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THE JEFFERSONIAN, TOWSON, MARYLAND. September 11, 1920—Page 7
JOHN B. BOWEN Court House
NEW CHARTER AS PRESENTED IS MANIFESTLY INAD
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( C o n t i n u e d f rom P a g e 1, Col. 7.) B a l t i m o r e c o u n t y , in r e r a t i o n to t h e schools , t h e roads;, t h e pol ice , t h e fire d e p a r t m e n t , c h a r i t y , t h e p u b l i c h e a l t h a n d t h e v a r i o u s o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e c o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t . T h e s e l a w s cove r s o m e t h r e e h u n d r e d o r m o r e p a g e s of t h e C o u n t y Code. T h e C h a r t e r h o w e v e r d i spones of t h e w h o l e s u b j e c t in a c o u p l e of p a r a g r a p h s , b u t it does n o t d i s p o s e of i t . I t n a m e s t h e v a r i o u s d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e c o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t . T h a t is, i t g i v e s t h e i r t i t l e s , b u t i t does n o t te.ll w h a t t h e y a r e a n d i t does no t d e c l a r e w h a t p o w e r s or d u t i e s t h e officials sha l l h a v e , n o r does i t s a y to w h a t officials, t h e p o w e r s n o w e x e r c i s e d b y t h e C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s a r e to be g i v e n .
T h e o n l y p o s s i b l e e s c a p e f rom t h e c o n d i t i o n of a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c h a o s t h a t w o u l d er i sue w o u l d be to ho ld t h a t t h e p o w e r s n o w e x e r c i s e d b y t h e C o u n t v C o m m i s s i o n e r s w o u l d s t i l l be e x e r c i s e d b y t h e m , o r t h a t i t wou ld , if t h e office of C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r w e r e a b o l i s h ed, be e x e r c i s e d by t h e C o u n t y Counc i l , in w h i c h e v e n t w e w o u l d h a v e fifteen C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s i n s t e a d of five
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I n a d d i t i o n to t h e s e o b j e c t i o n s t h e e x p e n s e of t h e p r o p o s e d f o r m of g o v e r n m e n t w o u l d be exces s ive . T h e m u l t i p l i c a t i o n of offices, t h e t r e m e n d o u s l y i n c r e a s e d cos t of a d v e r t i s i n g , t h e c o s t s /of t h e " L i t t l e L e g i s l a t u r e , " w o u l d be o u t of p r o p o r t i o n to a n y benef i t d e r i v e d f rom t h e c h a n g e . T h e " L i t t l e L e g i s l a t u r e " m e e t s for b u t t h i r t y d a y s , b u t j . i t w o u l d h a v e c l e r k s , s t e n o g r a p h e r s , a n d t h e va r ious i e x p e n s e s i n c i d e n t to i t s work,- a n d t h e s e e x p e n s e s w o u l d n o t be Mght, b e c a u s e t h e C o u n t y Counc i l w o u l d h a v e m o r e t h a t i ha l f a s m a n y m e m b e r s a s t h e M a r y l a n d S e n a t e . And in a d d i t i o n to t h i s , if t h e Counc i l a l s o did t h e w o r k of t h e C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s t h e y w o u l d a l s o h a v e to be in s e s s ion a s o f t en a s t h e C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s , a n d t h i s a t a cos t of $75 a d a y a n d t h e i r t r a v e l i n g e x p e n s e s for s o m e h u n d r e d a n d f o r t y d a y s w h i c h , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n a l c l e r i c a l a n d o t h e r a s s i s t a n c e t h e y w o u l d r e q u i r e w o u l d m a k e t h e p r e s e n t e x p e n s e of t h e C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s office l o o k v e r y s m a l l i ndeed .
