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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

attack which is the only way in which war will again
come to the United States We backed into the biggest
war in history while leaders were chanting peace and
npreparedness and our lack Of preparedness for that
cost the American people billions of dollars and would
have cost them millions of lives if they had not got in just
as the war was nearing it's close.
real step toward disarmament would be the abolition
Of conscrpton This would necesstae the compensation
of men for military service and the cost Of huge standing
armies would be prohbitive There no prospect that
such plan will be proposed much less adopted at the
Geneva Conference
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
Indian Scouts Use Tepees

Fort Huachuca, Ariz., (UP)-
The IL Indian scouts still remain
ng in United States military SER
vice live here in tepees of the same
general pattern of those of their
Apache ancestors built. The dozen
Indians are still authorized by
regulations although scout plane
squadrons have almost completely
replaced them. Their last active
service was in the Pershing ex-
petition in 1916.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
Distinctive Mountains

The Ozark mountains are not re-
garded by biologists as being part
Of either the Rocky or the Appa-
lachian systems, but as an indie
pendent and distinct unit. They
lie in southern Missouri, northern
Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
National Affairs
By FRANK p. LITSCHERT

Day by day, in every way, the
arguments of the free traders to
the effect that the Smoot-Hawley
tariff has stifled foreign trade and
that it is responsible for the de-
preston, are refuted by the facts.
For example, figures furnished the
other day by the Department of
Commerce indicate that Uncle
Sam had an unfavorable trade bal
anee in August for the first time
since 1926. In other words, the
commodities exported during the
month were valued at S165, 000,-
600, while our imports totaled
S165,000,000. How does this square
with the argument of the free
traders that our tariff is so high
that foreign nations cannot sell
to us? A big balance of trade,
they have declared, would be ia
tai to Uncle Sans foreign COM
meree. If this is true then the
internationaists ought to be salts
fled with the figures for August.
For even in the months when our
exports exceed our imports to a
considerable degree there is no
such favorable trade balance as
the figures would indicate, on ac-
count of our invisible exports"
which include money spent by
tourists abroad and the money by
aliens in America sending a part
of their earnings back to the folks
at home.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

less in volume; 3O.8 per cent less
coffee in dollar value and actually
7.9 per cent more in tonnage. We
exported 1916 per cent less cotton
in dollar value but only 1913 per
cent in tonnage, and SO on. AS a
matter of fact, then, figuring on
the basis of actual goods bought
and sold abroad the decrease due
to the depression is not as great
as might be imagined by glancing
at the reports. And certainly no.
body blames the new tariff law
for the worldwide decline in
prices.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
Hula Costume

To make real hula costume 1t
requires from 40 to so ii plant
leaves, depending on the size Of
the dancer. 1t takes approximate
ly three hours to weave a skirt, the
life of which is three days.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
Practice Cheerfulness

A face that cannot smile Is
like a lantern without a light.
A long face is no passport to
heaven or any other place worth
going to.-Capper's Weekly.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
Athletes MaIadv

The term athletes foot Originated
with DR.. Charles f. Pabst to des-
ignate ringworm of the foot.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

1t is difficult to analyze the sig
nificance of the unfavorable trade
balance in August due to the fact
that the nature of the imports are
not at hand. If the greater part
of the imports consists of raw ma
terials, it might mean that bust
ness is about to take turn for
the better in the United States. If
they consist mostly of finished
goods it would indicate that our
tariff does not yet equalize the
difference in the cost of produc-
ton at home and abroad. But at
any rate the figures ought to give
the free traders a thrill even if
the total figures are not as large
as we might want them, because
an unfavorable trade balance for
Uncle Sam is the dream and de-
sire of every internationalist.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

