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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23
In Richmond Churches Today

A three-cay session of The sunday
School Council of the Evangelical
Churches OF America" VIII be held in
Richmond this week. beginning on
Tuesday. Although the number or
delegates in attendance will not be
large, the convention will be of un-
usual Importance and interest. The
editors and publishers OF large num-
Der of Sunday school periodicals, and
the educational sssESaasles of ace
young peoples departments of the va
rious denominations, will be among
those who will attend the sessions of
the coming convention. Many ques-
tons of vital interest to Sunday School
work will be discussed at the various
sessions.
On Wednesday evenin@ at $50
o'clock. a reception and banquet Will
DO given the delegates by the Tres
byterian Committee of Publication in
their handsome new building on Sixth
Street. DR.. James Power Smith chair
man. with other members of the COM
mittec and their wives. will be hosts
for the occasion. AS great deal Of
business will come before the mem
bers of the convention, no public
meetings will he held. All the ses-
sions will be held in the assembly
| flail of Murphy's Uotei. The coming
t convention comes to Richmond as 1
direct result of an invitation extend
red bout year :tge-br-t ife- Ppeshp-
terrain Committee of Pubica ton OF
this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

above the Average" viii he the
subject discussed by the Rev. Fred r.
Chenault at the morning service of
the Broad Street Methodist Church
today. Tonight the pulpit will he till
ed by DR. Yokohoma, of Japan. who
will tell "Why I Became q Christian"
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Tho Rev J. NJ. Duncan, of Toronto,
Canada. will occupy the pulpit Of the
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
at the morning hour today The pas
tor Or. j. Calvin Stewart. win prea CHI
at the evening service
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
MEETS AN old
Time FRIEND
Mayor of Gray Finds Pleasure In
Meeting a Man Whom He Knew
As Boy I'm Sweden

Gus Forsbeck, who is well known
to most of the readers of the Republi-
can was in Red Oak last week visiting
his son Carl, who is County Engineer
of Montgomery county. Mr.. Forsbeck
has taken quite an interest in politics
! in this county and is at the present
time mayor of the town of Gray.
While at the Red Oak court house
he met a gentleman who proved to be
a boyhood friend and the following
report is made of the conversation
that took place:
"A G. Forsbeck, of Gray, Iowa, was
here this week for visit with his
son, County Engineer, c. d. Forsbeck,
and while in the court house he met
Janitor John Sheppard. In the con-
versation which followed the intro
duction, Mr.. Forsbeck and Mr.. Shop
hard discovered that they were boys
together in Sweden forty-nine years
ago and that they served their re-
CURED enlistment in the Swedish
army together in 1857 both being
members of the same company and
sharing the same tent. They had not
seen each other since that time.
When the two men began to re-
count the incidents of their early
manhood they found that they were
living in adjoining townships. each
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

sailors and ministers in Europe to
make a special study of European
methods of financing agriculture. He
also sent a special commissian
three prominent men to study the
subject, in 1912, ana when they re-
ported he sent their repdets to every
Governor in America, with personal
letter, urging the Governors to give
the subject serious study and be pre-
pared to discuss it at the next meet
ing of the House of Governors, which
was held in December, 1912. About
that time farmers began agitating the
subject in farm meetings. Leaders of
agriculture made speeches upon the
subject more or less azy and in
many instances unsound, because the
subject was not understood clearly
even by economists. 1t was discussed
by the National Grange, then by the
Farmers Union and by the Southern
Congress- nonpolitical farm organ
cation of the South. So much were
they impressed in the Southern Con-
gress that they appointed an Ameri-
can Commission of 100 representa-
tive farmers to go to Europe, at their
own expense, to study the subject In
company with the official United
States Commission.
Prior to that President Taft had
secured from Congress an act APP
pointing a United States Commission
to go to Europe for the same purpose,
as an official body representing the
United States Government. So these
two commissions went together, and
as a result they urged the passage OF
a Rural Credits Law, based upon CO.
operation of farmers.
But I want to emphasize to you the
fact that not one step of this prepare
tory work is to be credited to the
Democrats, it was all done during the
Roosevelt and Taft administration.
President Taft signed the law auth
orizing the United States Commission
just before he went out of office. The
only thing that can be credited to the
Democrats is the BUNGLING LAW
WHICH THEY HAVE PASSED which
you will find absolutely imperative,
because its makers don't know far
mers nor farm conditions, and refus-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

