Exhibit 31.1
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              Certification Pursuant to 18 U. S. C., Section 1350,
        as Adopted Pursuant to Sections 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Basic Empire Corporation (Registrant)
on Form 10-QSB for the  quarter  ended  September  30,  2003,  as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  on the date  hereof,  I, Glenn A. Little,
Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify to the best
of my knowledge, that:

1)   I have  reviewed  this  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB  of Basic  Empire
     Corporation for the quarter ended September 30, 2003.

2)   Based on my knowledge,  this  Quarterly  Report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this quarterly report;

3)   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in this  Quarterly  Report,  fairly  present  in all
     material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash
     flows of the  registrant  as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
     Quarterly Report;

4)   The registrant's other certifying  officers,  if any, and I are responsible
     for  establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  Registrant  and
     have:

     a)   designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to ensure  that
          material  information  relating  to  the  Registrant,   including  its
          consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those
          entities,  particularly  during  the  period in which  this  Quarterly
          Report is being prepared;
     b)   evaluated the  effectiveness of the Registrant's  disclosure  controls
          and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of
          this Quarterly Report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
     c)   presented  in  this  Quarterly   Report  our  conclusions   about  the
          effectiveness  of the disclosure  controls and procedures based on our
          evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5)   The Registrant's other certifying  officers,  if any, and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation,  to the Registrant's  auditors and the
     audit committee of registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing
     the equivalent functions):

     a)   all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or operation of internal
          controls  which could  adversely  affect the  Registrant's  ability to
          record,  process,   summarize  and  report  financial  data  and  have
          identified for the  Registrant's  auditors any material  weaknesses in
          internal controls; and
     b)   any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
          employees who have a  significant  role in the  Registrant's  internal
          controls; and

6)   The Registrant's other certifying officers, if any, and I have indicated in
     this  Quarterly  Report  whether or not there were  significant  changes in
     internal  controls  or in other  factors  that could  significantly  affect
     internal  controls  subsequent  to the date of our most recent  evaluation,
     including any corrective  actions with regard to  significant  deficiencies
     and material weaknesses.


/s/ Glenn A. Little                                      Dated: October 17, 2003
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Glenn A. Little
Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer