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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21
WE WANT TO KNOW WHY

Chain Drug Company can go into bankruptcy
because they claim to be insolvent, cancel their
obligations such as lease contracts, debts, incur
loss to stockholders, buy their. stores back on
the basis of few cents on the dollar, and then
have funds to start large number Of new
stores, Our local press has quoted officials of
the Owl Drug Company as stating that they
plan to start large number Of new units. The
following article appeared in the L. A. Evening
Herald Express under date Of June 26th
"suit Against Owl Chiefs Dismissed by
Supreme Court"
(By Associated Press
San Francisco, June 25-The California Su-
preme Court today ruled the San Francisco
court properly dismissed the suit of W. w.
Hindman and other stockholders of the Owl
Drug Company, who had charged the COM
pany's officers with fraudulent activities in
, throwing the chain drug concern into bank
ruptcy
The state court held that the validity Of the
bankruptcy was presumed by the absence of any
fraudulent showing; that Federal Judge Nor
cross of Nevada had jurisdiction to try the case,
and that the motives behind the bankruptcy
were immaterial if the company was actually
insolvent.
A similar suit by the stockholders is pending
before the federal court here
We should like to have the Owl Officials
tell us how, if they are insolvent they can start
a lot of new Cafeteria style) drug stores. We
should like to have officials of other chains ex-
plain how they did it, and we should like to
know how an individual can stay in business
with that kind of competition.
WE WANT TO KNOW
why Mr.. Percy Strauss an important official in
the Macy Department store, New York, con.
tinually has his attorney appear before the
NRA code hearings to object to any kind Of a
markup in the drug code. trying to make the
CONTINUED GA pare y
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21
WE WANT TO KNOW WHY

We want to know why our local newspapers
have carried large front page headlines inform
ing the public that the Hartman Hosiery
Mills Hartman, Tenn, has had it's Blue Eagle
taken away by NRA, and make no mention of
the Thrifty Gut Rate Drug Company Of Los
Angeles having had its Blue Eagle taken away
for code violations. According to the Code
Authority, nearly a hundred violations were
fled against the Thrifty CATER plenty of warn
ing) for violating the substitution, labor, and
price provisions Of the CODE After it appeared
that nothing would be done about it, a storm of
protest went to Washington, after which this
concern was ordered to surrender its Eagle.
But why is it to be kept such secretf We
want to know why the local newspapers espe-
cially those that continually espouse the cause
Of the Blue Eagle, neglect to print this news
for the benefit Of the public. 4
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL DRUG.
GIsTS ASSOCIATION, Ltd.
FRESNO TO SAN DIEGO
356 South Spring st.,
430 II. w. Hellman Bldg,
Los Angeles, Calf.
Telephone: Trinity 1878
BULLETIN 10 June %, 1884
IN THIS ISSUE
WE WANT TO KNOW WHY
GENERAL. CIGAR COMPANY MEANS
BUSINESS
EvERDRY DESERVES CREDIT FOR
STAND TAKEN
APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSE RE-
NEWALS MAILED TO DEALERS
COUNTY FIRE WORKS ORDINANCE
AMENDED
FAIR TRADE CONTRACT PRICES ON
INSULIN
LOS ANGELES HEALTH REGULATION
REVISED
OTHER ITEMS
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21

The struggle of the independ-
ent merchants for existence, is
the same in every state and ap-
,parently without exception,
their fight is waged along the
same futile lines - fintlock
musket tactics against machine
gun ethics
l received, a few days ago, a
letter from one Of the finest men
it has been my good fortune to
meet-an Independent druggist
in Los Angeles, California. A
druggist of the "old school" he
has discarded the old idea that
all drug companies were con-
Quoted by gentlemen; that the
ethics Of the profession were
too sacred to permit OF viola
ton; that the cut-throat meth
DDS of the chains must be met
by strict adherence to "ethics"
and fair prices Of fair competi-
ton. He learned his lesson
when his neighborhood was in
vaded by chain drug "competi-
tors" His story is the story of
thousands of men who are being
ruthlessly slaughtered by the
chain drug and chain every
thing else. Let me give you a
brief outline of his experience !:
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21

pushed aside-by Wall Street
owned chain stores and the ig-
norance of the general public.
Now, this Los Angeles friend
sent me a copy of a bulletin is
sued by the Independent drug
gists of that city. He asked me
to read it carefully and then
write an article against chain
drug stores. read the bulletin
not only carefully but painfully.
There ism t a thing in the world,
within my power, that l
wouldn' t do for that druggist,
but I'm no magician. l cant
pluck rabbits out of derbys |;
cant shake butterflies out of
nose napkins and can't find a
blessed thing in that bulletin
on which to base a I" STORY.
One must have something on
which to build if one is to build
and there's nothing in that
bulletin worth wasting time or
space on or over.
I'm going to reproduce it in
full and leave it to my readers
to judge whether it's contents
justify the cost of printers ink
let alone the cost of labor and
paper. Here it is:
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21
Los Angeles Independent Druggists
Fight" Chain Stores With bulletins

