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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
. Book a Day
Problem Of The Miners
by BRUCE CATION

Machine Age in the Hills," by
 Malcolm Ross, pictures the plight of the soft coal mining industry as an exaggerated example of the troubles that have fallen on indus try generally. There was a tre- mendous boom, a vast expansion of productive capacity, 8 great overproduction and a walloping defiation; as a result there are thousands of idle men, much red ink on the ledgers, scores of mines that will never be used again and a general state of chaos and loss which calls for g. far-reaching program of rehabilitation.
 MT Ross devotes himself chiefly to the Blue Ridge mines. Here the mountain whites had, until a few years ago, a civilization that had not changed since the seven teenth century. They were poor. ignorant and isolated, but they
 were self-sufficient, individualistic
 and. presumably. fairly contented. Then it was learned that these mountaineers had been living on top of some of the earth's richest
 coal deposits. Mines were dug, the old civilization was destroyed and now that the crash has come the mountaineers are left
 infinitely worse than they were before.
 MT Ross's book is singularly dispassionate and unprejudiccd.
 He does not especially blame the coal operators; most of them, he finds, are decent, enlightened men who are simply up against a prob lem too big for them. He has
 scant use for the Liberals" who dabbled in affairs in Kentucky year or so ago. He simply re-
 marks that the entire industry
 must be integrated, that surplus miners must be transferred to oither jobs, surplus mines closed, and cut-throat competition must be ended. Otherwise, he says, there is going to be some very serious trouble.
 Published by Macmillan, this book is priced at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

be kept out of the study. Despite what spokesmen off the governor describe as tremendous pressure" from such interests, they. will have no opportunity to color the conclu- sions the commission will bring in.
 The general outline of plan is already taking shape in many minds. The return of the old-time saloon and the conditions that evoked 1t are unanimously opposed by vets and drys alike. The drys, to be sure, have always claimed that no modification or repeal was conceivable which would not bring back the saloon; that will obviously be one of the problems the governors commission will at- tack. The element of private ex- ploitation which was such Q shock ing element of the old regime must be drasticaliy prevented: some form of state monopoly control as in the so-caiied "Nayior plan" is gaining support from careful stu. dents. At any rate, the ground must be covered carefully in q study which cannot begin too soon; the assembly should push the gover- nor's project to the earliest pos- sibie enactment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
FEBRUARY 25, 1883
Credit One For The Governor

When the House and Senate passed the bill to authorize creation of commission to study the liquor situation in Connecticut yesterday it passed the first of many sug- gestions offered to it by Governor Wilbur L. Cross. There wasn't much enthusiasm about the governors plan to name fact finding body some weeks ago as the legsla- tive session neared and it became apparent that the Legislature would be confronted with diverse prohibition problems. But when Congress passed the Blaine resolution repeating the 9th Amendment and sub mitted tito the several states it became speed fly apparent that we must be prepared to face the future armed with the necessary facts and figures.
 In creating a liquor commission Governor Cross follows the example of our sister state, ! New York. A board is still at work there working on possible system of liquor control that will be best adopted to New Works own individual problems in the event that control of liquor manufacture. sale. and transportation is returned to the states. Our state commission will be made up of seven members, five to be named by the governor and one each by the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature. There will be no reeompense attached to the commission and 1t will be required to report back to the General Assembly by April IA.
 Such an early report may not seem to give the commission sufficient time to study the vast mass of material that will be offered it. But the facts are simply that immediate action is demanded if the question is to be solved at this session of the Legislature. To postpone action until after the Legislature had adjourned might mean that the state would be forced to fall back on its state enforcement act 10 protect itself in the next few years. We have no concrete idea 10 present to the liquor commission, but there are dozens that might recommend themselves We. therefore. urge at least several public bearings at which the state may be permitted to express an opinion. This need not in- fluence the commissions finding. but It might well guide 1t to q successful solution.
 The advisabity of undertaking such survey before Connecticut has even acted on the repealer is too evident to require much explanation. Suffice it to say that Connec- ticut will be prepared to meet any emergency that may occur in the seven year period al- lowed for ratification under the terms of the 2lst amendment. If we are to take the referendum vote on the prohibition question as filed last November. Connecticut is desirous of making its own laws for liquor manufacture and sale. Therefore, we must create state system whereby this will be best accomplished without stepping on the toes of those who support temperance movements or are prohibitionists. We dis tnguish between the two. because there are many men advocating temperance who do not believe in prohibition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
Here, There And Evervuhere

