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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
WHAT DEFENsE WILL COST
PEOPLE OF MARYLAND

Calling ON the General Assembly
to cut non-defense expenditures to
the bone, as a way to help the peo-
pie of Maryland meet necessary ma
tional defense costs, the Citizens
State Budget Emergency Committee
today issued figures showing that
this States share of estimated de-
Tense cost the first year alone
amounts to Sails for every man,
woman and child, or $169.25 for
every family in the State.
Defense expenditures, like any
other government expenditures, come
home to roost and must be met SOON
err or later by the taxpayers, Curtis
]. Ireland, Chairman of the Citizens
Committee, said. Everyone who has
the interest of his country at heart
is ready and willing to do every
thing in his power and to make the
necessary sacrifices to see that our
defense program is carried out.
This huge cost coming on top of
costs must be squarely faced. The
taxpayer will not be called upon to
pay all defense costs Immediately,
but he and his children and his child
ren's children will be compelled to
pay such cost as are represented by
increased debt and the interest
charges on this debt.
tThe same applies to regular gov
eminent costs not related to nation
al defense. But these can and must
be cut wherever possible to. elm
mate waste and extravaganza, where
as defense costs cannot be cut and
must necessarily increase IL we are
to be properly prepared for the
world emergency that faces us.
1.-THE General Assembly must
weigh what defense will cost the
people of our State and act now to
help meet this supreme task, by cut
ting non-essential government ex-
penditures and taxes. Let it give this
conclusive demonstration of practi-
cal patriotism"
Maryland's share in estimated ma
tional defense cost, allocated accord
ing to its proportionate share Of
realized national income, would be,
ON SIS billion expenditure the first
year $75,OO0,0O0, or Sails per
capita, or S169.25 per family. The
States share of an estimated three
year defense expenditures $23,000,-
100000 would be $345,000,000, or
$189.43 for every man, woman and
child in the State, or $778.56 for
every family.
National defense costs for the
fiscal year 1941, 1912 and 1913 have
been estimated at SIS billion, So bill
lion and $40 billion, respectively,
or total Of $23 billion for the three
nscal years. This States share has
been allocated according to its pro-
portionate share of realized nation
al income, 1888 (income figures are
estimates by the National Industrial
Conference Board). In computing
per capitas, the final figures of the
1910 census were used. In computing
per family shares, private family
averages of the 1880 census, the last
available, were used.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

The Republican spoke bitterly of
Wendell WILKES original statement
and announcement concerning his
trip to England. But when he "got
the glad hand" and words Of praise
from President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
things began to brighten up for
Wendell. Republican leaders in
Washington decided to continue him
in the familiar role as great lead
err,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

The Administration is unwilling
to withdraw its support from New
Deal Labor laws. There is continued
stubborn resistance to efforts being
made in Congress to amend the Wag-
ner Act, or change the practices of
the National Labor Relations Board.
No one need be surprised IL the Pres
ident eases the situation by suspend
ing some of these labor laws. for the
period OF an extraordinary emer-
gency."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
TAX REDUCTION PROPOSAL
GAINS FAVOR
General Reaction is Savings To State
Taxpayers Are Most Opportune

General Reaction is Savings To State
Taxpayers Are Most Opportune
in View Of Federal Increases
From many parts Of the United
States have come communications
expressing approval of, and interest
in, the proposals of Governor Her.
bert r. O'Conor towards the reduc-
ton and progressive elimination of
the States bonded Indebtedness, and
the State Real Estate Levy.
The Governors Budget Message to
the General Assembly on January z,
proposed cut of approximately SO
in the 1912 State Tax Rate, and Of
1919 on the 1943 rate from the pres
ent levy, together with a reduction
in the State Income Tax that will
run as high as 300 in some instanc-
es, and will affect favorably every
one of the more than $4,000 Mary
landers subject to the Income Tax.
For the two years Of 1942-43 cover
ed by the Budget now before the
Legislature, saving of $5,436,100.00
would be assured to the taxpayers
under these two reductions.
Among the first to commend the
Real Estate proposals were the Dele
gates to the Maryland Farm Blu
reau Convention in Baltimore, who
congratulated the Governor upon the
financial condition of the State and
sincerely approved the movement
towards the abolition of the State
Real Estate Tax.
Expressions of approval on reduc-
ton in the Income Tax Law were re-
ceived by Governor O'Conor from the
American Taxpayers Association, a
national group with headquarters in
Washington. The commentator was
forwarded by D. e. Casey, Vice-Pres-
ident-Secretary, from the Washing
ton Offices in the Munsey Building
In espousing the proposal to wipe
out the bonded debt, thus doing
away with the necessity of the State
Real Estate Tax except for new con-
struction, Governor O'Conor declar-
ed that he felt that this source Of
taxation should be left entirely to
the city and county governments. He
pointed out, also, that eighteen stat
es Of the country already have gotten
away from the Real Estate Tax, in
Guiding such important Common
wealths as New York, Ohio, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
California, and Virginia. Six others
have only a small levy against real
property.
With the announced necessity of
important tax increases from Wash
ington to finance National Defense
preparedness, and with broadening
of the National Income Tax Levy,
the general reaction among Mary
landers Of all conditions is that these
two tax reduction proposals of Gov
ernor O'Conor come at most op-
perfume time, and will do much to
Offset the burden of Federal in
creases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
sTATIsTICALLY SPEAKING

