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celebration of the Covered Wagon
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EWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Legge Says Export Deben-
ture Would Bring on a
Foreign Embargo.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
a means of solving the wheat problem,
now incorporated in the pending tariff
bill, has received the support of
Chairman Alexander Legge of the fed-
eral farm board. In a radio address
broadcast by the National Farmers
union, Mr. Legge predicted the adop-
tion of this plan would have dire re-
sults,
“Some think a way should
be found that the world market
price would apply only to the surplus
production and tariff effec
tive on sold at home,” Mr,
Legge mind this is
impractical.”
“At the present time
uation
<0 centz a bushel on the export of
Pe sons
0
have the
the wheat
declared. “To my
you see the sit.
of France paying a bounty of
cer-
tain grades of wheat, of which they
and Great Brit-
retaliate, A
parliament, Lloyd
have an excess supply,
RR
ain taking measures to
few
weeks in
the
the United States tried to ship wheat
to England at a lower than
domestic price levels he would not be
satisfied that the
remedy should be an embargo prohib-
iting the importation of
from this country,
“All of the consuming countries of
the world are watching us closely, 1
am that they would take
prompt measures to in the
event exporting was on a basis
which they unfair
to their growers, we do in
this country circum-
stances.”
ago,
ade statement
George m
price
with a duty, but
any wheat
satisfied
retaliate
done
believe would be
Just
under
as
such
Defending the board's setup of cen-
stressed the point that
government agencies,
who cry ‘Soci
country believe, but, instedd,
instrumentalitie of the
who grow crops, to market these crops
to their best
William G. Kellogg has resigned as
general manager of the Farmers’ Na-
tional Grain corporation and vice
president of the Grain Stabilization
corporation, both of which are spon-
gored by the federal! farm board.
Mr. Legge says he believes the farm
meeting with success in
wheat acreage reduction program,
formation received by the board is that
in the West and Northwest the farm
leaders and farmers themselves are in-
dorsing the plan.
these “are not
as some critics
have the
the
producers,
would
are
advantage.”
hoard is
EPLYING to an Inquiry from Sen-
ator McNary, the chairman of the
farm board said that body does not
favor the abolition of grain and cotton
exchanges by act of congress, as pro-
posed by Senator Caraway, although
it does favor better supervision of
them.
As for cotton, it appears that the
farmers’ co-operatives have been turn-
ing the tables on the traders and
put them into a “squeeze play” that has
cost the shorts millions of dollars,
The co-operatives, it was estimated,
held in May and July contracts or in
spot cotton unsold in the South more
than a million bales, and it was con-
ceded that the big operators who will
have to put up actual cotton will have
to pay fancy prices for these bales.
PEAKING to some six thousand
LJ Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion gathered In Washington for their
thirty-ninth continental congress, Pres.
ident Hoover earnestly argued in be-
half of American entry into the World
court and sald he had no doubt that
the United States would soon find a
way for such action. He declared
American adherence would not consti.
tute an “entangling alliance” and that
it had been recommended “by every
one of our Presidends and every one
of our secretaries of state living since
its inception.” .
The Daughters, who as a body have
evidenced their opposition to Ameri
ean participation In the World court,
duly applauded Mr, Hoover. He was
more warmly cheered when he ddvo-
cated national defense forces strong
enough to prevent invasion of Ameri-
can shores, when he pledged that dur-
ing his administration the United
States would refrain from entangle.
ments in European diplomacy, and
when he praised the results of the
London naval conference,
Two Jater the Daughters
adopted reports demanding the main-
tenance of sufficient military and naval
equipment to meet any emergency
that may face the United States In the
future, and opposing the scrapping of
American ships until the major pow-
ers sign a limitation treaty. They
evinced dislike for the three-power
agreement concluded .in London by
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan,
days
————
V J HILE many of the delegates to
the London conference were scat-
for the Easter the
drafting committee was hustling to
complete the proposed treaty in time
for five to approve and
sign it at a plenary session set for
April 22. The chief difficulty th
arose In connection with the three.
