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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22
FIRST DISTRICT
WANTS HIGGINS
Republican Candidate for Con-
greSs Can Obtain Re-
SuIts-Gnd Will

Helena, Oct. 49, (Special)-A-
though election day is still two weeks
away, reports reaching Republican
state headquarters from all parts OF
the First congressional district indi-
cate that the people Of western Mon
tana have already made up their minds
to send to congress in the person Of
Ronald Higgins Of Missoula a man
who can be depended upon to accom-
plish something in behalf OF his con-
~stituents.
From the most unexpected sources"
said Chairman Hazelbaker today. I'VE
are receiving assurances OF support
for Mr.. Higgins, and at the rate at
which he is making friends and votes
throughout the district. election day
should find him put into office by a
substantial majority.
There are at least three factors
which the voters. regardless Of politi
cal affiliations, are taking into consid.
sration. One is the fact that Mr.. Hig
gins is a man of ability, energy and
courage, with an enviable record Of eff
ficient public service. Another is that
as a Republican he is in sympathy
With the administration at Washing
ton and therefore in position to gel
results. A third is that he really has
the interests of his constituents al
heart and will do something for his
district and his state. In short, the
people of western Montana realize
that they are entitled to and neeC
Trile and courageous representation
IN the house, and that their n hope
Of getting it lies in electing Ronald
Higgins"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22
GALLATIN CO.
FAIR AWARDS
Club Work


Poland China sow pig-Robt. Niven
LIST; Andrew Emmelkamp, I'd; John
Cole, Sd.
Poland China boar pig-Robt. Niven
1st and I'd.
Duroc Jersey sow pig-Floyd Her
Tin LIST; Geo. Dusenberry I'd.
Hampshire SOW pig-Delmar Moore
1st and I'd; Lester Jones Sd.
Hampshire boar pig-Delmar Moore
LIST and I'd; Lester Jones Sd.
Hampshire sow-Delmar Moore, list
and I'd; Lester Jones Sd.
Chester White SOW pig-Arthur
Higgins, 1st.
RambOuillet eve lamb Carrot
Cole, LIST; Wayne LEM I'd; Margaret
Volquardson, Sd.
Rambouillet ram lamb - Masor
Thompson, 1st; Lester Schultz I'd;
Clayton Potter, Sd.
Rambouillet eve, one year or ovel
George Sine, LIST; Martin Nash, I'd.
Wayne Lewis, Sd.
Rambouillet two years or over
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22

