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The Washington times., 1936-03-27
'e to hamper and

Ths involves play on words. 1t the Low" Nancy
word discriminate" in double We think
discrimination bad unfair But originally merely
meant seeing differences where they exist in fact and acting
accordingly.
Ny point that difference" is necessarily "dscrimi
nation"
For example, if one retail concern buys canned goods in
large quantities. and another buys in small lots that is
difference.
IT, accordingly manufacturer finds that it costs less to
sell and deliver the goods the large buyer than the
one that is also a difference.
And if the manufacturer makes lower price the large
buyer in proportion to the lower COST that another diff
ference.
But of these differences discrimination any
unfair or illegal sense discrimination in such sense is
the making of unustfed ference-a difference price
that is out of proportion to any difference in cost
These bills aimed at the chain Now hold no
brief for the chains don't have interest in them
and do not happen to trade with them
they under-pay their employees if they get price
cessions from manufacturers which not justified by diff
erences in the manufacturers of doing business with
them, opposed to their practices to that
But the way to deal with evil is to remedy that evil
not to kill the evil doer Any provision of the bill which
may strengthen the law against competition is to be
welcomed But the open granting of discounts and allow
that based upon real difference cost
authorized.
Insofar know chains are the poor mans friend
They enable him to buy his food the possible price
Of he doesn't want have 'servce' doesn't have to
pay for it at the chain store)
These bills and especially the thoroughly bad
BILL would practically force the chains to buv from whole
saers instead of direct from manufacturers would in
the cost of goods hem and therefore the prices they
would have to charge.
One of the witnesses before the Senate committee ad
The greatest burden the country today the
relief and it does not make sense to give money for
relief and then raise the living certainly is not fair
to make the burden heaviest those who least
The attorney for the food manufacturers argues that the
Borah bill is unconstitutional and think that he is fundae
mentally right.
The Constitution protects the right contract and freedom
of when not abused is certainly essential to individual
freedom But if manufacturer is prohibited contracting
to sell his goods at profitable prices his contract rights
violated.
The only legal ethical justification for such restriction
on contract rights in this would arbitrary unfair
difference in prices.
1t IS fair and capable Of being general and lasting say
that any system that makes for cheap abundant
clothes is good for all Of us.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
Cleveland Livestock

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 1Ns).
Hogs: Receipts 500; market slow, 1Oc
lower. Top, 5000.
Csttle-Receipts 1875; all grades, slow;
prices largely steady.
Calves-Receipts 1850: good calves soc
highest medium and out grades steady.
Sheep-Receipts 500; quality fairly
good, all grades selling steady.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

restrict chain stores in buying the goods they
sell. These stores get discounts from manu-
facturers because they buy in large quantities,
which is one reason why they are able to sell
as cheaply as they do.
While the Borah bill is not as bad as the
Patman-Robinson bill, it seems likely that it
would hurt the "chains" considerably. The
bill provides in effect that it shall be unlaw-
full for manufacturers to discriminate" be-
tween purchasers (such as stores) either in
price or in terms of sale.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

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The Washington times., 1936-03-27
AYHV The CHAINS" Are Poor Man 3
"A ~ n, Friend, They Enable Him to
AAA "A NO - Buy His Food at Lowest Price
BY LEWIS HANEY

Professor of Economics New York University
Hearings the BorahVan Nuys bill now being held
by the Senate Judiciary Committee
The general purpose this bill hamper and
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
Washington Stocks
SALES

SALES
Potomac Electric IS preferred,
20@111h.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
41A; 10@41 10@41H.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 51as preferred,
SOFIA; 10@114; 10@114; 100
ia; 10@114; 1O@114.
Capital Transit Company, 500
Is; 5@15.
washington Railway and Elec-
trio preferred, 5O@111.
Capital Traction IS, $4,000
9OA; $5,000@90s4; $1,O00@9OA.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
Chicago Produce

SEx dividend.
fPlus extras. (T-Flat.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
THE LIBERTY LEAGUE
(The Minnesota Union Advocate

