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course of competition" It was not the announcing prices
advance of sales that was ruled against
men prevented those changes such prices (which
open and fair competition require or justify"
The does undertake to make business compete
but vigorously uphods the principle Of the antitrust acts
namely shall take concerted action pre-
vent the working Of the force of competition which inherent
and essential to the system Of individual initiative
Efforts continue convey the impression that the
law vague and indefinite This idea is false The principle
clear day. namely that business cannot do any
thing prevent fair competition They cooperate all they
please but only as long as they remain competitors
In fact this decision adds to the large amount of definite
information what may be done for those business
who want go far they without going to Jail
They may openly announce prices
sale, and enter into agreements for that purpose.
They collect and publish all sorts of statistics nclud
ing the immediate publication of prices and terms all closed
transactions.
They may cooperate fully in eliminating unfair unlawful
competitive practices only they do not thereby restrict fair
competition.
the other hand they agree upon prices at their
meetings They cannot cooperation collect market statistics
make them available to buyers They cannot
certed basis prices and require members to adhere
to them period of time.
The essence of this case is that nothing must be
eliminate opportunities Of competitors to make special
rangements with buyers to transactions in which
private negotiations are essential"
It is false to say that the decision opens the way to
cQt-throat competition in making Quantity discounts The
holds that such discounts lawful only where they
reflect effect result in economies to refners either IN
direct indirect COSTS This is should be-sound eco
Monies and common
Some points of special interest follows The court
the fact that sugar completely standardized prod
uct and concludes that this makes important not to
impair opportunities for competition.
It notes and stresses the fact that after the nstute
formed changes prices became and nfrequent also
that margins between and refined sugar increased.
The fact that Is refined practically all the
imported and supplied 20 to 80 of consumption
was considered
The court evidently favors the quotation of prices b.
ments to establish uniform delivered prices
would say that the will down in history the
which broadened the possibilities of the open price, policy by
allowing the of future price schedules.
This point however, merely indicative of the evolution
being made toward developing the basis for combining CO.
OPERATION with COMPETITION. By developing the rules
Of the of competition the courts saving that
both by preventing hitting below the belt and srangehods
and by preventing rameups throwing the game and quitting
When business quit competing there will be no business
The Washington times., 1936-04-03
AYTx7 Sugar Case Will Go Down In
~ "A ~ r. History Broadening Posi-
AAA "A - - bAities Of "open Price" Policy
By LEWIS HANEY

Professor Of Economics, New York University
The recent decision of the Supreme Court against the Sugar
Institute very important 1t shows definite evolution in
and warrants hope that regime OF fair COMPETE
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business.
The issue was whether the Sugar Institute in
~ providing for advance announcement by
it's members of prices and terms, and (2) re-
curing that these prices and terms be adhered
to without deviation was preventing open and
fair competition.
The court decided in the affirmative.
The gist of the case is that the Steps taken
to secure adherence without deviation to prices
and terms announced" were unlawful, because
they "cnt off Opportunities for variation in the
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
YOUNG AUTO
VICTIM BURIED
Upsetting Truck North of Sturgeon
Lake Claims Life of
John Close.

Funeral services were held for John
Close, son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Close,
former residents of the Sturgeon Lake
community, Tuesday of last week. Mr.
Close was killed in an accident which
caused the truck in which he was rid
ing with a companion to turn over
His companion, Stanley Gropski, was
slightly injured. 1t is thought that
they were blinded by approaching
lights when near a curve a mile north
of Sturgeon Lake on the night of Sep
TENDER 20.
Mr.. Close had lived in the Sturgeon
Lake community for the past two
years. He was born at Robbinsdale on
April II. 1913, and is survived by his
parents, three sisters, Vera, Mrs. Ruth
erich and Mrs. Donna Thies; four
brothers, Earl, Frank, Robert and
Kenneth.
Funeral services were held from the
Billman Funeral Chapel in Minneapo-
lis on Tuesday, September %, at 2 p.
M, and burial was made in the Crys-
tai Lake cemetery with Sturgeon Lake
friends, Roger Barnes, Russell Gilbert,
Leonard Silenski, Fay Gilbert, Francis
Void and Rufus McHale acting as
pallbearers.
The young man was well liked and
respected in the Surgeon Lake COM
munity and he will be grealy missed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
AsKov PINE COUNTY, MINNESOTA THURSDAY OCT. 1, 1886
TOWNSHIP ROADS
TO BE IMPROVED
More Than $4,000 Will be Expended
In Four County Com
munitfeS.

