Nebraska Newspapers

    O’NEILL FRONTIER
* D. H. CRONIN
O'NEILL. MBMMKA
An everbearing orange tree which
mtnm fruit growers believe Is destined
ts revolutionize the orange industry of
Marida, If not of tba entire countryJ
Ms been discovered by horticulturist*!
la a small grove at Avon Park. To pro-)
toct the specimen its purchasers bavel
reed around it a heavy wire fence
feet In height and stationed guards!
flay and night The tree has been ln|
bearing continuously eight years but un-J
to recently its existence was known
Only to the owner and several neigh
bors who. did not realize its value.
Several of South Florida's largest citrus
growers have organized a syndicate and1
■unbiased the tree. The ever-bearing
treo la about 16 years old, and Its origin
in a mystery.
Vouchers attached to the letter verify
the statements regarding the prices re-1
ceived for the calves and the cream.
For the benefit of the city dweller It
may be stated that Lay's reference to'
milk at 26 cents a day for the calves
which he sold Is to what it cost him,
to raise the calves, $16 In the first In
stance and $20 In the second. With this
conservative view of the expense, which,
of course, does not take Into account
small Itms which might be classed un
der the urban "overhead,” Fhrmer I .ay
lost $8.73 on the first calf, and $11.66 on
the second.
Jugoslavia's new constitution, recently
adopted in principle by its parliament,
sets up an hereditary, constiutional
monarchy- to be known as "The State
of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians." Peter
Karageorgevltch (King Peter of Serbia)
is formally recognized as King Peter
the First and Prince Alexander, the re
gent, as heir apparent. The crown will
descend In the male line, with the
princes’ majorities fixed at U years,
Nikolai Lenin, head of the Russian
bolshevlst government, has developed a
liking for wolf-hunting. Mrs. Lenin, say
those who know her, disagrees quite
strongly with her husband on many,
political subjects, being more of the so
cial revolutionist type, advocating
slower changes than Lenin’s com
munism.
Pa. ker Island, on the Gull of Georgia,
Is doing a big business catching sharks.
A week’s catch Is 80, with an average!
weight of crer a ton each. It is claimed!
that there ts no finer meat than that!
from the bodies of sharks; Its head]
produces a valuable glue, and the final
are a Chinese food selling at $S a pound.
The liver produces all the so-called1
"cod liver oil" In the market.
The question of why the mackera^
l.i the large aquarium in Brighton, Eng-,
Mud, swim from left to right around,
the rock In their tank and never vary
the direction of their endless Jouraeyl
has puzzled many. An American woman'
of Greencadtle, Pa, has written to eng-'
gest that the mackerel swim In harmony)
with nature, with the motion of the)
earth. Her solution baa been referred!
to the Britldh board of agriculture.
Wnen a woman In Minnesota employs
her husband to assist her In the con
duct of her private busluess, the wife
becomes the master, according to a rul
ing by the state attorney general’s of-l
flee. The opinion was sought by the1
state industrial commission with ref-'
erence to liability Insurance. She must,
carry liability insurance for her hue-:
band'i protection In case he Is Injured
In the course of his employment.
Three young Norwegians are plan
ning to cross the Atlantic In an open'
boat, and eventually to circumnavigate
the globe. Their 260-foot boat, built by*
a lifeboat company, will have no cover-'
Ing except a canvas awning for the
bunks in bad weather. They will start
from Sandy-Hook the last of this month!
headed for Sicily, and plan to be gone'
about 18 months.
An aged inventor ot Newark, who
Buffeied a loss of memory years ago
•r.d forgot he had $26,000 In a bank,1
i nd who has been living in poverty for
i.»ne years, Is now trying to get his
money. Claims are being put forth by
others tor the greater part of It, all of
whom have come forward since a bank
,'lerk told the old man of the existence'
of the account.
French furniture dealers, weary of
continual reproductions of old period
furniture, are appealing for modern de
signs which will make this period as
much an opoch as the styles of the em
pire uiul the Rcnnnlssance.
The German Interests which have
been planning with certain British In
terests for the eeonomilc exploitation of
Uuss'a are complaining that publication
of the news-"has torn the thread which
was woven with »o much careful nego
tiation."
