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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24
DICTATORs COME HIGH

One of the trade of the dctators Is 10
show how they ended unemployment and want In their co
tries and to argue from this that government Is WY
to happiness and prosperity The
German for instance always puDsnng afceS aDOu
want starvation in America OF their theory na
democracy degenerate and theory OF
In the light that figures presented by Paul Maon
representing months of careful personal penetra
ing guarded dctatora secrets OF exceptional interest,"
In Russia according this survey the average worker gets
$1 week. and in Germany he gets $l2 to $l5 In the Oeo
States he gets $2332
In Russia paid class of workers get $3.50 and in Ger
many $425 In this country they get $485 WPA mnmum)
And that tell half the story The big thing OF inter-
the worker anywhere is rea wagesha 49, his pay COM
puted terms of what it will buy rather than IN terms Oh
rue And here the comparison is even more
industrial slaves of the dctatos pound OF seaR
dollar in either Russia Germany as against so
cents here of coffee costs $12 Russia and $5 IN
Germany against dozen costs S26 In
goes, down the list of necessities and luxuries - g.
Russia and II cents in Germany against "A cents nee 30 IL
What responsible world supremacy in the workers
standard living? You that in three ordstne
capitalist SYSTEM which private enterprise You @
that system all please but what else has
the industrial that has given us more money Tor
the favored official minority in the relationships can buy
THE MACHINE AGE ExONERATED :.
There are who believe that modern machine age
has contributed largely economic s that making things
better by machinery has caused unemployment
An official unemployment however, sheds
mechanical occupations the census mas revealed
For instance agriculture tops the field with more epo
ed than other ana about
and building occupations third Inc census sno"eo ANU"
$4,000 unemployed in agriculture
Tn more highly mechanical occupations unemployment was
found Unemployed textile workers only
178 900 and miscellaneous manufacturing worKers
Jobs totaed approximately 100000
This is added evidence that chronological development under
incentive of the Patent system b9th oeveGps ama
protects Jobs the long machines make not only more
Jobs but and better goods for more people
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FOR SALE-A large assortment u
used Oil and Gasoline Stoves at bar.
gain prices. Eastern Shore Gas Co.
Pocomoke 12-2-0
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24
WANTED

WANTED-Wild geese. Write w.
e. Dodson, Jr., Worton, Md.
Feb. 24-3tp.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FOR Rents or room apart
ment. Apply to Mrs. Hattie n.
Barnes, 704 Second Street.
Feb. 24-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FOR -Semi-bungal0w, all
modern improvements. Large lot. 6O1
Walnut Street. M. s. Pilchard.
Feb. N-2t. ~ ~rs
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24
FOR RENT

FURNISHED APARTMENT FOR
RENT-811 Second st. Apply 800
Second st.
Feb. 24-4tp.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FOR RENT-Apartment, 4 rooms.
private bath, front and back entrances
garage. Rent reasonable. O. La
Thompson.
Jan. 13-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FOR RENT-Residenc No. IL
Third st. Immediate possession. Key
at Marshall's Studio next door.
Feb. 24-6tp.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

FARM FOR SALE OR RENT foe
1889. Immediate possession. n. q
Pilchard. r
Dec. Soft.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

APARTMENT FOR RENT-Applv
206 Market st.
Dec. 23-tf.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

Eugene Cox of Georgia and Ho-
ward Smith of Virginia. And GER
tain key New Deal policies, parti-
cularly those relating to labor, are
anathema to those two congress
men.
All of which comes to head in
the current fight over amendments
to the wage-hour law.
The House Labor Committee
headed by Congresswoman Mary
Norton of New Jersey, drew up
a set of amendments which more
or less embodied administration
wishes.
They did not go far enough for
the conservative group, however
and Congressman Barden of North
Carolina brought in set of amend
ments which were much broader
In due time, both the Barden and
Norton bills got before the rules
committee.
If the New Deal had firm grip
on the House Organization, the
Norton bill would have come out
promptly and the Barten bill would
not have come out at all.
But it hasn't worked that way,
The Norton bill got stymied. Mrs.
Norton made two attempts to bring
her bill out under a suspension
of the ruleS-a cumbersome pro-
cedure requiring a twothirds vote
and failed.
The rules committee meanwhile
prepared to bring out the Barten
bill. The row over this brought
from Cox a threat that if the
Barten bill didn't come out, no
other legislation would be brought
before Congress during the rest
of the session. He said this in the
heat of argument, and later with
drew it; bat the fact that the
threat could be made testifies to the
committees power.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
READER SAYS DEMOS
STARTED PATRONAGE
EDITOR. THE POST-PRESS :

