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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
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Mr.. Ford, Mr.. Edison and Mr.. Fire
stone continued their tour through
the Green mountains, stopping now
and then to talk with the people of
rural New England and view the
countryside. They spent the early
part Of their vacation at Mr.. Ford's
Wayside Inn, at South Sudbury.
Before visiting the president, Mr..
Ford played host to 5000 New Eng
land farmers at his Wayside Inn
estate at South Sudbury, Mass. With
Mr.. Edison and Mr.. Firestone he
supervised a blowing and agricul-
tural demonstration, and invited the
Farm Bureau federation to use his
grounds for it's annual gatherings.
On the same day the Holstein-Frie-
sian association gathered at Mr.. Fire
stones old homestead in Columbiana
county, Ohio, for its annual picnic,
as the guests of Mr.. Firestone, who
sent his son, Harvey, Jr., to welcome
them in his absence.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
National Editorial Association Spec
ial to the Herald

WASHINGTON, Sept. Pew
people are cognizant of the mighty
forces that are now at work shaping
a legislative program which will have
a direct effect upon the present sys-
tenn of government. 1t is said that
behind the movement for control OF
congress is the broad problem OF a
readjustment of constitutional bal
ances settling all doubts as to the
governing body of the nation. Those
watching the developments say that
the congress which c%onvenes IN 1925
will deal with the growth of execu-
tive power, the judiciary and the
prerogatives of the federal legislative
assembly. Accordingly it is argued
that the personnel of the new con-
gress, which will be selected in No
vember. becomes a vital matter in
it's relation to legislative tendencies.
The extent to which the government
machinery would be remodeled can
not vet be definitely settled. 1t is
obvious, however, that regardless
of the outcome of the election, there
will be many debates in congress
dealing with this century-old c%ontro-
versy of constitutional limitation
"How powerful is the president and
the supreme court?"
Some of the political parties now
seeking popular favor have directly
and indirectly referred to this ques-
ton. Whatever may be the solution
of the problem, it is clear that the
various agitators must first win the
support of the public to their plan.
Stepping outside the controversial
area, it will be found that many con-
gressmen and senators are %resentful
of the growth of the presidents pow
&c during and since the wal period.
At present, it is almost impossible to
actually define just where the presl-
dents powers begin and end. 1t IS
not as much a partisan matter as a
struggle for supremacy between the
executive and legislative branches of
the government. 1t seems that the
principal complaint is founded on the
belief that under present conditions
the executive and judicial branches
have a neutralizing effect upon the
legislative. And, many legislators
are working with the idea in mind
that the sovereign authority of con-
gress should be made clear.
1t was the late Woodrow Wilson,
in a special study of American poll
tics undertaken several years prior to
active participation in national af-
fairs. who said that the balance of
judiciary against legislative and ex-
ecutive could be considered as one
of those ideal balances which are to
be found in books rather than in the
rough realities of actual practices.
Tt was his contention at that time
that the national courts + for the
most part in the power of congress.
stated that even the supreme
court is not beyond its legislative
control 'sfor it is the legislative priv
ilege to increase, whenever the legis-
lative will so pleases, the number Of
the judges upon the supreme bench"
Keeping in mind the fact that Mr..
Wilson expressed these views jas far
back as the year 1888, when he was
recognized as one Of the nations
foremost authorities on political sci
ence, it is significant to note that he
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

farmers. Agriculture must prove
profitable for America to continue
prosperous, they said.
~ think times are getting better,
and for sound agricultural reasons, Z
said Mr.. Ford.
Interviewed during his call upon
President Coolidge, MI. Edison said:
"Well have great prosperity if the
corn does not get nipped and crops
in general r good"
Mr.. Firestone declared that the
farmer was the keystone OF Amerl-
a prosperity.
conditions in this country will
continue to grow better so long as
the farmer is prosperous" he said.
Gle is the barometer by which to
Judge conditions. His is the basic
industry of the country, and the
one upon which our prosperity de
pends."
After leaving the presidents farm
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

