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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
THE WASHINGTON SCENE
Six Billion Trust Menaces
Government

-Four years ago the independent
industry asked the department of
justice to stop the "tube clause"
violations by the trust" he recalls.
1.-THE department refused. AS a re-
suit of the governments laxity
the trust now has on its hands II
triple damage suits, for more than
$4S, 100000 in triple damages, and
finds that its LAOS broadcasting
and communications licenses can
not be renewed by the Federal Ra-
diO Commission. Crushing as that
penalty is for the trust, it cannot
resurrect the independents who
were destroyed. It is nonsense TO
suggest that in 1884 the companies
which are now being destroyed by
the trust can receive satisfaction
by filing triple damage suits a
gainst this illegal combination f..
Friends of Owen D. Young's six
billion dollar radio trust were
largely instrumental in the cam
paign to have the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce petition congress to
weaken the antitrust laws. The
fact that the governments prose-
cution has not yet been able 10
check the depredations of that
trust is such a challenge to con-
gress, that steps should be taken
at the next session 10 strengthen
the antitrust laws instead of weak
ening them"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
DULUTH MAN HAS OLD czrs,

Duluth. May 15.-A heavy vooa..
chest Of solid OAK, Handsomely co-sl
ed, in which his ancestors bid -,
uables against marauders 400 va
ago, is in tn possession Of Gust =
Hawkinson of Duluth, descendant ::
an old Swedish family. VI
The chest. according to the Ia.
end of his family. was made in 1ss,
His grandfather had il in his ~
session in Sweden and in turn s 80,
il to Mr.. Hawkinson's father ~
brought it to this country. 'O
Mr.. Hawkinson also has a nunh..
of old documents, some of them a.
ing back to the seventh centurv a
will. written with a quill on a sbss-N
skin. is virtually illegible becsns.
Of age. There are three dates ON ~
document-Sept. 5. 1857; Nov NJ
1853 and June Z, 1865. ~
In Mr.. Hawkinson's possession =,
so is a silk embroidered landscsr.
scene, made in 1872. It is seweS T.
hadn. finely. and depicts a farm vs,s
scene. An abstract or deed to proD-
erty. dated in 1871 also is numbarss
among heirlooms in the chest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
FARMING NO CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

the famous ladder of success
now leads only to the cellar"
The farm population is now of
ficially 22@o but actually less than
1870 of the population of the coun-
try, says Bosse. Perhaps 1919 of
the so-called farmers could not
subsist but for their participation
in industry over at least a part of
the year. The proportion is expect
ed by most experts to decrease;
Black anticipates it will be 1879 by
1910 and w. Mcmillan would not
be surprised if farmers were even
tually only 1919 of the population
which would be comparable with
the present proportion in highly
organized England and Wales.
The opinion of the commissioner
of agriculture of New Hampshire,
A. L. Felker, sums up the situa-
ton: "Of all times. this is the
poorest for city folk to stampede
to the country. To the man who
thinks he would like to own a
farm, my advice is, Stay in town."
Bosse sees no possibility of even
slight improvement in the immedi-
ate future. The crisis is likely to
continue and even deepen. In gen
eral as long as the monopoly of
credit, distribution. and marketing
is in the hands of big business the
farmers condition will worsen. He
pointed to the Soviet Union as
showing the only way OUT = by
large scale, mechanical state and
collective farms-an agriculture,
socialized and modernized after the
revolution.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
GRIND YOUR GRAIN
FOR BEST RESULTS
Half of Kaffir and Barley is Often
Lost When Not Gr0und-PrO-
TEN Is Needed. -.

