The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1934, Page 1

} ; i eesti North Dakota’s |€# Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1934 The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS Hoover Scores New Dealers Strike Gains Momentum; Still Incomplete WALKOUT STRENGTH TO RECEIVE FIRST Bla TEST TUESDAY No Bicodshed on Initial Day But Holiday Prevented Seeing Full Effect EFFECTIVENESS IS VARIED National Labor Board to Renew Efforts for Settlement If Possible Washington, Sept. 4—()}—The na- tion’s textile strike gained momen- tum Tuesday but the projected gen- eral walkout was far from complete. The great textile centers of Man- chester, N. H., and New Bedford, Mass., were at a standstill and Fall River's plants were crippled. A survey of the strike situation at Charlotte, N. C., center of textile strife in the south, showed: workers idle, 81,780; workers on jobs, 79,000; mills closed, 229; mills running with skeleton forces, 20; mills operating practically at normal or normally, 200. The figures were estimated to include 50 per cent of the Carolinas’ cotton textile industry. Claims of management and labor as to the actual number on strike mittee, predicted that all union mem- bers—some 300,000—would be on strike Tuesday night and that non- union workers leaving the mills would make the strike 85 per cent complete by Friday. Gorman, thrusting pins into a map to show where strikes were in pro- gress, scoffed at manufacturers’ re- Ports that the strike was failing. Gorman Predicts Success . “On the basis of detailed returns received in strike headquarters the walkout is @ tremendous success,” he said. Accusing George A. Sloan, presi- dent of the Cotton Textile Institute of “whistling to keep up his courage,” Gorman said of Sloan's estimate that only 21 per cent had struck in the south Monday: “Well, that’s pretty generous, for him.” Apprehension was felt over possibil- ities of violence as the general walk- out was put to its first big test. National guardsmen are on duty in some sections of South Carolina, ordered out by Governor Blackwood at the request of the sheriff of Green- ville county. There was no bloodshed on the first day of the strike, but the full effect of the walkout order could not be de- termined because many of the mills were closed Monday for Labor Day. ‘Tuesday is the first full working day 4n textile centers since the call to strike was ordered. Sloan said re from cotton mills in the south showed that 114,000 employes were working and 31,000 were idle. Sloan asserted the “pre. Ponderant majority,” of southern workers were not in sympathy with the strike. In various textile centers labor leaders urged the workers to stand firm in their purpose, and Thomas F. SE TR Speed Pilot Killed | DOUGLAS DAVIS Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 3—(7)— Douglas Davis, 35-year-old trans- Port pilot, flew down “suicide hurtling through the air at a speed the Thompson trophy contest, speed classic of the national air races. The Atlanta, Ga., flier, winner of the Bendix trophy for setting the best time in the trans- continental dash last week, was hurtling through the air at a speed of 248 miles an hour when his Wendell-Williams racer crashed just after he had passed the back pylon, seven miles from the mun- icipal airport where 75,000 persons were watching the racing. FIRST SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS IN N. D. AWAITING APPROVAL $100,000 Project for Miners, North of Minot, to Be First of Kind in State Beginning of the $100,000 subsist- ence homestead project for miners at Burlington, first of its kind to be un- dertaken in the state, Tuesday await- ed approval of the new North Dakota Rural Rehabilitation corporation by Washington authorities. Articles of incorporation and other legal requirements have been drawn and forwarded to the national capi- tal several days ago by state FERA authorities. The Burlington project, north of Minot, will be one of the most am- bitious of its type in this section of the country. Two tracts of land in the Mouse river valley, approximately nine miles northwest of Minot, have been sur- veyed, and plans for various types of homes and for irrigation systems have been drawn, according to I. A. Acker, director of rural rehabilitation McMahon, president of the union! projects. textile workers, declared in an ad- dress at Providence, R. I., that the (Continued on Page 4) REGENT BANK PAYS DEFERRED DEPOSITS 40 Per Cent Payment Not Due Until 1937 Released by Institution Regent, N. D., Sept. 4.