At least three In Great Britain are
trying to Invent a photographic pro
cess of printing that will do away with
type. When perfected, these printing
machines will occupy little more space
than a typewriter and be no more com
plicated.
The spot where John Calvin is burled
Is being sought by Swiss authorities on
Information furnished by a man who
eays he Is a descendant of Calvin. The
location of the grave Is said to have
been handed down througn the Calvin
family under pledge of secrecy.
The long extinct volcano of Colima In
the state of Jalisco, Mexico, Is said tc
be showing slgna of life, emitting much
•moke and steam similar to Its target
relative, Popocatepetl, which, for sev
eral months, has caused alarm In th<
Mate of Pueblo because of Its activity.
Chicago women are keeping accotinl
of was taxes and luxury taxes they pay
and Intend to deduct them from nexl
year's income tax, as allowable by law
Buch taxes are attached to Pullman
fares, soda fountain drinks, perfumes,
face powders, theater and opera tickets
among other things.
The president of the board of Nei*
Tork aldermen, whose name Is La
Cuardia. Is contemplating running foi
mayor this fall as an Independent can
didate, on the platform of a 5-cent cai
la re.
Fortune seekers from all parts ol
Canada and various parts of the United
Flutes are gathering for thetr dash intc
Che far north oil and mineral Helds wher
navigut-on opens about the middle ol
June.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary
or Ireland, reports that during Vne flrsl
Jve months of his administration there
were 619 properties destroyed or dam
aged by Ore; and In the second five
sooths. 1.014.
The United States arsenal at Water
town. Mass., will hold a Held day or
fune 11. The arsenal will be open u
the public on that day for the flrst tlm<
In 105 year*.
A New Jersey Judge granted $J,00(
damages last week to a man wh<
claimed toO.OOO damages from the Anti
(Baloor. league for being called a “boot
legger."
The Italian government is Inslstini
that govern meat employee may not g<
-on strike. 1 he premier has refused t<
negotiate with the employee and dia
miKBB.1 them, k ys a cable If I Phlla
— ^a j.h*~ ’k kites ledger.
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STRONE FiCHTTO
Wealthy Pennsylvania Rela
tives of Man Convicted in
Nebraska Leave No
Stone Unturned.
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Lincoln, Neb., June 21 (Special).—
Strong financial and political back
ing is being given the effort to secure
the release of R. G. Lukens, serving
a life term in the state penitentiary
for being accessory to a murder com
mitted in Cheyenne couaty, following
a bank robbery,
Lukens comes from a wealthy fam
ily in Pennsylvania, and Governor
Sproul is one of those who are ask
ing that clemency be given the young
man. He came west to see the coun
try, and fell into the company of a
man named Cornell, who was
ostensibly getting orders for repro
duction of photographs. In fact he
stuck up the banker in the small
town of Sunol and escaped in the car
that Lukens was driving for him.
Cornell has refused to take any
part in the movement for Lukens’ re
lease. He is also serving a life term.
Lukens’ story is that after he found
out that Cornell had robbed the bank,
he got away from him. It was fol
lowing this that Cornell turned on the
posse that was following him and
killed two members of it. Attorneys
and detectives have been working
for weeks on the case getting up evi
dence to convince the board of par
dons that he should be released. His
case will be finally heed next week.
ASSERTS HIS INJURIES
DISQUALIFY HIM
Lincoln, Neb., June 21 ((Special).—
Edward L. Simon, politician and
bricklayer, was In supreme court re
cently asking to be adjudged to be
permanently disabled from doing any
more work. He was employed four
years ago by the H. J. Cathroe Com
pany, builders, and suffered Injuries
from a falling brick that have un
seated hls motor nerve system. He
says he cannot retain a brick In his
hand now unless he keeps his eye on
it at all times, and that the doctors
tell him he can climb a smokestack
all right but that he will fall off
If he gets to the top. He drew tem
porary compensation to the amount
of several thousand dollars, and now
desires to be placed on the permanent
payroll.
His claim was denied by the com
pensation commissioner. The em
ployer and Insurance company insists
that he can do other work than that
of bricklaying and therefore cannot
be said to be permanently disabled.
