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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-11-01, Page 7THURSDAY, 'NOVEMBER 1, 1934, THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN. I 1 I II Q 1 1 I 1 1 0 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality, Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index, The Seaforth NewsI ,-, Phone 84 Q A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with 51 for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by Tx£ CHRISTIAN SCIENCEPUBLISHING 9aCIETY BosE¢n, ess¢chus¢tts,II8, A. in 5t you will llnd the daily good news of the world from its 000 special macre, as well as departments devoted to women's and children's lntorests. sports, tousle, Seance, edacatton, radio, ate You will be glad to welcome Into your home so tenrlmss an advocate of Moe and prohibition. And don't miss Snubs, Our Pop, and. the Sundial and the other foaturos. TISE 050 055550 SdOm MQNXT0£, neck Baiyn 65001050, Boatoh, Moss. M0000 send mo n si£ weeks' trlo5 subscrlptlon, 1 enot0s0 one dollar ($1). (Name, please: print) (address) (Town), (State) ROOSEVELT GAINING FAVOR Washington. --'.\'bile a real measure recovery Irom the economic de- ression actually has been -attained and a number of Basic reforms have 'wen accomplished which should ae- ,:elcrate a return to prosperity and 'nip to retain that condition when leached most serious cliffictrities re- main to be met and soon. The present situation is such a ehelonge of good and bad •factors that it should not be ;.roneralized upon, But two thoughts stand out: That the administration of Presi- dent F. 'De Roosevelt, far froth los- er its hold upon the country, id more ' 'rrtilar than evert- That. vertTitat. despite all the ,New Deal has 'seen able to accomplish, nearly one- etallosmomeNeleeeneesnesi fifth of the entire population (estim- ate, 31Obft,000 persons) will be on public relief in the coling winter, The aid rolls will be as great as last year. Coupling of these two facts re- heats what seems to be an anomaly but would be only ff the second meant a. Roosevelt failure, This it does not because of special circumstances Continued popularity of,Roosevelt has been indicated increasingly all summer a$ the various states have 'toted for New 'Deal candidates at nominating elections. Now it has been emphasized in the first of the general elections, For more than hall a cen- tury it has been a political prayer that "as 'Maine goes in September so goes the nation in November:" \Maine has given a - Democrat of the Roose- alt party a second terns as governor, for the first time since 11560 and by a 'anger nt+aljonity than ,given hint in the Roosevelt victory two years' ago,. In a recent national magazine poll, Roosevelt and his policies were en- dorsed •hy all classes of citizens except bankers, the tally of whose votes tiIS against the adn:inistratiol by a smart margin. Criticism of the New, Deal by former 'President sherbert Hoover to another great weekly publication, has met general, some,eimes 'bitter, counter-attack its newspapers all over the country. Ata guess something like 70 per cent, of opinion supports !Roosevelt, This 'Hoover criticism, soon to be followed up by a publication of e boak "The 'Challenge to Liberty" charged that centralization of authority dele- gated by the legislative branch of the 1Goi'erement to the executive virtually has created a dictatorship, and that intrusion of the .government in busi- nese and agriculture is destroying de- mocracy, These utterances, the first he has made on peblic affairs since he left office have placed the former presidedt .in the dominant role in his party once more and given hits a van- tage point from which he could ad- vance to .become a candidate for the presidency again in 119316, bA'nother 'Roosevelt-iFTonver race two years frons now would be the climactic test of the New Deal, Nonninition of the Socialist, Upton :Sinclair, for Governor of.. California on a Democrat ,late, forced the adminis- tration to receit•e hiiv ss-ith open arms. :Sinclair declared after a visit with the 'President, that the New Deal 'has caught up with" !Sucialisnn, but in any ease his candidacy and quite 'possible election will have little direct effect upon the national political ,course. Hailed at first as forecasting defin- itely - a realignment of UFS. po'Iitieai parties to group liberate .and conserva- tives in direct opposition, recruiting from. present parties where objectives are not clearly delisted, recent organi- zation of the American Liberty Lea- gue now scent, likely to be ui Minor ignificance. The League obviously h5 10 oppose most adulieisttation. pot- icies, but if it could recast the party situation it would play directly int, Roosevelt's hands This it, sponsor:: would avoid doing and, aside from the tact that none of its leaders has a claim t, the confidence of any consid- erable well( 1 of the people, this quan- dary Is the league's great tl e tkness. ;Governors are being elected this fail in about half the states. Other officials will be chosen in every state. All members of the Lower House of the National Congress, -k38 of them, are tip