the
tering holidays,
at ’
nations
the
wt
HL
power agreement was wording of
an owing one
have
“escape” clause all any
three powers which BETO
in all categories of
the fixed limits in case
to be-
limitation
ships to exceed
any outside power bullds so as
come dangerous, This was satisfac
torily adjusted,
To meet
Secretary
demands of the Japanese,
and
Reed entered into a gentlemen's
Wakatsuki,
and
I of State Stimson Sen
ator
agreement” with Reijiro
head of the Japanese’ delegat
Admir Takarabe that the United
States would not build during the
life of this treaty the additional ton-
nage of light to which It Is
entitled if it should decide not a build
the last three of the 1S heavy cruisers
by the
ion,
ai
Hi
cruisers
allowed
until the next arms conference, Japan
is allowed 74 per cent of America's
aggregate tonnage In crulsers, destroy.
ers and submarines,
President Hoover has said that the
United States will gave a billion dol-
lars as a resuit of three-power
pact. Others estimate the saving In
naval construction at half that amount.
Great Britain will £300,000,00
and Japan $200,000.06),
in Washington Is that the pacifist
groups work for ratification of
the treaty and then will campaign
against the appropriation of funds to
keep it In operation. The pact prob
ably will not be submitted to the sen-
ate until next December during the
short session,
V HEN it comes to voting on a ques
tion that may affect their chances
of re-election many of our senators are
not very brave, Which explains the
long delay in acting on the appoint-
ment of Judge John J. Parker of
North Carolina as an associate justice
of the Supreme court. The opposition
to Parker ‘was found mainly In or-
ganized labor and among the negroes,
because of two decisions handed down
by him some time ago. The senators
were snuch concerned and one of them
even asked President Hoover to with
draw the nomination. ‘The President
flatly refused to do this, and finally
Senator Overman announced he would
try to get the judiciary committee to
take action on April 21. It was said
most of the Southern senators would
vote for confirmation of the appoint-
ment, knowing that if Judge Parker
were rejected the vacancy would be
filled by some one from another sec-
tion of the country.
The President has appointed Roland
W. Boyden to succeed Charles Evans
Hughes as American member of the
permanent court of arbitration at The
Hague.
pact, Consequently,
the
save
Information
will
——
EPRESENTATIVE TINKHAM of
Massachusetts completed his
presentation of evidence and argu-
ments against the Anti-Saloon league
and ecclesiastical lobbies before the
senate committee on lobbying, Tink-
ham devoted most of his attention
last week to Bishop James Cannon,
Jr., of the Methodist Church, South,
He was followed by Henry I. Curran,
president of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, who al-
ready had refused to surrender that
organization's files “except under com-
pulsion of subpoena,”
Sharply quizzed by Senators Caraway,
Ten-milllon-dollar light cruiser, Chi-
Robinson and Walsh, Mr. Curran told
in considerable detall of the opera-
tions of his association, ts growth
and resources, and of its plans to op-
pose at the polls drys who seek elec-
tion to congress, He said the assocla-
tion spent nothing for lobbying and
periodically filed reports of its ex-
penditures and contributors as re-
quired by law.
Attorney General Mitchell, appear
ing before the senate judiciary com-
mittee to oppose the resolution for a
senate investigation of prohibition,
gave warning that the prison popula-
tion of the country Is so great today
that it is Inexpedient to stimulate any
further He sald the
federal prisoners had Increased during
the last nine months by 6277, includ.
ing those confined in county, city and
state institutions, and that every fed-
eral institution was overcrowded, He
attributed most of the new prisoners
to the prohibition law prosecutions,
“It makes feel,” he sald, “that
we to our house In order
and increase our facilities for handling
have
more
ngs fed-
present.”
prosecutions,
me
ought get
the criminal business we already
any
federal statute at ke thi
«
before we ta assing
ral ime hat are not at
f
i
he general proposed in-
creased pe and numbers of district
attorneys
forcement,
Acti
nm plan
eral judge substitut rogram
enforcement com.
mnn fed-
{oo re
the law
and the Bac
Mi on
missi«
Courts
lieve the congestion is sgeral
'
brought
ferred for
by prot de
Ly Dre le-
»
weeks
about wns
two house
judi committee,
1
ws
oration of
LANES I last wes
whereby
America
uf
were announce
the Radio Cory
would acquire the radio man-
facilities of
Westinghouse
Wash.
