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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
Fact, Not DenunciatiOn,
Needed
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

Chairman O'Mahoney, in the first
two series Of hearings before his joint
economic committee, has demon
strated that it is possible to conduct
penetrating and conclusive line of
inquiry without boiling anybody in
OIL The very cold objectivity of the
procedure made the facts disclosed in
the Investigating of the glass bottle
industry all the more devastating.
From testimony of top executives in
the industry itself, the O'Mahoney
committee laid bare picture of tight
monopoly, combining the crop control
features of A. A. A. and the industrial
regulation of N. R. A. all neatly ex-
ecuted by private industry through a
monopolistic grip on the business of
manufacturing glass bottles.
But nobody was hauled out of town
on a rail. On the contrary, as the
glass bottle hearings closed, Chair
man O'Mahoney thanked the glass
bottle executives for cooperating to
provide the facts, Trust-Buster Thur
man Arnold seconded the chairman,
and then Judge Edgar Goodrich, coun-
sci for the witnesses, thanked the
committee for it's unfailing courtesy
and kindness to his clients. If Judge
Goodrich had brought his guitar
along, the hearings would have wound
up in singing party.
Yet the record of those hearings is
packed with enough dynamite to blow
the present patent system out of the
water, as it may very likely do.
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by Uncle Sam, but distributed solely
by local authorities. Details are not
announced.
If anyone can make substantial
progress on these lines, it is Harry L.
Hopkins. But while everyone wishes
him well, and while he doubtless can
accomplish something, he will have to
run against the barrier of fixed
principle of much of Big Business; to
reduce working forces rather than re-
duce prices.
Details of how this works have been
given scores of times, and only a pair
of examples need be cited here. United
States Steel had an average working
force in 1929 of $4,000 men, in round
numbers. In 1882, the same company
was candid enough to admit that it
had less than 10000 men working on
full time; but the drop of prices of
steel was very small The Interna-
tional Harvester Company laid off
more than 80 per cent of it's workers
in the depression, and lowered it's
prices of farm machinery 6 per cent.
Tireless and resourceful as Hopkins
is, one can scarcely see how he can get
past that barrier.
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COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

stand to tell what it knows about
patents.
Psychological unemployment, which
means in plain words the displace-
ment of men by machines, is an ever
present and growing fact. Practically
all the machines which displace work
ers are or have been under patents.
When the federal government is spend
ing billions on unemployment, includ-
ing chronological unemployment, there
is something just little queer about
the use of federal patents to pile up
giant fortunes while adding to unem-
ployment.
In the last case before the monopoly
committee, it was shown that one
company, the Hartford Empire, domi-
mates the glass industry, and with a
closely related company, controls the
production of So per cent of all the
glass containers manufactured in this
country in 1887. 1t does this through
it's control of basic patents alone.
Any independent" glass company
who wants to use the machinery under
those patents is told by the Hartford
Empire what kind of glassware it may
produce, and how much; in what ter
ritory it may sell it's wares and with
whom it may do business; and under
what conditions it may use machinery
that the Hartford Empire does not
own.
One of it's basic patents, out of which
it has cleared several million dollars,
it bought in 1917 for $4,000. And in
1887, it earned 67.77 per cent on the
net capital employed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06

The Pan American Conference at
Lima has been distinct though not
unqualified success for the aims and
proposals of Secretary Hull. He had
to modify the language of some of his
proposals; but in the end, they were
passed unanimously. And in the pro-
posal that disputes in the Western
Hemisphere must not be settled by
war until every peaceful method has
been tried and has failed, the change
of words, though it doesn't make for
clearness, doesn't alter the meaning.
A paragraph from Secretary Hull's
final speech deserves to be quoted:
"We know that in much of the
world, trust in any form of agreement
has completely vanished. We know
that might has stated that it would
have its way, and would recognize no
equal, except equal might. We know
that the ordinary ends of living are
DClHS SQDOI III CiiC eNoeCiiiPo w
create vast and terrifying military ma
chimes, whose first purpose might be
to create terror, and whose only final
use could be to create the ruin of the
world which we have fixed in our
thoughts during this meeting. . !.
Our task must be cast in the opposite
direction"
Nazi papers in Germany claim the
conference was a "total failure for
the United States" 1t is anything
but that.
The monopoly committee will hold
its next meeting January 16. The
present prospect is that it will go on
with the patent situation, and that the
Commerce Department will take the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
WPA WORKERS
FACE JOB LOSS

