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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
OUR ORNERY CONTEMPORARY

Our esteemed contemporary, called the Herald or
Bugle or something othef, issuing from the side
street around the corner, has unfortunate ornery
complex. It seems that it just can't get along with
US try as may.
Now the other week in desperation for something to
fuss about the Herald took exception to our editorial
Meddlmg Officials" and threw moral fit about those
North Dakota farmers who changed spouses SO good
naturally.
The Herald man just don't believe in anything like
those farmers did, and he says So He wouldn't do
anything like that, neither he nor his boss for any,
thing and opines that the more stink the officers may
be able to stir up the betterthas what he saws they
are for and besides one should be allowed to be
happy if it is possible for an officer to make him mis-
cradle.
In fact it seems, the Herald is the happiest itself
when 1t is the most miserable and paradoxcal as it
may SEEM Judging others by ITSELF it feels that it is
contributing most TO the general welfare when male
violent and promoting trouble
we don't hold this against the Ia petite journal fo,
this attitude is characteristic and can't be helned
The Herald purposes to win by malice and nreiud;ce
"naV II cant hope TO newspaper-for however dis
MAJ failure it is as Journal it stands in class BY
itself as messenger of hate
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10

Copper shortage boosting the price
to wartime peaks, is the newspaper
propaganda justifying 24c copper. But
behind the scenes sit a few copper
kings exercising a monopoly control
unequaled in respect to any other COM
modify.
With at least 900 Of world copper
production regulated by single cor
poration created for that purpose and
with each individual company report
ing weekly to the copper institute
these multimillionaires are sitting
pretty. The present price is about
three times the average cost of pro
duction.
Six years ago, when the financiers
set out to perfect monopoly, copper
was selling for 131Ac pound. Al
though this was five cents over the
average cost of production the profit
teers remembered the days when they
hooked the war-burdened government
for more than 20 cents a pound anC
averaged 54&o a year on their capital
With the power industry's increasing
demand for copper, why not repeat
they said.
How well they succeeded is shown
by the present price. With copper av
! eraging 19c a pound a month ago Thu
Wall Street Journal estimated tina
Anaconda Copper alone will show
1929 profit of $1O3,OOO,OO0.
The daily press emphasizes the SIS,
100000 increase in copper dividend
already indicated by announced in
creases in quarterly rates. Anacond
is preparing to retire its entire fund
: ed debt by giving its stakeholder
stock subscription rights equivaler
to $15O,OOO,O00 stock dividend. Clearl
the multimillionaire owners are pre-
pared to cash in on their monopol
grip on the industry.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
Cooper Trust Swims in Gold

In 1926 Copper Exporters, Inc, was
formed combining companies produc-
ing roughly 900 Of the worlds cop
per.
This octopus was submitted to the
Coolidge packed federal trade COM
mission for a clean bill of health to
avoid antitrust law interference. Its
sponsors said they were merely TAX
ing advantage of the Webb-POmer-
enc act permitting combination for
export. But as the copper market
knows no national boundaries. con-
troll of supply to lift the world
price meant lifting the domestic as
well.
Finally in 1927 the Copper institute
was formed to promote unity by com
piling and distributing weekly dat
covering production, and domestic an
export sales. This completed the ma
chinery for holding production beloN
demand without apparent restraint Q
trade. AS a result they are now get
ting a profit per pound nearly doubl
the cost of production and at leas
four times what goes to labor.
AS a sop to labor, which grew res
less as prices went up, the cope
companies pretty generally increase
wages 1870 in October 1928 and thel
were scattered SO increases early
1929. But according to the Wall Stree
Journal the 1870 increase only adde
a quarter of a cent a pound to Utah
production costs and all the increast
combined leave these workers Wi
earnings which average scarcely Sc
day. Many still get less than So. Wit
prices increases measured in cents al
increases in wage costs in quart
cents the bulk of the increase chargt
against the consumer goes into mi
ionaire profit bags.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
Economic Articles
By Leland Olds, Federated Press
Banks and Jardine Gypped
the Farmers

est at heart. Following the counsel
of Jardine, Coolidge's agricultural ex-
pert, they now have on their hands
more unsold wheat than
a year ago. But they have waited in
vain for better prices.
Jardine issued his statement at the
height of the Hoover campaign. He
said: "Hold your wheat, don't dump
it now" His purpose was obvious.
Republican politicians wanted another
term in which to enjoy the fruits OF
office. They were worried about the
vote of the disconnected farmer IN
the wheat belt. The world crop ex
ceeded any possible demand. Unless
the farmers could be kidded into post
poning the inevitable a drastic drol
in prices would result. Such a col
lapse might hurt the myth of repub
lican prosperity.
The new season is approaching an
what are the facts? According t
the department of agriculture tn
stocks of wheat still on the farm
March 1 totaled 148,813,000 bushel
compared with 130,944,0OO in 1925
! 13O,274,OOO in 1927 and and averag
of 127, 100000 bushels in storage o
the farms in the years 1927.
In spite of the additional whe;
: withheld from the market whe;
prices are still nearly 1919 below
year ago. Jardine's advice may ha7
temporarily kept the price fro
' slumping as badly as it might ha7
during the campaign but it proved
: poor straw to cling to in the Ion
: rum
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10

