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The producers news., 1927-03-04
Churchmen IndiCt Western
Maryland Profit Hounds
By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press

"The important stake which labor
and the community have not only in
the management of a railroad but
also in its financial structure is
stressed in the joint church report on
the Western Maryland strike, says
Leland Olds, economic expert of The
Federated Press. 1t exposes the hyp-
ocritical attempt of the carrier to
squlrm out of paying standard wages
on the ground of financial inability
1t holds that the mere capacity of a
company to pay a given wage at any
time does not settle the question.
The justice of various claims upon
income must be weighed.
"The engine brotherhoods," says
the report, 'were asking the Western
Maryland to pay the rate they had
gained for other enginemen on all
class l railroads in this country. The
fact that the Western Maryland
stands on the same footing before the
interstate commerce commission, with
reference to freight rates, as all 9th
/ er roads regardless of size, financial
status or operating cost, and that all
SA~e9o AOctNS ctIG paying JllC
standard wage rates creates a very
evident and weighty presumption in
favor of the mems demand that the
Western Maryland also pay the
standard wage"
The churchmen then compare the
operating results of the Western
Maryland also pay the standard
wage"
The churchmen then compare the
operating results of the Western
Maryland with those of two similar
roads, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts
burgh and the Wheeling & Lake Erie
They find that the proportion OF
revenue absorbed by expense on the
Western Maryland is smaller than or
either of the other roads. They say
"The net railway operating income
in dollars on the Western Maryland
was higher in 1925 than on either
the B. R. & P. or the Wheeling &
Lake Erie. The Western Maryland
The producers news., 1927-03-04

| see marines is the way to help the grab
bers get their pay, and sailor boys is on the Job,
to guard the tightwads while they rob- And soon
the army will be hobbling to grease the course
of Wall Street gobbling.
So Nicaragua gets a taste, of how the Yankee
fist can paste-a folk whose riches (once their
OWN is now in hook for Wall Street loan.
And China too as like as not, will get a good
swift Yankee swat. While I'll be very much as
founded if Mexico does not get pounded
The old republic sure has went; dollar empire
is our bent. We sent preacher first to pray
and then dollar that must pay And if the
interest comes too slow, we load marines so they
go to knock liberal ruler down-and other.
wise police the town.
The producers news., 1927-03-04

IS obviously under no handicap so
far as the relation of operating ex-
pense to revenue is concerned. The
low relative cost of operation and
the average or below-average cost of
transportation indicate that any ina
billty to pay the wage increase
arises from some other cause than
the cost of operating the road or the
cost of carrying the traffic in rela-
ton to its income'
This other cause, the churchmen
find, is the financial structure of the
road-the heavy financial obligations
of the Western Maryland in the form
of an extraordinary bonded debt up-
on which it must pay interest and
an extraordinary amount of stock up
on which it is expected to pay divi-
dends. The Western Maryland is
bonded at $4,000 more per mile
than the average of all roads in the
eastern district, and its stock is
twice as much per mile as the aver
age for the eastern district"
This indicates, according to the re-
port, the extraordinary claims by
bondholders and stockholders upon
the income of the road.
"The financial condition of the
Western Maryland" it says, "now
puts it in position where it cannot
continue to plead poverty as rea-
The producers news., 1927-03-04
EXPLAINS DISASTER
OF COOPERATIVE

Minneapolis-( (FP)-The bankrupt
cy of the great cooperative Associat-
ed Textiles of Minneapolis, with
probable loss to the cooperative
stockholders of $25O,0O0, is a severe
blow, says the Northern States Co.
operative league, but not attributable
to cooperation itself.
Analysing the disaster, the league
shows that it was due to a neglect
of cooperative principles that is or
dinarily avoided in even the smallest
cooperative unit. Among the causes
of the failure the league lists:
l. A board Of directors of labor
men that were little more than fig
ureheads. "A good labor man is not
automatically a good cooperator," it
remarks.
2. A manager, H. Naphtalin, who
was heavily on the make and "who
either was dishonest or utterly de-
void of an understanding of the aims
and principles of cooperation" He
inventoried the stock at S300,00O
when an Independent appraisal plac-
| ed it at only $4,000. Though stock
holders were led to believe that the
cooperative had made over $4,000,
an independent audit showed loss
of S270,000. The first proper audit
was made in December, 1926, after
the coop had been in existence three
years. But then it was too late.
3. Indifference of the cooperative
members. "Most of them," the lea
que rather bitterly reflects, "were
just investors, expecting only to get
regularly a good interest on their
money but never expecting to be
bothered with the worries of super
vising the affairs of the organiza-
ton"
4. Greater vigilance should have
been exercised by the league itself
with which the Associated Textiles
was affiliated From now on we are
going to keep our eyes open in this
respect" the league asserts. owe do
not wish to be stung again"
Although reorganization commit
tee is on the job it is generally thot
that the S250,00O paid up capital is q
total loss.
The producers news., 1927-03-04

