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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
PERHAPS WE'RELUCKY

AS we read almost daily of the daughters and sons
OF rich men either committing suicide involved in
divorce suit or being involved in the eternal triangle
it sets us to thinking as to whether or not we are
happier with plenty of gold or not
10 most OF us in the great western plains who are
trying to lay by enough to keep us from want in the
days when the steps no longer sprngy and the
body no longer responds to the call to hard labor it
would seem that plenty of money would make our life
happy and serene Perhaps it would to many, and
again 1t might not. 1t must be heart-renderng to the
parents of the rich to their sons and daughters
following path which leads to shame and dishonor
just as much it would the rest of us who are lust
able to keep the wolf from the door So after all
gold is not what always seems to be and perhaps
can gain few crumbs of comfort from the fact that
because we are relatively poor our children have 70
make their way in life and become useful citizens
rather than spending abundant money and becoming
parasites and weaklings
OF course this does not that we should become
satisfied with whatever big business is ready to
hand us and say like it. But there is some salts
faction in knowing that their il-gotten riches is not
the boon TO them that it seems when their greedy
nands stretch out to make the lot of the poor man still
narder than 1t is at present Stories of huge for
tunes squandered and youth debauched is his
tory as is the poverty of those upon whom thew live
AT least most of us the great western plains have
tne enjoyment of seeing our children grow I'M into
semade men and women, who after all are the INNS,
worthwhile treasures in this great struggle of mankind
earth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

back the warrant he put up for sao,,.
ity and the treasurer cashes if MI
go interest so he goes home ~;tn a
$1O5.50 in his pocket. He puts AN
$3.50 in the pile with the $10.6O rsI
it $16.1O. Next day he does the ' vo.I
same thing and the pile grows biee.y
by $16.10 each day for one year 1 TSs
last 500 he puts back into YOUR cbao,.
account with no interest. You nov
knew he had it anyway. Then -
starts to count the pile and finSs
there is just $5,876.50. If he had mus
the pile out on SO interest, which SS
was very apt to do, he would bons
made another $176.29 or a total "t
$6,052.79. -"
/ know very well the bankers do M,
run back and forth to the courthonSs
every day in the year. He does bnS;
ness on a bigger scale. This is inSt
used as an illustration to show wbot
can be done when the county is in t5s
hole and interest one-half of one No,
cent. | have used plain figures in ~
der not to make it too complicated "a
understand, but if you will take the
trouble and figure out how much more
could be made if the banker, instead
of putting the $40 each day out ON
go interest, had used that money Il
buy more warrants with a 1917 die.
: count you will find that on the frs,
day he could have bought a Silt
: warrant, on the second day a $234E
1 warrant, on the tenth day a $3.50 wor
rant. At the end of one year VOL
will find these figures would max
Rockefeller look like a piker.
| If the banker had not discounted III
= warrants at all he would still hay
7 made the nice little sum of $2,OO7.5C
o which is not bad at all on $1OO il
IS vestment which does not belong to hi
# in the first place and on which
+ pays no interest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

With seats on the stock exchange selling at fabulous
prices that nobody but exceedingly wealthy person
possibly could pay and with Juggling of stock going on
to an unprecedented extent the outsider who sits and
looks on may well pause and ask what it is all about
Vivid stories printed about the raids staged by the
bulls or the comebacks of the bears and tales of for
tunes made overnight are daily affairs
There is impression prevalent that wealth centers
about Wall Street and when the trading of stocks is
brisk there lot of people who get the impression
that business is booming The plain cold fact of the
matter is that all the excitement about Wall street is
simply gambling the rising falling market 1t is
not case of producing any wealth. That is done by
labor and those who cooperate with labor in the pro-
ducton of various commodities These transported
and sold to consumers the world exchanged fol
modern business.
But the stock exchange and in the pits, where
prices of staple foods stuffs to large extent fixed
millions of bushels of wheat are bought and sold tina
had any real existence and that will. PEG
pie simply gambling with the rising and falling
markets If the prices go up side loses out but
they go down that side wins and the other side loses
All the wealth and all the fortunes gained these
changes at the expense of those who lose
1t is gamble, pure and simple and those who ar
manipulating the game naturally have an advantag
novices who try to play it. What it costs to kee
this game going is the percentage that those who pa
pay for the privilege of playing it as truly just PEE
centage fee as was ever paid in professional gamb
ing joint
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
MONTANA ENJOYS CALIFORNIA
WEATHER

