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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05
Ea,nsrs Loae HaIf RiIIlon DoIIars

Farmers Lose Half Billion Dollars
Washington, D. c., Jan. 3,-Vege-
table oils imported into the United
states and sold in competition with
southern cottonseed oil increased
from 285 million pounds in 1914 to
ITO million pounds in 1920, according
to figures made public by the depart
ment of foreign commerce here TO-
day. Chinese oils produced by coolie
labor at approximately seven cents
per day constitute the bulk OF the
1920 importations and total nearly 200
million pounds These importations'
according to reliable estimates, eaus-
ed a loss to the southern cotton farm
ers of approximately $5Oo,O00,0oO.OO
during the past year.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

and Tennessee. Besides being
electrically driven the ship will be
electrically operated from her guns,
galley, and bakeshop to her potato
peelers and sewing machines. The
inset above shows a Chief Petty
Officer standing inside one Of her four
Totors before it was put in place in
her engine room.
The California was launched Nov
ember goth, 1919, at the Navy Yard,
Mare Island, and was sponsored by
Mrs. Randolph T. Zane, daughter of
Governor Stevens. The ship is the
latest addition to the American Navy
and was designed by master minds
sharpened by the urge of war and rep
resents the ultimate in fighting fit
ness. Many lessons learned during the
war in ship construction have been
built into her.
The ormal displacement of the
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05
BANKERS TO MEET
| NEXT SATURDAY

President Ben Johnson Of the Louisi-
ana Bankers association has called a
conference of bankers in New Orleans
on January 8, at the Hotel Grunewald
to carry into effect the plan of the
Memphis cotton convention to reduce
production next year fifty percent, by
limiting the cotton acreage to one-third
of the lands placed in cultivation in
1921.
Mr.. Johnson has already named the
chairman of each parish committee,
who under the Memphis plan IS to
be a banker and who will name his
committee Of ten: three bankers,
three merchants and four farmers. Mr..
Johnson is acting with the Louisiana
division of the American Cotton asso-
citation, which already has complete
organizations in the cotton parishes.
Chairman w. B. Thompson has called
a meeting of the Louisiana division
state committee and the parish chair
men for the same time and place, to
cooperate with the bankers.
The Road to Save Farming
While the financial situation is
such that there will necessarily be a
: great restriction of credit, the Mem
phis plan contemplates utilizing this
condition in such way as to apply
such credit as can be extended fairly
and evenly and at the same time reap
for the whole cotton industry, the bene-
fit which can be derived from cur
tailment in production, resulting from
restricted credit. Bankers and mer-
chants are asked to apply these re-
rtrictions fairly and in exact accord
ance with the plan, which would give
every farmer a chance, and at the
same time meet the present emer-
gency and put him on the road to sane
farming for the future.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

c. A. GARDINER, NJ. D.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

year, and many of them will have a
few hogs to market, reports P. B,
Crawford, parish agent.
At meeting Of the Oberin cham
Der of commerce held this week the
question of forming farm bureau
was discussed, reports Geo. w. Bohne
agent in Allen parish. That organiza.
ton endorsed the idea and volunteer
ed to stand for the initial expenses
Of getting the movement started. An
organization committee is now at work
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05
Peanut planters Plead for, Protection

Peanut Planters Plead for, Protection
Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 3.-Declar-
ing that the present tariff on peanuts
was entirely inadequate, the national
peanut association, in session here re-
Gently, passed resolutions favoring a
tariff sufficient to equaLize the cost
of production in the United States
with that Of the Orient, where there
is an abundance of cheap labor.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

that the present session win be able
to pass adequate tariff measures. The
call was also signed by the governors
elect of the southern states whose gov
ernors will soon retire and by the COM
missioners of agriculture and leading
chambers OF commerce of the south.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

and local meetings win be held wher.
ever it is possible to do 50. On jan
uary IL final meeting will be held
in the courthouse at Oberlin and a
parish wide organization effected.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

Lee Bradley of Krotz Springs spent
Wednesday and Thursday among
friends in OpeOusas.
Judge DeKerlegand Of near Arnaud-
Vile was a visitor to OpeIousas Thurs
day.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05

