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ple Everywhere.
Northwest
Kalispell, Mont.Esther Mero, 3
years old, spent 48 hours in the hills
and was found, after a seach by hun
dreds of men, little the worse for her
experience.
Hot Springs, S. Mayor Juckett
died at a local sanatorium this after
noon following an operation for mas
toids. Mr. Juckett was also president
of the school board.
Dodge, Wis.Fire which swept
through the lumberyard of Andrew
HoeBley of this viMage, caused a loss
of $7,000. The entire yard, including
lumber and sheds, were destroyed.
Rapid City, S. Superintendent
R. B. Irons of the Rapid City schools
has been elected superintendent of
the Winona, Minn., city schools, and
will take up his new position this fall.
Kelso, Wash.Two children were
burned to death, two young women
sustained burns and their mother was
injured severely, when the residence
of Henry Bloyd was destroyed by fire.
Bozeman, Mont.The electrical en
gineering department at the Montana
state college has arraigned to send
college news once each week to all
amateur wireless operators of the
state.
Sheboygan, Wis.Fire at the plant
of the Sheboygan Fiber Furniture
company resulted in a loss of from
$35,000 to $40,000 in contents of the
building and about $5,000 in the build
ing itself.
Bowman, N. D.T. E. Austin, form
er treasurer of Bowman county plead
ed guilty to the charge of embezzle
ment, sentence being suspended by
Judge Frank T. Lembke of the dis
trict court.
Plentywood, Mont.Conditions for a
bumper crop never were better in
Sheridan and adjoining counties. Am
ple rain has fallen and the weather
for the last 10 days has been ideal
for rushing the work of planting.
Aberdeen, S. D.Harold Woshnak,
21, was killed when an automobile
which he was driving overturned near
Conde, pinning him under it. The ac
cident was not discovered until some
time afterward and the victim was
dead.
Sioux Falls, S. D,While Mrs. Wil
liam Kennedy of Winner, S. D., was
awaiting her husband's coming here to
join her, he was killed at Winner by
Fern Ross, who is alleged to have
crushed Kennedy's skull with a blow
with a club.
Fargo, N. D.Miss Myrtle Lindren
of Moorhead, aged 17, was killed when
an automobile in which a party of
young people were returning from a
dance at Kragness, Minn., overturned
near Fargo. Other members of the
party were only slightly hurt.
New Rockford. N. D.New Rock
ford is renewing its fight to obtain the
removal of the state capitol from Bis
marck and initiated petitions are be
ing eirculated in the state for the pur
pose of submitting the question to
the voters at the November election.
Butte, Mont.-The mystery surround
ing the disappearance of Robert H.
Lindsay, mining engineer of Great
Falls, remains unsolved. Searching
parties after spending more than 24
hours in the Ticon shaft without find
ing a trace of him gave up the search.
Tacoma, Wash.The state mini
mum wage conference voted to raise
the wages of women factory work
ers in the state to minimum of $18
a week. The present minimum is
$13.20. The new scale is expected to
be put into effect by the state indus
trial commission.
Helena, Mont.Reports from 19
counties in the state for the week end
ing May 15, received by Charles D.
Greenfield, commissioner of agricul
ture and publicity, indicate spring
seeding was actively pushed. In a
number of the counties from 50 to 75
per cent of the seed has been planted,
while in others the precentage is con
siderably smaller.
Edgemont, S. D.To have a bridge
collapse under them while crossing
it in an automobile, and escape with
their lives, was the thrilling experi
ence of Mrs. H. L. GIbboney of Lead,
and Mrs. F. V. Babcock of Deadwood,
who were accompanied by Harvey
Meyers, driver. The car had Just
started to cross the bridge spanning
the Cheyenne river, when, with a re
port like that of a cannon, the bridge
broke in the center and dropped into
the river, 30 feet below.
Winnipeg, Man.Eleven members
of a band of whisky smugglers, cap
tured while operating on the southern
boundary of Manitoba, have been fined
a total of $2,400 it was announced by
Commissioner J. G. Rattray of the
Prorincial police. Some of the men
lived close to the United States
boundary. Police suspect of men dis
posed of their liquor shipments in the
United States.
Whitewater, Wis.Dr. Arthur L.
Midgley, 40, former lieutenant colonel
who had been in poor health since be
ing gassed during his service in
.France, shot and killed himself
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Washington
WashingtonJohn Parton Payne
has been appointed director general of
railroads to succeed Walked D. Hines.
