WaUaceEn'erprae I Jsiis inrsii-r • time for all delinquent subscnb Now is the tnne ^r * journal. ers to come to^the aia ox * J. I ! Sorltio'n that SP*^ *■ ■“'* month. _ CO-OPERATION NECESSARY Citizens of Dupl,“ exists in the reminded of a c°ndi have nQ caus€ to County today, of whic th^y^ gtate Highway be nroud, when a memoe . . _ meet and 'Public Works Commission m a je fir in the. County declared ^ ^ ?SS?5S3w- w*-* 11 Dupl,° STAX sm? JS for aane statement referred citizenry. Kniidinff nrograni in the £j2£ SStt. "a common cause. Hin ]ast ■ If the road meeting held at Rose Friday results in nothing pore, it certany should serve to wake up the people of t County to the fact that co-operation is absolute ly necessary in any undertaking. PEACE PROGRESS SLOW A little more than twenty years ago the world was on the verge of what many consider its greatest war, but even after the conflict started there were hopeful souls who saw the opportun ity to set up effective machinery for peace after the conflict, and some d*en predicted a peace ot “a thousand years” to follow the struggle that ^Children born in that day are now voting and beginning to assume some of the responsibility Xat is associated with the right to govern. They find a world in which, apparently, peac has made little progress. Nations continue to .jarve out empires with the sword and look to armaments for salvation. , . . The present picture is discouraging, but the ideal is not dead. Some day mankind will abol ish war with all its brutality. At present, how ever, it would be very foolish to assume that such a goal is near. POSTPONED A MONTH The issue of war or peace between Italy and Ethiopia has been delayed about a month by the recent action of the League of Nations. This represents very little gain in itself, because weather conditions in Ethiopia make military operations practically impossible until Septem ber. The League gained some moral prestige, how ever, by its resolute facing of the very ticklish problem. This was due largely to firm insist ence by Great Britain, and tardy support for such action, from the French. Italy made an apparent yielding to the possibility of arbitra tion, but what Mussolini will eventually do re mains to be seen. The same can be said for the League’s fu ture action. Its council will assemble again early in September. By that time the orbitra tion may have, improved the problem or not. At any rate the League has taken cognizance of its responsibilities and if Italy defies the League the powers of that organization will consider the next step in September. DON’T LAUGH TOO SOON Let’s not laugh too much at the Japanese peo ple who believe that their Emperor is a direct descendant of heaven and a ruler by divine right. We have citizens in this country who have some queer ideas and the number of folks now believing discredited teachings would sur prise readers of this newspaper. Take for example the case of the Cleveland woman who shot a neighbor to death because she would not sign a statement renouncing witchcraft against the killer and her husband. Both tell a strange story of fireballs dancing in their rooms for years and often burning them! They “knew” that the neighbor had bewitched them. Years ago, in this same republic, they could have had the^lady tried and executed by law. * - • * IS THIS DANGER REAL? The danger that a permanent army of unem ployed will exist in this country is feared by some thinkers, who believe that shorter hours, with increased wages, is necessary to absorb the unemployed and to give the public sufficient buying power to purchase the products of in dustry. Citizens of this county, who expect to vote might as well consider this problem because its answer affects every man, woman and child in the United States. Certainly, the use of pro ductive machinery should not become the en gine of slavery for millions of workers but ra ther the liberator of mankind from the bur den of prolonged toil. THREE DIE EVERY HOUR Three persons meet death on the highways of the United States every-hour, according to the July 1st figures of the National Safety Council, showing that 15,030 lives were lost in motor ve hicle casualties during the first six months of this year. Encouraging, however, is the news that 18 States and some of our largest cities had sub stantial reductions in the death rate. North Da kota, with a 43 per cent cut, led the States, with Rhode Island, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon and Utah also reporting large reductions. m Washington News | For U. S. Farmers UTILITIES AND FARMS WAR ON THE TARIFF BOTH PARTIES PLEDGED ODDS AND ENDS Apparently the job of electrifying the farms of the United States is to be left to the private utility corporations, backed by Federal financ ing, if one is to believe