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FOR RENT-Modern four-room flat
nicely furnished. Also small fur
nished house. ESQ Adams, FL
Centre. 26tf
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

from New York about the. Starr
Faithful mystery appears this
sentence: DIR. G.. Jameson Carr
i> noW Ell route to this country" "
When man is supposed to be
writing in the English language
why should he use eH route 10
instead of on tho wou to2 Some
foreign phrases have shades Of
meaning that cannot be exactly
matched in English. but this is
not such case. Anybody who
says or writes eu ropte 70 is
going out Of the way to tug III
foreign words. There is no
sense in il.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26
\ Golfer in Wall Street

fBdltjnore EteuiaQ Suu)
Wall Street often has a Sar-
don]c grin and a sarcastic qujp
for the golf. tennis and foot
ball Stars who find their way
into big business Via the bond
SaleSmans route. But more
often than not. the same sports
stars prove To be "a outstanding
in business as IN athletics.
Here's Je>, ". SWeet,er. for
mer amateur golf champion, for
instance. lie has Just been made
a general partner in Stock
Exchange firm after only eight
years experience in the banking
and security business.
jess always placed business
tir~' and, after winning he Brit
j h Amateur in 1926. retired
from all tournaments for TWO
or three years. He, nererthe-
less. found time to Join the
rather exclusive group who can
~ay that they have beaten Bob
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

selves with the rates prevailing
elsewhere: the change is r ade
mandatory. we are told. IN The
interests of stockholders ana de
poSitorS.
As an investment and As 4
place for surplus money. the saw
ingS department Of our banks
Will doubtless continue to ateracc
funds. Completely liquid ana
accessible. containing the eie-
ment> Of safety 50 desirable iu
these strenuous times. and gf
fixed return, time deposit III
banks possess features not to he
found in other fields. A. TIE
same time. it is increasingly ap-.
parent that if thrift is not t. be-
discouraged by our state and
local governments, some r-1uc-
ton must be made in tk4 AZ
yalorem tax on money N Bark.
for BY the lowering Of the il Ter
est rate the margin Of return i
narrowed to the point where tie.
tax is distinctly oppressive ana
cOntiScatOry
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26
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Member banks Of the har-
lotte Clearing House Association
have announced that they viii
reduce the interest rate on time
to ; per cent, effective
July l~t In this departure from
the old rate Of 4 per cent, time
honored in North Carolina, the
local banks are aIigning them
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

Henry Ford is quoted as say
ing children should be paid for
going to school. And as a mat
ter of fact, they are, in the
course of lifetime.-Detroit
Neacs.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

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\ HOME FOR PETS

A vacation home for pets
Wire-covercd runs for cas-
Young collies, rabbits, and clt4-
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K + ID. 2, Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

One of his adherents says
Mahatma Gandhi is the most
unsel1ish person alive. We're
prepared to believe anything
short of the assertion that hed
give the shirt off his back. de
frojf Mars
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

If the Democrats carry the
South includlng Kentucky but
not counting in Oklahoma they
can win the election by carrying,
in addition, these states: New
York, Massachusetts, New Jer-
sey. Illinois, Missouri, and Mary
land. And in every one of these
they have an excellent prospect
if they have a wet candidate.
This is not taking into account
still other states in which wet
Democrat would stand a good
chance: Rhode Island, Montana,
Arizona, Wilconsin, Ohio and
New Mexico.
Determined opposition on the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