son for not adjusting wages. The
conflict is not between a wage Set
tlement and bankruptcy, but between
a wage settlement and dividends on
stock. Obviously we have here >
striking case with which to test the
claim of justice with reference to the
priority of wages over dividends. #
is very generally asserted that a liv.
ing wage must be considered a first
charge uDon industry. In this case
it is not the living wage, but tbe
standard wage that is in question,
but it presents a serious moral proh,
lem to the owners of the stock"
The producers news., 1927-03-04
Wolf Point Election In
Charge of Women

Wolf Point The following ap-
pointments have been made for the
election officials to serve at the city
election on April 4. There are no
men on the boards. Ward 1: Carrie
Z. Champlin and Hilda Listerud,
judges; Emma K. Johnson, Gladys H.
Peters and Hilda Garden, clerks.
Ward 2: Mabel Herman and Chris
tine Coffey, judges; Cole Flint, Clara
Dewitt and Elsie M. Ditmarson,
clerks. Ward 3: Juanita F. Rogers
and Katie Williams, judges; Mabel
Ferguson, Geraldine Conrad and Ed
ma Nichol, clerks.
The producers news., 1927-03-04
PLAN TOURIST PARK BENEFIT

Wolf Point, Feb. ga benefit
dance for the tourist park fund will
be given February 28, at the Coli
scum. In order that the receipts Of
the dance may all go to the fund, the
A. 0. U. w. lodge of Wolf Point has
offered to pay for the hall and the
orchestra. The Commercial club tour
lst park committee through its chair
man, o. c. Johnson, has accepted the
offer. The Wolf Point orchestra un-
der the leadership of D. T. Staples
will furnish the music.
Carbondale, Pa.-(FP)-2O girls
who have been working overtime for
the Carbondale Mills, Inc, won z,
Gay strike for reinstatement of a glTl
worker discharged when family Ill
ness called her home.
The producers news., 1927-03-04

New York is arresting actors in dirty plays
trying to clean up the stage, the audiences grow
ing larger all the time. If they want to end it
why not arrest the audience?
The producers news., 1927-03-04

Finding strange hairpins in hubby's auto isn't
as common these days-which may account for
the origin and popularity of the bob.
The producers news., 1927-03-04
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The producers news., 1927-03-04

Here's hoping the Federal Radio Commission
will have at least one loud speaker who will tell
the radio trust where its gets on-and off,
The producers news., 1927-03-04

Washington-CFP)-At the height
of his effort to get a rollcall on the
Boulder Canyon Dam bill, Sen. John
son of California went to the White
House and asked President Coolidge
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
SUMMONS

In the Superior Court of the
State of Washington in and for
Benton County.
M. F. Packwood, plaintiff, VS..
NJ. M. Hoyt and Bertha Hoyt, hus-
band and wife. Carl Meyers and
May Meyers, husband and wife,
M. Ryen and j. III. Bowman, de-
PENDANTS.
The State of Washington:
To the said defendants, M. M.
Hoyt and Bertha Hoyt, husband
and wife; Carl Meyers and May
Meyers, husband and wife; M.
Ryen and j. HI. Bowman.
You are hereby summoned to
appear within sixty days after
the date of the first publication of
this summons, to-wit, within sixty
days after the oath day of Febru-
airy. 1927, and defend the above
entitled action in the above en-
titled court and answer the amend
ed complaint of the plaintiff, and
serve a copy of your answer upon
the undersigned attorney for plain
tiff, at his office below stated; and
in case of you rfailure SO to do,
judgment will be rendered against
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
ORDINANCE NO. 261

