j INJWASHINGTON I
WHAT
IS
TAKING
PLACE
BY
UNITED STATES VENATOR
Before Congress adjourns, a
decision must be made as regards
future Federal policies on expendi
tures for public roads. This de
cision will be of prime importance
to North Carolina which has
counted heavily on Federal-aid.
For example, the state now re
ceives approximately $4,750,000
a year as its share of Federal par
ticipation in building main high
ways, secondary roads and the
elimination of grade crossings.
Obviously, if this fund is elim
inated it will vitally affect con
struction of roads in North Caro
lina. It wquld perhaps fall heavi
est on rural communities off the
etate trunk lines. It would also
delay the building of much-needed
farm-to-market roads of great im
portance to t-he farmer. Whatever
else may be said of farm condi
tions, members of Congress are
In agreement that improved high
ways have added to farm values
and bettered the status of agri
culture.
The situation in Washington is
briefly as follows. Up to t-lie pre
sent, Federal-aid funds have been
authorized two years in advance
of actual appropriation of the
money. This has been done *o
that state highway departments
might plan ahead and so that
legislatures might' arrange for the
Federal funds to be matched. Un
der this plan, there, has been de
veloped a great system of inter
state highways crisscrossing the
country.
Lam iNuvemuer, rresiuem uuo
sevelt recommended to Congress
that- authorizations already made
for the' fiscal year 1939 be can
celled and that Federal road funds
for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941
belimited to $125,000,000. This
amount is approximately one-half
of the total -authorized for the
fiscal years 1938 and 1939. The
President's recommendation is
still before Congress, alt-hough al
lottment of the 1939 funds has
been made to the states. Second
ary or farm-to-market roads are
involved along with all other Fed
eral-aid highway projects.
In the face of this unsettled
situation, proposals are now made
for the government to use its
credit in sponsoring the- building
of transcontinental and North and
South super-highways, to be fin
anced by tolls and profits from
excess right-of-way. There is gen
eral agreement that super-high
ways are desirable. But a few im
portant (|uestious are presented.
These are:
Can the govtrnment afford at
this time to issue new billion* of
highway bonds? Would super
highways draw sufficient traffic
and sufficient- tolls to pay interest
and retire the bonds? What would
be the effect on the Federal-aid
system and state highways?
Would the Federal highway bonds
affect state highway bonds?
Would super-highways lessen the
work on secondary or farm-to
market roads? Can motorist's, now
paying more than a billion dol
lars in special taxes, bear a new
burden of a half billion or more
a year in tolls?
To get answers to these ques
tions and help determine Federal
policies with reference to road ex
penditures. hearings will be field
by Congressional committees and
will be followed with interest- by
everyone concerned with the deve
lopment and maintenance of ade
quate highways.
It may also be anticipated that
the President will make further
stalement-3 as regards his thoughts
on the subject. As Governor of
New York, he had ample oppor
tunity to gain first-hand informa
tion on the importance of Fed
eral-aid to the states. Moreover,
he has long been a highway en
thusiast.
What-ever may finally result in
the way of new Federal road
policies, it is evident that high
way progress is vitally linked with
the, welfare of the nation and
there is agreement that every
thing possible must be done to
ieep it- moving on a sound basis.
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FIRST QUOTA RE
FERENDA TO BE
HELD ON MARCH 12
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(V. S. Dept. Agriculture) I
The first referenda under the |
new Agricultural Adjustment Act |
of 1938 will be held on March 12
?Riong the cotton farmers and |
producers of flue-cured, fire-cured '
and dark air-cured tobacco, Secre- j
tery Wallace announced today.
The outcome of the referenda will I
determine whether macketing |
quotas will be applied to these \
commodities in 1A:(8.
Marketing quotas cannot be
used except with tbe approval of:
a larg? majority of the farmers
since t'he Act itself provides that
if more than one-tliird of the pro- j
ducers voting in a referendum
vote against the quotas, they will \
not go into effect.
Where cotton, flue-cured or
dark tobacco, which includes boih
fire-cured and dark air-cured, are
grown in the same locality, the re
ferendum for each commodity will
be held at the same time and place
but the vote on each commodity
will be separate.
The referenda regulations pro
vide for a voting place in each
community where cotton, flue
cured or dark tobacco are grown, j
The polls open not' later than 9 : 00 )
a.m. and close at 7:00 p. m. Bach
producer who grew cot loll, flue-!
cured or dark tobacco in 1937 ,
will be entitled to cast one vote!
in the referendum for the com
modity.
The national cotton allotment*
specified for 1938 in the proclam
ation was 10.000,1)00 standard |
bales plus the number of bales al
lotted under section 343 (c) of ;
the Act. This section provides that 1
t4ie allotment of no county shall j
be less than 60 percent of the !
acreage planted to collon in 1937
plus the acreage diverted 'front j
cotton under the conservation pro-;
gram. This results in a total
acreage allot-ment of approximate- j
ly 26.300.000i acres. This acreage!
at 10-year average yields will re
sult ill a crop of 10.129,000 bales j
and at 5-year average yields in
a crop of 11.230,000 bales. Acre- 1
age allotmenis will be established ;
for each individual farm and it'
the allotment is not exceeded, all |
the cotton produced on the farm;
may be sold wirhout the payment
of any penalty.
