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The border vidette., 1934-02-24
THE HIGHWAY SITUATION

The national Congress 10 tho
spring of 1888 made available
500, 900. 900 under the Recovery
Act for construction of roads.
Deeming that sufficient, no pre-.
vision was made for continuation
of the regular federal aid pro.
gram.
In order that funds allotted
might reach the pay envelope
STAGE, state highway depart.
ments were pressed 70 put oil
the federal road money available
under contract at the earliest
possible moment, aud on the
first day of January this year 81
per cent of the $4O0, 900. 900 had
been contracted or advertised
for contract. There is every in.
dication that 80 per cent will
have been advertised for con.
tract by March /.
According to the American As
sociation of State Highway Oh.
oiafs, the entire grant "will be
virtually all translated into
labor and used for construction
before July /, 1894" leaving no
funds avsilsble for further high.
way work during the remainder
of the year unless Congress re.
stores federal aid or duplicates
its emergency appropriation
policy during the present see.
sion.
Two measures to relieve the
situation have been presented to
the Senate. Ooe proposes q new
$4OO. 900. 900 recovery grant for
the fiscal year 1884 35 and the
other. introduced by Sen. Carl
Hayden of Arizona, appropriates
1926, 900, 900 for federal aid plus
$50, 600, 600 for forest roads and
trails. annually. for the l935-36
biennium.
Both of those measures met
with instant favor in all tho
Western states where distances
to be covered are. great and
where state highway coustruc.
ton funds are scarce; and each
has the support of the American
Association of State Highway
officials and the American Road
Builders Association, largest Of
the national highway organiza.
tious. Both Of those groups
have launched campaigns to i'm.
press the necessity OF federal
highway appropriations upon
senator's and representatives.
The border vidette., 1934-02-24

federal government for service
on the veterans review board
for several mouths. G. w. A.
workers have also been allotted
for projects on the University
campus and President Shantz
has been working closely with
the federal agencies ia plscicg
these people to the best advan
tage. The recreatioual life OF
the &C 6. has been strengthen
ed by the assistance of the Stu
dent Forum and the University
Extension Division in furnishing
speakers. plays and epecist Pro
grams.
The border vidette., 1934-02-24
CAPT. BEATTY TO RETIRE AS
POSTMASTER At NO0AIeS
Mondays Herald)
By H. r. Sisk

By n. r. Sisk
Charles l.. Beatty, rs year old
Nogsles postmaster, will be re.
tired from active government
service at the close Of business
February 28sh, it has been an
nounced by the Possolfice De
partment OF the Federal govern.
ment.
The veteran Nogales post.
master will be- succeeded in Office
By Emory D. Miller. editor OF
The Border Vidette, q weekly
newspaper published here. Mil.
Ter was recently appointed TO the
post.
Captain Beatty has rounded
ont 35 full years of government
service. He is due for . retire
mens pension Approximating
500 monthly.
The silver haired Noeales post
master was born in Virgins in
1858 during the administration of
James Buchanan. AZ q mere
boy he was reared to the roar of
the Civi! War when the North
and South engaged jn four year
struggle.
When the war with Spain broke
out in 1893 Beatty enlisted and
quickly rose to the rank Of cap
tain. He was the commanding
officer of Company D. 10Th U. S.
Infantry and saw service in the
Philippines.
When the war ended, Captain
Beatty entered the service of the
Internal Revenue department.
and ia 1910 was transferred TO
the Immigration department. In
1921 he was appointed postmast
er of Nogsles by President War
req G. Harding and was success
sively appointed to succeed him
self by President Coolidge and
President Hoover.
s Captain Beatty first took Office
as postmaster on November 81,
1921. The postof1ice was then
located on Nelson avenue. That
was before the construction of
the present postoffice building.
During his service he moved
into the pretentious new post
Office building and became Gus
todian OF the property.
The outstanding achievement
Of Captain Beatty's tenure in
Office VAS the inauguration OF
free mail delivery service ia this
city. It was UPON bis recommen
dation that hundreds OF people
are now having their mail deliv
cred to them daily instead Of be
inc compelled TO 60 to the post
Office.
Captain Beatty was due for
retirement in 1928 when he at
tanned the age Of 20 years. Be-
cause of his unusually good ser.
vice the department permitted
him 20 remain in his position.
Captain Beatty expects to re
tire permanently from business
He said today that when be re-
|inquishes his Office he will go
East for a visit with his brother
aud will then return TO NoRa!es.
II have enjoyed every moment
of my service as postmaster"
said Captain Beatty today. Il
realized when I rounded out the
10th mile stone that retirement
might conc at any time. serv
ed six years after I was due for
retirement for which / am gate
fut."
Captain Beatty served IS post
master OF Nogales longer than
auy Of bis predecessors.
The border vidette., 1934-02-24
GOOD NEWS FOa RAILROADS