ORDlNANC NJ. Zb1
An Ordinance providing for the
expenditure of funds not included
in the last annual budget. declar-
ing an emergency and stating
facts constituting such emergency.
Whereas, it has been made nee
essary for the city to incur ex-
pense for the construction of GER
tain sidewalks along the west side
of Fruitland Street in the City OF
Kennewick. by reason of the fail
ure of the owner to construct such
walk upon notice pursuant to stat
ute, which statute directs that in
case OF such failure he city con-
struct such walk and assess the
cost thereof against the abutting
property, and the estimated ex-
pense OF such improvement is the
sum of $4,000, which expense
could not reasonably have been
foreseen at the time of adopting
the last annual budget.
The City, Council Of the City of
hennewick do ordain as follows:
Sec. 1. An emergency is hereby
declared for the expenditure of the
sum OF $4,000 not provided in the
last annual budget for the con-
struction Of sidewalk herein de-
scribed and the proper officials
are hereby directed to issue and
deliver warrants as provided by
law to meet such expense.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be
In force five days after its pas
sage, approval and publication in
the official newspaper of Kenne-
wick.
Passed March 1st. 1927.
Approved March 1, 1927.
&C. A. CRAWFORD. Mayor
Attest: Winifred Campbell. Clerk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

YOU according to the demand of
the amended complaint, which has
been filed with the clerk of said
court.
The object of this action is to
quiet title in the plaintiff. to, the
following described real estate. to-
wit: E..
The Southeast quarter of the
Northeast quarter of Section
q, Township 8 North. Range
80 E.W.M. Benton County,
Washington, -@
against each and all of the de-
PENDANTS. decreeing a certain con-
tract between plaintiff and the
defendants NJ. M. Hoyt and Bertha
Hoyt to have been heretofore can
celled and forfeited, and to cancel
and set aside any and all instru-
rnents of conveyance or encum-
brance issued by any of the de-
PENDANTS. or held by any of the
defendants affecting the title to
the above described property, par
ticularly to set aside and cancel
certain purported assignment OF
the aforesaid contract from M. M.
Hoyt and Bertha Hoyt to Carl
Meyers, certain purported quit
claim deed from Carl Meyers and
May Meyers to M. Ryen. and a
certain purported mortgage from
NJ. Ryen to ]. H. Bowman. and to
adjudge the title to the above de-
scribed premises to be absolute In
the plaintiff, clear of any right,
title or interest whatsoever claim
ed, held or asserted by any OF the
defendants in or to said premises,
and to eject each and all OF the
defendants. and those claiming by,
through, and under them. from
said premises, and to secure for
the plaintiff general relief.
M. M. MOULTON. attorney for
plaintiff. P. o. Address Kennewick.
Benton County, Wash. 2:24-3:3l
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
NEW ROAD SIGNS DUE

New road signs bearing the
numbers assigned different routes
by the U. S. Bureau of Roads pro-
baby will be placed along Wash
ington highways during the COM
Ing year. The principal translate
highways are definitely placed on
the federal list and assigned num-
bers that engineers. at least, will
always recognize as official. Incl
dentally, travellers who get start
ed along one of the numbered
highways probably will follow
them religiously. The new signs
will bear the name of the state,
the initials "U. S." and the road
number. together with the shield.
The popular names of state roads
also will be retained.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
INCOME TAX IN A
NUTSHELL

+ WHO?-Single persons who
:. had net income of $500 or
= more or gross income of So
: 900 or more, and married
! couples who had net income
= of $500. or more or gross in
= come of $4,000 or more, must
= lille returns; also partnerships
: and corporations.
= WHEN THE filing period
: ends March Is, 1927.
+ WHERE?-With Burns Poe,
= collector of internal revenue
: for the District of Washing
= ton, at Tacoma; or with the
= branch offices located in the
: larger cities in the state.
+ HOW?-Any deputy collect
: or will gladly help make out
: returns, and questions sub
: mitted by mail will be prompt
+ ly answered by the collector.
+ WHAT-1k% normal tax on !.
! the first $4,000 in excess of
! the personal exemptions and
: credits; $50 normal tax on the
! next $4,000; $50 normal tax
+ on the balance of net income;
: surtax on net income in ex-
: cess of $4,000.
+ !. + 4 + + I. j. j. + j. +
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
Tree Stock is Especially
Selected for Farm Planting

rents upward. After all, this is
the real purpose of the windbreak
and not as might be supposed, the
mechanical action of the trees as
backwall which absolutely stops
the wind.
Full information. planting sug-
gestions and price lists will be
mailed on request to the forestry
department. w. S. c.. Pullman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