credible size. Millions upon mill Hons of the shaggy animals roamed across the western plains. They were ,..;. the very star of life. They of their food. their fuel and their clothing. Their migrations gov erned the movements of the tribes: their numbers determined the tribes prosperity. What finally beat the Indians was not 50 much the fact that the bison were almost exterminated. The main prop of Indian society was knocked out and the end was inevitable.
 And 1t Is good, now. to learn that the bison is not going to dis appear entirely. That clumsy looking, heavy-headed animal Is an integral figure of our great west.
 To the plains Indians these herds were literally beyond counting. The earth shook with the thunder of their feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
Our Daily Washington Letter
Great Power Awaits Roosevelt
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

from the Capitol. To save a little money and to secure better un- derstanding propose that we pa- tornize these outside places or fast during the day. At going prices our restaurants that feed members and the public that comes to the Capitol by thousands sightseeing or on business lose money. Let us close them up. Because of the nec- essary food loss from vastly urf- equal patronage from day to day there is an annual loss of one pen ny for every 125 of our popula- tion."
 Congressman Charles L. Under hill of Massachusetts answers Sum- mers boldly in debate. He implied that 1t was the senate that abused it's privileges, not the house.
 True, there were evils in the barber shop that should be cleaned up. Some of the expenses, such as towels and laundering, were being paid for by the house. That" said Mir Underhill, fought not to be-"
 But the restaurant, he insisted, was absolutely essential to public nealtn ana transaction or pubic business. Most members attended committee meetings until noon when the house came in session. Must they leave the house and travel afar for a sandwich and a cup of coffee?
 Nobody can tell how heavy the restaurant business will be on a given day; the house often ad- journs suddenly and leaves the restaurant in the lurch, since 1t "has to be run for the peak of the load" Why not. demand Un- derhill, cut out some of those use- less employees in the house library instead?"
 Whereupon this promising de- bate broke off into an unseemly wrangle between those members who use the library frequently for statistics and data and those who 1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
So They Say

The pope's own beautiful fres- coes. the finest thing in the vatican palace, and 6 customs inspector finds them obscene It's the funniest thing I ever heard of--Erhard Weyhe. New York art connoisseur.
 England is musty museum filled with shadows rewriting in the mode of Dickens, Thackery and Wilkie Collins.-Norman Collins, London publisher on England's lit- erary trend.
 The theater is not married to Broadway. It existed and fiourished in other cities when Broadway hardly went beyond Wall street. and 1t can continue to exist and flourish if 1t should decide to sep arate from Broadway-Frank Gil- more, presiden of the Actors Equity.
 cannot tell 65,000,0 900 Germans that they should be satisfied with nothing because 50,000 Germans happen to have a great deal-- Adolf Hitler, new chancellor of the German republic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
O-O--o
 WORDS

Words are stars of language, Shining ln our sky, Sentences, are just the clouds, That go on drifting by.
 o-O-o Hartford senators who stand up under fire seem to wilt un- der Cross-fire.
 o-O--o Chairs were invented to take men off their feet although lot of motorists think autos were.
 u-O--o The cat that jumped over the moon probably had been indulging in moonshine.
 o-O-o Counter men have such clean thumbs. That's from sticking 'em in hot cups of coffee.
 o-O-o Farmers used to separate the wheat from the chaff. Now it's the wheat from the mort gage.
 o-O--o Everything now seems to be automatic. Which merely lends be- lief to the claim that we're becom- ing a race of automatons.
 o--O-o The depression has made mopey for some people. Think of the firms manufacturing headache powders and red ink.
 o-O--o
 DING, DING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