For example, in 1890 we import
ed 1913 per cent less crude rubber
in dollar value but only 3.S per
cent in tonnage; 38.5 per cent less
silk in dollar value but only 1873
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

of the output of the rest of the
United States more than $117,50O,-
600 because East Texas hurt the
general price structure before
June land it will very probably
hurt it after September 80.
And now-for coil South of the
Rio Grande". This oil has hurt
the crude price structure of tie
United States in the same general
way that East Texas has hurt it
because there has been too much
of it. Of course, we didn't feel it
as quickly-and our price changes
weren't as obvious, as those re-
sulting in and from East Texas.
But they were there just the
same. You can't dump, onto our
domestic market, 100,0O0,000 bar
rels of oil year from South AM
erica-and not have it affect our
prices-any more than you can
dump 100,000,000 from East Texas
or from Seminole-or from Cal
ifornia, and not hurt the general
price structure. Too much oil
hurts" whether it comes from
East Texas Or Timbuktu.
From the following you will
note that in 1880 the countries
South of the Rio Grande" Mex
leo and South America) produced
231 100000 barrels of crude oil.
All of these countries, combined,
consumed but a small portion of
this 231,000,000 barrels of crude
oil. Nearly all of it was surplus"
oil that had to find market out
side of these countries.
Crude Production in 1890
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

uUu barrels day. But 1t is 60
ing to make a lot af difference
whether the distribution of this
allowable is
East Texas .......................... 100000
Rest of Texas ................... 100000
or whether it is
East Texas ........................ 100000
Rest of Texas .................... 100000
The total for the State seems to
be of rather secondary Importance
the thing that obesses us is
"How much for East Texas ?"
And yet, "South of the Rio
Grande" are the prolific fields of
Mexico and South America that,
for years have been spilling out a
flood of oil that, because they have
lowered our price structures, have
cost" our domestic oil industry
more money than all the oil they
have ever produced was worth.
That's an amazing statement,
isn't it? But let's apply the same
statement to East Texas, for 1881,
and see if we won't admit that it's
true. Let's say that, in 1881, East
Texas will produce 100,000,000
barrels of oil that sells at the we'll
at an average of so cents a bar
rel-or S50,00O,O0O for the years
output.
Now let's be liberal and start
with June l, at which time the
price of SO gravity Oklahoma
crude went to SO cents. On June
l East Texas was producing $780,
600 barrels a day-so let's blame
it for the break from SO cents to
80 cents. And then on July 3,
when it was producing 100000
barrels a day, for the break to IS
cents. And then on July "a, when
it was producing $4,000 barrels
day, for the increase to 38 cents.
And then on August %, when it
was producing 84s,00O barrels a
day, for the increase to 81 cents.
Let's blame East Texas for all
of these things-and then admit
that, from June 1 to September
80, the entire United States pro .
duced grand total of around 1885,
100000 barrels of oil-and that,
Of this total, East Texas produced
100000 barrels. Deducting East
Texas leaves 235,0O0,OOO barrels
for the rest of the United States
during this -four months period.
Now, let's admit a wholly unrea-
sonable thing that East Texas did
not have any effect on the gener-
al price structure before June l.
or after September 80. Let's now
compare the sale price" of East
Texas entire output for 1881 with
the damage it did to our general
price structure in the four months
| from June l to September 80:
East Texas, year 1881:
Output (bbl) 10O,O00,O0O
Value (50c bbl.) S 50,000,00O
Rest Of United States, A months:
Output (bbl) 235,000,00O
Reduction in
Value (50c bbl) S 117,500,00O
The reduction in value, so cents
a barrel, is BASED on an estimated
$1.10 a barrel under reasonably
normal conditions-and so cents a
barrel which was probably about
the average for the entire coun'
try during these four months.
| On this basis, then, the output
Of East Texas this year will "sell'
for about $5O,0O0,000-and East
Texas field will reduce the value
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

AS a matter of fact, while our
foreign trade was declining 24.S
per cent in 1880 over 1929, Austria
las foreign trade was falling
more than 80 per cent, Brazil's
more than SO per cent, Canada's
more than 81 per cent and Japan's
25.9 per cent. And none of these
countries are governed by the
Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. 1t is
to be remembered too that the de-
cline is not so great as it appears
on the surface. Our foreign trade
is estimated in dollar value and
not in tonnage. Dollar value of
commodities has shrunk a great
deal since the peak in 1929 so that
the decrease in the actual tonnage
of our foreign trade is not so
great. This is especially true be.
cause of the great fall in prices Of
many of our chief imports, such
as rubber, coffee and silk, and Of
our chief exports, as cotton.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

