Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-11-15
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Washington Letter
AL Had 1t Wrong.


nor Smith, the Democratic nomine,
for President, made speeches il
which he told the people not to wor
ry about the tariff and he said tn,
Democrats would retain protectiy,
duties on American products. TIL,
Democrats in the Senate have raj
lied to the defense of high tariff du
ties on agricultural products bu
they have gone back to their old Low
tariff habits for the manufacturers.
The tariff seems to be bedeyileC
with politics and the Democrats
have deserted the Houston platform
in Joining the Republican independ
ents who are trying hard to pu
President Hoover in a hole.
All efforts to treat the tariff as al
economic problem that affects
Americans without regard to theil
politics are doomed to failure just as
these same efforts have been dashed
on the rock pile time after time fol
fully fifty years.
Andy Had Another Surplus.
1t is reported that there is a sur
plus of between S200,000,000 and
$300,000,000 in the United States
Treasury this year and that in con-
sequence Secretary Mellon is giving
attention to proposals for tax reduc-
lions.
Whenever Congress figures out its
appropriations Mr.. Mellon is always
on hand to issue warnings of a prob
able deficit in the Treasury. But each
year he comes out ahead.
Evidently Andy goes on the as
sumption that too much money is
just enough. A lot of people think
that way about it but Mr.. Mellon
never lets his books run into the red.
Insuring a Full Game Bag.
While little is now heard of the
ancient demand for "a full dinner
pail" millions of sportsmen are agi-
tating for the insurance of "a full
game bag" To consider ways and
means of game restoration, Federal
and State game officials, naturalists,
conservationists and just plain hunt
ers will foregather in considerable
numbers in New York City, Deem
Der and 8, for the sixteenth annual
Game Conference. Efforts to co-or-
dinate activities to assure a more
bountiful supply of fish, and four
footed and feathered game will be
made. AS a political slogan, "a Full
Game Bag" might not be half bad for
some aspiring candidate for public
office.
Not Enough JaiIS
A new angle to the housing situa-
ton has been emphasized by Attor-
ney General Mitchell, who advocates
The building of Federal prisons
the country. He says that
there are about $500 Federal pris-
)ners in Jail that are now under
control of the States. There are five
Federal prisons in which there are
l0,603 prisoners. According to the
Attorney General there should be
new Federal penitentiaries, indus
.ril reformatories and houses of de-
,ention so that all Federal prisoners
could be confined and housed in
hem.
Strong Money
The new currency to be issued by
he Government will be twice as
strong as any of the older types of
PAPER money. The Bureau of Stand
lrds has been perfecting grades of
PAPER unit la new kind has been
worked out that can be folded dou-
lie eight thousand times without
it. Now when you get some
# this new money try to make it last
onger than the old bills did!
Clean Graduates.
2 The Cchool Board of the District
# Columbia has gone on record in
avor of something more than first
lass examination papers of high
chool graduates. 1t believes that
he right to graduate should take
nto consideration such questions as
moral conduct, the use of indecent |
language, violent opposition to au-
hority, persistent disobedience or
disorder, dishonesty or untruthful- |
less, habitual hardness, unauthor-
zed absence, or uncleanly condition |
f person or clothing, notwithstand-
ng the fact that said pupil may |
ave earned all necessary credits in |
tudies prescribed for diploma. One
f the members of the Board insisted |
hat habitual dirty necks indicated |
he disqualification of pupils to re-
Give diplomas.
The Size of the Apple.
Commercial apple orchardists have
ong wanted to know how big their
pples would grow. Sales of apples
n the trees are contracted in some
ections of the country early in the
eason, and errors in judging the
robable supply of large and small
pples have frequently upset the
pplecart" and disturbed the finan-
al expectations of orcharists.
According to the study made by
lie United State Bureau of Agricul-
lral Economics in the Hood River
alley the amount of moisture dur
Ig the fruiting season is held prac-
cally constant by irrigation and the
tile variation in summer rainfall,
nd summer temperatures have a
arked effect upon the growth and
svelopment of the apples. EX-
emes in temperature, either hot or
I'D, tend to check growth with con- !
'queuL maturity DIT SudllSI SlAeS' III
me years the length of season and
Mount of rainfall in summer appar- I
lily have some influence upon size,
1t the effect of these factors is not t
pronounced as that of tempera- t
re.
Thinning, cultural practices, and c
e use of fertilizer were manage I
emit factors found to have an i'm
rtant influence upon the develop 1
emit of fruit, but the conclusion is
ached that unless there is a mark
shift in these practices from one g
ar to another they are not likely h
be important for the entire valley s
any one year. No systematic rec "
of thinning or other cultural u
actices, however, is available, so 4
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