Announcement was received this
week at the Brainerd office of A. T.
Gilbertson, WPA district director, that
funds have been allocated for repair
ing and improving roads in four Pine
county townships.
In Arna S21,4S9 go has been allotted
for repairing and improving the town
roads; Bruno township board has
sponsored a project to cost $8,206 for
grading and graveling it's roads. For
grading and gaveling in Fleming
township 1924 has been set aside; at
Askov, the Partridge township board
sponsored a work program to cost
s14,124 to repair and improve its
roads.
These projects have been authorized
for immediate operation by Victor
Christgau, state WPA director. They
will provide useful work for needy
persons of Pine county who are certi-
fed for drouth relief jobs as result
of the $4,000 quota allotted to Mime
sofa.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
IN FALL r ALLY

The st. Croix District of Christian
Endeavor will hold it's annual fall
rally at the Hinckley Presbyterian
church on Saturday, October 3. Fol
lowing is the program:
Registration at 10 a. M; 1920
Devotions, Hinckley; 1O:45-Talk, Rev.
Hendricks; 11:00-Music, Bruno and
Kerrick; 11:05-Talk, Rev. Yoder;
11:2O-Discussions of com m tt e e
duties, chairmen; 11:50-Announce-
ments and closing song; 12:00-Lunch.
At 100 p. m.-Choruses and devo-
tions, Rev. R. Deursen, Sandstone;
1:30-Temperance talk, Rev. R. Ford,
Rush City; 2:00-Roll call, choruses,
announcements; 2:15 = Conferences;
3:00-Special music, Mora; 3:05-
Does C. E. Meet Our Need?" Rev.
Allen, Minneapolis; 4:OO-Missionary
speaker; 5:OO-Offering and announce
ments; 6:00-Banquet.
The banquet speaker will be Rev.
Warren Allen of Minneapolis and
music will be furnished by the Dan
forth string band.
All young people are invited to at
tend and all Christian Endeavor So
cieties are urged to send a large dele
cation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
LUNDEEN WILL
TALK ON RADIO
WCCO, WEBC and WMFG Will Carry
Senate Candidate'S Message
to People.

Congressman ErneSt L u n,
Famer-Labor candidate for the
United States Senate, will open a
series of radio talks with three
station hook-up Saturday night, Oc-
tober 3, at $50 p. m.
He will speak over WCCO, WEBC
and WMFG.
Mr.. Lundeen will tell the voters
exactly what his record in Congress
has meant to the farmer, the worker,
the veterans, the young people and
citizens generally.
Mr.. Lundeen introduced the first
bonus bill in Congress back in 1919.
He voted against the war. declaring
a policy of billions for America but
not one cent for foreign kings" And
then he was the first to seek adequate
compensation for those. who offered
their lives for their country on for
eign soil.
He has been a consistent fighter for
the Frazier-Lemke farm refinancing
bill, on the ground that it offers the
only means to enable the farmer to
balance his budget. Let's balance
our own budgets FIRST" Mr.. Lundeen
says, land then there will be no diff
ficulty about the federal budget"
He also will describe the Frazier
Lundeen social security bill, approved
by the labor committee of the House
as the only adequate legislation of
this kind yet offered in Congress.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
FinlaysOn Couple
Welded so Years

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Mack cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary Sunday, September 81, at their
pretty farm home one-half mile west
and mile and half south of Fin
layson where they have lived for the
past Al years. They were married
at Wichita, Kans., coming here when
the country was raw land and big
trees. They have built up a fine
farm and have splendid buildings, the
house being new about three years
ago to replace the former home which
was destroyed by fire.
A large number of relatives and
friends gathered at the home to offer
congratulations and Rev. Lepisto gave
short talk and some hymns were
sung. A gift of money contained in
a jewel case was presented to Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack. OF their large family only
four grew to maturity, namely, Mrs.
Paul Korpi, Mrs. Andrew Wallio and
Harold and Leo, all of whom live
here with their families. There are
several grandchildren and three sreat-
grandchildren.
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Grant Hildebrandt of Be-
rOun; Mr.. and Mrs. Lauri Lehto and
son, Toivo, of Kinney; Alfred Korvelo
OF Plummer; Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Mikkola of Kettle River; the Misses
Anna and Marie Kallio of Minneapolis,
and friends from Sandstone Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack have the best wishes of
the community for many more years
together.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
FINLAYSON LADY
IS LAID AWA Y
Mrs. Gus LuOma is Called From
Family in Her Early Years.
Born in Finland.

