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The Washington times., 1929-04-03
4l.110. 90 Yonre

last year l4,O0o. 900 people spent
more than three and half billion
dollars sseeing the country Tour
ing n only small pakt ~ the
highway story, but Il n tn6Icative
#Of the pleasure use of the car.
with bjlases ok one company alone
now carrying passengers oyer routes
totaline 100. 900 miles. nlnd with bus
line Investments N about the half
billion dollar mark. Il is evident
that commercial motor tfansp0 0rtas
ton u more than 3 mere Fufnors
Aa Tor tho matter OG hiRl9waya
Over which tlia nations 10D 0eo 900
Of 70 rubber tires are running.
there are stu no more than $4,000
miles 0f rDads that can. bs fated
Eam first einsa
Mars Money IEust Bs spent
More rioney must IS spent FOR
permanent highway improvement
highway officials ana authorities all
over the country are pointing out.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
SAL Of TRES
SHOWS Gain

Sales Of General Tire ana Rubber
Company fOTs tIaa first quarter Of
their fiscal year ending February
2S showed 4 substantial Increase over
the same period fast year IN spite Of
lower selling prices. This increase
was gained through much heavier
early shipments To their exclusive
distributors for replacement tire
business.
The General Company does moi
seek any original equipment tire
business OF thA atltonobile manu-,
factnrers and their total output Ii
sold through distributors to the Re.
tail trade. The capacity Of the fac.
tory has just been increased about
IS IL per cent ii larger tires ana 50
per cent IN smaller tires through
additions to the Akron plant.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
aJlareatraiI1ed OfigInallty

Although the artists might know
witt, certainty that the color most
Ijopuiar on the Riviera last winter
was Green. no restaliat Is placed on
their originality. While Captain
Towless staff attempts To give the
public what 1t wants during par.
ficular season. II ID automatic that
acme new hue win be favored next
season General Motors artists, In
the opinion Of Captain TOwle, might
Just Is well be sponsor to the new
vogue as, some leading Partisan
gown maker.
original color ideas come from
everywhere and everything. The
blendings sof q new car might be
derived from 3 Persian rug. .
famous painting, the plumage OF g
bird, the CLINT Of q precious stone,
When new car ID abOut to be
marketed or color change desired
on "a existing model. the artists
busy themselves at their palettes.
each achieving his idea q the
proper color harmony. When .
half dozen Or more suitable com.
Ebjnatt0ns are finished the work is
Submitted to the Illantifac cturer.
Here are group Of artists 80
saleg-nlfnded that they have for
gotten the traditional artistic ego.
They listen willingly, eagerly to the
reactions Of the siarewd sales man-
ager and the practical production
CHIEF. AT these conferences the
I Jury system prevails, and thus from
group df possible nbinAtiOrs.
the salesman. the artist ana the
production expert finally asree upon
which ias 70 b6 used
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
Birney Center to Honor
Retired School Teacher

The citizens COMMITTEES 81 100 and
the general committee of the Bir-
ney Conhmunlty Center have COM
pleted plans for 4 testimonial IN
honor of Miss E VI Smith. retired
teacher AZ Birney School. 10 be
held On the night of April 10. IL
tie Birney Center, Nicholas Avenue
and Howard Street Southeast.
Miss Smith was retired from the
school system last year after have
inK taught for over fifty years.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
-Four Eirelnen Injured
AS Apparatus C0llid

BOSTON Mass, April : (I.I.S. .).--
-FOUR men were Injured seriouely
cOllided with IN engine truck Both
pieces Of apparatus were racing 10 i
fire.
Three Of tlie kirenler we're crushed
heneath the ladder truck which
was oyerturned
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
VA. BANK STOCK IIP

AfARTINsBURG w. va, ApriI s.
A new high record for Citizens Ma.
tlcnal HAnk stock was ssk when ten
shares 0E stock. With 4 par value 81
800 share. brought 8s7O share
at public auction here. The previous
hlgn price brought BY the stock was
$zs5. The stock was sold n the
settlement cf an estate.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
Insurance Committee
Of Trade Board to Meet