Normal supply, which quotas!
would be used to attain, is defin
ed in the Act as normal domestic j
consumption and exports, plus 40 '
percent as a Stirplus .reserve. The <
present supply of American cot- j
ton is about- 25.000,000 bales. |
largely the result of the record
crop of 18,700.000 bales in 1937 j
and it is estimated that the carry- {
over on August 1. 1938. will be |
around 12,000,000 hales, or only
1,000,000 bales less than (he re
cord carryover of 1:1,000,000 hales
in 1932.
The national marketing quota
proclaimed for Mu; 1938 crop of
flue-cured tobacco is "05,000,000
pounds and the quota for dark
tobacco is 145,000,000 pounds..
The 1937 flue-cured crop was
850,000,000 pounds and the darkl
crop was 158,000,000 pounds. The;
quotas will be divided among 1
States on the basis of production, j
plus diversion under the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration
programs during t'he past five
years, with adjustments for ah- ?
normal weather conditions and
plant bed diseases for small farms
and for trends in production. The
marketing quotas established un
der the new Act for tobacco will
be independent from the acreage
allot-nients established under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram and the penalties applicable
for sales in excess of \he pound
age marketing quotas fqr farms
will bear no relation to acreage
allotments for farms. However,
the acreage allotments will be
such that, under ordinary condi
t'ions. the production on the allot
ments will be in line witli market
ing quotas.
The Act provides that quotas
are to be effective, if not disap
proved by more tliam>ne-third of
producers voting in the referen
dum, if the supply of any kind of
tobacco exceeds the reserve sup
ply level. The present supply of
flue-cured tobacco exceeds the re-!
serve supply level by approximate
ly 30.000,000 pounds; the supply
of fire-cured and dark air-cured,
tobacco exceeds the reserve sup
ply level by approximately 20,
000.000 pounds.
"Kvery precaution is being ta k
oii to safeguard the interests of
all cotton and flue-cured tobacco
and tire-cured and dark air-cured
tobacco producers in the market
ing quota referenda." Adminis
trator H. II. Tolley, of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion. said. "Every opportunity wtll^
be given to the producers of these
commodities in all localities to
vote. The machinery >wiir be set
up so as to safeguard every pro
ducer's right to vote, as he deter
mines." . . , _ .
The average cost of terracing
land in Guilford County in 1937
a^nount-ed to $2.92 an acre.
A survey of farm lands in
Alamance County by a committee
of farmers indicated that- 5,000
acres are of doubtful value in
farming; 17.000 acres have no
agricultural value, and 2,500
acres are within town limits. This
leaves 257,000 acres of agricul
tural land though some of this
lies within the acreas of unincor
porated towns.
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by 1IEV. CHARLES E- IH'XN '?
Measuring a Man's Worth.
I.essnn for Sunday, February :
27, Mark 5:1-17. y
Golden Text: Matt. 12:12.
"How much then is a man bet-;
ter than a sheep?" inquires our '
Golden Text. If all depends upon !
one's point of vKw. Suppose that 1
one is a convinced materialist , be
lieving that life is essentially pur
poseless. a mere cog in a ruthless
machine. If this be our creed then
man is a little better than a sheep,
but' not very much better. Or sup
pose we strive to answer Jesus'
question from the standpoint of
money value. In actual dollars
and cents, is a man worth more
than a sheep? Not tf you consider
simply the value of the chemical!
ingredients in his body. For it
has been carefully calculated thai
these are worth, on the average,
only y 8c. |i
But let us now consider the
answer to the Master's question
from the standpoint of Jesus him
self. At once we are struck by his |
altogether astonishing faith in
man. His faith in God is wonder- ;
ful, so clear, persuasive, and !
triumphant. Rut equally marvel
ous is his trust in his fellows.
?What was the burden of the first
sermon that Jesus preached in !
Nazareth, his |iome town.? It was j
an appeal for international broth
erhood. What is the teaching ol
the sublime parable of the pro
digal son? It brings God to our,
attention, surely. But it stresses'
man quite as much. What was the
Master's answer to the lawyer's
query, "Who is my neighbor?"
The memorable story of the Good
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Samaritan.
But Jesus' faith in man is fur
ther confirmed by his ministry of
healing and of comfort. Here is
a widow mourning the loss of her
only son; here are parents strick
en with grief because of t'he death
of their little daughter; here are
sisters lonely because their broth
er has passed into the great sil
ence. To all did the Son of Man
come with a sympathy born of
faith.
Is man of more value than a
sheep? Christians know t-hat he is.
For God can be in him, and
Christ.
Brown eyes are more common
than blue in the human race.
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Wilmington . 5.00
Greensboro . 3.70
Winston-Sal. 4,00
Henderson . $ .55
Golilsboro . *. 2.90
Fayetteville . 3.80
Charlotte . . 0.40
AsheTllle . . 8.05
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