The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-12
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.

coal bill is now question in
controversy. Mine operators who
have been waging an unsuccess>
ful fight against the measure are
insisting that coal will be boost
ed at least twenty-five cents on the
ton. The coal miners, on the other
hand, declare that the increase in price
argument was merely brought forward
by the operators to defeat the bill.
Both Senator Green, the author of the
DILL, and Representative Tetlow, spon-
sor for the measure in the house, say
that coal won't go up because of the
bills enactment. They argue that on
the whole the pay to the miners won't
be raised, but that the only effect will
be readjustment of paying conditions
so that miners in all parts of the state
will be treated impartially The Green
bill is now ready practically for the
signature of the governor. 1t provides
that all miners must be paid on the
run-of-mine basis, that is, on the basis
of all the coal they dig. The practice
throughout most of Ohio in the past
has been to pay the miner for the coal
he produces after the coal has been
passed over screen and the smaller
particles screened out. The miners
argue that this system is unjust They
have been fighting for the bill now
passed for several years. The only
change made by the house before it
approved the measure was the inser-
tion Of provision that the provisions
become effective in 80 days instead of
next October. This will give the op-
orators and miners. a chance to incor-
porate the terms Of the bill in their
spring agreement instead of being
compelled to make special agree
ment next October.
DeIve into Past RecoIIections.
House Democrats and Republicans
delved into historical recollections to
attack one another before they finally
passed the Orrison bill whereby the
state agrees to waive, in accord with
the recommendations of the governor,
the claim it has for $4,000 interest
against the defunct Columbus Savings
& Trust Co. Schweikert, Democrat,
of Cincinnati, charged that the state
was morally bound to waive its claim
because it's former state superintend-
ent Of banks, Frank E. Baxter, had
been derelict in his duty to the de-
positors. Schweikert declared that a
former United States senator, meaning
Foraker, had profited by a 100000
loan Of the depositors' money, which
Harry M. Daugherty, Republican state
chairman, as director of the bank,
had approved, and that this loan had
been the chief instrument in the fail
ure of the bank Diser, Republican, of
Mahoning county, replied by charging
that the Democrats had failed to make
Peace Reigns Again.
There is peace again between Audi
tor of State Donahey and the members
of the state liquor license board. The
board has made report to the auditor
Of all the vouchers it has issued and
the auditor has given the commission
a warrant for its January pay. The
auditor and the commission will get
together and decide whether or not
the vouchers of the board shall be is
sued by the auditor. When Secretary
Hayes of the board, accompanied by
Attorney Henry w. Booth, it's counsel,
waited upon Auditor Donahey and de-
manded the money, it looked for a
time II first-class row was about to
ensue. Attorney Booth, in the role OF
peacemaker, averted this.
InstalIment Houses JoIted.
Installmcnt houses which sell ?ur-
nishings and retain the title in the
goods until the last payment is made
are jolted by ruling just made by
the state tax commission, which is
that they must return such property
for taxation. ''If the storekeeper
holds the title, he must pay the tax"
says the commission. Piano concerns
are affected by the ruling. If the rul-
ing is carried out effectively it will
mean that the taxes on these house
hold goods will be transferred from
the people of moderate means to the
instaiiment houses. If you have pur-
chased piano and the firm selling it
retains the title in it until the last
payment is made, the personal prop
erty tax on it must be paid by the firm.
Announces Apothegms.
Here are some apothegms an
nounced by State Highway Commits
sioner Marker:
Better Roads, Bigger Loads"
"If Education Means Liberty, Bad
5 Roads Mean Bondage"
Children VINO Live on Bad Roads
Cannot Go to School,"
"You Can Have Any Kind of a Road
You Are Willing to Pay For"
"The Poorer the Roads, the More
You PGy"
Good Roads, Prosperous Farms"
Reverses Speakers Ruling.
The senate did an almost unprece-
dented act when it reversed ruling
by Lieutenant Governor W. A. Green
lund, the presiding officer The
ruling was that the senate could not
adopt an amendment to the CUTLERY
banking bill reducing the reserve of
building and loan associations, which
was offered by Senator Moore, Repub-
lican, of Jefferson county. The SEN
ator appealed to his colleagues from
the ruling Of the presiding officer, and
he was sustained by large majority.
The senate then passed the bill with
the amendment included.
Gold IONS of PAkInn