California will be $4,000 tons; length
624 feet; beam 81 IL feet; draft 81
feet; speed 81 knots (24 land miles,;
and an armament consisting OF:
twelve 14-inch so calibre guns. one
of which is shown above with fifty
or sixty bluejackets comfortably
standing upon it, and foruteen B.
inch 81 calibre: four 3linch 80 calibre
anti-aircraft; four 8 Founders (salut-
ing) and two u inch submerged tor
pedo tubes.
When commissioned the early part
of 1921, this great vessel will be as
signed to the Pacifis fleet and it Is
said that she will be made the flag
ship Of the commander-in-chief of that
important station. crew of all Cali
fornia will man her, nd greet strides
have lready been accomplished in re-
oruiitng and assembling these men.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-01-05
ssdED FoE Be CONGRESS
coND TAM

~ Oa .ssrn state have issued
81 = .onvene here January ~
!. 2 ne congress , will be non n,
: thorough discussion OF
y. relates to southern IN
81 :. ! conducted. The meet
b : y erpected to make recon,
y ,'.l !, VI which will he press o5.sl
i'iion 9, congress when it considers
l .. as it is not expected
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
MRS. MINNIE MAY TALLMAN

Mrs. Minnie May Tallman,
daughter-in-law of NJ. w. Tallman
Of Lowell, died in Providence Hos
pital, Wednesday morning, August
10, after long illness. The i'm
mediate cause of her death was a
too long delayed operation for gall
stones, from which she had been
suffering for several years. The
funeral services were held in the
Chapel Of c. II. Brakeman, Snohom-
ish, last Friday. Rev. d. A. Storey
Of the Methodist Church officiating.
The remains were inferred in the
g. A. R. Cemetary.
Mrs. Tallman is survived by her
father, residing in California; son,
Stanley Collins, of Blackfoot, Idaho;
four brothers, Walter Troupe of
Snohomish, Arthur Troupe of Low
ell, Edward Troupe of Seattle and
Albert Troupe in Iowa; sister
Mrs. A. NJ. Toler of Taft, Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Tallman's last four years
Of life were filled with sadness.
Two sons and her husband, Rex
Tallman, were killed in accidents
during that time.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
| plea for longer credits from

a plea for longer credits from
American financiers.
In Ecuador there is practically
an economic impasse. Inundated by
American goods, its market is I'M
able to absorb them or to find the
necessary capital to finance them
The rate of exchange is ruinous
and unpaid drafts reaching several
millions of dollars have accumulat-
ed in the banks with little hope of
cancellation.
In America the plight of certain
interests is very serious. Farmers
are in condition bordering on
desperation, as the value of their
product is only about 60 per cent
of pre-war days while the price of
all they buy is two or three times
as hgih. They cannot obtain suf-
ficient credits nor are their notes
rediscountable as they run for long
er periods than commercial paper
The failures in 1919 were 1926
The markets are filled with I'M
salable goods. The south whose
economic life is bound up in cot
ton, faces economic paralyzation
as a result Of the fall in price of
that commodity.
For a nation to be compelled to
be indebted is not any indication of
incapacity. If that be the case
then all the world is suffering from
incapacity and the Filipinos are in
good company. If that be taken
as a premise and Philippine indie
pendence is withheld then it must
be argued next that all the coun-
tries of the globe now indebted to
the United States, and which is
not, should be colonies of the
United States for being financially
incompetent.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
DOLLAR WORTH 81 CTS.

"The dollar of eleven years ago
has lost 63 cents worth of pur-
chasing power and is now only
worth 81 cents, according to a mem
orandum issued by the War De
partment in supporting the plea
to Congress for salary increases in
the army 1t is stated that since
the armistice was signed one-sixtf
Of the officers in the entire ser
vice have resigned because they can
not meet present living costs with
1903 salary. It is declared that
reports from all over the service
Indicate that officers and men are
being swamped by the high cost
Of living. Cincinnati Chronicle.
The War Department underesti-
mates the value of dollar. 1t has
never gone 50 low as 81 cents. The
War Department should get correct
statistics from the Labor Depart
ment.
But that's not the point. The
working man has had his wages re-
duced, and he earns more than he
gets. Most army officers do moth
ing and are asking more pay for
doing it.
If the army men suffer from the
high cost Of living, and are getting
paid and fed for producing nothing
how do you think the workers can
stand it?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
Real Home Care For
Dependent Children

