THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. Re is SEEN~<HEARD around the National Capital SSS By CARTER FIELD iss —— w— prove themselves, So long as (was belug ball continually and they don't settle down to content | steadily. It was neither a lazy nor ment with mediocrity they are work- | a makeshift process, bur 8 steady ing toward some fulfillment. To put | rising. Parents the right to pressure on them may stunt the de | expect something of their children, velopment of their powers, Provide | but unless they foster abilities snd as suitable an environment as pos | do not push the youngsters shead sible for their progress and encour | before they are ready, they may tn have future development of a new area, | to Meet Shortage to “Push” Child | | er regis that the rest of the world Is not now | Atlon— cot yet vificlally anncuRced-—i? ] A ————— —————— rg P—— ————————————————_ not the fear of a substitute, or of me | INEEA Durum Wheat [Err in Attempts though both of these are recognized | as being real enough. It is the fact | : buying anything lke the normal | Millers and Manufacturers | Young Folks Need Time to amount of cotton from the United | Concerned Over Future Washington.—It was just a colnel- dence that Senator Couzens introduced his excess profits tax amendment on the heels of another blast from Father Coughlin, who happens to be one of Couzens’ most prominent constituents. Couzens has always believed In high taxes on the rich. He has been at- tacked many times by those who said that he had his own fortune In tax ex- empt government bonds, and was there- fore not as unselfish as it might ap- pear in wanting the taxes om big In comes and corporation earnings. Curiously enough, Bernard M. Ba- ruch, so bitterly assailed by Father Coughlin, and apparently with so little information—about the only thing he had right was as to the closeness be- tween Gen. Hugh 8S. Johnson and Ba- ruch—is also an advocate of high taxes on the rich, and on corporations. Baruch’'s motive is slightly different from that of Couzens. The financier is a fanatic on the subject of balancing the budget. He agrees more nearly with the economic and fiscal ideas of Lewis W. Douglas, former director of the budget, than with anyone else in the New Deal. Incidentally, his advice on fiscal affairs has never been taken, though several times asked, by the Roosevelt administration. Just before inauguration, Baruch, consulted as were many others about the Inaugural address, pleaded with the President to stress two points and only two—stand by the gold standard and balance the budget. The President gave a little lip service, for a few months, to the idea of balancing the budget, but he gave the hint that he would not worry about the gold stand- ard in the words “an adequate but sound currency.” Then Went to Europe Baruch believed In cutting govern- mental expenses, imposing high enough taxes so that receipts would equal to- tal expenditures, and no “emergency budget.” He was pleased when his old friend and lieutenant, Johnson, was appointed at the head of NRA, but had nothing to do with that appointment. As a matter of fact he Immediately departed for Europe, so that it could not be sald truthfully that Johnson was acting as his creature. This is not just supposition. Baruch told friends the chief reason he was getting out of the country for a while was to head off just such talk. And as a matter of fact it Is no secret that when he returned to the United States he was not too well pleased with’ thé way things had gone. Washington correspondents who have been observing the movements of Baruch for these many years are rath- er intrigued at the amount of misin- formation Father Coughlin had ac- quired about the financier. The two men differ violently on one tremen- dously important Issue—inflation. Baruch is desperately against 1% Coughlin is enthusiastically for It. Roosevelt stands somewhere between the two. Roosevelt Is against printing press money. He Is for devaluation of the gold content of the dollar. He would like to see some International system for currency worked out—not now, but after commodity prices have reached the level he thinks proper. And the chief merit of the=system he would like to see would be that it would tend to hold commodity prices where he thinks they ought to be. So that the purchasing value of the farm- er's crops and the wage earners en velope would be fairly constant, Coughlin Is for taking a short ent to increase commodity prices by print. ing enough money s6 that the dollar would no longer be so valuable. Baruch stands firmly by the gold standard, thinking both the Roosevelt and the Coughlin plans fantastic, but Cough- lin's worse than Roosevelt's, because the Coughlin plan departs just that much further from what Baruch re gards as sound. Cotton Situation Concern about the cotton situation continues to mount in administration and New Deal circles. Of all those speaking about it publicly, however, the only bigh official who really gives anything like the real picture is Dan- fel C. Roper, secretary of Commerce. He is one of the few who openly con- cede that the government has tried to malatain the price of cotton at too h a level—that If held there it is only & question of time until the rest of the world either finds an acceptable substitute, or a new cotton growing area. He is one of the few who has bad the temerity to talk openly about the menace of the new development in Brazil, one known result of which al- ready Is that certain important English cotton mills have altered thelr looms a8 most expensive operation, hence In dicating permanence—so as to handle Brazilian Instead of American cotton. