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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02

Ing OF t1e northern Minnesota Edl
torial Association in Sank Centre
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
last week surpassed the most Opt;
mistic estimate. It was figured that
the event might attract possibly q
newspaper men, supply men, state
officers, politicians and others who
We're Interested in meeting up with
the live wire publishers Of this decid-
eddy live wire organization. When
the time came for checking up those
who were entitled to enjoy the ban
quet hospitality Of the citizens OF
Sank Centre the registration book OF
Secretary Rutledge showed there
were 81 eligible for this entertain
ment.
Secretary A. G. Rutledge arrived
Wednesday evening and opened ul
his headquarters at the Paine,
House. The gang commenced to
come in droves on the Thursday after
noon train and after No. had ar
rived Thursday evening 55 were en-
rolled.
They continued to arrive until Fri
day afternoons train.
The meeting of the Northern Min
nesota editors is looked upon as
rather an important occasion by or
CARNATIONS, many of whom are not
directly affiliated in the newspaper
game. This is illustrated by the fact
that two special cars loaded with of
fcers of the Northern Pacific rail
way were side tracked at Sank Cen
tire, one at the Great Northern sta
ton and one at the Northern Pa
cific, station.
The following is a partial list OF
prominent men attending:
Congressman Harold Knutson of
the 9Th District of Minnesota; R..
w. Clark, assistant to president of
the Northern Pacific Railay; C.
Nichols general manager of the
Northern Pacific; L. P. Green, gen.
eral advertising manager of the 500
line; Hoke Smith, advertising mana
ger of the Great Northern; w. K.
Adams, Of the M. & st. L.; Senator
George Peterson of Duluth, secretary
Retail Merchants Association Mime
sofa; A. A. d. Rain, of the Schevlin-
Carpenter & Clark Co., minneapolis;
G. G. Schultz, secretary Minnesota
Educational Association; Roy Hilton
secretary st. Paul Association of
Commerce; Perry Williams secretary
the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce
Association; State Auditor Ray p.
Chase; immigration commissioner of
Minnesota, Oscar Smith.
Careful plans had been made by
the local committee in charge to care
for the visitors and this was made
possible by the hearty cooperation of
Geo. Tanner of the Palmer House and
Fred Deziel of the Waldorf Cafe. Al
though the attendance was very large
the guests were handled without fric-
ton and the newspaper boys were
delighted with the treatment accord
ed and the rates charged.
The citizens generally put them
selves out to make it as pleasant as
possible for their guests and there
was a spirit of comradery developed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02
Farm Bureaus Again Hit
Railroad Freight Rates
Federation Experts Defend Farmers
and Consumers Interests in
.2s,, Federal Hearings

The American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton, backed up by the state feder
atoms, is making another vigorous
attack ON railroad freight rates, ac-
cording to information received at
the county farm bureau office.
Transportation experts and attor-
neys employed by the federation are
appearing every day before the In
terstate Commerce commission to de-
fend the interests of the farmers and
the consuming public in a general
rate investigation opened by the conn
mission this month. The inyestiga-
ton is to last until late in February.
"The American Farm Bureau fed
Grafton already has saved !, every
American farmer an average Of $50
in lower freight rates for 1927
James r. Howard, president of the
federation, said in announcing plans
for the farmers new fight before the
federal commission.
The present inquiry involves rate
reductions that will mean, millions OF
dollars to the general public, the
farm bureau attorneys say. They
are devoting particular attention to
the hearings on lumber rates, Jan.
rs and 27; on fertilizers, Jan. 2S;.
on the farmers shippers and con-
sumers' attitude toward freight rates,
Jan. 80 to Feb. A; vegetable OIL Feb.
8; grain, -four and agricultural pro-
ducts, Feb. 8; livestock, Feb. 10:
canned goods and wholesale grocer
les, Feb. 10; fruits and vegetables,
Feb. Is and II; and milk, cream and
dairy products on Feb. Is.
The farm bureau is represented BY
Clifford Thorne, general counsel, and
C. B Hutchings, its traffic manager.
Miss Ciorid Anderson suent SafI1r-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02
MERE GROVE MAN DEAD

