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HISTOHV happta^
The only way to understand
what iB going on in the world to
day is to study what went on in
the world In the past. JVhat we
regard as "new" problems are
really very old problems indeed
Human nature has not changed
since the earliest recorded times
and people acted from the same
motives a hundred, a thousand or
ten thousand years ago as thev do^
now.
The only things that change are
the material environments with
which we are surrounded. What
every generation regards as "pro
gress" is the effort, not always
successful, to find new answers to!
problems which have baffled hu-j
manity from the beginning of|
time.
The main problem which man-j
kind has always faced is how to1
live in comfort and safety wifh the
minimum of labor: In our time we
have come nearer to finding the
answer to that problem thau any
people ever did in the past.
But it is rather doubtful, it
seems to me, that with all our ma
chines and inventions we have
found the road to the supreme
goal of life, which is happiness.
The ideal of every social organiza
tion must be the great happiness
of the greatest number of its mem
bers. We are still far from that.
DKKE.VSK repetition
"This or any other navlon. to
preserve peace, must be ever ready
to defend its lights and protect its
interests and its honor." That quo
tation ' sounds like something
which might have been said in
Congress yesterday It was said
in Congress? in l&3f. just a hun
dred years ago.
Representative W. C. Johnson
of .Maryland, pointjng out that the
Kuropean situation was far from
satisfactory and the French fleet
was blocs dins; the coast of Sout-h
America, pointed out that "the
best way to preserve peace in this
age. and perhaps in ages to come.'
is to be formidably prepared for
war."
What Mr. Johnson advocated
was the enlargement of t'lie Navy
by building more steam vessels.
He pointed out that th<*re was on
ly one steam-powered craft in the
whole Navy, and expressed the be
lief that steam had come to stay.
The old admirals of the sailing
ships didn't agree, joist as some
old officers of the Navy today
think aircraft is all nonsense.
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crisis
Anyone who thinks that world
conditions have changed greatly
in tJie past century might profit l?y
scanning the papers of a hundred
yeaiV ago. as I have been doing
lately. One noted British journal
ist Wrote in 183? that "At a period
when our country is threatened
with hostilities by more than one
of tile continental powers it is
worth while to consider the stale
of our colonial possessions."
That might have been written
yesterday. The English people
were as concerned then as they are
now. a hundred years later, over
the everpresent danger of war.
Then, as now, the t'hreat to
Great Britain was the loss of her
colonial |K>ssessions bordering 011
the seven seas "It is more than
probable." the English newspaper
man wrote, "that the loss of sev
eral colonies would be the result
of those hostilities with which, ac
cording to the warlike prepara
tions of the present ministry, we
are threatened." That is the ma
jor concern of the British people
in the present European crisis.
TRANSPORTATION' r.?Mici<d
In 1839 the first proposal was
made in the Congress of the Uni
ted States for a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama. A resolution
was adopted instructing the Pres
ident to consult with ol'her nations
involved as to its feasibility.
At that time the United States]
extended only to the Rocky Moun
tains, but we had a great shipping
trade with the Orient and ships
had to make the perilous voyage
around th$H|P of South America
It was more than sixty years be
fore anything serious was done to
ward digging the Panama Canal,
more than 7 6 years before the ca-1
nal was finished.
Business, as usual, was a long
way ahead of government in 1839
in promoting the use of new inven
tions. In that year, when the Navy
had only one steamship, the legis
lature of Louisiana voted to subsi
dise a corporation to build steam
ship* to run lines to Europe.
I have long thought that the
most serious result of the Ameri
can Civil War was that It interrup
ted our rapid expansion in foreign
trade and gave Britain a chance to
dlaplace this ocuntry as the
world's carriers of merchandise.
CHANGES security
After studying pretty carefully
? Die of old newspapers of a hun
dred years ago I can't see that
there have been any changes of
conaequence in the outlook of the
general run of people. There is
?till, as tbera was in 1839, a con
siderable number of folks who
want the Government to do some
thing for tbem or their special in
terests.
There is atlll, I an thankful to
my. ? rtry large number of peo?
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pie who don't ask any favors.
* The only fear I have for the fu
ture of America is that we may
get so fixed in the habit of expect
ing the Government to do every
thing for us that we will be will
ing to give up our natural liberties
in exchange for what seems, at the
time, a greater measure of eco
nomic security.
Going back into history a lot
farther than a hundred years. 1
find the records of many nations
who were sold on the same idea.
The only ones that have survived
are those whose people woke up
and threw out the governments
which undertook to tell everybody
where to head in People have
never gotten anywhere but by in
dividual hard work and common
honesty.
PLANT TREES
Thirty-one farroefs in Yancey
County planted 71.500. tree seed
lings on 6T acres of eroded land
this past winter, and. during the
past mouth Buncomb? farmers
have set 24.300 seedlings. Coflntv
agents say this reforestation ide^
is becoming general over the State,
especially in the mountain area.
