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Alfalfa Benefited By Superphesphate Provides Protection Against Winter Kill *; How 4S per cent superphosphate drilled with alfalfa seed at the rata of 100 pounds per acre not only stim ?MOowth of the seedlings but Unfertilised strip, left upper photo, Indicates sparse growth. Eight the fertilised patch. Photo taken In October. Lower photo shows the re salt of winter to the unfertilised strip fa center, compared to fertilised on both sides. also gives marked protection against winter-killing was described by Prof. - H. E. Myers, agronomist at Kansas State college. The beneficial effects of the fer tiliser treatment are illustrated in the accompanying photographs tak en In an alfalfa field in Kansas. The alfalfa was seeded August 18 and 16. The fertilizer was placed in the same row with the seed. The last two rounds were drilled without fertilizer. As shown above, there is an almost complete absence of plants in the center unfertilized strip as the result of winter-killing. .The crowns of the unfertilized plants were about three inches above the soil surface by spring. The fertilized plants re mained in place^ thrifty and undam aged. Strength of Wood "I.haW always compared a weld with that of a tree because of its substantial and mutual characteris Faee, body and root are Impor tant in electric welding. Drawing? courtesy Lincoln Electric Co. tica," aaya Frank J. Balistreri, Mil waukee. Wis. The strength of the weld (elee tric arc welding^ is started from the root; it is the foundation of the weld. Harvest Connecticut's Big Annual Reck Crop A machine that will harvest the Connecticut farmer's biggest and most productive crop recently was demonstrated under supervision of University of Connecticut/ The crq >?stones?will be picked up by the how tractor driven stone >\ It to not recommended that tana- < ar> try to bnild a stooepieker ae- t carding to the artiaf * idea. picking machine. Equipped with a , hydraulic lift, this machine will j gather stonea of any size. , Hie machine will be a revelation , to gardeners and farmers with acb- , ing backs. It is also possible that , the artist's drawing will be a revel*- ^ tion to the manufacturer of the stone j picker. j DDT Spray Readily Removed From Fruit DDT residue on apples and pears do not present a serious difficulty according, to research results re ported by Dr. J. E. Hoskins, Uni versity of California. Any excess residue can be reduced readily to below tolerance allowed by wash ing the ?uK with dstargsnts. Tbh tolerance ad provisionally set ; BJULuhDhhI fukawd toy WMn. Unioa. MOUNTING PKICES ABE RESULT OF CUMULATIVE WAGE BOOST8 DOLLARS ARE WORTH only what they will buy. Ever-cheap ening dollars do not make for a high er standard of living. Labor and management are playing at cross purposes, and the American people are paying the penalty. Enforcement of ceiling prices was practical only so long as ceilings covered cost of produc tion, which means wages, as well as covering prices of what was produced. It was not a question as to how the wages were secured, whether as an in crease per hour, or by shorten ing the hours and increasing the high-priced overtime. Wages are a major part of pro duction cost. When they are pushed upward without a proportionate in crease in volume of production, prices of commodities must go up, or industry stops. Capital and man agement refuse to operate at a loss. Capital will continue to meet the wage and hour demands of labor so long as those ever-increasing de mands may be offset by high er prices for commodities. That means inflation spelled in capital letters. That is what we have today. We are facing an ever-increasing amount of such inflation, for which we, the American people, are pay ing, and which will break us as a nation, and as individuals. ? ? ? BUYERS' STRIKE ONLY WAY There is one wsy by which we, the American people, could stop that deadly process. We could quit buying. We faced much the same situation following the close of World War I. In 1921 the people went on a buyers' strike. High-priced merchandise could not be sold. People would not buy. When sales stopped, in dustry stopped producing. Work ers lost their high-priced Jobs. A short - lived depression fol lowed. That was bitter medicine, but it effected a cure. It brought us back to a somewhere near normal con dition. With less wages, paid in dollars that would buy more, indus try could product at a price the people could pay, and the standard of living was not affected. The wild ana senseless race between wages and prices had been stopped. For the fanner, who had specu lated in high-priced land on the basis of the soaring prices of farm prod ucts, it meant disaster. The lower prices would not pay off the mort gage on the high-priced acres he had purchased. During World War II the farmer did not speculate in land as he did in World War I. A buy ers' strike will affect him by reduc ing his take from his farm products, but he does not have the mortgage to worry about. In the end he will profit, as will all America, from low er prices on the things he buys. In the meantime the farm will pro vide the necessities of living. Rather than have the race of wages and prices continue to a point of runaway inflation, we had better choose, as the lesser of two evils, a temporary depression. We can pro duce that by a buyers' strike. ? ? ? CONSUMER PATS AND PATS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO I or dered a new automobile. It has not been delivered, and I do not know when it will be. If it were delivered today the price I would pay is just $600 more than the price at the date of my order. That difference is in creased wages. It not only is the increase in wages to the men on the assembly lines in automobile plants, but also includes thousands who have only an indirect part in the building of that car. Among these are the men who mine the iron ore, those who transport it, by rail and boat, to the mills and those who trans form the