—Depositors of First State Bank, Regent, N. D., rejoiced Tuesday when they received notice from Cashier H. C. Bowers they are to be credited a 40 per cent pay- ment of deferred deposits not due until 1937 under an agreement made with the depositors when the reorgan- ized bank reopened Feb. 16, 1932, after having been closed since September, 1931. “This makes a total of 70 per cent repaid *> the depositors during the past year,” John P. Jungers, vice president of the bank stated. Only 20 per cent of the deposits remain in the trust fund depositors signed while the bank was being reorganized. Dr. 8. W. Hill is president of the First State Bank, Regent, N. D., and he with Vice President Jungers, Cashier Bowers and H. R. Holmstrom, assistant cashier, rejoice at the fine progress the bank has made in a dif- ficult year. “Releasing the deferred deposits |™ due in 1937 at this time makes it ap- pear certain that with improved con- ditions we will be able to guarantee @ speedy return of per cent in the trust date. All depositors are now protected because of the bank’s membership in the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- poration and it is very gratifying in- deed to know that even on a year the remaining 20 fund at an early | be when general tions are at low ebb we were able to release all the de- ferred deposits,” Bowers added. Actually two projects in one, the first is located within a half-mile of Burlington. The land to be pur- chased amounts to 103 acres, 84 of which are irrigable. The remaining 19 acres would be used for pastur- age. Water would be pumped into the canal system to be built, from reser- voirs created in the Des Lacs river by erection of earth fill dams. One res- ervoir has been completed by CWA workers. A second dum, at the low- er end of the project will impound water sufficient to provide for 50 Total cost of the first project, in which 14 cottages, averaging in cost. $1,919.50, will be built, is $54,198.57. Twelve homes of the cottage will be built on the site of the and|ing drivers were responsible for many LINES ARE DRAWN FOR POLICE CHIEF ~ SKIRMISH TONIGHT Defense Expected to Ask for Ad- ditional Time in Which to Prepare Answer ‘FIREWORKS’ IS ANTICIPATED Police Situation Remains Calm Except for Minor Disturb- ance Early Sunday Lines were drawn Tuesday by the Bismarck city commission and the de- fendani as the removal hearing for Cc. J. Martineson, suspended police chief, drew near. Considerable “fireworks” from both sides is anticipated at the hearing, which will be held in the city hall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday Veteran Held in Dall Kidnap Threat evening. Martineson, charged with ineffici- ency and insubordination by the po- lice commissioners and the city com- mission, as well as malfeasance in office, expects a goodly number of his supporters will be on hand for the hearing. His counsel ie ed anes Ey Present petitions jartineson’s be- half, requesting that the suspended chief either be reinstated as head of the department or retained as a plain clothes officer because of his wide police experience, signed by hundreds of citizens. May Ask More Time Counsel for the former chieftain in- timated Tuesday that the defense might ask for additional time to an- swer charges made by the commission at the opening of the hearing. Having no bill of particulars, de- fense counsel will not be in position to answer specific.charges immediate. ly and without preparation, Scott Cameron, one of Martineson’s attor- neys, said Tuesday. Charles L. Foster, city attorney who will present the city’s charges, said that the city is willing to give the defense additional time in which to Prepare an answer to the charges, making it possible that the hearing will be continued after Tuesday eve- ning’s session. Martineson was suspended last week by order of A. P. Lenhart, presi. dent of the city commission, who aj Pointed Police Captain William R. Ebeling to act as department chief Pending Martineson’s hearing. Disturbance at Jail Since that time, all has been quiet in police circles with the exception of a minor disturbance early Sunday morning, when a prisoner was deliv- ered from the city jail. by marauders who broke into the premises during @ brief absence of patrolmen. The liberated prisoner was George Unzer, incarcerated for a minor charge, according to Paul A. Wach-. ter, police commissioner. Consider- able information, which may lead to re-arrest of the fugitive as well as his liberators, has been secured by the Police force, Wachter said. Final plans for presenting the city’s case against Martineson were made Tuesday forenoon at a special meeting of the city commission with City Attorney Foster. HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS INN. D. TOTAL 203 Approximately 200 Injured in Mishaps This Year, State Reports Show Approximately 200 persons were in- Jured, many of them seriously, in 203 accidents listed by state highway maintenance men this year. Although figures are incomplete, because of lack of a regular state highway police patrol, 62 deaths were reported by the