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The Washington times., 1928-07-14

that You must upon and and live to know IT,
For Of usat destinthere Is nothing but ultimate beauty
Others there's sad spot, place
rnournfu with memories where the girl advntur led BY Love-
first that waited for her snd happy for little
while girl If her island avoids that
spot and forget.
young daughters set sail for the Strange Country q Love
and Marriage that the worldly mind Of
the modern young girl knows nothing at all about IL!
The Washington times., 1928-07-14

The first international 81 industrial exposition "wofdp fair
ever held opened Crystal Palace New 4cHk
city July IA 1853 The ute j. known - 6ynnt Raxk At
Sixth Avenue and FOrty-second Street.
The Washington times., 1928-07-14
This Was No Easy Task

In sayaeine the German bateshp Hndenburg which was
scud in Scapa Flow had to patch up ABOUT IVY no
The weighed $4,000 and was estimaeeo 70
six thousand waters.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

The constant friction between capl-
tai and labor under the wage system
is reflected not only in big strlkes
but in countless minor engagements
reported to the U. S. department. Oh
labor Cancellation service.
On Aug. Is Kirector KerWln OF the
Cancellation service reports, there We're
"A strikes before the department. Tor
settlement. Sixteen other controVer-
sizes had not reached the strike stage.
Eight pressers and cutters We're on
strike against the Wilson SHIRT 20
in New York City because OF WORK
sent to non-union shops. Inc Bed,
ford Shirt Laundry of New I orK mac
strike of 8 ironers while the Green
point Shirt Laundry faced a strlKe O.
6 laundry workers. In both cases Tn
demand was for union recognition am
a signed agreement. In Newark n
7 90 widow washers we're on strlk
demanding an extra holiday Win pay
Proceeding west we find sou MIN
ers on style at Dupon, Pa. AT Can
ton, Ohio 500 shippers and grinder
struck against the Central Alloy Stee
Corp. They struck against a wag
cut and demanded Sc for an 8-hou
day and recognition of the mill con
mittee. At Anderson, Ind, lOO pam
ers were striking for 81 an hour, a
increase of $40.
There were 400 building trade
workers on strike at the Grand UnlC
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
COMPETITION AND ADVERTISING

Competition for the dollar in the pocket OF the aver
age man makes advertising Indispensable element
of successful business 1t is not merely the compeoh
between Smiths and Browns grocery stores or between
Ford and Chevrolet it is the grocers against Inc @
tomobie dealers and both of them against the thouS-
ands of others who are after the same dollar.
Business today is in the most gigantic competition
it has ever known The various trades are studying
the consumer with intensity, and in detail. They are
seeking to discover his needs to satisfy his wants. ao
to arouse his desires Each industry is after larger
share of the consumers dollar Advertising is vita
to a successful quest.
Modern business has launched many argosles II
search of the golden fleece of public patronage ant
profits and advertising is the the steersman has
use Without judicious and intelligent advertising, tn
broad stream of modern business would shrve to pun
thnness. Attractive consistent honest advertising
indispensable adjunct of successful presentation
meritorious services and industries today.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
INSURING LOW WAGES AND
ECONOMIC SERFOOM