ore into the iron ingots and steel plate. Then those who mine and transport the coal and limestone needed in the manufac ture of steel indirectly help to raise the price of automobiles. Out of that $600 is paid an increased wage to those who transport the steel and Dther materials to the car building plants, to those who transport the completed cars from the plant to the agency with which I placed my crder, and to the employees of that ?gency. An of these, and more, take I bite or nibble out of the $600 that 1, the consumer, must pay. Little or lone of it remains with the con cerns that, directly or indirectly, pro luced the car. What .is true of auto mobiles is also true of other things. Wages go up and prices go up. It a you and I and the other fellow, the consumer, who pay the wages. ? ? ? THE LENGTHENING DATS, each minute they ad* te the day light beers adds to oar vitality and hopes. The brightness ef spring Is coming, and the glori ous days of summer are not far away. Such Is the meaning to tttoe who have passed all their allotted birthdays. ? ? ? THERE or* im *to beams of sad aadk jsalr arias as aaS-lem* ahs Woman's World Careful Dress Fitting Required To Minimize All Figure Faults i j % tlrtla Next time you are shopping or riding in a public conveyance, look about you. Yea, do it critically, too. One thing I can guarantee you la that very few people will look per fect as far as their figures are con cerned. Now look again and try to find the most attractive woman around you and look at her critically. At first glance she may look perfect, which is as it ahould be, but on careful inspection you may notice thaf one shoulder la a little higher than the other or that her propor tions aren't quite?as perfect as they first appeared. However, you say, she dbes look nice. Well, that's the way we all should like to measure up when inspected either by others or ourselves. And it can be done, as you have seen for yourself, if we dress so as to point up our good points and minimize those about which we are not ao proud. - Fortunately there are many tricks that can be applied to clothing and many disguises to be employed which will do just that for us. We play up our eyes and features if they are good, then carefully add more padding to one shoulder, lift or lower the waistline, nip it in or make it one inch more loose, and hide our figure faults very success fully. Whether you do your own fitting or have someone do it for you is not the question. It is simply a matter of doing it. When we first buy or make a dress, we may be so taken with the pattern or color of the fab Ltt yom clofbti ... rlc that these other considerations do not come into active being. But alter you have worn the dress for some time and suddenly catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, you'll notice how much could have been done to make the garment per sonally yours. Side Seams, Baek and Front Lines Most Be Straight Always check the long lines of the garment first. Don't try to stand unnaturally straight so they will look right, but see if the side seams and front and back lines look straight when you stand normally. They should just fit and fall in place easily, for one rarely thinks of straightening up or walking in an unnatural way. Naturally, if you have a notice able alouch, correct it, but if your posture is fairly good, then the gar ment should do the rest. The lengthwise threads of the fab ric, both in the back and front, should hang straight. If you are sewing at home, the best way to 1 make sure your fabric will hang i properly is not to neglect the bast ing threads that help guide us in i sewing and help us in keeping the If Porionotixod to f! yon. material properly aligned. A email thing, thla, but it will save time and effort in fitting later. Always check horizontal lines be fore you stitch. Armholes, sleeves, neckline and shoulders should be ex amined critically to see if they bal ance on you when you fit the gar ment. Check before putting in your final stitching. Press before stitch ing to help guide you in this. Many Alterations Iavotr* Only Simple Adjustments If your dresses seem too loose and bulky, or tf they are too tight to foal comfortable, the natural thing Crepe Jerkin . -i A white crepe drew U wed with a mtt erepe Jerkin ititehed in white from Sond heim'i collection. The (old kid belt has a cold metal and kid medallion fob. la to look to the underarm seam. If the garment is too loose and hangs In a baggy fashion, pin wider seams in the dress, and baste and stitch them. But wait, Just a moment, you're not quite finished yet. Seams should be equal on both sides, or the garment will feel off balance and eventually acquire that look. If you have taken the garment in a great deal, it's best to trim the seams down. Do your pinning and fitting on the right side of the gar ment first, then transfer the pins and turn to the wrong side after you are certain the garment is fitted prop erly. On the other hand, your drew may fit too tightly to feel really comfort able. Then let out as much material as possible from the seams to re lieve the strain. If you are adding * piece at ma terial, it must taper off down to the waist so the garment will hang prop erly. If you do not need much at the waist, taper the piece of material off to nothing, but do taper it. Contrasting colored material often is used to give extra room at the sides of the garment, and will be effective if you have to extend it below the waist to allow more room at the hips. Be sure bands of con trasting material are well balanced in size. The hipline is pinned in much the same fashion as above the waist if it is too loose. Do not make the drew too tight, and here again see that both sides are even. In making a garment more roomy at the hips, let out all seams to give yourself as much material as pos sible. If this does not give you enough room, have a trimming band running on either side. In some dresses, it is powible to remake the skirt so as to give you more room. This