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POLITICAL NEWS
OF NEBRASKA
By James R. Lowell
The answer is yes and no to the
moot question of whether Nebraska
is in a better economic and social
condition thin fall than last. While
statistics show the farm income of
the state is greater than for several
years, due to higher produce prices,
farm loans and AAA benefit pay
ments, the fact remains that this
income is by no means evenly dis
tributed and the number of people
in the state who must have assist
ance this winter will reach an all
time high, due largely to the
drouth.
The number of persons receiving
aid thru federal and county funds
this month is approximately 150,
000, or one out of every nine inhabi
tants of the state. Social workers
who are in close touch with the sit
uation say that in the neighbor
hood of one out of every six per
sons will require relief before the
winter is over.
Drouth relief iB requiring nearly
half the funds allotted to this state
by the FERA. The federal allot
ment to the State Emergency Re
lief Administration for September
totals $1,987,070, and approximate
ly $500,000 of this will be spent for
livestock feed for winter distri
bution to farmers who without such |
assistance would have to go on re
lief. Previous to this month, the
Rural Rehabilitation Division of the
SERA had spent $700,000 to pile up
a reserve supply of fodder.
The question of financing relief is
one of the really ’Sei^oua problems
now facing Nebraska. The FERA
has been furnishing far more than
its share, and is pretty certain to
drastically curtail its necessary
program in the state unless the
state legislature provides an equit
able amount of relief money. Ne
braska is one of five states that
have failed so far to provide relief
funds. The counties which have
been helping the FERA to provide
relief cannot be expected to dig
down too far beneath the skin while
the state does nothing.
The majority of the counties are
honestly attempting to do their
share in helping the FERA to pro
vide relief, according to State Tax
Commissioner Smith, who also is
chairman of the State Relief Com
mittee. Out of thirty counties re
porting to the tax commissioner
up to this week, 20 have increased
their levies, four retain the same
levies as last year and six have re
duced. Event; where reductions
arc shown, however, the pbor relief
levies have been increased and the
reductions are due to cutting down
on other items.
On the brighter side of the Ne
braska scene, statistics show that
the average price of seven basic
farm commodities plus the benefit
payments derived from processing
taxes has reached 95 per cent of
pre-war parity. The total farm in
come for this year, also including
benefit payments, is forecast at
about 19 per cent increase over that
of last year which in turn was a
substantial increase over that of
1932. Before the end of the year,
approximately $40,000,000 willhave
been disbursed by the federal gov
ernment to Nebraska farmers. The
greater part of this is their share
of the processing taxes earned by
contracting with the government to
co-operate in production control
programs. A smaller part comes
from the special fund allotted to
the purchase of drouth emaciated
cattle.
In the more favored sections of
the country where crops came thru
in a nearly normal fashion, the
firmer* will have more money than
they have had for a long time. Ne
braska is among the least favored
aections, but it still is receiving a
sizeable income thanks to the gov
ernment program.
Despite the increased relief bur;j
den that Nebraska must carry this j
winter, the situation may be re-1
garded as hopeful. The SERA has
girded itself for the task of taking
the "dole" out of relief by provid
ing employment for all needy per
sons who are able to work. The
relief program is looking ahead to
the rehabilitation and future in
dependence of its clients, and out
of this program may be expected
to materialize a more intelligent,
humane, efficient and economical
social welfare program than the
state has known in the past.
A crop of petition candidates,
gathered for the most part from
the ranks of candidates defeated
in the primary election, is making
its appearance as the general elect
ion looms closer ahead. Incident
ally, a question is involved as to
the legal right of these defeated
candidates to run.
In addition to candidates who
have actually announced their in
tentions of running for various
offices as petition “dark horses,”
there are numerous rumors in the
political wind as to who else may
get in. Eugene O’Sullivan, Omaha,
who ran third against R. L. Coch
ran in the democratic gubernatorial
primary contest, admits he is con
sidering filing as an independent
candidate to oppose Congressman
E. R. Burke, also of Omaha, for
United States Senator.
O’Sullivan was the leader of a
small group of democrats who
passed up the recent democratic
state convention at Omaha to visit
Governor Bryan, defeated by Burke
in the primary, at the capitol and
convey their high esteem of and to
the state’s chief executive. Pe
titions nominating O'Sullivan are
being circulated and he says he will
run if he sees a possibility of win
ning.
The governor last week stated
“that there really was no democrat
ic convention held in Omuha,” and
that “the democratic state conven
tion should be reassembled to per
mit the delegates to have a voice
and a vote in deciding the policies
of the party and in helping our
great president with his recovery
program.” The governor, O’Sulliv
an, William Ritchie and several
others, charge that there was too
much “planned economy” in the
democratic convention and that
only the chosen few were allowed
a say-so.
