Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931 Page: 2 of 6
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Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKES :T Publisher
One Year, $1.50 Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
Child Welfare Methods
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It is being recognized that social
science can contribute more to man-
kind by concentrating its attention
on the children of the poor, who are
too often sacrificed iu the economic
mill.
Some of our states and municipal-
ities provide allowances for unfor-
tunate families to care for their chil-
dren in the home instead of sending
them to institutions. The amounts
allotted vary from two dollars up
weekly for every child. As the num-
ber of children in the family increas-
es, the allowance per child is slightly
reduced.
Europe, also, has its systems of
family allowances. A single French
industry, the textile syndicate of
Roubaix-Tourcoing, during 1930 paid
the sum of $1,200,000 to a total of
58,000 families having all tog^'.heu'
99,102 children under 13 years of age.
The plan differs from ours' how
ever, in that the allotment per child
increases with the number of children.
The syndicate pays about 10 cents a
day for one child, approximately 25
cents a day for two, 37.5 cents for
three, 60 cents for four, and so on.
It is felt that the benefits accruing to
the families account for the surpris-
ing number of mothers who devote
themselves exclusively to the home
instead of following some other pro-
fession.
For ten years, the Department of
the Seine, which includes Paris, has
paid an annual allowance to mothers
of French nationality, following the
birth of a third child, provided the
other two children are still living.
George E. Masters, Publisher of the
Yankton, (S. Dak.) Press and Dako-
tan, says:—
That advertising is really a sweet
pill for merchants to take this year
when they feel so full of business
aches and pains. And the best testi-
monial for skeptics to read is that
from men and firms who consistently
have been space users in newspapers
and have increased profits to show for
their efforts.
Indiscriminate expenditure for ad-
vertising, of course, is to be avoided
as much as lack of budget allowing
for advertising. There are enough
successful men and firms who can tell
you the approximate amount neces-
sary for advertising. In one line the
advertising budget might be only one
per cent of the gross sales, in another
three per cent, in still another five
per cent.
The advertising budget is as nec-
essary as that for heat or for rent or
for labor.
Communities, too, that have re-
sources and advantages that point to
growth should also realize that these
"wares" must be advertised if they
expect profitable returns from them.
They should, however, have a program
for expansion; they should have lead-
ers to carry out the program; THEY
SHOULD EPECT TO WORK IF SUC-
CESS IS WANTED.
The Women Flyers
Some small towns are fading. There
would be no substance in any denial
of it. Others are approaching or have
arrived at the time when they may
slip back or go forward. Many can at
least remain stationary if their citi-
zens are willing to put forth the re-
quisite effort to hold what they've got
and add to it when possible. Clean
stores attract ti-ade. Brightly display-
ed merchandise increases its desir-
ability in the eyes of buyers. Clean
windows, staunch awning, smooth side-
sidewalks create friendliness in the
minds of possible customers. Painted
homes, mowed lawns, tended shrub-
bery, cheerful, rather than disconso-
late feneing combine to raise the
whole town in the estimation of its
own people and strangers tarrying
for a day. Any town that looks like
it has given up and is awaiting the in-
evitable oblivion bids decay appear on
winged feet. A town can put up a good
front as certainly as a business man
can. The community which despairs
of itself has no call upon the confi-
dence of others. An atmosphere of
gloom is poisonous to civic pride.
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MONUMENTS
Miss Elva Statler of New York city,
star catcher of the Radellffe college
baseball team.
Jobs and the Jobless
America's intrepid women flyers,
of whom Ruth Nichols, Elinor Smith
and Amelia Earhart Putham appear
to be out in front, are breaking one
another's records so often that it is
difficult to keep up with them.
One of the latest records set is that
for speed, in which Ruth Nichols at-
tained a velocity of more than 210
miles an hour, smashing Mrs. Put-
nam's previous record for women of
181 miles an hour.
Miss Nichols also holds the trans-
continental speed record, and last
month set a new women's altitude re-
cord, but this has been exceeded by
Miss Smith, it is believed, although
the result of an official examination
, of her recording instruments had not
jbeen made public at the time this was
I written.
1 Amelia Eai'hart Putnam has been
[doing remarkable stunts with the new
jautogiro, or "windmill" plane, one of
| which was to reach an altitude of
about 19,000 feet, the greatest height
Iso far attained by either man or wo-
man in this type of aircraft.
All the records mentioned above
,may have been broken by the time
! this gets in print, for these girls are
I making aviation history with a ven-
geance.
Wilmer Harnett of Wilmington, N. I
C., who was sent home from school I
with the measles, conferred with eight
of his friends and started a small
measles epidemic by selling them his j
malady for 10c each.
William Ferguson, of Charlevoix,
Mich., was buried the other day in a
coffin he purchased 25 years ago.
The mystery of many missing milk
bottles was finally solved in Rickland
Center, Wis., when a dog was seen ru.
moving a pint of milk from a back
porch.
