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The border vidette., 1933-12-16
EMBARGO ON COPPER iS
STATES SALVATION

No problem in Arizona today
is receiving more attention than
the question, will There Be an
Embargo on Foreign Copper?"
Miner groups, Chambers OF
Commerce and various civic or.
ganizations are vigorously sup.
porting such program. 4s
Arizona copper mines that for.
merly had on sher pay rolls up
wards Of rs 900 men, are stand
ing idle. Seventy Eve thousand
humans who depended directly
and solely on operation Of the
copper mipes for their daily
bread, are without work or are
bidding around picking cotton
and doing add jobs.
The people of Arizona are look
ing to Mrs. isabella (John G }
Greenway, newly elected con
gress woman, Senators Carl Hay
dsn and Henry F. Ashurst to
bend every effort toward obtain
ing such protection-an embargo
for Arizona's principal industry.
Il is knowu that President
Roosevelt looks with sympathy
on the idea, and Mrs. Greenway
should use every possible influ
ence to put it over. She pledged
herself to the program when she
was seeking election. and the
people OF Arizona have a right
to expect hor to deliver the
goods.
During the past few months
sentiment has bean growing
throughout the nation for an em
hurgo on the red metal. Recent
ly. while g visitor ia Phoenix,
Senator Davis of Pennsylvania,
promised to vote for sn embargo
and numerous other senators and
congressman from non copper
producing states have also stated
they will support the campaign
OF Arizona and the other ten red
metal prod ucing states for ade
oua.e protection Of the Industry
The Invaluable benefits which
can be expected from an en-
bargo we're illustrated by q state
ment Of what it would mean TO
day bad it bean in effect two
years ago by an editoria! appear
ing in the Graha ~ County Guar
dian las. week. The editorial fol
lows:
If this country had tariff 90
copper high enough to have
kept out foreign copper two
years prior to the placing Of the
cen. copper tariff in Juue, 1882,
said editor Charles +. Willis OF
the Mining Journal, no such do
mestic copper surplus would
have existed as tha present 625.
900 tons. and the Uoited States
mines would today oeaeh, from
the increased consumption which
has taken p,ace during tho past
six months
The domestic surplus stocks
Of coppar is the reault Of exces
sive production shipped into this
country from low cost foreign
countries beiore our government
.l 10 :-,~zon5. s1 n / S~ocsrI
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

put on the present copper tariff, 4"
said Willis.
1t there we're only a normal
domestic copper mines would be
running at about 30 per cent
capacity instead of a. only IL per
cent" Willis commented. The
custom smelters could easily dis.
pose Of their limited intake with.
out upsetting the market, and
the NRA could accomplish its
purpose Of increasing employ
mant ia the copper indnstry."-
Arizona Fax.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS


Tucson. Ariz Dec. - Phil
Henderson, graduate student of
business administration at the
University OF Arizona, has been
chosen by large eastern com
merclal research agency to as
sist IN conducting g national
radio survey. Henderson was
selected for this position due to
his tfaining and experience in
marketing and business manage
msnt. according to Professor E..
g. Wood, Of the department of
Business Administration at the
University OF Arizona.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

Carl D. Thompson, noted au
thorisy on public utilities, will
will speak in Tucson Thursday
evening under the auspices of
the University of Arizona etu
dent forum.
Mr.. Thompson will speak in
t b 9 auditorium OF Roskruge
School and the lecture will be
free and open TO the public. His
lecture will be on the topic "Mu
nicipal Ownership OF Public
Utilities" a subject with which
be is thoroughly familiar, aud
concerning which he has written
q mum Der of books. Some of his
work include: Municipal o wn
ership of Public Utilities" Pub
lie 0 vnersbip of Public Utiliti
es, Public Superpower. Con
fessions OF the Power-Trust, "
Public Ownership of the Rail
roads,"
MIR. Thompson is also editor of
the monthly publication Public
Ownership" and is secretary of
Municipal Ownership League of
America.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16
ECONOMlC HiGHLiGhTS
IL 1888

