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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
SOARING COSTS
FOR FOOD BRING
new DIFFICULTY
AAA, Professors, Farmers
and Housewives EmbroiIed
in Controversy.
By Omitted Press

By Cntted Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Steadi-
ly increasing food costs, led by a
25 per cent advance in meat prices
since August, 1884. embroiled the
AAA, professors, farmers and
housewives today in nationwide
dispute. The question of respon-
sibility for increased costs apparent
ly will be fought out this fall in
courts, across grocery store and
meat market counters and possibly
before congressional investigating
committees.
The latest entry into the fray are
the housewives, led by announce
ment of Detroit women they would
send delegations to Washington and
Chicago to inquire INTO causes of
skyrocketing meat prices.
1000 Suits Filed
Packers who blame the AAA for
high prices have fled nearly 1000
suits to halt collection of processing
taxes. New Deal spokesman have
suggested extensive investigation of
food combines" and meat trusts.
Farmers aren't so much concerned
over meat prices to consumers.
They've banded, however, to fight
for retention of processing taxes,
from which they derive benefits for
not raising hogs, wheat, corn, etc.
The court battle involving mil
lions of dollars in processing taxes
already is under way, with packers
drawing first blood. The entry of
Detroit housewives into the contro-
versy brought fresh forces into the
fray. A delegation, it was an
nounced, will be sent to Chicago to
interview meat packers on reasons
for increased prices. Another will
come to Washington to ask Wal
lace's assistance in obtaining a ma
tion-wide reduction in meat prices.
Halt Was Predicted
AAA statiSticianS who predicted
last spring that food prices would
not continue the increase begun two
years ago, pointed today to Depart
ment of Labor statistics just issued.
The food index for Aug was 121 3
1913 equal 1000, compared with
1914 a year ago and 1O4.8 two years
ago. 1t revealed a decrease of 4 per
cent from July Is and was 3.9
lower than three months ago.
Fruits and vegetables accounted
for virtually all the July decrease.
Meat prices generally rose / per
cent. Pork led the advance by in
creasing 81 per cent. Eggs rose 81
per cent. Dairy products were up 8.
Potatoes led the seven point de-
crease in fruit and vegetable prices,
dropping 9.5 per cent. Onions, max
ing up a smaller portion of food
costs, decreased lib per cent in the
last two weeks of July.
BY regions the greatest reduction
was in the Missouri Valley, food
prices theer declining IL per cent
ST. Louis led all cities with a re-
duction of 2.9 per cent In South
Atlantic states prices increased &
per cent, Charleston, S. c., lead
ing all cities with an increase of II
per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
Other livestock
iBv United PressI


so SHG neaGn A 500 ds0s Slow Rs @oEt
steady with Wednesdays average; weights
io%er sovs 0S strong mostly e IS 1885,
better grade 170-240 lbs. sf1 GOA 1915: top
s1220. Cattle--Receipts, 5000; calves, 1900;
higher; killing quality less desirable;
shippers and local buyers active; although
common, and medium grade steers no
strictly grain fed cattle unevenly IS to
rs cents higher Tor week; today's top
sl25o, that price having been paid for
upward; grassers and short feds, 1925
down TO s6; stocker trade active and firm
ecsiGts S Seearngs up to sSS Sheep
TO Is cents higher; bulk natives early So rs
az; closely sorted kinds held higher;
h. Idaho rangers So lightly sorted: sorts
fat ewes, s2G25o. ''O''N'' D'''
by Times Specials
LOUISVILLE Aug 15.-Cattle-Receipts
moderate; quality fair; dependable oa tSst
for all classes; market moderately active
IS head desirable 665-lb heifers, SCI
TeY ded steers bR sent sns
rs; PRACTICAL tcp.. $50; desirable beef
61eds hisgs seG b ~ low cutters ana cutter
cutters down. to So or less; bulk sausage
bulls, 81 50G $50; best heavies to s5.75
some light Jerseys down to 81; bulk de-
sirable beef type stockers and stock calves.
6ds; choice kinds higher: most plain light
southern dairybred stockers ouotable $50
a So: some more desira bic kinds some
what higher. Calves. 400 including 100
stock calves: market steady; bulk GOOD to
choice vealers. s7ds: strictly choice, So so !:
medium and lower grades. IS down. Hogs
Receipts. ZOO; market 15c lover; top and
bulk. l60-225 lbs. sll IS; 230-275 lbs.
sl1.o5; ESQ lbs. up. sIo:65: l4o-l55 lbs,
sheep-Receipts. 1900; including about 800
| stock ewes; supply very light: quality only
| fair; market not established: no early talk
and vether lambs Wednesday. s5ds.50; fat
| ewes mostly So so down: desirable stock
| ewes, s7.50q $50 head choice offerings
! TO So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15

