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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
Minnesota Legislature
Weekly Review by
HJALWAR PETERSEN
Representative From Pine County

The forty-seventh session of the
Minnesota State Legislature got under
way at noon on Tuesday, January 9Th,
1881, with 131 members in the House
and 81 members in the Senate.
The retiring governor, Theodore
Christensen, who had served for three
terms or six years as governor, gave
his farewell address at a joint ses-
sion of the Senate and the House in
the house chambers Wednesday noon.
He gave a good account of his public
record, not only as governor, but as
House member for ten years previous
ly and was accorded close attention
throughout. Mr.. Christianson has now
become vice-president of the o. B.
McClintock Company of Minneapolis,
manufactures of bank protective
alarms and bank furniture.
New Governor Sworn I'm.
The new governor, Floyd B. Olson.
who was elected to be the chief ex-
ecutive of the state November 6 with
majority of 10000 votes, took the
oath of office, it being administered
by Chief Justice S. B. Wilson of the
State Supreme Court. Following that
he delivered his message to the State
Legislature. Important recommends
lions by Mr.. Olson included reclassi-
fication of property for taxation, es-
pecially to help farmers; immediate
public works expenditures to relieve
unemployment; and preference for
Minnesota residents and products in
public work.
Mr.. Olson also recommended as fol-
lows:
A state conservation board of seven
appointive members, non-political,
who shall select the commissioner of
conservation.
Other measures to promote refor-
estation, including state aid to coun-
ties for state forests or auxiliary for
ests.
State control over building of water
power dams.
A request for federal legislation to
reserve water power generated by
dams necessary for the nine foot chan
mel for the use of municipalities.
Repeal of the Brooks Coleman street
railway law.
A law enforcement program for CO.
ordination of police activities and re-
form in criminal procedure.
A compulsory old age pension law.
A blanket primary ballot.
Repeal of the newspaper gag law
of 1925.
Creation of state printing plant.
SwensOn is Speaker.
Following the addresses of former
Governor Christensen and Governor
Olson, Oscar A. Swenson of Nicollet
county was elected the Speaker of
the House. Representative S. A.
Stockwell of Hennepin county, who
was opposed to Mr.. Swenson delved
into his public record at some length
and was severe in his criticism of the
Brooks Coleman law and the Track
Depression bill, in which he main
tanned that the city of Minneapolis
where that matter is now up for pub
lie discussion, loses complete local
control.
Continued on Page 10Y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
BASKETBALL AT SANDSTONE

Basketball will hold sway at Sand
stone Tuesday night, Jan. 20, when
the high school team will play the
alumni and the Rush City All-stars
will play the Sandstone Aces Sand
stone has developed some good basket
ball players in the past few years and
have much talent there now which
will vouch for two interesting games
on that night.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15

Professor: "Give me some of that
prepared monoaceticacidester of salt
cylic acid"
Druggist: do you mean Aspirin"
Professor: "Yeh? l never can think
of that name."-Weather Vein.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
1881 AUTO LICENSE
PLATES PUT ON SALE

The new 1881 automobile license
tags are now on sale at various sub
registration centers in the state and
owners have until Feb. Is to purchase
new license for their cars without
being subject to penalty. The new
tags have white lettering upon a black
background.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
RUSH CITY VOTES BOND ISSUE

The citizens at Rush City cast a
3-to-1 vote for the issuance of $4,000
bonds for construction of an addition
to the high school building there.
Work on the new structure will start
early in the spring
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
A True Salesman

A True Salesman.
Harry: us your brother good
salesman"
Carry: Eyes, he sold buggy whips
in Detroit last month";"
Evening star., 1931-12-06

A venturesome climber
at seven weeks. That was
the tender age of this baby
cougar at the Seattle,
Wash, Zoo when the
camera caught him on his
perch Q Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
REDS BAR CHART
SCIENTISTS NEED
Copy of Element Periodic Table Is
Kept Out Because Officials
Cant Understand It.