The COMMITTEES On Insurance. and
fire protection of the Washington
Board 81 Trade, win hold an Inn
porfant meeting this afternoon ri
4.sO o'clock nethe Board Of Trade
rooms.
Chairman Paul B. cromelln urges
Ea knii attendance, az the commit.
tee viii have before Il the safety
ErespOnsIbIlisy bin for washington
own and operators OG auto.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
BRIGHT H u { 8
now VOGUE

watching the new Chevrolet as 4
noses gracefully through traffic Or
presses forward eagerly on sor
highway, you may have wondered
how its various color blendings are
conceived. ana Why they appear IN
such profusion.
You might have guessed that So
eiert an organization IS General
Motors does nothing haphazard, that
there. must be q speciai department
IL charge 0f celof creat atiOa. And Il
such was your guess YOU were right,
The art and color division of Gem
eral Motors Is the source of all the
color schemes which enhance every
General Motors car from the grace.
ful Chi vr0Iet to the bar0niaf Cadii-
lac. Here colors are evolved sys.
tematlcally. the same degree Of eff
cheney prevailing that IL found n
the sales and manufacturing divi-
slons. Nothing u left tos guess
work.
The studio. In charge of Capt. #.
Ledyard Towle, has d research de.
partlnapt viii bout any ixnUNf flsiplIs
care IN the WUtIus5 NAleA hlt0AS -
functions Is 70 keep the art staff
constantly posted as to ths fluctUat.
inx color preference In, America ana
abroad. Tor styles In color, 40 n
other things, are known to move e
cycles. g .'s's s.ss
Constant check Is being made to
ascertain which iii the reigniIg color
blend ii the exclusive dress making
salons, in the Kitchens and bath.
rooms oe America. In the art cal.
leries OF the world.
complete library Of art naGa.
zines and automobile trade Journals
Il Kent On file. Sales figures ef1nl
atl General Motors units are studied
s.5ifE ssssfAramca 10 colof @
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
APP olNTNIEllT I. ANNOUNCED

CLEVELAND. April The ap.
pointEnent of Anthony Fculxa1, for
the past seven years assistant pHr.
chasing agent Of the White Motor
Company Cf Cleveland. as pufcllas.
Ing agent 0t the GabttSl Snubber
Manufacturing Company. was arl.
nounced today by George ii,
Rails pfesident of the latter con.
Germ.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
AUTO 0VERHAULIN6 In SPRING
HELD NECESSARY TOR SbEETI
~ J. LEO sUQk0H
1smes Ana5msblls MallaS

winning battles Is matter of advance planning With
spring blowing its bdlmy breath world from which the
iy of winter has Just been safety advocates
emphasizing several points ia connection with warmweaher
oorSca which they beieve affect millions of motorcar
owners
The Washington times., 1929-04-03

now being spent for maIntenance
and construction 81 roads that cam
not c0pe successfully with tho tons
of shifting traffic chat huFkle over
them.
III many Instances those charged
with road planning have failed 10
recognize that motor fFanep0rta atiOn
u ! permanent thing and THAT TIE
highway should be as permanent ~
possible. else this and succeeding
generations will continue q pour
cash into the sink hole 0k niainte.
rlance ana periodical rebuilding.
An automobile mileage Uf $1,000
does not compare favOfAbly with q
kIfnt.cIaas road mIIeaga oE 90,000.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
French Politician s
SIuted Bscau,e He
Drinks Water

PARIS April uN.ol' - kLs
onIy drinks water. Il the political
slur that may defeat Leon Blums
wealthlest scclslI1l d france;
who i shndIdats fof deputy Al
the department 81 the Aude.
American prohibItion Il always
eonsIdsred Z joke ia france. but
4 Il 6eubtful r. The citizens cf
the Auds ever heard * prohibI.
tion 81 Imagined Il possible.
Blum was 4 little late 4 de-
Gliding to run ana the Depart
menf of the Auds Waa Al the
party could offer him. Opposition
cartooniats have fired their broad,
sides. one depicts Hlum emery
ING from bathtub. . bottle OE
mineral water IN one hand and =
stick 0f rouge IN the other. with
the rouge Re is giving his nose !
color that could never b acquired
with drfnillsiS water.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
Other Parts Aflscted

Other parts Of the st4ering may
be- similarly worn from the same
cause, especially IL the car owner
has made no effort to compensate
for the fabrication difficulties BY
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
USE OE ROADS
IS MOUNTING
RAPIDLY
b &. b. DUFFY

Motor car purchasers are nddirs to
tho highway burden at the rnte of
100 miles ok new automObilea weekly.
At the end of 1923 the combined
length 6f trucks. bus1es and passens
miles
N addition to the replacement ok
about 1900 900 worn out cars. auto.
mobile manufacturers expect to place
new cars ii the garages Ok another
1000 .DO0 owners.
Records kept BY State Highway
Officials. park officials, health re.
softse and countless tourist camps
reveal that motor car usage II III.
|creaeing at an even faster rate than
reglpkration figures. This means
that the highwayg are carrying q
trefpendoun volume Of traffic that 81
yet shows no Bign of leseeninf its
grCwth.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
1C0loriiI OnlIIar