What might be termed the
battle OF the bottles" got into
full swing at Washington during
the week before prohibition re
peal becams a. actuality. The
fight is between the Federal gov
ernmen and the liquor manufac
turers. The distillers came for
ward with code of their own
making, saw it at once discarded.
It was replaced with code
drawn up at the Presidents sug
gestion. which gave g very dif
ferent slant to the picture than
manufacturers had hoped. Ua,
der it government corporation
would be formed to handle the
Wholesale liquor business. Pro
visions include:
A Federal Alcohol Control Ad
ministratioD, with czar like pow
er over the industry, which
would rule liquor represents
tiou; complete control over pro
ducticn and distribution through
q quota sys stem; authority to fix
and regulate prices; no additions
to existing distillipg capacity
could be built without certifi
cate OF necessity from the Ad
ministratiop: al agreement with
the Secretary OF Agriculture to
pay parity" prices, fixed by
him, for raw materials used ia
dis,iiling.
The liquor industry bad antici
| ed some sort of Federal control,
bot they bad not thought it
would be 50 relentless as this.
| Particularly distasteful to them
| was the provision concerning
plant additions'practicsliy every
| major distil!er is in the midst of
expansion. Plants are partly
finished, which may have to be
scrspped if the code goes into
effect. Their protests found
small sympathy in Washington;
it was intimated in some quart.
| ers that If they didn't like it they
were liable to be met with plan
for 3 gigantic Federal sales sys.
tenn.
In the meantime, the states
have been rushing plans to COO
troll sales within their borders.
Influence of tee Rockefeller re
port is seen in many bills; there
is a strong sentiment in favor of
eliminating private profit so far
as the sales end is concerned.
Bulk Of states which have def
nitely passed laws allow sales of
beer and wine in restaurants and
hotel dining rooms; about half
allow ell drinks TO be sold in this
manner. Minors and known
drunkards are forbidden to buy
or to be sold to. Drug, grocery
stores and hotels and restaur.
ants will be allowed to sell in
bulk for the most part. Monta.
na will operate its own l!quo.
stores. and Oregon will probably
do like wise. Nevada will per
nit local control; Reno will have
the old tima saloon without clos.
ing hours. Most Of the states
have get to make definite regu
! Ia kinns hnt thia in0icatca the
trend of thought on the matter.
Cost Of liqnor is a burning sub
ject. The hope ia expressed that
it will be possible to sell legal
1hissey aud gin. OF fair quality.
for 81 50 or 50 90 quart within
a short time. II the prices are
much higher than this. it is be
lleved that the bootlegger and
the speakeasy will have little
trouble in keeping their trade
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

Why pay 10 cents gold for q
nice COO! "foaming" else where,
when Alfredo at The Jockey Club
sells a larger glass for 20 cents
Mexican silver? Just a few
steps across the border in Old
Mexico. adv.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

% per cent improved.
MIR. Douglas wound up by say.
ing that if additional obligations
are contracted, additional taxes
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

Frank Losse. president of the
Associated Students OF the Uni
versity Of Arizona, will go to
Washington during the Christ
mas holidays to attend the an
nual convention of the Student
Federation OF Amsrica. The
vension will! take place at the
May1ower Hotel Dsc. 27-3l.
Owing to it's splendid record
in ihe 6eld Of student govern
meut, the University of Arizona
hes been awarded Al standing
among the universities OF the
United States.
Kelly Nsmeck. Arizona's stu
dent body president in the year
1891 80, served as president of
the Nationsl Student Federation
OF Americs 10 1932-33.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

must be imposed; he addressed
himself to the great American
class which bears such burdens
principally.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

Lon Baker, former instructor
Of economics at the University
Of Arizona has been appointed
to similar position ct James
Millikan University in Decatur,
Illinois, according to word re
csived hera by Dr.. E J. Brown.
head OF the department of Busi-
ness Administration q. the q. OF
Arizona.
The border vidette., 1933-12-16

Director Of the Budget Lewis
Douglas doesn't often appear in
the headlines. But no man
koows 30 much about government
income and outgo; none is so
we'll qualified to speak on the
financial state OF the nation.
The other day he did speak.
and it wasn't very cheery. In
the fiscal year 1884. ha forecast
the national debt will be sub
stautia'ly increased, because Of
the Public Works bill, the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra
ton. and similar new bodies. He
didn't say how much the deficit
would oe, observed that he
couldn't until certain govern
mental policies had become bet
ter defined.
The brighter si6e of taxation
came crt when no talked about
1885. He said that if industry is
ten per cent recovered by then,
1885 income would be close to q
billion in excess OF expenses,
barring additional extraordinary
expenditures. General Johnson
! recently said tha! business was
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
THERE is NO SURPLUS.

