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Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-27
COOPERATIVE BANK
PROPOSED IN BILL
tBy Associated Press)

banks for financing their opera
tons, il a bill introduced in the
House OF Representatives by X.
NJ. Amos should be passed by the
General Assembly. The measure
originally was planned as al
amendment to the Bingham Co
operative Marketing Act, when
was passed during the first week
of the legislative session, but in
order to hasten passage Of the
chief measure, Mr.. Amos was in
duced to withhold il and make t
a separate bill.
| The bill provides That any Co
operative marketing association
dealing III, handling or producing
agricultural, horticultural, dairy,
or garden products Of any kind
whatsoever. which may hc pro-
duccd either in the raw or manu-
featured state, while handled or
manufactured by q producer or
body OF producers, OF such. farm.
dairy, orchard or garden products
and who may be members uf auY
farmers cooperative associations
operating or doing business und-
or the laws Of this common
wealth, may. for the purpose OF
enabling any member or mem
bcrs of said association or society
10 obtain credit or money to ii
nance the said member or mem
Lcrs during the growth of crops.
livestock or other products oil
farm, dairy, orchard or garden. !
or for the purpose OF preparing
such products for market. cStab- !
lish cooperative banking institu-
tionS by the sale OF stock to mem
bcrS of the said cooperative So
ciety or association and it is eX-
pressly provided that said stool,
shrall not be sold TO any person
not also a member of the local
cooperative society or aSSocia-
ton producing. dealing in. hand
ling or preparing for market pro-
ducts of the farm, dairy. orchard 7
or garden.
Provided. further. that any
purchaser of said stock shall not
sell, transfer. bargain or convey
such stock to. any non-member OF
the said cooperative association
or society. without first obtain
ing the written consent OF two
thirds OF the directors Of the said
cooperative banking institution.
Provided, further. that any
stakeholder may notify said
board Of directors in writing not
less than thirty days before said
stock may be offered for sale.
then if said directors or other
persons who are members OF the
aid cooperative society or assoc
-iation will not take over or pur-
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Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-27
US. MAREETGRAM
Hay

Eastern hay markets dull viii
prices tending downward. Cold
J CT weather in west stimulating
icmand however, and markets il
that section were fairly firm
| Receipts and country loading:
generally light. No. | Timothy
quoted Jan. Is: New York $28
Philadelphia, $23; Pittsburgh
$3.50; Cincinnati, $l975; Chica-
90. So: Minneapolis. $3.50
Kansas City. Sl3.75. No. l al
falfa, Kansas City, $50; Memphis
SIS; Minneapolis, $2l.
Grain
Market had fair undertone
during the week and prices adj
vanced; Chicago May wheat up
, Sic, closing at Sl.l5; Chicago
May corn up lie, closing at
s. $50. Principal market fea-
lures were: drouth and cold
weather in southwest; improved
milling demand and strong cash
markets and reports on farm re
serve stocks and visible supply.
Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat
Si.23; No. 2 hard winter wheat
Sl.i3; No. 2 mixed corn 49c; No.
? yellow corn 49c; No. ) white
oats S5c. Average farm prices !:
No 2 mixed corn in central Iowa
Csc; No. | dark northern wheat
IN central North Dakota $l.l2;
No 2 hard winter wheat in CEN
tral Kansas, 81. For the week
Minneapolis May wheat advanc-
ed ? l-4c, closing at SIP; Kan
Sas City May wheat DC; closing
al $l.0O 5-8 and Winnipeg May
wheat closed at $l.29 SIS.
Livestock and Meats
Compared with a week ago,
hogs, sheep, lambs and veal
calves at Chicago showed adj
vauccs, while beef and butcher
cattle were weak to lower. Hogs
r"nged from 30-4Oc higher; fat
lambs 25-90c higher, and year,
liugs 25c-$l higher. Feeding
lambs and fat ewes advanced 25cI
per 100 lbSl,tymL ealyfs rapged
from SIPS 81 sG SaigligH Z Beef
steers declined-lQ-5Qc. Butcher
cows were practically unchang-i
ed Feeder steers averaged 25c
lower for the week. January 25
Chicago prices: hogs, top $3.50,
bulk of sales $S.25-$8.60; medi-
um and good beef steers $6.65-
50; butcher cows and heifers
$3.65-%. so; feeder steers S5l5-
$6.75; light and medium weight
veal calves $S-$ll.25; fat lambs
$l2-$l4; feeding lambs $l0.50-
$l2.75; yearlingS $9.75-$l275;
fat ewes $5.2S-$S.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
Watch the Gas Heaters.