a recent statement by Morris Cooke, REA administrator, who pointed out that 95 per cent of the present electrical business is in the hands of the corporations and that rural service will be in about the same proportion. We call this to the attention of readers so that, where it is feasible, farmers will take steps to organize to build their own lines. Un der the low interest rates of the Federal policy, something like twenty years will be allowed for repayment of the loans, and after that time the lines will belong to the borrower. Agriculturalists continue to level their spears against the protective tariff although farmers in one western community boycotted a mill which had secured an injunction against the proces sing tax, with the result that the mill asked that the injunction be removed. Personally, we have no idea what will hap pen to the farm program if the taxes are declar ed invalid. Of course, present farm contracts are good and the government will undoubtedly carry them out, but whether any future pay ments can be counted upon is doubtful, in our minds, if the money for the benefits has to come out of the general treasury fund. Incidentally, an anti-tariff resolution has been introduced in both houses of Congress by Sen ator Murphy and Representative Biermann of Iowa. This would authorize the President to reduce tariffs if processing taxes are declared invalid in proportion to the cut in farm income that would result from loss of the processing taxes. Suits testing the tariff, it appears certain, have little ground upon which to succeed. Years ago the Supreme Court put its stamp of approv al upon protective tariffs, according to an opin ion given by Seth Thomas, AAA general coun sel. Farmers face no immediate danger and pos sibly none at all, however, because both politi cal parties are indelibly pledged to relieve ag riculture. Unless some workable program is found to replace the present system it is ex tremely doubtful if any party will permit the farmers to go through the same experiences that plagued them a few years ago. Regardless of what the court decides and which party is in power the interests of the farmer will be looked after for a while at least, but if the farmer forgets to make his voice heard in the land he can expect to be ignored by the politicians. The point is that every farmer should let his Con gressmen know what he thinks about the agri cultural situation and what the government should do about it. The 'President has allotted $12,000,000 to the Forest Service for the purpose of taking land out of cultivation and developing it for other uses. The AAA reports that 27,600,000 acres of “rented or contracted” land has been shifted from “surplus” crops, corn, wheat, tobacco and cotton, and that one-third of the land has been planted to crops to conserve and improve the soil. Gross income of farmers from 1934 produc tion is estimated at $7,300,000,000 by the Agri culture Department, an increase of $900,000,000 over 1933 and $2,000,000,000 over 1932. Gross income includes value of crops grown for sale and those consumed on the farms. Loans on small grain stored in bins, sealed on the farm, will be made by the Farm Credit Administration in the Omaha Land Bank Dis trict. This will cut the carrying cost and en able farmers to hold grain for better markets. The Federal Land Banks are now lending cash on farm mortgages, instead of some bonds and part cash. An improved market for Federal Farm Market bonds made it possible to put the loans on a cash basis. New wheat reduction contracts provide a 15 per cent reduction in acreage for 1936. A four year contract is to be offered, with a maximum i acreage adjustment of 25 per cent in subsequent years. • P' URELY ERSONAL 1FFLE DEBACLE The day was hot, the beans were not And the Bloomer Girls came to play. Every sot chipped the pot. Giggolos called it a day. | Currie flung with all his might And Fanny knocked the ball away. He flung again (what a putrid right!) And Janie made that pill sa shay. Every innin’ was constant re petition And the Wallace playboys kept wishin' That those gals lacked ambi tion To bring out their sorry condi tion. Then the gals laid down (base ballery speakin’) And Padgett an’ Thompson started sneakin’ A couple of hits outer th’ gal’s reach And then the females start ed to bleach. Robber, thief, blind-man, chump”. Mamie said of the ump. Cy yelled and left the bump ’Causq Mamie was after his rump With a pole as big as a stump. Mug-wump 1 Looked like they was gonna spat So Dunn went an’ got his gat And Cy bent over for his hat While Mamie casually swung a bat. —Another ump, and that’s that. —pPp— Until a few hours ago there were in Wallace two spontane ous, quick-tempered, devil-may care-and-the-Lord-help-the-rest, individuals who failed to have a