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Evening star., 1939-05-13

The attitude of
the administra-
ton toward the
proposed legis-
lation is uncer-
tain, but it is
not correct to
say this attitude a
is hostile.
The President s
position in a
nutshell is that
Tor every tax re-
pealed t h e r e
ought to be an
o t h e r which
would yield the
San1a amount of
Evening star., 1939-05-13

genthau needs it now. The great
tax revision farce (the only comic
relief of this awful spring. has
seemingly reached the point of
open disagreement between the
President and his Secretary of
the Treasury. On Wednesday,
well-authenticated reports came
from Capitol Hill that the Presi-
dent had told congressional tax
leaders Morgenthau would not be
nnrmittn6 to nreSnnt q nr0ora m
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Convention Site Picked

The American Association of
School Administrators yesterday an
nounced selection of ST. Louis as
the convention city for the next
annual meeting in February of 1910.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

HE opinions OF the urtters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to giDe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-05-13

lOIIOWtU IlIS usual system OF ask
ing the President, rs this the
way you want it done?" then the
President can scarcely carry out
his threat of preventing Morgen-
thau from disclosing his tax re-
vision program to Congress.
Either the House or Senate will
certainly ask him to testify. And
the program will be disclosed and
probably acted on, even though it
Evening star., 1939-05-13

exists IN Japan. That IS to say,
strict japanese control over all
Of them. International agree
ments signed between the
Chinese government and the
Western powers are considered
void by the Toxic government.
And the government Of Japan
intends to make that effective
shortly.
There will he more off a
Evening star., 1939-05-13

port OF the President And if Mogenhau and Hanes
presented the will be
possibility
acks after all.
Alliance
Evening star., 1939-05-13
This Changing World
Russio Stands Ready to Make Giont
Strides to Power in World Crisis
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

weeks time filled
with optimism Il told those still believe
than enough teach lesson the
tons of the
Those who things any
provement in the
Hitler has made his demands for the Summer of 1889
known He sitting tight awaits Developments The
his
used by the despite
adaman attitude
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Haze Settles
Over Tax
Issue
Roosevelt Sits
Back, Awaiting
Congress Move
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Some sort of tax revision bill
seems certain to be presented to
Congress at this session. Sentiment
for it in both houses is substantial
Evening star., 1939-05-13
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Why should political parties in
the United States consider geo.
graphical conditions in nominating
their candidates for President?
Evening star., 1939-05-13

UeIOIe Clle e1lu OF CnlS mOnth and
the passageway to East Prussia
will be granted the Reich shortly
afterWard.
After this, the Rome and
Berlin leaders believe, we will
have another period of expect
ancy while the scene is being pre-
pared for the last paragraphs of
the Hitler-Mussolini bill of rights,
the settlement of the colonial
Evening star., 1939-05-13

Tears and TRADES don't mend bro
ken bones. Cooperate for safety.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Farm Income
Estimated at
.S7,625,000,000
By the Associated Press.


The Bureau of Agricultural Eco.
nomics estimated today that Amer.
lean farmers received S7,625 100000
from marketing of products during
1899 This compared with a 1888
estimate of S7,627000.000
This years cash income was sup
plemented, the bureau said, by Gov
ernment benefit payments of S675,-
100000 to farmers who co-operated
with the Federal crop control pro-
gram. Similar payments last year
were given as S482 100000.
The 1889 income from marketing
represented an increase of SO per
cent during the last seven years.
The farm income slumped to low
mark of s4,682 100000 in 1882 after
climbing to sl4,436.OOO0 900 in 1919.
The bureau said that this years
cash income would average about
s1l00 a farm. or about S238 a per-
son on farms. compared with SIT
and Sl5l, respectively. in 1882.
Not included in the income esti-
mate was the value of products re-
tanned for consumption on farms.
Those products were estimated to
be worth ,OoO0OO,oOO. The bureau
also estimated that farmers received
about $4,000 100000 from non-farm
sources
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Ey the Associated Press.