In his defense of the Elliott custer.
Mr.. Leslie Burr, with that bland disre-
gard for accuracy that marks the harden
ed New Dealer, classifies the maxim.
TO the yictors belong the spoils' as
Republican philosophy. In reality. it is
purely Democratic, originating with An
drew Jackson, and, after nearly a half
century of comparative disuse, revived
and ably defended by that great liberal
Democrat Mr.. James Aloysius Farley.
Republican presidents, from Theodore
Roosevelt down, have supported and ex-
tended the classified Civil Service, in
which appointments and tenure of office
depend solely on merit.
Were some malefacCor of great wealth
to discharge large groups of his employ
es on account of their political or econo-
mic beliefs. all the thunder bolts of the
New Deal would be loosed against the
scoundrel, and he would be fortunate if
he escaped term in LeavenWorth. Yet
in Mr.. Roosevelt's own establishment
thousands of capable and faithful work
ers, with years of efficient service to
their credit have been summariy dis
missed to make room for political ap-
pointees F. D. R.. and Governor Olson,
too, might we'll paraphrase Portals
speech and say, at were easier to tell
twenty economic royalists what We're
good to be done than be one of the twen-
ty TO follow mine own teaching
1t is significant that many of our great
liberals, who pirate so glibly of social
justice, have reverted SO eagerly to the
discredited spoils system, which is both
anti-social and unjust.
(Signed) FREDERICK W HEBRON
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
thoughts for the Day
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE VALLEYS TAXES

High taxes have been blamed for every
economic stomach ache Imperial county
has or has ever had. High taxes have
been blamed for high rents, for refusal
OF I. ). farm loans, for business condi-
tions and for living costs.
onfess the California Taxpayers As
soclatlon has made d terrible mistake.
the complainers need new whipping
boy. High taxes will not serve any long
er as catch-all for complaints, alibis
and excuses.
A statistical table issued by the tax
payers association shows Imperial coun
" Is second from the bottom of the list
IN per capita tax leVies in California
counties in 1889 Taxes included for
purposes of the table were city, county.
school and special district tax levies. the
association says.
Mono county is the only one with a
lower per capita tax. Imperial county's
per capita tax totals S2050.
Compare this to the $50 per capita levy
for Kern county, at the head of the list.
Or with some of the others, such as San
Luis Obispo, $50; Orange. $50: San
Francisco, S47.50; or even San Diego.
which is 18th from the top. with per
capita levy of S35. Riverside and San
Befnardlno counties others neighboring
Imperial county, have per capita levies
of about $27 and $25, respectively.
Distribution of the tax burden. of
course, is not reflected in the per capita
figures. But even in distribution there
is no reason to complain. Imperial Val
ley's large Mexican population, for in
stance, shoulders very little of the tax
burden, making the tax therefore heavier
on those who do pay. But compare the
valley with Los Angeles which is ninth
from top of the list in per capita figures.
Los Angeles gigantic population of relief
clients and cheap laborers pays very lit
tie of the total tax, so that Los Angeles
tax load, also, falls in the last analysis
on the shoulders of a comparative few.
Taxes, like the weather, are a constant
source of complaint, wherever you may
be. To complain and realize that you are
no worse off than others. is pardonable.
To complain until you think you are the
most oppressed person in the world is
dangerous.
Nobody expects Imperial Valleyites to
stop complaining either about taxes or
weather, but let us complain about both
of them with an open mind-and with
the realization that others are far worse
off than we are.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

