The Bozeman courier., July 16, 1924, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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SALES OF FOOD STOFFS TO EUROPE
SHOW SPLENDID INCREASE OVER 1922
Survey of 16,183 Farms by Department of Agriculture, Shows An
Average Cash Balance of $890 Returned to the Owner-Oper
ator During 1923, With Increased Inventories of Crops,
Livestock, Machinery, Etc., Which Is an increase Over 1922.
Food Sales to Europe Show Big Increase
Washington, July 15.—A survey •
conducted by the Department of j
Agriculture show's that an average«
cash balance of $890 was returned
to the owndr-operator in 1923 on i
10,183 farms surveyed. In addition
to this margin of cash receipts over j
expenses, these farms increased in- «
ventories of crops, livestock, mach- {
inery and supplies $130 making an
average return of ? 1,200 for the use
of $17,490 of capital and the labor •
of thef armer and his family. These
farms also produced food and fuel
consumed on the farm estimated to
he worth $250 on the average.
The Department reports this to be
slightly better than the showing of
a similar survey for 1922 on 0,091
owner-operator farms which averag- j
ed a cash balance of $175, increased
inventory of $202, and produced fo'-d
and fuel worth $294
amount ng to $16,410.
capital
on
As the farmers adjust themselves
to no
rmal conditions during the next
few years still further improvements
may be looked fur. It is interest-1
in this connection to read what
mg
the Department of Commerce has to
say with respect to European crop
economic 1 conditions,
production and
Asserting that Europe has furnished
and continues to furnish the market
for approximately 80 per cent of the
$1,800.000.000 worth of agricultural
products exported from the United
States each year, the Department
says :
"Much of Europe's fortune was
consumed during the war, and quan
tities of its accumulated and reserve
wealth have been expended since the
war in meeting deficits. With low
er national incomes and increased
population ,income must be divided
among more people, and there has
resulted a marked decline in indi
vidual participation and hence in the
standard of living." The Depart
ment finds the situation further ag
gravated by the unequal distribution
of national income by reason of un
balanced internal production, where
by certain classes are relatively as
well off as they were before the
war, while the standard of living of
others has declined perceptibly. "It
is this latter body which is the lar
gest consumer of European agricul
tural imports, and the class which
so largely creates the buying power
abroad for these products. These
conditions have a direct bearing up
on the demand for farm products
from the United States.' The De
partment estimates Europe to be on
a level 60 to 70 per cent as high as
before the war, while agricultural ac.
tivity has returned to between 80
and 90 per cent of its pre-war level.
Europe's actual import of essen
tial foodstuffs has not declined when
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compared with pre-war imports, but
has actually increased in many in
stances," continues the Department,
When all the difficulties in the way
of progress are considered, it is a
striking commentary on the economic
vitality of the individual European
producer that he has been able to
maintain production and buying pow
er at even the present level. Europe
infinitely better off today than it
was immediately after war.
It is also a striking commentary
on the economic ability of America
to hold as well as it has the large
share which it enjoys of the Euro
pean market for agricultural pro
ducts, notwithstanding the increas
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ing competition which those products
meet in Europe from Argentina, Aus-«
tralia, Canada, and other food-pro-1
Prices Slashed
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BATTERIES
Now is the time to get a New Battery
while the price is low
SEE ME FOR BATTERY AND AUTO REPAIRS
A. O. BELLOWS
205 E. Main St.
Phone 515
during countries. It is the Demo
cratic contention that the sale of
farm products to Europe has déclin
ed under the republican administra
tion, and this is blamed to the tar-1
iff. They bolster their argument by
referring to our war sales. But
when they are compared with the
pre-war sales, the result is exceeding
ly impressive. Our food sales to
Europe last year far exceeded our
fondest dreams in 1924.
METAL HINES TAX
WILL BE VOTED ON
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CHAIRMAN McCORMACK THANKS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
THEIR ACTIVE WORK
Following a successful
campaign
for the securing of sufficient signa
tures of voters to petitions to sub
niit a metal mines tax to the people
in the next general election in No
a? an initiative measure to
vember
provide additional funds fo.'
(purposes, one half of which is to go
state
U° defray the expenses of the common
schools, W. S. McCormack, of Kalis*
pell, chairman of the committee in
charge of the circulation of pettions,
has sent a letter of appreciation to
the members, the independent weekly
newspapers, and others who assisted
in any way in the work.
The names of over 800 persons
who circulated the petitions are
known and there are numerous oth
ers who sent in petitions fully filled
out who neglected, or forgot, to sign
their names showing from whom the
petitions came.
Far Beyond Quota
Under the law 14,879 names were
required and at least 22 counties.
The committee completed 47 county
quotas with a total of 19,326 names
reaching the secretary of state. There
were several hundred names on pe
titions that did not reach county
clerks and recorders in time for cer
tification.
In only eight of the 55 counties of
the state were insufficient signatures
obtained to complete their quotas.
Those are Beaverhead, Cascade, Deer
Lodge, Glacier, Granite, Mineral,
Madison and Silver Bow.
How Counties Signed
The following is the list of coun
ties that completed their quotas and
the number of signatures on
from each:
Beaverhead, 58; Big
file
Horn, 253;
Blain, 432; Broadwater, 183, Carbon,!