NEW YORK-Oficial DEGREES on
science can be humorous. No better
example Of this has come to light in
recent months than the refusal of So
Wet postal authorities to allow a copy
Of the periodic table of the elements To
enter that country, in the belief that it
was some form of foreign code message
Prof. Herbert r. Moody of the Chem
iStry Department of the College of the
City of New York and a member of the
American Chemical Society, tells the
story in his own way:
THE University of st. Petersburg had
only a photostat copy of the periodic
chart of the elements, so a City College
student, White Russian. got two copies
and sent them to his sister, who is a
student at that university" Prof. Moody
disclosed.
Our student had formerly been in
the intelligence service of the White
Russian army, and naturally the Soviet
officials held him persona non grata,
and 1t was largely because of his name
on the package that 1t was opened for
inspection.
However, in spite of its obvious ma
ture. 1t was not allowed to 60 into the
country and was returned.
Thus the Soviet officials put them
selves in the position of refusing to allow
entrance to what is probably one of
Russla's greatest contributions to chem
lstry. Thev held that the chart, being
unlntelllglble to them, must be a cipher
bringing In information from the out
side"
Evening star., 1931-12-27
SITUATION IN COPPER
HELD MUCH BETTER
Holiday Trade Also Reported Rea.
sonably Good in Manay Places,
Review States.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, December 26.-Henry
CleWs q Co. says that the outlook in
most lines of business for the near
future continues problematical, depend
ent upon number of factors. Steel
recovery has been unsatisfactory. owing
to a lighter automobile demand than
had been predicted The curtailment
agreement in copper and the advance
ment OF copper prices to a much better
level bid fair to put that metal, and
the shares representing it. in a much
stronger position as time passes and as
the oversupply still overhaneing the
situation is reduced
Trade conditions in some parts of the
country. while not active are at least
moderate; and the Christmas trade is
reported reasonably good in many
places despite unemployment Con-
sumption industries still maintain a
considerable degree of the activity that
was evident during the Autumn and
there have recently been considerable
additions to staffs of employees. Reduc-
tlons OF wages on the railroads. if
aarranged. are to be accompanied with
broadening of the amount of work
offered to the men.
The least satisfactory state of things
Is found in connection with export trade,
where falling of has continued due to
the bad economic situation that exists
in very many foreign countries. Never
theleSS, decided Improvement in indus
trial activity is being witnessed in Great
Britain, where hitherto there has been
depression.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
SHELVES OF RETAIL
TRADE ARE DEPLETED
Small Orders to Wholesalers Show
Continuance of Hand.to.
Mouth Buying.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, December 26.-
An interesting sidelight on the trade
situation in the farm country was given
by a wholesale hardware firms head
today. He was asked about the demand
from the retailers for commodities and
II there has been any marked stimula-
ton from the year end business. For
an answer he sent for the file of orders
for the day preceding-there were soc
of them.
"On the face of it it seems that we
are getting business" he commented
but listen to the list Here is what we
find: l saw, SO feet hose, sets hinges
7 door locks, half dozen pliers, halt
dozen small cans machine oil, hoes
each of these a separate order-and
others like them. We have more help
in filling these little orders than we had
when every one was multiplied 20 times
But it indicates that the shelves of the
retail stores are bare.
Every merchant is buying from hand
to mouth, both to save tying up capital
and often because he has little capital
We have considered increasing the
prices of our commodities in small lots
but feel that the retailers are doing the
best they can and we should help them
carry through and thus be in a position
to have their patronage when they can
fill their stocks. I doubt If In 40 years
the shelves of 1etailers Of all sorts-ex-
cepting perhaps novelty goods and To-
cent stores-were so clean OF goods as
today. 1t ought to mean real business
whon the buying power OF the farm
country returns-as it will some day
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-27
BRITISH LUXURY BAN
MAY HIT FRENCH TRADE
Proposed stoppage of Half of
Frances $27o, 10000 Exports
Draws Talk of Reprisals,
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PARASITIC possibility that Eng
land, Frances best customer, NAV i'm
pose a general tariff and ban luxury
articles is worrying the French business
world, already hard hit by the general
economic crisis.
France exports annually to England
goods worth S27O0OOO00. and nearly
half OF them are luxury articles, such as
dress goods, silks, woolens and autono-
biles.
There Is much bitter feeling. giving
rise to talk Of reprisals. England ex-
ports S200000,O00 to France annually.
and 1t is suggested that this country
can find other markets in which to buy
her wool, machinery, rubber and coal.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
New Baltimore City Stock.

