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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-10
CONDENSED STATEMENT

CONDENSED STATEMENT
Showing the condition of the
Farmers and Mechanics Mu-
tual Insurance Association of
Cecil County, Inc, North East,
Maryland, December 81, 1880.
Total income during
the year $50, 1876 Sc
Total disbursements
during the year 1884 q
Total admitted assets 1906 O5
Total liabilities except
capital 7,347 g.
Surplus over all liza
bilities 6,141 81
Surplus as to policy
holders 6,141 e.
Total liabilities 1905 O5
Amount at risk in U.
S. Dec. 81, 1880 1882. 1881 90
Risks written in
Md. during 1880 1882, 931 90
Premiums ON Md.
business in 1880 %, 1877 81
Losses paid in
Md. in 1880 24,785 90
Losses incurred
in Md. in 1880 26, 1853 SO
State of Maryland
Office of the
State Insurance Department
Baltic, Md, March /, 1881
hereby certify that the
Above is a true abstract. taken
from the Annual Statement of
the Farmers and Merhanics'
Mutual ms. Association, North
East Md. for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1880, now on file in
CHS Department.
Insurance Commissioner
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10

tenn of banking we have had is row rapidly con-
centrating in the hands of few of the very big
fellows:
Three Rockford, Illinois, banks closed in one day,
June Is. The officials of one of them announced
that they expect to reopen in about ten days.
They are not likely to. This bank had capitali-
zation of half million dollars and had S3.5OOOOO
in deposits. The other two Rockford banks had
about half the deposits and resources of the first
mentioned one.
In South Bend, near Chicago, one of the largest
banks in the middlewest, The American Trust Co.,
closed the same day. This concern had deposits
amounting to than five and quarter million
dollars.
This gives you something to think about. How
long do you think it will take at this rate before
all the money in the country is in the hands of the
few Wall Street men who rule the country indus
trially?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
By SCOTT NEARING

About once week the president of some big
trust or some senator give out an interview In
which he says that the worst of the depression
is over and that things are on the mend Herbert
Hoover led off wit hthis line in November 1929.
He and his fellow ballyhooers for the restoration
of capitalism have been at it ever since.
Spokesman for big business are more cautious
in Great Britain, bat, in the main, they take the
same line: "upholdng our Institutions" stand
ing together shoulder to shoulder" and restoring
prosperity" 1t all sounds Like football match
or contest between armies that will be won by
the side that shows the most fighting spirit
Evidence that filters in from the economic work
tells another story. Here, for example, is an Of
fetal report issued June 2, by the British see
rotary of state for India. The reports deals with
the situation in burma.
with regard 10 the economic situation
the principal feature is the extraordinary
fall i'm the price of everything except oil.
Prices for paddy and beans are so per cent
and for cotton 80 per cent less than last
year. The fail in the value of minerals
and timber is about IS per cent, and it is
uncertain whether the full depth of the de-
preston has yet been reached. The price
of paddy, which recently rose little is a.
gain falling. Exports of rice are not less
IN quantity than in normal years. The
prices of agricultural produce are probably
less than cost of production in some dis
tricts and In consequence agriculturists can
not pay the loans which they borrowed
last year Financiers are unwilling to adj
vance more money for crop loans, and the
agricultural credit required to grow this
years crops has almost vanished"
What will the baliyhooers do with Burma? Can
they market her grain or her minerals? Can thew
give her farmers enough credit to get through the
present season and give their crops away? And
how about next year? Can they compel pauper-
lied Burmese TO buy cotton cloth and agriculture,
tools?
Great Britain receives about one-third of he,
annual income from foreign sources, of which
Burma is one. But the fall in prices to a point
below cost of production has bankruuted Bur
mese economy and has driven many of the farm.
ers into the ranks of the revolutionaries who are
now playing hide and seek with the British army
OF occupation. Starving farmers can no longer
be exploited and sooner or later they are bound {,
revolt against their oppressors.
Capitalist prewar prosperity was built in mar
on the exploitation of Burma, India. China. Bra
al, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, the Philippines tn
catastrophe fall in prices has beggared these col
onial areas. They cannot buy goods. Thew ar
repudiating both interest and principal on thei
loans.
United States capital is less dependent tina,
that OF Great Britain on foreign fields of exploi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Tammany Woman Loses
Job as Judge; Unethical

