Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-01-11
Local ROtarians
Hear C.. F. McIntire

AiODSHS pIoDlcLHS cOHlIOHlIHg the
people of Ohio were ably discussed
Friday evening by Hon. Chas F.
McIntire of Columbus, before the
local Rotarians at their regular
weekly meeting which was held at
the Kennebec hotel He called at
tention to the fact that at present
the delinquent tax in the state totals
approximately 100000. What
to do about it is 'one of the many
perplexing problems facing the Ohio
Legislature. He said that following
the holidays. there would be so
schools in the county that would
not open because of lack of funds.
The old age pension is another prop
osition to be worked outflow to
finance it, etc. Through the voting
of the five mill limitation last fall,
the public income of the state will
be reduced 45,000,0O0, which
must be replaced in some manner,
at the coming special session of the
legislature. He called attention to
the fact that we have $4,000 miles
of dirt unimproved roads yet in the
state; that at cost of approx
mately $4,000 per mile, they could
be put into shape for year round
travel. Mr.. McIntire has been con-
nected with the Ohio Federation of
good roads
Speaking along the lines of finan-
clal matters, he gave it as his opin-
ion that he country going off the
gold standard was not due to
President Roosevelt or to the
Democrats, but because everybody
wanted their money all at once.
Concerning welfare problems in
the state the speaker said that there
are from eight to nine thousand
children in the state who should be
admitted to feeble minded insti-
tutions, and that the Apple Creek
institution for feeble minded should
be completed at once. He recon-
mended that the Ohio penitentiary
be removed in it's entirety from
Columbus to the London prison
farm where there is farm of g.
400 acres. He spoke of the crowd
ed conditions of the Mansfield, and
other reformatories, in the state.
In discussing the wide difference
between what producers get for
their products and what the con-
sumers pay for the products, he
mentioned that in some parts of the
state the producers sell milk for 1c
per quart, and the consumers pay
&c for the same milk He recon-
mended that more city folk move
to small farms where they can be
self supporting, and in closing said
that the man in the country with
small farm would come through the
depression the best of all classes of
people. He suggested that both
political parties put up their best
candidates possible, for the various
offices the coming fall, in state and
county, and emphasized that par
ticularly strong men Or women he
sent to the legislature.
Mr.. McIntire is an able speaker
and has keen grasp on conditions
in the state and nation, and his ad-
dress was very much appreciated.
He formerly resided near Chan
dlersville where he still owns a
farm. For a number of years he
was chief agriculturist for the state,
during which time he greatly i'm
proved the dairy herds and orchards
at the various state institutions
His wife is now and has been for
several years connected with the
chief of division of children handi-
capped by blindness and other
physical defects. Mr. and Mrs. Nc
tire are close friends of Superin-
tendent and Mrs. Harry A Phillips,
and it was through Mr. Phillips that
McIntire was secured to address the
Rotarians
Visitors at the Rotary meeting
included James Richardson Of East
Bloom; Wilbur Matson, A. H.
of this place, and John
Martin of Sandusky DR.. H. II.
Scott of the local M. E. church, and
Rev. Paul I. Wachs of the Malta
church were recently made men,
oers of the local Rotary club.
Secretary Myers Coming
This Friday evening the meeting
of the Rotarians will be at the Ken
1ebec hotel, and Hon. Geo. S.
Myers, secretary of state, will be
he speaker.