Ia Z recent report, Federal
Coordinetor Of Transportation
Eastman expressed the opinion
that his Office should not assume
the form of q bureaucratic estao.
ment, that its work should be
The border vidette., 1934-02-24
ECONOMIC H,GHLiGhTS
2 10. "a

The most remarkable thiug
about the present congress is it's
lack Of remarkableness. Before
it convened the prediction was
that it would simply be 40 echo
of the President with, possibly,
. few false notes 10 add interest.
Nineteen thirty four is. after all, !,
the year in which all the Repre-
sentatives run for re election,
and normally there would be .
lot OF personal political fence
building done in both house.
But Congress has been even
more than . rubber-stamp than
was forecast. Matters have
reached the point where its do
ings outside of routine approval
Of one Roosevelt measure or an
other. laren't even front page
news. The Republican party
has made only sporadic astem pts
to prepare for elections. It has
no program. no outstanding na
tionaE leader, no unanimity OF
opinion among i.s members. A
large percentage Of Republicans
10 both houses vota With the
President.
The meaning OF all this, of
course, is that most Senators
aud Representative believe that
the New Desl. taking 1t as a
whole, still has the public conf.
dence, is still popular. They
believe that to oppose it in q
strenuous way is the equivalent
of political suicide.
IN spite OF ell the obstacles to
be overcome, the signs of better
business are growing more nun
erous. A short time ago one Of
the best Of all Of them appeared
tho report on mail order sales,
which is q sure-f fire barometer OF
the rural purse. Sears, Roebuck
showed 80 per cent Improve
ment over last year. and Mont
9omery Ward 45To. Wards re-,
tail stores, operated in large and
medium sized cities, were up 81
per cent. It's mail order depart
ment. which serves the very
small town scd the farm, was
80 per cent ahead.
There's hardly "a Industry
that isn't feeling the change.
The terrific jump in automobile
business is responsible for much
of the betterment, inasmuch as a
thousand other Industries con
tribute to the making. selling,
repairing and servicing OF cars.
The department stores are like
wise doing much better.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Britain Is Divided on
Japanese Trade Policy
BY A. G, GARDINER.

LONDON, May 19.-Britain's first
move in the direction of a trade war
with Japan is the subject of very con-
flicting opinions. 1t does not satisfy
the cotton manufacturers of Lanca-
shire, who wanted a complete COM
mercial breach with Japan, and it is
disquieting to those who see in it an
extrusion of that interference with
the free currents Of international
trade which is at the root Of so much
of the worlds disorders. There is
common agreement that the japanese
have treated the Lancashire cotton
industry and the British government
very badly.
Many causes have contributed to
the catastrophe that has befallen
Lancashire since the war, but none
has been more potent than that of
the competition of Japan, aided by
its cheap labor, its deprecated cur
rency and, it must be admitted, its
superior organization. This formid-
Britain was out Of the commercial
field during the war years, has hit
Lancashire hard In China, in India,
in the Dominions, in the crown
colonies, even at home, and all the
attempts of the British government
to induce Japan to come to an un-
derstanding have failed.
The japanese accepted an invita-
ton to negotiate a common export
Evening star., 1934-05-20
THE MIRACLE OF NATURE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D, L. d. D. C. L..
Bishop OF Washington