T h e C h a r t e r , a s it is p r e s e n t e d , is m a n i f e s t l y i n a d e q u a t e a s a f o r m of g o v e r n m e n t . N e c e s s a r i l y , a s soon a s a d o p t e d i t w o u l d h a v e t o b e c h a n g e d . B u t w h y d e s t r o y a k n o w n efficient a n d e c o n o m i c a l fo rm of g o v e r n m e n t s u i t e d to t h e n e e d s of t h e peop le for a n e x p e n s i v e e x p e r i m e n t , w h i c h m u s t be a b a n d o n e d for s o m e p l a n of g o v e r n m e n t n o t y e t e v e n f o r m u l a t e d ?
CHARGE EXPLODED ( C o n t i n u e d F r o m P a g e 1, Col. 7)
l a t i o n s , a n d p r o p e r l y so, b e c a u s e t h e y a r e food p r o d u c t s .
" T h i s s a m e chafs :e t h a t t h e f a r m e r ' s nose w a s b e i n g he ld a t t h e g r i n d s t o n e b y t h e D e m o c r a t i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n w h i l e t h e S o u t h e r n f a r m e r w a s p e r m i t t e d t o r e v e l in e a s e a n d l u x u r y w a s m a d e by t h e R e p u b l i c a n C a m p a i g n C o m m i t t e e in 1918. T h i s c a u s e d me to m a k e s o m e i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h r o u g h t h e B u r e a u of M a r k e t s , a n d I t a k e (h i s l ' b e r t y of g i v i n g y o u t h e figures I t h e n c o m p i l e d :
" i n 1T17 c o t t o n i n c r e a s e d in p r i c e o v e r t h e a v e r a g e s i x - y e a r p r e - w a r perk-d 132 p e r c e n t ; woo l i n c r e a s e d o v e r t h e sfeme a v e r a g e p e r i o d 180 p e r c e n t ; co rn i n c r e a s e d o v e r t h e s a m e a v e r a g e pe r iod 137 p e r c e n t ; •wheat inc r e a s e d o v e r t h e s a m e a v e r a g e p e r i o d 127 p e r cen t .
"An i n v e s t i g a t i o n for 1918 s h o w e d t h e figures to be s o n e a r t h o s e for J 917 t h a t t h e r e w o u l d be p r a c t i c a l l y no c h a n g e in t h e c o m p a r i s o n . "
A f t e r e x p r e s s i n g h i s r e s e n t m e n t a t t h e effort to a r o u s e s e c t i o n a l p r e j u dice, Mr. B l a c k w r o t e S e n a t o r C a p p e r t h a t " i t m a y be y o u r v i ew, t h a t a n y t h i n g a n d e v e r y t h i n g is f a i r in po l i t i c s , b u t i t does s e e m to m e t h a t one w h o ho lds t h e r e s p o n s i b l e p o s i t i o n of U n i t e d / S t a t e s S e n a t o r f r o m a g r e a t S t a t e l i k e Kansas ) s h o u l d h a v e a b r o a J -er c o n c e p t i o n of n a t i o n a l u n i t y t h a n to find i t to h i s l i k i n g to a r r a y one s e c t i o n of t h e c o u n t r y a g a i n s t t h e o t h e r a n d a p p e a l t o s e c t i o n a l p r e j u d ice for p a r t y s u p p o r t . " C o n c l u d i n g , Mr. B l a c k s a i d :
" T h e a r m i s t i c e w a s s i g n e d in 1918, a n d y o u r p a r t y w e n t i n t o c o n t r o l of C o n g r e s s a f t e r M a r c h 4, 1919. If t h e w h e a t g u a r a n t e e l a w , u n d e r w h i c h t h e 191*9 c rop h a s b e e n m a r k e t e d , w a s bad , w h y d i d n ' t y o u r p a r t y r e p e a l i t ? Asl
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i n g t h e p a s t f ew y e a r s . T h e i n c r e a s e in f a r m v a l u e s of s u c h S t a t e s a s y o u r S t a t e of K a n s a s , I o w a a n d I l l i n o i s a r e a l l t h e p roof r e q u i r e d to e s t a b l i s h t h e e x t e n t of t h i s w i d e s p r e a d p r o s p e r i t y . "
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