WASHINGTON.-To understand
the reason for much of the grief
the New Deal has run into in
Congress this summer it is neceS-
sary to know something about the
strategic spot which the House
Rules Committee occupies.
In some ways, this committee is
one of the most important insti-
tutions on Caption Hill. Under
ordinary circumstances, and with
a few important exceptions, the
rules committee can decide wheth
er a bill may come up for vote
In effect, it can shape the legisla-
tive policy of the House by decid-
ing the subjects on which the
House may act.
This is so because the House is
an unwieldy body which annually
faces more legislative material than
it can possibly handle.
When bill is introduced it is
RCu W "lllldl
may hold hearings on it and sub
nit a recommendation for it's pass
age or defeat. But with certain
prition and raising bills
this does not, of itself, bring the
bill to the floor. That is up to the
rules committee. 1t can confer pri-
vileged status on a bill, set the
time for debate on it, and other
wile arrange the mechanics of
bringing the bill before the House,
So, as a general thing, bill gets
before the House for discussion
and voting only if the rules COM
mittee says SO. Which means, of
course, that it is all important for
any administrator to have firm
grip on the rules committee.
Such grip the New Deal does
not have. The committee chair
man, Apolph j. SABBATH of Illinois,
is a devout New Dealer-but real
control of the committee has pretty
largely passed to Congressman
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
fINGERPRINTS FOR
CHECK PASSERS

If more merchants followed the pet
theory of Ernie Cox, deputy sheriff and
head Jailer at the Imperial county Jail,
there would be fewer losses occasoned by
bad checks.
Cox, through watching an almost con-
slant stream of prisoners charged with
writing bad checks has evolved the sug-
gestion that all merchants in cashing
checks presented by persons with whom
they are not acquainted should require
the check-passer to leave his thumb
print on a small paper pad
There might, at first, be some indigna-
ton from honest check-passers, but a
reasonable person should be willing to
help protect the merchant against heavy
losses by leaving thumb print, especial
ly since he might be protecting himself,
too, from part Of the heavy cost crime
annually placed upon the taxpayer.
To those who have in mind passing
bad check, the thumb print process would
be the greatest of all detriments. Not
only would it make Identification easy
but it would make arrest almost certain
The average bad-check passer, called
upon for a thumb print before the check
is accepted for payment, would turn tail
Immediately
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
WE CAN BELIEVE HER
lOroVille Mercury-Register)

People of German blood who come back
from Germany profess to believe that
the Nazi regime has been deeply malign-
ed. They have seen nothing to indicate
that the Jews have been prosecuted and
robbed of all wealth. Everything is all
right, they say You can't believe what
you read in the newspapers. Hitler is
wonderful.
We heard that line this summer in a
northern city. We had heard it before.
How can they explain the suicide of
a mother who leaped to her death in
Chicago, her two little sons clasped in
her arms?
This woman was of Jewish blood. The
jury decided she was temporarily in
sane due to worry over being forced to
leave her home, due to persecution. y
She and her family had fled from
Czechoslovakia, where her husband had
been wealthy until Germany seized and
partioned that country
Her verdict against the prosecutions
of Hitler and his gang weighs more heavi-
ly with the public mind than the snug
reports of casual visitors who for var
ious reasons may not afford to voice their
real convictions. If they have property
in Germany or if they have relatives
there they must sing Hitler's praises
for to do otherwise would be to subject
their relatives or their own property to
persecution and confiscation.
The mute testimony of the Czechoslo-
vakian mother, sealed with her blood and
the blood of her sons has the ring of
truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Distribution High; Profits Not to Blame

