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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-22
FEDERAL TRADE
|SSION:|S
!. HIT BY BIG BIZ
Gradually Shorn Of Power it
: Merely Sits as Lega! Board ;;
:. :. Teeth TakenFroIn Law.

l. Inc fedefal Trade commission has
lost it's power to investigate and fur
nish the public with accurate informa-
tion on the doings of the big business
interests. The Farmers, National
council, the central national commit
tee of farmers organizations at Wash
ington SO declares.
I'VE have issued frequent warnings
about the concerted efforts of the big
business interests which wish to prac-
tice unfair methods and fear the day.
light of publicity. are making to abol-
ish the Federal Trade. commission
says statement of the council issued
this week.
"The commission is today doing
statement, "although it. should be in
vestigating in thorough way such as
it investigated the meat packing ir-
dustry, the entire coal industry, the
steel and other combinations, notably
manufacturers Of farmers implements
and the fertilizer and feeding trusts.
Court Against 1t.
'The trade commission has not in
vestigated the coal industry because
a federal court issued a perpetual In
junction restraining it from doing SO.
It had an appropriation Of $150,000
with which to make this investigation,
which undoubtedly would have re-
suited in lower prices for COAL, and
it had to turn this appropriation back
into the Federal treasury.
''The Newton-Kenyon BILL peding
before Congress. empowers the Federal
Trade Commission to secure and make
public the necessary information re-
garding the coal industry as means
OF reducing prices for coal. -:
There is imminent danger that un-
less farmers and other friends of fair
dealing and honest business methods
register their protests very ,emphati-
cally with the president, the Federal
Trade Commission will be abolished,
or it's functions distributed to the
Department Of Justice and th The
government def fary w .oserv<
OF capital.
To Shift The Burden.
There is also a well-defined plan
being considered by the Presidents 8
commission re-organizing Federal de-
partments to- transfer many Of the
functions of the Department of Agri-
culture, particularly those dealing with
marketing and distribution, to the De-
partment OF Commerce.
EVERY farmer knows that the ~Pe-
partment of Agriculture should now
be giving farmers the utmost oclp
in developing cooperative marketing.
direct trading, and comm odity market
ing. Many Of the big business inter-
ests Of the country are opposed: to
farmers going into the distribution OF
their own products. They would like
to see the Department Of Agricul-
ture crippled. :.
. 1T is incumbent upon the farmers
of America to vigorously protest
against the proposed subordination, Of
not destruction, Of adequate 'machin-
cry to help them market their crops
profitably. Write your protest direct
.ly to the President Of the United
States. Many crimes are committed
in the name Of deficiency and econ
omy," but the crime of further Grip
pling agriculture must not be, per-
mitted.'''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-22
100000 HOMES NEEDED.

NEW YORK, Oct 20.-There are
100000 more families than houses
in this city declares DR.. Royal S. Cope
land, municipal health commissioner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-22

IL AS it occurred to you that this paper goes
| into the homes of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territory?
1t Is carefully perused by every adult mem.
Der of the household. There is no better ad.
vertsing medium anywhere.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
Today's News
in Paragraphs

Harding ends cruise and takes up mass
oi correspondence. Page
Secretary Colby refuses to furnish sem
ators with information on proposed
Japanese agreement. Page 2
Substitute Senate immigration bill an
proved by committee. Page 2
Kalorama Citizens Association urges
grant Of bonus to police and fire de-
partments. -. Page 2
Witnesses before Senate COMMITTEES
charge combine to dx coal prices ex-
lists in D. G. Pare q
President-elect Harding and EIihu Root
winners in Navy dispute in Congress-
Page, 2
Lieut.. D. A.. Rupp Of Langley Field
found dead IN his quarters. The post
commandant declares poison was
taken through mistake. Page 3
French deputies support BRAND ana
reparations terms Page
Attorney McAvoy of PHILADELPHIA saws
high U. s. Army men were completely
fooled by BergdolI. Page
Legion head denounces Dr. Won Mach
for alleged plea to cause friction be-
tween U. s. and France. Page IL
Street railway association head says not
one OF 1000 900 idle in U. s. ID an elec-
trio road employe. Page II
Girl of eight and pet parrot prevent fire
panic on ship; other news told by
cable. Page 10
NeerO saufasrer wounds four officsrs In
= six-hour battle In Philadelphia
Evening star., 1921-02-10
Plans bill FOR D: c..
RAILWAY MERGER
House ubcommittee Expect
ed to Report New Measure
Early Next Week.

