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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

nor wired Kjorlaug as follows:
Quoting from the JoMymol):
"Inasmuch as money expended
this month is made up of state and
city appropriations, you are or
dered to refrain from spending any
such money obtained from the
state for purchase of relief COM
modities from chain stores. hope
the immediate enforcement of this
order will remove any necessity for
withdrawal of state funds for
Minneapolis"
Ahem! And, Ah-ha! Also
Hooey! And some politics.
The Governor appointed Mr..
Rarig. Mr.. VIM. A. Anderson,
ex-mayor, appointed w. J. Nc
Gaughren, county chairman of
the Farmer-Labor party, to the
welfare board. Mr.. Anderson
also appointed Doc Roam and
Mrs. Godfrey to the welfare
board. And then, when the Gov
ernor found out, thiyty-six hours
before Saturday Press could APP
pear ON the streets, that Farmer
Labor Congressman F. H. Shoe
maker had wired that so far as
he had been able to learn, no
order had been issued from
Washington that a0oMld throw
the INDEPENDENT merchants of
Minneapolis ont on their necks
in the matter of filing city relief
orders, the Governor zVires ovey
the head of his Mr.. Ravig and
tells Kjorlaug that the chain
stores are out of the picture so
far as state relief funds are con-
cerned.
What would the states chief
executive have said-what would
he have done - had his first
knowledge of the Shoemaker tel
egram come to him at 1880 pm.
last Tuesday night when Mr..
Guilford cracked" it over sta
ton WRHM? What would have
been his reaction had he missed
on that radio program and
learned on Wednesday morning,
when Saturday Press appeared
on the streets, that his party con-
gresham had spilled the beonss
Would Senior Kjorlaug have
been the recipient of a wire from
the Governor? Not in time for
the welfare board meeting the
next morning Tuesday.
On another page I am dissect-
ing that Rarig epistle to Mrs.
Schoening. I'm taking Rarig and
the inner circle of choice spirits
who imagine they are the Farm
er-Labor party, apart. We all
want to see what they look like
what makes 'em click. That
letter to Mrs. Schoening shoa0s
the Farmer Labor party to be
dominated by a gang of land
pirates!
Read the Rarig letters dis
memberment, and aOise UP.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

Yeah.
Well the cotton acreage re-
duction promises to toss two
hundred and sixty-6ve thousand
tenant cotton farmers out on
their ears. They can't migrate
to the frontier, because there
amt no such critter." It's been
gobbled up by power companies
and holding companies - and
Wall Street.
They've no place to go! If
they start north they'd starve;
if they went much farther south
they'd drown and the law of
gravitation effectualy prevents
their going straight up. They,
these two hundred and sixty-fye
thousand tenant cotton farmers
of the south who have been put
out Of business by the cotton
bonus, by the reduction in cotton
land acres, are stuck.
Where are they going? ! dun
no. But ! suspect that when the
next national election arrives,
they won't be going into the de-
mocratic camp. They may be
"po' white trash" but they're not
fools.
A jittery old gent on my left
asks how the cotton bonus could
possibly affect the tenant cotton
farmer. Exactly as it will affect
the hog and corn and the wheat
and tobacco farmer ggho doesn't
ozUn the land he csItivotes-by
putting him out of business. A
mighty unremunerative "busi-
ness" these years, I admit, but
still a business.
These crop bonuses" be they
wheat, corn, hog or cotton, are
paid to the land osvner-not the
tenants! Get that Strengthened
out under your hat. Those bonus
es are paid to the chap who
owns the land and he's usually
a banker! The tenant can't par
ticipate in these "payoffs" be-
cause he doesn't own the land
and there are ten tenant farmers
to every farm owner-that is,
farm owners who are tilling
their own land.
Naturally the farm owners
who are being paid to let their
acres grow up to weeds, don't
need a tenant. They don't, even
down in the cotton belt. A ten
-
ant is just as useful to a bonused
landlord as a hungry flea is to
the family pooch. But the tenant
farmer doesn't get away by NOV
ing to the city. The processing
tax sticks to him like a sand burr
in an airedale's fur. He can't
shake it. It's fastened on with
the well-known bourbon clinch
"a death grip. There's a tax on
everything consumed by tenant
or landlord - but the landlord
gets the bonus.
It's a new deal" alright, and
the shuttle is bound to last al
most three more years-if the
democrats don't run out of col
lege professors and spawned
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

