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Washington.—Roosevelt Is going
t* cash In, »ext month, In his bud
get message, on spade work which
goes back for two years to his first
budget message. In January, 10:14.
His first message asked for ex
traordinary appropriations of $5,
100,000,000. No one thought at the
time that he could possibly spend
It. and he didn’t.
The following budget message,
January, 1935, asked for the
eight hundred odd million left over,
and $1,000,oon.ooo additional.
Again everybody knew that he
couldn’t spend It all during the fis
cal year, am! many did not hesi
tate to say so. This time he asked
for many of the appropriations to
be made for two years.
Best calculations available nt
the moment are that not less than
$1,000,000,000 will he left at the
end of this fiscal year, June 30,
next. Which means that In appro
priations to be asked for In the
next month's budget message the
President will he able to make
a magnificent Bhowlng so far as
working toward a balanced budget
Is concerned.
But that Is only part of the pic
ture.
The President did his utmost
to paint the picture, one year ago.
In Its darkest possible shades. With
the result that almost any picture
painted next month will appear to
be a long step forward. For ex
ample, there was no reference what
ever In Inst year’s budget message
to the $2,000,000,000 profit on gold,
which has been locked up In the
secret stabilization fund. There
was no Intimation to he found that
any of the billions loaned out h.v
the RFC and other government
agencies are an asset, although ns
a matter of fact If the RFC books
were closed today, and the paper
It holds auctioned off In the open
market, not only would the gov
ernment recover 100 cents on the
dollar, but there would be a profit.
Dramatic Touch
Aa though all this were not
enough, the President Just recently
added another dramatic touch to
the picture, which is Intended to
reassure business and taxpayers
and meet the criticism of such Re
publicans as former President
Hoover and Governor London
about too much spending by the
federal government
This was his statement that he
had been assured by hankers that
the federal credit would not be In
much danger until the national debt
reached a total of from 55 to 70
billions.
As the President knew It would
before he made the statement. It
roused a flood of comment, criti
cism, and curiosity. Hankers here
and there denied they had made
such statements, and demands
poured In that the President name
his Informant.
A1I of which accomplished per
fectly the President’s objective In
making the statement—to attract
a lot of attention—rivet national
attention on the huge figures—and
—Inevitably bring about a differ
ent Impression entirely from what
.might otherwise have been the case
when his hudget message figures
are given to the country.
So that when the figures come
out the country will be reassured,
instead of l>elng freshly alarmed.
And the totul national debt that
will be disclosed, together with the
prospect that it will he slightly In
creased If the New Deal program
goes forward, will seem much small
er than the snme figures would
have appeared without this prelim
inary flurry.
It's the kind of thing Mr. Roose
velt likes very much. He gets the
same sort of kick that someone else
might get from a shrewdly cal
culated attack In chess. It’s the
same thing he worked during the
campaign of 1982 on the people
who kept heckling him on the sol
dier bonus.
Victory for Hull
Lots of conservative business
men are going to put George N.
Peek on the back, and sympathise
with the -gross Stupidity” which
he fought in vain on the Interna
tional trade policy. Some of them
will really mean what they say.
but a very considerable majority
will be trying to pour oil on fire
Instead of oil on water. Their real
object will be inflame Peek to the
point where his attack on the ad
ministration will be red-hot.
For the truth is that most con
aervatlve business men Interested
in International trade agree with
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
and not with George Peek. Hence
they approve the action of Presi
dent Roosevelt in awarding the vic
tory in this long drawn out battle
to Hull
This is not a discussion of the
merits of the controversy. Its mer
its have nothing to do with the
political point involved. But it is
not guesswork that most business
men Interested In International
trade approve the Hull reciprocity
treaty plan, and enthusiastically fa
vor maintaining the •'most favored
nation" clause.
Swap Plays Havoc
Germany took more coffee than
she needed on one International
swap, dumped It In New York, and
broke the world price—thus play
ing havoc with the country she
was swapping with as well as that
country's competitors.
