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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
HO!A Wee Royal Guard!

A miniature royal guard is little
Nick Georgopulos, 3, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Georgopulos, 1041 E.
Vermont st. Young Nick is shown
here is an exact reproduction of
the national costume worn by the
soldiers in the service of both the
old monarchy and the present
Greek republic.
Nick's father sent to Greece for
the tiny costume for his son, so
that Nick, too, could wear the same
sort of uniform that his father had
worn years ago when he was in the
royal guard.
Way back through the years,
through many reigns of different
kings, Nick's ancestors have worn
uniforms like this.
The under uniform is heavy white
linen and silk, with a pleated kilt
The red velvet bolero is embroidered
with gold thread. A red cap, with
jaunty blue tassel and a blue
white belt complete the gay CO.'S
tune.
Nick's sturdy feet and legs are
clothed with soft white wooden
stockings and red leather shoes with
large blue and white pompoms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23

British empires communications,
defense of Egypt against aggression,
and protection of foreign interests
in Egypt and the Soudan.
The treaty just received by Cairo
was intended to translate these res
ervations into a permanent agree
ment.
The Wafd party, with a majority
in the Egyptian parliament. insisted
stubbornly on nothing less than
complete independence. Thereupon
Sarwat Pasha, the Egyptian pre-
mier. had to reject the treaty, to-
ward which he was favorably in
clined, and resign his job.
A new cabinet probably will be
equally helpless. The Wafd will not
permit ratification of the treaty.
And England will not recede.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23

government, retaining for herself
the foreign treaty-making powers.
In Egypt something of the same
sort was tried. The first effort has
failed.
After long dominating Egyptian
affairs, Great Britain declared a
protectorate over Egypt at the out
set of the World War. In 1922 the
protectorate was abolished and
Egypt recognized as an independent
country under King Fuad, subject to
four reservations.
These related to safety Of the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
TWO-PARTY PLAN DOOMED

The 1923 presidential campaign will mark the col
lapse OF Americas two-party system, is the view IF
nearly 100 political scientists at the annual Common
wealth Conference at the University of Iowa.
The scientists represented half hundred universe
ties and colleges They are for the most part unat-
tached to political parties and they attempted to look
at present day political problems from the standpoint
OF historical perspective
Issues DO not separate the two parties vertically"
said Prof. William B. Munro of Harvard University
lhey break up each party horizontally in blocs based
on economic interest and social advantage and disad
vantage" he said.
Inc Docs the economists expect, will replace the
TWO major parties which, they say, serve NO other
purpose than to provide the machinery for the election
Oh president every four years.
twenty-five issues appeared on the program of the
commonwealth Conference In only two of these is
sues did the professors find dscernble difference in
.ne attitude OF Democrats and Republicans. The two
issues on which there disagreement were the use
Oh mJunctons in labor disputes and Washington,s ac
tivty in Nicaragua.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

llon and that in CONSEQUENCE III
VIII nave to absorb or invant INDUSTRY
Tor additional workers to ~ new Jobs
CT many millions" 'ne number
but industry is itself headed
overproductlon. Says Baker @TL !Or
promises within decade sncb mere
veil0Gpment OF producing canacit, ue-
VIII Tar Outrun the absorbip~ ny as
OF all markets; that positio65 power
ready vlsibly in the makin% Is al
case, OF steel and iron; if Is IN The
yond the range of vision in tb mot be-
mobile industry; it long aoo 'e or auto,
IN the case of cotton texti1es %itived
considerable measure also of ana IN
5eAtlles. IN a number of Other rOi 81
dustrles that point has been m In
nearly approached than is pubIiclIm more
allzed-this fact being behind thy re-
ltatlon for the legal right to f;v S az az
prices and apportion the msrLnt 90 the
BAKER knocks skyhigh the old 3d..
tallst economic theory that @oDa pl,
overprocuction is impossible 6o eo.eial
there is no limit to human wanf S"q use
says: Neither this conclusion Sion ne ne
the assumed basis of it is vai;5 Acr
the present economic world u t";lu IN
True !nat everyone wants unlimi tea
quantities OF anything-with the s eeu
cepnon OF money and leisure Ak e@,
even II everyone did, the bounds S'i ~
economically possible production -, "
set 0y the economic swapping no, are
OF the individual whose wants pO"Ct
never be satislIeu. '' can
Inc advance CT machine product,or
ana the management thereof n'1
St' ably reducing what the great ~, are
or individual workers have tn o;, lass IS
hi economic swap of service ''' fn ~.
goods" Tor
baker does Aot beleve that the sat
Hlatlon point TOT American lndnstrr
a. Whole Is AfGJ. But there {,
i;tue room for ser'cus debate tb5f
the productive equipment of Hto
country and the world is in some =:
fectlons already III excess of ~,
swapping power Cf consumers Tn rs
period OF REIMBURSEMENT 10 tb;> foot
has for some industries already ~
rived: 1t will arrive for all !" q
This readjustmenr, before if i oo~,
plete will mean the complete naSS SIN, :
OF the old order of capitalism wbisT
In the present economic world has 10.
come as outworn as the economi,
theory which Baker punctures. r.,
balance between production and III,
power OF workers to consume thei
products which has been thrown on
OF gear by the grasping nature Of tn,
capitalist oligarchy, will have 70 h
restored. This will involve shar
modification, if not the comnIet
elimination, of the present conceptio
OF property rights so far as thew Al
feet the means of production. r.
ker's prophesy forecasts a long per
, cd of transition to a new economt
E order.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