WashingtonPresident Wilson sent
a message to congress asking execu
tive authority for America to to bo
a mandate" over Armenia.
WashingtonOf 132,270 insurance
claims filed to date with the bureau of
war risk insurance 127,151, including
claims for death and total permanent
disability, representing a total of $1,-
135,552,173 have been liquidated.
WashingtonThe house passed the
Knox peace resolution and sent it to
President Wilson. It has already been
passed by the senate The vote was
228 to 139. It indicates the resolution
cannot be passed over the presiden
tial veto, as the majority is less than
the necessary two-thirds
Washington Interstate Commerce
Commission acting under its emer
gency powers to relieve the trans
portation congestion that is menac
ing business and threatening credit
conditions in the country, issued or
ders which mean restoration of unified
operation of freight traffic such as
prevailed under the railroad adminis
tration.
WashingtonAmerican Federation
of Labor protests against the mili
tary liability clause of the senate
army reorganization bill on the ground
that it might permit conscription of la
bor in peace times were based on a
"misconception of the meaning and
purpose of the language" of the bill,
Chairman J. W. Wadsworth informed
President Samuel Gompers in answer
ing the latter's letter
Foreign
RomePope Benedict received Ar
thur J. Balfour, lord president of the
council in the British cabinet, in pri
vate audience.
OttawaElimination of war import
duties and substitution of luxury taxes
are provided in proposals submitted to
parliament by the finance minister.
LondonThe government's Irish
home rule bill was changed to provide
for two senates for northern and
southern Ireland in the proposed Irish
parliament.
ParisBrigadier General Fournier,
commander of the French fortress of
Maubeuge at the beginning of the war,
and six of his subordinates, courtmar.
tialed for surendering the fortress to
the Germans in September, 1914, were
acquitted yesterday.
LondonPremier Francesco Nitti
has formed his new cabinet with the
support of the Catholics, according to
a Paris dispatch to the London Times.
It is composed as follows: premier
and minister of interior, Francesco
Nitti foreign minister, Victorio
Scialioa minister of war, Signor
Bonomi marine.
Berlin-Admiral Von Trotha, former
chief of the admirahty Rear Admiral
Von Levetzon, recently governor of
Keil and Major Von Falkenhausen, at
one time an assistant secretary of
state, have with 12 other military and
naval officers, been dismissed from
service because of their participation
in the Kapp revolt last March.
Domestic
ChicagoDistrict Attorney C.
Clyne announced today he would pros
ecute dealers who forced customers to
buy other articles to obtain sugar.
ChicagoJohn Kikulski, president
of the stockyards labor council, died
in a hospital of bullet wounds receiv
ed when lie was attacked in front of
his home by two unidentified assail
ants, who escaped.
West New York, N. J.The death
is announced of James Hallock Reid,
56, author of more than 200 successful
stage plays, who died here. Among
the best "known works of Mr. Reid are
"Human Hearts" and "The Confes
sion."
Matewan, W. Va.An official check
ing disclosed that 10 persons, not 12
as previously reported were killed in
the pitched battle here between Bald
win-Felts detectives and coal miners.
Three were listed as wounded in the
fighting.
Santa Barbara, CalifW. J. Bau
haus, was instantly killed and his
brother John seriously hurt when an
airplane which they had built and in
which they were making a trial flight
plunged 3,500 feet to the ground near
their home in Carpateria.
Peoria, 111Ethel Dare, aviatrix of
Kalamazoo, Mich., after she had chang
ed planes In midair here, plunged
into the Illinois river. She was unable
to pull herself into the second plane,
and the pilot was compelled to swing
down low and drop her into the river.
Lafayetteville, N. COne white
man was killed and another mortally
wounded in a clash between whites
and Negroes, following an attempt by
officers to arrest a Negro, who, it was
said, started trouble after his daugh
ter was arrested on a charge of as
saulting a young white woman.
DetroitThe 4,000 motormen and
conductors empolyed on city and in
terurban lines of the Detroit United
Railway company will decide by refer
endum whether to accept or reject
what company officials said was their
final wage offer, a maximum of 75
cents an hour, .as compared with $1
an hour demanded.
Lincoln, Kan.Judge Dallas Grover
of the Lincoln county court refused to
accept a plea of guilty from Miss Stel
la Hyman, charged with first degree
murder. Miss Hyman confessed to
poisoning her sister and brother-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bunch.