Ren.
acturing activities and
the General Electric and
Electric companies, and official
ington up and took
ator Dill of Washington, who has long
been interested in radio legisiation,
called the attention of the senate to
the proposed combination, terming it
“a new trust monopoly.” At the same
time the Department of an-
nounced that It was “fully advised
regarding the proposed affiliation”
was “investigating it and was
“conzgiderably concerned about it"
Meanwhile, David Sarnoff, the presi-
dent of the Radio corporation, issued
a statement in New York giving the
details of the proposed consolidation,
He said the authorized common Radlo
stock would be increased from 7.500.
000 shares to 15000000 shares, with
6.580 375.1 issued to General
and Westinghouse in return
manufacturing rights
gible assets,
An increase In the B preferred
Radio stock from 813.365 to 1.500.000
shares also is planned, he said, with a
sat
Justice
cits
fully
ties, and tan-
over to Westinghouse and
Electric.
Foi three days
swarming with editors, for the an.
of Newspaper Editors was taking place
of the country.
called the first session to
tional Press club, made an address of
welcome,
day night with a banquet
of the London
(Pertinax),
formerly
Andre Geraud political
speakers. As Is customary
Cases,
were not made publie,
EFUSING requests of both sides
for modifications, the Supreme
court of the United States announced
terme of its final decree in the lake
levels case, following substantially the
recommendations of Charles E. Hughes
as special master,
The Chicago sanitary district, under
the terms of the decree, must complete
its $175,000,000 sewage treatment pro
gram within nine years,
Diversion of water from Lake Mich.
fgan at Chicago, which now averages
7.250 cubic feet per second under n
War department permit, must be cut
to an ultimate annual average of 1.500
cubie feet per second on December 31,
1088, The diversion must be reduced
to 6,500 feet next July 1, and to 5,000
feet on December 81, 1935,
(0), 1930, Western Newspaper Union.)
Tuberculosis Is
Hard to Destroy
Damp, Poorly Ventilated
Houses, Filthy Runs and
Improper Food Blamed.
In managing most poultry flocks it
Is considered advisable cull all
hens which appear droopy and list.
less, of light weight and in poor con-
dition, These symptoms would indi
cate tuberculosis and the birds should
10
ut
Infected fowls
be discarded once,
ofien hecome lame,
and the shanks become pale and shriv-
When picked up, such birds will
little
or
to have
all
heart
their
he
the disease is
eled.
be observed to have only a very
flesh the Only
two in the flo will be noticed
the disease the
one
breastbone,
3
on
same time In
probability, a ti » will eat
ily untill alr of
death, Other birds in the flock will
infected, however, since
usually widespread in a flock that has
cted birds,
loss of weig
Other
ht, and
LOCOS.
of
ease,
one or two Inf
cages often cause
nination is
positive diagnosis
of the
and varying from
a pinhead to the size of a
will be found on the liver and
spleen of visibly infected birds, Nod-
ules varying from the size of a pea to
that of a small walnut will found
the intestines and the
membranes, Lesions also
ions dis
: glze of
he
intestinal
occur fre-
quently in lungs, skin
and Birds in the early stages
of the disease cannot detected by
external symptoms, to de-
tect these birds the in test
must be applied by some veterinarian
this testing. Losses
not occur with
year old, since chicks
the disease at time of
contract it from older
the kidneys,
hones,
he
In order
tubere
competent do
from
hirds
to
the disease do
under a
not
birth and must
birds,
do have
Cause of Discase.
bacteria
and can be caused by no other agency.
