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Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
HOME OWNERS, TROUBLES

Fifteen million American families
desire their own homes, says the
executive of the American Home
Construction Council. These folks
have conceived a dream of owning
one spot of Gods earth from which
no man can oust them. A worthy
aim. But high taxes and high in
terest charges are the angels with
the flaming swords that keep them
out of their paradise.
If it were not for taxes and inter-
! iest; millions of Americans would be
buying and building homes today.
First mortgage money is usually Of
fered at reasonable rate. But sec
ond and third mortgages are differ
ent, and frequently come high.
1t is a tragic moment when fam
lily, unable to keep up its interest
payments, has TO quit the home of
its dreams. Many visions have gone
up in smoke as fieeting as that of the
hearth fire. If these folks had had
some cash of their own to put up, in
stead of having to borrow all, the
dream might be a reality still.
Prices of real estate have taken a
terrific defiation in Delaware. The
time to buy is when prices are low.
Houses cost far less than cost of
construction now.
The federal, state, and municipal
governments have in the past been
operated on the theory that the tax
payers could have almost anything
they wanted. A delightful state of
mind, while it lasts. At present we
have come down to the chilling re-
ality where they can have what they
can afford, and some folks fail to
realize it even yet. However, en-
ough people have grasped that truth
so taxes will probably be less.
People who own homes have ac-
quired stock in the business of op-
Grating a community, and they want
it to run well. Also they have an
incentive to make their share of the
look like something. That
state of mind should be encouraged,
and placing needless burdens on it
is like overlooking your own work
horco
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
THE BUSINESS TIDE

The American Legion posts have
been holding meetings throughout
the country, the purpose of which is
to promote the psychology of conf
dence". They ask employers to as
sure their employees that they will
have steady work. Also they urge
people not to permit their initiative
to be paralyzed by irrational fear.
Business health is like physical
well being. A man who is taking his
pulse and temperature and blood
pressure every day will probably
make himself sick, even if there is
nothing the matter with him. Just
the same about business introspec-
tion.
Care killed a cat. Pussy wor-
ried too much about the, food supply
in case the hunting turned poor. If
she had simply pursued the rats and
mice, and looked confidently to the
kitchen for auxiliary food stuffs, she
would be well and smiling today.
Certain truths about business are
overlooked. Our business troubles
have been principally due to a great
collapse of speculation, involving
heavy losses. But these losses have
all been taken,, and our people have
still the same old productive power
left, if they can only get to exchang-
ing the results of that product as
formerly. If we could all wake up
tomorrow morning, confident that
business would be good, and all go
to work and all spend money as in
normal times, the depression would
be over in month. The country
has suffered from a dozen serious
and recovered each
time and gone on to higher level.
In such times people consume goods
faster than they are produced. All
at once, goods become short, and the
factories have to get busy making
more.
These forces create an ebb and
flow of the commercial tide, that is
as regular as the tides of the sea.
The business tide will stop coming
in about the same time as the heav-
emily bodies stop pulling the high
Tide up on our shores.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
WE ARE STILL PROSPEROUS

panic, stock market
crash, depression anything
Many live live for, real
giving much in
evidence, real friendship true to the test
affect the of securities real estate of
nothing the loyalty, affect
the splendid Garry
with which organizations associates
belief America
pancs reduce dollars capital they
but add faith in the
guidance His
of His universe
being either nations
individuals through achievement Spiritual
individual a right, how
nobleneVer rich Being
Something worthy than owning something,
courageous just than giving
Pancs wipe profits business depessiOns wipe
ddends his
honor They only stimulate
ambitions they him selfsnes greed they
him about striving that His
full will achieve still things only himself
but for America
wealth that easily Her
daughters have mighty opportunity the stuff
which America manifest spirit,
forth the of adversely Out of all this
what importance than what have We
lose what have, lose what Serving TAX
ng its the the list with sharing close
Ond,-gettng and having have by the boards.
discovered himself that
spiritual inevitable future depend
quotations market trends let rejoice that
still with lasting that be
taken from through from America.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
THE RENTED HOME

If you rent your house of someone
do you make any effort to make ii
look like a real home? Or is it a
mess of ashheaps, refuse, and
weeds? This unwillingness of many
tenants to do a stroke of work about
their places for fear they may move
away and the landlord will get all
the benefit, is one reason why many
home places look so seedy.
Almost any owner will do more
things for a tenant who is willing
to exercise a little elbow grease
about the property. People should
hate to have their friends see them
live in place that looks like last
years birds nest. 1t won't hurt any
tenant to keep all refuse cleared up
and grass neatly mown. If he will
plant some ofiwers, he will enjoy
them himself, the neighbors will
bless him, and the landlord will be
more apt to listen when he petitions
for Improvements.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
DISTANT TRADING DELuSION

