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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
Back To 1914 Prices

The farm relief bill that President Roosevelt now asks Congress to pass as its fourth major step during the short session is intended primarily to restore prices on all commodities to the l909-l4 level. To dc this or even attempt to do this the complete cooperation of the farmers of the nation is needed We don't doubt but what 1t can be secured. If it is. next summer will find fewer acres being worked than there have in many a year. That is part of the Roosevelt pro- gram of restoring prices on farm products and it is sensible procedure as any man can see.
 Reduction of acreage and production of specified products are the primary steps that any nation would take to boost prices on commodities. But to attempt to do this at time when money in farm belts is scarce and credit even scarcer can't be started without some corporations. Such land as will not be planted this year will be allowed fair rental price from Uncle Sam. The money for this purpose in turn will be collected as tax from the millers the packers the can- ners, and any others who handle farm
 products or process them before they reach the consumers table.
 Ultimately, of course. the consumer would pay this tax in increased food prices. This
 provision of the Roosevelt farm relief bill is almost identical with the domestic allotment
 plan passed by the 72nd Congress and ap-
 proved by ex-President Hoover. Withdrawal of land from cultivation has been widely discussed as means to higher farm prices.
 but to date the United States has not suc- ceeded in getting up enough gumption to
 try it out. It is even discussing mutual
 agreement between Canadian and American
 wheat growers to do the same thing Per
 haps if the United States adopts the domestic allotment scheme, Canada will fall in line
 also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Quite A HandicaD


 I am getting so short of breath when going up stairs walking. I ann "A years old, feet inches tall and weigh 175 pounds {. (Mrs l.. R.)
 Answer-It would make almost anybody puff some to tote a 20 per cent handicap around all the time Send a stamped envelope bearing your address, give your age. height, weight, and ask for instructions for red"cing. No re- duction advice unless believe the correspond ent should reduce
 Rope of Any Other Color Would Serve As
 We'll
 have heard through doctors and others that 6 black stocking arOand the neck Is good for sore throat and colds and that . black thread around the neck will prevent sore throat (W. H. R.)
 Answer-Go along with you. no real physi- clan ever told you any such thing. At that a hempen rope around the neck drawn quite tight and kept so, will cure almost anything.
 Complicated Arithmetic
 Please note carefully the error made in tho enclosed editorial which quotes you In refer- ence to the effect of alcoholic beverages on persons who drive automobiles. Somebody's arithmetic was wabbly (W. L)
 Answer-I hope you're telling me. An auto mobile travcling at the rate of 30 miles an hour goes A feet in a second. A glass or two of wine. Leer or what have you slows the re- to nearly four-ffths second That would let the machine go another 20 to 30 feet before the intoxicated driver (intoxicated in the sci- entifc sense. if not in the vulgar sense) could apply the brake or swerve out of the path of danger. can't guarantee the arithmetic but do guarantee the physiology.
 Copyright, John F. bile Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
MORE ABOUT ANHEDoNIA AMERICANA

