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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
By Laurence Todd, Federated Press

think that progressive lor;
70 raising the arm of revolt VIII lead
reaction, by active support Ot ~ against
cal CANDIDATE who has a 81 ~ q radi-
gram with Jefferson or LA pro-
could approve, you don't IN Lincoln
progressives. ~" Know Your
This does not mean y
to add. "that Progress;yoo ne haStens
"A plague on both your bo Sl,oula cry,
their eyes to the difference r. shut
TWO platforms on which the tv, "etween
Candidates promise to stand major
the differences in the person person. OF to
the men. and either refuse :" 'i IIIe OF
cast a mere protest vote s W 'ote or
clean intelligent idealist like Nn nOr
Thomas: We assume that the I' roni
lty of the five million votes ca major
the progressive ticket in 1894 -S;;, I S
cast for either Smith or Hoovo %.i ~ De
year. That is why we nrose THIS
comparison of the two maio pen ~
platforms. :" party
And so, by easy stages the ea;to, -,
the last remaining monument of AZ VI
years of labored construction 80 sHU VS
progressive political comnroUa;.a INC
that movement which was 70 '"i Le--
smoothed out the differences bet we've
capitalism and the socialist Mo" u
industrial society-for pernGtn r1 u
of happy capitalism-comes 70 ou
nounce that he is inclined n e,,Uu al.
All Smith this year. NppOr'
| eff we lived in voting territorv - -
says sincerely, 1--WE would nrobob ~
vote for Smith, as being the hest yTs
could do, in bad progressive weather
for the cause of human rights AZ
least he is not pledged to confirms
the Coolidge policies. which are ''' tSe
continuation of the Harding nolic;eS
the most conspicuous feature of which
was the fostering and shielding Of
the Ohio Gang. But whether nro-
| gressives vote for Smith or Hoover
or Thomas is comparatively unimpor-
tant. The all important thing IS n
stabilize and increase the power Of
the saving progressive forces in con-
gress."
That a vote for AL Smith, linked to
Raskob, employer of labor spies. Is
the best that a progressive can do
this year for human rights is doc
trine that the scores of thousands Of
/ socialists who shaved and sacrificed in
} the LaFollette campaign of 1924 will
read with emOtion-and perhaps with
profuse expression. Still, it is an ed
vocational experience. Working elias:
political movements in all industrial
: countries have been built on like ad
: ventures in leadership. And the fun
1 niest part of the incident is the alb
: solute unselfishness, and the spirit O.
: self abnegation of Mercer Johnston
/ who has for many years been fore
: most in strike relief, civil liberties
: protests and like activities that bring
on men the brand of disturber or o.
traitor to the educated clacss.
!, The wrongs this social system does
t arouse the fighting conscience of you
t progressive. But it seems too mucl
: to ask him to fight to replace thi
{ with a cooperative social system.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
WATCH YOUR PROPERTY

win the large number of transients who visit Plen-
'S"oou ana montana from the east each year. always
comes lawless element which takes advantage of the
TACT hat large number of strangers are in the cities
and towns and throughout the counrv and their nros
ehce is unnotced. They enabled for this reason
TO pick out the place rob and then watch the bab
OF the owner to learn the proper time to mil the daa
inns KIND of work would be impossible anv other time
u 'e year IN northeastern Montana where the stranp
81 would be very apt to be picked up if robbery Or
CURED ana questioned to his business.
knowing this condition to exist it behooves all prop
erty owners to be on the watch. The police force
should also be the lookout especially at night and
the rounds conducted in rapid order and with system
that will not betray the whereabouts of the officers to
the thleves If the present police force in Plentvwood
Is not large enough, should be added and the
calore OF the men should be of very high order and
an active patrol kept up all times after darkness
Robbers and bad men always look over city before
they start their operations and the popuace looks
as though they were on their guard WE'LL it's just too
bad for some other town, that's ALL
But all the transients who visit PIentvwood ora no+
bad men and they should not be treated as sucb NM
tana would be in bad way if the laborers from other
states deserted us in the fall They are necessary TO
harvest the huge crops. They are not to blame be-
cause the thieves and buns follow their trail in order
that they may carry their plunderng and after all
II the truth were known it would be found that very
-" " 1ie ransients are OF the undesirable type The
sma number however, cast reflection on the whole
number by their thevng activities and pandernp on
tne street. which is resented by most of the transents
themselves
However, it is glood plan to be on the lookout for
any depredatons of property the part of the bad
element and if close watch is kept for few weeks
the period will be passed when undesirabes can hide
In the ranks of the workers and will betae themselves
to the cities to ply their nefarous trade among the
thousands of nhabitans where Identification is diff
cult.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