New Orleans (ILNS).-One thou
sand additional workers on the WPA
are scheduled to be laid off during
January in Louisiana, according to
State Director of Employment w. F.
Oakes, in addition to the 5000 already
dropped since October 1. A noticeable
fact, it is charged, is that Oakes is
disposing of the heads of families in
the lower brackets and retaining girls
and in many instances married women
whose husbands are holding lucrative
jobs in the commercial world. Those
heads of projects and executive WPA
who are drawing down from 5000 to
$500 dollars month are to be re-
tanned
Memphis, Tenn. (ILNS). - Three
thousand WPA workers have been
dropped from the payrolls owing to
lack of funds. These workers are the
lowest paid in the state and much suf-
fering is reported.
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WHAT NEXT?

A new air compressor invented by
L. V. Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., is re-
ported to make use of revolutionary
principle which obviates water cooling
and uses fewer moving parts. The
principle, used in superchargers of au-
tomobile and airplane engines, is ex-
pected to greatly increase their power.
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TWO BIG FIRMS
HAVE GRIP ON
GLASS INDUSTRY
Monopoly Investigation Switches To
Glass Industry, Where Patents
Play Prominent Part.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-As was
expected by Washington observers,
the Temporary National Economic
Committees investigation of patents
switched from the auto industry,
where patents play small part, to
the glass industry, where they mean
almost everything. In fact, patents
mean 96.4 per cent of the glass in
dustry.
The Hartford Empire Company has
patent monopoly on the machinery
that makes 67.4 per cent of the glass
containers of this country, and the
Owens Illinois Company has the same
grip on 29.2 per cent.
Of course, there are other glass
things than glass containers; but
Owens-Illinois is known to have very
large share of Libbey-O Owens F. ord
Glass Company, which makes automo-
bile glass and which cleared net profits
of more than 100000 in 1897.
Companies Exchange Licenses
Mr.. Cox, for the Department of JUS
tice, brought out the fact that not
only the glass manufacture is abso-
lutely dominated by these two COM
panies, Hartford Empire and Owens
Illinois; but that they exchange IL
censes with each other.
The Hartford Empire is purely a
patent company. 1t makes neither
glass nor machinery; but makes it's
money out of license fees and royalties
on it's patents. 1t rents it's machinery
but does not sell it. 1t has made
$49,479, 900 in this way from 1926 to
and through 1887. Mr.. Cox put into
the record the "three main purposes
of securing patents" by former sec
retary and counsel of the Hartford
Empire, thus:
"(a) to cover the actual machines
we are putting out and prevent dupli-
cation of them.
"(b) to block the development of
machines which might be constructed
by others for the same purpose as our
machines, using alternative means
"(c) to secure patents on possible
improvements of competing machines,
so as to fence in those and prevent
their reaching an improved STAGE"
Figures given in an earlier story
are so important that they bear re-
peating.
In 1899. LOO, 100000 glass contain
ers, valued at $21 100000 were pro-
duced by 2S,37O workers.
In 1887, 100000 glass contain
ers valued at more than 100000, 600
were produced by a little over $4,000
workers.
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LABOR'S FRIEND SEEN
NEXT VICE-PRESIDENT