June IA has just been designated as Con- neeticut Day at the Century of Progress Ex- position in Chicago. We presume it will be a gala occasion for all those who can attend the worlds fair. Certainly we hope that it will usher in new era for the entire world. Is is about time that we threw off the yoke of depression and started fighting back. Let's do it with big cheer for Connecticut Day next June IA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
PERFECT DISCIPLINE

Philadelphia--Evidence of - the perfect discipline in the Foster Home for Hebrew Orphans was shown the other night. During the evening meal fire broke out in the tower of the home Instead Of rushing out of the building in a panic, the 200 boys and girls con- tinued to eat their dinner while four older boys sped upstairs to fight the fire until fremen arrived. After finishing their meal the chill dren were marched out to watch the firemen battle the blaze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

have reduced the output of most prison fac- tories it means SO much more idleness of the inmates That problem lies ahead of us. Why not tackle it now and get it out of the way!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
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 md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
To-day's Selected Poem

SAPLINGS (Helen F. Quitsow in the Christian Science
 Montor) The stems of trees stretch upwards to the sky Their leaves look down upon pityingiy And spread green tenderness to testify The love of living things for things that five
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

ship, the government itself may turn out to be the receiver
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

Sooner or later some radical congressman incapable of teamwork is going to spring the revolutionary idea of balancing the bud get by cutting expenses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:08 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

"A SMILES THD THING"
 Good evening. O-O--O MORE LINES The world has beauty, | If you sec 1t that way, I've known q heart To enjoy rainy day. o-O-o l Editor Day by Day: Large appropriations are needed to run New York city. Even the
 l. is overhead.-B. B. | o-O--o
 The iconoclast is the chap who would break a school house win- dow and then grieve at the smash ing of a mirror. | o-O-o Sulphur is generally match for the conventional lighting test. Hollywood promises to give us | the panther woman. This is prob- ably natural evolution from the pants woman that Marlene Dietrich provides. q could Huff him in ten minutes.) Hollywood has actually been quicter since 1t went sound. o-O-o Every now and then we read of America hitting it's last frontier. They're something like Harry Lau- ders farewell trips.
 o-O-o
 1ba unlanffaf Whn Qafd
 mountain was merely a car buncle on the neck of nature,
 took 1t for granted that nature
 could afford such neck.
 O-O-O
 The only business booming is the war business in which Japan is giving her men employemnt.
 o-O-o
 Batteries are like human be-
 ings. once they are run down,
 they're incapable of doing any
 work.
 O-O--o
 She was only a tailor's daughter, but knew how to iron things out.
 o-O-o
 UP AND UP Dreams are incense,
 hONtAhsB GhouSh tshO DhuNt Bearing new born fragrance.
 On their blithe trip through.
 o--O--o
 Editor Day by Day: Some crazy thoughts: Razors haven't an even temper any more. Shoe business Is taking 0 lacing. Milk racket is bottled up. Still the hat trade is going on ahead.-B. E. o-O-o The only difference between a tong war and a tongue war, implies E. B., is the sex in- volved. O-O-o What the country needs is q vice | president, 50 highly regarded, that some crank will take shot at him | too. o-O--o The modern automobile is modernistic. o-O-o
 The ma nwho has to swallow ! bitter pill is bound to know the taste of quinine. o-O-o TT HAPPENS
 Tax red ink, says congress.
 No trueP words were said,
 For by taxing red ink, well
 We may get from the red.
 o-O-o
 The wage scale is like the mu- sical scale. sort of filled with ups and downs. o-O--o Tears sometimes nurture life's most beautiful flowers. O-O-o I suppose the repeal vote was taken amid hiccoughs. O-O-O With income tax blanks in the making, this would be poor time for Diogenes to make the rounds again. o--Oo-- The man who stands out in crowd generally stands in with those who make 1t possible for him to stand out. o-O-o Before leaving Chicago for Florida. Mayor Cermak made inquiries about bullet proof.
 vests. Proving that Chicago is
 the place where the vest be- gins. o-O--o The jig-saw puzzle craze merely proves people can put things to- gether when the mood reaches them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25
A little cheer.
 A ytiflcd cry, While llfe's parade. Goes trickling by.