Of course most of the argument
as to the crippling of our foreign
trade by the present tariff law is
pure nonsense. AS everybody
knows, or should know, great
percentage of our imports come
in duty free. And the figures for
the calendar year 1880 show that
our dutiable imports declined only
SO per cent while our imports
coming in free declined Al per cent.
Now if the new tariff were Grip
ping our trade, wouldn't the COM
modities on which a tariff is paid
decline most AS a matter of
fact our imports have fallen off in
a considerable degree because our
people are no longer, in hard
times, buying luxuries from abroad
which they enjoyed in more pros
porous times. And our exports
have declined because the depres-
sion is worldwide and other ma
lions are unable to buy from us,
because of hard times. When
times get better in the United
States we will buy more luxuries
from England, France and Ger
many, and will buy more raw ma
terials from South America and
the Orient. The way to get better
times is certainly not to open our
markets to cheap labor competi-
ton from Europe when ninety
five per cent of our market is at
home.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01
FOREIGN OIL A MENACE

For months the crude oil price
structure of the entire United
States, and especially the Mid
Continent, has been "shot to
pieces" because of East Texas
that in the year 1881, may produce
l0O,000,000 barrels of crude oil.
In the frenzy that is temporar-
lily gripping us, West Texas is for
gotten-the Panhandle is forgot
ten-Seminole is forgotten-even
Oklahoma City is forgotten. And,
yet, in their day, each one of these
big fields gave the oil industry
the jumps.
But, today, all we think about
all we talk about-all we're scared
about is East Texas. The hum
dreds of other fields throughout
the United States that have been
producing a total of about 2,100,-
600 barrels day are harmless"
and only East Texas. with some
thing like 100000 barrels a day,
is dangerous"
We will probably shortly "be
told" that the State of Texas will
be ALLOWED" something like 9OO,-
600 barrels day. But it is go
ing to make a lot af difference
whether the distribution of this
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-10-01

bdfTe1S
Oklahoma ........................215 ,227 900
Texas ..................,..........2 s9, $685. 900
California .228, $685. 900
Rest of United States. 1862, 974,00O
Mexico & So. America .231 ,099,000
In the form off crude oil, 62,000,-
600 barrels-or more than a fourth
of this 231, 100000 barrels-was
imported into the United States in
1880. And in the form of refined
products 100000 barrels more
were brought into this country
grand total of 105, 100000 barrels
of foreign oil-an average of
about 100000 barrels a day.
According to the report of the
United States Tariff Commission,
submitted to the President and to
Congress last February, this for
eign oil, delivered along the At
lantic seaboard, was about S1.00
barrel cheaper" than Mid Con-
tinent oil.
Do you believe that you can
dump 105,000,000 barrels year of
cheaper" foreign oil on our shores
and not hurt our price structure
any more than you can spill out
100,000,000 barrels from East
Texas-and not hurt the price
structure?
While progress seems to be slow
in curling East Texas there is no
question as to its ultimately be-
ing brought down to a reasonable
level-and held there. In other
words, 1--WE are going to protect
ourselves from ourselves"
For years foreign oil has been
imported into the United States
in excessive amounts. 1t is be-
ing imported today. In fact, in
any consideration of imports, if
the only question involved were
whether or not we could produce
enough oil within the United
States, the answer would automa-
tically shut out imports.
Study the accompanying table
carefully and you will see that in
1880 the countries "South of the
Rio Grande" produced more oil
than Oklahoma-more oil than
California-more oil than the COM
bined output of Kansas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, the Rocky Mountain
states and the states east of the
Mississippi river. And don't for
get that while Oklahoma, and Cal
ifornia, and the other states con-
sumed substantial part of the
oil they produced, these countries
South of the Rio Grande" con-
sumed but very little of their own
output.
If, by virtue of State Laws, our
own oil fields are protected-or if.
by executive order and under mar
tial law, Oklahoma's flush fields
are shut in and East Texas is OPP
Grated on restricted basis-then
why should we not have national
laws that will curb the bringing in
of foreign oil?
If too much oil from East Tex
as-or West Texas-or Oklahoma
City-or Kettleman Hills, is bad
thing-if it breaks crude prices
and if it can be controlled, why is
MT "too much oil" from Mexico
and South America bad thing
and doesn't it break prices-and
shouldn't its importation be con-
trolled? Why place heavier
burden on our own people than we
are willing to place on an indus
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26
Published by
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS, INC.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