J. B. and ]. A. Schoenhoff received
word Tuesday evening of the death
of their uncle, Henry Berling of
Metre Grove, which occurred shortly
before. The deceased was 60 some
years of age and had been sick for
the past year. Funeral services will
be held from the Catholic church at
Metre Grove Saturday morning at
$50 o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02
Newspaper Men Greatly
Pleased with Sank Centre
Brand of Entertainment

which proved very enjoyable for all
concerned.
Harold Knutson, former country
newspaper publisher and now hard
working and efficient member of
Congress from this district, came di-
rect from Washington to attend this
meeting and to mix with his consti-
tuents. The Herald regrets sincere
ly that Mr.. Knutson was not given
an opportunity to speak at Friday
evenings smoker. The writer is sole
ly to blame for this and we fully IN
tended to call on him, but in endeav-
oring to keep the performers on
their toes (this means the news
paper men) we overlooked Mr..
Knutson until after the meeting had
adjourned.
1t had been the hope Of the Herald
publishers to establish a new record
for winter meetings at last weeks
session. Many of the newspaper
boys who are regular attendants at
these gatherings stated repeatedly
that this meeting was by far the
best, ever and we are convinced that
the seed sown by the local business
men at a nominal expense will be
returned to Sank Centre many fold
in the form of publicity that could
not be purchased at. any price.
The average country newspaper
man is a grateful cuss and is glad to
show his appreciation for little
courtesies extended. ~.
The first business session opened at
the Commercial Club rooms shortly
after 8 o'clock Thursday evening
after President Phillips had called
the meeting to order. He delivered
his annual address which was follow
ed by the annual report OF. Secretary
Rutledge.
The big feature of the Thursday ev-
ening's program was the paper read
by E. H Denu of the Bemidji Pion-
eer on advertising, Today and To-
morrow; What Future is There in
Newspaper Advertising?" That Mr..
Denu is a close student of advertis-
Isl apparent He also disclosed the
fact that <he is familiar with the
Bible, proving on several occasions
that the Patriarchs of the good book
as well as the Savior and His Apos-
ties were efficient and persistent adj
vertisers.
Lawrence A. Rossman of the Grand
Rapids Review in a ten minute dis
cussion bristling with logic, showed
that he too, had fine grip on the
value of publiciay and of the news
pepper profession.
At the close of the program a
large delegation attended the very
excellent vaudeville and picture show
at the Caughren theatre.
By this time the Palmer House was
a seething mass of newspaper pub
fishers and supply men. In the
shank of the evening, it is said, a
number of "round table" conferences
were held at which the supply men
were to be taught the rudiments of
the national game in modified form.
On past occasions it has generally
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02

Miss Margaret Chandler was the
week end guest Of relatives and
friends in Fargo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02

Miss Sigrid Anderson spent Satur-
day with her sister, Mrs. Davies az
Burtrum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-02
FAIR MEETING POSTPONED

The monthly meeting of the Agri-
cultural Society of Stearns County
has been postponed until Wednesday
evening of next week. At, this time a
report will be made UPON the success
attained in selling the certificates Of
Indebtedness. Every stakeholder is
urged to be present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31

Schedules adopted that will provide improved transportation facilities for all
who depend upon public of either business pleasure
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31

under way include a federal board of
capitalization, a federal specifications
board, the restriction and control of
government printing plants and print
ing, the organization of telephone and
cable operations and federal traffic
board.
The latter agency is especially i'm
portant in view of the fact that the
government pays an annual transpor-
tation bill Of some S80,000O00 in addi-
ton to the expenditures OF the post
office department for the moving of
the mail. This is a tremendous bust
ness in itself and yet there has never
been any agency to act for the gov
eminent as whole in a supervisory
way.
Twenty-six Departments or subordin.
ate organizations of the government
are authorized to spend money for the
trans portation of persons and supplies
/ and the need of coordination was OBJ
vious, This has been undertaken by
the traffic board and already business
methods are getting business results
! No longer will supplies be sent by ex
| press that should be sent by freight
/ Carelessness and mistakes in routing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
Business Methods in Government
BY FREDERIC }. HAsKiN