Anhedonia is a name a French psychologist gives for incapacity to enjoy life or 10 pc happy. .,,.,,. anhedonia is typically American, and we shall see why presently.
 Although 1t was a psychologist who invented the name I beg to point out that anhedonia Is a question principally of physiology, health' n.y. giene and not merely the trend of mind:
 The noisiest and hence best known If not leading psychologists of the day are blatant ouacks who know the art of marketing manu- scripts to womens magazines and delivering lectures to wOmens clubs. Their stock In traoe is language. They are always busy telling ev- erybody how to do everything, but they never do anything themselves
 I suppose no one doubts that the depression and Encouragement of the victim or some ln- curable organic disease is physical. physiolog- ical not just mental Only make-believe happiness good cheer can go win grave iii- ness. No sane sick person can or ..houid pre- tend tC be happy. Victims Of organic disease constitute a large share of the anhedoniacs, and your cheap canned psychology isn't worth a tinker's dam for these joyless ones. phy- sician is what they need, plain everyday aoc- part of physiology, that the function Of the mind Is but one of the many functions of the body on which the well being of the body de- bends.
 While almost everyone comedies that organ ic disease accounts for the invalids low spirits, a great many laymen. what call wiseacres that is, persons of good enough education put
  hygiene and generally misinformed about dis ease, do not comprehend that less plainly manifest disturbances of health. functional dis eases as we call them until we can decide which particular organ is damaged) explain most of the anhedonia that prevails in Amer ica.
 As familiar example we may mention the everyday observation of languor, lstlessness and melancholy in youngsters in their teens, particularly girls, who suffer from insufficient thyroid gland function. and the way suitable iodin ration restores the natural cheerfulness and vivacity of youth. Or take the instance of the adult who begins to go stale in the very prime of life, to age prematurely and feel constantly tired without cause and to be con- scious of an unusual mental torpor and loss of former good nature-it is remarkable how a wee drop of iodn brightens these older boys and girls up and helps them to thrust back the premature age which had almost fastened on them.
 When or if this country grows up we shall require that any one who holds himself out as a psychologist shall first be qualified physi- clan. That will dispose of the horde of quack psychologists now teaching people how to train children, how to prevent crime how to buy and sel Low to be successful in business, love, how to have dominating personality. In the succeeding talk we shall analyze an- hedonia and see just what 1t is composed of.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

has long made hops srowsrs snssh their teeth in anguish. Out in orsgon where most of the hops of this nation is raised. efforts to rid the plants of the disease have been un- ceasing. The blight came to this country from British Columbia. It prevents young plants attaining full growth. It has been de- feated by eultivating species of disease resisting plants. For the benefit of the un- initiated hops is used to give beer its aroma and taste. pleasing to some. disagreeable to others. There is no accounting for tastes. you know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Escaping To The Desert

One of the most interesting things about the spring publishing season is the fact that it is bring ing us so many books of escape literature" Men who found the values of current civilization false, and found their souls by escaping to the snowy northland, or the arid
 desert, or the swaying deck of a windjammer are telling their stories now-some of them with
 rare eloquence and feeling.
 There is, to-day, "Enchanted Sand" by D.. J. Hall.
 MT Hall was a lawyer, in Lon- don. Overworked and threatened with a breakdown, he dropped everything and, with his wife, headed for New Mexico. There, for time, he and his wife worked as overseers on an isolated ranch; little later they became caretakers of a rest camp, far back in the mountains. Instead of busy, ultra-civilized London they had empty desert, un- inhabited mountains, infiite cloud less skies, complete isolation. They made friends with the Indians and found them in many ways, healthier and happier folk than the whites. They had leisure, at last, and in their leisure there was hap piness; they discovered that they had souls, and that God is some- thing more than a name.
 And at last, for a few hundred dollars, they bought an ancient wreck of a touring car and toured the desert. They don't know yet how they escaped breaking down and dying of thirst; but they did escape, and now they have given
 us a book in which we can share their adventures.
 "Enchanted Sand' is published by Morrow and sells for $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
Uncle Sam, Banker

The countrys leading banker lately has been Uncle Sam. He has had almost monopoly of this vital service. It started even before the national bank standstill was proclaimed Chicago furnishes an emphatic example. With all state and national banks closed on March 4. the postal savings bank did land-ofice business all day. There was such crowd on hand when the office opened that it was soon necessary to provide ten extra windows in temporary headquart- CTS Some of the patrons were depositing money, but more of them withdrawing it. They could not get funds anywhere else. Uncle kept open until 10 o'clock at night. Without his services. thousands of families could not have done their weekend market
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
Here, There And EperuOhere

and the whole population as a unit. The name of any resident elector may be placed upon the ballots if a petition to that effect signed by 100 voters is filed with the secretary of state. Initiative for nominations will thus rest with the electorate; will be controlled by parties and by organizations only if citizens wish to surrender the right. There need be no doubt of candidates opinions and inten-i tions; the names will appear upon the ballots in columns headed For Ratification" and Against Ratifi- cation." Precedence for these columns will be accorded by lot. The plan, in brief, appears abso- lutely impartial, designed to pro-. vide a convention which shall re- fleet the desire of the entire state Even the expense will be evenly distributed; the state will print the ballots, pay the mileage; local costs will be borne by each com munity.
 The Connecticut convention it. self, then. should prove brief and decisive affair. Delegates will apparently not convene to delib- crate upon the advisability of re- peal but to represent the will of the voters who granted them au- thority. The general assembly has begun the good work; it remains for the electorate to provide defi-' mite conclusion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