During the past few months of winter, people of
Sheridan county and from reports practically the whole
northern country, have been enjoying mild weather
which has made outdoor recreation pleasant and left
the roads in excellent condition for travel. Even
though the winter months remaining should turn colder
and stormy, the winter will be short and
thing of the past. The fore part of the winter
least has gone rapidly because of the nice weather
and stock and poultry has done we'll After going thru
the winter of 19272S most of believe that have
moved to California this year. No one will make any
objections to continuance of the present weather
less it would be chronic crouch that nothing could
please.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
Economic Articles
BY Leland Olds, Federated Press
Blast Furnace MACHINERY

Displacement of labor by machinery |
has been a big factor in the huge in |
crease in the productivity OF the mer-
chant blast furnace industry since
1914, according to U. ,. department
of labor report on productivity of la
Dor in the industry. The department
shows the output of pig iron per man.
hour of work in 1927 more than
double that of the pre- war period
1912-1914.
GA summary of the plants covered
by this investigation" says the de-
partment, "shows that the average
output of pig iron per man-hour of
labor in the period 1912-l914 was
DIAL gross ton, while for the year
1926 the output was O.296 gross ton.
Or to state it another way, it requir-
ed slightly more than z hours of la
Dor time to produce a gross ton of
pig iron in the prewar period as
against 8 hours and % minutes in
1926"
In the first half of 1927, the depart
ment shows, the productivity per man.
hour was still further increased to
0.301 ton with a corresponding reduc.
ton in the labor time to less thar
8 hours and 20 minutes. The increase
in productivity came mostly in the
postwar period. A ton of pig iror
still required hours and % minute!
of labor time in 1920.
Elimination of the smaller, less eff
ficient plants and substitution of ma
chinery for hand labor are stresse,
by the department. "The most i'm
. portant labor-saving Devices" it say:
shave been mechanical charging an
: machine casting which have eliminate
large numbers of hand laborers er
gagged in charging materials into tn
stack and handling the pig iron aftt
Y it has been cast. Of the 81 plant
: furnishing data for the prewar yeal
Is were both hand filled and san
cast while only were mechanical
filled and sand cast. But in 1872
of the 40 plants furnishing data, on
8 were both hand filled and sa1
cast, while "a were both mechanical
9 filled and machine cast"
+" The following table shows for Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
1ZaRoS
S-&
FARMER
WRITES FROM IOWA

Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Jan. 8, 1929.
Editor, Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Friend:
I am still in the wilds of Iowa,
where they claim the "tall corn
grows This is where man pays in
rent every year, more than the gov
eminent got for the land. One case
in point: during the boom a man sold
a quarter section of land that he
bought originally for $3,500.00, for
$13,000.00 down cash in hand; then
the buyer put 100000 on the place in
improvements. Afterwards the DELLA
ton come, and he had to let the place
go back to the original owner (this all
happened in the space of four years
Then the man demanded one thousand
dollars damage for taking the land
back and got it. The government re-
ceived from $1.25 to $3.50 per acre
for this same land which now rents
for from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
Probably this is all ancient history to
you, but I have got it off my chest.
You are at liberty to throw this in the
waste basket. l will enclose a clip
ping from the Sunday Registers open
forum of December Both, which agrees
with my sentiments. My uncle who
lives at Plover, Iowa, heard over his
radio: Greetings to one J. J. Morgan
from Montana, who was supposed to
be travelling somewhere in Iowa." II
you know from whom the message
came, please thank them for me.
Goodbye, Sincerely,
]. J. MORGAN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

On the substitution of the 8-hour
for the 12-hour day as a factor in the
increased productivity of labor the de-
partment says: although crews
were required where 2 had been used
before, the labor force was so reor-
gained in a majority of plants that
very few more men were employed,
while the total man-hours were &C
tually reduced. Shorter hours have
lessened the strain on workers, so
that the men can be kept more con-
tinuously at work. This has fire.
quently led to the combination or
elimination of occupations formerly
essential.
"a productivity study in the mer-
chant blast furnace industry is large
ly study of the substitution of ma
chinery and engineering efficiency fol
labor. AS far as the whole industr!
is concerned, unless the increase il
productivity is paralleled by an equa
increase in demand for the product
it will require a reduction in the la
Dor requirements of the industry AM
throw some men out of work"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

in the state penitentiary for the
fourth offense and a life term for the
fifth offense. In addition let there be
assessed a fine sufficient to cover all
costs in connection with the case.
The average bootlegger cares moth
ing, or at least very little for any fine
that may be placed against him, for ne
will return with renewed vigor to ply
his trade and his friends and patrons
will rally to him and give him suffi-
cient aid to really encourage him to
continue in law violations.
The person who buys and drinks IL.
legal intoxicants is no less criminal
than the man who sells it to him and
by every rule of reason should suffer
like punishment with him.
J. w. LaGrone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
SOUTH MAKES
TARIFF DEMANDS
IN LABOR'S NAME