BaltimoreBy a vote of 105 to 19,
the Maryland democratic state con
vention approved a resolution com
mitting the party to a modification of
the Volstead act to permit the mak
ing and use of home-made wines and
cider, and the manufacture and sale of
beer in the original package for horn*
consumption.
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Redwood Falls -The annual conven
tion of the second district bankers
will be concluded here June 9 and 10
CrookstonThe Northwestern Min
nesota Fair association fixed the dates
for the fair July 7, 8, 9 and 10, just
prior to the Fargo fair.
TylerDetails are now being work
ed out by committees here for the an
nual conference of the Danish Luther
an church, from June 2 to 6 at Dane
bod and Tyler.
WindomAt a meeting of the South
western Minnesota Medical associa
tion here, Pipestone was elected as
the next meeting place for the so
ciety in November, 1920.
FairmontA special election was
called for June 5 to vote on the issu
ance of $60,000 bonds to provide a cen
tral heating system for the local
schools.
Virginia A traveling orchestra
composed of musicians from high
schools from Gilbert, Biwabik, and Vir
ginia is being formed to make tours of
the range this year.
HibbingVery few coses of tuber
cular cattle Avere reported to the
health department as the result of an
inspection of all village and township
cattle made by Dr. C. Mason the past
few months.
Blooming PrairieThe school board
has awarded $50,000 of additional
bonds for the construction of a new
high school building, to the Minneap
olis Trust company. The bonds bear
5*2} per cent interest.
St. CloudWith a building fund of
$660.15 already subscribed the build
ing committee of the Haven township
community church ha3 ordered buila
ing operations on the church edifice
will commence at once.
LuverneA world-wide search has
been started in an effort to locate
Private George W. Snook, formerly of
Luverne, now of Pretty Rock, N. D.,
who has been reported missing in ac
tion since July 22. 1918.
HibbingLake docks from which
water may be pumped with which to
fight fires, may be built at several
summer resorts in the wood country
this summer, if a suggestion made by
forest rangers is followed.
St. CloudAn historic pageant, de
picting the life of the people of this
section of the state since the earliest
days of the pioneers will be staged
at the Benton county fair grounds for
two days, June 28 and 29.
HutchinsonSmall grain in this
vicinity is well advanced, despite the
shortage of farm labor and unfavor
able early season conditions. The
acreage this year of wheat planted is
said to be not more than 75 per cent
of normal.
WilmontAt a meeting of the Wil
mont Commercial club, it was decided
the club should stage a Fourth of July
celebration in connection with a Chau
tauqua. It is expected it will be the
biggest three day celebration in this
section of the state.
VirginiaBringing American sugar
from Asia is being done by a whole
sale grocery house here, because of
inability to obtain a supply elsewhere.
The firm has contracted fojc 2,000 bags
in China, of sugar that was exported
from the United States.
LangfordAt a special meeting
called for June 1, patrons of nine
school districts surrounding Langford
will vote on the question of consolida
tion of the districts. If the proposal
carries the consolidated school build
ing will be constructed here.
Edgerton Establishments of a
building for the use of teachers in the
local school is being considered by the
board of education. It is the belief that
many of the villages of the state will
be compelled to take such a step in
order to obtain competent instructors.
BemidjiThe Bemidji Manufactur
ing company has resumed operations
on a 10 hour basis after having been
idle since May 3, when timber work
ers struck. There was no trouble
when the plant reopened, the men re
turning under the old wage schedule.
StillwaterJoseph Anderson, 19, a
former resident of Stillwater, son of
Mrs. M. B. Anderson, who resided here
years ago, is missing. He enlisted at
Jefferson Barracks Dec. 19, 1917, was
overseas about a year came back and
re-enlisted May 2, 1919, at Sioux City.
The last his mother heard of him was
in October, 1919, in the government
hospital, No. 21, at Denver, Colo., sup
posedly for shell shock.
Cass LakeCass Lake is getting
ready to entertain the Association of
Northwest Commercial club secre
taries, who will arrive here for an out
ing about the middle of July. The
secretaries will hold a two-day ses
sion here.
Thief River FallsW. A. Siegler, su
perintendent of schools here had his
right hand so severely injured in a
planer in the manual training depart
ment that amputation of the first and
second fingers were necessary. Mr.
Siegler was attempting to feed a nar
row strip of board into the planer
when the accident occurred.
LuverneJoe Willers, 32 years old,
a farmer living a short distance west
o{ here, committed suicide here. He
slashed his throat with a razor. No
cause has been assigned for the deed.