ed to take any advice from the
Roosevelt Farm Life Commission or
from the real farmers who investigat-
ed the subject in Europe, unless they
happened to be Democrats. They
were so eager to make political CAPT
tai that they forgot to study real
farm conditions.
Just as an illustration of the poll
teal poppycock of this Democratic
measure, look how its expensive Fed
eral Loan Board started its work.
Without even waiting to establish
headquarters, the first thing the
board did with salaries of over
$1,000 week. was to junket up to
Maine. What for? They had no
tention to establish one of the twelve
land banks in Maine. All they could
do was to go up there and make
noise like hearing" before farmers
for it's effect on teh campaign. So
Maine turned in a whooping majority
against the Democratic senators and
representatives. Remember the
Maine!" Ned. Remember the
Maine!"
The cooperative part of the system
is loaded with the local National
Farm Loan Association of ten or
more neighbor farmers, who won't
work togather, because they do not
want to consult each other about
their intimate affairs. The Demo-
Gratis have also in the same law set
up a rival system, which assures the
failure of the cooperative system. 1t
would have been almost impossible
to establish the cooperative system
anyhow, along the plan proposed, but
TO place this extra obstacle in the
form of joint stock bank profit
making concern, to be owned by its
investors and not by farmers-is
simply numbering their own child.
The complicated plan (their child)
would probably have died anyhow,
chooked as it is, but one would ex-
pect its parents to have done all they
could to have saved it from death in
stead of taking such club and beat
ing out its brains as the Joint Stock
Profit-Taking Bank is bound to do
with the struggling co-operatives.
The characteristic difference be-
tween Republicans is that Republi-
cans protect their infant industries;
and the Democrats give theirs in
fantile paralysis.
Your Cousin,
Ben.
Ito be continued)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
WHERE THE FARMER COMES in.

When "Tama jim, Wilson, of this
state, that hard-headed son of Scot
land, says anything about the Ameri-
can farmer, the men of the soil are
quite likely to take notice. He was
80 years old month or so ago. He
began farming fifty-fve years ago. He
was in the cabinet of three presidents
Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft as sec
rotary of Agriculture. 1t is fair to
presume that one of his years has no
ambition to get back into harness Of
public life. 1t also is fair to presume
that he speaks as an unbiased Ameri-
can citizen when he declared that up
on the farmers of this country will
fall the great burden of paying the
$50, 100000 bill which President
Wilson and his servile congress have
passed along to the people with the
Adamson law.
The former cabinet member says
that he will get good deal more than
share of any fair burden, but adds
that he will get a good deal more then
is coming to him in the matter of bill
paying as a result of the operation
of the Adamson act. The railways
will get the $50,000,000 from the
shippers, he says and the farmers
constitute a majority of the shippers.
The man who tills the soil will go
down in his pocket to help pay. ten
hours wages for eight hours work
for that fifth of the raildoad employees
who are already receiving much high
er wages than the other four-fifths.
He will work from sunrise to sunset
No eight hour limit for the farmer!
THE farmers said Mr.. Wilson,
"are unorganized, unable to restrict
their labor to eight hours day, oblig-
ed to sell the product of their labor
to eight hours day, ordinary in
fluences of supply and demand. 1t
is entirely antagonistic to their in
terest to have small group of men
employed by the railways allowed to
fix their pay for earring the product
of the country az the cost of the
producers and consumers"
To other classes besides the farmer
is coming home the true import of the
Adamson law and the manner of it's
enactment. The electorate Is learn
ing that the measure does not test
high in human welfare ingredients,
but that it does test big in political
chicanery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

