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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Wheat Up

Wheat suddenly and surprisingly has started up. Various reasons are given. in-. eIuding the short crop in Canada resulting from drouth; the poor quality of the French crop, and the pending purchase by France of large part of. our Farm Board surplus: the rumored decision of Russia to export no more this year, and to let her farmers keep more for themselves. Re- gardless of details. the grain market prob ably reflects accurately enough developing world scarcity. Thus there is confident talk of dollar wheat again. It arouses as much joy as two-dollar wheat did in war time.
 The economic effect of this rise is like the effect of the preceding fall ;n price. greater than the apparent cause. Wheat is factor largely psychological. It somehow has come to be regarded as the chief barome. ter of agricultural prosperity. Gains are felt quickly, over large area. by many millions. Immediately everybody feels bet ter. Increased receipts from sales are spent, and far more is spent with them.
 There is similar situation in the oil bus iness though its benefits are far less widely distributed. There is powerful stimulus to industry and trade in the upturn of prices from ruinous lows. May we have more of these upturns - provided they know where to stop! Our capacity for enjoying imitation isn't what it used to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkan- sas will be missed in the Senate when that august body meets in December. Although not a veteran in point of service in that branch of Congress he was an outstanding orator. The mildest of men in his ordinary conversation he was apt at times to rise to his feet in the Senate and thrill his fellow members with flow of oratory. usually aimed at some fellow member, but often directed at the ranks of the lobbyists. Dur ing his first term he did yeoman service in exposing the oil scandals of the Harding administration and in directing government expose of the same. Some of the epithets he hurled were far from complimentary. One Harding Cabinet member was called crook. another a traitor. Perhaps Senator Caraway's childhood had much to do with those uncomfortable streaks of passionate anger that often stirred him. He was born in Missouri and six months after his birth. his father. country doctor. was assassinated in feud. Later on the family moved to Arkansas. We presume the childish magin- ation was fed with tales of his older broth- CTS and sisters. Although opposed to the candidacy of Smith in 1928 he was favorable to Roosevelt for the lo32 nomination. Many may have forgotten. but it was Caraway who introduced the bill in 1928 to register all lobbyists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
NEA. Service Writer

Washington-Difficulty has fall- en, upon the peace workers.
 This winter, long and fondly anticipated as bringing the great international disarmament conner ence at Geneva, now seems sure to be. the winter of their greatest discontent.
 The peace organizations will continue to fight with the few weapons they have. They will intensity propaganda. raise mill lions of signatures to peace peta- the ears of the worlds statesmen as often as they can corner them.
 But the poor prospects for arms reduction after the Hoover-Laval conference, the unsettled condi- tions of Europe and the demon- strated impotence of peace treat les in the Manchurian affair have turned hope into despondency.
 Some of the peace leaders, adopting what they consider a realistic attitude, now tolk in such terms as the necessity for a gram"
 Others, also claiming to be real istic, declare that the strength of the peace movement must be di- rected at. such aims as revision of the Versailles treaty, cancella- tion of war debts and reparations and Russion recognition, which they insist must precede any real disarmament. This pragram, en- dorsed by Senator Borah, is that of the moe radical peace groups. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was. the. first organization in the world to protect the Versailles treaty when 1t was signed.
 The peace workers find no more comfort, in America than in Flu rope Asia. Ask them how about President Hoover's $60, 0O0, ,0o0 slash in our naval budget and they give you the ha-ha.
 Don't you know, they say, that last years naval budget was $36o, 100000 and tht-t this year the navy sent In an estimate, for $401, 100000? And that when Hoover sent, the estimate back to be cut to ..$340,000.000 1t meant no more than a cut of $20,000.- 0O0, which is half the cast of a battleship2 2 And that even the $20, 0o0, ,000 is being taken out largely on navy yards, which con- gressrnen and, politicians are sure to- protect and save?
 The er-organization Council, representing so peace orgariza- tions or peace committees of other national organizations, last spring adopted a policy of trying to get this government to urge some such armaments cut as 10 per cent a year. for i've ,or, 10 years, although left wing" peace societies separately declared for a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Al The National Capitol <, DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