Birmingham, Ala. -(FP)-Shift Of
heavy industry to the South has made
Alabama a high tariff state. Birm-
ingham industrialists say they will
appear before committees of the first
Hoover Congress to demand still high
er schedules on cement, pig iron and
steel, graphite, cotton seed and other
products than are now provided by
the Fordney-M cCumber tariff. HoOv-
er's help is expected.
The usual plea that labor must be
protected is advanced by these cor
porations, which are open-shoppers.
They do not admit that Alabama Ia
Dor gets little, as American standards
go. They emphasize that European
workers get less.
Belgium can deliver cement at
Miami, Fla, for instance, at one-haf
the freight cost by rail from Birm-
ingham," pleads ]. W. Johnston, vice
president of the Alabama Portland
/ Cement Co. Foreign competition de-
prived Alabama plants of the sale Of
over 100000 barrels of cement in 5
years, adds the Associated Industries
of Birmingham, reinforcing JohnstOn's
argument. The state now produces
100000 barrels a year.
Alabama's vote in the November
election will be powerful argument
with the Republican Congress for ad-
ditional tariff generosity, says poll
tical observers. Hoover carried JET
ferson county, where Birmingham and
most of the steel towns are located,
and ran only 1000 behind Smith in
the state. u. S. Steel helped the
Hoover tide by shutting down some
, mills and mines before election, its
i. foremen whispering that good times
/ must wait for a Republican victory
Plants opened after Nov. 6, but the
propaganda now is that future en-
/. ployment depends on the tariff.
2 New industries coming to Alabama
5 in the next four years will strength
i. en- the Republicans for the 1882 cleo
g ton, in the opinion of optimistic G. O
+ p politicians. The year 1929 vii
: see the Pullman Car Co.'s first opera.
!. lions in Alabama, with 1900 to 1900
! workers under its control, and the
t first unit of the Goodyear Rubber Co
Z pldHI LHdC Will ne SApdHueu ldCeI W
Y employ 10000. The Alabama Power
Co. will open more of its own cotton
n mill villages, and other textile COM
n panies are moving from the north
y Throut the southeast the farmer is
g counting for less and the factory own
: er for more. This is undoubtedly
0 weakening the hold of the Democratic
e Party. Though the Democrats plead
e that they are just as friendly to big
e business as are their rivals, the drift
e of the industrialists is toward the
additionally conservative organize
n ton. The farmer is caught in the
I same drift when he gives up the
h struggle with the boil weeIl ana
IS moves into az company town where MS
It vote is often controlled with his JOB.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

takes the interest in the counys business as ne does
in his own private business.
1t has been said that the taxpayer is only
interested in county affairs election day and TAX
paying day. Let prove that this saying is wrong
and give our attention to the business of the county as
often as the County Commissioners meet and we be-
leve your elected officials will welcome your aid in
administering the affairs of the county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
The WASHINGTON SCENE
By LAWRENCE TODD, Federated Press

they saw no lesson in the story of
that tragedy long ago in the conquer
ed Roman province of Judea. When
he came out of prison, broken in
health but as rich in spirit as ever, he
had forgiven their forgetfulness. He
died hoping that men would think,
and again discover the road to human
brotherhood through compassion,
faithful democracy, social cooperation
and an everlasting end to organized
greed which is empire.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11
LIKES PRODUCERS NEWS

Dagmar, Mont.
Dec. 81, 1928.
The Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed find my check for Sc for
the Producers News. We would not
be without it.
Yours truly,
ANDREW LUNDBERG
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-11

years since 1911 the man-hours re-
quired to produce a ton of pig iron,
the percent of production which was
machine cast and the percent of the
stacks which were mechanically
charged:
Pig iron Man-hours Percent Percent
Production per ton machine machine
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
N. Y. Americans Drop
Fourth Straight. Game

