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has bothered the farmers of America for 150 years. And politics has always played a part. The first farmers who settled the lands west of the Alleghenies found they could raise grain easily enough, but with no highways they couldn't ship it to market before it spoiled. They solved the problem by distilling it into whiskey, which would keep indefinitely and could be shipped on flatboats down the Susquehanna. the Potomac and the Ohio tc seaports. They were doing well until 1794. when politics stepped in. The new federal government imposed a tax of 25 cents ^ gallon on whiskey; not so much fo revenue as because I Alexander Hamilton wanted to show the people the power of the n w nation. Tht- farmers rose in rebellion. They arrcd and feathered the tax collectors. President Washington sent a detachment of troops to preserve cr ier. Nobody was killed, the ringlea er of the insurrection escaped do n the river to New Orleans. and hat was the end of that farm probl* m. MARGARI IE taxes There's a farm problem today that has some resemblance to that of 1794. Thai is the multiplication of state taxes on oleomargarine. Many people use oicomcrgarine instead of butter because they like it; many more because it costs less. The dairy farmers naturally want to promote the use of mtter TnS nniHnrOi-c nl? I PAGE TWO TODAY and ro^ir AGRICULTURE .... transportation The "farm problem" in the United J State? is as old as the nation itself. How to get their products to mar- j ket and aet a fair price for then cottonseed oil. peanut oil and soybean oil. the chief fats used in making margnr ne. want their products used without restriction. The fede- ai government taxes alt olcomargari te. Now nine states are taxing oleomargarine 15 cents a pound thrc; others tax it it it's made from oils and produced in their states, and veral other states tax delar.s in marearim. up to as high as S1.00G i year. There's an insurrection brewing rot only in the matter of margarine but against ti growing practice of states te set up barriers against trade with other states. Tlte federal constitute in forbids nr.y state te impose tariffs on goods front other! states. In late years ntanv states have found wgjs to evade jh.it by devious tax methods. We have got where we are Ir.rgeiv because we are the largest fro< trade area ir. i the world. We're heading fori trouble tins way. DISTRIBUTION . . . restricted If tiler'.- were any simple answer to the present-day farm problem there wouldn t be so many individuals and organizations trying to find it, nor so many poiiticials making capital out ot ready-made, solution^. BOONE DRUG CO. Hie Ilexall Store Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on Genuine Bismarex and refuse other so-called Antacid Powders re?ommenmended to be "just as good." Bismarex is sold in Watauga county only at BOONE DRUG CO. The REXALL Store ! WANTED! SIB | ^ FOR f STIAIIN4 -?o?rr irmi wimir >>OM DDI! tANtO. aj J this baby is jg. at largt, no Tfo actarissaftl" Vv 1 M FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS Sf nra??~ uw I. iiiM-fiu. -? \ ^ Cinderella at tli New York, N. Y.?Eleven "Cin< competed at the world's fair for th< Cinderella." Chosen because of th? glass slipper. Miss Philadelphia (Ma left, was selected. Miss Knoxville glass slipper on the "Queen of Cin< ?Comfort from a \ WW' .s '?,:; VA.? jki&S^:.:... Oakdalo. N. Y.?Little Jean, pr claim that she will be immortal bee or other woes, seems unable to c< Von Starhemberg. son of the exili The American Farm Bureau Federation. in its program submitted to both national political conventions, seems to take as broad and sane a |view of tiie complex problem as I! have seen. Its major, point is that there are i too maris ' cles between the pro-j clue,or and consumer. It demands j frcedpm of farm products from artificial restraints, such as interstate 'trade barriers and restrictions upon commercial marketing. One point in which I agree heartily is that certain stores and other mass distributors should not be penalized. I know thai my farmer friends regard the food chains as their best cash customers, and that my wife and hoi friends buy by preference from the chain stores and super markets because they save money and get better quality. I'm strong, too. for the Farm Bureau's opposition to taxes which fall heaviest on consumers, and for its demand for the restoration of international trade. WAR complicating There's no doubt whatever that : the present war, unless it ends sooner than I'rn afraid it will, is going { to further complicate the American farm problem by shutting off export markets. Few people realize how much of our agriculture is de- l pendent upon sales overseas. Cotton ^ is one major export item which has j been losing to foreign competition j lor a good many years. Tobacco is j i another. j I saw some figures the other day on the exports of soy-beans from . the United States last year. The to- j tal of this one commodity we shipped abroad was 627 million pounds, 1 of which two-thirds went to the t Netherlands. Now that great market : is shut off. Many other farm commodities are in the same fix. , We need a number of agricultural products which we can't grow in this country. Rubber is one of them. 1 Camphor is another. Fortunately < American chemists have found how to make acceptable substitutes for those and other exotic products, j But that doesn't help the American 1 farmer much. i INDUSTRY conversion j The ultimate answer to the farm , problem, as I see it, will be the < conversion of things grown on the ' land into things useful in industry. , The farm problem, after all. is not one of raising sweet potatoes, or j cattle, or watermelons or any other ] particular commodity. It is a prob- ] lem of getting a living off the land. , If that can be done without raising . what nobody wants, but by raising < something that can be used to make i airplanes or whatever it is the ; world wants, the problem is solved. . The National Farm Chemurgic Council has been working along that line for several years. An amazing number of industrial uses have been found for farm products which only require the co-operation of the farmer to make them available. I have just seen a list of 72 industrial products made from corn alone, for example. The Continental Divide runs through New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming and forms the boundary between Idaho and Montana. ? ? 