Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-03
OUR WEEKLY NEWS LETTER FROM WASHINGTON

for the season just passed was eleven
and three-fourths bales of one and
one-sixteenth inch staple on five
acres. His prize money alone during
the past two years has amounted to
approximately $4,000.
Miss Elga Daniels, an eighteen year
old girl of Nacogdoches, Texas, pro-
duced two and one-half bales of cot
ton on single acre last season. Guy
Harold, of Hayward county, Tenn
essee, took 4,180 pounds of lint from
five acres. C. T. Connella, of Alex
andria, La, raised six bales of cotton
on five acres. Pierce Adams, of Ar
kansas, produced 2,450 pounds of
lint on three acres in the state con-
test for vocational students.
These are among the victories of
the soil over pessimism in cotton
raising.
Will Railroads Merge?
There has been tremendous dis
cussion about railroad mergers and
up to date practically all mergers are
cup in the air." 1t seems to be a
bigger job than it look on paper to
take property that is counted in bill
lions of dollars and redistribute the
ownership in the way that is neces-
sary in the business of consolidating
railroads. But as mergers seems to
be the logical solution of railroad
problems it may be reasonably ex-
pected that the industrial giants will
find some way to get away with the
big idea.
The Haugen Bill
The title of the Haugen bill now
before Congress is as follows: "a bill
to establish a Federal Farm Board to
aid in the orderly maketing and in
the control and disposition of the sur
plus of agricultural commodities. "
1t is a very simple and orderly sound
ing title. And yet it has not only
rocked the corn belt, but it has al
most wrecked Republican control of
Congress.
Agin' Naval Arms Race
President Coolidge insists that he
believes that the United States should
avoid steps toward the building of
three new cruisers because such a
course would place this country in
the "naval arms race" Congress
may be talked out Of what otherwise
might be it's Intentions" If it is
then the cruisers program will fail
A Nice Little Army
The lower house of Congress has
provided pay for 118,750 men in the
army Attempts to increase, as well
as to decrease, the size of the army
have been defeated. Thus the coun-
try has returned to the pre-war basis.
The different states are maintaining
their militia forces and the summer
soldier training camp plan will be
kept up by the government. This IS
the National plan for preparedness
and self-defense. In the debates the
congressman have expressed full con-
fidence in the ability of the United
States to keep off all trespassers.
Politics Reconvened
Sometimes in Washington they talk
about politics being adjourned" ="
Right now politics have reconvened.
The Senate is bristling with partisan
politics.
Radio in its Infancy
Marconi, inventor of wireless, says
that radio engineers today realize
that they know less than they were
sure they knew five years ago. The
current issue of the Woman's Home
Companion, whose editor is a keen
observer of everything that concerns
the housewife and the home, pre-
diets calmly and deliberately that ra-
dio is still in its infancy and that
still greater discoveries are to be ex-
pected in the next few years, point
ing out what some of the discoveries
will be.
Cities will probably soon be lighted
without the present elaborate and
ugly network of wires. Power may
be sent from waterfalls to factories
without stringing cables.