The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1933 Page: 2 of 16
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The Tyler Journal
Issued Weekly By
HENRY EDWARDS & CO.
Publishers
1178
Editorial and Business OBices
505 Citizens Nat’l Bank Blue.
• Tyler, Texas
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Entered as Second-class matter
May 8, 1925, at the Post ^Office at
Tyler, Texas, under the Act of
March 8, 1879,
THE TYLER J OURNAL
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MAY 5. 1933
for the old and accustomed. We
take it that our debt is to the chief
of the Lawn and Shrub Bureau,
whose name we know not, but who
is, we dare say, as busy and sweet
a character as ever chased a bug out
•of a flower-bed. :p
VITAL TO PUBLIC’INTEREST
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HENRY EDWARDS -
- Editor
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Productive Work, The
Test
Any relief program that is
sound must be based upon pro-
ductive work. We can, for ex-
ample, build unnecessary post-
offices, federal buildings and
statehouses yjitil the taxpay-
ers areTilue in the face. A
certain amount of distress will
be eliminated, a certain amount
of temporary employment pro-
vided, and that is all. Unless
the money spent gives us
something actually needed it
Jias been wasted.
Individuals and industrials
must eventually provide the
.productive work. This does not
/mean we should refuse worthy
charities— give to them by all
means. Charity in itself is a
productive, venture of a sort.
But it is better if the same
amount of money can provide
normal jobs, add to the na-
tion’s purchasing power, and
give the spender himself some-
thing he needs and can use.
Property improvement is
productive work. Prices for
materials and supplies of all
kinds are at unprecedented low
levels. Mills, factories and
quarries are inactive, waiting
for orders. There are millions
of people in this country who
can afford to spend ten or a
hundred or a thousand dollars
to depair a furnace, renew or
replace a roof, buy and install
some labor-saving appliance,
overhaul an automobile, paint
a home or do a multitude of
similar tasks. The property-
awner who does this will get
his improvements at much less
than their real value —and he
will be putting dollars into
productive relief work.
Remember that while honest
charity is good, jobs are bet-
ter and cheaper. :
The Associated Railroads o; Penn-
sylvania recently issued a broadsheet
.entitled, “What the Ecjit.or Think
About the Railroads.” It demon-
strates what everyone who follows
the trend of opinion in the press,
knows ^-that the newspapers of the
nation, large and small, are almost
universally in favor of a transporta-
ion of all county moneys will go far
toward eliminating such irregulari-
ties as have stirred public criticism
in the past, it will have the added ad-
vantage of greatly increasing the ef-
ficiency of the county’s financial
management throughout. For one
thing, the fee m’oneys formerly scat-
tered around in a l0t"Of private ac-
counts will earn a substantial amount
in added interest when rounded up
and added to thb other funds in the
official depository.
“The county should thank Mr.
Washburn and congratulate itself
upon the adoption Of so valuable a
reform.” ’ :p
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NO NATION CAN LIVE ALONE
The series of conferences between
f&££ on
and
velt, will focus attention on one of
the most vital problems of. depres-
sion—the decline in foreign trade.
Secretary of State-Cordell Hull re-
cently said that America’s share of
the world trade that has been lost
in the past few years reaches the
astounding total of $6.000,000,000—a
Volume of business which at any
time would mean the difference be-
tween depression and comparative
prosperity. If the general world eco-
nomic -crisis had been wholly respon-
sible for the collapse of trade, the
problem would be a good deal less
instances state regulation is of a important—all over the world the
mild and liberal sort. The trucks jn(|ustrial 'skies are brightening and
carriers a fair deal, and unfairly
penalize pone.
The editors“pbint out that the rail-
roads, a basic and essentia] industry,
and a great national resource, are
gradually—being throttled by the
most inequitable kind of regulation
and competition. The rails are tied
hand and foot by laws and regula-
tory measures. They must build and
maintain expensive rights-of-way
and keep equipment in the best of
condition. Theif principal competi*.
tors, the trucks, are entirely free
from Federal regulation, and in most
is of
Austin— The Legislature is now
in the fourth month'"bT“its regular
session. Under the constitution the
$10 per day compensation, lasts 120
days. Extension of the session be-
yond this""period is possible, but the
pay of members will be reduced by
half. It is -not likely that the ses-
sion will be prolonged much beyond
May 9 when the four-months period
of'iiigh pay ends, though some mem-
bers believe it will last until the lat-
ter part of.,Mgy. There is strong
sentiment among many leaders to
bring the. session to a dose as early
as possible, due chiefly to the fact
that there seems to be an almost
hopeless lack of harmony on many
important subjects with little pros-
pect of composing these differences.
seven per-cent OW incomes in excess
of $11,000. The corporation rate is
from two per cent on the first $1,-
000 to six per cent.,on incomes'* in
excess of $6,000. Passage by the
Senate is regarded as doubtful,
The Senate has passed the four
major appropriation hills. The House
has passed three and is yet to act
on thp educational appropriations.
