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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
THE APPROACHING ELECTION

A campaign that has been running
on high since the primary in Septem
Der, comes to a close with the gen
eral election on Tuesday next, No
yember 6, when full State and Coun-
ty tickets will be chosen.
With State and County candidates
working over time interest has been
aroused, and indications are that old
general apathy, that as rule plays
a large part in final results with his
"stay at home vote" has been put
to rout, and heavy vote is antici-
pated.
The party organs by their extrava-
giant claims and fulsome priass
would have the voters believe that
only the candidates of their particu-
lar political party are qualified to fill
the offices to which they aspire.
This sort of political clap trap is
without rhyme or reason, and to as
sert that the other fellow, simply be-
cause he happens to belong to diff
ferent party utilization, is not worthy
of support, is mighty cheap "argu-
ment," and generally defeats its in
tended purpose.
Voters have come more and more
to disregard the attempts to whip
them into party line, and every cleo
of G.
ing independence.
This is as it should be, as every
office at the disposal of the voter
should be placed on a business basis,
and filed by the candidate best
qualified to conduct it properly. For
any party organ to attempt to set up
the claim that its particular party
has all the ability is little bit too
much for the voter of the present
day and generation to swallow.
AS a matter of fact the major party
platforms and creeds as at present
drawn, resemble each other so close
ly as 30 be hardly distinguishable
from each other.
The various candidates for the
State and County offices to be filed
have been before the public during
the campaign drawing rapidly to a
close, long enough for the voter to
form a good idea of their relative
fitness for the offices sought, and
with the complete list on the ballot
prescribed by law, he has every OPP
portunity when he enters the booth
on November 9Th of marking that
ballot for those candidates, who in
his Judgment he feels are best quail
fed, and not be swayed entirely by
party fealty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

fore it behooves the banker to bend
every effort to create a better public
understanding of sound banking and
thereby bring about that united effort
and cooperative spirit which will has
ten the day of national recovery and
restore to the banker the confidence
of the public to which he is entitled.
AS an approach to the realization of
this ideal. bankers should carefully
scrutinize every application for loan
to see if it is bankable and. if ii is
not in bankable form. then make fur
be made so, in order that the uses of
credit may be stimulated
Explaining Loan Factors to Customers
We must not expect our customers to
be bankers and understand all the fac
tors which we must consider before
granting loan If we find that loan
is not, and cannot he made, bankah!e.
, then | think we should take pains to
explain to the applicant the reasons
why it cannot be granted.
There are other measures which /
think it important for the banker to
undertake in order to eliminate the
misunderstanding which have arisen
and overcome the sentiment which
exists. Under present conditions we
have to operate under many laws and
regulations. and also watch what fur
Their legislation is being proposed which
affects our methods of operation and
may not be in the best interest OF the
communities we serve. Nowadays 1t
seems at times we must sit with Jaw
book in one hand and book of regu:a.
tons in the other in order to make GER
tain we are discharging our daily duties
and functioning strictly in accordance
with the law All OF this is very try.
ing, yet think in the end we shall be.
come better Esnk RS.
| believe it is the duty of every
banter today to Cadeavor to under.
stand the public he serves. In addition
to his daily duties. trying as they are.
he should participate in the activities
OF his community. so that. with the
fund of Information available to him,
he rlay be as helpful as possible in all
public and civic matters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
THE PRESIDENT ON PRICE
INCREASES

President Roosevelt in his latest
announcements says there has not
been a satisfactory uniformity in
price increases. Some things have
improved much more than others.
In a general way the President de-
clares for still higher prices, but he
warns that this remedy must be used
with caution. But, just to show you
how uneven the increases have been
in farm products-cotton at this
writing is bringing 20 per cent more
than it did a year ago, oats 80 per
cent more and corn SO per cent more
while wheat is bringing only 10
that the wheat farmers have been
benefited less than some others.
Wheat dropped 20 cents bushel in
side a month just lately. The Pres
ident points to the huge fluctuations
in all prices there have been in the
period since the war and he declares
that methods must be round to pre-
vent such damaging changes in the
future.
Today it takes nine times as much
wheat and IA times as much cotton
to buy manufactured goods as it did
in 1917. An Industrial board has re-
ported that in order to restore pros
perity for everybody wheat would
have to bring $40 instead of the
present price of STOP; corn would
have to sell for 81 instead of II
cents and cotton for Is cents instead
of IL. An increasing number of au-
thorities are beginning to see that
the manufacturing, distributing and
service industries cannot prosper un-
less the farm industry gets back on
prosperity basis so it can buy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
TO APPLY METER TO NATIONS
BEER