the Insurance Company that it was
safe to go ahead with the loan, and
he promised to take the case into
court afterwards and quiet the title,
for the cloud is only technical one.
The examiner used his discretion as
he has known old Squire Brown for
years and knows that he is reliable
lawyer. So the loan was not held up,
as the case with the cloud on Sam
Sticks title, who tried to get his loan
through the Federal Land Bank.
Still, that extra 2 per cent, COM
mission which Tom had to pay to
Squire Brown amounts to consider
able; that would all be saved if you
could do business through the CO.
operative Rural system, and ii is too
bad that the system is so limited as
to make it impracticable.
You say Tom borrowed $4,000;
then in five years the commission
amounts to $500, and that is quite
an item for a hard working farmer
like Tom. 1t would pay the expense
of sending Tom, Jr., to Agricultural
College for three years. If that same
percentage e per cent? were appli-
ed to the 100000 900 total of the
farm mortgages it would amount to
$50, 100000 total a year, which is
equal to the entire wheat crop of your
State.
Besides, ii is under a five year
term, and If he wants an extension on
] his mortgage he will have to continue
| to pay that per cent, year and
probably bonus also, for it is harder
to get extension than it is to get an
original mortgage. l me, a friend
recently who had been in mortgage
business in Kansas, where he said the
charge on farms was 10 per cent, in
terest and IL per cent commission
and sometimes cash bonus besides.
OF course, you know that one of
the objects of an efficient Rural
Credits Law is to wipe out commiss-
ions and bonuses and make long term
mortgages, running, if you like, all
your life, with the privilege Of
amortizing loans.
| There is a lot of good in law; it
could not be otherwise, because, you
know, about SO per cent, of this law
is the direct result of Republican ac-
ton, 1t all comes out of the Farm
Life Commission, appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1908. That COM
mission had as its only purpose to
ascertain farm conditions all over the
country. 1t held hearings and had
| farmers tell about their difficulties
and then it made a report in which
! it called attention to the importance
of legislation which would give far
mers better means of financing their
farms. President Roosevelt emphas-
lied the report with a special message
to Congress, urging that Congress
take steps to study the subject.
Then President Taft showed his
lively interest in the matter by send
ing instructions to all of our ambas-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

Dear Cousin Ned
l was not surprised at what you
wrote me of Tom Edgely's success in
boring money from the Life Insur-
ance Company, thrugh Squire Brown.
l was not surprised either that Tom
got a higher appraisal on his farm
than the Federal Land appraisal al
lowed. You see the "Carpetbagger"
had to play safe; he had no personal
interest at stake in making a large
loan-he is paid a fixed salary. If he
allowed too high appraisal he might
involve the bank in future loss and
so he-would lose his own Job, on the
charge of incompetence or bribery,
or something. He was undoubtedly
instructed by the officers of the Fed
eral Land Bank to be very conserva-
tive in his appraisals; they, too, are
on salary, and have no interest in
making profitable loans. They get
their appointments through the Farm
Loan Board at Washington, and their
chief concern is to be conservative
and get all the security they can pick
on all loans.
On the other hand, Squire Brown
is interested in putting over as big
loan for Tom as possible, for he gets
a commission so he serves Tom on
his own appraisal of the farm, know
ing that the loan is safe, because he
knows local values and knows Tom s
farm, he also knows that Tom is a
good farmer and making a profit, so
that the loan is a desirable one and
he can well be liberal in making it,
both for the sake of his own COM
mission and to accommodate his
friend Tom Edgley.
AS matter of fact, there is not
much risk in that, for even il Tom
does add 1000 to the cash value of
the farm, the loan is only half of the
appraised value, and we all know
that the country is settled.
But who pays Squire Browns COM
mission? Tom gives a first mortgage
at per cent, to the Insurance Comp
any and second mortgage at 2 per
cent, to the Squire, that second mort
gage is the Squire's commission. So
Tom pays the commission, and as the
loan is going to cost him per cent,
with commission of per cent a year
for five years, ii makes a nice little
profit of 10 per cent, on the loan for
the Squire; besides that he pays the
Squire probably $25 for examining
the title and fixing up the abstract.
You tell me that there was some
little cloud on Toms abstract. The
wife of a previous owner signed her
name to deed to the farm different
from the name she had previously
signed to the mortgage on the land.
but the notary had certified to her
signature, and the Squire said that
while it was possible a slight cloud,
he knew the woman and knew it was
the same person in both cases-the
same wife of the owner-so he was
able to satisfy the title examiner of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
CREAMERY sues
FOR DAMAGES
Cooperative Concern Brings Action
In Federal Court to Recover
Damages

