Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 26, 30 January 1923 — Page 2

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THE PJCHMQND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1923.

LINCOLN MOTOR FIRM OWES GOVERNMENT $9,188,561 IS CLAIM (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Jan. 30. The governmenfs claim against the Lincoln Motor Car company for alleged over-pay-menta on war contract! was slated for final settlement In United States dis

trict court here today. Attorneys for the government and the receiver for the Lincoln company had reached an agreement on the amount to be returned to the government and Judge Arthur J. Tuttle was prepared to make the amount public, along with hi3 approval. The claim was one of the largest filed by the government against con- ' cerns that manuf actured munitions during the World war. Over-pay-t merits totaling $9,188,561 were made to the. Lincoln company, it was alleged. 1 The company was charged with numerous irregularities, one charge being that "the finest automobile factory in the country was built during the war period at government expense." Add Costly Building To this plant. It was charged, the . company added a $500,000 office build"ing and a $170,000 dining hall. , The profits of the company were de- , dared by the government to have been , 700 per cent on the money actually in- - vested. The complaint also declared the company had changed Its contract for the manufacture of liberty motors, raising the profit on each motor from

$625, stipulated in the original con

tract, to $1,276. The government paid

$4,000 for each completed motor, It

was said. Pays Amortization Another declaration In the com

plaint was that the government paid a mortization amounting to $3,000,000

on the 62 acre plant site and testing ground which was said to be worth

but $1,000,000. Henry M. Leland, former president

and Wilfred C. Leland. former vice

president, it was charged, received salaries for the year 1918, of $100,000

each.

The Lincoln company was taken

over at a bankruptcy sale by Henry Ford last year for $8,000,000. The

amount agreed upon by the attorneys who effected the settlement, ia to be paid by the receiver, from the proceeds of the. sale to the Ford interests.

The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

OHIO LABOR LEADERS TO PUSH PENSION LAW

ftty United Frss COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jan. 30. Executive board of Ohio Federation of Labor meets today to map out plans of campaign for enactment of old age pension legislation. Initiative petition asking for pensions for qualified Obioans over 65 are now before the house committee on state and economic betterment. M. B. Hammond, Ohio State university professor of an old pension commission named by .former Governor Cox, suggested study of compulsory Insurance at a meeting of the committee last night. Pension plan Is backed by organized labor.

Warships ln'the times of the old Greeks and Romans were built with as many as four and five banks, or rows of oars. ,

SCIENTIFIC FARMING The "book farmer" is more than ever coming Into his own. We are more and more coming to realize the value of approved methods in agriculture, in taking advantage of what has been proven to be right and profitable through experiment station and demonstration farm work. The pro

gressive farmer is ready to take advantage of the experience of other men who have ironed out many of his

cropping and feeding problems, or what not

Every day and in every -way, farm

ing is becoming generally accepted as a business, as a big business, and as a greater or lesser scientific proposition. We are not hearing so much of the "dirt" farmer as formerly, but are hearing a whole 'lot about the

scientific handling of matters per

taining to dairying, poultry raising,

cattle and hog feeding, diversification

of crops, soil improvement and so

forth. The orchardist and the vine

grower plan and plant and trim and

spray according to formulas which

have been found conductive to choice

crops which will command top prices, when properly graded. Not so long ago the average farrwer would have almost hooted at the idea of establishing a school of farm man

agement. But not so today. For ex

ample we find that there are now 109 men at Purdue whose names are enrolled as members taking the "farm management" course, a new course at that institution. Thisoourse combines a study of the economic factors controlling the success of farming as found in farm surveys, types of farming, farm layodt, organization and management of farms. The- work is of especial value to Indiana students because farms in all parts of the state are critically analyzed and discussed. During the spring semester these same men will take a course dn marketing, in which the structure of agricultural markets and the economic

forces w-hich determine the prices of farm products will be studied, to

gether with shipping and selling me.th

ods and the many problems concerned

with transportation, storage and dis-i

tribution. Several Courses Offered. After you have noted that there are seven special courses offered to farm students, and have considered the ground these cover, you will concede that we are broadening the scope of our agricultural education. For instance the report from Purdue says: "Adavnce work in farm management may be taken if desired, as there are six other courses offered at. the present time. These cours3 include a study of farm tenancy and rural credit; past and present-day farmer movements, with special stress on the American Farm Bureau federation; agricultural statistics, their importance, use and accuracy; advanced study of farm organization which requires several field trips for actual observation; a study of the prices of farm products, and an advanced course in cost accounting applicable to use on the farm." Cow Wins Loving Cup. The silver loving cup awarded each year by the Missouri State Dairymens' association, to the highest producing officially tested cow in the state goes this year to S. C. Linddsey of Carthage. His . Holstein cow, Fobes Homestead