(The Minnesota Union AdvOcate)
Two weeks ago the Liberty League
submitted it's expense report to the
clerk of the House of Representatives
as required by law. 1t hated to do
so because the very nature of the re-
port revealed who is who in the Lib
erty League.
And here's what this gang of in
Cnstrial gangsters admitted: In 1895
it spent $3S9,973 to snipe at federal
laws and governmental policies (This
was as much money as either of the
two national parties expended during
1880 1t paid its chief ballyhoo.
Jouette ShOuse, national DEMO- ratio
campaign committee chairman in the
AL Smith campaign, $4,000 for his
services.
But the damning part of the report
was that section relating to who was
paying most of the bills of the Lib
erty League. Here's what it showed:
The DUPONT interests, representing
the high explosives monopoly, contri-
buted $153,250, and business associ-
ates of the DUPONT corporation gave
most of the rest.
If the Liberty League spent more
than third of a million dollars in
1885, one can easily imagine what
this outfit will spend in 1886 to elect
it's own rubber stamps to high office.
If the duPonts thought it was worth
$153,250 to merely toss dead cats at
President Roosevelt during a year
when there was no campaign, it does
not require a lot of imagination to
arrive at certain conclusions as to
what they will do during a presi0en-
tial election.
There was time in Europe when
the feudal lords maintained their own
private armies to either defend their
loot or to gather bounty. The DUPONT
family originated on feudal soil. No
doubt the American branch Of the
family has hired a thug parading as
strike-breaker, to enforce the die
tates of the corporation to It's sweated
lot of the industrialists who have
ganged up under the leadership of
Shouse, DUPONT. AL Smith and the
Rockefellers. But these captains Of
industry have improved their ole
methods. Instead of hiring gunner.
thugs, professional strikebreakers and
private guards to do their dirty work
for them-they join the Liberty
League, whose orators, publicity
agents, newspapers and radio com
mentators" perform the same service
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Cunning Navajos Foil
the Great White Father

Window Rock Navajo CapitaD
Ariz-If anybody can figure out a way
20 Identify Indians, let him step for
ward and win thanks of officers of the
United States Indian service.
They want to know how to tell one
Navajo from another.
Name. please?" When confronted
with the query, the Navajos, according
10 DR.. w. w. Peter, government Indian
health worker. frequently give the
name of some one else. perhaps some
one unfriendly.
Result of the Navajo vile is chaos
for vital statistical records.
Even If the Navajo gives his right
name, he might give any one of sew
eral, used at different ages.
Some years ago the government
made an effort to establish metal
tag system of Identification, but failed.
Consciously or unconsciously. the In
dams made a joke of it, pooling the
tags of families and taking the first
one that came to hand when one was
needed. They also started gambling
games with the tags as stakes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Some Excitement When
Prince Goes to School

London. - When a fifteen-year-old
hoy goes off to school that ordinarily
doesn't happen to be news.
But-when the yOungster is Egypt's
king-tO-be. typewriters click, telegraph
wires hum, cables sing. This was the
case the other day when Crown Prince
Farouk, heir to the Egyptian throne
now occupied by his father, King
Fuad l, arrived in London to enter the
Royal Military academy at Woolwich.
He was met at the railroad station
by representatives of the British
crown, foreign office dignitaries, army
and navy officers. Actually, and not
figuratively, a red plush carpet was
rolled down to make his entrance Dip
Dramatically hotsytOtsy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
TOWNSEND WORRIES THE
FENCE.RIDERS
(Thief River Falls FOrum)

1t would appear from the daily
press that the Washington Fence
Riders are getting worried over the
growing strength of the Townsend
clubs. And we'll they may, for the
Townsend movement is going to be
something to reckon with. unless the
aged are given the measure of secur-
ity that they are entitled to.
Readers of the Forum know quite
we'll what the editor thinks of DR..
Townsends bizarre plan of giving the
aged $500 pension per month and
forcing them to spend it. 1t is I'M
necessary to repeat our position. The
point that we want to make is that
the aged are demanding social secur-
ity and 5000 month, they believe,
will give it to them. 1t is useless to
cite statistics and figures to them.
They know that in this country it is
possible for all to enjoy plenty and
having done their share towards
building up this potentially prolific
system of production. they will insist
on share in the possible plenty for
ALL"
The Townsend movement is only an
indication of the terrible consequent
ces of the present economic system.
1t indicates that more and more peo-
pie are awakening to the fact that
they have been gypped of their birth
right. To tell them that the Town
send plan would break the country
doesn't interest them, because THEY
are already broke. They want eco
nomic security and they are going to
get it even if it breaks the country,
which after all would only mean the
collapse of the financial house of
cards. The factories, mines, ma
chimes, stores, elevators, farms and
homes would still be here and the
people would still be here. Perhaps
if the economic debris was cleared
away, men and machines would be
able to connect and production to meet
the needs of the people started again.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Spectacular Procedure
Succumbs to Propress

