The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07
Nv n. A. MCKENZIE

before the state legiSlAtuIe ny Wv
ernor Bricker and the figures pre-
sented indicate saving for the two
years Of s1s,00O,000, as compared
TO the expenditures under the form
or administration.
sIn the event Of failure of rev.
enue to dome up to estimates at any
time during the biennium, shall, as
authorized by law, order all depart
monts and institutions for what
ever period is necessary to enable
the state TO live within its income
and still meet its subsidy obliga-
tions and inherited deficits, without
levying any additional taxes" the
Governor stated.
The greatest proportionate cut by
any state department was that Of
the Secretary Of State where the
records reveal the following figures:
1888 $106,888.46 Savings
1889 se,493.99 28.6%
1910 76,299.49 34.2M
ssThe cuts were made in accord
ance with Governor Bricker's econ
omy program announced Sccre-
tary of State Earl Griffith.
Uncle Sam is now computing his
losses during the last twelve months
on S75O,000,000 in loans advanced
to farmers on cotton, wheat, corn
wool and other products stored un-
der the lever normal granary' farm
program. An inventory last year
showed loss of S92 100000.
The stock taking will be made
by the u. S. Treasury Department
and appraisement will be made o.
voluminous file of notes and mort
cages held by the us. Commodity
Credit Corporation which makes th.
loans. The Treasury does not ap
praise the notes and mortgages al
their face value but at the market
price Of the commodities mortgaged
The average loan on cotton was
market prices of about S45, a bale
The government is responsible foi
the storage and insurance charges
on the cotton and other commodities
stored in public warehouses and ele
vators. These charges average, ths
Department reports, about SIS a bal'
on cotton and seven cents q bushe
on wheat, annually. Some Of th'
cotton has been in storage since
1884.
Ohio farmers will sharply reduc,
the acreage planted in major crop
this year, reports V. r. Wertz, Ohit
State University Rural Economist
He states the two principal reasons
for this are discouraging low prices
for farm products and the induce
ment Of the federal A A. admins
tration's soil conservation program
which encourages farmers to reduce
the acreage of soil depicting crops
and to increase acreage in sol
building crops.
"A trailer can not be consider
ed bona fide place Of residence
and the occupant of a trailer is not
entitled to use such location as O
registration address for voting pur-
poses" Secretary of State Earl
Griffith has ruled in a letter sent
to the election officials in counties
having registration.
Mr.. Griffith cited section 4785-31
of the General Code and previous
rulings made by the Secretary Of
State which make it very clear that
o trailer, or trailer camp, can not be
considered bona fide place of resi-
dence.
The State Highway Department
has requested the State Highway
Patrol to file weekly reports on its
investigation of the alleged disap-
rearance of certain equipment in
the State Highway and Welfare De-
partments. The investigation was
requested after an inventory of
state equipment failed to show any
record of the sale Of some of the
missing items, reported to include
several automobiles.
y
Included in the 1909 non-fatal
injury and occupational disease
claims filed with the State Industrial
Commission in January, were So
amputations, asnhyxiations, 1856
burns and scalds, 2,272 crushes and
bruises, 15 conclusions, 5,267 cuts
and lacerations, 841 fractures, H.
500 punctures, 2,001 sprains, 33
disIocations and 199 unclassifed.
The commission has revived long
neglected statute which requires
manufacturers Of fireworks and ex-
plosives to give bond to cover in
jury to persons or property caused
by explosions.
Township trustees at Willoughby,
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