The judiciary appropriation bill has
passed both branches of the Legisla-
ture an dhas been signed by
Governor. The eleemosynary and
departmental bills are in the hands
of free conference committees to
adjust differences between House
and Senate measures. The appropri-
ation bills_ call for reductions from
25 to 3F per "cent below figures of
the past two years.
decrease it* school _ enrollment. The
measure is House bill No. 243/
The constitutional amendment,
limiting total State expenditures to
$22.50 per capita per biennium, al-
ready approved by the Senate, has
been - reported favorably in the
House. This Is a very important
measure. If approved, it would be
impossible for the Legislature to
continue increasing. State expendi-
tures-. The authority of the Legisla-
ture to increase appropriations is
the,[limited only by the ability to find
sources of taxation. The amendment
would provide an ubsolute limit,
where there is now virtually .none.:
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LAWNS IN THE LAND, OF NOD
(State Press in Dallas News)
Tyler Journal: For home owners
who plan to renovate their lawns
this year instead of making a new
lawn, the United States Department
of Agriculture says the four main
considerations are fertilizing, top
dressing, mowing and watering. If
a lawn is reasonably clear of weeds
and has at least half a stand of
fairly evenly distributed grass, ren-
ovation is worth while.
You are right, Mr. Edwards, which
is not altogether unprecedented in
.....ypuf.. cqse, ..The l^yjj is the frame in
which the picture is set. If the frame
is shabby the picture depreciates.
We go further and take the liberty
of expressing appreciation to the
United States Department of Agri-
culture for discovering and promul-
gating the fact that the four prin-
cipal points in lawn renovation are
' fejrtilizing, top dressing, mowing
and watering. To study, experiment
and develop values for all the people
who grow thingR from the ground
is what the United States Depart-
.....• ment of Agriculture is for, and its
.rjecommendation of fertilization, ir-
rigation, top dressing and mowing
for lawns myist be set down as a
credit to the devoted minds at Wash-
ington. It may be true that the re-
motest ancients practiced irrigation
and fertilization and that cutting
grass at- the top to encourage vigor
at the roots was a custom inherited
by the aboriginees of Nodland, where
Cain raised his family after marry
ing a lady of Nod. But the people
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right-of-way, the highway, has been
provided by the public — and the
taxes they pay for use of it are not
proportionate to the taxes paid by
the railroads.
The opinion of the editor!* is im-
portant. They know that, in normal
times, the railroads are the greatest
single employer and purchaser of
supplies of all kinds. They know that
they have always been leaders in
state, county and municipal develop-
ment. They know the taxes they pay
help educate our children, help build
our city halls and state capitols and
other public projects. They know
that billions of dollars in railroad
securities are held by banks, insur-
ance companies and endowed insti-
tutions.
They know that a* fair deal for
the railroads is vital to the public
interest. C' :p
WHY NOT APPLY HARRIS COUN-
TY “REMEDY” TO ALL?
the upturn has started. But foreign
trade has gone to the doldrums prin-
cipally for another reason—a growth
of isolationist sentiment in the great
countries. The result has' been tar-
iff barriers and .embargoes to a
greater degree than ever before ex-
isted.
In the modern world, we have an-
nihilated space. The telephone, the
radio, fast transport, have almost
eliminated the former barriers of
distance. In this world no nation
can successfully live alone, remote
and economically removed from its
neighbors. Such B policy is the pre-
lude to international distrust, sus-
picion, enmity. And in a world where
such things exist there can be no
permanent and sound prosperity.
The United States is taking the
lead in seeking to obtain world co-
operation for recovery, and to stimu-
late trade between nations. If the
other powers follow, it will he the
greatest blow yet struck at hard
times.—Industrial News Review. :p
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Many of us who have ‘been read-
ing the newspapers very much, and
particularly if we have read the
recommendations of tl^e Graves
Committee of the last Legislature
for the reorganization of county and
state governmental departments with
a view to increasing administrative
efficiency and eliminating the evils
of the fee system, have heard of
Harry Washbui-n, auditor of Harris
county. That gentleman has saved
the big South Texas county many,
many thousands of dollars by his en-
ergetic and unterrified efforts to per-
form his duties as auditor in the
best possible manner, whichi is ;bo
say, in a manner that will eliminate
graft, corruption, negligence and of-
ficial indiscretions and remissness on
the part of officials big and little
whose duty it is to handle any of
the funds Of his county.