The fact that many people, includ-
ing the leaders of the nation, are con-
stantly concerned with so-called sur
plus and overproduction presents one
of the most amusing paradoxes of the
age.
Webster aptly defines the word sur
plus to be what remains after use or
need is satisfied. Keeping in mind this
simple but forceful definition of the
word, can we consider for one moment
that there is surplus of food with
hundreds of thousands upon the verge
of starvation, and hundreds of thous-
ands more not knowing the source of the
next meal?
Can it be truthfully said that there
is an overproduction of automobiles, ra-
dos, washing machines, household fur
nishings, clothing or any other manutac-
tured articles when millions of people
are without these articles; some OF
them necessary and others most deslra-
BILE and wanted for enjoyable living.
If there is one family in the country
without something reasonable that II
wants and can't buy, there is no surplus
or over-production of that item. In the
very best of times, there was no sur
plus of anythng-in fact there was
shortage and the volume of production
was much higher then than now, GER
tainly. This fact alone cannot be re-
conciled with hue and cry of surplus al
present, even if there was no other ar
gument to present People need ane
want just as much now as they did then
We do not need to fight for foreign
outlets for our products. The marke'
and the need is right at home. In
creased income for the working man /:
all that is needed to consume every dol
lars worth of so-termed surplus.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
VISITING THE STRATOSPHERE.

Few of US have any idea of just what
is to be accomplished in flight to the
stratosphere. We are informed before
the flight begins just what experiments
and observations are to be made, and af-
terwards, we are told what findings have
been made and what conclusions are de-
termined. Still, we are really in the
dark concerning the practical side of
the adventure.
What we do realize far more keenly,
is the courage and determination OF the
two men who were brave enough to
make such trip sealed in a small me-
tai enclosure dangling beneath a huge
free balloon. Lieutenant Commander T.
G. W. Settle and Major Chester L. Ford
ney deserve much praise in their ad-
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
ANOTHER CHAMPION
FOR THE PRESIDENT.

Since inauguration President Roose.
welt has utilized every effort for the
restoration of normal business and re-
lief Of unemployment. His plans have
been a departure from the old beaten
paths of the outgoing administrations
that had reduced this whole nation to
one of despair and suffering. The pres
ident at the outset turned this situa-
tion around and instead Of legislation to
aid those in power, started program
to help the forgotten man."
President Roosevelt has had some
criticism. This was natural to expect.
But the president was accorded the sup
port of the people and his program that
employed methods, many of them revo-
lutionary, served to bring business out
of its doldrums and started the country
looking forward and up.
The people will be able to judge for
themselves between critics who are con-
structive and those who are trying to
be destructive. AL Smith is one Of the
latter and his criticism of President
Roosevelt has aroused indignation of
the nation. Men in high places have
come to the defense of the presidents
monetary policy so harshly condemned
by Governor Smith, among them being
William Randolph Hearst, who spoke on
a radio broadcast last Saturday night on
the subject: Where Is Our Money!"
Some of the remarks made by Mr.
Hearst follow:
"Those who do not know SO much
about finance but know something OF
human nature, think that it is safer to
follow Mr. Roosevelt than the interna-
tional bankers who have robbed US and
betrayed US in the past and are appar-
emily striving to establish the dollar of
depression so they can plunder US again.
"The bankers want you to pay them
in hard money, in blood money, and they
call easy money 'baloney' money The
phrase was invented by Mr.. Morgan's po-
itical agent, Mr.. AL Smith. But in this
instance it would seem that he is all
wet in giving the public the song and
dance. Mr. Smith speaks the Tammany
tongue and the word 'baloney' is an i'm
portant part of that vocabulary. He
used it in his campaign for the presi-
dency. He said no matter how thin you
cut it, it's still baloney. The voters
cut it pretty thin for Mr.. Smith in that
campaign. So Mr.. Smith went back to
work for Wall Street."
Thus another Democrat who could
have been of much service to his party
and our president chose to forget the
people and by his utterances and critl-
cism wrote his finish in public life.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
WINTER HEALTH.

Don't limit your winter activities to
those popular indoor sports of firing the
furnace, playing cards and complaining
about the weather-get some open air
exercise every day.
This is the advice Of an authority on
health which is particularly timely at
present. The colder days of winter and
attendant inclement weather will soon
be with US in full severity.
You can control whether or not you
will be healthy as you grow older by
your way of living now. You can either
become a temperamental disease bearing
person or strong, sound bodied speci-
men of health, as you choose.
Exercise has long been recognized as
a fundamental of health requirement,
because to keep up the tone of the mus
cles and organs of the body with exer-
else is essential. Exercise, however,
that involves the use of some mechani
cal device will not serve as substitute
for fresh air, proper diet, sufficient
sleep and outdoor exercise.
There is not real substitute for mus
cular activity. Every person knows this
to be fact, but comparatively small
number follow a living code they know
to be best for their health. Medicine is
not a substitute. People who do not
use their muscles more or less every day
lose power and decrease their general
efficiency.
Get out into the open and walk and
play as the case may be, or take any
other form of good exercise SO long as it
necessitates you being out in the open.
You can protect yourself properly from
the weather so that you will not take
cold. 1t constitutes the very founda-
tion of health.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
LOYALTY.

