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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
The Church and Industrial Democracy

group in New York City controls 22
billions of wealth, which is more than
twice the value Of all the property OF
the l3 southern states, or more than
that of the twenty-five states west OF
the Mississippi taken together. can
not make myself believe that that Is
nothing like an equitable distribution.
Something is wrong when the lew
grow enormously rich and the many
remain tragically poor. Fifty thous-
and people are killed or manned by
industrial accidents in this country
every year and large percentage ot
these accidents are preventable. Two
million children in this land are en-
gagged in gainful occupation. The re-
suit is they are stunted in body and
mind. altogether unprepared for the
duties of citizenship. Child labor Is
a crime that cries TO heaven Tor re-
dress. In spite of our boasted free
dom of contract, thousands OF indus
trial workers are held virtually in IN
dustrial serfdom. | grow weary
listening to people glorify poverty as
an incentive to endeavor. The power
tv of Abraham Lincoln was one thing,
and the poverty of our great indus
trial centers is quite another thing.
Lncoln's poverty had hope in II, but
present day industrial poverty Is
stark and hopeless. Poverty is a
very good thing in maxims and ser
mons but is very bad in practical life.
Poverty can be cured. Its causes are
mostly social and these causes can be
removed. In this land of opulence, II
Is a disgrace for the American flag
70 wave over slums. Confidence in
tba integrity of our courts has been
seriously undermined. There is wide
spread feeling that there Is one KIND
of Justice for a poor man ana anoth-
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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01

# the proposed constitution to be
,.tad ON tuesday, December 18th,
.6onld be adopted, the burden of tax
lion will be still further increased
lar the ordinary citizen and cores
nondingly reduced for the millionaire
rlasses-the burden will be still fur
tney shifted from off the rich and
anto the backs of the middle classes
and the poor.
Read and study carefully sections
t42. i43 and l45 of this curious docu-
ment. and especially subsection u
Of the second paragraph of section
l45.
The general property tax provisions
of the present constitution have not
been essentially changed in the pro-
nosed new constitution. The good
and the evil of the present system
remain. But there are some new tax
alton devices introduced.
The Poorest Must Pay.
Section l42 provides that I'm lieu
# any tax on intangibles tnotes,
mortgages, etc., the general assem-
bly may provide" uniform income
AZ. But .A--r,ote weil---there arc no
exemptions at all in this case. In
other words. widow, for example,
whose husband has left her a little
lie insurance, or other property so
that she has an income barely suifi-
cient to keep soul and body together
will be pouneed upon by the proVis-
ions Of this section to pay an income
tax. No eXemptions-no escape.
All Earning Over $40 a Week
Must Pay.
Again in section 143 provision Is
made for "a general income tax upon
all net Incomes" This is another and
a different kind of tax from that pro-
vided for in the preceding section.
Note how it works: ''If such tax is
graduated and progressive the high
est rate shall not exceed three times
the lowest. In other words, if we are
10 tax the multi-millionaire 3 per
cent on his millions we must tax the
poor working girl at least l per cent
on her income over $40 per week.
How the Rich Slip Out.
In contrast to these relentless pro-
visions for taxing the poor consider
how this proposed constitution Will
open wide the door for the rich to slip
out In section 145 you will hnd
these words:--"the general assembly
may provide for an exemption of all
household furniture and implements
Of agriculture or labor used as such
without limit as to amount.
In other words the household furnl-
ture of the millionaire's mansion with
its elaborate drawing rooms, ibrar-
les, conservatories and its collections
Of rare and costly paintings, sculp-
ture and other luxuries may be eX-
tmpt-"without limit as to amount.
Big Corporations Exempt-"Without
Limit"
Then, too, we have to ask, what are
these implements of labor" that are
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
CAFETERIA LUNCH
TO BE SERVED BY
LADIES OF COOP

The fourteenth quarterly meeting
of the Twin City Cooperative So
eiety will be held at Labor Hall on
Wednesday evening, December g, at
which the business accumulated dur
ing the past three months will be
gone over and plans laid for the
future of the society. Several Inn
portant reports will he read.
Several officers will be elected, in
eluding three directors, secretary,
and an auditor.
All co-operators, are asked 10 come
and bring their entire families. The
ladies are asked to bring covered
dish and sandwiches, and to come at
G:30 or before 10 participate IN a
cafeteria lunch 10 be served before
the meeting.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
MANY FIRMS DECLARE
STOCK DIVIDENDS; WALL
STREET IN HIGH GLEb

