South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-07
DON'T BELIEVE THE
PAPERS" ---BARROWS
Chamber of Progress President
Would Censor Newspaper
COyp-EnthuSiaStiC Meeting
of Organization.

The Aiishawaka Chamber Of Prog
ress has appointed press censorship
committee. +. A. Jernegan and Isaac
Kane Parks are the gentlemen TO
whom Will fall the task Of blue pencil
Ing all matter relating 10 the Cham
Der Of Progress and intended for pub
Hce.tion-that IS. Of course-if the
good natured editors Will stand Tor IL
There was some doubt as 10 the mean
ing OF the word censor" and news
paper man present was asked II II
was all right. He replied in the al
firmative. The Innovation was allow
ed TO stand IN the minutes.
When you ever see piece in the
papers relating 10 the Chamber of
Progress not signed by one OF the
directors. don't believe it.'-President
Barrows
There's a certain element in Mish-
awake putting the knife into Us
deep I don't understand why these
people should get out and do the dirty
work they are doing. president
BarrOws.
President Is Worst.
The worst old kicker in the Bust
ness Mems association in their pres
ident"-President Barrows.
One OF the best and most largely
the Chamber Of Progress was held in
the Hotel Mishawaka Monday evening.
1t was a gathering Of the younger ele-
ment Of business and professional men
"a get-together meeting for the pur-
pose of continuing the fight for the
taxation OF public utility franchises.
r NJ BarrOws, president, occupied
the chair, and Darwin Boyer acted as
secretary. The latter read the minutes
OF the last meeting which were ap-
proved Mr. Boyer objected to the
word censor being allowed to stand,
as did Mayor GaylOr, but IL was the
desire OF the president and II became
history. 1t seems that the matter of
censoring the newspaper reports or
the doings of this body was decided
upon at the last meeting of the cham
Der after the reporters had left and
was inserted in the minutes.
Doctor Irwin reported that the COM
mittee appointed TO correspond with
the factory people who had sgnified
their desire to establish themselves
in Mishawaka, had sent several COM
municatiOnS but had not received any
reply. on the motion of Darwin
Boyer the committee was disbanded
Fight just Begun.
Isaac Kane Parks, attorney for the
Chamber OF Progress, was called upon
for a few remarks. He said in part:
THE fight 10 make really effective
the franchise taxing laws Of the state
has just begun. ENCOURAGEMENT only
today given TO the South Bend Off
Gals TO rejoin Mishawaka in this fight,
/ am Informed induced that city to
take appeals this afternoon from the
decision OF the board of review not
To increase the franchises of the gas
and electric light companies in that
oity The Mishawaka appeals were
taken today, signed by the leading
city officials and influential business
men. south Bend II seems, was con-
WINGED that AIishawaka had received
such magnificent boosts in the fran
Chise valuations that the larger city
assumed the fighting was over. How
ever, upon being informed that the To-
cal railway company is appealing on
the techniCalities. the franchise fight
ers of that city concluded TO throw
in with Little MishaWaka' in their
fight before the state board of tax
commissioners at indianapolis.
The attorney for the gas company
left this morning for Plymouth to
file an appeal from the decision Of
the Marshall county board of review
assessing the gas franchise in Mar
shall county. Mishawaka appealed
10 officials at Plymouth 10 tax the
franchises in that city. L do not dis
claim having urged officials in that
city TO take such action. Now Plym-
OuLn viii uhelg appeal 10 us lO nelp
them in their fight before the state
board. il Is incumbent upon Misha-
wakans TO stand shoulder 10 shoulder
with South Bend, Plymouth and any
other city that may be in the midst
of the fight As you business men of
Mishawaka stood back of the attor-
neys making the fight at South Bend,
so IL is the duty Of the cities Of north
ern Indiana to join hands in this fight
before the state board. Our fight is
their fight, and their fight is our fight.
Cannot Lose.
I'VE cannot lose in this fight III by
any possibility We shall be Tepulsed
before the state board. yet in that
conflict though we lose we will win
for our cause IS right
~ln this fight We have the inspira-
ton arising from the fact that the
law which we seek 20 give NitaliZing
force was written into the statutes
by Judge Timothy Howard OF St JO-
seph county. AT the time that he
gave In prohigate measure of his tai
ents 10 write Indiana's tax laws ad-
vance Of the times the result was
denounced by one who after served
as vice president of the United States
as a piece of blatant demagoguery and
wild anarchy. This kind Of intern
perate denunCiatiOn of the law how
ever. was soon found not 20 be get
ting the powerful tax dOdger any
where Hence il became necessary to
procure rulings from local and state
taxing boards. and even from the
courts that have served in part 10