The manufacturers are in a
dilemma. If they pass the taxes on
TO the consumers consumer resist
ance and substitution reduce sales
and further increase their unit costs.
If they do not pass on the taxes to
the consumers profits disappear. In
any case the processing taxes re-
duce the profits of the manufac-
turers who process farm products.
Shift of Capital Foreseen
If AAA payments continue to be
derived from the present source We
can expect a shift of capital and en-
terprise out of the industries now
processing the farm products. Capt.
tai and enterprise will not function
unless adequately compensated. The
AAA taxes are in reality destructive
to industry and also to the farmers
in the long run.
The higher prices will inevitably
reduce the demand for farm prod
ucts through consumer resistance
and substitution, with the result
that further crop reduction will be
necessary to maintain prices. Then
higher processing taxes will be nee
esSary to maintain Secretary WAL
lace's much talked of balance be-
tween the buying power of indus
try and agriculture.
The important and underlying
significance of the farmers plan to
boycott the protesting manufacture
ers is that it is impossible to help
any one group without hurting 9TH
ers. The really pathetic aspect of
the controlled economy idea is that
it is bound to lead to severe class
and sectional dissension.
Dictatorship Feared
The ideal is all right, but for a
controlled economy to work one of
two things is necessary. Either we
must establish a dictatorship or
change human nature. The IA
vored groups come to look upon any
benefits derived from taxing others
as their just due. They will not
give up their advantage without a
fight, no matter who is paying the
bill. They will retaliate against
any encroachment upon what they
have come to regard as their nat
ural privilege.
There is no question about the
fact that this Administration has
done more for labor and the farm
erS than any other. I do not ques-
ton the sincerity of its aims. But
already the rumblings of potential
class and sectional strife are in the
air. The reaction of the WPA work.
ers to the governments wage rates
and the farmers boycott are sig
niflcant in this connection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
Economic Dilemma
Manufacturers Reluctant to Pass on Processing Tax
Lest Sales Be Cut and Unit Costs liked.
BY A. L. JACKSON
Editor. Economic statistics, In

15-Recent from the Middle
boycott the
manufacturing payment
paid producing
bill being paid country
result substitution
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
NelC York Curb
BY Abbott. Proctor & Painel
INSTALLS ACKNOWLEDGING

DETROIT. Aug. l5.-Temperature
regulation and conditioning Is
being installed in the Rogue plant
of the Ford Motor Car Co.. the
largest industrial plant in the world,
it was announced here ,oday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
Means Middle Course

This, experts said, would put the
government in middle course. with
farmers on one side demanding
continuance of the II cents a pound
loan, and merchants. traders and
shippers on the other side protest
ing that the governments price
pegging is costing America its ex-
port business.
The mere threat of another r.
cent loan would be expected to hold
the price up to where the farmer
could net a fair re>urn for his crop.
And by Withholding the loan the
New Deal would avoid having to
add to its heavy cotton holdings.
The government has a virtual
corner on cotton. 1t holds nearly
100000 bales, which farmers
turned over to AAA pools for IL
cent loans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
by James E. Bennett
Ala.
LOCAL CASH MARKET

City grain elevators are paying rs cents
for No soft red wheat. Other grades on
their merits Cash corn No. yellow.
"a cents and oats 19 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
Trends
New Park Lighting
Contract Sought
for 3 Years.
by VINCENT LYONS
Times Financial Editor