STATEMENT OF
PALACIOS STATE BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
PALACIOS, TEXAS
At the Close of Business, March 25, 1931
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .$133,528.66
8.45
15,000.00
5,359.58
8,000.00
7,673.93
Overdrafts
Banking House
Other Real Estate
Furniture and Fixtures
Liberty Bonds and Other Securities
Cash and Exchange $100,132.42
Bonds 117,365.46
217,497.88
$387,068.50
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Liberty Bonds Deposited
Deposits
.$ 50,000.00
5,000.00
6,797.48
5,950.00
319,321.02
$387,068.50
By Wm. A. Black
We are learning our lessons. Big
Business is learning that it is depend-
ent on Little Business. Little Busi-
ness is learning that it is dependent
on the purchasing power of the Com-
mon Man. The Common Man knows
that his purchasing power is depend-
ent on a steady job. When there are
more jobs than men everybody is pros-
perous. When there are more men
than jobs business slumps. So the real
problem is how to keep the number
of jobs and men balanced.
Dr. Julius Klein, assistant secretary
of Commerce last week told the Nash-
ville Chamber of Commerce, "There
is one solution—and only one—to this
problem of business recovery, and that
is more jobs. We have got to sustain
and strengthen the buying power of
the wage earner."
Dr. Klein added a long list of
"don'ts" but failed to show why
there are not enough jobs to go 'round.
Who are these wage earners? They
are all men and women who contribute
labor or services with each other.
Wage earners are lawyers, doctors,
dentists, bankers, merchants and man-
ufacturers, farmers, common labor and
craftsmen. We must make this all-
inclusive list in order to solve our
problem of the jobless.
We are all wage earners (except the
parasites.) All of us use capital for
which we pay interest. The common
laborer uses capital and must give a
part of what he produces for interest.
Select any industry or occupation, di-
vide the total number of workers into
the total capital and you will find the
capital used by each employee on
which he must give up of his produce
for interest,
RENT
Rent is the third factor in distribu-
tion of produce and the vital one. Yet
our "doctors of distress" never men-
tion it. Why? Are they ignorant or
afraid?
Rent is the most important of the
factors of production and the least un-
derstood. We pay interest on build-
ings we use for homes and business.
We pay rent for the ground on which
buildings stand. A farmer buys land
on which to build or make a farm,
the same as we buy a lot on which to
build a home. Rent or the selling
price of land increases with increase
of population, along with improvement
in public services such as good roads,
paved streets, good schools, police and
fire protection, etc. None of these add
to the value of homes or any other la-
bor products. Land only gains.
Mother Earth with all her store
house was given for man's use. Gov-
ernments have given titles and guar-
antees secure possession but reserve
the right to tax. The only thing now
lacking is to tax the law made privi-
lege of land ownership enough to cov-
er the cost of government. Do this
and unemployment would cease. Land
would then have to be used. The drain
for rent now going to individuals
would pay all public expenses. Wage
earners (all of us) would then keep
all we produce except what we volun-
tarily give up for interest. Labor
would be independent. We would have
our choice between working for our-
selves or working for some one else.
This solution of unemployment is
too simple and direct to satisfy our
LI. D's and other master minds. But
the common man can understand.
He is learning a new lesson, and
that lesson is to take things into his
own hands. He has the brains and the
ballot, a combination that must win all
his battles for justice. That means
Jobs for the Jobless,
Pickling time is here again. And
there is, indeed, a thrill in entering
a kitchen where the spice filled air and
riot of color furnished by big green
tomatoes, deep red beets, snowy white
onions and little green cucumbers,
proclaim that pickling is in progress.
And the gustatory thrill is repeated
throughout the year, whenever pickles
appear in a canape, as a I'elish, a cold
meat accompaniment, or in a salad.
Since any food preserved by means
of a brine or vinegar is classed as a
pickle, the varieties one may make are
numerous. Some one has said, "There
is a pickle for every mood." We're
not sure of the authenticity of that
statement; but, we do know there is
a pickle for every meat. Sour cu-
cumber pickles, mixed pickles, and the
green tomato, pepper and cabbage
relishes have a very wide range of
adaptability. They successfully ac-
company beef, pork, steak, ham, or
fish, while the other group, the sweet
pickles, are more desirable with poul-
try and mutton.
Mustard pickles, and highly spiced
pickles of all kinds go well with game,
ham, and corned beef. Dill pickles are
almost a universal accompaniment to
the cold plate. Radishes are much en-
joyed when they are used in sandwich
fillings.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLE
6 Qts. sliced green tomatoes
0 Sliced onions
lib Sugar, white or brown
3 T Ginger
loz. whole cloves
1 oz. allspice
1 oz. mustard seed
Mi oz. chopped red peppers
Cider vinegar
Wash tomatoes, slice thickly, sprin-
kle with one-half cup salt and stand
over night. Drain, put in kettle with
other ingredients. (All spices are to be
placed in a spice bag.) Cover with
cider vinegar, bring to scalding point
and keep at that temperature for an
hour. Put in crocks or jars and cover.