Rauward produced 21,683.6 pounds of

mils ana 817.3 pounds or butteriat

which js equivalent to 1,021.6 pounds of butter. She started test at four and a half years. Not only was Mr.

Lindsey's cow the highest producer in Missouri last year but she also has the distinction of being the first Holstein cow. to win the trophy in the nine years that it has been awarded. The soy bean can be grown successfully with corn and Is becoming a very popular crop in the corn belt, as it can be hogged down and helps to balance the ration of corn. It can be grown on a wide range of soils, but

inoculation is necessary when it is grown for the first time, cays the department of agriculture. The lfay contains a high percentage of protein and is palatable. This plant adds a great deal to the value of silage when it is grown with silage corn. For 25 years the department of agriculture has maintained an organization for the purpose of finding new plants that are suitable for production in this country. This work of the bu

reau of plant industry, with its explorers, botanists, and plant propagators, puts us in touch with agricultural conditions in every foreign country. Through it there comes into Washington an average of eight or more new varieties of crop plants every day for testing in some one of, the six experimental gardens or for trial by some of the more than 8,000 special experimenters who are testing these new plant immigrants. In the 25 years of Its existence, over 55,000 of these new plant varieties have been brought in and tested for use in this country.

American Live Stock. The United States, with only, onesixteenth of the world's population, has one-sixth of the world's live stock, says the department of agricutlure. It has one-half of the world's 9,000,000 mules, one-third of the 169,000,000 swine, one-fifth of . the 100,000,000 horses, one-seventh of the 492,000,000 cattle, and one-ninth of the 465,000,000 sheep. As consumers of meat per capita, we stand fourth in the list with an average of 142 pounds per person per year. We are exceeded by Argen

tina with an annual consumption per person of 281 pounds, Australia with 263 pounds, and New Zealand with 213

pounds. Canada follows us closely

with 137 pounds and the United Kingdow with 120. The figures for the United States are the average of the 10 years from 1912 to 1921. while the figures for all other countries are prewar figures." When to Sow Rape. The best time to sow rape depends on how far north you live and upon soil and climatic conditions. Speaking for his own state, C. A. Helm, exten

sion worker, says rape should be seed

ed as early in the spring as the land can be worked, and this, we judge, will apply in this section of Indiana. Mr. Helm says that "in very favorable seasons with cool weather and abundant rainfall rape may be seeded later, but considerable risk is taken by late seeding." He recommends the Dwarf Essex and describes the product and its usese, as follows:' "Rape is a rank growing forage plant closely resembling the rutabaga or Swedish turnip, but with a root much like that of the cabbage. The leaves are large, smooth and spreading. The plant ordinarily reaches a height of 18 to 24 inches and yields from eight to 10 tons of green forage to an acre. Under favorable conditions the plants sometimes grow more than three feet high, while yields of

20 tons or forage, are not uncommon. The value of the crop lies in its use as pasture. There are both annual and biennial varieties or rape. The biennial varieties are the ones grown in this country. The Dwarf Essex is the variety Missouri farmers should grow. In Missouri this variety is grown as a summer annual." Including burned and cut-over eras and abandoned fields that once grew timber, one third of the soil of the Union is forest land. Three-fourths of this land lies in the Mississippi valley and eastward to' the Atlantic

coast in the states having the densest

population and the largest consump

tion of timber products. Rental Basis irv Indiana. -

' A Washington letter from Secretary

Wallace's department deals witn tne

changing conditions as to the basis of farm rentals in Indiana, today, as compared with 1920. This showing

deals more specifically with condi

tions in central Indian, but also shows the trend in ceneral throughout the

state. The showing is that the meth

ods of leasing of farms is fast Chang

ine to a rental basis, and that cash

renting figures but little under pres-

end conditions. Vve quote from tne

Wallace letter, as follows:

"Rapid change from a cash-rent to

a share basis of operating farms nas

occurred in central Indiana during the last two years, a recent survey shows.