Production of electricity is meas
ured by ''kilowaat hours"--but even
though the average layman doesn't
know what that stands for he will
have no dificulty in grasping the
importance of statistics which show
that total electricity production in
1870 was around 43 million kilowatt
hours, and it has now risen to over
$50 million, gain of over 500 per
cent.
World production Of rubber has
jumped from around A thousand
long tons In 1920 to over / billion
tons annually, and most of the in
crease has been due to the growth
Of American automobile industry.
American railroads had more than
double the revenue from passenger
business In 1926 than in 1889 when
SAT million was the income. A steady
increase in freights will likely show
that the lines approach the mark of
their 1926, when freight revenues
were above 81 billion.
Production Of passenger automo-
biles was 3,705, 900, and motor
trucks 771,000 in United States
plants during 1910. an increase OF
more than rs per cent over 1889.
Forty-one per cent Of all motor
vehicles are ON farms and in villages
In the United States last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
A stitch II, Time

The Federal Reserve Board rec
commended cancelling the powers of
the President to change the value Of
the dollar as q means of controlling
the reserves in nations banks and in
order to avert possible credit infla-
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Left right Donald Voorhees, orchestra Leaders Franc White
and Melton the Telephone heard Monday
500 NBC
moment during rehearsal a bite of lunch
Telephone Hour because the show Of the few its
popularity studio The
Hour built the enjoyment people sitting at home and the thousands
listeners
Melton White Voorhees, well without
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Stock of wheat in Maryland mills
and elevators ON January were es-
timated by the Maryland Crop Re-
porting Service at $4,000 bushels.
Present stocks are the highest in the
seven years of record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Horse hair Is used In the U. 8. for
man PARTICLES 1t Is secured and
spun into yarn SO pounds each
minute manufactured for this pur-
pose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Washington An unusual cere-
mony occurred in, Washington, d. G.
recently when q father and son were
presented at the same time with their
certificates of membership in Alex
ander Graham Bell Chapter Of the
Telephone Pioneers Of America. The
father, Herman w. Schrum, store
keeper in the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company at Washington,
only recently became eligible to Pho
neer membership because Of previous
employment in other lines. The son
is James H. Schrum, now a senior
central Office man in one Of the large
Washington exchanges.
Manchester In the Manchester
Royal Infrmary in England, n thirty
year-old medical student, Hamed Bey
Shaker, was so i'll that the doctors
thought his case hopeless. The young
mans last wish was to speak with his
father, 1000 miles away In Egypt.
Hospital authorities arranged for the
telephone call, and at the sound Of his
fathers voice, Shaker rallied amaz-
ingly. The call cost about $4,000, but
It saved the young mans life.
New York :. Another new RADIO
telephone circuit to South America
is planned by the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company between its
Hialeah, Fla, station and Cartegena,
Colombia. This will make the third
point to which radiotelephone service
IL available in Colombia, circuits al
ready reaching Bogota and Barran,
emilia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

A poet is a person who can steal
q two-line gag and rewrite 1t In
four lines that rhyme and sell it as
original.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

The Internal Revenue Once coli
lectt SIS . minute from clubs for
dues and initiation fees,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

From a theatrical point Of view q
divorce without publicity is worse
than marriage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

The value of tin cans and utensils
made Of tin in the U. S. amounts to
500 per minute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Ais fair In love and war, but
most men would rather be in love
than in tight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Venezuela, South America, has
large production Of goat skins that
are exported.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Grease and tallow are being made
In this country In large quantities.
from animal fat. bones. met scrapa
etc. valued ct SAGE = second.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Some men can reform and live
comfortably. and soms have already
1e1rned 10 blame somebody else.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

Backward region: Any place where
juries always help the plaintiff soak
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
One Extra Pint Of Mix
Each Milking Makes Feed
Worth $500 More Per Ton

NJ -. extra pint milking makes ration worth $500
an -. w milking makes ration worth $1,000
90 :. ' ::: ''. '' Milking -'''' '''' ''' $500 NOE
Above prices figured with milk ct $500 ewt)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07

corporation regardless Of Justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
ControI-How'll You Have it?