Death, Sunday, called Mrs. Gus o.
Luoma, living east of Finlayson, and
took from that community one of its
most popular farm wives. Mrs. LuOma,
but AZ years of age, suffered from
cancer of the stomach and had been
confined to her bed for four months.
Mrs. Luoma was born on December
80, 1894, in Finland and came to the
United States in 1910 where she set
tied at Butte, Mont. She moved to
Aurora in 1914 and came to Pine coun-
ty in 1915 with her husband, whom
she married at Butte. Mont. on Aug.
26, 1914. They began work on the
farm east of Finlayson, which she
played a large part in building to it's
present fine condition. She was of a
cheerful disposition, was loving
mother to her daughter, Vivian, and
two sons, Allen and Theodore.
Funeral services were held from the
Finlayson village hall Wednesday,
Sert. 80, with Rev. John A. Hughes
preaching the sermon. Burial was
made in the Finlayson cemetery with
Ephram Ranta, Andrew Pajala, Victor
Gustafson, Nick Koivisto, John Pelto
and William Kuitunen acting as pail
bearers.
Many friends and neighbors deeply
sympathiZe with the sorrOwing fam
lily.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
ASKOV MARKSMEN
LOSE TO FINLAYSON

The Finlayson rifle marksmen
proved too formidable for the Askov-
ties in Sundays deciding match at
that place and defeated them in both
offhand and kneeling matches. The
score for the offhand shooting was
535 points for Finlayson to 44O for
Askov. The high man in this match
for Askov was Hans Nielsen with a
n and Esi Kanti shot 70 to lead his
mates.
In the kneeling match Finlayson
made total of 61O points to Askov
592. G. M. Christilaw shot an 81 to
head the Askov shooters while Werner
Heitala shot n to lead Finlayson to
victory.
All of the matches have been en-
joyed by the contestants and good
sportsmanship has been evidenced
throughout, state those responsible
for arranging the contests.
There is crow and vermin hunt
in progress between the two teams and
the loser of this will have to treat
the winner to feed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
FORMER PINE CITY
WOMAN is CALLED
Last Rites and Burial of w. H. Ham.
Inns Daughter Held at County
Seat Tuesday.

Mary Edith Temple, daughter of w.
H. .Hamlin of Pine City. passed away
last Saturday morning at Grand Ra-
pids, after several months illness with
cancer. She first became ill last May
and from July 16 was confined to the
hospital, death coming as relief
to long and intense suffering from the
dreaded disease.
Mary Edith Hamlin was born August
.. 1895, at Pine Island. being the
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Hamlin. The family moved to Pine
county in 1898, where she grew to
young womanhood, being graduated
from Pine City high school in 1914.
She taught school for one year and
then attended Hamline University for
two years, after which she again
took up teaching.
On June Z, 1918, she was united in
marriage to Ray Temple of Norris
town, and to their union seven chill
dren were born. Mr.. and Mrs. Temple
moved to Hill City where all their
children were born, they being Fran
ces, age II, Cecyle, age Is, Janice,
age 10, Robert. age Z, Doris, age 5,
and Marilyn, age 2; one boy dying
in infancy. She is survived by her
husband, her father and stepmother,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hamlin. of Pine
City, two brothers. r. E. Hamlin of
Moose Lake, and P. L. Hamlin of Pine
City, and two sisters, Mrs. Otto Hanson
of Portland Ore, and Mrs. Lois Stew
enson of Geraldine, Mont.
Funeral services were held at Hill
City Monday and also a service at
Pine City Tuesday in the M. E. church.
Rev. John l.. Parish preached the fun
eral sermon and was assisted by Rev.
Elsie Hartman of Hill City. Inter-
ment was made in Union cemetery in
Chengwatana township. The pail
bearers were Donald Spickler, Rich
ardson Gray, William Torrey, William
Stuck, Charles Beechel and G. H. Met
calf.
Mrs. Temple leaves a Borrowing
husband and six children who will
miss the mothers care. She also
leaves a host of friends who regret
her untimely death.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
HINCKLEY CHURCH
SPONSORS SINGERS

