ESPONSE by employers to Presi-
R dent Roosevelt's radio appeal for
adherence to the blanket
code was immediate and
industrial
flatteringly
favorable, Telegrams
and letters by the
thousands have been
received at the White
House and Gen. Hugh
Johnson'soffice
pledging eager co-op
eration, promising
prompt action or ask.
ing for further infor
mation. Though there
may be many dissi
dents, carpers and
selfish holdouts, it is
apparent that the people are deter
mined to give the N. 1. R. A. program
a fair trial. Industrial leaders in gen-
eral are willing to shorten work hours
and increase wages. There is, how-
ever, of the “jobs agree
ment" that considerable dis
trust. This in effect provides that
signers of the blanket code automati-
cally bind themselves to the so-called
union labor the
ery aet, Open shop employers
do not
Pres. Roosevelt
one section
arouses
provisions of recov.
nat-
3 like this,
The President in his radi
declared that
ployers d
would spell
plan, while failt
other desperate
the
by em-
workers
he recovery
ire would mean an
winter. Signing of
agreement, he
“will wheels turning now,
nd not six from now,” and
he added that to await formation and
approval of for
rate industries be
enough.
“We are not
prompt action
co-operation by
for t
BUCCOSS
universal said,
the
months
for
siart
specific codes
would
sep
not fast
through another
winter the last,” he as a
grim determination set into his voice,
and he declared that if employers will
act together now “we can put people
back
“Unless there is
President said,
each
starvation wages
hours of work. which forces
able men to follow or
shop. We have seen the result of ac-
tien of that kind in the continuing
descent into the economic hell of the
past four years.”
While pleading for voluntary action
and promising “rolls
of honor” of signers to be posted in
their towns, Mr,
warned his bearers that the law gives
him to deal with those who
try “to thwi art this great common pur-
pose by
rine
going
like said,
to work."
nited
u
“a
a ew
action,” the
fish men in
will pay
on long
honor
competitive group
and insist
sul close up
the creation of
home Roosevelt
power
seeking selfish advantage.”
ENERAL JOHNSON,
energetically
working as
as he did when he
administered the World war draft a
was pleased with the general approval
of the uniform code designed to estab
lish a 35-hour week and a £14 mini
mum wage for labor and a 40-hour
week and 215 winimum for the
“white collar” worker,
As in the draft case, he said, nu
merous questions come up in trying
to apply a general rule to industry.
“We'll find undoubtedly
made mistakes,” he said. “And when-
ever we find we've made a mistake
we'll come out and say so and correct
It. We atte as near a
median as we could without upsetting
too many applecarts, ut we will
deal very promptly with specific cases
of hardship.”
A very important question, covering
a large class of workers, was raised
as to whether existing contracts
are affected by the uniform code.
Johnson said they were not. Con
tracts cannot be broken.
Over the radio General Johnson told
the country that no power can stop
the recovery program and that five
million workers would be re-employed
before September 4—Labor day.
wage
that we've
empted to strike
T= regional advisors to the public
works administration have been ap-
pointed by the President to serve as
direct representatives of the adminis.
tration and obtain from state boards
lists of projects for consideration.
These men, their headquarters and the
states in each region are:
Region 1—Raiph L. Cooper of Bel
fast, Maine; Boston, Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con.
necticut,
Region 2—~Edward J, Flynn of New
York city ; New York state,
Region 3—Daniel J. Tobin of In.
dianapolis; Chicago, INinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin,
Region 4~Frank Murphy of Wheat.
on, Minn; Omaha, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota,
Iowa and Wyoming.
Region 5—Dana Marshall of Port.
land, Ore.; Portland, Montana, Idaho,
Ww Vashington and Oregon,
Region 6—Justtis 8. Wardell of San
Francisco; San Francisco, California,
Nevada, Utah and Arizona,
Region 7-—Cliford Jones of Spur,
Texas; Fort Worth, Texas, Loulsiana,
and New Mexien,
Region S—Vincent M. Miles of Fort
Smith, Ark.: Kansas City. Colorado,
Kaugag, Oklahoma, Missourl, and Ar
kansas,
legion O-—Monroe Johuson of Ma
rion, 8. C.; Atlanta, Mississippi, Ala.
iF
PICKARD
bama,
Florida,
Region 10—George I. Ratcliffe, Bal
timore; Richmond, Tennessee, Ken-
tucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Dela-
ware, Virginia and North Carolina.