People sometimes go out of town
to trade, because they claim they
find bigger stocks in the stores OF
larger places. But even if they do,
what do these bigger stocks cost
them?
When people carry a bigger stock
of anything, it takes more capital to
operate business, and more interest
has to be paid on that capital. The
expense of operation and overhead
in the stores of larger cities is some
thing enormous, and something has
to be added on that account to the
price of every article they sell. A
well advertised store in a place like
Milford is as economical a place to
buy goods as you can find.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
CROOK CHASERS

The recent death of one of Oui
most noted detectives, William j
Burns, calls attention to this occu.
patton as an opportunity for bright
young men. There never was time
when competent detectives were SO
much in demand. In this age when
crime is highly scientific and organ
lied, the pursuers of crime need to
be still more efficient.
Mr. Burns career was a thrilling
romance, in which he pursued count
erfeiters, forgers, swindlers, graft
ers, bomb throwers, and perpetra-
tors of every wicked act. He must
have won the game against the un-
derworld, or he would never have
gained his fame.
The American people cry out in
dismay for protection against the
growing army of thieves and gun
toters. When people eagerly clamor
for a service, they are ready to pay
well for it. Public sentiment will
favor generous rewards to the men
who rid our communities of these
Vermin.
Boys dream over their thriller sto-
ries, that anyone can be detective.
They think that boy who is not
smart enough to learn school les
son, can beat the ablest minds of
the gangs and boodlers. Such ones
should get rid of that illusion, and
waste no time on pursuit for which
they are not adapted.
The best qualification for a de-
tective, is a hawk eyed ability to see
slight indications, and a mind in
genious enough to interpret their
meaning. A detective must be keen
student of human nature, and one
who is able to form accurate con-
clusions about the way people act
and think.
Probably the great majority of de-
tectives started in without much ed
ucation. They got ahead by their
keen observation and agile wits. Yet
detective needs enough book edu-
cation so he can pass in any cir
Gle as an intelligent person. The
main thing is that his piercing eyes
should see indications, and that his
analytical brain should form con-
clusions, where other eyes and minds
see nothing. t
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
RICH FOLKS, TROuRLES

The rich man has virtually van
ished from the American picture
says Charles M. Schwab, famous
steel magnate. The wealthy are
afraid to look in their ledgers, tc
see if they are worth anything. he
said.
Mr.. Schwab may take a too pessi-
mistic view of the situation. Yet
anyone can see that the wealth and
income of these folks has been
enormously reduced, and many are
wiped out. Many of them had most
OF their money in common stocks.
When such stock drops from 200
or 100, to 10 or 5, and stops paying
dividends, anyone can see where the
owner thereof gets off.
Many of these people would be
glad to sell their palatial homes,
only they might not get 20 or even
10 per cent of their cost.
People will not be so anxious now
to get rich quick, as to create sure
and dependable income. The only
way to acquire such sure incomes,
is to make business run like a clock,
instead of like a fireworks display.
And that clOckwork regularity is had
only when the masses have a stable
earning and spending power. Much
OF the money that heaped up the pa
per fortunes which have shrunk or
collapsed, should have gone into re-
serves for business, creating a bal
ance wheel that would carry indus
try through slow days.
Excessive hopes should not be
pinned on the taxes to be placed on
these rich folks. They should pay
every dollar they can, but in many
cases squeezing them any further
means discharging servants and
other help. and slowing down the in
dustries in which they are interest
ed.
Excessive differences in wealth
create a low earning and spending
power among masses of people
When business runs slow, that meag-
er spending power is crippled, trade
halts, and rich and poor suffer to-
gether. The American people are
going to build a better future, in
which stable earning and spending
power for all will be the primary
objective.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
Milford, Friday, May 6, 1882
ALL MUST REGISTER TO VOTE

