ITH another winter at hand and
millions of Americans still unem-
ployed, organized labor, through Presi.
dent Willlam Green of the American
Federation of Labor,
has asked the ad-
ministration to
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to Increase
tion 30 per cent.
Green in a
statement asserted
vell's
program got
William Green employment has ex-
ceeded last year's level. The number
of persons without any employment he
puts at 8,348,000. Those without jobs
in Industry in September numbered
10,051,000. Jobs for
geucy relief projects, “but these emer-
gency Jobs,” he said, “are not creat-
Ing incomes to pay the costs.”
Mr. Green continued: “Could not the
administration invite all industries to
co-operate in a general program to in-
crease production and put men
work?
“If the nation-wide level of all pro-
duction were lifted 30 per cent in a
balanced program, adjusting prodac-
tion to consumption needs, each indus-
ry would then be assured that all
other Industries would increase thelr
production, and the wealth produced
by putting labor to work would create
income to buy the product of all
“The total number at work in the
United States was 80,764,000 in Sep-
tember, 1933; by September, 1034, it
had declined to 30,367,000. During
these 12 months the normal increase
ruled them unconstitutional and dis.
missed an indictment against an oper-
ator of several sawmills. The action
was taken by agreement of both sides
80 as to expedite an appeal to the Su-
preme court.
PE ESIDENT ROOSEVELT an-
nounced that, beginning July 1,
1035, he will eliminate the 5 per cent
pay cut that is now taken @ut of the
salaries of all federal employees. THe
pay restoration, he explained, is being
planned on the assumption that in-
creases In the cost of flving will ne-
cessitate it .
The Treasury department thereupon
admitted frankly that this means the
for the benefit of the 700,000 federal
employees who will benefit by the res
toration in salaries
00 to the army of Job seekers for
whom industry provides no work. Thus
the number without work in industry
has risen from 10108000 in Septem-
ber, 1883, to 10,951,000 in September,
1034."
Quite as gloomy as Mr. Green's re
port was a statement of the National
Industrial board. This
agency noted that the general improve-
ment in manufacturing activity usually
occurring in September failed to ma-
terialize. Instead, declines of 5.7 per
cent in the { wage earners
Conference
number of
employed, of 6.1 per cent in total man
hours worked and of 58 per cent in
payrolls disbursed, were reported. In
addition, It was stated, the rise in the
cost of living from August to Septem
ber depressed real weekly earnings of
wage earners 2.1 per cent.
Un the other hand, the United States
Chamber of Commerce In its summary
of conditions shroughout the nation
reports continued improvement of busi.
ness sentiment although it has not as
yet been reflected definitely in the vol-
ume of transactions.
N
ANY thoughtful persons comment
great strikes
the closed shop.
by these strikes, industries are ham-
pered or shut down and often serious
disorders result. To the bystander it
does not seem fair that, in a time of
distress, such methods should be fol
lowed In order that the strength of the
unions might be increased. The latest
example of this policy is the strikes
which brought about the closing of
all the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
company's shops and warehouses in
Cleveland and which went Into effect in
Milwaukee against the A. and P. and
two other chain store companies, There
was a prospect that these walkouts
would spread throughout Ohio and
Wisconsin,
ENRY FORD, who says that what
is done In Washington doesn't
matter much so far as recovery is con-
cerned, came out with a statement that
should be encourag-
ing to the American
business man. He told
the Ford managers
gathered In Detroit
that his company was
out of the depression,
and they in turn told
him of generally im-
proved business con
ditions In all parts of
the country. :
“The depression,”
Ford set forth in a Henry Ford
statement, “would be over for the
whole country very soon if American
industrialists would just forget the al-
phabet schemes and take hold of their
industries and run them with good,
sound American business sense,
“They should take hold of thelr
eountry, too, in the same way, and run
it with good sound American common
sense.”
S FEED} ruling by the United States
Supreme court on constitutionality
of the NRA act and the code of fair
competition for the lumber and timber
products Industry may be expected.
