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Montana labor news., 1936-10-22
HOW LIFE |NS.
COMPANIES GYp
WORKING FOLKS

During the year 1884 alone, out
of life insurance policy examinations
in the United States totaling $4.5 bill
lion, some SO billion represented
lapses, 81 billion surrenders, while
only 1888 million was paid out in
death claims.
During the 11-year period, 1928
80, only about 8.5 per cent of the
life insurance policies liquidated by
all the ordinary insurance compan-
les in New York State, were termin-
ated by death or maturity. In other
words, only a tiny percentage of all
the contracts terminating in this
period actually fulfilled the purpose
of life insurance. The remaining
9l.5 per cent were lapsed, surrend-
cred or Withdrawn due to inability
to pay or need for immediate cash
on the part Of the insured"
The so-called industrial policy hol-
ders - those who bought their in
%surance on the installment plan, pay
ing out to door collectors = Jared
even worse. Here the record shows
that less than SIS per cent of the con-
tracts were fulfilled, the remainder
being terminated by lapse, withdra-
wal or surrender. Commenting on
this fact. Prof. Edward Berman from
whose book Life Insurance: A Cri-
teal Examination (Harpers, $2),
some of the above figures are taken,
declares that the wage-earning class
itself would be greatly benefited il
no company were permitted to sell
life insurance policies of the kind
sold to wage earners today by indus
trial insurance companies operating
in the United States" This kind OF
insurance sold to the working class
costs three to eight times as much
as ordinary life insurance.
1t is clear from the figures given
that the companies clean up big from
lapses, surrenders and Withdrawals
forced on the working class by then
impoverishment.
Most of the work of the life in
surance companies is done by SIC
to SIS clerks but the big executives
are the ones that clean up. Look al
some typical salaries paid to these
gentlemen:
Metropolitan Life, F. H. Ecker, P.
$162, 800 - 1888.
Mutual Life Insurance, D. F. Hou.
ston, P, SIPS 500 - 1884.
Prudential Insurance, E. D. Duff
ED, P, $106,250 Il 1888.
New York Life, T. a.. Buckner, P.
$125, 400 - 1882.
Equitable Life Assurance, T. L. Pa
rkinson, P, 100000 = 1882.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

gress from Warsaw where the Elk
ecutive Committee of the Alliance,
at its quarterly meeting, acted fav-
orably on the invitation.
Commenting on the projected trip
to the American Congress, Mr.. May
declared, 81 appreciate to the full the
significance of your Congress at the
present period and also the fact that
the movement in America is get
ting a real start. Recent develop
ments r striking evidence of the
fermenting of the cooperative yeast
in American life"
The International Cooperative AL
lance is today the largest economic
organization in the world. Organic
ed in 1896 by cooperative ~associa-
tons in England, France, Germany,
Denmark and several smaller Euro
pean countries, the Alliance now in
cludes all the major cooperative as
sociations in the world. Its Trien-
NAL Congresses have often been re-
ferred to as meetings of "the League
Of Peoples"
Announcement of Mr.. Mays visit
heightened the interest in the Am
erican Congress which will draw to-
gether leaders of the cooperative
movement which nov has 1000, 900
members in the u. S. doing a bust
ness of more than a million dollars a
day.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

lations, Yosemite Park, California.
English cooperatives last year did a
total business %aggregating $1,101,OOO
- the largest distributive business
in Great Britain. In 1885 the coop
eratives distributed more than $780,
000, 900 in savings to their 100000
members. During a press confer
ence the cooperative leader declared
that 95 per cent of the members of
British cooperatives are members of
unions and that the presence of this
democratic economic movement had
been one of the factors preventing
the growth of Fascism in Great Bri-
tain.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

der case. Readers of this article
are urgently requested to send a let
ter of protest to Rex Farrior, State
Attorney, Hillsborough County Court
House, Tampa, Florida, (Mail a copy
of your letter to Editor, Tampa Tri-
bune, Tampa, Florida) expressing
your interest in the case and ask
ing why the trial dates have not
been set in the other flogging cases.
A sufficient number of c%ommunica-
tons from all over the country will
insure speedy action on the part of
the prosecution. The only thing
they fear is public opinion and pol
itical pressure.
The Committee for the Defense of
Civil Rights in Tampa, whose chair
man is Norman Thomas, with head
quarters at liz East 10th Street,
New York City, is still push
ing these cases and urgently needs
financial assistance. You are asked to
send contributions to Mr.. Thomas
at the above address.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

