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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
THE FARM BOARD WELCHES

In a resolution published on another page. the
Farmers Union local at Dagmar condemns the
Farm Board for reducing the loan value ON wheat
contrary TO its promise that it would maintain the
loan value at $1.25 per bushel (based or Mime
apolis) Until June 80, 1880.
The Dagmar local rightly accuses the Farm
Board of unfathfulness to the wheat growers. But
If the farmers ever expected capita,isc---agency
like the Farm Board, headed by the president of
the international Harvester Trust, 20 honestly try
30 aid the grain growers this disappointment was
coming to them and it may be a lesson to them
in the future
Since the Farm Board was organized as a ges-
ture on the part of the Hoover administration to
hold the agricultural vote for the congressional
elections, The Producers News has warned the
farmers not to place too much faith in it. We
went on the basic theory, which remains unrefut-
ed, that government dominated by the financial
interests does not want to see increase in the
agricultural population; does not want to see them
prosper thus encouraging increase in acreage
How are the debtor nations of the world going
to pay interest on Wall Street loans except by
the export of agricultural products? The House
of Morgan, which is symbolical of finance-cap
does not care boot where its interest comes from
If the American farmers must be driven from the
soil into the factories TO force down the price of
factory labor, that must be done. The immigra-
ton restriction laws have cut down the supply of
cheap foreign labor but the farmers can fill the
bill. The financial powers have enough influence
to tell Legge what to do.
Inc farmers have waited long enough without
protesting to give the Farm Board chance to do
Its stuff So far they have had little but promises
Now the Farm Board is rushing around advising
the grain growers to reduce acreage Is this
l0r9 E,xro,,
their acreage is there any likelihood that the
wheat planters of Argentine, Australia. Canada.
Russia, and the Danube Basin will reduce theirs?
Of course not.
AS The Producers News has stated many times,
we can see no reason why government that spent
S49,OOO,OOOOOO on a to protect the loans made
10 the Allies and fed several millions of French
men for one year and half cannot throw a few
billions of dollars into the impoverished wheat
lands of the Northwest and save hundred of tbous
ands of farmers from restitution.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
A Hospital For
Montana's Poor
Handicapped Children

For the past 80 years, The Mon
tana Children's Home Society has
been in the business of adopting
ont homeless children of the State
into good homes of the State. Ov-
er $500 such children have been so
nlaced. Were we to write a his
tory of these children telling of
the happy homes into which they
have entered, the success thew
have made in life, and what thew
have achieved in the world. #
would give you as interesting
reading as you are in the habit of
reading. We have reason to feel
nro,1d of the work which has been
We have never been satisfied
With what is being accomplished
today We aim to improve on the
work 60 that tomorrow we will see
a greater work accomplished. We
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
FIGHT THE REGISTRATION OF
ALIENS

Pendlng before Congress are three hills Tn reo-
lister all aliens living in the United States.-seven
millions of them Similar bills have been before
Congress for number of years back nv self-stvIad
patriots fearful of alien radicals, and bv emnlov-
ing interests who want another weapon AGAINST
aliens in trade unions.
!heSe bills are supported by the Department of
Labor because registration will give fine chance
70 oureauerats to increase their powers. Thew
cialm That registration is needed to check the
smuggling OF aliens into the county, to detect
ahens here illegally, and 'to encourage naturaliza
ZION. these arguments are largely hokum. de-
signed to cover the real purposes of Interested
parties
In order to make the proposal more palatable
Two OF the three bills pending before Congress pro
VICE or what is politely termed voluntary" req
Atratlon But it is plain that if only those aliens
VINO choose 10 apply for registration cards carry
them, no practical purpose at all would be served
its usefulness would give the Department of La
Dor the excuse it wants to insist on comnnlsorr
system so that every alien would have to have an
'uen'illcation card to show in getting job and in
airy relation to public officials.
The whole scheme is in effect mons.uou. go.
tenn of espionage. 1t is wholly unnecessary. nar-
scuiarly since immigration to the United States
mas Oeen so restricted 1t is a proposal dangerous
the hoertIes of all citizens, because to be really
eilecVlVe IN country with many thousands of
iorelgn-speakng naturalized citizens, everybody.
even citizens, would ultimately have 10 carry a
card.
The proposal should be condemned in anv form,
as unnecessary, unavoidable, and opening the wav
20 the worst forms of bureaucratic tyranny.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11