New York The first woman
to sit as I: magistrate IN New
York was removed from her judg-
ship by the appellate division of
the supreme court, that tribunal
removing her by unanimous vote
of the five judges.
Mrs. Jean Norris, since 1919 a
New York magistrate, was charged
with malfeasance on five counts
before Samuel Seabury, now en-
gagged in investigating the lower
courts of the city. Four of the
five charges were sustained. She
was accused f being unfit, of al
tering the records of the court,
lack of ethics in permitting her
name to be used in a yeast adver-
tisement, being unnecessarily harsh
with women prisoners and other
uniting acts.
The discredited magistrate has
been a Tammany political leader
for many years, at one time being
co-leader with Tammany Sachen
Olvany of the Tenth Assembly dis
trict.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
WRITE YOUR OWN.
COMMENT

Forecast by Herbert Hoover ON
August IL, 1923:
We in America today are nearer
the final triumph over poverty
than ever before In the history of
any land. The poor house is van
iShing from among US. We have
not yet reached the goal but given
a chance to go forward with the
policies of the last eight years and
we shall soon with the help of God
be in sight of the day when pow
erty will be banished from this ma
ton.
Facts from Custer County, Mon
tana, June 1881:
In this cattle country folks now
admit having eaten horse meat.
Colts are slaughtered. Eggs bring
5 to 10 cents not only here but in
some parts of the Dakotas as well.
A sack flour retails at $2.85,
while anyone on the range may buy
from neighbors 100 pounds OF
wheat for 81. Sometimes one gets
it for 40 cents a hushel eco lbs. }
For $4,000 l can buy from the
county ample land on which tC
place all of New York City.
There are So counties in tn,
state and each one of them is being
dragged under by land on which
the owners cannot or will not pay
taxes.
From the court house steps on
given day, by due process of Law
you can bid as you please and bu,
a square mile of good land To-
$500 or so cents an acre.-Seattl
Star.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Sheridan County
TAX TALK

What is Sheridan County doing
for drought relief for the poor and
needy and for those that are will
ing to help themselves? 1t is in
teresting to look into the various
charitable efforts of our county
and to realize that we are making
worthwhile effort as far as we
are able.
In the lat Tax Talk attention
was called to the amounts spent
for the poor and unfortunates the
sick and the aged, a sum that has
totalled over $4,000 for the past
fiscal year.
To the above might be added a
few other items that in a sense
are not charitable but nevertheless
serve that purpose under the pres
ent conditions. The Gopher boun-
ty which has reached the surpris-
ing sum of nearly $500 Up to
July 1st, is an expenditure that
would seem unnecessary in these
times of over-production and low
prices of farm products. But it
has served a very useful purpose.
1t has not only reduced the gopher
pest but gave a certain amount of
employment to quite a number
whereby TREY might earn a little
to help out on the necessities Of
life.
Another project that might be
looked upon as charity or relief is
the millet seed loans that have
been made during the past week
or ten days. Over $4,000 pounds
of millet seed valued at bout 3d.
10000 has been applied for. AlthO
this is in the form of loan there
may be some that will not be re-
paid, yet as a whole it is a relief
measure and one which in its po-
tential value is unreasonable.
While the road work is de-
batable question a certain amount
of relief has been given thru this
means in that a system of employ
| ing heads of families wherever
possible so that they could obtain
a job for short while for each.
This has worked out satisfactorily
in many cases and may be con-
tinued at least for time.
/ 1t is also suggested that the
state highway commission be urg-
ed to allow the amount allOcated
for this district to be used at this
time instead of later and in place
of other district which are more
sfavorably situated and in better
circumstances.
All these efforts at relief in one
form or another VIII demonstrate
that our county is mindful not
only of those fallen by the waysidt
but it is also serving TO help those
that are willing to help themselves
Of course these things will raise
our taxes to a certain extent, thu
poor fund is likely to- be raised II
L its limit, 7 mills, but in this emer
gency it seems unavoidable. Witt
the expected aid from the govern
Ement and Red Cross the situation
should be well taken care of with
out any further burden put on tn
taxpayers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
How Sheridan County Gel
ebrated Nations Birthday

The people of Sheridan county
celebrated the Fourth of July in a
small way in several places.
Those in the northwestern part
of the county at Daleview where
there were races, ball games, and
in the evening big dance.
Those in the western portion eel
ebrated at Flaxville where quite a
celebration occurred, including or
atoms, races, ball games, and a
big dance in the evening.
Those in the area south of Plen-
tywood celebrated at Wolf Creek
with big program of races and a
dance.
Those east of PlentywOod ceIe-
brated at Antelope with a program
of races, ball games, contests and
q dance.
The southern part of the county
celebrated at Brush Lake with ball
games, contests, and a big dance
in the pavilion. Many took their
dinners and enjoyed a picnic lunch
and swimming in the lake. The
Brush Lake celebration continued
over Sunday, July 5th. The Farm
ers Union had a program of speak
ing and a large crowd of farmers
turned out. There was also a ball
game and a small rodeo celebra-
tIon.
l. Many of the Plentywood people
attended the big celebration at
Poplar, while some went to Brush
Lake. Those who remained in
town put in the afternoon at De-
SiIva's Wildwood Amusement park,
playing miniature golf and swim
ming In the pool. Wildwood is be-
coming more and more popular as
place of recreation with the
people of Plentywcod and Sheridan
county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10

tary environments and in the most
manner. It will be re-
called that the Lee factory recent
Iy went on a five hour day, five
days week basis, the first big fac
tory In the United States to adopt
this policy. Folks buying the Lee
overalls help 30 promote this plan
and know at the same time that
they are getting the best garment
that money can buy at a price
very little above the sweat shop
garment made in the prisons and
In the slums which endanger the
health of the wearer and all those
he comes in contact with. The lee
ture of Kate Richards O'Hare on
prison and slum manufactured
goods delivered here at PlentywOOd
some years ago will be recalled b,
many of those who heard it. She
told of her prison experience max
ing overalls and related the story
Of women in the last stages Of
syphilis and consumption with pus
oozing from their sores making
overalls and how they wiped Their
sores on the garments that are
sold to and worn by people and
children and how thousands were
infected In this manner. These
prison and slum made garments
are sold to chat histories end Og
them distributed to the people. 80
Pete Alzlestad in order that the
people may be able to get clean
and fair made overalls has put N
a stock and is selling at prices
that are right. and he reports tha'
people like these overalls and sN
buying them in preference to tne
prison made garment once they
have tried them out-they sr
made of better material and wear
longer than the slum and prison
products that are sold just a litus
cheaper. No one can afford 70
risk a dreadful infection by wear
ing prison and slum made gar
ments.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10

tation But decrease of exports amounting to
about 81 400 millions per year knocked big hole
in the bottom of U. S. A. prosperity. The reduc-
ton of American farm incomes by $1,000 million
per year has knocked still bigger hole Unem-
ployment and wage reductions are playing havoc
with purchasing power. Until the income of Bur-
ma, Cuba and Arkansas has been restored--sud
capitalism is quite unable to restore the equibri
un between productive capacity and consuming
power it is childish to talk about return to
prosperity. The capitalist world will continue to
wallow in the morass of hard times, while its
leaders bark their balyhOo of "gOod times are on
the way to any one who is foolish enough to cape
and listen
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Third of Montana Clip Is
Consigned Says Secretary

