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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
The Drought and Farm Income.
New York Times.)


The average person who has been reading since
last May and June of the march of the drought
over enormous areas of the Midwest and North
west and who no doubt has, in consequence, beer
entertainment serious misgivingS to its possible
effects on the Fall recovery of business must have
been pleasantly shocked and a little puzzled by the
recent announcement of the Department of Agri-
culture that farm income in 1884, far from being
below last years would probably show an increase
of approximately $l,000,000,000.
In its current monthly letter the National City
Bank does much to explain for the layman the
reasons for the apparent contradiction in the farm
picture. In the first place. it points out. the
average of prices the farm on August is was
208 per cent above a year ago. What is more
significant and what comparatively few people real
ize, however is that despite the political import
ance of the Western grain belt, in which the
drought did its most serious damage, economically
lit is generally considerably overrated 1t will prob
ably surprise those who only casually informed
on the sources of farm incomes to know that only
about one-thrd of the total farm income of 1888
was derived from the territory worst affected by
the drought-that is the tier of States from the
Dakotas and Montana down to the Mexican border
between the Mississippi and the Rockies. Another
third is derived from the partially affected East
Central States, and the remaining third from all
the others, which largely unaffected
The agricultural Importance of the Eastern in
dustrial States" we are reminded by the economist
of the City Bank lis frequently not realized 1t
may be news to some that farmers in the North
Atlantic and New England States received as much
for their milk, eggs and chickens in 1888 as all
the wheat growers in the country received for their
wheat. In the year the dairy cattlemen of
New York State alone received more for their milk
than the hog raisers of Iowa received for their
hogs. Throughout the depression fruits and vege-
tables have put more cash into farmers pockets
than all the grains combined all cotton and
cottonseed combined and the fruit and vegetable
crops this year are generally good except in the
heart of the drought country Sixty per cent of the
income from this comes from territory almost
totally unaffected by the drought"
To many persons, reading these figures will be
like discovering and undreamed of economic
sources. But that is of the amazing things
about this country of ours. Few of realize
appreciate how bountiful Nature really is with us
1t is pretty difficult to incapacitate all at
or, for that matter, any considerable part of us.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
Measuring Recovery.
Cincinnati Enquirer. }

The League of Nations statistical bulletin sup
plies at least rough index of the relative pros
perity of the various nations In the absence of a
more comprehensive and accurate method of de-
Itermining economic activity the League uses an
index number of industrial production. This prob
ably gives fair picture According to the Leagues
figures Japan is today the most prosperous country
in the world with industrial production standing
at 1898 d928 is equal to 1901
Chile follows in second place and after her
Norway, Sweden and Great Britain a bloc which
have devalued their currences alike and by con-
siderable percentage The figure for Great Britain
is 1898, slightly above the 1923 level Hungary
Germany and Italy follow in that order running
down to IS per cent of 1928 In lower group
are Canada, France and the United States ranging
from IT'S to 808 per cent of the prosperity they
(enoyed in 1923. The United States stands eleventh
on the list. Czechoslovaka Belgium, Austria and
Poland drop considerably below the United States
If this index took account of the so-called one
crop countries, which rely on exports of some one
would show so low an index as to make all the
industrial countries mentioned appear relatively
we'll off. AS it is the United States has little
to boast of in respect to industrial activity
If account were TAKEN however, of the more
intense depression which has prevailed in America
it doubtless would be evident that the United States
has had larger of recovery than most
of the nations which stand higher on the Leagues
list. Although the relative industrial production oil
the nations is of interest the basis of deviation
from prosperous year, the efficacy of recovery
program better be gagged in terms of the
Improvement that has been made from the low
point of depression On this basis the order of the
industrial countries would be very different
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
MRS. M. REFSLAND
ARRIVES TO JOIN
INDIAN BUR. STAFF

Mrs. Martha Refsland arrived yes
terday on the Yukon and will as
sumo her position of Associate Su-
pervisor of Elementary Education
for the U. S. Bureau of Indian At
fairs Immediately.
She will continue the work of
in the Indian schools
of Southeast Alaska began last
year by Mrs. Alice LeMasters. Her
headquarters are to be in Juneau
and she will visit the various
of this section of the Ter
ritory presenting the activity pro-
gram known as progressive educa-
ton, which is sponsored by many
of the most prominent educators
of the country. according to Charles
w. HawkeSworth.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
M. S. WHITTIER BACK
FROM SIX-WEEK TRIP
PACIFIC NORTHWEST