Mrs. Agford Yergey-S. C. Black
Minorcas-1st, I'd hen; LIST cOckerel;
Sd pullet; 1st young pen. Blue An
dalusians-1st, I'd pullet.
Mrs. Lillian Gardner-Blue Anda-
iusians-1st cock; 1st hen.
A. j. Hoell-S. C. White Leghorns
I'd cockerel; I'd young pen.
E. E. Eliason, Deer Lodges. c..
White LeghOrns-1st cock; 1st, I'd,
Sd hen; I'd pullet; 1st old pen LIST
pen Med. class; best S. C. w. L.
male; best exhibit S. C. W. L.; champ
cock.
Mrs. Geo. Gideon-White Wyan-
dottes-Sd young pen.
Mecklenburg & Hull-S. c. Rhode I.
Reds-1st, I'd cock; 1st hen; LIST, Cd
cockerel; LIST, I'd Sd pullet; 1st Young
pen; best S. C. R. 1. R. male. r. C.
Rhode /. Reds-1st, I'd cock; LIST. I'd
Sd hen; 1st, I'd, Sd cockerel; 1st pull
let; LIST old pen; LIST young pen; best
R. c. R. I. R. male; best R. 1. R.
cock; best R. L. R. cockerel; best R.
/. R. hen; best R. I. R. pullet; all
shape and color; specials.
Mrs. VIM. Huhnerkoch-S. C. R. L.
Reds-2d cockerel. R. C. R. I. Reds
Sd pullet, I'd young pen.
Mrs. John Kiefer-R. C. R. I. Reds
I'D pullet.
Francis Niven-Silver Penciled Wy
andotte-2d cockerel.
H. P. Griffin, Belgrade-Black Or
pington-1st cockerel; LIST, I'd, Sd pull
let; 1st young pen; Sd pen Eng. class.
Silver Penciled Wyandottes-1st cock
erel; LIST, I'd, Sd pullet.
Glen c. Ford, Salesville-Jersey
Black Giants-1st, I'd hen; list, I'd
c%ockerel; LIST, I'd, Sd pullet; LIST young
pen.
Mrs. w. H. Ross-White Wyan-
dottes-2d cockerel.
Mrs. VIM. P. Todd-White Wyan-
dottes-2d pullet.
Lester H. Thompson-Buff PLY.
mouth Rocks-1st cockerel; LIST pul.
let; 1st young pen; I'd pen Am. class
Mrs. 0. o. Ramsay-Buff Plymouth
ROcks-2d, Sd cOckerel; I'd, Sd pullet;
I'd young pen.
Tom Sipes-Buff Cochin Bantam,
list cockerel; 1st pulIet.
Robert Selvage-R. G. Black Ban
tams-1st pullet.
Turkeys
Mrs. Jesse Bradley - Mammoth
Bronze-1st old tom; LIST, I'd, 8,
young tom; Sd pullet; Sd TURKEY dis
play.
A. H. ClOyd, Belgrade-1st hen
, best female turkey.
H. P. Griffin-Mammoth Bronze
I'd old tom; I'd, Sd hen; 1st, I'd pull
, let; I'd turkey display.
. Mrs. VIM. B. McDeed-Mammot
, Bronze-3d old tom.
. Mrs. r. L. Hart-White Holland
1st old tom; LIST, I'd, hen; 1st, I'd, 8
. young tom; LIST pullet; LIST display.
Ducks
Mrs. o. G. Biering-Wild Mallar
I'D drake, Sd duck.
Harold Cheney-Wild Mallard-1'
=. drake, LIST, I'd duck.
Ralph Jones-White Pekin-2d, {
drake; LIST, Sd duck.
4 Mrs. VIM. B. McDeed-White PEEK
LIST drake; I'd duck.
Mrs. John Kiefer-Rouen ducks
Sd drake; Sd duck.
Helen Pattee-Rouen ducks-1s
I'd drake; LIST, I'd duck.
Geese
a Mrs. ]. E. Moore-Toulouse-1
gander; LIST goose.
n Ralph Jones-White Embden-1
!. gander; I'd goose; I'd young gande
J.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22

LIST young goose; best goose in show.
Mrs. Geo. Hoell, Jr.-White Emb-
den-2d gander; 1st goose; 1st young
gander; I'd young goose.
Pigeons
Mrs. c. E. Axtell-White Kings
LIST cock; LIST hen.
School Exhibits
Wallace Cox-1st bird house; I'd
basket made Of native material.
Lawrence Christie-1st bird house
larger than 1 foot square.
Martha Carolus-2d bird house; 1st
wash dress.
Loren Willard-1st book ends.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22

Jack Harding-2d book ends; I'd
toys; LIST library table.
Glen Bilmore-1st toys.
Montana Schafer-1st sample Of
crocheting; 1st loaf white bread.
Harriet Lillard-2d sample GRO
cheted slippers; 1st hree-buttOnhOles
on garment.
c. 3. Chapman-1st sample hem
stitching.
Dorothy Roberts-2d sample hem
stitching.
Phyllis Davis-1st sample sewing;
1st stocking darn; LIST chocolate cake.
CONTINUED next week.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22

