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pence and His Friends In the New
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thor OF THE Windy HILL" etc
With frontispiece by Marguerite
De Angel. New York: The Mac
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LONLEY O'MALLEY, A Story Of Boy
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The job of refining the brakes
proved to be such a success that
Smith decided to look into the me-
chanical features Of the car more
thoroughly than ever before. Quite
naturally in working with the brakes
his mind turned to details Of the rear
axle-which accounts for the dis
covery which he made the following
Saturday afternoon.
Some one had told him that he ought
to test the car for excessive back
lash, or play in the drive gear, from
clutch to the rear wheels. AS means
OF determining this he had been ad-
vised to jack up one rear wheel, to
place the gear shift lever in the
low" position and to then turn the
wheel backward and forward by
hand. This showed him plainly that
there was too much backlssh in the
turn in either direction more than
an inch. BY having me hold the pro-
peller shaft while he turned the wheel
we discovered that most of the play
developed in the rear axle, due doubt
less to improper meshing of the
pinion and ring gear. This clearly
accounted for the humming noise
which the rear of the car had been
making. so l advised Smith to have
his service station make a better ad-
tustment.
smiths Curiosity Aroused.
Smith knew that this was too deli
cate a Job for him to handle, but
he was Just curious enough to re-
move the cover plate from the rear
axle so that he could look the situa-
ton over. 1t was then that he de-
cided to jack up the other wheel and
start the engine running. I made
no move to interfere because II was
plain 10 be seen that this was going
to lead him to some interesting dis
coveries.
After he had started the engine and
set the gears in high ! startled him
by pressing my foot against one Of
the spinning tires in such way that
1t acted as a brake to stop tho wheel.
When Smith noticed that the engine
kept right on turning the other wheel
he was puzzled.
Can you do that with the wheel
that's now turning?" he asked.
II promptly accommodated him, but
failed to accept his challenge to stop
both wheels at the same time.
Il can't understand why you are
able to stop either wheel yet not
both Of them" Smith said. That may
sound foolish to you. but you will see
tHdt ELL dDSOIUlclS THO odT " men
I admit that l don't even understand
how you are able to stop either wheel
when the engine is supposed to be
driving It. Apparently when the
wheels are on the ground they work
alternately. but / should think this
would cause a car to skid in wet
weather and make the machine run
unevenly all the time, though I have
never noticed such conditions with
this car"
Overlooking the Turns.
Aren't you completely overlooking
the matter of turns7" ! reminded
him.
Turns? That's SO. hadn't
thought about them. Unless the in
ner wheel goes slower in turning the
corner something will break"
Then that explains the function of
the differential. This complicated unit
of the car allows one of the rear
wheels TO turn faster than the other
and equalizes the amount of power
applied to the driving wheels SO that
they propel the car with the same
tractive effort. The differential per-
mits one wheel to mark time" while
the other makes complete right
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No Time to Read News.

