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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934
BIBLE THOUGHT
"HE LEADETH ME
beside the still waters." (Psalm 23:2)
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Beside still waters? No, not always so;
Oftimes the heavy tempest round me blow.
And o'er my soul the waves and billows go.
And when th estorm beats loudes tand I cry
Alour for help, the Master standeth by,
And whispers to my soul ,"Lo, it is I."
So whether on the hilltops high and "fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valley where
The shadows lie, what matter? He is there,
—Harry H. Barry.
« ON THE CONSTITUTION RESTS
OUR LIBERTY
' (By BRUCE CATTON)
Among the things that every school
child is taught is the fact that the Consti
tution of the United States is a document
of great value and deep wisdom.
This is certainl*, true enough, and it is
a wise and beneficial thing for us to set
aside one day every year as "Constitution
Day." But the school children and we
older folk are alike in one thing—we sel
dom bother to read this document to which
we do homage.
Our observance of the day ought to be
gin with that. For it is only by studying
the Constitution, and seeing precisely what
it does and does not say, that we can be
gin to understand what a stalwart bul
wark of human liberty it really is.
And after we have read it, it is good
mental exercise to go back and have a
look at the circumstances under which it
was written and adopted.
The colonies had won their indepen
dence from England—and they hardly
knew what to do with it. They were
weak, scattered, beset by a myriad of an
tagonisms and suspicions. They were di
vided geographically and socially. Some
influential men would not have been sorry
to see an American king; others preferred
even the loose and inefficient articles of
confederation, believing that these at least
left the individual secure in his own free
dom.
Out of all of this confusion and clash
(if opposing forces came the Constitution;
and reading it, with its background in
rpjnd, one cannot fail to gain a new ad
miration for the men who concocted it.
They did their utmost to preserve the
people from tyranny and oppression; they
wrote the most rigid safeguards they could
devise to keep despotism out of the coun
try; they set up the elaborate, and subse
quently famous, system of checks and bal
ances to make certain that no one branch
of the government would ever become too
powerful.
This document has been in effect for
nearly 150 years. It is as strong today as
when it was adopted—stronger, in fact,
for it is buttressed by years of observance.
Under it the people of the United States
have recorded a great and glorious history.
Today we are passing through one of
those times of stress which test any gov
ernmental charter. It is up to us to re
member the strength which the Constitu
tion has given us in the past—and to vow
that it shall come through these troublous
days unweakened either in letter or in ob
servance.
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I NEWSPAPERS' OPINION
— 0
SHALL MACHINES BE TAXED OUT OF
EXISTENCE?
The sight of millions of men out of work is a
distressing sight. One remeldy that is proposed is
to tax labor-saving machines so high that it will be
cheaper for the employer to pay the wages of as
many men as the machine displaces rather than to
buy the machine.
That looks very simple. But do the advocates
of making jobs in ths fashion stop to consider
how far such a plan would go? Instead of the
railroad we would be forced back to the ox-cart.
A great many more men would be required to
drive all the ox carts than are required to run all
the trains—provided there remained as much haul
ing to do as there is now.
But, the same process of driving machines out
of use would be in process in other industries a*
well. Hence, instead of the vast amount of freight
to be hauled, the primitive methods of produc.ng
things to be hauled would leave so much less to
be hauled that not near as many men would be
required to run the needed ox carts as are now
being required to run the trains .
In other words, there is no way out of economic^
depression by making depression a hundred times
worse through going back to the methods of a
primitive age. Our troubles are not that machines
enable us to produce too much, and therefore put
men out of work, but that the vast machine of
modern industry has become sadly disarranged.
As well recommend going back to the ox cart as
a remedy for a disordered automobile as to sug
gest going back to promitive methods of produc
tion as a means of making jobs. It is both simpler
and more advantageous to overhaul the automo
bile.—Newberry (S. C.) Observer.
CIGARETTE AND STATE TAXES
The cigarette trade is interested in the recent
ruling by the Retail Tobacco Trade Code, as is
also the State. Under the law, the amount of any
tax levied by the State must be added to the mini
mum price. This ruling went into effect last Mon
day and it is designed to prevent the practice of
using cigarettes as "bait," a practice which was
tending to eliminate the small enterprise from to
bacco distribution. However, in those States im
posing a stamp tax on cigarettes, the amount of
the tax is large enough to permit a continuation
of this practice through the absorption of the tax
by the dealer. Furthermore, a dealer located in
one JHate may sell in another States imposing a
tax. avoiding the tax entirely, and forcing a com
petitor within the State, in order to meet his price,
to suffer a substantial loss. Therefore, the existing
order has tended to promote fair competitive prac
tices only in those States having no tax and the
amendment proposes to extend this protection to
all States. To permit the absorption or avoidance
of a tax which may amount to as much as 38 per
cent of the selling price is considered beyond the
bounds of healthy price competition.