for election, as is also one third of the Senate membership of 96. The Democrat (administration) party is expected to increase its,Sen- ate majority of 6,0 by three to fire 11040 members, cutting the Republican mi- nority side, now 35, to perhaps, 30. One 'Farmer -Labor member, pro -ad- ministration, is expected to be return- ed. The Reptiblican opposition begets the summer with the hope of adding 110)1) to its minority membership of 116 :in the House of iRopresentatives, ex- pecting to win back seats in districts eyhich normally were theirs 'before 19)3,2, Now this. anticipation has been reduced to a gain of 50, whiie there basis for the Democrat claim that Empress of Britain through a window at Zamboanga. Below a three year old Hindu maiden is prepared for her first bath in the holy Ganges. CANADIAN WRITES OF CRUISE Thoughts of travel to far places where hot sunny days make nature's covering seem more reasonable than fur coats- are coinci- dent with the sound of coal rattling into cellars in preparation for the long winter, and a very timely book that will be of. great assist- . ance to travel -minded people leas just appeared. It is "-and ships -and sealing -wax", by Alan Maurice Irwin, published by Macmillans. Last year the author, who is a Canadian journalist, cruised around the world in the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain, and this book is a collection of his impressions, a companionable, intriguing sort of hook in which he has written delightfully of nice and naughty things, dandled a hard-working camera with becoming discretion, and argues in the manner of Iiipling that the "'Colonel's .fid lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under tate skin," The Mediterranean, Egypt, India -where the author lunched with Lord and Lady Wiliingdon, the Malay Peninsula, little known Cambodia, China, japan -even Hollywood, are amongst the places he writes about. India, a country that hp'1 suffered much at the halide of those whose trade is writing, conies in for some rather rakish debunking; tropic nights and tropical seas come in for some rather good. descriptions. Simple, homely adventures amongst the simple, homely people of Bali develop tato amusing knowledge ' that the women of this modern Eden are very interested in .step-ins and other silken things, S. Morgan -Powell, noted literary critic of the Montreal Star, writing of "-and ships, -and sealing - wax" says: "Mr. Irwin has the light, whimsical touch invaluable for such a record as this, since it enabled him not only to remember what is vivid but to forget what is not worthy of remembrance - it also provides a most attractive medium by which to stimulate the interest of those who have hith- erto been compelled for one reason or another, to enjoy 'their travels abroad vicariously." On January 10 the Empress of Britain sets out again on her cruise around the world, visiting the ports that provided the copy for -and ships -and seating -wax". Her 400 passengers will see the scenes described in the book; experience encounters similar to those recorded by the author, and during the 130 days they are away, will call at 22 ports in 24 different countries. 1ror those who do not make the cruise thie reviewer recommends -and ships, -and pealing -wax". for those who do it id a practical test book. that party's anajority steenglth of 3115 will not be reduced at all. There are 'five Ilyarmer-ItJabor members of the house and three seats are vacant, Within the house majority ranks, however, there already has been eon- siderable turnover at nontina'ting elec- tions, indicating dissatisfaction among voters which, not finding Fadi: with Roosevelt, yet must have a vent. 'Many of these new members will be. more liberal than the veterans they will succeed and they proveeven more docile to Roosevelt than their prede- 0eSee'S, in the middle ground between ctain't Eby administration officials that all that is left of the depressiol is the "mop - pine up" and the bitter .plaint of the apposition that iRooserelt's sole ac- conlplisli'nteIt has been to multiply the public debt are these facts, favor- able aid uufavotable;. Unemployment has beets reduced from a peak of d6;000,000 to &ontetlling like 0,000,000 (Federation of Labor fi- gures), rhr even to 5,000,000 t(IU,S. Cha - Miser of Commerce estimate). Private enterprise is reported to have em- ployed 4„1120,000 workers since March, 11933, Labor's share of the national in - collie is estimated to have risen from 55:3 per cant, in June, 111033, to 62.5 per cent. in One, 119134, This was ac- complished under the National 'Re- covery Act (NRA) which has set up 600 coders of "fair competition" by which 95 per cent. of U,S,_lessiness 1s they regulated, in varying degree, as to wage ritte, hours of work, new in- vestment, sates practises and even selling prices, 'B'ut industry must re- employ nearly three times as many workers as it has before recovery is established. -Nearly 5,000,001) unemployed have been given temporary or part time places on public works; bet public credit will not permit even part time Jobe . for these workers forever,' learnt prices of basic commodities have been