In the normal processes of Inter
national trade, the wants of the
buyers are studied. Little things
are compiled with. Curious shades
of taste In food, preference In col
ors etc., are studied. Barter comes
along, and the customers sometimes
do without rather than buy the
goods offered.
Naturally, too, the exporters and
Importers want to run their own
business. They don't want the gov-1
ernment running It for thPin.
On the other hand, the “most
favored nation'' clause frequently
benefits a nation making no con
cessions whatever to the United
State* us much or more thau the
nation for which the concession
was made. Japan has benefited
enormously by some of the reci
procity treaties this country has
made.
But all the objections to Peek’s
policies are going to be forgotten,
now. There is no need of fighting
nlnnit them. The questions are
settled. So the very men who op
[M>sed Peek most bitterly, In many
Instances, will seek to use him
now as a weapon to hit Roosevelt.
Even the big Importers, while
they like the Democratic Ideas
about tariffs more than the Repub
lican, are mostly conservative. They
do not enthuse much about the
New Deal, and the taxation they
fear it will bring on big corpora
tions ami big Income*.
Different Picture
Mure Independent voting tlinn
President Roosevelt has Imd to
face so far promises to charac
terize the sessions of congress to
convene next month. The whole
picture Is entirely different. Pri
vate comments of a lot of return
ing senators and members of the
house, many of whom are already
in Washington because their chil
dren go to school here, Indicate
that it will he an “every man for
himself" session.
The tendency was already ap
parent when congress adjourned.
It cropped up sharply when house
and senate paid no attention to
the White House wishes on the
neutrality net. It Is perfectly true I
that the administration did not
bring up Its heavy artillery on the
neutrality act. In fact, the White
House was not expecting the meas
ure to pass at all. Rut the wishes
of (he President and of Secretary
of State Hull were made known
very clearly on Capitol Hill.
It Is Interesting to note that these
wishes were expressed hy State
department men — who normally,
with the exception of the secretary
himself, have almost no political In
fluence, however thoroughly they
nmy understand the department's
problems, and however able they
may be personally.
Actually, the President was so
busy concentrating Ids barrage on
other legislative problems that there
was no ammunition of the political
variety available to cajole or threat
en legislators tending to he Rule
pendent on this Issue.
Feared to Speak Out
Three years ago, two years ago,
and even one year ago congress
men faced a situation where Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
cause were unbelievably popular.
Republicans In the National legis
lature hesitated to speak out
against him or his policies. They
feared it might ruin them. Wit
ness Senator Vandenberg. And many
others.
Then there were more than a hun
dred Democratic members of the
house who had been elected from
normally Republican districts. And
a hundred more from highly doubt
ful districts. Their main hope was
for Roosevelt's strength to pull
them through the next election. It
worked marvelously well In 1934.
Rut meanwhile two things have
happened. By the end of last ses
sion both of them had percolated
to the politically minded legislators,
with their ears close to the ground
hack home. Hy now the casual
newspaper reader knows It, as u
result of numerous polls.
One Is that Roosevelt has lost
a great deal of his popularity, lie
muy still have enough to re-elect
himself, the legislators figure, hut
uot enough to exert any substan
tial Inlluence for others running on
the same ticket with him.
The other, as also demonstrated
by polls. Is that a lot of people
still approve Roosevelt heartily, but
do not like many of his policies.
So that a great many voters may
be expected next November to mark
their ballots for Roosevelt electors,
and then vote against a senator ami
representative just because these
legislators voted for the Roose
velt policies. There is no point In
saying this Is not logical. It hap
pens all the time In politics. And
politicians are not interested in
logic so much as In votes.
So look out for a lot of Inde
pendence, which will prove very an
noying to the White House on Cap
itol UHl this session.
Copyright.—WNU Servlet.
EMPIRE ST^TEi
Shirt Factory in Troy, N. Y.
Prepared by National Geographic Society,
CWaahlnyton. D. C.-WNU Service.