SMALLER
This year's American corn acre
ag^will be the smallest in 4u
yeafs. and the area sown to wheat
will be 18 per cent less t-han last
year, predicts the Federal Crop
Reporting Board.
Uncle Jim Says
The first purpose of the Federal
farm program is to help larni<*r*
conserve lh<* soil 011 their farms,
it is pointed out by the State t'ol
lej{?' Kx tension Service.
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khoat Luitifei ? ?d4 You'll Eat
Everything from S#up to Nats
^75* fiSf"*11 difMt two ?MM)l at food
??Uy. WbOT TOO Ml bear?, r?U7. cc?r?* or
?ich nodi v vtMQ you irt rurrooa. burned ?e
><?rty ? rowr a" ruarh tftM pour* out too
*dd. Tour food dooaa't dliwt and you
w, fcwr'bun.. nMM. pain or Mur
to. Tot feci tear. ale* ud apart all ?**r
a* ne*?r take a ltiulf* for atom a* h
OMOgcT< if! and fooliab. It UkH Uk**
tablet* ra.:?d B? ' l - ana for IndJfwtion
?? mttu iuadm h fig Ida har*!??, mwa
J? u4 ^iim pack ?a yo?.r
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HI Boys ? PUTTIN*
PlENTy O' FERTILIZA,
UNOA OAT CROP, HUH?
SHO IS, UNCLE WATCHEL
-T>lE/0Ty O' MATCMCL
SOP A IT TOO,
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"DLENTY o' natehel soda" in it ? thai'* important, be
cause "natehel soda" ? Natural Chilean Nitrate of
I Soda ? help* you two way?,
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1 ? It Mipplirg plenty of ideal, quirk-acting nitro
gen, to help make the finest crop you can grow.
2 ? It sopplies a number of other plant food ele
ment* ? soil-improving elements ? which help
protect against plant food deficiencies.
If you aren't sure your mixed fertilizer ha* Natural Chilean
in it ? a good idea i* to add a shovelful to every bag. Try it.
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BOY SCOUT CAMP
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l-avout of ih? two-acre Boy Scout camp at (be New York World's Fair, to be used by 3900 different 'Scouts end
leaders frcpa *11 sections of the United States during the Fur season. %
Any qualified member of the Boy
Scour* of America may apply for an
opportunity to take part in a unique
icmonstrafion and service camp at
rhe New York World's Fair, Dr
jAmes F. West. Chief Scout- Execu
?iv'e of the National Council, Bo;
Scouts, of America, ha- announced
The plan for a Scout camp of ap
proximately 150 different Scouts an
leaders each week, cn a two-acre site
within the Fair grounds from Apri
SO to October 31. *'as approved b.
formal action of the managers <v
lie World's Fair Corporation an.'
:he National Council, Boy Scouts f
America.
The camp, .o !-e located iqr.me
ately adjacent to thr Federal Bui I
ing, will accommodate four Troo|
of 32 Scouts and four leaders. Ea<
site will he equipped with tents <?
various, color* and designs Ther
will he a large tent fo: the displ.
of Scouting including wondcrnf
handicraft and campcraft There'*;
be opportunity for Troops
hare produced outstanding articles
of handicraft and campcraft to have
them shown in this tent at the
World's Fair and the exhiKif will
epresent the finest craftvnanship so
sr developed by Scouts.
Xear this tent there will be an
pen area for flag ceremonies, to
other with a rustic carapfire amphi
catre for dramatics and other spec
cular demonstrations and a dining
M with full equipment. . ? '
Totem Pole at Gateway
i he gateway is to be an imposing
e with a 40 foot totem pole The
cadquarters building will serve as
he administration center for the
.<mp, and a stockade will surround
s.e entire camp area In lint with the
vrnphonv of color* of the World's
air the Scout camp will be most
olnrful with the flying flags of ail
\ out nation* waving iloft. - symbol
f world brotherhood and a friendly
?teting to visitors from a!! ove.
t world.
Contacts with Officials
Service projects will be an impor
tant part of a Scout's program dur
ing four or five hours each day. This
will put Scours in touch with the
management of the enterprise, and
they will have many occasions to
meet the distinguished persons in
vol\ ed in the Fair.
There will be accommodation
for only $.900 of the 1,271,00
present registered Scout membership
most of whom, judging from rr
cucstr. already on hand, would lik
to avail themselves of rhir privileg*
The opportunity will be open i
Scouts in any paVt ot the Unite
States who meet the standards pre
scribed b} the National Counci
and preference will be .given to a|
plications in the or-.ier of the ?
receipt.
All camp reservation? must ;
.<de through local Stout Count
;j\d not directly with the Nation ?
C nuncil
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