Men employed inactories through
out the United Stas at the end of
1927 were averagh $29.19 a week,
according to surV of wages from
1914 to 1927 by thaational industri-
al conference board This means that
the American standid of living inso-
far as it concerns miles supported
by a single bread wner, is measured
by the purchasing Iwer of not more
than $500 a year. [anifestly such a
low income must b supplemented if
a family is to enjoyeven a minimum
of the comforts ofife in a modern
American communiI.
The average wasi3227 in the 3rd
quarter of 1920 an $3.50 in 1914.
Thus at the end of D27 male factory
workers were earng about 91s%
less than at the pek wages in 1920
but 1890 more thann 1914. The con-
trast between this gin of $119%o and
the 1919 increase iniving costs is in
terpreted as givingpresent wages a
purchasing power Dout 300 ahead
of prewar.
Factory wages i've remained al
most stationary sine the last quarter
of 1923 when the re from the 1921
22 depression cameto an end. From
the last quarter of 921 to the end of
1923 average male fctory wages rose
21%.
Unskilled male vrkers averaged
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
Millioraires Wallow in Profit

prior to 1917 are getting about $340
on each 500 invested.
American Telephone & Telegraph
occupies second place in this group of
five Morgan combines with 6-month
profit of $40, 543,6S2. This absolutely
secure investment is making its own
ers return of at least 1890 year.
u. S. Steel come third with a net
income of $56, 336,040. u. S. Steel
is thus earning at an annual rate of
1850 on the par value of the origin
al common stock.
General Electric is the fourth profit
teer. The 6-month profit of SIS, 675,-
BOT establishes new record for this
dominant factor in the super power
combine. AS the original owners now
hold about 615 share for each 800
share owned in 1912 the half year
profit is at the rate of 229o.
DUPONT reports record profits for
the half year with net income of $685.
779,S86. It gives the owners about
5l3o on their investment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
Economic Articles
Bv Leland Odds, Federated Press
A Sample Pluto

For generations the wealth OF the
few has been obtained at the expense
of the many but there have Deen lew
instances in which this betrayal OF
trust by those in power has been pill
loried by great financial daily. just
why Pres. l.. F. Loree OF the Dela-
ware and Hudson has been picked as
the scapegoat for the sins OF the
Rockefellers, the Van Swerlngens ana
other capitalists is uncertain but his
exposure in the Wall Street journal
affords too good an insight INTO the
character of a financier to pass With
out comment.
In his maneuvering to consolidate
certain western carriers Loree made a
private profit of $144,7 O7 at the ex-
pense of the Kansas City Southern of
which he is chairman, just as the Van
Sweringens have made many times
that sum in the process Of their Nick
ell Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio mergers.
He was found out by the interstate
commerce commission.
The commissions RECORD SHOWS how
Loree made his little profit at the ex-
nense of his trust. In September 1924
he appointed committee OF tn Kan
sas City Southern to consider the pur-
chase of stock of railrsad companies
in the southwest. In November he
purchased Missouri. Kinsas & Texas
stock for his own account and in De-
cember and January reold this M. x
T. stock to the Kansas City Southern
at the profit already noted.
"Mr. Loree" says tie Wall Street
Journal "traded for hB own account
against the interest ofhis trust. That
is the simple, plain arl direct state
ment, if one must pul label upor
|, Mr.. Loree's action. / the heads Of
public service corporations are at lib
erty to make their Individual invest
ments in the same secrity and aheaC
of their trust investments, public con
fidence will be broken.
Loree is big capitalist with Ions
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