Hls lawyer told the court in reply,
that It does not lie with the re
sponsible parties to claim that he can
work at being an orator, agitator op
lobbyist, because bricklaying Is hls
business and that is what he cannot
work at.
REFU8ES TO ENJOIN
HEAD OF W. O. W.
Omaha, Neb., June 21.—Federal
Judge Martin J. Wade of Iowa Sat
urday declined to grant insurgent
Woodmen of the World an injunction
restraining W. A. Frazer of Omaha,
sovereign commander, from presid
ing at the order’s sovereign camp
meeting in New York, July 5.
About 100 residents of southern
states were petitioners for the In
junction. They had asked the court
to appoint a master in chancery to
preside in Mr. Fraser’s place and
that the sovereign camp be enjoined
from convening if such an officer
ooulc\ not be selected In his stead.
NEBRASKA BANDITS ARE
GIVEN TERMS IN PEN
Table Rock, Neb., June 21 (Special).
—Terms in the penitentiary of from
three to 15 years, were given Fred
Jones, and a companion who refused
to give hi* name, for holding up J.
\V. Shelenburger, meat market own
er, and laking from him a purse con
taining $5.30. After the men escaped
from the store, Shelenburger gave
the alarm and the two bandits were
surrounded and captured.
VIAN LOSES LIFE
IN SPRING CREEK
Wolbach, Neb., June 21 (Special).—■
Because he was unable to swim, Ar
nold Christensen, prominent resident
of Wolbach, lost his life when he
dovo from a log into Spring Creek.
Two boys who saw Chistensen dis
appear, made a futile attempt to res
cue him. The body was recovered
when an alarm was given and the
creek searched,
LITTLE TOT DROWNS
IN A CESS POOL
Loomis, Neb., June 21 (Special).—
Margie Nelson, two-year-old daugh
ter of Uoorge Nelson, was drowned
in a cess pool, when after watching
her father work at It all the after
noon, she wandered back to the pool
ulone at suppertime.
ASKS HUGE SUM TO
PAY BANK’8 DEPOSITORS
Blair, Neb., June 19. — Attorney
General Davis has applied to district
court for an order to have $700,000
paid from the state bunk guarantee
fund to James K. Hart, secretary of
the state department of trade and
commerce, to satisfy the claims of
depositors of the failed bunking house
of A. Castetter, of Blair. Mr. Hart
is receiver for the bank.
ARNOLD—A Buff Orpington hen
which has hatched and is mothering a
brood of prairie chickens has been
placed on exhibit in a store window
here and is attracting much attention.
OMAHA—Walker*H-tnllne, of Grand
Island, was elected president of the Ne
braska Laundry Owners' Association at
(he closing meeting of the association’s
■on vent ton here Frtdgy afternoon.
HAY SPRINGS—Contract tor the new
school house, for which $50,000 bonds
acre voted some time ago, has been let,
"nd it is expected to have the building
' » ample loti by J_A,
RANDOLPH MAN IS
HEAD HANKERS
Charles Randall Elected Pres
ident of Nebraska Associa
tion at Omaha Gather
ing This Week.
Omaha, Neb., June 2#.—Charles
Randall, of Randolph, was elected
president of the Nebraska Bankers'
Association at the association’s an
nual convention here Friday, succeed
ing H. M. Flannigan, of Stuart, Neb.
Fred Thomas, vice president of the
First National Bank of Oniaha, was
named treasurer, while W. B. Hughes,
of Omaha, was re-elected secretary.
Eezecutive committee selections in
cluded Carl Wall, of Lincoln, and S. J.
Weekes, of O’Neill.
GIRL RETURNS HOME
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Omaha, Neb„ June 20.—Alice Mc
Gill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
McGill, who returned to her home
after an absence of 25 hours, is in a
serious condition at St. Luke’s hos
pital, where she is suffering from
what seems to be wood aloohol pois
oning, It is said.
As she mentioned "Fremont” fre
quently after returning home, It is
believed that she was taken to Fre
mont, Neb., where she was forced to
drink a quantity of liquor. When
she reached home her clothes were
nearly torn from her body and she
was badly bruised. She had been
brutally treated. Hospital authorities
say she will recover.
She told her parents she had been
fishing, but mentioned no locality,
and at times her stories were con
fused and she seemed dazed.
