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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1922
Page
5
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The article notes a late Republican Legislature raising officer salaries and outlines county and township powers to set or increase County Superintendent of Schools pay. It details a minimum salary, travel allowances of 800 annually, and authority for trustees to appoint an assistant, with safeguards against reductions.
A Chicago meeting of big business leaders on October 24 voiced concern over farmers' plight under the Fordney McCumber tariff. They pledged cooperation to aid farmers while noting farm values have fallen since President Harding's election, as Republican candidates face critics over prosperity and tariff impacts.
A letter discusses tax increases by Republican counties since the war and criticizes salaries for judges and officials. It notes waste in road building, cites support from large taxpayers across parties, and questions the cost of Jeffersonville Reformatory removal.
Indiana tax figures show total taxes rising from 50.8 million in 1917 to 114.6 million in 1922. Democrats levied taxes through 1919, then Republicans in 1920 1921 1922, with a near 70 percent rise under the Republican law. State expenses climbed from 21.4 million in 1920 to 28.4 million in 1921. Abe Martin quip about Sam Lomax shouldering a dollar of Harding oats.
The Corydon Republican accuses the Goodrich Tax Law of raising county taxes and criticizes the paper for not explaining why reform costs and judge salaries rose. It cites historical tax figures from 1913 to 1925 and urges readers to review tax receipts and the party's accountability.
The letter questions the Goodrich Tax Law praised by some editors and notes a Republican editor voted against it and opposes tax shifts. It criticizes the Corydon Republican and reports state tax actions increasing county valuations. It cites anticipated anti Beveridge votes and inflation from the Fordney McCumber tariff, including rising sugar prices.
In English Indiana a frail 70 year old woman Mrs Frank Austin returns to the four walls of her youth at a two story log farmhouse near Bradford after fifty years away. She travels by horse and wagon then a Dixie Highway trip to French Lick and West Baden, cherishing memories as she visits the farm cemetery and childhood spring.
Political economists estimate the Fordney tariff will cost the average family about 159 dollars annually more than the prior Democratic tariff. The table notes itemized increases, with farmers not itemized, and families spending over 1500 dollars yearly facing proportionate rises. The overall effect is a roughly ten percent higher cost of living.
The New Albany resident and former Floyd Harrison Crawford district representative, C Pralle Erni, campaigns in the county. He opposes the Goodrich Tax Law and favors returning automobile license taxes to counties, plus reducing commissions to save taxpayer money. He served in World War I, studied pedology at Indiana University, and works as a geologist.
The piece denounces the Fordney tariff drive as taxing the unborn and the bereaved. It cites high levies like 40 percent on diapers 55 percent on bottles and 70 percent on toys plus 50 percent more for tombstone costs. It alleges Republicans push duties that burden infants mothers and widows at every turn.
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