believed that Cali niceties of con.
stitutional restriction and even many
broad principles of constitutional
limitation have been overriden, and
a thoroughly organized system of
congressional control set up which
gives a very rude negative to some
theories of balance and some schemes
for distributed powers, but which
suits well with convenience, and does
violence to none to the principles of
self-government contained in the
constitution" Perhaps, his expert
ences as the chief magistrate may
have brought a revision. 1t is worthy
of note that the wartime president
had more power than any other a
It is generally known that consid-
cradle legislation has failed of pass
age because congress was very shy
about comforting authority upon any
federal body not directly subject to
its control. Those who favor the
retention of the powers now pos
sessed by the chief executive say
that it is essential that this authority
should be maintained in the interest
Of good administration. There are
some who will undoubtedly make po-
litical capital from this issue but in
a broad sense it is not a party ques-
ton. A multitude of remedies have
been prescribed but none have been
accepted. 1t is said that the inevi-
table tendency of every system of
self-government is to exalt the rep
resentative body. 1t is the various
Interpretation of the constitution
that produce friction in government.
A special report from the depart
ment of agriculture issued this week
shows that the farm product prices
are higher now than they have beel
during the past AT months. Accord
ing to this report they are reaching
the pre-war parity with other com
modities and the rise in grain prices
is regarded as most helpful.
1t is reported here that organiza-
tions throughout the country are
taking an active interest in proposed
tax legislation. Not satisfied with the
provisions of the recent tax law
there is a movement under way to
make further revisions of the income
taxes. The business interests feel
that the maximum surtaxes should
be reduced in order to induce men
of wealth to invest thelr funds IN
of manufacturing corporations
instead of in tax-exempt securities.
1t is noticeable in the majority of
districts that candidates for re-elec-
ton to congress are avoiding the tax
issue, claiming that the present law
is easily enforceable and satisfac-
tory.
President Coolidge is reported to
have accepted recommendations of
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon TO
use his Influence in bringing about
q revision along the lines of the Mel
lon plan which was rejected by con
gress and the present law substi-
Tt is apparent that plans Of Sena-
tor Couzens. republican, of Michigan !
to investigate the bureau of internal
revenue. probition unit, will be held
IT'D until the elections. 1t was his
original intention to force his in
curry on the eve of the elections
but other committee members have
found excuses to stay his hand for 2
time, believing in this instance at
least, that procrastination will be
more effective politically than q
rough-shod investigation. Y
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-One Of
the outstanding features Of the va
cation trip Of President Coolidge,
who has Just returned from a two
weeks stay at his fathers farm in
Vermont. was the visit of Henry
Ford, Thomas A. Edison and Harvey
S. Firestone.
On their annual camping trip
these three geniuses Of industry and
invention called upon the president
on an automobile tour through New
England, and for several hours dis
cussed with him various problems
and conditions. All three Of them
assured him of their hearty support
of his candidacy for election.
The chief topic of conversation
was the future prosperity of the
country. The three camping COM
panions assured the president that
in their opinion the continued i'm
proving prosperity of the country
depended upon the condition of the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

seven to eight men and fourteen
horses to operate a header crew to
full capacity this year.
Farmers who are interested in the
header barge are invited to watch it
in operation at the Swindle farm
where it will be this week.-D. B..
Noble, County Agent.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Morning services at II o'clock.
Christian Endeavor at z o'clock
Evening worship at 8 o'clock.
You are cordially invited to at
tend all of these services.
Tho usual services at the Presby-
terrain church will be resumed next
Sunday, September 7th. You are
urged to make this Sunday a record
attendance day for both church ana
Sunday school.
SIDNEY A. WALKER, Pastor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
MORNING. services at 10 o'clock.

sunday SCHOOL at 10 CLOCK.
Morning services at 10 o'clock.
Our Sunday school work will be
resumed next Sunday morning. Ten
grades, including the Bible class,
with definite planned courses provide
ample opportunity for all. A few
of the grades are divided into classes
that each pupil may receive the best
attention possible. We wish to urge
upon all the great responsibility of
the Sunday school and assure every
one of a warm welcome.
The confirmation class will be or
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Services will be held at the Catho-
lie church every Sunday. Low mass
at 700 a. M. high mass at 900
a. m. Father Benedict, pastor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
worship with us at these services.
REV. A. o. JOHNSON.
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. John w. Kuller, Minister
SUNDAY

Sunday School. 1000 a. m.
Morning Service HOO am.
Evening worship, 700 p. m.
WEDNESDAY
Ladies' Aid first and third We'd
nesdays of each month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

A few years ago the Beautiful Valley, be- tween breasts of ancient watching hills, was gladdened in May by, the stately dignity of yellow lady's slippers, Cypripedium parviflo- rum, standing among grape ferns and white canebrry-like priestesses of Cybele in a green temple. Lovely maidenhair ferns and wind flowers bowed in proud obeisance when south winds whispered. Then one day came a self ish flower-lover with no thought for future generations
 The Beautiful Valley still nestles between the hills. Rue anemone rae there. Royal and cinnamon ferns bow in the winds Grape ferns spread mystic leaves, and orchis spec. tabilis, magenta and white shines in leafy underbrush. Birds sing and water trickles but something is lacking. 4 certain sad ness, whisper of departed beauty, a fear hangs over the place.
 The lovely yellow attendants of the Great Mother are gone. There is that much less beauty in the world. What had taken mil, lions of years to create has gone to make moments pleasure for the thoughtless. Un- told generations of our descendants are de frauded thereby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
No One K1otUs It AII
By M. AppINoToN BRucR