The Spiritual Jubilee Singers of
Chicago, are coming to Hinckley for
four days of special services, begin
ming Sunday, October 4, through We'd
nesday, the 7th. Rev. Paul Hendricks,
pastor of the Presbyterian church and
his people are arranging for their
coming. The meetings are inter-de-
nominational and every one is urged
to attend.
Peter MacFarlane. superintendent
of the Union Gospel Mission of St.
Paul, and who brought the Singers
to Minnesota for a series of meet
ings, will be present and speak.
Do not miss this opportunity. The
on the opening Sunday will
be morning and afternoon in the Pres
byterian church at II a. m. and p.
m. when Peter MacFarlane and Rev.
Hendricks will speaks p. m. at the
high school auditorium. The week
meetings will be held in the high
school auditorium.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
OIL MEN WILL MEET
IN THE COUNTY SEAT

Wholesale and retail oil dealers and
their employees of Pine county will
meet in Pine City at 1880 p. m. We'd
nesday, October Z, according to infor-
nation received from Joseph R.
Schroeder of Minneapolis, secretary
of the Minnesota Petroleum Indus
tries Committee.
The purpose of the meeting. as ex-
planned by local oil men, is to or
ganize County Petroleum Industries
committee, which will be composed
of all people engaged in Tor employed
by the business of distributing and
selling petroleum products in this
county.
The committee will function as a
non-political, non-partisan and nom
profit (there are no dues, fees or as
sessments incident to membership
trade organization and represents the
entire industry-independ minor
and major companies and their en-
plOyeS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
GROUP FIGHTS
A SALES TAX
Pine County Consumers and
Merchants Headed by
Sandstone Druggist.
They Term That Method
of Taxation Unfair to
the Poor.

That opposition to an impending
sales tax is surely developing is evi-
denced by the fact that Pine county
unit of the Consumers and Merchants
Anti-Sales Tax League has been or
ganized. The officers selected are W.
H. Klinker, well known druggist Of
Sandstone, chairman; H. P. Rasmus-
sen, Askov, secretary; and the follow
ing as vice-chairmen: Louis Milgram.
Pine City, clothing merchant; Albert
Lindgren, Sandstone.
Mr.. Klinker makes the following
statement:
THE Minnesota State Pharmaceut-
ical Association, as also other state
retail organizations, have gone on rec
a sales tax as this will be very much
of nuisance tax for every druggist,
grocer, hardware man and other mer-
chants in Minnesota. We become the
tax collectors for the state of a tax
that will be obnoxious for the vast
majority of our customers who will
well realize, as they have in other
states, that it is an unjust form of
taxation"
Other Comments.
Only recently VIM. Lux, prominent
grocer in ST. Paul, made the following
comment on the sales tax:
1T violates the fundamental prin-
clples of a good tax. Taxation shall
be based upon ability to pay. The
retail sales tax is a tax based upon
inability to resist rather than ability
to pay.
1T is nuisance tax also, not paid
by mail order houses in interstate
business; will drive business out of
the state and thus reduce employ
ment. 1t falls heaviest on people of
small income-a poor mans tax.
1T raises prices on necessities at a
time when prices are increasing much
faster than income, and it is practi-
cally the unanimous opinion of econo-
mists that a retail sales tax is I'M
sound economically. 1t adds another
antiquated element to our already an
tiQuated tax system, return to medi-
eval poor mems taxes.
Similar tax proposals on a ma
tional scale have been defeated in
Congress in 1921, 1892 and 1894"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
Special Correspondent Tells
About it Direct From
the Scene.
Football Game and Scenery
on Trip is Praised by
Eye Witness.