Judge W, I. Grubb of the Federal Dis-
trict court at Birmingham, Ala, has
within the next eight
commodity and property
values, thereby lessening the difficulty
in paying debts. This
He sald he expected the rise of food,
clothing, fuel, housing, and other living
sular affairs, has gone rather hurriedly
sonal investigation into
has led to the filing of
serious charges before
committees of
houses of congress. In
& petition for a con-
gressional inquiry, Paul
C. Yates, who recently
resigned as executive
assistant to Gov. Paul
M. Pearson, charges
that the present
ministration of the is.
lands Is “wasteful, extravagant.
client, and tainted with corruption.”
Yates
Gov. Pearson
was recently suspended
of “disloyalty, insubordination,
being a trouble maker. Yates resigned
immediately and
rectly to congress.
"outrageously deceived”
Pearson and
by
petitions, and
charges” presented by the citizens of
tatorial manner.”
The petition further charges that
minor officials In the Interior depart.
son to “whitewash a major public
works scandal and deceived the secre.
works and the general situation, and
were criminally negligent in the per-
formance of their duty.”
Secretary Ickes is accused of mak.
Ing prejudicial and injurious remarks
about T. Webber Wilson, judge of the
Federal District court in the islands
remarks which “reflect unjustly upon
the federal judiciary and which are
unbefitting the dignity of a cabinet of-
ficer.” Ickes also is accused of "un.
justly and at the instance of Governor
Pearson,” having removed from office
Charles H. Gibson and Ell Baer, gov-
ernment attorneys, and Capt. Michael
J. Nolan, director of police of St
Thomas and 8t. John, with a record of
14 years’ “loyal and efficient service.”
INVERSATIONS In London pre.
paratory to the scheduled naval
conference have been quite unsatistac.
tory so far, for neither the United
States nor Great Britain shows any
disposition to accord to Japan the
equality that nation demands, even
though it be merely in principle with
the Japanese agreeing not to build up
to parity with them. Well-posted ob-
servers do not believe the conference
will accomplish anything valuable, and
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swan.
son says that, regardless of its out.
come, his department plans to bring
the American fleet up to full treaty
strength and will ask congress for the
necessary appropriations.
Additional maritime wa
urged before the federal aviation com.
mission. Lieut. Com. C B. Rosendahl,
former commander of the airships Los
Angeles and Akron, advised the eon.
struction of two military dirigibles to
protect merial trade routes,
Swanson sald this proposal is under
consideration in the Navy department.
The United States Is now 136.975
tons of war craft behind treaty
strength. This represents one alreraft
carrier, two class B cruisers, 51 de.
stroyers, and 24 submarines, the de
partment disclosed.
HICAGO'S magnificent World's fair
is no more. It closed formally and
forever at midnight, October 81, amid |
a riot of gayety and with a final burst
of fireworks, and the vast throng of |
last-day visitors left the grounds with
a feeling of sadness. Mayor Kelly had
proclaimed a half-hollday and thou-
sands upon thousands of Chicagoans
Joined with the crowds that had come
from elsewhere to celebrate the windup
of this most notable exposition. After
artillery salutes and parades, the final
ceremonies were staged In the Court of
States with Governor Horner, Mayor
Kelly and President Rufus Dawes of
the exposition as speakers. Exactly at
midnight Mr. Dawes threw a switch
that shut off all lights on the grounds
and set off a gigantic fireworks display,
This was not quite the end, however,
for the lights were turned on again |
and, though no one was admitted after
midnight, the Halloween carnival con- |
tinued until three o'clock in the morn- |
ing. Then the lights went out forever.
ING PRAJADHIPOK of Siam is not |
satisfied with his present status as |
a limited monarch and has threatened
to abdicate unless the government withe
draws a mbasure pro-
posed In the national
sssembly which de.
prives him of his tra-
ditional right to de
cide whether persons
sentenced to death
for crimes shall live
or die. This of
course, is but one of
the distasteful limRa-
tions prescribed by
since the revolution of King
1932 which forced the Prajadhipok
ing to give the country a new consti
tution. There 8 no revolution in this
case, for the people of Siam generally
nothing about the dispute be-
tween the king and the government.