Helena, July g. Murray Steb,
bins, secretary of the Montana
Woolgrowers Association, Monday
said 100000 pounds of Montana
wool has been consigned this sea-
son to the National Wool Exchange
at Boston.
A much larger amount, he said,
has been assigned 10 the national
marketing agency but has not been
shipped. He estimates the agency
will handle between 100000 and
$4,000, OGa pounds of Montana wool
this year, which represents one
third TO one-half the clip which is
estimated to be from 80 million
to As million pounds.
The present market price of
wool is from IL to 10 cents a
pound.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Londcn Is Still Largest Berg
, - Last 2 Million Souls

London July This stiF is the
largest city in the world, and east
ly so. Census figures, made public
today, proved It
In London and the "outer ring"
there were 8,202,S18 residents. In
Greater New York, runner-up in
sizR,. there were 6,981, 917. That
puts London r,22G,9O1 to the good.
New York, hwever, is taking n
new residents at a faster rate than
London. The American metropolis
added 1851 1863 during the last 10
years. London's increase in that
period was 822,619.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Budke's Barn Burns

The barn on the farm of L. G.
Budke in the Raymond country was
destroyed by fire Wednesday night
of last week. The fire was noticed
first by two federal men who were
passing. and who drove into the
yard and aroused Mr.. Budke. A
saddle horse belonging to Wilbur
Strube was saved but the contents
of the barn including harnes, feed,
hay and miscellaneous articles
were destroyed. Tn eorigin Of the
fire is not known
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Twelve Cars of Wool are
Shipped at Malta Station

Malta, July A. Twelve cars of
wool have been shipped from the
local woolhouse this season. In
comparison with the amount of
wool usually shipped, this years
shipments are moving faster, ac-
cording to the manager of the
wooIhouSe.
No wool has been sold yet. The
shipments are all Consigned to the
Montana Wool Cooperative Mar
keting Association in Boston or to
the. Growers themselves. The wool
is reported to be of good quality
but from three TO five per cent
heavier than last year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Has Beheaded 242

Paris, M. Dibler, the French pub
lie executioner, wants to retire and
settle at his country house to de-
vote himself to gardening, Dur
ing the fifty one years he served
the Republic, he beheaded 242 hui
man beings.
AS French tradition has kept
the post of executioner in the
same family for many years, fu-
ture assassins will have to look to
M. Dibler's son-in-law for services.
He has served a long apprentice
ship as assistant and is quite quail
flied for the post. The business
requires a firm and steady hand
an da quick eye.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10

