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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
WHY TRADE AT HOME,

Many people ask that question, but
very few trouble to seek the answer.
Why should people patronize their
home merchants9 -
Because it is great saving Of time,
and time today represents money.
Because the home merchant can only
remain in business through the patron
age Of home people, and town with
out merchants would be a sorry place
in which to live.
Because the home merchant sells
goods that do not have to be returned
because of defects or inferiority OF
quality. It is the only way in which
a local man can hold his trade.
Because the local merchant is not in
the habit of charging excessive prices.
You may at times be able to get the
same article elsewhere for a little less
money, but the quality will invariably
be reduced in proportion to the price.
The local merchant can not afford to
sell 'chcap' stuff. His customers would
not tolerate it.
Because the prosperity Of commu-
nifty depends upon the amount of money
in circulation in the community, and
that is regulated mainly by the market
ing of surplus products abroad and the
keeping Of as much as possible of the
receipts at home.
Because a community that spends
most of it's money abroad for supplies
soon finds that it has but little left for
the purchase of additional supplies.
1t is 50 simple a child could under
stand it, and what a child can COM
prehend should not go unheeded by
adults.
Think it over.
Thinking may accomplish much good.
It certainly will do no harm.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

November is the month of lowest
price; May and June, the high months
on the average. Of course, some par.
ticular year it might be very different,
as it was the one just past. -, "
The man who holds his wheat takes
his chances. He may get more and he
may get less. Also, if he sells the
wheat and puts the money in the bank
or in good investment, it is drawing
him interest. If he has q note at the
bank drawing interest, he saves that
by paying the note.
There is, of course, the matter of
shrinkage and the cost Of storage. In
the present unsettled condition Of bust.
ness and of credits, and with our pol
iticians making tariffs which may react
upon us in the form Of retaliatory tar
ills put on US by other countries, it is
mighty hard for q man to tell what is
going to be the price of wheat next
winter or next summer. We all hope it
will be higher, but until the U. 8. Grain
Growers, Inc, gets fully organised, the
man says hold wheat is advising some
thing, the outcome of which it is i'm.
possible for him to foretell.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

Walker Pilot:--1t is to be. hoped
that as much as we think Of the Elan
ders poppy that no one tries to propo-
gate this plant in America. It is. in
reality a., pest as obnoxious to farmers
as quack grass or thistles. From a sen.
timental point of view, the Flanders
poppy has q firm place in the heart of
every patriotic American but from a
financial point Of view for our country
it would be far better for us to follow
the plan put into service on Memorial
day Of this year when CRITICAL flowers
were used. The Flanders poppy, ii il
said to- be pest of the worst sort
and in some states the agricultural de-
partments have issued warnings against
bringing the plant into the common.
wealth. It should be federal law
and even then the chances are that some
one visiting the battlefelds will bring
the seed to this country and We viii
have ingrafted an obnoxious weed that
will cost the agricultural sections mil.
tlions q dollars. Not 40 maiH years ago
Tsomsf me brop4ht . AmelSeA Z hSh
t s. : e & 4. ! lsaEp So rapid has been
it's propog till ii51f that in fianiy lakes.
E re t:asa tie et game a.h:
3iset S s1'sl 6 IS {, e sAgsss s
rrodneing srcpss q old yalas.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921.
INCOME TAXES PAID IN MINNIE
sofa