Prosperity in 1872 is no Joke to the
wealthy clique cenering around the
House of Morgan, t judge by The re-
ports of five corpoate giants comm
ating their fields il the world OF IN
dustry. In the frs half Oh tne year
these corporations pok combined
profit of 1886, 734, 60. inns Is a gam
of 1870 over the ppfits of the same
period in 1927. =, A.
General Motors Id with the larg-
est 6-month profit il its history. Inc
total of 1851 ,267 ,974 probably exceeds
any profits ever taken by any corpor-
alton in months with the exception 2
of U. S. Steel in the last nan Oh 1916
and the first half of ly aoc uA..xo
Owners Of the 174OO,OOO shares M . Of
General Motors common 49, zoe oeos q
6-month return of SO a sn9e OF oIzo
on the par value of $40. Da' SS.les
of stock dividends and stO& ,t tha ahp'l.
lations has left the owners w. 'Io oSs
nr;o, S 4~ so 1oi ca" other words the
multimillionaires who Dough s""ies
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
Taxes Nay Eliminate Farmers

them Wisconsin states that at the
1927 tax sales tax certificates or q
593, 163 acres, or nearly a quarter of
the entire land area of II northern
counties, were offered for sale. Pri-
vate purchasers were found for only
1870 of this area.
Dealing with the inequitable distri-
button of the tax burden Englund
says: ~ re general property tax is
the principal means of raising leven-
ne, accounting for nearly 500 of all
state and local revenue In 1922. The
faults of the general properly tax
'kavc long been Il cognized buC maze
become serious with rapidly mounting
tax rates and with changes from the
simple economic life of earlier times
to the complex community of today.
With these changes there has been
evolved a class of property-intangi-
bles-most of which escape the gen.
eral property tax, and a group of
persons most of whose principal in
come is based, not on property, but
on personal service. No direct taxes
are levied on this unfunded income
for state and local purposes, except
in a few states that have a personal
income tax. Those whose property
escapes taxation and whose income
bears no direct taxes, nevertheless en-
joy the benefits of government, in
GLIDING schools, roads and other spe-
cific services and improvements"
Englund points out that the farmer
is probably least able to shift his tax
es: cup to certain limit, rising tax
es compel him to put his land to high
er use and when he believes that tar
es have reached or exceeded the limit
Fof profitable utilization of land he
abandons it, as was the case with a
fifth of the land in northern Wiscon-
sim"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
The Story Of the Promotion of
Brotherhood Banking
FAKE ADVERTISING
BIZ John Gabriel SOltiS

Continued from last week)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

Will taxation in the iterest of cap
italist industrialism opIess the farm
er until farms are practically confis-
Gated or abandoned? lis question is
suggested by a paper ! taxation in
relation to agriculture rtd before the
institute of public affaii at the Uni
versity of Virginia by ric Englund
of the U. S. departmeI of agricul-
ture.
Englund asserts tina THE major
share of all taxes in the nited States
is levied by local uLs-counties,
townships, school distris etc, and
that 500 of this is raid by direct
property taxes which "a be evaded
or passed on by ownes t intangible
wealth and persons WITH large salar-
les but which the failler can neither
escape nor pass on He points out
that the benefits ofhis local taxation
however, go to tb larger economic
units which have cle into being with
modern industriaand commercial de-
velopment.
Stressing the inreasing burden of
taxation borne by ariculture he says:
In 1927 the averaetax per farm on
all farm property VI more than 2H
times as great as inp14, the incraa II
over prewar bein B96. In Kansas
a fairly typical agrhltural state the
ratio of taxes to selg value of farm
real estate doubledfrom 1910 to
1929
He refers 0 stjes in Michigan
Indiana, Arkansas and elsewhere
showing taxes absoing LIS 20 p OF
the net rent of grps Of farms and
the whole rent of some individual
farms. Farm take are still slowly
rising.
The Wisconsin pertinent station
reporting on tax dlnquency in nor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

