Washington. D. C.
DESPERATE TIN SCARCITY
It hasn't leaked out yet, bu\ after
years of delay, and after facing
what may be a desperate tin short
age, the state department is about
to negotiate a contract with the Bo
livian government fo> the purchase
of about half of Bolivia's tin output.
This tin ore will be shipped to the
United States for refining in newly
established tin smelters.
This is a big achievement for Bo
livian Minister Guachalla who, for
four years, has been hammering
home at the state department the
idea that Bolivia has something
which the United States needs vi
tally.
But it by no means solves the tin
problem for the United States, for
Bolivia s production meets SMC
about one-half of this country's nor
mal requirements.
To tide over the present tin cri
sis, the national defense commission
contracted to buy 75.000 tons of re
fined tin from the Dutch and British
East Indies. This is enough to last
for one year, but the question is,
will it ever be delivered?
The answer is doubtful. Only 12,
000 tons can arrive by January 1,
and even this may be held up by
German defeat of England or a Jap
anese blitzkrieg on the Dutch East
Indies.
Most amazing feature of the deal
is that the nat.onal defense com
mission is not attempting to buy
new tin ore from the Far East, but
only the refined, metallic tin. In
other words, the tin is to be refined
in the Far East, then shipped here.
Reason for this is: (1) because the
British put a 50 per cent tax on the
export of crude ore to keep us from
setting up a tin smelting business
of our own; and (2) because the
state department still is following a
policy of dealing gently with British
interests.
In other words, while we will set
up a system of temporarily smelt
ing Bolivian tin in the United States,
the British still will attempt to hang
on to their monopoly by smelting
ns much as possible themselves ?
and up to a point high U. S. offi
cials seem reluctant to break away
from the British system.
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NEW AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY
It looks as if Franklin Roosevelt
was going to play the cards close to
his chest and go into the campaign
without much enlargement of his of
ficial family. For his new secretary
of agriculture, replacing Henry Wal
lace, will be promoted from the
ranks.
He is Claud R. Wickard of Indi
ana, now undersecretary of agricul
ture, an able gentleman, but carry
ing no political weight and of no
great help to Roosevelt or Wallace
in a presidential year. Paul H. Ap
pleby, Wallace's right hand assist
ant, and the man who vigorously
urges Wickard's promotion, will step
up as undersecretary.
AMBASSADOR CUDAHY
New recipe for political success,
get a diplomatic post, speak out of
turn, take a spanking for it, then
announce for political office.
The recipe was set by James H.
R. Cromwell, whose remarks as
minister to Canada brought him a
state department reprimand. He is
now running for the Senate.
Same recipe apparently may be
followed by John Cudahy, ambassa
dor to Belgium, who rode in high
spirits through his White House rep
rimand the other day, and is being
urged for governor of Wisconsin.
In fact, the President himself, be
fore the "spanking" was over, urged
Cudahy to run.
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WILLKIE REVAMPS CAMPAIGN
MACHINERY
In some G. O. P. quarters Will
kie's protracted western stay drew
discreet but critical protests. He
was wasting valuable time, came
the complaints, handling too much
organizational detail himself.
It was true that the tousle-haired
Republican standard bearer did oc
cupy himself extensively with organ
ization details. But he did not waste
time ? as plenty of old-line Republi
can politicos are privately, and very
grumpily, attesting. He was far too
busy to suit them or see much of
them.
For the big untold story behind
Willkie's long and mysterious labors
in Colorado is that he completely
revamped the traditional G. O. P.
campaign machinery.
It's a closely guarded secret but
under the new set-up, the Republi
can national committee and its na
tion-wide network of state and local
units, made up largely of veteran
professionals, have been relegated
to a secondary rol?
"I like." said the Duffer serenely,
"To read of the faults in thi?
game.
Of faults that are almost obscenely
Blockading the highway of fame.
Of those who are stymied or bunk
ered.
Who don't pivot right on the tee.
So please print a lot of the incorrect
clutch
Of those who are swaying or duck
ing too much
(Just any old fault is a persona)
touch)
For that's what's the matter with
me.
CARATOGA, N. Y.? The top horse
^ man of the world today is in the
general direction of his eightieth
year ? high up in the seventies. Ho
cpKnnlpH hia first
stceplechascr 61
years ago ? and aft
er 61 years he is
still many lengths
in front under
wraps. He is also
one of the top
sportsmen of all
time, one of the
most remarkable
men I've ever
known in sport.
His name is
Thomas Hitchcock,
father of Tommy
Grantland
Rice
Hitchcock Jr., who will stand a- the
all-time polo player until some su
perman comes along. And there
are no supermen.
Everyone has admired the ef
ficiency of Connie Mack, 77, and
Lonnie Stagg, 77, at baseball and
football. But the name of Thomas
Hitchcock belongs in this slender
group of amazing veterans who have
thrown clocks and calendars away
and ignored time. They have made
the years their vassals, ignoring
such puny details as half-centuries.
Training Winners
I met Mr. Hitchcock just after one
of his horses had won another
steeplechase.