All kinds Of grain should be
ground for cattle if full value is
to be derived from their use. An
alysis of droppings at the Purdue
experiment station show that as
high as 35 per cent of whole corn
and 25 per cent of whole oats pass
through the cows, undigested.
When the grain is cracked as
high as 10 per cent of the corn
and two per cent of the oats is
lost, while with properly ground
grain less than two per cent of
the corn and practically none of
the oats is lost.
Much of the unground grain is
never chewed. A whole kernal of
oats, barley, corn, kaffir or other
grains often goes through the ami
NAL completely untouched by any
digestive action. The small hard
grains like kaffir, rye and barley
often show losses of one-half if
not ground. Proof of this is
shown by the fact that hogs thrive
when following cattle.
The fact that grain prices are
low might tempt some feeders to
allow a larger amount Of grain to
make up for a lack of protein sup
plements, but this substitution
does not work out right. Better re-
suits are obtained if the amount
of grain is cut down and the a
mount of linseed meal or other
protein supplement is increased for
protein is one of the most import
ant factors in obtaining both high
milk production and gain in weight
The ration must be balanced if
the grain is to do the best work
for any kind of livestock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

and when communion is passed he
goes to it like one athirst. He is
always in for cleaning up" the
other fellow. Another bird l used
to know was a wooden legged law.
yer who would steal the pennies
off a dead mans eyes. My how
he loved whiskey-always kept a
supply in his desk-but he was a.
gainst whiskey, especially when
talking to women's clubs when he
was running for office. He was
foe of hydraheaded sin when at
home, but when out of town he
hooked up with the first Jane that
welcomed him.
Yes, dear, it takes all sorts of
people TO make a world-there are
good people and bad people and
gossips and back biters. Harry
Polk, Burley Bowler and John
Schnitzler, and a lot of nice people
who associate with them, just too
utterly utter for any use: They all
stand for the better things but
they stoop to anything.
But Allegretta, don't get down.
hearted; it will all come out in the
wash, as the Plentywood matron
who used to run a speakeasy over
by Crosby way back yonder before
Plentywood was, says, when she
opens a bottle of home brew after
the W. c. T. U. adiourns.
You know
There is so much bad in the best
of us,
And so much good in the worst of
Us,
That it i'll becomes the best of us
To talk about the rest of us"
-SELAH.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

Sheridan County Tax Talk

Believing that a deeper interest
in taxation matters on the part of
the resident and taxpayers of this
county should be encouraged.
whether as members of this asso-
citation or not, and that prepare
tons should be made to meet some
very serious taxation problems
soon to come up a series of Tax
Talks will be submitted giving our
observations and the problems con-
fronting US in our work of trying
to reduce taxes. These Talks will
be unbiased and impersonal and
from the standpoint of the Tax
payer-the one who pays the direct
tax. They are given with a view
Of securing closer cooperation and
that a more intelligent apurecia-
ton of our situation and our prob-
lens may be had.
A live subject at this time Is
"Road Work" 1t will be remem-
bered that this association has con-
sistently opposed any new road
construction at this time bv the
county, that the funds should be
used only for repairs and mainten-
ance Of the thousand miles we now
have. Last year we spent some
where around $4,000 on roads and
bridges, thi sincludes the surveyor
and that S6,116 road budget deficit
that the Examiner showed up. This
large sum is about $4,000 more
than it costs to run our county Of
fees that so many are so contin-
ually driving at to reduce.
It will be remembered that re-
Gently a set of resolutions were
handed to the county commission
ers. One of these had a demand
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

ouck uniforms, overcOats, REFERS.
separate coats, pants and knickers,
ana waterproof outer garments. It
does not include the production of
carmen isI no goe5s -
similar W ro +bo
prooucts Oh A-it1ing mills. Custom
tailor shops are not included. Con-
tract work done for factories is
included.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

bureau. The number of workers
employed In 1929 was 10.2 per
cent below the aberage number for
lSzl, and the total wages were
1O.t per cent lower than in 1927.
Value added by manufacture. in
1929, was $4S0, 19S, O35, or 11.3
percent below the figures for
The items comprised in this re-
port for 1929 includes suits, sport
clothes, leather clothing, white
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
PUBLICITY EMBARRASSES
RADIO FLUTES

Washington - Pitiless publicity
for the arrogantly lawless course
of his six billion dollar radio trust
continues TO embarrass Owen d.
Young, political super man of the
Morgan banking group, in his pro-
gress toward the democratic presi-
Dental nomination. Goliath Young
has his scornful David in the per-
son of Oswald F. Schuette, form
er newspaper correspondent, who
has organized a few of the indie
pendent makers of radio equipment
into the Radio Protective Associa-
ton. Every time the trust wipes
out a new zone of competitive bus
ness, or is given a black eye in
coure, up jumps Schuette with an
analysis of the situation that
makes Young look like the old
time Uncle Trusty of the Orper
cartoons.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