record, a friend of w. w. Atterbury
of the Pennsylvania and perhaps even
more bitter against the railroad uni
ions than this leader of the open shop
drive, a representative of the Kuhn
Loeb banking interests in their man.
ipulation of the railroad industry. He
is not only chairman of the Kansas
City Southern and president of the
Delaware & Hudson and OF 80 COM
panies controlled or affiliated with it.
but also director of the Erie Railroad,
the Seaboard Air Line, the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas, the National Rail
ways of Mexico, the Oregon & Wash
ington railway, the Wells Fargo EX-
press, the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the
Mexican American Steamship Co., the
Pittsburgh Utilities Corp, the Mech
anics & Metals National Bank of N
Y. and the American Surety Co. He
is a trustee of three colleges and a
member of almost all the elite capital.
list clubs including the Union League
Club.
Add to this catalogue the fact thai
Loree is 70 years old and it is appar.
ent that he is not the man to be
caught doing what other big capital
lists would hesitate to do. Read Per
cy Rockefeller's testimony under cross
examination in connection with the
st. Paul reorganization and you'll
find how lightly these multimillion
! aires take trust when their own pri
vate profit is in view
The Wall Street Journal deals will
the Loree case under the caption
with Sorrow" But there is little
probability that the public would have
noticed it except for the Journals ed
itorial. There is some hidden reason
for moralizing at Loree's expense. Hi
sin is not exceptional in a world or
ganized to enable the few to profit
at the expense Of the many.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
FOOD PRICES UP $3.50
IN LAST FIFTEEN YEARS

= q 8 = 3
Washington, Aug. 2O.-Figures
made public today by the depart.
ment of labor show that food
prices advanced One-tenth of l%
from June Is to July Is, de-
crease of less than One-half Of
one per cent since July Is, 1927,
but an increase of $3.50 COM
pared with July Is, 1913. The
prices of Is staple foods adyanc.
ed from June Is to July Is, 1928
while nine showed a decrease and
Is no change.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
THAT ONE-EYED AUTO

Next IN danger to drunken auto driver is a one
eyed auto For some simple one of the lights
is out It may be "a broken connection. One Of the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

The reader has, undoubtedly, noted in the above LET
Ter the order for the immediate destruction of the
spectus' There was something very rotten in Denmark
Inc Securities Commission demanded stoppage of the
lying, gtterng falsehoods contained in it. We have
pointed out what these misrepresentation were II ;s
hard indeed, for the leopard to change his spots
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16

after losing their way in a severe
storm.
Tents and bedding had been re-
moved from the automobile, which
apparently had been stalled by the
storm.
Footprints of four persons were
found leading away from the ma
chine toward Show mountain.
A base for relief parties has been
established at Lakeport in Lake
county and a systematized hunt was
to get under way later today.
Yesterday and the day before the
search was confined to a few men
on foot and three planes. Today
the country was to be divided into
zones and a systematic search
conducted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
AUTOISTS FACE
Gas TAX BOOST
License Fees May Go Up If
Levy Is Not Tilted.

Increased gasoline tax or higher
auto license fees will be asked of the
legislature, converting Jan. 10, to
finance paving of the state highway
system in It's entirety in the next
five years.
This decision was reached Thurs
day by representatives of seventeen
statewide organizations compriS-
ing the good roads board, in con-
ference at the Claypool.
A committee to determine which
means of financing shall be recon-
mended to the legislature will be
appointed by DR.. A. r. Baldridge
OF Terre Haute, president of the
Hoosier State Automobile Associa-
ton.
Majority opinion favored doubling
AUTO ~e fees, rather than in
creaSlng the gas tax another cent.
Suggestion that the gas tax law be
revised to devote all 3 cents of the
tax to the highway fund by dis
continuing the distribution of one
cent of the tax to counties was made
by Walter S. Chambers of New
Castle, representing the Indiana
Democratic Editorial Association.
But Chambers did not recommend
this as a part of the legislative pro-
gram. Legislators, insist such an
effort void bring -"--,--- IF protest
from every county, in the state.
Three tE--9and miles of the $500
in the state highway system remain
to be paved, John D. Williams, high
way director, told the group Con-
sidering '---i|'~-' and culverts, the
average cost per mile of paving the
rcnlc ling ? ~" ---i1e~ will he $50. 900.
Williams declared. At the present
rate of progress, about 265 miles of
concrete road and eighty miles of
bituminouS surfacing will have been
laid this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
NERVES CAUSE
INDUSTRY LOSS
Many LayOffS Result of
Breakd0WnS.