Children above all others love color /;
they respond to beauty, and the surest
test of the spirit of youth in those Of
mature years Is in the gladness with
which they respond to the ever-chang-
ing miracle of nature. Prof1ted and
enriched is he who
Finds tongues in trees, books In the
running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good In
everything"
If one really feels that he can wor-
ship God in nature, let him be con-
sistently reverent as he beholds the
Creators majesty in the myriad works
of His hands. David declares, as he
witnesses a world of living beauty:
THE heavens declare the glory of God
and the armament showeth his handi-
work." Everywhere, on every side,
night and day, he saw the unfolding
of an infinite panorama OF mdeScrib-
able glory, and mute though its mes
sage was, it was more eloquent and
persuasive than the finest harmonies
or the divinest speech. That was q
noble bit of verse the brilliant war
poet Joyce Kilmer, wrote as, by con-
trast, he saw its mediocrity In the light
of natures splendors:
Poems are made by men like me,
But only God can make a tree"
1t is this spirit Of reverence that
Spring evokes. To pass through such
a season with eyes and ears unre-
sponsive to Natures call, to pursue our
daily course without feeling the thrill
which this period Of renewal gives, is
to lose one of life's greatest inspira-
tons. Through nature to God" is
the way John Fiske expresses it.
Has not God divided time in such
wise as 10 make each season a new
chapter. designed to convey to His
children His love and purpose con-
cerning them? Did not the Master
constantly turn to the world about
Him for illustrations of divine favor?
Behold the lilies of the field, how
they grow" he said as He sought to
make evident the Fathers unfailing
care for His children.
May this season be to each one OF us
a fresh revelation of life's highest and
best and may another Springtime
mean a rebirth of feeling and a re-
newal of hope.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Will Wall Street Go Abroad?
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

It is somewhat difficult to winnow
out the propaganda concerning the
pending Federal securities act from
really stout facts, but there seems to
be considerable basis for the reports,
now being discussed at Washington,
that a stringent securities control bill
will result in the emigration OF Wall
Street to London. 1t is said that the
most powerful and determined lobby
that ever sat down at the National
Capital has been working to defeat
the Fletcher -Raeburn bill and charges
have been made that this lobby Is
starting all sorts of scare-head stories
with the purpose of stimulating OPP
position to the measure. This story
may be a part of the campaign.
Whether 1t is or not. it is causing Seri-
Gus discussion among economists and
flnanciers.
London has been the worlds money
capital for about two centuries. Over
that long period the London money
market was looked to by all peoples.
When the European War broke in 1914
| there came about a series Of events
which resulted in challenge to Lon
oon'S supremacy. Europeans who were
eager to repatriate their savings be-
gan selling American securities right
and left. Within less than a year,
Americans purchased more than
81, 900, ,000, 900 of stocks and bonds
which had been held abroad. Many
OF them were bought at bargain prices.
The fact that the American market
could absorb so vast a volume in SO
brief a time caused very general COM
ment. New York was looked upon
with new respect. Then, on top of the
reabsorption, the French and the
English came into the New Yor'- mar
ket and floated a half billion war loan
Overnight, almost New York sprang
into prominence as world finance
center. The subsequent loans to the
allies intensified the position and
when, after the war, Americans bought
something like $4,000 100000 worth
of European securities, Wall Street be-
came, indeed, the rival of Thread
needle and Lombard streets.
Era Of Speculation.
Next came the great boom period
which reached a climax in 1929 II
was an era of feverish speculation.
The bull market on the New York
Stock Exchange was the longest of
record. Day after day million shares
were traded in; then two million;
finally FIVE -million-share days came.
Not only were Americans participants.
All the world was attracted TO the
bubbling American market. Millions
upon millions of foreign money came
here to speculate in the ever-rising
stocks.
When the crash came in the sad
Autumn of 1929, Europeans, as well
as Americans. lost heavily, but, the
wise men of Wall Street say, not so
heavily as the people from Joplin.
Mo, and East Cul de Sac. Wis. They
knew their Onions, preferred, better
than the hardy frontiersmen of this
country. And it was testified some
time later that there was heavy buy
ing for foreign account when quota
tionS dropped to the lowest point of
their history. The foreigners bought
the bargains.
All this goes to show that Euro
peanS. accustomed TO trading on the
London Stock Exchange, the Paris
and Brussels Bourses, recognized the
momentary importance of New York
and did great business there. Now
Evening star., 1934-05-20