ed mighty fine. He's there with
the vocabulary, that Mr.. Roose-
welt. He had US all dizzyl And
a lot of are still a bit goofyl
We used to congregate and
try to figure out what was going
to happen and we all missed !!
None of us registered a single
hit!
AS soon as Mr.. Roosevelt had
rounded up enough college pro-
fessors and experienced bankers
to form a cabinet Che didn't do
like the republicans did and form
a Kitchen cabinet The put it in
a glass cage!) he opened up
what?
The farm problem! Every
president since John @. Adams
had opened his administration
with a solution of a farm prob
lem. It's a chronic affliction that
all political parties and politici-
ans are cursed with. It's incur
able.
The democratic administra-
ton Roosevelt's college profess
sors and expert bankers started
out to solve the old puzzle. It's
still in a mess. Sos the farmer.
But the new deal' worked
differently than anything ever
tried before. Where the oliver
sify and get rich" plan had been
advocated for years, the demo-
Gratis said "quit planting so dam
much and we'll pay you a bonus
and you pay US a tax." That's
entirely a new DEAL" But it
isn't workingl
Down south where the princi-
pal crops are cotton plants and
pickaninies, practically every cot
ton farmer owns a hoe, a half
interest in a mule and a full in
terest in a large fannily-but no
land.
The cotton bonus" goes di-
rectly to the cotton farm Gamer.
That leaves the mule, the hoe,
the cotton chopper and his brood
out of the picture as far as that
cotton bonus is concerned. He
gets the last cipher on whatever
the bonus checks made out for !
And there's estimated to be two
hundred and sixty-five thousand
tenant cotton farmers down
South"
But I'm wrong. They aren't
out Of the picture. They're up
against the cotton processing toxl
It picks a thread out of their
aprons and shirts, (few of them
ever had a pair of socks, so well
omit them), it takes the pockets
out of their prison-made over
alls and the strings out of their
shoes. That's the processing tax
on cotton, only.
Up north where the corn
grows high and the hogs grow
fat, is the "corn pone" district
that supplies the tenant cotton
farmer with his "sow belly, con
pone and hog hominy." The
bonus has been paid to the hog
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
MR.. RARIG
CONTINUED from Page y

of a republican or democratic
congressman. ! didn't want the
'boys" to make the ''buck" dizzy
passing it around.
Cong. Shoemaker wired me
that O. B. Phillips of the fed
eral relief administration knew
nothing of any order pertaining
to Minneapolis relief orders be-
ing issued from the Washington
office. Mr.. Philips, one would
imagine, is in a position to knov.
And then comes the Governor
on Monday of last week, with
a wire-mind you a telegram!
to Kjorlaug.
Why the rush to wire to Kjor-
laug? It was a mortal cinch that
the welfare board and the SUI
perintendent of public relief
(Kjorlaug) wouldn't evaporate
into thin air before letter
could reach them! But the gov
ernor wanted quick action and
he wired. The heat was on and
the ''boys" began squirming in
their seats.
Now here's few things that
floated to the surface during the
squall:
Mr.. c. F. Hitler, president of
the Independent Grocers & Con-
fectioners association had writ
ten Washington Emergency Re-
lief Administration authorities
asking if and when the federal
authorities had issued an order
restoring the chain stores to a
share of public relief money and
here's the letter Mr.. Hitler re-
ceived from Washington, under
date Of February Is:
Mr.. G. r. Hitler, Pres,
Independent Grocers and Confec-
TONERS ASSN,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Mr.. Hitler:
In reply to your letter of Feb.
9TH, we wish to inform you that
the State Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration has full jurisdiction
over all matters pertaining to re-
lief in each State. We advise you,
therefore, to address your inquiry
direct to your State Administra-
ton, the address of which is State
Office Building, st. Paul.
Very truly yours,
Jasper ]. Mayer,
Chief Correspondence Division,
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istration,
Washington, D. c.
The estate administration" is
Mr.. Rarig, who happens to be
executive secretary and, there
fore, the whole works except
work.
Understand, Mr.. Killers let
ter from Washington was dated
exactly thirty days before the
Shoemaker telegram. THE SAT-
URDAY Press had been opposing
the welfare boards patronage of
chain stores since last October!
In December the board voted
to fill all relief orders at indie
pendent stores. Early in March
it had change of heart and
voted to rescind its December
order. That change came hard
and only after much mental
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
ton had full povey over public
relief funds, and:

