Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 253, 3 September 1921 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 1921.
CHICAGO MILK WAR ANALYZED; DRIVERS, DEALERS INDICTED
By WILLIAM R. SANBORN There have been strange happenings in milk circles in the Chicago district of late. Northern Illinois and
northern Indiana milk farmers are the
vwtma nt iriimstances. There has
been a surplus of milk pouring into; Chicago for some time. The big deal-j ers. virtually a milk trust, maintained the price to consumers of bottled milk at 14 cents for quarts and charged eight cents for pints. In the meantime they were buying milk from producers at $2.30 per hundred pounds. On Sept. l even that low price was lowered by producers to $1.50, or 3.3 cents per quart. In the meanwhile there is a milk drivers' union in Chicago, with walking delegates- and the usual outfit of hangers on and handy men. according tn rhiraeo custom in many lines. A
number of these men are in jail, or orMii4 ha hut fnr the kindly help of
hondsmen. Consumers who complain
ed of dirty or sour milk or of poor service, these including retail grocers, restaurant keepers and marketmen, as nrn as individual families, found
themselves boycotted if they attempted to transfer their patronage. A strange condition surely, in this land of the free and home of the brave. But things work out that way in Chicago. Something to Be Thankful For. Among the things for which the people of Richmond, and others, should be supremely thankful is that they are not living in Big Bill Thompson's town by the lake, and that they never expect to. There are too many feudists, and too much highway robbery and sudden death in Chicago, to
suit law-abiding and Goa-tearing ioiks
The Farm and The Farmer By William R. Sanborn
A. E. Billman, who recently sold his farm on the Eldorado and Whitewater pike, had a farm sale on Thursday. The Billman place is located two miles west of Eldorado, in the heart of a
good farming .section and his Iriends and neighbors were out in force. In a brief chat Mr. Billman said that there was a good class of buyers present and that fairly good prices were realized. Three horses, 30 head of hogs and 13 head of cattle went un der the hammer. Of the latter the six cows sold at from $50 to $65, the Jerseys bringing the top dollar. Two Duroc sows, with two families of nine each, invited competition, and a bunch of 100 pound feeders brought every dollar the market would stand. Col. J. A. Troutwine auctioneered the Billman sale, H. B. Sell made the settlements, and the Women's Alli
ance of the Universallst church at Eldorado, furnished a tempting lunch. The interstate commerce commission has given western and southwestern roads authority to reduce the rates
on grain for export from Mississippi and Missouri rivpr noints. also from
-! ntrmriinti nninta hptvppn the riV-
ers. Reductions were also authorized for the territory west of the river, ranging from 1 to 5V2 cents per hundred, if shipped to gulf ports. Want Tariff on Hides Cattlemen are in Washington making a fight for a tariff of 20 to 25 per cent on hides. They claim that the putting of hides on the free list was a body blow. The Fordney bill, from which hides were transferred to the free list, provided for a 15 per cent tariff, and this the catle raisers claim was too low. Rural Butter Making The farmer is not as active a com
petitor with the creamery in the but
ter industry as formerly. He is eitner
selling more fresh milk or is selling
butter fat instead of butter, as the fol lowing figures show:
Farm butter-making dropped from
being sold to feeders at better than shipping market prices. Farmers in Pike declare they would rather feed 50-cent corn than to sell it Bartholomew county farmers are beginning to cut corn and it is thought that the greater part of the crop will be in shock by the middle of this month. This county isn't boast
ing of a banner yield, but is claiming
an average of 30 bushels. This, on the 60,000 acres planted, would make a crop of 1,800,000 bushels. Sensible Co-ordination
wearing the uniform of a soldier of France, In the meantime, the elder Desnoyers has Journeyed from Paris to his castle on the Marne, which he reaches at about the time of the arrival of the Germans at this historic spot. A tremendous battle ensues. Desnoyers is caught in the bombardment in which his castle is wrecked. He himself becomes the captive of the invaders. The remaining part of the castle is turned into the headquarters of the officer in command, who proceeds to make himself comfortable in his German way.