THE one hundreth anniversary of the
L birth of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
is going to be celebrated next month.
And if you don't know who Charles Lut-
widge Dodgson was, you'll be interested
to learn that he wrote Alice in Won
derland" Lewis Carroll was his pen
name.
This obscure name, Dodgson, is in some
ways the most fascinating part OF the
whole business. For it Is a symbol of
the queer, topsy-turvy way in which fate
can deal with the author of literary
masterpiece.
Dodgson was a Staid and erudite pro-
fessor of mathematics at Oxford. He
wrote a number of very serious works on
that subject-"Eucid and His Modern
Rivals" was one, and syllabus of Plane
Algebraic Geometry" was another. He
wrote Alice in Wonderland" chiefly to
entertain a little girl of whom he was
very fond, and no one was more surprised
than he when the book was accepted as
one of the classics of English literature.
Writing, of course, is an odd business
To construct his mathematical books,
Dodgson called upon the keenest part of
his brain and drew on the profoundest
part of his learning. To write Alice
lie lalu dSlu6 Ills OIuludfN Character, bt-
came Lewis Carroll, and reached out in
to realm of fantasy and wonder which
is inaccessible even to the most brilliant
unless they have been divinely gifted in
way that eludes analysis.
And that, of course, is only another
way Of saying that he was a genius. He
was, consequently, puzzle, both to his
friends and to himself, and he remains
one to this day.
That this studious mathematician
should have written book which seems
certain to delight children and adults
alike for as long a time as the English
language is read anywhere-the business
is beyond understanding. The man who
is capable of writing book Gf it be
really Book, and not just long string
of words) is always going to puzzle US.
We can accept his book with thanks, but
we cannot hope to comprehend how he
came to write it.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGHY'S CHRISTMAS
DRUM

Dub! Dub Rubbidy dub! Rub
bidy. rubbidy, rubbidy dub!"
That's how the drum sounded in
Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump
bungalow the morning after Christ
mas day.
Dub! Dub Rubbidy dubl Rub
bidy, rubbidy, rubbidy dub"
The drum was throbbing louder
than ever.
"Oh, dear mel" sighed Mrs
Longears.
That's what I say!" chimed in
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. DID
you ever hear such a noiSe?'
I never did" answered the rab-
bit lady. Il know" she went on
that the rabbit children must have
some fun at Christmas. But I'm
sorry Santa Claus ever brought
Buster a druml"
so am T." spoke Nurse Jane
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26

this noise. Stop drumming,
Busterl"
oh, but Daddicums, we're play
ing soldierl' said Custer.
And we're having a parade!
added Duster.
We've got to have a drum so We
can keep stepi" said Muster
oh, I know what we can do!'
shouted Buster. We can let
Daddicums do the drumming.
You're good drummer. aren't
you. Daddicums?" he asked, his
little face turned up to his father
and his eyes shining.
why. yes, I used to be a good
drummer when l was a boy said
Mr.. Longears, not seeing the trap
he was setting for himself. Il dare
say l haven't forgotten all about
it. I might try a few dubs!'
Hardly realizing what he was
doing, Uncle Wiggily took the
Christmas drum from Buster and,
before he knew it he was drum
ming louder than ever the rabbit
lads had done
Dub Dub! Rubbidy dub. Rub
bidy. rubbidy. rubbidy dubl' Uncle
Wiggily thumped on the drum and
then, all of a sudden, Mrs. Long
ears called from up stairs:
"Wiggy, if you don't stop that
drum / will"
oh, all right, my dear! 1t shall
be stopped at once!" said the
bunny uncle and he held his paw
over his lips to tell the boys he
wanted them to keep quiet about
it. Come outside and I'll drum
for you some morel' promised
Mr. Longears.
"Unkie Wig is a swell drummerl'
said Baby Bunty who heard how
he thumped the sticks on the
drum head.
Just as Uncle Wiggily was lead
ing the animal parade outside, ur
popped the Weasel, hoping to get
a late Christmas rabbit dinner
But Mr.. Longears beat the drum
so hard that the Weasel thought
a company of soldiers was COM
ing, so away the Bad Chap rar
to his den.
Then the bunny gentleman beat
the Christmas drum for the rabbit
boys to march. and they all hac
lots of fun and Mrs. Longears ant
Nurse Jane could go to sleep.
Now if the chewing gum doesn'
bite too large a piece off the sticl
of peppermint candy, I'll tell yol
next about Uncle Wiggily OF
the hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26
RICHES TO RAGS