Auditor Washburn found that he
needed a special law to enable him
to check certain abuses and law vio<-
lations which he'had discovered to
be common practice on the part of
county and precinct officials whose
official accounts it was his 'duty to
| audit. The auditor went to the Leg-
islature with a request for such a
law. The subjoined comment on his
actions and the reason therefor is
taken from The Houston Post; and
while :cad them you’]) probably
be wondering why every other coun-
ty in the State can npt have the ben-
efit of just such a law:
“A long-needed reform, in Harris
county’s accounting methods has
been accomplished by pasSftge thru
the legislature of the amendments
sponsored by County Auditor Harry
Washburn which will require month-
ly financial reports from all fee-col-
lecting officers and agencies. They
give the auditor authority to pre-
scribe the bookkeeping methods to
be used in making such reports^ and
to check the funds on hand in all
departments at all times.
“The most important feature,
however, is one that has called forth
strenuous objections from the fee
boys whenever it has been previous-
ly proposed and which it is doubtful
if many of them knew to be includ-
ed in the measure just voted unani-
mously in the cenate, after it had re-
ceived overwhelming approval in
the house. •
“It gives the auditor ^discretionary
power to require that all revenues
Up to this time, efforts to
new taxes have failed, with
single exception of an ' WC'b'ffilT tax.
which has House approval. But there
will be a determined effort during
the closing days of the session to re-
vive the sales tax, principally on
the plea that it is . necessary to
keep public schools open. I>aws
strengthening enforcement of the
cigarette tax and gross production
are expected to stop leaks that
caused a loss of $5,600,000 last year.-j
There is also a possibility that all j
of the cigarette tax '.viil b.< diverted)
to the school fund, r/uu;," < ’ servers
contend that rtappage of leaks and
reasonable rcvgar.'xat! ' of the
school system in the interest!/.of
economy make any -new tax. unnec-
essary.
The general economy program de-
pends upon what is done within the
last few weeks of the session. With
a weary Legislature, anxious to fin-
ish its work and go home, some
measures may win approval that
earlier in the session would have had
no chance of adoption. Those citi-
zens who wish to obtain substantial
reductions in their -tax bill would do
well to watch the proceedings close-
ly and not hesitate to let their rep-
resentatives know their wishes. A
good start has been made in the di-
rection of ecoftomy, but this can be
quickly offset in a last-minute stam-
pede. If thfb doesn’t come it will not
be due to -lack of effort on the
part of tax consumers. They are on
the job and will not quit until the
adjournment is taken.
The income tax bill follows many
provisions of the Federal income
tax. As amended "it exempts $2,500
of the income of married persons and
permits an exemption of $50C for
each dependent. The rates graduate
from one pef rent on the first $1,
000 of het income for individuals to
A bill is pending in the House
raising the scholastic age from six
to seven years. Its adoption would
reduce the number of claimants on
Ievv' State school funds by about 135,999
and would result in sfevings to the
schools estimated at upwards of $2,-
000,000, depending on the amount of
the _ State apportionments. This
would be in addition to savings in
local funds through the resultant
A Winehell fan called, to see him
in New York.
Walter was bored.
“Gladtomeetyer. I have only a min-
ute to spare.”
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“Fine,” replied the
me all you know.”
visitor. “Tell
Reporter:
story.”
City Editor:
dog?" *
Reporter: “Naw,
congressman.”
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“I’ve got a perfect
Did a innn bite
bull threw a
B. L. Binn—Queen Theatre
Tested by the Time
The jeweler tests gold wi|th biting acid; the
automobile manufacturer hits his proving
grounds; machines of almost devlish ingenui-
ty twist and hammer and tear and wear the
articles of commerce in order to prove their
worth. * •
Financial institutions are tried by financial
depressions; such^depressions are the acid test
of rqjil worth. It is for this very reason we say
to you now, “Put It In 'Today’s Banks;
They’ve Stood the Test.”
The significance of this
grows as one ponders it.
simple statement
THE CITIZENS
NATIONAL BANK
* of Tyler
AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
of government-in-bus-
> bright as it seemed
collected by county and precinct of-
flcials, from whatever source, shall
|T--‘ ♦" l—gsi fUi"flr- at ;™-|be immediately turned over to the
- el,*™ county treasurer and placed in CTio
portancc by crowding them out with
things of no consequence the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is deserving of
applause for not permitting all the
antediluvian customs to pe ignored.
