PAGE TWO
The Week in
Washington
A RESl'MF. OF GOVEKNMENMKNTAL.
HAPFEMNQS IN
THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL
Washington.?Although official
Washington is lust as "election-minded"
as ever, a good deal of pains is
being taken to avoid the appearance
of putting pressure on the voters.
Word has gone out from the powers
that all agencies of governmental departments
shall avoid using the words
"adjustment," "planning" and "production
control " Instead they are
instructed to say "foresight" and |
"forward-looking."
The information about the drought j
situation received by the Department j
of Agriculture is summed up by of- j
ficials of that department somewhat I
as follows.- The damage is highly j
localized as compared with 1934. |
There is adequate supply of cattle;
fodder ami there has been no serious |
impairment of the nation's food sup- !
ply, although higher prices for dairy
and poultry seem probable. Hie department
still holds to its estimate
of ?T.500.000.000 a3 this year's farm
income, pointing out that there has
been no serious impairment in the!
area south of South Dakota, and west
of the Mississippi, which was the region
hardest hit by the 1934 drought.
The next social-economic drive of ! 0l
the Administration, which will be- Ul
come vigorous if Mr. Roosevelt is <Ja
re-elected, will be in the direction of ur
"building up cooperative enterprises. AFor
many years under this and
previous Administrations there have
been governmental efforts to encour- in!
age producer cooperatives, some of ^o
them successful. Now the interest of
Washington is centered upon consum- wl
er cooperatives. Recent utterances by
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Wallace have emphasized this angle ar
of the cooeprative movement. A<
The President's commission, which an
has gone to Europe io study cooper- a1\
ative developments, consists of four Cc
enthusiasts on consumer cooperatives le<
and two who are primarily interested th
in farm marketing cooperatives. pc
New Marketing Act
Consideration of the Robinson-Patman
Marketing Act, whose full effects
are not yet predictable, sug- t0
gests that it was aimed particularly
at the big chain store distributors, 11
on the theory that they compete un- j 1,1
fairly with local merchants.
The essence of this new law, which 5,1
has just gone into effect, is that no
manufacturer or producer may grant
special price reductions, discounts, ^
bonuses, or commissions to a large
purchaser which he does not also .
grant to a smaJl distributor or re- ,s
tailor The law specifically prohibits
advertising allowances by national 11
manufacturers to retail distributors in
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)XFORD SINGING CU
The singing class of the Oxford j
rphanage will appear in concert at !
e Cove Creek High School Thurs- I
iy evening, August 6th at 8 o'clock, j i
ider the sponsorship of Snow Lodge | 1
F. & A. M. I <
The 'lass is again this year under ;
e direction of Mrs. Sadie T. Hutch- ]
son, and is composed of fourteen <
ys and girls. The program will be ; !
lich are not extended equally to all.
The Federal Trade Commission is
pposcd to pass on all questions i
ising under the Robinson-Patman j
:t and to rule whether any allow- ! j
LCe or discount is permissible. But I '
though Congress entrusted the
>mmission with this power, it neg- '
:ted to appropriate any funds for
e Commission to use for this pur- 1
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Money Situation
The action of the Federal Reserve
oard in requiring all member banks
i increase their reserves on deposit
ith the Federal Reserve banks by
fty per cent is regarded here as a
easnre intended to nrwpnt umlnp
edit infiation with its aecornpaniicnt
of runaway prices.
Financial experts, however, point
it thai the basic factors making
>r credit infiation still exists Bank
pposlts are growing it the rate of,
bout $3,000,000,000 a year and there
no indication that Government boriwing
on a large scale will not connue.
The world's suppiy of gold is
crossing at a sensational rate, while
le government silver purchaser, are
eudily Increasing the money suppiy.
1! of these things point toward a
cady rise in commodity prices of
1 kinds.
Interest increases in the struggle
itween the two national labor leads.
John L. Lewis and William
reen, for control of the organized
bor situation Mr. Lewis is regardI
here as by far the abler of the
to men: indeed lie is looked upon
i a man of great personal power of '
adership and ability to think fast
id clearly.
For the first time there seems to
a real possibility of a powerful
iw type of labor organization gatng
a foothold in America under Mr.
ewis' leadership. His vertical union
lan would include all workers in inistiy
from the most highly skilled
i the absolutely unskilled in one big
lion, instead of the Federation's
resent system of organizing workers
crafts or trades.