Apparently No Difference Except Geographical Location In Meth
DDS Used Combat Chain Store Encroachments Field of
pendent Business Los Angeles Independent Druggist Copy
of Bulletin And Requests Bstes Article Chain
II Can't Be Did!
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21

| i tell you we re going to ge
rid of that poodle. It just bi
me in the ankle.
That's too bad.
Darn right it, too bad"
Eyes, we should have gotten
q st. Bernard"
"You brute, since our mar
rage you haven't been half as
afectionate as you were the
night you proposed to mel"
well, I haven't been half as
drunk, either. :"
Father: What's this I hear
about your little brother being
punished by his teacher just be-
cause his nose itched?"
Daughter: Eyes, but daddy,
he didn't tell you he was
scratching it with his thumb. I"
First Nurse: There's a pa
tient in my ward that hasn' t
made love to me.
Second Nurse: lone of mine
is in a state of coma, too."
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-07-21

What makes you say Colum-
bus was an ardent prohibition
ist?"
Because he cheered when he
saw dry land"
Donald certainly has an air
about him, hasn't he?"
eyes, and even his best
friends won't tell him"
Girls are of two kinds: those
who want to be kissed and those
who kiss to be wanted.
Shall I 60 to a mind-reader
or a palm-reader?"
TRY the palm-reader. It's OBJ
vious that you We got a palm"
"Can I try on that dress in
the Window"
Sorry, but I'm afraid traffic
would be blocked.
"Djever see the sea sick?"
mo, but I saw the ocean
blue"
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
HOPE FOR CHILDREN

EORTY-TWO state legislatures are to meet
this winter. Efforts will be made to get
as many of them as possible to take some &C
ton on the pending child labor amendment
to the federal Constitution.
1t is worth while to recapitulate the facts
in regard to that amendment. 1t has been
ratified by twenty states. If sixteen more rat
fly it, it will become part of the Constitu-
ton Fourteen of the notifications came last
year. Getting the remaining sixteen ought
not to be too difficult.
This amendment, it should be emphasized,
is not mandatory. 1t simply gives congress
the power to act. And while NRA codes have
done much to cut down the child labor evil,
we ought to remember that these codes are
not necessarily permanent. Passing the
amendment would enable us to remedy the
abuse for gooo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
TABLES ARE TURNED

TALK about financial policies usually makes
- pretty dull reading. Nevertheless, a
glance at few dollars and-cents figures helps
one to understand one of the most difficult
features OF the whole recovery problem
The Monthly Survey of Business issued by
the American Federation of Labor shows that
the government, rather than private business,
is now carrying the major share of the load of
putting idle money to work
In 1929, business men borrowed nearly $12,-
000,000,0OO from member banks of the Fed
eral Reserve, and put the money to work. the
federal government, at the same time bor-
rowed $4,000 100000 Now the figures are re-
versed. This year the government is borrow
ing $900O000,00, while loans to business
amount to only $4,000 100000
In other words, money which goes to pro-
duce new wealth has been cut in half-and un-
less the government borrowing brings about
business recovery. the money it is spending
will not create enough wealth to pay of the
debts which the government is incurring.
You can place your own construction on
the exact lesson to be drawn from these fig
ures. Whatever conclusion you reach, you will
at least find them extraordinarily significant,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
TEXTILE EMPLOYERS NEXT

MOST of U.S. including government Officials
4VA think of strikes as things that spring up
overnight
We know that wars between nations are
not caused by something that occurs on the
day before hostilities begin, but by long train
of real or imagined abuses left uncorrected.
And we know that terms of peace imposed on
conquered nations often contain seeds for flu
ture wars.
Yet, somehow, warfare between employers
and employees is thought of as something that
flashes suddenly across the front pages, and
as suddenly dies down again after an armistice
While blood was being spilled near the
textile mills in the south and in New England,
the public watched the tragic drama. But few
seem to realize that the terms of the armi-
stice that relegated the textile dispute to the
inside pages actually corrected none of the
abuses that caused the strike, that another
outbreak is imminent unless grievances are
adjusted.
The pledge of The united textile workers
union to keep the peace and abide by de-
cisions of the government agencies, will prove
of little value unless The employers and the
government make the most of it. Among the
rank and file Of workers there is widespread
distrust of the intentions of the employers and
skepticsm concerning the government agencies
If the employers are wise they will follow
the union quickly in accepting the Presidents
truce proposal IF they refuse to cooperate
with the government they will prejudice their
S case before the government tribunals and the
court of public opinion. Only by cooperation
in giving the Presidents truce a fair trial can
worse textile strike be prevented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
HAIL, AND FAREWELL!