raised within a year to 43 per cent of pre -world war parity with prices ,,i miter goo tls and the total farm income has -increased .more than 1,000 million chillers, ' More than 5,000 million dollars by been disburser) by the Federal treas- ury, mostly through the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation, to relieve financial pressure upon individuals and institutions. Sonic 0,00(1 millions of this already !las been repaid. By assistance in capitalisation and by insurance of deposits ftp to 85,000 the banking system of the nation has been restored to health and public eon iidonct', Bit 16,01111 c„u1mu•eiai banks with 31,.000 million dollars on deposit are unable to find "sound" 101111s to nhalce and are 54 per sent 1i- quid,'They -would like to .put out at in- terest at least 5011 n41ii en dollars at ,once, but don't know where to turn. 'fie 'linverument is trying to drive them to action by you ring more motl- ey into them all the time, instil some observers forecast the greatest 'boom' and credit inflation of all time to rome soon, Mere than 1,000;000 farm and chy hones have been saved from fore - cloture by aid already extended or under way-; but the construction of new h,151108 is paralyzed by the high price of materials and wage rates, 1Dnnaid Riel berg, secretary of r110 President's Recovery Council, sum- marizes a report to the executive: "The malleo has risen out of the depths of its worst depression and is moving steadily forward in the pro- cess 0f a definite economic recovery and .is building new. defences again:' It recurrence of the ,economic ill which it has been suffering. The money ex- tended in these great constructive ef- forts is, of 'course, far less than the cost of one year of participation in the 1\dorld War with its vast destrnction of are and property. It has been a small price to pay for such a great gain." The same NRIA under which 4,000,- 001) workers have been re-employed attempted to give a government char- ter to union labor and the resulting dispute has brought damaging strikes. The administration seems to view them almost with equanimity and it is claimed they are merely a symptom of ,recovery. At the scone time 600,000 workers were out recently in the tex- tile •battle, affecting <0111llunitiee in 22 states, No matter what the outcome the fact that sonic great strike or .other has ,been in progress nearly all the tithe for many ninths 'Is a drag upon all progress toward prosperity: More than. 1!300 niiilias dollar; leas been spent for direct relief of destitu- tion at the rate of almost $11100,000,000 a month, since 9iodsevelt took 01510e, Another 3,800 million dollars has been <pent or allocated for public ' works, Vet there are as many people on Fed- eral ail roils as ever. Reasons include: .Private charity dropped its share: of the 'hur•dett when government took. charge; ,many ,states and other local governmental units have exhausted their resources and can (lo no ,part; relief has been extended constantly, going to .neie groups as necessities of Olas'ses first revelled • •have been met; the pt'ob'le,m of rehabilitation now has ,been added' to the .original job of feed- ing the hungry; the disastrous drought has put on relief many thousand farm families which would be comparative- ly prosperous if they had any crops to ordinary ' harvest and sell. Both hrdlua y andd drought relief funds, new available, will be gone by the middle of the win- ter and new appropriations may have to ruts as much as 1,000 million dol- lars. There is no major financing under tray except that of the government itself, the financial markets are prac- tically closed, This is sometimes laid to the new, police power given the ad - mini tration in the Securities and Stack Exchange Alt, but, while some of the blame -undoubtedly does lie there, officials prefere ,the thought that there is a mysterious "strike" of cap- ital which will wear fuel) out in time.. The immediate financing program of the government iuwoi,ves 41,700 mil- lion dollars. There would not be much money left on the market at ,the sante time for private utdertakings, 'The administration will have a dif- ficult prOblem ifficult.p:roblem on its hand when Con- gress meets in revising its program and taxation, ,1n a hurry something more than a year ago a number of ex- cise "nuisance" levies were devised to produce $300,000,000 annually. They expire next June and mit he replac- ed, A special treasury wnuui-sign i. row at work .on the question but there has been no indication ni the trend it is taking. A general sales tax is a pos- sibili'ty. The nation's public utilities, espec- ially- power companies, are to he given a new shock this winter when, it is accepted, more public enterprises sim- ilar to the Tennessee Valley Author- ity will be recommended to the !'res- ident and probably voted by Congress, at his request. There may be as many as half a dozen such projects on major watersheds of the country, The ad- eninistration calls then! "yardsticks" for pleasuring service and rates of pri- vate companies Int utility- interests feat' 'ociallzetihln of their industry. 