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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
Industrial Leadership Rests
With Smaller Cities, Survey
By Power Interests Reveals

pert. f. J. Kulas. steel manufacturer.
and other key men Of American in
dustry are quoted III the book az
advocating decentralization and
and greater simplicity Of industrial
plant.
1t is declared in the power COM
pany's study that city growth after a
certain point of saturation creates
more handicaps thar facilities for
productive industries. Per capita tax
rates are shown To increase more
rapidly as the cities attain greater
size.
In the larger cities labor and cleo
trio power are both diverted in in
creasing measure from productive
and socially profitable uses to mere
efforts to overcome the handicaps OF
congestion-such as costly rapid
transit. the erection of buildings of
great height. and the immense out
lays required for the maintenance
and operation of such structures.
The problem Of urban water supply
is briefly discussed in the book. with
the observation thar water resources
determine the ultimate limit Of city
growth. The contention OF the book
is that the present layou' Of cities is
not abreast Of the achievements OF
science and engineering.
Old Measure Obsolete
The study rules out population as
a measurement Of communities
either from the standpoint of pro-
ductive capacity. purchasing power
or living standards. The population
measurement vas rendered obsolete
with the substitution Of mechanical
power for mar power, IL Is declared.
The smallest community now has ac-
cess to as great a supply OF power as
the large community and since 1t
requires relatively little for uses de-
voted to keeping people out Of each
others way" its productive capacity
per unit of power is vastly greater
than that OF the large city. With the
motor truck and highway furnishing
equal access TO markets industry's
interest in the small town Is in
~creaSing.
In a historical summary Of the
growth OF American business, the
book shows how the population and
industries which followed the first
frontier westward tended to cluster
improving cities. This" II declares.
left between the cities great gaps Of
scantily developed country dotted by
thousands of small communities.
These towns NTe:e supported by
trade rather /han industry because
the nature CT the power supply and
transportation tended to confine fac
tories to the more congested cities.
A wider distribution Of power over
! the countryside AMI the more fleX-
ible transportation offered by the
motor truck and highway have re-
leased industry from confinement
and equipped the small town TO ac-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12

commodate the industries which
seek release from high costs Of city
life.
AS a result the study continues
THE smaller communities Of America
have IN recent years made vast
strides in all the thing5 that indicate
richer lives. In better schools. in
new highways. in the nearly uni
versal family ownership Of the au-
tomobile. the most remarkable gains
have occurred outside the great
metropolitan centers. In many cases
states with a preponderant rural
population are at the head of the
procession.
New Trends
This is a new thing in our his
tory. Americans have long been
used 10 such progress in metropoli-
tan centers and in newly opened
lands. But the renaissance Of the
open spaces Is nov as Characters
tic Of the older settled Atlantic sea-
board as Of the youngest common
wealths of the Union"
The decentralizing forces at work
in America today. the book con-
cludes. are reversing the currents
which have charac. erized business
enterprise since the industrial revo-
luton OF the 18th century England.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
COOPERATIVES
MAKING GAINS
Strength Is Shown as U. 3
Offers Aid in Devel-
opment