House of Representatives and Senate 1t contributes
Literally to every presidential campaign.
off the United States government cannot control the
power trust, the power trust will control the govern
ment 1t already has advanced perously far in that
election. The power trust is riding Uncle Sam like
the mythical old of the rode Sinbad the Sail
or and the one sure method by which its strangua-
ton grip can be broken is government competition
Nothing like this gigantic monopoly ever before
has appeared in the history of the world 1t dwarfs
the Standard Oil Company in magnitude In the face
of such concentration of capital, industrial control
and political power the state and national govern
ments can maintain their economic freedom and the
ability to govern themselves only by prompt construc
tive action
hlVal companies already have been swept from the
Held Inc only remaining organization great enough
TO meet te power trust on equal terms is the
ment itself"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
TAX PENALTY ON HAILED
OUT LAND

The first of the week gentleman from the Dagmar
country visited the Producers News and asked if we
would write article discussing the tax penalty which
is imposed in the fall delinquent taxes where the
farmer had lost his all by hail.
1t seems that the law leaves no outlet for the hailed
out farmer who is unable to pay his because of
his misfortune, but we welcome discussion of the
matter and will print any correspondence sent in on
the subject
All feel no doubt that the country devastated by hail
has been penaized enough and that if the penalty on
unpaid taxes this fall could be lifted it would cause the
burden to be little less hard to bear to those who
nave not even stalk of grain left on thousands of
acres and while the affected ones are willing to paw
the regular taxes soon as they get another CROP the
penalty is the subject of contention.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
Must Make Jobs

inventors have a new lob cut ont
Tor them. Invention of mechanical
AIDS to production or of new cons1ro.
ers goods is no longer the first es-
sentlal. The people cannot now bny
anywhere near the wide variety ~
goods that are produced. Tnve1torc
must invent new jobs to the nnnober
OF many million if the workers l WIZ
are are oelng turned off in droves bv in.
0-eaSilg EFFICIENCY are to be absorbed.
This is the longtime forecast Of cd
TOR Benjamin Baker of the Annalist
l would rate Baker as one of tbe ac y
' t students of the trend of can;-
' salism. His prophesy that indnstrv
niuse turn to the invention off iobs
s arf;f;s; mat capitalism must resort to
Among the forces shaniny the
rUnseI range development of bnsi-
ness ness says Baker, "two which will
t rear a concentration of study are ny
sne growing efficiency of nroduction
Anu Al ~ The accumulation of canital !.
shows how sn en-, IN few sharp sentences he
a ollJms now the first of these forces IS
e er wi; Rapidly to the surplus of work
- "i.iie Ine second is reducing the
power of consumers for the
gO0us which labor can produce.
1T will presently be made evident.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

lsh and French smile in a manner that
makes him more and more sorry that
ne ever agreed to go. They have a
secret and it has something to do
with the value of his treaty. Proba-
bly, 1t is an agreement under which
they will try to force revision of war
debts, as a price for further steps TO-
ward reduction of ornaments.
That the senate, when it meets in
December, ought to analyze the dan
ger In confirming President Cool
ldge's appointment of Roy o. West
partner of Sam insult of the power
trust, as secretary of the interior. is
asserted in an editorial in the Balti-
moer Sun. The Sun admits that West
may be unable to help the private
power combine in the few months re-
naming before the next administra-
ton. But it points out that it is the
duty of the senate to call attention to
the improperly of naming West to
help formulate the power policies of
the federal government.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