The man who does the least amount of talking is privileged to do the most amount of hear- ing.
 o-O--o This concludes our series of pro- grams for the week. They came to you over DBD and were broad cast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again Monday evening at the usual hour.
 o--o--o Good nightF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-25

"A SMILES THE THING" !"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10
"Venus" of Faith
Is Dead

John T. Wyatt, known to the
world as venus Of Faith" is dead.
The S2-year-old collector Of
items died at the Rowan County
home last Friday at 2 a. M, as a
result of a cancer from which he
had been suffering for several years.
When he was first stricken, he
moved from his home at Faith to
live with his nephew, Henry Wyatt.
at Rockwell, but was later moved
to the county home where he coulc
get the constant attention needed
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at the Reformed
church in Faith, at 3 o'clock, with
the Rev. Roy Whisenhunt, pastor,
officiating. The body lay in state
at the church from 2 to 3 O'clock.
Up until ten years ago his items
were more widely read than any
country correspondent in this sec
ton, being carried in nearly all
nearby newspapers and frequently
copied by the larger papers of the
country.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10
A TRAFFIC

The time is close at hand wher
the question of the control of tht
liquor traffic will again become :
live issue. We have grave doubts
whether any plan which can be de,
vised will be effective. The peo-
pie of the United States have beer
struggling with this problem fol
mere than $50 years and have
never found any way to keep the
dealers in ''hard liquor within the
bounds set for them.
Booze obeys no laws has been
true from the beginning of things.
Not only the United States but
every nation in the world is trying
to find a solution of the liquor
problem. We do not understand
that any nation has ever found one
that worked. All over the world
alcohol defies, as it always defied
every effort to regulate it, 1t cor
rupts public officials and politici
ans, laughs at the police, and makes
a joke of the law.
We have no confidence what
ever in the promises of the dstillers
and their distributors to "be good"
now hat their legal market is COM
ing back. Their business has al
ways been in the hands of or init
mately associated with the criminal
element, and it always will be. De-
cent people will have nothing to
do with it. Not even the cusre-
mers of the saloon ever held . the
saloonkeeper in anything but con-
tempt. 1t WAS and always will be
a disreputable business.
What we are afraid of is that
the new generation Of officials who
will be called upon to administer
whatever regulatory laws may be
enacted will place too much conf
dence in the honesty and good in
tenrions of the liquor interests
tentions Of the liquor interests.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10
word "~chiseline.' -

word "chiseling."
1t is the opinion of the Sun that
power from Muscle Shoals, how
ever distributed, should be sold al
a price commensurate with that
which private utilities. operating
Hiei6nfsZ under similar conditi'
ons, can sell it for. Any Other
course would be government chisel'
ing on a grand scale. 1t would b
directly opposed to Unemployment
of workers and advancement Of
living standards for the masses
1t will be a bitter irony indeed if
while the NRA works to bring
about recovery by insisting on fail
and equitable business practices
the Tennessee Valley Authority
illustrates its efforts so far as one
of the most important and most
progressive of our industries is
concerned.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10
THE OF