Warning Is given by the fire chief
to all users Of gas heaters to be ex-
tremely careful in their use, not only
on the score Of exposure Of flame to
contact with light materials, but the
Leakage Of gas through loose connec.
lions and deteriorated tubings. The
other day a woman was burned to
death in this city when her dress ig-
ntted from an open-fiame heater. This
thing may occur in any homo where
ga ,is used for heating purposes. Ger
tain types of heaters are comparative
y sa9e, where the flame is confined in
4 dr6sh. But even these, II overheated.
nay start fires If light materials are
permitted to come in contact with
them for q time.
There 70 grave danger In neglected
rubber tuhings. These pipes harden
and crack after q while, and in that
condition they permit the escape Of
sas vnich may cause explosions or
znay asphyxaaaas Thsrsfnrs thess
y q
Evening star., 1922-01-27
EDITORIAL DIGEST

cause the business elements that sup
port the republican party will not
stand general increase In taxes"
Even if the money received from
foreign nations "is applied to the SOL
diers' bonus instead Of the liberty
bend account" as required by liberty
bond Hesitation. who. asks the Grand
Rapids Press (independent). will
have to retire the liberty bonds?"
The obvious answer. which it gives.
Is. the American people-by taxes"
Whatever machinery is adopted. 1t
must still be borne in mind, as many
writers in accord with the Indian
apolis News independently insist, that
the money will come from the Amer
lean people, including the soldiers
themselves" for. directly or indirect
ly, it will have to come out OF taxes"
II members Of Congress feel that
they must vote for bonus legislation
in order to secure their return to the
House or Senate" the Spokane
Spokesman Review independent re-
publican) holds that they should be
made to face their constituents frank
ly in the coming campaign and be
compelled to admit to the voters that
the Immediate tax burden is going to
be heavied by reason Of the bonus"
for nothing can change the fact" the
Wheeling Intelligencer (republican)
adds. that 1t will be heavy additional
taxation"
Evening star., 1922-01-27
ubes should be frequently r.newed.

tubes should bs frequently rsnewed.
Metal-covered tubes ars superior, for
they lessen the danger Of leaks. But
even metal tubes have rubber joint
caps which lose their elasticity, and
consequently loosen at the point Of
contact and permit gas to escape.
All these matters should be care
fully borne in mind and the equip
ment Of gas heater frequently exam
ined. II there is any odor Of gas in an
apartment where a gas heater is used
it is q sign Of danger. Do not tolerate
It because It is only Whit. That
Whit may grow into a volume at any
time. Regard the first sniff Of illum-
mating gas as q red flag on the road,
and Immediately look into the cou-
plings and tubings and keys Of the
equipment. A little attention at such
times will prevent disaster.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
warned against taking chances alone

warned against taking chances alone
anywhere on skates.
When the basin Is put into service
steps should be provided at close in
tervals all around the edge to permit
free access to and exit from the
ice. This is a wonderful surface and
makes an ideal skating pond. But in
the past there has been danger Of con-
gestion at certain points where the ice
is entered and left. It should be pos.
sible to reach the surface from q dozen
places, at least.
A skating pond on the rejecting
basin would be even better in point of
safety than the tidal basin, because of
the shallower depth of water. A seri-
GUS accident could not occur there, and
it will be possible by successive flood
ings to add to the thickness of the ice
and insure good surface at all times.
It is, furthermore, conveniently acces-
sible.
Washington has many facilities for
this most enjoyable outdoor winter
sport. It is unusually we'll equipped in
this respect. 1t has, indeed, better op.
portunides for skating than the
weather permits. The local winters
are not severe enough to make and
maintain ice for long periods, but
when the ice does come It Is enjoyed
by thousands. Among the dwellers
here are many from the north, accus.
toned to sharp winters and low tenn
peratures and all-winter skating.
Southerners, too. have learned to en-
Joy this delightful and invigorating
and healthful sport. Washington thus
is a common meeting ground for
skaters Of both sections Of the country.
The longtime Washingtonian well re-
members "Babcock's lake." north Of
the Washington Monument. which
was filled up because it was feared
that the seepage would affect the
foundation Of the great shaft.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
The Anti.LYnching Bill.

