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workers party "answers attack w ON DELEGATES . FarI „er-Labc»r Party Makes federated tar „ Re <v a rd to Convention Alternent ,n . j ts present Policy ÎW-gJ'ÏÂ In <hr City of , 0 Organized ^ ^iea? 0, -, Kll LABOR UNIONS !V CHlCA a G n a Brothers: Tt July 3rd, ^ h C a ° t n which the Federated , i «r Partv was organized ^ attacks have been made j uwate< who participated m | dele f t ton of cur Party at this .. n ,i particularly upon tue • Workers Party of ^roe farmer .-•onuou? he ,ni jgSTof the ■ ate.! Fanner-Labor Party ELÜatopd silent under these at ■ re " i »,'> this time, hoping that the s ;, J ® n the united front of labor V healed and not wishing to r, ^v e r difflrulties in the way of ; u „''this aim. ' ■ip 0 f this the misrepresenta "•decani to this convention, and n , m liev of the Federated Farm ffhor Party has continued, and ; ore the Federated Farmer-La Partv ha? determined to make cément in regard to the con and its present policy to or ' red labor in tbe City , , ca f°' ce the actions of the delegates the Workers Party have been par .jUrlv under attack the Federated r mtfr-Labor Party has reouested •w* Worker? Party, which is affiliated >h the Federated Farmer-Labor t0 make a statement of its ■L* ,-'f the controversy and has re L«d the following reply: TATEMKNT OF THE W ORKERS PARTY of AMERICA ••jhe charge that the Workers p 2rtv delegate? caused the split with L" farmer-Labor Party at the July L con vention is a misrepresentation I t ; Re fact- in regard to this conven , The tmth is that the Farmer Labor Patty representatives, after makine an agreement with the Work-i Party left the Workers Party in lurch and betrayed the conven When the Farmer-Labor Party,. riv in the spring of 1922 proposed withdraw from the Conference for Progressive Political action the Cen ai" Executive Committee of the Wodcers Party sent a strong recom mendation urging that this action be not taken. In spite of the recom mendation of the Workers Party, the Farmer-Ubor Party withdrew from the Cleveland Conference for Pro pçsgjve Political Action, and upon motion of John Fitzpatrick, issued a call for the July 3rd convention to unify all labor political forces. The Workers Party received an in citation from the Farmer-Labor Par ty to send delegates to this conven tion and accepted this invitation. It fid not only accept the invitation but it threw ali its energy into the work of making the convention. Towârd this end it also contributed a considerable amount of money to the Farmer-La bor Party for the purpose of enabling it to print and mail invitations to this convention. From the time the call for the con nca u. R r rcrifcon ers tier.. mention was issued until the conven tion iself there was the closest co- op j eration between the Workers Party and the Farmer-Labor Party. Num nerous conferences were held at the request of the Farmer-Labor Party, A conference just prior to the conven tion was arranged for the purpose of agreeing upon the plan of action in the convention. In compliance with a request of 1 U Farmer-Labor Party the Workers j Party sent an official delegation to Fricaeo which met with représenta- ! bjes of the Fanner Labor Party and j fflscuy?ed the work of the convention ®detail. At this conference it was agreed tte if the convention was large (and delegates representing ä naif-million workers was agreed as being large enough- a Feeler ai Fanner-Labor Party should be reanized and an Executive Commit t ; eected at the convention and cer -n resolutions containing the prin of the party should be adopted, he Workers Party did not desire to 1 a "Dme a position of leadership in convention. It was willing and P 1 that the representatives of the 'l^bor Party take the leader- j tb# w i ne " organization and that I Zj° rkers Party would give its ; WitAo niâke the work a success. ! sup»»." orkers Part y received noi e<! at' 0n agreement arriv ah ' ' n the conference referred to thp tin 15 - 10t to carried out until i* «me of Inen it f •r . ic convention itself. »! U 5i t ï at 1 Jo , hn Fitzpatrick John p; tT n c , ol( l K seemed that i Gohr!! flck 1 eared the action of against hiST; would take ^ trade uni <> n move •lwi! V v nt , t £ rouc:h with the P r0 ' h relaMn, ♦ H 060 a ^reed to. •-ha.i hoi V° 1 convention itself C. 0 f tu nr a ^ reed between the C. E. tiwal Conwï erS f a \' ty and the Na ' ' Party ?w tee i of i the Fa rmer-Lab ^or lir, only bona «re Farmer ■*preliminaï s should fi® seated in ■irtv. Ti" ar> c °ovention of that ! Bn of ' ,' s + agreement was in the ^ to the National Com C«,» Famier-Labor Party by ' » W -^ccutive Committee of ' v C r' Kart >'> which was agreed K >p ? F 0 f n Tu r ' Labor Party. w tiab cri J, tbl / agreement the ere Ubor p'l mni,ttee of the Farmer . n > convention brought in ■ tbo * at a11 delegates and dur ,; '?cussion an effm+v Jl " ho ha fi agreed with the .Party that nnlv L? S! ^t'T^bor Party dele «hmrid ^ this prelïminarV coîîveJi -at part the nthor loi« It -, an< : "wlude others ° ther " p ärtv'« a i s point ^at the Work ft \ha t : a " «» äSÄ 8 ** seated, or all the dele sates AW, WHAT'S THE USE ßy L. F. Van Zelm © Western Newspaper Union No, No, Qosco BOSCO - didn't i tell you 1 ô Ger out of That waste basket ft - I GAVE \OU ALL CHOCOLATE ThERE \VAS> — That's oslv the Paper BOSCO, GET QUTTA THAT WASTE BASKET f I GAVE Toy ALL The CHOCOLATE ThERE wa«-That's iHEßE / now vou keep outta That BASKET — UNDERSTAND didn't YOU hear me tell you to keep outta This basket/ // • • ONLY The paper. — (N THERE ? p«i r § [Q r ~ii I € float CHtsttft SÄ % IJ 'ft m Mil Hll * X I I X im x X ■■ w X uua « L YtVU i T. W* Tppjv tt I / C t 81 MUM il « w VAH&UV- « a acO Jj gates be seated. The resolution for the organization 0 f the Federated Farmer-Labor Party vdiich was presented to the conven tion was presented to the representa tives of the Farmer-Labor Party, in eluding John Fitzpatrick, two days before the convention opened. The Workers Party stood ready to discuss and negotiate with the Farmer-Labor i Party in regard tc this resolution aa ,j t n rnodify and change it i'> «nyltion way to .suit the Farmer-Labor Party, j without sacrificing the purpose for ; which the convention was called. j During the process of the conven-1 tion, the Workers Party repi'esenta- j tives tried again and again to ar- ; ran g e a conference with Fitzpatrick j who stood in the way of an agreement being achieved, but was refused a : conference. During the convention it j publicly demanded on the floor of ■ the convention that the Farmer-La- : bor Party representatives should state what they desire and added that the ; Workers Party was ready to make • an y concession except to sacrifice the i formation of a Federated Farmer-La- ; hor Party at this convention. | j n sp ite of all previous conferences I anc f agreements, in spite of all the at- | tempts of the Worker Party to bring] about a settlement during the conven- i tiqn, Fitzpatrick and his group offered j nothing to the convention. | j They had called a convetion to build j la united front of labor politically and j then got cold feet and wanted to send ! the delegates back home without any thing being done. They were ready j to sacrifice the labor party because I Gompers threatened them. j The Workers Party could not be a ] part of such a betrayal. It was com ! pelled through the Farmer-Labor ; representatives leaving it in the lurch and repudiating their agreement to offer a program for tne convention and this program wa s adopted. If there w T as any split at this con vention it was not a split caused by the Workers Party. If there was a betrayal, it was not a betrayal by the j Workers Party. The split and betray ] al were the work of FitzpatricK and the Farmer-Labor g'-oup." Fiaternally, „! CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTiu WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA, C. E. Ruthenberg. Exec. Sec'y While conveying this statement of facts about the July 3d convention to the labor movement of Chicago, the Federated Farmer-Labor Party at the same time desires to present tc the organized workers of this city a pro- a gram to build a united front political ly in the City of Chicago. The Federated Farmer-Labor Party would have the right to demand sup port for itself as the greatest po iticai ü expression of the workers in this country. Howev rr, it is ready (o sac rif ee any selfish aims for the and of p building a united political organ:/.a tion of labor and it proposes that the labor organizations ' f Chicago place themselves on re-ra-d in favor at the for» nation of ;; united fi ont party in Chicago in which there shall; be united the Trade Unions, Farmer Labor Party, the Workers Party, thej Socialist Party, the Federated Farm er-Labor Party, the Proletarian Par ty, the Socialist Labor Party. It urges upon the labor orgamza tion s of Chicago a campaign of edu cation to win the support of all exist ing groups for the formation of such a united political front. Every labor union in Chicago should adopt resolutions in favor of such ac tion and send them to the Chicago | Federation of Labor. . The workers must unite their poll tical strength to fight their battles against the bosses. It is or j|y through a united front politically that labor can achieve anything for itself. _ _ The Federated Farmer-Labor Far* ty stands as the exponents of such a united front. ^ AROK FEDERATED FARME A-L.' PARTY 0 t , Joseph Manley, Nat,, cecre . • -- " Wifp Who Slew Her Husband and Woman Awarded qiooo -- _ , Philadelphia, Nov. 9.