Need not seal.
TibjuouiaiCflbJUGMLaNtl ^
lets and soak in brine overnight.
Select small tomatoes, discard first
slice from stem end, cut rest of the
tomatoes in thin slices. Cover with
salted water (one cup to one gallon)
and stand overnight. Cover onions, cu
cumbers, peppers separately with salt-
ed water. In the morning drain, rinse,
drain again. Pack in jars. Fill to over-
flowing with vinegar, scalded with
the spices and seal at once. Crisp when
first opened, soften on standing.
VEGETABLE RELISH
2 Qts. green tomatoes
1 Qt;. Cahbage
1 Qt. celery
2 C cucumbers
1 C green peppers
4 T dry yellow mustard
2 C lima beans
2 C onions
Vu C cooking salt
6 C cider vinegar
4 C brown sugar
1 C sweet red peppers
Chop all the vegetables, not too fine,
and measure after chopping. Mix all
together and put in a stone crock or
an earthen bowl, cover with salt, then
cover with a plate and press. Next
morning drain and put into a preserv-
ing kettle, add vinegar, sugar and
mustard, mixed with a little cold vine-
gar. Boil slowly for an hour and a
quarter, put into wide-mouthed bot-
tles that have been sterilized and seal.
When cold dip the ends into paraffin.
Label and store in a dark, dry place.
MIXED PICKLES
1 Qt. small white onions
6 Large red peppers
1 Qt. small cucumbers
3 T white mustard seed
1 Qt. sliced green tomatoes
1 T whole cloves
1 t celery seed
Vinegar
1 Small head cauliflower may be
added if desired. Seperate into flower-
ONION' PICKLE WITH MUSTARD
Peel small onions, bring to boil point
strong brine. Put onions in hot brine
and let stand overnight. Next morn-
ing heat one quart vinegar and one
cut) of water, then take two table-
spoons mustard, two tablespoons corn-
starch and one tablespoon tumeric and
one cup sugar. Mix dry ingredients
with water enough to make a paste
and pour slowly into boiling vinegar.
Stir and boil until thick. Put onions
in and bring to a boil again. Pack at
once. Ready to eat immediately.
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PHONE 27. PALACIOS
Deciding it was too late to learn to
drive, Ed and Arthur Hall, 70-year-
old twins, of Calico, Rock, Ark., sold
their new car after it took a somer-
sault into a ravine.
After a seven-year bicycle trip, dur-
ing which he cycled 65,000 miles and
called on 12 kings and 14 presidents,
H. Davar, a boy scoutmaster, in Bom-
bay, India, has returned home.
Anthony Bombard of Worcester,
Mass., arraigned on a charge of break-
ing and entering, informed the judge
that the complaint was incorrect since
he didn't enter the building but fell in
through the cellar window.
Poppy Sale Facts
What is the Memorial Poppy?
The Memorial Poppy is a replica of
the poppies which grew on the battle
fields of France and Belgium during
the World War.
Why was the poppy chosen an a
memorial flower?
The poppy was chosen as the mem-
orial flower for the World War dead
because it grew where they fell, the
one touch of beauty in the desolate
battle areas.
Who makes the Memorial Poppy?
The Memorial Poppy is made by
disabled veterans working in hospi-
tals and workrooms under the direc-
tion of the American Legion Auxil-
iary.
Who sells the Memorial Poppy?
Women of the American Legion
Auxiliary and cooperating organiza-
tions working as unpaid volunteers.
What is done with the money paid
for the poppies?
Every penny is used to support the
work of the American Legion and
Auxiliary for the welfare of the dis-
abled veterans, their families and the
families of the dead.
How can the purchaser be sure that
he is buying a veteran-made American
Legion and Auxiliary poppy?
By the distinctive badge of poppy
seller and by the Legion and Aux-
iliary label on the poppy.
What does wearing the poppy
mean?
Honoring the dead and serving the
living.
New Marketing Method
Helps Poultry Industry
A new marketing method that is
expected considerably to increase the
market for poultry is described in a
recent bulletin of the Federal Bureau
of Agricultural Economics.
The method, in brief, is to can whole
cooked chickens, which are ready to
serve when the can is opened. Only
birds that have been inspected and
passed by Bureau inspectors may be
marketed in this way.
"The last of a .$10,000 inheritance,"
was written on a $1. bill received by
Henry Hutchens, grocer, of Portland,
Ind.
The left leg of Arthur Richardson
of Adger, Ala., was broken while he
was aslep in bed, but he doesn't know
how it happened.
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summer months in a sweltering kitchen, for electric heat is
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the food you desire to cook.
With modern thermostat devices, Electric heat starts
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is done. You don't have to lean over the stove and watch
foods while they're cooking, but have time for other house-
hold duties.
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