able home life. Many a parent
feels grateful to our Society for
helping them over this gap of the
chlld's home life. They have paid
a little for this help but have been
glad to do it; and we have been
happy to give this assistance.
A Hospital for MOntana's Poor
Handicapped Children.
Our Society has not been able to
stop here in our scope of useful
ness. In our travels we find hun
dreds of suffering and handicap
ped children who sorely need sur
gical or medical care. So appeal
ing have been some of these cases
that We have often brought a child
IN and seen that it had the neces-
sary aid. Where necessary that
has been wholly at the expense of
the Society and the generosity of
the physician. But we have found
that the community from which
the child has come respond more
heartily to the support of the So
clety which has sponsored the aid
the child has received.
We have for a long time needed
a hospital of our own where we
can care for our homeless children
who need surgical and medical
care and most Of them do. This
expense we are to in sending the
child to the city hospital could
much of it be saved to help some
other poor handicapped child back
to health again. With what office
and field force we have looking
after the interest of the homeless
child the interest of the poor han
dicapped child can be looked after
with a little extra expense.
The writer has found that dur
ing the drive for the new hospital
the past few months that no plan
which has been advanced by our
Society has more hearty support
For the year we are passing thru
the response has been wonderfully
good. This has put heart and hope
into our work. We are grateful
for it.
F. R. BROWN,
District Supt. I'LL, End Ave. N.
Great Falls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11

have continually been improving
on the method of caring for home
less children and have enlarged on
our scope of usefulness by giving
aid to other needy children. For
several years we have opened our
doors to children who have been
so unfortunate as to lose one of
their parents. The death of the
one parent has so broken up the
home life that the parent living
asks for the privilege of placing
the child or children in our Home
until the child can be given suit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
UNEMPLOYED
NOT INTERVIEWED

Sen. Couzens asked, finally, why
Squires and his students who are
studying employment and unem-
ployment problems did not inter
view the men who failed to get
jobs, instead of merely talking
with the men who hire and fire.
Squires said he was in touch with
organized labor in Illinois, but
these applicants for jobs were un-
organized men. Couzens insisted
that their views would be import
ant, as to what to do about their
trouble. He suggested that a firm
that can fire its entire personnel
at the end of six months and
promptly get enough men to take
their places, has no labor problem.
But the men dismissed have one.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
PROSPERITY BANQUET"
BUT WORKERS STARVE

Wagner, author of three pend
ing measures for securing more
and better statistics on the one
hand, and providing a long-term
plan of employment relief THROUGH
construction of public works, on
the other, declared that the pres
ent unemployment crisis is the
worst in many years. He said
lodging houses for the jobiess are
overcrowded, and thousands of
men are standing in the breadlines
to get enough food to keep them
alive. Then he handed to johnson
two pictures to illustrate the sim
alton. One was a photograph of a
two-block breadline on East Third
Street in New York. 1t had beon
published, he said, only in the
Jewish Daily Forward. The other
had appeared in the metropolitan
press throughout the country and
showed former President Cool;dro
being banqueted in lavish stvle 81
Los Angeles. Johnson read tbe
caption under the Los Angeles Ev
press reproduction of this pict,1ro
Prosperity Banquet"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
EMPLOYMENT OFFICES
BADLY MANAGED.

Prof. Squires said the public en-
ployment offices were badly run,
badly stated, badly located, and
still the employment managers for
the big corporations in Illinois
were in favor of keeping them, so
that the great army of men re-
fused jobs by these personnel
managers can be passd along to
other chances. One Chicago firm
that employs 10000 men, Squires
testified, had a turnover of 60 per
cent last year-that is, it hired
$4,000 new employees. In doing so,
it interviewed 100000 applicants.
The average chance of an unem-
ployed man to get job, therefore,
was in that case 1 in 10. He
must keep moving.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
BIG BUSINESS
WELL REPRESENTED

Present for the business class
were Senators johnson of Califor-
MA, Chairman, Couzens of Michi-
gan, HAYES of Missouri, Fletcher
OF Florida, and Vandenberg of
Michigan. Nye of North Dakota
represented the farmers. Wagner
spoke for Tammany Hall. The
other witness was Prof. BENJAMIN
M. Squires of Chicago University.
chairman of the Employment In
surance Fund of the Mems Cloth
ing Industry in Chicago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
T. 1ds D. Martin ' : Agent for