Economies Bill an unwarrantable measure of deflation.
 The state of Washington looms big in the capitol these days. A new senator, Homer Bone, and a flock of new congressman have landed here, fresh from the big experiment in barter and in com munity selfhe1p they have been conducting out there.
 The day Senator Bone left his home state, the legislature there passed the Bone Power Bill. That gives state-owned power utilities the right to compete with private concerns.
 Westerners Prominent
 Across in the other wing of the capitol, Bone's lieutenants in con- gress are already restless.
 "They call this wartime" de- clared Monrad c. Wallgren, of Everett, Washington. But you never heard of them reducing wages in wartime, did you? They made work in wartime. They start ed the lumber mills going night and day, to build cantonments. They made work-at high wages for everybody. Think it over."
 Wallgren, AZ, well set-up, im- maculately dressed, is serving his first political job. He is a jeweler by profession, a mixer, a star at billiards.
 Slick, forceful, young, competent, inherently political is Marion A.. Zionchek, author of the Washing totn delegation.
 Wallgren, Zionchek, Martin Smith and the rest of the Wash ington delegation in congress ex- cept Knute Hill, rangy dirt farm CT, voted against the Economies Bill.
 More may be heard from these 1ada
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

wise unnecessary closing of all the banks and the consequent crippling of ordinary business while some other form of currency is being de- vised.
 According to plans under discus sion at Washington a definite date will be set, after which names of hoarders will be published. This will give the Midases among us chance to do the right thing by putting their gold coin back where it belongs and allowing 1t to be used as basis for currency circu- lation once more.
 It is significant that one of the large New York banks reported on the very first day that it reopened to receive new deposits, that a large amount of hoarded gold cure rency turned up and was put in for deposit. Those who had withdrawn the gold in a panic evidently felt that 1t was ''too hot' to keep. As many an economist has pointed out before this, the holder of hoarded gold cannot eat 1t, or wear it. or burn 1t in the furnace to keep warm.
 There is a certain amount of use of gold in the arts and industries, and exceptions must be made of such cases. But the gold with drawn for artistic or industrial pur- poses Is in the shape of bullion, not coinage. It is good hint to hoard CTS that the sooner they get their gold back where 1t belongs, the better. They may be spared much later embarrassment thereby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

What to do with the immense quantities of scrip that was printed during the bank holiday? That's problem confronting many bankers who contracted for the sub- stitute money and now have no use for it. It was gala time for the American Bank Note Company. but not for the institutions ordering it. They still have to pay for their orders and can't use the substitutes. New Haven bankers consider burning it. Why not sell some to collectors!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
GOLD BOARDING
Bridgeport Telegram)

NDIiuSSPoiI ASiS6AoAS
 Publication of the names of gold hoarders is one of the actions con- sidered by the federal government as an effective weapon against pam icky withdrawals of gold from proper repositories. Significance is given to this move by the whis- pered story that in some cases in- dividuals whose names are well known to the public have with drawn amounts running into mill lions, to be stored away In safes and safe deposit boxes.
 So long as gold is the basis of our currency-and it still is the basis despite the temporary suspension of gold payments-the man who takes large quantities, of gold coin age out of circulation deserves to be chased with other public en- emies. It Is this kind of withdrawal which Is responsible for the other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
THE CONVENTION PLAN (New Haven Journal-Courier)