The House yesterday, by a majority
Of over q hundred. passed the anti
lynching bill. Seventeen republicans
voted against and eight democrats for
the measure. The fight will be re-
newed in the Senate.
Surely the lynching evil should be
stamped out, and as surely It never
will be stamped out unless tho ma
tional government by some means
takes hand.
The evil has grown alarmingly Of
late years, and Is now no longer Sec
tional or racial. Mobs have appeared
in all sections and taken victims from
both races. They started with the
rope, then added the pistol, and then
the torch. in carrying out their pur-
poses; and not long since at a farm in
Georgia human beings were chained
together, weighted with stones. and
drowned in a running stream.
Statistics are kept, and one years
ferocities are compared with another's
In point Of numbers and character.
It so happened that yesterday while
the House was taking this action
Canadian authorities were refusing ex.
tradition papers in the case Of an
American negro wanted in North Caro-
lima ON serious charges who had found
refuge in the Dominion. He had plead
ed that II returned to the United States
he would be lynched; and the Canadi-
ans, familiar with our lynching rec
ord, granted him protection by releas-
ing him from custody.
Canada is friendly country. and
our relations with her preclude the
thought that she would have taken
this action unless convinced Of its JUS
tice.
Since our reputation for violence is
spreading and injuring US abroad.
every effort should be exerted to make
the law as respects human life su-
preme within our borders.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
What Will the Answer Be?

The political situation in the coun-
try, except in the lower south where
the democratic party has a sure thing
at all times, is such as to cause specu-
lation galore, and a general feeling Of
uncertainty.
Is the democratic party coming
back, and will the first evidence Of the
fact be registered in November? There
are democrats who answer yes con-
fidently, and republicans who answer
no a little hesitatingly.
One hears this confessed on all
sides: The colossal and masterful COM
bination which swept the country in
November, 1920, no longer exists.
Many Of the democrats who expressed
discomfort then have returned to the
old fold and will be regular" this
year, while there are republicans MUIR
muring about the way things have
been going ON Capitol Hill for the past
nine months.
In their organization work the
democrats are rounding up the voters
who "erred and strayed" from the well
beaten path two years ago. and are
not without hope Of driving in with
them enough discontented republicans
to give victory.
The republicans in their organtza-
ton work are proceeding upon the
proposition that, brought face to face
% hat
old-time friends and old-time oppo-
nents, the murmuring members Of the
household will decide to bear the Ills
that exist rather than take chances OF
bringing on greater ones.
It is a situation that appeals strong
ly to the fighting spirit. and both par
ties are full of fighters. And as both
parties are measurably in action al
ready, there will be nine months OF q
struggle certain to grow in intensity
as it progresses.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
Skating in Washington.

Skating time has come. Ice on the
basin and ice on Rock creek. Ice per-
haps on the rejecting basin east Of
the Lincoln Memorial. Ice on the river.
In some places It is now perfectly
safe. In other places It Is not safe yet.
Official supervision is given to the
thickness Of the ice, and the word viii
be given when In the judgment Of the
authorities it is safe to venture on
any prescribed surface. Until that
comes everybody should be cautious. 7
Skating accidents come from two
causes, venturing individually on thin
ice and the overcrowding Of the sur
face. There Is more danger in the case
Of the individual skater who goes out
before the ics Is tested. and who slips
through q hole or breaks through the
surface when there 70 no ono near to
halp. Hmsll boys should b especially
Evening star., 1922-01-27

