ated value of $83,515. Other prop-
erty, such as purses, traveling bags
etc, found in wrecks or on the high
ways last month was estimated to
have a value of $2,536.20.
Ci
highway
WILL TREAT 3378
MILES OF HIGHWAY
The spring surface treatment
program of the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Highways, and better
known to motorist as “oiling” will
get underway within a week or ten
days, Secretary of Highways, Sam
S. Lewis announced today. Approx-
imately 3378 miles of the macadam
types are scheduled for the new
coats.
As a preliminary to the spring
program, engineers made inspec-
tions on every macadam highway in
the State System. The condition of
each was noted, and those which
showed considerable wear from the
traffic and winter weather action
were scheduled.
It is estimated that all of the sur
face treatment on the present pro-
gram will be completed before the
actual opening of the heavy touring
season so that inconvenience to the
motorists will be held to a minimum
In accordance with a long establish-
ed practice, warning signs will be
posted on each stretch of highway
advance of the
actual oiling, to permit motorists to
plan for avoidance of the roads dur
ing the oiling.
The work, this spring, will re-
quire close to 10,000,000 gallons of
material and almost 750,000 tons of
stone chips. Crews have been busy
for several weeks building up the
stock piles of stone at roadsides.
Oil is delivered at railroad sidings
on a schedule, as needed.
Weekly publication of the Depart-
ment’s Detour Bulletin will be re-
sumed in time to show the first
week’s oiling schedule, Changes in
detours will be indicated.
A Safety Plea
No doubt this year will see a
number of automotive accidents.
The human element in driving can
not be controlled as we would like
it to be. But manufacturers have
done their part to make cars safer
than ever. Drivers should help by
being alert, careful and avoiding
recklessness, Modern all-steel “bod.
ies, four wheel brakes, well trussed
frames, low centers of gravity and
safety glass are just a few of the
features which make the 1932 cars
safer. To take the best advantage
of these safety factors let every
driver take a safety pledge this
year.
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Trends in Wheels
Trends in wheel designs continue
to change from time to time, ex-
cept that the metal wheel in one
form or another appears to be here
to stay. Wire wheels had a very
long vogue and are still popular.
The disc wheel returned in a new
and more stylish form. And the
steel artillery type wheel, too, has
made strides. Steel wheels have
certain advantages in ruggedness
and strength and, in addition, pos-
ess the necessary qualities of resili-
ence.
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Cultivate Orchard Sods
Where sods become established in
the orchard they rob the trees of
needed fertility. When this condi-
tion becomes acutes the sods should
be broken up every 3 or 4 years, the
ground cultivated and then reseeded
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HEALTH TALK
VRITTEN BY DR. THEODORE
B. APPEL, SECRETARY OF
HEALTH
“Magazines, the lecture platform
and social conversation quite prom-
inently feature the subject of over-
eating. It is also conspicuous as
to ‘cut down and reduce’. Ard in
the basis of many vain resolutions
this connection it can truthfully be
stated tnat, making all allowance
for individual trait; and tendencies,
there are hundreds of thousands
who are victims of the abundance
and extreme availability of edibles.
But there is another side to the pic-
ture which is frequently overlooked
namely, under-eating,” states Doc-
tor Theodore B. Appel, Secretary of
Health.
“Whatever the . Americans’ many
characteristics may be, it is certain
that intenseness is one of them. It
has been one of the major reasons
for the country’s prosperity. Half
measures are quite taboo. And while
perhaps this is a sound policy to ap
ply in business life, it is decidedly
otherwise where physiological ex-
perimentation is involved.
“For instance, the reducing com-
plex has been so rapidly and so gen
erally indulged in by many con-
verts to the athletic figure as to
cause serious illness and not infre-
quently deaths. Having consumed
pleasant decade or more in attain-
ing overweight, these misguided in-
dividuals, victimized by diet faddists
and their own enthusiasm, suddenly
decide to take off eighteen pounds
in eighteen days. They see no dif-
ference in speeding up their auto-
mobile to sixty miles an hour and
removing their fat at a similar rate
This class, bigger than is believed,
is engaged in a most foolish and al-
so dangerous practice.
“But by far a larger group is re-
presented by the young woman who
never in her life has weighed nor-
mally for her height, and who yet
persists in the misguided and un-
healthy notion that a silhouette fig-
ure is more to be desired than gold
“These young ladies who worship
at the shrine of comparative starv-
ation are fanatics and need the
kindly guidance of older members of
their family and oft’ times profes-
sional persuasion, before their harm
ful practices can be broken. Some
times even these fail, -
“The eating problem and the so-
called normal diet are after all
merely a matter of plain common
sense. If one is well that is, not
suffering from an illness, reason-
able amounts of all types of foods
should be consumed. It is merely »
question of choosing the middle of
the road and staying there. Exces-
sive over-eating and under-eating
are harmful, but it is even worse
suddenly to become a fanatic on the
question.
“And finally, if for any reason it
is believed that a diet is required,
seek advice not from your friends
but from your personal physician on
the subject. It is entirely too pro-
fessional a matter to be delegated by
the fads and fancies of one’s ac-
quaintances.”
TTT ee
Prepare for Weaning
If the foal receives increasing
quantities of grain, it will take less
and less milk from the dam. Then
weaning will be more easily accom-
plished. Foals usually are weaned
when 4% to 6 months old.
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Reduce Brooder Heat
Lower the brooder stove tempera-
ture as fast as is consistent with
chick comfort.
to alfalfa or clovers.
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