A new bill designed to bring about
a merger between the two street
railway systems in Washington prob
District committee early next week.
The principal obstacles to getting
such a report have been overcome in
the special subcommittee of five in
structed to draft the bill. The
measure when reported out will
probably provide for a tax of 2 per
cent on the gross earnings of both
street car systems. instead of n tax
of per cent as at present. Then
there will probably be levied an ex-
cess profits tax of so per cent on the
net earnings above per cent. and a
further tax of rs per cent on the net
earnings above s per cent.
The subcommittee today asked Rep
resentative James p. Woods of Vir-
ginia, author of the bill now under
consideration, to redraft his measure.
bringing in such changes as have
been tentatively agreed upon in the
committee. These changes are slight
and it may not be necessary to REIN
troduce the Woods bill before IL is
taken up by the full committee, other
wise Representative Woods will in
troduce a redrafted bill tomorrow.
Mr. Woods COAteAfi0A.
Representative Woods insists upon
giving the Washington Railway and
Electric Company the right to con-
solidate with the Potomac Electric
Power Company independent Of any
merger, and viii redraft his bill
specifically providing such right of
consolidation OF the Potomac Electric
company, either with the Washington
Railway and Electric Company or
with the corporation representing
the merger of the Washington aRfi-
way and Electric Company with the
Capital Traction Company which it is
hoped to effect
This matter was threshed out again
in the subcommittee today, when
Lieut.. Col. Charles w. Kutz. Engineer
commissioner for the District, was
again In conference with the subcom-
mittee. 1t had been expected that
(ContfnUed m pa po o 1S0II1v,o0 y
Evening star., 1921-02-10
PenknJe Wielder Puts Mystery
Into Cabinet Room Relic Hunt
One More Brass Plate Disappears From Among Those
Attached to Official Seats at Table-Secretmy
Bakers "Ah, Hal" Reveals Quest

Early this morning a small, plainly
dressed man, with large, trimmed
glasses, passed quickly into the
cabinet room in the White House
Office building and an instant later
was seen crouched mysteriously be-
hind one of the big chairs about the
long mahogany council table.
The big room was otherwise de-
serted. The curtains were half drawn
and the guard at the door was busily
reading a newspaper. The small man
continued in his crouched position,
and from a distance he could be seen
fumbling at the back of the chair
He mumbled something and then
drew penknife from his pocket and
applied it to the back of the chair.
Presently satisfied expression passed
over his face. and he said aloud some
thing that sounded like, "Ah, Ha! AT
last l got you"
By this time group of unusually
Intelligent looking men had gathered
at the half-closed door to the cabinet
room and looked on at the unusual
sight. They were reporters.
Finally the plainly dressed man
Evening star., 1921-02-10

ing through the staid committee room
and out into the wide corridors of the
office building. to tickle the ears of
busy legislators and their helpers.
Committeeman and onlookers sat with
toes tapping and heads nodding to the
lure of it. Yankee Doodle follow ed,
then Dixie" just to avoid sectional
ism.
That finished the hearing, but, with
worried look. the committee ste
nographer addressed the chairman:
How" asked the shorthand man,
am I going to make a full and COM
plete record Of this testimony"
Xylopkone Makers Next.
Representative Fordney had not
solved the stenographer's problem
when representatives of xylophone
makers. also seeking tarin protection.
uncased a few yards of musical cord
wood to demonstrate their case. That
excited Representative Young. repub-
lican, of North Dakota. He discov-
cred himself to his colleagues as q
man of accomplishments as well as
sentiment by humping out the mourn
ful strains Of How Dry AM,
This has been q relief" said Chair
man Fordney, when the symphonic
session Of the committee ended.
We've had little music here, except
chin music. MP to now"
Evening star., 1921-02-10
Eddling Figures in Program
Of House Tariff Constructors

House tariff constructors fiddled on
the job today.
The ways and means committee had
I'D the "violins" schedule. nd w. R.
Clymer of Columbus. Ohio. was on
hand with an armful of fiddles to
contend that American fiddle builders
did just as good job as anybody and
ought to have tariff protection for
their product.
He also brought along a local vio-
1inist. who treated the committee to
a classical selection played in turn on
q $40, q $50, a 5000 and an $500
fiddle, the first two instruments be-
ing a month out Of the factory. while
the $500 box was six years old and
the 1900 one nobody knew how old.
CIymer defied the tariff makers to
detect any differences in tone. 1t
looked like a clash of experts was
coming when Chairman Fordney an
nounced that he owned a Stradivar-
ius made in 1713.
Fordney Relieves Tension.
Tension passed. however. when Mr..
Fordney said to the violinist:
"How about the ArkansRs traveller
The musician complied With the sug-
gestfon. and In a moment the Hitting
measures OF the old tune went rollick-
Evening star., 1921-02-10
BULLFROG IS BLASTED
WHEN DYNAMITE LUNCH
GETS NEAR HOT FURNACE