Captain Toxle credits pyroxylfli
with the current color Invasion 0f
industry BY III uss ears which
formerly required days to paint can
now be completed III, i lew hours.
Now that beauty can Be had with.
out cossl2 delay, Industry lngalmost
every llne Ii busy eOloring It's
prOdllctA u 4
People are growing To like cOlOped
objects mOre and more each day,
Captain T0Wie says, and he points
to colOred clocks, pencils ana hath.
tubs aA proof 0f his assertion. All
Of these signs indicate. Ne believes,
that America IS entering into an
artistic renaissance comparable to
the famous Italian renaissance with
American lil6istriallsts acting as
patrollh a. did the nobies ot the
other period.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
CLOSE VOTE ON CARD

The vote the rustlng card bill, which reject
ed in the senate, was very close the measure being
killed in the committee of the whole by a tally of 25
to % The measure proposed that rustling cards
should be open to public inspection, and introduced
by Senator Taylor of Sheridan coucy No particular
fight made for it and the lobbyists of the big
copper company had their way and it was dsapproved
However, the innate merits of the bill doubtless ap-
pealed to many of the senators and account for its
strength. There is something un-Amercan, so
smacking of the Dark Ages the old regime in Rus
sia in an espionage and surveillance system imposed
upon miners seeking work, and used to blacklist them
and prevent them from securing it, that it is revolt
ing to the average Montanan.
While the Anaconda Copper Mining Company en-
ploys the rustling card system in Montana state in
supposedly the freest land in the world namely the
United States of America refrans from such pro-
ceeding in its industries in Poland South America and
other less enlightened countries
Senator Taylor's bill merely designed to give the
public chance to learn what records the Anaconda
company made against its employees, which was little
enough protection for the workers. The purpose of
Tho ~rlstnO oana i 70 anahla +ha
mate against the political grounds and to
blacklist them for political activities 1t is clear that
here should be law prohibiting it. 1t is undemocratic
u-Amercan and invasion of the political rights of
its victims.
ton of being one of the few cities in free America
where of the despotsm and oppression of old nj
hlistic czar-ridden Russia is still practiced
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08

pie with too much money to act to-
gether. For the money supplied by
Ale l~->1-~-A 1---~--es1~ -1e~-.~- :--.-~1s--o
part of the huge total. Other billions
are being supplied from swollen cor
porate SURPRISES and from the con-
slant flow of profits into private
bank accounts.
Too much money! That is not the
real trouble. 1t is rather a wrong
distribution of money and credit.
The country could today use every
dollar of money available provided it
were so distributed as to increase
the real wealth of the people, that is,
their ability to command the won
derfully full life which their joint la
Dor using modern machinery could
produce. When the country's bank
ing system is governed with that OBJ
jective crises like the present, threat
ening a curtailment of general we'll
being, will not arise.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
ALMA RUBENs. DRUG ADDICT

The of Alma Rubens, drug addict, erstwhile
queen of the films, wife of that idol of the girl movie
fans, Ricardo Cortez, may do good in calling at
tenton to the fearful effects of narcotics upon the
body and mind; the mental, physical financial, moral
and social destruction it entails; the death in life the
beastness, the filth and the human squaor that follow
its Victims and the need of society to blot out the drug
traffic and socially Stay its peddlers
There are thousands and tens of thousands of people
IN this country in plight from the use of mar
cotc drugs than this actress but they are unknown
She used in the press as an awful example because
OF her prominence in the movie business her youth
and beauty, and the attention that can be focused in
the United States upon film stars. The limeght
turned upon her should advertise the nefarous trade
of the drug purveyor to his disadvantage At least
y we hope
The California state medical board is charged with
negectng to revoke the medical licenses of physicians
who violate the federal drug act and an Investigation
has been threatened If this leads to restrict the nar
coc drug trade and to reduce the use of such drugs
Alma Rubens will not have suffered in vain.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
THE WASHINGTON SCENE
Nv LAWRENCE TODD, Federated Press