From the Dramatic News.
Olga Nethersole tells the following
story concerning little maid she
employed One day, while dressing
for the theater, there was an I'M
usually heavy downpour of rain, and
Miss Nethersole, peering out of the
window at the cutters, remarked:
why, Lizzie, it is almost like the
food"
Flood, miss?" queried the girl.
Yes, the flood. Noah, you know,
and the ark"
20 never have no time to look at
the papers, miss" explained the girl
apologetically.
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From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Previous TO 1871 Mars was supposed
to b, without satellites, but in
Augus Of that year Prof. Asaph Hall
OF tho Washington Observatory dis
covered two small bodies revolving
aroundt the planet and named them
Deimost (Gr. Terror and Phobos
(Gr. Fla -h). They are the smallest
CELESTIAL bodies known and revolve
around 4 ars in orbits nearly circular
and almeh in the plane Of its equator.
Phobos, e nearer satellite, has
diameter s'7.2 miles and a mean dis
lance Of I $50 miles, while Deimos
has a did eter Of 90 miles and
mean dist& e of 1850 miles.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Recent accessions at the Public
Library and lists Of recommended
reading will appear in this column
each Sunday.
English and American. Literature.
Beach. Lewis. The Goose Hangs
High. YD-B345g.
Bennett, Arnold. Things That Have
Interested Me. Second series. Y
B436tha.
Blake. e. J. Up and Down. Up
B5s3u
Bridges. r. S. The Chifswell Book of
English Poetry. YP-sB7e3c.
Carb. David. and Eaton. w. p. Queen
Victoria. YD-C177q.
Carnegie Library School Association.
comp. Memorial Day in Poetry.
YP-9C216m.
Center. S. S. and Saul. L. NJ. comps.
A Book of Letters for Young Peo-
pie. YC-9C336b.
Chanson de Roland. YL-C367aj.
Davies. w. H.. Secrets. YP-D2s5s.
Defoe, Daniel. The Fortunes and
Misfortunes of the Famous Moll
Flanders. Y-D364fo.
Dell. Floyd. Looking at Life. Y-D3sl.
IRVINE. st. j. G. Jane Clegg. YD-
Er9%ja.
Farrar. J. c. The Middle Twenties.
YP-F243m.
Forbes. A. r. ed. Modern Verse. 1921.
YP-9F742m.
Freud. Sigmund. Wit and It's Rela-
ton to the Unconscious. 1915.
Yw-FS9s
rockingham. Robert. ed. Songs OF
the Sea. YP-9F935s.
Galsworthy, John. The Forest. YD-
Gillian, Strickland. Laugh 1t OFF.
Y-G414.
Kelly, G. e. The Show-Off. YD-
K299s.
Kelman. John. Prophets of Yesterday
and Their Message for Today.
Y-K2ssp.
King, Mrs.. G. L. B. Alliances for
the Mind Y-K5S.
Knickerbocker, l.. ", ed. Twelve
Plays. YD-9k743t.
Lawson, J. G. The Worlds Best Epi-
grams. YW-9L446e.
Leacock, S. L. The Garden Of Folly.
YW-L4s2g.
Mason, r. l., ed Tom Masson's An
nual for 1923. YW9M3s7a.
Masters, z. L. The New Spoon River.
YP-M3sSn.
McAdoo. William. When the Court
Takes a Recess. Y-M111w.
Morley, c. D. Pipefuls. Y-Ms224pi.
Morley, c. u. Plum Pudding. "
MS224p1.
Morley. C. D. The Powder Of SYM
+, pathy. Y-MS224po.
Moult, Thomas. comp. The Best
Poems of 1928. YP-9Ms64.
O'Neill, J. NJ. Modern Short Speeches.
VS. 90n24nl.
Oppenheim, James. The Sea. YP-
sOp546m.
Reade, Charles, comp. Commence
ment Essays and Orations. vs.
9R22.
Richards, c. NJ, comp. The Magic
Carpet YP-9R39ma.
Roosevelt. Theodore. The American
ism of Theodore Roosevelt. Y
R675al
Rose, f. E Cappy Kicks. YD-
R723c.
shaw. G. 3. St Joan. YD-Sh2ss.
Sinclair. May. The Dark Night. Up
Si63d.
Smith. c. F. Sea Songs and Ballads.
YP-Sm524se.
Thomas. c. s., ed. The Atlantic Book
Of Junior Plays. YD-eT362.
Utter. r. p. Pearls and Pepper.
Y-T-tS2p
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Kew Gardens Royal.
.om the Kansas City Times.

INES.
The Royal Botanic Gardens and
Arboretum at Kew are > miles west
of London. They were founded by
the mother of George III in 1860, and
made a national institution in 1910.
Including the arboretum, they cover
an area of 248 acres. The gardens
contain a superb collection of plants,
and are particularly rich in ferns.
orchids and cacti. Among the build
ings may be mentioned the Palm
House, the Water Lily House, the
Temperate House or Winter Garden,
the Tropical House and the Pagoda.
There are also four botanic museums
in different parts of the gardens.
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EduA ed Thunderbolt.

From the Topeka spital
William AN White listened at an
Emporia dinnA party to number OF
stories aboutV vclones, thunderstorms
and lightning d tks and finai!y butted
In.
"A remarkaH freak Of lightning
down lola way.e ,e said, was drawn
to my attentionk sterday. A flash or
blue forked light lg snaked into the
lola barber shop,N ave the customer 4
hair SINCE, and thu by lingo, rang up
the right change on le cash register"
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Cost More Than Furniture.
From the Popular Mechanics Magazine.

