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Save Wilson s Face
Wall Street Wants To
The gross frauds, and vicious
ruption uncovered in the investigation
of the Veterns' Bureau and Mr. Forbes
lias brought up the whole question of
the War Department and its contracts
once more.
Barron's Weekly, one of the leading
financial journals in the country, is
panic stricken over the prospects of
thorough going examination of the
records of the war sales made in 1917
and 1918. This paper take s the po
sition that, in order to save the faces
of many people who are in high stand
ing politically and financially, it would
be best to drop all this talk about fur
ther investigations.
In a recent issue Barron's Weekly
put the whole case in these words.
"Is there any considerable party in
this country which really wants to un
cover the financial scandals of the
war? It might well be that, in the
interest of public decency, a wet
sponge were drawn over the slate and
the billions lost in sites and supplies
for training camps, worthless wooden
ships, construction at 'cost plus', pay
ment for munitions never delivered,
were written off, charged to a great
nation's experience. Not for the first
a devious trail is uncovered and it
immediately submitted that further
research in that direction would imply
an imputation on the horor of Wood
row Wilson.
The American workers and farmers
have suffered many similar great "ex
periences" at the hands of the employ
ing class. But we submit that the last
one was the most costly.
COOLIDGE FARM ANGELS
FIND FARMERS HOPELESS
The noted banker. Eugene Meyer,
and the now famous lame duck, Frank
W. Mondell, were appointed by Coo
lidge to find out ways and means of
helping the bankrupt farmers. How
serious these Administration salesmen
were in their efforts can be seen from
the fact that they have thrown up
cor
their hands in despair and cannot sug
gest any other remedy but an increas
ed tariff on wheat.
Already on the basis of the present
high schedules in the Fordney-McCum
ber tariff, the farmers of Kansas, Tex
as, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho are
losing about $400,000,000. To increase
the rates on any of the products, such
as wheat, would simply mean increas
ing the loss of the farmers.
No one should be surprised at the
suggested "remedy", Mr. Meyer has
long been in the service of the Wall
Street bankers and Mr. Mondell has
a record which speaks volumes. In
his autobiography, page 431, Roosevelt
pointed out that the conduct of Mr.
Mondell was a bit too rough even for
him. Speaking of a bill proposed by
Senator Newlands (Democrat Nev.)
for conservation of the nation's re
sources, Roosevelt pointed out in his
message to Congress, December 8,
1901; "My active interference was nec
essary to prevent it ( the bill ) from be
ing made unw-orkable by the undue in
sistance upon states' rights in accor
dance with the efforts of Mr. Modell
and other congressmen, who consist
ently fought for local and private in
terests against the interests of the
people as a whole.
It's just this dass of friends that
Mr. Coolidge will appoint to relieve
the distress of the farmers and work
ers. Mr. Coolidge can and will appoint
only agents of the employers. These
relief agents" will relieve the farm
ers of whatever is left to them after
the last three years of depression.
BUSINESS FAILURES INCREASE
Dunn's Review for October shows a
sharp increase in the number of do- j
mestic business failures. The business
mortality for the montai of October is i
the largest report since last March and j
is over 36 per cent higher than the
September total. Especially unfavor- j
abl is the volume of indebtedness in- 1
curred by the collapse. The amount
is more than two and three quarter
times greater than the September
total and has been exceeded only once 1
before in any month.- This was in
December 1921. The indebtedness
of the failures for October is 180 per
cent higher than the total for the cor
responding month of last year. All
in all there were last month 1,673
failures involving $79,301,741.
The manufacturing failures were
less than 30 per cent of the total num
her 66 per cent of the insolvencies
were amongst traders. However, 75
per cent of the total liabilities were
suffered by manufacturers.
This October record shows exactly
which way the wind is blowing so far
as the economic conditions of the
country are concerned.
