The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-07-25

for disabled volunteer soldiers which
has been under the War department,
under a new veterans administration.
The President designated Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, for several years d.
rector OF the veterans bureau, as vet
Grams administrator In charge of the
new organization at salary of $12,-
600. The three agencies which are CO.
ordinated will retain their separate
Identities within the veterans admin
istration and a new director will be
appointed for the veterans bureau.
Present officials of the pension bureau
and Of the soldiers home will retain
their positions.
u USINESS may not be appreciably
~ better to most Americans, and
there are still great many on the
unemployed lists, but men and agencies
that ought to know say the sky is
clearing. For instance, the American
Bankers Association Journal asserts
that pessimism has been Overdone and
that the very conditions in trade and
industry that lave caused most COM
plant are opening the way for def
mite recovery later in the year.
"A study of the history of previous
comparable periods Of recession indi-
Gates that a cycle Of Improvement is
imminent" the Journal says. "There
is no doubt that the curtailment of
production in the major industries has
been much greater than the falling off
In consumption on the part of the
public. This has inevitably led to
marked reduction in the inventories
of finished goods all along the line
from manufacturer to retailer.
Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of
labor statistics, gives out figures and
facts that show the business depres-
sion has in way worked to the
benefit Of the wage Garner sure Of his
job and Of the person who has fixed
income.
The wholesale price level Of all
commodities in May was the lowest,
1t has been since September, 1916.
The wholesale purchasing power Of
the 1926 dollar for all commodities
was SLIP In May. 1t is greater today.
The average cost of living in 80 cities
has dropped 20.S per cent in eight
years.
IN THE hard wheat belt many of the
farmers are not taking kindly to
the efforts of the farm board to bring
about reduction of wheat acreage and
change to other crops. When the
boards reduction mission went to
Hays, Kan, in furtherance of its pur-
pose Gov. Clyde NJ. Reed of the Sun
flower state appeared as a spokesman
for the opponents Of the plan. which
he said was unfair to the hard wheat
belt where conditions prevented the
growing of other crops to advantage.
Charging that present wheat prices
are not justified by world conditions.
he called upon the farm board to exer-
else the powers granted it by the
agricultural marketing act to protect
the wheat farmer.
Replying to Governor Reeds insinu-
alton of farm board 'inaction," Chair
man Legge said that wheat "already
had received in the boards stabiliza-
ton operations twice its proportionate
share" of the $50O,000,000 relief fund.
CTATISTICS prepared by the old
~ dry bureau under Doran show that
prohibition enforcement during its last
fiscal year under the Treasury de-
elrtment resulted in the arrest of 8S,-
1856 persons and the seizure of 24,3T3
stills. The figures showed an increase
of approximately 1000 in the number
of stills seized. The figures included
the number of arrests and seizures for
II months of the year and estimated
arrests and seizures for June.
MRS. HOOVER returned to the
1N1 White House from the Rapidan
river lodge last week greatly i'm
proved in health by her weeks in the
seclusion of the camp. However,
though she seemed to have recovered
from the effects of her fall in the
Executive mansion more than three
months ago, it was said in Washington
she planned to go back soon to the
camp anu remain there most of July.
Consideration for Mrs. Hoover's
health, it is reported, has caused the
President to halt the arrangements
for his projected trip through the
West. and indeed it may be abandoned
altogether In favor of quiet stay
at some place on the New England