To the Editor Of The Star:
small amount Of attention given
in the press to the work of the
important and far-reaching ag-
ricultural conference at present taking
place in this city at the call of the
government
The Presidents admirable address
at the opening of the session was
quite generally reported In full, and
rightly. for he spoke in clear terms
for both the government and the peo-
pie. But the sound and thoughtful
speeches and suggestions which have
been made, presenting the conditions
Of agricultural life in all sections of
this country and representing the ex-
periences and feelings of the people
connected Herewith. in all sections.
have been given little, If any, space
press. Now 1t may be said that the
press Is for the purpose of giving
news that will interest It's readers.
But what has taken place at the large
auditorium of the Willard Hotel and
In the committee rooms would be
news II 1t were put forth in the press.
1t may not be news to every one that
the vast farming elements are mani
testify at a cruel disadvantage, due to
the exorbitant charges of the freight
carriers and the huge rake-off of the
middlemen and to the combina tions
that are keeping down prices for the
producer and keeping up prices for
the consumer, but l think that the
extent Of the disadvantage-the ex-
nf h1,rH hat 10
placed on the farming element and
the extent to which that element is
awakened at last to this inequality,
and the seriousness with which 1t is
proposed to find a remedy therefor
would be news.
It might not be news that the farm
ers of tho corn belt in the west are
burning corn because in present con-
ditions of transportation charges and
marketing expenses it is cheaper for
them to burn corn than coal; cheaper
for farmers there and elsewhere to
limit the raising of cattle under pres
ent conditions than to carry it on as
heretofore. But yet it would be news
II the public were informed how des-
perately in earnest the representa-
tives of the farming element are to
go to the bottom Of the causes Of this
inequality which is cutting the very
roots of the necessaries OF life not
only for other countries. where. ac-
cording 10 the news, today given
forth. great nlyriads Of people are
almost starving to death, but for our
own country as well.
The imposition has become so great
that at last the entire agricultural
population is being aroused and the
farmers are calling on the govern
ment for aid. Hitherto they have been
laughed at-their efforts to meet the
combinations against them have been
treated with contempt. Today, they
Evening star., 1922-01-27
The Agricultural Conference
and the Country's Vital Need
By THOMAS NELSON PAGE.

are combining and beginning to look
to forming an agrlcuitural "block' in
Congress. There are some 30,000;0oO
| of them-an imposing number-they
only need leaders.
This creation Of "blocks" In our
Congress, II It Is carried through.
would be in itself one Of the most rad
ical changes that our government has
ever undergone; for the block-system
Legislative action as carried on in
some of the European governments.
is as essentially different from what
has always been the system of repro.
sentative government in this country
', as can be. imagined. and yet 1t Is ap-
parently the natural and possibly.
only effective means Of securing
remedy for the present disastrous
conditions OF our agricultural popu.
lation.
What say is not in spirit Of
criticism or Of pessimism. I write
you thus. because feel that the press
ent situation Is SO manifestly one in
which the great farming class Of this
country has been victimized by com.
binations Of one kind or another
steps and without delay. to assist in
remedying what must, unless correct
ed. bring universal disaster upon our
people--not only upon the agricul-
tural class (the disaster has come to
them already, but upon the whole
And when the element which farms
the land Is driven by reasons beyond
their control to suspend the work of
production. the imposition has passed
community. Therefore, I cay that 1t
Is not only the task Of tho agricul-
| turalist to find out by whom the inposi-
tion is practiced, but Of the whole
community, which Is indirectly VIC
timized with him.
When throughout this country the
agencies that interpose between the
producers and the consumers-the
farmers and householders. rural and
urban-take as toll 30 uncomfortable
a part of the products Of the farm as
the transportation companies and
middleman agencies are shown by all
the reports to do, 1t is a deadly blow,
little less than crime. 1t is pos
sibly not withip the statute; but it Is
a blow at the welfare not only of the
farmers, but OF the entire American
people.
The appeal to the law by those en-
gagged in agriculture should be not
for the enactment OF new laws. but
rather for the enforcement Of those
already existing against combina-
tions, formal or informal, which ar.
more far-reaching than the old trusts
and which enable these combina tions
to control every market on which the
agriculturalist depends, and reduce
both producer and consumer to hope
less dependence. Break up the COM
binatiOnS and let economic laws nra.
vail, and in time matters will adjust
themselves; or at least place Tie ag-
ricultural class on an equality with
Others
Evening star., 1922-01-27
Rate BY Mafl-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States.
Bookmakers and Bootleggers.