M. S. Whittier, Assistant u. S
Collector of Customs, returned on
the Princess Louise from the
south after six week vacation in
the Pacific Northwest. Mrs. Whit
tied remained south to visit for
several mohre weeks before leaving
for Juneau and their daughter,
Mary jeanette Whittier has entered
Washington State College at Pull
man.
While they we're in Seattle there
was a reunion of the Whittier fam
lily upon the arrival from Chicago
of their son, DR.. M. Judson Whit
tier, who is in the clinic of the
National College of DruglesS Phys
icians. DR.. Whittier, who has re-
ceived the degrees of doctor of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
|. H. METzCAR
RETURNS FROM
BUSINESS TRIP
Alaska Juneau Official Wis
its Seattle and San Fran
cisco While Away

After spending the last three
weeks in Seattle and San Francisco
in connection with the construc-
ton of a tow boat and barges to
be used in handling the waste rock
from the Alaska Juneau Gold Min
ing Company. L. H. Metzgar, Gen
eral Superintendent of the COM
pany, returned to Juneau on the
Princess Louise Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Metzgar, who preceded him
south, also returned home on the
Princess Louise.
The bid for the construction of
the tow boat has been let and
specifications are out for the barg-
es for which bids are expected to
be received within a week, accord
ing to Mr. Metzgar. The contract
for construction of the barges will
be let sometime during this month
and they will be completed during
the winter so as to be in use early
In the spring, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS
DOG SALMON BROUGHT IN
FOR HALIBUT BAIT TUES.

Five thousand pounds of dog sal
mon for halibut bait were brought
to port yesterday afternoon by the
gasboats T-l8l7, Capt. j. r. FL
lott and Edna S., Capt. William
Sheakly. The salmon is to be froz-
en- by the Juneau Cold Storage
Company.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
UPTOWN THEATRE TO
OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT

Juneau's new movie house. the
Uptown Theatre, corner of Seward
and Third, viii open tomorrow
night. The first show will be at
tbs O'Clock, according to Manager
Eric Paulson. The opening bill is
William Haines and Judith Allen
in Young and Beautiful and the
Wampas 1884 stars.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
MRS. GEORGE F. ALEXANDER
RETURNS FROM KETCHIKAN
WILL BSGIN. VOCAL CLASSES

Mrs. George F. Alexander re-
turned on the steamer Yukon from
Ketchikan where she has been for
the last several weeks with Judge
Alexander who is presiding at the
present term of court in that city
Mrs. Alexander has reopened her
studio in the Goldstein Building
and expects to begin her fall class
es in vocal instruction immediate
".
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03

chiropractic and doctor of drug
less therapy upon the completion
of his courses at the college, plans
to locate on the Pacific Coast
when he has finished his work in
the clinic, Mr.. Whittier said.
Much of his vacation was spent
in Seattle and Port Townsend, al
though motor trips down the Olym-
pic Peninsula to Moro, on the
Pacific Ocean and over the new
highway to Neah Bay were made
by Mr.. Whittier and his family.
They visited Mrs. Whittier's family
in Port Townsend and spent some
time at the Sol Due Hot Springs,
on the Olympic Highway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
c. p. r. AUDITOR MAKES
ANNUAL INSPECTION
TRIP ON PRIN. LOUISE

A. L. Mcconnell. travelling audi
tor for the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, is round "trip passenger on
the Princess Louise. Mr.. McCon-
nell is making his annual inspec--
ton trip visiting the northern Of
fices OF the company.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
CALHOUN AVENUE TO
BE WIDENED BY CREW;
BULKHEAD INSTALLED

Work was begun on Tuesday af-
ternoon by a city street crew on
widening portion of Calhoun Ave-
nue. preliminary to the installation
of a rock bulkhead. This is work
being done under the regular city
improvement program.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
SEATTLE BUSINESS MAN
ARRIVES IN JUNEAU

c. w. King, western representa-
tive of the Frankfort Distilleries,
with headquarters in Seattle, ar
rived on the Yukon yesterday and
will remain in Juneau for the next
week on business. He is at the
Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03