increase In horsepower per wage
Garner was from LA in 1859 to 2.21
In 1899 and 5.31 horsepower in 1929
Since 1849 the increases in borce.
power per worker have been $3.50 in
transportation, 308% in manufacture
and Z85% in producing raw materi-
ais. The great increase in the trans
poftatlon industry had been achieved
0y the beginning of the 10th century,
oInce 1899 the increases have been
1910 IN transportation, 900 in man
uIacture and 1919 in raw materials
Between 1919 and 1923 the borsenow-
er available per worker increased AZ
per cent IN transportation, 1879 in
ais. - q" iila'eIl-
Inc horsepower available per WAGE
Garner IN the production of raw ma
eerla!s includes prime movers utilized
IN mines and quarries, Agriculture ir-
rlgatlon and drainage. The fionreo
Tor manufacture are based on the nro9
ductlon OF % commodities and include
the horsepower available at centraI
electrical stations minus the an1onnt
utilized In mines, quarries. aoTic1li
ture and electric railroads stear,
railroads and ships. -
The study notes that the actual use
Oh this horsepower is an entirely dif-
terent story. Estimates are Quoted
OF 4o of capacity use in agriculture
$50 for railroad equipment. 1870
for manufactures, 1887 for mines
and about 500 for ships. Presuma-
bly, the conception of 1000 use is
purely theoretical.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
Economic Articles
By Leland Odds, Federated Press
Horsepower GaIlops Over
Hanover
ManpOWer

The displacement of man power by
machine power is treated from a new
angle by the U. S. Geological survey.
Its study of the development of pow
er equipment since the middle of the
18th century shows that between 1849
and 1923 the horsepower installed per
U. S. inhabitant was multiplied bv ID
and the horsepower per wage Garner
by more than IL. Such a studv of
horsepower equipment, according to
the report, should take the place of
the lmpracticable census machines.
The great period of increase in
horsepower per inhabitant and per
wage Garner began with the goth cen
Jury developing particularly after
1SO9, colncldlng with automobile de-
Velopment. If the auto as a source of
horsepower is eliminated the increase
IN horsepower per inhabitant and ner
wage Garner does not appear so snec-
tacular. The 1919-1923 period shows
the most rapid development measur-
ed by proportional annual increase.
Including the automobile with all
other prime movers, the report shows
tnat the country in 1923 had Cpl
horsepower per inhabitant available
and 1910 horsepower per wage earn
er. lin 1899 the corresponding fig
ures were O.S5 horsepower per inhab-
liant and 221 horsepower per wage
Garner. In 1859 it was O.43 and ia.
Excluding the auto, the horsepower
available per inhabitant increased
I from O.4S in 1859 to O.85 in 1899 and
z'lO IN 1923. On the same basis the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
Starve, Get Rich
By LELAND OLDS Fedor.toa D..

By LELAND OLDS. Federated Pros.
The Iowa National Bank of De,
MONIES has simple little investment
program for the farmer. It will hrino
him an Independent income without
gambling. and without worry. II
promises an accumulation of SiOO. OOC
IN 4O72 years by systematically in.
vestlng 500 month together with
the e., interest throughout that period.
IL you invest 5000 a MONTH" il
says you reach your goal in 251s
yedrS-95OO Will shorten the time ia
~ yeears-$5OO will gain your obiec-
i've IN IL years and if Won set aside
SdUOO a month you accumulate S1O0 :
600 in Z years. ~ YAOO'
"Once you goal is set and Won arc
started, the rest is easv. Choose vonr
financial destination now caIc,1lo to
your monthly investment and the
tlme 1t will take to reach this desti-
nation and you are ready to sail in a
stralght line to certain financial indie
pendence." 'i''ii 0-''- -''''
suppose you decide on the minimum
Oh S1OO a month for 4O1h wears. Who
can squeeze $1,000 a wear ont of an
average annual cash income of s1O48 Z?
Savings of $50 a month would leave
the family only $3S a month to live
on and 1t would take over 60 years
to reach the 100000 goal.
A factory worker with absolutely
steady employment might make the
goal IN 4O5 years except that the
average working life falls far short
OF that span. And saving 800 a
month would mean supporting the
family on a balance of $50 month.
Nor would the railroad worker fare
much better with his average month
ily wage of $139. There Is some flaw
IN the Iowa banks proposition. Per-
maps the common man starting at
scratch isn't supposed to look for
ward to an Independent income.
The Iowa bank in the corn belt may
support the McNary-Haugen bill, but
II is talking to the small minority of
the population which NAV begin by
investing 800 month but looks for
ward to investing $500 or more a
month, setting ifs Doal at nultiDles
OF 100000. The millions of produc-
ers. however, hard they work or how
ever earnestly thew save. can never
attain the goal except bv some lucky
gamble or some unusual circumstance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By Laurence Todd, Federated Press