III a United Press despatch
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

rot NeWS.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-26

tiremen, clerks, and others-this
! believe to be unWise and un-
fair.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08

kitchen, brought back a glass Of
water.
Cass slipped it and shook her
head. Take it away. I'm all
right"
Conscience stricken at the effect
Of her news, Lame sat down again.
I'm sorry" she began contritely.
Il didn't know it would be such
shock to you. II had to tell some
one"
The color was coming back into
Cass' pale cheeks. She shook her
head like a swimmer freeing him
self from the bondage Of the waves.
In dull voice she said, There's
something you've got to know. I
should have told you long ago. God
forgive me for being a miserable
coward"
Her eyes, her tone, struck terror
into the heart of the girl. Lame
trembled. What is it? Oh, mother,
don't look like that! Tell me"
XXTALKING like an old woman,
w like some one who has been
dealt a mortal blow, Cass rose. She
went to the shabby, Uttered desk
in the corner.
There was one drawer which
Lane knew always had been locked.
From this she drew a roll Of papers
held together by a rubber band.
These" she said, tapping the
roll, will explain. I will show them
to you in a minute" She sat down
heavily.
First of all, you must know this.
You are not my child at all. You
are my sister Luisas daughter
Lame whispered, "4he wasn't
wasn't narried?"
Cass' laugh was short and bit
ter. eyes, she was married right
enough. The license is here. I'll
show it TO you in a minute.
"The man broke her heart. She
died when you were born. That's
why I hate the whole clan," she
finished bitterly.
JUL AJAcDAAC NlQ 4IOO UI1AC1 DUCt1lAs
What clan?" she asked.
C2ss threw the words at her. 1.-The
Robards," she cried.
The girl winced as though some
one had struck her. "You mean"
Vans father was Dirk Robard.
So was yours"
Lame flung her hands to her
eyes. This was uncomfortable. She
said abruptly, Its not true. Mrs.
Amberton told me long ago." She
struggled to remember.
What's not true?"
ivan is not Dirk Robard's son.
He was adopted" Fanny Am
berton's words came back to her
now. HE married Vans mother
in 1913. That was three years
after 1 was born"
Cass murmured, ct don't believe
it."
ITS true," Lame persisted. "I
don't remember what Mrs. Amber
ton said Vans real name was, but
he was Dirk Robard's adopted SON."
~ A-A0J Nc SOg SCloc 1IIUSGI, Hall
to herself. II was in England in
1913, just before the war started.
Mother was taking care for you
then"
She whirled on Lame. "But it
doesn't alter the main facts of the
case" she cried. "Half brother or
Stepbrother, he's still forbidden to
you. He's Observation-Disclosures.
Liane asked: why did you hate
him SOP"
Because Dirk Robard was wicked,
cruel. He met Luisa in Balti-
more, where she was playing in
stock. He was much older-l5 or
20 years.
He persuaded her to have a secret
marriage. They went somewhere on
the eastern shore. Luisa didn't tell
us until a few months before YOU
we're born. BY that time he was
tired Of the arrangement.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08

At either end of the lists was tent gay with
the pennons, colors and devices of its owner.
Green and gold for Sir Malud, silver and blue
for Jimmy Blake. Two men-at-arms in gleam-
ing metal stood before each tent. A groom held
q restive richly caparisoned charger, about which
young squire busted himself with last minute
preparations for the encounter. A trumpeter
awaited the signal to sound fanfare that would
announce the entrance of his master into the
5sts.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08
NOW 90 On VIII THE sTORY
CHAPTER THIRTY-S (Con
tinued)

If he noticed her flushed cheeks
and embarrassment he gave no sign.
Later when they we're in the car
riding homeward she said again, Il
must explain =" -
He interrupted "You don't need
TO. I found this note on the floor
when I came in. Thought I'd pick
you up. That's all" His tone for
bade further condolences.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08

The morning sun shone upon g brilliant COM
pany OF knights and ladies assembled in the
ballium OF the castle of Nimmr 1t glinted on
polished mail pike and battle axe and picked
out the gay colors of the roses worn by lovely
women gathered about the raised dais where sat
Prince Gobred Every one was in CAV mood.
for today we're pitted against each other. Sir
James, the strange knight from that unheard of
place, America, and his enemy Sir Malud. Suitor
Tor the hand OF Princess Guinalda.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08
aEe. Y s. PAL or.