and profit-maker among distr1-
butive firms, they found many
some which runs at loss even
in godd years. In 1896, for example,
a relatively prosperous year. they
found that half of all the trading
and distributing organizations of
the entire country showed a loss on
the year. Average net profits, lump
ing together the profitable and
uprofitable operations, were little
more than 2 per cent on sales.
In short, most of what the con-
sumer pays for the wholesale and
retail processes goes for wages, sal
aries, rent, maintenance, heat, light
taxes, and supplies. Only a very
small part goes for profit as such.
The only conclusion that can be
drawn from such study is this:
that if distribution of the things
is costly and Wasteful, SO is their
manufacture. And since the stid1
makes 1t clear that big profits"
is probably not the answer to high
cost distribution, the answer does
lie just where it lies in any other
situation of the kind-in greater
efficiency to produce the same re-
suit, or in demanding less results.
We want service with our buying
We want quick and frequent de-
livery; we want return privileges;
we want accessible locations; we
want credit without limit.
All these things must be paid for
And probably no great reduc-
ton can be made in the cost OF
distributing goods without reduc-
ing some of the luxury-type fa-
cilities to which We Americans have
long been accustomed, all OF WhiSh
means jobs for somebody.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
TOday's Horoscope

If your birthday is today and
you have been having a discourage
ing time, take heart, for your bus
mess affairs will make great head
way in the year just starting You
will also be popular and gain
through friends. A child born on
this date will be inclined to be
proud and oyerbearing; deter
mined to the point of obstinacy,
and likely to go to extremes both in
business and love affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

The interesting study of distri-
button and its high cost. which
has been made by the Twentieth
Century Fund, is drawing to It's
conclusions. Previous parts of the
study have indicated that distri-
button is too costly; that a dispro-
portionate part of the cost of
goods goes not to those who pro-
duce them, but to those who dis
tribute them.
The average person unthinkingly
jumps to the answer: The distri-
butors are making too much profit.
But that isn't the answer, ac-
cording to the funds research ex-
perts They found little evidence
that general high profits are being
made in the field of distribution
considered as a whole" Some firms,
and especially some new and par
ticularly efficient ones, were found
to be making big profits.
But for every outstanding success
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

fuSSlng and crying. Naturally, ne
was annoyed, then he thought it
over, and said to himself Il can't
sleep, but think of the mother
Isn't her situation worse than
nine" He made up his mind that
he would refuse to let Sleepless
night upset him, and thus he stor-
ed up the energy he would have
consumed in useless irritation.
When he got to Knoxville he
found a football game was being
held. He wanted to see that game
but he couldn't get a taxi to take
him to it. He was hopping mad
fer a minute, but remembering
the advantage accruing from his
calm under the annoying circum-
stances of the night before, he
said "I'll walk. The walk will do
me good Naturally it did. But
first he had to carry his bag to the
hotel. When he went up to his
room, the bed hadn't been made.
He got mad again. But by now
he was determined to make this
trip successful in one thing, at
least, self control.
He told me later that he was
tempted to raise the roof. In
stead, he stood in the middle of
the room and said to himself.
See here. Wash Young, are you
going to let that unmada bed
force you to make a fool of your
self? Are you going to let pile
of rumpled blankets triumph over
you and make you lose your tenn
per?'
Then he quietly telephoned, and
asked them to send up a maid as
soon as possible. Naturally. the bed
as taken care of in short order.
Young realized that all the stew
ing and fretting in the world
wouldn't bring him what he want
ed. He realized that steWing and
freting would bring him two things
he didn't Want-exasperation and
headachei
So what if your stenographer
does get letter wrong and you
have to dictate it over again?
What if the groceries do arrive
late from the store? What if you
do miss your street car or bus, and
have to wait for the next one?
Is flying into a rage going to
change any of these things? No,
it won't change anything on earth
except your nerves and your own
peace of mind.
So let's remember that triviali-
ties are, after all-only trivialities.
And that we owe it to ourselves to
rise above such petty annoyances.
and let's refuse to let them make
us unhappy and distressed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
No. TS-2357