The effect of this order will be to provide a uni
form competitive base. In other words, for brands
on which the minimum price amounts to 13 cents
per package. 2 packages for 25 cents, and a carton
for $1.20, the minimum price in a State imposing
a stamp tax of 2 cents per package on the ciga
rettes will automatically become 15 cents per pack
age, 2 packages for 29 cents, and a carton for
$1.38. A person located without the State must
conform with the minimum prices of the State in
which he makes his sales.—Charlotte Observer.
SINCLAIR WEAKENING
Upton Sinclair, having been nominated for gov
1 ernor of California by voters in the Democratic
primary, is beginning to discover that the platform
upon which he made his primary race may not be
that upon which he will go to the people in the
general election.
News from California tells of changes Mr. Sin
clair is making in his platform. When the Demo
cratic convention is held Mr. Sinclair's plan will
be submitted to a committee, as is the custom *it
all party conventions, and when that committee
gets through with it he hardly may recognize it.
Mr. Sinclair came to Washington shortly after
the California primary and spent two hours in con
ference with President Roosevelt. No word of
what transpired at that conference was given out
but it may be that the President made some sug
gestions relating to a Democratic platform for
California. At any rate, Mr. Sinclair, long a
stormy petrel in literature and more recently the
same in politics, shows a tendency to listen to the
advice of others since his return from Washing
ton. It is said that he has had a conference with
George Creel, his leading opponent in the primary,
and has asked Mr. Creel to assist in drafting a
platform to be submitted to the state convention.
It also is said that he has expressed a willingness
to modify his plan for old age pensions, his tax
exemption proposal and his plans for communal
farms and state factories.
Mr. Sinclair, if elected governor on a platform
drafted by representatives of all classes of the
people ought to make as good a governor as the
average in California. He will hardly be the next
governor unless he consents to abandon some of
the projects included in his EPIC plan.—Spartan
burg Herald.
FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS
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The old habit still prevails for Summer visitors
to the mountain sections to pack up and come
home in early September, at the very beginning of
the prettiest season of all, and that is the Fall,
when the color effect comes on. This is a habit
largely contracted by necessity for parents to
bring the children home so that they might enter
school. But in recent times the visitors have been
manifesting a disposition to tarry and in encour
agement of this departure, McKee's fine establish
ment at High Hampton is going to keep open doors
"until October 25th." It is likely that other hotels
will follow suit and that the season at the moun
tain resorts will be prolonged, to the delight of all
who experience the privilege. Incidental to the
High Hampton departure, the hotel is sending out
a series of hand-colored postal cards depicting the
lawns and the woods in full Autumn garb, show
ing how the landscape looks when Autumn "has
lit her torch at Summer's fire," and that proves the
most fetching argument The Observer has noted
for prolongation of the season in the mountains.—
, Charlotte Observer.
* i
If Asheville and that section of Western North
Carolina can secure the eastern gateway of the
scenic route into the National Park, and if the
industrial middleground of the state can snap it
self put of some rather aggravating strike troubles
now prevailing, the state will be properly in shape
to enjoy a widely-diffused run of better times.—
Charlotte Observer.
The new large postage stamps and the new
small dollar bills are getting closer together in
other respects as well as size.—Miami Herald.
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A Railroad Jolts Mr. Ickes.—Headline. Well,
anyhow, Harold, it took a railroad to do it.—Mem
phis Commercial Appeal.
theTTeadless horseman
BLACKFACE ENTERTAINMENT
By WICKES WAMBOLDT
Recently the principal of a hitfh
school said that when he put the
question up to his pupils as to the
kind of chapel services they pre
ferred, the vote was in favor of
some kind of (
black facc min-1
s t r c 1 perform
ance in place of
■what they were
then receiving.
"Whatever you
do," said the
pupils, "don't
preach at us."
The high school
principal used
tho foregoing1 sit
uation as an in
Wamboldt stance of the un
fortunate state of mind the
present day young; folks have got
into.
Judged by the instance above,
the young people of today are no
different from the young people
of yesterday. When I was a boy,
I think we would have voted over
whelmingly to see a minstrel per
formance rather than almost any
kind of religious service. Further
more, the chances are that the ma
jority of the adults of today who
were the youngsters of yesterday,
would as a matter of entertain
ment prefer right now, a good
minstrel show to some of the ser
mons they hear.