Prajadhipok is at present in England
his queen, and the negotiations
His majesty's
there said the king's fight
was really a fight for the principles of
and that he
The secretary ex-
of the
nominated by the government,
with his majesty placing “great lmpor-
tance upon the attitude of the elected
members.” who Prajadhipok claims op-
posed the measure relating to life and
death prerogativ
N EXICAN governments, both
» eral and state, are carrying
determined i against the Ro
church, charging that
18 been fostering a revoly-
ovement. On the other hand,
i% denial that the Catholle
wid advocated armed resistances
Mexican government or inter
by United States in the
t in Mexico was issued
by Archbishop Rulz
egate to Mexico, In San Antonis
Bishops and are being
pelled from various states, and
state of Mexico issued an order limit.
ing the number of churches in the re-
gion In which services may be held to
HM, the same as the number of priests
permitted to officiate In the state. All
churches above this number, the de
cree provided, will be used as schools
and public libraries. The action was
believed to have been taken to prevent
priests ousted from other states from
coming to the state of Mexico to offi.
ciate,
The Supreme court ruled that all
buildings used for Catholic ceremonies
shall become the property of the na-
tion.
Acting President Rodriguez In a let-
ter to Attorney General Portes Gil sald
the clergy, on pretext of opposing the
initiation of compulsory socialistic ed-
ucation in Mexico's schools, has "initl-
ated a frank campaign of sedition
which reveals clearly its Intention to
bring about a revolution.
fod-
on a
campaign
the
vention the
the Apost
priests
HANCELLOR HITLER has realized
the danger to his regime in the re
volt of the Evangelical Protestant pas
tors against the tyrannical rule of
Reichsbishop Mueller, and has decided
to separate church and state. The gov.
ernment of the reich, he sald, would
not interfece in the quarrel. Some ob
servers in Berlin expressed the fear
that this policy would lead to unre |
strained growth of German paganism
and also to further acts against the
Jews, under the leadership of Dr. Al
fred Rosenberg, philosopher, and Ju
Hus Streicher, publisher of the Storm-
er, heads respectively of the pagan
faith and the anti-Semitic movements, |
Acceptance of Chancellor Hitier's
new constitution for the German Labor
Front, which gives the Labor Front
money and property which once be |
longed to trade unions and employers’ :
associations, was celebrated In 16.
000 demonstrations throughout Ger |
many. The biggest was In Lustgarten,
Berlin, where over 350,000 were assem. |
bled, The Labor Front includes all la. |
borers and office workers,
wee]
a —
ARS —— =
Washington.—With assurance that
Joseph B, Eastman, federal co-ordina-
tor of rallroads,
New Idea on is going to recom-
Business Controlmend in reports
soon to appear
that there be more stringent regula-
that Washington conversation lately
has Included a new Idea respecting gov-
ernmental relations with businesses
coming under direct federal regulation.
which government owes whatever busi-
ness it regulates and whose profits it
Hmits,
The talle one hears in many places is
because it has refused to permit that
business to create a huge layer of fat
it can feast In the bad
years,
Advocates of such a theory, of course,
have immediately found opponents. In
other words, two very definite schools
of thought have developed and al
though the question is nowhere near a
solution nor is it likely that the forth-
coming session of congress will
approach an answer, one can hear ar.
guments pro and con on the point most
anywhere the subject Is broached.
The proponents of the theory that
the government owes an obligation to
those businesses which It has regu.
lated within an inch of their lives cor
tend that Investors—which means the
public who own shares of stock—are
being discriminated against by their
even
own government. Their claim is the
business cannot survive unless it is
enabled to store away profits of the
good years against which it may draw
when the prolonged economie depres
sions strike. The result is,
to this argument, uniess the fat
Is stored away after the manner of the
bear In preparation for
Yestors can expect only to see their savy-
ngs destroyed from time to time, and
this with sanction thelr own
Eovernment,
ta
according
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that
winter in
the of
In opposition to this new
business, one hears the usual denounce.
ments of the sins of the ralls
yublic utilities, but one glen hes
that if
ould embark
compensating those
reguintes, it might placing »
miom on mismanagement and
downright crookedness. It ia
likewise that the federal gove
must not use taxpayers’ money In
manner nor that it should employ
policy compensation,
amounts to a subsidy,
At any rate a new fleld has been
opened. On each side are to be found
vigilant and virulent defenders and
from this time it Is made to appear
that congress Is eventually going to
be compelled to decide how far this
regulation of business can properly go.