New York.-~Stock dividends are
rampant in Wall street these days.
The largest recently Ia a 200 per cent
issue by the Great Northern paper
company. The National Fuel gas
company issued 100 per cent stock
dividend, and a Is per cent dividend
was issued by the National biscuit
company. Stock dividends by the
Manhattan shirt company, United
States gypsum company National
sugar refining company, and Schultz
retail stores corporation, are also
announced.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
nEFEAf rnE PROPOSED
MN CUNSrTU uuN

=. Every true American eluacO
:. shou.d Natr against tie adoption :
- ol the neN state constitution at
:. the election tu he hcld December
= =. li Is nlade in the interests :
- 81 the lew with Tie common :
- people paving tbe freight
- L 10 Is adopted. Il Ni,l lntr0- :
;. duce Religious prejudice and :
>. strife amongst Us,
=. Il lays thc foundation ter de. :
- stfey,ne TRIAL By jury
- II provides for unequal voting :
= strength en The part ei citizens .
- as between rural districts and .
=. industrial ceoter,, which. of :
=. course, means laying the tenp. :
- dauon for division of hatred. :
:. L make despais of the ludic :
=. ialA within euf state
:. IL pretenr4 the establishment .
:. ey The people Of the Initiative :
- ami Referendum and Recall :
- which safeguard democracy for :
- the iutule DO aur staie- >
:. Il would crown the Injunction :
- judge king Ia Illinois, and would :
=. mean the total destruction OF :
=. Ameueanism. as real Americans :
=. understand IT, :
=. Il would give "A hiased of cor :
- rept states attorney. With :
:. judge Who could be influenced, :
!. power 10 jail, defame, and de. :
=. stfoy anyone they were against .
!. politically OF otherwise +.
- II would lcgaliae tax lodging :
- they ate now doing, OF the part .
i. of the hond.holder, 'mortgagars, :
!. money lenders, coupon clippers, :
i. usuers, etc, etc. would still .
!. leave the large burden Of tax :
4. alton on the poor man who .
!. owned home aud on the farm. .
j. en- whose property and maehin' .
4. cry are all visible, .
]. Il would prevent real In. .
i. come tax being put ON the swol' :
4 len fortunes.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
LABOR RALLIES To CALL
FOR ACTION.

. Organized labor throughout
. Illinois is rallNing ia ferCe 10
. the call for acien against the
. proposed new state constitution.
. Central bodies IN many lUeall-
. ties afe now conducting NEST
. aggressive ami vigorous cam.
. paign 10 warn the citizens =
. the dangers in the proposed new
; organic Law. Mas meetings are
. besg organized throughout the
. state. Local unions are arranr.
. ing for the printing and dis.
. trihation II notices and cifcu-
. lars urging the defeat of the
. proposed new law. Every trade
. union which has not already en-.
. tered the campaign should take
. immediate steps 70 30 50. Tie
. next few weeks viii mean much
. in the history of Illinois. TIE
. proposed new state constitution
. is the most vicious document
. ever submitted for the eonSid-
. Grafton of free people aud
. must be defeated at any cost.
. Let no member of organized la
. Dor be found wanting In this
. great battle.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
JOHN !. NOLAN
DIES AT HOME
IN CALIFORNIA
"a. F. of l.. News Service }

San Francisco.--John I, Nolan.
member Of congress from this city,
died In a local hospital after several
months illness. He Is survived by a
wife and one daughter.
Deceased vas a member Of the
Molders' union and for several years
was on the executive board Of the In
fernational body. He was chairman
of the house committee on labor. Al
the last election he was chosen for
the sixth consecutive time.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
Onposes Constitution.

c. S. Mayhem has returned from
Chicago, where he represented the b.
of r. I. No. 271 at a convention.
The convention went on record as be-
ing unequiyocaily opposed to the
adoption Of the proposed new state
constitution.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01