-. ''s~ ~ kSS' S
relief funds, and:
The state administration was
and is controlled by the little
oily-garcy in the Farmer-Labor
party. That party has three rep
resentatives on the Minneapolis
welfare board-McGa ughren,
county chairman, and Doc Roam,
and Mrs. Godfrey, both ap-
pointed by the ex-mayor, An
derson, a Farmer-Laborite.
On Mar. 7, Mrs. E. c. Shoen-
ing, wife of an Independent
merchant at Mound, MINI,
wrote F. M. Rarig, executive
secretary of the state emergency
relief administration. Mrs.
Screenings letter appeared in
last weeks issue of THE SATUR-
DAY Press. On March 16-the
same date as Congressman Shoe
maker wired to me, Mr.. Rarig,
an appointee of Governor Olson,
wrote Mrs. Schoening as
follows:
Mrs. E. c. Schoening,
Mound, Minnesota.
Dear Mrs. Schoening:
This will acknowledge receipt of
your letter of March 9TH in which
you request additional information
regarding the ruling recently is
sued from this Office that there
may be no discrimination against
chain stores.
Definite instructions were re-
ceived by this Office from the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Administra-
ton that there could be no dis
elimination against chain stores
and the instructions issued from
this Office to the Minneapolis
Board of Public Welfare were in
accordance with those instructions.
The State Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration had no discretion in
the matter whatsoever.
However, personally feel that
the order issued by the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration
was entirely fair and that no other
ruling could possibly be issued by
a department of the Federal Gov
eminent. The chain stores are no
toriously burdened with additional
taxes. They pay their share of To-
cal taxes and are, in addition, taxed
by the Federal Government thru
excise taxes of various forms. The
Federal Government raises its
funds through excise taxes and is
dependent for its revenues upon
businesses of all kinds. It has a
definite policy of many years
standing that there shall be no dis
elimination against one class Of
seller in favor of another when
government funds are being ex-
pended. I can see no other posi-
BILE policy which could be followed
by the Federal Government with
out terrific criticism. I am certain
that you cannot help but agree, if
you are willing to be at all open
minded on the subject regarding
which you are evidently very
prejudiced.
I hope that the above explana-
ton will give you some insight as
to the reason behind the recent
ruling of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration. Please I'M
derstand that this matter is en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10
A WOman:S Viewpoint
~ MRs. WALTER FERGUsOl

THE people who are alarmed at
Il the thought Of Government
interference in caring for children
apparently fail TO keep up with cur
rent news Of parental negligence.
In this respect the rich and poor
child was found in the last stages
are running a close race.
In gay New York a 2-year-old
Of starvation with her parents in
the last stages Of fntoxication. In
Columbus. O.. q 2-months-old girl
rescued from a rubbish heap was
advertised for adoption, which as
we might advertise an abandoned
puppy. In Mineral Wells, Tex, a
oay-old infant left on residence
doorstep died from exposure. From
California We read. Three Children
Abandoned by Mother in Railroad
Station" Form Colorado, boy, 13,
Shows Bruises Left From Fathers
Lashings." IN Indianapolis woman
is alleged to have burned her
daughter with a curler.
Not a day passes but somewhere
such sordid stories appear. Yet
we're forever talking about ours be-
ing a country for the young. A lit
tie less self-praise and little more
investigation are in order.
Did you know the child labor
movement still needs action by 10
States before it goes into the Con-
stitution; that our immigration laws
still can tear the bread-Winner out
of MS home and ship him back to
Europe, leaving his wife and chill
dren to starve; that in several
States where so-called mothers
pensions exist a woman is given as
little as Sc a month for herself and
several babies?
have no desire to pose as a re-
former. nor do I know just how
we're going TO improve on present
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10