Determined to halt or prevent, as
the case may be, the flow of any of
the output of the country's 693
breweries into non-taxpaying chan
nels, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has ordered in
stallation of meters by next March 1.
Before taking this step the Treas
ury Department entered into an ex-
haustive experimentation to prove
the feasibility of putting beer on the
same standard with gas and electric
ity. Tests have been made with ac-
tual machines, specifications have
been prepared, and it is expected that
meters of approved types will be
available to the breweries by Deem
Der 1, allowing plenty of time for in
stallation before the deadline.
Installation of the meters in brew
cries, the department. brought OUT
will permit the withdrawal of
large number of Federal inspectors
now stationed at the plants and their
reassignment to "other important
duties"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The annual drive for membership
in the American Red Cross will be-
gin on November IL. The following
statement has been issued by Henry
/. Hartman, president Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States:
Ever faithful to it's trust, stable
and dependable, strongest when the
going is hardest, the American Red
Cross fully justifies the confidence
and support of the people. 1t has
been blessed with a wise and able
management, which has shown itself
equal to the strain of the depression
as well as warmly responsive to the
call of human need. AS an indi-
vidual business man, l am glad to
do all that l can to further the work
of the Red Cross, of which l so
heartily approve. And as President
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, l ask business men
everywhere to give their active CO.
operation to the forthcoming Red
Cross Roll Call"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
U. S. TAKES SIXTH OF CATTLE
FROM DROUGHT ZONE

The government has bought al
most one-sixth of all the cattle in the
"a drought States.
AAA sources disclosed the result
of the cattle-purchasing campaign.
More than 100000 have been
bought, out of total of 45,598,O50
in the "a states. The government
has paid s9O,379,155 out of S1O1,-
217,5OO appropriated for the pur-
pose. The average price was about
$1,000.
OF the purchases about 100000
were destroyed on the farm as unfit
for food Huge inroads on the cat
tie herd of several States were noted
in the official tabulation.
Texas leads in cattle purchased.
There the government has bought L.
9SS,7O2 of the estimated 6,602,702
in the State, paying an average of
S12.O6 per head or total outlay of
$16,744,969.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
COMPTROLLER COMMENDS
INSTITUTE OF BANKING

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Ameri.
can Institute of Banking, said to be
the most successful project of its kind
in the field of applied adult education,
has performed a valuable function in
training bank clerks for sound pub
lie service as we'll as personal success"
J. F. T. O'Connor. Comptroller of the
Currency of the United States. said
here in recent radio address. The
institute is section of the American
Bankers Association.
while imparting useful knowledge,
it has improved the morale of banking
personnel and has stimulated in its
members an intelligent interest in ma.
tional and international monetary
problems" Mr.. OConnor said Its
courses cover a wide field in banking.
Among the subjects. one finds Bank
Organization and Operation. CONNER.
cial Law. Negotiable instruments Law
and Economics. in the Pre-Standard
Division: followed by such subjects as
Money and Banking. Credit Manage
ment. Financial Statement Analysis
and Bank Management in the Standard
Division
Each and every subject is one which
is necessary to knowledge of banking.
However. the institute does not stop
here, but encourages graduate study
in Corporation Finance. Trust Service.
Farm Credit Administration and Bust
ness Forecasting. Again it emphasizes
in special courses the Importance Of
the less technical but highly beneficial
study OF Constructive Customer Rela
tions. Banking Fundamentals and Pub
lie Speaking. No comment is necessary
on these courses: their value is at
once apparent"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
FARM REFINANCING

Maryland farmers have borrowed
approximately S6,3O0,OOO from the
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
during the last seventeen months to
refinance mortgages, Charles S. Jack
sn, president CT the bank, announced
Friday.
The amount of refinancing for the
entire Baltimore farm credit district,
which also includes Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia,
the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico, totals $4,000. 900, and for the
entire United States the figure is
slightly more than 81, 217,OO0,0 1000.
Virginia farmers borrowed 3d.
100000 and West Virginia farmers
$4.20O,000 for refinancing purposes.
it was said.
About ninety-one per cent of the
total amount loaned by the Baltimore
Land Bank in the district was used
for refinancing purposes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
RITTER HOUSING