TrumanAt a meeting of Martin
county sheep raisers here a wool grow
ers association was formed. The coun
ty will have about 20,000 pounds of
wool to market through the associa
tion this year.
TriumphTriumph and Monterey,
twin villages, will have a consolidated
school as the result of an election
here. The districts will join in build
ing an up to date educational struc
ture to serve all.
St. PaulCrop prospects are excel
lent in the Red river valley and nor
thern Minnesota, Hugh J. Hughes,
marketing director of the state depart
ment of agriculture, reported on his
return from a trip through those sec
tions.
WillmarC. E. Johnson was killed
here when a vulcanizing machine in a
tire service station exploded. Johnson
was struck by a heavy piece of the
machine. All the windows in the
building were blown out by the explo
sion.
St. PaulThe recent forest fires
near Craig destroyed $60,000 worth of
logs and cedar products, John H. Nel
son, forest ranger at Deer River, re
ported to State Forester W. T. Cox.
The loss on state timber in the same
fire was small. The origin of the fire
has not been established.
BrainerdAlbert Lunde, son of Gil
bert Lunde of Brainerd, according to
Sheriff Claus A. Theortn, was the sus
pected robber killed by Marshall Mar
man of Delano when he attempted to
escape from an automobile in which
he was being taken to Minneapolis, it
was learned here. It was at first
thought the man was A. A. Anderson
of Slayton.
St. PaulTwo prominent St. Paul
ites was occupy places on the program
of the 30th annual Minnesota Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Alexan
dria, June 24-27. Dr. J. W. Bean, Day
ton Avenue Presbyterian church will
conduct a series of devotional periods.
Peter MacFarlane, director of the
Union Gospel- Mission, will give the
closing address the evening of the
27th.
St. PaulGovernor turnquis has
appointed Col. Albert F. Pratt of
Anoka, assistant attorney general, to
prosecute formei Hennepin county at
torney, W. M. Nash, now under sus
pension from office under charges of
irregularities in his office in connec
tion with the alleged whisky smug
gling cases, as the governor intends
there shall be a thorough investigation
of the whisky conspiracy.
St. PaulTo prevent the spread of
the forest fire menace in northern
Minnesota the state relief board will
be asked to retain the 50 additional
patrolmen now on duty in these re
gions when the state forestry board
meets. W. T. Cox, state forester, said
the expenditure to maintain this
corps would be slight in comparison
to the amount of property which
would be saved, Mr. Cox said.
St. PaulProgress in work in the
state soldier bonus department result
ed in the dismissal of 31 men and 16
women employees, by order of Adju
tant General W. F. Rhinow, chairman
of the board. The board retained 153
employees. Nearly 3,000 bonus claims
were paid the past week. Bonus clai
mants are becoming more anxious for
their money, and many are writing
the board to hurry their checks.
BemidjiNorthern Development as
sociation boosters from all parts of
Northern Minnesota will gather here
Friday and Saturday July 18 and 19,
at the regular summer meeting of that
organization. Speakers of national
prominence have been secured and a
special feature of the meeting this
year will be exhibits of various in
dustries of the state. Experts will
explain the details of each exhibit.
St. PaulGovernor Burnquist has is
sued a proclamation establishing a
closed season during 1920 on Chinese
ringneck pheasants. Thys 1919 game
law permitted the hunting of these
birds from Oct. 15 to Dec. 1, except
in the event that the governor issues
a proclamation declaring the season
closed during any year. The proclam
ation was recommended by Carlos
Avery, state game and fish commis
sioner.
Minneapolis Three' indictments,
charging jury bribing, were returned
by the Hennepin county grand jury
against two men who recently pleaded
guilty in Federal district court on a
charge of conspiring to smuggle whis
ky into Minneapolis from Canada. The
two men named are expected to be
witnesses before the grand jury as to
matters alleged to involve public of
ficials. Their names were not made
public.
MinneapolisWith a book which
she had been reading still clasped in
her hands, Wilhelmina Schulte, 19-
year-old university girl, was found
dead in the bathroom of her residence
here by an older sister. The air in the
room was tainted with escaping gas.
She had been suffering from heart dis
ease for the last year and the gas
charged atmosphere had brought on a
sudden collapse, according to physici
ans, rather than gas poisoning.
Fergus FallsThe Otter Tail Coun
ty Fair association has completed its
program for the summer race meet,
June 10, 11 and 12 at Fergus Falls,
which dates coincide with the grand
council meeting of the United Com
mercial Travelers to be held in this
city.
