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Staples Monitor.
VOLUME 44
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On the "Broadway of America.”
NAPLES, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929
On the "Broadway of America."
NUMBER 32
SENATE TO INQUIRE
INTO ALL LOBBIES
Unde Sam Makes New Loan to Greece THE FARM DEBENTURE
Social Lobby to Come in
Special Attention.
For
(By The Naples Monitor 5peclal Washington
A »n »**«uomient.»
Warhington, Oct.,23.—All doubt
of the intention of the Senate
lobby investigation to burrow in-
to the legislative activities of
both wet and dry organizations
■v" <H",willed by ftefinite assur-
ance from Senator Norris that
the inquiry will be wide open,
comprehensive and thorough.
The committee of investigators
i>. composed of Senators who will
:,cc the thing through to the end,
even if faced with the prospect
of so mmoning some of their col-
leagues.
As viewed by Norris, the inves-
tigators cannot afford “to make
fish of come and fowl of others.”
Every conceivable brand of lobby
will have its innings, wets and
drys, big and little navy men,
militarists, pacifists and those in-
terested in the tariff. The
Washington social lobby also wil
come in for a scrutiny such as it
never has received.
Norris left no doubt that scope
of the investigation might, in the
end, rival that carried out sixteen
fears ago in the Wilson Adminis-
tration as an outgrowth of Legis-
lative activities of outsiders in
t,orine>ction with the tariff.
Information as to fund3 and
financial sources will be sought
p art’cularly in reference to what
Kc-r s called “insidious lobbies.”
There is no change in the original
plan to start with activities in
the field of tariff legislation.
“To my mind none is more in-
sidious than the social lobby and
the investigation ought to throw
< no ugh light or this nefarious
group to run it out of existence.
“There is an enormous amount
of money snent by this social
lobby for em rtr.inments, dinners
; ri tv,, social whirl which are de-
signed and do rope in many un-
i iispected legislators and result in
directly influencing their action,
it is a matter of common observa-
t!on that Washington fs the mag-
net of the social lobbyist.
‘It is our purpose to find out
v here this social lobby obtains
-
ADOPTED BY SENATE
ports and in an amount equal to
(half the tariff on similar import
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon (toft) and. the minister
from Greece to the United States, Charalambos Simopc.ulos, signed the
documents at the Treasury department which refunded the Greek debt of
118,000,000. At the same time Uncle Sam granted Greece a new loan of
*12,107,000.
VOTERS’ INDIFFERENCE
CRITICIZED BY SMITH
1 Ex-Govemor Finds Too Many
Small Governments and Too
Many Laws Raise Costs.
Too many useless small govern-
ments, too many laws and too ma.iy
voters who just do not care, are
blamed by former Governor Alfred
E. Smith for the high cost of gov-
ernment. In the November issue
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
FLAYS G. 0. P ACTS
‘Shottse Says That Tariff
Fight Augurs for Party
Victory.
Bill
The Naples Monitor Special Washington
respondent.)
Washington, Oct. 2?.—Jouttt
M. Shouse, chairman o£ the Demo-
cratic national executive com-
mittee, denources the pending
of the Red Book Magazine he tells tariff bill and the administration
how the “ways of the rank and file” r,f President Hoover,
of citizens make government what Asserting tha the Democratic
it is. While he does not despair of party had awaJ ened to the fact
democracy, he snys: jthat elections could not be won in
“The real way to effect a saving if. few weeks between nomination
Democrat* and Insurgent Re.
publicans Rout Admin-
istrationists.
| By Th« N.iplei Moaltot Special Waibington
( ‘-respondent*)
Washington,, i Oct. 22 The
Democrats With the assistance of
fifteen Republicans in the Sen-
ate routed the administration for-
ces last Saturday when the Norris
export debenture imendment to
Hie Smoot-Hawley tariff bill was
adopted by a vote of 42 to 34.
With the pairs counted it devel-
oped that the debenture had com-
manded even greater strength than
it did in its two earlier Senate
victotU A
Administration lenders are un-
qualifedlp against the debenture
plna, which President Hoover has
termed uneconomic and unwork
able. They knew in advance that
ihey wofbld be defeated 'on the
Senate floor and therefore deci-
ded to allow the amendment to
pass without further protest and
go to conference, confident that
in the end it would eliminate the
bill.