took his pay and returned 70 !.
home at Homestead. F" his
And thus all ended well and
erybody seems to be happy exco ev'
perhaps, Sorem. N'eR'
1t is reported however tbo+
republicans may take care of M me
Christensen in a way to nlo MI
him and Mr.. Sorem, his friep p+1aS $
is said that Treasurer KoIlr.N
will make a place for Mr.. Cbri t,,sl
sen by dismissing Alice O'TooI .e'l'
clerk in his office, giving him ia
job. Miss O'Toole is onIv g 70, aef
$50 per month but that is bs Stag
than nothing. This switch WI
cause another eruption in tho ay
publican ranks, for Miss OjTo 70
has her friends TOO. -OO'e
Routine Business
Wednesday and Thursday :.
board transacted routine bno;n sne
IN the way of auditing. pas s,rss
claims and attending to the n"a
other matters that come h .ats.ly
it. 1t adjourned Thursday afto
noon at five o'clock. Ai'er'
Stenehjem Appointed
Assessor Bolster appeared /.
fore the board just before il ~.
journed Thursday evening o~s
presented the appointment Of y
o. Stenehjem as deputy asseson!
which was Immediately apnroyo5'
Stenehjem went 10 work this r.
day, morning.
Red Cross
C. F. Rowland, disaster rem.
sentative of the American Psa
Cross, out of the midwest PsS
Cross headquarters at st. LouiS
who has been travelling over NORTH
eastern Montana and northwestsrr
North Dakota making a survey nj
conditions, in company with How.
ard M. Lewis, chairman of tba
Sheridan County Chapter of tbs
Red Cross, met Thursday Afternoon
with the board to discuss condi.
lions and inquire about the needs
Of the people for the coming
months before the next harvest
The commissioners after Learn.
ing that the Red Cross aid was
distributed by means of orders on
the local merchants, suggested
that the Red Cross collaborate
with the county authorities and
buy the contemplated supplies at
: wholesale, suggesting that there
is no justification for paying any
one a profit on food furnished BY
charity to relieve the restitution Of
the people. Mr.. Rowland, however
did not think that this was the
right thing to do and thot the local
merchant was entitled to a fair
profit; that merchants have to live
) too, TO which CONS. Hansen and
French suggested that if they were
hungry they could also ask for re-
lief the same as anybody else.
Special Session July 20
: The board adjourned to meet OF
Monday, July 20,the third Monday
. in July, as provided by law, t.
prepare the preliminary budget
and to set as the county board o.
: equalization, adjourning from tint
to time until the second Monday il
August when the permanent bud
get is set and the assessment book
: are closed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
COMMISSIONERS

CONTINUED from Front Page)
farmer viii seed about 20 acres.
So if the crop is good and frosts
hold off a farmer should have
from 80 to loo tons of millet hay.
Millet is very sensitive to frost be-
ing ruined by a very little Of it.
Millet is also very hard to cure
especially if it is heavy, or worse
vet fit rains on it when on the
ground. If the crop comes on good
the average farmer will not only
have enough hay for his own use
but he will have some 20 sell to
the cattle and sheep men, which
Will provrie the farmer with some
money a, well as furnishing cattle
men with hay.
Redstone Road Delegation
Monday afternoon delegation
of citlzers from Redst lie and the
Wolf Geek country appeared be-
fore board and protested against
The proposal to lay ZIP he big
road trading outfit for the seas
on. Tne3 represented that the
Wolf Creek area did not have Its
share of roads though the farm
ers there have paid sheir taxes all
of these years; that they were iso-
lated and long ways from the
railroad to which they must haul
their grain; that at the present
prices for their product they could
not afford TO haul them over the
poor roads they had endured al
these years patiently; that there
had recently been established 8
star mail route into that sector
from Archer, and that passabls
road was necessary over which tt
carry the mail; so therefore they
petitioned that the board do MOI
Law off the grading outfit unit
and after the necessary roads in
to the Ashdale country from Red
tone be completed. The board tool
the matter under advisement unit
Thursday when it decided that i
would continue the operation o.
the grading outfits until the frs
of August.
County Doctor
Wednesday, incidental to tn,
), making of plans to care for tn
needy in the county for the ensu
ing year or until the next harvest
the matter Of hiring a count,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
GERMANY PROMISES
RECRUITS TO RUSSIA

j.. Riga A delegation consisting
of 81 German wOrkmen whom the
communist. organizations. invited
firm Germany. held a. conference
in Moscow with representatives of
the red army, after which the lead
er of the delegation promised that
they would agitate among the Ger
man masses for the violent over
throw of the present. regime. and
the establishment of a Soviet Ger
many" The delegates are. now
being conducted to the more dis
tant industrial centers. ..-~.. .-.-.. -.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-10
Old Trap Believed to be
Property of Miles Standish

Stevens Point, VISA colonial
period, hand forged wolf trap sign
ed IN. Standish" and believed to
have been the property of Miles
the courtier, is owned by Karl G.
Strope.
Strope said the trap was stolen
from its wner at the time of the
Pequot Indian raid on the New
England colonies and was obtained
by one of Strope's ancestrs after
peace had been restored with the
Indians.