Farmers throughout the northwest
will soon be dealing with great oank
combine instead of with local bankers,
according to announcements from the
Twin Cities telling Of chain banking
plans now under way. Big bankers
of that region are going to anticipate
the relaxation of the law against
branch banking by creating holding
companies to buy control OF outlying
banks in the nine federal reserve dis
trict.
The first announcement told OF the
formation of the Northwest Banking
corporation by the Northwest Nation
al Bank group of Minneapolis. Inns
group has resources of about S175,-
100000. 1t has already purchased a
number of banks in Iowa, wisconsin,
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
There followed a similar move by
the First National banks of st. Paul
and Minneapolis.
1t is interesting that the credit OF
this great farm empire is to be adj
ministered only by bankers, business
men and the presidents of the si1
largest railroads serving the north
west who will sit on the board of di
rectors of the bank stock company
There is no indication that farmer
will have representation commensur
ate with their interest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
OFFICERS BAYONET
REPORTER in Nc

Charlotte, N. c., April pa 20
belliOus and sullen quiet brooded Nv
er the little Loray mill village at Gas
tonia, N. c., Monday night as scora.
of striking textile workers nurso5
wounds inflicted late Monday bv baT-
onet steel and guns used as club n
the hands of deputy sheriffs.
The officers, who took over police
duty of the town from national
guardsmen Monday, attacked tIs
strikers in force. Many of the strk.
ers were severely beaten, among them
one woman, Mrs. Maude Robinson.
The deputy sheriffs, about 20 in
number, rushed the strikers late Mon.
day as the latter were picketing the
mill. The officers were led by Chief
of Police Aderholdt. Ordering the
pickets to vacate, they swung their
guns and jabbed with the bayonets
The strikers fled, pursued by the
deputies, who chased them for half a
mile.
Later Fred Erwin Beal, organizer
for the Communistic National Tex.
tile Workers union, addressed the
! strikers at a mass meeting. At the
I close of his fiery address he stepped
into an automobile and drove back Ia
E Charlotte, where he has been living
since warrant was issued for hi,
e arrest.
e The warrant charges Beal entice
y Mrs. Violet Jones, 18-year-old wife o
d a mill worker, to leave her husban
e and go to New York.
e Despite the fact that police hav
le ostensibly been searching for Bea
y no attempt to arrest him was mad
lie The announcement that he would a
1 tend the meeting was published. In
le mediately after he left, however, d
puties who were present, began
lie break up the gathering by force.
RS Legette Blythe, reporter for Il
be Charlotte Observer, did not mo
is quickly enough to please the dep
or ties who ordered him to leave.
er fore he could defend himself he W
w blackjacked and bavoneted by 70
of the officers. 1t is feared that
n injuries are serious, with the pos
IS bility his skull was fractured.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10

Washington - (FP) = Chairman
Norris of the Senate judiciary COM
mittee has blocked, at least tempor-
arily, the confirmation of the renegade
progressive Lenroot to be a Judge Of
the Court of Customs and Patent APP
peals. Although Norris does not
command majority in his commit
tee, he is in a position To hold up bad
appointments, such as that of this
power trust lobbyists, until the peo-
pie can get chance to SEMI III pro
tests by mail and wire. That is what
Norris proposes to do with al future
nominations to life jobs on the feder.
al bench. He will insist that tile pub
lie be given time in which to veto the
selection of each of these autocrats by
a reactionary administration. If
workers and farmers-individual or
through rganizations-fa to pro-
test the saddling of corporation judges
on themselves and their children, it
will not be because Norris has not
warned them.
How the machinery Of big business
and kept politics is used in the selec-
ton of the higher Judiciary is illus
trated In the case of lawyer named
Simon Michelt, former secretary to
Jim Hills senator, Knute Nelson of
Minnesota. Michelt is on the staff of
the Northern Pacific railroad compa-
ny, which has been trying to get from
Congress several million Of acres of
the national forests, on the pretext
that the government still owes it this
much OF the grant of 100000 acres
made for the construction of that rail
road sixty years ago. The Forest
Service has defended the public's own
ership of these forest lands, and Con-
gress came near enacting, last session
bill declaring the company's claims
forfeit.
Michelet strolled into the office OF
the late Sen. Laid of North Dakota
Nonpartisan Lacquer, some years ago
and asked of the senator's secretary
the names of lawyers in North Dako.
"a VINO were especially IN the gooc
graces OF Ladd. Names of two emln.
ent men were given. Six months lat
er tne name of Fierce Butter, railroad
lawyer, reactionary and intemperatt
zoe OF the Nonpartisan League and o.
Jls dnized labor, was announced al
PRESIDENT Harding's choice to I'LL {
vacancy on the Supreme Court bench
Amost as soon as the mails couiC
Orlng them, there arrived on Sen
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
New Keeper Of the Press