I wanted to know how he did it.
I asked him first why it was that he
never had the front feet of his jump
ers shod.
"This," he said, "is quite a sim
ple matter. A horse gets his drive
and balance from his hind feet. His
forefeet have a tendency to expand.
His hoofs will nearly always spread.
Now if you encase these hoofs in
an iron band there can be no ex
pansion. There can be no give. I
have known this after some 60 years
of study and observation. That is
the reason my jumpers are never
shod to the front.
"The trouble most horses have is
with their hoofs or legs. I hav?
never had any such trouble."
Other Angles to Consider
I asked Mr. Hitchcock just what
system he followed to bring about ,
such an amazing success.
"First of all," he answered, "I
would say the word is 'patience.'
You can't drive a horse at a bar
rier and force him over. Not con- !
sistently. I want natural jumpers. ,
Not synthetic jumpers. So I start i
them in this direction when they are I
less than a year old. I give them
minor jumps to make on their way
to eat ? jumps of less than a foot.
I gradually increase this height. I
get them to feel that a jump is a ;
part of their lives ? something they
have to make before they can eat.
"These jumps are made higher
and higher. But there Is no force
about it. There is nothing new
about it. It is something that be
longs to their earlier memories ? ;
something they handle instinctively." i
I asked Mr. Hitchcock about other
details.
"For one thing," he said, "you I
must know and love horses. Few
are alike. They have their own \
whims and personalities. But to get
them accustomed to people I have
young riders, 10 or 12 years old, who
ride or play with them as yearlings. !
I get them accustomed to the prob
lems they must face later on. I get
them used to other horses which
may be crowding in.
"All this," he said, "takes a world
of patience. The horse must be
schooled over and over and over.
What you want him to do must be
made a habit that he understands.
"The same thing goes for polo
: ponies. 1 have known experts who
went oat for speed. But I polo
pony mn?! V anrl taught to
turn in > split second. Speed, of
coarse, is a factor. But so is turn
ing agility. These are things that
take time.
"To my mind a horse doesn't
| reach or approach his prime until
he is six years old. This applies
especially to jumping and to polo.
You haven't time to teach young
! horses what they need to know at
; these two sports."
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SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
Bv HAHOLII i. LI L). U.
Ue.in of The Bible Institute
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(Released by Western Newspaper Union. I
Lesson for September 1
Lesson subjects nnd Scripture texts se- i
lectc?i and copvriKhtcd by International i
Council of Ketitfious Education. used by
permission.
PRAISING GOD FOR HIS
BLESSINGS
I.ESSON TEXT ? Psalm 103:1-S. 10-18.
COLDEN TEXT? BICoS the Lord. O my
fcoul. and forget not all his benefits ?
Psalm 103:2.
We live in difficult and confusing
days with much on every hand to dis- :
courage us. We look about us in
vain for any encouraging sign. The
result is that unless we exercise 1
care the temptation will overtake us
who are Christians to fall into the I
bitter, complaining attitude of the
world, forgetting the benefits which
God has bestowed upon us, forget
ting His mercy and grace, and. in
this hour of trial, telling the world
by our life, if not by our lips, that
we have lost our faith in God.
It is easy to praise God when all
goes well, when we see His bless
ing upon us; but the Christian
should recognize that praise is a
vital part of his daily fellowship with j
God, an expression of his apprecia- I
tion of all that God is and does.
I. Praise for Personal Blessings
(vv. 1-5).
Our relationship to God is a per- ;
sonal one, and His blessings are per- :
sonal. Praise also is a personal
soul exercise to which we need often
to stir ourselves. We need to call
on "all that is within" us to bless
and praise the Lord.
"Forget not" ? how prone we are
to do that very thing. We remem- '
ber the things we ought to forget
and forget the things we ought to
remember. We have become so ac
customed to the many blessings of
God that we accept them as a mat
ter of course.
Note that the chief of all bless
ings is the forgiveness of sin (v. 3).
The spiritual is far more important
than the physical, but that too is in- j
eluded. Only God can heal our dis
eases, whether by means or by di- I
rect intervention. He also meets 1
with true satisfaction every right
and normal desire of man, whether
it be physical, social mental or '
spiritual. That calls for praise from j
the depths of our beings.
II. Praise for Forgiveness of Sin
(vv. 10-14).
We may "put on a front" when 1
we deal with our fellow men, but
there is no use in thus trying to
fool God. He knows us for what
we are? "frail children of dust, and
feeble as frail." We are not able to
meet our own little problems; how
can we do anything with the sin
question?
The mercy of God, high as the
heavens, is revealed nowhere in
such overflowing measure as in His
dealing with the sins of "them that
fear him" (v. 13). For them He has
the pity of a father, but He has
more, for He has the authority and
power to cast our sins as far from
113 as the east is from the west,
and how far that is no one knows.
Observe that His mercy is only
for "them that fear Him." "God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
unto the humble" (James 4:6, I
Pet. 5:6, 7). Whosoever will may
come and receive of Him abundant
pardon. Why not come now?
in. Praise for Everlasting Lovlnr
Undness (vv. 15-18).