According to figures issued by the
office Of internal revenue collector at
st. Paul, federal personal income tax
returns fled in Minnesota in 1919
reached a total of 1894, which was
2.32 per cent of the entire number filed
in the United States. The total net
income reported by these returns was
1888 ,92O,683, while the tax paid on
them was 15,696,465, which was 1.2a
Der cent of the total personal income
tax paid in the entire country.
In the nation at large SOB per cent
of the people fled personal income tax
returns, while in Minnesota, $40 pei
cent filed them. The average net in
come per return for the United States
was $3,724.O5, and in Minnesota, it was
$3,O9S.2S. The personal income tax
per capita for the United States
amounted to $11.98, and in Minnesota,
it was 1888. The average amount Of
the personal income tax per return in
the United States was $238.O8, and in
Minnesota, it was $126.67.
Minnesota IS position in the. order Of
magnitude as to all the States and Ter
ritories in the Union, in the per cent
of population filing returns was 25th,
and 39th in the average net income per
return. It's position as to per capita
income tax was 22nd and Goth in the
average amount Of tax per return.
The number of personal income tax
returns filed for the years 1916, 1917,
1918, and 1919 in Minnesota as well as
the amounts of net income and tax are
shown in the following table:
Year No. Of Net In Total
Returns come Tax
1916 =. 1856 S 93,201, 1884 S 1861, 2s2
1917 :. $4,000 275,51o,103 s,356,172
1918 .. 84,5l5 29l,O74, 1920, 1920, 760
1919 1894 3S3,920,6S3 1886, 465
Statistics also show that for the year
ending December 81, 1919, there were
4S,s37 in the income class from $1,000
to $4,000; 42,196 in the $4,000 to $4,000
class; 1850 in the $4,000 to $4,000
class; 6,79l in the : $4,000 to $4,000
class; 40 in the $4,000 to $4,000
class; 312 in the $4,000 to $4,000
class; 81 in the $4,000 to $50, 900 class ;
A in the 100000 to $4,000 class;
in the 100000 to $25o,00Q class; 2 in
the 100000 to $750,0GO class, Up
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

war, and one 81 the largest exporters
Of grain in the country, is buying into
the Nye- schneidersFo Fowler Grain Com
pany Of Nebraska the largest. grain
concern in the West The Nye-Schneid,
er-Fowler Company has been in more
or less trouble for the last few months
and banlAra ut New York, Chicago,
Milwaukee and Omaha had arranged to
advance about 81, o00, coo to. take. care
of the company through the summer.
According to W. ]. COPYRIGHT, attor-
neys for the Schneider Fowler
company, final details ef the plans
have now been arranged BsrneA viii
have i've years in. which to buy the
stock, having agreed to The price DE-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
YANks TO QUIT Rhine
American Troops to Be Brought
Home as Soon as Possible.
Harding Unwilling to Further Burden
Germany With Cost Of Army
Of Occupation.

Observation-Disclosures troops will
be brought home from the Rhine val.
ley soon, perhaps even before the Ger
man peace treaty is ratified formally
by both nations.
President Harding, it was learned
from an authoritative source, believes
that the time is near at hand when our
soldiers can serve no further good
purpose on German territory. He
feels that the German people should
not be burdened much longer with
the cost OF supporting the army of oc-
cupation.
Whether the President will use his
influence in obtaining the withdrawal
Of all Allied troops from the Rhine
was not made clear. It is known,
however, that he takes the position
that the German people should be
permitted now to go forward unfet-
tered as much as possible to produce
and pay their enormous war debts.
! Our troops are in Germany under
the terms of the Armisttce signed in
November 1913 and renewed several
times before the signing of the Yer
,sailles treaty. They are there to pro-
itect American rights, some of which
are shared Jointly with the Allies.
When the Versailles treaty was rati-
fed by the German and the Allies, the
latter kept their troops in Germany to
enforce the. terms of the treaty. Our
soldiers remained under the terms of
the armistice but. with the understand
ing, which was reiterated last spring
by President Harding, that we were
standing with our Allies in the war.
Once the .American-German treaty
is ratified there will be no further ex-
cuse to keep our soldiers in Germany
unless we are fearful Germany will
not carry out her pledges in good
faith. The United States government,
it can be said, is confident there will
be no attempt on the part of Germany
to violate the terms of treaty. In
other words, this government believes
Germany Is sincere and is ready to
trust her.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

Minneapolis Detective Shoots Bandit.
Minneapolis - Detective Walter
Bryant shot and perhaps MORALLY,
wounded one bandit and two others
escaped in front Of an oil filing sta
ton. Mrs. Bryant and baby watched
the battle from their coupe across the
street. A men who gave the name Of
Wuliam H. Kupfer, was shot twice,
with his own gun by the detective, A.
ter the weapon had been wrested from
in q struggle.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
MINNEAPOLIS BANK ROBBED
Two Armed Bandits Line Up Seven
Persons as They Grab Cash.