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.-tFi-
While passage Of the agricultural
marketing act guaranteed the eco
nomic safety Of agriculture coop
Grafton, the movement has not wa
vered from the line drawn in 1898
the pea year OF development.
A. w. Mckay. acting chief of
the division Of cooperative market
ing, says farIL cooperatives are
either increasing their membership
and business or holding their w
as the federal farm board begins
strengthening tie fabric of collec-
tive bargaining. The success that
came more or 5 in waves until
1923 has been stable for The last six
years.
There are known TO be 11.400
cooperatives in the United States
doing an annual business of $780,
600. 900 for approximately 3'00.0N0.-
900 members. The grain trade leads
the field. 1t has 3.455 cooperatives,
100000 members. and an annual
business of go, 000. 600.
The number Of cooperatives
membership al, annual business OF
other industries follow:
Cotton and cotton products. i20,-
10000; SGT, 900 .00c.
Dairy products, 2,749; 100000;
$500. 000, 900.
Forage crops, Is; 100000; sl.4Oo,-
600.
Fruits and vege. oles, 1853; 2l5,-
900; $500. 000, 600.
Livestock, 2,0l2; 100000; $780,
000, 900. Nuts. .; $1,000; $4,000.
Poultry and POULTRY products. 90:
$4,000; $4,000. 900.
Tobacco. 10; ! $500; So. 900. 900
Wool and mohair. 80; % 5000; ST.
100000.
Miscellaneous buying organiza-
tons. 1905: 398. 100000.
Mckay estimates that about 90
per cent OF the Operatives in the
entire country report TO the depart
ment of agriculture and that while
his figures show 1i.40O. there posi-
bly, are 1880 o. more.
The cooperative movement. which
has come to its present stage
through years of struggle aid mis-
apprehension. started about 1910.
A number of Operatives func-
toned before and during the civil
war, the sole survivor Of which i
the Cayadutta Cheese factory (
Fonda, N. Y. founded in 1863
From New York fa-.lers and dairy
men the cooperative idea spread
TO Wisconsin. gradually reaching
every state Of agricultural impor-
lance.
OF late years the trend has been
toward large-scale associate Is, but
since the federal farm board has
thrown a protecting mantle over
the cooperative movement, there
has been evidence Of a desire "a
increase the number Of small CO.
operatives. some Of the activities are
ill-advised. authorities cay. and lean
toward the pronoter or specula-
ton type. They frankly discourage
such attempts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
Courts Decision
Hits Grain Deals

CHICAGO. Aug. i2.-P-Board
Of trade deals arc gambling debts"
an Illinois circuit court has ruled
in a case o before the appellate
court-a decision which MAY be Of
great Importance in the financial
world.
1t concerns the legality Of con-
tracts between customers and mem
bers Of the Chicago board of trade
for purchase and sale Of grain and
provision futures. bids and offers.
subsequently resulting in specula-
ton.
William McCabe. a farmer. was
sued by James x. Ricrdon. a men,
Der OF the board. to ~foreclose z
mortgage and recover on two notes
for q total Of S55.000. given in set
Element Of losses for alleged spec
ulation on the board.
McCabe held that the notes were
given TO satisfy gambling debts ana
asked for their cancellation.
Decision Of the lower court.
should il be affirmed. places on
board OF trade firms the duty Of in
vestigating the need Of each custo-
mer for the grain and provisions ne
orders. his financial ability to ac-
cept and pay for all contracts. and
his intention to make delivery or to
receive shipment and not to close
out before expiration Of the option
or maturing OF the future contract.
Counsel for McCabe contends
that 1t is just As easy TO gamble on
the board or trade contracts as 10
do a legitimate business. He he'd
that the volume of transactions ny
McCabe in the three years before
he withdrew from the market. in
volving more than $1,000. 900 bushels
Of grain. should have convinced The
board that he was not engaged i'm
legitimate business. Gambling debt.i
are unrecognized by law.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
$7,2OO,O00 Is Gift to
|. T. i. Workers

NEW YORK. Aug. i2.-(R)-Tha
international Telephone & Tele-
graph corporation gave its employees
$500 900 worth of stock under the
terms Of the fourth offer Of securl-
ties to persons on its payroll.
The plan provides that a block 81
10000 shares Of the company's new
common stock of no par value &c
set aside for distribution to en-
ployes at the price Of $50 per share.
The present market value Of These
shares is approximately Sll0.
E%ighty-five thousand employees
are privileged TO purchase stock Ut
der the plan, at the rate Of one
share for every $500 Of their re-
spective yearly salaries. No employe
can subscribe to more than 100
shares.
The size Of the offering and the
large number Of employees eligible
to make subscriptions place the I.
L. a. Il. definitely IN the category
Of such companies as the u. S
Steel. Western Union and a host az
others who have adopted q compre-
hensive stock ownership program
for employees.
The employees will pay for the
stock by deductions from their
wages at the rate Of 50 monthly
per share. The stock will be paid
for fully by October !, 1891.
The first t.nploye stock plan Of
this company was in 1925. when l.
5l4 employees subscribed TO 1878
shares. In 1927 and again in 1928.
further offerings were made and a
total Of l2.05O employees bought "a
500 shares.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12