Soviet Russia Show» Marked Advance
A thorough going investigation has
led the United States Department of
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Agriculture to find that "the most
significant fact pointing to Russia re
covery is an increase of from 15 to
20 per cent in the ^acreage sown to
crop this season. The report goes on
to say that "increases as high as 30
to 35 per cent in some of the famine
regions have been reported to the De
partment. .
In its explanation of the improved
conditions, the Bulletin points out
that "the fact that rye has more
nearly approached the pre-war acre
age is explained by the department of
the fact that most of the wheat was
formerly grown on large estates and
that since these estates have been
broken up among the peasants there
has been an increase in rye acreage
at the expense of wheat.
In the light of these findings it is
easy to understand the why and the
wherefore of the proposed plan of
President Coolidge to send a commis
sion to Russia in order to negotiate
an agreement for resumption of trade
relations. The great advance made by
France, England, Denmark and oth
er countries in the Russian market
is causing every section of the Amen
can people to wake up to the fact that
it is in the interests of the United
.tat es as well as Russia to have norm
al relations between the two coun
tries resumed without delay.
Manufacturers Rally to Support Su
preme Court.
The open shoppers are showing
signs of considerable worry over the
various proposals to limit the power
of the Supreme Court to declaring the
Acts of Congress unconstitutional.
The fate which the various child la
bor laws and the minimum wage of
the District of Columbia have met at
the hands of the Supreme Court has
caused the various shades of progrès
sivism and near progressivism to pro
posed scores of bills to remedy the
situation.
But the big manufacturing inter
men of America will soon have a ref
erendum on amalgamation,
Lodge of Minneapolis, Minn., has in
itiated the refendum for amendments
to the Grand Lodge constitution which
will place the national organization
pn record for amalgation of the ex
is t m g railroad organizations. The
proposal of Lodge -99 also embodies
a P* an . tor choosing a committee to
enter into negotiations with all other
railroad organizations taking similar
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RUSSIAN WORKERS CALL FOR
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The All Russian Textile Workers
Vpton. The Central Committee, of the
-AB Russian Metal Workers Union and
the. All Russian Leather workers
Union have issued an appeal to the
Amsterdam International for a united
front against the big business mter
es t s , now strangling the German
workers.
The address points out that the
Russian workers have repeatedly
sought unity of the working men of
a11 countries in order to prevent the
s P read of Fascism and to save the
working class of Germany from the
restoration of military rule,
« especially encouraging to note
that the well known leadet Edo Fin
me . n is '°° P er c ® nt for accepting the
} in ity proposal of the Russian work
ingmen. At an enthusiastic meeting
railroad workers in Prague, Fimmen
declared himself in complete harmony
of , ^ Russian trade union» and pledg
himself to do all in his power to
have the Amsterdam International
accept the unity offer of the unions
in Soviet Russia.
ests are not asleep. They are on the
job and have already served notice
that they will fight to the bitter end
to protect their Supreme Court from
any and all popular encroachment, in
an address .before the Associated In
dustries of Massachusetts, at the
eighth annual meeting of this open
shop organization, Mr. James A. Em
ery. general counsel for the National
Industrial Council, has thrown down
the gauntlet to all the would-be hb
erators of the working masses from
Supreme Court tyranny.
Speaking of one of these remedial
proposals, Mr. Emery declared:
"Startling as this proposal may
sound, 54 members of Congress have
publicly approved it, and throughout
the country, a considerable body of
opinion rallies to its support."
Mr. Emery who is a well known
apostle of the open shop movement
had referencè to the resolution adopt
ed at the Portland convention of the
American Fedaration of Labor aiming
at securing a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the Supreme Court
from declaring unconstitutional any
law enacted by two third majority of
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RAILWAY CARMEN TO VOTE ON
AMALGAMATION
The Brotherhood of Railway Car
Lodge No. 299, the Minnehaha
THE WONDERS OF RADIO
By some ingenious device twen
ty round trips of electric impulse be
tween New York and Warsaw were
duly recorded in tw r enty-five seconds.