The girl left the home of Dr. Robert
Nichols, saying she was going to the
home of the Rev. Howard Whitcomb.
She is said to have entered an auto
mobile containing two men and a
woman.
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BEG8 TO SEE WIFE WHOM
HE 8HOT LA8T SATURDAY
Omaha, Neb., June 20.—Harry Mc
Conley, who shot his wife at the Rialto
theater Saturday night, was brought
back to Omaha from Clarlnda, la., by
Sheriff H. W. Borland of Page county.
McConley kept begging the officers
during the entire trip to let him see
his wife as soon as he got here.
"All I want Is to Just to see Myrtle
smile once more," said McConley. Al
though he had been promised that he
could see his wife, the woman is out
of danger, it was said yesterday.
TO PROVIDE HOME
FOR EMPLOYED GIRLS
Omaha, Neb., June 20.—Campaign
to raise $75,000 by July 1 was launched
at a meeting of the Willard hall as
sociation at First Methodist church.
The money raided in the campaign
together with $50,000 contributed by
the Methodist Centenary Board, will
be used to convert the old Brownell
Hall at Tenth anS Worthington streets
into a home for employed girls and
women, to be known as Willard Hall,
in memory of the late Frances E
Willard.
CREDITORS SAY OMAHA
CONCERN IS BANKRUPT
Omaha, Neb., June 20.—Creditors of
the Guaranty Securities Company of
Omaha have filed a petition in fed
eral court asking that the company
be adjudged bankrupt. They allege
$700,000 worth of first mortgage
bonds floated by the company in
Iowa and Nebraska are protected
only by undeveloped property of the
Colonial Timber & Coal Company of
Charleston, W. Va.
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BOY IS DROWNED
IN NORFOLK RIVER
Pierce, Neb., June 18.—John War
ner, 19 years old, was drowned while
swimming in the Norfolk river near
here. A companion who endeavored
to save him, nearly lost his life.
LABOR FOR CLOSING
GATESJN JAPS
Colonization of Orientals De
plored in Resolution—Work
ers Take Stand to Buy
Only Union Made Goods.
United Press.
Denver, Colo., June 18.—Repre
sentatives of the steel workers’
union will meet here tomorrow
to plan a strong organization
campaign in that industry, prep
aration for what they believe will
be further wage reductions.
“Judge Gary and other leaders
in the steel industry have indi
cated they will soon reduce wages
again,” said David T. Davies, on:
of the steel delegates to Ameri
can Federation of Labor conven
tion. "There is one thin^ sure and
that is they will go as far &s they
dare.”
Many delegates took tint: off
from the convention today to vis
it Colorado Springs as guests of
the typographical union.
GASSED IN WORLD WAR;
DROWNED IN S. DAKOTA
Mitchell. S. D., June 18.—Andrew
M. Voss, 23 years old. who was gassed
while fighting in France and who has
been taking vocational training at
the state highway commission In
Mitehell, was drowned in the Firesteel
creek while swimming Friday eve
ning. Voss’ parents live at Castle
wood, S. V.
CUT PHONE RITES,
TD HJWEXPUIIII
Company at Fordyce, Neb.,
Must Tell Bail Board Why
It Made Change With
out Authority.
Lincoln, Neb., June 18 (Special).—
The Fanners Telephone Company of
Fordyce, Cedar county, has been
lummoned to appear before the state
railway commission on July 7 to ex
plain why it reduced its rates with
out getting proper authority. A year
ago the company officials came to
Lincoln and asked for rates of $2 a
month on business and $1.40 on resi
dence and farm service. They showed
that their total gross revenue did
not equal the amount paid out for
salaries and wages, and had no dif
ficulty in getting the rates asked for.
When the folks back home heard
about it they raised such a row that
the directors met and concluded to
allow the residence and farm rates to
remain at $1.25. They never told the
commission about it, and it didn’t
find out until an examiner stumbled
onto the fact.
A citation has also been issued for
the Guide Rock branch of the Glen
wood Telephone Company to come
forward on July 8 and explain why it
raised its rates without asking au
thority. The law makes the rates of
the commission the only legal ones,
and it is as much an offense to low
er as to raise without authority. The
penalty is $10,000 for each violation.