WHEN General Johnson said good-by to
w his coworkers in the NFsA his emotions
overcame him, say newspaper dispatches, and
he closed with tears in his eyes and a quaver
in his voice-diSplaying an emotion which was
fully shared by all who heard him.
1t is an emotion in which many ordinary
citizens will STRENGTHENING some who were
deeply opposed to the generals retention Of
his Office.
For this fact is obvious, and it is only JUS
tice to mention it; whatever may be said Of
General Johnsons policies and achievements,
he did work very, very hard at a very difficult
job. To the best of his ability. he gave himself
to his work.
Such mistakes as he made were mistakes
CT the head and not Of the heart 1t is hard
not to feel twinge of emotion as the indie
fatigable general steps down from a position
that claimed him, heart and soul, during
very difficult period in the nations history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
FRIDAY. OCT 5. 1888.
DEMOCRATS PLUS PRoGREssIvEs

THE New Deal needs the vigor Of Progress
- sive Republicans. And the conservative
Democratic party needs them no less
At the start Of the summers campaigning
Northumberland Farley. chairman Of the
Democratic national committee. accepted this
fact. and its political Implications He en-
couraged a successful move to amalgamate the
Progressves and Democrats of California be-
hind the Republican Hiram Johnson. AS re-
suit this stout New Dealer will go to the
senate again.
In Wisconsin La Toilette is fighting to hold
his seat, not only against conservative Re-
publican, but against the reactionary Demo-
crat, Callahan President Roosevelt in his
Green Bay speech helped La Toilette. Since
then Farley has done nothing for Callahan
and is not apt to.
But for some unknown reason the admin
istration seems to be trying in New Mexico to
defeat Senator Cutting, effective New Dealer.
He is opposed for reelection by Democratic
Representative Chavez. who claims to be run
ming with the Farley blessing.
In North Dakota a Democratic regular is
making it difficult for the Progressive Senator
Lynn Frazier. In Minnesota Senator Ship
stead. Farmer-Labor member of the senate, Is
confronted with strong Democratic opposition.
Into these states Progressive help is pour
ing from neighboring western senators. Party
lines are being forgotten as they should be.
Senator Wheeler, Montana DEMOCRAT, and Sen
ator Norris, Nebraska, insurgent Republican,
will stump for young Bob in Wisconsin. Sen
ator Frazier will speak for Senator shipstead,
SO will Senator Nye Of North Dakota. Others
will deploy into New Mexico to help Senator
Cutting.
Mr.. Farley and President Roosevelts party
headquarters are taking such realistic posi-
ton in support of the New Deal by aiding
Senators La Toilette and Johnson it is diff
cult to understand the administrations atti-
tude toward Senator Cutting and other Pro-
greSsives.
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very often. are at their piers only few
hours between one voyage and the next.

very often, are at their piers only few
hours between one voyage and the next.
As result. 1t is hard to keep crews Sailor
men like their shore leave. Personnel of the
ships company changes from trip to trip-so
discipline inevitably suffers. and the neces-
sary emergency drills fail to result in smooth,
perfectly working machine.
Add TO this the fact that passengers now
adays want ships to be super-hotels, with
fine panelling in the cabins, much gimcrack-
cry. and the like. Because Of this, steel ships
are fitted with flimsy, inflammable passenger
quarters-and become fire traps where they
might be fireproof.
Now all this creates a situation that is no
ones fault. 1t is the simple product of eco
nomic pressure.
Unless this pressure can in some way be re-
!ieved. we shall continue. every so often, to
have shocking marine disasters like those of
the Moro Castle and the vestris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
ECONOMIC PRESSURE

IF Bruno Hauptmanns $40 bills had not led
Il the police to his door just when they did,
the investigation into the burning of the Moro
Castle would have been front page news longer.
And If it had. we might have been forced to
recognize the fact that something is badly out
of gear in the machinery of ocean transpor-
tation.
For it is futile to suppose that the MORO
Castle tragedy will be cleared up" If the
exact cause of the fire is discovered, or If this
or that officer is deprived of his ticket. The
,whcle case is Just one more symptom of
bad situation which seems to extend to all
maritime nations these days.
There was delay in sending out the o S,
there was confusion and lack of discipline
among the ships crew, many lives were lost
that might have been saved -. These are the
grave charges that have been made.
They don't apply to the Moro Castle alone
They were true when the British ship veStris
went down: they have been true Of other post
war sea disasters.
And they reflect a pressure which eco
nomic circumstances have put on the ancient
business Of carrying passengers across the sea.
The captain has lost his old independence.
The home Office is. or can be. in touch with
him every minute by wireless; the tempta-
ton to save their money and reputation by
deferring TO the very last minute call for
help is almost irresistible.
For if the captain issues such call, and
then discovers that he could. after all. have
gotten his ship through unaided. his head is
apt to come off when he reaches portland
every captain knows it.
Furthermore ship makes no money lying
in port. For this reason the turn around" is
quicker now than ever before. Ships spend little
time in port between yoyages-crack liners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
AN ELEPHANT STUNT