ine wine cellars are emptied in a debauch of shocking magnitude: the
Inmates of the castle, masculine and
feminine, are treated brutally and
When Desnoyers attempts
Albeit there are many of that samei class in Chicazo. whose chief concern
when they leave home of mornings is, 994650j00o pound3 in 1909 to 710.000
mat tney oe permiuea 000 pounds in 1919-a drop of twentythat day and to arrive safely a' 0di P" cent. Creamery butter jumpwhen the shadows fall. But we dH 7fii nnn. tn RRO.nnn in
gress: we were talking about miiK, milk farmers and milkmen. The sub
ject is amply large and inviting. Milk at $1.50 Per Cwt. We have said that the thousands of milk farmers voluntarily cut the price of milk to $1.50 per 100 pounds, dating from Aug. 31. The central thought was to increase their sales of milk, much of which wag going to waste. Farmers stated that while this was below the cost of production, they were willing to take a loss, rather than to throw a portion of their milk away, a losing venture at almost any price. The milk producers appreciated this one gTeat, overwhelming fact. Not too much milk is, or was, being poured into Chicago, but far too little milk was being consumed. Too many babies, needing and hungry for milk, were stinted in its use. Too many poor parents were, and are, unable to give their children enough milk to build up their growing bodies. Too many grown-ups are in the same fix. Lack of income or lack of knowledge of the real value of milk, not as a beverage, but also as a food, also helped curtail the demand. And let us say that this is true the country over. We doubt that there is a com
munity on the map which uses more
than half the milk it could with Denefit and economy. Government Takes a Hand
Well, the government is taking a
hand in trying to straighten out milk
affairs in Chicago. It has begun a
sweeping investigation to locate the seat of the trouble and to bring those responsible to justice. From this it will be gathered that a milk trust does not consist of drivers who compel trade by thuggery, as has been shown by the testimony of hundreds of complaints in Chicago. There must be men higher up. owners of the great distributing plants which supply almost as many people as the entire population of Indiana, within a few miles of the Loop, taking the big nearby towns into account, where the Chicago milk prices prevail. Cut Milk to 12 Cents
With the new wholesale price on Sept. 1. distributors cut the price to
12 cents. This doesn't satisfy the Milk Producers Marketing association, which maintains that 10 cents is now a fair retail price, present cost being 3.3, or, say, 3 cents, per quart. The milkmen say this is out of the question. These men have been claiming that it cost so near nine cents a quart to bottle and deliver milk that the sale of a million bottles barely left them profit enough to buy the wife a gingham dress and romp
ers and keds for the baby. Pitiful, isn't it? You bet it is. But let's not pass the hat just yet. Perhaps these men will be able to pull through. The August grand jury indicted bunches of milk drivers and slugger.;, and the heads of several big distributors have come under Uncle Sam's scrutiny and are now on the rack. The state and federal authorities are now working together. Chicago consumers have been paying the highest prices that rule in a very wide area. The fight is on to reduce them. War Top Sixteen Cents The high spot for Chicago milk was 16 cents in war days. From 16 the .price fell to 14 in bottles, pints selling at 8 cents against 9 cents at the peak. The price is now 12 cents and 7 cents. This means that milk is off 25 per cent
from the top. and today's Chicago price is nearer in line with various other western cities, and it has, we believe, the lowest wholesale cost in the west, since producers have taken a hand in trying to increase consumption by lowering prices. Now let us see how bulk milk is being bought by Cook county for its institutions. A contract was made on Sept. 1 at 184 cents per gallon, against a price of 41 cents per gallon on a contract made on Sept. 1, 1919. Before the war Cook county was paying 14 cents per gallon. This means that milk to the county is now within one cent per quart of the prewar price. Richmond wholesale milk dealers report that they are now paying $2 35 for 4 per cent milk, and $2.10 per hundredweight for per cent grade. These are much higher figures than Chicago is now paying in a wholesale way. In the meanwhile producers in the Chicago district are threatening to open milk stations and to go direct to city consumers. They claim that the failure of dealers to pass on the entire wholesale cut to consumers is making their sacrifice to broa U n their tales almost non-effet tive.
ed from 624.764.000. to 866,850,000 in
the same period an increase of thirty-nine per cent. People ate 17.5 pounds of butter per head in 1909, only 14.8 per head in 1919 a decrease of fifteen per cent.
