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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
SNYDER RAPS HIS CRITICS
Admits in PottsvilIe Speech His
$4,000 Check Episode Is an Issue

I'ottsvilIc. May 11.-Statr Treasurer
Charles 4. Snyder and his $1,000 check
TO Lieutenant Governor BeidIcman is
an issue in the campaign, Snyder him
self said ~ last night.
II want my friends TO stand for Al
ter hocausc hi. defeat would be ro-
pUdiarion Of myself and my political
acts" he said.
Snyder also hits back at his critics
for showing up the small army of Office
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
WOMAN SHOT IN BOAT Hour
Body With Bullet Wound In s,..
Found by Nelohbor

Pittsburgh, May 11.--(By A. p,
Mrs. Jack Hamilton was murdcr.d !,
her shanty boat home on the A,lo,h.'a -
River at Millvale, a suburb, todoy 'A'
Mrs. Hugh Ferguson, neiaSi..
talked with her at 7.3O o'clock 9oi sn% !.
o'clock went in to see her. Sbo u Sou az
Mrs. Hamilton lying dead on tho 'VaIaa aIla
with a bullet in her side. loos
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which the Germans undertake n ~
nish the Red ARMY with the arm.
material necessary to equip 1so ,."' ss
ments of infantry and sufficient ~. W
field artillery for twenty infantr,% % y,
visions. W'
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WalIOp Machine, PinchOt's Plea


Mr.. Pinchot was in the city tOdny
following a successful tour Of Lacka-
wanna County. He will remain in this
city all day and ut tomorrow nights
mass meeting at the Academy of Music
will call on Philadelphia Republicans to
| roll up big vote for good government.
4 "The revelations in Harrisburg" ," >aid
! pinchot before the Baldwin meeting.
continue to follow the beaten track
! for such affairs. The indsputab!e
proof Of wrong doing, such as the proof
of shortage in che state treasury. sub
mitted By the expert accountants is
usually followed by the confession Of
one or more minor officials.
I'm the present case Earl T. Dewa,d.
receiving teller Of the state treasury.
admits the facts set forth by eXpert
accountants. asserts that he personally
made the entries intended to conceal the
shortage. but adds that he did SO under
direct orders from higher up.
Shortage Admitted.
Right there IL the point of today =
addition to the revelation in the State
Treasury scandal The shortage Is nd :
uiitted BY the man who mhde the entries
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holders he has had appointed from

holders he has had appointed from
Schuylkill County.
1T does seem queer that some
SchuylkilI County people should criticize
mo for all tho jobs ] got for Schuylkill
couptians." Snyder indicated he
thinks he should be commended for all
this successful job. landing, even though
the Treasury is bankrupt, and the pub T..
lie schools are unable TO get funds.
Snyder also cannot see why the fact
that he. only q short time ago, a poor
man, should be the object of scrutiny
because of the magnificent palace he
now occupies. MANY Of my Philadel :
phia critics live in bigger houses than
mine he said,
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Russians Blame
u. s. for Isolation

Continued from Page One
tuition of private property. clearly show
that political considerations have been
grated upon purely material ques-
tion.'
Genoa Is still in ignorance ns to the
Soviet Governments last word on what
4 will do about the foreign property
nationalized in Russia, and that is the
question on which France and Belgium
have split with the rest Of the Powers.
The Russian reply naturally has
much in It that is especially for the
benefit of Communists in Russia and
throughout the world and does not lose
the opportunity to make n plea for dis
armament.
Japan has Joined forces with France
in her determination not to indulge IN
protracted negotiations with the Rus.
slams. Japan has no intention OF
granting a direct governmental loan to
the Soviet Government. If an arrange
ment Is made with Russia, Japan feels
that further assistance for Russian re
construction can only be- accorded In
co. operation with interests in the
United States. japan believes the two
countries should work together across
Siberia.
London. May 11.--tBy \. P.1-
After a conversation between Foreign
Ministers Chicherin and Schanzer at
Genoa this forenoon it was decided to
hold up further the issuance of the Rus.
sian reply, says q Central News dis
patch from Genoa. Apparently, it adds,
there were still difficulties regarding
the clauses dealing with debts and
private property.
4 dispatch to the Evening Standard
says that if the French and Belgians
quit tho conference. Mr.. Lloyd George
will remain land try to work the ship
to port with a short handed crew."
Paris. May II. - (By A. P.)---The
newspaper t'Eclair today prints the
text Of military convention said te
the Russian Soviet army and the Ger
man general staff in Berlin on April 3,
this year, by the principal clause Of
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12
p0Ry FlHN!>t'ED TO THE EXAMINER OF STATE BANRa
BY THE
BANK OF RINGG0LD
i.INCGOLD, LOUISIANA
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DEC. 81, 1921