Damp, poorly ventilated and badly
lighted filthy runs, and im-
proper pructices hasten the
spread of the disease where the germs
but are
responsible for the trou
Tuberculoxis Is caused by
houses,
feeding
factors
present these
solely
} Those
shoul
infected
in caring
desired to merely
tuberculosis, dis
yvenr old or over will
if the o
of the
i taken,
; nethods of
i the flock.
vher desires
disease,
IRE Ike
is to dispose of all
ing season is over:
1 and scrub all roosts,
nests, floors and ronways with a solu-
keep all
premises several
to all
the the ground which bas
been frequented by the infected flock,
it should be plowed occasionally
er and fall,
seeded after each plowing,
Use Tuberculin Test,
In flocks that are valuable as breed-
ers, the tuberculin be used
and only those birds known to be in.
fected then This should
he given every six months and all re.
be removed from the
premises and the houses cleaned and
runs plowed after each test in which
as mentioned In
the first method. In either case, young
chicks brought on the premises should
be on ground, and, if
possible, should be put into new quar-
ters and the old quarters utilized for
some other purpose as soon as the old
flock has been entirely disbanded,
This later is not essential, however,
if proper sanitary methods have been
followed,
tiom of hig
lest lye, and
for
destroy f
nn order Ol
bacteria in
dur.
ing the spring. sur and
test can
disposed of.
actors should
reactors are found,
raised clean
Ai
Agricultural Notes
deirliefeofododefoededofeduirdefofoiniofedad
Like a runty pig, a starved, under
fed, unthrifty colt in the spring is a
liability,
- » »
Cream that is kept tightly covered
before it is properly cooled will have
an objectionable smothered flavor.
» * ».
When holding cream in a cooling
tank the can lid should be lightly In
place or some substitute top should
be used that will permit air eireu-
lation,
* * *
There Is something about home-
grown fruit that is different—some-
thing that makes it taste so much bet-
ter than any you could obtain any.
where else,
» - *
The care of the harness has much
to do with the service it gives, and
whether it will dry out and rot In
four or five years or stay strong and
flexible for perhaps twenty years,
* - -
Soy bean hay can be fed profitably
to all kinds of live stock. It makes
an excellent winter ration for young
cattle, sheep, horses and mules, and
ean be used to good advantage for
hogs and poultry.
- - -
Millet is an excellent feed, having
about the same value as barley. For
cows It should be ground and fed
mixed with other feeds Just as
would be done with any grain like
barley or corn.
Pruning Scars Need
Prompt Attention
Wounds Should Be Painted
With Shellac.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Shade trees often suffer permanent
Injury as a result of Improper care
or complete neglect of the wounds
cuused by pruning. Specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture recommend that scars made in
pruning be painted immediately with
shellae to prevent drying out and con
sequent dying back of the
layer, the area just beneath the
Shellue should be
gum lae in
should
cambium
bark,
prepared by dis
1B ily ing
solvent
sileohol, No other
' me sol
back the
vents actually ki i
ecting
of
wounds:
lay or Instead pro
case of small
in diameter,
protection u
ng, but on larger wo
* should be covered wit}
pire paration,
good lead
In the case of lar inde,
results will be obtained if the shellae
is applied only over the ecamblum, cut
the bark, and the sapwood,
permanent dressing should
entire scar,
ge Wi good
edges of
but
cover
the
the
A shellac brush can be cleaned eas-
fly by working it around for a few
minutes in a of water with half
a teaspoonful of ordinary borax, Shel.
las
cup
can readily be removed from the
hands with the same preparation,
Self-Feeding Lambs on
Chop Feed Is Favored
Western feeder lambs have been suc-
cessful and self-fed at
the University of Illinois on a mix.
ture of ground corn and chopped al-
fuifa The self-fed lambs pained
faster than a similar lot hand fed on
shelled corn and unchopped hay and
required less feed per 100 pounds of
gain,
A portion of the Illinois report reads
ag follows: “Apparently there Is no
danger of overfeeding when a mixture
of ground corn and hay Is self-fed and
the proportion of corn to hay Is about
one to four at the start and one to one
after seven weeks of feeding.”
At Nebraska station,
of crac chopped aif:
Hinse proved
for lambs. It
Necessary
the lambs from pleking ont
Alfalfa ha
he
economically
hay.
the
ked corn,
d meal
*
fatten
Vers
to crack the
Aid Cross-Pollination
With Colonies of Bees
least
At
be allowed
of bees should
hard,
one colony
for every
and these cole
uted throughout
with cross-poliination,
New York
Lack of
greatest single factor responsibie for
the of fruit
tree blooms and still does not
a crop.