plans. But improve them we must
AS the list Of criminals under Is
increases every year. some hard
thinking on this problem is neces-
sary.
II seems TO me that enough Gov
eminent interference TO assure food
shelter and half-decent bringing UP
for all children would be a mighty
Christian kind Of radicalism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10
.PICKPOCKETS GET S1O4
S65 Taken From Man in Downtown
Theater Lobby.

Showed about in the lobby of a
downtown theater yesterday by two
men, Earl Hunker, as. of 724 E
49th st, reported to police later that
his pockets had been picked of a
billfold containing Sos.
Pickpockets stole 500 from Slater
Barlow, 213O Central-av, last night
while he was on a street car, accord
ing to police reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10
COLLEGE COLORS TO
BE USED FOR TAGS
Purdue, Indiana Honored by Auto
License Chief.

School colors of Purdue and In
diana Universities have been chosen
for Indiana's automobile license
plates in 1886 and 1887, Frank Fin
ney, head of the State License Bu-
reau, announced today.
The Indiana colors of cream let
tiers on a crimson background will
be used in 1886 while the Purdue
colors of old gold letters on a black
background will be utilized in 1887.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10
BY Williams
BlOSser

"Nemone has decreed that you are to be thrown
into Xarator, the flaming volcano" Erot an
swered with leer. You even now lying on
the skins into which you are TO be sewn. IL IS
for that purpose 1 am here. My good friend
Tomos the councillor sent me to sew you into
the bag"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10

Dora lay imprisoned in the Temple, well aware
that she awaited death or Disagreement. Yet
she did not weep. for above her grief rose the
pride of her noble blood. But tears almost came
when she thought Of her lover, Common; for she
knew the sorrow her fate would bring him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10

"Yes, and it wa.sSSf' who sent Common to the
same cell with your father" Erot gloated. DORA
gasped for she had not known that her lover, too,
was imprisoned. "They used to sheer at me-" he
continued but they will not sheer for long"
The girl paled. But what is to become Of us?"
she asked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10

Presently she heard footsteps. The door opened
A man entered bearing a torch. 1t was Erot
the Queens discarded favorite. "Ah, the lovely
Doria!" he exclaimed maliciously. What III fate
has brought you here?" st know very well it was
you who sent me here" the girl replied She
spoke contemptuously.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

High Power shells with
smokeless powder. 3iz drams
. w d er. 1ls ounces OF
number 6 ch. shot. II pur-
chased in case lot, S15 90
Evening star., 1934-10-26
Monthly Payments Arranged
Small Carrying Charge

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at price that's amazingly low. Air-O-Flame
saves you money on fuel, saves you the effort
of continuous firing and produces even, odor-
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flame of the large steel burner and keep the
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Also sold at IA 18th 81. NV. and $40 M ST. NV.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

Copied skillfully from
dresses running into
high figures. Daytime
and afternoon types,
in the new high COL
ors. Many fur trim
med. Sizes IA to So.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

You'll need plenty of noise
makers! Horns and rattlerS
with streamers in gay Hallow-
cen colors.
Evening star., 1934-01-01
ACACIA BUSINESS
REFLECTS UPTURN
Company Made Substantial Gains
During Last Year, Annual
Report Reveals.