B1 the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Gains of
major fractions to point or two
In group of foreign dollar bonds,
principally Scandinavian, over
shadowed movements in other divi-
sions of today's market.
A feature in afternoon trading was
a sudden pickup in Porto Rican
American Tobacco IS, stamped and
unstamped, which advanced to 6
points.
Brokers said new buying interest in
such issues as Norway 6s, As and
4ias. and City of Oslo 4i2s appar-
entity was based on belief of trad
ers these loans were due for at least
technical comeback of some pro-
portions after their lengthy dip fol-
lowing outbreak of the Finnish
Russo War. The decision of the
Allied War Council to aid Finland
as we'll as the 100000 contribution
to that republic by Americans. Gre
ated a better view of the North
country prospects. it was said.
Domestic loans in demand at ad-
vances of fractions to more than
a point included LoeW's 3l2s, Penn
sylvania General 412s. Union Pacific
Gigs and Utilities Power e. Light SIS.
Unchanged to a shade lower were
Nickel Plate 4i2s, Southern Pacific
42s, Walworth As, International
Hydro Electric 6s. and Erie 5s.
United States Government kept IN
the background with losses of 2-32
to 4-32 of a point, offset by gains
up to 1872 for some of the longer
term treasures.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Downward Trend
OF Steel Production
Goes Unchecked
Survey Shows Stocks,
Except Tin Plate,
Are Not Excessive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-A check of
steel inventories in the hands of
consumers and distributors showed
no excessive stocks. with the pos
sible exception of tinplate, Iron Age
said today in weekly survey.
Stocks of tin plate in the hands
of can companies and mill ware
houses, however the survey said,
would indicate rather sharp de.
cline in production of this item dur
ing the next several weeks. oil
The review added:
The downward trend in steel
orders and specifications which has
been in evidence during the past few
weeks has not been checked. but is
assuming no more than usual year
end proportions. While some con-
sumers are relaxing pressure for
shipments, presumably because OF
inventory and seasonal considera-
tions, others are taking steel as
rapidly as mills can supply them.
Automobile manufacturers are
pressing for steel deliveries as their
assemblies reach almost record
breaking totals
A decline of points in ingot pro-
duction this week to 89.5 per cent
Of capacity was attributed by the
magazine principally to curtailment
incident to plant repairs in South
ern Ohio. Some mills were expected
to taper operations as little as pos
sible next week, but a further de-
cline in ingot output was looked for
in view of the Christmas holiday.
The sixth consecutive weekly de-
cline carried the Iron Age scrap
composite down to s1783 a ton, a
drop of 25 cents. Mill buying Of
scrap was extremely thin.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Chicoqo Produce

CHICAGO. Dec. 20 P-Poultry. live,
four cars, So trucks. brolers and turkeys
easy balance Arm: springs, pounds up,
coloreo. 1871; Plymouth Rock. 13la White
Rock 13i2: ducks, Az pounds up, white,
49, small. colored, 10: small, white. 10:
geese, over 10 pounds, 1917 IL pounds
and down, 14l2: turkeys. toms. old, IL;
young. 1s pounds up, 12: under 1s pounds,
14ia; other prices UNCHANGED.
Butter, 635.256; steady prices un-
changed. Eggs, 10.116; unsettled; current
receipts, TIA: refrigerator extras, 1424;
standards. 14l2; firsts, IA: other prices un-
changed.
UNITED States Department of Agricul-
ture) Potatoes, SO: on track. 1923: total
U S. shipments; a70: best, quality all sec
tions steady. demand fair, fair quality
slightly weaker. demand slow: supplies
rather liberal: sicked. per hundredweight,
Idaho Russet Burbanks, u S. No ], few
sales, l 1.721a-90; large. .95: U. S No. .,
few sales 1.37 12-40: Nebraska Bliss Tri-
jumps. cotton sacks U. S. No l washed,
few sales, LOS; 90 per cent U S. No. l..
unwashed. 1.55: burlaps sacks, so to 90 per
cent U. S. No. l.. washed 5000; fair
quality, washed. 100: unwashed, 1.2o
North Dakota Red River Valley section
Cobblers s5 per cent u S, No |, 1.25:
unclassihed, 1.OO-1O: Bliss Triumphs, 30
per cent U. s No; l, few sales, l,2o; Wis
consin round whites, U. s. No. /. 1.23;
less than carlots. California, bushel crates,
Bliss Triumphs. q. S. No. l, few sales,
200 crate.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Dec 90 'P,.-Egss, 2s,-
fancy, 33ia-e4ia;, standards, % frsts,
oOi7; seconds 16a4-Isi2 mediums, 1b,4:
dirties. No. !. 1524-l6A: average checks
l54-i2 RefrigeTator. fancy and heavy
weights. 16 standards, 15la hrsts 14i.-
"a seconds. IA mediums 13'4: dirties, 4.
Whites: Resale Of premium marks, -
2a54; nearby and Midwestern. premium
marks o5l.-2674; exchange specials, 24'4;
exchange standards 2aa4. Resale Of ex-
change to fancy nearby heavier mediums,
20la-24 Nearby and Mdwestern. OK
change mediums. lg'2-20: pulletS. is. Re-
friserator, nearby specials. 19i2-2oi2:
nearby and Midwestern standards. l1-l1 "a;
Browns Nearby, fancy to extra fancy,
%4la-25. Nearby and Midwestern., ex-
change specials. "a: exchange standards,
23l4: exchange mediums, 20; pullets 11i2
Duck eggs. c521.
Butter, s69.43s: unsettled Creamery:
Hieher than extra. 81 IL 81: extra t92
score) 3024-3l; frsts (SS-9D. 2124-30;
seconds tS4-s1o, 25l4-21l4.
Cheese, 236,3s9: quiet and steady
Rye spot easy No , American, fob
New York, ,a5'4; No. > Western. elf
New York. 94a.
:. Barley easy; No. domestic, elf New
York, 66a4.
Lard barely steady Middle West 30
Other articles steady and unchanged
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Jersey City Livestock