Who will not control himself must be controlled. If everybody could, or would, control himself in his relations with other people, there would not need to be single policeman in the world. Policemen, the world has respectfully found, are neces- Sary Why? Because there are certain number of people who cannot, or will not, exercise such control over themselves and their acts as make others reasonably safe.
 Why is a free country free? Because, by and large, its people have managed to exert enough self-control, self-discipline so that their affairs are run without con- tinual control from outside, or above. The American people now have a magnificent opportunity to show themselves worthy of freedom from strict control. The country admittedly faces certain dangers, and not the least of them is the danger of run away prices and imitation.
 There is talk of government price fix ing, government setting of wages, govern ment limitations on profits. Why? Be- cause if there are no limitations on those things, imitation is inevitable, a common disaster dragging all down with 1t. The ytate is bound to protect against such disasters in one way or another. Nobody wants complete state control. Farmers don't want State-set prices. Workers don't want state-set wages, to say nothing of state-set hours and job locations. Manu- lecturers don't want state-set limits on profits, any further controls. How to avoid them?
 Self-control seems to be the only way: The farmers must not object to release or agricultural surpluses, even though that keeps prices down, and they must resist that hankering for $2 wheat. The work CTS must not strike for arbitrary reasons, reasons connected only with politics and union administration; only as last re- sort to protect their position in relation to a cost of living that has already risen. The manufacturers must not seek extra ordinary profits, or try to corner defense business at the expense of the small pro- ducer The ordinary consumer must not rush to buy goods produced in competl- tion with armament; he must reserve his spare spending power by buying Defense Bonds.
 Those are hard words, but true words. If Self-reStraint of this kind is not eXer- cised, control must come from some other source, and nobody, not the farmers, not the workers, not the empowers, will like it. There is only one way to avoid cen tralized control in times like these - that is by exercise of rigorous self-control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
Fire Prevention Week

Each year in October, Fire Prevention Week is observed by proclamation of the President of the United States. It is a call on the citizens of this country to re- Auce loss of life and property by fire.
 That Week is always important. This year, with the country engaged in the greatest defense drive in all history 0rive which means that large part of She human and material resources of this country must be turned to the gigantic 9aSk of making us militarily impregnable .- the Week is hundred times more inn oortant still. It has been said many times, and it should be said many times again, that fire is the enemy of defense. Fire is the waster, the implacable de- Stroyer of time, of human effort, of life, of resources Fire fights against the swift production of airplanes and cannonS and battleships and tanks. Fire fights against the nations safety.
 Tn the past years it has often happened that fire losses have gone down during the Week and the period immediately follow ing, only to rise sharply thereafter. In other words, we Americans have had short memories. The lessons learned during the Week were quickly forgotten, and we relapsed into our old careless, thoughtlesS habits.
 That must not happen now. We must regard every week as fire prevention week. We must regard every day as a day in which to keep in mind the haz-- ards that breed fire, and the means of eliminating them. Only if that is done, can fire, our ever-present foe, be beaten. The war against fire is war for Ameri- can safety in which every one of us can ulav an appreSSiVe part
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
The "American Division'

Probably few Americans realize how many of their fellow citizens have been slipping over the border to Canada to enlist for service against Hitler. One hears now and then from Europe about how Spaniards and Frenchmen are vol unteering to serve the German Fuehrer, but little is being said about American volunteers except in England.
 Yet recent Canadian dispatch esti- mates at 5000 the number of American citizens in the Canadian army, while 10 per cent of the Royal Canadian Air force air crews are believed to be Americans Together they would probably be equiva- lent to full division. These men are on their own. No conceivable pressure has been put on them except that which came from within themselves. They are living testimony that freedom also has friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
The Presidents Request

There was a sentence in the statement of Floyd B. Odlum in becoming Director of Contact Distribution, OPM which de- serves repeating. Asked to assume the thankless task of trying to spread vital government work in the defense drive among small firms threatened with shut down, Odlum said this: "The Presidents request that organize this division and get it's work moving forward left me no choice as matter of public duty"
 A life that has never felt an impulse to service beyond self-service is a bar ren life. When Odlum undertook this thankless task, he did better thing than many men have done. The men who serve because they ought are go- ing to beat the men who serve because they must.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

