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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-03
ESCh-CumminS Law
Is Tax on People

Washington-The charge that the
Esch- Cummins law, in its four years,
has cost each family $500 directly in
higher freight rates and 5000 in in
creased cost of living is contained in
a statement issued from the La Fol
lette- Wheeler campaign headquarters.
1t is declared that he law was
drafted "either by the railroads or by
the United States chamber of COM
merce" and that it is "the railroads
postwar charter Of privilege"
The statement alleges that "the
campaign for the passage of the act
cost the railroads $3,000,0O0 for pub
licity, one single assessment of 81,
100000 having been levied by the as
sociation of railway executives.
1t is stated that the Esch-Cummins
law is full Of jokers in the interest
of the railroads. Particular reference
is made to what is known as the ere
capture clase," under which the rail
roads are limited to earnings of 512
per cent. The charge is made that
this section is valueless, so far as the
public is concerned, and that many
railroads are earning in excess Of 8
per cent.
Commenting on that feature Of the
law which requires railroads to turn
over to the government one-half of
earnings over 512 per cent. it is de-
clared that mo class A railroad has
paid a penny into the federal treas
ury, and the few small railroads which
have pretended to obey the law have
paid in only the ridiculous amount Of
S233, 1889"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-03
SiIO a Life-Savpr 7Or
Licking Co. Farmers

Columbus, O.--The silo is a life
saver for corn farmers in Licking
County this year, according to a re-
port just issued by the Blue Valley
Creamery Institute.
"With late corn almost certain to
be caught by frost while still unripe,
use Of the silo offers a means of saw
ing the farmer huge sums of money
in feeding values. 1t is highly i'm
pOrtant to save the maximum from
the present crop, as official reports
declare the corn condition in this state
is only .53 per cent, while the total
yield will not run over 90,493, 900
bushels as compared with 59,859,OOO
in 1923. The five year average for
the state was 155, 100000 bushels.
"The probability Of an unusually
large amount Of frosted corn in at
least the northern half of the corn
belt is indicated in a recent report Of
the u. S. Department Of Agriculture,
which states that an early frost will
play havoc with the corn crop.
at is better to ensile the frosted
corn than to put it to any other USE"
the report continues. Soft frosted
cornn is an inferior feed. In late
seasons it is best to let corn stand
until after the frost than ensile it too
green, for a satisfactory silage can be
secured from frosted corn and the
crop may mature to a considerable
extent before a severe frost comes. If
the crop is killed by frost, it should
either be ensiled quickly or shocked
tightly to preserve it from the win
ter. If shocked properly, it will keep
in good condition until after the first
Of the year and can be used to refill
the silo after it is emptied the first
or second time.
Zone of the newest and most sue
cessful methods of siloing is to snap
the ears and ensile them alone, with
husks. This makes a concentrated
feed and permits a small silo capacity
to care for a large acreage of frost
ed corn. In either case, it is advis-
able always to add water, if neces-
sary, to bring up the moisture con-
tent to 60 or rs per cent to make
good silage," according to the Cream
cry Institute.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-03
Low Foreign Wages
,Chn't Harm America

Washington American business
men, with all their advantages, who
"fear European competition" ought
to go out of business, is the unusually
frank statement by j. c. Royle, New
York financial writer, in a special dis
patch to the Washington Evening
Star.
"The clear-headed, competent
American business executive is not
afraid Of our high scale of wages" "
Mr.. Royle said. "He wants it kept
high, realizing that if he can utilize
this highly paid labor to its maxi
mum efficiency through proper man
agement and improved machinery he
need fear no low-paid labor compe-
tition."
The writer quotes zone of the fore
most business men of the United
States" as saying that foreign COM
petition and wage rates now obtain
ing in this country are not dangers to
be feared, and his opinion, it is stated,
Carries weight in business and bank
ing circles"
Inefficient and careless manage
ment he regards as responsible for
nine-tenths of the difficulties now en-
countered by various lines Of indus
try.
"The trouble with this country" he
said, "is that there are too many
golf courses here. We are COM
mencing to look forward too much
to the week end. Not only that, but
business men and executives are
starting it on Friday and finishing
it on Tuesday,"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-03