ID. Dr. e B. Martin si.s..
for form St the public thu '' tSs 70, s&
G Edea News nrs that he is agent f toe =
distribution . Of Chemical crsnD i Co. for d.
paths and messages '0f suphe
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
The WASHINGTON SCENE
By LAWRENCE TODD Federated Press

this surveyed One-third. He ridi-
Quilted the political" character of
the Hoover prediction that there
would be more jobs in May than
in February. He said this "Wait
TIL spring" advice was no comfort
10 starving men.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
HENRY FORD
CUTS WAGES. TOO

Henry Ford's wholesale dismis-
sails of workers since last October,
and his wage-cutting on the new
man" pretext, are to be exposed
by later witnesses.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11

Finch-Work started by D. M.
Manning on building cutoff
around flume of Yellowstone Irri-
cation Company canal near this
place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
WAGES REDUCED $2OO,OOO.OOO
A MONTH 49,

The Tammany senator then :.
serted that the Bureau of Labor
Statistics had ascertained that AZ
weekly payroll of one-third nf An ,,,e
erican factories, in January of az tI;-
year was $82,135,OOO, as com NJ SrllS
with sos, 635, 900 in Septenhall.' 1 ~ -
"a loss in purchasing powe, . fos
the workers of about 5000 .0oo o nor
a month if the entire factory ~, ~,
roll was in the same condition. pay !.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-11
THINGS ARE GOING TO THE DOGS
"a Contributed EditoriaD

"a Contributed EditoriaD
Plentywood had its school election-not much TO
it but very interesting just the same The election
showed that people getting sick, tired disgust
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Canadian Business
Conditions Better

Although tariff readjustments
have disturbed importations to
some extent, business conditions
generally have improved. Con-
tinued warm temperatures have
stimulated retail sales in various
line of seasonal wear, and de-
mand for hosiery, light footwear,
and millinery has been reasonably
satisfactory.
The bulk of the retail business,
however. has been transacted by
department stores, where attrac-
tive sales are being featured, &C
cording to dispatches to Dun'S Re
view from branch offices of r. G..
Dun & Co., located in the chief
commercial and industrial centers
of the dominion. In wholesale
circles, conditions rule compare
lively quiet, as buyers continue to
order in restricted quantities, and
sales are largely in medium-priced
goods.
Some improvement is noted in
The textile manufacturing indus
try, following a period of COM
parative slackness. Manufacturers
of boots and shoes continue fairly
we'll employed, though work is
mainly on orders for immediate
delivery,
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
'G7ES1SERVICE
AND STANDARD
GET PLOTS

Word was received yesterday
by Thomas Donaldson, district
manager here for Henry L. Doherty
and Company, that subsidiaries
of Cities Service Company and
the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey have entered into q
contract for the development Of
over 100000 acres of potential
oil lands in the Peninsula Of
Paraguana in Venezuela.
The contract calls for the
formation of the Paraguana
Petroleum Corporation which will
commence drilling at once and
in which Cities Service eventually
will have a controlling interest
According to Cities Service Of
ficials, owing to the ready ac-
feasibility and the fact that trans
portation over the dangerous
Maracaibo Bar will be eliminated.
production from Paraguana should
compete successfully with produc-
ton from present fields around
Maracaibo Lake. Donaldson stated
that the production company also
will have the added advantage of
a good climate, in contrast to
the unhealthy conditions in the
Maracaibo fields.
In addition to being one of the
country's largest producers, re.
finers and marketers of petroleum
products, Cities Service holds sev.
eral million acres of leases in for.
eign countries. Test wells are now
being drilled in Mexico in an
area in which Cities Service con.
trolls large acreage, A deep test
we'll is now being drilled following
an exploration core drilling pro-
gram.
Donaldson also stated yester.
day that Cities Service recently
established European headquar.
ters in Paris from which all opera.
tions in Europe and the Near
East will be handled.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Anglo Oriental Co.
Increases CGDit1L

Stockholders of the Anglo Orien.
tai Mining Corporation, Ltd, at q
meeting held after the annual gen.
eral meeting in London, approved
an increase of G250,000 in the
company's ordinary capital, bring.
ing the total capital from E1,500..
900 to &1,75O,OO0. New stock will
be used to finance deals now un.
der negotiation.
Chairman John HoweSon, in ad.
dressing shareholders at the gen.
eral meeting, stated that last year
was extremely difficult for tin
producers, the average price of the
metal having fallen G83 per ton
from the average two years pre-
viously.
Mr.. Howeson expressed the hope
that the formation of the Tin Pro.
ducerS Association, representing
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
See Higher Income
For Tobacco FirE s