The total distance which the impulse
traveled in that twenty-five seconds
| was 4,500,000 miles.
Nobody knows what electricity is.
We seem only beginning to know what
it does. That controllable quantities
will move railroad trains up heavy
grades, we know. It may control the
movement of the stars in their
courses. The Einstein theory of rela
tivity, whose correctness is being ac
cepted by more and more scientists,
seems likely to change many of
conceptions. Already there is scien
i tific opinion that wrat Newton called
gravitation is really something else.
The effort to know' what is already
straining the human mind.
With the field that radio is opening
up we may yet be only on the edge
of electrical possibilities.
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MONTANA RAISES
LARGEST CROP OF
corn in its history
SMALL CROP OF POTATOES—
LARGEST CROP OF FLAX SINÇE
1918—APPLES YIELD GOOD.
The j ar gest crop of com in the
state ' s history, the best flax crop
s i nce 191 g. a nd a much stnaller pota
cr0 p than last year, are shown in
the November crop report issued to
day by the Montana Co-operative
çj rop Reporting Service,
CORN—With an average yield of
26 bushels per acre for the state, the
preliminary production estimate for
the state is 9,700,000 bushels, as
a g a j ns t 5,475,000 bushels for 1922, and
4 , 934,000 bushels, the average for the
49 C .21 period. The yield last year
was 25 bushels per acre, while the
5 _y ear av erage has been 13.9 bushels,
It ig estimated that 77 per cent of
^e t 0 ^ a i crop matured w^ell this year,
compared to 80 per cent last year,
and 39 4 ^he 5-year average. Much
corn was pi an ted late last spring, and
w hji e ne arly all matured well in the
i mpor tant eastern and southeastern
counties, some in the north and north
C etral counties was caught by frost,
p rom a f eed standpoint, the crop has
ma t es f or this state are based upon
b een very satisfactory. (Cora esti
ma t es f or this state are based upon
the assumption that all is harvested
f or g ra j n and should be interpreted
accordingly).
FLAX: ' The flax crop is estimated
at 1,246,000 bushels, based upon
average yield of 8.2 bushels per acre,
compared to 889,000 bushels for last
year, and to 1,096,000 the 5-year av
erage production. The average yield
last year was 7.0 bushels, and 3.0
bushels for the 5-year period. The
quality of the crop is below that for
last year.
POTATOES: Based upon an aver
age yield of 110 bushels per acre,
production of 4,070,000 bushels of po
tatoes is estimated for this year, corn
pared to 5,796,000 bushels * for last
year, and to 4,449,000 bushels, the 5
an
year average. The yield in 1922 was
126 bushels per acre, and the average
105 bushels.
APPLES: The production for the
state is estimated as 90 per cent of
a normal crop or 990,000 bushels,
compared to 610,000 bushels for 1922,
an d to 893,000. the 10-year averâge
production. While the total crop is
large this year, the quality is rated
a t 55 per cent of normal, which means
j that probably over 50 per cent of the
1 crop will go to waste. It is estimated
I that about 35 per cent of the crop will
be shipped and trucked out of coun
ties of production, while a little will
be used for cider. Hail injury and
disease account largely for the poor
quality and low market demand adds
further to the cause of heavy waste
HAY: The quality of the state's hay
crop averages very low this year, due
to much rain during the haying sea
SO ns. and to hopper injury. There is
some hay, however, which was put in
excellent shape, principally in the
western counties
SUGAR BEETS: The harvesting of
the large crop of beets was further
delayed by more rain, but it seems
^ at the great effort s being made to
«ret all of the beets out of the ground
before hard freezes will be successful.
Beets continued to grow late *|to
October, which added materially
the total tonnage, but it is reported
to have lowered the sugar content.
GENERAL NOTES: Heavy rains
fell in the southeastern and south
central counties during Oct%ber, and
lighter rains and snows in most other
sections of the state. Temperatures
tended downward during the latter
part of the month, zero temperatures
being reported from some of the
Higher mountain valleys, while hard
freezes were had in all parts of the
state, moderating towards the end of
the month.