Clayton Potter, 1st; Geo. Sine, I'd.
Hampshire eve lamb-Dave Border,
1st; Hernie Border I'd.
Hampshire ram lamb-Max Over
street, LIST; Lewie Cloninger, I'd;
Robt. Lewis, Sd.
Hampshire eve lamb 1 year-Robt.
Lewis, LIST; Max Overstreet, I'd; Louie
Cloninger, Sd.
Shropshire eve 1 year-Jesse Gin
ton, 1st; Clark Davis, I'd.
Oxford eve lamb-Donald Farris,
LIST.
Oxford ram lamb-Donald Farris,
LIST.
Holstein heifer under 1 year-Geo.
Slime, LIST; Eleanor Harrer, I'd; Paul
Harrer, Sd.
Holstein heifer under L year-Fred
Harrer, 1st; Joe Harrer, I'd.
Holstein COW in milk - Paul Har-
rer, list; Eleanor Harrer, I'd; Robt.
Hoadley, Sd.
Holstein cow-GeO. Sine, Jim Smith
cash prize.
Guernsey heifer over 1 year-Del-
mar Moore, LIST.
Jersey under 1 year-Lester Jones
LIST; Willie Walton, I'd.
Shorthorn over 1 year Mildred
Biering, 1st.
Best fitted calf, any breed-Willie
Walton, 1st and G. A. Kinsey special
Duroc Jersey junior SOW pig-Sher.
man Smith, LIST and I'd; c. F. Slim
son, Sd; Guy Kemp, 4th.
Duroc Jersey junior boar pig-Sher
man Smith, 1st; C. F. Stimson, I'd anC
Sd; Sherman Smith, 4th.
DurOc Jersey SOW over 1 year
Albert Mitchell, LIST; G.. F. Stimsou
I'd.
Duroc Jersey boar over 1 year
Sherman Smith, LIST; Guy Kemp, I'd
C. F. Stimson, Sd.
Poland China sow pig-Leo Gin
ton, 1st; Van S. Yergey, I'd; Lawrenc
Watt, Sd.
Poland China junior boar pig-Va.
S. Yergey, 1st; Leo Clinton, I'd
Kenneth Jones, Sd.
Poland China litter-special-SheI
man Smith, 1st; Guy Kemp, I'd; Al
fred Michel, Sd; Van S. Yergey, 4tE
Hampshire eve lamb-Lawrenc
Moore, 1st; Leo JarbOe, I'd.
Hampshire ram lamb LawrenC
Moore, LIST.
Hampshire eve over 1 year-LaW
renee Moore, LIST.
Hand ~towel-Marjorie Thompsol
1st; Dorothy Knadler, I'd; Josephir
Axtell Sd; Byroleen Hughes, 4th.
Tea towel-Dorothy Knadler, Is
Josephine Axtell, I'd; Clarice Mile
Sd; Marion F. Knadler, 4th.
Stockinette darn Melissa Coo.
LIST; Anna M. Lemons, I'd; Clarit
Miller, Sd; Beulah Sales, 4th.
All club apron-Ruth Beltinn, Is
Marion Knadler, I'd; Roberta Clarl
: son, Sd; Birdeen Hughes, 4th.
Bungalow apron - Carleen Crous
= LIST; Ruth Bettum, I'd; Clarice Mile
Sd; Josephine Axtell, 4th.
Pair of bloomers-Martha Carolu
LIST; Margaret Gallup, I'd; Mildr,
r Biering, Sd; Ina Christie, 4th.
Princess slip Esther Bunnell, Is
t Margaret Gallup, I'd; Mildred Bic
t ing, Sd; Ina Christie, 4th.
Laundry bag-Gladys West, Is
n Harriet Lillard, I'd; Esther Bunne
Sd; Irene Caps, 4th.
Hempatch on cotton - Esther Blu
r nell, LIST; Agnes johnson, I'd; MAJ
Lillard, Sd; Virgene Bair, 4th.
Cotton school dress with set
sleeves-Elizabeth Emmelkamp, Il
Evening star., 1926-12-06
CONVICTED EDITOR
ASKS CRIME QUIZ
George Dale, Muncie, Ind,
Says He Has Decided to
Continue Paper.
By the Associated Press.

MUNCIE. Ind, December 6. -
George Dale. editor Of a local weekly
political newspaper. who on Saturday
was found guilty Of criminal libel and
fined $400 and sentenced to 80 days
on the penal farm. said in this weeks
issue of his paper that he had asked
Federal authorities to investigate law
enforcement conditions here. He said
local authorities were not enforcing
the laws.
The grand Jury, which adjourned
last Friday, examined many witnesses
regarding stories Of alleged law vio-
lations, but only four minor indict-
ments were returned.
Last week Dale said that he was
ready to quit the publishing business
in Muncie. Yesterday he said folks
took him too seriously, that they
failed to recognize poetic license"
and that he has decided to continue
publication of his paper.
Saturday night, shortly after his
conviction of criminal libel. Dale
called police and said that a shot had
been fired into his home. week ago
Dale reported that two shots were
fired into the house and on two other
occasions he said it was stoned.
Dale claimed today police have re
fused to follow the lead" he has
given them and that he and his
family are not receiving police pro
lection.
Chief of Police Arthur Jones said
that an officer had been stationed near
the Dale home. and that every effort
is being made by the police to arrest
the persons who have fired at 1t.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
T|GHTERANT|-TRUST.
LAWS ARE SOUGHT.
Attorney Generals Report
Also Urges Congress to
Amend Liquor Legislation.
BY t.ae Associated Press.