JERSEY CITY N j.. Dec. 20 cip, tU S
Department. of Agrlculturel Cattle, sal
sbe, 800; total $50. Steers lacking cows
and bulls slow. about steady. Medium
COWS. 5,775-6 SO; odd head, 700: cutter
and common 450-550: Gamers. 3.15.
425. Few good sausage bulls. 7.25-75
medium. 65O-7.o cutter and common
5.75-625
vealers and calves, salable. so: total
ESQ Vealers slow mostly $3.50 lower
good and choice, nearbys, 9.0O-l2 so; com
mon and medium, s.OO-s50; culls. $50
rs; few thin kinds. 4.00-4.5O. Nc
Hogs. salable. 90 on Jersey City, so or
New York: total 2,74O. Butchers.
higher; top $50 for good and choice, zoe
pounds
Sheep and lambs none salable; total
1.400. Market nomnally steady.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
FOREIGN Markets

LONDON, Dec. 20 tp.-Stock prices
picked UP a little forward momentum as
the session progressed today Industrial
leaders, especially textiles, slanted higher
after an uneven start. British Government
bonds closed UNCHANGED to slightly ahead
and Far Eastern loans maintained initial
gains. Coppers were strong spot in the
metal section and kaffrs chalked UP
ma iority of small advances.
PARIS, Dec. 90 (P,.-Price weakness
persisted through Bourse dealings from
start to finish today Both foreign and
domestic equities were effected Rentes
closed 20 to 2O5 centimes lower.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 20 A4'.-The Bourse
steadied in late trading today, after an
uncertain start. despite the poor recep-
ton given the Netherlands per cent con-
solldation loan.
LIVERPOOL Dec. 20 GP,.-Cotton fu-
lures dropped 13 to 90 points today Active
liquida ton and hedging followed declines
at New York and Bombay.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK, Dec 20 PA revival Of
finished goods business by converters was
reported in Worth Street textile markets
today and cloth cutters were busy on spring
lines. Gray goods continued quiet.
Traders felt approach of the inventory
taking period would limit buying until
after the turn of the year unless some
Silk markets were influenced by the er-
ratio course OF prices in the raw COM
modify and buyers avoided commitme ments
Woolen markets. continued quiet. Mills
meanwhile were busy on production Of
spring goods.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Collins & Aikmun
Reports Higher Net

BY the Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Collins &,
Aikman Corp and subsidiaries, max
ers of pile fabrics. reported today
for the quarter ended November 25
indicated net profit of Sl2S7,703,
equal to s219 a share on common
stock. -
This compared with $163,290, or
19 cents a common share in the
preceding quarter and s9o9,619, or
s15l a share, in the comparable
1888 quarter. Plants are in Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and North
Carolina.
Evening star., 1939-12-20

r In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorRanlzed under Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed oy such companies
Rates OF dividends IN the foregolng table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration On
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
dends not included
xd Ex dividend xr Ex rights . Also
extra or extras c Paid last year. fPay-
able in stock Declared or paid so far
this vea- Cash OF stock Accumu-
lated dividend oaid or declared this year
ur Under rule WV With warrants "
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Electric Production
Reaches. AII-Time
High for Week
Output Is 1l.6 Per Cent
Ahead Of Comparable
Period for 1888
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Electric
power output, at record levels for
the last few months, mounted to
new all-time high during the week
ended December 16, the Edison
Electric Institute reported today.
The latest total of 26O4,558 900
kilowatt hours was Z of l per cent
ahead of 2,585 ,560,000 in the. pre-
ceding week and 116 per cent above
1882 ,978,0 900 in the comparable 1888
week.
Despite the record outturn, the
gain was less than seasonally ex-
pected. Hence the Associated Press
Power Index, based on l929-30 as
100, declined to 1878 from 1921 in
the previous week A year ago the
index, which is adjusted for sea-
sonal and long-term trend, was 1863.
Range for recent years follows:
Mi, 1899 1898 1887 1895 1924 .35
Low--1l2.3 ioa.s Ills 1850 'SI.S Si.S
Percentage gains over a year ago
were reported as follows by the in
stitute: New England, 12.1; Middle
Atlantic, "a; Central Industrial,
l5.4; West Central, 7S; Southern
States, 12.1: Rocky Mountain, So;
Pacific Coast, IA.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
New York Suour