Honolulu.-Shipping beef cattle from
the ranches on the "Big Island" of
Hawaii to the markets in Honolulu is
a spectacular procedure.
Because there Is no wharf at
Kawaihae. the beef boat" Humuula
has to anchor offshore and wait for
her cargo Of beeves to swim to the
vessel.
Hawaiian cowboys, who, by the way,
are among the best riders and ropers
in the United States, urge the animals
through the surf. The steers heads
are then tied to lifebOats by strong
ropes and towed to the waiting steam
er where they are hOisted aboard ship
by sings passed under their bodies.
This method, picturesque as it is.
will soon be obsolete. as chutes are
now being installed so the steers can
go aboard in a more dignified manner.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
GOVERNOR ALLEN OF
LOUISIANA PASSES

Governor o. X. Allen of Louisiana,
died suddenly Tuesday at 1O:40 a. m.
The cause of his death was cerebral
hemorrhage. Governor Allen was
seized with a sudden attack at the
executive mansion at $50 a. m, but
apparently had been in good health
up to that time.
Governor Allen succeeded to the
leadership of the late United States
Senator Huey P. Longs organization
following his fatal shooting last Sep
TENDER. He was elected national
Democratic committeeman succeeding
Long and headed the successful cam
paign of the administration in the
Democratic primary January 21.
Allen was nominated to serve out the
unexpired senatorial term of Long.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Discover New Method
for Assaying Gold Ore

Hamilton, Ont.-A new method of
assaying which will enable determi-
nation of gold value of ores within 20
minutes, has been discovered by the
science department of McMaster uni
versity.
The method, named the "microspot"
test, was discovered by Prof. w. o.
Walker and Miss Doris HiscOx.
Professor Walker said the test would
provide prompt indication as to
whether ore contained gold. He said
assaying problems had long been the
check-rein of gold mining. Prospectors
have been forced to carry ore samples
long distances to assay Offices often
requiring several weeks transporta-
ton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Amelia EurhUrt
Causes Surprise

Strange people and familiar faces
often appear in surprising places
and this was borne out at Farming
ton recently when woman mo-
torist stopped at q filling station
for some gasoline. The attendant
was busy, so his wife proceeded to
give the feminine autoist some
service. The stranger showed
great resemblance to Amelia Ear.
hart, the famous flyer and the
Pennington woman told her so.
Then an idea came into the sta
ton attendants wife's head, II
have some ladies in the house and
| want to play joke on them.
Come into the house and I'll in
troduce you as the famous woman
pilot and they'll never know the
difference" Obligingly the driver
agreed and the big joke of the
whole thing was that it was later
learned that this stranger was
Amelia Earhart.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
WEST ROCK

Rev. E. S. Bloomquist has been
visiting at the Axel Johnson home
for a few days recently.
The C. E. Carlson and Hamlet
Johnson families are quarantined for
scarlet fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Johnson and Den
mis- and Lonnie were Sunday evening
visitors at the Theodore Thompson
home.
Harvey Carlson is ill with pneu-
monia Miss Leona Erickson of Rush
City, is caring for him.
Mrs. Elmer Erickson, daughter of
Mr.. anc. Mrs. Chas. Hawkinson of this
community, passed away at her home
near Rush City Saturday. Sympathy
is extended to the bereaved family.
The local school has been closed
the past week due to the cold wealth
er and sickness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
POKEGAMA

Joe Pitka spent Wednesday evening
of last week at the Jewell brothers
home.
Miss Magdalena Pitka spent last
Tuesday evening at home, the occa-
sion being her 22nd birthday.
G. w. Jewell, Alois Novak and FAM
lily, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jewell and
family, Jim jewell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Owens attended a birthday party
at the Oscar Nelson home Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lang are the
proud parents Of a girl born Satur-
day evening.
Harve Jewell spent Sunday evening
at the Chas. Jewell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Reed and son.
Donald, of Hinckley, visited at the
L. G. Reed, home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Carl Guiding visited at the
Walter Lang home Monday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
KERRICK