There is nothing unnatural in
the preference that most persons
have for fun and relaxation as
against sober reflection and con
centration on topics vital and
heavy.
It is human nature to play and
to take life lightly; not only is
that true of the youngsters, but
it is largely true of the oldsters.
We have to learn, most of us,
to become interested in the theo
logies and the philosophies. Most
of us can endure only just so
much deep study. Most of us, un
less trained to do otherwise, pre
fer frivolity to religion and psy
chology. Most of us had rather
let our minds play around than
make them work.
"Ah," replied the principal,
when a listener had delivered him
self of the foregoing ideas, "that
brings me to the fable of the mice
and the cat. The cat was constant
ly catching the mice. The mice
went into conference and decided
that the thing to do was to put
a bell on the cat so they could be
warned of her coming. The idea
was about to be unanimously
adopted when a wise old rodent
inquired: 'Who is going to bell the
cat?' "
"Who," inquired the principal,
"is going to cause our young peo
ple to feel an interest in religion
and philosophy and the higher
things in life?"
In the first place, the story of
the mice and the cat is a fable and
a fableiproves nothing. In the sec
ond place, mice never could bell
a cat; a stronger force would be
necessary for the job. There are
persons who are notably gift"d in
arousing the interest of young
people in the better and higher
things of life. Such talented per
sons should be drafted to serve in
a capacity in which no one else is
able to serve. It is as nonsensical I
to put somebody at teaching who I
can not teach, as to put some one I
at running who can not run, at
rowing who can not row; at paint
ing who can not paint, and at
singing who can not sing.
Those persons who have marked
ability to lead the thought of
youth into wholesome constructive
channels, should be secured for
that important work and they
should be paid salaries attractive
enough to hold them. It is not
probable that adventurous, bub
bling youth can be made to love
the serious, sober, higher things
in life above all other things in
life; but under proper influences
young people can be made to re
alize the necessity of being de
cent. of holding fast to decency,
and to comprehend the need of |
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
WAStMGICW
BY RODNEY DITCHER
NKA Xrnlrr Ntnff Corrrapondeiit
TTrASHINOTON. —Chairman My
" ron Taylor of the U. S. Steel
Corporation heard about President
Roosevelt's appointment of a labor
relations board for the steel in
dustry and proceeded to act In his
customary fashion.
He sent the three members of
the board an invitation to come to
New York, have dinner with him
and some of the other boys, and
talk things over.
Judge Walter Stacy, chairman of
the labor board, replied with
thanks. The board was busy, but
would be glad to see Mr. Taylor
at any time he cared to pay it a
business visit.
That's part of the background in
the battle which many people fore
see between Steel ind the board
on the issue of colldptive bargain
ing for organized labor.
Elections will be field in steel
plants and there fs rio longer the
slightest doubt that the Stacy
group will rule that employers
must deal with whichever union
wins a majority vote as the repre
sentative of all workers.
This so-called "majority rule"
principle was repudiated by Gen
eral Johnson and Roosevelt in the
automobile settlement, but has
been emphatically invoked by the
National Labor Relations Board in
the Houde case. The steel board is
virtually compelled to adopt it.
• • *
rpHE steel board has unmistaka
A bly indicated its feeling about
company unions—which are the
kind which the industry wants.
During a hearing on a union
discrimination case, Stacy demand
ed of a company attorney; "What
I interest have you in the form of
I organization of your employes?
! We can understand if you have a
' moral interest, but you have no
legal Interest." Which meant:
["Hands off union organization!"
So the steel industry is threaten
I :ng defiance if election results and
(board rulings require it to bar
I gain collectively only with A. F.
of L. unions. Its threats to give
up its codes can be made good if
three-fourths of the industry votes
to do so.
And the sceel men usually stand
closely together — especially in
price-lixing and bucking organized
labor.
LTHOUGH sitting in a judicial
capacity, Judge Stacy has no
longing at all for the judicial robe?
he used to wear.
"It's pretty warm in here," he
announced at the first hearing,
"and if anybody would like to take
his coat off, it's all right with the
board."
No one stirred, so Stacy said:
"Well, I guess this board had
better start this."
He peeled off his coat and every
one else then followed suit.
JUST to save postage—in cases
where none was enclosed—here's
an answer to numerous requests as
to how to obtain the Consumers'
Guide, the bi-weekly magazine
which tells about food prices,
economical buying, how to avoid
being gypped, etc. You just ask
for it in a note to:
The Consumers' Counsel, Agn
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion, Washington, D. C.