Tightening up Of the antitrust and
prohibition laws are among numerous
legislative Recommendations In the
annual report Of Attorney General
Sargent, prepared today for Congress.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, AS
sistant Attorney General, in charge
of prohibition, urged amendment Of
the Volstead act to permit courts In
their discretion to impose jail SEN
tences heavy enough to At the facts"
Reporting that progress against rum
smugglers In the last year has been
interesting, II not encouraging" she
reiterated the plea Of the Treasury
Department for legislation to support
the rum treaties worked out with for
eign governments relative to ship
seizures.
Foreign Nations All.
Mrs. willebrandt reported "increas-
ing cooperation" by the foreign gov
ernments In the suppressing Of rum
smuggling. and related that the Hon.
duran Government had dismissed two
Of it's consuls for issuing temporary
sea letters to vessels. Both Great
indicated a desire to prevent the use
William J. Donovan, assistant to the
Attorney General and in charge of
antitrust cases. suggested possible
amendments to section Z Of the Clay
ton act without definite recommentla.
tions. He said there had been criticism
that the at enjoined the acquisition
of stock Of a competing corporation.
but not the acquisition Of its property
and assets.
Donovan also said complaints had
been made that the act now prevents
the merger OF two small corporations
where Joining ''may only serve to en-
able them to compete more success
fully with an already existing larger
unit in the same line"
Defends Consent Devices.
Summarizing activities Of the anti.
trust division, Donovan said Is crfmi.
nal and 81 civil cases had been finally
determined In the last fiscal year and
seven criminal and eight civil cases
instituted. First, attention was given,
he said. to clearing up old cases, while
particular attention" was devoted to
the prosecution Of suits against con.
Germs whose business affected the
''necessaries Of life and living condi.
tions generally"
Donovan defended the numerous
consent decress obtained during the
year, describing them as analogous
to plea OF guilty in a criminal pro.
ceeding and representing simply a
submission by the defendant II, equity
to the demands Of the petitioner"
Gradual clearing up OF the thou.
sands Of criminal and civil cases
growing out OF the war was shown in
the reports OF other assistants.
Attorney General Sargent reiter.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT.

Cosmopolitan Club-Dr. Sylvanus
G. Morley will lecture on "Archaeo-
logical Investigations of the Carne-
gie institution in Mexico and Central
America in 1926" Illustrated with
colored slides.
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church--The Mems Club will meet
at o'clock. William J. Showalter,
an editor of the Geographic Maga-
zine. will speak Of "The Faith of a
Scientist"
The Ten Event Course of the
Georgetown Presbyterian Church
will have for speaker, s o'clock. Will
liam Mather Lewis. president Of
George Washington University. Sub
1ect: "The Haunts Of George Wash
ington." Illustrated.
Members of the Citizens Advisory
Council have been invited as guests
OF the meeting of the Manor Park
Citizens Association, 1880 o'clock, at
the Whittier School.
The Writerscraft Club will meet. s
O'Clock, in Mount Pleasant Public
Library. Guests invited.
The Citizens Association of Ia
koma Park, D. c., will meet, o'clock,
in the library.
A reception to the. Federation of
Colored Catholics in convention Will
be held at Lincoln Colonnade. Dane
ing from o'clock.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
RITES FOR J.F. PATTERSON
Funeral of Montana Attorney Held
Here This Afternoon.

Funeral services for James F.
Patterson, attorney of Forsyth. Mont,
and son Of John w. Patterson, con-
tract builder, 400 Tennessee avenue.
who died in the Western city last
Tuesday. were held this afternoon at
O'Clock at the Norval K. Tabler
funeral parlors. Rev. DR.. Hugh K.
Fulton of Westminster Presbyterian
church. offfcisted. Burial was in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Patterson was "a years old.
Death was due to heart disease. He
is survived only by his father. His
parents were formerly OF Virginia.
He was educated in Washington and
vent West about IS years ago. Since
hat time he has practiced law in
Forsyth.
Evening star., 1926-12-06

ated his request for legislative pro-
posa1s submitted q year ago, and sug-
gested numerous other recommenda-
tions, including the report Of confer
ence Of senior circuit judges.
He asked for q Federal statute max
ing It q crime to escape from a Fed
eral prison, and suggested that the
penalties for violations of the various
Federal reserve and agricultural bank
ing laws be harmonized, and that
cases of contempt be punishable
either in the district in which the de.
cree alleged to have been violated was
entered or in the district in which the
act constituting the contempt was
committed.
He also renewed his request for ad-
ditional salaries for district attorneys
and their assistants.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
WAR BODY TO MEET.
Business Council to Begin Series
of Sessions Tomorrow.