maintainers while from other sources, 72 deaths in auto crashes were shown. A total of 196 injured were reported. Drunken driving played a major Tole in the cause of accidents re- Ported to the highway department. Thirty-two drivers were reported drunk, in those reports in which definite causes were given. Speeding through dust-storms, on icy highways also was a mejor fac- tor. Forty-two drivers were reported ar driving at high rates of speed when they crashed either into @ ditch or into another motorist. Careless- ness in approaching intersections and curves or railroad crossings took some lives and injured many, while sleep- accidents, to the reports. In one accident, invoiving speed, 10 persons were injured. Many reports listed six and seven persons hurt, as @ result of either drunken driving or speeding. One man was killed, with his horse, when the animal ran away with him. Frenchman Takes Off On Atlantic Flight Porto Praia, Cape Verde Islands, Sept. 4.—(7)—Jean Mermoz, French A letter addressed to the White H paid to prevent the kidnapping of “ children of President Roosevelt, led to the arrest of Benjamin Frank- lin Varn of South Carolina, a veteran of the navy, by Federal agents. He is shown at right, above, leaving New York police headquarters with a Federal officer. louse demanding that $168,000 be “Sistie” and “Buzzie” Dall, grand- PIONEER SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL HERE 4. E. Campbell, First Lawyer West of River, Dies Tues- day at Age of 80 J. E. Campbell, 80, pioneer lawyer and former Mandan police magistrate, | died in a local hospital Tuesday. He came to Mandan in 1882 and was | the first to open.a law office west of | the Missouri river. He served in the| state land office in 1884 and 1885. In 1893 he attended the first district court session west of the river. Ap- pointed to fill the vacancy of the Mor- | ton county state's attorney in 1898. he was elected to that post for the next three terms. ‘He served as a member of the board of managers of the Valley City State Teachers college in 1907 on the ap- pointment of Gov. John Burke and for 40 years was a member of the Morton county insanity board. He was elected in 1913 to the state house of representatives, the only Democrat candidate ever elected to that office in Morton county. He was a delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1892, the first time North Dakota was reprsent- ed at such a convention. \ Born in Elgin, Il. in 1854, he at- tended schools there and studied law in a brother's office at Litchfield, Minn., attended the University of CARS COLLDE AT | FIRST AND ROSSER es Fractured | i Gus Carlson Recei Shoulder When Automo- biles Overturn Two cars overturned and one man received @ fractured shoulder in a collision at the corner of First St. and Rosser Ave. about 10 a. m., Tuesday. M. R. Prenner, 215 Third St., driving north on First St., collided with the light delivery truck driven by Ned: Kobel as the cars came into the in- tersection. Both cars overturned. Gus Carlson, who was riding with Kobel, received cuts and bruises about his head and shoulders and was rush- ed immediately to a local clinic where X-rays disclosed the fractured shoul- der. The exact seriousness of his once, his physician said. Both drivers were badly shaken up but received no severe injuries, LILY PONS TO MARRY Cannes, France, Sept. 4.—()—Lily Pons, opera prima donna, said in a letter to @ friend Tuesday that she plans to mi Dr. Fritz von der aviator, took off here for a transatlan- tic {light with mail for Natal, Brazil. Brecke, ship’S' doctor fiance, in De- cember in New York. N. D.-Banks Vindicated By Retraction in Post ‘Saturday Evening Post, | publication which on last Aug. 4 car- ticle Are Corrected in SENATE COMMITTEE OPENS PROBE INTO MUNITION DEALINGS Evidence Shows Sir Basil Za- haroff Received $766,000 From U. S. Firm SUBMARINE SALES AIRED Carse Testifies Vickers Ltd. of England and His Company Have Alliances Washington, Sept. 4.—(#)—The president of an American submarine building company was accused by Chairman Nye of the senate muni- tions committe of having helped Sir Basil Zaharoff. Europe's so-called man of mystery, avoid paying the United States income tax on com-| missions he received from the con-j cern. : Zaharoff was identified as the “Spanish agent” for the Electric Boat company of New London, Conn., by Henry R. Carse, head of the com- pany, after testimony that the Elec- tric Boat and Vickers, Ltd., an Eng- lish firm, had agreed to divide the, world’s submarine building between themselves. More than a million dollars in com- missions were involved in the taxes. Nye put into the record a letter to Carse from a firm of American at- torneys who advised that Zaharoff inform the United States treasury he had received the money as transfer agent and not