The heavy butter-eating states arej Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland. Much of the milk in these states is used fresh, and hence the butter must be imported from thrr big creamery butter producing states of Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. These seven states make more than half our creamery butter. Twin and Triplet Calves Twelve calves in seven years is the record of Grace Darling Hengerveld, a cow owned by the Ohio Experiment Station. There were five sets of twins and two single calves. Besides, Grace has a record of 802 pounds of butter in a year. Ruth McDonald, a young lady living at Scotch Hill. Nova Scotia. Canada, reports an invoice of triplet calves
from her favorite Holstein. She mails pictures of the trio, "all as lively and frisky as can be," as she tells the editor of the Farm Journal. The Ohio cow noted above as having record of 12 calves in seven years also is a Holstein. Farmers Cutting Corn Reports from Pike county are to the effect that this year's corn crop
is likely to equal the bumper yield of 1920. Considerable old corn is now
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izauon oi ine economic activities or i r ; - - th TTnitAi siatoo noT,a,n o to protect the young daughter of his
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riculture was taken by Secretary Wal- 6 C1y. .f. u
uci man im,ri uc la UUilUiCU away 1Uto his own cellar where he is locked up bv his own nephew, one of the von
Hertii-otts who is serving as an Ober-
lieutenant on the German staff. While imprisoned in his cellar, Desnoyers hears the sound of approaching French artillery in a counter-attack which drives the Germans from the ruined castle. After the arival of the French, Desnoyers is released and for several days he serves as best he can with the French army. He returns to Paris a broken man. Broken physically and mentally, but he is consoled
in the knowledge that his son is now fighting for the country he loves. Julio and his eldest cousin during the next day's fighting meet in the dark in a narrow trench between the lines. Each has been sent upon a dangerous
mission. They recognize each other
but kinship is wiped out in deadly enmity. Both fire at close range and
fall dead side by side. Marguerite's husband, Laurier, has been blinded in
action and his helplessness has reawakened her soul and conscience so that she devoted her life to him. Through this entire marvelous story passes the Christ-like figure of Tchernoff, the Russian, Tchernoff, the Reve-
lator, who visualizes for those who will listen the figures which gave this great story its name, the figures- of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. Meets Family. Like the true visions seen by St. John as described in the Book of Revelations, these grim horsemen appear upon the screen at times bearing their warning and message to the struggling nations. It is this Tchernoff who meets Julio's family upon the battlefield after the war, when they are searching for their son's grave. He leads them to Julio's last resting place.
ou Knew him?" they asked. "I knew
lace on July 1, when the work of three bureaus touching most intimately the immediate problems of American farmers and American agriculture was merged. These bureaus were the bureau of markets, the bureau of crop estimates, and the office and farm management and farm economics. Congress had authorized the
consolidation of the first two on that date. In the interest of economy and good administration, Secretary Wallace, anticipating a recommendation which he will make in the next agricultural appropriation bill looking- to
the consolidation of the three bureaus into one, took steps to bring about such a co-ordination and redirection of the activities of the three bureaus as will effect a virtual consolidation immediately, preparing the way for the development of a single bureau, which it is hoped congress will authorize. Cow-Testing Associations About fifteen years ago a group of Michigan farmers organized the first cow-testing association in America Today there are 452 such associations in this country. The tests were not made for tuberculosis, but to learn how much feed was consumed nr
should be, and as to the output of milk. The effort was to find the cost
and profit in the dairy business. This had been begun in Denmark some ten years earlier, and this idea soon spread over much of Europe. This work is fostered by the department of agriculture. The states are increasing the number of their tested herds, or rather of testing associations from time to time, but the progress is slow, just as it is with herds tested for
tuberculosis, this being a vital matter as to dairy herds. Will Continue In Business If you are thinking that manufac-
GREENE BOND ISSUE
HEARING THURSDAY
Hearing on the application of the advisory board of Greene township to issue $60,000 worth of six per cent bonds for the erection of a new grade and high school building at Williamsburg, will be held by a member of the state board of tax commissioners in the county auditor's office Thursday, Sept. 8, according to notice received Saturday. A remonstrance against the proposed bond issue has been filed with County Auditor Brooks, signed by about half the tax payers of Greene township.