Don't send any money. It's free!
(CopyriKht. 1934. -NEA Service, Inc.)
♦ * *
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NAVAL GAMES,
SCHEDULED IN
PACIFIC 1935
Indications Are They Will
Be Pointed Toward
Alaskan Defense
By HOBART C. MONTEE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (UP)
—Announcement by Secretary of
Navy Claude A. Swanson yester
day that the 1035 fleet maneu
vers will occur in the Northeast
ern Pacific indicates tha con
tinuation of the shift of Ameri
can strategical interest in Alaska
and the great circle steamer
route across the Picific.
An estimated J04 vessels will
maneuver in an area roughly
marked by Alaska, Puget sound
and Hawaii, which would cover
the mainline of direct communi
cations between North America
and Asia in the event of any
general emergency in the Pacific.
Diplomatic quarters were great
ly interested in this new deve
lopment but did not attach ex
traordinary political importance
to it. first because naval activity
in this region has been fore
shadowed b.\» various airplane
and submarine cruises there in
recent months, and secondly be
cause it is common knowledge
that the practive games of the
American fleet since the World
War have covered all imoortant
maritime areas contiguous to
mainland United States and its
possessions, except the Phillip
pines and some minor islands.
Moreover, the United States
fleet practice has heretofore in
cluded a cruise down the South
Pacific to Australia; a special
operation at the Panama Conal
and repeated tactical exercises
in the strategic zones of the Car
lbDean.
Under these circumstances for
eign noval observers i'elt the
northeastern maneuvers would be
a natural sequence to the panics
previously held.
Diplomatic importance v\'ill he
attached to the North Pacific
panics, however, because of the
light that they will throw on
the general question of Pacific
defense in the event of any fail
ure to renew the international
naval treaty. In such event, it is
the widely prevalent opinion that
the United States naval policy
would look to the establishment
of additional Pacific bases and
in such event, Cooks Inlet. Dutch
Harbor and possibly other points
would assume an ascending strat
egical importance.
One aspect of United States
defenses in the North Pacific
was brought to life at the lasc
session of congress in n discus
sion incidental to a bill intro
duced by delegate Anthony Dia
mond of Alaska proposing that
air bases be established in the
Alaskan-Aleution area.
At that time it was pointed out
by some authorities that the Uni
ted States might be in danger of
placing an excessive reliance up
on the naval base at Pearl Har
bor, Hawaii, which is a long dis
tance south of the Great Circle
giving enough time to construc
tive tnought to keep themselves
progressing constructively.
Even some of the older folks
who follow with fair consistency
the straight and narrow path, give
study and thought to wholesome
ness and Godliness after the same
fashion that they take their set
ting up exercises everjl morning,
not so much because they like
them but because they are good
for them. Spiritual exercise is just
as important to th*. health and
strength of the sou! as physical
exercise to the health and strength
of the body.
Steamer route from northwestern
United States to the Orient.
A hostile fleet operating in
the North Pacific, it was believ
ed by some experts, could sup
port an invasion of Alaska with
out effective resistance from
Hawaii. In such event, aircraft,
would become of paramount im
portance in the new situation.
It was not anticipated here
that Japan would look with any
undue apprehension on the pro
jected 1935 maneuvers, because
the practive of holding such
games annually is common to1
all of the great naval powers an-1
is KecognizecJ by all a-; a part
of normal fleet activities.
These maneuvers usually oc-|
casion widespread speculation I
and semi-official comment as to
their potential international sign
ificance, which fleet authorities
usually discount because of the
fact that each annual maneuver
is merely one part of a great
game of national defense and
not necessarily indicative of gen
eral strategical or political ob
jectives.
FARM MORTGAGE
RELIEF LAW INVALID
(Continued from page one)
bill lay on President Roosevelt's
desk until Attorney General Ho
mer S. Cummings passed upon it
favorably. The capital expected
the chief executive to veto it.
The bill was stampeded through
the house whose entire member
ship faces re-election in Novem
ber. The measure was considered
by them as a juicy plum to dangle
before the harrassed farmer.
Judge Chestnut in making his
ruling todav derl*.
unmindful of • T1 hMva?,
JJf Public nature J',n'<S
the passage ,hjs ';<h :n>]
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ance to great nun
ill this country. |„,.l '
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sidered the validity of ®
applied to tlx .
tile very besi ahilitv m ..
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fundamental la
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each stale lias laws i0
both the credit •• r nd the 2?
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