The family Of William H. Anglin,
Guy avenue. Hyattsville. were
startled yesterday by an explosion
in the cellar. The explosion was
caused. Mr.. Anglin claims by dyna-
mite swallowed by a frog which
lay down too near the furnace.
Mr.. Anglin says his children. a
short time before. were amusing
themselves by making dynamite
a quantity Of which is stored in the
cellar Of his home-into little balls
and rolling them down a plank. The
frog, happening to live~at the other
end, caught them in his mouth.
The children tired of this after a
while. and the frog, full of dyna-
mite balls. hoped down into the
cellar, picked out a soft spot next
to the furnace and curled up for a
pleasant snooze. The heat of the
fire soon reached the dynamite, a
loud explosion followed and the
frog had disappeared.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
GRANT $240 BONUS
T0F|RE AND POLICE
EMPLOYEES IN BILL
;uII Amount Favorably Re-
ported in Measure Coming
From Committee.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST
GRATUITY TO WORKERS
Readiustment of Salaries to Be
Completed in Time for 1923
Appropriation.

Policemen and firemen of the Dis
trict of Columbia are granted the 1uii
$24O bonus under the provisions OF
the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill as prepared by the
Senate appropriations committee to-
day for report to the Senate.
Members of the committee said that
they believed it was only fair to the
policemen and the iremen to give
them the same bonus allowed otner
employees in the District government
and the federal government.
The bill also will carry. as hitherto
predicted, the $240 bonus for the en-
ployes of the federal and district gov
ernments, practically in the same
form as the ixisting law.
= Notice will be given on the noor OF
the Senate. it was said today by mem
bers of the Senate committee. that
there will be no more bonus legisla-
ton for the government employees.
and that this will be the last bonus
allowed. The hope was expressed that
steps could be taken for the proper
reclassif1cation and readjustment OF
salaries of the government employees
before the appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1923 is put through.
Bin Practically Complete.
The policemen and hremen OF the
District Of Columbia under the pres
ent law receive bonus OF $1zO. THIS
was granted them last year after q
hard struggle in Congress. Their
bonus was made less than the others
because they received increases in pay
last year.
The legislative appropriation bin Is
practically completed and ready Tor
report to the Senate. Various new In
creases in salary were allowed Dy the
Senate committee, it was said
Evening star., 1921-02-10

with the trimmed glasses approached
them. He was smiling, and in one
hand he held small brass plate
with some lettering on it. 1t was
Secretary of War Baker, and he had
lifted" as he expressed it, the plate
bearing his name. office and date of
appointment. which has adorned the
back of his cabinet chair since
March 9, 1916.
Il realize this might be called
collecting the loot" the Secretary
told the group, but I was especially
anxious for this little plate to add
to my collection of souvenirs and
mementos of my public service. in
tend to attach it to the back of the
chair I will use in my law office
when l retire from public life"
Secretary Baker. however, is not
alone as a souvenir collector. Only
five of the ten plates remain on the
backs of the chairs in the cabinet
room. Those who preceded him in
obtaining their plates are the Attor-
ney General and the Secretaries of
State, Commerce and Interior.
Attaches at the White House saw
it has been customary for outgoing
cabinet officers to take these plates
and the five remaining plates will
have disappeared before< March 4.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
AL JENNINGS GIVES
"UP" WHEN PISTOL
IS DRAWN ON HIM

NEW YORK, February 10.-Al
Jennings, reformed train robber
and bandit, admits he has been
victimized here by AN inconsider-
ate, discourteous' member Of his
forsaken profession.
Returning to his hotel from
Brooklyn. Jennings was accosted
by a shabby individual and found
himself at the unfamiliar end Of
six gun" He obeyed with celerity
the usual Hands up.' command
then sought immunity by divulging
his identity.
"Oh, come on, now" he pleaded,
in friendly manner, I'm AL
Jennings"
Never mind the guff." returned
the other, lifting jewel and a roll
of bills from Jennings pocket,
I'm President Wilson.
There, now, I'm leaving you a
dime-beat it!'
Jennings did.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
HARDING TAKES Up
MASS Of BUSINESS
Correspondence Receives
His Attention as Vacation
Cruise Is Ended.
By the Associated Press.