The only “specific and positive
plan” suggested at the Omaha con
vention, according to Bryan, was
“repeal of the state prohibition
lnws so as to make it easier for
everyone to secure a drink,." Thus
does the famous Bryan-Mullen fued
roll merrily along, and the republi
cans aren’t shedding a tear.
Another rumor which was subse
quently spiked was that Henry C.
Luckey, Lincoln, democratic nomi
nee for congress in the First dis
trict, would withdraw and turn his
place over to the governor. The
rumor had no sooner appeared,
however, than Luckey filed an ac
ceptance of his nomination with the
secretary of state.
Wilbur E. Sanford, Lincoln, who
was a republican candidate for rail
way commissioner four years ago
in the primary, has filed his nomi
nation as petition candidate for
congress in the First district, to
oppose Luckey and Marcus Poteet,
duly nominated candidates. The
law requires 200 names for a nomi
nation of this kind in a district
and 1,000 names for a candidate for
state office.
Petitions are being circulated to
place the names of Gernie Thomas,
defeated candidate for land com
missioner in the primary, and Chas.
H. Driscoll, defeated for secretary
of state, on the general election
ballot. The former now would run
for railway commissioner, the latter
for state auditor.
A petition has been filed namidg
Herold B. Applegate, Ogallala, as
a candidate for congress in the
Fifth district. An acceptance had
not been filed early this week.
To cap the climax a whole
petition party may file for the No
vember election. The Workers and
rarmers United front, an organ
ization headed by Charles Taylor,
former senator from Montana, and
now Nebraska manager for the
group, is said to have ambitions
towards being a third party in the
coming election. Harry Lux, who
has been a left-wing leader in the
farm strike movement, and was
jailed at Wilber some time ago for
attempting to halt a farm mort
gage foreclosure sale, is one of the
head men of the organization.
The question is in doubt whether
a candidate defeated in the primary
can run again in the general elect
ion as a petition candidate. There
are two sections of the statute, one
forbidding a defeated primary can
didate to run by petition for the
same office in the general election,
and another forbidding such a can
didate from running for any office
at the general election. Attorney
General Paul Good say* it U a
serious question and might be de
cided either v.ay.
GIST OF THE CAPITOL NEWS
A petition is said to have been
prepared requesting the original
jurisdiction in a suit to test the
validity of the repeal of the party
circle on the general election bal
lot, to be taken by the supreme
court. It had not been filed early
this week. The petition was cir
culated by a republican, it is
claimed, and he questions the leg
ality of making the secretary of
state the respondent in such a suit.
One of the county clerks should be
the respondent, he thinks.
The republican central committee
has picked as its main speakers
this fall in the “most active and
aggressive campaign Nebraska has
ever seen,” the following: Robert
Simmons, nominee for United
States senator; Dwight Griswold,
nominee for governor; J. H. Kemp,
nominee for the senatorial short
term; and R. O. Johnson, nominee
for attorney general.
Bids on eight additional highway
projects, to cost about §250,000
have been called for September 27,
bringing the total of offers asked
on that date to more than a million
dollars.
The state is conducting experi
ments in highway surfacing with
asphaltic materials on a mile and a
quarter stretch north of Lincoln on
highway No. 77. The penetration
method, wherein the*'old gravel base
is first swept clean, then a “tack
coat” of asphalt is put to soak into
the rond bed, after which alternate
coats of old gravel and asphalt fol
low, is ‘being used on part of the
experimental stretch. The surface
will not stand hard use, but it costs
half as much as bituminous mat.
Another section of tne road wui
be surfaced according to regular
specifications for bituminous mat,
but without a base other than the
old roadway after the gravel is re
moved. Still another stretch will
have a tack-coat emulsion base
with a bituminous mat composition
above, while the last section will
combine the asphalt penetration
base with a standard surface.
Other experimental surface was
done on No. 77 in the same vicin
ity last fall, and the results are ex
pected to be of considerable benefit
in future road work all over the
state.
Over 17,250 mortgage loans for
more than $62,069,000 were made
in Nebraska under the farm debt
refinancing program of the farm
credit administration from June 1,
1983, to July 81, 1934, it was re
cently disclosed at the state house.
The value of Nebraska’s wheat
crop this year, including the carry
over, is placed at $22,000,000, com
pared with $18,739,000 last year,
$7,157,000 in 1932, and $23,559,000
in 1931.
The value of Nebraska corn
sealed in farm warehouses was
boosted $3,500,000 by recent gov
ernment action wherein new and
refunding loans of the Commodity
Credit Corporation raise the value
from 45 to 55 cents a bushel for
loaning purposes. Under this
action, persons holding the present
loans must either repay them or
obtain new loans within a reason
able length of time. It is estimated
that there are 35,000,000 bushels
of corn under seal in this state
at the present time.
