New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06
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CROPS LARGE
IN NEW YORK

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REGIMENTS. WORTHLESS AP.
PRAISEMENT OF ROADS CRl.
TICIZED ITALIAN ENLIST.
MENTS UP TO AVERAGE.
Special to State Record.
! Washington, July 3.-Representa-
tive William F. Waldow of New
York takes a great interest in all
matters relating to the farm and the
welfare of the farmer. He has exer-
ted himself in cooperation with the
Food Supply Commission of his state
; to encourage the planting Of increa-
sed acreage for all lines of produce
I The result has been. according to
Mr.. Waldow, that, without spending
dollar for salaries. the people OF
the State of New York have been
induced to plant this year, in ad-
diton to what they cultivated last
season, 10000 acres of potatoes, l48,-
600 acres of corn, 100000 acres OF
oats, 5000 of barley, and a large
acreage of other crops. Congress
nina Waldow has given his approval
to all the legislation that has had for
its object the increase of our crops,
and has done what he could to as
sist in its passage.
Frank for N. G.
A proposition to extend the free
dom of the mails to official matter
of the National Guard of the various
states has been presented to the
House by Representative Charles H.
Dillon of South Dakota. Inasmuch
as the Guard has been drafted into
the federal service Mr.. Dillon can
see no reason why their privileges
shuold be less than those OF members
of Regular Army organizations. In
his bill the War Department is d.
rected to furnish the various units
of the guard with the necessary
franked envelopes, and all the provi-
sons of the law of 1877 relating to
the use of the frank by the Executive
Departments are extended to the
National Guard.
A Worthless Job.
One of the easiest ways to relieve
the great pressure of work on the
Interstate Commerce Commission, in
the opinion of Congressman Joseph
Walsh Of Massachusetts, is to dis
continue the work of valuation in
which they are now engaged, and
which he believes will be absolutely
worthless when completed Instead
of increasing the membership of the
Commission Mr.. Walsh thinks it
would be far better to dispense with
the endless amount of labor involved
in valuing the roads, and allow the
three members who now give most
of their time to that branch of the
work to devote their energies to the
more important duties of the Com
mission.
Anemic Leaders.
Congressman Franklin F. Ellsworth
of Minnesota meets the partisan
cry of the administration to send
men to congress who will stand by
the President" by asking us to "con-
trast the red-blooded patriotism
shown by the Republican leaders in
with the bleached and anemic action
of the Democratic leaders in that
same body Mr.. Ellsworth calls at
tention to the fact that the war le-
gislation of the present congress was
made possible by the votes of Re-
publicans, and the bitterest oppon-
cntS of the conscription act, upon
which all our military activities are
based, were Democrats.
Roman Redivivus.
A stirring tribute to Italy and her
entrance into the war has been paid
by Representative Isaac Siegel of
New York. He considers remark
abe the change that has occurred in
the attitude of our people toward the
Italians. Men who have criticized
the Italian man claims that young
Italians will be found in the army
and navy of the United States in the
proportion that their population
bears to the rest of the country. Mr..
Siegel is proud of the fact that he
has thousands of Italians in his dis
trct, and claims that New York has
greater Italian population than any
other city in the world except in
Italy itself
Absorbent Cotton.
Back in 1914, when cotton was
away down in price, Mr.. McAdoo
sent lot Of government funds down
South to help out the planter. Now
that cotton is away up in price, is
the administration doing anything
to help out the consumer?
The Crown Prince Crows.
Secretary McAdoo has been receiv-
ing many unmerited compliments for
the success of the Liberty Loan. Far
be it from US to attempt to de.
tract from his self-satisfaction as
he rates himself once more as the
greatest of finance ministers since
Gallatin" But the fact is that the
loan succeeded in spite of and not
because of him. His first announce
ment that the loan was oversub-
scribed and that dixie must be built
around the Treasury to keep out
the flood of funds was so misleading
that the country regarded the loan
as a settled thing and it was only
when Mr.. McAdoo realized that the
loan was a moral failure and called
all the agencies of the country to his
assistance that it was put through
in the splendid fashion that marked
the close of the inscriptions. "Me
and Betty killed the bear" is an old
and familiar saving in the rural sec
tions. McAdoo's chestiness is on a
level with the boasting of Betty's
husband.
The Dispensable Denman.
The Denman-Goethals row may be
TO the Wilson administration what
the Bal'inger- -Pinchot controversy
was to Mr.. Taft 1t is always un-
fortunate when two subordinates of
pszIss smoosq uoI,eI,s!u!npr ur
with the idea that each is the indis-
pensable man and that his proposals
are the only honest and efficient