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The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1926-08-07
AMOS RETTS'STARTS CAMPAIGN
FOR u. S. CONGRESS

Phoenix, Ariz., July 30.-Now
that the Interstate Commerce
Commission has settled one OF
the most important rate cases by
refusing to grant the railroads
of the west authority to increase
their freight rates and tax the
consumer 1922, 600, 900 additional.
Amos A. Belts, who participat.
ed prominently in this case has
been able to start s:out on a tour
of the state in the interest of bis
candidacy for congress to succeed
the Hon. Carl Hayden. who is
a candidate for the senate.
Those Interested in freight
rates, and it includes actually
every person, are interested in
the candidacy of Mr.. Belts large.
ly because of the opportunity
which he would have as a mem.
ber of congress to further the
work which he has been do
ing and remove discriminatory
freight rates against doing bust
ness in the mountain states. The
rate men are out spoken in urg-
ing his nomination.
Arizona's next representative
to congress must have two very
essential qualities if the state is
to obtain any real benefits in the
matter of legislation, declared
Charles E. Blaine, traffic expert
of Phoenix. speaking of the com.
ing primary election for the
choice of Democratic candidate.
The candidate chosen, be said i,
must know Arizona. and be must
be a man known throughout the
state.
Amos A. Belts is such a
man." Mr.. Blaine said. He
knows Arizona and her needs,
better probably than any other
candidate for the Office because
of his intimate knowledge, as a
member of the Arizona Corpora.
ton Commission for the last ten
years, of the big problems con
fronting the state.
THAT Mr.. Belts is we'll known
throughout the state is evidenc
ed by the fact that in all the bic
rate cases in which Arizona has
participated with other states
Mr.. Belts has been chosen time
after time as the chairman of the
committees selected by the states
involved to carry on their cam
paigns.
Due to his many trips tC
Washington in the interests ol
Arizona, Mr.. Belts has formed
personal contacts and acquain
tances with men from all parts
of the nation who represent theil
various states in the nationa
capital.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1926-08-07
ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW.
August 2, 1926.

Yuma-Arizona Edison Com
pany completing specifications
for 1900. .OOO-gallon additional
settling reservoir and tanks, for
this district.
Yuma - Highway replacing
plank road, rapidly nearing COM
pIetion.
Stafford Improvements to be
made, to county court house.
Yuma Fire department to
purchase additional tire-fghting
equipment.
Benson-Bids asked, for con-
struction of grade school build
ing.
Phcenix-8,0O0 road signs to
be purchased, for use on main
trunk lines and State highways,
Tucson-$5OO,OO 900 county court
house bond issue to be voted on,
| at fall election.
Phoenix - Preparations being
made, for extensive alterations
to building occupied by Hege
! Jewelry Company.
Hayden-Community Church
recently damaged by fire, to be
reconstructed.
Bis5ee-New theater may be
built here.
Globe-First Christian church
| to erect new building.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1926-08-07

Water Users Association show that this decision will the
of the Salt River Valley So 90 See
Associated Arizona Producer for July 1926 All other districts
and interests throughout the state affected proportion
Hay and grain rates reduced Is cent in 1921 fur
her reduction this spring saving the farmers of than
$3.50 600 90 every twelve months
The live stock industry the lumber interests the mine opera
big and little the packing plant at Cactus the powder manu-
acturers at Curtss, have received similar benefits
Belts Chairman of the committee of state commissioners 5
states selected sit with and assist the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the big Western Freight Rate Case This elec
on signal honor for Arizona and high compliment to
Belts In Congress- with broader field Belts will render still
the State This decided July 6 the
railroads application for increased rates of almost hundred
million dollars annually being denied Arizona thereby saved
approximately $500 O0.OO annum)
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1926-08-07

Road building program, in.
volving construction of 81 miles
highway in lower Imperial Val.
ley at cost in excess of $1,125,
Geo, announced. $584,OOO con
tract awarded, for first unit.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1926-08-07
TAXES REDUCED MILLIONS