Two Armed Bandits Line Up Seven
Persons as They Grab Cash.
Minneapolis bandits, armed
with all the revolvers they could carry
handily and wearing motorists Cog
giles, held up the Chicago.Lake State
bank, lined up FIVE men and two wo-
men against wall, and escaped with
$4,000 in cash. :-
The desperadoes, one short, one"
tall; one surly and practical, the other
suave and polite. entered through q
rear door barred only by screen, an
hour and half after the bank had
been closed for business. ::
They lost no time lining up the per-.
sons at work over the accounts, in.
terspersing witty remarks with
brusque orders as they stuffed their
pockets with currency. 49,.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
CHICAGO BANK LOOTED
$224, 900 Booty Of Four Bandits
in Record Robbery.
Raid on Safe Deposit Vaults 10 Called
One Of the 9oidest In
city's History.

Chicago-Robbers, who looted Is
deposit boxes in the Security Trust &
Deposit company's vaults in the Ma
sonic temple, obtained $224,000, Off
Gals Of the company announced. Thu
loss is covered by insurance..
The bandits, four in number, bounG
the outer and inner guards of the
vaults, which remain open "a hours q
day, and proceeded to work by list
which apparently carried the numbers
of selected boxes, leading police to be
lieve the robbery an inside job" The
two guards are being detained.
After raiding the vaults, the -four
robbers became intoxicated and made
so much noise that they attracted the
attention of passerby and then es
capped through hail of bullets from
fsetiFss' q q s;iIsa :s:.,. D.
Gossip in criminal circles for years
has been of the easy job waiting at the
Masonic Temple vaults, police said.
The vaults are open all night to &C
commodate business houses staying
open. Many gamblers take advantage
Of the regulations and deposit their
nightly winnings there. Sometimes as
high as $20,0o0,000 was stored in the
vaults. ~ -
While theater crowds filled the
street in the neighborhood. >, Of the
building, four well dressed men enter
ed the vaults under the pretense Of
one of their number renting deposit
box. They held up and tied the guards
looted 10 boxes in few mi14tes and
escaped. 1885,. M M: d. =.
The robbers were able to work fast
placing a peculiarly shaped Jnnch in
the keyhole of the depositsbpx and
with one blow Of a sledge hammer
driving the deposit box lock from the
door. Thousands of dollars birth OF
gems and securities in TIL boxe.
which were forced open were over
looked by the robbers. One h1k lying
on the floor contained $40,0Qoln bills
which had been passed up BY the rob
bers. ~s 4+,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
Rail union HEADS
Deny STRIKE talk
Any Action by Workers Hinge on
Additional Decisions Of Rail-
way Labor Board.
WALkoUT IMPOSSIBLE {:
The Main Bone Of Contention Between
Shop Forces and the Board Is the
Adjustment Of Overtime Pay
for Sunday Work.

st. Paul-Railroad employees desire
to avoid . strike, and walkout is i'm
possible until further action has been
taken by the railway workers after
additional decisions of the Railroad
Labor board, relative to working rules,
have been made, executives of North
west railway employees unions as
serted
ANY reports that q general strike
has been voted are erroneous" said
r. A. Henning, general chairman for
the Federated Shop Crafts for the
Northwest. This organization is COM
posed Of the membership of the six
largest bodies of railroad shop work
ers, numbering approximately 10000
members throughout the Northwest.
Still Await Decision.
"The only vote taken by the shop
crafts was late in June, when the
wage reduction Of IL per cent, author
lied by the Railroad Labor board, was
repudiated. We still are awaiting for
q decision from the board on addi-
tional working rules. Then it will be
up to the heads Of the unions to call
for action. It is probable that a spe-
cif1c ballot will be submitted on the,
whole situation before a strike vote.
will be considered to have been
TAKEN" he said.
Railroad executives here do not be-
lieve that there will be a general
strike, owing to the abnormally large
number of men out of work, claiming
that it would be an easy matter to
hire men to fill the vacancies &C.
casioned by strike.
Other Crafts In Same Position.
Other railroad labor organizations;
including the maintenance of way en-
ployes, locomotive firemen, engineers,
trainmen, conductors, oilers, tele-
graphers, and stationary firemen, are
at present in practically the same po-
sition, according to their heads The
clerks union now is completing vote
on the Labor board decision.
Questions at Issue.
Some of the questions at issue are:
The letting of certain classes of.
work to so-called contractors, who.
hire their own men, Under this plan
the employees are not governed by
the Labor board.
The refusal of some railroads to,
meet with the men to draw up work
ing agreements, and other refusals to.
abide by the decisions Of the boards
The adjustment of overtime pay
for Sunday work for shopmen, except
in emergency cases. This is the
main bone of contention between the
shop forces and the board. 4
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
PL0TTERS SLAY. ERZBERGER
Former German vlcepremler's Body
Riddled With Bullets.