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. 1T looked
Ike .a long hard winter. not to
mention spring. for the New York
Americans today. The Star-Span-
gled, hockey outfit took its fourth
straight defeat In less than d week
/. last night, this time at the hands
Of the Montreal Maroons, by the
score Of s to B.. Trailing, / to 8,
at the end Of the first period. the
banging Maroo1s came back ia
tie the score In the second period
and smash through to 8 win ia
/. the third.
Siehert. BUTTON, Wilcox, Ward
and Munro tailed for the Can.
adams. Joe Simpson, with two,
and Burch did the scoring for the
Americans.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20

this shot better. II the new ball
did nothing more than that it
would be q lasting golf improve
naent, but this Is just one Of its
many advantages. The ball en-
ables you to make your approach
shot better because. being bigger,
it always will have a better lie
on the fairway, which enables
you to get, hold Of 1t better. Be
cause of its size, all those slight
depressionS which are inevitable
even on the best kept courses
and which give mean lies with
the present ball, will be ironed
out Of your game completely
and think what that meansl
The slightly depressed ball you
now have to contend with, either
Is q bad lie or at least q half-bad
lie. will be . fair and decent lie
with the new ball. And even
the exceedingly bad lie with the
present ball viii not be bad at
all with the new one. There
being more Of 1t, you can easily
get hold Of 1t with the iron.
This Is one angle Of the new one
in play that win operate To make
you q better golfer and your
golf much more enjoyable.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
BASKETBALL
RESULTS

Wisconsin, AZ; carieton. ~.
Fordham. 30: Tale, 1s.
Drake. 81; Simpson. 10.
DePaul 81; Valparaiso. II.
Central. So; Emerson. II.
Business. "a; woodward, 8.
O. y. Prep, a.: Landon. d
Ben Franklins, 20; Printsra. ~.
Strnyers, Sc; 'tYs, So.
Potomacs, SIS; Montroae, Is.
Mt. Vernon. sS: N. Hospital, 81.
Frenctss, 2S: Company III 3.
Pet Meta 20; knights, Is.
II, 40: Faderhis. ~.
DeLuxe, as; "Xa "a.
Del Ray, So: Woodlawnn. a9.
Dora. 10; Dixie Pigs, Is.
Pullman, ae; Peerless, f1e.
Arcadians, o.; Neighborhood. 3.
TakomR. 20; Mclean Firemen. 16.
Optifpists. ~; Band. So.
Northwestern, 80; Metre Dame, 20.
Illinois. 80: Washington u, 10.
Michigan. 81; Albion, ..
Shippensburg, 81; Blue Ridge, is.
Washington College, 90; Philadeiph
y. College, 30.
Temple. 40; r. ana NJ. 81.
st. Lawrence. 20; Montclair. rs.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
9 y: 7
| Chester HrtOn

The new ball, appropriately
enough, leaves the second shot
that Is, the shot for the pin
still the premium shot In goE-
ing, Just as it should be, and
yet ct the same time the ball
itself enables you to accomplish
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
CENTRAL TRACK
TEAM PREPS

Although several members Of
the Central High track squad are
now training daily, practice win
not start in earnest until hfter
the Christmas holidays, accord
ing to the veteran coach. Bill
Foley.
Foley viii be forced to do much
rebuilding to the team as several
stellar performers were lost BY
graduation last June. .Outstand
ing Of thee were Captain Calvin
N4ilans. high jumper, and jimmy
Proctor, pole yaulter.
Russell LampsOn. who win
captain this years track
team, Is 1t present performs
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
SOCCER
TEAMS NIX

Two Stuart soccer teams, both
coached. by George Youngblood.
win lock IN combat Sunday after
noon at / o'clock on the Monu-
ment No. 2 field.
The championship Stuart club
of the American Junior League,
win face the Stuart team of the
Junior High League. Players on
the Stuart American Junior
League team are graduates Of
Stuart Junior High.
The contest will also pre-
sent two Of the best young
goal keepers In local soccer
circles. Kenneth Ordey, last
years aII-juniOr high player,
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
win tend goal for the Stuart
American junior team.