RaskOb and Campbell now plan the same type of mass production agriculture in New Mexico. They already own 216,- 900 acres and are getting 100000 acres more in q manner which has brought harsh criticism from the U. s. Agriculture De- partment.
 Raskob Acres, in Taos County, is populated by the descendants of the original Spanish settlers, liv- ing on grant which New Mexico knows as Sangre de Cristo. AL though squatters, they had lived on the land for generations, tol- erated by development company which agreed that they could live adjacent to the rivers.
 U. S. KEPT OUT
 This company, however, became delinquent in taxes, and at this point Tom Campbell stepped in on behalf of Raskob. There are not many places in the U. s. A. where you can buy 100000 acres at one clip, and Campbell is c snrewd buyer. To prevent competitive bidders, he Is arranging for the development company to pay up its delinquent taxes and then turn over the land to him.
 Under the law, the owner has the first right to redeem his land, and this arrangement of paying up taxes first has kept the prop erty from being boosted in price by open bidding. Even more im- portant, 1t has prevented the U. S. government from stepping in, for the settlers had asked the Farm Security Administration to make them a loan with which they could have taken over part of the land.
 Farm Security is still trying to make a deal with Campbell. while Senator Chavez of New Mexico, for humanitarian as well as poli- tical motives, Is trying to prevent the eviction.
 But meanwhile Campbell has called for bids to build a fence round the Sangre de Cristo grant. Copyright, 194l, by United Feature
 Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

The largest defense housing project of its kind in New England was dedicated Saturday in Hartford with federal, state and Hartford officials in attendance. It is to be known as Charter Oak Terrace and when completed it is expected that it will house over three thousand persons. The acreage is large and over two hun dred and thirty buildings will be in the center. Housing conditions at the pres ent time are such that cities cannot take care of those who are looking for home, consisting of anything from one room to a one family house In reference to hous- ing conditions at the present time Cover nor Hurley says: Satisfactory conditions in the home are essential if the efficiency of the workers is to be maintained. Con- necticut has recognized this fact, and throughout the areas where our huge de- fense industries are located housing pro]- ects are being completed rapidly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

primatur which is easily recognized. On the other hand, those who live quiet, trusting lives and who carry about in their hearts every day the desire to help their neighborS when the opportunity presents itself, have in the very creases of their faces as well as in the look of their eyes, a kindliness which men everywhere observe and understand.
 Victor Hugo's statement that the appearance of our faces is formed by the conscience and is the result of multitude of mysterious exca- vations, is arresting. To excavate means to scoop or cut out, and Hugo in this connection means that the people whose faces attract us are those who have disciplined their lives, denied themselves certain things, endured trouble. These mysterious excavations" are the things that make character, and character is always reflected on our faces-as sunshine is reflected on q mirror.
 As the years pass. the record of our thoughts and deeds Is written in our features so that even he who runs may read.
 All Rights Reserved Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
Keep Elm Buying

To "Keep Elm Flying" Keep on Buy- ing! Defense Bond sales by the Treasury have now passed billion and a quarter dollars in the first four months Let's recall, however, that the buying of De- fense Bonds and Defense Saving Stamps is different from the buying of Liberty Bonds during World War l. Then, there were several intensive drives to buy bonds, but no loans between times. Today the Denfense Bond campaign is a continu- wls performance; the intention is that they be bought regularly as form of systematic saving which wifi curtain ex- cess spending today and form a cushion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

The east side of Hartford will soon be glorified by the new Connecticut River bridge which is scheduled to be com pleted by July first. When the bridge was first discussed and the plans pre- sented the bridge seemed more or less of a dream and something that would be a long time coming. But here we are with its completion in sight. The work on the bridge is reported to be going along on schedule with no appreciable holdups for materials. The concrete piers are con- pleted as well as spans on two approaches. Bridge building is rather simple, the stated, the erection of span something like putting together jlggsaw puzzle. Some call that easy, but some call it hard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

the European war. Fad the law been amended to permit the de- livery of arms, he holds, Hitler would have thought twice before pulling the trigger.
 This thesis has been hotly con- troverted by isolationists, who blocked the plan to revise neutral ity. The late Senator William E. Borah attacked 1t, and said only a few weeks before the invasion of Poland that he had highly au- thoritative assurances Esaere would be no war.
 But in Manchester, N. H., today, a leading Republican senator, who has been a bitter New Deal foe, will publicly back up Roosevelt's contention. Senator Styles Bridges will declare that there might not have been 8 war" had Congress followed Roosevelt's counsel.
 Senator Bridges will say that Hitler began hostilities because he felt secure in the belief that the United States would not inter- fere," and that the factor that gave him this assurance was the Neutrality Act which put the U. S. Gin q straightjacket as far as international relations are con- cerned and prevented important help to besleged, oppressed and, attacked nations"
 Senator Bridges will also as- sert fiatly that If Congress had
 not finally, on Roosevelt's insist
 once, repealed the arms em-
 bargo, Britain today would be
 defeated and the United States
 at war.
 JESSE JONES' NEW SUIT
 Jesse Jones, Secretary of Com merce and REC boss, is one of the wealthiest men in Washing ton. In Houston, Texas, he owns banks, offlce buildings and a pros- porous newspaper. He also has loaned more government money than any man in history. But personally the tall, soft-voiced Texan is a most careful spender.
 So when he appeared at a press