THINK JUDGMENT IN
DAMAGE CASE TOO BIG
Lincoln, Neb., June 18 (Special).—
Asking that the supreme court order
a new trial of the case where Flor
ence S. Deter, an Omaha stenog
rapher, secured a $13,000 Judgment
for Injuries sustained when run down
by their antos. S. S. Carlisle and
W. W. Hoagland, wealthy residents
of that city, give as one reason why
the jury landed on them so hard
that it was because they owned big
cars and the girl was a working
woman. This engendered a passion
and prejudice reflected in the amount
of the verdict They are willing to
pay $5,000, and ask that the case be
sent back with a direction to enter'
judgment for that sum.
The girl was waiting for a street
car. and Hoagland’s auto, driven by
his wife, skidded 60 feet and hit that
of Carlisle, which in turn struck the
girl. She claims to have lost the
senses of taste and smell, but the
defendants say this is largely im
agination that Christian Science at
something like that could cure.
TO BE BITTER FIGHT
ON UNION DEPOT PLAN
Mitchell, S.' D., June 18.—Huron was
Citizens of Wolsey are banded to
gether to prevent the building of a
union station at that place. Not only
does the fate of the proposed depot
but the fate of six families probably
hangs upon the outcome of the fight
which the state organization of Unit
ed Commercial Travelers has start
ed. The U. C. T., together with mer
chants and shippers throughout this
section of the state declare that travel
and shipping would be greatly facili
tated if the station was built and on
this ground have filed a petition with
the state railway commission asking
for the construction of such a sta
tion. The six families, whose fate
depends upon the solution of the sta
tion fight, are all engaged in the
transfer\of freight and baggage from
one depot to another, and it is be
cause of this fact that the entire town
of Wolsey has rallied to defeat the
union depot move.
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Senate.
Resumes consideration of the pack
er bill.
Railroad hearing continues before
Interstate Commerce committee.
Military affairs committee meets to
consider sundry bills and nomina
tions.
-Conference on the peace resolution
resume.
House.
Conference report on army appro
priation bill to be considered.
Republicans of ways and means
committee continue work of framing
prominent tariff schedules.
Judiciary committee considers
amendments to the judicial code.
NURSE TELLS “BEAR”
STORY ON STILLMAN
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 17.—Tes
timony saying that Mrs. Anna U.
Stillman on the day that Guy
Stillman was born directed her nurse
to telegraph Fred Beauvais in Mont
real a message reading::
"Little brown bear has arrived.”
was understood to have been intro
duced today in the divorce suit
brought by James A. Stillman, New
York banker.
This testimony was given by Mary
Olive Gilligan, who was the nurse at
Guy’s birth November 7, 1918, and she
8 dded that Mr. Stillman did not ap
pear that day in the hospital where
the infant was born.
ARRESTED FOR OFFERING
BOGUS JULY 2 TICKETS
Reading, Pa., June 17.—Joseph
Schwarts and William J. Morrow,
both of Philadelphia, are under ar
rest here on a charge of offering to
sell counterfeit tickets for the Demp
sey-Carpentier fight. They furnished
bail for a hearing tomorrow. It is
charged they offered to sell $35 tick
ets for $30.
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Minimum Wage Sustained.
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By Norman Hapgood, Universal Service Co nr esp mat mi.
The court of appeals of the District of Columbia did Itself credit Mon
Say and helped to remove from the Judiciary the charge of stacking the cards*
against progressive legislation. It sustained the district minimum wage law
by a vote of 2 to 1. The decision can be looked upon as putting an end to a* .
long and bitter controversy. When a nfrnnar ease from Oregon went up to
the supreme court of the United States the Oregon law was sustained by the -
tie vote of 4 to 4. However, since that ume a number of things have hap
pened.
In the first place Justice Brandies, who wss disqualified because he had)
been of counsel In the Oregon case, la free to vote on new nWmom wage
eases and he has been an ardent and most able upholder of the principle.
Indeed, the cause owes as ranch to his legal ability as to any other assistance
it has had in this country.