Oh why does he Grundy so,
If he'd only Grundy Sunday
And sing something else on Monday
1t might not be SO fundy,
So monotonously grundy,
If he wouldn't always Grundy so,
Grundy SO, Grundy so,
o la alec, Grundy so.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22
BRITISH AND AMERICAN CO.
OPERATIVE LEADERS DIS
CUSS COOP. EXPANSIONS

Left to right: Hon. A. V. Alexand-
er, M. P. representative of the Co.
operative Party; R. E. Bowen, Cen
eral Secretary, The Cooperative Lea
que of the U. S. A., and Sir Hay
ward, President of the Cooperative
Union of Great Britain, discussing
cooperative policy during a confer
ence in New York City. Sir Fred
Hayward and A. V. Alexander are
attending the Institute of Pacific Re-
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

These are the men who fight most
bitterly against any form of social
insurance. Yet these high salaries
and the other figures given above
indicate the necessity of working
for real social insurance on the lines
of the Workers Social Insurance Bill
which would replace the insurance
racket and the parasites who now
profit by it.
Power Company Concentration
Nearly half of the utility industry
of the U. S. (49.7 per cent? is con-
trolled by nine huge utility COM
panies. In four of these, ]. P. Nor
gan and Co. own voting stock thro-
ugh the United Corporation: United
Gas Improvement, Commonwealth
and Southern, Niagara Hudson Pow
er, and Consolidated Gas of N. Y.
(now Consolidated Edison CO.. the
other five are Electric Bond & Share
(Morgan-Bonbright control), North
American, Pacific Gas and Electric,
Associated Gas and Electric, and
Standard Power and Light.
These facts about the power trust,
most of which had been previously
summarized in Anna Rochester's
Rulers of America, are nov avail
able in a report by Federal Power
Commission called principal Elec-
trio Utility Systems in the United
States" covering the LOT principal
systems doing 80 per cent of the ele-
ctrical utility BUSINESS of the coun-
try.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

Al Smith is switching 5000, 900 vot-
es, Republican leaders declare.
Which way?
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22

According to a news dispatch from
the west coast, maritime unions and
shippers are at loggerheads."
That's putting it mildly.
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22
International Cooperative Alliance Secretary 10
Attend American Consumers Coop. Congress
Coop League News Service

New York = Henry ]. May, Sec
rotary of the International Coopera-
tive Alliance, representing more
than 100, 000, 900 members of coop
eratives in 43 countries, will attend
the Tenth Biennial Congress of the
Cooperative League of the U. S. A.
in Columbus, Ohio, October 8, 9 and
10. Mr. May cabled his acceptance
of the invitation to attend the Con-
Montana labor news., 1936-10-22
.(.I 0. Brings New Life
and Hope Says German

Worcester, Mass.-(UNS)- The
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton has injected new life and new
hope into the ranks of American la
bor," said Francis j. German, first
vice president of the United Textile
Workers, speaking at a Labor Day
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
PRINCESS ANNE CLUB
ADDRESSED BY WOMAN

An interesting meeting of the Prin-
cess Anne Rotary Club was held at
the Washington Hotel last week, with
a large attendance present. Mr.. How
ard Anderson, Rotary president, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Margaret Lewis, well known
for the wonderful work of herself and
the National American Red Cross,
which she represents, during the re-
cent fredericksburg flood and freeze, in
which the islands Of the Chesapeake
were isolated last winter, was the
guest of honor.
Mrs. Lewis, State Director Of the
Red Cross, gave an interesting talk
Of the work of the organization in the
State and nation during the last year
and the methods and approach used in
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27

Sundays. The weather was clear in
thirty-six cases and rainy and foggy
in seven.
Twenty-three of the fatal crashes
were on straight stretches of road,
eight at intersections and eight be-
tween intersections. Only three were
listed at curves and one on steep
grade.
Only two of the firty-three deaths
occurred on gravel or dirt roads, the
others being on well-paved macadam
or concrete highways or streets.
Forty-five of the fifty drivers in
volved were male and thirty-nine of
the victims were also of that sex.
Ages of most of those killed was be-
tween 25 and 81 and the ages of most
of the drivers was between 20 and 40.
Nine counties came through the
month without motor vehicle fatal
ity. They were Calvert, Caroline, Car
roll, Charles, Garrett, Kent, st. Mary's
Wicomico and Worcester counties.
Fourteen of the forty-three deaths oc-
Cured in Baltimore.
Prince Georges led the list of coun-
ties with five deaths, followed by How
ard county with four, Somerset with
three, Allegany, Baltimore, Cecil, Har
ford, Talbot and Washington with two
and the rest with one each.
Out-of- State drivers involved num-
bered thirteen, with fourteen from Bal
timore city, eighteen from the coun-
ties, and five in which the residence
Of the driver was not stated.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
PENNSYLVANIANS GET
GAY IN BALTIMORE CO.