Facts and figures presented at a
Housing Program for industrialists
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Balti
more, October 22nd, indicate that
one out of every two buildings in
Maryland needs repairs of some
kind. In Baltimore City alone it is
estimated that S2O,0OO,OOO will be
required to put the 222,49 buildings
of the city in repair and to stop de-
terioration.
Reports from banks throughout
the State show that more than 800
Better Housing loans aggregating
$11S,S2O.90 have been made. In
addition, reports indicate that build
ing and loan associations at their
regular terms have made loans
amounting to approximately $4,000
for home improvement. Many banks
have made loans amounting to ap-
proximately $4,000 for this purpose
under their regular banking rules.
One private banker in Baltimore re-
ports that he has loaned $150,000
since August 18th for modernization
purposes. These amounts total
$36S, $1,000.
Reports indicate that for every
dollar from loans spent in moderni-
cation work, an additional 50 is be-
ing spent in cash. This would give
a grand total of approximately ST.
106,462.70 of Better Housing work
in Maryland accomplished since
August 18th.
More than 500 representative men
from all over the State registered at
the meeting for industrialists, called
by Arthur e. Hungerford, Director
for Maryland, National Emergency
Council, in charge of the Better
Housing Program in this State. Ad
dresses were made at the morning,
luncheon and afternoon sessions by
Ward N. Canaday, Director of Public
Relations, Federal Housing Admin
istration, D. r. Collins and r. R.
McCreary of the Industries Staff of
the Federal Housing Administration,
Colonel Henry G. Perring, volunteer
Director for the Baltimore Better
Housing Program, G. Alvin Riebling,
Assistant Bank Liaison Officer, F. A.
Dryden, Assistant State Administra-
tor, FERA, and Arthur e. Hunger
ford.
To get some idea for what Better
Housing Loans are being used, a
study has been made of 2.344 loans.
These loans put to work 5.62S men.
The largest number, 17.71%, were
used for heating plants. TO install
new ones or to improve old ones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
THE CITY OVER YONDER
Evangelist John Moses Baker
baltimore, Nd.

Dd1IlAOIOs NIL
There's city over yonder,
With mansions bright and fair,
And friends and loved ones waiting,
To greet us over there.
No sin can ever enter,
Within those portals CLEAN;
The beauty and the grandeur,
No mortal eyes have seen.
Gone all sorrow, pain and heartache;
From every care set free;
In that city over yonder,
Our Sayiour's face to see.
JESUS, our blessed Saviour,
Who died on Calvary's tree,
Will give Us joyful welcome;
How happy all will be.
Let not your hearts be troubled
All storms will soon be past,
And safe within that harbor
Our anchor shall be cast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
AFTER THE WHISTLE BLOWS


More than 100 large industrial
plants, in New York and other east
arn states, have inaugurated cam
paign to bring safety into the homes
of their workers. The campaign
which is an outgrowth of the Fifth
Annual New York Safety Conference,
is known as After the Whistle
Blows"
During October and November,
employees are to be instructed in au-
tomobile hazards. Child and home
safety were taught in September
Home hazards will be the December
subject, and January will be given
TO first aid. February, with instruc
ton in recreational hazards, will
bring the campaign to close.
The campaign will be carried on
through letters to workers and thru
group meetings of employees and
their families. There will be safety
competition between teams within
the plants. Other features will be
first aid lectures, home hazards
contest for mothers, and a drivers
school,
The National Safety Council points
out that the significance of the cam
paign is found in the fact that about
twice as many factory employees are
killed in accidents while not at work,
as in factory operations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
NATIONAL FARM BUREAU OUT
LINED PROGRAM


vile Convention--Far-R Reaching
Policies Will Be Discussed
The sixteenth annual convention OF
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton which will meet at Nashville on
December 10, / and IL, is expected
to become one of the most significant
gatherings ever assembled for a like
purpose in this country. An impos-
reaching Notwithstanding all
the way from foreign trade relations,
monetary, reform, and lax reduc-
ton, will be discussed by some of
the ablest authorities in the land.
Secretary of State, Cordell Hull,
will outline and interpret the Ad-
ministration's program as it affects
the export market for surplus agri-
cultural products. Secretary of Ag-
riculture, Henry A. Wallace, will also
participate in the program.
Other prominent speakers who
have accepted invitations to address
the convention include Professor
Warren of Cornell University, who
has served as adviser to President
Roosevelt on monetary policy, and
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma
One of the sessions will be devoted |
to the Agricultural Adjustment Act
and the formulation of definite pol
icies for Strengthening and improv-
ing the adjustment program. Ches
ter f. Davis, Administrators of the |
Act, will discuss future policies of |
The AAA. Professor M. l.. Wilson,
one of the early champions of the |
Domestic Allotment Plan, will out
line national program of land util-
ization and conservation in the light
of the practical experience gained
from the operation of the AAA pro-
gram to date.
Governor Myers of the Farm Cred
it Administration, who has played a
leading part in the formulation of |
rural credit legislation, will address
the convention. So will Governor |
John G. Winant of New Hampshire, |
who recently distinguished himself |
through his studies of the textile |
situation
One of the features of this years |
convention, according to Edward A.
ONeal, President of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, will be the |
provision for full and free debate on
every major issue from the conven
zion floor. "In this way" President
O'Neal says, ''the sentiment of all
concerned, from the county Farm
Bureaus and the State organizations,
will find expression and will be
erystalized into a consistent national
program behind which the entire
force of the Farm Bureau is mobil-
ized and through which the agricul-
tural policy for the nation is de-
veloped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

responsibility to
retain those es-
rHntial and sound
financial princi.
pies upon which
this country was
founded and has
grown to be what
is still the richest
n a t i o n In t h e
world.
Many of our diff
fic ultie s have
arisen from lack
of confidence and
from misunder
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