O. G. THOMAS President L. C. PAGE, Vtceprpsdon4
d. f. hAloir'ot CASHIER T. e. WILLIAMS Asst Cal
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12

farmers 70 control q no larger proper
ton of the wheat crop, or cotton, Or
any other product?
The Department Of Agriculture IL
often spoken Of as q special concession
TO the farmers, but In its commercial
results, it Is Of as much benefit to the
buyers and consumers Of agricultural
products as to the producers, or even
more. do not suppose that anyone
opposes the benefits that the farmers
derive from the educational and re-
search work Of the department, or the
help that II gives them In working out
improved cultural methods and prac'
tees, in developing better yielding va
retes through breeding and selection,
in introducing new varieties from re-
mote parts of the world and adapting
them to our climate and economic con-
hition, and in devising practical meas
rres for the elimination or control OF
dangerous and destructive animal and
plant diseases insect pests, and the
like. All these things manifestly tend
to stimulate and enlarge production,
and their general beneficial effects are
obvious.
1t Is complained that, whereas the
law restricts Federal Reserve banks
to three months time for commercial
raper, the farmer Is allowed SIX
months on his notes This Is not q
special privilege, but merely SUCH
recognition of business conditions as
makes it possible for country banks
to do business with country people.
The crop farmer has only one turn
over a year, while the merchant and
manufacturer have many. Incidental
", | note that the Federal Reserve
Board has Just authorized the Fed !
cral Reserve banks to discount export |
paper for a period Of six months, to
conform to the nature Of the bust.
ness.
The Farm Loan banks are pointed
TO as an instance Of special govern.
ment favor for farmers. Are they not
rather the outcome Of laudable efforts
to equalize rural and urban condi.
lions? And about all the government
does there Is to help set up an ad.
organization and lend a
little credit at the start. Eventually
the farmers will provide all the capt.
tai and carry all the liabilities them
selves. 1t Is true that Farm Loan
bonds are tax exemnt: but SO. are
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III

Now that the farmers are stirring,
thinking, and uniting as never before
to eradicate these inequalities, they
are subjected to stern economic lee.
lures, and are met with the accusation
that they are demanding, and are the
recipients Of, special privileges. Let
Us see what privileges the government
has conferred on the farmers. Much
has been made Of Section 6 Of the
Clayton Antitrust Act, which pur.
ported to permit them to combine with
Immunity, under certain conditions.
Admitting that, nominally, this OK.
emptlon was In the nature Of a special
prlvilege,-th though think It was 50 In
appearance rather than In fact,-we
dnd that the courts have nullined It
BY judicial Interpretation. Why should
not the farmers be permitted to &C.
compllsh BY cooperative methods what
other businesses are already doing BY
cooperation In the form Of incorpora.
toni II It be proper for men to form,
BY fusion Of existing corporations or
otherwise, a corporation that controls
the entire production Of a commodity,
or large part Of It, why * It not
proper for a group Of farmers to unite
for the marketing Of thor common
products, either in one or in several
selling agencies? Why should It be
right for a hundred thousand corporate
shareholders to direct Is or 30 or 40
per cent Of an Industry, and wrong for
q hundred thousand > cooperative
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12