From all of the argument here. it
would seem that each side has solid
ground upon which to stand. It may
be possible that from this controversy
something in the way of a new eco
nomic polley will develop. The Roose
veit administration has gone farther
than any other in history in its regula
tion of business and there are those
who believe that a reaction Is due. If
that be the case, then it appears log-
fecal at least that the two opposing
forces may bring about a compromise
that will be favorable to general busi
ness, which Is subject to regulation.
and enable those who place thelr sav.
ings In stocks or bonds of such utili
ties to feel measonably secure about
some sort of an annual return,
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Solution of this question of equity
between the government and the busi.
. nesses which it reg-
Solution ates 1s not as sim.
Not Simple ple as it may super.
ficlally appear. For
example, the question Is put forward
whether it Is possible to evolve any
method of measuring, even roughly,
the extent of the public obligation, It
is llkewise necessary to determine In
advance of a final answer to the ques-
tion, whether the past inequities and
past treatment of public utilities Is the
federal
upon a policy A
usinesses which It
ba
of ns
openly to assume a direct voice in the
management of properties which It reg.
ulates If there is a compensating are
rangement to protect Investors In those
businesses. Then, it goes into the ques
tion of government ownership or gov.
ernment control of private industry,
Some of the advocates of this pro-
gram of compensation eall attention to
the public necessity for maintenatice of
service, such as the railroads supply,
for example. In the case of the rail.
ronds and shipping, with perhaps the
addition of the growing aircraft indus.
try, It Is admitted that there is a
willingness on the part of those lines
of Sominree 10 ald the ation in time
war,
cracy than has been get up to accom
extension of bureaucracy.
administration.
a& money payment direct to the busi.
nesses concerned, then the
must be worked out on another basis
It has been suggested that the regula.
tions themselves might be used to en-
able some returns not now avaliable,
One theory advanced wag that the reg-
ulations should be flexible and that in
the lean years there be some relaxa-
tion of the restrictions so that the
regulated businesses might proceed
more freely in operation,
Another thought heard is that there
peting businesses such, for example,
as is the condition between the raliroads
and the highway users. It is of record,
of course, that trucks and busses and
privately owned vehicular traffic use
nasional and state highways, bullt out
of taxpayers’ money and they do so
with the very minimum of taxation.
The railroads, as competitors of these
lines, have no such beneficent
tudes displayed toward
government which, at
has been bearing down
tions, It undoubted
‘ att
hem by the
same time,
3 its regula-
3 iil bear down
further when the new Eastman legis
lation whichever
side of the argument one ranges him.
self, It is to be that there are
numerous factors and es to be
considered and these, iy be added,
are not questiens soluble in con.
versation,
is enacted So
"
on
seen
As one Jooks backward upon the cam-
paign of 1834,
Both Parties
Show Weakness worthy of
}
the nethods wv rd
the
Jor parties
two ma
appear
exam.
Observy-
in Washington,
that
ers
the opinion
oped an :
namely, that the Democrats ;
ability and Republics
have shown utter Inability
offensive pi
outstanding circumstance,
fensive the
n all of
and the state
candidates
¢ debates and the speech
v fo 4 * \ gv
ents forthcoming
if
1 4% $
either side, tl
fos
on re
proof of the conclusion above reached
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Some political writers In Washington
and
position that when
some political leaders take the
the Democrats wero
put to the necessity
they
mnreesion
mp i
fresh program,
progran
They gave the | 1
runnirs
The minority party. if such
g largely on momen
called wh
kn¢
publicans may be
unable to take a
vainerable points in
armor. The net result
that there was much
munch mud }
been real national Issues, but nothin
came of it
The campaign, therefore, has demon-
strated In my opinion the need for a
strong minority party whether that
party be Republican or Democratic.