The War Department Business
Council, made up of prominent busi-
ness men. allied with department Off
cials in the study of current supply
problems of the Army, will begin
series of meetings tomorrow morning
at the Army War College, Washing.
ton Barracks.
Mai. Gen. Hanson Ely. president
of the College, will preside and an
address will be made by Assistant
Secretary Hanford MacNider of the
War Department.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
Maxwell Is Arrested.

Wanted in this city to answer a
charge of robbery, Robert c. Maxwell,
&c years old, former Marine, was ar
rested in Pittsburgh, Pa. yesterday,
according TO information received
from that city by Inspector Henry G.
Pratt, chief OF detectives. Detective
Darnall is iii Pittsburgh today for the
prisoner Maxwell, stationed at Guam
tico, Va. and another former Marine
are alleged to have assaulted and rob
bed Charles Hajl. in the latter's pace
of business here the night OF April I,
taking more than S20u.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
DIES AT AGE OF 81.
Rev. Henry Woods Perris, Uni
tartan Minister, Succumbs.

LONDON, December 6 @.-Rev.
Henry Woods Perris, prominent Uni
tartan minister, died here Saturday at
the age of 81. He represented English
churches at the great Boston Unit
tartan conference, and was a friend
of Walt Whitman, oliver Wendell
Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low, John Greenleaf Whittier and VIII
Carleton.
Evening star., 1926-12-06

The writerscraft Club will meet. s
o'clock, in Mount Pleasant Public
Library. Guests invited.
Evening star., 1926-12-06

The Citizens Association OF Ia
koma Park. d. c., will meet, s o'clock,
In the library.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
Bigger Vessels Helped.

Ninety per cent of the commerce
passed over the improved sections of
the stream, of which 20 per cent re-
quired the depth increased by dredg-
ing. AS q result Of the improved
channel, Gen. Jadwin says, deeper
draft ocean and coastwise commercial
and naval vessels can now reach
Washington and Alexandria, thereby
increa sing commerce and reducing
cost of transportation.
Current operations in the Potomac
River at Washington are being CON
fined to the dredging of the Virginia
channel, the maintenance of levees
around Columbia Island and the oper-
alton of the tidal gates. The channel
on the Virginia side of Columbia
Island, five feet in depth. and the
structures on the island, the report
says, are in poor condition. Available
funds will be exhausted by June 20
next, and Gen. Jadwin says that $19,-
600 can be profitably expended on the
project during the next fiscal year
Existing terminal and transfer facili-
ties at Wa ashington, consisting of
about 9,440 feet of water front, are
considered by Gen. Jadwin as 'tnade-
Quate" and most of the wharves, not
Evening star., 1926-12-06

A quartet Of beehives carnoufiagel
within well executed wooden statues
of Biblical characters-Moses Aaron,
Simeon and the Apostle Paul-is one
OF the sights on a German bee farm
near Loewenburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

1900 to 4916 Kansas avenue dots %
TO 1903, square 3213l, to cost $4,000.
Terrell & Dinger, owners, archi-
tects and builders; to erect one 2-story
frame dwelling, 1888 Tennyson street
Got 40, square 2006), to cost 1000
Terrell & Dinger, owners and build
ers; to erect one 2-story frame dwell
ing. 3340 Tennyson street Qot 80,
square 2006), to cost $4,000.
r. F. Latimer Land Co, owners
and builders: Harris & Harris archi
tects; TO erect one two-stoTy brick
dwelling, 1907 Holly street DOT 2,
square 2745), to cost $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

place southeast dot 1862, square 5744),
to cost 81 900.
Sidney L. West, owner; George F..
Wyne, builder; TO make repairs, 1884
g street Cots SIS and $40, square $3.50,
to cost $4,000
w. III. Pearce, owner; j. Dodd.
builder; to erect one 1-story frame
dwelling. 290S Pomeroy road south
east dot II. square 5S77), to cost
$4,000.
II. L. Schulz, owner; Ed. st. Cyr
Darlington, architect .Bahen &
Wright, builders; to erect one A.
story brick hotel, 2123 q street Dots
80 to 80, square 79). to cost $40. 900
Rogers NJ Fred, owner and builder;
Harris & Harris, architects; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 3724 Win
dom street (lot "a. square 1892 to
cost $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