been committed by members Of these
groups, aimed at capital in the grossly
mistaken view that destruction Of
physical property might start the
flames of social revolution.
OF course, it is not assured that
this blaze was the work of an in
cendiary, and it may be that the fire
started from an accidental cause,
crossed electric wires, spontaneous
combustion. carelessness of a smoker
or some other mechanical factor, but
the coincidence of the earlier alarms
and the great blaze that swept the
business section a short time after
ward strongly points to mischievous
origin, and the hope is that the per-
petrator of this criminal deed may
be found. Yet. unfortunately, the
chances Of such an outcome are
slight.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

marketing agreements. These amend
ments lie before the Senate Commit
tee on Agriculture, where considerable
opposition has developed.
An unusual situation will have
arisen if the Congress adjourns
while before it stand recommends
tions of the Chief Executive for i'm
portant legislation to be acted upon
by the succeeding Congress. The
proposed legislation, along with the
legislation of the new deal up to date,
win quite naturally go into the con-
gressional campaign now "just around
the corner" There Is definite as
surance that this particular corner
will certainly be turned and the voters
next November will be given an op-
portunity to express their views re-
garding the new deal, past, present
and future. For President Roosevelt
will have pretty well indicated what
may be his recommendations for legis-
lation in the Seventy-fourth Con-
gress, which convenes next January.
The President is expected to send
to the Congress within q few, days q
message also dealing with the silver
question and with labor legislation. 1t
has been reported that the silver mes
sage will recommend immediate
legislation designed to give silver
eventually q definite status In the cur
rency system, allowing the President
to use his judgment as to when to act.
The labor legislation is to be allowed
to go over until the next session of
Congress, and it has been understood
that a Joint Committee will be ap-
pointed to make, in the interim,
thorough study of the proposed plans
to aid labor.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

comes a new deal. Now comes a Pc
riod in which, it Is said, American
business men no longer can be inter-
ested in securities and the buying and
selling of securities. The new act
makes 1t all too unattract:vs.
But once a trader, always a trader,
and. If they may not handle matters
here to their liking, 1t Is said they
will go elsewhere. The obvious place
to go is to London. After all, Lon
don did not completely fall as head
OF the worlds money market. 1t
wavered bit in the face of the tre-
mendous headway made by New York,
but habit Is strong thing. Your
statistics will show you that In the
last two or three years London has
been forging ahead once more. Ameri-
cans who had purchased Peruvian
bonds and other immature and ado
leScent securities, TO their sorrow, boy
cotted foreign capital issues. Ameri-
cans are out and cutters. If any for
eign bond goes sour an avalanche of
conviction sweeps over the market
that all foreign bonds are bad This.
then, was the great opportunity of
London to win back its supremacy.
London kept right on lending to for
eigners, using, perhaps, nicer dis
cretion in the selection of investments,
but, nevertheless, keeping the stream
OF credit flowing outward.
Trade Follows Loans.
1t has been demonstrated over and
over again that when a nation makes
loans abroad, trade follows. 1t follows
the loans. If Chile and Dahomey bor-
row in New York and owe periodic
interest TO New York they will be very
glad TO take out that interest in trade.
If they must send interest money to
New York they might as we'll take
advantage of the trade balance sd-
vantage thereby gained to order goods
in that market. Those goods will be
more easily paid for. The same is
true of London.
This combination of circumstances
IS what causes many persons to feel
that Wall Street may move to London.
The traders of that narrow thorough
fare are not wholly in sympathy with
the policies which have been uttered
by the Government. They do not
like the idea of being denied the right
of foreign lending. They do not like
the trammeling restrictions of the Sc
curities bill. But the London Stock
Exchange offers a haven where the
restrictions would not run There
would have to be certain technical re-
adjustments. 1t is possible, even, that
certain American corporations might
give up their charters-of Delaware or
Arizona or where not-and reincor-
porate under British skies. Then they
would be free TO issue evidences of
Indebtedness out of the shadow of the
securities act
curious thing is involved In all
this. The New York Stock Exchange
list has been, for weeks. depressed All
stocks are off. 1t is said that uncer-
tainty over the pending securities act
is the reason. The curious fact is this:
If stringent securities control act is
passed. as seems fairly certain, it will
enhance, not reduce the value of stocks
now listed. Under the new law, fewer
stock issues will be made. Those al
ready listed will. then, have almost.
one might say, monopoly of the mar
ket. In other words, the greater the
likelihood Of enactment of the securi-
ties control measure, the higher stocks
should go.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
The Roosevelt Program.