Buffalo, N. Y. lILNS).-Senator-
elect James M, Mead's successor in
the House of Representatives has pro-
posed Mead as candidate for vice
president. 1.-TWO years from now, Jim
Mead is going to advance further by
going into the vice-presidency Of these
United States," Plus l.. Schwert, rep
resentative-elect, predicted at party
here honoring Mead's fifty-third birth
day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
A. F. OF L. HAS WON FIGHT,
PRESIDENT GREEN SAYS

Coshocton, o. (ILNS). - William
Green claimed victory for the A. F. of
L. in its labor struggle with the C. !. o.
Il can say that the A. F. of L. has
won its fight" Green told a gathering
of 200 friends and neighbors. at is
stronger now than when the CLIO.
was formed"
/ He cited reports which stated that
the A. F. of L. has the largest paid-up
membership in it's history.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
WISH HIM WELL-BUT-

Secretary of Commerce Harry L.
Hopkins is considering nationwide
drive to put several millions of unem-
ployed men and women back to work
in private industry He is consulting
with such big business men as are not
wholly given over to the doctrine of a
dole, which is to be contributed partly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
Nj MAINTENANCE WORK
DROP BRINGS DECLINE
IN RAIL EMPLOYMENT

Washington, D. c. (ILNS). - The
Interstate Commerce Commission Bu-
reau of Statistics reports that Class l
railroads in November employed
960,776 persons, as compared with
975,625 in October, decline of 1.52
per cent. Employment in mid-Novem-
Der last year was 1,060,296.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-01-06
GEO. KAPPEL

Practical all-around tailor, would like
to be favored with your patronage, for
Repairing, Altering, Cleaning, Press
ing, Removing Wearshine and Re-
lining, 1852 N. B Street. 1787-W. Will
call for. Give estimates and deliver.
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WISDOM

A great democracy must be pro-
gressive or it will soon cease to be
great or a democracy. - Theodore
Roosevelt.
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heCherry
[" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly. -. !.

sometimes recklessly.
Popular pastime of the Washington
newspaper writer's now is speculating
on the size of the proposed armament
program.
All kinds of wild yarns are floating
about. Many are being printed.
Aim seems to be to beat the other
fellow in telling the most lurid tale.
Some of the boys are doing very
well at the game and are spreading
some tall tales before supposedly
palpitating public.
Public hasn't palpitated to any
marked extent as yet, though.
Which must grieve the boys who
really believe the stuff they write.
But perhaps none of them do. Which,
if true, is a tribute to their intelligence.
Nation might almost get the idea
the enemy was at our gates, to credit
some of the Washington stories.
Those who profit from the sale of
ornaments must be chortling in glee
They may not profit as much as they
hope, however.
Indications of a healthy scepticism
are in evidence.
Comment has already been made in
this column on the doubters.
Mention was made of Senator Borah
and others.
Major General George Van Horn
Moseley, retired, recently charged
''fear and hysteria" were being en-
gendered in support of heavy expend-
itures for national defense.
People who have their feet on the
ground suspect there is something to
what Moseley says.
Senators Wheeler and Nye are
among the members of Congress who
will demand straight thinking, thor
ough investigation and carefully con-
sidered action on the armament pro-
gram.
Those are only commonsense re-
quirements.
There is little disposition to oppose
armament really needed for defense.
But there will be found, this column
predicts, determined opposition to any
attempt to arm for offensive war
abroad or beyond what is needed for
strictly defensive measures in our
own territory.
In Congress investigates before act
ing, lot of headaches will be pre-
vented.
Schemes for 10000 or more air.
planes, for example, will likely go out
the window on real investigation.
There are men in this country, in
military and naval service and in ci-
william life, who can give light on what
is necessary to make the United States
safe from invasion or serious attack.
If they are called on to give their
opinions, Congress will have some
thing to go by.
There should be no objection to
hearing the ultra -pacifists on the one
hand and the advocates of feverish
preparation on the other, either.
Let 'em all have their say. That is
the American way. In the end, the
chances are the fellows who really
know their stuff would prevail and the
extremists on both sides would lose.
Once Congress has the facts, it can
act with at least measure of wisdom.
And that is about all that can be .ex-
pected or even hoped for, in this i'm
perfect world.
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Nogales international., 1939-04-08