First M. Er Will Start
Bible Classes Thursday Weekly junior Bible school classes are to be started at the first M. E church Thursday afternoon after the public school session. Children from eight to 1-2 years old are to be instructed by public school teachers. The school will meet at 4 o'clock every Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Stoakes. pastor of the church, is expecting a large enrollment.
Chautauqua Program
TONIGHT
6 : 30 o'clock Concert. Richmondi
City Band. 8:00 o'clock Reno, the Magician. SUNDAY 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. Sermon. 2:00 p. m. Prelude, The Hadley Concert Company. 3:00 p. m. Address, Thomas Brooks Fletcher. 7:30 p. m. Grand closing concert, The Hadley Concert . Company.
CONFEDERATES TO GATHER. FORT WORTH. Texas, Sept. 3 United Confederate veterans will hold their 1921 annual reunion at Chattanooga. Tern., Oct. 25, 26, and 27. General K. M. Van Zant, commander in chief, announced yesterday.
Post Office Official To Confer With Chaffee It is probable that the United States -postoffice department will send Mr.
Edgerton, one of lis representatives, to Richmond to confer with the secre-" tary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce the last part of next week or the first of the one following, on the rural marketing plan proposed to the department by Mr. Chaffee. A telegram received at the chamber headquarters indicated that the conference soon would be arranged.
There are more than 1,000 species of lizards.
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Opp. Post Offics
Phone 1655 5
turers of farm machinery are to go -them all." replied the stranger point-
out of business because of decreased
demand and falling prices for their output, a visit to the farm machinery exhibit at the Indiana state fair will change your views. All the space has been allotted and careful observers will note that many machines have been improved since pre-war days, and still others added to the machines then available.
STORY OF
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to Buenos Ayres where the latter ' m n ija m iv ill .4 .
THEATRES
the able tutelage of his delighted old grandfather. Until the hour of the old Spaniard's death, he lavishes his entire affontinna unon the hnv and
takes him on various wild debauches j Nobel Johnston, Arthur Hoyt, Minne
nana ana many others of equal profil
ing to the long rows of little white
crosses. A remarkable musical setting has been arranged by Ernest Luz. to ac
company the presentation of this great
est oi an pictures. The cast of players
ussemoiea Dy Metro seem to be not
players- but the actual characters themselves just as Ibanez created
them. Among the prinicpals are such names as Rudolps Valentino, Alice
lerry, Wallace Beery, Pomeroy Can non, John Sanpolis, Stuart Holmes
josepn bwickard. Mabel Van Rnron
Virginia Warwick, Broadwitch Turner!
Mgei ae tiruiier, Edward Connellv, Brinsely Shaw, Mark Fenton, Dereck Ghent, Jacques d'Auray the' famous "Bull" Montana, Mile. Dolorez, Isabel Keith, Alan Hale, Bridgetta Clark, Jean Hersholt, Georgia Woodthrope,
marry orthrup. Beatrice Domine I
Farm Sale Calendar
Monday, Sept. 5 Joshua Brown, on Dairy farm, 2 miles southeast of Whitewater; on the
Hollansburg pike; stock sale; 10:30 o'clock. Tuesday, Sept. 6. Simon Parks, farm, 10 miles southwest of Eaton, administrator's sale, three farms, personal property, implements, and household goods. Carl F. Wilson, on Benny Thorn farm, two miles north of Green's Fork.
Closing out sale. i
Oscar S. Hardy, 3 miles south of
Milton on Connersville pike, closing out sale of 97 acres of land, livestock.
grain, standing corn, implements.
household goods and automobile, 10
o'clock. Thursday, Sept. 8. Ollie Hodgin, on National road, 5 miles East of Richmond, 1 mile south of New Paris. General farm sale. Friday, Sept. 9 Gusta Monroe, on Goble farm, three miles southeast of Centerville; general sale at 12:30 o'clock. Wednesday, Sept. 14 E. Belford: farm located between
the Whitewater and Arba pikes, and one mile north of Middleboro. General farm sale at 10 o'clock. Friday, Sept. 16. Harry Thomas and Amanda J. King on Amanda King farm, 3 miles east of Green's Fork on Green's Fork pike, general farm sale, 10 o'clock.