Georgla, South Carolina and
OVERNORS of the states, who
were holding their annual confer.
ence in California, received from
President Roosevelt an invitation to
assemble In Washington next winter
“in the hope it will mark further solid
accomplishments by all of us in the
direction of national recovery.” Prog-
ress is being made, the Chief Execu-
tive sald, in his message to the gov.
ernors, in adjusting the balance be
tween mutual state and federal un
dertakings to determine the joint re
sponsibilities of many great
There are, he added, many problems
that extend beyond the power of sin-
gle states where federal co-operation
Is required.
the sud
on
collag
Chicago
grain ex-
those
J oL4 WING len jae
of grain the
board of trade and all other g
the men
were sharp
to time by
Peek, farm
prices
changes, directing
concerns
iy called
George N.,
adj
trator.
temporary
halt
declines—di ” mainly
to the operations of
Edward A. Crawford,
a plonger—and then
hastened to Washing.
ton confer with
Mr. Peek. That gen-
tleman told them flat.
ly that the government
drastic action if the exchanges did not
move to “put their
the de
1s
1
to
George N.
Peek
would
al once house
order.”
“1 do not entertain the view that the
present grain has any
right to handle the farmer's products.”
Mr. Peek asserted. “We are not going
to superimpose something on the grain
trades until after they have had an op
portunity to work
their problem
themselves,
trade divine
out
“If this is not done promptly, how
ever, I will make no promises. An at
tempt will be made to meet that situa
tion. Abuses exist {in the grain trades.
The trades. ac as the marketing
im of the farmers, should correct
If they do not
then the government will
The grain men then offered
four sweeping reforms In trading
ting
these abuses. succeed
act.”
these
prac
tices:
Establish
ation
nd barley:
ment of dally
5 cents on
price fluctu
wheat, rye
and 3
limits of
cents on corn
3 1 n,
cents on oats,
Restriction of the futures holdings
of any one trader to a maximum
probably between two and five
million bushels, to be determined later,
Perm limination of trading in
indemnities,
Uniform and perhaps higher margin
requirements for all exchanges,
minimum requirements to be
mined later.
wz
YO
ume,
mnent e
the
deter.
ROOSEVELT and his
visers were not in the least
discomposed by the slump in prices on
the stock exchanges that was simul-
taneous with the crash
in grain prices, In-
deed, they rather wel-
comed it because it
was the puncturing of
what they considered
an uanwholesome and
unwarranted boom,
and the administration
gave no sign of in.
tending to protect
prices of securities as
it did those of grain.
However,8enator Stei-
wer of Oregon, Republican member
of the senate banking committee, be-
lieves there may be legislation at the
next session of congress to minimize
the possibilities of such “abnormal
shrinkage” of prices as occurred. He
offers three propositions for consider.
ation by business leaders and econ.
omists before their submission to con-
gress, They are:
“Preparation of a simplified form of
corporate returns to be used by all
corporations reporting to the Treasury
80 that the reader could tell approxi-
mately the liquidating value of all
classes of securities in any corpora
tion at the time the return was made.
"An adequate curb on short selling,
“A prohibition of directors of any
corporation Increasing, decreasing or
suspending the payment of dividends
without first securing from the stock.
holders a 60-day prior authorization.”
RESIDENT
close ad
Sen. Steiwer
ECRETARY OF STATE HULL
failed to persuade the leaders of
the world economic conference In Lon-
don that a time should be set for de
termining whether or when the parley
should reassemble: but before ad:
Journment was taken the plenary ses
sion set up a permanent committee
of twelve designed to keep life In the
conference during the Indeterminate
recess, James M, Cox, head of the
monetary section, is the American
member of this committee,
11S Is the busy season of the year
for aviators, and some of their se.
complishments are notable, Wiley
Post of Oklahoma, who once flew
around the world with Gatty, success.
fully made the circuit alone, establish.
ing a new time record of 7 days, 18
hours, 40 minutes. He fs the first to
make the solo round trip and the first
to fly around the globe twice.