100 per cent disarmament treaty which might cover five or 10 years.
 Undersecretary of State Will liam R. Castle recently said that nations would be just as safe as now if they cut down their pres ent military and naval structures program the United States will have at Geneva in February has not been revealed. although it is expected to be far more drastic than France will stand for. Peace organizations hope aur delegation will be empowered to. agree to a combined program of budgetary and direct limitation.
 A 25 per cent arms cut, which Is more than anyone expects, would anly put the 7, world back where 1t was in 1926, as military and naal budgets have increased 27 per cent in the last five years.
 Peace leaders say their only hope at Geneva lies in a strong manifestation of public opinion. It is hard to believe the manifes- tation vii be strong enough to change the poor results now probable, but petitions bearing several million signatures will be presented. And there will be 8 couple of million signatures from this country. ..,ct,...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Wise Ducks

Anyone who has never rated duek-intelli- genee very high should give ear to the plaints of hunters in the region near McGregor. Iowa. They have been coming home from their hunting trips with empty bags. There are plenty of ducks, but when bullets begin to fly. the willy things stay earefull inside the boundaries of the upper Mississippi wild life refuge which is closed to hunting.
 It is said the ducks are so shrewd about this that they will come almost to the di- vidng line between safety and peril but no decoys can tempt them across it during day time. At night it is believed, they hunt food anywhere they like. apparently knowing that darkness, too, protects them.
 The purpose of the wild life refuge. of course, is to save wild fowl from extinction. It is working only too well, hunters think. Do animals and birds SO protected in other regions show themselves equally cautious and wise? Somebody should investigate and report to an interested public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
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LIEN IN 1tOoo 1GeMLNkkG<Ae
 On Nov 10, 1917, Nikolai Lenin was named premier of Russia py the All-Russian Congress of Work. mems and Soldiers Delegates. Leon Trotzky was named min ister of foreign affairs. An entire cabinet was chosen to support these leaders.
 British field batteries took up positions along the Italian front line of defense supporting the Italian rear guard in an effort t. stay, the Austro- German advance. The sugano Valley on the Tren- tino front was occupied by the Germans and the town of Asiago was captured. :
 The Italians yielded the east bank of the Piave river from Susegana to the Adriatic Sea. burning the bridges in their re- treat.
 E On the western front the Brit ish completed the conquest of Passchendaele Ridge. The Brit ish set the German line in Elan ders back one-half mile on front of a mile and a quarter near Pas schendaele.
 Newton D. Baker. secretary O. war, announced that up until June the losses of the British Expeditionary Forces in deaths in action and deaths from wounds were about 2 per cent of the total of all the men sent to France since the beginning of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Governor Gross is ehuckling to himself this week. He recently visited the Connee- ticut State Hospital for the Insane at Mid. dletown. Many patients were introduced to- him who announced they had never voted for democrat for governor and never would The governors remark 10 a mem Der of his party was, Now know where all the republican voters are. '" Things were different at the state prison in Wetiers- field. Inmates there told the governor they were glad he was elected Which sort of ovens up matters, doesn't 1t!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Last week we commented on the lost art of drop kicking and the number of games that are won and lost for failure to score the point after touchdown. Saturday Harvard beat Dartmouth and Georgia beat New York University by a lone point. the score be- ing 7-6 in both instances. Good drop kickers are scarce in football circles we can only infer. Nine times out of ten the kick for goal is by placement. Here's chance for some enterprising youngster to make the grade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Seniority Rule

A custom as old as the major parties themselves may be broken when the demo- cratic party moves to organize the House of Representatives next month. We refer to the seniority rule by which charmanshlps of congressional committees are distributed. Owing to the fact that the southern states have been more consistently democratic than any other members from these states are in a position to corral practically three-fourths of the committee ehairmanships. leaving the northern democrats merely members ot the committees. Not only that but the South bids fair to boast not only the Speaker in John Garner of Texas, but the Majority Leader in Representative Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee.
 The plight of some of the northern dem ocrats. including the Tammany group IS almost the equal of that of Representative John Q. Tilson of New Haven. Just now Mir Tilson is the republican floor leader and the leading candidates for the Speakership in republican circles, although Representative Bertrand H. Shells friends are not giving an inch in their fight to place the New York man in the speakers chair if the go.p. eon- trcls the House. However. if the democrats organize the chances are that Mir Tilson or Mr Shell will not even get the position of Minority Floor Leader. And Mir Tilson has no seniority ranking on any committees to aid him. His plight is indeed desperate.
 But democrats are not worrying about Mr Tilson or Mr Shell. They are trying to figure out ways and means SO that ehair- faanships will be a bit more evenly dis fributsd between all sections of the country. Cf course. there is some distribution. but scanning of the committees reveals that the important ehairmanships go to southern tsmoefatL However. it looks to us ss # . eompscmiss is the only way out. Certainly the seniority rule ls not at fault. It is merely 2 eassllon of setting slsstsd to office. South
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Some 400 republican offiesholdsrs in Washington are shivsring as a result of the change in control of the House of Representa-. tives. If the democrats organize the House when Congress eonvsnes in December there will be redistribution of patronage. Prob. ably the best known figure whose status may be affected is William Tyler Page clerk of the House. It will be Mr Page who will sound his own death knsll. ss he calls the House to order and prssidss until the ma. jofiiy party has elected the Speaker. As the dsmoefsts now boast shs majority they will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Quotations.