commissioner it were really seal,,.
leads. This correspondent pr T0THllg
more of this especially in conna actfeS
with the financing of newe ,C'.OA
chains which are now being drawn oE T.
to the net of the big bankers. - III
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-05-10
JARDINE GYPS FARMERS

Wheat farmers are discovering how
barren is the advice peddled for poll
teal purposes by a secretary of agri-
culture, supposed to have their inter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
AVIATION SAVES
MANY DAYS FOR
STUFF co, CHIEF
Trip to Coast on Business
Made in Less Than Third
Usual Time.

Completing a business trip that
originally would have taken three
weeks, TO the Pacific coast and re-
turn. in five days and seven hours,
Col. E. S. GorreI. Stutz Motor Car
Company president, today was en-
thusiastic over the advantages Of
flying
Gorrell who left indianapolis at
9.28 a. m. July 8 on the first regu-
lar Transcontinental Air Transport
run. arrived on the T. A. T. plane at
the Mars Hill airport at 4.42 p. m.
Saturday.
During stops, Gorren telephoned
Stutz dealers at Kansas City and
ST. Louis. Tuesday afternoon he
arrived at Los Angeles. where he
conferred with southern California
dealers. The following day he few
in FIVE hours to Salt Lake City,
Utah. ordinarily a tWenty-six-hour
train Journey. Wednesday night he
went by train to Denver.
Flying to Kansas City he held
further conferences Thursday, tax
ing the midnight train to st. Louis.
where he boarded the 7. A. T. plane
for Indianapolis at 2:15 p. m.
Expense Of the trip, Gorrell said,
was only one-half that had he gone
by train and devoted three weeks
TO the trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
'Untin' Bowler Wrecked

BIZ United Press
PORT BURWELL, Ungava, Lab
rador, July 15.-The crew Of the
'Untin' Bowler, Chicago to Berlin
plane, planned to begin the long
trek back to the Windy City today
after their machine was crushed
and sunk by the pack ice of IN
gava bay.
A fve-day fight to save the 'Untin'
Bowler from destruction failed Sun
day when the ice to which it had
been moored broke loose under the
constant hammering of a northwest
gale and drifted out to sea. The
crew was ashore at the time and es-
capped the fate Of their craft.
Every inhabitant of this little set
Element had done his best to fend
off the pack ice from the frail ship,
and an hour before the final ca
tastrophe it appeared that the
Bowler had been saved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15

Is radio reception satisfactory? The
Times Radio Interference Engineer
expert advice radio trouble Telephone
from to 5 m. day except Sunday.
TWO works OF the
SylphS "1n Failing
will be broadcast Gypes system
Monday night at $50
The tuneful operetta Prince will the
National Light Opera
night Gilbert and Sullivan beginning o'clock
Thirty of popular
Sptanys orchestra from Pennsylvania roof through the MIC
system Monday night o'clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
HIGHWAY BOARD
ORDERS BIDS
ON e BRIDGES
Contracts for Projects to
Cost S450,O00 to Be
Let July 80.

Bids on twenty-eight bridge prof.
ects, estimated to cost approx
mately s45o,OoO, will be received by
the state highway department July
80, it has been announced by Direc-
tor John j. Brown.
The list includes a bridge on
State Road "a, in Cas- county. $50
feet long, separating the highway
and two tracks Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, cost to be shared with the
road
Also included are:
A thirty six-foot bridge on Road
so in DaViess county.
Two on Road 3 in Decatur coun-
ty. One 150-foot over Clifty creek
north of Greensburg.
A f1fty-foot bridge on Road 81 in
Delaware county.
A 350-foot extension to the pres
ent bridge over the Wabash river on
Road 81 west of Covington, with a
quarter mile approach.
Two small bridges on Road 81 in
Franklin county
A 135-foot bridge on Road 81 in
Greene county
A small bridge on Road 81 in Jay
county
Another on Road IS in Kosciusko
county
Two small bridges on Road 43 in
Pulaski county.
One on Road so in Ripley county.
Two on Road 43 in Tippecanoe,
one 124-foot on relocation four
miles north of Lafayette.
Three on Road 43 in White
county.
Five in Road 9 in Whitley county.
At the letting the commissioners
also will receive bids for grading the
approaches to the Honey creek
bridge on Road Is in Spencer coun-
ty, which involves moving 10000
cubic feet of earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
Fast Climbing Plane Used