The government at first announ
ced that the date for the extension
of the present 45-cents-a-bushel
loans would be changed from Jan
uary 1 to October 15, but the latter
date is expected to be extended in
view of the fact that moving all
corn under seal in so short a time
might flood the market.
BRIEFLY STATED
—
Judge Dickson and Reporter Mc
Elhaney went up to Springview
last Monday morning, where they
are holding the regular term of the
Keya Paha county district court.
It was thought that the term would
last a week or more, several crim
inal cases being on the docket for
trial.
Bernard Walsh returned last
Sunday from a two wedks vacation
spent with the home folks at West
Union, Iowa. He also visited rela
tives in Minneapolis while away.
His sister, Miss Leonore Walsh, re
turned. with him and will visit here
for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hough and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Ward and family, of Odebolt, Iowa,
brother and cousin of Scott and
William Hough, of this city, ar
rived here Monday for a short visit
i with their many relatives and
friends in this city and vicinity.
Bruce Vail, one of the capable
and efficient employees of the
Gamble store, left on his vacation
the latter part of last week. A
S VAK DIRI
S. S. Van Dine has established a
unique place for himself in con
temporary fiction as a writer of
murder mystery stories.
In 1926 came the first—The Ben
son Murder Case. This was fol
lowed by The Canary Murder Case,
The Greene Murder Case, The
Bishop Murder Case, The Scarab
Murder Case and then The Kennel
Murder Case, acclaimed the great
est and most baffling mystery story
of the whole series.
Through each of these stories
moves Philo Vance, super-detective,
who gathers the strands of evi
dence together and out of the maze
of bewildering clews produces a
reasonable solution of the mystery.
Read The Kennel Murder Case
as it is published serially in this pa
per and join in the manhunt for the
shrewdest killer Philo Vance ever
sought. See if you can work out
the solution before the great detec
tive points to the guilty person.
Do Not Miss the Opening
Chapters of This
Thrilling Story
on page 3, this issue
young lady informed us that when
Bruce returns he will have a charm
ing life partner with him, as he is
away on a wedding trip, instead of
a vacation.
Miss Marie Biglin, who has been
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and. Mrs. P. J. Biglin, and with
other relatives here for the past
two weeks, left Sunday for her
home at Salt Lake City, Utah. Her
sister, Miss Helen and William
Wehl dr^ve her down to Grand
Island where she took the train.
Word was received here the first
of the week that Dan P. McGinty,
who formerly traveled in this terri
tory and was well known in this
city, died in New Mexico last week.
Mr. McGinty made this territory
for several years and married an
O’Neill girl, Dorothy Frost, daugh
ter of Dr. Margaret Frost, who
later divorced him.
A large number from this city
attended the fair at Chambers last
Thursday hrid Friday. On Friday
the Center Union base ball team
crossed bats with the Ballagh team
at the fair and emerged victorious
with a score of 2 to 0. John Dick
was in the box for Center Union
and held the Ballagh sluggers to
two scratch hits and was master
of the contest all the way through.
A good-sized delegation went
down to Chambers last Monday
evening, headed by the band, boost
ing for. the Free Day Celebration.
The delege^ftn report that they
received a very nice reception from
the Chambers people and that the
people of that section were very
much interested in the celebration.
They proved it by sending large
numbers of their citizens here on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loran Simonson ex
pect to leave this evening for Chi
cago, where they will take in the
Exposition and will then visit rela
tives at Kenosha and Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and will also visit at
their old home in Dane county, Wis.
Loran says he has not been back to
the old home since 1S94, although
Mrs. Simnoson has made several
trips back there. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Simonson have many relatives
and friends in their old home county
and they look forward to having
an enjoyable visit. They expect
to be gone about a month.
While the businesss men of this
city claim that business was not
as good last Tuesday as it was on
Free Day of 1932 they are all well
satisftedwith theamount of business
they received. The celebration was
not put on for the purpose of gett
ing a lot of business on that par
ticular day, but for the purpose of
giving the people of our trade ter
ritory an opportunity to come to
this city and enjoy the various
i amusements provided for their ben
efit by the business men of the city,
without ar,y cost to our guests.
And the vast crowd that thronged
our city cn that day were well con
vinced that O’Neill had again made
good.
MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR BUYING CATTLE
Farmers who desire to purchase
cattle for feeding, and who have
plenty of surplus feed, can be finan
ced through the Production Credit
associations, E. R. Heaton, presi
dent of the Production Credit Cor
poration today advised James W.
Rooney, secretary-treasurer of
the O'Neill Production Credit Asso
ciation.
“We have already made many
such loans,”,Mr. Heaton asserted,
“and the production credit associ
ations will pursue a liberal policy
in the handling cf it.”