Former German vtcepremter's Body
Riddied With Bullets.
Berlin-Mathias Erzberger, former
vice premier and minister of finance.
was .assassinated near Offenburg, b.
den, where he was sojourning with his
family. His body contained IL bullet
wounds.
Matthias Erzberger was German vice
premier and minister of finance, when
shot and wounded Jan. rs, 1920, as he
was leaving the criminal court building
in Berlin after attending hearing in
libel suit he had brought against DR..
Karl Helfferich, former German vice
chancellor. His assailant gave his
name as Oltwig Won Hirschfeld, a for.
mef cadet officer, son of a Berlin bank
official Won Hirschfeld was arrested
and was quoted as saying he consider.
ed. Erzberser dangerous to the empire.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
U. S. TAKES OVER STEAMERS

Vessels Of Defunct Company wilt Be
-, ~'~' Operated by Board. =.
New York-Certain Of the claims
against the United States Mail Steam.
ship company, which recently went
into -receivership, will be paid by the
shipping board, it was announced by
William Bullitt, the boards counsel,
after q conference, between creditors
and the committee which will operate
the ships Of the line. =
According to an announcement, the
ships will be operated in future under
the name Of the United States Line.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
BALLOTS SENT OUT

Cleveland, Ohio-strike ballots on
tho acceptance or rejection OF the re-
cent &4oo,o00,oo0 wage reduction re-
Gently ordered by the United States
Railroad Labor board were mailed to
the 4os, 900 members Of the big, four
brotherhods and the switchmen's
Union Of North America.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

riculture IL !. struggling : today The
blame for agricultural stagnatiol must
be placed at the: door of those who
blocked peace notifications two years
ago. II AmexicsS had ended the state
Of war in 1919, We farmers ould be
So per cent better Of today. III
In the disarmament conference,
President Harding has the greatest OPP
portunitys ever presented to any one
man since Li1eoh . Day 70 be1eft the
entire world. = e. 4z :S $s: s
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
INTERNAL REVENUE DROPS

Collections for 1921 es12y ooo, 400 Lower
- Than Previous Year :
Washington---Internal revenue col
lections from all sources during the
fiscal year 1891 decreased more than
@s12, o00, 900 as compared with the pre-
vious year, while the cost of collection
advanced from IS cents 70. 68,c1nts for
sach 500, collected. according = . pri-
mary statement issued by Commits
Sioner Blair. 5ss.s Sis.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

Coal Operator Found Murdoeed.
Knoxville, Tenn. Clan B. May, coal
operator Of Knoxville, was found muir.
defed in the burned ruins Of hts camp
ct bis mines 1t Titus, in Campbell
county. No arrests have been made
bet officers expect arrests soon.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
immigration ,Inereasinat.