'General retail prices are .getting out ri hand. They have risen 20 per cent, its a year, Just 11000 food prices are making the most rapid recovery be- cause of talk of drought ,scarcity. They molested 3)2 per cent on nation- wide average in the last two weeks o. August ,and in some places ruse as much as 6 per cent in that 14 days. rb'he public debt has increased from 30,{)36 million dollars on March 5, 1033 to .7,005 million dams August 1:5, 193,4, an increase of 6r1129 million dol- lars Al the saute time the net balance in general fond has grown from 15S millions to 2,360 millions, an increase of 2.,1(92 milhom. Ilecause ,.f the in- crease ncrease in outstanding debt the annual interest charge rose irons 7)10 million dollars in March, ,1633, to tl-I)5 millieins in July, 11934. lIIowever, the computed rate of interest - has declined from 3:427 per cent, in March, 1tl513, to 3,1177 per cent, in 3nly-, 14314. 'With a little spurt immediately af- ter September b, t'.S. business made a good start to overcome the summer recession wllie's had been rattier more titan seasonal. Revival of retail trade :Medd bring almost immediate activ- ity in other lines, rimae manufacturing endtransportationespecially are much more closely ;geared to immediate de- mand in these clays of short inventor- ies than they were, for instance, in the 'twenties. Although starting from a low point, fall fleshless generally is expected •to reach new 1lighs since ,119311. Steel operations were down to 110 per cent. of capacity recently. Only west coast railroads lied better busin- ess. last math than they olid a year ago. The administration housing pro- gram placing a government g'uarante0. behind 2)) per cent. of housing loans, is one of tate most promising factors for the early future, for 1'onstru013,15 work normally means -direct and in- direct employment of 5,000,040 then or more at above average wages; but rtlse program has been slow in gettic:e started and has two great obstacles to overcome; high costs of wages, mat- erials and financing, and depletion or exhaustion of the average family's re- sources, plus lack of faith in tate' fu- 'tnre, 'The Roosevelt administration lets seemed 10 have a dual program: to re- lieve suffering and' ])ring back prosp- erity; to institute reforms, particularly in business and 'industry, designed to prevent or at least to ease .recurrence of depressions. Whether it has greatly- succeeded or not. the pro_gratu did half a panic which was leading rapidly to complete social breakdown. The new hope and revived confidence their given to the nation, if let alone, itself might have brought as much recovery as all the ,New ideal efforts have achieved. 1314 ;Roosevelt notion, as contrasted with previous inac tioie, even refusal to rec- egmize calamity, caught the need of the people and a broadside from the, opposition, even now, is still s"boost" for the administration. The pian who DI H, McInnes Chiropractor Electro Therapist - Massage Office - Commercial Hotel Hours -Mon. ,and 'Thurs, after- noons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation -Sun -ray treat- ment Phone 527. THIS Happy Combination IS Yours Subscribe to it and not only assure yourself of 52 weeks of fine interesting helpful reading, but save money too! 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Btu the train travels 506 miles between Cheyenne and Omaha at ,"4 mile; an (Mee. ;Between Chicago and New York the special is held hack traffic, although doing two miles a minute for a short distance, but goes from carat to coact ele hours. -6 minute:, which is - l4 hours, 3)1 min - vies faster than the speed -record set by E. H. Harriman in '1155 )6. BALLOON ASCENDS 10 MILES STARTING FROM DETROIT The stratosphere flight of. Dr,an.1 lits. lean Piccard cants in an end its a tree top at Cadiz Ohio, last wee';. The bad of their balloon eaS i,ari!c torn Int the goondo!a and valuable 1,- strnnlents were nndanlaged, and t'..:• Ficcards themselves were millers. '1'lie Piccards, saying they believ'1 the purpose ,r their flight had been accomplished, brought the huge 'iia, clown after tl flight that started from Detroit -at 7 a.m., and carried them sr1 estimated 10 miles into the air. 'Fail- ure of the sun's rays to a netrat-. cauesd the balloon to lase buoyancy and we had to make a landing." said Mrs, !Piecard, Glen Cope, a farmer, made a brave attempt to halt the hail - loon as it drifted slowly a short dis- tance ahnt'e the ground, its ropes dragging.'He grabbed a tope and at- tempted to tie it to a tractor. The floating balloon pulled the Tope from his hands and the balloon ellen scrap- ed the top of a 75 -foot clot, the brandies tearing the bag badly, but not damaging the gondola, The land- ing. while rough, merely shook tap he Swiss and his wife, Persian Balm promotes daintiness, charm and beauty. It is Unrivalled in its magical effect on the skin. Swiftly a)hsorbech by the tissues, it leaves macer a vestige of stickiness. Delightfully cool to the ekiri. Stin:t- leting and invigorating. Softens and makee the hands ,flawlessly white. Subtly fragrant, Imparts 'youth ansa, loreiuess to the complexion. lPersiah Seim is the Inevitable choice of the woman who cares.