The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1937 Page: 2 of 4
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Starvation Wages
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March 3, 1879
ADVERTISING RATES on ap
plication. No objectionable cj
swindling advertisements in
ported at any price. We be^
lieve all our advertisers to b( | 1
honorable and responsible. I
any of our subscribers have
found any of our advertisers
not fulfilling their agreement
we shall consider it a favor tf
be notified of the fact.
All bills payable in Naples..
Texas.
NAPLES MONITOR
Published Every Friday
lly W. R. WATTS _
wage are to be
Kutered as second-class mail mat prevented—and they should be
In- in the postoffice at Naples, starvation prices should be pre-
Texas, under act of Congress vented. Between thirty and forty
million of our one hundred and
, twetny-fiix millioh populatioh are
dependent for a livelihood upon
[production either on the farm, on
the ranch, in the mine, in tihe
_50r orchard or in the forest. They
'represent so mudh of the Ameri-
can market that the whole coun-
ty suffers when they fail to get
a fair pricei It is just as noces-
| ary that they get a fair price
is for those who con-
vert the raw materials into the
finished products, and who rep-
resent thirty-six million of
people, to get a fair wage.
Any move in tihe direction of]
£00*1 wages; should be encouraged
and commended; our enormous
debt and {ax burden cannot be
paid with cheap prices and star
vation wages but will be easy to
pay with "good prices and good)
wagesH
at last the "Little fellow*' may
desire to improve his opportuni-
ties and make room for others.
The ffi?Et against monopoly is
on, and it will not be relaxed.
The Gill I'am refering to would
further amend the Clayton Act, as
did tho Robinson-Patman Act. A |
became law, would prohibit manu-
facturers from selling their pro-
ducts in retail establishments
a Ji-'LJ-f siijiu—I'll".!1 ■■ w
The Robinson-Patman Act was tural production and marketing,
directed at the unfair trader, the Under present laws, the Gov
cheater, the chiller and the de- crnnunt may lend money to
or indirectly, in other states,
any part of the business came
under the regulation ol
slate commerce.
toting associations
tentative draft has been prepared | Chain service stations would
already, after mainy conferences j become privately owned. Grocery
with attorneys well informed on
our
"A nod is as good as a wink to a blind
horse."
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JANUARY
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#—Andrew Jackson dolsats
tho British at New
Orlean*. 1815.
9—The federal ship, Star of
the West, fired upon,
1881.
lft—England established first
penny post, 1840.
11—First national lottery
drawn in England, 1569.
1Z—Amelia Earhart Putnam
Q JVSt starts Honolulu Oakland
solo flight, 1935.
13—People of Saar territory
vote to re! urn lo Gorman
rule, 1935.
14—First written constitution
in history adopted at
Hartford, Conn., 1639.
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(CONGRESSMAN TEXAS]
Seed and Feed Loans
The President said last year
uben he approved tihe Feed and
Seed Loans for 1936. that he did
not expect to approve another ap-
propriation for that purpose.
However, this organization has
functioned so efficiently and has
accomplished so much good for
deserving farmers that I am
reasonably certain that the Presi-
dent will approve another bill
this year for at least Forty Mil-
lion DC'Uap-s |fcnd possibly miorle.
The name of the loan will hi
changed from Seed and Feed
Loan to Crop Production Loan.
The maximum loan will probably
be $400. The loans may be used
for seed, feed, planting and har-
vesting cropls and '"necessary
supplies incident thereto."
Child Labor
There are many conferences
being held for the purpose of ar-
riving, at a solution of the pro-
blems involving child labor short-
er working hours and starvation
wages. Along with the correc-
tion of the abuses growing out of
these problems new problems
arise. For instance, if the Gov-
ernment denies a young person
the righ to work and m.ike a liv-
ing for himself, when he has noj J
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owned by them, either directly'fi-auder; all those Captain KU1rtS|operative ,
if1 of business, who ao consistently or associations of producer. , and
Golden Rule. It 1 expect to see a movement ma-
blow against tor'alizo to obtiain tlhis £*ms ad-
two generations. vantage for consumer co-opera-
ho burden of proof is not, fives, jjjj With Government aid
accused untlrer consumer co-opt l'ative.- might ol>-
real foothold here.
inter-
businos*,
detoured tho
was the greatt/ V
monopoly in
tracts to be canccllcd; it is cau:<«
int vacant store buildings to be
re-occupied; more local people to
be employed; Is putting mire
money into circulation in smaller
towns, by peeping it at home; and
is protecting consumers against
what would have been eventful
monopoly. It is protecting wagj
earners and producers against
dcsl ruction of their buying power
have attempted to do away with
other types of business life. Men
and women well established In
one walk of life, with all their
savings or knowledge invested
there, are constantly having t'.e
C round cut out from under them,
forcing them to "muscle in" on
some other class or group.