hirass the consumer. One year po 1
toes rot in the fields because of excess
production, and there Is a scarcity Of
the things that have been displaced
to make way for the expansion Of the
potato acreage; next year the punish.
ed farmers mass their fields on some
other crop, and potatoes enter the
class Of Injuries; and so on.
Agriculture Is the greatest and fun.
damentally the most important Of our
American industries. The cities are
but the branches of the tree Of ma.
tonal life, the roots Of which go deep.
ly into the land. We all flourish or
decline with the farmer. So, when we
Of the cities read Of the present uni.
versal distress Of the farmers, Of a
slump Of six billion dollars in the farm
value Of their crops In a single year.
Of their inability to meet mortgages or
to pay current bills, and how, seeking
relief from their Ills, they are plan.
ming to form pools, inaugurate farm.
ers' strikes, and demand legislation
abolishing grain exchanges, private
cattle markets, and the like, we ought
not hastily to brand them as economic
heretics and highwaymen, and hurl At
them the charge Of being seekers Of
special privilege. Rather, we should
ask II their trouble Is not ours, and
see what can be done to improve tho
situation. Purely from self-interest,
Il for no higher motive, we should
help them. All Of US want to get back
permanently to 'normalcy;" but 10 It
reasonable to hope for that condition
unless our greatest and most basic In.
1ustry can be put on Z sound and solid
permanent foundation! The farmers
ire not entitled to special privileges;
'ut are they not right In demanding
hat they be placed on an equal foot.
ng with the buyers Of their products
md with other industriesl
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12

bonds Of municipal light and traction
plants. and new housing is to be e1.
empt from taxation, in New York, Tor
ten years.
On the other hand, the farmer reads
of plans for municipal housing prof.
Gets that run into the billions, Of hun.
dreds of millions annually spent on
the merchant marine; he reads that
the railways are being favored with
increased rates and virtual guarantees
of earnings By the government, with
the result t. him of an increased toll
on all that he sells and all that he
buys He hears Of many manifesto.
lions of governmental! concern for par
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12
output, It Is with disastrous conse:
Quences, both to himself and to the

output, It Is with disastrous conse
Quences, both to himself and to the
community.
The average farmer Is busy with
production for the major part of the
year, and has nothing to sell. The
bulk Of his output comes on the mar.
ket 1t once. Because Of lack Of stor.
age facilities and Of financial support,
I the farmer cannot carry his goods
through the year and dispose Of them
as they are currently needed. In the
great majority Of cases, farmers have
to entrust storage-ln warehouses and
elevators-and the financial carrying
Of their products to others.
Farm products are generally mar
keted at a time when there Is a con-
gestion Of both transportation and
dnance-when cars and money are
scarce. The outcome, in many In.
stances, Is that the farmers not only
sell under pressure, and therefore at
a disadvantage, but are compelled to
take further reductions In net returns,
In order to meet the charges for the
service Of storing, transporting, fnanc,
ing, and ultimate marketing-whIch
charges they claim, are often excess
slye, bear heavily on both consumer
and producer, and are under the con.
troll Of those performing the services
It Is true that they are relieved Of
the risks Of changing market by
selling at once but they are quite will.
ing to take the unravoranle cn1Ere,
II the favorable one also is theirs and
they can retain for themselves a part
Of the service charges that are uni.
form, In good years and bad, with
high prices and low.
While, in the main, the farmer must
sell, regardless of market conditions,
at the time of the maturity of crops,
he cannot suspend production in toto.
He must 90 on producing if he Is to 90
on living, and If the world is to exist.
The most he can do Is to curtail pro-
ductlon a little or alter its form, and
tbat-because he Is In the dark as to
the probable demand for his goods
may be only to Jump from the frying
pan into the FIRE, taking the consumer
with him.
Even the dairy farmers, whose out.
put Is not seasonal, complain that they
find themselves at a disadvantage in
the marketing of their productions,
especially raw milk, because Of the
high costs Of distribution, which they
must ultimately bear.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12
Some Aspects Of the
Farmers Problems
{: By BERNARD M. BARUCH
Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly
By BERNARD M. BARUCH