The quality of the product of the
ballton will be the determining fac
tor in decision of a case brought in
the federal court for the coming term
wherein the association sues Louis
Murphy, collector of internal revenue
for the Third district of Iowa, for re-
fund of $416.5S collected by him as
taxes on adulterated butter, whereas
the company AYERS its product is pure
creamery butter, without ANY kind
of adulteration and containing not
more than 16 per cent of water.
The suit, title, 1.-THE Danish Cream
cry company of Kimballton, Iowa,
against Louis Murphy, United States
Collector of Internal Revenue, Third
District of Iowa." sets forth that the
plaintiff is a mutual creamery associ-
alton, with a plant at Kimballton, en-
gagged in manufacture of the ordin-
airy creamery products.
1t is alleged that in June, 1915, the
plaintiff shipped 3 $50 pounds of
creamery butter to the order of a
New York commission firm, part OF
the shipment going to Philadelphia,
where it was placed in cold storage,
and that here an inspector reported
some time later that the shipment
contained more than legal percentage
of water.
January 81, the plaintiff alleges,
the defendant called upon the COM
pany for the federal tax on manu-
facturers of adulterated butter, SIS,
plus 1915 penalty, and March IT, a
further tax of 10 cents a pound on
the above mentioned shipment to
Philadelphia. The claims totailing
$396,75, were paid under duress. on
account of which the company asks
Judgment for a total of $416.5S, tax
paid and costs of the action.
Visit the Crescent tonight,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

Both being of the same age they went
the same day, upon their arrival at
the age of 81 years, to Lundkopn,
Sweden, where they enlisted for drill
ling, and an amusing incident on
the day of their enlistment is still
very vivid in tn minds of both men,
Mr.. Forsbeck's employer was
greatly vexed at having his foreman
leave him and went to the captain of
the company to make protest. I'm
fortunately the employer was in an
intoxicated condition when he ap-
preached the captain and was bent
on engaging in fistic encounter and
would have done so if Mr.. Sheppard,
who was strapping youth, had not
held him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

For Sale-Duroc-Jersey fall and
spring boars, price reasonable, salts
faction guaranteed. w. H. Johnson.
Ross, Iowa. Ala
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Farmers Costly Commissions

Be Replaced Only by Hodup Through Enforced Purchase
of Joint Stock Double Its Face Condition of Securing
Loans. The Bunging, Ineffective Statute Must be
Amended by Republicans Who Accomplish all the
Preparatory Work of the Rural Credits Movement
Letter Numb ThreeCo usin Me- to FarmerB
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

Visit the Crescent tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
TEST R. R. PLAN
Funston Instructed to Try Out
Supply Shipping.
Z. S. Soldiers in Mexico Get 90
Per Cent Extra Wages.

Washington, March 31.-General
Funston had instructions to make the
first test today of General Carranza' s
plan for the commercial use of the
Mexico Northwestern railroad for
shipping supplies to the American
troops pursuing Villa. BY rendering
his first consignment to the railroad
Funston will begin the fair trial that
is to be given the de facto govern
ment'S concession.
To the expense of the expedition
entailed by the purchase of eight BIZ
planes and two thousand cavalry
horses today was added the extra pay
for foreign service to the troops act
ually in Mexico. 1t was the first pay
day for the American forces since they
crossed the border.
Foreign service calls for 20 per cent
additional for enlisted men and ten
per cent for officers At the quarter
master generals office it was esti-
mated the additional pay would
amount to $4670O monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
A BIG BUSINESS THIS
Developed Here in Topeka in
Publishing Lines.