a Anyone dabbling In the occult, deliberately depriving himself of vision, mans chief means of get ting information, injures himself mentally. --Dr Vim, J. Mayor. 2 We are growing out of this wor- ship of material possessions.
 Henry Ford.
 It will make a big difference if we can stop people from being scared. Harvey D. Gibson.
 There is nothing so tonic as a good murder. Ben Hecht. , A hundred or two hundred mill lionaires cannot bring prosperity; it's what the average man earns that counts.
 Edward A. Filene. , Communism can be a menace to capitalism only if capitalism can not solve It's problem.
 Herbert von Beckerath, Univer.
 sity of Bonn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Here, There And Eueruuhere

York. The reason lies in the pres ence in this locality of many great privately endowed universities. In Maine, New Hampshire and Yer mont, where there are great col leges but no great private univer- sities. the states have made good the lack. Their assumption of the name of university seems justifi- able because there Is no other term, despite Dr Buffers definition, to call a group of colleges or a group of professional schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
THE CHESTNUT SITUATION
(Hartford Times)

This newspaper would appreci- ate having accurate information as to whether there are any chestnut sprouts of substantial size, or any native chestnut trees mature enough to bear nuts, now growing Tn Connecticut with apparent im- munity from the blight. and If 90, where they are. By sprouts of sub stantial size, we mean sprouts that are seven or eight years old.
 A more devastating tree-enemy than the chestnut blight scarcely could be imagined. It has. been a universal hope among tree lovers either that our woods might be re- forested from a few sprouts de- monstrating immunity from the blight or that the disease itself would die of its own accord. There age the hope. The little sprouts they continue to appear, sent up from tenaciously vital roots of trees that have died above ground, but each year, too, seems to see whitening of all the sprouts that are more than very few years old.
 From time to time one hears rumors of sprouts which have sur- vived longer, and occasionally 1t has happened that burrs, with nuts, have been exhibited to prove the truth of these stories. But one has yetsto learn of such exhibits two years in succession. and where is the living sound, American sweet chestnut tree in Connecticut. which can be located surely. photo graphed and be watched and tend ed by the state forestry depart ment?
 The chestnut was the most valu- able of all Connecticuts native trees. It made the most economi- cal and broadly serviceable timber. It grew in high ground or low. dry or wet and with great rapid tty. Its reproductive powers were amazing. It's beauty was l pr0verbial, in summer for it's gol- winter for the delicate colorlng of It's bark and its massive, iichen- covered boles. It made whistles for the boys In spring. It made play for them in the fall. gathering l the incomparabiy favored nuts. It furnished homes and food for vast numbers of birds and creatures. To lose 1t was national calamity and a blow to the happiness of every rural Connecticut community.
 One single authentic Connecticut instnnce of lasting chestnut blight Hmm would be of immense sig- nifit..... The eye of every per- son in tho woods should be painB- takinBly alert to discover such inc stance if it exists. From that one tree probably millions ultimately might be propagated and at no ex- censlve trouble or expense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
NoRTHAMPTON's CLOCK AND
 BELL ISSUE
l(springfieid Repubiican)

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 The Boston Herald Is as enter taining as usual. when 1t com ments on the town clock con- troversy in Northampton. But 1t has not assembled all of the es- sential facts. Indeed. it reveals q woefui lack of information. It should try again. Knowing that. while the city owns the clock in the .steeple of the First Congre- gational church, the church owns the bell.
 If the eity's clock is to strike the hours. it must have the COG operation Of the church'a bell, but it's the deuce Of & mess trying to force the clock and the bell to live harmoniousIy together. even when they arc domfciied in the same beI- fry. if they havo separate owners ana superyIsgFe yhe feil i..s in z. snst .. {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
LA GUERRE