The winning lines will be pub
lished in this column.
&&H -
''The world and the whole solar
system is heading towards a def
mite place in the universe.
'Yeah, and yet some people don't
believe in hell"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
Mems Clothing Wage In
1929 Was Only $1,1S4

Washington FTP - An average
Of 1925 workers in the factories
producing mems, youths and bows
clothing, In the United States in
dszS received total of S164, 1884,
S5l IN wages, or an average yearly
wage of $1,1S4, according to a re-
port issued Dec. 80 by the Census
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

Chanute, Kans.-FP-20O, 600, 900
barrels of potential oil production
win be destroyed and thousands of
small producers ruined If the
Prairie Oil & Gas. Co. carries out
its threat and stops buying from
~, 797 wells in Kansas and MANY
thousands in Oklahoma. The wells
will fill with salt water and be
ruined in few days if not pump
ed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
YOung's Star Burning
nut its Filaments-

Some liberals have hoped that
Young would be elected next year
in order that his futility in pro-
viding jobs for everyone would be
shown up without a four-year de-
lay. But others say that his star
of destiny is already burning out
its filaments and will soon be dark.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
Trust Killed Independent Can't
Be Ressurected-

1t was a year ago, he reminds
the public, that the government
filed its suit in the federal district
court at Wilmington, Del, to dis
solve the radio patent pool created
by an illegal conspiracy of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., the Radio Corporation of
America, the General Elecrtci Co.,
the Westinghouse Electric & Man
ufacturing Co., and General Motors
Corporation. Instead of being re-
buked by this action the trust has
started several joint patent suits
against its independent rivals, in
New York, Chicago, st. Louis and
Los Angeles. The government will
require two or three years before
final determination in the supreme
court. Meanwhile Young and his
friends will be killing off the in
dependents unless the suits against
these rivals are stopped.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
Super Man Young VS..
Super Man Hoover

This is sad news to the Young
for-president publicity bureau. It
hints at an inherent weakness in
the campaign of the next super
man to replace the present super
man when the last Hoover bluff
has been called and the last Hoov-
er excuse for deepening poverty
has brought forth jeers instead of
applause. 1t is the more distress
ing to the politicians who had hop
ed that no hard-shelled middle
size-busines sgroup, such as Scha-
cites clients, would dare to crit
icize the Morgan messiah. Organ
lied labor had scarcely whispered
protest recently, although Young
is the head of one of the most
flagrantly anti-union concerns in
the country-General Electric. But
now it, too, has begun to expose
the YOung-managed combination in
its true character.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
Radio Trust Threatened by
Damage Suits

His latest pebble hurled to its
mark on the solemn political and
business features of Owen Young
had as its pretext the supreme
court decision of April % uphold
ing the independent makers of ra-
dio tubes and holding that the
trust had sought a monopoly in
this field. Damage suits involv-
ing a total of fifty million dollars,
now threatening the Radio Cor
poration of America, are greatly
strengthened by the high courts
finding. Schuette has celebrated
this victory by asking the depart
ment of justice to secure an inn
mediate injunction in the federal
courts to stop the further insti-
tuition of joint patent suits by the
patent pool of the trust.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
SQUIRREL FOOD

CONTINUED from front pagel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Two Dates for New Year
in Seventeenth Century

We ought to be thankful that the
affair of the calendar was settled for
us by our ancestors, for it must have
been very muddling business to- live
In the Seventeenth century, for in
stance, when the new year did not
begin officially until the last week in
March, while at the same time peo-
pie counted December 81 as the last
day of the old year. Long before the
time Of Pepys, for example, many peo-
pie regarded January as New Years
day, though the old year went on I'M
til March "a. Thus on December 81,
1860, Pepys notes in his diary: "At
the end of the last and the beginning
of this year. 1 take myself
now to be worth 1900 (about $1,5O0)
clear in money" But this did not al
ter the fact that January 1 was not
1861, but 1860. March 25 he reckons
merely as Lady day." though on that
date he had to change the year.
1t is really remarkable that moth
ing was done until 1852 to bring the
end Of the year by ordinary reckon
ing and the legal end Of the year
together-though, after all, it may not
be so wonderful when we remember
that we ourselves still begin the fiscal
year as from Old Lady day, which is
April 6 Of our modern calendar. Yet
there are compensations even in anon
allies. The sufferings of the ordinary
citizen about the turn Of the year are
serious enough without having a bud
get to add to them.-Mancheste
(England) Guardian.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17