Inside the blue and silver tent Blake was
donning his arnor as Sir Richard, who was to
be his second, gave some final instructions and
advice Outside the grandstand was filed.
Prince Gobred glanced up at the sun and spoke
to a knight at his side, who then gave COM
mand to a trumpeter. AT the loud and clear
notes. the tents at either end were galvanized
into activity In the grandstand. much excite
ment ensued aS knights and ladies eagerly
awaited the ar fearance Of Sir Malud and Sir
JaTs1eS
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-08
By Williams
BY BlosS 9r
Martin

There was murnur of applause for both
contestants that increased as they advanced and
met before Prince Gobred's lodge. Here the four
knights each raised the hilt Of his sword to his
lips in salute as Gobred cautioned them to fight
honorably. Blakes eyes wandered to Guinalda.
She sat- stifay erect, looking straight before her
and very white. How beautiful she is, thought
Blake And though the Princess did not once
Look at Iim-neither did she look at Sir Malud.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07
The PLAN

In other columns of this issue readers will find an installment Of
an article on the farm problem, and a explanation and argument
setting forth the merits of the Allotment Plan" for raising and sus-
tanning the price of wheat, and other commodities. in the United
States. The whole article is written in remarkably clear and concise
terms and betrays long and careful study on the part of its author.
While the plan is not new it comes to the editors attention for the
first time. Without either endorsing it II taking issue against it, it
must be admitted that it is well worth open-minded and deliberate
consideration.
The Allotment Plan for lifting agriculture out of its present slump
in no wise supplants II opposes organized farmer cooperation aimed
at control of marketing farm products, but proposes to sieze another
opportunity to use the power of the government for the general vel
fare. The concluding instaHment of the article sets forth an outline Of
the plan and discusses it's advantages and possible objections. We
this most interesting discussion of one of the countys deepest prob
lens
The article comes to The Herald from L NJ. Brandiord, head of the
State land department, who neither claims nor disclaims its authorship
In an accompanying letter Mr.. Brandjord says:
1.-The great, creative farm industry is drifting to ruin; multitudes
of farmers are in actual distress, and this condition contributes its
full share to the unemployment and general depression throughout the
country.
"You will find herewith a paper stating some reliable facts relat-
ing to the farm problem and calling attention to one proposed remedy
which would be especially applicable to wheat and cotton. It is not a
new plan.
81 appeal to you as a public spirited citizen to look over the pro-
posed plan and, if you find anything of merit in it, call it to the aten-
ton of your readers"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07
WELL. GENTLEMEN. DECLARE YOURSELVES

Franklin Roosevelt, New Yorks Democratic governor, with a
famous name and an engaging smile, is being carefully groomed and
played up in papers and magazines s a probable nominee. He is
said to have a charming personality and proven qualities as a vote
getter. Others say there will be nothing to it but AL Smith when the
Democratic convention gets down to business. Then there is Cover
nor Ritchey and Senator France of Maryland who ire not unwilling.
Calvin Coolidge, the SNUG, tight, taciurn, standpat Yankee from
Vermont and Massachusetts, admits he would not choose to not run
next year, if given the chance
people, r just their party? For the sake of getting into power are
they ready to climb onto whatever votecatching platform their con
venuon prepares? Or have they convictions and principles of their
OWN which they will not desert for the sake of pleasing the powerful
and the wealthy?
All thinking voters will want to hear in plain, squaretoed English,
in advance of the conventions, the attitude of the potential nominees
o the great and vital issues that loom above everything else in the
minds of the people. It's the man, his outspoken principles, and his
past record as a leader that count in the present crisis.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07