Considerable late threshing remain
ed to be done, chiefly in the central
and south-central districts. Grains yet
in shock deteriorated in quality. Much
grain hauling was done in October.
The com harvest was well along by
November 1, with the bulk of it cut
and in shocks, or being fed off by
stock. Considerable loss has been re
ported in the southeast quarter of the
State from moulding in the shock.
Potatoes are rug, and some frost
injury has been reported from the
unexpected freezes. Shipments have
been very light, and most of the com
mercial crop is going into storage,
mainly field pits. Yields were uneven
and generally low, while the quality
also has been disappointing.
The apple harvest is completed, and
in a few cases were stopped by
freezes. Packing and shipping con
tinue, but total shipments will be com
paratively light on account of poor
quality and low market prie®.
Winter wheat seeding continued
throughout October under favorable
conditions. Early seedings are up to
good stands and are making satisfac
tory growth. Rye seedings are light
but condiitons are generally favorable
for fall growth.
Much more fall plowing and discing
than last year has been done.
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coal mine in which he was digging
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and his chest was severely crushs^,
Following the accident he was brough.
to his home in this cty and is now
under the care of Dr. J. L. At^ibon,
who states that, although•• painfully
injured, Mr. Vorhees is now on the
road to recoverv
Mrs. Vorhee? accompanied her bus
band to the coal mine Saturday and
her presence there undoubtedly saved
his life. The slide of earth complete
ly covered Mr. Vorhees and only af-i
ter frantic efforts was his wife able
to uncover his head. She then se-i
cured help and he was released from
the cave-in
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Poplar, Nov. 16. The term of dis
^tcourt in session here since Octo
her 23rd, was completed at noon to
day and sentence was pronounced on
the men convicted on criminal charges
at 11:30 this morning. A. L. Goer,
was given a sentence of from 20 to
45 years, as recommended by the jury
upon conviction of a statutory crime
against his young daughter. Gordon
Colbrook was given a sentence of
from two to four years the minimum
for the charge upon which he was
convicted. Theo. Ricker was also giv
en two to four years, but owing to
extenuating circumstances the sent-il
ence was suspended.
The case of Saunders vs. Eastern
Montana Security company was com
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pleted last Friday after the jury had
been dismissed by Judge Comer, owing
" a tyre of the case. The plain-,
tift was given until December 15th to
file brief and argument and the de
fendant until January 15th to file a
brief in answer. The plaintiff has ten
days from that date to reply and the
case then of
the judges.
In the cases of the First National
Bank of Williston vs. Beiseker & Mar
tin and the Poplar Lumber and Imple
ment company vs. Beiseker & Mar
tin. in which Judge Borton of Glas
gow presided, the action against T.
L. Beiseker and A. L. Netcher was
dismissed and a default judgment en
tered against Beiseker & Martin.
Court adjourned Friday night and
reconvened Tuesday, owing to the
fact that Monday was Armistice Day.
The case of Roosevelt county vs. H. A.
Carnell and J. A. McCann, involving
the road to a coal mine, was settled
out of court, as was the case of the
Diamond Lignite Coal company vs.
McCann and Carnell.
Jessie Caldwell was granted a di
vorce from Cleve Caldwell in district
court Tuesday. The Caldwells reside
in the Culbertson territory. Dalphina
Clark of Wolf Point was granted a
divorce from W. Clark.
Adeen Bain vs. J. L. Walker wp^
the next case called on Tuesday and
occupied the court until today. The
suit involved, it is said, a breach of
contract in the leasing of a section
of Indian land. The partie» thereto
live in the vicinity of Froid. Upon
the completion of the case the jury
found for the defendant.
The case of Mrs. Slette vs. Review
Publishing company was taken under
advisement by the court.'
Judge Comer and Court Reporter
Layhe will leave today for their homes
in Plentywood.