Your transportation taxes lrateS)
have been reduced more than
two millions of dollars per an
mum during the past five years
through the work of Corporation
Commissioner Amos A. Belts.
These savings continue from
year to year.
The passenger fare victory saves
you twelve mills per mile ST. 20
per hundred miles. Approxim-
ately one million dollars annual
ly. Docket 1883.
Express rates are now q per
cent less than formerly. Arizona
profits to the extent of one mil
lion dollars each year. Docket
1890. Belts was Chairman OF
the Committee representing the
Intermountain states in this case.
The class rate case decided last
month June, 1926 will result in
savings exceeding one million
dollars annually. Statistics COM
1,ilod hV tho E'arm Ruroau and
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

A hosiery company rents offices in the
shopping district. Soon an attractive
offer is made through the local news
papers by cleverly worded advertise
ments in which it would appear that
any young lady can secure Ave pairs
of hose worth 81 pair for only 81.
In other words, $40 worth of silk
stockings for only 81! Without stop
ping. to analyze the proposition or to
consider how impossible it is for any
concern to stay in business and sell
$40 worth of silk hose for 81, thou
sands Of young women instantly fall
for the scheme.
How Endless Chain Catches Victims
Here is how it catches it's victims.
Each victim pays 81 and receives
three one dollar coupons which she
must sell to her friends, and the
friends must come in and pay down
S4 each, get three coupons each which
they must sell to three friends and
then these friends must perpetuate
the scheme by selling coupons to their
friends and so on indefinitely.
Here is where the promoters make
cleanup. One of the conditions
which must be met before the young
woman who purchased the first cou-
pons receives her $40 worth Of hose
for 81 is that all three to whom she
sold her three coupons must come in,
pay down 81 each for three more cou-
pons and then go out and sell them.
Before the three have done this, one or
perhaps all three get "cold feet" on
the proposition and, rather than go out
and "soak" three OF their friends 81
each, they simply give up the job and
charge their loss to experience. But
in doing so they also block the girl
who purchased the first coupons from
completing her contract, and of course
she, too, loses the money she invested
in the scheme.
At glance the loss appears 10 be
small, but the truth is the scheme is
capable of such great expansion that
it soon takes in hundreds and thou
sands of victims This is but one of
many endless chain schemes in use
today in the United States.
(Arttcle III a0iH deal NTH Iond ssoit+
dies aud loan shark plans for robbEsg
people of their sdDing8,1
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
STRAIGHT TALKS
WITH AUNT EMMY
ON SAVING TO INVEST

"You have talked so much about
saving, Aunt Emmy" said Hilda to
Aunt Emmy, that / wonder If you
will be kind enough to help Jack and
me work out a way to save regularly.
we do so want to. get ahead. AS Jack
is getting a little more money this
wear. we plan to save that and keep
right on living on what we got last
year. OF course, it is hard to do with
out lot Of things we might have, but
then lack and | both feel that we
don't want to be worried about money.
RI we have a little reserve fund, we
can be prepared for emergencies"
.Bless my hearth" exclaimed Aunt
Emmy. at surely does sound good
to hear such sensible talk from a
voungster these daysl I'll tell you
what think is a good plan for you
10 follow.-open savings account
with q bank that has thrift depart
ment and every week put away 8
stated sum in your savings account.
You will receive interest on this
money. you know OF course you re-
ceive only a moderate rate OF interest
on your savings. so it is a good idea
to make definite investment plan
and invest your savings in, sound Sc
curities that will yield higher rate
Of interest. :,
accumulate your money, small
sums at time, in your thrift or saw
ings account. Determine what sum
Won win use for your initial invest
ment, say, 500 or $500. Save until
YOU have twice that amount. II you
decide to begin your investment on
500 save $780, then take 500 and
buy baby bond, or buy a large bond
ON the tnstalbnent plan and apUly ths
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
A GOOD TIP

Now Is the time to buy purebred
livestock. A considerable " iume OF
purebred stock originally intended
for breeding purposes has been going
to the block because prices for pure
breds in many instances have declined
practically to the level Of those paid
for slaughter animals. There is need
for purebred livestock on farms and
it does not seem right to slaughter
animals that could be used to improve
the quality of farm herds and flocks.
An exceptionally high producing
COW is worth many times the price OF
slaughter animal Not only does
such an individual produce more ac-
tual milk and butterfat, but the supe-
rior production characteristics of such
individuals may be passed on through
several succeeding generations.
The fact should not be overlooked
that purebred livestock Is a real
necessity. Without such stock, milk
and butterfat records and weights Of
feeces will decline and uniformity Of
type and quality will be sacrificed No
improvement can be made without
them Now is the time to sell scrub
stock and buy purebreds while the
prices are Banker Farmer.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