726; Carter, 202; Cascade, 278; Chou- j
teau, 407; Custer, 515; Daniels, 267;
Fergus, 761; Flathead, 573; Gallitin,
702; Garfield 408; Glacier, 98; Goldenl
Valley, 259; Granite, 34; Hill, 508;
Jefferson, 182; Judith Basin, 402;
I^ake, 413; Lewis and Clark, 1,141 ;
Liberty, 127; Lincoln, 197; Madison,
135; McCone, 292; Meagher , 171;
Mineral, 57; Missoula, 890; Mussel
shell, 297; Park, 397; Phillips, 600;
Pondera, 261; Powder River, 277,
Powell, 266; Prairie, 162; Ravalli,
438; Richland, 354; Rosebud, 318;
Roosevelt, 396; Sanders, 239; Sheri
dan, 449J Silver Bow, none; Still
water, 384; Sweet Grass, 327; Teton,
245; Toole, 211; Treasure, 191; Val
ley, 512; Wheatland, 372; Wibaux,
210; Yellowstone, 1,025.
Chairman's letter
to committee members said;
Chairman McCormick in his letter
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Robert Legender, of Newark,'
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broke the world's record by 3
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title with a broad jump of 2o ft, 6
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termined efforts made by yourself
and others throughout the state of
Montana more than enough
were secured and petitions filed to
insure the submission of the metal
mine tax measure to the voters of
the state of the coming general elec
tion. This labor, 1 believe, will re
sult in the passage of the new law
and will bring about a substantial
benefit thereunder to all the taxpay
ers of Montana who
pelled to pay an unjust share of tax
es. To you and your fellow commit
teemen and workers are due the
thanks of the people of the state.
In this letter I desire to express
my own appreciation of your splen
did cooperation in this work, and to
thank you for its success.
Among the petitions from all the
counties were some that were un
signed, and in this letter I
names
are now com
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to extend my congratulations and
press my profound thanks to any good
work in case the letters we are send
ing out should not reach all of them
by name.
In this undertaking you have con- !
tributed to an achievement that will
add greatly to the prosperity and
material welfare of the people, and i
make for political and economic jus- I
tice for you, and yourself, a source
of continuing satisfaction in the years j
to come.
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R. PRATHER DIES
AT SAND POINT
According to a communication re-1
ceived in Bozeman the latter part of
last week, Roseoe Prather, of Sand
Point, Idaho, passed away July 7 at
his home in that city, and was buried j
the following day.
Mr. Prather was born in Sumerset,
Ky,, coming to Montana at the age
of 16 years and residing continuous
ly in the Treasure state until about
six months ago when he removed
with his family to Idaho,
vived by his widow, five daughters
and two sons, besides numerous I
friends in both Montana and Idaho 1
to mourn his loss.
He is sur
BARNE8 CIRCUS IS
COMING JULY 24TH
The A.. G. Barnes big four-ring
wild animal circus, a tented enter
tainment aggregation that has play
ed Bozeman and the entire northwest
for the last quarter century, will give
j two performances,
#»vening, next Thursday, July 24,
cording to poster
which we*re hung in store windows
and plastered on vacant boards and
nearby farm outbuildings by
bers of the advance, or bill posting
car No. 2. which arrived in town last
Thursday and was spotted on the rip
track in its accustomed position in
j tbi local freight yard? of the North
• n Pacific railway a short distinct
fr>m the new
J the north side.
The circus itself, when it
I ..Vo town on the morning of show
afternoon and
ac
announcements
mem
passenger depot
on
comes
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day, will use the extra ya d track
east of the old passenger depot,
j ' Dusty" Rhoades, one >i • he real
d-timers among circus pablicity
I roen in the United States, will pro
ceed the show about a week and
•v il arrange for the leasing of the
io\. securing the city license, placing
m wspaper and other publicity, and
v.'ll "meet ani greet" his old lime
f* 'ends whom he has known f rr years
in his capacity of press agent, pur
chasing manager and general "fixer.
I Both Mr. Rhoades and his fine,
clean, entertaining and instructive
show will be just as welcome ;r. Boze
man this year as it has ever been in
the past.
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RADICALS ATTEMPT
TO GAIN CONTROL
! FORMER NON-PARTISANS SEEK
TO CONTROL FUNDS OF
WHEAT GROWERS
An attempt to gain control of large
financial reserves of the Montana
Wheat Growers' Association for use
in a ralical political campaign and to
purchase antiquated St. Paul elevator
properties now held by the receivers
of a defunct farm organization, ha?
just been called to the attention of
the members of the co-operative con
cern by the Lewistown headquarters.
The attempt to gain possession of the
assocration funds, according to the* in.
formation sent to members, is headed
by State Senator Charles E, Taylor of
Plenty wood, a member of the com
munist group at St. Paul recently
outlawed by Senator LaFollett, and
August Nelson an ex-employe of the
organization who was discharged
some time ago.
The radical group seeks to gain
control of the marketing association's j
funds by placing representatives on
the board of directors at the election
which will be held July 31. By peti
tion the names of candidates consid
ered amenable to the schemes of the
Taylor-Nelson ring have been placed
on the election ballots, with the hope
that a light vote would permit the
radical group to muster enough
strength to elect them.
The Plentywood Producers' News.
Senator Taylor's paper which led the
non-partisan league fight, has become
the mouthpiece of the group, and is
JULY
CLEARANCE
SALE
— The
gréâtes t buying opportunity
of the season and
offering of
an
nil ti mel y or seasonable mcrchan;
disc at greatly reduced prices.
—It wil l pay yo u to investigat e
these savings.
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being circulated widely, throughout '
the state, its columns filled with
articles attacking the present boarn (
of directors and the officers of the
wheat growers' association for their 1
failure to use the elevators in St. ;
Paul, and because the organization
has remained out of politics.
It is understood that the fight of
the radical group to obtain control of
the organization and gain possession
of its funds started when the direr
tors refused to donate money to thej
farmer-labor-campaign. They took
the stand that the reserves were the 1
property of the association members, j
created for an economic use in the
marketing of wheat, and that the j
board had no right to contribute to ;
any political campaign.
The territory occupied by the Mon
tara Wheat Growers' association is
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