He-Your little brother just saw
me kiss you. What can l give him to
keep him from telling?
She-He generally gets a dollar
Carolina Bool Weevil.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19
FIVE CANDIDATES FOR STATE
SENATOR FROM MARICOPA

There are five candidates for Sena-
torial honors from Maricopa County.
Three of these are known to be
against the pact. j. Irwin Burk and
H. B. Watson, our editor, are from
the extreme eastern and western ends
of Maricopa county, and will repre-
sent the rural and mining interests
of their districts j. j. Cox and H. G.
Gilbert are from the hub or center
of Maricopa County, residents of the
Capital City and Glendale. A brief
mention of these candidates for bene-
fit of our readers follows:
J. Irwin Burk, formerly member
of the lower house of the State Leg
islature, visited the Miner Office on
Tuesday. He is now a candidate for
senatorial honors He is feminist the
pact, good Democrat, and favors
early development of Arizona's nat
ural resources. Having previous eX-
perience in the State Legislature, Mr..
Burk will make a good senator. He
is at present State Dairy Commission
er and has had charge of the foot
and mouth disease quarantine station
at Blythe.
H. B. Watson, editor of the Wick
enburg Miner for nearly six years,
was quite prominent in irrigation mat
ters of Fresno county in 1889, where
he founded and published the Selma
Enterprise. He has a general knOwl-
edge of reclamation matters in Cali
fornia acquired by personal expert
ence in the Selma Irrigation District
(now known as the Consolidated Ir-
rigation District) which has an ex-
pense budget of over $8,500,000 for
1924. He is outspoken against the
pact.
]. J. Cox is a very popular lawyer
of the Capital City who has a lucra-
tive practice and is an affable and
fluent public speaker. Will make an
a bic representative of Maricopa
County as Senator
H. A. Davis is popular well-known
printer and has served the county be-
fore as a representative in the house.
He was responsible for getting an
appropriation for the first Wicken-
burg bridge that was washed out five
years ago, in honor of which his
name was cast on an iron plate and
affixed to the structure until it went
out We find in him another anti
pacist.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19
AMOS BELTS WILL NOT RUN FOR
GOVERNOR
Phoenix, July 8. 1922


1t is with keen regret that | feel
compelled to announce that | shall
not be candidate for the Demo
coming primary
In reaching this decision | am not
unmindful of the faithful and untir-
ing efforts of many friends to pro-
mote my interests. The disappoint-
ment which | experience is almost
wholly on their account. / am hope
ful and confident that they will ac-
cept my judgment as the expression
OF my sincere belief that it is the
best policy to pursue at this time
| am profoundly grateful to those
who have so generously and energeti-
cally supported my prospective can
dldacy during the past few weeks.
1t is with deep sense of humility
that | acknowledge my appreciation
of the many expressions of confidence
and appreciation which have been con-
veyed to me both by word of mouth
and in written communications and
the recollection thereof will remain
with me as a sweet memory so long
as life shall last, and will furnish
the incentive for a reconsecration of
my energies to the work of the Com
mission in which the people are so
directly and vitality interested.
The proposed merger of the South
ern Pacific and the Southwestern in
vOlving as it does a main line for
the Salt River Valley, will require
close attention for the next few
weeks as will also lumber rate
case scheduled to commence in Los
Angeles on August 18th in which the
entire lumber rate fabric within Ari-
zona is being attacked by the Coast
lumber interests in an effort to Sc
cure an advantage over the mills of
this State. To these cases of over
shadowing importance | shall devote
my best efforts.
AMOS A. BELTS.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