coordinate the sale of all surplus prop
erty, to provide for transfers between
various governmental agencies, to weld
the sales activities of the several de-
partments into a federal business as
ISOLATION and to install practical bust
ness methods. A total OF 100000, 900
was turned into the treasury during
the fiscal year just closed from the
sale OF supplies and it is estimated
that a sum almost as large will be
realized during the current year.
But this is only part of the story.
The lighthouse service of the depart
ment of commerce was about to spend
100000 for lighthouse tenders. Mine
planters purchased during the war
which were idle and practically value
less were made over into tenders and
the million and a half was saved.
Dredges that would have cost S349. 500
were required by the engineer branch
| of the army. Surplus vessels were
! transferred from the quartermaster
corps. There are numerous other ex.
amples of similar economies that come
under the head of commonsense bust
ness and the aggregate saving to Uncle
/ Sam runs into large figures. Even
more important, perhaps, is the moral
effect on officials and employees who
are seeing that slipshod, hit or miss
methods are no longer in vogue in the
| federal service
| In the matter of government pur
| chasing the work of coordination has
! been likewise effective. Twenty-siz
separate and distinct purchasing agen
cles IN the treasury department are
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 31.-The
iUnited States government is theN big
lgest business institution in the world.
TT was big in the days when Uncle
i,Joe Cannon replied to criticism of a
Il"'Billion dollar Congress" by stating
Isthat this is billion dollar country
kand then adding that this country is
IA hell of a success" 1t is much larg-
Ger now.
1t has not grown as ordinary bust
sness establishments grow by the ap-
iplication of strictly business methods
and principles, however. 1t is not a
monument to efficiency rules and prac-
l:tices. A commercial, industrial or IL
financial institution that had attained
fSuch proportions would owe its sue
I'cess to astute and careful management
Fand would be so organized that 1t
would function like a Swiss watch
! Not so with the United States govern
ment. 1t has grown to its present size
! simply because nothing could stop OF
retard its growth and in spite of un
1 businesslike methods that would have
wrecked a private enterprise before il
got fairly started
\ But now all this is being changed
At last government has come to be re
| garded as a business and an earnest
effort is being made to put the conduct
Eof public affairs on basis comparable
ito that which earns dividends in the
Eevery day commercial world. More
power, the effort is getting results thai
tcan be measured in dollars and cents
Reorganization of the administra
Etive branch of the government was
tpromised and undertaken months ago
!'but it has been delayed by contro
OVERSEES between department and Blu
freau heads. This would not seem t
Eaugur well for the new order of thing.
Eand has discouraged some of the ard
tent advocates of up-to-date bushes:
i4methods in government. However
fTeal progress has been made in The
'tdesired direction through a series o
,Eexecutive orders requiring co-ordina
ltion and cooperation among official:
I and between agencies that Heretofore
Ehave acted independently.
Just as previous to the installation
yof the budget system there was no co
hordination in estimating and very lit
title in appropriating, there was little
bor no coordination in expending pub
I1ic funds. AS an illustration the dis
Esposition made of surplus property ma.
rbe cited. Each bureau or holding
hagency was Carrying on this work il
bits own way and amazing as it ma!
Eseem it is actually true that at on
Eplace the government was selling a
Ia sacrifice supplies that it was buying
Lat current market prices at another
Chance for Sharp Practices.
Thus it was possible for those Wit
Eengage in sharp practices to buy some
thing from one governmental agenc!
lat a price below production cost ant
Fturn around and sell it to another gov
detrimental agency at a substantial
profit Again, instances have BEEF
known in which one department woulC
purchase desks and other office furni
lture while another department had ;
Esurplus supply of the identical equip
ment that was going to wreck ant
lruin in storage.
+ This sort of thing was stopped b,
1.-The creation of a liquidation board t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31

will be corrected and the most eco
nomicsl methods of shipment will be
insisted upon.
Eventually. if politics and the poll
ticians do not upset the plans OF those
who are trying to make the govern
ment a real business institution as
well as the biggest one in the world,
hte time may come when Uncle Sam
will get a full dollars value for every
dollar he expends. Then the taxpayer
will feel that he is getting the only
kind of dividends possible on the in
yestment which he makes every year
in federal government, common and
preferred
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
animal PROTEIN RATIONS FOR HENS CAUSE
: LARGE EGG PRODUCTION, FARMERS ARE TOLD