Washngton.-Apostle Reed Smoot
OF the Mormon church and the repub-
hcan national committee, sole surviv-
or OF the senate ring that backed
Taft IN the convention of 1912. has
rushed out of his cave with men
aclng roar. He says it is OUTRAGEOUS
that Al Smith, Raskob and Robinson
shouId dare to claim that they are
tIIehdS Oh big business in this coun-
Try When God knows that the G. o. p.
mas alone kept faith with organized
private greed in every campaign since
om09t became an apostle and a nal
OF jim Watson. Of course he does
not use the word "greed"; he speaks
OF business, but as chairman of the
Senate finance committee he knows
the value of soft words in the hard
trade of rulership.
SmOOt is angry because Smith and
Eoohson are siding around tn tbe
nigh protective tariff attitude. THEY
nerve IN trying to make the business
men oeileve that the democratic partv
Is friendly to businessmen biS
Eus.lhess-after these long years Of
thelr denunciation Of predatory
wealth and the high tariff barons. al
most breaks his heart. He reviews
Their record of low-tariff agitation
and warns the business men VINO may
De. about to write checks for cam
Palgn funds to be on guard and stand
by their true friends.
81
The moral, If one may speak of a
moral IN connection with the present
competition for the favor of special
privilege in the presidential contest
Is that since Inc death Of LaFolle.te
and Debs and Bryan the American
political scene has been swept clear
OF leaders who compelled tn political
generals to give lip service to democ-
racy and altruism. Who cares, in
either of the major partie councils
TINS year, whether the coal miners
nave suffered tragic defeat and in
tense and prolonged misery in the
Dltuninous fields of Pennsylvania.
west Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and IL
hnols? Who cares about social ms
tlce? Who talks or thinks in the
terms of the Wilson or Bull Moose
platforms of 1912, the LaFollette Mat
form of 1916, 1920 or 1924? Not the
democrats, surely.
But there are the socialists. seek
ing to recover the ground they lost
after 1914 and to gather up as MANY
as may be of the 4,S30,478 votes cast
IN 1914 for LaFollette wnom they en-
Gorsed and worked hard to elect. In
pennsylvania, Ware and Grumpy AMI
Mellon allowed a total of 307, SGT
" IS Tor LaFoilette as against 4O5.-
~ for Davis and 1,401, 481 for Cool
1dge. There were 15O,727 LaFollette
votes in Washington and 435,678 in
Wisconsin. From these bigger strong
holds of radical progressivism and
from the states where the vote was
less Norman Thomas and Jim Maurer
expect to draw the biggest total ever
registered In this country for social
list nominees.
Half a million copies of their plat
form, as printe din the Congressional
ne Kecord with an introduction bv Rep.
victor L. Berger, are to be circulated.
Eleven plank are outlined on the en-
velope IN which tn platform is mail
ed. They are: 1. Public ownership
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and conservation OF natural resources
z. Unemployment relief. 8. A sys-
tenn OF health and accident insurance
ana OF old age pensions. q. Shl,r-
enln" of the work day. 5. Enact
ment OF an adequate child-laotY
amendment. 6. Appropriation bv tax
alton OF the rlTtai value of all and
held out for SPECULATION. 7. ADo.i-
Lien OF IN cJlons in labor disputes
8. Enforcement of amendment QUAR-
anteeing civil liberties. 9. NationaIi.
zaIlon Oh banking system. 10. Farm
reilet. IL. Outlawry of war.
This outline is milder than the ac-
Cual platform which calls for nation
al ownership and operation of rail
roads, giant power system, telephone
and telegraph and radio, abolition of
the supreme courts vetoe on lepisIa-
tlon and democratic management of
all government owned and onerated
enterprises. But the appeaI thiS
year is to the moderate progressives
not to the radicals. And the Question
arises as to how many of the 1890
OUO VINO voted for LaFollette in 1924
nave nave lost interest in his principles bv
1870. The major parties claimed in
deny it. ~ '- 'iioS
Washlngton.-Frank B. KELLOGG
one-time standpat senator from Mn
nesota and now secretary of state
mas gone back to looking under tbe
bed for Bolshviks. He's most mn
happy man. And it all comes Of b;s
earnest work for abolition of war
among our most respectable war-ma-
KING nations. Here he has been trv-
ing for four anxious wears to IGNORE
the Union of Socialist Soviet Re5nlicS
winch ne fears will sneak up on him
some dark night and overturn his
pohcy IN Nicaragua and Haiti and q
lot OF other places. And yet the Sow
let government keeps butting into in
ternatlonal affairs without his ner-
mission, asking sarcastic questions
and making the most absurd pronos.
ais such as total disarmament and .
binding pact for abolition of war and
its materials.
Kellogg is going to Paris IN taka
part IN the ceremony of signing his
A ooVIAIIOH treaty With Britain and
her dominions, with France, Italv. ia
pan, German, Poland and Czecho-Sla-
vakla. The British have made reser-
vations in his treaty which amount
to saying that they will not make war
except when they think it wise. That
VIII make it hard enough to get the
senate to ratify the pact. But Ger
many has been studying the situation
and has suggested that the Soviet
Union should be asked to sign. too,
Britain and the Soviets face each
other IN Asia, and under Tory gov
eminent this means that the danger
OF war is never out of mind. when
London looks to the East. But the
Tories agree with Kellogg that if the
Russians are admitted to the meet
ing In Paris they will somehow make
fools of Kelloggs and Chamberlains
and VIII make propaganda for social
revolution. 0-"'
And here. enter historical comedy
Primo de Rivera, reactionary dictator
OF acknowledging Spain demands
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