Philip Howser played the goal
keeper for the Stuart Junior High
team this past season and was
placed on the all-star combinar
ton. George Faulds has been
selected as referee.
i The British Uniteds are to 60
over TO Baltimore this Sabbath
for an exhibition game, but the
opponent is unknown.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
This School Takes Up
Athletics in d Big Way

OF the total enrolment 81 17a
students at the Cranhrook School
IN Detroit. ITO are actively en-,
gagged In athletics. * tennis tourna.
n1ent for Cranbfook students
alone recently drew ~ con,
testants. Basketball. hockey
baseball, and football. as well as
other competitive sports are i'm.
portant items III the clrrieuluIn
Of the school.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20

'eYpu can't 90 ON working
with shoes like that. Tell
your foreman to give yOu 10
minutes off and III buy You
3 pair Of shoes"
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
ENTRIES
CLOSE JAN. s

Ten important stakes to be de-
cided at the PiInlico Spring meets
ing Of 1890 win close on Mon
day. January s, and alert horse
men are already making noEnina-
lions, and not postponing the
task to the last moment, as Is so
often the case.
These offerings IN the order Of
monetary value are the Freak
ness. $4,000 added for 3-year-
old colts and fillies, SIG miles;
the, Dixie Handicap. $4,000
added. 3-year-olds and upward,
over the same distance; the PIN
lico Spring Handicap. 3-year-olds
and upward, $500 added, ! mile
and 20 yards: the Jennings
Handicap, 3-year-olds and up
ward, $4,000 added, s furlongs;
the Green Spring Valley Steeple-
chase Handicap. $1,000 added, 4
year-olds and upward, 2 miles:
the Pimlico Oaks, $1,000 added,
3-ybar-oId fillieS, mile and 20
yards: and the Rennert Handi-
cap, 3-year-olds, 5000 added, 8
furlongs.
For the younger generation
Of 2-year-OIds the offerings
are the PinnIicO Nursery and
the Spring Juvenile, each
q with $S,OO0 added at AZ fur
longs, and the PiImIicO Home
bred, $500 added, the
breeder 81 the winner, who
must also be the owner TO
receive m appropriate piece
Of plate.
Ceilings are eligible to AL
stakes except the PreakneSs, r.
served for entire colts and fiIlies,
and the Oaks for ffIlieS only.
The Billy Barton Steeplec hase
for hunters, $500 and 8 gold
cup valued at $500, gentlemen
riders, s miles. win not close I'M
til April 2.
Supplementary blanks for
the popular amateur event
win Be issued early Ia
February, which win give the
hunting set ample time to
gauge the merits Of their
prospective candidates.
In addition to the gold cup,
which goes absolutely To chs
owner OF the winner, d handsome
silver bowl, offered By tl1c
recognized hunts Of Maryland
Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, New England,
and the Middle West, now held
by Augustus r. Goodwin
through Marbro's victory In he
Masters Of Foxl1ounds Steeple-
chase at PimlicO this autumn.
viii again be put III competition,
and held by the owner Of the
winner until the renewal Of she
latter cross country feature at
Ptnllic0 in the autumn.
A replica of this bowl viii he
presented to the rider Of the
winner Of the Billy Barton by &
group Of friends interested IN
steeplec chasing.
FOR entry blanks and all In
formation application should be
made to the secretary Of che
Maryland Jockey Club, NJ. Z.
DAGGER, 533 Equitable Building,
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
VOL VERINES BUSY

The wolverines win collide with
the DORA footballerS Sunday
afternoon at 5 o'clock on the
RiVerdale (Md.l field
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
WANTING F0Es

The Press Club Cardinals ara
looking around for basketball OPP
position. Call Manager Carl Tur-
vey, Cleveland 6796 after z
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
CAI VARY LISTING

The Calvary Eagles wish to ar
range unlimited basketball games.
Call Manager Jones, Adams 4726.l
The Washington times., 1929-12-20

No need risking q cold when seeking
renfnIa- .I0cato Through the large nelee-
fi0n prgffered In Times Or Herald
Classified ads.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-10
SCHOOL OPENS AT CORDOBA SHOWING
 \ GOOD INCREASE

Showing a marked gain over the previous year for the first day of enrolment, a total of ITS pupils attended the Cordova Public Schools at their opening session.
 The teachers and the subjects which they will give instructions are as follows:
 Miss Estelle Iombraine, first grade and part of the second; Miss Leonaine Hill, the remainder of the second grade and all of the third; Miss Phyllis Buchanan, fourth grade; Miss Naida John ston fifth and sixth grades; Miss Roberta Roberts, seventh grade; Miss Ann Carlson, eight grade.
 Miss Roberts also will give spe- cial instructions in music, and Miss Carlson will teach domestic science and physical culture.
 Tn the high school, MI. B. Gwin superintendent of the school sys-