There is a wealth of good advice for busi ness workers in the recent statement by the head of large American industrial eorpo ration. /
 Tt is often hard to bring home Sto q man in position of business responsibility that he does not know it all, and that he could profit by counselling with others.
 All of us have some weakness But most human beings do not like to admit even to themselves that they have human weaknesses and limitations.
 Therefore it is often extremely difficult to get man in the frame of mind where he will gladly seek to gather froms other people what would offset, what woulf remedy, his weakness"
 There are, to be sure, a good many men so lacking in self-confidence, and so indif- ferent to betraying to others their lack of confidence, that they run hither and yon seeking counsel And even after they have talked with multitude of eounsellors, these same men find it singularly hard to come to a decision.
 But the opposite defect-the defect indi. cated in the statement quoted--is at least equally in evidence. Unless recognized and corrected in good season. its ultimate con sequences are fully as serious as the conse quences of the defect of self-distrust, There rises before my minds eye the lined anxious features of a man I have known for many years When I knew him first he was in business for himself, business which had become his by inheritance.
 He was energetic, ardent, and of an en. gazing personality These qualities would have meant much to him, had they not been more than offset by a really unwarranted over-estimation of his own business acumen Which was doubly unfortunate in that he was engaged in a highly competitive busi, ness. Relatives who appreciated the handicap of his youth and inexperience, offered him from time to time suggestions that would have been really helpful. Invariably these rela. tives found themselves rebuffed. It almost seemed as if the mere fact that suggestions were offered him by others was enough to make young Mir. Egotist more determined to rely entirely on his own judgment
 That judgment being none too good, he soon found himself in difficulties. Refrain. ing even then from seeking counsel, he found himself out of business altogether.
 He has never succeeded in coming back, " chiefly because he has never been able to bring himself to take counsel with others To make his plight more pitiable, his en- deavors to ''oome back" have mostly been through enterprises so highly speculative as to be virtually foredoomed to failure.
 Any experienced business man could have enlightened him regarding the futility of his various schemes. He asked nobody's advice, impulsively took up this or that and stub- bornly persevered in faulty courses until ne cessity compelled him to turn to something else.
 A life tragedy such as this, with it's origins unmistakably in unwillingness to lis ten to good counsel, is not so exceptional as one might be inclined to think Certainly the business man who imagines he knows it all is fated to a succession of most un- pleasant happenings so long as he clings to that delusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
Authority Of Time
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

"Le tempts no respecte que ce qu1l fait" is an old proverb-"Time respects only what time has made"
 Conversely, whatever is done in a hurry will be undone in hurry.
 There is something imposing about Time and whatever he does.
 The most insignificant thing, if it is a thousand years old, cowes us.
 l once visited wine cellar or cave in the little town of Saint Goar, on the Rhine. It was made before Columbus discovered Amer ica. It was not much of sight-simply dark hole full of casks. But the 400 and more years it had been continuously occu- pied were there, with a ghost-like power, and awed ne.
 Nothing in Rome impressed me quite like the obelisk which the Emperor Augustus brought from Egypt and set up in the Circus Maximus. Pope Sixtus V. placed it in the Piazza del Popolo. Hawthorne said of it, what all who see it must feel: "All Roman works and ruins (whether of the empire, the far-off republic, or the still more distant kings) assume transient. a visionary and impalapable character when we think that this indestructible monument suplied one of the recollections which Moses and the Israeli ties bore from Egypt into the desert.
 Perhaps on beholding the cloudy pillar and fiery column they whispered awe-stricken to one another: Tn it's shape it is like that old obelisk which we and our fathers have so often seen on the borders of the Nile And now that very obelisk, with hardly a trace of decay upon it, is the first thing that the modern traveller sees after entering the Fla
 There are old institutions without leg to stand on, utterly unreasonable and outworn, which still dominate mems minds simply be- cause they have the authority of centuries.
 If the human race, or any corner of it, has done thing, or thought, fancied or be- lieved a thing a hundred years, they need no reason for continuing to do it. cen tury is as good as a reason.
 Utopians. reformers and all upsetters, ra, tionalists and millennium makers, one of whom I also claim to be, would do well to reflect that if suddenly they should per suade the world and their theory should be unanimously adopted, the world, alas would not stay persuaded, and the new theory would soon be dropped for the reason that time, the old and only perfect convineer of men, not having been consulted. would have his revenge
 a .Le tempts no respecte que ce Qun faits
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thing noSindependent farmer would de- sire. Yet,,if the public money is to be invested in any business the government
 must have some say in the conduct of that business. The farmers are begin ming to organize and to apply business system to their buying sand selling and grading. @This plan will work out to far greater profit of the farmer than he can expect from any sort of subsidy. Besides, the farmer. has not asked for it. The proposed subsidy is a political move to win favor for it's sponsors among those who do not realize its entire pur- uoTf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
Forum Of The People
FOrd's Winning Cards on Tabl.
the Editor of The Age-Herald |:

To the Editor of The Age-HeraId:
 Senator Norris has in a cunning way been able to block or prevent action having Mus cle Shoals transferred to Henry Ford. There IS limit to everybody's ability. Norris has lost out in the senate and the votes will show that he has lost friends by his tactics. He himself was for Ford's bid-changed ; now he planes Ford for changing to Cool ldge. Ford is a practical man. His friends and admirers wanted him to become a can didate for president. In order to stop that, he came out for Coolidge. Ford is a suc- cessful business man, world famed genius, 100 per cent. American. After Ford Edison party had visited the Shoals, gave an offer, which, under the circumstances, was very liberal-even after two and a half years seemingly best yet, most acceptable of all offers. Ford's cards are and have all the time been on the table The great majority in the house shows the merits of Ford's offer Now come Mir. Norris inferring there is a deal between Ford and Coolidge. He has promised sensations Talk is cheap" Sen ator Norris, let's have your cards on the table. Show up or shut up!H President Coolidge has proved it that he thinks for him. self, and acts accordingly. Many leading Democratic papers in our great Southland have paid him their high respects. Our own distinguished Senator Underwood, who, dur ing the last (infamous) campaign in our fair state, was assailed from all angles even with being sold to Alabama Power Com pany, stands out as four-square as one of the most powerful advocates for Ford's of fer; has also advocated that President. Cool idge, not only take a hand. but show it. Underwood has shown he is a diplomat De mand action in order to have relief in the fertilizer situation for the good of the farm CTS, and has called on the Western senators, whom the Southern statesman helped in the irrigation scheme for the sole benefit in the Far West. He has not only called on but demanded of them to vote for the measure, not for the good of the South alone, but for the benefit of the whole Union.
 After the vote, transferreding the Shoals to Henry Ford, laborers everywhere will be told. Get your tools and go to work" It'll mean progress. development and prosperity as has never been witnessed in any part of our great country, and it'll mean much in getting things adjusted-n better shape in the whole wide world. Our Senator Heflin certainly given the opposition hustle, too.
 J. r. HOLM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

avoid, as the innumerable delays, loss of time and other provoking conditions Ito which they are subjected. Lack of pay is not the cause of much of the eff fort to avoid jury service. The average business man had much rather, serve for nothing than to undergo the annoying and costly experiences referred to.
 If it be true that the juryman is looked upon as "a piece of commodity" as the New Orleans citizen asserts, sub jected to unnecessary annoyance, in- convenience and loss of time, it is plain that our court system needs improve ment in this respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
A HEALTHY SITUATION

While there may be a slight depres- son in some industrial and commercial lines, due partially at least to the ap- preaching summer season and the influ- ence of presidential politics, many other 5 business lines are holding their own, while some show perceptible expansion. Every presidential year has more or less of a tendency towards business depres- sion. It is caused by artificial, rather than by real, factors. This year is not an exception, thought it is notable that the effects towards a business slow down are less pronounced than usual, and give more promise of being tenn porary.
 Wall Street is the business Bible of
 snle speculative interests. But what Wall Street, thinks, says and does is largely the development of the gambling instinct and the gambling spirit. Stocks or bonds may advance on almost any kind of a rumor. Also they frequently drop backward for similar causes. One day the bonus, taxation changes, Japan's attitude towards an immigration law, or what not, sends stocks down; in a few hours, or a few days at most, they are up again. Every little report or imaginary influence is worked to a fin ish by the highly speculative interests for their own purposes, one way or an- other; but the big substantial business of this country goes straight ahead, and, while having its temporary ups and downs, the annual records show steady Advancement and increased prosperity all through the industrial structure.
 So far as concerns the Birmingham district, any intelligent observer can note betterments as a whole. There is less unemployment here than for years. Wages are satisfactory, and, as a rule, abor is content. Building activity goes
 sad on schedule never before known
 this community, while production is
 avy, mercantile interests are prosper g, bank clearings show healthy in- eases, and many new enterprises are 1 ing established. The realty market is ore active than in the history of the ky, and values are higher than ever be- 4 Ire.
 One of the most encouraging factors { the situation is the progress in the ald-o of diversified industries. This con- ues steadily, while the outlook was
 ger more reassuring. Every new in- dustry not only adds to the prosperity of the district, but minimizes the possibility Of business depression. When the Bir- mingham district went seriously into the dsversified industry field, it forever shook off the specter of complete shut dawn.