In the second place, Chief Justice White Is dead and he was one of the*
Justices opposed to these laws. It Is not at all probable that anybody who
le appointed to take his place will oppose this form of protection to women. —
Opinion along this line is developing rapidly. Certainly whoever is appointed i
to succeed Chief Justice White will be a conservative, but the conservative
of today Is not the conservative of yesterday.
One development that undoubtedly affected the outcome In this case
was the decision recently in the supreme court of the United States that the
leglslatore has the power to fix renting conditions when it judges that the
emergency requires such power. If the legislature has the power to deal;
with housing conditions, how c&n It be denied the power to l^lslate that
women shall not be employed at wages below a certain minimum standard?
The rent case decided much more than the specific question. It showed that
the supreme court had reached a point whets it would not undertake to kill
social legislation on thin excuses about "due process of law.**
The argument against the constitutionallty of the law was along the line*
that If we start on this line of public welfare legislation we shall find our
selves ultimately automobiling down the slippery slope to bolshevism- It was
the same argument used by Justice McKenna in the rent case.
Chief Justice White knocked that argument out in two different ways.
Ills first answer was like that of Justice Holmes in the rent case. It was not.
the business of the court, he said, to go arguing about what might happen-,
sometime, but to decide the case in front of It. But he did not stop there.
He let loose his opinion alss about the rationaUty of that kind of reasoning.
According to him, bolshevism is far from being encouraged by showing that
our Institutions as they now exist are capable of protecting the weak. In
his opinion, the very best wa$ to prevent the advent of bolshevism In this*
country is to show that our institutions are elastic enough to allow us to
obtain protection without any revolutionary measures.
This argument looks so reasonable on the face of It that It seems as If it.
ought not bo necessary even to say it, But It Is necessary. There are a lot.
of persoas tn Washington, some In congress, some on the bench, who think
they can petrify the world. But they cannot.
Trusts Trying to Jerk Out ,
Trade Commission's Teeth
By Norman Hapgood, of Universal Service.
The real meaning of “less government In business” is a drive against;
the federal trade commission. That drive la now on full tilt. On the other
band, *n the tendency la toward more government In business. Extensive
steps have beea taken to help the farmer keep up his export business. Fur
the benefit of geassai export business the war finance corporation has been.
Revived. The department of commerce has been the center for planning to
promote business activity and straighten out business difficulties. Never hfc.
its hlstocr has it taken so energetic a part In tfee country's business. Car*
thinly not for eight years (and probably not for over 20'years) baa business*
bad as dose and constant contact with the political powers-find as cordial a
heagng aa It has today.
“Less government in business.” then, on tbe promoting side has no mean
ing whatever. On Ahat side It is altogether more government in business. Its
total significance is to be found Oh the regulative side. Less regulation of
business is what It means and it means that emphatlcaly.
The three crest regulative bodies are the Interstate Commeree commission,
the Federal Reserve board, and the Federal Trade commission. They have
heretofore all been successfully kept out of politics. Whether any or all
of them are to be put Into politics now will develop soon^In the case of the
Interstate Commerce commission the question will center entirely around the*
treatment of the railroad problem. The latest appointment was Aha J. Esrh,
an able man, but a man, of course, thoroughly committed to the policy illu
strated by the Esch-Cummlns MIL
President Harding has Indicated that he Intended to let the Federal Re
serve board go along as It has been going. The indication that there will be
an attempt to Influence its treatment of the credit situation was not borne
out. It has made Its own decisions regardless of suggestions from outside.
The attack on the Federal Trade commission, however, is Immediate and
determined. The plan Is to reduce it to a nullity by putting Its publicity
powers In the commerce department and Its powers of control In the hands
of the attorney general. H these two steps are taken there will be no sens*,
at all In keeping It alive.
The big drive against It Is being conducted by lumber Interests and tha* <:
packers. There Is a delicate situation also with the steel trust, centering
around the “Pittsburgh base" as the price fixing method is qpUed, but that. ,
relation has not developed as far as the activities of the ether two trusts.
The method of pulling all the teeth out of the Federal Trade commission
will be the method of re-organization. It will be re-organized out of any
power except the power to converse with anybody who wants to call. It will
be supposedly left with the power to tell any business man what he can do
without breaking the law.