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, while denying vigorously that any change in the cotton program ls anticl pated, did not attempt to predict that the amount of money the government would loan on a bale of cotton in 1985 would be as great as It has been, The amount the government will loan will be cut. In other words, the govern. ment has slowly but surely been driven to what it now knows is the necessity of pegging the price of cotton low wr tha it has been, Ome of the most convincing points In driving the administration to this po- States, More Trade Treaties Coming right on the heels of the collapse of the effort to bartér half a million bales of cotton in a deal with | Germany—mostly for blocked marks which would have had to be expended inside Germany for exports—the fall- ing off in American cotton exports has given a decided boost to the pressure for more reciprocal trade treaties. Manufacturers of this country have been warned by Secretary Roper that— in this drive to provide exchange In this country for foreign countries which might buy our cotton, and other products—they must stand ready to submit to foreign competition. It Is not enough, he warned, to reduce duties on foreign goods, which do not compete with American factories. It Is neces- sary to admit a very large volume of goods, which do compete with ours— or else give up all hope of selling our own goods abroad. Underneath all this pressure Is one particular necessity—to provide a for- elgn market for American cotton. Oth- er things, too, of course, but cotton is one thing that is causing the most worry. This does not mean that the govern- ment hopes to continue the present price of cotton by obtaining additional foreign buying. It now accepts as a fact that It must reduce the price as part of what is necessary to induce for- eign buying; that—and provide in some way for foreign purchasing power. The last, of course, Is why the government is now pressing for reciprocal trade agreements looking to American pur- chases of more foreign goods The situation has not been much dis- cussed because it Is so unpleasant. No- Not the southern cotton growers, for they must losk forward to lower prices for their staple. Not the manufactur- ers, for they must look forward to keener competition, and to sacrificing part of the American market to their foreign competitors, teturn of prosperity, with greater purchasing power in America, will help the manufacturers. For the cotton planters, however, It would probably spell higher prices for everything they buy. Right under the smoke screen pro- vided by Senator Huey Long and Fath- er Coughlin, business has eased into Washington and ron off with more sal- vage than it had theught possible two months ago—or even two weeks ago. For instance—due to an amazing flood of propaganda—repeal of the pink slip publicity for Income taxes provision seems assured. Also—the death sentence for utility holding companies has been reprieved to life impriscopment——or at least dis. cretion to do so will be reposed in gov- ernment agencies, Also—contractors, scheduled to be left high and dry whenever possible In the four-billlondollar work relief ex- penditures, now find themselves in such satisfactory shape that the construc tion league, spokesman for the recon struction industry, and Michael McDon- ough, of the building trades unions, Join In a statement singing the praises of the Presidential program. While another big group of contractors, the road builders, are giving a good iml- tation of a cat with cream on {ts whis kers, And that would not be all, If a few more indostries wake up to the sito ation and realize what they have to do to be saved. Though so far not many have shown indication of so doing. For example, the railroads, with an army of security holders almost as large as the utilities, have not thought of making a mass attack on individual senators and representatives for what they really want—regulation of trucks and busses, but especially trucks They have been very discreet. stat- ing their case In pompous arguments, and leaning over backward lest they be suspected of speaking In self-interest. If they would get their stockholders writing In to the senators and repre- sentatives in whose states and districts the security holders vote, there might be action very quickly. How to Get Results What the railroads should learn, and what a good many other lines of busi. : ness should learn, Is a very simple fact about how to get results in Washing- ton. It is a fact that was appreciated to the utmost by the Anti-Saloon league. It Is a fact which has been appreciated for the first time this ses. sion by the utilities. And a fact spec tacularly demonstrated by the forces fighting now for repeal of Income tax | publicity. ’ i The fact Is that the average senator and representative can be affected only | by backfires from his own state or dis | trict. The average senator, for exam- ple, is no more Interested in a referen- | dum by the National Chamber of Com- | merce on some plece of legislation than | he Is In a treatise on why the anclent | Assyrians did not drink whisky Instead of wine. Probably not so much, But he does