Pointing out that cigarette pro-
duction in the first quarter of 1880
increased "a per cent over the cor.
responding period of last year,
Brookmire Economic Service says
in its latest analysis that the resto-
ration of cigarette prices from So
to $6.40 per 1000 in October of
last year will add greatly to the in.
come of the large cigarette manu-.
featuring companies.
There has been much talk of q
further increase to $780," says the
analysis. "and while we fail to see
any justification for this, we do
believe that there is little likeli.
hood of lower prices.
"On the present schedule Of
prices, earnings of the leading
cigarette manufacturers will be
substantially increased this year."
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Union Bag e Paper
Pulp Mil Sold

Niagara Hudson Power Corp
grafton announces that the pulp
mill of Union Bag and Paper
Power Corporation at Tacoma,
Washington, having a capacity
of $4,000 tons of kraft pulp an
nually has been sold to the Paci-
fic Pulp Mill Corporation,
newly organized subsidiary of
st. Regis Paper Company.
The output of the mill will be
shipped via the Panama Canal to
the mills of the st. Regis COM
pany in the Eastern United
States for the manufacture of
paper for use in multi-wall bags.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK

CLEVELAND, May 2s U.N.S).-
Hogs-Receipts. 1900: holdover, none;
market steady to 15c higher: desirable
lSO-2lO pound weights $1o.75@1O.sO;
comparable 220-250 pound weights,
Si0.65; offering &1O5O for choice $50.
800 pounds; pige, $1o.25
Cattie-Receipts, zoo: steers strong;
common to medium finds @1O250
1880; cows and bulls strong to 25c
higher than Monday: Tat cows $769:
cutter grades around $5.50m65O; sau-
sage bulls quoted at $7@S5O
Calves---Receipt $50: market steady
to soc lower. discriminating against
offerings with weight: short increase
On S12. q 1S kinds; common to me-
dunn, 800 O 611.5o: cuns downward to
81 and under.
Sheep--Receipts $40: lambs strong
- CSC higher, sheep sharing tull sd.
vance; merely good clipped lambs,
l1O91e.5o culls to mediums. &54sR;
hoice fat ewes. SS.T5.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
SHOW
EARLY TRADING
STRENGTH

NEW YORK, May % G.N.S).
Strength and activity of the pub
lie utility stocks and fresh weak
ness in the agricultural implement
Specialties were the outstanding
features of the early trading on
the Big Board today.
Rumored consultations and
amalgamations of the well-known
light, heat and power companies
stipulated active buying of the
stocks of the so-called Electric
Bond and Share group, the Con-
solidated Gas group and other
utilities.
The break in American Rolling
Mills to the years lowest price
at 6712. down 5la points and
the further losses in Case and
Harvester unsettled the market
before the end of the first hour
and the bulk of the industrials
turned irregularly downward.
Pullman and General American
Tank Car sold at the years low
est prices.
The early squirt in utilities car
Fied American Power and Light
up about 8 points to 108H; Amer
ican and Foreign Power above IS
for a 2-point jump; National
Power and Light to a new high
on the move at 5014. up 2; Con-
solidated Gas to 1902, up l, and
Electric Power and Light to 95M,
UP IA.
Julius Kayser recovered about
3 points of yesterdays losses and
sold at 27A and the motor
stocks. firmed up and sold frac-
tionally above yesterdays close.
Call money was in good supply
at 3 per cent, with less money
available at 21a per cent in the
outside market.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
California Crude
Output Declines

According to figures collected
by the American Petroleum In
stitute, Pacific Coast" office, the
total production of crude oil in
California for April amounted to
18,768,743 barrels, an average of
625,625 barrels per day. This is
q decrease of 1858 barrels per
day under March production.
Total stocks of crude and all
products in Pacific Coast terri
tory decreased during the month
1,777,619 barrels. The total
stocks at the end of the month
were 187,192,759 barrels. The
total stock increase for 1880, up
to April 80, was 2,429,026 barrels.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Issues Authorized
For 3 R0iLUay Lines

The Reading railroad yesterday
received authority from the In
terstate Commerce Commission
to issue $7,O80,OO0 Of equipment
trust certificates the proceeds
from their sale to be used in the
purchase of a large amount Of
rolling stock.
The New York Central was au.
thorized to issue $3,945, 900 of
similar certificates and the Sea-
board Air Line was authorized to
issue $653,000 of 4 per cent re-
funding mortgage gold bonds.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Exports of Douglas
Fir Set NeW Record