In the effort to prevent organization the General
Motors Corporation has insured all its employees The
plan provides $4,000 life insurance policy for each
employee and SIS week sickness and accident insur-
ance benefits.
There are 100000 workers employed by General Mo-
tors and the insurance will cost the company cents
day for each worker.
If the General Motors employees believe they are re-
ceving gift from the company comparison of their
wages and conditions with what they would be if Cen
eral Motors was strongly organized will prove quite
the opposite.
Workers who trade the right to organize for the life
and accident insurance are as foolish as the Indians
who traded their vast domains for strings of glass
beads.
Insurance is splendid thing, but the worker who is
fairly paid is in position to buy his own insurance
without sacrificing his independence In fact insurance
bought by the individual worker increases the indie
pendence of himself and family. When that insurance
is paid for by the employer makes the worker more
dependent
The rate at which the Metropolitan Insurance Com.
pany has written this insurance for General Motors is
very low This very fact may result in the pub
lie inquiring eff private insurance company can in
sure 100000 workers at this rate how cheaply could
the government insure all workers?"
Trade unions have their insurance company fur
nshng group insurance at very reasonable rates. In
surfing in this company gives not only protection but
added independence to the individual and greater
strength to organized labor.
Too much of the money paid to private insurance
companies in one way another to be used to
impede the advance of organized labor.
Anything so necessary insurance should rightly
be made of the functions of government Insur-
should not be permitted to be used rob workers
of their economic freedom This is usually what hap
pens when great corporations like General Motors
furnish insurance for their employees.
The General Motors company is buying this nsur-
ance at an exceedingly low rate. The employees will
find that for them it will probably be the most ex
pensive insurance written. In reality these work
ers Will find that the insurance plan insures that they
Will continue to receive the UNANIMOUSLY low wages the
are now obtaining and continue to work under the in
human speed-up conditions now existing at the Genera
Motors plant.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
Economic Articles
Bv Leland Odds, Federated Press
Industrial Warfare is Permanent
In America

Department Store building, Fort
Wayne, Ind, demanding recognition
and a signed agreement. In Sacra-
mento 40 building tradesmen struck
aginst the Shell Oil Co., for the clos
ed shop. In Los Angeles 245 carpen-
tiers were on strike against cut from
So to 81 day.
These are typical of the strikes in
progress.
A strike of 1900 miners at Pitts
burgh, Pa, over the question of dues
was compromised. Musicians asking
the Chicago Orchestra Association
500 a week for the coming season
took a 3-year contract providing So
the first year, $87 the second and $9C
the third. Sixty carpenters at River
side Calf, won the prevailing So
day.
Other adjustments reported include
the settlement of a strike of 2,OO'
BARRIERS employed by 800 shops II
New York. The issue was non-unIOl
shops.
Most of the strikes sound insignifi
, cant. But underlying all of them
chronic dissatisfaction with labor
status in the economic order.
This is not necessarily recognize
n by the strikers but it is none the les
a part of the constant pressure whlc
S is working for the modification
n capitalism.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

The Sheridan County Fair held in PlentywoOu 'ii'e
wear October 10 to IL promises to be the biggest
of its kind ever held in Sheridan County Eacn anu
every citizen can help to make it bigger and oet'ei
Fo; NV nlacing exhibits or by attending. The STOCK
demonstration train will be an extra drawing oA'>
and many ideas regarding pure bred animals VIII "
gained by the presence of all raisers OF stock eie
for the market or for breeding purposes. Inc coli
mittee in charge expects your cooperation 10 no
fail them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
Coin in Slot Puts Clerk in Street

The attack on the jobs of retail
clerks is to be on a large scale back
ed bv Wall Street financial interests.
Iisman says: "Schulte-United Inc,
contemplates establishing up to 1000
department stores of the DC to 81 va
riety. 1t is estimated that the total
automatic equipment will reach more
than $4,000 units, ranging from 40 to
100 units per store" Twenty-Five OF
these stores will be ready by Thanks
giving. The goods to be automatlcal-
" sold include candies, groceries and
toilet articles.
Cameo was established to dominate
the automatic merchandising field. 1t
consolidates the General Vending Co
which distributes .Wrigley and Life
Saver products and operates $4,000
automatic scales; the Automatic Mer'
chandising Corp. which controls the
latest selling automaton; the SAM
tarv Postage Service Corp; the Sher
mack Corp. and the Remington Ser
vice Machines, Inc. the 5-year ex
pansion program provides for 10000
batteries 90 units each) of automatl
merchandising and change machines
10000 weighing scales, $4,000 sam
tary postage machines and 250,OO
gum and life saver vending machines
Lisman cites the estimate of D
. rector Julius Klein of the U. S. burea
! of foreign and domestic commerC
that antiquated distribution means a
! annual waste of 8 billion dollar
: Where the displaced workers will fir
: Jobs when the stis- = = 9
swing does not worry Lisman.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