500 on the first payment, if you are
sure you can save regularly enough
to meet the other payments"
why not use the $500 and then be-
gin all over again, Aunty?" Queried
Hilda.
because you ought to have some
money on hand. You don't want to
wipe out your whole savings, even for
the best sort of Investment"
"But how can we know what TO in
vest in?s asked Hilda
-Your bank will help you in that,
my dear Bankers are always glad to
advise their customers concerning
sound investments. Anne B. Aymes.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
Mattresses Her "Bank"

When the old Overlook hotel, for
years landmark on the White Horse
pike, near Underwood, N. j., was sold
$4,545 in cash was removed from mat
tresses and cupboard corners through
out the old hostelry. The money
property Of Mrs. George Thomas, pro
prietor, was first discovered by real
ty agent helping Mrs. Thomas remove
her personal belongings from the hotel
after Its sale. The agent pulled five
800 bills from mattress, the sight
of which seemed to jog Mrs. Thomas
memory Its wonderful" she said.
II can remember now back as far as
25 years ago when, not having conf
dence in banks. used to tuck small
sums under these mattresses"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

Here is a typical case. A group of
men undertook to promote vending
or self-serving machine. Their plan
called for the sale of $37,0OO,0OO worth
of leases in the United States. SINH
lar projects previously started through
out the United States had failed. AS
q matter of fact, the average daily
sale of one of these self-service MAJ
chimes was only $40, which in itself
made it impossible for a machine to
produce sufficient revenue to make it
profitable. Servicing the machines
was another obstacle which had not
been successfully overcome. In three
months the promoters were successful
in selling over $2,5OO,OOO worth Of
rights to use these machines.
$4,000 in Savings Lost by One Man
know of one man who withdrew
$4,000 from savings bank and in
vested it in this promotion. He told
me it represented the accumulations
of a lifetimeS "And now have lost it
all, he said in trembling voice. "I
haven't cent left and am past sixty
years Of age-too old to work." he
added.
OF the more than So 800 900 invested
by. savers, over 100000 was taken
by these wiley promoters as commits
sion. Think of making a commission
of over $1,0OO.OOO on 1880 900 of sales
in about three months time Think
Of what this more than S1.000,000 of
commission represents of the
struggles and the sacrifices of the men
and women who saved it, With some
it was saved penny by penny over a
period Of years. Think of the sorrow
it caused, the hea.rtaches, the misery
and the disappointment which fol-
lowed in the wake of the collapse of
this promotion. Think of the old man
who lost $40,000-all he had been able
to save during his lifetime Think of
the widow'S mite, for she lost it also.
All that is left today of the original
investment is less than 10 cents on
every dollar.
Here is an endless chain scheme
which relieved working girls of por-
ton of their savings. The loss ran
into many thousands of dollars. The
scheme is to sell silk hose to girls by
getting them to act as selling agents.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

Poet called to see if you had
en- opening for me.
Editor-Yes there's one right be-
hind you; shut it as you go out,
please.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
Girl Who Brought Kiss
"a Brita;n Forpoffen