as personal income. | Carse said he had merely relayed the letter to Zaharoff without inti- mate knowledge of the case. Paid Zaharoff $766,000 Carse said his concern had paid Zaharoff commissions amounting to $766,000 on business between 1919 and | 1930. The boat company official said Zaharoff received commissions on “Spanish business.” “Ye don’t pay him,” Carse said, “but under an old agreement a cer- tain percentage is paid us and we transmit it to Sir Basil Zaharoff, and later we get a commission which we retain.” Magazine Editorial North Dakota's sound banking structure has been vindicated by the the same ried an article by Morris Markey, in which this state’s banks were grossly maligned. A blanket retraction of Markey’s erroneous figures on North Dakota banks is made in an editorial appear- ing in the Saturday Evening Post of Sept. 8, which already is in circula- tion. The erroneous article caused a storm of protest from North Dakota citizens and officials and, to stop the flood of mail into his office in regard to Markey’s article, Editor George Horace Lorimer several days ago an- nounced that his publication would retract in the earliest possible issue of the Post. The retraction editorial follows: “THE NORTH DAKOTA BANKS “In an article entitled Northwest- ern Agriculture, published in The Sat- urday Evening Post of August fourth, the author, Mr. Morris Markey, made incorrect statements about banking conditions in the state of North Da- kota. The facts, as stated officially by the State Examiner, are as follows: “The records of his office show that on March 4, 1933, the day the bank holiday was declared, there were exactly 149 state banks and trust com. panies and 79 national banks, or a total of 228 banking institutions func. tioning in that state. Of the 149 state banks affected by the closing order, 135 have been reopened on an unrestricted basis; five are still in the process of reorganization; five have gone into voluntary liquidation and have paid their depositors in full; one bank was eliminated through consolidation, and only three have gone into receivership. While he has no definite figures covering national banks, he is satisfied that the per- centage is just as favorable in rela- tion to these institutions as is in- dicated in the case of state banks. In other words, less than three per cent of the banks of North Dakota which were in operation at the time of the bank holiday have remained closed. “It is further noted, as an indica- tion of the sound basis on which these banks were reopened, that of the 135 reopened, 128 have been accepted for membership in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the remain. ing seven have elected to make no application for this protection for the reason that they felt that their con- dition was so strong and liquid as to) make this insurance unnecessary. “It was stated in Mr. Markey’s article that the affairs of the banks which remained closed were taken over by the State Bank of North Da- head injuries cannot be determined atikota. The Bank of North Dakota, which is the correct title of thé in. stitution controlled and operated by the State of North Dakota, has never had anything to do with the handling or liquidation of closed banks. Fur-| thermore, the North Dakota Bank. ers Association points out that none of the bonded indebtedness of the state has ever at any time been de. linquent either as to principal or in- terest.” The committee was told that the German “U” boats of the World war had been built upon an American- owned patent. Carse testified that his concern had| an agreement with Vickers, Ltd., of England, for the sale of submarines to foreign governments by which the trading territory was divided. He said the German “U” boats had been built through an infringement of patents obtained through an Aus- trian concern with which Electric Boat had a contract. Electric Boat claimed $17,000,000 for infringement of the contract, he said, but had not received anything. Carse said the Germans obtained the patents through the Austrian concern. “U” Boats Stole Patents ‘The Germans, he said, could not have built the “U” boats without the American patents. Nye turned the questioning to Sir Basil Zaharaff. The boat company president said his concern had paid commissions amounting to three quarters of a million dollars between 1919 and 1930. “Who is Zaharoff?” Nye asked sud- denly. “Sir Basil,” Carse said, “is called the mystery man of Europe.” “There has been all sorts of stories about his heritage and early youth, but I think he probably is a Greek. He is also a Knight of the Garter of Great Britain.” “Is he a Frenchman, too?” Nye said. “I think not,” Carse said, “al- though he has lived in Paris and Monte Carlo. He also is a Spanish duke. “I regard him a very able, very bril- Mant man. I met him