Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1926 — Page 2

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RELIEF IS SEEN FOR PRODUCERS OF SUGAR BEETS Senate Told Farmers Borrow Money at 8 Per Cent With 6 Per Cent Return. Times Washington Bureau. 1522 York yt venue WASHINGTON, July 6, Sugar beet farmers are paying eight, ten and twelve per cent in ton money to .Operate land which returns them only six per cent on its valuation. This fact, just discovered by the special Senate committee to investigate the tariff, may lead to fsirm ;relief not on the main farm program, in' the form of further extension of Federal farm loan and joint land bank systems. j~ The committee called Edgar G. -'-Brossard before it to inquire into his nomination as member of the ; United States tariff commission, and in questioning him uncovered startling facts as to the plight of sugar beet producers. Brossard investigated the industry for the tariff commission before he was elevated to that body, and the information he gave the committee is from his general report on conditions soon to be ■ printed. Nine States Covered ; Brossard's investigation covered i'fOhio, Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho and California, where 94 per cent of the beet crop is raised. He found that farmers are paying an average of Per cent interest on their mortgages and some are still paying as high as 12 per cent, -the rate which prevailed just after ;the war, because Federa' farm loan banks refused to loan money at that time, and they were forced to get it somewhere else. Tftis mojjey, having been borrowed on inflated land values, constitute larger loans than the banks are now willing to refund for. Reed Concerned “I supposed we had gone almost too far in allowing credit to agriculture,” said Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, after hearing this testimony. “I thought we had encouraged creation of too much debt. But if these are the facts we have not gone far enough. We are putting too great a burden on the farmer who must borrow at 7. 8 and 9 per cent, and can earn only 6 per cent.” * Brossard told the committfe that during the three years covered by his Inquiry sugar beet farmers 1 an average of $1.90 an acre 'per year. ; This was a producers entire profit ‘except that-, the investigators in •making* up costs of production allowed him a suppositious wage equal to that he paid his hired man, usually S4O a month. Thbewestimare on his labor allowed him nothing for his management or extra hours of work. ‘‘The average sugar beet farmer could have rented his farm and gone fishing and made just as much profit, except for the wages of an ordinary hired man” Reed pointed out.

BEAT ME, PLEA i TO REPUBLICANS Senator Norris Indorses Democratic Candidate. Bv Times Svecinl WASHINGTON, .July 6. Wil;liam B. Wilson, Democrat, has been .•indorsed in his Pennsylvania senatorial . race by Senator George Norpris of Nebraska, Republican. p. Repudiating William S. Vare, Republican candidate, whose nomina- . tion . cost $600,000, Norris issued a ..public plea to Pennsylvania Republicans to elect the first Democrat ’Senator from that State since 1875. t “I speak for millions of patriotic 'people throughout the land,” Norris - declared, “who are earnestly praying ""that their brothers in Pennsylvania, .regardless of partisan politics, will .'go to the polls next election day and Trepudiate the Pennsylvania political fmachines that stench in the ’mostrils of liberty loving people everywhere.” ■ Norris’ indorsement was’ taken in as indicating that Wil’Son, former Secretary of Labor, will *be backed in his race by many pro-jgi-essive Republicans. IN BARN 8 YEARS . i she unwisely fell in love with a soldier, Celine Letort was kept imprisoned in a barn by her family for eight years. Constables discovered her and ordered her release.

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HONOR COLLIER YOUNG Indianapolis Youth Chosen Most Representative Boy. Collier Young, 17, of 8009 E. Washington St., has bee'n chosen as the most representative boy among'winners of the American youth awards at jthe sesquicentennial exposition at Philadelphia, according to word received here today. Young, with winners of the awards from other States, have been guests of the exposition directors for the last wek. He was graduated from Shortridge in June. Miss Elizabeth Flett, Rochester, Ind., -was one of the three chosen as the prettiest girls among awards winners. The other two were Miss Garrett, Virginia, and Miss Sarah Rogers, Kentucky. Miss Alice Margaret Thompson, 17, of New Hampshire was named the most repre--sentative girl and Miss Ellen Rich*

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* ardson, Florida, the most representative teacher. GENTRY ENTERS PLEA Alleges Former Jeopardy in Connection With Arson Charge. Plea of ! former jeopardy was on file today In Criminal Court in behalf of Earl Gentry, charged with arson, kidnaping and conspiracy. Gentry, together with Earl Klinck, was acquitted in the Hamilton Circuit Court on charges of murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer at tlje same time D. C. Stephenson was sfcnt to prison for life. Gentry's attorneys hold he was placed in jeopardy in the murder trial and that the kidnaping case would be identical. Hearing on the plea will he July 14. The arson indictment was returrted after investigation of a fire at the Stephenson home in' Irvington.

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One Out of Every 6 Owns Auto in U* S. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, July 6.—One automobilp to every seventy-one persons of the 1.750,000,000 that inhabit the earth; one to every six of the 115,000,000 in the United States, and one to every 1,200,000 of the 6,000,000 in Afghanistan. These ratios were announced today "by the Commerce Department, as the result of a survey of sixtypine nations. Ninety per cent or more of the cars in nineteen countries were of American make. The United States led brfth In numbers and percentage with its 16,000,000 cars. Hawaii, with one automobile to every eleven persons, was second, Canada third with one to thirteen, New Zealand fourth with one to fourteen, Australia fifth with one to twenty-one, and Denmark sixth with one to fifty-one.

NEW ion - ALTERfUSTRY Present Method of Weaving Would Be Scrapped. Bu United Press BERLIN, July 15.—Tjie mechanical loom, which unleashed the Industrial revolution when it replaced the spinning jenny e*?ht years ago, is now itself to be scrapped if anew invention lives up to expectations.

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An automatic loom, according to reports from Munich, Is soon to be .thrown on the markets and promises to spell the end of the mechanicail weaving apparatus. The latest invention dispenses with the weaver's shuttle. 'The thread, needed for a single day’s weaving, Is held by four spools, which automatically unravel into the warp and woof of the new-borh cloth. The entire mechanism, made of iron, weighs about 250 lbs., and is equally suitable for weaving cotton, wool, jute, linen, flax and silk. Among the advantages of this machine are its capacity for working day and night, the safeguarding of the threads, the minimum require-

ments for energy, protection against for laborers. Even unskilled workers can manipulate the appliance, which has just been installed in several large German industries. Woman Aids Thirsty Birds and Animals Out on Belmont Ave., birds and stray dogs and cats have discovered a place of refreshment these hot days. Mrs. A. J. Peterson, 136 N. Belmont Ave.. a member of the Humane has wired a broad low kettle to the side of a tree, growing In the space between the sidewalk and curb. This, she keeps filled wlth' water and' “you should

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just see the birds here early In the mprnlng,” she observed. "Poor thirsty dogs come eagerly for a drink a number of times a day.” “If more people <lid something like that,” a storokeepJh in tho neighborhood observed, ‘‘there would need to be less fear of dogs going mad. Why don’t more people provide water for dumb creatures these hot days.’” Mrs. Peterson has wired a sign to the tree which ‘reads, "Please do not disturb the water holder here. Stray dogs and cats will thank you.” Sir Thomas Llpton intends to seek America’s yntching cup again in 1927. ,