y is odd, when you come to think
OF 1t, that even the name of the intro.
Queer of kissing to the British isles
should have been forgotten by all but
a few bearded old scholars, says Bas-
sett Digby In the London News.
OF course she was woman, but no
statue commentaries her, though even
the unpleasant Boadicea, who romped
through the enemy lines in a chariot
with scythes fixed to the axle, has her
dingy metallic perpetuatlon In that
shoal of discarded tram tickets on the
Thames embankment outside Scotland
Yard-surely an appropriate locale.
When the Piccadilly cupid is re-
stored should like to see set up as
his vis-a-vis across the Circus a gran
itic presentation Of the lovely and en-
terprising Princess Rowena, daughter
OF King Hengist of Friesland, who
gave that red-blooded and hairy, but
socially gauche, King Vortigern of the
ancient Britons, the first kiss ever
brought to this country.
kissing seems to have met with
general approval. 1t filed as the adj
vertisements say, long-felt want.
Speedily it became general saluta-
ton, and throughout the Middle Ages
1t fiourished to an extent incredible to
us moderns. Undoubtedly this played
a large part in spreading the dreadful
epidemics of plague, typhus and
cholera that caused such lamentable
ravages. Whenever a medieval guest
entered the house of his friend he
invariably kissed his hosts wife and
daughter. Chaucer frequently alludes
to the custom.
John Bunyan, however, turned q
sour eye on the prevalence of kissing,
and placed his views on record in
"Grace Astounding"
In the time of james / and Charles
/ for pretty hostess, daughter or
maid to kiss each new arrival was an
absolute sine qua non for every rural
inn. Foreigners were struck by the
amount Of kissing that went on.
But, alas for the amorous rustic die
HARRIS, the June heyday of promiscu-
GUS kissing passed, never, one may
hazard, to return. In. the hard drink
ing and registering times that followed
the mental eclipse of George III a
sort of Indian summer of the custom
had set in, outlasting the regency, in
deed. But soon came the FROST and
kissing the pretty chambermaid at
the Inn, so long cherished privilege
of the wayfarer, now took Its place in
the Newgate calendar of Victorian
crimes.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
"Coins'' Made of Ice

A French electricity undertaking
was convinced that one Of its con-
sumers was obtaining electricity for
nothing through franc-in-the-slo
meter, but inspectors could not dis
cover how the electricity had been OBJ
tanned.
In despair, the consumer was offered
n monetary reward, when he confessed
that iie&had frozen water in molds to
the diameter and weight Of the coin
normally used. After short time in
the meter the ice melted and left no
trace.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

Only 100000 of all the people Of
the United States ever owned tooth
brush, SO It is claimed by Research
Director Kettering Of the General Mo
TORS company, yet the companies mar
Ifacturing brushes for the clean-teeth
brigade had unusual prosperity during
the past year, made liberal dividends
ard nut handsome sums in the surplus
account, the 4,OOO0O0 members Of the
clean-teeth army being steady buyers
year after year.-Ohio State Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
Ceraniun, for WindotO Box

It is conceded that the pIebeian
geranium is one of the most effective
ways of introducing color into the
house in winter. A window box Of the
gay and cheerful pink, rose and red
blooms and some English ivy,is ideal
for keeping the room alive and bright.
Geraniums require little care or at.
tention. They seem to thrive best in
rich, sandy garden lQam Sunlight Is
a requisite for the growth and beauty
Of these hardy flowers, but they are
not SO particular as to the amount
Of heat.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

unless savings bankers the help to stop
this nearious business Of deraung swndng
of the fruits of their labors.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

deplorable that the investor does not profit by
experience and is victrnzed a second time in his
endeavor to recover that which he has already
lost 1t is the DID, old story of trying to recover,
but in the attempt losing This very hour thou
sands of hard-earned dollars have slipped from
the grasp of the calloused hands that earned
them into the clutches of unscrupulous'skn-ga game
artists. Tomorrow the scenes of today will be
re-enacted with a new and larger list Of victims.
A month from today depositors will still be pour
ing an ever increasing volume of their savings
into the hopper of unwise investments. year
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

George Jr. (deep in his geogra-
rhy) PA, what are the great divides
Of this country?
George sr.-Don't bother me.
am tired of continually hearing
thls graft. graft! Even the children
talking it,
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13

"Alas! NY business went under IL
the fall of 1921"
"Nhat was yoar line?'
Il was deck hand On 4 submarine
heat :"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-05-13
HOW ENDLESS CHAIN SELLING
PLANS ARE USED TO ROB SAVERS
w. r. Morehouse Continues His Exposures of Modern
Gold Brick Schemes American Bankers Associa-
ton Official Tells How Lifetime
Savings Are Wiped Out.
ARTICLE NO. II
: FIRMLY believe
BY w. r. MoREHousE,
Public Relations Commission American Bankers Association