North American Fruit Exchange at
Huntington.
The merger means that the FEEDER
ated Fruit Growers practically absorbs
the North American Exchange" Mr..
Cruickshank writes. THE former has
arranged to take over the latter bod
lily as the foundation of it's nation
wide marketing plan. The genera
manager of the North American has
become general manager of the feder-
ated
This official, Arthur R Rule, states
that the new arrangement will enable
the American fruit grower to sell his
products comparatively in any market
and that the clientele of the North
American will find in the federated a
cooperative service that has been II
years in the business, and for which
sufficient tonnage is already assured
to make new cooperative sales sery
ice a business success.
'All of which appear to be true and
this aational cooperative effort seems
to have been initiated with sound
judgment and with every prospect OF
satisfactory development"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31

being consolidated and organized on
an efficiency basis and the same thing
has already been done with Is such
agencies in the department of gr1cul-
ture. In fact, there was need for re-
form in this line in all the depart
ments except the navy where the buy
ing has been done in thoroughly CO..
ordinated way for some years.
Real Estate Listed.
Still another field for the applica-
ton of business methods has been
found in dealing with the real estate
and rental problem. Necessarily the
government owns a vast amount OF
realty, wharves, warehouses, storage
buildings, etc, but up to the present
time there has never been consoli-
dated list of such property. One OF
the results of this deficiency, which
is now being remedied, has been that
in the same cities one government
agency had property that was not be
ing utilized while another rented less
desirable and less suitable space.
For example army depots in Brook
Ign and Boston afforded storage space
that was not being used, while the
government was paying $275,000 an
nually for places in which to store
seized liquor in those cities. A bit OF
/ coordination and that snug little rent
al item was saved. Again, in Chicago
! it was found possible to cancel leases
costing 100000 every year by making
available government-owned property
that was standing idle, and substant
| ial savings are being accomplished in
almost every other large city in the
country. This is just what the rea
! estate department of any large cor
poration would be doing and there i:
nothing new or startling about it ex
cept that the government hasn't beer
doing it for the last 40 or so years.
! Other co-ordinating activities nov
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
FARMER, WHO KEPT GIRL
IN SMOKEHOUSE, FINED 500

BUCYRUS, Ohio, July 31.-J. P.
Menges, former, living near Crestline,
was fined 800 and costs and given
a suspended sentence of six months
in Jail on a charge of cruelty to his
daughter, Irene Meneges( now confined
in the Toledo state hospital. He will
appeal the case, it was announced.
The case attracted widespread atten-
ton when the Meneges girl was found
in an iron-sheted smokehouse in the
rear of the Meneges home. 1t was
charged she was kept in the house
almost continuously, with insufficient
light and air.
Tea culture in China existed as early
as the fourth century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
GoMPERS OBSERVES 5eTH
ANNIVERSARY OF ARRIVAL

WASHINGTON, July 31-Samuel
Gompers. who has been called "the
grand old man of American labor" by
virtue of his long tenure of office as
president of the American Federation
of Labor. yesterday observed the fifty
ninth anniversary of what he consid-
ers one of the biggest events of his
life-his landing in the United States
as an English immigrant boy He
spent the day in New York, but his
office here was visited by stream of
messenger boys, bringing kilograms
and letters of congratulation and good
wishes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
TWO ARMY AVIATORS BURN
TO DEATH IN PLANE CRASH