in 1924. I think he is one of the greatest men I ever knew.” Zaharoff Agent of Firm Under questioning by Clarke, Carse disclosed that Zaharoff got all the Spanish business for his concern. Carse said Vickers was a customer rather than a competitor of Electric Boat. Other testimony went into the rec- ord that the boats were sold to for- eign countries and that the United States navy used some of the basic Patents owned by Electric Boat. Carse said his company made a profit every time Vickers sold a sub- marine because of the use of Electric Boat patents. He added that his company lost about $40,000 a subma- rine on 400 German submarines built during the World war because of patent infringement. Senator Nye, (Rep., N. D.) said at the outset the hearing would be con- tinued for several months. The members of the committee Present besides Nye were George (D., Ga.), Pipe (Idaho), Bone, (D., Wash.), Clark, (D., Mo.), and Barbour, (R., N. J). L. Y. Spear, vice president, Henry R. Sutphen, also a vice president, were sworn with Carse. DEVILS LAKE MAN DIES Devils Lake, Sept. 4—(7)—M. J. Belcher, 76, succumbed early Tuesday at home from a lingering illness. He was born at Deering, West Virginia, May 27, 1858, and came to the middle- west a number of years ago. He is survived by his widow, three daugh- ters and a son. Funeral brrange- —-% Breaks Silence ee) Herbert Hoover For the first time since he walked out and President Franklin Roosevelt walked in, Ex-President Herbert Hoo- ver broke his long silence on political affairs in an article appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. Some po- litical observers were ready to ven- ture that his denouncement of the New Deal indicated that he is still interested in a second term of office. $10,300 Added to High School Grant An increase of $10,300 in the federal loan and grant for the construction of Bismarck’s new high school building was an- nounced Tuesday ky the Public Works Administration at Wash- ington. The figure first set was $308,700 and was raised to $319,000 when the first bids were found to ex- ceed estimates on which the orig- inal allotment was made. The increase will bring the total cost of construction in the neigh- borhood of $370,000, school board members said. They have not re- ceived confirmation ‘of the in- creased allotments but expect to within the next few days. DELAY SERVING OF COMMITMENT WRIT ON JOHN GAMMONS Former Secretary of Industrial Commission Was to Start Term Tuesday Commitment to the state peniten- tiary of John Gammons, former sec- retary of the state industrial com. mission, convicted on charges of em- bezzling state - funds, was delayed here Tuesday. He was scheduled to enter the peni- tentiary Tuesday, but the writ of commitment had not been issued and Pending its issuance by District Judge Pred Jansonius, Gammons remained at his home. He was convicted more than a year ago and sentenced to serve seven years in the state penal institution. He appealed to the state supreme court for a new trial which was denied. At his trial, Gammons admitted de- Positing in his private account ap- Proximktely $13,000, “large interest withdrawals from various funds of the industrial commission.” He maintained use of the with. drawals was to pay soldiers’ bonus transactions and to pay for the serv- ices of his wife, which amounted to approximately $2,275. Gammons claimed the record of the industrial commission meeting, at which em- ployment of his wife was approved, had been destroyed in the state capi- tol fire. At the trial of Gammons, former Gov. George ¥. Zhafer denied Gam- mons’ claim. \Shafer was chairman of the commi Labor Gathering at Forks Hears Olson Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 4.—(?)— Acting Governor Ole H. Olson of North Dakota, and H. R. Lyons, presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks for the Great Northern Lines, were the principal speakers Monday at the twenty-third Labor Day pro- gram sponsored by the Grand Forks Trades and Labor Assembly. Governor Olson advocated a greater spirit of co-operation between farmers and labor, and attributed present con- ditions to a lack of co-operation in the past. Asserting that a democratic government can be no better than its voters, he urged a co-operative pro- gram to replace an individualistic and capitalistic program that encourages greed and selfishness. Olson opposed criticism of the gov- ernment for its relief program, saying that the government is doing all that it can to make it possible for people to remain on the land so that when nature sends rain again they can pro- duce food for the nation. REV. LIEN SUCCUMBS Portland, N. D., Sept. 4.