The Mollisons of England, Captain
Amy Johnson,
flew across the North Atlantic from
Wales. They were headed for New
York, but weariness and the exhnus-
tion of their fuel supply forced them
down at Stratford, Conn, They landed In
the dark In a marsh and were slightly
Injured, and their plane was wrecked,
Gen. Italo Balbo and his men of the
Italian squadron, after several days
of festivity In New York, left for their
homeland. going by way of New Bruns
wick and Newfoundland, As they
soared away over Jamalea bay the
commander sent to President Roose
velt and Mayor Kelly of Chicago radio
messages of gratitude for their recep:
tion in United States and at the
World's fair,
One of the
the
army's big twin motor
bombers, carrying Lieut. Carl A. Mur-
ray and six other men, lost a wing In
midair at Oceanside, Calif, and fell
In ruins, The seven men, unable to
get free to use thelr parachutes, wore
Killed,
LONG,
Louis
UEY
from
kingfish senator
iana, has been
concerning patronage
and flood control matters, feeling that
he was bel ignored by the admin
tration. The other he
the White in blustering
declaring he was golr
He had not
tments
he
much
vexed of late
dav went to
i
House mood,
ng to have his
been recognized |
recently In Loui
That f controller f cus
aRnoin
ppl, and ar
» Long or;
ganization: I’
loot od
encmy of t}
B Haban .
affairs of the Home
1 t was affably
President Roosevelt and
General! Farley, and what
WHS Be to direet
Loan bank there
received by
Postmaster
the Chief
Executive and the ian
told the rampaging gentleman from
15t have been plenty, The
from the conference
gquel
astute polit Ie
ried
emingls hed man
there have
umors in Washi
Treasury Woo
rin. These were con
officials with
heard
that the
throat fi which
been suffering had
d had developed In
He has been on vaca
tion, and the President told him b
telephone to take a good rest and re
turn when he had regained his
strength,
If Mr. Woodin
believed his portfelio will be given
‘ks
f the
connected
but
learned
¥
inistration, were
it was
streptococcus
Mr. Woodin
not cleared
to “qu ny -
Bore om
had
up nn
it is
In
should step out
Frar 3 ralker,
Democratic national
not long ago was made executive se
retary of the new “super-cabinet™
Mr, Walker has long been the devoted
friend of My velt and could have
had about any job bit here
treasurer «
commitioe,
Roose
he wished,
tofore he has Ie to
ferred remain in
tr veers viel
the background
M
en him a
horse, horn and bred In An
ty and now Deal. The
animal was presented Ar Lose.
velt by Senator Clark and Represent.
atives Cochran, lLozier and Cannon,
acting for the donors,
ISSOURIANS ardent ad.
mirers of the President have giv
who are
handsome chestnut saddle
Irain conn
named New
tn
Oe of the old friends of Secretary
of State Hull has been given the
agreeable post of minister to Finland,
He Is Edward Albright of Gallatin,
Tenn. editor and publisher of the
Sumner County News and a former
president of the National Editorial as-
sociation,
MLLIOTT ROOSEVELT, son of the
President, did marry Ruth Goo
ging of Fort Worth, Texas, In Bor
lington, Jowa; and the couple sped
down to the Lone Star state by auto-
mobile. Thence they went to Los An-
geles,
ITLER'S secret German police
staged the biggest rald ever seen
in that country. Everywhere except
in Bavaria the baggage of all travel
ers was opened and sbarched for sub
versive literature. All automobiles
were stopped, and traffic was tied up
in the cities. Arrests were numerous,
but those persons who were found in-
nocent were given passes to proceed
and released.