NEW YORK, Dec, 20 LR.-sugar futures,
No. 3. opened / lower January, 1s4b:
March, 194b; MAY. 1.9s; July, 2 2O1b: Sep
tember. 2.O4. Bid.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
London Tin Prices

LONDON. Dec. 20 R-Tin spot, 1885
bid; f256 5s.. asked: futures 1855 bid;
f255 IS, asked.
Evening star., 1939-12-20
Crude Rubber Futures

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 LP,.-Crude rubber
futures opened e to II lower March,
1890: May. 1s.95-99; July 1s15-1s
Evening star., 1939-12-20
London Gold and Silver

LONDON. Dec 90 UP.-Bar silver,
23,.d. of "a Equivalent, AZ 80 cents on
the dollar basis, S4.O3D Bar gold 1855.
unchanged Equivalent, S33. $50
Evening star., 1939-12-20
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK Dec 90 P-Investment
Bankers Cnnference Inc
Evening star., 1939-12-20
New York Silver

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 dR~Bar silver
Evening star., 1939-12-20

Unit El svc rs SO A 43i7 43ia 43la
WV With warrants XIV Without warrants
n New st tstp) Stamped
SNegotiability impaired by maturity
Evening star., 1939-12-20

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Evening star., 1939-12-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
BY private wire direct to The Star

Stock and Sales
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

Oil refining is another industry
that has shown gains in recent
months. The demand for tractor
fuel, especially by farmers, has
been unusually large, rejecting in
creased farm activity.
Merchants who operate the !arg-
est establishments are optimistic.
One department store reported
that its sales the first four months
of this year in clothing lines mostly
bought by the middle class. repre-
senting working mems families
mainly, have shown a big increase,
reflecting a growing purchasing
power among persons whose buy
ing or lack Of buying largely spells
the difference between good and
bad business.
It is the contention of merchants
that the fact that more people are
working in Montana and that the
producers of new wealth in the
State are more prosperous are re-
sponsible in a ma jor degree for the
better conditions that prevail and
which, business leaders believe, will
continue to improve.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07
FARMERS UNION
AGENT IN STATE
W. NJ. THATCHER OF ST. PAUL
TOURED MONTANA RECENTLY
GIVING REPORT ON WORK
General Manager Of Terminal Elevator
Association Tallies Gains Made in
Past and Looks Optimistically to
Even Greater Advances in Future.

w. M. Thatcher of st. Paul, &C
claimed by state Farmers Union
officials, senators and congress-
men and other observers as one
who has accomplished more for
American agriculture and especial
ly wheat farmers in the northwest
than any other individual in re-
cent years, has been addressing
thousands of farmers in Montana,
giving them first hand report on
the organizations and his efforts to
improve the conditions Of farmers i'll
the nation.
Thatcher, who has devoted the past
Is years to a self-imposed crusade to
benefit conditions, for the farmer. be.
conditions and income for the farmer
will do more to solve the present and
past economic conditions than anything
else. He began his work to induce far
merS to cooperate at Voltaire, N. D.,
and since then has watched the Or
ganiZation develop into one which has
won recognition, even from the White
House, as the spokesman for farmers
of the northwest Recently, Thatcher
was elected president of the national
organization of cooperative grain or
CARNATIONS and as such has become
their spokesman. He is general man.
ager of the Farmers Union Terminal
association and national legislative rep
resentative of the Farmers Union.
The Farmers Union was responsible
for crop insurance which insures yields,
and thousands of farmers throughout
the northwest, who have had crop fail
ures due to drouth. rust, crickets,
grasshoppers and other causes, this
year will benefit through the estab-
lishment of the farm security admins
tration, which helps the distressed farm
families throughout the nation to re-
establish themselves. Another phase of
the Farmers Union program is debt
adjustment and considerable progress
has been made on this phase in re-
cent years.
Thatcher is optimistic as to the fu-
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