Under this program, farmers will
obtain the full value frodm their
surplus feed stuffs.
James W. Rooney, secretary
treasurer of the O’Neill Production
Credit Association will put farmers
in this territory in touch with pro
ducers of cattle and sheep who
have them for sale.
A FINANCIAL WIZARD.
Chicago Tribuns: There can no
longer be any doubt about it. Mr.
Morgenthau is, unquestionably, the
greatest Secretary of the Treasury
since Mr. Woodin.
Under Mr. Morganthan’s guid
ance this country i engaged in im
porting silver ar.d paying for it by
exporting gold. We are buying
the silver for more than it is worth.
Every time a ship heads east with
a load of gold aboard we take a loss
and every time a ship heads west
with a load of silver we take an
other one. The eminent Mr. Mon
tagu Norman of the Bank of Eng
land is lost in admiration of our
cunning.
Mr. Morgenthau is lost also, but
it is just plain lost. The other
day he explained that the profit
from the gold devaluation constitu
tes a treasury asset which some
day will be used to decrease the
national debt. * * *
What Mr. Morgenthau with truly
statesmanlike reticense did not say,
though it<is true, is that the appli
cation of the profits of devaluation
to the reduction of the national
debt constitutes a capital levy.
The national debt is to be reduced
not by a taxation which might take
some account of ability to pay but
by reducing the real value of all
savings. The little man who has
a few hundred dollars in the bank,
a bond or twro, ar.d an insurance
policy for the protection of his wife
and children will pay off the nation
al debt under Mr. Morgenthau’s
elegantly simple plan. The bene
ficiary will be the shoestring op
erator who borrowed the little fel
low’s money and now gets a larger
share of the equi.y than he has any
right to.
In the light of Mr. Morgenthau’s
recent acts and pronouncements it
is not difficult to sec* why the house
of Morgenthau has been able to
spare him from ac'ive participation
in the management of its financial
affairs.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Job-master, General Farley, like
President Roosevelt, is doing his
best to submerge the democratic
party. As head of the democratic
national committee, a present po
litical misnomer, Farley dispenses
words of cheer and encouragement
to successful primary candidates.
But' he never mentions the word
democrat. It is all New Deal. Sup
port is enlisted solely for New
Deal policies and measures and,
congratulations are extended only
for “loyaty to the New Deal.”
For many people the threat of
the most burdensome taxes in his
tory seems to arouse little disturb
ance. Many have not paid income
taxes in recent years. Others are
not property owners. But they
make a tremendous mistake when
they think for a single moment
that they will not do their share
in footing the bill for the new deal
experiments. The most important
items of daily use for every man
and woman in the country are eat
ing into the individual’s pocket
book. Living costs are mounting
sky high. That’s another form of
taxation. No pne escapes. No one
will escape.
There is a lot of whispering
around Washington that the New
Deal in its grasp for still more
power, intends, after election, to
take over the railroads.
At the time of his death,
Speaker Rainey was the only demo
crat from north of the Ohio river
holding a post of great influence
in the house of representatives.
The south is in the saddle.
Donald Richberg informs us that
the total farm income this year is
19 per cent over last year’s receipts.
He fails to admit that a consider
able part of the aggregate income
represents federal benefit payments
not properly classified as “farm in
come.” Where would be the true
farm income if the subsidies were
withdrawn ?
Prof. Rex Tug well, who has
never plowed a furrow nor met a
payroll, is assisting in directing
the agricultural dictatorship by D’J^
Jerome Frank, a corporation law
yer who never ran a business or
a farm. Fortunately, the task of
harnessing agriculture is not entire
ly in their hands. They have as a
helper, Dr. Frederic Howe, a for
mer lecturer and dilletante of polit
ical philosophy who resigned underA
fire as Commissioner of Immigra
tion after he was charged by a
democratic senator with blocking
the deportation of undesirable
aliens and Communists.
Federal relief agencies have given
employment to 60,000 women in
federal-operated mattress factiries.
How will this affect the employees
of the 2,500 established factories
which are being driven out of busi
ness by government competition ?
Donald Richberg boasts that
farm prices are now only 5 per
cent under those of 1914. He
omits to mention that corn and
wheat are now being imported
from Argentine* and elsewhere to
meet the market shcortage.
If printing press money is sound
money, why are we $27,000,000,000
in debt? There’s no limit to the
possibilities of a printing press.
Now that the campaign is under
way and election day approaching,
AAA has begun widespread dis
tribution of corn-hog checks.
Pretty clever, considering AAA is
reputedly a non-political organi
zation. A check received in the
fall has more political effect than
one delivered in July.
THE entry in a bank book
is often the epitome of a life
embraced in a line,
THE
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,
S125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
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