La PorteSearch of almost seven
months for the bodies of George Child,
63 years old. and his son, Earl, 35
years old, of Federal Dam, was ended
when an Indian, named John Drum
beater, discovered the body of the
father in Leech lake. The son's bod?
was found two weeks ago.
In the opinion of Congressman Sin
clair of the third North Dakota dis
trict, the state ticket named at Fargo
by the Nonpartisan league convention
is strong In the places where it is
necessary that it be strong in order
that the industrial program of the
League may be carried out in good
faith and despite all its enemies.
"In the renomination of Governor
Frazier, and in the renomination of
Commissioner Hagan," he said, "the
convention showed the good sense we
all expected of it. And in choosing
as the nominee for attorney general
the man who has been counsel for the
industrial commission, as well as for
the League which produced this pro
gram, the convention has made the
harmony and effectiveness of the in
dustrial commission absolutely cer
tain. William Lemke has been largely
responsible for the program, and will
defend and advance it, through thick
and thin. Frazier, Hagan and Lemke
will be an ideal industrial commis-
sion."
Among the other state nominees
for whose election Sinclair congratu
lates the convention is Senator Cahill,
chosen for secretary of state, who was
Sinclair's chief rival for League in
dorsement for congress two years ago.
The enemy later approached Cahill
with extravagant offers of support if
he would turn traitor, but he kept
him.
Congressman Thomas L. Blanton of
Abilene, Texas, whose interruptions,
outbursts, points of order and
speeches of denunciation of progres
sive ideas appear in almost every is
sue of the Congressional Record, has
a resourceful campaign manager in
his relative, William W. Blanton. As
UTHERN GROCERS' CONVENTION
ACKS LEAGUE MARKETING PLANS
Chain Stores Threaten MerchantsSinclair Lauds North Dakota's
State TicketLabor-Hating Congressman Asks Slush Fund-
Bryan to Battle Profiteer PolitiicansShoe Prices, and Who Gets
the Profits.
WASHINGTON, D. CCongress
man Baer of North Dakota is receiv
ing from every corner of the country
a great mass of letters of indorsement
and thanks from the wholesale gro
cers and other dealers for his bill pro
hibiting gambling in necessaries of
life. He ha? now returned from the
annual convention of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' association at St.
Louis, where he spoke for an hour
to 5,000 grocery men, who not only
applauded him at every point in his
argument but adopted resolutions ap
proving his bill and pledging their
active hiippoit of the measure until
it shall become law.
Baer pointed out to the grocers
that there are three significant ten
dencies in their field today. First is
the demand that the price paid the
pi-ouucer by the dealer shall be stamp
ed on all articles offered for sale, in
order that the consumer may know
how heavily he is paying for the dis
tribution of the article. Second is the
demand for public ownership and op
eiation of marketing facilities, as a
protection of the people against the
speculators and other profiteers. Third
is the swift and menacing growth of
"super-business' corporations, which
are umning ahead, of the public own
ership sentiment with their formation
of chains of retail stores that get
along without the wholesaler.
"The WhelanDuke tobacco inter
ests have launched the monster retail
store enterprise that is going to se
cure all the most favorable sites
throughout the country," said Baer,
"and you know enough about the
other chain stoie enterprises to know
that they will run their own whole
sale departments without your help.
They are buying up, for instance, the
buildings formerly occupied by sa
loons, and are preparing to put their
retail stores in these locations. I be
lieve the Du Ponts are also going into
the merchandising business on a great
scale. These big profiteers of the war
period realize the trend toward pub
lic ownership of marketing facilities
and they plan to get on the ground
first with an organization that elim
inates the waste of old-fashioned
competition between may independent
dealers, but which will crush out all
competition only in order to raise
prices to the consumer."
One of the wholesale merchants in
this convention proposed that Asiatic
immigration should be again permit
ted, in order that production in this
country may be increased. Baer call
ed to his attention the influx of Syrian
and Greek competition into their own
fielu, and suggested that it would be
wiser to see that profiteers and gam
blers be put to work for the benefit of
the present population of the United
States than to leave the profiteers
alone and encourage the coming of an
element that will live at a still low
er level than do the immigrants from
the Balkans and the Near East. This
suggestion was adopted.
"These merchants have opened my
eyes to one thing," said the congress
man on his return to the capital.
"They are just as radical as the farm
ers in their opposition to those who
are getting rich without rendering
any service to society. And they see
the chain store corporation coming,
with its crushing private monopoly.