try are very, very prosperous" chimes
in Bacharach of New Jersey, republl-
can, and former advocate of the
American valuation scheme. "They
made more money in 1928 than they
did in 1927. l can't see why we
should undertake this change now. 1t
would mean changing hundreds of
rates and would take all summer,
leaving the whole question unsettled
for months"
I
Childblom, of Illinois, republican,
thinks the steel companies are too
greedy. He challenges Doherty to
name any schedule in the tariff law
that is more generous to American
capital than the steel schedule. Gar
ner adds few pleasant remarks on
Doherty's past record as an adviser
to Penrose and Fordney and SmoOt
in boosting the tariff. Treadway of
Massachusetts joins the chorus with
charge that the steel inerests are
trying to get this special swag with
out sharing it with the textile indus
try. Doherty denies that he would
abandon the textile industry in the
higher tariff battle.
"Time is expired" announces Haw-
ley, dropping his gavel.
Hull of Tennessee. democrat, how
ever, is not satisfied. He asks the
steel lobbyist about the effect of the
motor vehicle industry on the pros
perity of steel. Since American ex-
ports of motor vehicles, composed
largely of iron and steel, now amount
to nearly nine hundred million dollars
a year, says Hull, isn't that fairly
good protection? And does not this
American valuation scheme NEAR
simply that prices in the home mar
ket may be increased by the manufac
turers at any time, and thereby the
tariff against competing goods from
abroad will automatically be raised.
) I! !
Doherty, former public servant
J now servant of steel, looks positivel.
shocked at the suggestion that Amer
lean steel makers could control pric
) es! Prices in the home market ar
| kept reasonable by the law of sup
ply and demand, he replies, gently
: "There is no probability now of an,
combination being formed to influenc
prices" And Hull, in his turn, gasps
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
1LNaBo8
HE GOT RESULTS

Plentywood, Montana.
Feb. %, 1929.
The Producers News.
Dear Editor:
Please take my add out of the pa
per for all l can do is answer phone
calls and letters from all over the
county. I sold my tractor the first
week l had the ad in the Producers
News.
1 believe it pays to advertise in
your paper.
Thanking you very much, l am
Yours truly,
Max Hueth
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08

WASHINGTON = Against a back
ground of rich crimson draperles ana
cigar smoke, on hlgn uals enaS
half way encircles the wlVness ana
stenographers, the house colililis.eee
on ways and means is nearing I1lal
pleas for revision of the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber high protective tariff law.
Hundreds of advocates OF mgner
rates have been given their ten or
twenty minutes: scores more are
waiting for a chance to put IN tnelr
pleas. From the walls on the rlgnt
and left above Chairman Hawley's
head, the painted portraits OF Mchln-
ley and Serene Payne look down ap-
provingly.
Thomas J. Doherty, of the Amerl-
can Iron and Steel Institute, an
nounces Hawley, "ten minutes"
Doherty is slender, gray, office
bred, and he confesses to having serv-
ed "a years as a government expert
on valuation of imported goods. For
the past ten years he has been In
private business. All he has come
to ask is that american valuation
be made the basis for tariff rates.
He explains that American valua-
ton" as contrasted with United
States valuation" or any other rule
of valuing goods imported into this
country, simply values the goods the
same as American goods of the same
kind. To apply this rule would be tc
increase the tariff rates all along
the line.
Garner of Texas, ranking democrat
on the committee, analyses thi!
scheme. Applied to steel, it mean!
higher tariff rates and therefore
higher prices. Less than one-tentl
of 1 per cent of the steel used in tn,
United States is imported. Americ
con consumers import small total O.
steel but American manufacturer
export five times as much. He ask
whether that is severe competition
Also, how much more protection doe
the iron and steel industry want.
Doherty replies hastily that o
course, if American valuation j
granted, there will be adjustment i
tariff rates; the main thing is to re
form the valuation basis for admins
trative reasons.
"Most steel concerns in this coun
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
THE SPECIAL SESSION
(From The Montana Free pres.l

NIIUm The Montana Free Press)
Inc special session of congress will probably be held
IN April between the 10th and 20, if Speaker Long
worm Oh tne mouse Is judge of the possibilities Of
the situation; and it is probable also that -
the agricultural schedules of the tariff law ond +a
passage OF farm relief measure will be the nrinc;D.I
II not the entire legislation enacted
Inc proponents of the farm measure it is reuorted
IN the telegraph news design to omit from the new hin
the equalization fee, upon which President cooldos
was mmovable and which many students of the fary0
situation believe would not work Because Of tho e.
tne president twice vetoed McNaryHaugen farm -
ner Ols The new measure relieved of that objection.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
Friday March 8, 1920