In the National Capital law Is being
mocked and brought into contempt by
the unchecked activities Of book
makers and bootleggers. The Illicit
gamblers and liquor dealers have flxed
places Of business, drummers for
trade, established telephone connec-
tons, and lack only painted signs and
window displays to have full status as
commercial establishments. 1t is al
most as easy to put down bet on the
races or buy shorty Of alleged
liquor as it is to purchase cigar or
q pound Of sugar.
The percentages Of arrests are so
small and the chances Of punishment
when arrested so remote that they
can be accepted as natural risks Of
business, little if any more serious
than the hazard of fire or other perils
to legitimate enterprise. And the
profits of the business are so enor-
nous that occasional arrests and i'm
position Of moderate fines become a
joke. The bookmaker who is hailed
into court and fined 500 has only to
spread a false tip next day, catch a
few more suckers, and he is ahead Of
the game. Profits from the sale of a
few quarts of the stuff now sold
as whisky will pay the bootlegger's
fine. All the fines imposed in the
course of a year on both bookmakers
and bootleggers would not amount to
a fraction Of the taxes they would be
required to pay were their business
not outside the law.
The police and enforcement officers
do make arrests now and then, but
the number is unaccountably small
compared with the numbers engaged
in the outlaw enterprises and the open
ness of the traffic. And even then it
is long time between arrest and pun
ishment, if punishment comes at all.
The offender is not kept long away
from his business, for the professional
bondsman is at hand, anxious to go Sc
curity for so good a risk. If, after al
most interminable delays, conviction is
obtained and a penalty is imposed. the
Jail sentence is likely to be remitted
or the prisoner placed on "probation."
The number of bookmakers and boot
leggers who actually get behind
prison bars is so negligible that it
fails utterly to serve as a deterrent to
the criminals.
Bookmaking and bootlegging are
Just as much crimes as are burglary
and arson. Not only are the book
makers and the bootleggers them
selves engaged in crime, but they are
making criminals Of their victims, and
they are making abettors Of crime Of
respectable" citizens who smile toll
erantly at evasion and violation Of the
law and find amusement in It. They
are more menace to society and
good government than the burglar and
the firebug.
Evening star., 1922-01-27
A British Dilemma.

The English brethren of the loom
and mill are in a cold sweat over the
problem Of how they may touch pitch
and not be defiled. Wanting the Rus
sian trade. hungering for 1t nightly,
they do not want Lentn in London
rambling about and stirring up the
English reds.
the old British empire: The markets
Of used to be are going: With a
marvellous political skill the British
overlords. men of the old Norman and
Celtic strains. are holding the out
lines Of a changing world domain in
in ireland. the old England taking the
hateful dose of the Irish Free State
as gallant gentlemen and without a
grimace. 1t means much, too. this
loss of trade, Jobs, lands, titles and
prerogatives.
and the moan and the mutter Of Eng
land. Those who see far vision the
need. Those who run by instinct and
walk by impulse feel it. 1t is find
trade, give work, swap goods for
bread Or twenty W, G million folk must get
So the English sigh over the lost
Russian markets. It is Russia or
nothing for England in the old world.
Japan is tumbling bales and trails,
boxes and cartons Of 'Made-in. Japan"
ley cotton spindles are beginning
their hum. India is increasing her
manufactures yearly.
African markets? Africa Is saturat-
ed with goods Unless some way can
be devissd to make the black man
for it, to take the tropical laziness
out Of his bones, Africa will be no
great market
Russia was a great market Maybe
she will be again. In tho end the
thirty millions who live by English
mills and British ships, will get Eng
land into Russia. Needs must when
necessity whips.-Philadelphia Public
Leger independently.
If ignorance Is really bliss. then
why are SO many Of US unhappy?
-Asheville Times.
we would welcome your bank ae-
would. too; let's look for it-Bufalo
Most Of those who live to be eighty
are vegetarians." Huh. We thought
they were octogenarians.-Balt
Sun.
Rumor has it that Mr.. Hays salary
will not be SO large as stated, but he
can probably exc 1t out by getting
passes to the movies.-Boston Tran
script
II President Harding wSre a venge-
full pan, he might retaliate on the
movies by appointing one of their
stars to the vacant cabinet position
Nashville Banner.
The President says no single public
Improvement has done moro for the
general good than highway construc-
ton. It has paved the way. at least
Seattle TimeA
President Harding plans to con-
solidate the Army and the Navy into
zone arm Of the national defense"
How's It going to be done?t Can one
tho tafsrail Of cruiser with his
spurred heels resting ona submartnef
Tulsa Tfibune s.. =. ).