In Clinton county 87 farms were re

ported as renting for casn in ivm. out this method of renting ha3 practically

disappeared, since that time. A de

crease of about 50 percent in the number of cash-rented farms is reported in Boone county where 340 cash-rent

ed farms were reported in 1920. "Many tenants who had contacted to pay large cash rents in 1920 and 1921 have lost everything. . including their farming equipment and personal property, the survey shows. Cash

rents in this section which varied from

$10 to $12 or more per acre in 1919 have been reduced to $7 to $10 per acre, but despite this reduction tenants who rent for cash have found it almost impossible to obtain sufficient income above current expenses to pay their rent. On the other hand, after

tax and repair bills are paid, the land-.

lord does not have a very satisractory return for the use of Ms farm. "The survey shows that approximately 150 farms in the two counties were transferred in 1922, as compared with the eale of more than 500 of the 5,400 farms in the two counties in 1919. Many purchasers of farms 'during the period of the land boom have been forced to return the farms to their former owners, thereby sacrificing their cash payment. The "more hopeful cases have been adjusted through extensions of time for paying

indebtedness but there are many farm

ers who own such a small equity in their farms that they may eventually be forced to sell. A number of purchasers have been vable to transfer their indebtedness from private banks or loan companiese to the federal landbanks or federal farm loan associations. This will enable them -to spread out the burden over a number of years.

Large initial payments are required in order to make this possible.

There has been no well established

land market in central Indiana for almost three years, foreclosures, sheriffs sales, and the settlement of es

tates constituting the much larger number of farm land sales. Land prices have been very erratic and furnish little and inconclusive data, concerning the probable level at which

larra land values will become, settled

under present economic rnndMions.

Land which sold for $175 to J250 ner

acre in 1919 and 1920 is selling for

to sua per. acre."At the time when prices of agricultural pibducts and of farm lands were declining most rapidly, 'taxes were being increased. Taxes on farm

lands in Clinton county were increas-

ea irom ji.-iz per acre in 1919 to $1.84

per acre in 1922. There, was a similar

increase In Boone county durinjr this

period. Taxes were highest in this section in 1921 and 1922. which were

years of comparatively low returns to farmers. The increases in taxes varied for different townships, and were due primarily to increased levies for local purposes over which the farmers

tnemselves will have to exercise control.

"But despite these conditions,' the

department says, "much of the pessimism of 18 months ago has disappear

ed. The 1922 corn ctod was about an

FIVE ARE FINED FOR

GAM8LING OPERATIONS

Joe Peters Tuesday was fined $50

and costs in Police court and given a

suspended sentence of 90 days- to the penal farm for permitting gambling in the Murray cigar store, located in the basement of the Murray theatre build

ing, Tenth and Main streets. E. L. Stephenson. George Jones, Samuel Johnson and Ray Crull were each fined $25 and costs on charees

of gaming. The arrests were made by

Officers Seymore, Cussina and Ratliff. The men all entered a plea of not

guilty when arraigned la police court

Tuesday.

The arrests followed complaint to police by Howard Taylor, traveling salesman, who stated that he1 had been "fleeced" of approximately $48 and a

gold watch at Peters' cigar store. Taylor alleged that the game played, in . which he lost the money and watch, ) was "stud" poker. J Deny Seeing Taylor When arraigned before Mayor Handley, the men arrested denied seeing Tuylor in the cigar store, and that he, Taylor, had not been playing any game with them. Taylor testified that when he entered the store a man was on watch and asked bim if he desired to play a little poker. Taylor was dismissed following the trial. The mayor warned Peters to take down a partition in his store, which had been erected, and which served as a secret card-playing room.

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a all Draroista, or aant prepaid by William Mra. Co, Cleveland, Q,

For Sale at Quigley'a, 4th & Main Sit,

Don't Fail to Attend Our Special SILVER SALE OE. Dickinson 523 Main St,

average crop and of very good qual

ity, whereas there was much low

grade corn and rotten corn in central

Indiana in 1921. The fall weather of 1922 was very favorable to the gathering and marketing of the crop. The prices of both corn and hogs are higher than they were in the fall of 1921. At the same time by the strict economy forced upon them the farm

ers nave been able to reduce still further the production costs of their product."