can be done when the skirt is pleated, and you can cut down the number of pleats and make a simple straight skirt out of it. Swing Hints There are many things you can learn to do with a sewing machine if you will take the time to find out how it's done. The beginner must, first of all, learn how to sew straight, and this is best done by watching the stitching and seeing that the same distance is kept from the edge to the stitching, rather than looking to the other side of the garment. Chalked lines also may be used as a guide. Gathering, ruffling and even pleating may be done with a sew ing machine attachment. Even buttonholes, the bane of many a woman's existence, are made easy with an attachment. Shirring and quilting also can be made by hand or machine to add more decorative features to your home sewing. This takes only a little time to do, but is very effective. You'll find that contrasting col ored threads for many of the dec orative stitches made either by j hand or machine will help im measurably in making your gar ments more attractive. Select these when you pick out your fab rics. 1 Fashion Flashes Bird clip* art very popular for rearing on plain dreaaes or auita. Nit choose them with care and con tideratioDi Twisted threads of gold, another eature in now Jewelry, are destined o bo another feature of Importance, [bay will bo fouad on all aorta af owsby to land an air of dMta*. Brown patent leather ahoaa high light the beige wool street or after noon drees while tow heeled aling strap pumps aro nice with tailored suits. For shorter evening wear yon will want to be as careful of your shoes as of your gown. And for street ton th# tttmoft in>| 7!t-Jfom* *Jomh Refuvite* h WASHINGTON By Waltar Shaod WWCmf?M WWO ITuUafMa ??mi hi? In St.. jr. v. Big Business Squeezing Out Small Enterprise! IN ONE of the most bitter and illu minating reports ever to be filed with congress, a house subcommit- I tee on small business declares in ef- | feet that the freely competitive pri vate enterprise system about which we hear so much is but a myth. Unless something is done to end monopolies and concentration of economic power, wirns the com mittee, there will be eventual own ership and control by government such as is now taking place in Eng land and France. This five-man congressional sub committee of three Democrats and two Republicans, headed by Con gressman Kefauvre of Tennessee, after weeks of testimony, spreads for the record in 432 printed pages the unsuccessful fight for the past 50 years to stop monopoly and eco nomic concentration. It declares, "either we must believe in, and I take the steps necessary to make possible a competitive enterprise system, or we must give it up, bit by bit, year by year." The report, Just filed with the 80th congress, charges: That our economy as now prac ticed operates in a vicious circle? I that both Big and Little Business call for free competitive enter prise, but Big Business works con stantly toward monopoly and con centration of controls, and stifles competition so that enterprise is no longer really free; That government points the finger at monopolies, but neglects to en force laws such as the Sherman and Clayton acts aimed at anti-trust practices and restraint of trade; Hypocritical Attitudes That congress flays government agencies for failure to enforce these laws and then refuses or neglects to provide the money and person nel necessary for their enforcement; That business criticizes govern ment interference and regulation, but pressure groups in labor, agri culture and business force govern ment interference and protection when the same business mon opolies step on their toes; j That the public deplores and fears , Inflation, depression, boom and , bust, but Big Business monopoly , and a "survival of the fittest" poll- I ( cy in our enterprise system brings ( about periodic depressions, cycles of boom and bust and inflation; That the government spends bil lions of doUars of the peoples' money to battle depression with public works and unemployment compensation; That people lose more billions in high prices during periods of infla tion and depleted savings, unem ployment and depressed property values during depressions. Thus the vicious circle works, with those who cry loudest for a chance to "go back to a free enterprise system without government bu reaucratic interference" ranking as the very ones who shackle free competitive enterprise and even tually bring about more govern ment regulation. Unrealistic Arguments "The argument most frequently heard," the report says, "coming from Big Business is that if we are left alone our superior efficiency can give the public more goods and services st lower prices." The com mittee finds, however, that this so called superior efficiency has not been demonstrated and that those who maintain that Big Business, if not Interfered with by government, will always maintain a competitive enterprise economy, are being Just as unrealistic as those Small Busi ness proponents who would ignore the fact that in'most of the key industries, size, up to a certain point, is necessary for efficient op eration." The report declares that if eco nomic power is to be reduced, then there is no avoiding government in terference with business and some expenditure of government funds. And it says, "to the extent that con centration of economic power IN CREASES THE SEVERITY OF RECURRING DEPRESSIONS, the | funds spent on public works and un- i employment payments are so huge as to dwarf to insignificance the funds which an effective anti-trust program would warrant. We are drifting toward almost complete government regulation, the report asserts, with the only alter native a concerted effort and a gen eral public recognition of the need to reduce economic concentration and place a statutory prohibition on the size of business. This condition, your Home Town Reporter believes, affects every ??it business man end every farm er. 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