From his bed at the Deaconess
hospital at Great Falls which he
entered for a two weeks period OF
rest to recuperate from oVerwork,
Gov. Roy f. Ayers reappolnted J.
Burke Clements, chairman OF the
state industrial accident board, for
a four-vear term ending May l,
1913. ,,,,u ,,,s
forth term as the boards chairman,
received his initial appOlntn ent from
Gov John E. Erickson May lszI:
He was reappointed by Governor
Erickson in 1881 an 3ert o9 6y COW tS Elmer liner
H tepm w uPTn named Hpnd his chairman for a
four-vear term beginning m 1852: 81
w Tbe state industrial accident board
u,as Instituted in July. 1915, when naa
as Sa' its chairman Gov, A. E. SprigSs;
Next chairman was Jerome u; hoche
whom Mr.. Clements succtteoeo aco;deot
hoord the Business carried on under
,,ian three-the state insurance plan-,
baS increaSed from quarter OF mn
lion dollars yearly TO approximately
million dollars to- ;,,creas sod from
cash in reserve has illcl eaneu o,ara-
soi2Ooo. " pos been cut to one half that
tioil coS. I' States of similar size, popu-
intinn and compensation business.
Since the present board 3;na ,e eaa cbanped
tenure the state legiSladtutttgr i i,1 accident
board from paying ldat-S rG;ng to the
TO ,h erao of dependents, a plan which which
t.n ni,airn1an said is designed 10 al1oto
the the c great test return to injured WORK
men. o,.oc,,tive vice chair
n MAJ, and has been active IN Mon
lana politics for many years.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

is not an elaborate or fancy affair,
but it is high in efficiency. The woolies,
their fuzzy, soft coats appearing heavy
and warm in the bright sunlight, are
herded into receiving pens after the
lambs have been segregated. Usually
they pass into a sweat tent or shed
before entering the shearing pen. The
sweated animal is easier to shear and
the sweat tent or shed is an added
precaution against a sudden shower
of rain which would delay shearing
operations. Wet wool cannot be
sheared. but. on the other hand, rain
will clean the wool on the sheep and
make for a higher quality fleece.
Once the sheep enters the shearing
line it is quickly and efficiently shorn
of its heavy coat. 1t enters the en-
closed shearing pen, where the shearer
expertly throws the animal on the
floor and neatly clips off the fleece
with the power shears. The shorn
sheep is turned into another outside
pen. Lambs are never shorn until they
reach 80 to 100 pounds in weight.
F1eeces, each averaging 10 pounds
in weight, are tied and stuffed into
the bulky wool sacks which hold from
30 to IS fleeces. The wool sacks are
either stored or hauled to railroad
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

loading stations and are shipped to
the great wool markets of the country
at Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and
St Louis
Billings, once the greatest wool ship
ping point in the world, is still lead
ing center for the huge sheep industry
of the state.
The Snyder Sheep Co. operates one
of the largest shearing plants in that
section, about 81 miles from Billings
on the road to Pryor. Sixteen shearers
work steadily clipping thousands of
fleeces. Clippers operate from a long
drive shaft and clipped fleeces are
speedily handled on a conveyor belt
running the length of the shearing
shed which carries them to sackers
working in a large storage shed. While
ewes are being shorn, lambs are run
through a dipping trough filled with
solution which kills sheep ticks.
Shearing outfits migrate from ranch
to ranch The smaller units of two or
four shearers are mostly local workers
in the industry, but the big outfits
move north after shearing the clips
in the southwest. June is sheep shear
ing season in Montana and taking the
clip is one of the most interesting
phases of a great state industry.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07
RAIL BOARD OPPOSES
FEDERAL SENATE BILL

Horace F.. Casey, railroad and public
service commissioner of Montana re-
Gently appeared before the interstate
commerce committee at Washington,
D. c., to voice Montana's opposition
to senate bill No. 2444, which seeks to
grant certain discriminatory practices
with respect to transit privileges by
common carrier railroads.
If this bill should be passed by con-
gress it would be detrimental to the
agricultural and milling industry of
Montana, Mr.. Casey testified, in that
it would favor dealers in grain and
grain products in the middle west by
enabling them to ship their products
to Chicago and other eastern markets
at a substantially lower rate than can
Montana dealers.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

ture. believes that some important
milestones Of progress have been made
are in prospect He declares that the
present financial conditions of the ma
ton need be no cause for worry and
offers what he terms authenticated
figures to prove his contention. He
states that in 1929, the debts Of the
federal and state governments and In.
dustry were in excess of 160 billions OF
dollars and the annual interest load
was s6,411 ,O00, 900, as compared to the
1888 combined debt of 155 billions with
an interest load of $500, 900, 900, less
than the 1929 interest load by S803, 000,-
900.