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FLIES MOTORLESS PLANE EIGHT HOURS FOR RECORD CHERBOURG, Jan. 30. The French aviator, Andre Maneyrol, has beattn all world glider records by remaining in the air for 8 hours and 1 minute and 26 seconds. He took off at 1:13:35 this afternoon and landed at 9:15 tonight. The flight was made in a pelting rain, but there was a favorable southwesterly breeze. Lieut. Thoret of the French army on Jan. 3 last set a word's glider record at Biakra of 7 hours and 3 minutes.

KIDNEY THOl'BLE CATES LAMENESS "X lameness followed me for Borne time, and I felt that it was caused from kidney trouble. One bottle of Foley Kidney Pills had the desired effect," writes H. B. Arbuckle, South Barre, Vermont. Backache, rheumatism, dull headache, too frequent or burning urination are symptoms of Kidney and Rlarider trouble. Disordered kidneys

require prompt treatment. Neglect causes serious complications. Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief. A. O. Tjuken Druir Co.. 626-628 Main St. Advertisement.

Girls of New Britain are kept in cages in their homes when from two to three years old until they are married.

For CATARRH Belief from this diaagreeabla ailment can be had by applying Jack Frost Cream in nostrils.

both llieht anil mwni.. f .1 a

heals. Atdr .tor: """"-

People Migrate

in the Spring from one home location to another, always shifting. This is excusable for birds, but poor business for people. Settle down permanently in

Writhlanid

It offers you the advantages that you have always wished for. Terms if desired. W. S. White, Salesman. Office 514 Peacock Road Phone 3524 EDWIN C. WRIGHT, Owner

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Must Be Cleared Away. LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S SWEATERS One lot of Ladies Misses,' Children's Tuxedo and coat sweaters, all wool, (JQ QQ

regular values to $10.98, spe.. P-i-e0

One Lot of pure wool Kose, slightly imperfect, regular $1.50 valRegular $1.79 wool hose ... I aC ues. 2 for (J- f( (all color) O-LaUU Large circular fringed brushed wool scarfs, regular $10 QQ QQ scarfs, sale tpOJO

Imported Chamolsette Gloves,

One Lot fine imported Chamoisette Gloves,

broken sizes, worth to

$2.25, Sale Price .....

98c

One Lot of knit fring

ed, wool sc&rfs

79c

Odd Lot of Dres3 Skirts, Silk and Wool.

worth to $10.00.

Sale Trice .

$1.95

One Lot of Ladies silk and wool and extra fine fancy wool

hose, worth to $3.98,

Sale Price -.

$1.79

SUk Hose One Lot of Ladies fine pure thread silk hose, plain or fancy.

all colors , worth to

$3.98. Sale Trice ... . .

$1.98

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SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY

VELOUR COATS Full length velour with beaverette collars or self trimmed embroidered and braided completely lined, Q'7 QQ former value $19.75, now ... iD I iO SILK LINED ASTRACAN JACKETTES Belted blouse models, (T-J f QQ regular $29.75 values ..... tD-LUt0 WOOL DRESSES Braid and embroidery trimmed, navy, black, brown, regular $12.98 (jJO-QC value, at tpOi) W OOL MIDDIES Ladies', Misses' and Children's all wool middies, worth to $5.98, QT) Qj-f special tPZdUt) SILK BLOUSES One lot extra sized canton crepe, crepe de

chine and georgette blouses and over-

blouse, worth to $14.75, Sale Price

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Children's Rain Coats Slipon Sweaters Satinette Bloomers Gloves and Mittens One Lot of Children's Rain Odd Lot of Ladies' and Miss- Ladies' and Misses Highly One Lot of Children's Wool Coats, worth to $5.98, sizes cs Wool Slipon Sweaters, Mercerized Satinette Bloom- Gloves and Mittens, worth to 6 to 14. Sale J0 OK (slightly soiled), CQ . erp. worth $1.75. QQrt H-00. Sale QQn Price iJiS.UD ' Sale Trice tl7i Sale Price VOls Price OuC

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