There have been recent slumps in
many lines. of business. Yet, accord
ing to the Life Insurance Sales Re-
search Bureau, that industry has
held continuously to relatively
high level, and has been little affect
ed by the general industrial expert
ence
The principal deduction to be
made from that fact is that the aver
age citizen prizes insurance much
more than he did in the past.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
Most American homes and bull,

Most American homes and build
ings contain very real fire dangers
which the unsuspecting occupant
does not know about. Self-inspec-
ton of buildings. under the guidance
of National Board inspection blanks,
is a sure road to greater safety from
fire. These forms may be obtained
from the National Board of Fire I'm
derwriters, IS John street, New
York City: 222 west Adams Street,
Chicago ;or Merchants Exchange
building, San Francisco.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
UNEMPLOYMENT PARAMOUNT
ISSUE

The paramount and tragic ISSUE in
American life today is unemploy-
ment. 1t began as an economic is
sue; it is believed by many to be to-
day a national political issue. To
morrow it may be the only thing
that matters to us all, and by it our
present economic system and politi-
cal institutions will stand or fall.
The American people will stand
increased taxation, mounting debt,
hardships OF various kinds, if there
by unemployment be wiped out.
Otherwise, they will look to other
means Of solving their difficulties,
for in the main they are patriots.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
A TIMELY RIME

The clock, methinks, is disgrace,
Although it seldom shirks.
1t holds its hands before its face
And then runs down the works.
1t beats the seconds, strikes the time
And has a shameful trick
OF showing impudence sublime
While running ON on tick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02
ADJUSTING BANKING
TO CHANGING NEEDS
By ROBERT W. FLEMING
Vice President american Bankers
1ccnrsnf;ow

bankers recognize that changing
~ conditions require new methods Of
doing business. However 1t is their
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

Writers frequently develop writer's
eramp. but takers somehow fail to
develop any king,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

We cherish the jury system; but
we know it works very badly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

New shoes once had to be broken
IN" and 9 new towel stu has to be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

Things are easy when done will
ingly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

One per cent of a towns popula-
tion gives that town all its trouble,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

Congressman don't care for your
opinion unless you vote It,
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-10-10
REVISE SHOOTING
HOURS FOR DUCKS

Much CONSERVATION was created
among local nimrods over a list of
sunrise and sunset hours for the
duck-shooting season as published
in last weeks issue of the News.
Last weeks list was not given as
an accurate hour schedule for any
one vicinity, but as a general hour
schedule for the state, as hunters
were so advised in the accompany
ing article.
However, this week The News is
glad to revise the schedule to bring
its use "closer to home, so to
speak. In publishing the follow
ing list of shooting hours for the
three-day-a-week season extending
from October 5 to December 9, as
furnished by the Gazette Printing
company, hunters are urged to take
note of the fact that this schedule
applies accurately only to a radius
of 40 miles from Billings. Outside
that circle, the time will vary
slightly:
Date Sunrise Cunsat
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-10-10
FELT is CITY
CALLER DURING WEEK

Judge Stanley E. Felt of Baker,
Republican nominee for represent
ative in congress from the second
Montana congressional district,
was a caller in Red Lodge during
the week in the course of his cam
paign tour of eastern Montana
cities. Judge Felt arrived late
Thursday afternoon and left at
noon Friday intending to visit in
the Great Falls region and later to
join Judge George NJ. Bourquin's
campaign party.
Now serving his fourth term as
a judge of the sixteenth judicial
district, Judge Felt has held court
in % of the counties of the second
congressional district and feels
that this has given him a deep in
sight into the problems of the
people. The judge has been a resi-
dent of Montana since 1910 and
served as Dawson county attorney
in 1914 and as captain of infantry
in the World War conflict. He
favors sound measures for the re-
storation of prosperity and better
social conditions and is especially
interested in developing irrigation
and protecting the sugar beet in
dustry.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-10-10

Recognizing that a change
in policy and procedure was due
on the part of the county SUPER
intendent of schools in respect
to the rural schools of the coun-
ty, several rural teachers. rur-
al patrons and school board
members asked me to become a
candidate for that office. / ac-
ceded to their request with the
definite object in view of brin-
ing about these changes. During
the final weeks of the cam
paign, l shall discuss the record
of the incumbent who is now a
candidate for a third term.
q WRIGHT
candidate for superintendent of
schools,
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