FOREIGN MONEY
HITS TOBOGGAN
New York, Nov. 9.—Foreign ex
changes toppled at the opening of
today's market as a result of the sit
uation in Germany. Demand sterling
dropped more than three cents to
$4.40. a new low record for the year.
New laws for the year were establish
ed also by Spanish paestas, Norwegian
and Danish kronen and Holland guild
ers, while French and Belgian francs
declined sharply.
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He can experiment with it in a hundred differ
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Price Depends Upon Size and Quality of Your
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L. S. SMITH, Prop.
CAR STOLEN FROM
WOLF POINT IS LEFT
IN CITY OF POPLAR
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Ficht But Was Thought to Have
Left By Robbers On Account
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r^cirWahle in
Poplar Standaid. Comict. .
terest was centered in the Buick car
standing at the curb near the A. E.
Jeisey residence Tuesday monu g,
finally developing that the car had
been stolen from \V. A. K ogers oi
Wolf Point the night before, driven to
Poplar and deserted, P re sumably be
cause the roads were so heavy from
the rain that the thieve.' be lev e<
there was no chance to make a get
away.
Someone recognized the car as the
Buick sport model recently purchased
5 y Rogers, and the sheriff's office call
ec * ^ r - R °ß' ers b im to identify
his car. He did this by several dif
tinctive marks and by the engine
number, stating that he had no^flis
covered the theft as he had placed
the car j n bis garage the day before
an( j u £h a t time had no occasion
to ma {; e use of it It ig believed the
thieves drove p op lar and took No.
^ out 0 f here as the car was first no
ticed a b ou t ten o'clock Monday even
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Mr> and Mrs . ik e Ray and nephew,
Louis Pierce, moved into Plentywood
for the winter . Needless to say they
w j|j be missed during their absence,
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McELROY
J. G. Noon finished installing his
radio receiving set Tuesday. Every
body come to McElroy for the news.
The four-year-old son of Mr. and
1 Mrs. Pete Gerde living northweft of
, 4 ^ pj ace j s reported seriously ill.
Xhe Wm. Vandemark family is
P i c ^ with the contagious cough preva
j en t
Nile Vandemark has been out of
school the last week.
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release of state
POLITICAL PRISONERS
BY LIBERTIES UNION
In connection with the campaign to
get action on the release of state po
litical prisoners serving terms under
crimial syndicalism mid other state
laws penalizing expression of opinion,
recently announced by the American
Civil Liberties Union, the organization
has just made public figures showing
that there are 114 prisoners in the
six states affected. Eighty-seven of
these are in California alone. All are
members of the Industrial Workers of
the World except four in Pennsyl
vania who are communists.
Seventy of the California prisoners
are in St. Quentin Prison, 13 in Fol
som Prison, 1 in the Preston Reform
School and 3 are in county jails await
ing the outcome of appeals. The oth
er states affected are Washington
with 17 political prisoners, Idaho with
4, Pennsylvania with 4, and Oklahoma
and Kansas with 1 each.
The campaign for the release of
these 114 men is independent of that
conducted in behalf of the remain
ing 32 federal political prisoners by
the Joint Amnesty Committee with
headquarters in Washington. D. C.
A pamphlet dealing with the state
They AI! Lost It—
Mr. A. HID HIS money in the house and
it wa accidentally burned up.
Mr. B. CARRIED his money in a secret
one dark night within
robbed
pocket and was
a block of his home.
Mr. C. LOANED his to a friend who for
fot to pay it back to him
Mr. D. INVESTED in oil wells.
Mr. E. THOUGHT he could win on the
Board of Trade. (He knows better now.)
Mr. F. PUT HIS money where rats ate it
up.
Mr. G. WENT INTO a business that he
knew nothing about—and it failed.
Mr. H. was a natural spendthrift.
None of these men thought it was worth
while to talk with their banker about
their business affairs.
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First National Bank
Member Federal Reserve System
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tribut ion on a nati 0n i m ° n
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