TOM Inc FUpuIHr MECHANICS MHHHZIne.
That the automobile industry in
America has grown to such tre-
mendous proportions that the coun-
try now spends more than 81 ,000. 900, 900
a year more on cars than for house
furniture and more in salaries to
chauffeurs and garage mechanics
than to public school teachers. is
shown by Government statistics.
Other figures disclose that the United
States spends more than 100000, 900
a year for candy and ice cream and
that the value of the pearls in New
York city alone is placed at $780,
600 900.
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Money Making Just Easy.

A man just can't help bot make
money in Florida, if he halfway tries,
says the Florida Times Union. A
Bradentown man recently found Is
alligator eggs in a swamp, placed
them in a warm place, Matched them
out and sold the young gators for SIS
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John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

John Smith character whom He
selfsh rather he
e
the other 100000 members o motor clam
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French Literature.

Angler, Emile. Maitre Guerin. YS9D-
Au44m.
Bazin, Rene. lie Conte du Triolet.
Y39F-B346co.
Bordeaux. Henry. lie Fantome de la
Rue Michel-Ange. 1922. Y39F-
Bs47f.
Bourget, Paul. Occur Pensif Ne
Salt GU IL Va. Y39FB66co.
Bourget. Paul. and others. lie Roman
des Quatre. F-B66ro.
Brieux. Eugene. L'Avocat. 1922.
Y39D-B76ay.
Chateaubriant Alphonse de. La
Briere. Ya9F-C392b.
Chessin, Serge de. Les Epaves
Blanches. Y39F-C429e.
Cocteau, Jean. Thomas IImposteur.
Y39F-C647t.
Curel. Francois, Vicomte de. La Nou-
velle Idole. Y39D-C927n.
Danemarie, Jeanne. LIE Secret de
IEtang Noir. Y39F-D193s
Daudet. Alphonse. LIE Nabab. Y39F-
D26na.
Estaunie, Edouard. L1nfirme Aux
Mains de Lumiere. Y39F-EsS2i.
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Copyright. 1924.)
Satellites of Mars.

Next week-Valye troubles.
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TLsTs:sias csrsI3ss;
he keA1sesv. $685.
The Ssdsss, eie7S; The
Br0Assl1m, 1866: The
IAbsYial, S2o6S; The
Cyss~- Imtevisl, 1895;
N ksysI Cesee. 1885.
Al Prices f.e.k Detroit
Setsa - assvsae govern
nse.e oax.
We avs tleassl - extend
thS esssSssstss,ce Of 6m<-
b151sass. Ash Sbsus
CAsysaeS's0fsyacsis'e tjan.
Dsslsvs Su0ysUkese.
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million bushels. This cost was some
what higher with some state pools,
and somewhat lower with others. 1t
is therefore evident that pooling rep
resentS considerable saving in SER
vice charges, due primarily to con-
centrated volume in single agency,
rather than spreading this volume
among many agencies.
Enemies of pooling have spread
considerable adverse propaganda
against the movement, declaring that
the. operating cost of the North Da-
kota Wheat Growers Association for
1922 was 1877 cents per bushel, en-
tirely ignoring the fact that .1OS
cents represented direct charges,
such as storage and handling charges,
interest paid banks, ETC., over which
the association has no control and
that would be charged against the
grain regardless of what channels it
passed through; also .005 cents rep
resenting commercial reserve,
which is liquid asset, not to be in
cluded in expense.
Thus we note that from every
angle considered pooling wheat has
it's advantages, not only over the
existing system operated by private
dealers for personal gain, but also
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