Last June, after the Senate vo-
ted to uphold the debenture plan
in the farm relief bill, President
Hoover said in a public statement:
“No Matter what the theory of
the export subsidy may be, in this
practical world we live in it can-
not bring equality,/but will bring
further disparity to agriculture.
It will bring immediate profits to
some speculators and disaster to
the farmer.”
The first test on the proposi-
tion was in Map, when the Senate
defeated by a vote of 47 to 44 a
motion By Senator Watson, Rep-
od products.
Tcp also would be
BUSINESS MEN MEET
%
Tuesday night was the regular
issuable on 'meeting night of the Naples Cham-
exports of /products manufactu-
red from farm products and in
the case of cotton, on which there
j is no duty, the debenturt would
be 2 cents a pound. Tho deben-
tures jvould be receivable at their
face value by any customs col-
lector in payment of duties colect-
able against articles imported by
‘he debenture holder.
her of Commerce and the members
ter of Commerce and the members
rresent enjoyed a luncheon at the
present enjoyed a luncheon at the
Cray Front Cafe before entering
into business discussion,
into business discussion.
Several matters were discussed
Several matters were discussed
and the merchants decided to of-
T|o discourage ovcr-ptroducltion some real inducements for the
1 a commodity on which the de- j farmers to come to Naples to do
benturo has been operative, the their s trading on Trades Days.
plan provides a graduated plan of
debenture reductions when /pro-
duction shall have increased more
than 20 per cent.
After the vote today, the Re-
publican leaders privately admit-
ted that the coalition was in a
powerful position as a result of
.'its victories ,in forcing adopt-
ion of the bvmmons,.. Norris flex
ible tariff amendment and of the
debenture plan. They predict that
even though the House stood for
the administration it would be n
vtip difficult task to make the Sen-
cle recede on both these amend-
ments. There is speculation as
!o whether President Hoover will
■ eto a bill containing cither or
both of these features.
November 4, is the next Trades
Day in Naples. Be here and take
advantage of the many bergkin3
j .;»m! yave money, j
It was decided to change the
EUGENE BLACK ON THE
BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
FornoV< Representative From
This District Given Responsible
Position In Washington.
(By The Naples Monitor Special Washington
Correspondent.)
Washington. Oct. 22 Presi-
dent -Hoover has named former
Representative Eugene Black font
ihe First District of Texas, to fill
the ^Democratic vacancy bn the
United States Board of • Tax
Appeals.
It was somewhat of a surprise
to Mr. Black when he was informed
by tho “Monitor” correspondent
that he had been appinted to tho
fourth Tuesday nights to the sec-
ond and fourth Thursday night.
Put the next meeting night com-
ing tjuring the flower ilhow, it
was decided to have the meeting
at noon Friday, Nov. 15, having
lunch with the ladies. We urc ex-
pecting poui to be there.
GIRL ISSUES OWN
WEDDING LICENSE
NEGRO
AT 103
ACTIVE
in government is to cut down the I arid elect ion, Chairman Shouse J ublican floor leader,- to eliminate
the debenture from tht farm bill.
The bill then went to conference,
overhead cost of operation. That!said the national executive com-
has been done in New York State b, nite.e is carryirg on constructive
the consolidation of the scattered: ..c iv. ,es on bel alf of the part)
agencies of government into nine- j to an extent anti in a mariner not
teen departments, doing away with * witnessed bet'veon campaigns for
overlapping of dutiis and duplica- :'t l-*ast 15 years, if eve-r before
tion of efforts
“We have too many counties, for
in the history of the party."
"7nr the tint dime, and I ear-
instance. In New York City wo nestly hope for the last, in the po-
have five counties. No reasonable .Weal history of the Nation, reli-
explantion can be made by anybody W? bigotry and intolerance
for having five counties a New
York City.
“Town government is ever worse.
en-
ered a national campaign," he
i said, in referring to the last presi-
dential contest, “swaying the
hinds and how the money is spent. vVe still follow the custom of a hun- mn is an(1 mftusncing the votes
Of course the day of outright | dred year9 ago-electing town clerks]a considerable part of the elec-
bribing legislators is past, but town euperintendents of highways, jtorete cnn aa-^ody ,wlth f{|lth n
this lobby, like many others, has *"•« ’"f“
;tr. ramifications and reaches out
to place many a man under obli-
gation.”