Another of the Nazi chancellor's
drastic measures is a new law for the
sterilization of the unfit, designed to
purify the German race. It is to be
applied to persons afflicted with hered-
itary diseases, hereditary deficiencies
such as idiocy, insanity, epllepsy, St
Vitus dance, blindness, deafness, or al-
cholism, and serious bodily deform
ties,
PAIN was thoroughly worked up
by the discovery of a great civilian
plot to overthrow the existing govern.
ment, the conspirers including various
groups from Carlists to Communists,
The civilian uprising was to have been
followed by a military dictatorship,
according to the police, though the
Intter were slow in arresting any army
officers. Hundreds of civilians were
Jailed, and seized documents indicate
that attempts on the lives of members
of the republiean government. bomb.
ings of ministries, sabotage of commu.
nieation lines and general strikes were
on the program.
©. 193), Western Newspaper Union.
National Topics Interpreted
=
Washington. Reminiscent of the
stirring days of 1017, leaders in the
nation are calling for
Rallying patriotic support,
for New War speakers are abroad
in the land with a
call for united effort, posters flap from
the walls of public places, all in a
new war, But this war being conduet-
ed by our government and its people is
& war to release the country from the
bondage of an economic enemy, a
final gigantic drive to restore a people
to the plane where happiness can re-
plage destitution, where steady em-
ployment can replace idle time and
where profits will appear instead of
bankruptcy,
The government, President
calling upon all and
to stand together again just
as firmly as they did just about this
Instead
however, the gov.
ernment is asking only that employers
of labor, those who manufacture
things to sell, those who in
conform to cer
the things
asked
refusing to
do not
5 from
$0 much
through
engage
tain rules. Those who buy
that are produced by labor
to help In the by
deal with the als who
co-operate and agree to the rule
which the Presid
good to come,
And so ave a national
national agreement, a set of rul
conduct, While the relief legis
lation is getting under way, and it is
well under way, that
be the
tacked the other
lem, amely, relie
whose lot it Is to
the cities.’ For them he
shorter hours of work, a retention, if
not an actual pay, Of
the manufacturers and the wholesalers
and the retail
asking that
yond the
increased cost of
wages. In
ment has asked that
profiteering, just as it
ing the d war th some
eration he given
No one ean predict
cess this new drive will
It is new racter., It
by Hugh 8
tional recovery administrator,
appeal to the conscience and opi
the and their
stinets, 1 quote the
“After four sears
eecemingly helpless sufferin
tion It would be
are
Cause
individu
ent « pect
we h code, a
os of
farm
farm prices may
increased, government
has at.
phase of the prob
the millions
and work In
is promising
f for
live
increase, In
ers, the government is
not raised be
resulting
iis and
Vern
no
nrices he
necessities from
¢
raw materis
other words, the
demanded
Worl consid
the consumer
with what suc.
be attende
is descr
the
in ¢ha
Gen, " Johnson, na-
an
nion
in-
ns
of people to
general fu
of h
unforgive
open to the country the
has nnderthis law to ou
and
the depression,
triotism.
the faith
Hef in ourselves
“We are.a people disciplined by
democracy to a self control-—sufficient
to unite our purchasing
labor power—our management {
to this great ns nal
enant with vigor, with determ
but with the ca
play which alu
way.”
And true
ophy
ment Is seeking to ob
tion of all of the people
make concessions by having
make agreements with the President
roluntarily. The President sald when
he signed the historical document that
there would be no coercion. It
American way,
. - -
* more
overcome defeat
Ld pa.
strate
and our be
and maybe to
This is a
It Is the time to demon
tost
of our fathers
our
ower
oOv-.
Dower
carry out
ination,
composure and fair
mark the American
to the thought,
, of that last sentence,
5 phi HR
the govern
tain the co.opera-
who must
them
iz the
the government
actual
In brief, is propos
ing that agreements will be
signed by the thon.
The gands who are being
National Code **%¢1 to make con.
cosgions, he mall
ment of fourteen points to which the
the manufacturer
of commodities for trade, the retailer
scribe. They constitute the national
It is to be effective from Angust
1 to December 31. By that time, it Is
hoped that individual industries of all
kinds will have had an opportunity to
work out codes, acceptable to General
Johnson, that will serve as rules of
principles and practice for that par
ticular industry, whether it be for the
makers of glue; molders of pottery or
the manufacturer in the heavy in.
dustry such as steel, The national
code is a stopgap, a bridge for the
recovery machinery to use while a
permanent passage way to prosperity
is being erected on a firm foundation.