The current. issue of the Missouri
Valley Farmer and the Household,
two of Governor Cappers publications,
show a wonderful business that has
been developed in Topeka. The circu-
lation of the Missouri Valley Farmer
is given at half a million copies and
the price charged for display adver-
tising is twenty-eighr dollars per inch.
The circulation of the Household is
stated to be over tliree-quarters of a
million copies and the amount charged
for advertising is forty-two dollars per
inch.
The Missouri Valley Farmer in its
current issue carried S14.25O.0O worth
of advertising and the Household for
April carried SIS, 10000 worth of ad-
vertising When it is recalled that Mr.
Capper has built up this enormous
business by his own efforts and ef-
ficient organization it illustrates in a
measure what great publishing possi-
bilities there have proven to be in To-
peka-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
she ALSO BILKED
Missouri CO-Ed Declares She Is
Victim of Charity Work.
TeStifieS on Trial for Getting
Society WOmen's Money.

Chicago, March 31.-The case of
Miss Mabel Sturtevant, former Uni
versity of Michigan student, charged
by the government with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes, was
placed in the hands OF the jury az
noon today.
Chicago, March 31.-Arguments of
attorneys in the case of Miss Mabel
Sturtevant, former University of Mis-
souri, student, charged with using the
mails in a scheme to defraud will be
heard today. The taking of testimony
was finished yesterday. Miss Sturte-
want is charged with having obtained
money from Chicago society women
and others on the representation that
she was to use it to send worthy poor
girls through college and that she
diverted the money she obtained to
her own use Miss Sturtevant denied
from the witness stand that she had
been guilty of any intentional wrong
doing.
She said that as president of the
Association of College Women Work
ers, she had issued a cookbook which
the young women were to sell. Many
orders were cancelled but the girls de-
manded their commissions anyway,
and to pay them she had to solicit
funds from the plaintiffs. She said
she spent $4,000 of her own money for
the books the girls were selling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
ARMY TO 10000
Senate Considers Amendment
to Army Bill Today.
U. S. Has 234,4S2 With Military
Training Not Enlisted.

Washington, March 31.-Considera-
ton of the army increase bill was con-
tinued in the senate today. A num-
Der of proposed amendments were
awaiting disposition but committee
amendments were to be considered
first. One of these. proposed by
Chairman Chamberlain of the military
committee would restrict the enlisted
strength of the regular army to 1SO.-
600
Approximately 234,432 citizens of
military age in the United States now
outside the army have had military
training. This estimate was trans
mitted by the war department to the
senate in response to a resolution.
Adiutant General Mccain reported
67.765 men passed out of the army
after three years service between l 906
and 1915. OF these 6,S93 We're desert
ers or others who left without honor
able discharges. There are 126, 400
men who served and passed through
the organized militia during that pc
riod and 40,317 who graduated from
some civil educational institution
where they received instructions sat
isfactory to the war department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
BANDITS SLAY 3
Villa Said To Be in Raid Near
Minmaca, chihuahua.
172 Reported Massacred in
Same Locality Last Night.

Ell Paso, March 31.-A man named
Herman Blankenburg and two others
were murdered yesterday at Minnaca,
Chihuahua, by Francisco Villa and his
followers according to private but
authentic sources here. Details of the
killing are lacking.
Minnaca is situated on the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railraod which
joins with the Mexico Northwestern at
La Junta, and is about ten miles
southeast of Guerrero, where Villa is
reported to have massacred 172 Car
rama supporters. Today this in
formation SubStantiates, therefore,
previous statements of the bandits
whereabouts and indicates there is
truth in the reports that he has turned
eastward and may come in contact
with American cavalry along the Mex
leo Northwestern
Information Considered Authentic.
Although Blankenburg's name indi-
Gates he is of German descent, the
meager information available here is
that he is an American citizen. 1t is
believed the other victims of Villas
wrath also were Americans. as the
bandits vengeance hardly would be
turned against persons of any other
nationality. The information regard
ing the reported assassination was
telephoned from Minnaca to Chihua-
hua last night over a private line by
an employee of an American concern,
and telegraphed from Chihuahua to
Ell Paso.
The names of other Americans
known to have been in or near Min
naca are Ackling, Hemple Locke and
a DR.. Sten.