Distributors should insist that
wage-earners and farmers be giv-
en fair wages and fair prices suf-
ficient to give them and their
families a decent standard of liv-
ing; while at the same time, wage-
earners and farmers should rea-
lize tlhat it is in the country's in-
terest for" the 18,000,000 people
dependent upon distribution of
remain in that business and not,
become wage-earners or farmers
Pudsuing my theory of creat-
the subject. It is as follows:
"A Bill to amend the Clayton
Act in order further to protect
interstate commerce against re-
straints and monopolies:
"Be it enacted by tho Senate
and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That section
3 of the Act entitled 'An Act
to supplement exiting Jaws
against unlawful restraints and
monopolies and for other pur-
poses,' approved October 15, 1914
a<< amended by adding after sec-
tion 3 a new section as follows:
4 " Sec. 3Va . (a) It is hereby
declared that the enactment of
this section is necessary in order
to protect commerce from re-
straint and monopolies which re-
sult in certain cases where per-
sons are concerned with both the
manufacturing and retailing of
articles or materials.
" 4 (c) For the purposes of
this section—
" '(1) The term "person" means
an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a
joint-stock company, a business
trust, or an organiztd group of
any of the foregoing, whether or
not incrporated.
" "(2) The term "manufa1 t 'rer"
means any person, other than an
individual, engaged in the pro-
ducing, manufacturing, process-
ing, packing, refining, or prepa-
lation of articles or materials for
Kttle or consumption.
" '(3) A person shall be deemed
te be an affiliate of a manufac-
turer if such person controls or is
controlled byt or is under common
control with, such manufacturer.
" '(4) The exhibition of a mo-
tion picture, for a charge, shall
be deemed to be a sale at retail.
" '(5) A person shall be deemed
to control another person if hav-
ing more independent retail out-1. ... ,
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lets and thereby creating more , , , . ,
, , . . . , . lej?al control, whether direct or
businesses, giving more business . ,. . /TJS „„ .
,, ,7. . . indirect, or (B) any direct or m-
mcm n livelihood and more era-i,. , . u
• i t ue u i. , . 'direct power ' or influence
pfoyc.es jobs I have been study-I ■ , ,, . . ,. . ...
, ... V. , t . j. • x (whether arising through direct
ing a bill, which I plan to intro-1 . .. , * i
, , r, , . , ,, or indirect ownership or control
duee in Congress, which would „ . , iL ... .
, „ . . ,, of stock or other capital, evi-
keep manufacturers out of the , r ' .
..... , . dence§ of indebtedness or physi-
i tlail business and prevent re- . .. •
, ... cal properties or equipment,
'tilers from meddling with manu-
through contract, lease, or agency
, , , . , . arrangements, through mtcrlock-
I have been testing out senti- . , ... . . ... .
- , , . , intr directorates) which can be
ment for such a legislative pro- „, . «... , . .. ,
i , « i used to affect, in any substantial
posal, and I find a great deal of ,
if -4. «. \ manner, the policies or conduct
sympathy for it. The country , ,
. , ,. ' of such other
seems to have caught the vision
at lasl tliat it is not necessary
for private initiative, Industry
and effort to die a doleful death.
The little business man can live
ho is entitled to live, ho is liv-
ing and the Robinson-Patmah Act]
is proving it. Fully awakened
persons affecting
competitive relationships between
persons engaged in tho business
of selling articles or materials at
retai.l'
j "Sec. 2. This Act shall take
effect three years after the date
cf its' enactment,"
Concisely stated, this bill, if it
department and dry goods and
other retail stores. "(Manufac-
turer to consumer" selling would
be. ended. Motion picture pro-
duction companies could not Con-
trol exhibition libuses. Tire mak-
ers would have to givo up their
retail outlets or quit maufactur-'
in« tires. Utilities in both the
production and and distributioh
divisions of the business would
be affected.
