The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-20
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Doster Of cuyahosa - Increasing air
brake equipment on trains from rs per
cent to IS per cent.
Gregory Of Hamllton--ProVldIng a sepa-
rate ballot for presidential candidates and
electors.
Gregory Of Hamilton - Requiring all
presidential electors to be voted for In
block through cross mark In a circle.
Bernstein Of cuyahosa-RequIrIna a de-
vice or designation informing the voter
how many are to be elected.
Hoaglln of Pauldine-creatIng a state
commission to survey the public educa-
tional system Of Ohio.
6oggs OF 6eImont-Regulatine the sale
Of insecticides and fungIcides.
King Of Franklin-Flxlng and defining
the dimensions by inches Of the peck,
half peck, quarter peck, pint and quart
measures.
Haas of oeIaware--IncreasIne the age
limit In fraternal benefit societies con-
fined to hazardous employment to 70
years. Relates to accident disability aa-
sociatlons Of locomotive engineers.
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who carry their own insurance to
continue it under direct control of
state.
Hard roads are still ahead Of George
B. Cox, former boss of Cincinnati. In.
cident to the ruling of the supreme
court permitting the former boss to be
re-indicted on charges of perjury, it
was announced from Cincinnati that
plans were being prepared to hail him
into court again.
Could Bar Gougins Loan Sharks
Loan Sharks" who lend money
on salary and chattels and then
gouge their victims for outlaand.
ish interest rates, will be driv,
en- out of Ohio, if their victims are
willing to take advantage of the pres.
ent state law. This is the opinion of
attorneys who have been operating
against the loan agents under the
auspices of the Columbus Associated
Charities and other charity organiza.
tions In this city. The attorneys,
looking into the law, find two pro-
visions which they believe will make
null and vc:d more than Is per cent of
the outstanding loans of the loan
Sharks" One of these provisions Is
that every loan made to a married
person shall be void unless the wife
or husband consents in writing. Since
the largest per cent of loans are made
to married people without the knowI.
edge of other members of their fam.
lily, the effect of this provision can
easily be seen. Another provision is
that whenever the loan agent charges
more than the legal interest his loan
shall be null and void. The Associ.
ated Charities here charge that nine
out of every ten loan agents charge
illicit rates and the officials of the
Charities are planning to call upon
borrowers to cease making further
payments until they can secure legal
advice. If the victims of the loan
agencies all over the state adhere to
their legal rights, practically all OF
the illegal operators will be driven
out of business, say the Charities. A
few days ago these Charities hailed
dozen loan Sharks" into the Colum.
bus police court for failure to take out
licenses as required by law. The cru
sade is to be pushed further and Dor.
rowers are to be asked to fight the
further preying Of the Sharks" The
Columbus investigation is revealing al.
most unspeakable tales Of interest
gouging. Cases are being revealed
wherein the borrower, timid or ig.
norant of the law, was forced to pay
back four times the amount of prin
cipal in the form of interest, while
the principal was still due.
Against Dangerous Drugs.
Representative Dnffey of Toledo, in
troduced bill making more drastic
the present law against, the traffic in
opium, cocaine and other habit-form.
ing drugs. The bill is to prevent the
traffic not only in these drugs but
also in their synthetic compounds. It
has been found that just as soon aa
the law gets firm hand on one dan
gerous drug, a slightly different COM
pound is made by the druggist to
evade the legal provisions. The new
bill provides Imprisonment for the first
violation. The present penalty for
first offenders is fine only.
Cox Says 'Hurry!'
The word Hurry" again has been
issued from the governors office and
has gone sailing over to the halls OF
the general assembly. The reason is
the congestion of legislation and the
apparent inability of the legislature
to assume a rapid pace. -
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