chinery that saps the energy and de-
stroys the efficiency Of its operator
need no longer be tolerated.
Interest has been aroused in acoust-
ical control and noise abatement by
such nationally known organizations
as the Columbia Phonograph Com
pany. Sheldon Theatre, Paramount.
Publix Corporation, Paragon Sound
Screen Company. New School Of Social
Research, National Health Council,
Underwood Typewriter Company,
Royal typewriter Company, N. W.
Aver and Son. Board OF Transports
ton and the Western Electric Com.
pany. New York; National Building
Units Company, Philadelphia; Board
Of Education, Atlantic Highlands, New
Jersey; First Methodist Episcopal
Church, Port Washington, New York:
National Rug aud Hammock Mills,
Milwaukee; Wolfson Meyers The.
aters, Miami; University OF Michigan.
Ann Arbor; and tine Stereoscreen
Company, London. England. As
result the consulting service Of Flee.
trlcal Research Products. Inc. has
made acoustic ANALYSIS and recam.
mendc ,ioas tia, haN, materially i'm.
proved noise NA l.l'aas fr
organi .a,,4.3.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Paw-Paw Tree Products
Put to Various Uses

Papuya, or paw-paw trees, which
grow in the tropical jungles of South
America, are put to various uses.
They are versatile in that they fur
nish food, medicine and soap. The
Field Museum of Natural History, in
Chicago, which has one Of these trees
in its botany exhibit, states emphati-
cally that the tree is not to be regard
ed as link between the animal and
vegetable worlds. The tropical paw
paw tree is described as an odd-lool-
ing affair, tapering from the base Of
the stem to height Of about 20 feet
It exudes a peculiar Juice which,
rubbed on meat, will make the tough
est beefsteak as tender as venison,
according to Popular Science Month
~. The natives living in the districts
where the paw-paw tree abounds use
the Juice for this purpose. The juice
is an acid, milky substance and has
medicinal value. The seeds are used
as an effective vermifuge or worm de-
stroyer Furthermore, the tree has
delicious fruit. 1t Is large, pulpy, OBJ
long in shape, and has heavy rind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Height of Human Agony
in Waiting Return of Lost

In Brittany they are always await
ing the return Of lost fishermen. Day
after day the bereaved ones of their
families wait, gazing out over the
treacherous waters. Mothers, wives,
sweethearts haunt the quays. For them,
in the strange absence of their loved
ones, all life is suspended. Bodies
without hope or conscious life, almost
without souls, they wait upon the
piers. OF all the agonies that rack the
human heart, such waiting is the cruel
est. The uncertainty Of hope deferred
plunges the heart into a constancy of
the bitterest grief. Better far to know
the worst than to hope on and on,
without even the poignant consolation
Of a knowledge Of the dear ones fate.
That persistent anxiety and dread
paralyzes every healthful activity, de-
stroys the SAVIOR of ones food, makes
every night a sleepless one and exiles
all Joy and peace from human souls.
The only refuge left such Breton fish
erfolk in life is passionate and daily
prayer to God for the return of the
missing men who went out upon the
sea, and who have not returned.-Le
Matin (Paris).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Declaration That Put
AGENT Out of Running

zone reason why statesmen are often
q pest" declares one Of them, lis be-
cause people try to turn them away
with fiimsy or evasive excuses, instead
Of fiat refusals that carry conviction.
People who are annoyed by statesmen
should be more like Bliggins.
"Mr. Bllggins 10 carrying a credit
able amount Of life insurance, but still
hnds himself the victim Of many
solicitors. But says he. as he opens
the front door and Is very nearly car
rled away in the flood of language and
gesticulation. I have all the life in
surance I can carry
"The salesman draws q long face.
MY dear SIR says he, suppose that
you should-through some unfortunate
accident-be cut of from this world
tomorrow, that you should be hit by a
motor or street car. What would your
wife do? Could she maintain her pres
ent luxurious living Standard What
would she dor
ITO which Mr.. Bliggins responds
nonchalantly, oh, WE'LL 1 don't know
but I don't care. You see, 1 never
did like herr"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Cactus Bridal Bouquet
Held Good Luck Emblem