and that is Mr.. William Bass. He
is much better known in the whole
United States than in the city in
which he now lives-and known be.
cause he developed the different and
unusual things in his own character
just as the town should develop
her own unique interests.
| wish | knew how the public Ii
brary is growing. Years ago | sent
several boxes of books to help it's
beginning.
AS to the Smoki ceremonials-you
were misinformed They are not adj
vertised as exact copies of the Indian
dances, but as pageants drawn from
Indian themes under the most careful
supervision of Miss Kate Cory. artist
and student of Hopi life who has spent
many years with the tribe. 1t would
be impossible for any white man to
exactly reproduce any intricate In
dian ceremonial
The Indians not only do not object
but are eager to assist. They hope
that these pageants may show the
beauty of Indian themes and induce
more white people to protest against
the effort being made by the Indian
Department to stamp out all ancient
ceremonies and dances in all tribes
and to prevent the children from be-
ing taught any of the old traditions
and dances,
Probably you know of the fight as
it has been going on for nearly two
years now, and especially the hot
sessions in Los Angeles recently.
talked with the Indians who came
there to present their case. 1t seems
pity that all beautiful tribal cere-
monies should be supplanted by the
ugly and often stupid games and
dances which are passing fad with
white people.
| hope that you will send me the
pictures and data of the desecrated
graves of Bob Groom and those old
pioneers which you promised. I as
sure you that I have not the least
thought of using them in any OBJ
jectiOnable manner. Perhaps you do
not realize that my interest in Ari-
zOna is too big and too sincere to
be confined to any one locality.
| feel certain that Wickenburg has
not one citizen whose vision of what
she might be is as great as my own
or who would be as sincerely eager
and unselfish in promoting her finest
growth. Believe me, a city is like a
human being. nothing can hinder it's
fine development if it has clear and
intelligent purpose to be truly fine
growth has to come from within
and neither outside conditions nor
the opinion of neighbors can very
greatly hinder the soul or the city
that has the seed of splendid growth
within itself.
Can't you see my vision of Wicken-
burg wearing the clean and FURNISHED
halo of her romantic past-and grow
ing confidently by her own efforts
toward an overwhelming future?
Sincerely yours,
SHARLOT M. HALL
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

Mrs. May E. Smith, owner OF "Als
Place" in Wickenburg, has located
permanently at Prescott and says:
Enclosed find So for your paper. We
have missed it. Please start it from
the -4th of July and include the last
two numbers. Hope the town is
prosperous"
A. P. Miltenberger has finished his
assessment work and came in from
the San Domingo to get supplies this
week.
Citizenship responsibility must be
on the wane for again last week it
was noted that our editor was the
only resident who had interest enough
to attend the monthly town council
meeting. This years budget appears
elsewhere today and the Miner offers
SIS for a good reading Interpretation
of the document. The towns debt is
$34,4OO with interest of $4,000 year
until 1888 With interest and princi-
pal (about $7O,OO0) due in 1888, how
much must the municipality earn
year to pay it and keep up its av-
erage expenses as shown and antici-
pated by the receipts and expendi-
lures given in the budget?
obituary-The funeral of Mrs. H. T.
Gobble, who died of typhus on the
18th, drew out a large number of
friends and sympathizers who follow
ed the remains to the cemetery "over
the HILL" where they were inferred
with reverence and respect. Deceased
was sick only IA days and had all
human aid and medical attention pos
sible. She was a native Arizonan %
years Of age born at Benson and was
good wife and mother. Her all
ment was probably contracted from
a sister whom she had nursed. Be-
sides her husband, deceased left a
boy 18 months old. Much coincidence
and sympathy is expressed for the
bereaved.
A letter from Sharlot M. Hall is
published today. There is much food
for thought in it. From it we draw
the conclusion that if Wickenburg
people will set their minds on beau
tifying the town that the desecrated
of the early pioneers back
of the Upton and Wilkinson residen-
ces opposite the Santa Fe could be
made into a splendid park of histori-
cal interest and real advertising value
to Wickenburg. 1t is interesting read
ing.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19
JiBEs AND JOKES