K\V YORK conjures up a vi
sion of a great metropolis, a
great atate where the for
ested Adlrondacks rise above vast
agricultural lands, where the Hud
sou river flows placidly from the
north woods to the sea, and where
the Niagara river spills a portion
of Its waters and lures hundreds of
thousands of tourists annually.
Hut few laymen are aware of the
state’s economic and Industrial fea
tures.
Nearly one-flfth of all the life In
surance In force in America, both
ordinary and industrial. Is held In
New York. Approximately half the
nation’s Imports, measured alike by
tonnuge und value, enter the Unit
ed States through the custom
house at the mouth of the Hudson,
and more than half of our total ex
port tonnage clears through that
port. One-seventh of all the net
retail sules In the United States
were made In New York In a recent
yea r—$7,000,000,(XX) out of S4U.000,
000, MO.
The Empire state’s role in the
manufacturing realm Is a particu
larly interesting one. There ure
some 16 Industries In which Its
products constitute more than one
half of the total output of the en
tire country und about thirty oth
ers In which its share of the na
tion’s production Is more than a
third.
With the gradual growth of man
ufacturing west of the Alleghenies,
there hns long been a falling off in
New York state's relative standing
In many Industries; but us there
has been a recession of rank in the
making of these wares, there hns
been a corresponding expansion in
the fabrication of clothing. This
expansion has been so notable that
it has more than made up for all
the losses In other fields and en
ables New York still to stand out
as the lending Industrial state of
the Union, with about one seventh
of all the nation’s manufactured
wares to Its credit.
Lead* All In Clothing.
There tire only seven states in the
Union whose totnl output of manu
factures of every kind surpasses
clothing alone In the Umpire’s
state. These seven stutes are Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and
California.
In 1921) New York made clothing
at factory prices was valued at ap
proximately $2,700,000,900. It in
cluded three-fourths of the nation's
production of women's apparel und
nearly one-half of the country's
clothes for men.
The Dutch practically began
their colony on the strength of the
fur trade, and the latest census
shows that New York is still active
In marketing furs, accounting for
$228,000,000 worth of manufactured
fur goods out of a total of $277,
000,090 for the whole United States.
Practically all of the Industries
in which New York holds this sort
of leadership are of the lighter
kind. The scepter for the heavier
industries has largely passed Into
the hands of other communities.
Specialization In Industry applies
to communities as well as to wares.
Rome calls Itself the copper city,
und makes about one-tenth of the
nation's output of eopperware. Glov
ersvllle is pre eminent In the man
ufacture of gloves, and turns out
more of them than any other com
munity in the country. Rochester
Is the optical und photographic
equipment capital of the nation,
producing more than a third of the
optical goods of the United Stutes
and most of its photographic sup
plies.
Sometimes those who are not
New Yorkers have been inclined to
complain that the Empire state
seems to get more than its fair
share of benefits, particularly more
than its share of the country’s In
come. Especially are they Inclined
to think this true of the metropolis
itself.
When thus they complain, per
haps It Is because they lose sight of
the other side of the ledger—the
measure of how much New York
produces for the country.
Pays Huge Sums in Taxes.
If you were told that every great
Irrigation project of every state In
the West, from Yuma and Yakima
to Shoshone, has been built from
i funds supplied to the federal gov
ernment by the state of New York
and is maintained by funds from
her citizens, you would be aston
ished.
Likewise, If you were told that
every dollar of ull the federal-aid
money the government has spent so
unstintedly In helping all the states
to develop their highway systems
comes from New York, you would
be amazed.
But wait! As the old showboat
captain of radio fame exclaims,
“That Is only the beginning." For
when Uncle Sam sat down to reckon
up what the state of New York did
to help him pay for the running of
his government in he discov
ered that she supplied him with In
come taxes and Internal revenue
receipts reaching the grand total
of $744,000,000. He next found that
If New York had paid her taxes on
a per capita basis, her share of the
national excise would have called
for only $209,000,000. When he de
ducted this amount from the $744,
000,000 actually paid in, he found
that New York had given him
$475,000,000 more than would have
been required under a per capita
quota.