In September, 1923, the Federal Trade
Commission reported to Congress
that the spread between the wheat
grower and the mills and exporters
was over SO cents per bushel. This
is divided into two items; over Is
cents per bushel going to the middle
men or grain dealers, and the balance
to the transportation companies.
These are the latest and most accur-
ate figures obtainable. They of
course include the fixed charges such
as storage and handling.
Further, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture reports that examining
the records of 40 Kansas elevators
showed that the average operating
costs of these elevators for the years
1921 and 1922, including such items
as salaries and similar overhead eX-
penses were 4.37 cents per bushel.
We assume that thi is fair aver
age for all elevators, including the
farmers companies.
On the other hand the total oper-
ating cost for handling the 1922 pool
of the North Dakota Wheat Growers
Association was "a cents per bush
ell, this in spite of the fact that it
was the first pool handled and was
comparatively Sandstone over 3
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Geo. E. Duis, Grand Forks, N.
w. G. Ginther, Sarles, n. d. -.
A. j. Scott, Grand Forks, Nd.
r. l.. Taft, Grand Forks, n. d.
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vator as his market. If several ele-
vators are located at n point the
competition may be keen, and the
farmers may benefit accordingly, but
if one or two elevators are there, the
of the fact that the demand at point
of production should have no bear
ing on the price, for the market for
wheat is as wide as the world. True
the market of the farmers elevator
extends only to the nearest termin-
al, but that merely emphasizes the
fact that it has little control over
distribution in board market. and
therefore the "place factor" in sup
ply and demand means little as far
as the local elevator is concerned.
Lack of Information
There need be little reference made
to the third principle of merchandise
| ing as referred to equality Of infor-
nation as between seller and buyer.
The average elevator manager is lit
| tie more than a warehouseman, and
it would indeed be foolish to con-
| tend that he is as we'll versed in
marketing and market conditions as
the man to whom he sells--men to
| whose desks run wires from all corn
ers of the earth over which comes
every available crop news, market
dope, estimates of supply and con-
sumption, in fact every conceivable in
formation with reserence to the pro-
duct bought and sold.
The foregoing outlines briefly why
the farmers cooperative elevator has
not succeeded in completely solving
the farm marketing problem. AS a
warehouse it is ideal; as a place to
handle, store and grade grain, we
could wish for no better facilities,
but as merchandising machine it is
inadequate as results show. 1t was
step in the right direction, but
merely one step. No one knows this
better than the farmer himself, al
though many Of his servants would
have him believe otherwise, for they
see their idolized position as grain
merchants fast lo0s.ng prestige with
the advent of new movement call
ed the Commodity pooling plan"
| Commodity Pooling
Let us examine this plan. The
purpose is to an.lia:e all the pro-
ducers of one commodity into state
marketing associations which in turn
would be coordnated in the use OF
centralized selling agencies. These
associations are non-stock and non
profit, with only one aim-to control
the flow Of that commodity to market
so that it may be sold in an orderly
manner over a pe<fod of actual con
sumptive demand, and distribute il
directly to all possible sources Of de
mand They are sales depa rtments o.
the farm factory, and the farmer
through joint effort, hire expert sales
men to perform the necessary duties
Of merchandising.
. You will note that this sketchy ant
somewhat limited definition of TIL
aim and purpose of this system meet
all the fundamental requirements o
conditions vital to the proper func
tioning of the law of supply and de
, mand. Orderly marketing provide
{ for a proper. "time"; extended an
{ direct markets for proper "place" an
r expert statesmen provide equality o
information as between buyer an
| seller.
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pens? The elevator manager says:
81 have made lot of profit because
| have bought a lot of wheat on the
low market and sold on higher
market Gotten it is the reverse.) |
will declare patronage dividend of
five cents. Farmer No. gets as
cents; Farmer No. 9 gets IS cents and
Farmer No. gets IS cents. Two
made money on one; one made money
on two; and the association which
was supposed to be cooperative, made
money ON the farmers instead of
making money FOR the farmers. If
the manager is unfortunate, either
in his buying or selling. the farmer
members are assessed to make good
the losses.
Elevators Encourage Dumping
What wish to emphasize is that
the cooperative elevator encourages
dumping" on the part of the farm
ers and competition amongst each
other. Then in turn the various ele.
vators practive mass dumping at the
terminals, for there IS no co-ordina.
ton of either sales or distribution
and they compete against each other
as seriously as do the individual
farmers. Thus we see that orderly
and gradual marketing is impossible
under this system. and thus the first
determining factor in the law of sup
ply and demand-time-is not allow
ed to function to the advantage Of
the producer. In North Dakota it il
estimated that at least 10 per cent o.
the wheat raised is generally dump
ed on the market during few weeks
in the fall, and this temporary glu
is bound to affect and lower price,
regardless Of hungry mouths ant
empty larders.
The wheat producer regards the ele
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-07
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE CONTROL CAMPAIGN