Man and everything that man
makes or does is transient, and will
one day pass away. What a fool
that man is who lives only for the
things of this world which are des
tined to wither like the grass 1 How
tragic to come into eternity and to
face God empty handed and con
demned for one's own selfishness
and folly, when He is willing to show
unto us that "loving-kindness" which
is not only for this life, but also for
the life that is to come.
When Hardley Page was mak
ing a flight through the Orient a
large rat was attracted by th>? smell
of food and entered into the air
plane. Later, when Mr. rage was
in mid-air over a mountainous coun
try where he could not land, he sud
denly heard the sound of gnawing
behind him. He knew that the rat
might so damage his plane as to
cause disaster. Then he remem
bered that a rat is not made for
high altitudes. So he began to soar
Soon the gnawing ceased and hours
later when his machine landed he
found the rat lying dead beneath the
engine. It is a blessed truth that
Satan cannot endure the high alti
tudes of praise. He quickly depart#
from the soul whom he finds re
joicing in this high and lofty spir
itual atmosphere. "Try praise," tor
Farm
Topics
USE GOOD BIRDS
TO SIRE POULTRY
Flock Profits Are Increased
By Careful Breeding.
By DR. W. C. THOMPSON
( New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Rutgers University.)
The day is fast approaching when
poultrymen must use more proved
sires for their breeding work to in
sure maximum profits from their
flocks. "
"A good poultry male is one which
has the capacity of siring a large
number of sons and daughters in a
given breeding season. And in or
der to be a proved sire, he must
be tested in three ways.
"First, the male and female par- j
zr.izgz back thr?? 2anAr;*tions
must be known and must be shown
to have possessed high yield, ef
ficient growth, and profit-making
capacities.
"Second, he must exemplify the
type which it is hoped he will pro
duce as a breeder.
"Third, the proved sire must have
demonstrated his capacity as a par
ent of good production individuals.
It is usual to measure a sire as
to 'progeny-test' by observing the
percentage of fertility obtained eggs
from hens mated with him, the per
centage of viability of chicks sired
by him, and the egg yields of daugh
ters during the fall and early win
ter months of the first laying year.
"Such a process of proving ?
poultry sire is expensive. His iden
tify as a good proved sire is scarce
ly established before the end of the
first year in which he was used as
a breeder, therefore if a male bird
of good pedigree and good individ
ual points has shown high fertility
and good viability of chicks this
spring he should not be sold, but
should be retained somewhere on
the plant until at least the number
of his daughters for the season and
their early months of production i
shall have been established. This I
means that many a poultry sire used
this past spring should be retained. '
not butchered.
"Keep such male birds either in
small male bird flocks or in in- j
dividual pens, but in every case
away from the hen flocks during
the summer and fall season.
"Watch out foi fighting if mora
than one male bird is kept in a
pen. They are valuable individuals
and merit extra bother and cost of
holding them over the season fol
lowing their use as cockerel breed
ers. The high percentage of daugh
ters which can be obtained from a
proved sire the better are the [
chances for consistent and continu
ous high egg yields from the flock." |
Over Six Million Farmers
Participate in AAA Plan
More than 6,000,000 farmers, op
erating 82 per cent of the cropland
of the United States, are participat
ing in the AAA farm program in
1940, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration has announced.
The number of 1940 participants
is estimated at 6,020,400 compared
with 5,764,200 who participated in
1939. Last year about 80 per cent
of the nation's cropland was farmed
under the program. This year's es
timated participation in the farm
program is the largest in the his
tory of AAA.
Based on current reports, esti
mates of number of farmers who
will participate and percentage of
cropland to be farmed under the
program, by regions, are as fol
lows:
Southern region, 2,590,000 farmers
and 92 per cent of cropland; east
central region, 1,019,000 farmers and
83 per cent of cropland; western
region, 617,000 farmers and 81 per
cent of cropland; north central re
gion, 1,568,000 farmers and 78 per
cent of cropland; northeast region,
226,000 farmers and 63 per cent of
cropland.
Rural Briefs
The average American uses 17.5
pounds of butter in a year.
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It iakes 32 gallons of maple sap
to make 7M> pounds of sugar.
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About three-quarters of a large
turkey is edible meat, compared
with less than two-thirds on a large
fat chicken.
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Early prospects indicate that sup
plies of most fruits in 1940 will be
amaller than the relatively lsirge sup
plies of 1939 but about equai to the
average of recent years.
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Speed of Baseball
A speed of 139 feet per second,
or 94.7 miles per hour is the great!
est recorded speed of a pitched
baseball. This rate was recorded
by the speed meter owned by the
Cleveland Indians for a ball pitched
by Atley Donald, a member of the
pitching staff of the New Yori Yaa
kees, in the Cleveland stadium cm
August 30. 1939. The previous rec
ord, established by Doe Miles of
the Philadelphia Athletics, was 136
feet per second.
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