That $475,000,000 certainly proved
a godsend to Uncle Sana in meeting
ids ever-intensifying problem of
financing the operations of an In
creasingly exacting household, lie
found that with it he could pay for
each and every one of the follow
ing items in his budget: every dol
lar voted to every state for federal
aid, whether to roads, National
Guard, forest protection, or agricul
tural experimentation; the entire
expenses of the legislative branch
of the government, including the
Library of Congress; the entire cost
of the Judicial branch, including all
federal courts and llrlsons; the cost
of the independent offices and bu
reaus, from the Smithsonian insti
tution and the National museum to
tiie Interstate commerce, the fed
eral trade, and the civil service
commissions; the cost of the De
partment of the Interior, including
the general lund office, the bureau
of reclamation, the geological sur
vey, the bureau of Indian affairs,
the office of education, etc.; the
whole outlay for the Department of
Labor; the cost of the Department
of Justice; and the expenditures
required In the scientific bureaus
of the Department of Commerce,
from the bureau of standards and
the coast and geodetic survey to
the bureau of fisheries, the patent
office, and bureau of mines.
In other words, all that Uncle
Sam gives the states in federal aid,
as well as all that he spends to
maintain two of the three branches
of the government and three de
partments of the third branch, plus
all that he spends for scientific re
search in a fourth department, plus
the maintenance of the independent
offices, can be met out of New
York's added quota of taxation.
Abounds in Dairy Farms.
The traveler roundabout the state
of New York readily discovers that
much of the attractiveness of Its
rural scene is due to the marks of
careful tillage upon the face of Its
fertile acres.
With a population that is five
parts urban and one part rural,
there is a vast demand for milk—
New York city itself must reach
out 300 miles for its supply. Dairy
farms therefore abound everywhere.
And they call not only for grass
lands, but also for cornfields and
general crops, with the resultant
mosaics of color, alike In the Hud
son valley, the St. Lawrence region,
and the Mohawk country.
In 1929 the state produced 80,000,
000 gallons of milk, enough to fill
a vat ten feet deep and four and
one-half wide, extending from the
southern end of Manhattan to the
eastern end of Lake E rie.
The vineyards, the orchards of
small fruits, and the truck gardens
that flourish on the slopes that en
viron the Inland lakes, because the
warming waters of the latter cut
short the frosts of the springtime
and hold back those of the fall, add
as much to the beauty of the area
as they add to the prosperity of the
region. The vineyards in the Cha
tauqun country and around Keuku 1
lae are especially noted.
The Empire state Is wedded to
its inland waterways. Through its
canal system as a whole It Is pos
sible to send ships of 10-foot draft
and 300-foot length from New York
city Into Lake Champlain, to Duluth
by way of IlufTnlo or Welland, or
to Watkins and Ithaca by way of
Seneca and Cayuga lakes.
GOLDEN
PHANTOMS
Fascinating *
TaleS Of rdiiha l. Walsoa
Lost Mines ©« nu
THE LOST FIND
THE Funeral range of mountains,
east of Death Valley, conceals
a lost mine known us the Find. A
man named Smith was its discov
erer, and he went to New York
with the first of his new wealth,
spent it lavishly, and at the end of
two months died of apoplexy.
He left a map, a fairly accurate
one, showing the eastern part of
Death Valley, and In the northern
most range of mountains a canyon
had been drawn In detail. Near the
head of this canyon a red cross
marked the Find.