A cactus was carried by a bride in
stead Of the more usual bouquet of
orange blossoms at a Warsaw wedding
recently. It was stated, in reply to
inquiries. that the cactus brought good
luck.
1t will come as a surprise to most
people to know that the cactus is
"lucky"-so far 1t hasn't usually been
credited with producing either good or
bad fortune. Carried by a bride, in
deed. 1t rather suggests a warning to
the bridegroom, because the average
cactus is fairly well provided with the
means Of self-defense.
The cactus is hardly likely, there
fore, to win general favor as a bridal
bouquet. The more usual orange
blossom can, after all, produce reason
for Its claim to be luck-bringer. Ac-
cording to authorities on folklore, it is
appropriate at q wedding because the
orange tree bears flowers and fruit at
the same time. So the brides orange
blossom means that she will have a
family and keep her good looks.-Lon-
don Answers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Tracing the Word epic"

"The word pie was unknown to Eng
lish speech until the year 1903, and
we are told by the late eminent
philologist, Sir James A. h Murray,
that it occurred in our literature first
In Compotus of the Bolton priory in
Lancashire in 1903, in which there is
an entry concerning the use of fruit
in pyis and pastellis for the body
guard Of the priory, Celerario pri-
orie," writes Frank H. Vizetelly, die
tionary editor. "The earliest work on
cookery of which we have any record
is dated 1890, and is in manuscript;
the first book on English cookery was
printed in 1893; but, ten years before
Christopher Columbus discovered
America, the Worshipful Company Of
Cooks was formed and chartered in
the city of London in Detroit
News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
RIPE TOBACCO
GREAT CIGAR Sc
Ever think you could get that
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Read this:

Just forget all the &c cigars you'vJ
ever smoked-forget the impress
sions they may have left with you.
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cigar made by Bayuk-one Of tHe
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Nothing but hne, full-fiavored
middle leaves Of choice tobacco
plants in Havana Ribbon. No Rat-
tasting over-ripe bottom leaves OF
bitter nnder-ripe top leaves. You
simply can't mistake the faseinat-
ing fully-ripe, mellow-mild taste Of
this remarkable cigar. And you
won't have any loose ends or
scraps" coming out in your mouth.
For this tobacco is all long fIlsr.
Convince YOURSELF Try a Havana
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Practical Pocket Package Of Ave
cigars - because you'll want this
cigar again and again.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17

Talking long distances by telephone
Is such an everyday occurrence that
people generally take 1t as a matter
OF course. because of the ease with
which it is accomplished. Frequently
the question is asked What makes
1t possible to talk so easily to distant
places?" The answer is-the telephone
repeater Telephone repeaters are in
reality vacuum tube amplihers sim.
liar in principle to the amplifiers used
In radio receiving sets.
This equipment, q development Of
the Bell Telephone Laboratories, is q
small unobtrusive device which makes
1t possible to talk long distances from
any telephone. Repeaters of the type
now being used by the thousands were
first installed in 1915 on the trans
continental telephone circuits between
New York and San Francisco. Their
use has increased rapidly. Repeaters
are used on land telephone lines and
also at terminals OF the radio tele-
phone circuits between the United
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-17
Ruby Rate, Above Diamond

A ruby is harder than any stone ex-
cept the diamond. Carat for carat,
rubies Of the first quality are rarer
and consequently more valuable than
diamonds Of a corresponding grade
No other stone increases as rapidly in
value In proportion to increase in
weight as this.
One peculiar property Of the ruby is
that it becomes green upon exposure
to high temperature but regains its
original color on cooling. Dark red
rubies are found in SLAM, and pur-
plish ones in Ceylon, but Burma alone
may claim the wonderful pigeons
blood ruby. A cloudy variety exists
also which, when cut with convex
surface, exhibits luminous star, Civ
ing 1t its name Of star-ruby.