A sinner slept upon hill,
His face turned towards the sky
A goat seeing him lie SO still
Devoured his new necktie
Suddenly the goat had pains inside
Oh such pains-a million kinds.
While it bawled, the sinner cried:
"Blest be the tie that binds"
Ordinary prize fighting generally
means hitting an opponent; but mod
ern prize usages means hitting the
public for IS to $50 a seat.
Boob to his banker-I'm sick and
have just come into large sum
of money. My doctor says the end
is not far off. What shall do?
Banker-Come down and see me
at once. Be sure to bring the money.
Yavapai Ike went to sleep in the
smoker from Phoenix Tuesday. Tony
Rietto slipped a quinine capsule in
likes open mouth and left the car.
Conductor" yelled Ike, "is there
a doctor on the train? I'm sicker
than a hen setting on rotten turkey
eggs"
"What's the matter with your
asked the conductor.
Dunno" said Ike, "but it tastes
like I busted my gall"
Prose Poetry-Try this on your pi-
ano: Mary had little bear, so gen.
tie and so kind. She strolled along
the beach one day with her little
bear behind.
Candidates are always for the COM
mon people because they're so many
of them. But the durn fools always
vote the wrong ticket.
Dad Watson says he didn't run for
the Senate for social distinction alone
and wishes it understood that all
money contributions towards his cam
paign fund should be directed ONLY
to himself. Yavapai Ike please take
notice.
What did Billy McAdoo do? He
spiked the convention against Wall
Street and Tammany Hall which
wasn't SO very bad. He's off to Eur
ope now, and when he comes back
will support Davis, the democratic
nominee. SO he says.
Some of our Wickenburg booze kill
ers don't go to church on Sundays
because they don't want to desecrate
the sabbath.
He rose up in the morning
Just to give his. health chance,
But wiley brought him home at eve
With some buckshot in his pants.
=
A rat in trap never pays any at
tention to the piece of cheese that
coaxed him there. Maybe that ex-
plains why some men desert their
wives.
Talk about advertising! Korrick's
says: See Our Women's Garments
One Third Off. If women take any
more off the nude in art projected
in the movies will be out of job.
Now that the sensation anent con-
demned beef and tubercular milk is
over. business is picking up, but kind
% scary in other lines.
The chauffeur who had no time to
stop at a crossing has lots of leisure
now.
Lady in store to clerk-I want a
pair of boomers to wear around my
gymnasium.
Little boy standing near-Papa,
how big is her gymnasium?
An old maid went to a physician
and said: Doctor, my organs all
out of order" He advised her to go
and COO q Dion0 f1,nor
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

A union printer named E. M. Dob
son with Sacramento union card
died of heat prostration at Yuma
this week and was buried in the Yu-
ma cemetery on orders from his home
union.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

The reason the Miner has hereto
fore refrained from telling about the
complaint of Frank Fredericks anent
the Wickenburg Traders Bank was
at special request of Fredericks him.
self, who we believe had a genuine
grievance and wanted to get his mon
ey without a lawsuit. Besides, our
editor believed by invoking assistance
of the State Bank Examiner and
Gov Hunt the matter could be ad-
justed amicably without injury to the
local bank, which the State Miner
more than anyone else has helped
boost into existence. If injury has
been done it is mainly thru lack
of explanation by the bank officials
to set themselves right with the pub
lie. Rumors are always exaggerated
when not Immediately explained and
allowed to grow by suspicious silence.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

Lafollette's name will appear on
the Arizona ballots this fall as an
Independent candidate-to catch the
stray democratic voters.
Arizona state miner., 1924-07-19

Ordinary prize fighting generally
means hitting an opponent; but mod
ern prize usages means hitting the
public for $5 to $50 a seat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
A. Public Ownership

There can be no genuine Public Owner
ship until the workers and farmers control
the Government 1t is only to the extent
that there is a strong workers and farmers
representation in the government, and only
to the extent that the control and operation
of the nationalized industries is in the hands
of the workers and farmers that any bene-
fits can be realized from naturalization of
industry. The Farmer-Labor Party will car
ry on struggle to create these conditions
and for:
1. The naturalization of all monopolized
industries such as railroads, mines, SUPER
power plants and means of communication
and transportation.
2. The organization of the workers in
these industries for participation in the
management and direction of the industries
nationalized, thus developing industrial
democracy until industry comes under the
control of those who produce the wealth of
the nation, subject only to such control as
will protect the interests of the producers as
a whole.
3. We demand the repeal of the Federal
Reserve and National Banking acts and in
place thereof declare for the government
ownership and operation of all banking in
situations at cost
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
(Continued from page 1.l