1 VATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER e World's Fair ierellas" from all over Ike nation ? title of "New York World's Fair =ir beauiv ar.ci ir.c. utility to ^ I ry Jaegeri, front row. second from (Elizabeth Godfrey 1 is trying the j derellas." in "Immorlal" otege of the metaphysicians who ausc sheltered from grief, illness, ; jmfort two-year-old Prince John ed Austrian prince. Sniper Newark, N. J.?Miss Laura Hinchman of East Orange. N. J., makes a pretty sniper as she practices with her army rifle. Miss Hinchman is a member of the Pitcher Brigade, a newly formed woman's defense unit. DLD HENS NEED MOIST MASH AT NOON EACH DAY Do you want to know how to ?eep your old hens in egg produc,ion during the hot summer months? Well. C. F. Parrish: extension poultry specialist of N. C. State Col ege, savs ine ieecnng 01 a moist r.ash at noon each day will help to ncrease summer egg production. He recommends that three pounds of iry mash he moistened with milk or vater and fed to each 100 birds. "As ;oon as the birds finish eating, lurn he mash roughs over so that flies ,vill not congregate in the laying louse," he says. The poultry specialist also advises he supplying of 4 to 5 gallons of :ool, fresh water each day for each 100 birds, and a sufficient number if fountains so that there will not le any crowding around the drinkng founts. "Remember." he says, "t wo ihirds of each egg is water and nens can't produce eggs if the drinkJig fountain is dry. Then too, you ran get 13 cents for water when selling eggs at 20 cents per dozen, rhereforc, provide plenty of fresh, dean water at all times." Parrish also recommends that poultry raisers check carefully at ihis season of the year for lice and mites. If mites are found, old burnt cylinder oil or kerosene should be spread over the roosting poles. Sodium flouride, either as a dust or a dip, is suggested for the control of lice. However, lice can be controlled by painting the roosts with nicotine sulphate or some commercial preparation. "Just keep this in mind," the specialist asserted, "that the person who makes a summer profit from poultry is the person who keeps the flock as comfortable as possible." INCREASE On land where he is turning unripr rvp ac a crmnn " B'ttii niaiiuic tiup, Wesley Melton, Jackson county demonstration farmer, says his corn yield has been increased five-fold in the past five years. Y THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. School Attendance In State Increases The daily attendance of Xcrth Carolina public schools reach-; ei ail all-time high record of 791.-' AWAV.V.WAWAW .VASV i| Moretz 5 i 5 | Has Been ! i ! r~" it v vj. j?. jlv^:; ? We feel fortunate i:1 i frigerators Ranges, i jj invite your iuspectio .V.'.W.W.'.V.V.'/.V.V.V.'.V 4 BEE-LI I n a rr>i i a/ux I COMPLETE We have installed t ? equipment for strai the correction of a> e Also for the elimini t wear. 4 FRAME AND * This method is app I DON'l f There is no excuse s ers because a BEE-. I ty steering, etc., ma i trained experts are They will be please { Machine and expla: 5 omy and safety. 5 We have spared no f is second to none fc A against accidents. REMEMBER?No timates given withe D A AM I UUU1II S "FI5 f Complete Body, Frame a 425 during the 1939-40 school year. I Lloyd Griffin, secretary of the r.ta'e seh o! commission, said Saturday. The total compared with the ore- ; vteus record of 790.927 last year. i High schools gained ;:t average! da:;. attendance frctii 175,802 last! .V.V.V.W.W.V.'.W.W.V.W.V Bros. Elect Earned as Exclusive Dealers Lova frigerators, Stoves and A Slaving been able to acid the fann etc.- to our other quality lines of in of the new G. E. units now on I Prices Are Lowest Controlled Tempera- ?? , tare, Humidity and HERE 0 A Constant Circulation of - -Freshened Air Keeps S^FT Food Fresher Longer. EVERY^CONtffjilEHfE Spg every feature you nee.! ? " * ? for dependable refrigeration and betttr I Iroou preservation at | low cost. * MORETZ BR( ELECTRIC BOONE. X. .VAV.'.VcV.V.'.V.V.V.VAV.V.". N E... TY SER , CHASSIS AUGNMEN he latest and most moderi ightening motor vehicle fn :le caster, camber, toe-in, ation of shimmy, hard stee A YI P P A DTC CTn * i/-1 jt&x jl rvivi J J 1 IV/AIVj I" roved by all car manufact ' TAKE CHA for endangering your life < LINE Check-up today and lV prevent an accident toi in charge of our chassis al :d to demonstrate the BE in how you can obtain c< expense in giving car own >r increasing the life of the charge involved unless w >ut obligation on your pari e Body mc.iv nuui t?StS>T SIMS' F md Axle Service JULY 18. 1940 year to 183,806. The elementary schools, meanwhile, showed a sharp droo, from 615.125 last year to 607.- *&j 819. One reason for the elementary a school drop. Griffin said, was thai S fewer babies were born during ii;e 9 depression. -.v.v.w.v.w.w.w.sw.v.v ric Co. | lly for the ^ ppiiances > aus G. E. Hne of Re- 5 ^ merchandise, and 5 display. S S 3 SlRU! I HnU H DHnbMn! j PG-E Model LG6B : 6-2 cu. ft- stor- \ age space 11.7 > sq. ft. shelf area ? 8 lbs. of ice? % 80 cubes. J $114.95 i j li OTHERS S vca I I ij W.W liWW.VAWmvA'J v VICE! ; T SERVICE 1 i type BEE-LINE I jrnes and axles and and turning radius. f iring, swaying, tire ^ 1TENED COLD I :urers. f NCES/ | md the lives of oth- 1 correction of faul- ? nor row. Factoryigning department. e LE-LINE Precision T ir operating econ- I f ? I ers a service which T : car and protection | ork performed. Els- ' ' : Shop! rop. | I Every Job Guaranteed f ?> . ?> . H I i
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