Industry must pledge itself not to
tircumvent the agreement in any way,
Labor must pledge itself to avoid dis
turbances resulting from its use of
the strike as a weapon. State boards
are being set up—they have been
named In most states—to help out the
national administration. Child labor
is barred. A week of thirty-five hours
of work is prescribed and If the estab.
lishment must stay open longer, more
people can have jobs, all at the oM
rate of pay.
While the recovery administrator's
explanation of the code sald there
would be no coercion, it does seem
pressure will be used if the basie
agreements do not come In, signed, at
$ rapid rate. It may not be coercion,
but certainly there is a tremendous |
economic force to be used, for the con- |
sumers are asked to deal only with |
those who have signed agreements to |
conform. i
During all of this drive to get things
going again—the eode calls it the |
“President's drive for re-employment”
—there are apt to be many unfair and |
unjust acts by the overzealous. There
are certain to be recaicitrants who are
unwilling to make concessions for the
common good, jut the most im-
portant class of all of those who may
not comply will be those who are un-
able to comply beeanse to do so, they
would be bankrupt.
* * *
1 have heard it suggested In conver.
gations here that the sudden move to
blanket the nation
Answering with a voluntary
agreement on busi.
the Skeptics ness conduct might
Cause many persons in the country to
become skeptical that things were not
going so well. It feared that
those without complete information as
to the plans and purposes of the gov-
ernment mi upon far-
reaching action as meaning that a new
crisis was impending. The
were
was
ight look the
suggestions
iport-
visitors
{
t
t
not altogether without sug
ing reason.
In the deluge of
who r
to dra
with
have come hero
codes In conference
Johnson, many have witlk 1bt
ir mind
of the wi
h do
or
They
in th idgmer d
IL BD
As the
the
flice
honest
yr vie rogram as unwork-
ag unnec-
wed 1{
them Int
therefore
rea-
code should be
stated with
there is no new
serious than be
. 10 be seen on the horizon of the
essary hardships. ii seems,
that an analysis of
for the ns
made after It
some
crisis,
fore
some of the
sons itional
has
emphasis tha
been
nothing more
immediate future,
It will
nounced program
when he started the
the an.
President
very plan was
He wanted
fo see the farmers get more for thelr
products as a saving agri-
culture from the inevitable bow-wows
and he wanted the other sources of in-
dustrial ife to As long as
prices were so low, there conld be no
be
af the
am
to boost
commodity prices
means of
nrofit
i
restoration of normal business activity,
in the Presider
Carrying out this
there came the farm ald laws, the in-
filation authority, the farm and city
home refinancing bills and other pow.
The President withdrew govern-
nt support of the dollar in foreign
there could be no
prices went
i's view
line of reasoning,
exchange by saying
gold exported
up. They mu
lation crept Inte
way. The net
the cost of living
er but wages and
hind.
The recov
the problem
trial codes,
in getting
troversies have
of particular Industries and
whole Industries and the recovery
ministration. Delays were
only to widen the margin between the
two basie factors of wages and prices,
and so General Johnson and the Presi.
dent put their heads together on the
code which we have been discussing
Obviously,
ved
ery administrati
id be me
the
and numerous
arisen betw
1 Cou
but
started
codes were glov
oon.
een units
hetween
ad.
serving
» - *
The recent nose dive In grain prices
occasioned quite a bit of talk in Wash.
ington officialdom,
especially around the
Department of Agri
culture. Secretary
Wallace, however, was the calmest
man of the lot. He did not let the fact
disturb him that wheat dropped off 25
cents a bushel in one day for the rea-
son, he said, that Mr. John Q. Public
was gambling in the market. Sooner
or later, the secretary sald, John Q.
had to take a licking.
Mr. Wallace said, however, that pub-
lie participation in the grain market
was not the sole reason for the sudden
decline. He thought the rise in price |
had been too rapid and that a reac
tion had set in. Another man In the
Department of Agriculture likened the
price rise to the growth ef bean stalks
in over-rich soil. It went all to top.