THE latest stunt of the G. O. P. is to trot
out as a campaign document a series Of
old anti-New Deal remarks of conservative
Democrats. including John w. Davis. AL Smith.
Jim Reed and Carter Glass.
Apparently the purpose of this strategy is
to ALLEVIATE old-line Democrats from the Roose-
welt leadership
President Roosevelt. in his Sunday night
speech, threw in the teeth Of his Tory critics
radical" utterances of such venerated Repub-
licans as Elihu Root and Abraham Lincoln,
seeking thus to- justify the measures Of the
New Deal and hold the allegiance OF those
forward looking" Republicans who voted
Democratic in 1892.
Thus, in the merry game of politics, with
another election approaching, the Republicans
come out strong for orthodox Democracy, and
the Democratic leader beckons to the Repub-
licans who are weary of their partys present
rulers and want to return to the funda-
mentals of old Republicansm.
The two parties. it is commended, are not
what they used to be. AS if the voters didn't
already know that. AS if the voters cared
They are interested now in issues not party
labels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

By B. G. Green.
When in the course of human
events it becomes necessary for
the common people to dissolve the
political bonds which have bound
them by special privileges and
monopolization of natures re-
sources, necessary to life and lib
erty, to which the laws of nature
and Of natures God entitled
them, a decent respect to the
opinions of makind requires that
the privileged should not raise
the question of individual liberty
or constitutionality.
Constitution means, inherent,
essential, organic. The inherent
personal privilege and protection
is as essential industrially as
politically
Whenever any form Of govern
nent becomes destructive of these
ends las in 1920 it is the right
of the people to alter or to abol-
ish it and institute a new (deaD
government on such principles, as
to them shall seem most likely to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
The Constitution and NeaU Deal

effect their safety and happi-
ness"
The pressing and critical situa-
ton of 1880 demanded, I'VE, the
people of the United States, in
order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense (this time
by forestalling a blind revolu-
tom, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings Of indus
trial liberty, reordain and re-
establish this Constitution for the
United States of America"
The senate and house have
concurred in the reorganization
program, and presented it to the
President in regular constitutional
order.
Lincoln said:
Plainly written provisions Of
the Constitution are difficult of
application and enforcement be-
cause no organic law can be
framed with a provision specif1-
cally applicable to every question
which may occur in practical adj
ministration."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
PRAISES SERVICE OF
TRUSTEE NOONE
By william Lemon

By william Lemon.
In one of the most trying times
in the history of Marion county, the
present Center township trustee,
Miss Hannah Noone, has conducted
her office with courtesy, efficiency
and honesty and not to re-elect her
would put us back in the same rut
we were in before.
Her Republican predecessor made
you get a slip signed by various en-
ployers, before you could get a
small basket of food. You wore out
your shoes and obtained little worth
while.
She established a shoe repair
shop and barber shop and took
the Rip Van Wrinkle look from us.
She, like Otto Ray, candidate for
sheriff, has heart bigger than her
body.
She has surrounded herself with
an able corps of workers and her
investigators are always on the Job
and emergency cases of widows and
orphans are the first thought in re-
gard to relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

to the fact that our salvation does
not lie within the two old parties.
Are we ready for a new deal, or
are there some who, although starv-
ing, are too ignorant perhaps to
see the truth?
BY the way, has the NRA blue
eagle brought back some semblance
of prosperity to you, or has it
cracked down on you and made life
even more miserable than before?
Has the NRA placed you in a posi-
ton where you think you will Never
Recover Again?
Some have had a shot in the arm.
Some have not. Whether we like
it or not, about the next Shot will
be aimed at our heads. Destitution,
if nothing else, will finally reach a
vital spot, and then the struggle for
those things so necessary for an ex-
istence will be over.
Whichever ticket we vote, let us
be sure it favors the workers in a
big way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

tried their best to be tough, knowing
that you can take it or get out,
which they don't hesitate to tell you.
After spending few years with
one company, trying your best to be
loyal, only to have it turn on you
with sly dig at every turn, doesn't
help your loyalty any.
If the company feels it has en-
ployes who need to be driven to
do their duty, why not get rid of
those instead of making hard-work-
ing and loyal employees feel like a
bunch of loafers? I know the COM
pany can boast of having some Of
the best men in the gas business, so
why not give them little credit in
stead of knocks and telling you how
hard up the company is and how
easily it could do without you, yet
each day it works the deuce out of
what few men it has?