 I've stood waist deep in the trench. I've marched in "a daylight
 trance, With my boottops drinking the. muddy OOze, .5 t. From the blood stained fields of
 France, And I've groveled low in the reck-
 ing dirt,
 When the hea ven itself raincd lead, When the "hcavics" pounded our
 trenches flat, And the best of our boys were
 dead.
 And I've followed hard, with my blood on fire,
 In our own barragc's wake, With a bayOnct tingling in my
 hands,
 While I thirstcd for life to take, And know what it's like, to bomb
 men out
 Like rats, with no right to live, And to feel regret to be facing
 death With only one life to give. I've trodden the darkness of no
 mans land, And cursed the internal wire, That holds men glaring, defiant, Face still to the trench,s fire, And I've stood stark mad when the
 flares went up, ,G.. An, moment, is time untold, When the Universe, with . single
  Looks into your naked soul. Oh, know the thrill when the
 battles on, And life is the merest chance, And I know the depths of the peace
 of God,
 In the quietcr wales of France. And the barrack room, and tho
 blvOuac know and shall not forget, Nor the joy of living with men who
 live
 And who die, but do not regret. Do you think would- miss 1t, the
 blood, the fire,
 The torrents of bursting shell, To feed my soul on the towards
 life, ..y5 ,, That another might serve as
 well, 70 No, I'll keep my trust with my
 mates out there In their graves meath the open Like a man I'll play a manly game, Like a man, if 1t need be, die. But I'm thinking still of another
 time, "Tis the thought of my comrades
 too
 A thought of the time when the
 war Is done, And of all we will say and do, What of the days when the war Is
 done? .,t fsy 1~ .,E tatt. Dull, dreary, without this strife. God! do you think we have fought
 for fun? rat. We have fought that we might
 have life. Life, and the freedom to tread
 again, u7 The path of a thousand goals, To speak our thoughts of thee and As they burned fin our war-born
 soul, LAfc, to build on new wrought With women a builder too, And to, touch with the torch of our flaming hearts w .s4 old tasks, and to make them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
SURE A LITTLE BIT. OF
 SHRAPNEL

 A little bit of shrapnel fell from
 out the sky ono day, And nestled in my shoulder in a
 kind of loving way, And when the O. o. saw ft Sure it looked so sweet and fair, He said, "YOu're off to America, They will fix. you up back He sprinkled 1t with iodine, to
 keep the germs away, Tho only scheme, to stop them,
 no matter what you say, Before I left F. A. S., he changed
 his dizzy mind,
 He marked me down for duty
 and he sent me up the line.
 0-O-o
 And now kind readers. present another poem from 'S. J. M." It's quite long but full of the blood and thunder that marked the, war. And now for the poem:-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

elect the Speaker and organize the congres- sionsl committees. To them will go the larger offices with larger stsffs than. those to which they are now accustomed. Chairmen of committees have suites and often six secretaries and stenographers. The old mus give way to the new. It's one of those mis- fortunes of being dependent upon a political job for living.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10
SLUM

When the pit of my tummy Was empty and hollow, When my throat was so parched
 That | couldn't well swallow, When my dauber was down
 And I felt on the bum, There was nothing so good As that old army sium. When m yaching arms pained
 From, totlng my rifle. When I almost swore at
 Tine tlnicst JtrifIe. When headaches were pounding, Ears starting to hum, I knew that my system
 Craycd old army slum. ., I miss my tin helmet, . ! miss my old gat, I miss the light weight
 Of my overseas cap, 4., | mlss all the cOotics, The lo0ics % daTmb. But I miss most of all
 My old army sIum. So chef, take some onions.
 Some carrots, some spsIds; Throw in some old shoes ... And some dirty old dudss About two quarts of water.
 One steak and--Yuni! Yum! I'll have lsle c ration
 of old army sluns.
 v. F. W. magazine.
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 Thls completes c special Armis. tice day eve program, sent you through the courtesy Of the Wa terbury Evening Democrat, pioneer ln this typo Of newspaper. work. We are signing off ct this time, Co be back on she air again temororw avening ct the usual hour with moFe ArnaIstice day poems. deoa nikhs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Another thing that should be liquidated is that new pet word of the financial writers - 'illiquidity.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

Raymond nasscne. an Engll.t Deautieian: won tne Grand frn aI Hairdreasing exhibition in rarli this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.09 tonight.