In a recent issue, the Dairymen's
League News commented on future
farm cooperation-the children of
the parents who belong to the
Dairymen's SIS League, all of whom
are learning some of the simple, yet
fundamental, rules of cooperation,
1t would be an excellent idea il
all the farmers and others interested
in cooperation made an attempt te
develop an understanding of it If
the minds and hearts of the pro-
ducers of tomorrow. A genera
ton raised almost from infancy
with a belief in cooperative prin-
ciples, and with constant oppor-
tunity to watch them evolve ane
win success, should make incalcu-
liable future agricultural progress.
This is an especially interesting
superstition in the light of present
agricultural conditions. 1t is sale
that much of the difficulty ex.
perienced by the Department Of
Agriculture in raising the farm
income is due to the fact that too
many farmers are still disorganized
and it is a long and ardous task tt
bring them together on a common
footing. The cooperatives ART
making valiant drives to enlist more
numbers now and they are sue.
ceeding. But they would have
succeeded in a much shorter perioe
had the farmer of today beer
schooled in cooperation by his fore
bears.
Stronger cooperatives, better sup
ported-that is the ideal now. AM
along with it, there should be plan.
for assuring the fullest flowerine
Of the Cooperative scheme through
preparing farm children to taxi
their place in organized agriculture
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10
Federal Land Bank
Loans Are Averaging
$l50,000 Daily

Columbia. S. C--Loans closed
by the Federal Land Bank of Co.
lumbia and the Agent of the Land
Bank Commissioner are now aver
aging $l50.o00.o0 daily. This
will be increased until the volume
is sufficient to car for applica-
lions currently,-the goal set by
Governor Morgenthau for the Third
District. This flow of cash is 60
ing to farmers in North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia and Flor
ida. 1t is refinancing farm mort
cages, buying new equipment, re-
pairing farm buildings, paying per-
sonal debts and generally placing
farmers on a sound financial foot
ing.
ITO close loans in such volume
said President Daniel of the Land
Bank, I'VE have not only greatly
increased out force of workers but
we are using both day and night
shifts. Our personnel is now about
complete and we are clicking more
smoothly every day."
Field representatives of the Pro-
duction Credit Corporation of
Columbia are now at work in the
states Of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
where they are organizing Produc-
ton Credit Associations. .
These associations may be COM
posed of ten or more farmers who
desire to obtain short term loans for
the production of general agricul-
tural crops, livestock feeding and
breeding and dairy or poultry pro-
duction. In all associations form
ed so far, a great many more than
the minimum number of farmers
have signed the application for a
charter.
Production Credit Associations
r the connecting link between.
farmers and the intermediate Credit
Bank, as the local association n
dorses members notes and recon-
minds their discount by the Inter-
mediate Credit Bank.
Local associations will have al
board Of directors, President and
Secretary-Treasurer as well as APP!
praisers. Officials as well as the
records Of the association will be
under the supervision of the Pro-:
duction Credit Corporation of
Columbia.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10

They had expected angry de-
nunciation. But such calm, such
dignity were beyond the boundaries
of their experience. Involuntary
they gave way and, rough veterans
as they were, some of them "fell to
the ground" 1t was a supreme
tribute.
Then Jesus, thought rebounding
to those who had shared his tri-
umphs and his sacrifices through
the years. "If therefore ye seek
me let these others go their way"
But he had no need to think of
the disciples safety. Already
they had made their swift escape
the last of the deserters-First his
then his relatives, then the crowd,
home town. then his best friend,
finally the eleven.
He was left to face his faith
alone. !
On a barren hill beyond the city
walls they nailed his perfect body
to the cross. Two robbers were
crucified with him.
1t was over. And yet
Jesus" 1t was the voice of
one of the robbers. Jesus" he
says painfully, remember me,
aiken thou CONTEST into thy king
dom!"
Read that, oh men, and bow your
heads. There have been leaders
who could call forth enthusiasm
when their fortunes ran high. But
Jesus, when his enemies had done
their worst, so bore himself that a
crucified felon looked into his dy-
'ing-eyes and saluted his as king.