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN
TIA CRUZ
VIOLET A. ELLIS,
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himself takes a common sense view
of aerial power. He says, "Air power
can destroy, demoralize and intimi-
date. 1t cannot take an objective, oc-
cupy it or hold it."
The inner conviction of Hitler that
his own days are numbered is also
a contributing factor to the course
he will pursue in the immediate fu-
ture. In the circle Immediately
around him there is a nervous dread
of angering the Fiihrer. He is sur
rounded by yes men, afraid to bring
him bad news, fearful to insinuate
that things are not as he conceives
them to be.
Hitler is mystic with strong
psychic perceptions. He does not
commune with spirits, he COM
munes with himself and in his
meditations, inspiration comes to
him. He is convinced that he was
given a mission by Providence. The
fact that many of his conclusions
have been borne out by events has
given rise to the idea that he has
second sight-an idea encouraged by
German cultural leaders who wish
to inculcate in German youth be-
lief that Hitler is q supermar
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Of this country, persistently ignor-
ing the warnings of his Washington
Ambassador, Mr.. Won Wiegand says.
Now he is suddenly faced with the
problem of the Administration at
titude and this attitude will un-
doubtedly have an effect on his fu-
ture plans. Hitler has the greatest
contempt for our democracy but he
is aware of the human and material
resources of America and the blows
that these can strike.
Hitler is not a physical menace
to the United States unless he
makes an alliance with Great Bri-
tain; unless England should become
Fascist. or unless Nazi Germany
should conquer England. All of these
possibilities seem remote. To Mr..
Won Wiegand, with whom Hitler has
always been unusually frank, he has
persistently ridiculed the idea that
he has designs on America. "How
can | get there 2" he inquiries sarcas-
tically. He admits that it would be
necessary for him to have command
Of the British fleet to accomplish
this. There have been many wild re-
ports about the strength of the Ger
nan air force, most Of them fatter-
y. Mr.. Won Wiegand says. Hitler
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NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that petition signed by more than
ten resident taxpayers of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, has been
presented to the Board of Super
visors Of said County praying that
the portion of the Rain Valley pub
lie road along the following de-
scribed line be abandoned, to-wit:
Beginning at a point approx
mately the NE corner of the
SWA of Section 5, Township
20 South. Range 18 East, which
is approximately the Junction of
the state highway and the Elgin
County Road; thence in west
erly direction to the NV corner
of the SWA of Section 6, same
township; thence in a south
westerly direction to the com
mon corner of sections 2. 8,
10, and II of Township 20 South,
Range II East; thence in a west
erly direction slong the section
line between sections 3 and 10
and between 4 and 9 to a point
which is the common corner of
Sections 4, 5, and 8, Town
ship 20 South, Range II East,
Gila and Salt River Meridian,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
and that said Board of Supervisors
has set Monday, the 1st day Of
May, 1899, at the hour of ten
O'Clock A. NJ, for public hearing
on said petition and for the ap-
pointment of boards Of appraisers
to assess the amount of compensa-
ton and damages each landowner
or party affected is entitled to-
DATED March 6, 1899.
VIM. G. SIMONTON
Clerk Of the Board of
Supervisors of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona.
Publish April 9Th, and April 18th,
1899.
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LEGAL NOTICE