10y ALLY.
Loyalty has been the theme of poets
and fictionists for years. 1t is a price
less human trait, sometimes demon
strated more forcibly by dumb animals.
Few people appreciate the value Of
loyalty in living well rounded life.
Loyalty to home, job and country are
essential if man is good citizen.
Without this attribute, he has few real
friends and is traitor to himself.
1t goes without saying that commun-
ity loyalty is of equal Importance with
loyalty to country, though it does not
call for the same type of sacrifice that
is sometimes demanded of those who
are loyal to their native or adopted
land.
But loyalty to community does not
call for some sacrifice. 1t demands that
we remain true to the place where we
live even in the face of adverse criti-
cism.
Loyalty for home means support OF
home projects and all institutions which
belong to our community. 1t means
standing by them even though it costi
something. Any community that is
worth living in deserves the loyalty OF
every citizen.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

venturous trip in the interests of fur
thering scientific investigation of the
stratosphere.
The purpose of the trip was to study
the cosmic ray and attempt to deter
mine whether they are electrons or pho
tons. If they are electrons, it will be
determined that the earth originated in
a series of explosions millions of years
ago, with their force now self-contained
in their region due to their own action.
Should it be found that the cosmic
rays are photons, shooting their deadly
power at the earth continually, it will be
concluded that the earth is self-renew-
ing and everlasting.
Regardless of these technical expla-
nations of the feat, the fact remains
that two brave men risked death to VEN
ture into the unknown realm and came
mighty nearly landing in the ocean on
their decent from the heavens. If any
thing really important is determined
from their findings, all credit should go
to these stout-hearted men.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Major floods in our history are mere
commonplace events as compared with
the flood of public money which is be-
ing dished out.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Women who have been wearing furs,
wool knickers, heavy socks, felt hats,
and so on, all summer are now donnlng
winter silks for the cold days ahead.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

The name of the new Russian ambas-
sador, Alexander Antonovitch Troyano-
vsky, sounds like first class gargle to
US.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Some neighbors will borrow every
thing you have except your troubles.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

1t is funny how some people think
that every season comes at the wrong
time of the year.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Perhaps Russia was anxious for U. S
recognition SO it could copy some o
our new radical ideas.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Some wives will notice blond hair
on their husbands coat and won't notice
button off of it.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Hunters say that the way of the tres
passer is pretty hard.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Secretary Woodin couldn't create har-
mony in the treasury with all his mu-
steal ability.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

A man who thought he could rob an
other and get away with it will not sue
ceed in getting away for ten years.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

There are no forty-niners among tn
present day gold diggers.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

Too many women place their husbands
in the accessory class.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

The time is at hand when it is :
mighty good idea to shop early ant
avoid the shoppers.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

One big business that is greatly in
need of a greater turnover is the spank
ing business.
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
Economic Highlights
By E. Hofer

Not since the days when Bryan and
Mckinley fought it out along the line
of 16-to-1 has the money question SO
swept the country. And it's good deal
more important now than it was then
Bryan, who wanted to try new none
tary experiment was only candidate.
Franklin Roosevelt is President, with
unprecedented powers.
Recently, initiation and deflation, gold
buying, dollar depreciation, and all the
other phases of the problem, have dwarf
ed everything else. They have almost
taken the NRA out of the headlines.
They have submerged the farm problem
and the foreign problem. Definite bat
tie lines have formed. Each side is plen-
tifully supplied with experts. Each side
has its crop of big business men and
little business men. And the public,
which reads the dispatches, is in state
of bewilderment.
The way the wind blows was first
shown with the resignation of Under
secretary of the Treasury Acheson, a
conservative and an unrelenting hard
money man. He was Immediately fol-
lowed into retirement by DR.. Oliver
Sprague, once financial advisor to the
Bank of England, to whom "soft" money
is even distasteful. Secretary Woodin,
who has been torn Of late between his
great devotion to his chief, and his in
stinctive belief in conservative financial
policies, went away on an indefinite
leave of absence. Into his place step
ped Henry Morgenthau, Junior, scion of
famous financial family, who sees eye
to eye with the President on practically
everything.
Behind all this is a quiet, scholarly
figure, and name which rarely comes
before the public. 1t is that of George
Frederick Warren, an agricultural eco
nomist of Cornell. Last year he wrote
a book, called prices, which became the
bible of the Committee of the Nation,
an organization of business men seeking
a way to recovery. 1t is Mr.. Warren's
thesis, as Time puts it, that supply and
demand are not twins, but quadruplets.
He holds that the price of commodity
is determined not only by supply and
demand for it, but that the supply and
demand for gold is of equal Importance
The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

1t is said that our ancestors lived IN
trees but then that is nothing new tor
most of US are up tree at present.