That attempt was made In 1915 and 1916 and completely failed. It was
clear that no statement made by a representative of a big trust about what
they were going to do would be adequate to show what they were in fact,
planning to do. This Impossibility has been made clearer also within the last >
year or two. Certain trusts have asked the commission for advice. Then
after a long delay a contract is brought around to Washington supposedly
based on that advice. The commission points out that It is not really in lino
with what has b'-en said. After another long delay another contract 1»
brought with the jame result. By the time an agreement is reached what
ever competition strangling enterprise was on foot has been accomplished.
Meanwhile the commission has been kept from action to protect the smaller
competitor.
The moot question is whether the present administration believes in com
petition. The Federal Trade commission is now supposed to protect legiti
mate competition. The contest is unavoidable. It will be forced by about
20 senators and about 100 representatives. The agricultural bloc in congress
Is favorable to the commission. They will put up a rather pretty fight to
prevent the commission from being given a dose of laudanum.
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4 This Is the heritage from Val- 4
4 ley Forge—equality of opportun- 4
4 ity, sustained in Justice, with 4
4 maintained authority under law 4
4 and order. This is what made 4
4 America; it will lead us to future 4
4 triumphs. ♦
4 I can think of an America that 4
4 can maintain every heritage and 4
4 and yet help humanity through- 4
4 out the world to reach a little 4
4 higher plane. 4
4 4 4 4444444444444 4 4 4
Street Crossings in Scarlet.
From Le Petit. Parislen.
The employment of red bands to In
dicate street crossings, the advantages
of which were demonstrated In recent
experiments. Is still under discussion.
An early proposal for painting the
crossings with red lead has. however;
been abandoned because of the Insuffi
cient wearing qualities of the mixture,
and the municipal administration has
ordered red sandstone from crossings in
Alsace which will provide durable safe
ty sones showing where pedestrians
may venture without risk. It is sug
gested tut It would he advisable to fol
low the example of America In drawing
up strict regulations which would make
the drivers of vehicles responsible in all
cases for accidents occurring on the red
band.
Wet-Proof Matches.
From the New York Post
The French government will com
mence distribution within the next few
weeks of new patented matches that
are made to withstand moisture and
strike into flame even though first
submerged In water. The development
of this match into practical commercial
use has been the result of some years
of laboratory research conducted by
Rene Dubrlaay, engineer of the state
match factories __
Some Wool Facta.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Fearing the farmers1 wool pooling and
other co-operative projects might be
misunderstood as a result of statement*
by Joseph P. Griffin, president of the
Chicago board of trade, in the pit debate
at Springfield, J. W. Coverdale. secre
tary of the American Farm Bureau
federation made the fallowing state
ment:
"In his zeal to defend the Chicago
board of trade. President Joseph P.
Griffin has seen fit to attack the entire
farmers1 co-operative movement. He
says that many Illinois farmers poole-t
their wool a year or^more ago on prom
ise of receiving good prices for it an.f
that the wool is as yet unsold.
"What are the facts? In 1919 Illinois
farmers pooled 449.622 pounds of wool..
So well satisfied were they with the re
sults of this new method of selling wood
co-operatively that in 1920 they came
back and consigned 1,677,007 pounds oF
wool to the pool.
"Despite the fact, Mr. Griffin say*
tho wool is yet unsold, our co-operative
wool marketing shows that all except "
70.060 pounds have been sold at fro i
22 to 24 cents, which is from 6 to l<J»
cents more per pound than these farm
ers were offered for their wool clip by
the local wool buyers. The bureau has
Just sold 1,100,000 pounds to o -e mill.
This is the largest single sale of wool'
on record.
"The fact Illinois farmers, as well as
the farmers in 17 other states who have
Joined our state farm bureau wool pools,
are well satisfied with co-operative mar
keting methods is evidenced by an in- "
crease of SO per cent. In orders for woof
sacks from farm bureau members.
"If Mr. Griffin Is as well informed
about the grain trade as he is about
the wool pool. It would seem to us that
It would be necessary for the Chicago
board of trade to submit to proper reg
ulation.1'
Different Fish.
The prince of Monaco is or. the eve
of paying this country a visit. He is
the world's greatest authority on the
animal life of the deep sea—wh ch has
nothing to do with the poor lull wUe
have made him wealthy.