Conditions occasioning the re-
moval of children from their homes
and measures by which family care
may be preserved are discussed in
report entitled, Children De-
prived of Parental Care" recently
issued by the u. S. Department
of Labor through the Children's
Bureau. This report presents the
experiences of 513 children taken
under care by Delaware agencies
and institutions during a two-year
period. At least half these chill
dren had both parents living, and
only 3 per cent were full orphans.
In one case out of every five,
delinquency on the part of par
ents or guardians was the cause of
the child's removal. Inability of
parents or guardians longer to care
for the child occasioned the removal
of almost one-fourth. Delinquency
on the part of the child was given
as the immediate cause for some
what more than two-fifths of the
removals.
For 10 per cent of the children
studied it appears that the devel-
opmental advantages of normal
home life might have been pre-
served had financial assistance in
the home been available. Nowhere
in the state, at the time of the
survey, was suitable care to be
had for subnormal children, who
constituted II per cent of the
group. A beginning toward such
provision has subsequently been
made Only II per cent of the
children were placed in private
families, the other 83 per cent be-
ing placed in institutions. This
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19

circumstance is especially surpris-
ing inasmuch as home-finding
agencies of other states have plac-
ed large numbers of dependent
children in Delaware.
Such measures as a State pro-
baton system, mothers pensions,
and placing-out and boarding-ou
under proper supervision, are rec
commended in the report as means
for correcting in part the social
wastage originating in child ne
glect. Delaware has begun a care
fully considered forward movement
since the inquiry was made. Fun
damental improvement can come
only in the slow but sure develop
ment of standards of family life
based upon wise educational, eco
nomic, and civic policies.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
Smoke CHALLENGE 1Oe Cigar.

Many lives and much property are
lost every year because of accidents
due to venereal diseases, says the U.
S. Public Health Service. So great
in fact are these losses that the
National Safety Council has issued a
bulletin on them. For instance, four
serious recent railway wrecks were
traced to employees who failed be-
cause they were suffering from
paresis, which is a form of syphilis
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19

A contract on the 1920 basis of
wages and working conditions was
signed at Galveston, Texas, by the
Independent Oil Transportation COM
pany and members of the various
unions Of seafaring men. The COM
pany operates a number of tugs en-
gagged in towing barges in the oil
trade in gulf waters.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19

The United States public health
service reports that out of more than
1000 miners who were examined
AZ per cent showed definite signs
of dust injury to the lungs. 1t was
found that the death rate from tu-
berculosis in Butte, Mont. in one
year was nearly Is times as great
as that of the State of Michigan.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19

Referring to the probability that
Governor Small of Illinois would
be arrested and incarcerated on a
criminal charge the Seattle Star
headed the item with this: "Gov-
ernor may be locked up" Most any
one who has seen the picture Of
Governor Small in the papers will
wonder why he was not long ago
thrown into Jail and kept there.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-19
JOHN F. JERREAD|
UNDERTAKEN AND
EMBALMER

We have repair shop in connec-
ton with store and have an expert
repair man in charge of same. We
make speciality of repairing motor
cycles, bicycles, typewriters, cash
registers, guns and revolvers. We also
do lock, safe and key work. Tele-
phone and we will call for your "work
and return same when repaired at
Arthur A. Baily's Sporting Goods and
Hardware Store. Both phones rs,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
BASKET BALL SEASON
STARTS SATURDAY

On Saturday evening, Dec. IL, at
8 o'clock, the Scouts will start the
ball rolling with game against the
Ondossagon High School five, OF
Barksdale. The game will be play
ed nthe Du Pont Club gymnasium,
and will bring together two teams
which fought each other to finish
in two hard games last year, with
each quint winning on its own floor,
and losing away from home. Ma
turally, they both feel that there was
a mistake somewhere, and are going
to try to show that the mistake was
the other team. Some of the best
men of last years teams do not ap-
pear in the lineup this season, but
both teams have suffered about the
same, and the new material is
plentiful and Of good quality, so that
there is every prospect of a fast
game.
The preliminary game will be be-
tween the Scout End and the On
dossagon End.
Don't forget the date, December
IT, at the Du Pont Club. Admis.
sion 25 cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
ss,o75.2s
Y DRIVE FUND