xIJHEN the PAPERS announced the other
w dav that a man named Leo MelanoW-
ski was living in the home of the Little
Sisters of the Poor in middle west city,
it didn't sound especially interesting
unless you read on and learned ABOUT
the mans background.
For Melanowski was one of the big
men in the early days of the automobile
industry. Three decades ago he was con-
sidered probably the best automotlve en-
gineer in the country. AS a matter OF
fact. some men still feel that way about
him.
At one time Henry Ford asked him for
q lob. He guided the early development
of the motor industry; he once held five
shares of Ford stock, which, if he had
held on to it, would have netted him more
than a million and half in cash in 1919.
But today he lives in the home of the
Little Sisters of the Poor; and the whole
story emphasizes the prodigal way in
which business, like life in general uses
human talent in order to get the results
it wants.
Melanowski is not the only one of the
early giants of the automobile trade to
wind up in poverty.
DdNlu DulCh Qltu dlulOSl p0Ilil4iOoo III
Detroit few years ago. r. c. Hupp, II
not in poverty, was not among the mighty
and the rich when he died recently. And
the automobile business is not the only
business that has tales like that. Nearly
every industry can duplicate them.
Just why things like that should hap
pen is not at all clear. No industry ever
had a surplus of brains. The old saying,
There's always room at the top, is per-
fectly true. A man of outstanding abil-
ity is always in demand.
And yet-every now and then such
man of that kind gets absolutely no.
where. 1t is as if there were some hid
den and ineXplicabe rule by which bus
mess must sacrifice, now and then,
keen brain to some invisible and malefi-
cent power. Melanowski, Buick = you
could make long and dismal list. 1t testi-
flies to one of the most distressing and
Wastful ailments of modern business.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26
DOINGS IN AND ABOUT SEELEY

John and Mrs. j. w. Smith and
granddaughters. Mary Lou and
Beverly, motored to Mccain Valley
Sunday to spend the day with the
Darrell Mccain family.
Mrs. r. Hood has bought an in
terest in the FL Dorado cafe in Ell
Centre.
r. Hood gave stag dinner at his
residence Friday evening, Decem-
ber 18. The guests were Messrs.
Walter Hansen, Leslie Foster, Claude
Hammond, r. l.. M. Moore of San
Francisco, and Roy Orr. The piece
de resistance was a 20 pound tur-
key. The evening passed pleasant
ly, the guests playing cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Williams and
daughters, Alice and Irene, and
Kathryn and Elizabeth Howard
we're visitors at the Clifford Mavis
home in Pine Valley Sunday.
Freda Hyers of San Diego is 60
ing to spend the holidays with her
| mother, Mrs. T. B. White.
Mrs. Charles Barrett received no.
| tice from Washington of the ap-
pointment of postmaster of h G
Seeley office. She will enter upon
the duties of the office on January
/, 1882.
Grady Butler has returned to
Seeley after having spent the sum-
| mer with relatives and friends in
South Carolina.
| William Wilcox opened a barber
shop at Whites service station. Mr..
J and Mrs. Wilcox are occupying one
! of the White apartments.
Mrs. Minnie Hull was a dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Diehl
Sunday.
Thirty-five children of the pri-
mary department of Seeley Sunday
school brought their lunches to the
church Sunday. December 20, and
practiced for the Christmas pro-
gram in the afternono. The pastor
had special church service at IL
o'clock which all the children at
tended. Mr.. and Mrs. William AL
bers, Mesdames Van Engle, Joy, C
E. Knight, REM assisted in the
practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-26
Don't
Quote Me-
United Press

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-There
is a story that Secretary OF the
Navy Adams met Secretary of the
Interior Wilbur at a White House
reception, and they engaged in this
bit of repartee:
Wilbur: Since I read that
article in Time about the hard
bench in your reception room, I'm
glad I don't have to call on YOU
Adams with his best New Eng
land reserve): Il didn't read the
article.
Wilbur: Don't you feel out OF
place among all these lawyers?'
Adams: Don't you?"
Now Adams is a member Of the
Suffolk county, Mass, bar, has a
bachelor of laws degree from Har-
ward. read law in the office OF
Sigourney Butler of Boston, and
practiced with his teacher and with
cid Judge Bumpus. Wilbur is a
doctor of medicine who went far
in the field of education (strange