Evening star., 1933-12-06
SIGNS Of RECOVERY
ARE GIVEN IN WEST
Talk Beyond Mississippi
Shifts From Depression
to Foot Ball.
BY JOHN N. WHEELER.

GALL LANE C1I1, Utan, OeCem-
Der (N.A.N.A).-They sing a differ
ent tune west of the Mississippi If
the war was won on the cricket fields
of England, then this depression is
being beaten on the foot ball fields of
America.
In the Eastern part of the country
all the talk is of the depression and
what effect the present gold policy
may have. Foot ball is casual. But
out where the West begins the topics
are reversed. 1t is too bad the foot
ball season is over. If people are so
Vtally interested in game they can
not be so doWncast about business.
There are definite signs in this region
OF improving business, despite the farm
er's howlS. There is no panic in the
air. The Brown Palace Hotel in Dem
yer has Casanova room and the night
before Thanksgiving it was crowded
with rollickers of all ages.
1t seems that the Mississippi splits
In two the sentiments of the country.
AS soon as one crosses it railroad fares
are cheaper. The railroads have in
troduced round-trip tickets to the coast,
which, if used within a limited time.
are ridiculously cheap The dollar def
nltely buys more, food is better and
cheaper, girls seem prettier, people gen.
orally are happier.
Visits Gov. Bryan.
In Lincoln, Nebr, l encountered a
sour note when J. C. Seacrest, pub
Usher of the Lincoln State journal,
showed me through the new capitol
costing more than 10000 900, paid for
by an additional mills of tax. 1t is
stately ediflce, with highly polished
model floors so slippery they remind
one of the primrose path.
Ushered through an impressive re-
ceptlon room and past an efficient sec
retary who seemed slightly suspicious of
an Eastern visitor, we arrived in the
Office OF Gov. Bryan. The Office runs to
the ornate, and reminded me of a night
club, because, although it was 2 OF
clear afternoon. the lighting was all
artificial, as the windows were hung
with heavy draperies.
Gov. Bryan is proud of this Office.
The furnishings have been collected
from various parts of the world, at big
prices. There are no tags on the rugs
and draperies. but the Governor tells
you the cost of each from memory, and
says the expense was justified. because
the furnishings are educational to the
people.
There was a slight hitch in the orig
inal plan when an Eastern authority
was summoned to handle the decoration
of the Governors Office. He hit on the
scheme of plastering the walls and then
soaring them, SO they would look SO
years old all at once. Apparently he did
a swell job. Because there were so
many complaints about the bad plaster
ing the first time the taxpayers got
peek at it and because they did not
appreciate the artistic effects. the State
authorities rushed abroad and bought
in Italy, the draperies which now cover
the original plaster and the stately
windows.
We called on the Governor for just
q minute-at least that was the in
tention-but the visit stretched to three
quarters of an hour, as he wanted to
tell us about the plight of the farmers.
his illness, from which he has now
practically recovered, and the history
and cost of his Office.
Raise Board or Shut Up
THE farmers are running board
ing house for this country" said the
Governor, and you Eastern fellows
won't let us raise your board. You've
We are charging you the same rate.
Now we are either going to raise the
board. or shut up, because we can't go
ahead on the present basis"
Your correspondent tried timidly to
interrupt to say that apparently some
one had raised the price of board
around New York. but the Governor
had passed along to the tariff.
Before the Harding administration
started this tariff business" he said,
"the farmer could sell all his surplus
abroad. Now he is licked. You fellows
have raised the prices of everything on
the farmer. He used to be able to pay
for binder with 240 bushels of wheat,
and not it takes 1000 bushels. The
tariff helps industry, but who's going to
buy its products if the farmer is broker"
The Governor explained his own pre-
dicament about hogs He hadn't taken
advantage of the Government offer, had
fed them 1900 bushels of corn in the
meantime and sold them for S1.60 less
than he could have gotten before the
consumption of the corn. He advocates
any kind of imitation to restore the pur-
chasing power of the farmer because,
he says, the country will go broke with
out this market and the boarding house
will shut up for good.
However, he sent us off on high
note, explaining with pride that the
magnificent capitol had been built with