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C.. Fuhrmann and
children motored to Iron River Sun
day, and visited the formers brother,
John Fuhrmann, and family.
Jim Murphy was accompanied to
Duluth Saturday by Milton Beckstrom
and Herbert Holz.
Ole Berset accompanied Milton
Beckstrom to Osceola Monday, with
another load of cheese.
Mrs. Fuhrmann was hostess to q
group of women at her home last
Thursday. Lunch was served and the
afternoon enjoyed very much.
Ed Edin spent Sunday at his home
in Duquette.
Mrs. Art Lund returned Friday from
Minneapolis, where she had visited
her sister, Mrs. Bill Hogan, and fam
lily.
Cy Halvorson spent a few days Of
last week with his family in Mime
apolis.
Mrs. S. M. Lund, Mrs. Merton De-
Merritt and Mrs. Agnes Kaufman of
st. Paul, spent the Weekend at the
Arthur Lund home.
Mike Lund of Princeton, attended
the funeral of his uncle, John Kne-
stang, here Sunday and remained to
spend short time with relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Lund and Mrs. S. M.
Lund were business callers in Pine
City Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milt Beckstrom and
Ole Berset spent Sunday visiting at
the Ole Beckstrom home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
DENHAM

George Komar was visitor at the
Dick Rye home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selmer Hanson visited
at the Charles Upgren home Sunday.
Joyce, who has been staying with her
grandparents for an extended time.
went back home.
Several of the schools of this COM
munity were closed the last three
days of last week because of the ex-
IRENE cold.
Mrs. Charles Rundquist and chill
dren who have spent some time in
Minneapolis, returned home a week
ago.
Mrs. Anton Larson and June re-
turned Tuesday from Minneapolis.
Virginia Benson and Mrs L. ]. Lar
son visited at the Godfrey Carlson
home Wednesday afternoon of last
week.
Arthur Johnson has returned home
from the Veterans hospital.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Inventor Devises
Dunkable Sinker

Napa, Calif.-That the doughnut
is basically a dunking food and
should therefore be built according
", Is the contention of Jack Cook.
the Edison Of Byron, Calf.
The conventional doughnut is
only about 8 per cent dunkable,
with an average of IT dunks need
ed for anything like proper perme-
alton, says Cook. Research shows
that the last dunk finds the bunker
with an uncomfortable COB that
drips coffee on the vest
So Cook has devised an ultra
modern streamlined dOughnut that
requires only four dunks. "The
final dunk can be accomplished
without wearing a bib" says Cook.
The Cook doughnut is shaped like
a four-blade propeller.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
SMUGGLING ALIENS
STILL IRKS TEXAS
immigration Service Active in
Border Patrol.

Laredo, TeXas.-AlthOugh the SNUG
Cling of aliens is less than it was a
few years ago, when Chinese were
brought into the United States from
Mexico literally in CARROTS, the traffic
has by no means ceased, according to
immigration officials
The length of the frontier and the
sparsely settled nature of the cOun-
try makes complete patrolling impos-
sible. At some points the Rio Grande
can be forded, at others it is posi-
bic to swim across the river, although
the current is treacherOus and this
latter method often results in the
death Of those who attempt it. Many
unidentified bodies have been found,
indicating the danger that awaits
those who would force their company
on the United States.
The aliens troubles are not over
even after he has negotiated the river.
Border police and the Texas Rangers
are alert In identifying strangers and
q foreign accent invariably results In
n demand for proof of legal entry.
A dozen or fifteen years ago Snug
Cling was largely confined to Chinese
and Mexican aliens, but these two
classes have decreased in recent years
due to changed policies in Mexico.
That country now attempts to keep its
own citizens at home, and it has adopt
ed legislation unfavorable to the Chi
nese.
Smuggling now concerns itself with
undesirables from many lands. Riff
raft from the continent, unable to com
ply with United States immigration
laws, enter the country all the way
from Point Isabel on the south to Ell
PasO on the northwest If they have
plenty of money. and without it they
cannot get aid from professional SNUG
glers, they may be able to drift north
ward to the interior and comparative
safety.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
THE BIGGEST STATE FAIR
Duluth Herald)