Two drunken Pennsylvania motor
lists went to jail in Towson last week
after Judge Angel heard how they
did the grapevine about the Yord road
safety pylons and drove into Towson
firmly, if uncertainty. The motorists
who are Harry Wilmer and Charles
Beck, both of York, were arrested by
Officer William Simms upon COM
plant of Edward H. Walker, Jr., OF
47O8 York road. Walker said he was
driving north when he saw the Penn
sylvania car missing pylons and other
cars by the narrowest of margins. He
followed, and shortly after passing
the city line the leading car stopped.
The driver got out staggering, looked
at the motor, and allowed a companion
to take the wheel. The newdriver
was in little better condition, and the
car resumed it's zig-zag course north
ward. Fearing a collision, Walker
fastened into Towson, where he notl-
fled Officer Simms.
Simms placed the pair under arrest
when he verified their condition. Both
were intoxicated, he said, and both
passed out promptly in the warmth OF
the police station.
Both men pleaded guilty when ar
raigned before Magistrate Angel.
Wilmer was sentenced to Al days in
Jail on charges of drunken driving
and driving without license and Beck
whose mother produced his license in
court, was sentenced to 81 days on
charges of driving without a license
and failing to have his operators IL
cense in his possession.
Maryland and Pennsylvania have
reciprocity agreements, and Magls-
trate Andell said that Beck's license
would be permanently revoked.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
ADMIRAL BYRD GIVES
LECTURE IN GEORGETOWN

Read Admiral Richard E. Byrd, ex-
plorer, aviator and former Navy Of
ficer, gave an illustrated lecture in the
Georgetown High School auditorium
last Thursday night before more than
500 people from different sections OF
the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. His lee
ture was on the Antarctic Expedition
and 5000 fet of motion picture film
was used in connection with it.
The OCCASION was an inter-city SER
vice club meeting and was arranged
by Prof. E. Paul Burkholder, former
District Governor of the 50th District
of Rotary international and supervis-
or of schools in the northern section
of Sussex and the lower end of Sus-
sex counties; John Williams and Dr.
w. Blaine Atkins, both of Millsboro,
and members of the Georgetown Ro-
tary Club. The occasion was one Of
the largest and most noteworthy in the
history of the service clubs on the Pc
ninsula. Among the service clubs
participating and having representa-
tives at the lecture were Rotary Clubs
of Wilmington, Georgetown, Smyrna,
Dover, Milford, Laurel, Selbyville, Har
rington, Lewes and Middletown, in
Delaware: Rotary Clubs of Elkton,
Centreville, Chestertown, Denton, Eas
ton, Cambridge, Salisbury, Princess
Anne, Pocomoke City and Crisfield in
Maryland; Rotary Clubs Of Cape
Charles and Onancock, in Virginia;
Kiwanis Clubs of Wilmington, George
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
STRANGE BIRD rs
FOUND IN VIRGINIA

A strange bird, identified as a sea
crow, was found in Hacks Neck last
week by a colored man working for
Frank Byrd, of Pungoteague. 1t was
found in what is known as the Boggs
woods, owned by Martin & Mason Co.
The bird measured 60 inches from tip
to tip of the wings, was lead color
with white spots, webb feet, short
neck and sharp bill 514 inches in
length. Its body was about the size
Of sea gull. 1t is the first time that
a bird of this type has been reported
on the Eastern Shore. When found
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
AUTO ACCIDENTS IN
MARYLAND, NUMBER AZ