LONDON. July 15.-An all-steel
airplane that can climb to a height
of four miles IN less than fourteen
minutes is is the latest addition to
Britains air feet.
The plane is single-Seater
equipped with a super charger and
specially -geared Jaguer motor de-
veloping 400 horse power. With a
full load of machine guns and am
munition in addition to electrically
heated clothing and oxygen breath
ing apparatus it can climb to
height of six miles. It's top speed is
1876 miles an hour.
The plane is intended to take off
from a home defense aerodrome
and to climb rapidly to get above
enemy raiding machines as soon
an information is received that
they have crossed the coast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
wLw C7oo) CINCINNATI

MONDAY
$50 P. M
MIC @2u, gyst @g17 % 4 ?. oypsies to WEAF'
Wis 800, Chicago-Concert.
nee 5Sess sy'' s6 WIZ %# o" KDRa ''' Or
lar music to Woa. WKR6. WCco. .KoII,
W WMAk. W WfzN. W WfB%, WIZ WIZ "FSl
u P. M
WBBM (770), Chicag o-Biltmore hour.
NBC System orchestra to WIZ,
WIS s7o1, Chicago-string quartet
Columbia NetTorkz-,,Uncle Joe and Pat to
WsM $500, Nashville-studio program.
1870 p. NJ
WBBM ITO. .G3hicago-Dance orchestra.
WWJ. WSAI. WHAS, WDAF
VILLA 5000, Clearwater-scores; musicale.
Columbia Netgork-U. S, Navy band to
Columbia AN NetWorkgBIacS Flag u9 trio and
Qrehestra to WoR. WOWO. WMAQ.
NR YEA syS Ws67 YVES trio SoloiSts to
WJR l750j. Detroit-Lingeman Ministries.
NBC ysteI1-Moment musicale to WIZ,
WREN, KDKA, KWK.
WIS 800. hicago-Water witches.
$3.50 P. M
WBtBM l77ol, chicagoS1Lexis orchestra.
Hunter" to WEAF, WGN, WGY. '-'
Co td mEp, NNetwork-Night Club Romances
" 3 P. M
KYw 1920, Chioago-Fiorito's orchestra;
MIC Systs4mv7,op 2sl;s,, Princess Ida" to
WGN l72ol. Chicago-Tommorw' Tribune;
NBC SYSTEMS lumber music to WIZ,
WMAQ (67o), Chicago-Amos N Andy;
wPG liiO0j, Atlantic City-Dance music.
-9:15 P. NJ
VIGIL C97o) Extraordinarily concert.
500 P. M
WGN (72o) ,Chicago-Goldkette orchestral;
Wis C87oj ohicago-sleepy Halls or
chestra.
ABC Network-Musical Gems to WHO,
VIII. KFAB. WOO. WRHM.
XIV 1920 Chicago-Dance music.
WENR (87o) Chicago-Variety program.
VILLA 1900 Clearwater-Dance Ramble.
WIN NlGUJ Oil4CdSO--O4CGAl GIMP GOAN~
kettles orchestra.
WJR (750) Detroit-Dance music.
WMAQ (670) Chicago-Dance music.
1880 P. M
WGR $500 Bufalo-Organ.
WSM (650l NashVille-HaWalian players.
WTAM (1O70) Cleveland-Dance music.
Ii P. NJ
ABC Network-The Twins to KFAB, VIII.
WOO, WHO. WRHM.
WBAP (600)-Ft. Worth pianist.
WENR 800 Chicago--Air vaudeville.
WON (720) Observation-Disclosures Chap
mans orchestra,
WJR (750) Detroit-"Try and Stick U.s."
ills P. M
wDAT C61N Kansas oity-Dance pro-
-1l:45 P. M
WDAF. (6lo) Kansas city-Nighthawk
Frolic.
-12 P. M
ABC etwork,ooBroadway hour to VIII,
XII (640l Los Angeles-Concert orchestra;
violinist.
i A. M
ABC Network-Rhythm Aces to VIII
WRHM, WHO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
Radio -'
VICTOR RADIO
COMP ANY WILL
OPEN BUSINESS
New Firm Is Established
Here for Wholesale
Distribution.