Rejecting the Nation wide economic
upswing, preliminary figures from the
sixty-fifth annual report Of the Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance Co, as announc-
ed by President William Montgomery,
reveal that the company made substan-
tial progress during 1888.
Our report, showing important gains,
bears out the feeling Of confidence and
stability which was so forcibly impress
ed upon me during several transconti-
mental business trips in 1888" President
Montgomery said. On every hand
found a new feeling of heightened
morale, aggressive enterprise, and SEN
sible optimism.
That this feeling is being trans
lated into action is amply proved by
the preliminary figures in Acacia S
sixty fifth annual report. Especially
noteworthy is the fact that four years
ago. Acacias assets were s33,865, $50
This year they are more than $52,000,-
900. or SO per cent greater"
During 1888 new paid for insurance
totaled more than $40 900 900; insurance
in force stands at more than $347 900,
900; more than $2,l00,000 was paid in
death benefits: more than sl.l00,000
was paid to policy holders in dividends:
more than S3100,000 was paid to living
policy holders; and assets increased
more than 100000 during the II
months
Evening star., 1934-01-01
Advertising Cain
Is Called Sign of
Business Advance
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. January Volume
OF advertising is now regarded as an
accurate indicator of general business
activity, and on this basis it is evident
that a marked expansion of business is
under way.
November advertising in newspapers.
for instance as reported in Advertising
Age, showed a further increase, the
figures for 10 leading cities totalihg
$4,000 lines, gain of AZ per cent,
compared with the corresponding month
of 1882 This followed a gain of %
per cent recorded for october.
Automotive advertisers are making
the most impressive gains in the volume
of newspaper advertising. their record
In November climbing TO 100000 lines.
an increase of 4e4 per cent, compared
with November, 1892. General advertis-
ing pushed its gains to l2.2 per cent
with total of 25,573.000 lines Retail
advertising also showed gains with
financial and classified below last years
level
Similar trends are being shown in the
magazine field, Advertising Age reports
as advertising in 100 leading magazines
for December totaled 1873 900 lines, a
gain of 1876 per cent. compared with
the final month OF 1882.
Evening star., 1934-01-01

Dividend rates in dollars based quarterly
annual Dayme1t PsTg extra Plus stock PAYABLE
-: stock PAYABLE in Plus 81 in stock Paid
r -
Evening star., 1934-01-01
DOMESTIC COINAGE DROPS
AT PHILADELPHIA MINT
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, January do
mestic coinage dropped but foreign
coinage increased at the Philadelphia
Mint during 1888.
While the minting Of American coins
dropped from 20,030.750, the 1882
total. to 15l1800O, the decrease in
value was from s68,106, $50 to s12,l78,-
600. The explanation lies in the fact
that 14,360000 of the coins turned out
in the past II months were l-cent
pieces.
The mint coined 15,24o,OOO pieces for
foreign countries, mostly Latin Ameri-
can nations. This is a numerical in
crease over the 9,756096 foreign coins
minted in 1882, but, because Of f1uctu-
ating exchange rates, the mint at
tempted no estimate of the coins value
in dollars.
Evening star., 1934-01-01
Many Banks Still Closed.

Many Banks Still Closed.
Il must be recognized that while we
have made considerable progress during
the year in establishing the banking
system on a firmer foundation. much
remains to be done before it can be
considered satisfactory. Many banks
are still closed throughout the country,
tying up deposits of considerable
amount. Some plan for thawing these
out is necessary. Legislation passed in
the emergency session of Congress was
hurriedly devised and can only be con-
sidered as temporary. Investigations
have been carried on most OF the year
by the Senate committee In an attempt
to provide background for permanent
tory procedure would be to develop
truly national organization, Of which
all banks would be compelled TO be
members This could be done fairly
simply through the existing Federal
Reserve System which has operated rel
atively satisfactorily throughout the
depression. Perhaps this will be done
AT any rate it is highly probable that
q deflnlte reorganization of our fnan-
c1al system is needed and will be at
tempted during the early months Of
1.-The next year.
Evening star., 1934-01-01
EXPORT OUTLOOK BRIGHTER

NEW YORK, January PIN
creased buying and al improvement In
collections have combined to improve
sentiment in the export trade. From
the East have come the first cable or
ders directly attributed TO the rise In
silver
Evening star., 1934-01-01
TEXTILE TRADE EXPANDS.

NEW YORK. January LP-
Trading IN silk and synthetic gray
goods expanded last week. with sand
crepes for printing especially active,
according to Woodhouse, Nickel, Bar
rett & Quinn, textile brokers.