American exports of douglas
fir set a new record in 1929, with
a movement of more than 1900
100000 feet. the Department of
Commerce reports.
This is II per cent greater than
1928 and about 500 per cent
greater than 1922. With one ex-
ception, Japan, exports to foreign
countries showed increases, the
average rise being 35 per cent.
Japan's drop was % per cent.
There was also a large shipment
of manufactured products made
Of douglas fir, though not in
cluded in the report.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, May 2S G.Ns).-Butter-
Receipts. 6,s07 tubs. Creamery extras,
S11s 6S1%c; standards, Sl%c: extra
firsts, SO9S Sohc: firsts, 2S@2sc: pack
ing stock, 1sB1sc; specials. S2A q 80 &c.
EEEs-Receipts, 1415e cases. Graded
firsts, 2O@2Ohc; extra firsts. 81 @211ac;
ordinary firsts, 1s@1shc; dirties and
checks. tic.
Cheese-Twips. new, 17h@17%
Young Americas. 1Shc; Daisies, 1S@
1SAc; Longhorns, 17% OILS; brick, IT.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, zoe; hens,
12@22c; Leghorn hens, IT; roosters,
lac; ducks, heavy, 15c; small, 1Sc;
spring geese. 12c.
Potatoes-Receipts. Is cars; on track,
210; U. s. shipments, 1855. Wisconsin
sacked, round whites, $245@2.6O; Idaho
sacked russets. $3.40@S.55; Southern
Bliss Triumphs, $3.100340
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
BrOIUn Shoe Co. Net
Equals SI.83 a Share

Brown Shoe Company and sub
sidiaries reports net profit for
the six months ended April 80 of
$598,271, after interest. deprecia-
ton and Federal taxes.
This is equal, after dividend re-
quirements on the Z per cent pre-
ferred stock, to $1.83 a share,
earned on $4,000 no-par shares
of common stock.
In the corresponding period Of
the preceding year the net
amounted to $560,66S, or $1.65 a
share, on the outstanding com.
mon stock.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
FOREIGN BONDS
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. May IS Q.N.S.).-Hogs--
Receipts, $4,000; market 10-15c higher.
Top, $10.4O; bulk. $9.75@10.S5; heavy
weight, $9.7501O,25; medium weight,
$9.9O@1040; light weight, $9.S5@1O.40;
light lights, $9.75910.4O; packing sows
1886 $3.50; pigs. Ss.10@1O,15. Hold
overs, 5000.
Cattle-Receipts, 5000; market steady
Caives-Receipts, 5000; market steady
Beef steers-Good and choice, 1901
common and medium. $9Q12.5O; year
lings, $9@13.75. Butcher cattle-Heir
ers, $S011.50; cows, $6.5O61O; bulls,
$7.5O@95O; calves, $9.5O@lS; feeder
steers. $9@1O75; stocker steers, $SQ1O;
stocker cows and heifers, $6.50@9.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000; market steady
Medium and choice lambs, $9.S0@10.5O;
culls and common, $750@S.5O; spring
lambs, $10@12.75; yearlingS. $7.5Od9;
common and choice ewes, IS 05.75; feeder
lambs $S69.5O.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Frigiddire Orders
ShOU Increase

Frigidaire Corporation reports
that total May orders booked to
date show a substantial increase
over the same period of 1929.
Sales in the Water Cooler Division
are $3.50 ahead of last year.
Customer inquiries for the first
four months of 1880 show go
per cent increase over the same
period last year.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
Baseball Days OUer;
BUrruS Runs Cafe

ATLANTA, Ga, May % QN.S0. .
From the position of a major
league first baseman to the owner,
ship of an Atlanta restaurant is
the step which has been taken by
Dick Burrus, noted N. C. State
College athlete.
Burrus moved here recently
from his old home in Cape Hat
teras, N. c., and purchased a cafe
located on one of the busiest
streets in the city.
The Washington times., 1930-05-28
PITTSBURGH PRODUCE

Butter-Prints, 400 4Ohc; tubs, $50
40c; local tubs. SS@39hc.
Eggs-White, 2S629c; current re-
Ceipts. 23@24c.
Live Poultry Hens (heavy), 24T CSC !;
hens OighO. 24m25C; roosters. i461SC:
springers 24G27c; Broilers 500 2SC {;
ducks 1s92Sc. turkeys. 1s920c. Eese,
126tsC.
eEetsbles-Potstoep tPsD. SSTS.2S
CiSO .bs.D. cabbage, tt,so9s Cbushels),