MAYOR JOHN w. KERN has
W. residing on his desk the new
park lighting contract to replace
the one which expired June 30. All
that Is necessary to place the con-
tract IN effect is the Mayors sig
nature. but the Mayor is holding
Up this final action IN the hope
tina: the life Of the agreement can
be reduced from five to three years.
A series Of parleys has been held
with officials of the indianapolis
Power & Light Co. the other party
to the deal. in an effort to bring
about such a concession. but accord
Is yet to be reached.
Under the terms Of the agree
ment the city Will pay $4,000
year for the lighting Of parks and
boulevards as against $4,000 an
nually paid under the contract
which recently expired At first
sight this would seem to be a sub
stantial reduction for the city. AS
a matter Of fact. however. this saw
ing is more apparent than real.
When the original contract was
entered into IN 1925 the city did
not own the miscellaneous equip
ment and structures in the parks.
The utility agreed to allow them to
pass to the city by amortizing them
over a 1O-v5ar period. The cost Of
this activity was not listed as
separate item but was carried in
with the rates charged the park de-
partment. As a consequence. at the
end Of the 10-year amortization
period. the city. no longer con-
fronted with this special charge,
had a reduction coming to it.
THE $4,000 reduction in the
L park lighting bill under the
contract now awaiting Mayor
Kern's signature can not be con-
sidered as a fiat cut in the annual
bill. Such a slash amounts to
1913 per cent and would have
been accepted Immediately by the
city if it were as real as it seems.
More than anything else il reflects
the disappearance Of an obligation
which has been met over a 1O-year
period.
The contract has been mulled
over for several months now.
Originally when the Indianapolis
Power and Light Co. submitted a
new proposal it was on a basis of
furnishing service for 10 years.
Some opposition was expressed to
this lOng-term basis on the ground
that 10 years was too long a period
to 90 along without any reduction
in rates. II other words, what the
contract meant was that electric
rates from 1885 to 1915. so far as
the city was concerned. would be
no cheaper than they were in 1925.
With the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority heTalCing lower power rates
for the country as a whole and
with the trend of consumption up
ward, it would seem that the out
look definitely is toward cheaper
power. Apparently. the dissenters
were unable to wrangle reduc-
ton in the fiat charge. They were
successful. however, in bringing
down the life OF the contract from
10 TO five years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
Shortage Is Feared

The present supply. outside of
government holdings. is only 2,74O.-
SEA bales. This includes all that re-
mains of last seasons crop and new
cotton that has moved into sight"
s-nce Aug. l. the start of the new
season. A year ago the supply was
4,Oc3991 bales.
Traders feared an acute shortage
of marketable cotton and in event
Of another loan. The government
plans to keep its cotton off the
market until the price exceeds IS
cents. The present price is around
ll25 for middling spots on the New
Orleans exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15

U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
Libertys
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
375, 900 Buy BABY" Bonds

Approximately $4,000 persons purchased govern
nent baby bonds from March to July ST. the Treas
ury has announced The purchased bonds 1oiI hare
maturity rdue in 10 gears of 5247f,46O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-15
N. Y. Bonds

(By Abbott. Proctor g. Painel
Reprinted From Yesterday
DAILY BOND INDEX
Evening star., 1935-09-23
OLDLEC|SLATURE
MEETSAT MANILA
Lame Duck Session to Act
on Various Cleanup
Measures.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA. September 23.-The ole
Philippine Insular Legislature, meet
ing for the last time, opened lame
duck" session today prepared to dis
pose Of a number of important mat
ters prior to inauguration of the new
commonwealth government.
A franchise application of the Pan
American Airways for trans-Pacif1c
base at Manila was among the mat
ters presented for action. Anticipating
prompt approval of the 25-year fran
chise application, American engi-
neers already have put up temporary
wireless equipment on the outskirts of
Manila.
Also awaiting action was proposal
TO increase insular tariffs, with the
aim of protecting the dwindling mar
ket for American cotton goods against
increasing Japanese competition.
Manuel Quezon favored postponing
action on tariffs until the Philippine
American reciprocal trade conference,
scheduled for next year, but said: If
any temporary relief is needed .
I think the Legislature will be willing
to grant such relief when it recon-
Venes."
Filipino leaders, upon the insistence
of Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy, also
promised to vote valuation to some
$4,000 gold mining and other mineral
claims located in insular forest pre-
serves, affecting capital investments
estimated at s94,5O0.o0o. Jose Yulo
secretary of justice, Unexpectedly ruled
last year that they we're illegal anc
the rapidly expanding gold mining in
dustry was thrown into panic.
Evening star., 1935-09-23
VERDICT FOR $4,000
IS ALLOWED TO STAND
Virginia Judge Refuses to Dis
turb Outcome of Case Tnvolv-
ing Power-Wire Death.
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LANCASTER, Va. September a.
Judge z. Hugh Smith Of Heathsville.
Va, in a lo-page written opinion. re-
fused to set aside the verdict in the
case of Ira D. Hinton, administrator
of Bascom Thomas VS.. the Virginia
East Coast Utilities, Inc.
The jury. after a three-day session
on May 3, brought in a verdict for
$4,000, the full amount asked.
The suit came about as result Of
the death of Bascom Thomas on jan
uary IA of this year, when he came in
contact with wires of the power line,
which had been blown down by the
wind
Evening star., 1935-09-23
PUBLICATION STARTED
r. z. A. to Begin News Sheet to
Carry Message to Public.