Such a law would create more
jobs, givo more business men op-
portunities and stifle monopoly
forever. It would also eliminate I couraged, is that of Government
Scientists of the Department
placed upon tho
firms in both the processing and'tjie Robinflon-SPatmjin Law except tain sonic
retailing business would have toL B case where no punishnu* t, The# fot lS.000,000 po.-ons de- by guaranteeing a fair return for
get out of one branch or the may be inflicted. It is only in a pendent upon wholesale and r. -| their labor and products. ♦
ether. The .siame would apply to CUse
cearc-and-dest-t order is
inir before tihe Commission that to tlho extent that many would
such burden is placed upon the ^ forced into other already over- of MHculture now tell us that
defendant. This '"burdjan-of- J crowded groups, or into the
proof" provision docs not apply operatives themselves.
to section "H, the criminal provi- I
where the questjon of a ta 1 dis'tribution would find tlicii
ptind- field of livelihood infringed upon
cc- white meat is increased when
chickens are allowed a free and
Howev r, wit-bout (iovcrnmeht wider range. So that it may bs
m «f Whe Law. aid, I do not believe that con-;inexpedient to,' d>c->>'H^^ «
I believe the Fedoral Trade „Umer co-operative« will ever be ehickert_fWW crossing tho road.
Commission and Department of any real factor in retail distribu- Icweu Leader.
Justict are duo grateful cons':- tion in America. Competition
deration from independent busi- will keep distribution coBts so
ticss men fol^the efforts they nre
making to enforce this Law.
A possible legislative trend,
low that co-operatives cannot
survive.
The Robinson-Pntman Act is
llad Habit
Food prices continue to rise,
but the demand pmains steady.
Fating i* such a bad habit with
which I believe should be dls- proving a stimulus to more ac-'most. p80p]e that t!iey keep right
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evasion of the principles of the
Robinson-Patman Act by retail
firms desiring to completely take
over some branches of manufac-
turing.
I have prepared also a model
state "bill designed to supplement
f«ncF strengthen the Robinson-
T'atman Act and have submitted
it to many interested persons.
I plan to introduce at the Con-
gressional session, an act design-
ed to place absentee distributors
on an equal footing with local
business men, regardle?8 of state
nale taxes or excise taxes. I
believe the Federal Government
should collect the equivalent ol
such taxes, and return tho money
to the state funds formed by such
taxes.
A new statement of public
policy was provided in the Rob-
inson-Patman Act, providing that
discrimination in price, service
or facilities is unlawful when its
effect may be substantially to in-
jure, destroy or prevent competi-
tion : (a) - with the person who
grants the discrimination; (b)
with or among any of liia custom-
ers; (c) with the person who
knowingly receives the discrimi-
nation; or (d l with or among any
of his eu.$rfcOTnfrs.
Its enforcement is not left up
to one official or commission,
but is in the hands of the Attor-
neys, the Federal Trade Com-
mission, the Department of Jus-
tice, and the injured party. The
later may sue for three-fold dam-
ages and costs.
A need just now is funds, for
enforcement of tha Robinson-
Patman Act. We must provide
this money. As the relief bur-
den grows' loss, it might be pos-
sible for President Roosevelt to
appropriate some of the relief
funds for enforcement of this Act.
At any rate, Congress should, and
doubtless will, speedily see that
funds, are provided to enforce
this essential law.
aid to consumer co-operative^.
President. Roosevelt ihaa appoint-
ed a commission to make a survey
of eo-operatives development in
Europe, with relation to retail
stores, distribution of electricity,
insurance, banking and faigriiuil-
tive compensation as it is in 110 nn doing it no matter what
sense a. price-fixing law. Many ._jackaonvine Journa|.
manufacturers have reduced their |
prices to smaller dealers, alowing
a larger number of consumers to
get tihe benefit of low prices than
otherwise could have been given.
It has caused big, unfair con-
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BARGAINS IN FARMs
write*
Jas. P. Eeasley, Agent.
Omaha, Texas.
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other means of support, it should
assist him in some way and es-
pecially provide an opportunity
for his education. The President
once suggested that our govern-
ment should obligate itself to pro-
vide educational opportunities to j
all young people until they are 18
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and arrange to entice from em
ployment, by the payment of pen
sions or compensation, all citi-
zens who become G5; in other
words, let the work and services
be performed by those between i
18 and G5. I *♦
Scholarship in
Byrne Commercial College
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Shorter Hours
If Hours are shortened to
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extent that one man can hold two |
jobs unemployment wil] not be
relieved unless this is prevented.'
It is well known that many gov- ♦♦♦
eminent worker* in Washington *£*
w ho are not forced to work long IO
hcurs own and drive a taxi or per- V
form other work
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Soon Be Crop Time
Why not make those needed repair now?
We can supply the Lumber, Shingles, Brick, Lime,
Cement, Sash, Doors, Nails, Paints, Wall Paper,
Builders' Paper, Screen Doors, Screen Wire, Barb
Wire, Poultry Wire, Roofings, Hardware, and Tools.
Let us make you prices on your building needs
J. B. WATTS
Naples, Texan
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Watts, W. R. The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1937, newspaper, January 15, 1937; Naples, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329496/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.