Select Your FaU Suit Now ROY W. DENNIS Tailor 5 N. 10th St.
(Continued from rage Eleven) Burt in "The Hold Up Girl"; Rose, Ellis and Ellis, "Comedy Barrel Jumpers"; the Nagfys in "A Sensational and Mystifying Novelty," and Hobart Bosworth on the screen in a five-reel thriller, "His Own Law." RICHMOND Charlie Chaplin in his latest pic
ture, "A Day's Pleasure," will be the
attraction at the Richmond Theatre
commencing Sunday. This is Chaplin's fourth million-dollar production from his own studios and made for distribution by the First National Exhibitors' Circuit. "I can sincerely say," said Manager Mills of the Richmond Theatre, "that never in the history of this house has a funnier incident than Chaplin's traffic cop trouble been seen. At advance showings this comedy angle devised
by Chaplin has never failed to shake the most non-laughable person into the heartiest gale of laughter. "The best points of Chaplin's many pictures serve as his guiding basis for the production of this picture. Although not sacrificing a laugh, he has confined this production to strictly legitimate comedy and I can candidly say that it is the cleanest comedy that has ever been brought before the public."
until age unfits the Centaur for such
unseemly revels. When Madariaga dies, the estate Is divided and the two families leave the
Argentine, the von Hertrotts to go to Berlin and the Desnoyers later to Paris. In the French capital Julio's father establishes his family in a luxurious palace, his vast wealth being expended upon collecting curios. He buys a castle on the Marne which he fits up with his collected antiques. Julio, however, has inherited many of his grandfather's wild characteristics. Opens Studio He opens a studio where he paints pictures. He also becomes the leader of the smart dancing set and instructor in the intricate steps of tho Tango, which he had learned in the dance halls in Argentine. After engaging in this aimless Bohemian ex
istence for some time he falls genuinely in love with Marguerite Laurier, the youthful wife of a French senator of double her age. Youth calling to youth, Marguerite returns Julio's love, which eventually leads to a separation from her husband. A divorce is under process' of arrangement when war takes a hand in shaping the destinies of all the characters in this vital story.
Laurier. being a patriotic French
man, at once enlists. Julio, consid
ering himself a South American, at first elects to remain in civil life, attending to his painting. Marguerite, however, becomes a nurse. Julio becomes desperately unhappy and dissatisfied with the emptiness of his selfish existence. Gradually his patriotism for his father's country is aroused until it becomes a burning flame which burns away all the dross and sends him repentent to his father,
iuni-f. ine our Horsemen of the Apoclypse" was directed by Rex Ingrim. Who only verv rpimtK-'i. o
the degree of Bachelor of Arts bv Yale i
I niversity in recognition of his superb work in making this picture a martd
artistic as well as a historical triumph, i
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3 BIG FEATURE PROGRAMS At 2:00 and 8:00 P. M. hadley Concert Company
This company is an old Richmond favorite, and evening.
Its concerts are alway s popular.
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Vocal Quartette This will prove to be one of the
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Dame Fashion has shown a decided preference for the very coats we have on display. They are handsomely modeled along entirely new lines. The fine new soft fabrics lend themselves most artistically to the clever
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which assures our customers individually different, styles. "We cannot stress too strongly the advantage of early buying this season. Models here now; are exclusive and individual and in ample variety to suit every taste and figure. Prices Range From $25.00 to $95.00 thus satisfying all demands, whether they be extravagant or conservative.
Lee B. Nusbaum Company NUSBAUM BUILDING
They have arranged a special program for both afternoon Instrumental Trio
best musical treats of the year.
At 3 O'clock We present a man who is one of the foremost orators on the platform in this country.
Brooks Fletcher -- The Martyrdom of Fools Personal friend and fellow worker of President Harding
A Message of Tremendous Appeal. Don't Miss It. In the Evening At 6 O'clock BAND CONCERT by the RICHMOND CITY BAND on the Platform
SATURDAY TONIGHT
The Master Magician
presenting a program that will mystify, amuse, delight and entertain. The most elaborate act of its kind ever offered here at a Chautauqua .
GHAS. RAY
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"The Egg Crate Wallop" One of the most popular pictures ever made by this Richmond favorite.
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