Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16


dren Will the parents of Milford attend meeting
ArmOry to discuss and make plans for getting pl
= grounds now?
THE GOVERNOR has returned from his visit to t
batefelds of with realization of what that cou
try experienced during the four years of war After
experience this character he returns to face the
cessity of solving the problem of State affairs One
the most important is the naming of the State Tax
missioner, who will have the job of organizing new
parment to enforce the laws which were created
the last legislature which to produce the money
support the public schools to large extent That la
prescribes what qualifications the person shall have WI
is appointed to the job 1t also clearly how IL
tax shall be levied and collected by only cal
able, but which must also be in sympathy with the e1
forcement of its provisions. To large man fC
this place should have mind running along legal char
nels and who familiar with the laws of Delaware an
the people. If the law produce the results desired
must be inelligeny efectually put into effect
the newly organized department; which to be rorme
after appointment of the Commissioner by Governor
on or before November 1st of the year.
ary $4,000 year. should get high grade man for tn
job while the assistants at 900 EACH can certain
y be had if properly by the Commissioner VIII
will bring practical business with persistent eor
to make the collection of the Registration and Income
Tax provided for Sussex County has in Rober
G. Houston, of Georgetown, well qualified to fill
the Office He is in sympathy with the system taxation
Mr.. Houston, if he desires to enforce the new law
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1T is TIME FOR ALL PEOPLE to get down to the
fact that the business interests of these United States
and the people of all parts of its manufacturing
cia interests of any whatsoever needs honest
effort to get the of commerce and manufactures
moving that all the people may live from fair service
given for rate of pay which will insure least pros
perity The labor organizations in all parts these
United States as well as in other countries have anagon
lied efforts to adjust the conditions manner that
the business of the country be on at
supporting business 1t to have entirely escaped
the men and who leading labor organiza-
tions that it is not question to wage-so much as it
is to how any wage be paid to escape the absolute
sagnation of business the general ideness
Each person must iveit requires and meat for
the stOmachthat cannot be put off, while rament can be
posponedbut the postponement deprivng others
from opportunity to work to be able to procure
food The railroad employees will fare extremely badf
produce is not delivered to carriers freight
Along these lines from time the leaders of labor
organizations generally have attempted glory for
labor at the beement of other which go to
make up the manufacturing, the commercial business
trade of the country Recently Samuel Gompers the ac-
nowledged head of all the labor organizations gave out
statement in public speech that labor the war
he was accredited to have stated Pershng
at public dinner took occasion to reply Gompers
and emphaticay called his propaganda at the same time
stating facts that every should understand
The Sunday Ledger of Philadelphia editoraly on this
subject said:
Maybe Samuel GOmpers failed to make the fiat claim
hat Labor the war" in his Lafay dinner
speech. The A. F. L. leader, however, has been in the
labt of making and nferences on occa
ion These claims and nfernces have been coupled with
he inference and suggestion that because Labor was good
vas patriotic, during the struggle this Nation ought to
ret down its knees before Labor it's forehead
n the dust
He did something like that at the Washington dinner
he other night and General Pershing called" him. and
called" him hard nation that knows something about
3O-aday workers in the shipyards familiar with
ow Labor put the thumbscrews the country grave
mergency halls with approval what General Pershing
ad to say.
Somebody should have said it a long time ago The
ountIy had been aching for some such brief slashng
atement OF truths that General Pershng The gen
raj reminded Labor and the country that the
policies of this country not determined by labor un
ms other organization, by the consensus of
patriotic citizens of whatever affiliations He went on
say something else that has been the feeling
ajorty of Americans for a long time:
1t seems to be about time for us to rise up
and say that America shall be ruled and governed
by American citizens and not by organizations /;
which have their selfish purposes to serve.
OF course, Labor helped to win the So did the
rmer and the doctor, the priest the housewife
erybody else who deserves be known as an Ameri-
n. As the Commander-inChief of the A. E. F. tersey
its it, Members of labor unions weren't the only ones
no the war" ,
The Pershng statement a brief and blunt resume
the opinion Of average Americans We are, in fact,
tery weary of the claims special consideration and
traordinary privilege constantly advanced by class
another in this country Nj
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SNEAKED UNDER THE TENT Is
Mr.. McAdOo failed to get hearing before the Sen
. Interstate Commerce Committee so he wrote his T
sws to Democratic Senator, who promptly had them