assembly TO set aside any action of
the Supreme Court above mentioned; /;
although, as We shall see, such power
is reserved TO the general assembly
in the case OF rules as 10 mere plead
ing, practice and procedure.
Hitherto, in this state, the general
rules of pleading, practice and pro-
cedure have been prescribed by gen.
eral laws enacted by the general as.
Sembly; and the courts have been linn.
tied To making subsidiary rules not
Inconsistent with such statutes, The
proponents of the new constitution
ask the people to surrender their
right to enact such laws THROUGH their
general assembly and vest In the SUI
prenie Court the exclusive power to
prescribe rules OF pleading, practice
and procedure in all courts. This is
another attempt to remove the control
of the government a. far as posshle
from the control Of the people. But
these proponents magnanimously pro-
pose that the people reserve to them
selves the right. through their general
assembly duly elected by them, to set
aside any such rule of pleading, prae-
tice or procedure by special law
limited to that purpose.
If the Supreme Court should he
given the exclusive power to prescribe
such rules, why should the general
assembly be allowed to set them
aside I? And II the general assembly
should be allowed zess syeta tsrers nss4es
why should IT be made so difficult as
to be almost impossible by requiring
special act Of the general assembly
limited 10 that purpose TO repeal such
rule? And If the general assembly
should be allowed to set aside such
rules, why should il not also be all
lowed To prescribe such rules?
If il be said that in England the
courts may make all such rules; IL
should also be remembered that in
England the courts and their rules
may be regulated by Parliament,
Space forbids our taking up each
of the instances in the proposed con-
stitution where the courts are clothed
with legislative and judicial powers;
but we want TO call attention TO sec
ton l22 which reads as follows:
"Provision may be made by rule
of the Supreme Court for the
bringing Of actions or proceedings
in which a merely deelaratofy
Judgment or decree or order is
sought and for authorizing the
court to make a binding deelara-
ton of right whether or not any
consequential relief may be
claimed"
Ponder we'll that provision, espe-
cially in the light of the fact that the
Supreme Court is given the full and
unrestrained power to decide what its
powers are Hereunder.
The language Of this section is
broad enough to include any contro-
versy that can possibly arise; and ii
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
Nav Hold Another Election.

The annual election Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen, held Sun
day, has been protested as being
illegal. 1t is expected another cleo
ton viii be held if the contention is
sustained.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
Maste In Rnildinr Shown.

Building trades workmen are eW-
ployed but 1870 days a year.
Unemployment causes an annual
loss Of $500, 100000
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01

Washington.-The United States
supreme court has ruled that Japan
ese are ineligible to citizenship.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01

Washington.-The United States
supreme court has ruled that Vaceina-
ton laws are legal.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
MAKE NO MISTAKE

Be sure you vote at the Constitution election
on tuesday December L. And, if you do not want
vonrsef your children and your ehidren's children
n live under laws so vicious that they would take
9Vav your liberty, vote NO.
Following is. the form of ballot you will vote
Stndv it carefully. Make no mistake. Make an
in the space just to the right of the word mo, as
indicated below.
PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION
ELECTION BALLOT:
YES
Shall the Proposed New
Constitution be Adopted No "
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-01
Mill Appeal 10 CIllzens.

'"fhe man who is chairman OF The
committee Of the constitutional con
vention to put II over on the people
is Henry !. Green Of urbana, ILL.,,
attorney for the Illinois Traction
system mckinley Lines1, the biggest
interurban traction system IN the
state, and several other railroads and
utilities.
"vote NO against the proposed con-
.lllnllnn.n
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26
At the MOUieS
AT THE OPERA HOUSE

Friday and Saturday-"Queen O.
the Turf,"7Lovers of the horse, those
who like fast-moving melodrama on
the screen, those who admire a dare
devil young woman as courageous as
she is beautiful and those who love
the thrill and tingle of the race course
on derby day will find plenty of en-
joyment in Queen O. the Turf" the
big racing drama released by R-C
Pictures. "Queen O. the Turf" has
been described by turf and screen
critics who have reviewed it as an
other Checkers" because it has all
the big punch elements of that great
old melodrama of the race track that
thrilled the world on the stage more
than decade ago.
Tuesday, August 1.-THE Old Oak
en- Bucket''-May Tully's screen ver-
sion of the best loved song of the
century, is different" and thus ranks
among the most unusual photoplays
shown on the local screens this season.
The story of 'The Old Oaken Bucket"
is the story of life as every regular
man has lived it from the days of
patched trousers right up through the
changing periods to maturity. Any
man who has ever stolen apples from
a neighboring orchard, or gone SWIM
ming in the altogether will see him
self as he was in this interesting
drama of memories. "The Old Oaken
Bucket" is picture people of all ages
will enjoy and never forget. 1t will
live as long as the song which millions
know and sing.
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26
AT THE PALACE THEATRE