—Mrs. Lamer ; ne Rosier, with her brother-in-law, Arthur Rosier, Friday, won a suit from two insurance companies for $ 35 ''^ ™°accident policies carried by her husband, Oscar Rosier, whom she shot nd killed in his office here January 2 i 1922. She alsoshot and kdeu Ros ie '» stenographer, Miss Geraldine R ec ket - . , , n0 less The Nrriion s chi d J^ es mainly than the food «ops, ® Dr . c. J. from American ® ays Da p ulat i 0 n Galpin, in charge of P, Denart studies for the United States Depart mont of Agriculture. Of the 30,000, 1 000 farm population as compared vat K same munber of urban population the number^? children under 10 years of agHi farms is approximately 2, 000 000 more than in the cities. There ; „e'Tproxiraately 7,700,000 children ! under 10 years of age on farms^vith d ; Spopui"tion,'Doctor Galpin points d ° Ut - -_ Tr, , Want Ad-It brings Results, 10 cents a line per issue. Washington, D. C., Nov. 18.—A na wide investigation of companies alleged to be swindling the public and the inventors of thousands of dol lars yearly under the guise of selling their patents for them, has been promised the League of American In ventors by the Post Office Department, The investigation by the Post Office Department follows action taken by Senator Wheeler of Montana, whose attention was called to this immense swindle by the headquarters of the League of American Inventors in Washington, who has compiled evi dence in numerous cases wherein com panies asserting their ability to sell patents for inventors have not only swindled the inventor out of certain fees, but in some instances have mulct ed from them sums ranging fi*om $10 up to as high as $4000 in many Jn stance. "The process by which these com panies operate," said Alex J. Wed derbum. Jr., founder of the League, here today, "is to send out a circular letter to the inventor indicating to him that quick sale of his invention can be made through the promotion company, who agrees to make the sale on a commission basis. This Jet ter is followed by a series of 'come on' letters, each of which is designed to impress the victim with the idea that the sale is consumated but that a 'prospectus' is necessary. The in ventor to pay for the prospectus, This starts a series of fees the vic tim is asked to pay which, in the end, often runs into hundreds and some times thousands of dollars, "The public is defrauded in that the Patent Office itself is designed no t f or the specific use of the invent orS( but to encourage the inventive arts and sciences, to promote the in dustries of the United States and ul timately benefit the general public, Thus, when the so-called promotion companies swindle the inventor out of money, it usually results in his pat en t being tied up for years, ;ful in many cases the inventor becomes so discouraged that he abandons his in ve ntion and it is lost to the public for SEN. WHEELER ASSISTS IN GRAFT INVESTIGATION period of years, if not forever, "The methods used by these com panies, while they vaiy as to small details, are substantially the same in ever y case. The Patent Office pub s bes an 'Official Gazette' in which appear the names and addresses of inventors who have been grantert a t en ts during the preceding week, These promotion companies subscribe pjd g publication and through it'se cure {heir list of victims whom thev circularize. Then follows a string documents including contracts and as SU rances that the patent has beeiT an( j the swindlers even go point w h er e they ask the victims name the bank he desires the proceeds £ ga | e deposited in. Meantime, up to a certain point, these compa n j es are presumably working on a commission basis, so that the invent- or f ee i s that he can lose nothing, However, after the moment has ar- rived that the promotion companies f ee i that the victim is ready for pluck ing> they not if y him that the prospec ^ ve purchaser of his patent wants a 'prospectus,' patent abstract', 'rtndus trial R epo rt' or what not, to demon s t ra te the patent and its utility w hioh prospectus the company will SU p p iy f 0 r a sum of money to be paid b the inventor—usually about what the company believes the traffic will i>ear. to to "Following this various exigencies seem to arise, expense begins to mount and if the company suspects t be victim has any money, they aie pretty sure to get it. "\\r e have asked the Post Office De partment to institute a nation wide