ny IDc A9SOC1hGP0 PRESS.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. February 10.
Back at work today after three
week vacation. President-elect Hard
ing waded into vast accumulation
of correspondence and other miscel-
ianeous business that must be cleared
away before he can give serious
thought to final decisions on the per-
sonnel Of his cabinet and other major
problems
Mr.. Harding returned to st. Angus
tine last night from his houseboat
cruise along the Florida coast and
established offices in a st. Augustine
hotel, which will be his home until
Inauguration day.
tions have been forwarded to him
during his trip and the stock Of
unanswered telegrams, and letters
probably will occupy virtually all Of
his working time for the remainder
of the week.
Kept Away From Problems.
While the President-elect was
cruising on the houseboat Victoria
he also kept as far away from his
problems as possible. and it may be
said authoritatively that the most
Important decisions of the coming
administration, including the per-
sonnel of the cabinet, are but little
nearer consummation than they were
three weeks ago.
Definite selections are yet to be
made for practically all Of the ten
cabinet positions, and in regard to
most Of them one guess seems as good
as another.
The cabinet appointments which Mr..
Hardings close friends believe to be
virtually determined are confined to
the portfolios of State, Justice, Post
Office and Agriculture. Charles Evans
Hughes of New York for Secretary
Of State, Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio
for Attorney General. Will H. Hays
Of Indiana for Postmaster General
and Henry Wallace Of Iowa for Sec
retary Of Agriculture are selections
which those in position to know now
regard as practically certain
Yet, even in respect to these 1t is
Evening star., 1921-02-10
Police and Firemen Paid
More Literally Elsewhere
Than Here, Statistics Show

Bostonians VITO patrol the streets Of
that ctty In Ie3tN HHffoED reoetXe an
anneal sAaaIy 1s SL3ee set onS Day
OF in easht and are furnished uni
1Isn IN tuS atty IS hisSess ssSaszp.y Of
& peiicensen 41.1e4 ytfh fHOnty
1e54 aanuA1 l1esss q eIteysAass
tef tntforsn - 9eee noe ssfvaSs sss
tes ~. e1ss : Rsrse 49, s.ssl,s.n s OF ia COM
inittee on ways and nneaias OF the
Polfcemen's Aseoo4axion.e and e NJ
Seaman. also o member OF the COM
n1ittee, have flrnished this tnforma-
essn smmst.sss aH as & tss :. Ho.ss @ nd senate.
II fs bat . asmAA part VI the fnformA-
tion furnished, h0we5<r, other n9ures.
It 70 stated, sh0vfag that police In
practically All The lafge dtaes get
In Cieveiand. Chic, the basic pay
IL from 81. .5es 20 A1.so4. while in New
York t d from $l.74c to $1,zse. De-
troit. Mich, pays II Doncemsn from
$1.sao to t1.1Se. gives them one oAy
on each week And provides uniforms.
+ sasss Gs'soss to ss1sss. sss '''es 'e"' ''A'
II IL urged By friends Of the local
police that the cost Of living IN this
city u no less than elsewhere ana
they are satisfied their uniforms cost
a. much az they eeA elsewhere.
why then should there be such .
<rest di6erence q salaries!" was
asked By = friend Of the bluecoats.
who pointed out that police duty here
probably IL about ~ exacttng a. IN
any city in the country.
inx. he added. federal property
worth millions Of dollars has to be
protected, IN many Instances, against
persons who come from the cities
where the police work fs more fuliy
appreciated.
f1e wolf from the door and enable
families Of the policemen to present
an appearance equal to those OF their
Frisnds Of both the dremen and po-
licemen are continuing their efforts
spond to what they term request Tor
Justice to two protection departments
Of the government
In Des Moines, Iowa. 1t costs $2,100
. year to care for q hreman's family
Of I'VE, according to data collected by
are department. The highest basic
pay Of q fireman in this city IL the
same az that of the police. 1850. and
1t 10 pointed out that the cost of
living here certainly is no less than
In Des Moines.
Capt. Edward Oconnor, president
Of the Firemen's Association. who has
conducted the campaign for larger
salaries for members Of the depart
ment. has supplied members Of the
committees Of Congress with . state
mont, showing the pay Of members Of
fire departments throughout the
country.
In a supplemental list Of twenty
cities furnished the committees 1t
appears that in only three OF them
are the firemen paid salary smaller
than that paid in this city. the
smallest being $1.40o paid the nremen
in wilkes-Barre. Pa In most of the
other cities. none of them having a
population of more than 10000. the
salaries run from $3.50 to $2.007.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
WILL RENT U. S. GIFT
COWS IN GERMANY
TO OUTWiT ALLIES