1t has become abundantly clear
that a considerable portion of legis-
lation proposed as part of the new
deal must be allowed to go over until
next January and the new Congress,
If an adjournment Of the present ses-
sion is to be had within the next two
or three weeks. There are, for ex-
ample. the measures dealing spe-
ciflcally with labor and its problems,
with insurance against unemploy-
ment, with old-age pensions, with
hours of labor and with the contin-
uation of the National Labor Board
with additional powers. The Presi-
dent has indicated that in these clos
ing weeks of the congressional session
he will send to the House and Senate
a series of messages dealing with i'm
portant subjects and issues, among
them this very subject Of labor legis-
lation,
Various and sundry reports and
rumors have issued to the effect that
the legislative program is to be lin
tied at this session in order to make
possible an adjournment not later
than June or June 10. But when the
legislative objective seems to have
finally been designated, as reported
by Democratic leaders who have Wis
tied the White House, the President
lets fall a remark that indicates he
will strongly urge, if not insist upon,
action on still other measures. Take
for example the proposed amend
ments to the agricultural adjustment
act, amendments which Secretary
Wallace insists are necessary if mar
ket agreements are to be properly en-
forced. The amendments give very
definite powers to the Secretary to
control and regulate, through licenses,
the professors and handlers of food
products. Under these amendments
he could establish quotas of produc-
ton. FIX conditions Of operation, allo-
cate markets and levy assessments to
finance the machinery to oversee the
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Processing Tax Proving Mysterious in
Its Effects ON Producer and Consumer

others. A situation of that kind would
arise if competitors insisted on being
unreasonable.
Already part of the processing tax
on wheat Is used for aiding exports
tion organized and financed by the
Federal Government Is selling wheat
to the Orient in competition with
Australia and the Argentine. Prices
in this country are far above the
prices of these other nations. but,
through use of processing tax revenue,
this country is moving its wheat.
This type Of international salesman
ship is termed dumping" in some
quarters. but it is part OF the game
now being played by the nations of
the world and the processing tax pro-
vides the United States with a wea-
pom that Mr.. Wallace believes to be
most effective. Once they see its pos
sibilities. some competitors may be
less anxious to attempt to grab one
time American markets abroad.
The use of this tax in waging a
war for foreign markets depends on
whether or not the United States
desires to 60 out after world trade in
a vigorous manner If the country
prefers to bring its farm plant per-
manently down nearer to the domes-
tic requirements-aS seems 10 be the
case right now-then this unusual
processing tax again can have a part.
The shooting that occurred in
Pennsylvania may be the forerunner
of agitation throughout the East
against a tax that essentially is paid
by the heavy population centers for
the benefit of the less populous rural
and balancing income between Sec
tions and groups, just as the tariff is
such an agency. Only the tariff prin-
cipally leads to advantages to the
manufacturing sections.
X
Up to the present time, strangely,
farmers have been the principal
grumblers. The hog raisers assert
that the processing tax is coming
out Of the price of their product and
not out of the consumer. Pork is
perishable product that has to be sold
at one price or another. For that
reason. officials are inclined to agree
that the price paid the farmers is
lowered somewhat by the tax, but
there is asserted to be a net gain for
the grower. On other products, such
as wheat and cotton, the tax ap-
parently is passed on.
But in rural districts, movement
has gained headway to back a plan
to abolish processing taxes and ask
for a direct bonus out of the Treas
ury. President Roosevelt would put
his foot down on any scheme of that
kind. He insists on knowing where
the money is to come from.
Almost as strange as the farm
opposition to the tax is the absence
of a cry that the processing tax real
ly is a sales tax on foodstuffs. Oppo-
sition is deep-seated to sales taxes
of any kind, yet a $400 900, 900 tax on
food has gone without vocal challenge.
Senator Dickinson, Republican, of
Iowa. has bombarded the tax, but
largely on the ground that it is not
going to produce the revenue expected
of it. Collection figures hardly bear
out his claims. This processing levy
appears to be bringing in dollars on
the schedule set out for it.
OF all taxes. it seems the most
mysterious in its effects.
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