investigation into this swindle and we have compiled a great deal of docu men tary evidence on various compa nies for the use of the Post Office au thoritieg „ _ «Already one of these concerns which did business on a very large sca i e in swindling the inventors out of money amounting to many thous andg of dollars, has recently closed its doors i n New York City because of the publicity given it by the League American Inventors. Sometimeb when the trial for such concerns be gins to get too hot they close their doors and decamp leaving no forward ing address and letters sent them are returned to the sender by the Post Office marked; 'Removed, left no ad dres?.' However, as soon a s new sta dr gotten out they open ^nery can « * and continue up > - * business under another^ theimeianou ü companies. name. V they ^^Äntor. usually get rid ca securing him of double of h" ay evade re ' l pons | ilityi (, ut keep the money they havecollecte^ ^ ^ the old «m. mining pddj** "Tt™ and contracts that resemble oil or mining, stock, all de signed to impress the victim. "A sample of the letters written by one big promotion company of In dianapolis, Ind., to a client who began to want some returns from the com pany is given herewith: Sir: Your impudent, ignorant, be ing letter of the 2nd received. You are such a dirty bunch of rotten liars in your locality that you think everyone i s in the same class with you. You pay the fees to the State and NOT to us if you so desire, and any Sane person knows we would not be in business 24 hours if we collect ed fees that belong to the Stati and kept them ourselves. All these matters have been fully explained to you a number of times heretofore. The records for 50 years show T that 95 per cent of the would-be inventors are too ignorant, dis honest or untruthful to do any kind of business. We will advise the corporation making the invention not to pay you any money in advance, but to pay you the regular 2 x k per cent of the cost of manufacturing as a royalty at the end of each year, if what they make infringes what you own. We want nothing whatever to do with you. ed ty to I Yours truly, "This is typical of the whole scheme and the League is convinced that the Post Office Department's in vestigation will result in the arrest of these promoters and the closing of the mails to such concerns. WANTS HIGHER TARIFF ON WHEAT! Chicago, Nov. 21.—George C. Jew ett. general manager of the American Wheat Growers, Associated, has gone to Washington to put before the Pres ident the imperative necessity for im mediately increasing the wheat tar iff to 45 cents to stop the ruinofs in cux of Canadian wheat in our mar kets. A conference with the Presi dent had been arranged for November 14th. A report of the results of the con ference has not been given out. But nriirinn mn | I /tim VV AKlS HIK v/LiimIII IlLi""*»!!!/ I vli i • « HIP OTUT*! 171 1 ¥>0 I A 11 \| HK \ Ü IilllliJllU is definitely known that Mr. Jew ett laid before the President thejne cessity for immediate action, as well as presenting the legislative program of The American Wheat Growers As sociated, as he expects to present it to the Congress which is about" to convene. Under the law, the President has the power to increase the present tar iff from 30 cents to 45 cents per bushel upon imports of wheat into this country. As the wheat tariff now stands, hundreds of thousands of bushels of Canadian wheat are flooding the mar kets of the United States, the Canadian wheat can be imported, duty paid, and sold upon our markets at a figure which is depressing our price to the point of absolute ruin to for the growers of the boundary, ihe President is being urged to immedi ately increase our tariff to the limit. Because Light is shed on the motives behind the arrest and conviction of Luther Wise and "Red" Shore, railway shop men serving terms for alleged sabot age j n gtate penitentiary of Ar ] cansas> by tbe claim recently filed by Sheriff Maddox of Boone County and fi ve 0 ffi c i a i s 0 f the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad for the reward of £2,000 promised for the arrest and conv j ct j on 0 f bridge-burners. Wise and 0 rr, according o §i inves t j gat j on made in behalf of the Ameri can Ciyi j Liberties Union by Charles j jrç n g er an Arkansas editor and former railroad manager, pleaded gu ji ty j n or( j e r to avoid violence at the hands of t he mob in Harrison, A k which had lynched a striker the day ' before Among the five officials named was j q . Murrav, manager of the railroad j nvo i ved j n j-b e Harrison mob violence. jj owever he immediately had his name withdraW n. The committee in charge of tbe re ward refuses