of articles sent them from their Plentywood CORE
spondent whose hatred of Salisbury and the farmers
movement in this county is well known to everyone
who is cognizant with the political situation at ALL
Such articles the above only tend to strengthen
the farmers organization to put their full ticket
in the fall election and show their confidence in their
own movement opposed to the attempt to disrupt
their organization by bunch of discredted reaction
aries.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
SENATOR NORRIS ON POWER TRUST

When private owners of public utilities saw thew
lear government ownership will put power into politics
their fear is that it will be taken out of politics" said
Senator Norris in article prepared for Plain Talk
Magazine. "Evey privately owned utility in the world
is actively engaged in polticts" said Mr. Norris The
power trust mixes into politics in the election of every
BOARD OF aldermen in the smallest village in the coun
y IL IN politics in the selection of every governor
1t is in politics in the election of every member of the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17
The Story of the Promotion Of
Brotherhood Banking
POISON IN THE NAME OF LABOR
By John Gabriel SoltiS
CONTINUED from last week.

POISON IN THE NAME OF LABOR
The statesmen after being properly organized from
the viewpoint of Webb, Paddock, Cass, Merrick and
Company, to sell stock in the Pacific Brotherhood In
Vestment company, were also supplied with confiden-
ual instructions as to what points should be hammered
nome to the prospective customers For this purpose
Cass and Merrlck issued compendium of such points
upon which the selling campaign was launched 1t
certainly makes curious reading to any union man. re-
gardless OF his political color or lack of it. Here it is:
COPY
The Pacific Brotherhood Investment Co.
lis No Wall ST.,
Spokane, Wash.
**#*************
The following reasons may be advanced for buying
substantial interest in the Pacific Brotherhood In
vestment Co.
ORGANIZATION FACTS
Q) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is
sixty years old.
p 1t is an open shop labor organization.
(3) 1t believes that it is as unAmerican to require
man to belong certain organization in order to per-
form specific duty it is to say to what church he
must belong or what ticket he must vote.
(4) 1t has never had strike since 1885,
(5) 1t has never had a sympathetic strike
(6) 1t is the organization which kept the trains
ming during the recent shop strike.
CD 1t has never violated contract with an en-
ployer
go No is recorded of an engineer quitting his
post of duty in time of peril
(9) The average life of engineer, that is from the