Nearly all
orchard
according to the
state college of agriculture.
pollination is probably the
lack seiting of when a
mature
varieties of apples
self-sterile and even varieties
self-fertile produce more
with an
A grower should di
varieties which bloom
same time and will inter
He should choose good varie.
ties for pollination purposes and then
rent bees from a good beekeeper to
do the pollination work for them. Pol-
linator bouquets should be placed 15
feet from the hives,
Diseased Plants Barred
by the United States
Importation of plants and plant
products is by far the most important
means of introducing plant diseases
into new regions or countries, says the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture. Diseases may be spread over
short distances by insects, wind,
other agents but when they are spread
over long distances it is usually the
result of transporting some part of
the host plant such as fruit, seeds,
bulbs, tubers, straw, etc. For this rea-
son the cargo of every vessel arriving
at a United States port from a foreign
country is carefully inspected to see
that plants or fruits Imported with
dangerous diseases are not brought in.
Planting Asparagus
Asparagus roots should be planted
about six inches deep in rows four or
five feet apart and the plants two feet
apart in the row. The first year the
roots are not covered the full depth
of six inches, but about three inches
of soil is put over them and as cultl-
vation proceeds through the year the
trench will be filled up in the fall
Asparagus needs plenty of fertilizer
and will do fairly well In many soils
that receive sufficient moisture during
the growing season,
are
when
fertile
versify
about
Cross,
cross-poilinated inter.
variety.
his
the
or
Keep Eggs Clean
“Considerable saving can be affected
during the spring months by keeping
the nests clean and the eggs from be
coming soiled,” declares E. R. Mene-
fee of the Purdue university market
department. Menefee points out that
dirty eggs cost the farmer and poul-
tryman from one to three cents per
dozen because of the low grade into
which they are classified. In the
spring, when the birds are turned out
on to wet ground, dirty eggs are more
likely to occur,
A UTOPIAN RHAPSODY
"11 you be so good as to
the track?” asked the mq
the truck driver prompt
one
“1 k you, ever
much,” added tl otorn
smile, “You're a
“You
side,
per fe t dear
re
mr love forever!
but
live
tit dear
fie you
love?
Co-Operation
urself, but
our friend
roosting him you're apt 1
me b done for you.
How Do They Live?
Bill—=You'd
Croscope {io
head,
Jim
ye don’t
0 boost ¥
get
tino
OEIINE
powerful
Dora's
need a mi
see the brain in
I'l
$115
in the
room mention.
ing something about a major issoe,
and s duce me
to him, just ado . nan in a
form.”
uni
It Must Seem Like
This
you're mar
gid
er-al
ing purse), 1 belleve I've got his
somewhere.~— Exchange,
Conclusive Evidence
“How you
and not an angel
little brother?”
“Weill, I heard
the size of
don’t have bills!
do know it was
that brough
daddy
the bill,
about
LOOKS LOGICAL
“Doctor,
insane.”
“Upon what grounds
your belief, Madam?”
“Why, the little shrimp actually has
the nerve at times to give me an ar-
gument.”
this husband of mine is
do you base
Edisonian Evolution
Hush, little goldenrod,
Don't you €1y-
You'll be a b'loon tire
By and by.
Hoped to Rouse Curiosity
Wright—I'm writing my autoblog-
raphy.
Bright—What have you that's inter.
Wright—That's just it. People wilt
buy my book out of curiosity.
Mad
“You should have seen me foaming
at the mouth the other morning.”
“Were you mad?”
“1 sure was. [I'd brushed my teeth
with shaving cream.”
Speechless Emotion
“Hallo, where have you been?y -
“To the statiof to see my wife off
for a month's holiday.”
“But how black your hands are!”
“Yes, 1 patted the engine."— Nebel
spalter,
Wants John to Try It
Mr. Jabbs—Good nature is just noth.
ing more than a state of mind, Jane.
Mrs. Jabbs—Well, 1 hope some day
you will be able to get into that state
of mind John.