Milford chronicle., 1921-02-11

1T is ENCOURAGING when reac-
tive papers like the Dover Index gets
down to practical discussion of facts
as now confront the people of Della
ware today, and expresses the Opin-
ion briefly as to its belief in the fol-
lowing editorial, which appeared in
its recent edition. We reprint it in
full as follows: zone of the most
pressing needs of Delaware as we see
it is a revision of our revenue raising
laws. A budget system would help
to keep our financial affairs in better
shane, by affording information as to
conditions but we should have an in
come derived from dependable sources
from sources, some now producing
enough, some now producing but
part of what they should produce and
others that now produce little or moth
ing. Among other things most of our
home corporations pay but little. Most
of them pay but a license tax such as
a manufacturing or merchants license.
They pay no state income tax. Rail-
roads, telephones, telegraphs, etc.,
pay fixed sums in lieu of taxes. They
do not pay enough. With the needs
for State aid for education, the in
sane, child welfare and other things
crying for attention the state must
raise more revenue. The income from
is at present taking care
of many needs but it is not depend
able. It is not telling all the story,
when we talk about business methods |
in state matters. We need to balance
our ledger by providing income suf-
icient to care for our expenditures"
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THE WONDERFUL WEATHER for
he winter season which has prevailed
n Delaware during the present year
10 far, has enabled farmers and fruit
growers to perform large parts of the
work. necessary for each new season
N farms of all kinds. Trimming of
and Vineyards, clearing up
nd making ready for the spring work
las been general with. successful
armers, and they are many in Della t
7are. In some fields there are shocks
f corn-some of which have never
ad the corn husked from them-yet
tanding exposed to the elements and l
rows. This is fine for the crows, for
ven a crow must eat, but with a few
these men are not in the
lass of successful farmers. If the
armers kept books of their business
and had even an approx
nate idea as to what the actual in
ONE from their work and farm was
ach year, they would be in better L
osition to combat arguments of those c
-ho believe that farming in spite of !
egIect and lack of skillful business
Management will pay large returns. S
is true that every farmer gets the
roducts of his poultry, increase on
tock, revenue from the sales of milk v
nd butter and the living from the i
lmily each season from the farm on v
-hich he resides. These are not re- =
1rded as part of the proceeds of his b
forts on the farm. On the other p
and he does not credit his own and D
ife's personal labors as part Of the =
zpense of the farm. Every man or n
omen is entitled to draw a stated fl
onthly pay, the same as the monthly 5
borer hired for the farm. 1t is equal +,
true that it is very probable that Il
le sales from poultry and other un- tt
,counted for revenue from the farm,
Gys this important charge-but for f.
e sake of business principles, it is te
,tter that farm records should be it
,pt and all would be conversant with u u
e facts as to how much their ef- n
rts are getting for them in actual d.
turns. This ideal weather for farm al
1rk, and the opportunity to see what 81 =,
e neighboring farmers are doing, ia
ould be a real uplift for agricultur- ca
interests. With good roads at all m
asons the farmer has the opportun- ~ ~
to market his farm products in sh
slant points. Right here in Milford H
1t has been demonstrated this win CT
:. Mr.. Barnard, the son of John 10
rnard Of near Magnolia, in Kent ell
lnty, has found a splendid market oV
his apples, which he brings here OF
large truck loads and sells direct % PI
the stores and consumers general gr
What one man has done another ma
| accomplish. The new concrete
ds make communication between 0-
tant points not only possible, but thu
itable to the grower with brains gr'
ability to take advantage of the -.
'ortunity which good roads and moi
ID weather affords.