Friday and Saturday-"Afraid to
Fight"-If it is possible to combine
fast moving action and something
to think about" it's done in afraid to
Fight" the Universal attraction in
which Frank Mayo stars at the Palace
Theater. 1t is a story of the prize
fighting world, but an attempt has
been made to mix physical blows with
mental punches, every point in the
story illustrates something about the
soul of a man labOring under the
stigma of cowardice. The big "kick"
in the story comes when he has to
take horsewhipping from an enemy
in front of the girl he loves, because
he is bound by his word of honor not
to fight. He appears in the story as
a world war evteran with gas-infected
lungs. He has a mother and little
sister to support and no job, and in
addition, the kid sis needs an opera
tion at once to put her on her crippled
feet. William Worthington, who di-
rected Mayo in CDR. JIM and "Out of
the Silent North" two of his best Uni
versal pictures, guided the filming of
afraid to Fight. Lillian Rich was
engaged for the leading feminine role,
both because of her general high
standing in the industry and because
she has played in many Universal pic
lures and come up to their standards.
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26
LATEST HIGHWAY BULLETIN
Issued By State Highway Department
Dover, July 19,1922-ROads Under Way

Issued BY State Highway Department
Dover, July 19,1922-ROads Under Way
Construction news.-1922 promises
to break all records for rapid road
construction in Delaware. Up to July
II, 24A miles of State Highways had
been completed. This is nearly 1-3 of
the years program and indicates the
completion of the work under contract
at an earlier date than on any pre-
vious year in the history of the De-
partment.
The State Highway through Blades
is now open for traffic.
The State Highway at Harrington
is finished and will be opened not lat
er than July 21.
Wilmington-Odessa. No detours.
New concrete road from the Cause
way to Tybout's Corner. Take River
Road, macadam, Tybout's Corner to
Odessa.
Odessa-Smyrna. No detours. New
concrete road Odessa to Armstrong;
corner is open.
Smyrna-Dover. Concrete road. No
detours.
Dover Fredenca. Take concrete
road 1a mile south of Dover, follow to
Frederica Causeway. No detours.
Drive slowly across Causeway.
Frederick Milford-Georgetown-Selby-
ville-Berlin-Ocean City. Concrete
boulevard. No detours.
Georgetown-Laurel. New concrete
road five miles west of Georgetown.
Follow detour signs earth road miles
to concrete rood, thence to Laurel.
Construction in progress.
Rehoboth and Lewes. Concrete road
Georgetown to Harbeson. No detours
Georgetown Bridgeville. Work in
progress. Follow local detour signs
Georgetown to Coverdale's Cross
Roads. Concrete road Coverdale Cross
Roads to Bridgeville.
Dover to FELTON,, Canterbury, Har-
rington, Pennington, Greenwood,
Bridgeville, Seaford, Laurel, Delmar
and Salisbury.
Dover-Camden-W Wyoming. Follow
new concrete road. Shoulder grading
in progress. Drive corefully.
Dover-Canterbury. On account OF
work under construction from Cam
den to Canterbury, motorists are ad.
vised to take dupont Boulevard l mile
south of Dover and follow to l mile
north of Magnolia, detour to west 81.
miles to concrete highway at Canter
bury. Earth road in fair condition.
Canterbury-Fel ton-Harrington. New
concrete road. No detours.
Harrington-Greenwood- Bridgeville
Seaford. Road closed just south o.
Harrington, to be opened July 21
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26
MILFORD HAS 800 FIREMEN
And Not All of Them Were in the
Parade at Dover Recently


Publisher Smyrna Times: - The
writer notices in your issue of last
week in your article headed Smyrna
Firemen on Parade, which was on
your first page, the statement that
should d Smyrna have adopted the plan
of Milford of going outside its men,
bership for marchers they could have
outbeaten them in members because of
our closer proximity to Dover" The
writer of this article was misinformed
when he made this statement. Each
and every man in line for the Milford
Company was, and is, member of the
Carlisle Fire Company. In fact, Mil
ford had a number of members in Do
yer who did not go into the parade at
all. Had they have been needed to
have brought back the Denney Cup
they would have been placed in line.
The Carlisle Fire Company has a
membership of we'll over three hun
dred members, all of whom are inter-
ested in this firefghting organization.
The matter of few miles whould
have made no difference in getting
the men to Dover, for should occasion
have required it Milford could have
taken even more men to Dover. This
is for your information and that of
the writer of the article above referred
to. Milford won the cup fairly, and
should be so accredited with having
won it.--Yours very truly, The Mil
ford Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26