The Connecticut electorate may now settle to consideration of the mechanics of the state convention which will vote upon ratification of the repeal amendment and to preparation for the part 1t must play in the final act of the prohi- bition drama. For there remains little doubt that the bill prepared as a substitute for house bill No 86, establishing method and pro- cedure will soon be approved by the general assembly. Thursday afternoon the judiciary committee voted to report the measure fa- vorably. So light has been opposi- tion to the plan now outlined that it would require but little courage for a political prophet to predict the bill will be negated only if con- gress prescribes general conven- ton pattern for all states.
 Indeed, there seems no reason
 why any opposition whatsoever should develop. This substitute measure, argued into existence by a subcommittee which included Majority Leader Baldwin who framed the original. presents neat solution to the problem. holds the varied aspects in nice balance. or the 50 delegates, one each will be elected from the 35 senatorial dis tricts, the remaining IS from the state at large. The convention should thus represent both separ- ate districts on a population basis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
So They Say
have been fantastically misun- derstood.-Former Mayor Walker. discussing wife's suit for divorce.

discussing wtfe's suit for divorce.
 Unless the poorer farming dis tricts of this country have aid soon, by means of federal tax or otherwise, from the richer urban and industrial centers, our rural school system will collapse.-Wil- liam J. Cooper, U. s. Commission CT of Education.
 There is one gesture we can make-pay. In that way France could show she did not refuse but only deferred the debt payment last December and at the same time prove her desire to help the Americans-Former Premier Edouard Herriott of France.
 And all 1t Ca new dress) cost let me see. about $4.50 for the ma terial and $3 to make.-Mrs John Garner, wife of the vice president.
 It is important to open the banks, but it is more important to keep them open after they're opened. - Senator Connally of Texas.
 We have a leadership whose face Is lifted toward the sky Representative Steagall of Ala bama.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
Personal Health SerUice (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., 1933-03-20

And while on this topic of legalized liquor. beer. etc.. how many people are in terested in the fact that the Department of Agriculture has just won a fight of many years. Downy fildew. arch enemy of hops.
 has been conquered and will soon be com pletely exterminated. Downy mildew (there's sweet name for plant disease).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
RIGHTO!

RIGHTO! "Hulloi What are those red marks on your coat?" "Rust. My tailor said this cloth would wear like iron!-Der Lus- tige Sachse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

The most annoying thing about those Senate progressives is the way they keep moving. They won't stand pat long enough to be branded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

Al Smith was right. This is war. Cut the red tape.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:3O o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
O--O-O
 WORDS

Life's just path, A passing to and fro, Sometimes smiles and sometimes
 tears,
 To mark our trek below.
 o-O-o A smile is the barometer of human happiness. So be consider ate of those who find it hard to smile.
 With the government de- manding the return of all gold, the cigar drummer with gold tooth is torn between patriotism and necessity.
 o-O-o Selfishness is not given at birth. It's something acquired.
 o-O-o The trout fishing season this spring will last two weeks longer than usual. Which may or may not add to the early crop of fish stories.
 o-O-o America was once the land of the free and easy. Now it's the speakeasy.
 Nowadays if a person can bridge contract, he or lshe avoids considerable trouble.
 o-O--o Add to the list of American pro- fessions: Craftsmanship.
 o-O-o
 ALONG THE LINE The iron horse and the motor truck,
 Are fighting q duel coarse, If they ever meet on the railroad tracks,
 I'll bet on the iron horse.
 o-O-o People are using less pins now than formerly. Enough of things to get stuck on nowadays without pins.
 The man who takes nar- cotics at night can well be labled a powderful sleeper.
 O-O-o A socialist is a communist with
 o-O-o This concludes our opening pro- gram of the week. It was broad cast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Water bury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time to be back on the air again to-mor- row evening at the usual hour.
 o--O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-20
GA SMILES THE THING.