Cashiers, sales clerks and depart
ment store employees, watch out!
The robots are coming to drive you
out of your jobs as they have driven
thousands of factory employees into
the street. They are the perfect SER
wants of capitalism-they don't or
ganize, they don't demand shorter
hours and more pay, they don't de.
mand social legislation, they mean In
creased profits.
The robot invasion of the field OF
distribution began years ago with the
penny-in-the-s slot machine for selling
gum and candy. But this was mpre-
tentious compared with the movement
forecast in a circular from f. }. LIS
man & Co. Lisman offers the IN
vesting class shares Of common and
preferred stock in the Consolidated
Automatic Merchandising Corpora
ton, "Camco" as it is nicknamed by
its promoters.
There has been unusual public III
terest," says Lisman, Gin the an
nouncement that robots are at work Il
all Schultz United Stores. An epoch
r making decision to establish automat
: ic divisions in all their department
+ stores has been made and a contrac
has been closed with the Consolidat
ed Automatic Merchandising Corpora
ton to equip the stores with Taikln
p Automatic Merchandising. Machine
$ and Changes Making Machines: In
: decision marks the first appllcatlo
of the automatic merchandising prlr
o ciple to nationwfde chain of depart
a ment stores"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

Flour at the lowest price In recent
wears New crop southwestern wheat
flour nearly 81 a barrel under year
apo, Bakers and flour distributors
b1ving record quantities at cut rates.
This market news doesn't get into |
the head lines. 1t is too Significant
of the failure of capitalist politicians
to give fair deal to the food prOduc-
er.
To the wage Garner in the industri-
al centers this may mean cheaper
food during the coming year. But to
the farmer it means that wheat is
selling below cost of production. The
last three months wheat prices have
dropped so cents a bushel.
Commenting on this situation PSes.
B. j. Rothwell Of the Bay State Mill
ing Co., of Winona, MIMI, says: The
whole world realizes that wheat is
: now selling below its average cost of
production. We are likely to wake up
some morning to the fact that foreign
operators have quietly bought futures
t heavily and are calling for delivery
. of the wheat. 1t is now the cheapest
: in the world. We believe the time
: has com to buy without delay"
/ The farmer is getting 70 to 90 cent:
It a bushel for wheat that costs an av
e erage of $1.18 bushel to produce.
Al The bureau of agricultural econom
> les of the department of agriculture
reports wheat at the lowest level sine
u the 1924 harvest. Attributing this t,
IS the large supply of wheat on hand
ct the bureau says:
ne Taking into account the old Gro
in wheat remaining on the farms and i
:. commercial channels the estimate
- supply of wheat in the United State
en- for the 1928-29 season is approx
e. mately zoos, 242,O 900 bushels. This
ed about 25,5O0,000 bushels in excess {
be last seasons estimated supply frol
which net exports amounted to al
proximately 13O,OOO,0O0 bushels"
Id Canada is producing huge expo
Id surplus while the leading Euroyes
gn countries are harvesting a slight
ms larger wheat crop than a year ago.
INV America is drawing near. the el
- of 8 years in which the dominant ca
e italist political party has been in co
nal troll. In that period the grain farm
en- has not come nearer to controllil
in his product or its price in the wol
market. All the talk of farm rel
has been brought to nothing by
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By Laurence Todd Federated Press