—(#)—Pun- e:al services for Rev. Abel E. Lien, 71, for 31 years pastor of Bruflat Luth- eran church here who died Sunday, will be held at 2. p.m Wednesday. Rey. Lien was ordained in 1888 and ments have not been completed. | his first pastorate was ai Gary, Minn. FORMER PRESIDENT BREAKS SILENCE 10 CONDEMN LIBERALS ‘Economic Regimentation’ Means ‘Man Is But Pawn of State,’ Says Author FLAYS ‘DICTATOR’ POWERS No Mention in Article of Presi- dent by Name But Refer- ences Are Clear Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—()—Herbert Hoover condemned the New Deal Tuesday in the name of Liberalism. The former president, writing in the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post. describes the founda- tion of “the American System” as in- dividual liberty, and the base of “economic regimentation” as “the very theory that man is but the pawn of the state.” It is Mr. Hoover's first political Pronouncement since he stepped out of the White House and Franklin Delano Roosevelt walked in. Political Washington wondered if Herbert Hoover planned an attempt to return to the White House. Ickes Meets Challenge The former president asserted the New Deal is a usurpation of liberty, and was challenged promptly by Sec- retary Ickes. “When he speaks of liberty he is talking of the rights of property,” said the interior department head, a former Republican. He added in a statement to newspapermen: “Does he mean the liberty of a | Special class to build up fortunes and {exploit others less fortunate or the \liberty of the people to have jobs ail decent homes in which to live? | “The man who sees special privil- eges that he and his friends have exercised checked in any way immed. iately complains of an invasion of liberty.” us Other officials remained silent Pending a study of the article. The Hoover views were eagerly sought by both Republicans and Democrats. “It is my hope,” Mr. Hoover writes, “to show that to resume the path of liberty is not to go backward; it is to return to the path of progress from following the will-o'-the-wisps which lead either to the swamps of primi- tive greed or to political tryranny.” Points to American Ideals From the Pilgrims at Plymouth to the army in the Argonne, he says, Americans have died “that the hu- man spirit might be free.” He continues: “From these sacrifices and in the consummation of these liberties there grew a great philosophy of society —Liberalism. . “The high tenet of this philosophy is that liberty is an endowment from * the creator to every individual man and woman upon which no power can encroach, and not even the govern- ment can deny... .” “Greed,” says the former president, is this system's constant foe, coming from “economic agencies” on one side and “bureaucracy” on the other, “The origins, character and affin- ities of the regimentation theory of economics and government, its im- pacts upon true American liberalism and its departures from it,” he states, can best be determined by an exam- ination of the actions taken and the measures adopted in the United States during recent months. Sees Eventual Dictatorship “The first step of economic regi- {mentation is a vast centralization of power in the executive. Powers once delegated are bound to be used, for one step drives to another. “The whole thesis behind this pro- gram is the very theory that man is but the pawn of the state. It is a usurpation of the primary liberties of man by government.” The Saturday Evening Post released @ part of the article for publication, saying in its release: “Although there is no mention of the White House incumbent by name, a digest of the staggering number of powers delegated to the chief execu- tive is made, with the author frank- ly in disagreement both with current administration policies and with the un-American attitude of in yielding virtually dictatorial powers to the president.” Use of Tractor Fuel Shows Large Increase Tractor fuel shipments in North Da- kota during July increased more than ® million gallons over the amount re- ceived in the same month last year, Culver Ladd, state food commissioner and chemist, announced . Kerosene shipments also showed a Substantial increase over the same month in 1933, but gasoline shipments dropped, he said, Ladd’s figures showea tractor fuel shipments totaled 2,274.589 for the month compared with 1.222.128 a year ago; kerosene 636,918 compared with 537,615 a year ago, and gasoline 9,872,793 compared with 11,458,335 in July, 1933, For the first seven months of this year shipments totaled 13,046,998 gal- lens tractor fuel, gallons kerosene and 56,345,200 gallons tractor fvel, 4,341,581 gallons kerosene and 56,345,290 gallons gasoline compared with 8,352,128 tractor fuel, 17,477,923 kerosene and 58,122,579 gasoline in the first seven months of last year. These figures indicate farmers are taking advantage of the new tax exempt tractor fuels especially manu- fuctured for tractors and now being offered for sale in the state, Ladd ex-