Good evening. o-O-o RAIN ON THE WINDOW OF
 A HEART A gust of wind, Heavy with March rain. Blew up and down a dripping
 street,
 Thence on window pane. Great streaks appeared,
 A modernistic trend, Some ran across. some on down.
 And some around a bend. Again the gust of wind,
 More streaks at play. Merging at given point,
 Like night and day. Some sleek. some heavy,
 All in a given plan. Work of wind and falling rain,
 But not the work of man. How like our heart.
 A window pane doth seem, Tears find its surface,
 To mark a dream, A dream of brighter days.
 When sunshine played a part, But now-March rain
 On the window of heart.
 Editor Day by Day: The beer will have plenty of strength If you consider the HOPS it took between the house and senate.- B. B. o-O-o Silence is golden. And pretty soon they'll perhaps want to arrest you for hoarding that. o-O-o It's tough to blame a wisdom tooth for some desirable quality that 1t doesn't produce. o-O-o The gold rush of '49 and the gold rush of '3S were much the same. People went dig ging for gold. o-O-o I suppose all golden wedding | anniversaries will be postponed un- der the new plan. DING, DING A grille loves a sailor,
 And just won't tell a soul, He tells her that she'll see the world,
 (Yes, through port hole.) Blessed are the peace makers. for they shall buy the war bonds of the belligerents. Taxation without prosperity
 should be some form of
 o-o-o
 It's the fare in warfare that costs so much.
 LINES
 We ask of life,
 Happiness, 8 smile,
 Life grants it. A little while, Then shadows fall, The evening settles fast, We stumble in an all-day dusk, And live amid the past. o-O-o O-O-O If they brought beer back for the distillers, they may return fire crackers for the powder manu- facurers. A woman out west lashed her sweetie with a horsewhip. In this day and age we won- der. not about the flashing, but
 where she managed to get the horse whip. l O-O-O An organ grinder doesn't neces- sarily need a monkey to handle. Very often he directs choir. o-O-O WORDS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-06
Presidents Proclamation
tuition, whichever. is. the earlier"
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tution whichever is the earlier
 Whereas certificate issued December 1893,
 
 ceved in the of State that the fifth day of Decem-
  ratified the said repeal amendment
 Now, therefore, l. D. President said hereby proclaim that Constitution of the United States
 enjon all citizens the United States within Jurisdiction connng dealers which been duly licensed by state Federal license.
 Observance of this which make personally family naon will result in the alcoholic which inspec destruction the reasonable thereby the supersedng of other of taxation.
 specific authority prohibit transportation liquors into in violation of laws such state.
 cooperation individual freedom shall be those that existed Failure this honestly courageously will a living reproach all.
 otherwise author ize the saloon either in its old form modern guse
 policy social preprohibiton permitted to exist for bootegger
 
 the American that they will
 The objective through national policy is the citizen towards greater throughout the
 In witness hereunto the seal of the United States to be affixed year thythree United America ffty-eighth.
 By the President:
 Secretary of State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-06
GOVERNMENT IS
 BUYING STOCKS
Purchased $93,7OO,OO Worth of Stock in New
 York City Banks

Washington, Dec. 6.-CUP)- The Reconstruction Finance cor poration today hoped to speed up its campaign for expansion of credit facilities under the impetus of purchase of $93,70O,000 worth of preferred stock and capital notes in 12 New York city banks. Chairman Jones of the R. F. G., announcing purchase of the New York securities, said these banks did not need the additional capi- tai, but he believed their example would bring cooperation by other banks which could put added funds to good use.
 The R. r. c. has offered to i'm vest $1.000,000,0O0 in bank stock to make additional commercial credit available to aid business re- covery. To date about $400,000, 900 has been authorized for purchases of bank securities. Not until last night did New York city banks come into the plan. The National City bank was the largest New York seller of stock to the govern ment, offering $50,000,0OO worth of preferre dstock to the government. The Guaranty Trust company of- fered $20,0O0,000 worth of capital notes, and 10 other lesser amounts. Jones said participation of the New York banks, despite the fact they did not need additional capital, in dicated "every evidence of a de- sire to cooperate in efforts to ob- tain 8 strong banking system throughout the country"