Washington.-Certain every grave I
defects" and Every menac1g feat
ures" of the American industrial sys-
tenn, from the standpoint of the wage
working class, are frankly pointed out
by DR.. John A. Ryan, director of the
social action department Of the Natl.
Catholic Welfare Conference, in a
statement he has issued in advance OF
Labor Day for consideration of wage
workers and employers alike. Feud-
alism, he says, is growing in industry.
Wages are inadequate. Employment
is insecure. Workers have no real
voice in management of the tools with
which they toll. Ninety per cent of
Americans must live and die in the
wage working class. Labor unionism
! is weak and has ceased to grow.
Company unionism is expanding.
Father Ryan, known as the first in
fluential sponsor of minimum wage
: legislation in this country, notes that
strikes have become relatively lnfre-
quent, class feeling has apparently
e diminished and socialism, which few
D years ago troubled US so greatly, has
n all but disappeared" Yet he finds
n the outlook for American workers
anything but. reassuring.
+
s Taking up wages first, he says tina
S all competent authorities are agree'
that $1,000 a year is the minimum In
Il come on which a husband, wife an
IS three children may be supported /
h this country. He condemns the SNUG
# ness of persons who calmly assum
that "these underpaid workers al
somehow made of different clay an
therefore can readily get along wit
less than the normal requisites
r life" He then declares that unen
u ployment remains a great evil, whlC
u; should be met by a universal hll
= wage to restore the purchasing poV
n err of the masses. He demands i
- surance, also, against both unemplo
m ment and sickness and old age.
~ But the heart of the problem, sa
81 DIR. Ryan, is the status of the wor
' .~o err himself. The tradition that an
70 one could, if he wished, rise from t
~ ranks to the management or ownt
20 ship of business, he challenges
81 an outworn theory. "Honest and
"a alistic students of our industrial &C
ihu ditions," he says, "know that proF
o+o bly, ninety per cent of those who
at II gin life as employees will end it
o. cupying the same status. This is
G ;fc necessary outcome of our indutsi
0o0 organization with its large, costly {
~ ~ relatively few business concerns, o
~. tho side of agriculture. Hence, our ind
~, W trial system is divided into two cla
, 'ol- es, small group which performs
sor the functions of ownership, cont
- -: and direction, and very large Er
00o which neither owns nor controls,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
COSTLY

Four hundred and sixty-three thousand men, work
ing for $4,000 year each, earn in year just enough
to paw the interest on national debt says sta'
tician.
That tells the real story of the cost OF war.
A war debt doesn't much, expressed IN long
money figures Translated into terms of human LABOR
IFS evil is clearly SEEM Human labor is the only rea
wealth 1t pays for every war, long after the cannon
are rusted into dust
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

performs subordinate tasks urdo. =
direction of Others" 'he
This class system does NOT rlo.
DR.. Ryan. He finds that it gives ps's as
workers little interest in tbe;r I'm me
prevents the development of tbei ASKS
ative and directive faculties and IRE uJe.
them of human dignity. This I no,
industrial feudalism," he decla nc"
must be remedied by the sbarinn
the workers in actual manageT s d
and in profits land finally in o N,--sn'
ship. Ownership may be secn r.i,
through stock purchases or tbrone eS
collective enterprises-cooperativo
dustrial societies. He admits that ~. ~.
last is more difficult, but it Is n Dt
impossible to groups of workers WIZ
have resolution, energy, altruism and and
patience. 'N
Trade unionism, however, is his i'm
mediate and chief recommendation e.,
safeguarding the status of the worksr
Company unions are useless tn tbo
worker SO long as they remain unde.
employer control. "No amount O ~
employer benevolence, no diffusion ~
5 sympathetic attitude on the part NJ NJ
he public, no increase of beneficioI
legislation" he concludes, "can ado ado
quately supply for the lack of ORGAN gaO
ization among the workers them.
: selves"
x
II This declaration, coming from III,
: most liberal of American CatboI;
e clergy dealing with working elias
e problems, and timed for Labor Da
d discussion in a year when a CatboIi
n is running for the presidency of N
If United States, has more than ord
A. nary relevance. Gov. Smiths man;
IN ger is Raskob, likewise a Catholi
IN who has been the most cOnspicuor
" of anti-union managers of giant Il
n dustry in this country since the wa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
SO HURT WHEN N. Y.
SUBWAY CAR JUMPS
TRACK IN RUSH HOUR

New York, Aug. 24.-The rear car
of subway train was derailed under
Times Square at the height of the aft
ernoon rush hour today and police re-
ported that about so persons were in
jured Ambulances, fire department
wrecking crews and police emergency
squads were rushed to the scene.
On the strength of reports from po-
lice at the scene police headquarters
ordered all reserves in Manhattan to
Times Square and sent out orders for
every ambulance in the city to report
for emergency service.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
New Scobey Minister