On Tuesday, the 18th day of
August, 1899, at 11:00 AM, SECUR-.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF.
LOS ANGELES, as Trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of or Trans
! fer in Trust executed by Margaret
B. Smith, a widow, who acquired
title as M. B. Smith, dated July
l, 1923, recorded March IL, 1929,
in Book 211, Page 159, of Official
Records in the office of the Re-
corder of Imperial County, Cali
fornia, and securing, among other
obligations, note for $4,000 dated
July l, 1928, in favor of Equitable
Mortgage Company, a corporation,
and assigned to F.. J. Penders, will
sell at public auction to highest
bidder for cash (PAYABLE IN
LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNIT
ED STATES AT TIME OF SALE)
at the Main entrance to the I'M
perial County Court House, in the
City of Ell Centro, County of I'M
perial, State of California, all
right, title, and interest conveyed
to and now held by it under said
Deed or Transfer in the property
situate in the said County and
State, described as:
Tract One Hundred Seventy
six Q76 in Township Sixteen
(16) South, Range Thirteen Q3)
East, SBM., in the County OF
Imperial State of California,
according to United States Gov
eminent plat of resurvey ap-
proved January 5, 1909, aid on
file in the United States Land
Office at Ell Centro, California.
Said sale will be made, but with
out covenant or warranty, express
or implied, regarding title, possess /
sion, or encumbrances, to pay the
entire principal sum of said note,
to-wit. $4,000, with interest from
July l, 1888, at the rate of 12 per
cent per annum, advances, If any.
under the terms of said Deed or
Transfer; fees, charges and ex-
penses of the Trustee and of trusts
created by said Deed or Transfer
The beneficiary under said Deed
or transfer, by reason of breach
Or default in the obligations secur-
ed thereby, heretofore executed and
delivered to undersigned a written
Declaration of Default and Denay,d
Tor Sale and written notice of de-
fault and of election to cause the
undersigned to sell said property
10 satisfy said obligations. and
thereafter, on April 13, 1899. the \
undersigned caused said notice OF
oefault and of election to be record
eo IN Book 521, Page 157, of Official
records in said recorders office,
Dated July 20, 1899.
SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF LOS ANGELES
as said Trustees
BY W. N. BUCKLIN, JR..
Vice President.
BY G. w. FAIRIES,
Assistant Trust Officer.
j 25-Al B.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
One Minute Test Answers

/. Federal Loan Agency, FEEDER
al Works Agency and Federal Sec
urity Agency.
2 It begins on July l, and ends
June 80 OF the following calendar
year.
g. New governor OF Louisiana and
brother of the late Huey Long
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

A short time
ago Wash Young,
author of "a For
tune to Share. y
made a trip from
Knoxville, Tenn
eSSee. Aim O S I
everything on that
trip went wrong
First of alli he
was kept awake
all night on the
train by a baby
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

|. For what United States gov
ernment agencies do the follow
ing initials stand FLA, FWA and
FSA?
2. When does the United States
governments fiscal year begin and
end?
8 Who Is Earl Long?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
Carnegie

Do you realize that your men
tai attitude will either make or
mar you. And that this is some
thing no one in the world can con-
troll except yourself?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

II you attend a church wedding
with your husband of male
friend, you the lady. are seated
by the usher, your escort following
a few PAGES behind.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

A Boy Scout got nickel reward
for finding and returning $4,000
His Scoutmaster is probably hav-
ing nice time now explaining the
value Of: DO good turn daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

A recent news oddity girl got her
tongue stuck in beer can The real cd
dity, however was that the can contained
water
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

Five Michigan men went fishing
with dynamite, expecting to bring
back some big ones. 1t was the po-
lice, however, who did the catching.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

Now France is attempting to up the
birth rate. The war bird of Europe these
days is the stork
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

The world is collapsing intt
chaos and War-says an editorial
Goodness, we certainly wish some
one would hurry up and invent
a space ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

The best kind of relatives, ac-
cording to the man at the next
deSk, are distant ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
You re Telling Me.

1t may be just a coincidence but
have you noticed that Switzerland
which has the smallest army of
any large European nation also has
the feWest war scares?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08

Mars which has been steadily
approaching our earth has now
begun to veer away Just one look
at our international situation was
enough eh, Marsy old boy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-08
barbs-

Jim Farley and John Hamilton
both predicted victories for their
parties in the next election before
sailing for Europe. This is on the
@. T. and exclusive-but one of
them is wrong.