The Rural Electrification Admins
tration has begun publishing a month
ly news sheet to carry to the public
its message ito take electricity to as
many farms as possible in the short
est possible time"
The first issue bore foreword by
Administrator Morris L. Cooke eX-
planning the publication would chron-
icle the progress of the movement. II
comprised 40 pages of items about
developments in this New Deal activ-
ity in various parts of the country.
England has $4,000 fewer agricul-
tural workers than 13 years ago.
Evening star., 1935-09-23
Shoots Leopard.

With q .22-rook rifle, c. C. Wright
recently shot a leopard weighing
nearly 100 pounds, near Johannes
burg, South Africa, after the beast
had killed one of Wright's hunting
dogs.
Evening star., 1935-09-23
URGES FOREIGN MARKETS
M. L. Wilson Cites Need to Avoid
Crop Surpluses.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September %
R).-M. l.. Wilson. Assistant United
States Secretary Of Agriculture, said
yesterday that If excessive crop sur
pluses are to be avoided this country
should seek to reopen foreign markets
which were available before the World
War or retire some 100000 acres
from production.
Wilson spoke before the national
convention of the American Country
Life Association.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13

In the reception room are
cabinets with a remarkable ex-
hibit of the results of the Govern
ment'S war on killer-gangSters.
The red wig Katherine Kelly wore
when she was captured with her
husband, George Machine Gun"
Kelly, and sentenced to life i'm
priSonment for the Urschel kid
mapping. The bloody straw hat and
the bulletproof vest that belonged
to John Dillinger, erstwhile
Public Enemy No. l" when Fed
eral agents beat him to the draw
in front of a Chicago movie house,
tommy guns and automatic
pistols.
Mr.. Hoover is a bachelor and
makes his home with his mother.
When he has an announcement
to make that may set presses
roaring all over the country he
calls in newspapermen, glances
about the room, remarks:
well, here we are, fellows"
Then he proceeds in a matter
of-fact, conversational style.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
HOSNER ASSA|LS
DOUGLAS WORK
.: IN ARLINGTON

