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The Beaufort News
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MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933
The dastardly attempt on the life of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt at Miami is deplored by every
decent minded person everywhere. Unfor
tunately there are all too many such crea
tures as this Zangara in the world. Rulers in
all countries are in constant danger. This is
true at all times and perhaps even more so
now than usual. The unsuccessful attempt
to assassinate Mr. Roosevelt no doubt will
cause him to be guarded more vigilantly than
he might have been had it not occurred.
estly counted than that any man or group of
men shall be elected to office. We regret to
say that Surry county is not the only place
where crookedness is practiced. That how
ever does not excuse Surryy county.
TOO MUCH SPEED
Every time the automobile manufacturers
bring out new car models they refer with
pride to their increased speed. Instead of be
ing something to brag about, excessive speed
is rather a disadvantage. Nobody has any
business tearing over the country at the rate
of eighty miles an hour. Half that rate of
speed is fast enough for most people and es
pecially for those who have nothing to do af
ter they get to where ever they are going. A
large part of the motor car accidents are caus
ed by unnecessarily fast driving. Less speed
is needed instead of more.
A TAINTED KINGFISH
Huey Long, U. S. Senator for Louisiana and
self styled "Kingfish," is a disgrace to that
state. More than that he is a disbrace to the
whole United States. At an investigation in
to alleged election frauds last week hi
brother testified that he accepted a bribe of i
$iu,uuu irom some power company. Other
witnesses called him a liar and accussed him
of practicing ballot box thievery. Where
there is so much smoke there must be some
fire. And any way even if he is not a liar
and thief he is certainly a demagogue of low
degree and ought to be kicked out of the U.
S. Senate.
GREAT MINDS FLOW
IN THE SAME CHANNELS
In a speech before the Republican Club of
New York one day last week President Hoov
er expressed the hope that the nations which
have abandoned the gold standard will re
turn to it. He hoped that the nations might
cooperate to stabilize currencies. Mr. Hoov
er strongly opposed any inflation of our cur
rency and abandonment of the gold standard
"and with our depreciated currency attempt
to enter a world economic war, with the cer
tainty that it leads to complete destruction
both at home and abroad."
On the same day that President Hoover
spoke in New York Bernard M. Baruch, cap
italist and prominent Democratic politician,
testified in Washington before the Senate fi
nance committee that the United States must
balance its budget and maintain a sound cur
rency system. He is as much opposed to in
flation as Mr. Hoover is. In fact there is a
great similarity between the views of the two
men as to what the country needs. The truth
is that the political opinions of Democrats like
Baruch, Owen D. Young, John W. Davis,
John J. Raskob, Alfred E. Smith and many
others are not very different from those of
leading Republicans. The tariff is about all
that separates them and even on that there is
no very great difference.
! States Will Pass On
Prohibition Question
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 J. The 13-year-old
constitutional amendment
for national prohibition went back to
the states for a new decision today,
on a 289 to 121 vote in the house of
representatives.
Duplicating the senate action last
week, when it favored submission of
a repeal amendment to state conven
tions by a 63 to 23 vote, the house
acted before being in session an hour
and a half, cheered on by part of the
galleries and in the face of ominous
silence on the part of others there.
The latter represented many of the
prohibition organizations, which serv
ed notice at once through the Anti
Saloon league that the issue would be
'fought to a finish in state capitals."
The vote was fifteen more than the
two-thirds required.
Speaker John N. Garner was greet
ed with cheers and applause on an
nouncing the outcome.
Immediately, Chairman Sumners of
the judiciary committee and others
moved for a federal law setting up the
machinery for state conventions. A
hard road was in front for this ef
fort, however, as Mr. Garner and
others on both sides of the capitol
have expressed the view that calling
of the conventions is a state function.
Press Gleanings J
CHANGE OF PARANTAGE
The war debt problem, as Gov. Roosevelt intimat
ed, is Herbert Hoover's baby now. After March 4 it
will be Roosevelt's baby and howling worse than ev
er. Columbia, (S. C.) Record.
THE REALLY VITAL QUESTION
Will Congress take time off from beer and decide
the proper amount of alcohol for a small car? Oma
ha Evening World-Herald.
CHEAPNESS OVER STRESSED
For the past three or four years the prin
cipal appeal of many manufacturers and mer
chants in selling their products has been that
of low prices. They have stressed this fact
of cheapness more than that of quality. And
the more prices have declined the more insist
ent the public becomes for further reduc
tions. The thing seems to have been over
done. The lower prices go the less inclined
people are to buy. Most people prefer to
buy when things are advancing. Another
trouble about declining prices is that it tends
to lower wages. In most cases wages are
now entirely too low. A thing badly needed
now is an advance in the price of commodi
ties and an advance in the wage scale- It is
time to stop advertising low prices, quality
should be stressed.
THEY MAINTAIN BIG ARMIES
Russia has no great naval strength but her
military land forces are said to be the greatest
in the world. She has an active force of
some 848,600 men and a reserve strength of
18,873,000. France however is probably ac
tually stronger than Russia, because while
her population and man power is much less
than that of Russia her soldiers are much bet
ter trained and she is far better equipped with
airships, cannon and other war paraphanalia.