The party In power necessarily is on
the spot because it is charged with the
responsibilities of government It is
the function of the minority party to
was
fon h 25a r
gyvantage of
t tho
i the
The most astute politicians see that
condition and. 1 believe, are at a loss
as to what It means for the future
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The federal communications commis
Favor
Mergers
istration
manent part of the
nation's regulatory
structure, Is preparing to ask congress
tions act of 1034 enabling it to approve
mergers. Of course,
problem Involved
in the communica
gers of such gigantic corporations as
companies. The implications and the
potentialities of this movement, how-
ever, go much further.
It 1s too early to attempt a forecast
of congressional opinion on the com-
munications proposal but it 1s an op
portune time to consider what may
happen if congress should approve this
step toward creation of single busi.
nesses for single lines of service in this
country.
It is regarded also as Interesting to
examine the effect upon the country if
lated monopoly of all the business In
that line such as has occurred In the
case of the Bell Telephone system,
Some members of the commission
Utility Demanded
in All Live Stock
Better Judgment Suggested
in Selecting Breeders
for Meat Use.
By B. T. Robbins Live Stock Extension Bos
cialis, University of Lilnols
WHU Service
Prize-winning live stock fashions
may come and go like feminine styles,
but producers who strive to obtain the
maximum returns from their meat an-
imals should select thelr breeding
stock more along utility lines,
Only farmers who raise the type
and size of animals demanded by con-
Summers can expect to sell thelr live
stock for the highest prices, regard-
less of the latest mode at the live stock
shows,
At present many cattle ralsers are
finding that the fashionable little bulls
beget calves that grow too lowly.
When ready for market these yearlings
will welgh only 800 pounds, while
somewhat coarser stock will tip the
scales at half 8 ton. It is the larger
yearlings that are masking the most
money because they more nearly fit
the needs and desires of the market
larger sires will ald many cattiemen
in producing the larger, more desir-
able yearlings.
Likewise, early lamb producers are
coming to realize that they need rams
of considerable size, if they are to get
the largest narket returns,
For this reason, many farmers are
changing What
the sheep man wants is a lar that
will grow fast enough to
( Ty 5 ‘ .
80 pounds at f
poseible
larger breeds,
nh
weigh 70 to
iambs from
1 is
G0 IL
Hog pro
ferent probler
breeding stocl
the pigs are st
weights wi
fat at
purpose,
arous
stretch while of
pactness to sup;
herds and
who develops
standards wil
fee for the liv
Selection of Seed Corn
Demands Close Attention
1 rest wa
”_™ 3 #5 ’
The ¢ eq pest ®
Crease corn
ter seed, and t
better seed
a seed sw
seed «
Ears si
that are
ears at a he
ing. The
are most
readily she
ily da
and
by insects and
slalks tha
selected ; «
sistant. The
mind is the sele
best prods
erage conditions
well filled with grain of uniform
size. If ample time is taken for the
purpose and the selection of seed made
with due care with the seed properly
dried and kept until planting time, bet-
ter returns from succeeding corn crops
may be expected by the farmer. Be-
cause of the drouth very few farmers
wt
ous
therefore if they have some good old
corn left over they should take good
Rodents Like Jap Beetle
In their search for effective control
measures for the Japanese beetle, en-
rodents, such as moles, mice and
the buge. They claim that Japanese
tidbits for
these small animale, althqgugh the anl-
mals themselves are considered nul
sances, The useful part they play In
man’s struggle against this insect pest
of lawns, gardens and orchards, how.
ever, nay give them a new lease on life,
Agricultural Hints
Thinning apples has proved most
profitable during dry seasons,
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Columbus brought sugarcane to
America on his second voyage.
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The average value of owned farm
homes Is $1,135, and tenant farm
homes $300,
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There are about 100,000 colonies or