ALL MUST REGISTER TO VOTE
If you live in Delaware and are
twenty-One years or over, it is neces-
sary that you comply with the new
election laws, enacted by the last
legislature before you can vote at the
November elections now only six
months distant, to register as a vo-
ter. The old registration was wiped
away and every voter in the state
must register at one of the five DAYS
set apart by the new law, that your
name may appear upon the voting
books which will be supplied to every
voting district in all the counties and
the City of Wilmington. This is no
hardship for any voter to perform
There are five days to register, and
only minute or two, possibly less,
will be required to qualify any voter
to cast ballot at the general elee-
tions in November. The old perma-
nent registration had become filled
with those who were dead, moved
away or become disqualified, which
opened the way for possible illegal
voting. The lists in the several dis
tricts will be shortened and finding
names will be less tiresome to the
voters as well as the election Of
ficials. So its just right that new
registration should be made, and this
year is especially fitted to do it. The
new registration will be subject to
crutiny by all parties, and the lists
will be passed on by the judiciary,
SO that safeguard against fraud will
be assured, and the electorate be
above suspicion. 1t is not partizan
measure, and the Dover Index, in ap-
proval of the new registration, says
in last weeks editorial: Let there
be no fault finding OF complaints
about the slight trouble of being
again registered" Do you desire to
have members of a legislature from
thinking men and women? Do you
want intelligent men in the levy
courts and capable county officials
generally, then you have got to reg
lister in one of the five days set apart |
for all to qualify as voters in Novem-
ber. Register, vote in November, but |
be you erpublican or democrat, vote |
at the primary of your party, or keep
silent about public affairs and ad-
ministration of laws.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
IN HONOR OF MOTHERS

Some people seem to think that in
observing Mothers Day on the Sec
ond Sunday in May, we perform q
mere act of sentimentalism. But
have we fully recognized the enor-
nous inspirational force exercised
by mothers? Have we thought how
this inspiration serves as a guiding
star, which has led many a buffeted
vOyager safely through the storms
of life?
This noble force builds for the fu-
ture. The men are more than busy
providing for the daily needs of their
families. 1t takes about all their
energy to go out in the world, and
snatch from this arena of conflict
the means to provide bread and
home.
In this absorbed breadwinning, the
men often fail to foresee the future
of their children, and provide for the
tests the future VIII impose on
them.
Many a man, in this daily strug-
gle, so neglects his children that
they come up idle, disorderly, and
crooked. While he was fighting and
winning the battle against economic
perils, his children, without his con-
sciousness of it or any action of his
to help, were losing the battle of
character and honor. More fore
sight and care by such fathers would
have heartened the children to fight
and win these character battles.
Women render at this point their
supreme service. They see the fu-
ture of their little families, they an
ticipate needs and perils, they pre-
pare them to meet hazards and
temptations. To that loving care and
anticipation, we owe most of the
moral progress of the race. We can
not wear any too many flowers, or
sing too many songs of affection on
Mothers Day, as a tribute to that
service.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

been a minority party of obstruction
and denunciation, as Governor Smith
has pointed out, since the Civil War.
They are preventing the Democratic
party from functioning today. They
will prevent its being a party thai
can constructively function tomorT
row.
"The stove league never wins any
pennants. The Democratic street
corner brand of craftsmanship never
solves any problems. For seventy
years the Democratic party has done
nothing but denOunce the policies OF
the Republican party. 1t has become
a Democratic tradition. 1t has pass9
ed from generation to generation
The son has piled the trade of the
father. 1t has become habitual. 1t is
in the blood. You cannot change IT,
Ladies and gentlemen OF, the radio
audience, you cannot expect a
wrecking crew to do the work of AN
engineering corps"
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
MOTHERS DAY

People sometimes ask why so
many churches keep ON making a
special occasion of Mothers Day
year after year, when it is difficult
to say anything new on that sub
iect? Well, the reason is that there
is a real need for paying honor to
the mothers, and stimulating people
to appreciate the infinitely valuable
service rendered by these mothers.
The majority of young people have
no conception of the sacrifice and
service rendered them by their moth
ers. They accept all this outpouring
of love and. devotion as something
that belongs to them by natural
right, and often they give little
thanks for it. Their sentiment to-
ward their mothers is often one of
irritation, because they feel they are
being restricted by them from doing
things they want to do.
So the family life goes on in such
homes, the youngsters ungraciously
accepting all the wealth of love that
is poured on them, often finding fault
because they do not have the things
that others can. In that attitude of
semi-revolt, millions of young peo-
pie grow up, paying back love and
devotion with cross words and sour
looks.
Then some day their mother is
taken from them, and they awake to
the sad reality of life without this
constant offering of affection. Then
they bitterly reflect upon the neg
lect of which they are guilty, and a
sadness enters their life forever
more, due to their failure to appre-
ciate the marvellous gift that had
been made to them.
A church or any other institution
that can help these young people
10 see the value of the care and |
.eiderness with which they are sur
rounded, performs a service to the
and we should applaud |
my effort it may make to dwell upon
his noble thought.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
'BEAR" SPECULATION