Theodore G. Downing, owner and
builder, l.. +. Allison, architect, TO
erect one 2-story tile dwelling, 81
Longfellow street northeast dots 80
and 81, square 370Sl. to cost $4,000.
The Fleischman Co. owners and
architects; Spleidt Co, builders; to
erect brick addition. 3l6 + street
northeast Cots LOG to los, square 77S),
to cost $4,000
Lewis T. Smoot, owner and builder;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

to erect one 1.story brick machine
shop, 3019 X street DOT 20 and part
So. square 1191l, to cost $4,000.
w s. Early. owner; r. Todd,
builder: to erect one 1-story cement
block dwelling, 3l6 Sixty-first street
northeast Dots 40 and Al, square
5266), to cost 50 900.
Mary j. Dade. owner and builder;
L. w. Giles. architect: to erect one
1.story frame dwelling, 1887 Fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

1925 Wyoming avenue dots z and s,
square 2522), to cost $4,000.
Washington Finance and Construc-
ton Co, owners and builders; to
erect two two story tile and stucco
dwellings. 1900 and 4230 River road
dot ., square 1879, to cost $4,000.
j. c.. Phillips, owner, architect and
builder; to erect two 2-story frame
dwellings,, $40 and 81 Whittier place
dots to 10, square 2970), to cost
$4,000.
D. j. DUNCAN, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; TO
erect nine two-story brick dwellings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

Robert L. Haycock, owner, Mar
tin Bros, builders; to erect one brick
private garage, 1905 Longfellow
street dot S13, square w, 2720), To cost
$1,100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-24

j. G, Whiteside. owner; Sphinx Con-
struction Co, builders; 10 erect addi-
ton. 5Sl7 Chevy Chase Parkway dot
Sc, square 1999l. to cost s625.
Continued on Eighteenth Page.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-02
MORE idle MONEY IN COUNTRY
TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE

Babson Park. Mass, Nov. 28.-Roger w. Babson was today in
terviewed on the money situation and is apparently very optimistic
as to the outlook. He feels that there is more idle money in this
country today than there has been for a generation even though
sold. He looks for fairly easy money rates throughout the winter
unless SINE unusuel disturbance should happen.
"The figures published by the comptroller of the currency, the
Federal Reserve banks and other sources show that a vast amount
Of money is at present in this country. Moreover, owing to our
large amount cf gold, and the fact that credit is based upon gold,
svsHable and the total credit available are considered we have a
situation which is very powerful. Unless some catastrophe happens
easy money with normal interest rates should continue for some
time. These figures show the great increase in the stock of money
in the United States.
1905-2.9 Billion Dollars 1920-7.9 Billion Dollars
191O-3.4 Billion Dollars 1859 Billion Dollars
1915-4O Billion Dollars 1926-S.4 Billion Dollars
mot only has this country a large amount of liquid funds and
an almost unlimited credit, but events now happening are favor
able rather than unfavorable to the continued ease in money rates.
Prohibition Important Factor
However much prohibition may be blamed for foolshness
snong certain eff the young people and the newly rich of today.
sta istcs clearly show that prohibition has been a great factor in
bringing about the present prosperity. Of course, the money here
tcfore spent for drink was not destroyed, it merely went from the
hands eff the wage workers to the h9nds of the brewer; but pro-
ductive lives were destroyed and handicapped, which in turn greatly
reduced the productivity of the nation. Prohibition has resulted
in increasing the working power of the wage worker and has been
a greas factor in bringing about higher wages. Moreover, money
received, instead Of being employed useessly for hiring labor to
manufacture whiskey and beer, has been used in hiring labor to
build houses, make clothes and other things that are worth while
A great portion of this money has gone into savings banks, which
has been g great factor in keeping rates low. Had it not
been for prohibition the present growth in installment business
would have been impossible. 1t was prohibition which enabled
could not have been established; the goods. purchased could never
been manufactured and the prosperity which we now enjoy
would not exist. Prohibition has not only made credit more worth
while, but it has sweled the credit possibilities of our people"