Of National Wheat Advisory Committee Of which Frank
i1sa %
f the s. fss wheat ssa o bssfes state with" the
Ell vS sn9E its ecSns poS has as
ys4 Hm o whea snds wit" the
The real of n 1 aside e% dm%o1 Srasf
ons m ] ds6~ n e s e na pwer
hs ;'i5 si' i:; S"s hSs5s @ %
$Sss ;d,ns
Isl Ssr and
ws1 IT. p spring
ment o b that wea nd D M tkn with
nd au S Tt s oh a" get Gs fs
other wha and creates demand among mers that places
There several outstanding facts that promise we'll for wheat
% %ss HARD Sa bsty ms
" ?s r as s others that
ali
d "d 1"E the ON
fsS ~ s smss the @ ssso "a
p % n for % % s o this psou
% Sa mDE , folly for u
&
an Reep the p in ee @ wss be se sssn
in Ss DaEs with s7s % a ss Cd
support able
make Wheat pooling an important the
p'''pe'''' u MERCHANDISING
ISOLATION With commodity
The merchandising of simply control of the
of those farm that they the markets
the world sa tin, a and such ta they absorbed
No merchandise his
you commodity reached
ordinary the United States.
DEMAND AND SUPPLY
What would think of merchant who would stick
pile of shoes hats canned goods "Wha1 for
this?"
You'd likely think he either broke both and
wouldn't miss it far
Did you load Of flour with seamer stretched
it like this? Were sell this flour today What will
for it," certainly
Did of shipping carload of rails
would build
Not Gary He knows when of rails leaves the factory they
Sold
heard of shoe making thousand pairs
and then sending statesmen offers
They price Then they hem
then they make them
Butwhn farmer under the old order has product sell
he doesn't sell it. He simply dumps wherever
and the world and it. The old world good
shopper and much anythng especially when
isn't ready to buy and has particular need for it.
That's the WHY of cooperative marketing.
Reverse the old bogy supply and demand
supply halter supply,
her.
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The purpose of wheat pooling is
$50 TO CONTROL THE FLOW
OF WHEAT INTO THE MAR
KETS OF THE WORLD AS TO
GIVE THE FARMER A VOICE
IN DETERMINING BASIC
PRICE VALUES"
The words express an idea that
most people fail to grasp at first
reading. We are not used to think
ing along such lines.
The picture tells the story con-
cretely.
Under the cooperative plan, the
farmer puts all his wheat into the
pool. (Of course, it goes to his 10
cal elevator, but the wheat becomes
part of the pool and is controlled
by the directors elected.) But in
stead of selling helter-skelter on
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-07
SATURDAY, JUNE Z, 1924

Immediately following harvest. The
average price for each grade with
proper differentials for freight, will
be paid each grower who has his
wheat in the pools.
This. plan will enable farmers to
meet organized buying with organ
lied selling; will enable them to
study markets and thus be prepared
to meet emergencies usually after
having an opportunity to be pre-
pared; will enable them to employ
the most skilled grain men to work
for them instead of against them;
will enable them to develop meth
cd of. orderly marketing and mer-
chandising the wheat, instead of
dumping it on the markets in a few
weeks, as at present; will enable
them in time to work out feasible
methods of adapting supply to de-
mand; and in SO doing will enable
them to sell wheat to better advan-
tage and thus to gradually bring the
price of that commodity up to the
level where it properly belongs.
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P{oOI,ING'PLAN
is COMP AIRED
TO ELEVATOR
Continued from Page 81

CONTINUED from Page 81
fit.. In order to show profit this
manager must buy this grain as
cheaply as possible, and thus the en-
tire procedure tends to lower prices
to the farmers. 1t. would be exped-
lent for the manager to give the
farmers, advice on when to expect a
bulge in the market, for it would be
to. his benefit to buy as much as
possibles on the low point. that. he
might sell on rise, in order to
show net gain. Farmer No. may
sell his wheat at 40 cents: Farmer
No. 2 may sell at go cents, and Farm
~ No. g at so csn,s. He does not
advise the first two farmers to wait
for q rise, even though he may feel
assured of rise, for he is always
looking for q profit. Still he is the
servant Of the farmers.
At the end Of the year what hap