SPECIAL TO AMERICAN-Be
ing an ardent football fan, L. A.
Dare of the Elk River Star-News,
went along to Seattle, Wash. with
the Gopher fans to witness the
football game between the Min
nesota GOphers and the Wash
ington University Huskies. Mr..
Dare writes the following story
direct from the scene of the game
for the Askov American:
Thirty-five hundred Minnesota foot
ball fans, from the big Cities and
the small towns and the farms, all
dyed-in-the-wool Gopher rooters, trek
ked half way across the continent to
see a football game. They arrived at
Seattle, they breathed the fresh, crisp
air of this beautiful coast city of the
Pacific, and gazed in wonderment at
the amazing mountain scenery, includ-
ing that masterpiece of natures han
diwork, titanic Mount Rainier, which
rears it's snowcapped peak fifty miles
to the southwark And finally Satur-
day afternoon they saw a football
game. They saw the Golden Gophers
win another victory as they defeated
fast, fighting, slashing Washington
team by a score of IA to Z.
And what a game it was, full of
thrills and full of anxious moments
for the invading fans from the Gopher
state. For that marvellous Washing
ton team played the game to win and
at times it seemed they were going
to do that very thing, as they caught
the Minnesota boys at a time VIXEN
they were not quite ready for such
hard battle, not quite ready to meet
such team as Washington.
Can't be Panic Stricken.
But the days when the Minnesota
Gophers can be panic stricken into
defeat, the days when they make
fruitless marches up and down the
field, seem to be over. The Gophers
of these marvellous winning years are
steady in the pinches. They take ad-
vantage of every break and oftent lines
make their own breaks and go on
to win the game. Such was the case
in this game at Seattle. The Gophers
played raggedly at times, their de-
Tense was not perfect, far from it,
their blocking was not up to Mime
sofa standards and their punting was
woefully off color. but when the
breaks came they took advantage of
arochnI
Gopher style to put over the badly
needed touchdowns.
All through the first quarter Min
nesOta fans were on tenterhooks as
the Washington Huskies, after receiv-
ing the kickoff almost swept the
Gophers off their feet and marched
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG STRANDvOLD

To the general and rather joyful
surprise of the world the League of
Nations a few days ago refused to &C
cept the Italian claim that Ethiopia
had ceased to exist as nation: By
vote of 80 to the League decided that
the African empires membership
rights were not affected by its de-
feat in the war with Italy; nations
declined to vote, one way or the other,
and the four that voted against seat
ing Ethiopia were Ecuador, Austria,
Hungary and Albania-the latter
three being the same that a year ago
voted against applying economic sane
tions against Italy. They are looking
for a Roman reward of some kind!
Primarily, the fight for Ethiopia's
rights was led by Russia, the three
Scandinavian states, CZechO-SlOvakia
and the Little Entente; to begin with
they were opposed by Great Britain
and France who feared that an Italian
defeat within the League might un-
favorably affect later international
discussions, but, after some dickering
back and forth, London and Paris
yielded handsomely, and on record
now is one of the few important vic
tories the smaller nations have ever
won in the League. 1t was important
because a vital principle was at stake
this, namely, that a nation which
has been victimized by a power of
superior strength does not, for that
reason, lose it's standing. Had the
League voted in the opposite direction,
it would have established the doctrine
that it is perfectly justifiable for
big nation to swallow up small one
if it so sees fit.
1t was thought, at first, that Italy
would consider the League decision an
affrOnt which would make her with
drawal from the world organization
necessary, but in Rome it was merely
said that lit was an unfortunate err
rOr; not an insult" So, for the time
being, Italy remains a member al
though abstaining from taking part
in the present annual general session
of the League.
Peace Talk.
Thirty-six of the League members
have signed an agreement by which
they bind themselves to refrain from
melting the nationals of foreign coun-
tries to hostile sentiment against 9TH
ers. That's one step ahead. Another
is that Great Britain, Russia, France
and the Scandinavian countries have
again urged upon the League the
necessity of doing something to stop
the present ornaments race. That's
probably as far as it will go just now,
CONTINUED ON Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
MEET WITH
TWO COMMISSIONERS

Representatives from. 26 townships
in Pine county met with Commission
ers j. S. Patrick and C. A. Pearson
and County Relief Agent Frank Banta
Wednesday in Hinckley and discussed
with them an increase in the Pine
county quota of drouth relief.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Farmers Holiday Association and was
presided over by N. P. Nedegaard Of
Askov, county chairman. Resolutions
were adopted and will be sent to the
state relief authorities asking for an
increase in the drouth relief quota
for this county.