With the new models of Victor
radio receivers making their debut
to the public this week, a new dis
tributing company, the Griffith Dis
tributing Corporation, 81 East
Georgia street, officially will take its
place in the wholesale radio busi-
ness in the city and state.
This company was organized a
short time ago and is headed by
William c. Griffith, a pioneer in
the talking machine world. He was
for several years a resident of In
dianapOlis and a graduate of Short
ridge high school.
He became affiliated with the
Chicago Talking Machine Company,
which is controlled by the Radio
Victor Corporation Prior to his
recent resignation from the Chicago
company, Griffith served as its
president for five years and was
connected with the company for
sixteen years.
G. F. Hyde vice-president and
general manager OF the new firm,
has been engaged in the radio busi-
resS for many years, and. like Mr..
Griffith, formerly was connected
with the Chicago Talking Machine
Company for eight years
Ir addition to distributing Victor
radios, the company is the distribu-
tor for Victor and Radiotron tubes,
Victor Talking Machines and Vic
tor records. Besides Indiana, with
the exception of a few counties in
thu northern part Of the state. the
local company is distributor for
parts Of Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia and
serves more than one thousand Vic
to- dealers.
Besides the main Office and ware
hor here, a branch is located in
Cincinnati. The Ohio division is in
charge Of c. w. Hyde, vice president
ard general manager Of the COM
pany, while the Louisville division
OF the company is managed by r.
H. Wilson.
Both Hyde and Wilson were for
merly connected with the Chicago
Talking Machine Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
Gone. but Not Forgotten

Automobile reported TO police as
stolen belong to:
Jones and Maley Company. Stude-
baker sedan, MOO, from PAT North
Keystone avenue.
William German, Evansville. Ind.
Essex coupe. 120-495, from Terre
Haute. Ind
c. Q. Gray. 2944 North California
street. Ford touring, 60-596, from
Riverside park.
Lowell NJ. Peck, 1915 Climber
street, Ford truck, from Illinois and
Maryland streets.
Carl Wells. 504 Division street,
Ford touring. from Kentucky ave-
nue. and Maryland street.
Denton j. McVey. 10 East Thirty
third street. Essex sedan, 9-465. from
Capitol avenue and Market street.
BACK HOME AGAIN
Stolen automobiles found by po-
lice belong to:
Homer Osborne. Chicago, Nash
coach, found south OF city limits.
Baker Ison, $685. Brookyille road
found 1922 East Eighteenth street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15
Italy HonorS u. S. Airmen

PISA, Italy. July 15.-Roger Q.
williams and Capt. Lewis a. Yam
cey. American crew of the trans
Atlantic plane Pathfinder. arrived
here today and proceeded in the
royal automobile to San Rossore to
have lunch with King Victor En-
manuel and the royal family. Hy-
droplane squadrons from Orbetello
and Leghorn escorted the f1iers on
their arrival here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15

be too much family in any young
married couples life. Finally our
hero when his pocketbook is empty
gets up enough courage to leave the
family roof of his wife, but wiley
stays home. And just as soon as
our hero turns out to be a whale OF
a good writer of music for shows
and lands on Broadway, on comes
the wife and her whole darned
family. Hubby kicks over the traces
when she still refuses to leave her
dear family and we get the i'm
preston that he is going to chase
a skirt over to Europe. And will
hazard the impression that most
Of us will agree that our hero is
entitled to the vacation, because the
other woman was sure regular. She
had no family. just herself, very
much of herself.
I am glad that BarthelmeSS has
done Drag" because it gives him
a chance to do some neat character
work. He plays it naturally and
keeps away from being too
theatrical. Mighty comfortable act
ing.
The cast is right. 1t includes Lila
Lee. Alice Day, Katherine Ward,
Lucien Littlef1eld, Tom Dugan and
others.
Now don't ask me whether Bar
thickness does his own singing and
his own playing of the piano. 1
don't know. Am still more confused
when I remember what a hot argu-
ment followed the piano and singing
stunts in Weary River 1 thought
I knew. 1 don't.
But you will enjoy seeing Drag"
because it is a human little story
acted in a human way.
NOur at the Circle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-15

every kitchen is its own cabaret
these days. Anyway. Davis and his
men certainly put this number over
with a bang. Even the dancing
chorus this week is the real article.
The costumes are beautiful. Ell Cleve
and his phone" are both present.
What a Snowman this man is. He
stops the show. He deserves it,
Then there is cute dancing team,
Stadler and Rose. These youngsters
are immense. Then there is a Rus
sian lad who sure can step. He
stops the show. All on the stage