CLARENDON, Va, June 10.
Another bitter attack on Common
wealth's Attorney Lawrence w.
Douglas, Of Arlington county, was
launched here last night by Emery
Hosmer, a rival candidate, in an
address before several hundred
persons gathered for the first of
q series of political rallies to be
held by the Democrats of Airing
ton.
Charges that Mr.. Douglas has
brought in outside counsel to han
die the county legal business while
he, Mr.. Douglas, practiced his
private cases, were hurled by the
candidate aspiring to unSeat Mr..
Douglas.
Mr.. Hosmer said that it was on
Mr.. Douglas recommendation that
the county board retained Frank
l.. Ball at a cost of $500 to rep
resent Arlington county in the
Virginia-District of Col mbia
boundary dispute case, and that
Mr.. Douglas had also requested
the board to employ outside coun'
sci to secure the Federal loan for
Arlington county's sewer system.
Douglas Replies
Records in the courthouse show,
he declared, that while Mr..
Douglas has asked for outside
counsel on the ground that he
did not have time, he has con-
Quoted many private cases during
that same period.
Replying to Mr.. Hosmer's
charges. Mr.. Douglas explained
that the duties of his office
neccessitated assistance, and that
the records would bear out his
statement that it was more work
than one man could accomplish.
Mr.. Douglas said that he was
offering his candidacy ION his
record"
John Paul Jones. the third
candidate seeking the Democratic
nomination for this office said
that so far as his campaign was
concerned he was padding his
own canoe"
Other Speakers
Other candidates addressing the
rally included State Senator John
Rust, Hugh Reid and L. c. Painter,
the three candidates for State
senator; Harry K. Green, unop-
posed for reelection as commits
Sioner of revenue, who sounded the
keynote address and asked the
Democrats to stand together; Will
liam Medley, unopposed for re-
election to the house of delegates,
and Walter U. Varney, unopposed
for county judge.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
Do you tire easily?

Sluggish, oVerWorked blood
makes you feel weak
mentally dull.
SIS. Tonic brings vitality
and tone to the whole body.
ODDLY WEAKNESS is only one
ID of the many symptoms of low
red-blood-cell count. Loss of appetite,
underweight, nervousness and like
common ills are often due to this
same underlying cause.
The red-blood-cellS must be up to
normal and vigorous to keep the It's
sues pure and to help supply the body
with fresh oxygen-energy in it's cir
cult thru the entire body of over 200
times daily.
S.S.S. Tonic, in the absence of any
organic disease, should help you get
those vital ed-blood-cells back up to
normal. 1t will make you enjoy your
food and help your digestion, too. 1t
is a scientific medicine. 1OS years of
success. Just try it and you, too, may
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
IN DIP;
8 RECOVERING

Three persons were recovering
today from the effects of severe
jostling, suffered yesterday when
the Pennsylvania Airlines plane in
which they were riding hit an "air
pocket"
The passengers are George P,
Kimmel, a lawyer, 300 block Six
tenth st. N. W.; Homer Byrd. 81
of Arlington Heights, ILL.,, and w,
S. Stern, As, of Chicago.
Mr.. Kimmel is in Emergency
Hospital in a serious condition
but will recover, physicians re-
ported.
The air mishap occurred when
the plane, piloted by Murl Estes
of Cleveland, took a dip in the
air pocket.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
Hoover Battles Crime
In Restful Setting

From one of the most taste
fully appointed offices in all
Washington, j. Edgar Hoover, d.
rector of the Bureau Of InveSti-
cation of the Department of JUS
tice, conducts the Government
war on kidnapers and all sorts
of desperadoes whose crimes
come within the Federal purview.
Orders go out to Omen to
shoot to kill" if necessary, from
room decorated with mauve
draperieS.
The suite that houses the chief
of the Bureau of Investigation
and his aides is on the fifth floor
of the Department of Justice
Building on Pennsylvania Ave-
nue.. It's long, cathedral-type win
dows face the Capitol. Underfoot
there are thick plum-colored rugs.
In Mr.. Hoover's private office
is a large fireplace with imita-
ton logs, lighted by electricity.
There are some oil paintings on
the walls, one of Yosemite Falls
over the fireplace.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13

Mrs. Samuel Hallock du Pont,
Washington society girl and di-
vorced wife of a scion of the
du Pont family of Delaware, will
be married to Leonard Govett, son
of the late F. A. Govett. of Holiday
House, England, it was learned
here today.
The bride-to-be is the daughter
of the late Harry Lee Wrenn. at
one time a leading house builder
in Washington. Mrs. du Pont was
granted a divorce in 1929, in Reno.
Papers in the case were sealed.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
JAIL TOO COLD

JOLIET, Ill, June 13.-Twenty.
six county Jail prisoners COM
planned of the cold today and
struck" for more heat. Jailer
James Rosenberg put them to
work dismantling and repairing
the furnace.
The Washington times., 1935-06-13
SOCIALITE SUES

RENO, New, June IL G.N.S).
Susanna Small Buckner today
filed suit to divorce Lewis P.
Buckner, socialite of New York
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-04

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