As viewed from Washington, the
bor situation holds at present the
eds of serious social unrest, not
ithout its political consequences,
hat it is part of Mr. Lewis' program
i organize workers politically into
permanent third party is generally
:lievcd here. That probably will not
ike shape in time to influence this
liar s election, but it is regarded as
certainty before 1940.
Third Party a Factor
The outcome of the Cleveland con:ntion
of the Townsend plan, in
hich a loose coalition was formed
> the Townsendites, Father Cougha's
League of Social Justice and
le Rev. Gerald Smith's "share the
ealth" followers, with a strong likehood
that these leaders and many
: their followers will line up behind
le Lenr.ke Union Party ticket, has
iven political experts here a puzzle
i which nobody has yet found the
iswer.
WiB this distinctly leftist movelent
benefit Roosevelt or London the
Lost? Opinions differ, but the third
arty is being taken into consldertion
in all of the numerous presidenal
polls which have already been
arted.
STRANGE WEDDING
An Illustrated article which dexibes
the weird and elaborate wedng
of a monkey bride and groom
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. ? oo au|icri}lilua
India has never before seen,
ead about it in the August 2nd 1sie
of the American Weekly, the big
agazine which comes regularly with
e BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERIAN.
Your newsdealer has your
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FAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY
^SS TO AI^EJ^ AT C
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featured with delightful songs, recitations
and drills with colorful costumes
and splendid music. For more
than fifty years the singing class has
nade annual tours all over the state
>f North Carolina, each year bringing
i new group of children with a new
program, and the appearance of these
Children in the various communities
las been a great influence in cultiDOG
VACCINATION DATES
Mr. Don J. Horton of Vilas has
mncunced that ho will be at the folowing
places on the dates mentioned
or the purpose of administering the
intt-rabies vaccine:
Watauga To-.vnship, Friday, August
7th: Alfred Isaacs, 7 to 7:45 a.
m.: Bill Cornell's 7:50 to 8:45: Mt
Lebanon Church 8:50-9:45: Clyde
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THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
OVE CREEK SCHOOL
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rating interest in the cause of the
orphan. In the sixty-two years of
its existence there is scarcely a community
in the state that has not sent
some boy or girl to the Oxford Orphanage
for care and training.
An admission charge of 15 and 25
cents will be made, tne proceeds to
go to the benefit of the orphanage.
Danner's 9:50-10:45; Wade Holler
Mill, 10:50-11:45; Jim Brown's, 11:4512:30:
Voile Crucis Co.. 12:45-2:15; !
Hard Clarke's 2:30-3:45; Byrd's Mill, j
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Fred Yates 5:40-6:15: Villas 6:20-7 \
August 6th, Hard Kerry's store j
I Grandfather) 7-11: Chas. Moore
store 11:10-2: Robbins store 2:10-3;
Harbin store. 3:10-3:45: Day store,
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The soil-improvement program will t<
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feed according to J v OrfC'.veU, of d
State College. t
Tile soil-conserving feed crops ii
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weather much better than the soil- d
depleting type of feed crops, he ex- g
plained. t
For example, alfalfa, clover, les- d
pedeza, Sudan grass, millet and sor- C
ghums surfer less in extreme drouth
than do corn, wheat, oats, barley ami
other such grain crops. C
Even with but a very meager r
amount of moisture, Criswell stated, s
those soil-conserving crops will pro- a
duce feed for livestock. o
Not only do they grow when mcis- ~
ture is scarce, but they make more
efficient use of the moisture that is
available than do other crops such p
as small grains. Z
Experiences in the drouth of 1934, B
the worst in the United States since V
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improvement program.
in determining which crops farmrs
would be urged to plant more exensiveiy.
the AAA authorities took
lto consideration crops that are
routh-resistant and relatively proiictive
of feci unHpr Hmnth oondiions
while also being good for buildng
up or maintaining soil fertility
rid checking erosion.
When farmers balance their- pro
luction of food and feed, and are
[rowing hardy crops, they are pracicing
"preparedness for unusual coalitions.
such as drouth and Pood."
"r is well added.
The terracing unit in Warren
bounty has built 319,796 feet of terace
on 904 acres of eroded iand this
ummcr at an average cost of $1.48
,n acre or 41 cents per hundred feet
f terrace.
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