| dry up and contamilate tie Vita
sources Of tho nation.
/ The war showed convlncinsly hev
dependent the nation ID on the full
productivity Of tho farms. DESPITE
herculean efforts, agricultural prsduc
ton kept only 4 few weeks OF month";
ahead Of consumption, and that only
BY increasing the acreage Of certain
staple crops at the cost Of reducing
that Of others. We ought not to for.
got that lesson when We ponder on
the farmers problems. They are truly
common problems, and there should
b no attempt to deal with them q
II they were purely selfish demands
OF 4 clear-cut group, antagonistic to
the rest Of the community. Rather
should we consider agriculture In tho
light Of broad national policy, Just
as we consider oil, coal, steel, dye.
stufs, and so forth, Is slnews Of M.
tlonal strength. Our growing popula.
tlon and a higher standard Of living
demand increasing food supplies, and
more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest,
With the disappearance Of free or
cheap fertile land, additional acreage
and Increased yields can come only
from costly effort. This We need not
expect from an Impoverished or n.
happy rural population.
It will not do to take a narrow view
Of the rural discomfort, or to appraise
1t from the standpoint Of yesterday.
This Is peculiarly an age Of flu1 and
change and new deals. Because 4
thing always has been 10 no lonssr
means that it Is righteous, or Away,
snail be so. More, perhaps, than ever
before, there is a widespread feeling
that all human relations can be I'm.
proved by taking thought, and that II
Is not becoming for the reasoning ami.
nal to leave his destiny largely to
chance and natural incidence.
Prudent and orderly adjustment Of |
production and distribution In accord. |
'nce with consumption IL recognized |
Is wise management In every business |
'ut that Of farming. Yet, I venture
o say, there is no other Industry In |
which 1t is so important to the pub. |
ic-to the city-dweller-that produc.
Ion should be sure, steady, and IN.
reasing, and that distribution should
'e in proportion to the need. Tho m.
ryanized farmers naturally act blind.
Y and impulsively and, In conse.
uence, surfelt and dearth, accompa.
lied BY. disconcerting price.yariatIons
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u