Forty-three persons in Maryland
lost their lives in automobile acct
dents during October, according to a
report made public last week by Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles Walter R.
Rudy.
Of this number thirty were pedes-
TRANS. Individual reports showed that
of this number seven were walking on
the wrong side of the road, that is,
with the traffic flow instead of a.
gainst it, two were playing in the road
way, four stepped in front Of vehicles
and six crossed streets or roads not
at intersections.
Of the remaining eleven, five were
walking in the manner prescribed, a.
gainst the traffic flow, and the other
six were reported to have crossed at
intersections where there was no traf-
fic signal.
Fifty automobiles were involved in
the forty-three deaths. Twenty-six OF
these were listed as going too fast at
the time of the accident, two did not
have the right Of way and three were
on the wrong side of the road. Six of
the drivers had been drinking and thir
ty-three were apparently normal.
Twenty-nine of the accidents occur
red at night and fourteen in daylight,
the larger number over Saturdays and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27

town, Rehoboth Beach, Dover, Seaford.
in Delaware; Lions Clubs of Whining
ton, Newark and Laurel, in Delaware,
and Salisbury and Berlin, in Mary
land.
Read Admiral Byrd, during the
course of the lecture, told the large
audience that he was a personal friend
and college chum of DR.. Joseph B.
NAPLES, of Georgetown, one of the
most noted physicians Of the DeLMar-
Va Peninsula.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27

E. Nottingham to life Imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary.
According to the evidence, which
included a signed confession by Scar
borough, although he pleaded not gull
ty, he and a companion, George Bur-
rows, had an alteration with Mr..
Charnock, and after beating him into
insensibility, placed his body on the
Pennsylvania Railroad track where it
was found, horribly mangled, on the
morning of September 81.
Burrows, who was tried Wednes-
day was found guilty and sentenced
to fifty years in the penitentiary.
The investigation of the murder was
conducted by Railroad Police Officer
Herman Bull and County Sheriff G..
T. Turner and his deputy John R.
Womble. The two suspects were ar
rested Sunday, September 27 and the
hearing before Trial Justice Williams
the following Wednesday, Burrows adj
mitted implication and confession of
Scarborough was made shortly there
after.
Learning that there was some feel
ing developing against the negroes,
Officers Turner and Womble removed
their prisoners to the Norfolk County
Jail, at Portsmouth as a precautionary
measure. They were returned there
Tuesday morning under guard of
eight State officers but there was no
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
NEGRO SENTENCED FOR
LIFE IN MURDER CASE

Caleb Scarborough, colored, tried in
Northampton County Circuit Court
Tuesday for the murder of Reginald
Charnock, gate Waterman for the
Eastern Shore Canning Company, Of
Machipongo, on the night of Septem-
Der 26, was sentenced by Judge John
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
FOUND AT LAST

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and pains when due to rheumatic dis
orders, lumbago, etc. Prescription
Q-623 has helped thousands of people
when many other remedies have fail
ed. Try a bottle today. Price $1.00.
We suggest you try Q-Tabs while US
ing Q-623. Ask your druggist. Lloyd
& Blaine. Pocomoke City, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27

the bird was about exhausted. It liv-
ed from Tuesday to Saturday Of last
week, after being taken to the home
of Mr.. Byrd.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27
individual cases.

The Annual Red Cross Roll Call is
now we'll underway in the county and
Mr.. o. Hoyt Bloodsworth, of the To-
cal Rotary Club, recently named tenn
porary chairman for Somerset coun-
ty, will be glad to enroll every citizen
of Princess as member.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-11-27

indication whatever of mob violence
and only a moderately large size
crowd manifested any interest in the
trials.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-27
tives in the win Cities over the

tives in the win Cities over the
weekend.
Mrs. w. o. Moldestad and dau-
ghter, Miss Margaret, returned
Thursday from a weeks visit at
Chicago and Kenosha, Wis. The
Moldestads were accompanied by
Mrs. j. Muehlbauer and daughter,
Grace, of Redwood Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Seifert and
sons were Sunday and Monday
visitors at the Louis Seifert home
in Minneapolis
Mrs. Dora Berg and son, DIR.
Joseph Borg and daughter, Miss
Evelyn Borg of st. Paul were
weekend guests at the j. l.. Borg,
v. w. Johnson and David Jacob
son homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. r. McCorquo-
dale received word on Monday
evening of the death of Miss Ethel
Tibbetts at Cottage Grove. The
McCorquodales left this morning
for Cottage Grove to attend the
funeral. Miss Tibbetts was a Del
hi resident number of years ago.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-27
Alf and FIR
Alike, Speaker Says
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
"Our party is truly democra-
tic" he stated. eve are organized
under a constitution and every
one has a vote. Don't let them tell
you that Father Coughlin is a
dictator"
He called on Catholics and nom
Catholics to join in brotherhood
for better government and ended
his talk with a statement typical
to him, "When you take the
philosophy of Jesus Christ out of
our country, we've lost our DEM
ocracy."
Reports of the Cleveland con-
vention of the party, declared by
one of the speakers to be the
greatest convention ever held
with the exception of that which
accepted the constitution were
made by Matt Kramer of Belview,
Anthon Mueller of Madison, O.
II. Swenson of Granite Falls and
Emil Gervais of Marshall.
In charge of the affair were
John H. Jackson and John Stout
land of Redwood Falls, John
Bruins of Belview, George Gales
of Seaforth, and Matt Kramer. The
Seaforth band entertained during
the afternoon.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-27
Awarding Trips
Concludes 4-H
Continued from page one)