A hotel man says it is absurd
to call patrons of hotel guests"
But we don't all lug away souv-
enirs. ##
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

Money talks; $S7 is the chs
of three minutes conversation 3
telephone from Spokane 70 7 .
don. I'm
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

filed with the county clerk on or
before the 9TH day of April, 1927,
and said board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
Dated this 1st day of March,
1927.
-E. o. KEENE. County Clerk
and clerk of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners. 1924
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS
FOR COUNTY PRINTING

Notice is hereby given, that the
Board of County Commissioners
for Benton County, at their regu-
lar meeting April a. 1927 at the
hour of 2:30 pm. will hear and
consider proposals for the official
public printing Of Benton County
for the term of one year beginning
on the first day of July, 1927.
Said proposals shall be in writ
ing and sealed and marked "Pro-
posals for County Printing" and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

Drilling for oil has been aban-
homeland some great expecta-
tions also-on the Quigley ranch
four miles from Castlerock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

Congress has appropriated $685.
900 to cover the cost of inspect
ing the Spokane stockyards. The
bureau of animal industry is
charged with the responsibility of
spending the money judiciously.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

The bill introduced in the house
at Olympia by Representative judi
son Saler, Lewis County, to put
teeth in the prohibition laws was
opposed by some of his colleagues
representing "dry" districts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

State Commander of the Ameri-
can Legion. John T. Raftus, Col
vile. reports the veterans hos
pital at Walla Walla in a salts
factory condition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-03

TIE COUkIEk-REPORTER KENNEWiCK waS.T
Evening star., 1927-12-18

The Salvation Army of England is
sending 1000 600 letters to house own
prs calling upon the people to think
about the claims OF God.
Evening star., 1927-12-18
NAVY.

4 careful study of the officer re.
quirements in aeronautical duty OF
the Navy, in numbers sufficient to
meet the needs of the Navy's fve-year
aeronautical building program. con
clusively proves that the line of the
Navy Will not he able TO supply the
required number Of naval aviators
from among those who are physically
qualified. who have completed
cruise at sea If at least two wears
r'nce their graduation from The Naval
Academy. and vino are under 81 years
of age. This conclusion was only
reached by Secretary Curtis D. vii.
bur Of the Navy after detailed sur
VeY had been made. based on the
number of officers applying for this
duty who PASSED the strict physical
Evening star., 1927-12-18
PACT WITH INDIANS
KEEPS HORSES SHOD
Treaty Made in 1888 Assures Serv.
ice to High-Class Animals
Free of Charge.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
QCAPAW. Okla.--Although wealth
from land rich in zinc and lead ore
gives the Quapaw Indians luxurious
automobiles. the trihesmen remain low
ers Of fine horSeflesh.
William Long Government black
smith attached to the tribe, is kept
buster than any garage mechanic,
for it is his duty 10 see that $50 horses
some valued as high as $500, are kept
properly shod.
Long holds his Federal job under
the provisions of "A treaty made with
the Indians in 1888. when Andrew
Jackson was President The treaty
provided that lin view of their present
impoverished and Wretched condition
the Quapaws We're 10 receive from the
Government the services of "a black
smith to do their necessary work
In Weather-beaten blacksmith
shop overlooking Spring River, Long
and his predecessors have fulfilled
Uncle Sans contract for almost a
century although the Quapaws no
longer are in an Impoverished and
wrptched condition" Royalties from
lead and zinc mines give members Of
the tribe an income Of more than
81 600, 900 a year.
.
The Salvation Army of Englan is
sending ) 900 600 letters to house own
go. .olfinry ,Nnr tka SNapnla 10 tl,;al.
Evening star., 1927-12-18

