The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-29
Against Admission Fee Reduction.


turned down the proposal to reduce
the admission fee to the state fair
from SO cents to rs cents, although
the senate unanimously approved the
idea. In rejecting the cheaper fee
notion the committee held that it
would cheaper the fair; would make
it an unfair competitor of the county
fairs, which as a rule charge % cents,
and would amount to too much die
tation on the part of the assembly to
the state agricultural commission,
which now has the right to fix the
admission charge. The arguments in
favor of the reduced charges were
that it would treble the attendance,
make the fair popular instead of an
exclusive educational agency, and en-
courage exhibitors to take space. The
agitation in favor of the reduction has
been so keen, however, that threats
are being made that the decision of
the committee may be attacked on
the floor of the house and an effort
made to reverse it's action.
F1oluS Many MOI DeIlnQuSnt.
Fully one-half of the so-called delin-
quent boys and girls who are daily
sent to correctional institutions are
not delinquent at all and ought never
to be sent to such places. This is the
opinion of child experts expressed
recently before the finance commit
tee of the house of representatives in
support of the proposal of the state
administration board and the state
budget commissioner that quarter of
million dollars be given for the es-
tablishment of juvenile research in
stitution. Such an institution is urged
as a place where so-called delinquent
boys and girls could be carefully ex-
ment, habits and physical and mental
health inquired into before they
should be committed to places of pun
ishment. One of the experts on child
culture told the finance committee
that if the laws against Juveniles were
as strictly enforced 20 years aCo as
they are today most of "our best citi-
zens" might have juvenile prison
records.
Appeal Personally to Willis.
Thousands of postal cards addressed
to Gov. Willis, with a personal appeal
that he help make the admission price
to the state fair rs cents, have been
sent to almost every county in the
state by those who are interested in
having the entrance fee reduced.
These cards were sent out early last
week and already hundreds of them
are coming back. They say: "The I'M
dersigned is in favor of the proposition
to reduce the general admission to the
Ohio state fair and hereby pledges
himself to do everything possible to
assist in making Ohio's annual exhibit
the greatest in the United States.
Will you help?" 1t is said that $500
such appeals have been distributed
and the expense is being borne by ex.
hibitors, who say they suffer most
through the higher rate.
Smith-MaIlow Bill Law.
Ninety days hence the state agricul-
tural commission will pass out of ex.
istence unless there is referendum
on the Smith-Mallow ripper bill,
which abolishes the commission,
which was signed and made a law by
Gov. Willis Thursday. 1t will go into
effect at the end of that period unless
subjected to referendum test, which
is not expected. The new law creates
a board of 10 non-salaried members
to take the place of the commission,
Which has four members, each getting
a salary of $4,000. 1t also puts the
Wooster experiment station under a
separate board of it's own and turns
over the farmers institute work to the
Ohio State university.
Former Agricultural Head Dies.
Thomas J. Edge, Pennsylvania first
secretary of agriculture, died in his
residence here. He had been in poor
health for several years. Mr.. Edge
was born at Midway, Chester county,
Aug. 13, 1888, and educated in Phila.
delphia He early became interested
in agriculture and for many years was
active in the Chester County Agricul,
ture society, which elected him as one
of it's representatives to the first state
board of agriculture. Mr.. Edge wrote
extensively for the agricultural press
and was connected with the Philadel.
phia Times.
Big Demand for Auto Tags.
One day recently Ohio smashed all its
previous records in the number of auto,
mobile licenses issued. The day closed
with total of 123,00 licenses issued
since the first of the year. This sur,
passes the record for the entire year
of 1914, when 1880 licenses were is.
sued. Registrar w. H. Walker Of the
bureau expects an increase of $4,000
for the year. He says that the de.
business conditions.
Woman Lobbyist Quits Columbus.
Mrs. Mary E. Lee, the only woman
lobbyist at the state capital, has re,
signed her job and returned home
She has been representing the grange
which took exception to her work on
the pending school legislation. She
has been working for the repeal OF
school code legislation, while the posi-.
tion of the grange has been that there
should be no change-at least not un.
til the new system had been given q
fair tryout and it had been found that
it should be revamped. Mrs. Lee has
been familiar Igure in the Legislative
halls at each session for many years
Predicts More Cash for State.
State Treasurer R. w. Archer pre-
diets that the states income this year
will be $1,000,000 more than 1t was in
1914. This gain will be due to the
general increase of business. He es
Inmates that 100000 of the receipts
will be interest on state funds. In re-
ply to House Finance Chairman Reig
hard's statement on the alleged deple
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