The investigation, Norris said
also will look into the funds of
legist hive agents of various or-
Worhester, Mass.,—After dt*al-
jing out marriage licenses to cou-
ipies for many years, Miss Bessie
|M. Dennis, assistant ci’ty clerk,
FARMER recently issued a license to her-
_ self.
Morris, Okla.. Oct.23—This citp Sho 'vaa married to George H.
claims the most energetic centen- tUll, &0, forme" chief of police,
arian in the world. who is now manager of the Wr-
Elija Dawson, 103, negro, a j Chester Safety Council.
,-hort time ago approached a hay-
bailing crew in a field near hisi Several from in, and near Na-
home and asked for a job. Hc|i'lefl attended the Fair last week
was refused work for fear the hot :lt Pittsburg and report the Lair
sun would prove too much for him.
“All light,” said Eliga. “IT
do some work on my own then."
Dawson, born in Virginia in
1826, was u slave for 35 years.
better than ever before.
of ccwton increasing
tut when the Senate ymfertes re-: CO-OPERATIVE SELLING
turned in June with- ft conference
report minus the debenture, the
report was rejected, 46 to 43. !
After a hard struggle, the House
was forced to vote on the deben-
ture and rejected it by a vote ot
250 to 113, Then theSenatc re-
ceded, and the bill was (passed
v\ ithout the disputed plan.
Washington, Oct. 23—Approxi-
mately 8 per cent of the 1928 cot-
ton crop was marketed hrough 16
co-operative associations, accord-
ing to the United States Depart-
meht of Agriculture. Thi3 is a
i larger percentage than for either
The debenture plan of the toriff 1 of the two preceding seasons, bpt
bill is different from that at issue not so largo a percentage as for
the 1925 crop, iwhen 9.1 per cent
of the crop was marketed by 15
associations.
gai.izat ons that maintain head-
quarters in Washington for the
purpose of keeping abreast of
♦ he activities of Congress and the
Executive Departments.
“Those organizations which
have a legislation and are on the
level," he concluded, “should
here no hesitancy in furnishing
the Committee with the fullest
information. Those who do
hesitate condemn themselvea im-
mediately.”
Rem! The Naples Monitor.
and, most ridiculous of all. «. elect j"» ,e fg|,
the town ™sUbte All tin. opora- ’ Ethie'bean time
ton coats,-.tone,, “d lhe.r"“rd,8 “f enoagh for tho oduaatfon of tho
the Controller", offiee indicate ttot; reg,rd l0 thl, wholly
a ,arBe pt t of the waste and ml.- u|„Amerka„ pontica|
management of public fupds occurs
in the small towns and counties.
in the farm bill debate in that
it would guard against hpecula-
tion in the certificate;) by permit-
intelli- ting the Secretary of the Treasury
to redeem them at not less than
98 per cent of their face value.
The certificates would be issued
by the Treasury on recommenda-
“Or.e of the fundamental weak-
nesses of our whole government is
people seem to think that every pub-
lic question is settled when you pass
a law about it. In the last twenty
years in the United States 954,925
laws were proposed and 233,563
were enac.ed.
“The average legislator votes on
laws in accordance with his own con-
science. The trouble lies in the fact
that the great mass
un-American political maneuver tion of the Federal Farm Board
and for the exploding of the inu- j whenever, in the Board’s opinion,
merable falsehoods and slanders, j the farmers were entitled to them
the good sense of the Nation jlhep would be issued only on x-
wonld have asserted itself and jus-1
Mrs. J.C. Walker, chairman
(.be (Fancy Work deinartment
tilt Flower Show, wishes to re-
mind all who conttmplat/e entering
exhibits in that department of
the fact, time is now short, and
that the entries should be finish-
ed at once
I
SHOES
We have opened up our stock of
New Shoes for Fall and Winter.
COME IN AND SEE TAEM
Just Received a Car Fresh Flour,
Including: That Good
AMERICAN BEAUTY
The Best to be Bought
W. N. Callaway
Quality—Price—Service
■r
tice would have been done to a
truly great American.”
Turning to the tariff bill, Mr
Shouse said that “unless the
Pmocrats of the Senate force a
reduction in i‘s present outrage-
-us schedules, the American peo-
e lies in tne race p]R wjjj ^ taxed an additional
of people whom ; l0,, of $7/)o!('t)'\000 per year in
he represents evince no interest in, c08ts much of which will
government, and the solution of a .... • , , - - ,
given question is usually made tor > '"to the pr.cj ets _of a group of
a legislator by the party managers.” [tariff barons'" w iO. have been the
principal contributors to Repub-
lican campaign funds.”