Must we credit the Hon. Henry Wal-
lace, new Secretary of Agriculture,
with this recipe for lawn rentr
tion? We scarcely think so. Mr.
Wallace' has himself been more con-
cerned for the new and untried than
county treasurer and placed
county depository. That his sense of
discretion will induce him to exrcise
the powfcf’thus accorded and make
the boys fork over is a foregone con-
clusion A prompt end may be ex-
pected, therefore, to the old praecipe,
of fee officers keeping the revenues
of their offices in their private bank
“ accounts, hr tfwfr desk
home in the old sock, or wherever it
happened to please them to do so.
“Aside from the fact that this
concentration and constant supervis-
The future
iness is not
awhile ago.
The people have discovered some-
thing. They have found that the
only way their community can build,
for example, a power plant, is to
float a bond issue. They have found
that this requires vast sums of ad-
ditional tax money—laid or. top of
already onerous taxes. They have
found, too, that when such techni-
cal endeavors as power plants are
operated by polities, deficits custo-
marily occur. These, as well, must
be paid by the people through in-
creased taxes. Again, they have
found that bookkeeping for a public-
ly owned utility, not subject to pub-
lic regulation, is of n curious sort.
Pleasant reports are issued, which
take Jittle or no account of over-
head, depreciation, wear and tear.
When the time comes for replace-
ment of broken-down machinery
there is usually no money in the
till—and the taxpayer is again call-
ed upon.
People ar^v learning by dear expe-
rience that when government goes
into business in competition with its
citizens, they have lost, not gained—
that such service furnished them “at
cost” means generally “at cost” to
their own pockOtbooks. The propo-
nents of schemes t» put government
into‘business never put up the money
—they put up the “spiel” to obligate
the taxpayer and then they absorb
tax funds through counJess new
jobs.—Contributed. n
...DIRECTORY...
PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
A List of the Business and Professional Firms in this new-
ly opened building.
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ON TEXAS FARMS
Bowie eounlty, farmers with sur-
plus pigs have put out gilts to 40
club boys who are to re-pay with half
the pigs from the first litter. It is a
part of the county agent’s plan for
producing more home meat.
At a recent meat sh’ow in Young
county culminating a season of hog
and beef butchering, curing and can-
ning, the county farm and home
demonstration agents estimated that
100 beeves and 600 hogs worth $6200
on foot had been converted into pro^
ducts worth $16,000.
Four turkeys canned bought half
as muen as w curacy* on root—w
Mrs. Claude Harrell, a home demon-
stration club •- member at Swan’s
Chapel ia_ Jones county. She canned
8 gobblers worth 7 cents per poutid
on the market, and sold the No. 1
/‘ons of products for an average of
30 cents per can.
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$1.10 per ’ month. Peoples Mutual
Life. Lobby Peoples Bank, 33tf
Mrs. Mae Martin—Queen Theatre
THE
of Tyler
NOW in OUR NEW HOME
Pay us a visit. We’ll be glad to show you
one of the most handsome, beat - equipped
banking houses south. We re ready for
business, too.
DR. L. C. POLK
DENTIST
X-Ray
707 Peoples Nat’l Bank Bldg.
Phones: Res. 1275; Office 188
dr. c. c. McDonald
MEDICINE and SURGERY
HEART
1226—Phones—1226
24 Hours a Day
701 Peeples Nat’l Bank Bldg.
Dr, W. Howard Rryanf
MEDICINE and SURGERY
Phone 2061
801-2 -Peoples Nat’l Bank Bldg.
DR. G. L. TAYLOR
gnnT SPETIAMST
Room 316
JNO. H. MITCHELL, M. D.
Phone 1640
A C. PICKARD, M. D.
Phone 2891
SURGERY and MEDICINE
Room 604
DR.. L E. SKINNER
CLASSES FITTED
Special attention given school
children.
Room 702 Peoples Bank Bldg.
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14th Floor Phone 2840
Peoples Bank Bldg.
Earle B. Mayfield 3. S. Grisham
HENRY AUDIT CO.
Public Accountants, Tax Consul-
tantar------------
Audits. Ac
Tax Sendee
Phones: Office 2185; .Res. 1955-J
Room 902
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Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1933, newspaper, May 5, 1933; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth619759/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith County Historical Society.