A congressional investigating
committee is lifting the lid of the
stock markets, trying to find how
much bear" speculation and short
selling depresses security values. 1t
is claimed that such short selling
has no such effect, since the short
seller, who sells at prices below the
market, has to buy in the stock to
complete his deal, so his buying ac-
tion offsets his selling action.
If that is all there is to it, it may
do no harm. At times when the
American people step on the gas of
their high powered speculative char
lot, the short seller is an extremely
useful creature to have around But
in depressed times, when people see
no ray of hope, it does no good to
have many of the sellers saying that
the worst is yet to come.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
BASEBALL FOR THE COMMUNITY

Is baseball merely an exciting
pastime and spectacle? Or is it also
a means by which town can get de-
sired results?
People need a wholesome outlet
for their energy. They have super
fluous steam boiling around in them,
which must be let out. If there are
no games available in which kinky
young fellow can work off that ener-
gy, he may spend it in activities
which his friends will not like so
well.
The feeling that the home town is
slow old place, a one horse town
as they used to say, is a sentiment
that has spurred many a boy on into
criminal paths. He decided to start
something himself But if you give
such a restless kid a chance to play
on some local ball team, represent
ing a school, shop, or the whole
town, you keep his mind occupied,
and there is no place left for the
devil to get his smart work in.
The American people flock to ball
games like flies to a streak of mo-
lasses. On their way to and from
those games, they stop at the stores.
The merchants get back the money
thew subscribe to a ball team.
But what happens when the home
town team loses? Do the fans"
keep drilling down to the bleachers
like good friends and hackers? Not
at all. They seem to expect that a
ball team can win every game, but
there have to be as many losers as
winners. The home town hackers,
who should be cheering the boys on,
issue their jeers of derision, they
hold the players up to scorn, and
take all their courage away.
Fellows who loaf on the ball field,
those unwilling to spend their spare |
time in practice, have no business !
ON any team. But most players are |
trying their best, and sour remarks |
and derisive yells simply take what |
little courage they have left. If
losing team has done its best, it is
entitled to just as good support as
if it won. &
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
JOHN DIS THREE MILES

John D. Rockefeller, Sr., enjoying
a serene old age at SO through the
season at Ormond, Florida, walks
daily, sometimes three miles. Some
folks think it is a sign of poverty if
they see anyone walk, that such a
poor fellow can't afford a car. But
there are still lovers of pedestrian
ism left, even in these days of rub
ber tires.
With John DIS example to back
us up, we pedestrians can pike along
very cheerfully. We find interest
ing things all the way along the fas-
cinating roads of Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

be the Democratic leaders in the
next Congress. If the lack of any
program during the last three and 4
half years has been due to incapac-
ity of the Democratic leaders, it is
perfectly evident that the same in
capacity will exist in the next Con-
gress. If it has been due to the in
ability of the Democratic leaders TO
agree among themselves, it is per-
fectly clear that the same lack of
harmony will exist in the next Con-
gress.
For three and One-half years
nothing has prevented the Democra-
tic party from getting together, for
mulating q legislative program and
presenting it to Congress and the
American people, except its iniirlnity
of purpose, it's lack of harmony, its
bitter factional differences and its
general incOmpetency. These defects
are characteristic of that party.
They account for the fact it has
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
BOYS CLUBS

In the old days when boys in New
York City, Obliged to play in the
street because of lack of play
grounds and Boys Club, saw the
police coming, they would yell:
Cheese it, the cops"
Not so today. Now they cry:
PLAY ball"
Why?
Because of the work of represen-
tatives of the Crime Prevention Bu-
reau of the New York Police De-
partment, who have organized
neighborhood baseball leagues and
are encouraging boys to spend part
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

of their time in formally organized
and housed Boys Clubs.
No one knows better than Police
Commissioner Mulrooney of New
York that the boy who is placed
amid wholesome surroundings is a
good citizen in the making. When
subject to vicious environment he is
a potential criminal. In presenting
his annual report to Mayor Walker,
Commissioner MulrOoney called spe-
cial attention to a problem that has
caused increasing concern in recent
years-the extreme youth of the ma
iority of offenders against the law.
Boys Clubs are an effective means
of checking juvenile crime. They are
deserving of liberal public support.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

THE man who won't care for his
own family, can't expect too much
from his family is he gets into trou-
BILE, and people who won't support
their own home town business with
their patronage, can't expect too
much from their home town business
if they want anything.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

THE only trouble with America
now is said to be lack of confidence
in its business future, and the only
trouble with many good towns is
their lack of confidence in their own
ability to do things.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

IF you want anything in politics,
YOU have to ask the voters to give it
to you, and if you want patronage in
your business, you have to ask the
buyers for it through some form of
advertising.
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
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