care, and tremendously, | i turers who voted in that referendum | send him strong personal letiers and | wires—Iif the manufacturers In ques | tion live in that senator's state. And | if they Induce a lot of their friends to Join the clamor, the senator, seeks light, | ns a rule, very quickly, Copyright. ~WNU Services, Production. of Agriculture ~~ WNU. Bervice. For the first time in 33 years of durum-wheat production in the United States, there Is a shortage of this class of wheat. Millers and macaroni manu- facturers are concerned over the fu- ture production of durum wheat, be- cause this season it has been necessary to import the grain from Canada, Durum wheat was introduced from Russia about 1900 by Mark Alfred popular among the farmers of the northern Great Plains. Production in- creased rapidly, from about 60,000 bushels in 1001 to about 6,000,000 bush- els in 1908, and probably about 50,000,- 000 bushels in 1908, The annual do- mestic consumption of durnm wheat is now about 32,000,000 bushels, of which about 15,000,000 bushels is milled into semolina, For many years the durum-wheat acreage was around 5,000,000 acres, The acreage varied from year to year owing principally to the relative mar- ket price of durum in comparison with bard red spring wheat. Formerly the export demand for durum wheat large- ly controlled the market price. A low price for durum usually resulted In a reduced acreage. One of the most important phases of durum-wheat production is growing suitable varieties, of which Kubanka and Mindum are the best. High qual- ity seed of these varieties has been conserved and is for sale to growers in adapted territory of the drouth area by the seed stocks committee. This is a part of the seed conservation pro- gram. authoriged by congress and ad- ministered by the Agricditural Adjust- ment administration, United States De- partment of Agriculture, Farmers should consider carefully the growing of more dorum and less hard red spring wheat this year. The Agriculture Outiook for 1035 sum- marizes the situation as follows: “While durum wheat supplies will be held down by a very small carry-over. average yield on an area of 3.000.000 acres would result in a new crop ample fer domestic requirements and earry- over. A further increase of acreage, or yield above average, would result In a considerable surplus for export.” The return of durum-wheat growing to the suggested acreage would meet domestic requirements and still keep the durum price from being controlled by world supply and demand, Vitamin D Elements in Most All Winter Foods In Finland, where the summer is too short to produce enough of the green food for dairy cattle, the export of but- ¥ lower butter. Scientists were a food in the way of vitamized oll cake ter to revive its exportation. long and ultra-violet rays slant much to produce green stuffs, scientists too months, Yellow foods usually supply of vitamin D, with varying degrees of this color. Crop Control World-W ide American farmers who have signed up to reduce their cotton, corn or wheat acreage or the number of pigs they raise are in the same boat with says Pathfinder Magazine, control or crop curb Idea is now world. wide and still spreading. with its adjustment programs opened the way and other nations have been crops under government regulation to extend that authority. Agricultural Notes With mules costing $125, Louisiana is using oxen. * . . Chile Is to raise a fund to combat fruit diseases and pests. » . * the University of Wisconsin, . * . Maryland has set out to popularize the sweet potato In England. . . . Argentina has established minimum prices for wheat, corn and flaxseed. . * . Irrigation of most crops requires ap- plication of at least 1 inch of water per acre each week, or 27.000 gallons, during periods of no rainfall, * * » counties, in 1034. *. ® » Rickets develops most commonly in swine when they are kept indoors away from direct sunshine and when alfalfa or clover hay Is not Included in thelr rations. Develop Their Power of Attainment. ward, “We are hipped, we Americans, they see others rising. The golation to them has to come the realization that Lid on a cumulative and youthful achievements,” so writes ‘one of the best known, expe. rienced, and successful critics, “H. IL. P." It is a sentence to give pause to parents’ thoughts, There Is some thing stimulating to them In the realization that their children are proving their ability while still youthful. In Imagination they see these, their offsring, spurring ahead not only of those of thelr own age, out overtiking amd forging ahead of “Made My wider experience, When a chilid pecially gifted she), is is a genius, or es or talented, he, (or abie to grasp with amazing beyond him. With this mental and > physical equipment there ils also a quality, not to be gauged by years, for it Is ageless, jut geniuses are rare, despite the fact that many parents consider their children belong to the limited company. It is wiser to be slow in such classification, while nurturing and cherishing what seems to be a spark of the “Divine fire” found In geniuses. Above all, care for the health of such promising | youths and give them every ble opportunity for proper develop ment of the ability. Apart from these exceptional chil- | dren, there Is the vast majority, the | normal average. These children may be slow In developing their pow- ers. 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