Basing their itineraries on this
map, many people tried to reach
the mine, but with no success. Then
a “location notice,’’ written pecul
iarly and apparently designed to
give clews only to those who knew
which were real and which false
directions, was unearthed from
beneath a location monument where
the copper camp of Greenwater
stands. The notice read as follows:
“Notice is hereby given that we,
the men that wrote this notice, Is
over the age of twenty-one and are
citizens of the United States, Cuba,
and the Philippines; we do this
day locate one gold mine. Known
as the Bryfogle, and more particu
larly described as follows:
"Commencing at this big monu
ment of stone on a cold rainy night
and running 35 hours with Indians
after him, come to a big canyon
that leads up to the north with two
big rocks on one side of the mouth
of the canyon, the one on the right
round and smooth, and the one on
the left rough and rugged. These
rocks stand 20 feet high. Follow up
this canyon about five hours on
burros or one and one-half hours
on horseback you will come to the
fork of the canyon. Take the left
hand one and ride hard for two
hours and you will come to a small
gulch leading up to the right. Go
up this about one-fourth of a mile
you will come to a small water
hole. Sometimes It’s a dry hole. If
It’s a water hole when you get
there, water your animals, fill your
canteen and then go on until the
gulch forks again, then take the
right hand one until It forks, then
lead up the left one just a little
ways and you will discover the find
we have been unable to locate. The
canyon is yet, and we take this
means of locating the big find. The
map of the above described prop
erty will be furnished to anyone on
application to the undersigned. Lo
cated this first day of January,
1902.
Locator,
"J. W. Trotter."
“P. S.—Don’t look for this mine
In the summer time, as It Is dan
gerous.
Doc.”
****••«
SWIFT SILVER MINE
THERE seem to be three distinct
eras in America during which
mining was most important. The
first was during the Spanish occu
pation, tlie second after the Civil
war, and the last the present time.
But the Swift silver mine belongs
to none of them; it produced Its
silver shortly before the Revolu
tion.
Swift was the captain of a sail
ing vessel of those times. He met
a man who had been adopted into
an Indian tribe, and this man re
vealed that the Indians had dis
covered a fabulously rich deposit
of silver In Kentucky.
The mine was in a cave, well
hidden from the casual searcher. It
was all that hud been promised, and
Swift set to work mining and
smelting the ore, running It into
molds and stamping it with a dol
lar die which he had brought with
him. When they had made a* much
of this money as they could carry,
they concealed the place as the In
dians had done and started east
ward—none too soon, for the tribes
men discovered that their mine had
been plundered and started on
their trail. In fact, pursuit grew so
hot that the white men were forced
to bury a large proportion of their
spoils.
Then came the Revolutionary
war, and Swift was busy with many
matters. We next meet up with him
when he came into Kentucky with
Boone, and told the story of the
Indian mine at Boonesborough.
tie said that he could find the
place again, although his sight was
failing, and a company was formed
to go with him. He led them truly,
and at last toward evening one day
he recognized the location. The
night was spent in dreams of great
fortune, and at daybreak every one
was eager to uncover the bidden
shaft—but alas! during the night
Swift’s eyesight had left him com
pletely, and he could not see even
the sun as It poured its rays against
his face.
He tried to tell the men where to
go, but It was useless. They were
forced at last to abandon their
search and return home empty
banded.
That mine has been banted ever
since those days, but It remains hid
den.
Will Efficiency in Killing
Bring About Peace on Earth?
Famed Publicists, Thinkers
Answer Much-Mooted
Question.
Will nations ever abandon war?
Will efficiency in killing hasten Its
end? Is peace on earth possible?
These questions were put to famous
publicists and thinkers by Cosmo
politan Magazine.
Among those who give their opin
Ions are: Oswald Spengier, Arthur
Brisbane, Havelock Ellis. Mrs. F. D.
Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart Put
nam. Preparedness was advocated
hy gome, a better understanding be
tween nations, and taking of profits
out of war by others.
Havelock Ellis says: "1 have no
doubt whatever that a permanent
world peace Is possible and will be
achieved when the will to it exists.
There is no war among the animals
nearest to man and no evidence of
its existence in early man’s history.
It Is a phase of human development
which may once have been beneficial
In aiding social discipline and co
operation but today, in the opinion
of the majority of people, It has be
come useless and mischievous. Even
when successful, It falls to achieve
the security for which It Is chiefly
waged.”
Arthur Brisbane says: “World
peace will come when some nation
or group of nations becomes power
ful and civilized enough to put an
end to war. If necessary, as Cardi
nal Richelieu put an end to dueling
by executing a few that fought duels.