BALTIMORE, December 26 (SpeciaD
- The municipal commissioners of
finance have decided to offer for sale
on January S. $4,2O0,0oO Of 4 per cent
city stock, deliverable to the purchasers
January Is.
The issues and amounts of each to
be offered follow: $1,430,000, second
water, 1933-1967. loan; $1,141 900, third
school, 1933-1967, loan; $858000, third
sewer, 1933-1967, loan, and $77400O,
Pratt Library, 1933-1967, loan.
The commissioners decided to buy for
the sinking funds $1,916,000 of the Sec
ond water, 1925-1961, loan at the price
that stocl, will bring, and $430.O00 of
the fourth school loan at par and in
terest, 3l2 per cent.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
MUNICH MUSEUM HELD
WONDER OF MODERN AGE

BERLIN, Germany.-Prof. Robert A.
Millikan, famous American physicist
and Nobel prize winner, who recently
made a series Of lectures at German
universities, called the German Museum
in Munich "the technical wonder of
our age"
Accompanied by Charles M. Hatha-
way, American consul general in Mu-
Mich, and Oskar Won Miller, noted Ger
man museum curator, Prof Millikan,
who is in Germany under the auspices
of the Oberlander Foundation, spent
half day in the Munich Museum.
Everybody, according to the noted
American savant, who desires to know
the technical conquests Of the last hun
dred years must visit this German
museum.
kconYYiaY,H. MIN
Evening star., 1931-12-27
SHABBY CATTLE BUYER
PROVES PREMIER LAVAL
French Minister Visits Normandy
Fair to Select Cows for
Own Stock Farm.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VALOGNES. France.-Pierre Laval
who is stock farmer of note, recently
surprised the peasants attending a cat
tie fair in this Normandy town.
They saw man with baggy trousers
bound with leather puttees, wearing a
rough coat and white necktie, descend
from an ordinary farmers automobile
look over the exhibits carefully, haggle
about prices and finally buy five bulls
and five cows.
When 1t came time for the buyer to
give his name and address the cattle
dealer was dumfounded to learn that
HI, had been bargaining with the pre-
mier of France.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
ELECTRICAL GOODS
IN BETTER DEMAND
Soviet Russia Takes Generators
Radio Sets and Washing Ma.
chcineS in Quantities.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gains were noted in October's foreign
trade in electrical equipment
Heavier shipments of certain items
were registered by the Commerce De-
partment as gaining during the month.
These included generators and trans
formers, which were taken by Soviet
Russia, as well as radio receiving sets,
electric washing machines, accessories
and parts for motors starting and con-
trolling parts for industrial electrical
railway and vehicle motors.
Decreases were shown for fractional
horsepower motors, batteries and some
classes of radio equipment, such as re-
ceiving set components. loud speakers
and other set accessories.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Artificial Rink for Warsaw.

Warsaw, Poland, is to have the third
largest artificial ice skating rink in
Europe. The surface will cover 5000
square meters. The place is to be used
during the Summer as swimming pool
which will be opened next May, and
rink in Winter. At present $50 men
are working on the project, and more
will be added. The rink was promoted
through the efforts Of the Polish Ics
Hockey Association.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
$4,000, 1000 LOANED
TO ASSIST BANKS
Metropolitan Official Says Many
Insurance Companies Have
Given Extended Aid.

The Metropolitan Insurance Co. has
spent about $3O,000,O0O in assisting
banks in precarious positions, Frederick
H. Ecker, president, said in testimony
before a Senate banking subcommittee
considering the proposed reconstruction
finance corporation.
The assistance given by the Metro
politan was extended to banks in Phil
adelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Toledo
and Detroit.
He said that other large financial in
stitutions have similarly given aid to
banks whose assets were in a frozen
condition and held the opinion that
the proposed reconstruction corporation
could be of great benefit in this direc-
ton.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
MACHINE TOOLS AWAIT
AUTOMOBILE DEMAND