Chairman Shouse said that
•nothing could be more tlqialy
m&i'kcd than the contrast between
(lie clearly defined position of the
Democratic party/* ;aS expressed
by the platform-6T the Houston
convention, “and. the methods em-
ployed by the Republican party
in its conception and execution of
the pending bill.”
- , “The one is scientific, the other
cumbersome at least, if not
fraught with corruption,” he said
adding that the American people
“tolerate the most unscientific,
the most inefficient and the most
corrupt method of originating our
tariff laws that exists in any self-
governed country in the world to-
day.”
“If we need an augury of
Democratic success in the coming
elections, we have it in the accom-
plishment of the Democratic side
of the Senate during the pending
struggle over the tariff. Though
only * a" minority, the righteous-
ness of their ceuee has brought
them recruits from the more in-
dependent wing of the majority
and they scored two great vie*
toriei.”
date of meeting from second and Position. He has reclntly sold his
residence here in Washington pre-
paratorp to moving back to Texas.
Ihfs appointment will n.ceisai-
ninke a change in his plans, be-
cause the work will make it nci-es-
sary that ho bt m Washington.
The position on the Board of
Tax Appeals is regarded a* a very
responsible .one and involves a
8-eat deal of work and is one which
require* fcmjceptjonal ability on
the part of the one utho is to
fill it satisfactorily.
Mr. Black's appointment wa3
suggested to President Hoover by,
Senator Sheppard, Senator Con-
nally, /and Congrtssman Garner,
who recognized his qualification
for the position.
The Board of Tax Appeals is
by law constituted an Independent
Agencp in tht Executive branch of
ihe Government. It is composed
of 16 members. The law provides
that the members of the Board
shall be appointed hy the Presi-
dent by and with the advise and
consent of Ihe Senate, solely on
the grounds of fitness to perform
the dutits of the office.
The salary paid to members of
the Board is the same as that pail
to members of Congress, v. '.nV.h
is, J 0,000 per qnnum.
The regular tehn of a member
13 twelve years, but a me mV • ap-
pointed to fill p. vacancy i< ap-
pointed for the unexpired term of
his predecessor .
Mr. Black was appointed to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the re-
signation of .John B. MilUkr-n, of
Arizona, who resigned to inter
♦ be practice of Law in Californi
Mr. Black’s appointment is for
Milliken’s unexpired term, which
has about three years to run.
The Board is non-partisan, com-
posed of both Democrat*; and Re-
publican, and the appointment of
Mr. Black is to fill a Democratic
vacancp on the Board.
Since the organixation of the
Board in 1924. it has handl I a-
bc)Ut t/L.000 aptpbaled cn-r;, in-
volving a total of $193,000 cor-
poration and individual taxes.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Waldon,
Mrs. Bledsoe, W.C. Blown wish to
express their sincere gratitude for
the many kindnesses shown thorn
by their friends in Naples, and
espe iially for the buautiiful flora)
offerings presented, at the death of
their siBfcer and wife, Mrs. W.C.
Brown of Weatherford, Texas.
Arc you going to the State Fair
at Dallas tomorrow? Remember
that its Morris and Cass County
Day and a special train will
leave Naples Saturday INSorning
at 4:40 oclock with a rate of $3
•or the) ;roumd trjp. 'The train
(will remain at the Fair Grounds
0f!and return that night leaving
0j- the Fair Grounds about 11 o’lock.
Such a Dirge
A New York song writer got
married the other day, and for the
theme song of the wedding wrote,
“I’m on the Verge of a Merge.”
This Coot Snap
makes you want to “snap” into
Winter Shoes and other heavy
apparel
Buy “SELZ” Shoes for all the family.
We have complete line of Dress and
Work Shoes for Men, Women and
Children. Be sure to see them before
you buy.
Received several numbers this week
in new fail eolors—Hose to match.
Also shipment of Dresses.
Everything You Need in
Groceries And Produce.
We Will Appreciate Your Trade.
A. J. Davis Co.
DRY GOODS—GROCERIES—SHOES
Phone 25
Naples Cash Store
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Quality Merchandise Priced High
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