Evening star., 1933-07-02
Intense Campaign Is
Under Way in Lone
Star State.
SENATOR SHEPPARD
HEADS DRY CAMP
Cotton Crop Control Plan
Is Major Problem of
State Planters.
BY S. RAYMOND BROOKS.

AUSTIN, Tex, July Texas people,
in wet and dry rival camps, this week
swung into intense statewide election
campaign for and against ratifying the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and
for and against adoption Of State con-
stituticnal amendment to legalize the
sale of beer. The election will be held
August 26.
The prohibition and repeal issue was
one OF several dominating attention of
citizens generally, and in Texas. COM
bining political, social and economic
considerations inextricably.
There was one broad line of division
between vets and drys. fairly evenly
divided, but the issue drew Texans into
unity Of attention to the National
issue of terminating prohibition.
Otherwise, people of this State, Or
dinarily of numerous conflicting, COM
petitive and dissimilar groups have
been brought into conference, in the
spirit of the Nation, of mass response
to the swift-moving achievements of
the National Government. They, as
unit, have been put in the attitude,
and have assumed it willingly enough,
of waiting on the leadership of the Ma
tional Government. of responding to
the suggestions and demands of the
Government, of awaiting relief, eco
nomic and political leadership from
the Government.
This was embodied principally in the
State Governors work in cooperation
with the National Relief Agency. the
public works program, the hometown
ers' relief program, the cotton and
wheat production and price control
movement, and the business-code move
ment.
Special Session.
There Is imminent a special session
Of the State legislature to modify dras-
tic antitrust regulations, to give busi-
ness benefits Of the National recovery
act, and to modify credit restrictions to
permit cities, counties and districts to
pledge repayment of public works
loans
This is far from exclusively political,
affecting the everyday life and welfare
and the economic thinking of prac-
tically all the people.
Vice President John N. Garner is
back home for rest, and his presence
has aroused the warm glow of possess
slve enthusiasm for the Democratic
party.
Texas, with nearly 20, ,00o, 900 acres of
land planted in cotton, and a promised
crop OF about 1000, 900 bales. was this
week enthusiastically responding to the
program Of plowing under one-fourth of
the productive acres. Cotton touches
the financial welfare Of every person in
Texas.
Each 1-cent rise in the price of COT
ton means $20,000,000 to the producers
in Texas. Cotton. climbing from cents
to nearly 10 cents on the spot market.
had doubled the value of the prospective
crop, with steady rise still holding
further promise This raised values of
land eased credit to rural populations
and otherwise frightened the entire
outlook.
A two-year troubled situation over
the huge oil production of Texas-with
the East Texas field alone able, in q
weeks uncurbed production, to demoral-
ize the world market for petroleum
had been cured. OIL production again
was under control. and the price had
risen 33h per cent, representing about
1000, 900 per month increase In the
revenues from production within the
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