Immigration Inereaelna -
MISUNDERSTANDING admitted
TO the United States during the nseal
year ending June 80 numbered sol, 21G
% compared with 4s0,001 for the pre-
vious fiscal year and with IN aver
age Of 1,034,940 during the pEe-war.
years from 1910 to 1914. .,... p.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

:. Father Fails, Kills Own Child.
+ Bixby, Okla-The infant daughter
of William Mccormick, q farmer 70
siding: two" miles south of this place,
was killed in -"Hqly Roller" meeting
when the father lost his balance and
fell backward upon the child.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
aaarein,ton Leave. Leaven,vo,

Aaartineon Leaves leavenvvosth. i.
Leavonworth, Kan.-Oscar Martin
con, former chief Of police Of Mime.
apohs, who was serving . sentence IN
the federal prison here for violation
Of the 'Volstoad &et, Was released on
parole. !: :.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

Congressman Qlegue, republican, onsl
Of Minpesota kepi tativessWho vot.7
ed against .the Fordney tai biil, voices
| the opinion Of the;great majority Of
/, people, who have followed the papers
!, on this bill He says: II voted against
the tai bill because. il gives relief to
s tas.f IS N 80 !. 5dees ~ y
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
TREATY Anglers DERNBERG

German Calls Il Repetition OF Yer
sailies Violence.
Berlin-"We have swallowed tho
devil whole without considering the
mixture We have drunk, but it is just
as wen We draw a line through the
past" says Bernhard Dernberg, who
Vas active. in the United States % .
German propagandist in the early part
Of the war, criticizing the German
American peace treaty in the Tage-
blatt. =. Z
The treaty from beginning to end
he declares, "1s without spirit or "
tality. It 10 virtually q repetition Of
The Versailles violence"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
Los Angeles BANK Robbed

|sot7 los Angeles Bank Robbed
J Los Angeles, Cal-Four armed and
|masked men held up the Huntington
Park branch Of the Los Angeles Trust
and Savings bank and escaped With
between $4,000 and $4,000. hank q.
0oials announced.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
S0vIETS SEEK LARGE; LOAN
Reds Offer Nansen Mortgage q Assets
m Security. ~

36 security.
Riga-The Soviet authorities have
offered DR.. Fridtjof Nansens- first
mortgage, backed by all the Russian
assets, as security for the $50,0o0,000
loan which he is trying to raise among
the European governments for famine
relief work in Russia It is understood
that it also has been agreedSto take
up later the question of recognition Of
the old Russian debts. go
Doctor Nansen expressed high trib-
uate for Herbert Hoover's undertaking,
but he felt that even this effort would
not nervent appalling misery unless
the governments granted very large
aid to Russia, either by gifts Or credit.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
Greeks Suffer Defeat

ConStantinople-After three days Of
AGhting tho Turks have forced tho
Greeks to retire across the Sakar1a
river in Asia Minor. The Greeks lost
many prisoners. much; material and
cannon and transport wagons.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

y. 8. Carrier Pigeon Breaks Record.
Washington-A pigeon which car
ried q message from Mayor Thompson
Of Chicago to President Harding in
is hours actual lying time for the
sl4h miles broke al;;world's record.
Il was announced. j. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02

Memorial for zR-2 Victims.
London-A memorial service for the.
victims OF the ZR-2 has bAen arran9ed
by the air ministry for September Z.
The service win be held in wet
minister Abby. 'Gzj5s:&:; ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
carno Of Food .o<artsd..

~, /: Cargo Of Food Started. T.
New York-A cargo Of food, cloth
Ing and medicines, gathered through
out the United States By The Commit
tee for Relief for children a Soviet
Russia, left here on the steamer Wa
co, bound for .Reval and PetIograd.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
TO SELL OR HOLD

Northwest Observation-Disclosures to
sell the wheat from the thresher or
hold it is always a question with the
man who is in a position to hold if he
wants to. A l0-year average, 1908 to
1912, gives the average price at Min
neapOis for No. l Northern as, follows:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
LEGION ENDS EUROPEAN TOUR

Americans Spend Day on Belgian
Front; Sail for Home Sept. z.
Ostend, Belgium-The continental
tour of the members of the American
Legion ended here, after they had Wis
tied Ypres, Dixmude, Peel Capelle and
other places on the former Belgian
war front. During their tour over the
old battlefields they were conducted by
Lieutenant General Orth, who was es-
pecially detailed by the Belgian minis
ter of war. =
The party will sail from Havre for
the United States on the steamer Leo.
poldina on September 2. .':