tinuous buying power, employ
ment and business activity. The
agitator will shoat from the house
tops, and the inancier will admit
in the sanctum of his inner office,
that we have OF than enough
Of raw materials, machinery,
equipment and men for producing
a super-abundance of food, cloth
ing, houses and all good things
needed, so that every man, woman
and child in civilization could live
in comfort and even in luxury.
The problem is to bring about
the proper exchange and distribu-
ton; and the proper price relation
is at the bottom of that problem.
Wheat is in crying need of price
regulation today.
REMEDIES:
Proposed Reduction of Acreage
And Diversification
AS there are millions of farm
ers, it is next to useless to preach
concerted reduction in acreage.
The reduction made by one in
dividual farmer would have only
an infinitesima1 result upon the
acreage as a whole; and only an
infnitesimal part of the benefit of
that reduction would come to him
self. Based on the reduction made
by others, a good many would in
crease their acreage to reap the
benefits. 1t is true, of course,
that the present ruinous prices
Will starve out mHltitudes of these
farmers; but the question is if
that is desirable.
The advocacy of Investigation
and change to other crops has !
less merit. The prairies of
western North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts
Montana, Wyoming. Colorado,
and Washington are better
for the production of high
hard wheat than for any
other extensively used crop now
known Change to other crops
be next to impossible and
involve new losses for
who made the attempt; and
# successful, they would speedily
result in the over-production of
.heses new crops and resulting
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07
PROGRESS OF NATIONAL GRAIN CORP.

The farmers National Grain Corporation, set up under the
direction of the Federal Farm Board, has just negotiated the
purchase of the 100000 bushel grain terminal of the farmers
Union at st. Paul. Also the 100000 bushel terminal of the
Farmers Union at South Minneapolis and the 218,OOO bushel
Farmers Union terminal at Wiriston, North Dakota, the largest
grain elevator in the northwest outside of the Twin Cities and
Duluth.
The purchase of these facilities gives the Farmers National
Grain Corporation, through lease or ownership, terminal elevator
space of more than 5OOOO,0OO bushels throughout the United
States.
This probably is the greatest single grain unit under one
head in the United States today. 1t is farmer-owned and farmer
controlled through the Farmers National Grain Corporation. and
marks the greatest forward step in the unified cooperative sell
ing of farm products ever set up in the history of this or any
other country.
For the first time in the life of American agriculture the
farmers have at last arrived at the goal of direct marketing of
their products. This could not have been accomplished without
the Federal Marketing Act.
The enemies" of the Farm Board, both private and political
have stopped to every conceivable method Of Misrepresentation
to discredit this great movement.
If the farmers of the middle west will weigh the actual ac-
comDHshments of their own sales organizations as they are now
functoning, against the misleading and treacherous propaganda
Of certain politicians and the organized grain trade, they will
satisfy themselves that the Federal Marketing Act is designed
20 help the farmer and that it's effective administration has
proven its worth-Exchange.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07

throughout the whole wide land,
and other circumstances, conspire
to make it well nigh impossible
for the farmers themselves to-
maintain effective organizations.
This lack of organization alone is
a heavy handicap next to impos-
sible to overcome.
A highly protective tariff has
boosted the price on numerous
commodities that the farmers
buy; but it fails to raise the price.
on wheat and other products of
the farm on account of the annual
surplus which must be exported
to other countries.
Foreign Markets Determine
Domestic Price
The price obtained abroad on
the small portion of the crop ex-
ported, less the freight and hand
ling charges, tends to become the
price on the big portion of the
crop consumed at home. The buy
err or Speculation has nc assurance
that he can sell the wheat to the
miller; it may have to be export
ed, and so he buys on the basis of
the price in Liverpool, less the
freight and handling charges.
The average wheat production
in the United States during the
last ten years has been between
eight and nine hundred million
bushels; approximately one-fourth
of this production is available for
export; the remaining three
fourths are used at home as seed,
feed, -four and miscellaneous food
products. But the price on the
one-fourth exported and sold in
competition with the "pauper
labor" of the world largely fixes
the pauper price on the three
fourths of the wheat consumed at
home. This unregulated, out
rageous' circumstance is one of
the main causes of the ruinous
wheat prices now prevailing.
AGGRAVATING CONDITIONS
The Tariff in Europe
There are conditions in the
European wheat markets today
which make the competition for
the American producer next to
jmpossible. For one thing the
governments of Europe, with few
exceptions, are protecting the
home producer with a tariff of
about S1.00 per bushel. A bushel
Of American wheat sold on these
markets will bring the American
producer the European price less
the amount of the tariff, the
freight, and all handling charges
on the long trail from the Ameri-
can wheat field to the place of
sale in Europe.
The Russian Situation
Then we have the great Rus
sian experiment of state control
and operation Of huge areas of
land and mass production by
American machinery and forced
Russian labor. Russia is the
greatest producer Of wheat in the
world; it has vast areas of addi-
tional lands that may be utilized
for wheat production; and in her
present gigantic struggle for a
new political and social order, her
leaders are desperately anxious to
produce goods for export; hence
we may expect that her produc
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07
THE FARM PROBLEM;
ALLOTMENT PLAN