The Board of Governors of the Du
Pont Club wish to announce that
neither, the Y. M. C. A. nor the Club
had anything to do with the money
which was raised by committee of
Wasburn business men, of which Mr..
C. H. Rummel was chairman, in
the final and unsuccessful attempt to
keep the Y running. This committee
did not raise the amount necessary
for the maintenance of the Y, and
none of the money which they col
lected was at any time turned over
to the Y for that reason. Inasmuch
as it had become obvious that the
Y could not continue, none of this
money could be accepted by the Y
manag ement in good faith, as men,
berships could not be issued for it.
The Club has encountered no little
ADVERSE criticism on account of this
money. and therefore wishes to have
it made clear that all of the money
collected which has not been re-
turned to the original donors or used
according to directions from them,
is still in the hands Of the Drive
Committee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
MAY OPERATE
EXTENSIVELY
XII CO. TO INSTALL NEW
MACHINERY
Saw Mill at Bemidji Plant Burn
ed Down and Much Business
will be Transferred Here.

There are rumors, which are well
founded. that the KenfieldLamor-
eaux plant in this city will operate
on an extensive scale after the first
of the year, giving employment to
an additional number Of men.
Recently the saw mill plant of the
company, located at Bemidji, burned
down, and the decision is understood
to have been made whereby large
share of this business will be trans
ferred to this city.
New machines consisting Of a
horizontal resaw have been order
ed and will arrive in the course of
few days to be installed, and much
Of the business formerly handled at
Bemidji will be transferred to this
city.
The old saying that it is an i'll
wind that blows nobody good" aptly
applies in this case, and where
Remidji loses Washburn gains. While
we regret the loss to the Minnesota
city yet we welcome the news that is
of Importance to Washburn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
WINTER CARE OF TIRES

If you are going to put your car
away for the winter, there ere a
few important rules to follow if you
want to find your tires in good con-
dition when springtime comes again,
says the United States Tire Com
pany.
The tires should be cleaned thor
oughly to remove oil and grease. If
you want to be especially kind to your
tires, remove them from the car, de-
fate them,. wrap them up in paper
or cloth and store them in cool,
dry place away from the sunlight.
If you do not want to go to the
trouble of removing the tires, jack
up the car, defiate the tires, and
wrap them in covers of paper or
cloth. Do not let the car stand on
the tires all Writer or you will need
new set of tires in the spring.
1T is essential that tires be de-
fiated. In cold weather an inflated
tire has tendency to "set," con-
dition under which the rubber is
likely to break if bent or twisted out
of the position or shape in which il
has stood for length of time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
MARKET GRAIN
and HONEY
STATE SHOW BRINGS MANY
ORDERS FOR SEED
Farmers of Bayfield, County
Receive Fine Price for Their
Prize Stuff Exhibited at Show.

v. E. Brubaker, County Agr.
Agent, exhibited some excellent
samples of grain and honey for the
farmers of Bayfield, County last
week at the State Marketing Ex-
position, held at Milwaukee. Wiscon-
sin Pedigree Oats, Spring and Winter
Wheat, Barley, Soybeans, Green and
Scotch peas, and Marrowfat peas
were exhibited in the commercial
booth. AS a result of this exhibit
the committee in charge sold 24OO
bushels of seed grains. This was sold
at the following prices, Oats $1.0O,
Barley, SIPS and Wheat $500 per
bu.
Many people were interested in the
Honey display and 1000 pounds were
sold while there and others have
written for more since we have re-
turned home. Literature was given
out to many people who were in
terested in Bayfield, County.
Plans are now being made for
larger and more varied exhibit of
Bayfield, County Farm products next
year at the State Show. Great in
terest was shown by all exhibitors at
the Show and all interests will join
efforts in making next years Show
the greatest of it's kind in America.
Demand for good seed grain is
great this year, and farmers wishing
to buy, should not wait too long be-
fore ordering.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
EMPLOYEES
CLEAN HOUSE