The industrial leadership Of the
bic city in America is already chal-
lenged by Main Street. and the
small town is now we'll on the road
to economic leadership Of the ma
ton. according to a study Of the lat
est American business methods and
policies published by the Central
Power and Light Company and a
group Of it's affiliated companies.
The drift Of peoplr to the big
cities continues. but this no longer
concentrates wealth as formerly and
the productive capacit.' o. city pop
ulations is not increasing in equal
measure with that o the inhabi-
tants Of smaller towns. 1t Is de-
clared.
The study is published under the
title Americas New Frontier the
small towns and countryside being
regarded BY the power company as
the scene OF the next stage OF indus
trial progress in America.
Small Town Gain
The decentralization Of wealth and
industry revealed in the book Is evil
denced in the small communities
served with electric power by the
company. and the study also pre-
sents government figures and the
economic conclusions of leading So
cial scientists, pointing TO the same
conclusion.
The report on recent economic
changes by the committee which was
headed by President Hoover is cited
to show that the only present gain IN
number OF industrial wage earners
is taking place in the smaller towns,
The historic concentration Of in
dustry in the large cities grew out OF
the character of power supply
throughout the greater part Of
American industrial development to-
gether with the infiexible nature OF
transportation facilities. the study
points out. The past decade. how
ever. has witnessed the rapid growth
Of d~istributable electric power which
has been made available in ample
quantities at virtually every point on
the map. and has also zen the ire
mendous increase in the u. S. OF the
automobile and the introduction OF
more flexible freight railway service
is shown.
Limits Seen
The book issued by the power COM
pany asserts that simultaneously
with these technical improvements
which have made It possible TO de-
centralize the factory system. there
has appeared in the economic life
OF the great cities a law Of diminish
ing returns.
The increasing difficulties and cost
Of metropolitan life have reacted
upon industry, the book states. 6
that industrial leaders have beer
aroused to the advantages OF dill
fusion. Henry Ford Charles Ketter-
ing Of General Motors Research COR
poration. Carl Aisberg. bakery ex-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12

mail by train always was a prob
lem. A star mail route was author
lied by the postoffice department.
a few months later air mail planes
began landing at Brownsville and
the schedule of the star mail bus
was changed TO make connections.
The star mail bus new gathers
outbound air mail in the mornings
and distributes incoming air mail
in the afternoons.
The bus has a fast schedule and
all postoffices have orders not to
delay it more than three minutes.
No pouches are carried. Instead
there is a cabinet containing a
compartment for each town served.
When the bus arrives at a post
office a postal employee unlocks the
cabinet. He then sorts the mail
into the different compartments &C
cording 10 their destination. The
driver Of the bus does not handle
the mail IN any way.
The route is No. 50.798 and was
started Oct. I. 1923. and serves ev-
cry city on the main highway III
the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
DALLAS MAYOR WOULD
TAKE OVER CAR LINE

DALLAS. Aug. l2-P-Disap-
pointed al the failure of the Dallas
Railway and Terminal company T.
agree with his proposal that street
al operators be given wage increas-
es. Mayor J.Waddy Tate said today
that lit might lie wise for the CITY
to take over the street car system
The mayor announced that he
would ask the city commission to
consider purchase Of the company.
whose street railway properties are
valued at slightly more than So
100000. Submitting the proposal to
the voters through a bond issue
election next April was suggested
by the executive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
ABILENE TOPS
ALL BUILDERS
Issues $621,325 in Permits
During Past Week to
Lead State

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. l2.-fF-Al-
though Houston issued more than
half a million dollars worth cf
building permits last week Abilene
led the state. the permit for the
$780, 900 !. ooten hotel and theater
building running the total Of that
city for the week to 1921 .325. the
largest week Of the year. Houston
now has passed the s20,OO0.0G0
mark and San Antonio is well
above the sll 900 1000 for the year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-12
WORLDS GREATEST FoRCER