Continued from page one)
each person of from about $4,000
to $4,000. 1t should be noted that
these figures do not apply to the
present depression. They repre-
sent some of the best years in
American agriculture. The year
1919 was one of the most prosper
Gus years known to agriculture in
the United States.
Cost of Supporting Prisoners
and Paupers
By way of comparison it is in
teresting to note that according to
figures of the U. S. Department
of Commerce, the average annual
cost Of supporting all persons con-
fined in prisons and reformatories
in 1927 was $334.75 per capita.
Compilations made by the Bur-
eau of the Census show that the
average annual cost throughout
the United States of supporting
dependent and defective persons
cared for in public institutions is
more than $4,000 per capita.
Comparisons may be odious;
but they are also Illuminating.
The Wheat Farmer
The wheat farmer has suffered
fully as severely as the rest. The
year book just quoted gives $1.24
as the average cost throughout
the United States of producing
one busheI Of wheat in 1928. Prob
ably that figure is high; but it
comes not from the rantings Of
the Reds; it comes from the cal
culations of the Conservative. AS
this paper is being written, the
Chicago price on September
wheat is dragging it's tail in the
frOth of fifty cents; and at pri-
mary elevators in remote sec
tions, ever in the state of the
Vfce-President himself, a bushel
Of wheat is greeted with the con-
temptuous price of two-bits.
Farm Industry in Distress
Needless to say, these prices
and the prices on other farm pro-
ducts are ruinous to the produc-
ers. The great, fundamental, Gre
alive farm industry is rapidly
drifting into grinding poverty and
gnawing distress. And this dis
tress contributes it's full share to
the unemployment, suffering and
distress now prevailing in nearly
all other industries throughout
the country. How can the farm
er give paying employment to
others and purchase implements,
building materials and other pro-
ducts of mill and factory on less
than pauper allowances?
Causes
The deplorable plight Of the
farmer is the result of many
causes. Other branches OF indus
try with fewer individual mem
bers have been able to maintain
organizations, regulate production
and maintain remunerative prices.
In it's long time, cumulative eff
feet, the result of such organic
alton is tremendous. The great
ness of the number of farmers,
the fact that they are scattered
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07
BENEFITS FROM GOVERNORS TOUR

The attention to the conditions that threaten distress in parts IL
the state, paid by Governor Erickson and representatives OF the State
college. are bound to be of benefit through arousing local citizens and
the state at large to the need of organization and action.
1t is no time to delay, o stall or leave it to George. We must
unite forces and act Montanans IRE too generous to let its people
suffer and they are too forward looking to allow their leading indus
try to meet with a great setback if they can prevent it The thought
of charity has nc place in the present situation. 1t is duty and good
business. 1t would be well for the federal government to follow the
example of Governor Erickson and get a close up view of the situation
in the Northwest
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07

When the price of crude oil got down to so cents a barrel a a
result of the price a waged by the monopolistic oil corporations TO
squeeze out the small independents, to the great detrment of N OF
Oklahoma's chief industries, alfalfa BH' Murray, governor of the
state declared martial law, called out the militia and had every oil
well closed down, pending an agreement to fix the minimum price at
one dollar pr barrel.