They are going to fight. They see
that the program of the Nonpartisan
league, for public ownership of cer
tain marketing facilities, is the only
safeguard to honest business."
Blanton has capitalized his hatred of
trade unions in his speeches, and has
drawn the fire of Samuel Gompers
and other labor officials for his reck
less statements regarding them, he or
his manager conceived the idea of
passing the hat for "campaign funds"
among the anti-labor employers in the
East. A circular letter was issued by
Manager Blanton, describing Con
gressman Blanton as a "very poor
man." and saying that "I am of, the
impression that you would deem it a
privilege to contribute to his cam
paign, and I am writing this letter
only to a few business men who have
evidenced a special interest in his
work."
Incidentally, Manager Burton says
that Congressman Blanton was large
ly responsible for turning back the
railroads to private hands, thus "sav
ing the government from bankruptcy,"
and that because of this and other pa
triotic service the American Federa
tion of Labor, the "pernicious Plumb
Plan league, the 168 Heals of federal
employes, the I. W. W and other or
ganizations" will spend $100,000, if
necessary, to defeat him.
Other members of the Texas dele
gation say that Blanton is not poor,
that his family is conspicuously well
to-do, that the opposition candidate
has not strength nor support worth
mention, and that the fight is largely
located in Blanton's imagination.
A congressman's salary is $7,500 a
year. The other day Blanton put into
the Record affidavits decla'ing the
cost of his campaign efforts thus far,
and they run at the rate of over $6,000
a year for printing and addressing
speeches alone.
What about Bryan and M%.Adoo at
San Francisco? Administration Dem
ocrats are worrying over the recent
Bryan statements as to the choice of
Homer Cummings by the national
committee to act as temporary chair
man of the convention, and the neat
and workmanlike flaying which the
Governor administered to Governor
Cox in that connection. The wise old
leader from the Platte is just com
mencing the quadrennial houseclean
ing, with the slogan: "No embezzle
ment of political power! Prison for
the public official who betrays his
trust!" They don't like that, at all.
At first glance Bryan seems to be
aiming his gun at the "wet" candi
date, Governor Cox, and at such other
Democrats as may try to use their
freedom from instructions to commit
the party to a return of the beer and
wine traffic. But a second survey
gives one the suspicion that Bryan
has looked dver the field, found Mc
Adoo the only candidate with, any
large following among the delegates,
and has decided to put the president's
son-iu-law to the test. For, after all,
McAdoo is a mere newcomer in polit
ical crusading, compared with Bryan
and hfis ideas are virtually unknown.
Bryan would like to know, there
fore, whether McAdoo, if nominated,
intends to appoint a man as his cam
paign manager who will furnish guar
antees to the producers in this country
that the profiteers and gamblers are
to be put out of business. The Ne
braskan knows, far better than Mc
Adoo ever will know, how nearly uni
versal is the resentment of the people
toward Woodrow Wilson for his keep
ing Palmer and Burleson in the cab
inet. These two agents of the Wilson
administration personify, to the Bryan
following the "embezzlement of pow-
er," for which Bryan says a prison
sentence is the just reward.
McAdoo is trying, apparently, to
evade the direct issue, but at every
turn he finds the Bryan challenge
meeting him. Bryan will head the
resolutions committee that will report
the platform. Either that platform
will represent Bryan's principles or it
will be fought on the floor of the con
vention by the Commoner. And if
Bryan is defeated there he still has
his appeal to the people. What the
administration politicians are trying
to estimate is the probable amount of
Democratic revolt that would follow a
steam-rolling of Bryan and Bryanlsm
at San Francisco.
W. Jett Lauck, consulting econo
mist for the railroad brotherhoods
and unions, has filed a brief with the
railroad labor board, showing that "of
a representative increase of $3.50 in
prices during the war on a pair of
shoes, labor received only 15 cents.
The retailer's profit is by far
the largest, absorbing over one-third
the price, but it does not show so large
an increase as the packers' and tan
ners' profits. As the largest tanneries
are indirectly a part of the big pack
ers' varied interests, it can be said
without danger of contradiction that
their profiteering is very largely re
sponsible for the high prices of
shoes."
Great Falls, Mont.Montana resi
dents are shipping sugar by parcel
post to friends in Minnesota, North
Dakota and other states, according -o
reports presented to the state conven
tion of wholesale grocers here, and
Montana is accordingly threatened
with a shortage of sugar.