( tIen. MerllL W Ire
) land. surgeon gen
eral of the Army
For the current
Z strength Of tho
! r Q q Il ! a + Army
I Gen. ireland pro
: poses 107 officers
{ of the Aledica
Auxiliary Corps in
grades from sec
ond lieutenant Il
colonel. with pro
motion based OF
length of service
and 500 enlisted
men i'm appropriate
era des. Under the
proposed Teorgan'
ization of Army
Evening star., 1927-12-18

An examination OF applicants for
appointment as second lieutenants in
the Medical Administrative Corps o
the Regular Army. will be held in Tho
United States Army i'm the Philippines
H9waiian and Panama Canal Depart
ments and with the American militar,
forces in China, from March u to J.
inclusive
Evening star., 1927-12-18
ESQ Womens Extra and Regular Size H
69c Fancy
Aprons

Polly Prim, Dol So
ly Vardon and sCDC
waist STYLES. in
2Inghams. prints and artist
muslin. All different sizes.
Evening star., 1927-12-18
Army.

Organization of a Medical Auxiliary
Corps into which would he absorbed the
present Medical Administrative Corps.
has gain been recommended by Mai.
Evening star., 1927-12-18

Extra heavy Tapes
try Covers in rich gold,
green, blue and red
color combi II lions
Large size. Handsome
pa ttcrnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26

are turning away from cotton and
sugar toward garden truck, fruit and
vegetables. Their land and climate
make it possible for them to grow for
the NORTHERN markets all the year
round and market their products ad-
vantageously, without undue compeu.
ton from Northern growers. The Red
Cross Is fostering this trend. as are
the railroads. The carriers are put
ting in loading platforms all through
Louisiana and Mississippi to handle
truck shipments this Winter.
Will Better Live Stock.
The flood also will result in a bet
torment of the class of live stock be-
ing raised in the South. The Red
Cross Is shipping in blooded stock
wherever possible, to take the place
of scrub animals. Carloads of the
best strain of hogs and of registered
Jersey cows are being distributed to
build up the grade of the dairy and
meat producing herds. One large
cheese manufacturer is establishing
five branch plants in Mississippi.
The cleanup which has followed the
path of the disaster is also counted
on to help in eradicating malaria.
which is one Of the greatest burdens
Of the farm communities, both from
a health and from an industrial stand.
point. The new structures put up by
relief organizations have all been ade-
quately screened from mosquitoes,
and the workers have used every
method possible to induce the inhabit
ants of malarial regions to take pre-
cautionary measures and plan cam
paigns to eradicate the disease carry
ing insects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Bank Stocks as Investments.
by GEORGE T. HUGHES.

There is an increasingly large num-
Der of investors who prefer bank
stocks to any other form of securities.
Not that they purchase these to the
exclusion of the issues of railroad
public utility or industrial corpora
tons, but they like to include a GER
tain proportion of them in their in
veStment list. The attraction of a
bank stock is not so much that of
income, for most Of them return little
compared with other shares, but that
of appreciation in capital account.
For the past 10 years. during the
period of greatest prosperity that the
United States has ever known, the
earnings of banks from the loaning
of money to customers and also from
the profits made on their own invest
ment accounts have been steadily
rising A compilation just made Of
the capital and surplus and undivided
earnings of 10 of the leading New
York City institutions shows that.
in addition to total capital of $3.50
100000 they have surplus and un-
divided profits of $41S, 100000 and
that the market value of their shares
is over 100000.
A considerable portion of the gain
in reserves dates from the end of
the war. and i'm the case of several
from the deflation period of 1920-21,
when many banks and trust COM
panies in the country were forced to
write down their reserves owing to
losses taken in loans on merchandise.
1t has been the practice of banks
to enlarge their capital from time to
time as the requirements of business
compelled the increase OF banking &C.
commoda tions to customers. On such
occa sions the holder of a bank stock
received the right" to subscribe to
new stock at a price very much be-
low that at which the old stock had
been selling. and as not infrequently
the dividend rate on the old shares
was maintained on the new he had
eventually more dollars of principal
and more dollars in income.
Another factor in the growing
popularity of bank shares has been
that of consultations in which the
holder of the stock of a small bank.
for instance. has had the opportunity