FIRMLY believe that promoters and hghpressure statesmen
are becoming and crafty Shrewder ways are
being resored to in order trap the novice investor is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Attack Budget Director.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. The
storm which is being brewed by the
house naval affairs committee over
United States shipbuilding is likely to
break over the head of Budget Di-
rector Lord, who is charged with CIV
ing the orders not to provide for the
building OF the three cruisers author.
lied by congress-.
The entire budget system Is to be
attacked. 1t is indicated. Members of
the committee charge that this sys-
tenn allowed Lord to override the
navy general board, army general
staff. and congress in the matter OF
national defense.
Lord, in preparing the budget at the
instance of Coolidge, so pared down
the navy appropriations that the
ships could not be built.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29

plots against the Soviet Union and
Germany. Workers were warned
against new wars now In the making.
No Doubt Of Prlvatlon.
Ill dressed and hungry men and
women making up the battalions of
demonstrators left no doubt about
actual privation. The Red Guard de.
tachments accompanying the demon
stration in their uniforms and caps
made a better appearance. but they.
too, looked undernourished. In strik.
ing contrast to the workmen were the
husky police, on foot, on bicycles. on
horseback and on trucks. all armed.
The German unemployed problem
seems worse than In England. Over
100000 are out OF work, a great
many without prospect OF employ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
SCOTT NEARING PLAYS
AWFULLY MEAN TRICK
ON PRESIDENT BUTLER

Scott Nearing has adroitIy turn
ed the tables on Nicholas Murray
Butler, the reactionary president
Of coiumbiaau university, who In his
annual report to his trustees de-
scribed American universities as
"the only present home of liberty"
Nearing asks Butler to give him
a Job on the teaching staff at Co.
lumbia, either in the department of
sociology or economies, and then
affabIy reminds Nick that the ap-
picant for the position was fired
from Pennsylvania, after nine years
in the faculty, for his fight against
child labor and low wages, and
later ousted as dean of Toledo Uni
Versity for his opposition to the
war of 1914.
"SaIary Is matter Of no mo-
ment," writes Nearing in his letter
of application. al can easily sd-
just my expenses to the Columbia
schedule"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
700 SHOP CHATRlNEN DENOUNCE ATTACK
BY SIGMAN ON DRESSMAKERS LOCAL
Especial to The Daily worker)


NEW YORK. Dec. &c. (By Mail)-
More than 700 shop chairmen of
Dressmakers' Local, No %, pledged
full support to the officers of the joint
board and denounced the action Of
Morris Sigman, president of the Inter-
national Ladies Garment Workers
Union. in expelling julius Portnoy,
manager of the local, and all other Of
flciaIs at a meeting held in Manhat-
tan Lyceum.
In resolution, passed unanimously,
the shop chairmen voted to inform en-
ployers of their stand with the joint
board, warning them that agreements
made with the officers of the interna-
tional would not be considered valid
by the workers themselves.
Expose Sigman's FIimsy Excuse.
The union-wrecking policy of the IN
ternational officers in their effort to
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
DELAY CONGRESS-
PROBE OF SACCO-
vANzETTI CASE
Holidays Help Save
Labor's Enemies

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27--No action
on the Berger and Sabathresolution
providing for an investigation Of
charges that the department of justice
too had hand In framing Sacco and
Vanzetti will be taken until after the
Christmas holidays, it was learned to-
day as members of congress were hur-
riedly departing to their homes to
spend the holiday recess with their
families.
Before leaving congress, however,
most members were aware of the
fact that there is a national campaign
on to prevent the execution of the two
men. kilograms, letters, and reso-
lutiensNeoming from individuals, trade
unions, and other liberal bodies To-
Gated in various parts of the country
continued to pour into the offices Of
congress the last two weeks, making
many of them sit up and take no.
tice.
Among the organizations that have
aided in the campaign to secure an
investigation are various central la
Dor bodies, which have wired to their
own members of congress, local
branches of the garment workers un-
ions, locals of the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, and labor
bodies of numerous other trades.
A renewal of the drive when con-
gress reconvenes on January will
assure, it is believed, COMPRESSION
al investigation.