BERLIN. February 10.-Cows
donated to Germany by American
farmers viii be rented out at the
rate of one mark a year for each
COW. 30 that they will remain
American property and not be de-
1iverable to the allies under the
peace treaty. the German agents
of the American Dairy Cattle
Company have announced. after a
conference with the German Red
Cross concerning distribution of
the animals.
Joachim Won Winterfeld, presi-
dent Of the German Red Cross,
says arrangements have been
made to distribute promptly fur
ther deliveries shortly after their
arrival. There will be no delay
in inspections and the cows will
be placed quickly in the possess
sion OF farmers
Evening star., 1921-02-10
FALLS FROM 9TH STORY.

NEW YORK. February 10.-Mrs.
Marion Peters, wife of Joseph r..
Peters. vice president of the Fairbanks
Company. scale manufacturers, was
killed early this morning when she
jumped or fell from an eighth story
window in a fashionable apartment
house.
She had been suffering from a
nervous disease and was In the care
Of 2 trained nurse
Evening star., 1921-02-10
GETS RANK OF GENERAL.

Richard c. Marshall, jr., former
major in the Quartermaster Corps of
the Army and brigadier-general in the
the President brigadier-general in the
Reserve Corps. During the latter part
of the world war he was assistant
chief of the construction division Of
the War Department, and was award
ed distinguished service medal for his
services. He resigned from the Army,
June 80. last.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
RE-EMPLoYs 1000 MEN.

DETROIT. Mich. February 10
Cincident with announcement of the
regular quarterly dividend to pre.
ferred stockholders today. the Pack
ard Motor Car Company announced
men. effective Immediately. The com.
pany has been operating with a force
OF about 5000 men for several weeks.
Evening star., 1921-02-10
HOLDS up NOMINATIONS.

Senator France. republican. Mary
land, blocked an attempt made By
Senator fletcher, democrat Fiorids.
Dental nominations Of ex-aervice men
and their widows for postmasterships
Senator Fletcher asked unantmous
consent for the combinations. Sena-
tor France objected. he said, In the
absence from the chamber Of -4enatee
Townsend. chairman OF tn post .o0ea
committee. - z,,--5zr
Evening star., 1921-02-10
EGGS STILL "SLIDE."
Retail Prices S to 10 Cents Lowe,
in Today's Quotations

Eggs are still on the slide in price.
The retail prices Of this commodity
today were 5 and 10 cents lower than
yesterday.
Some dealers who quoted prices at
So cents per dozen yesterday were
offering eggs today at SO cents. Others
who sold them at 60 cents YESTERDAY
asked SO cents today.
Chain grocery stores were Offering
When the price-slide will cease one
dealer said it could not be determined
He. however, said he did not hejjsve
they would drop much lower than
40 cents.
Evening star., 1921-02-10

WEATHER..
Rain tonight. probably clearing to-
morrow morning; warmer tonight
Temperature for tweuty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest, 4a.s. at
pm. yesterdays lowest, S4.9, at 7:ao
am. today.
Full report on page e.
Evening star., 1921-02-10

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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1921-07-21
LOCAL PERSONALS

DR.. and Mrs. McFall have moved
into Prof. McDonald'a house for the
summer.
chas. Il. Beery. OF Portland. En-
gineer for the Eastern Oregon Land
Co ia here this week and will be-
gin work In the Ironside section.
He was accompanied by his son.
Charles Jr.
NJ. J. Stanton from Juntura Is In
town this week.
Donald Graham. Deputy Assessor,
came down from Vale and went on
TO Boise Tuesday.
Mrs. Winnie Diyen and son OF
Nyssa visited in Ontario Sunday.
Miss Anne Beams OF Lincoln. Neb-
raska, who has been teaching school
In Walla walla. Washington stopped
off this week to visit DR.. and Mrs.
@. A. Pogue. Miss Beams was
childhood friend OF Mrs. Pogue's
daughter Bessie.
Miss Bernice Knowlton is here
from Fairfield. Idaho. visiting her
sister Miss Knowlton.
The Annual Picnic OF the w. c.
7, U. will be held az the home OF
Mr.. Adolph Gramse. Tuesday. July
20. at p. NJ. Program-lunch--
plenty OF shade--general good time.
Members bring your lady friend.
Cars will leave Me Dowell's store
from two until two thirty.