Court, at Nogales, in said County
within twenty days after the serv-
ice upon you of this summons, if
served in this county, and or in all
other cases within thirty days there
after, the times above mentioned
being exclusive of the day of serv-
ice, or judgment by default will be
taken against you.
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Superior Court of the
State Of Arizona in and for the
County of Santa Cruz, this 9th
day of March, 1889.
(SEAL)
HELEN O'KEEFE
Clerk of said
Superior Court.
(Pub. Apr. 1-8-15-22, 1939)
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Phoenix 075455 ''F''
DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR
General Land Office, washington,
D. c., Mar. 1-1939
Notice is hereby given that on Oc
tober 6, 1894, the State Of Arizona
filed application O75455 under Sec
ton of the Taylor Grazing Act
of June %, 1884 (48 Stat. 1850,
amended by the act of June 26,
1886 (49 Stat. 1870, to select Secs.
10, %, "a, 26, SWA Sec. 13, S1s
Sec. IA, SEA, E15 SWA, lots 2, 8
Sec. Is, E1a, lots l, 2, 3, Sec. %,
N1s, N15 S1s, S1a SWA, SW14 SEA
Sec. 25, E1a NEA, lots l, 2, g., 4,
Sec. 81, T. 10 S., R. 81 E., N1a NJ,
SEA NWA, NJ SEA, SEA SEA
Sec. II, NEA NEA Sec. IL, T. 20
S., R. 13 E., lots /, 2. 3, 4, 5, SW4
NEA, .Eh NWA, SWA NWA,
SWA, S1s SEA Sec. II, NEA SEX
Sec IS. T. 20 S.. r.. % E., lot /,
S1s SWA, SEA, NEA SWA, S1s
NEA, NEA NEA Sec. 26, T. 20 S.,
R. 20 E., G.. & S. r. M, contain
ing 5,990.71 acres, in exchange for
Sec. SO, T. 16 N, r. 20 W., sen
.SWA Sec 36, T. Is N, r. Is W.,
SWA, S19 NWA Sec. 2, T. 16 N.
r. II W., NWA,. EM Sec. So, T.
l6h NJ, r. IA W., all Sec. 80. T,
l6s N, r. Is w, all Secs. 80, So.
T. 161s NJ, r. 13 W., all Sec. 81.
ER SW14 Sec. So, T. 161k N, R.
IA w, lot 3, S1s NWA, SWA Sec.
2, T. % NJ, R. 18 W., lots l, 2, 8,
Sec. 2, T. "a NJ, r. 18 W., lots /,
2, 8, 4, Sec. 2, T. IL NJ, r. IA W.,
S1s Sec. 2, T. N, R. 6 W., 'Sh,
S1s NEA Sec. 2, T. 3 N. r. z W.,
all Sec. q. T. 8 N, r. 9 W., G. &
S. r. NJ, containing 6,000.32 acres.
This notice is for the purpose of
allowing all persons claiming the
selected land or having bona fide
objections to such applications, op-
portunity to file their protests or
other objections in the United
States district land office at Phoe-
nix, or in the General Land Office,
together with evidence that copies
Of such protests or objections have
been served upon the State within
80 days from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
(Signed)
ANTOINETTE FUNK
Assistant Commissioner.
Date of first publication: Apr. s,
1899.
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NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that petition signed by more than
ten resident taxpayers of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, has been
presented to the Board of Super
visors of said County praying that
highway be established along the
following described line, to-wit:
Beginning on the north right
of way line of the Lochiel-
Parker Canyon County Road,
which point is on the south
boundary line of the San Ra-
fael Land Grant; thence NNE
500 feet, more or less, to point
on the Santa Cruz River; thence
eastward 1000 feet, more or less,
to intersection with the present
county road on the east side
of the Santa Cruz Valley,
total distance of one-half mile,
more or less. All within the San
Rafael Land Grant, unsurveyed
lcnd.
and that said Board of Supervisors
has set Monday, the 1st day Of
May, 1889, at the hour of ten
o'clock A, M, for a public hearing
on said petition and for the ap-
pointment of boards of appraisers
to assess the amount of compensa-
ton and damages each landowner
or party affected is entitled to.
DATED March 6, 1899.
VIM. G. SIMONTON
Clerk Of the Board of
Supervisors of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona.
Publish April 9Th, and April 18th,
1899.
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EXECUTION

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