France's active force and trained reserves to
tal 6,975,000. With a total of 6,498.000 It
alv stands third. Everv countrv in Eurnrtp.
in DroDortion to PODulation. has a lartrer ar
my than the United States. And most of
tnem owe us money.
A COMMON TASTE
An Atchison minister politely informs the Atchi
son Globe that he likes short editorials. And the
Globe, not to be outdone, informs the minister, with
equali politeness that it admires short sermons. Kan
sas City Star.
MAGIC REVEALED IN CAMEL ADS
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
We hear a lot about married women holding state
jobs. Personally, we can see no good reason why an
efficient married woman should not be as much enti
tled to a job as anybody. And just think, if we stop
all the married women from working, what is going
to become of this crowd of wife-fed husbands?
We know of no reason why efficiency should not be
recognized wherever found. Of course, we can un
derstand why a whole family should not be put on a
government pap-bottle. Williamston Enterprise.
MERCHANTS AGAIN BUNCOED
Last week a guy solicited advertising from the mer
chants and business men of Monroe and stung 'em
as per usual.
The man carried a writing pad, upon the cover of
which a number of advertisements were to be print
ed and the writing material delivered to the Ellen
Fitzgerald hospital and which would be used by the
patients whatever to do with the scheme, but the fel
low made his prospective "advertisers" believe the
doctor sponsored it.
The guy told his 'advertisers" that he would print
and deliver his 150 pads. He delivered only 50 to the
hospital. We constantly hear the old gas ''advertis
ing pays." It does pay when properly and intelligent
ly done, but moneyy spent for some forms of adver
tising is entirely wasted.
Vtrily a stranger viseteth us and tooketh us in.
The Monroe Enquirer.
Current interest in made nas re
ceived new impetus as a result of the
new series of Camel cigarette ad
vertisements which feature pxnlana-
tions of magic decepttions in order to
bring out the thought that Camel cig-
areiies contain io tncKs just
costlier tobaccos in a matchless
blend."
The Camel ads are bastd on ex-
planaaions published by the magicions
themselves, acording to the R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco Company.
Professional mairicians were con
sulted before the campaign was re
leased. They took the view that "ex
posures from within the profession
have always created a new nublic fol-
lowingg for magic. Hence a great
many magicians have heartily endor
sed the new cigarette campaign.
With schools reporting great inter
est in magic anions the children, mar
ie shops doing a flourishing business
in magic apparatus, .and nuhliKhprs
finding that sales of magic books are
rising, the Camel advertisements are
likely to be credited with starting a
new fad in entertainment.
While Cumberland County farmers
have ereatlv
of tobacco seed beds, they do not
plan to set a larger acreage than last
year, says the county agent.
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iV-VV.WBVBV.
A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
Although the Attorney-General of the
State recommended it a Surry county grand
jury failed to indict certain persons in that
county on charges of primary election frauds.
The Attorney-General made an investigation
last summer of this affair, heard the sworn
testimony of witnesses and after careful con
sideration made his recommendations. If
there was enough evidence to satisfy Mr.
Brummitt that the persons referred to should
be put on trial there certainly must have been
enough to justify the grand jury in returning
true bills.
Political influence may have prevented the
indictments in Surry county, we do not know
as to that but have our suspicions, but, the
reputation of the parties is certainly under a
cloud. There must be a good many people in
Surry county who think elections ought to be
conducted honestly. There is more than a
suspicion that they are not always honestly
conducted in that county. What if any thing
will the good people of Surry do about it? It
is a great deal more important that the citi
zens oi JNorth Ci
vote as they
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rolina shall be allowed to 1
o and have their votes hjzi-
NO BOGUS DOLLARS NEEDED
There seems to be, in a not inconsiderable section
of the public mind, a great deal of confusion of cred
it expansion with currency debasement. Xaive quacks
and unscrupulous politicians eager to play upon pub
lic ignorance have united to inspire much wild Con
gressional mouthing in advocacy of some of the most
fantastically impossible legislation, with just enough
of the truth proclaimed to make some fo the s:hemes
have an appeal to those who regularly think super
fically on most subjects.
No objection can be four. J, of course, to the restor
ation of commodity prices and the no rial blow of
money into the channels of business. Indeed, for
some time, the government has followed 3 policy de
signed to bring about these results. But any meas
ure designed to destroy the dollar, suspend the gold
standard or issue fiat money is political syysterism of
the most poisonous sort.
Cheapening of the dollar or the circulation of Print
ing press currency would inevitably impair the value
of money and thereby rob the American DeoDle. Rut
there are many ways in which liquidation can be ar
rested, a "reflation accomplished, and economic pres
sure applied with a view to turning commodity prices
upward.
The Federal Reserve Banks hold $1,857,000,000 in
government bonds, which means that those banks have
placed that amount of money at the disposal of their
members; and this credit can be used for the issuance
of a certain amount of currency, if indeed there is real
ly need for expansion of the circulating medium. An
other benignly "in flationary" factor is the increase of
gold stocks about 12 per cent since last July. And
every dollar in gold may serve as the base for $11 in
credit. There is no need whatever for bogus dollars.
Ft. Wayyne News-Sentinel.
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