Let Us, then, consider some Of TIL
farmers grievances, and zee how FL
they are real. In doing 30. we shoult
remember that, while there have been
and still are, instances Of purposefu
abuse, the subject should not be ap
preached with any general lmputatlor
TO existing dlstrbutivs agencies Of de-
l'oerately intentional oppression, bu,
rather with the conception that the
marketing q farm products has nst
been modernlzed.
An ancient evil, and a persistent
one, % the undergrading Of farm prod.
ucts, with the result that what the
farmers sell ~ Of one quality ID 70.
sold a Of higher. That this sort Of
cmcanery should persist on any I'm.
portant scale In these days Of busi.
ness integrity would seem almost n.
credible, but there 10 much evidence
tnat It does 10 persist. Even % I
write, tho newspapers announce tho
suspension Of several firms from the
New York Produce Exchange for u.
porting to Germany a. No. 2 wheat Z
whole shipload Of grossly inferior wheat
mixed with oats. char and the like
Another evil 10 that Of inaccurate
Weighing Of farm products which, It
10 charged, Is sometimes q matter Of
dishonest intention and sometime, Of
protective policy on the part Of the
local buyer, who fears that he may
weigh out" more than he weighs in"
A greater grievance is that at pres.
ent the field farmer has little or no
control over the time and conditions
OF marketing bis products, with the
result that he Is often undergrad for
bis products and usually overcharged
for marketing service. The differ.
ence between what tho farmer n.
celves and what the consumer pays
often exceeds all possibility Of just,.
dcation. To cite a single illustration
Last year, according to figures attest.
ed BY the railways and the growers,
Georgia Observation-Disclosures received
On the average rs cents for a melon, |
the railroads got 12.7 cents for carry. |
ing 1t to Baltimore and the consumer |
paid one dollar, leaving 1913 cents for |
he service Of marketing and Its risks
u against 2o2 cents for growing and |
transporting. The hard annals Of
'arm'llfe are replets with such CON. |
"entanes On the crudeness Of pre-
mt practices.
Nature prescribes that the farmers
goods" must Be finished within two
y three months Of the year, while
lnancdal and storage limitation, zen.
rally compel him to cell them A. Tho
ans tine. AZ rule, other industries
~ IN Z continuous process Of f,nlsh.
= goods for tho markets; they DID.
route - they produce, and they can
urtail production without too great
ajury to themselves or the comm.
lfxLbut 4 the farmer restricts NJ,
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tlcUlaf industries and ,n,a,..,
cuing the railways from ,n,.'l
undoubtedly for the bench, b
country as a whole, but vh.. v he
Of more general benefit th,. Obe
aeement Of ample production s .
principal necessaries Of lifo ~! he
even flow from contented n,oa Wv VI.
satisfied consumers? %
(Conc|uded Next W.,I\
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The whole rural world Is In a fer.
ment Of unrest, and there Is an I'm.
paralleled volume and intensity Of de.
termined, II not angry, protest, and an
omlnous swarming Of occupatlonal con-
ferences, interest groupings. political
movements and propaganda. Such a
turmoil cannot but arrest our atten.
ton. Indeed, It demands our careful
study and examination. It Is not like
y that six million aloof and ruggedly
independent men have come together
and banded themselves into active
unions, societies, farm bureaus, and 10
forth, for no sufficient cause.
Investigation Of the subject eonclu.
dvely proves that, while there Is much
reinstatement Of grievances and mis-.
conception Of remedies, the farmers
ars right In complaining Of wrongs
long endured, and right In holding that
4 % feasible to relieve their Ills with
benefit to the rest Of the community.
This being the case Of an industry
that contributes, in the raw material
form alone, about onethird Of the na.
donal annual wealth production and
= the means Of livelihood Of about 40
~ cent Of the population, It Is OBJ
v'cus that the subject is one Of grave
concern Not only do the farmers
make up one-half Of the nation. but
~ well.being Of the other half de.
.D0dg upon them.
% long % We have nations, 4 wise
pelitctal economy will aim at a large
Degree Of national self.sufficiency and
oelf.eontainment Rome fell when the
ieod supply was too far removed from
ns belly. Like her, we shall destroy
Sur own agriculture and extend our
sources of food dlstantly and precarI.
eusly. L W do not see to It that our
mrmsrs are well and fairly paid for
tAeif services. The farm gives the
Nation men a. well as food. Cities
serve their vitality and are forever
renewed from the country, but an I'm.
pcvefished countryside exports lntelli.
sencs ana retains unlntelligence.
uniy the lower grades Of mentality
md character will remain on, or seek,
'ne farm, unless agriculture is capable
y being pursued with contentment and
ldequats compensation. Hence, to en-.
lltter and lmpoverish the farmer Is to
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12

Mirrors Help searchIlaA..
To save moving teavy se.,.....
electrically operated mirror, :. ~
their beams Of light In apv d..,
rection have been invented,
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Friday Dreams Com. r
A Friday night dream, il to,s
friend on Saturday morn,n.
lieyed In many parts 10 be , .,, " \
Of what is to take place. ' Y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-06
City Should Try
Out Scent Fare
(EDIToRIAL)


Mayor Brown has started out in office auspciously.
Even before he took the oath he renewed his pledge
to give the city five-cent carfare within 80 days
And the words had scarcely been uttered before
Councilman Fitzgerald introduced five-cent fare ord-
which would be effective. not in 90 but in less
than 60 days.
The Star has nothing but commendaton.
When Councilman Fitzgerald introduced his ordinance
last year il the assumption that IL would in
street patronage sufficiently TO
the difference in fares This The Star believed to be
falacious presumption.
Now, however, it's horse of another color.
Recent court decisions have been to the effect that
the general fund cannot be touched for payment of
interest principal Of the bonds.
This leaves the problem strictly up to the bond
holders.
If the city goes ahead and re-estabishes the five
cent fare, which in effect at the time the system
was bought, itll be the bondhoders who viii have to
worry should deficit result.
Mayor Brown says the street contract Is impos-
sible
He's right. II Is.
But in the past the mpossbility has been felt only
by the city. A five-cent fare might make the bond
holders feel it, too, and might bring about
tract under which the city would pay what the lines
worth-and