Scobey, Aug. 22.-The Rev. Ru-
dolph Simonson and his family have
arrived here by motor and have taken
up their residence in the Lutheran
paronsage. The Rev. Mr.. Simonson
is filling the place vacated more than
year ago by the retirement of the
Reszu Mr., Yamslapd- -naStor- of the
Zion Lutheran cnufcn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07
Cut-Rate Wheat

silent determination of capitalist oil
garchy that agriculture shall not free
itself from the bonds of exploitation
which hold the capitalist system to-
gether.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

Premier Mussolini says that women
change their minds frequently. We
hope the Premier doesn't think he has
discovered a new truth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-07

A telephone girl is discovered who
is said not to have given a wrong
number in Is years of service. Per
haps the line was always busy.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-07
WHITE SHRINE
MEETING IS
WE'LL ATTENDED

Oasis shrine No. 20, White Shrine
Of Jerusalem. met in Masonic Tenn
pie last night with members present
from all over the valley. An ex-
ccptionaIly large number of members
were in attendance to witness the
ceremonial and initiation work.
Mrs. J. F. Foncannon, Mrs. Elna
Huey and Miss Olivia Tobin, the
latter two of CaleXico, were installed
as officers, being unable to be
present when the regular installa
tion was held earlier this fall
Initiation ceremonies were held
for the first time under the new Of
ticcrs, the work being put on ex-
ceptionallv well.
At the close of the business scs-
sion refreshments were served in
the banquet room, under the dircc-
tiOn of Mrs. Gertrude Maitland.
Clever table games were PLAYED, ad-
ding to the merrimcnt of the oc-
IaSlOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-07
WARREN CURRIER
HOME SCENE OF
MERRY AFFAIR

Among the numerous affairs IN
.spired by election day was the COM
munitv dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Currier last night.
The evening was spent informally
playing bridge and listening to radio
returns on the national election.
The guests were divided into two
groups, the women at one table and
the men at another. A pink and
white color scheme was emphasized,
by the use of pink roses, candles and
place cards.
With the spirit of merrimcnt pre-
-vailing, burlesque eleetioneering
furnished much amusement, as did
the awarding of prizes to each
guest. Prizes were brought by the
guests. the holder of high score
having first choice and so on down
to low score.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Bitter, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard =.
Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. O. G. Horne,
Mr.. and Mrs H. y. Hughes, Mr..
and Mrs. Il. Y. Watson. Mr. and Mrs.
]. r. Fahs. M and Mrs. Forrest
Kutz and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Cur
rier.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-07
MEMBERS OF CARD
CLUB ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. MLAREN

Mrs. Chester McI.arcn entertain
cd members of her bridge club at a
smartly appointed luncheon Mon
day at the Hotel Barbara Worth.
yellow chrysanthemms centcred
the table, with candles and place
cards furthering the yellow color
scheme
Following the luncheon the guests
repaired TO the McLarcn home for
an afternoon of bridge, with prizes
being given to Mrs. b. f. Lemons
for high score. Mrs. Dorsey White
law. second and Mrs. r. p. Moore,
third.
Covers were laid for Medsames
Lemons, John Zurcher, j. W. Glas-
gov, Neil HiekcOx, {. 5. Thatcher
ii. j. Preddey, Frank Richmond, r.
p Moore, +. W. Ferris, McLaren,
members and Powers and Whitelaw,
guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-07
ENTIRE NOS CLUB
ELECTION DANCE
IS NOVEL EVENT

"Smith or Hoover was the ap-
propriate theme carried out by
Entire Nos club members during
their dance last evening at the
Woman $ Ten Thousand clubhouse.
Placards favoTing both candidates
were much in evidence about the
hall. Tall baskets Of chrysanthemums
and floor lamps added a graceful
decorative note to the room.
One of the novelty dances was
named "Smith or Hoover with
partners found by choosing sides.
A regular prediction rally was an
other feature which furnished much
amusement.
Punch was served throughout tn"
evening and supper followed the
dancing.
Committee members in charge of
the affair were Mr.. and Mrs. l.. X.
Philley. ehairmen, Mr.. and Mrs.
FLOYD Kenyon, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Aiman and Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence
Kaford.
The next dance on November 20
will be in the form Of "turkey
trot, which promises to be quite
an unusItDI affair