opeCIdI DISPATCH 70 The Star
NEW YORK, December 26.-Isolated
dealers and manufacturers in the ma
chlnery and machine tool field report
an improved December, but in general
quiet marks the usual year-end sea-
sonal decline, American machiniSt re-
ports. Detroit sees no effect of stepped
up automotive production and opinion is
divided as to when sales in that direc-
ton may be expected.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

creasing signs Of strain as the year
passed. Deere aSing production, grow
ing unemployment and even higher
tariffs marked the progress of the de-
preston.
The excess of imports over experts
became steadily more adverse. For the
first 10 months it reached S423 900 900,
against S303 100000 in 1890 In order
to combat this tendency system of
contin9ents was adopted which now
applies to timber. nitrates. wine. wheat.
coal, meats, canned produce milk prod
uctS and eggs. While presented as
purely defensive measures these con-
tingentS are in the fact used as trad
ing counters in tariff bargains. The
extent of tariff increase in recent years
is shown in the monthly averages of
customs receipts expressed in millions
of francs in present franc values:
1918 taveJ, 800; 1927 CaveD, BAT:
1929 taveD, sos; 1890 ave-, 672;
1881 COctD. 75O.
Ihus, despite lower prices, receipts
more than doubled in four years
There is strong agitation from the tex-
tile. glassware. silk, articles de luxe
and market gardening interests for
further tariff increases as reprisals for
ureS. Porcelain and shoemaking in
dustrieS want additional protection
against German and Czechoslovakian
competitors.
Steel Production Drops.
1t is difficult to find a bright spot in
the industrial outlook. In October steel
production stood at 626 900 tons, against
746.G00 tons in January and 10000
tons In October, 1880. However, this
industry is still working at about IS
per cent capacity.
The general index of industrial pro-
duction has shown a steady decline,
standing at l18 in September against
1873 last January and 1877 in September,
1890, or basis of 100 in 1918 Be-
tween 40 to 50 per cent of French
woolen production normally absorbed
by the British market has been cut off
from it by British tariff measures.
Some 60 glassware factories were closed
during the Fall for the same reason.
IN the Limoges region the exports of
porcelain clay to America were halved
during the year ended July, 1881. Daily
shoe production dropped from 1880
pairs to 8,700. The French railroad
systems are incurring deficits aggre-
eating S320,00o daily.
Unemployment. which first began to
be serious in October. 1880. is increas-
ing The labor ministry survey of es-
tablishments employing more than 100
workers estimated that in October
totally unemployed numbered about
350,000. with 100000 on part time.
While in most fields the French COM
nercial policy is negative. an effort is
being made to develop Franco-German
trade through extension of the cartel
system. Negotiations for closer CO.
operation between the French Line and
German steamship lines are under way.
In most other respects the commercial
and industrial situation seems likely to
deteriorate further before a. reaction
can take place. Liberalization of the
distinctly nationalist policy of the GOV
ernment would help. but in view of the
approaching elections this cannot be
expected.
Copyright, l93l)
Evening star., 1931-12-27

dation that there is a fair possibility
that financial conditions will, during
the year, improve to point where we
can feel definitely an upward trend in
business, and then follow through in
natural channels and along conserva-
tive lines to what might be considered
normal condition. I
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Subscription Right Extended.

NEW YORK, December 26 (P).-The
time for subscribing for debentures and
common stock of the Radio-Keith- Or
pheum Corporation under the capitali-
cation plan, has been extended to the
close Of business January 9, 1t was an
nounced today by Hiram s. Brown,
president of t companY.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
40 EXTRA DIVIDENDS
VOTED DURING WEEK
By the Associated Press.

zxooOC1dUcU I1csS'
NEW YORK, December 26-Divi-
dends changes this week were fewer
than a week ago, says Standard Statis-
tic Co., due probably to the holiday
Unfavorable changes numbered 86 in
comparison with 80 the week before
Forty-six payments were reduced and
AZ we're passed. There were 40 favor
able changes against As the previous
week Thirty extra dividends were
voted.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

Many people laugh at names for
dances, like "Black Bottom" but years
ago there were dances called "Old
Woman" "Lumps OF Pudding, AN
Old Mans Bedful OF Bones, Tne
Slaughter House" Have ct MY Coat,
Old Woman" etc. &,
Evening star., 1931-12-27
INTEREST RATES.