There is an old song which runs as
follows: "There was a busy little bee
and that was ALL" and little
more to that effect. These few
words describe pretty accurately the
occurrences at the Du Pont Club last
Saturday. During the three years
that the building has run as <,
the dust and CRIME and wear and
tear have made quite difference in
it's appearance, and although it has
been swept daily, it never did have
a thorough cleaning until last Sat
urday. when about so men from the
plant came in and held cleaning
bee. And it was some bee, too.
Floors and walls were scrubbed, wood
work cleaned and polished, the bowl
ing alleys given thorough overhaul
ing, gymnasium equipment put in
shape to use, supply of coal haul
ed from the dock, lot of rubbish
cleaned out, and a whole lot of other
jobs done which every good house
wife is entirely familiar with. The
boys worked from $3.50 till IL, and
them stopped to eaat a nice salts
flying dinner of wieners, mashed po-
tatoes, rolls, cookies an dcoffee pre-
pared in the Club kitchen, by COM
mittee; after dinner they all tied
in again, and by 4:3O there was a
big Improvement.
The job is not yet finished, but
the worst of it is now out of the
way, and another Of the same" will
fix it up so that you can see your
face in it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
PROGRAM FOR
GRAIN SHOW
TO BE HELD AT SPOONER
DURING JANUARY

Many People from this County
expect to, Attend Big Show al
Sp00ner. Many Counties tC
be Represented.
Spooner, January 4-5-6, 1922.
Jan. Entries close at noon.
Jan. $500 to 1900 A. M. Demon.
strations of corn testers, tanning
mills, smut cleaning machinery.
Judging of Exhibits.
A. L. Stone, Dept. of Agriculture
1880 P. M.-Plant Disease Control
r. E. Vaughn, Wis. College of
Agriculture.
2:40 P. M.--Points Considered in
Preparing and Judging Exhibits
A. L. Stone.
$500 P. M.-Meeting of Washburn
County Pedigree Seed Growers
Association.
500 p. M.-Movies and Program.
Jan. $3.50 A. M.-Corn Judging
Contest for High School Teams.
11:30 A. M.-Raising and Certify
ing Seed Grains for the market.
E. D. Holden, Madison.
1880 P. Incorporating with Town
Officials in Controlling Weeds
A. L. Stone.
$3.50 p. M.--The Part that Pedigree
Grains Take in Reducing the Cost
of Production.
f. ]. Delwiche, Branch Experiment
Stations.
All topics under discussion at this
grain show aim to be Of practical ap-
plication. 1t is the hope of the Off
GERS Of the association that farmers
will feel free to take part in any pro-
gram by asking questions and by
giving experience which will be of as
sistance in furthering the use Of better
seeds.
A number of farmers have already
planned to attend the Grain Show at
Spooner and will leave here on jan
uary 4th, taking the Omaha train
through from Washburn or Ashland
Jet. at 2:3O or 800 o'clock. Every
one planning to attend the Show
should get in touch with v. E. Bru-
baker, at Washburn, as soon as pos
sible so reservations can be made al
Spooner while there.
We wish to urge every farmer fol
grain to exhibit at this Show to send
it at once to the Agr. Office at Wash
burn, and if you have not any flaming
mill to clean this grain, please SEND
it in anyway, and it will be cleaned
up for the Show.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-15
FISHING SHANTIES
ALLOWABLE ON BAY
According to Letter Received by
Ashland County Clerk From
Secretary Scheibel of COnser-
yatiOn Commission.

Many fishermen who have lain on
the cold ice, while fishing during the
past week will be glad to learn that
they may use shanties to protect
themselves against the cold and wind.
The following is letter received
by County Clerk Quistorf, of Ash
land from r. S. Scheibel, secretary OF
the State Conservation Commission:
eve are in receipt of your letter
of recent date and the writer has ta-
ken up the matter with Commissioner
Webber relative to the use of shanties
while fishing through the ice on Che
quamegon Bay.
"If you will read the provisions OF
section 1928 on page 80, you will
note that almost the entire section
refers only to inland waters, al
though the law does not state that
fish shanties may be used on Che
quamegon Bay, neither ,does the
law provide that such fish shanties
can not be used.
ct is the opinion of the commits
sion that the restrictions OF fish
shanties is intended for inland
waters only, and that the men fish
ing with hook and line through ice
on Chequamegon Bay using not more
than FIVE lines with one hook on a
line, or three lines with two hooks
on line, may use shantiees to pro-
tect themselves from the inclemency
of the weather"
Last week 139 men were counted
fishing through the ice near the ore
docks. without projection from the
cold. Ashland Press.