Minnesotans can take pride in some
of the facts about their state fair in
cluded in the annual report of the
State Agricultural society. The fair
management, during it's seventysix
years, has more than matched the ap-
preparations from the legislature.
The International Association of
Fairs and Expeditions reported that
only one fair last year, the huge six
teen-day interprovincial Canadian Ma
tiOnal exposition at Toronto. has a
larger attendance. And the 1885 Min
nesota fair made a profit of more than
$4,000.
Without either a novel or a film to
introduce it to the nation, the Mime
sofa state fair continues to lead.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
THOSE PROSPEROUS YEARS
(The Minnesota Union Advocated

In a few months the press OF the
land will carry full-page advertise
ments, sponsored by the Liberty
League, informing the world OF the
great administrations of Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover. AS a matter
of fact the newspaper campaign has
already begun. The Sunday Pioneer
Press-Dispatch carried the opening
blast against President Roosevelt, but
it did not have the decency to state
who paid the bill.
- And it may not be far-fetched to
assume that the Liberty League will,
in the due course of time, again pro-
claim Andrew w. Mellon as the great
est secretary of the treasury, barring
none.
Official records of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue show that prior to
the Mellon administration the largest
refunds ever made to taxpayers for
moral or legal reasons amounted to
$2S,656,000. These refunds were ac-
tually made by Mellon, three months
oiCOi SllO SiOoC VI khC
istration
In 1922, after Mellon had been in
full control for Is months, the re-
funds, credits and attachments
to $182,372,OOO. In 1923
they totalled s43O.577,OOO in 1926.
$513,358,000. and in 1880, after the
depression began, Mellon authorized
rebates of $326,774,OOO. Thus in nine
years of rugged individualism and
Mellonism, $3,432,453,0O0 were turned
back to wealthy taxpayers or kept out
of it by trick bookkeeping such as
j. P. Morgan used in 1880 to escape
paying a penny of income tax
The Liberty League and the Repub-
lican party will have lot to say
about this wonderful record during
the next 10 months, but it will not re-
veal who got the bulk of these re-
bated millions, every penny of which,
had it gone into the U. S. treasury and
then paid out again to institute a pub
Lie works program, might have
averted or at least lessened the harsh
ness of the present depression.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
Congregation of Quakers
Has Dwindled to One

Henniker, N. 1.-THE historic Quak-
er meeting house here has been rented
for a dwelling because the Quaker pop
ulatiOn has dwindled to an aged wom-
an. The colony once had member
ship Of 100, but the younger generation
married nor-Quakers. thus expelling
themselves.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
BREMEN TOWNSHIP

A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mecl January IA. Mother and
baby are getting along nicely.
Isabelle and Margrathe Hyska left
Tuesday morning for Duluth, where
they have secured employment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
THE LIBERTY THEY LOVE

(The Progressively
The government charges Pierre S.
du Pont with avoiding payment Of
$617,316 in income taxes for 1929 by
arranging fictitious stock sales and
resales with John ]. Raskob, in order
to create an allegedly phOny floss"
item of $1,946,000.
Question: Is the liberty to evade
payment of taxes the kind of liberty"
Messrs. du Point and Raskob are work.
ing for through the American Liberty
League?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30

St. Paul's Ev. Luth. Church, Bruno.
missouri Synod)
Sunday, Feb. 2-Divine worship,
English, at 2:30 p. M; Sunday school
at $3.50.
E. G.. HALLSTEIN, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-30
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES
Oak Hill Lutheran.

Oak Hill Lutheran.
Sunday, Feb. 2-Morning service in
the Swedish language at II o'clock.
Swede Park Lutheran.
Divine service, English. at 2:30
p. m.
BlOmskOg Lutheran.
The Luther League will meet Fri
day, Feb. Z, at p. m.
Bethlehem Lutheran.
Sunday school at 10 a. M; English
service at 8 p. m.
The Ladies Aid will meet at the
parsonage Friday afternoon, Feb. z.
j. A. BURMAN, Pastor.