By The ASsoClated Press.
Money rate averages remained un-
changed last week as their trend was
measured by the Department of Com
merce. In the levels that follow the
average rate for both classes of funds
is given for comparable periods:
Evening star., 1931-12-27
RlGHTS-EXPIRE

A. :. Peep G L G. Clan Is II IN IL N = \.
Sales of Stocks on New York Exchange
Dividend table the annual
payments based on the latest
49, xEx dviceld shss than tPartly extra :Pus
IN STOCK Plus Paid
payao n stocs Payable in cash
~ STOCK Plus soc
So in Paid Plus Sc In
stock o Plus 22G ~ NN'1' =" 80
Evening star., 1931-12-27

Time. CAL.
Week ended December 1s....."" $50 3.so
ss. sssy,0Vs Ws.E Eesa is.t y..x :su: sSSS sS a ass
Evening star., 1931-12-27
INCREASE IN STEEL
OUTPUT PREDICTED
Corporation Head Believes
Improvement in Industry
Is Certain.
BY e. T. WEIR,
President National Steel Corporation.


Worldwide impairment Of the finan-
cial. commercial and industrial struc-
ture reduced American steel production
in 1881 to approximately one-half of
the normal rate. but this condition can
only be temporary. Improvement may
be slow, but We are certain to expert
$lce an eventual resumption of the
steady increase in steel consumption
which has prevailed since 1900.
This increase has been due to the
growth Of our population, the increase
in our national wealth and the replace
ment OF less suitable materials with
steel. Such conditions will prevail in
the near future as in the past.
Year Disappointing.
Consideration of the statistics shows
that the steel industry, in common
with all other lines of commercial ac-
tivity. had disappointing year in 1881.
Production Of approximately 25,000,000
tons was only AS per cent of 1929,
only 62i2 per cent of 1880. which had
a tonnage Of slightly more than 40,000,-
600 tons.
Tie extent of this drastic drop is
perhaps better realized When it is un-
derstOod thai the average production
of steel for the 10-ycor period. 1921
to 1880, inclusive. eqGa!ed 100000
tons. and that the average population
of the United States for this period
was lis 5,S5000O, or fully 100000 less
than in 1881. Also this 1O-year pc
riod included the unnaturally depressed
year of 1921, when the production of
steel dropped under 20,0o0000 tons.
A year ago, when estimating the
fNe
hope that the worst of the liquidation
was over and that business could pro-
ceed slowly and cautiously to build
back to a more normal basis-not that
this could be accomplished in one year,
for we all realized that the excesses
OF the year 1929 had cut deep into the
sound and fundamental principle of
economics-but still the very fact that
we were making progress in the recon-
structton would give courage and hope
to our population. However, the his
tory of 1881 has now been written, and
the liquidation that We had hoped was
practically finished in 1880 carried on
to point much beyond the expecta-
ton OF even the most pessimistic. Low
prices OF securities, reduced volume of
trade, extended ramifications of unem-
p!oyment, serious banking situation, all
developed as the year progressed, carry
Ing with them an increasing pessimism
that. OF course, only aggravated the sit
uat1on. Wage reductions became gen.
eral, which our economists hailed as
necessary and constructive but which
up to the present time have not pro-
duced the heralded improvement.
1t is now evident that the extraya-
gances of 1929, with the resultant in
efficiency, easy credits, soft living and
all the weaknesses that develop through
such period had cut deeply into our
financial and commercial structure. not
only in this country but the world
over, and that the eradication of the
weakness must be final and definite,
and that we can only start to build
from new foundation and not by re-
tanning part of the weakened super
structure
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Improvement Due in Steel.

That consumption of steel is now on
a sub-normal basis, and that there is
every reason to expect improvement
and to be optimistic over the long
range view of this great industry is
easily proven by facts. Steel produc-
tlon at l0-year intervals beginning
with 1880 is as follows.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

CpeCIdI DISpHlCT 70 Tie oldT.
~ ARIS, December 26-A strong
l. contrast marked the French
financial and economic position