very complimentary opinion of each other. In fact, each, in a passing remark, described the other as being similar to the nether-most region of one of our most useful domestic ani mals. Each had been noticing the other for several weeks, yet, oddly enough for Wallace, they had never met. I sensed the friction between the two in their casual glances at each other, however, and feared that in time they would come to some disorderly state of fam iliarity, for both bf them pos sessed a not uncommon trait of quickly coming to his own defense as the result of an oth erwise flippant statement. Last night it seemed that fate, or whatever it is, had pro vided the ideal setting for a get-together, either of congen ialty or of conflict. One of them was seated at a cafe table drinking beer and talking with me. The other came in later and crawled upon a stool. The person at the table suddenly made a trite gesture aimed at the stool-sitter and I held my breath, not because of impend ing excitement, but because they were two good friends of mine, and I prayed for some method by which they could be come amicably associated. At the prank of the table-sit ter the stool-sitter turned and stared. I laugher; a forced laugh—one forced by anxiety that an uneasy moment be swept away and an harmoni AROUND THE WORLD ON $1.50 The story of a daring young man who journeyed over the earth by his wits. One of many interesting illustrated articles in the American Weekly (issue of August 25), the magazine which comes regularly with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AM ERICAN. On sale by all news dealers.—Adv. ASKED FOR BEAUTY OR DEATH The strange story of a beau ty shop operator who could make her customers prettier, but not herself. How she chal lenged surgeons to try to make her over is told in an interest ing story in the August 25th is sue of the American Weekly, the magazine which comes re gularly with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. On sale by all newsboys and newsdealers. — Adv. Presently the s.-o.-s. broke out into laughter, and then we all laughed, and -had another beer. —pPp— Women have proven them selved to be the world’s worst and most inconsiderate drivers. A few weeks ago in the middle of the only- paved street two women proceeded to think so much of.their confiscated priv ileges that they proceeded to stop their cars side-by-side and chat for a few moments on bridge, gardens, books, or something. For some time they idled there, and made other automobiles and wagons de tour, and otherwise thoroughly disrupt traffic. It so happen ed that a large truck approach ed the rear of one of the ver bose ladies’ automobile, and the driver gently tooted his horn. She did not respond, and h?-nUrge<* hom again; and still another time. Still no response. W i t h grim determination written across his face the driver eased his truck against the woman ■ car, and suddenly shot forward. Down the road the truck and car tore at about 40 miles per hour, the woman so scared 500 more words were hung in her mouth, and the truck driver enjoying it in the utmost. The lady and her car sailed down the street for about two blocks and then the driver I ceased his pranking for he had | had fun and had broken a traf jnc jam, but the poor distracted I conversationist had an expres sion a shade more livid than a npe cherry; typifying rage, disgust, chagrin, regret, and gross humiliation. like stories You find the best of fiction in the American Weekly, the pop ular magazine which comes re gularly with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. There’s always a continued novel, while one .or two short stories are to be found in each week’s issue. Your newsdealer has your co py of the BALTIMORE SUN DAY AMERICAN. Ask for it each week.—Adv. IT VETCHD By GUT A. CARDWELL, Agricultural * Industrial Agent, A. C. L. Railroad Co. Hairy vetch, one of the old est and most commonly used of the vetches, is grown in prac tically all the countries of the Temperate Zone and is exten sively used in the United States, and does well in the Southern States. The stems are comparatively weak or viny, and the plants are conspicuous ly hairy throughout. This vetch is very winter-hardy. Smooth is rather like hairy vetch, but differs in lacking the tufted growth at the ends of the stems and in having fewer hairs or less pubescence on stems and leaves. The seed is very much like that of hairy vetch and appears identical, and the two kinds are being sold under the -name "hairy vetch , and often in mixture. Smooth vetch seems to be some what less winter-hardy than hairy vetch, although their ex act relation in this respect has not been determined. In the Southern States, smooth vetch has made some J* growth than hairy vetch during the winter months o»t ?erfe-t y har