MIDDLETOWN, n. Y, July 81
Lieutenant Tracy Lyons. o. R. c..
aviation section, United States army,
and Augustus Altemeyer. Jr., of Port
Jervis, were burned to death yester
day afternoon when an airplane in
which they were riding crashed to the
earth. Breaking OF a propeller caused
the plane to take a fatal nose dive
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-31
Green's Fork Children
To See Earlham Museum

GREEN'S FORK, Ind-The boys
and girls of Miss Kienzler's and Miss
Henning's rooms will go on an excur-
sion to the museum at Earlhan col
lege, Wednesday, Aug 2. They will
enjoy picnic dinner at the Glen aft
erwards. All those going are to meet
the S:53 train Wednesday. They
will return on the $50 train.
Milford chronicle., 1922-09-15
GREENWOOD

Grace Porter and Mary Lockwood
have gone to Dover where they will
attend school.
Tent meetings are now going on in
Greenwood, under the direction of the
Methodist Protestant Church. Song
service is held each night, followed
by preaching at eight o'clock. The
services on Sunday will be: preaching
at 10 o'clock. Union service at o.
clock, song service 1880, preaching at
o'clock. Every afternoon at three o.
clock the bell at the church will ring,
as a call to all Christian people to
pray for the salvation of those outside
the fold of Jesus Christ. Rev. H. o.
Keen is preaching at the tent. He will
be remembered by many in this sec
ton, because of his successful work,
when stationed at Georgetown.
Oakley Methodist Protestant Church
will be reopened on Sunday, October
8th. Elaborate plans are now being
made for this reopening. The services
will be held at three o'clock on Sun
day, which will be followed by two
weeks revival services under the di-
rection of their pastor, Rev. M. W.
Sutcliffe. Remember the date and be
there.
Rev. H. o. Keene, of Philadelphia,
preached a fine sermon in the tent on
Monday evening. The sermon was so
simple and plain that child could
understand.
Milford chronicle., 1922-09-15
WHAT WOULD YOU DOq

"Put yourself his place." is a pretty good rule to
follow in judging what other ought to do IT,
for instance the strike troubles which the railroad
ayers suffering confronting you in your bus
mess, what would you do?
Suppose, for instance, that you farmer employ
ing half dozen men to plant cultivate crops
milk cows haul products to town. etc. In running your
you have naturally built system of seniority
the who have been with longest accorded the
jobs longest retained you cut down your
force Now if two-thirds of your suddenly quit
announce they will back unless you agree
their terms would you consider that they had retained
seniority any other rights your farm?
Suppose that you had given the men who quit the
privilege returning within specified time with senior
y rights restored and they still refused whereupon you
hired other take their places and your crops
promising the men that the employment would be
permanent would you feel that had right to dis
charge in order to give their places to the
old employees who had quit?
Suppose further, that the who quit your
poyment did not go away but hung around the gate try
ing by persuasion by vtuperaon by intimidation by vo
ence prevent other from engaging to help harvest
your crops you feel that you being treated
fairly? Wouldn't you that you had right to go to
the county get order from the court forbddng
those former employees hang around premises and
interfere with your work? If your hired men and
those who refused quit afraid to out in the field
because of and overt acts of former Wormen
you not feel that you had right to the protection
of the OtcerS OF the IN lawful
cupatiOn in a lawful manner?
Suppose that instead Of being farmer you are a
manufacturer, engaged in any other occu
patton that requires the hiring of help-woud you not
feel that when quit your employment he should go
on about his own and let business alone
and if he refused to that wouldn't you feel that you
justified looking for protection to the government
you support with your taxes?
This not the fight of the railroad managers alone II
strikers can nmidate the railroads they can
ntimidate them in any other employment If man has
not right to work with protection of the government on
The railroads he has right to have protection anywhere
If the man who refuses work railroad can prevent
,ther men from working railroad then men who re-
se to work on farms or in factories prevent other
men from taking the jobs they refuse
We are not settling railroad problems alone-we are
settling fundamental principles in government Of the peo
,e for the people and by the people, This is fight in
which all the friends and order are drawn up on
me side and all its enemies the other There may be
shirkers conflict but the man who lets some
me else do his fighting him will have little to be proud
# when the victory has been won.