By Science SerUice
LONDON, Nov. 16.-Nervousness or
nervous diseases are a frequent
cause of sickness absence in in
dustry, studies made by DR.. Millais
Culpin of London hospital reveal
Apparently these conditions have
little or no relation to the work of
working conditions.
Seven of the first twelve cases on
the annual sickness records of one
large firm showed losses ranging
from ninety-four to 278 days, be-
cause of nervous diseases. These
latter were listed as nervous break
down, nervous exhaustion dyspepsia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16

be turning out cars to be shipped to
dealers by Dec. Is. Deliveries to the
public will start Jan. l.
Although no definite schedule has
been set for 1929, Knudson declared
that production of the new car
probably would exceed 1,250,0O0
units, surprising all former records.
In its new offering, Chevrolet has
retained the highly successful valve
in-head principle. The motor is
of the high compression type, with
a non-detonating head, and de-
velopS 80 per cent more power than
its predecessor; its acceleration is
meaSurably greater and its speed
has been stepped up to satisfy
maximum requirements. The pis-
ton displacement is 1874 cubic inches.
The motor develops forty-six
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
FOUR STUDENTS
LOST IN WILDS
Abandoned Auto Is Found
on Mountain.

By United Press
BERKELEY, Cal, Nov. 16.-Dawn
of the third days search for two
missing University of California
couples, lost in the mountains of
Lake county, found the searchers
still unsuccessful.
Reports to friends of the four here
indicated no trace of the students
had been found except their aban-
doned automobile.
Discovery of the car bolstered the
hopes of friends that Anna and
Minna Ramsberger, 21-year- old
twins; John r. Dempster, 25, and
Robert H. Keeler, 81, the missing
students, would be found unhurt
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PAGE Il

and nervous debility, heart and
nervous overStrain.
In this particular firm. the work
ers are not driven at their work.
In firms where the conditions are
less pleasant and the work is
strenuous, the absence rate for dis
eases of this type is lower.
DR.. Culpin likens this type Of
nervousness to that which appeared
as shell shock during the war. The
workers liking for his work plays
large part in determining the
amount Of absence due to nervous
trouble. Among many workers
examined, those who liked their
work had very few absences due to
their nervousness, even though they
showed on examination the same
kind and degree of nervous disease
as owrkers with many absences, who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16

horsepower at low engine speed and
is exceptionally quiet throughout
the entire speed range, say engi-
neerS.
Seven models of passenger cars
and three commercial types COM
prise the line. Included in the
passenger car line are five closed
and two open models. All bodies
this year carry the Fisher stamp
of craftsmanship. The commercial
car line embraces a new and larger
utility truck of one and one-half-
ton capacity, a new light delivery
chassis, and the sedan delivery.
From an appearance standpoint
as well as from inherent design, the
car is completely new with a wide
range of attractive colors and fine
car appointments formerly found on
the more expensive makes.
Despite the score of advanced
features, prices remain practically
the same, chiefly as result of
volume production. The passenger
car range is from $525 to $725,
f. o. b., Flint. The prices, according
TO models, are as follows: Roadster.
$525; phaeton, $5252; coach, $685.;
coupe, $685.; sedan, $675; sport
cabriolet, $685.; convertible landau,
$725.
The commercial car prices are I:
Light delivery chassis, $500; one and
one-half-ton Utility truck chassis.
$545; one and one half-ton Utility
truck chassis with cab, $3.50, and
sedan delivery, $685.. All prices are
f. o. b., Flint.
Advance showings Of the new line
will be held in leading cities
strategically located throughout the
country beginning Nov. "A and con-
tinuing until Dec. %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
Cars Will Be Shipped to
Dealers Dec. Is; Buyers
Get Them Ian. |.

RH Times Special
DETROIT, Nov. 16.-W. S. Kund-
sen, president and general manager
of the Chevrolet Motor company, to-.
day announced 1.-The outstanding
Chevrolet Of Chevrolet history
six in the price range of the four.
Preparations for the greatest year
in its history are now being made
by the company. Production of the
new car was started last week and
the company's fifteen factories will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
DAMAGES BANANA CROP

Fifty Mile An Hour Gale Destroys
Trees on Island of Jamaica.
By United Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 10
A northerly gale, with wind We
locity of fifty miles per hour, today
destroyed more than 100000 banana
trees on plantations on the island.
The gale has been blowing steadily
since Thursday afternoon and losses
on the plantations continue to
mount.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16
Struck by Own Auto

BU Tunes SDCCluI
BEDFORD, Ind, Nov. 16.-A
fracture of the pelvic bone and in
ternal injuries were suffered by C.
Jeffrey Smith of the Southern In
diana Detective Bureau when he
was crushed against tree by his
own auto which he cranked while it
was in gear.