LONDON-James Brady, declared
by the police 'the worlds greatest
forger." was sentenced to 10 years
in prison.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17
FIREMAN AND AMERICAN
 YACHTSMEN RACE AGAIN
;"tory For TcutonS Today Would Practically Circh President
 Hoover Cup

Marhlehead. Mass, Aug. Y (UP) With Germany leading, 2S points 10 30, the Teuton and American yachtsmen prepared today for the fourth race of the international 30- square metre series for the Prcai- dent Hoover cup.
 Victory by a substantial margin today would give the Germans a lead which the United States en- tries would have small chance of overcoming in the final race tomor- row.
 The fleet German yacht KickcrlN, skippered by Wilhelm Raatsch Of the Berlner Yacht club, won both races held yesterday. assisting ma tcrially in stripping America of it's one-point lead and placing the for cign invaders in a favorable posi- ton.
 Germany won yesterdays first race, II to 10, and the afternoon event, 12 to 9. Results of the sec ond race follow:
 Kickerle. Germany, 1 hour, 26 minutes, 13 seconds.
 Hathi, Germany, 1 hour, 2S min utcs, Al seconds.
 Oriole, United States, 1 hour 20 inmates, 56 seconds.
 Yankee, United States, 1 hour, 31 minutes, 32 seconds
 Glueckauf, Germany, 1 hour. ?S 1inutes, SC seconds.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17
BOBBY JONES TO DEFEND
 TITLE IN CALIFORNIA
National Amateur Champion to Bat tie Field of Stars Over Pebble
 Beach Course
Beach Course

Atlanta, Aug. IT LR - Bobby Jones, the national open and anna teur golf champion, accompanied hy
 Mrs. Jones. his parents and a party | of friends, planned to leave Atlanta today over the southern route for California, where Bobby will defend his title at Pebble Beach, Septenl- Der ? to '.
 The party, which includes Charlie Slack, Jr., also entered his name iu the tournament, will spend four days in Los Angeles where Jones and George Won Elm have an ex- hibition watch with Cyril Tolley and Angus Storey, British stars, On August 23. After the exhibition Jones will go directly to Pebble Beach to begin practice on the tournament course.
 This will mark the twelfth time Bobby has entered the national amateur event. four of which he has won. Last year he defeated Phil Perkins. 10 to in the champion ship flight at West Newton, Mass.
 Since winning the national open several weeks ago, the Atlanta law yer golfer has broken par some half dozen times in practice rounds on his home course at the East Lake club.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17
fOXX REMAINS AT
 HEAD OF LEAGUE
Athletic Star Keeps Plugging
 Along in Hitting Race

Chicago, Aug. r P}-Not quite as sensational as earlier in the sea son. but plugging along in a thor oughly workmanlike manner, Jimmy Foxx of Philadelphia continues to set the pace for American League | bastmen, Averages released today and including Wednesdays games give the Athletics's first baseman a mark of .SS3, four points shy Of last weeks mark. Behind Foxx and Simmons were the following regu- lars: Fonseca, Cleveland, .36S; Man ush, St. Louis, .362; Combs, New York, .SG2; Lazzeri, New York, .S59: Fothergill, Detroit, .S59; Ruth, New York. .35S; Heilmaun, Detroit, .352; K. Williams Boston, .S43.
 With three men in the first ten. including George Herman Ruth, who defended his home run leadership by driving out three during the week, the Yankees assumed the team batting leadership with a mark of .S06. The figure involved no inn provement on the part of the Yank- ees who had the same average week ago, but enabled them to climb over the Athletics who slumped four points to .3O3. Detroit held third place with 1903, the same as a week ago.
 Built around the Babes S1 hom- CTS, New York had a team collection of 106 for the season. Philadelphia had scored 725 times and had held opponents to 464 runs, for the lead ership in both departments.
 Robert Moses Grove finally gained his eighteenth pitching victory Of the season, but was forced to work 17 innings to get it at Cleveland
 Wednesday. The start was his fifth since he won number IT more than two weeks ago. His record was IS won and two lost. George Earn shaw failed to win or lose in two starts and his mark remained at IS victories and five defeats. The third member of Connie Mack's powerful hurling troupe, Rube Walberg, won one and dropped one to bring his record to IT triumphs and seven defeats. Tom Zachary of New York, remained undefeatei and won one game, giving him a season collection of eight straight.
 Philadelphia improved one poin' in fielding and retained the team leadership with ap average of .976. while St. Louis and the Yankees held second and third with C73 an1 .972, the same as their last weeks averages.
 Other leaders: runs batted in, Sim mons, Philad elphia, 1lS; home runs, Ruth, New York, 31; triples, Fon- seca, Cleveland, and Miller, Phila- delphia, 12; doubles, R. Johnson, Detroit and Manush, St. Louis. 37; runs, Gehringer, Detroit, and Geh- rig. New York, 102; hits, Simmons, Philadelphia, 16S; stolen bases, Geh ringer, Detroit, IS; strike outs, Grove, Philadelphia, 130 double plays, Cleveland, 125: triple plays, Chicago New York and Detroit, one each.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

