Evening star., 1933-09-26
NATIONAL BENEFITS
ARE LAID TO n. R. A.
Secretaries of Chambers OF
Commerce Give Encourage
ing Reports at Meeting.

MAJ reports that the
N. r. A. has added millions to pay
rolls and absorbed tens Of thousands
of men who had been marking time
In the army of the unemployed are
given by secretaries Of Chambers OF
Commerce here from all sections OF
the country for the annual convention
of their national association.
The only snudge on the happy
horizon, as they see it, Is the posSibil-
ity that wholesale defections on the
part of employers from their re-em-
ployment pledges may create q sltua-
tion that will require swift and drastic
action. The majority sentiment favors
the early adoption by the Federal
Government of disciplinary measures
against back-sliding pledge signers.
Prosperity March Seen.
However, aside from this note Of
complaint, the tenor of the commerce
secretaries is that the country Is
marching on the double quick toward
prosperity, and that the man in the
street, as well as employers-from large
plants to small merchants-are in
creasingly confident Of the future.
Facts and figures speak for them
selves and those brought to New York
ny b1IC N4ASNeAAA5 |ANoSAS -
of Commerce are impressive. In the
first place, these men are professional
observers Of the business trend in their
respective localities and, secondly, they
are closely connected with the N. n.
A. movement.
Typical of their attitude is that Of
Gerrish GasSaway, in charge OF the
Wilmington, Del, Chamber Of Com
merce and also chairman Of all N. Il.
A. activities in Delaware.
Things are going nicely" said Mr.
Gassaway, and while they are not
hundred per cent perfect, the change
brought about by the N. r. A. is so en-
courasing as to warrant keen optimism.
I am not in a position to say just how
many thousand men and how many
hundred thousand dollars have been
added to the pay rolls in Delaware, but
both numbers are considerable. Our
principal difficulty has been in drafting
the codes and fitting them to local
manufacturing problems. We nave IN
Delaware one industry which alone
must adjust itself to % different cooes
covering the manufacture OF some 1,4ou
different products.
To put % codes under one roof Is
no easv task, but our experience Is that
once the big problems have been ironed
out. the smaller ones will take care OF
themselves"
enthusiasm over the oil code and
cotton crop control was voiced by JACK
n. Hott. Fort Worth, Tex, president OF
the Association of Commerce Secre-
-tarieS.
Oil Code Praised.
"The oil code Is a boon, q boom and
blessing" he said. 1T is putting us on
so,Ir feet. Retail business is on the IN
crease and cotton growers, who now are
receiving Government checks for
nIowed-under land are happier than
they have been IN years. It Is conserva-
tive to say that increased employment
has added more than $3,000,0o0 10 tne
nav rolls in our sections. =,
: Fruit and vegetable growers on tne
Pacific Coast have already 1elt tne IN,
creased buying power OF Industrial
centers. according to Arthur s. Dudley
secretary of the Sacramento Cnamper
of Commerce.
"GoId mining is in full blast In sec
tious made famous In 49," said Mr..
dudley. "but the real gold fields IN
California are the truck gardens ana
orchards which in recent months nave
begun to find consumers market tnat
dried up and died in 1880. Inc aool-
tion of almost 1000 employees IN sac,
ramento retail stores with q pay rou
increase of nearly $4,000 q week, Is
testimony to the renewed buying power
of the fruit rancher."
Pay rolls in Omaha have Jumped
nearly $4,000 per week since August
1, according TO Glen Eastburn OF that
city.
aAlthough the farmers are not as
happy as they were during the high
price level days for agricultural prod
uets back in June and July" he said,
''they are by no means despondent.
Their general feeling Is that President
Roosevelt's policies-particularly his
latest plan to have the Government
make direct purchases for unemploy-
ment relief-will help rural residents.
1--WE are having better times now
than we have enjoyed for several years
and we look forward to even better
days. Our total unemployed was about
1900 and more than one-third OF those
have already found work"
A unique angle, with respect to the
hopes of farmers in oil-producing
States to increase their revenues, was
voiced by j. Paul Gleason, Enid, Okla.
He said:
oil conservation and higher prices Will
renew the 'wild-catting' policies OF oper-
would get about 81 per acre annually
on leases covering mineral rights. That
this sort of income is important is
shown by the fact that in my county
alone farmers used to get a S250,000
revenue from this type Of leasing
alone"
Employment and Pay Rolls Viewed.
And thus runs the story Of increas-
k~ Ill rir ,t1vr 1av,f
told by commerce secretaries from all
over the country. George Cless of Sc
neca Falls, N. Y. small city on the
fringe of the Adirondacks, said that
local recovery has given work to several
hundred people and added more than
81 900 per week to local pay rolls since
September /. j. P. Mack of Chicago
told of 100000 people being added to
the pay rolls of $4,000 Chicago enter
prises. In Kansas more than 10000
people have gotten jobs since the Blue
Eagle took off, and in Warsaw, Wis,
pay rolls have climbed an additional
S750,000 per year, according to Lee
'Yorkson of that city.
In Mobile, it was stated by o. M
Phelps, almost 1000 people have found
work. In New England, as represented
by r. H. Goddard of Worcester, there
has been a marked increase in retail
business on the trail of expanded en-
ployment in various mills and factories.
In Ohio things are picking up slowly
but encouragngly said w. c. Culkins
Of Cincinnati.
In Texas, IN the heart of the cotton
district, Waco reports 1000 re-employed
and pay roll increases Of $4,000 per
month. In Sioux Falls 700 more people
got jobs, although the recent drought
has been encouraging to wheat growers.
: Beneath stf1iS rnassed chorus of ap-
proval of the results so far produced
by the N. r. A. lies the fear of indi-
Tiduals who are seriously concerned
over the possibility that the trickle of
backsliders among signers of re-em-
ployment pledges may turn into tor
rent unless swift a ction is taken to deal