'drivel, l did not think tbo+
who compares himself witt q man
Bernard Shaw, would devote 50 george
words to an embryo critic" Az n many
is me when unwittingIv an an Woe
Stahlberg's outburst of last poyoked
When his article was first wee" week
my attention and realized tHued to
gentleman had noticed me | +S0 the
was too much (Quick Watsoone Joy
smelling satisfy l tainted i-the
How l writhed under his ooo
of plagiarism. Here l had 6S eos
rowing whole paragraphs from ,u Dor DOT,
authors thinking to. escape Sat dot great
But 1t was not to be for the ro;oIan.
Johns 'eagle-eye allows notb;nnsnsy
escape notice. By the seven %
saddle blankets l must be mora sacred
full in the future! 'e care
May one so humble call Jobr,.
tention to the fact that he m;.ns az,
the word quip in his last woass
spasm? A quip is a short sor ~eeks
retort or jeer while his literar ,'a S
anent Charley Paddock and pes gem
Nurmi was bum ''wisecrack" W SS.O
in doubt, John, consult Websto"" He1
trust that he is not too old To 90
suggestion from one of nv er s,ssps
youth. 'eis
1t is to be earnestly houed A..
John Arthur's enthusiasm wa. ~s
dampened by the trouncing which Nv -
received at the hands of his br r,t as
few days ago. From what T Sass
heard of the battle Johns first s uSus
landed right where his brother wa a-
and that his second and all follow;n1'
lawmakers hit right in the same snot
Then when his brother got into action Eo,
John was soon defeated. w
Well the bell is ringing and 7 INNS.
HE me away to the kindergarten
Yours truly,
MICHAEL SAIJSRTtpy
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
FRIDAY, MARCH 8 1929.
RADIO CLUB ON THE WAY

Now that the City Council has done its part by
passing strict ordinance against the use of machines
in Pentywood which interfere with radio reception
Club is being formed to ferret out the sources of
these disturbances and looking toward the remedying
of the same if possible. If the trouble-making ap-
paratus cannot be repaired so to for its bust
without interfering with those who wish to lis
ten to the programs of the air. it will have to be put
in the discard.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-03-08
Economic Articles
BY Leland Olds, Federated Press
Flood of Profits

Too much money! Can you beat it?
That's what is at the root of this orgy
Snocnlq tior yre-zss1 the Eaaa,ral De
serve and all the other bankers are
breaking their necks to cure.
Too much money! Not in your poe
ket or mine, not in the jeans of
the average wage Garner or behind
the average farmers clock. We con-
sumers could still use a lot more
money in purchasing necessaries and
comforts which low wages today deny
our families. It's too much money in
the pockets OF. the investing class
that's causing the trouble, that's
threatening the stability of business.
Too much money in the pockets of
investors means too much profits, too
much interest and dividends. Then
why don't they say so? Why not
admit that the only practical and
permanent solution is to cut down
profits and increase wages? Because
the capitalist system is still run for
the benefit of profiteers rather than
to provide wholesome stability of life
for all.
The men in control of the Fed
eral Reserve. the bankers who de-
termme the immensely important
credit policy, are prOfiteers or the
agent of prOfiteers. They are try-
ing desperately to find some sOIu-
ton which will not involve reduc-
ton In profits, reduction in the tri-
butte flowing ceaselessly to the in
vesting class.
The system has been geared IN
produce constantly increasing sur
ers are allowed by their wages to
consume. That surplus, whether dis
trlbuted to the owners in interest and
dividends or held in corporate sur
pulses, is potential capital looking
Tor profitable employment. TODAY
TINS surplus is being increased too
FAST to find productive employment
and the owners are seeing to it that
instead of competing with other cam
ltal and so reducing the. wages of all
capital, a considerable proportion of
II Is diverted to gambling on the
stock exchanges.
In this gambling the multimillion-
aires hold the banks and bv well
Timed raids win periodically from
the small investors, that is. from
those who would normally spend on
consumer goods the money which
they lose. That means still more
profits adding to the surplus of no.
tential capital and intensifying the
problem. 'Ae
This is the dilemma of capitalism
constantly tending to produce crises
that threaten the stability of the pro-
ut system. Temporary expedients are
Always resorted to to restore the
equilibrium, always at the expense
Oh the workers, who are forced to
accept unemployment and reduced
wages IN the interim.
Inc announcement from the Fed
erai reserve and the big banks
mean that the present wave of en-
cesslve prOfiteering is reaching the
point where it threatens the Sc
curlty OF profits. They aim to re-
STORE the situation to the point
wnere the millionaires can safely
Degm grabbing all over again.
temporarily the supply of money
GONG INTO stock market gambling
must be curtailed. they maintain.
The difficulty is to get all the neo.