to meet tbe pj a ^ m on t be ground that a s pub j ic and railroad officials the claimants mer ely doing their duty. f Aggregate value of permitted in 134 American cities m October totalled $187,822^41 against $157,526,857 in September and $142, 669,633 in October last year. Chicago has four times as many telephones as London. Cities in the United States which have passed the ^0,000 mark in^telcphone ^«^P Phih^phi., sSSMJiÄ ÄS ton, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. building new IMPROVING DURUM WHEAT BY PURE LINE SELECTION An improved strain of Kubanka wheat named Nodak has been develop which combines to a high degree the desired characters of a durum wheat, such as resistance to stem rust, abili to yield well, and suitability for making macaroni. The Kubanka va riety, more than any other, possessed a considerable extent the qualities desired. The improvement of Kubanka dur um wheat by pure-line selection is des cribed in Department Bulletin 1192, by the United States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural Exper ment Station. Of 144 pure-line strains tested for a number of years, Kubanka No. 98, (Nodak) is the most promising as it combines Jiigh yielding ability with rust resistance and good quality for making macaroni. It is an amber durum of the Kubanka type, but has heads slightly longer than the average for that variety. It also differs from the original Kubanka in being more resistant to stem rust. Because of these characters, setting off the se lection from the parent bulk variety it is named Nodak. Under this name it will be further tested, increased, and distributed for commercial grow ing in North Dakota. A copy of this bulletin may be se cured, as long as the supply lasts, from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. LEGAL NOTICES] ^ iiia wtrrkw-TAf me THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DIS «JF THE STATE OF MON TANA, IN AND FOR 1HL CUUN TY OF SHERIDAN. „ TT . r.rjüuT TT E. H. HAEBERLE,.Plaintiff, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF vs. SWARTZ and MARTHA JOHN SWARTZ, his wife, STATE BANK OF PLENTYWOOD, a corporation, and PETER F. TANG, Defendants. TO BE SOLD AT SHERIFF'S SALE, at public auction, to the high est bidder for cash in hand, at the front door of the court house, in the town of Plentywood, Sheridan Coun ty, Montana, on the 1st day of De cember, 1923, at 2 o'clock P. M., the following described real estate, situ ate in Sheridan County, Montana, to wit: The Northwest Quarter (NWi4); West Half of the Northeast Quar ter (WV 2 NE%) and North Half Southwest Quarter (N % SW14) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Thirty-five (35) North Range Fifty-eight (58) E. M. M., together with the tene ments, hereditaments and appur of Üll wSiij ;£i| wm <X. m CQerru y; ! rpi 1*7 i-rN ^ Ups r: ; la clirislmas Spirill cr Encourage it— Thai sentiment maq Uua (greeting Cards keep sentiment aline and enable qou to send greet** inqs to qour friends, rela* tiues and acquaintances. Come Norn md make qour selections » V Producers News The tenances thereunto belonging. Dated November 8th, 1923. RODNEY SALISBURY, Sheriff of Sheridan County, Mont. By A. E. ALDRICH, Under-Sheriff 31-t4 SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF SALE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DIS TRICT OF THE STATE OF MON TANA, IN AND FOR THE COUN TY OF SHERIDAN. THE CITIZENS STATE BANK OF ANTELOPE, MONTANA, a poration, Plaintiff, cor vs. PIT TUREK, KATE TUREK, his wife, ARTHUR C. ERICKSON, as Guardian ad litem of KATE TUR EK, an insane person, and FARM ERS STATE BANK OF GRE NORA, NORTH DAKOTA, a cor poration, Defendants. TO BE SOLD AT SHERIFF'S SALE, on the 1st day of December, A. D. 1923, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock P. M. of said day, at the front door of the County Court House, in the Town of Plentywood, in Sheridan County, State of Montana, the follow ing described real property, to-writ; Northeast Quarter (NJE 1 ^) of Section Ten (10), in Township Thirty-four (34), North of Range Fifty-eight (58), East of the Montana Meridian, in Sheridan County, Montana, together with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining. Dated this 8th day of November, A. D. 1923. RODNEY SALISBURY, • Sheriff. A. E. ALDRICH. Under-Sheriff. S. E. PAUL, Plentywood, Montana. Attorney for the Plaintiff. 31-t4 Report of Mining & Metallurgical Society of America shows that during slack period of 1923 gasoline was con , sumed at rate of 6,000,000,000 gallons annually, compared with rate of 2,000 000i000 ^ 11(in ? in s , ack period of 1918 ^ . 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