sS~AASAAA~SA A~SAA SssSS ~~s
The contest to select the county
style show queen and the girl to
take her clothing exhibit to COM
pete in the good workmanship
contest was also held. The ex-
hibits were on display in the ex-
hibit room of the Club Inn and
the style show took place before
the grandstand. Miss Lucille HUI
bin, Redwood Falls played for the
Style show and Miss Alice Briggs,
Cottonwood county home demon
stration agent judged both events
Sixty-four girls competed for
the two trips. In each class of
clothing, two places were given
and all other girls were awarded
exhibitors ribbons. The winners
were as follows:
Championship style queen,
Ruby Klante, Lucan; reserve style
queen, Lorrain Lavinder, Lam
berton; Championship workman
ship, Ruth Wheaton, Redwood
Falls; reserve workmanship,
Mary Sexton, Redwood Falls.
Miss Wheaton, state champion
thrift girl last year, has had five
years experience in club work.
Her outfit is made of brown Grim
kle crepe with green trimming.
Miss Klante, for three years a
member of the North Star club,
wore dress of green silk manta-
lass,- the materials for which cost
$2.52.
Other winners were:
Clothing IA: Workmanship
II. Lucille SHINING, Redwood
Falls. 2. Helen Hicks, Tracy. Style
show-1. Helen Hicks, Tracy. 2
Lucille SHINING, Redwood Falls.
Clothing I-B. Workmanship
l. Eileen Growing, Vesta. 2. Bet
ty Sexton. Style Show 1. Ursula
Bellig, Wabasso. 2. Claire Water
man, Sanborn.
Clothing ia. Workmanship
Il. Florence Dunno, Vesta; 2.
Florence Bellig, Wabasso. Style
Show. Dorothy Olsen, Red
wood Falls. 2. Florence Dunno,
Vesta.
Clothing lib. Workmanship
IL. Mary Sexton, Redwood Falls;
IL. Ruth Fischer, Morton. Style
Show. Dorothy Wolff, Delhi. 3
Mary Sexton, Redwood Falls.
Clothing III-A. Workmanship
IL. Ruth Wheaton, Redwood
Falls. 2. Vonnie Wiberg, Lamber-
ton. Style Show-1. Ruby Klan-
Ite, Lucan. 2. Vonnie Wiberg, Lam.
berton.
Clothing lib: Workmanship
IL. Loretta Waterman, Sanborn
=. Helen Olson, Delhi. Style Show
IL. Lorraine Lavinder, Lamber.
ton. 2. Mary Mcconnell, Vesta.
Thrift: Second year,. Glenra,
Scheunert, North Redwood. Thirc
year,. Sylvia Bellig, Wabasso.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-27
Motoring Salesman
Struck By BIB Shot

Montevideo-Hospitality around
Montevideo isn't to the liking of
H. M. Carroll, Minneapolis glass
salesman, who was pleasantly sur
prised by being speeded on his
way back from Montevido by gun
fire. AS he approached the bridge
near the Montevideo golf course,
Carroll met two boys riding on
bicycle, one of whom carried BIB
gun. Evidently the lads did not
like the looks of Carroll's car, and
raising the gun the lad aimed at
the car and fired, the shot strik-
ing the salesman in the left eye
and breaking the lens of his glass
es. His eyeball was cut, but the
shot glanced off his eyeball and
did not penetrate. Both boys
abandoned the bicycle and hit for
the woods, Carroll giving chase
and caught one of them. No form
al complaint was lodged against
the boys.