Evening star., 1931-06-20
TREASURY DEFICIT
REMAINS PROBLEM
Presidents Estimate OF
$780, ,0OO,O 900 May Be
Exceeded.
BY JOHN +. SINCLAIR.

than Swo weeks. President Hoover has
predicted that the dehcit would be
5000 900 900, and possibly less. But q
larger deficit looms.
The latest announced deficit Of the
Post Once Department increases the
total for the United States Government
fiscal year to almost 81 100, 900 900, or
5000, 600, 900 beyond the Presidents
estimate. However, the cash receipts
of the next 10 days win go q long way
to help determine how large the deficit
will be. :.
From July /, 1880, to May 81 Of this
year, the United States Government
spent total of slightly over $3.50
O0O, 600, as against o total Of 44,46S,-
900 900 for the entire IL months OF the
last fiscal year, 1920-1S30.
1t now develops that only three of
the larger departments showed any
decrease for the year-the Navy, the
Interior and the executive once, In ad-
dition to a few independent bureaus.
The Post Once Department con-
tinues to show huge deflcits. This year
will be one Of the largest on record.
In 1880 the def1ctt was slightly over
SCI, ,0OO, 900. The deficit for this year
is expected to exceed $l25 ,00O, 900.
It is easy to put an expense item on
the Government pay rolls. It Is ex-
tremely dif1cult to get 1t on. One
thing should be said, however. that the
public debt for the IL months up to
Man 81, in spite of the depression, has
been reduced $42l, ,000, 900, as against
$512,00O,O00 year ago. ....
Many hold that 1t would be better at
this time to postpone payment of any
namlAA nwN&
centrate on balancing the budget.
Mass Production.
Charles F.. Kettering, vice president
In charge Of research Of the General
Motors Corporation, has raised the
question of whether or not standardi1a-
ton Of products, which has been de-
Veloping so rapidly in the United States
during the past 10 years, has been al-
together q wise thing.
Turning out products on maSS-pro-
duction basis by the mighty machines
of industry has taken away the appe-
lite of many people to buy these prod
ucts. Mr.. Kettering believes. But this
is not the worst evil Of Standardization
"I have an obsession against the
Standardization Of ideas. Never has II
been SO difncult to sell new idea than
it is today" said Mr.. Kettering 70 the
advertising men. We are s0nerme
from industrial stagnation because OF
the Standardization Of ideas. For that's
all that's wrong with US today.
IF YOU want to kill any idea IN the
world today, Just get committee work
ing at it, picking fiawS IN It. why?
Because not one man In . thousand mas
any imagination"
This General Motors executive Gre
ated the incentive to renewed buying OF
RAHTh hVtMAkanfnH
the colorS used in automobile design.
Starting "FrOm Here"
In these DAYS, when the other fel-
lows business looks much better thar
our own, one Is reminded Of the, story
which Mr.. Kettering tells OF an ex'
perience which he had In Kentucky.
It seems that he and friend were
motoring in Kentucky on their way tc
Cincinnati Mr.. Kettering got on the
road, and seeing q farmer standing
alongside q fence, stopped his automo'
bile and inquired: :,
Brother, we're going to Cincinnati
Ohio. We seem to be on the road
How do we get there from here"
The farmer was puzzled minute
and began, 80 you want to go tc
Cincinanti. That's the placel Now
let's see. You go right along this road
for five miles until you come to q
fork in the road. You take either Side
Of the fork. Now let's see! Well, TO
be frank with you, II were going to
Cincinnati, wouldn't start from here u
Lots of business men feel that way
right now. They hate to start from
here"
The Fiction Racket.
George A. England, American novel,
ist, is quitting the writing game. He
thinks there isn't . living in 1t any
more. He thinks there's more in o
chicken farm, and he's going into II.
He advises all young authors from MS
home at Concord, N. H, thus:
Learn the grocery business, or prac-
tice to be q radio announcer. The
newcomer to the fiction racket hasn't
a chance today. It's hard enough for
the old-tfmers TO keep the wolf from
the door,"
That's why he has decided to cover
lid the old typewriter and 60 to Key
West and raise chickens. People have
to eat, and he believes that chickens
will always be in demand. That's why
he Is all for it, to get into something
where the demand viii always be strong.
The Wheat Surplus.
Joseph wiltshire, president Of Stand
ard Brands, Inc, who rose from yeast
packer in the FleischmAnn company to
president in . period Of 80 years, sug-
Rests a way to cut the wheat surplus.
He has figured up that the storage
charges for the wheat surplus Is cost
ing the Farm Board about $4,000, 600
a month. So far no one has made q
suggestion as to how to rid the Amer
ican Government of this surplus, pro-
viding the present crop ts m average
one.
It is now known that the Winter
wheat crop already Is better than aver
age So Mr.. wiltshire suggests that the
Farm Board take : $4,000, ,00O-the
amount which it is costing to carry the
wheat crop every 80 days-and start an
advertising campaign to increase the
use of bread throughout the country.
1.-THE sum Of $3,O00,OO0 spent in ju-
dicious advertising by the Federal Farm
Board in q concentrated campaign COW
ering a period of q few months would
present the story in every publication
have o remarkable effect" says Mr..
Wiltshire. "That sum would do the job,
and it represents only. one months
storage charges on the present wheat
surplus which is soon to be doubled"
He figures that If every person in the
United States should eat ore more slice
of bread q day, 1t would mean the con-
sumption Of an additional 100000
bushels Of wheat q year.
But. an effective campaign would
probably result in an increase Of three
times that amount, thus entirely abb
sorbing the wheat surplus which has
demoralized the domestic wheat prices
1T would also serve to place on Amer
ican tables the r1noet nourishing anc
owest-priced of our foods, which Is need
ed during this time Of limited budgets
and which has been neglected for the
last Il years" said Mr.. wiltshire. "Breac
has never before been as high IN quality
as it Is today"
whether or not the optimistic con.
clusion of Mr.. Wiltshire would be borne
out by such program. it would al
least be an interesting experiment. 70 70