But the secretary sald the members
of the Board of Trade in Chicago saw
the break eoming and they sought to
protect themselves by calling for more
collateral or cash from those who
were trading on margins. That nat.
urally had the effect of frightening
many speculators, according to Mr.
Wallace, but he did not blame the
Board of Trade members, It was
something of a combination of circum.
stances, then, that broke the grain
markets,
Nevertheless, the Department of Ag.
riculture is watching the grain trading
through numerous palrs of eyes. One
of the things it already has done is to
Invoke the provision of the grain fo-
tures law which requires the Board of
Trade at Chicago to make daily re
ports of individual trading where the
amounts are 500,000 hushels or more.
The purpose of that is to weep the de.
partment Informed ns to who the big
speculators are, since it Is conceived
that a speculator ezn influence the
market seriously with lots of about
500,000 bughels,
©, 1023, Western Newspaper Union,
Break in
Grain Prices
ROADSIDE
MARKETING
By T. J. Delohery
LOCATING THE ROADSIDE
MARKET
BOUT
tailer
the first thing a food re
does before leasing a shop
“count noses”; that is,
he finds out how many people pass the
sibilities of his attracting customers,
Farmers are pow doing practically
the same thing before buildi ng road-
side markets, making allowances for
new customers that will come through
advertising and satisfied customers
telling others their source of
fresh, quality vegetables and
other foods.
In determining the number curs
which pass the proposed roadside mar-
ket site, the number traveling on the
side on which the stand is to be built
is Important, more especially main
highways. On is It
is not so important, according to sur-
veys The position of the market and
the parking are two other
ciding factors.
Studies
of the road,
about
fruits,
of
on
the secondary road
gEpace de-
indicate the rig hand side
ward bound or lead
to be preferred. In
vas found
that for every hundred dollars’ worth
of farm produ mers by
markets on 1 e of the
highway,
Lome
into town, is
Michigan,
ing
for
only § wa old from stands
the
found the
torists will
convenien
to do
on peris
mio
foot
On
the
trafic
reputation
counts, as s ;
are
posed to be the
roadside
loca
wrong side of the highway. As a gen-
eral thing people won't stop, kn
they will
out traveling
The outwa
the highway
mariels
ted on whe
owing
stands with
in
tion for a roadside market
seen from a distance, and
rcs
BAER ET
usually The
as
espe
Curves,
crest of 3iil is also a good spot,
aight stretch,
3 hing to obstroct
the view,
Hill tops have » of offer
ing a view of the surroundi ng country,
making it to service is
not right And people
will often linger get a
the
color scheme and decorations of the
market and urrounding buildings
help stop customers and make sales
For the same reason people will not
cross the highway; parking space is
essential. In some states it is a law.
The easier it is for people to trade, the
better they like it. Also, they like to
look over the display of products with.
out too much trouble.
“Since most of the buying at road
side markets is done as sort of a side
line to pleasure drives,” said the own
er of a roadside market In Massachuo-
setts, “room enough to get away from
the place as soon as they have finished
buying gives them more time for rid-
ing, and they don't have to park any
distance from the market. On the oth-
er hand, if you have something of in-
easy walt if
possible away
where they
view of the vicinity.
In all cases,
keeping customers
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consumers. Flowers, shrubs and even
vegetables will make them
get what they stopped for.
“Speaking of flowers and shrubs, 1
a cash way, too. This whole patch by
the market is the result of our just
setting out a few things to make the
place attractive. Now we sell $150
to $200 worth of flowers during the
season, and people who are attracted
by the flowers also buy vegetables and
other things."
Related to the position of the road.
side market are signs. If possible, the
first sign should be 300 to 500 feet
It should be large
enough and attractively painted to
cateh the eye. Give the motorist every
chance to catch the message and time
to slow down.
One of the don'ts about signs is never
to start off with STOP, especially if
red color is used. Red and STOP are
danger signals on roadways, and the
motorists who find It is only your road.
side market sign are more apt to pass
up your market, even though in need
of things you have to sell
Some farmers prefer one large sign:
others several small ones at Intervals
of 100 to 200 feet, Both may be used
to good advantage.
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