feat will put the Holy Cross team in the drivers seat, providing it wins today The Burritts will meet the Cardinals at f o'clock
 The Holy Cross team has a scri- ous test ahead of it this afternoon at ? o'clock when it meets the West Ends, champions of last year. Tn" West Ends are out to beat the Holy Cross crew but Johnny Cabay's crew is out to win, if possible.
 Victories for both the Holy Cross and Burritt teams vii leave the de ciding game in the league to the Pirates. The Pirates have to meet the Holy Cross crew in a post poned game. A win for Holy Cross will put it in a tie for first place with the Burritts while defeat by the Pirates will give the Burritts the league championship.
 Junior City League
 The Junior City league game be- tween the Holy Cross Juniors and the Y. M, C. A. will be postponed until Monday night and the game scheduled then between the Phan- toms and the Golfers will be post poned to later date.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17
INVITED TO SERIES
President Herbert Hoover Will Probably Attend First Game of Legion Plsyofl.

Indianapolis, Aug. r LP-Presi- dent Hoover has been invited to att tend August 20, the first game of the three day series of the eastern sec- tional tournament Of the American Legions junior baseball competition at Griffith's American league stadi- um in Washington. The opening day has been designated Presidents Day by Dan Sewers, national commits sioner in charge of the Legion pro- gram. The eastern sectional tourna- ment is the elimination event which will determine the championship team to represent the eastern half of the United States in the junior world series to be played in Louis- vile, Ky September fourth, fifth and sixth. There will be six regional championship teams in the Washing ton games.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

Bridgeport and Buffalo will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Walnut Hill park to decide the American Legion baseball champion chip of the 11th region. Both teams won yesterday afternoon in their first games, Buffalo nosing out Prov idence to 1 and Bridgeport swamp ing Paterson. N. J., IT to 3.
 The time of the game was set at 2:30 o'clock today by Dale Miller, national supervisor of the playoff be- cause Buffalo has to make train con- nections for home.
 Buffalo 3, Providence
 Bill Joyce, lanky pitcher for the Buffalo Bisons in the American Le- zion Boys Baseball league, was al together too much for the Provi- dence team in the first game of the regional playoff series staged at Wal nut Hill park yesterday afternoon, and Buffalo won out by the score of 3 to l. Joyce allowed the Providence team a lone hit triple by Gomis and an error by Jacobi, his third baseman. allowed the only Provi- dence run in.
 Russert, Buffalo left fielder, was the hitting star for the winning crew. In the seventh inning, he hit home run with a man on to score two runs and in the ninth. it was his single that brought in the third counter for Buffalo.
 Joyce, besides holding the opposi- tion to one hit, struck out 13 of the Providence batters and walked only four. His opponent. Salvatore of Providence, famed six and walked two.
 Providence was the first to score, getting its lone counter in the fourth inning. This was the first run scored off Joyce in the last 31 innings. Buff falo failed to hit until the seventh when Russert broke up the ball game with his home run.
 Moio. right fielder of the Provi- dence team. turned in the feature catch of the day when he raced from deep right field past the foul line to gather in a high fly. The summary:
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