Follow detour signs through Harring-
ton and via old Pennington road west
of railroad miles crossing railroad to
State Highway near Powell's School.
Thence to Farmington- Greenwood
Bridgeville and Seaford. No detours.
Thru Seaford. Road closed. Fol-
low detour signs to Seaford- Blades
bridge.
Seaford-Laurel-De Concrete
road. No detours.
FeltOn-Frederica. Road closed un-
der construction.
Harrington Milford. Road closed.
Construction in progress. Detour to
south past fair grounds and follow de-
tour signs through Houston to Mil
ford.
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26
NATIONAL LOCAL PREACHERS
To HOLD MEETING IN DOVER
65TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
ASSOCIATION TO MEET SEPT. 27
Many Prominent CIergymen Will Be
Present-Meeting To Be Held in
Wesley M. E. Church, Dover.

Wesley M. E. Church, Dover.
The sixty-ffth annual meeting of
the National Association of local
preachers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in America, will be held Sep
tember 27 to October l, inclusive in
Wesley NJ. E. Church, Dover, Rev. ].
w. COlOna, D. D., pastor. Free en-
tertainments will be provided for all
local preachers from any point in the
. United States, provided notice is serv-
ed upon DR.. Colona, not later than
{ September 20. Programs will be sent
to any applicant, whether preacher or
Layman, ltinerant of Local, if appl-
cation is made to the National Secre-
tary, Rev. d. H. Kenney, No. 1909
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Local
Preachers who want information about
joining the Body can also get the same
from the Secretary. Beside many
Representative Local Preachers from
all over the United States there will
be as speakers on the program the
following, who will address the As
sociatiOn at different times during the
sessions: Bishop W.F. Mcdowell, Hon.
William D. Denney, Governor of the
State of Delaware, Hon. Arley B. Ma
gee, Mayor of Dover; Hon. John A.
McSparran, nominee for Governor of
the State of Pennsylvania on the Dem
Ocratic ticket; Mr.. McSparran is also
Master of the State Grange of Penn
/ sylvania; the four District Superin-
tendents of the Wilmington Annual
Conference, and others. A fleet of
automobiles will take the delegation
from Dover Saturday afternoon
to the historic church of Ameri-
can Methodism, namely Barratt's
Chapel. An address by the President
of the N. A. L. p, Rev. A. w. Davis,
will be made in this chapel at o'clock
Saturday, September 30. The visitors
will leave at o'clock Saturday, Sep
tember 30, and return to Dover at $50
for the service Saturday night in Wes-
ley Chapel, Dover, at 730 D. m. All
the evangelical churches of Dover will
have one of the visiting preachers in
their pulpit Wednesday night, Septem-
ber 27, at 7.30. This will not inter-
fere with the meeting at the Wesley
/ NJ. E. Church, Wednesday night. All
Evangelical churches who ask for a
preacher for Sunday, October l, in Do
yer within forty or fifty miles of Do
yer will be supplied if the application
Is made not later than ten o'clock
Saturday, September 80, and as much
earlier as possible. The application
for supply for Sunday, October l,
should be made to Rev. ]. w. Colona,
ID. D., of Dover. People of all denom-
nations and from all parts of the
State of Delaware and the counties of
I Maryland on the Eastside of the
Chesapeake Bay are invited to all the
sessions, business and religious. They
are specially invited to Barratt's
Chapel Saturday afternoon, Septem-
Der 30, to hear the historical address,
but also to Barratt's Chapel, on Sun
day October l, when the preacher will
be Bishop w. F. Mcdowell.
Smyrna times., 1922-07-26

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DELAWARE REPUBLICAN SENA
TOR FINDING HIS WAY
AROUND

T.. Coleman Dupont the New. York
hotel man, who represents Delaware
in the United States Senate. and lie
sometimes referred to as the Third
Senator from New York" has arrived
In Washington.
s TO the Washington News. ever alert
for unusual happenings we are In
debted for the following description Of
how Senator DUPONT attends to his
duties.
ST. Coleman DUPONT, while sojourn-
ing at Colorado Springs. Colo, last
July was appointed United States Sem
ator BY thS governor OF Delaware. He
came to Washington, took the oath OF
office. and has just returned from an
extended sojourn at Miami, Fla, and
other winter resorts. Senatbr DUPONT
drew one big committee assignment
that Of commerce, and is now getting
down to the burdens of his official
duties.
Yesterday he inquired of an eleva-
tor operator at the Capitol the location
Of his committee room"