. . . Efficiency in killing will hast
en Its end. ‘Elimination of inferior
races' may continue for a while aft
er ’civilized’ nations cease killing
their ‘equals’ with the consent and
approval of the ‘equals.”’
Oswald Spengier says: “If there
were to take place In Asia today a
great uprising against the white
race, countless white people would
join in it because they are tired of
the peaceful life. I’acifism will re
main an Ideal, war a fact, and If the
white peoples are determined to lead
no more, the colored races will, and
they will become the rulers of the
world."
Amelia Earhart Putnam says: “I
believe war can be outlawed, but not
until mere 'ivlng offers a substitute
for the beguiling pageantry of the
milltafy; nor until mental attitudes
change through such basic economic
adjustments as rational control of
©ssho
He Knew Pet
Mike—I haven’t seen my Uncle Pat
for ten years. I wonder what he's
been doing all that time.
Ike—I can guess: ten years.
Nothing Gained
Math Teacher—Now we tind thrt
s Is equal to zero.
Student—(Jee! All that work for
nothing.—American Boy.
The Profeuional Angle
The champion athlete in bed with
a cold was told that he had a tem
perature.
"How high Is it. doctor?” he want
ed to know.
“A hundred^an l one.”
“What’s the world’s record?”
Just Average
Wife (heatedly) — You’re lazy,
you’re worthless, you’re bad-tem
pered, you’re shiftless, you’re a thor
ough liar.
Husband (reasonably)—Well, my
dear, no man is perfect.
A Good Reader
Mistress—Mary, how could you sit
there reading while baby is crying so
hard?
Nurse—It doesn’t disturb me a bit,
ma’am.—Answers Magazine.
Parliamentary
“Do you think you’ll be able to
get the speaker’s eye?”
"The speaker hasn’t done any
thing to me yet,” said the athletic
young member. “If he does, I won’t
aim for his eye. I’ll aim for his
Jaw.”
V WRI
I BRjn
population and of the production and
distribution of life necessities."
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
“Permanent world peace is a pos
sibility; a probability only if the
world ns a whole determines that
self-preservation demands organiza
tion for pence instead of war. We
cannot expect to make any treaties,
which will not need change. Wjr
must find a basis on which repre
sentatives of the people may meer
nnd calmly consider changes occur
ring throughout the world, and the
needs arising therefrom. It is ob
vious that populations will change
and economic conditions vary. If
we realize that the ultimate good of
all is more advantageous than the
temporary good that may accrue to
one nation or to one individual, we
will be able to meet questions that
arise and adjust them in a sane and
reasonable manner.”
A Dressy Frock
Fitting Budget
PATTERS 0043
I_
"As easy as pie" to fit between
two graceful raglnn sleeves, a wedge
shaped yoke is a distinguishing fea
ture of this rather dressy, yet inex
pensive afternoon frock. You’ll find
it hard to decide which sleeve treat
rnent is the more charming, the one
that tapers to a snugly buttoned
cuff, or the one which stops just
short of the wrist. Don’t forget to
note the very new, gored skirt with
its subtle flare. If it’s a dressy dres»
you want, black satin is ideal; but If
you’re out for color, choose a richi
ly hued novelty synthetic.
Pattern 9545 may he ordered only
In sizes 14, 16. 18, 20, 32. 34, 36, 38.
40 and 42. Size 16 requires 3*&
yards 39 inch fabric and % yard con
trasting. Complete diagrammed saw
chart included
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coin*
or stamps (coins preferred) for this
pattern. I5e sure to write plainly
your NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE
NUMBER and SIZE.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., 232 West
Eighteenth St.. New York. N. Y.
GENERAL ALARM
Worm—Doggonlt, that fool near
sighted firebug thinks I’m a piece
of hose.
Nothing Gratis
‘•You can't get something for
nothing in this life.”
‘‘That’s right,” replied the gloomy
citizen. “If I want even a few
kind words about my disposition
nnd some hope of figure success.
I’ve got to go to a fortune teller
and pay for them.”
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