(Contlnued from page ID
road lies open for the industrial workers and
farmers to protect themselves from the ex-
ploitation and oppression of the financial
and industrial lords who rule the country:
To organize political party representing
the interests of the industrial workers and
farmers, and to enter into the political arena,
to wrest control of the government from the
hands of the financial and industrial masters
who now rule this country
The Farmer-Labor Party frankly avows
its purpose to carry on such struggle It
declares openly that it is the Party repre-
senting the workers in the mines, mills, fac
tories, and workshops, the workers upon the
land, and the working farmers. 1t declares
its purpose to take over the government in
the interests of these groups, and to use it
to build social system which will give them
a higher standard of living and which will
have as its first object their happiness and
well-being.
The Farmer-Labor Party declares as its
purpose to end the existing system of ex-
ploitation and the rule Of the privileged class
It calls upon all organizations of workers,
whether in the industries or upon the land,
to make common cause with it; to Join it
in the struggle to free the farmers and in
dustrial workers from the greedy expIota-
ton of those who now rule the country and
win for themselves the right to life, liberty
and happiness" thru the establishment of
Workers and Farmers Government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
WORKER Tells
HOW ELECTRIC
COMP ANY ROBS
Lures Help with Big
Empty Promises

The DAILY WORKER has repeat
eddy claimed that it is the only daily
paper that represents the interests of
the workers and gives voice to their
aspirations.
Articles now appearing serially in
the DAILY WORKER exposing the
open shop exploitation at the Western
Electric make big sales of this organ
possible at the very gates of the fac
tory.
One Of the regular purchasers of ourf
paper submitted the following story
to Eugene Bechtold of the DAILY
WORKER. 1t is highly significant
that this worker, as SO many others,
placed confidence in our representa-
tives, knowing that the DAILY
WORKER is their paper.
The story is as follows:
Il was in a town in the South and
wrote to the Western Electric com
pany applying for a position, stating
how much an hour ] would start at.
They wrote back and told me that
everything was o. K. and that my ap-
plication was accepted. All that | was
to do was to be examined and inter-
viewed
$50 told my boss where I was GO
ing to work in Chicago. | had a more
money job in Chicago. l came to Chi
cago and the Western Electric chief
of department told me he didn't see
how he could give me the sum Of
money for which asked in the appli-
cation and he would not give it, altho
this being after had paid eleven dol
lars train fare to get to this job and
gave up my other job besides, in a
much cheaper town than this city.
So instead of me getting what they
promised me was forced to take the
job for five cents less an hour than
they promised me. If they would have
told me in reply to my examination
that they would not pay me that sum,
l would have been better off, financial
ly and physically, to have stayed
where l was.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
POLICE SUED BY
TORTURE VICTIM
IN Los ANGELES
Mayor and Captain Hart
Directed Goldfish"
Especial to the Daily Worker

LOS ANGELES, Calf, June 90
James Hart has sued the mayor and
police Captain Lee Heath for $4,000
charging that they tortured him last
June while he was held as suspect
The story Hart tells indicates that
the Los Angeles police have methods
of torturing prisoners which rival
those used by the Chicago police in
their goldfish rooms"
The complaint filed in court charg.
es that the police established a place
at First and Hill streets for the pur-
pose of inflicting torturing suspects
without the possibility of interference.
Harris complaint describes the equip
ment which consisted of marble slabs,
shackles, straps and a tank filled with
gas.
The complaint charges that Hart
was arrested on June %, 1923, and
at midnight taken to this room and
under the direction of the mayor and
the captain of police, "fiendishly tor
tured." He says five men did the
torturing. They tied his hands and
feet and administered a gas tank to
him. He was then put in chair and
tortured further, he declares. His
health was ruined by the experience.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
Strong Men in Farmer
Labor Committee
CONTINUED from page -

Sympathy was extended to r. H.
(Dad) Walker, who is still confined
at st. Joseph's hospital suffering from
blood poisoning in his arm.
Congratulations were extended to
everyone who had anything to do with
the convention, from William Ma
honey and G. A. Hathaway, chairman
and secretary o. the organization com.
mittee, to the various officials Of the
convention.
In response to the plea OF chair
man Taylor to the delegates to stand
with me and pledge with nc to work
for a united movement, the conven-
ton rose to its feet cheering unani.
mously as the convention adjourned
sine die.
Permanent Organization.
After the 1924 campaign national
convention will be called for perma-
nent national organization. All the
above arrangements are only provl-
sional. The postcampaign convention