One-third of Egypt's motion pic
ture theatres are open-air estab-
lishments which come to life only
in the summer and have a special
appeal to the public after the heat
of the day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
NOT CAUSED BY LOSS OF LIBERTY

The American Liberty League and others who are
deeply concerned about personal liberty under the
New Deal should realize that it isn't because hunger
marchers have lost the liberty to do so that
their trecks to the Capitol prevalent during the
former administration, have ceased.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
MIR. AND MRS. BENSON ARE
BACK FROM WEDDING TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Benson,
recently married in Juneau, re-
turned on the Yukon from a we'd
ding trip south.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire
OCTOBER 3. 1914.

| OCTOBER 3, 1914.
For the first time since the be-
ginning of the War, the people of
Great Britain had become recon
ciled to a settled conviction that
the struggle for supremacy with
Germany will be long, bloody and
terrible.
One of the greatest hunting ex-
petitions that ever embarked at
the Capita City, departed from
Juneau on the good ship st. Mich
olas. They are going for a cam
paign that will last five DAYS.
and expected to bring back all the
law allows. The party consisted of
Perry jackson, former Mayor G. W.
Carter, Henry Shattuck, c. o.
Lindsay, j. F. Payne, Victor Quist.
j. C. Hyde, Archie Allen, w. j
Barnes, Alex Prussing and DR.. E
H. Kaiser.
Rupert r Scribener, sampler at
the Perseverance, expected to leave
soon for England to enter the
army and 80 to the front for the
Empire in the war with Germany.
George Hin returned on the
Northwestern from a trip to the
States.
The feature picture at the Grand
Theatre presented Mrs. Minnie
Madden Fiske in Tess of the
D'Urbervilles.' pronounced by Dam
lei Frohman 70 be the supreme tri-
umph of the moving picture art.
Oliver Orange took passage on tie
Princess Sophia for Prince Rupert.
Roland B. VIM, son of Judge
John R. VIM, journalistic stu
dent at Columbia University. had
been given part in David Belas-
cos latest production.
Weather: Cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03
ATTENTION

ATTENTION .st
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
There will be a regular meeting
at the Moose Hall Thursday night
at pm. All members are urged
to be present.
GERTTE OLSEN,
adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03

George Hin returned on the
Northwestern from a trip to the
States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03

Oliver Orange took passage on the
Princess Sophia for Prince Rupert.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-03

Weather: Cloudy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED

What radical change a few years can MAKE
A. this time there are scores of people WORKING
evarv dav in Mecklenburg county in administering
tho vast sums of money appropriated by the FED
oral government for the relief of those VINO are IN
need and to bring back prosperity to all the Peo-
nile There are literally thousands OF these workers
in the United States A peep into the administra7
+;on offices would make one think that more peo-
nla are working in administering the funds than
are being administered to. A. ,.. ,c
Inst contrast this with what happened little
more than 40 years ago. During the adminlStra-
t;on of President Grover Cleveland congress pass
ed bill appropriating twenty-five thousand uoi-
lars for seed for the then drouth-stricken farmers
of Texas.
President Cleveland vetoed the bill IN THESE
words: 81 veto this appropriation because there IS
No warrant in the Constitution of the Uniteo
States for taking the funds which are raised from
the taxes and giving them from one man 10 an
other, and further veto it in order to teach the
lesson that, while the people support the govern
ment, the government does not support the peo-
pie"
What changes have taken MISUNDERSTANDING
Times
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
PRESENCE OF GUNS PRESUMPTION ENOUGH
FOR THEIR USE

cL;or p Jeffress has been rather severely
criticised in some quarters because he has instruct
od nrison guards who are under his ORDERS 10
shoot prisoners who try to escape if they can pre-
vent escapes in no other way Such drastic meas
nres are not needed to create obedience, Mr.. JeH-
ress critics claim. ..,-
If the guns are not to be used to keep prisoners
under control then why are they issued? II Vhe
prisoners of the state know that the guards won't
shoot then the state is wasting money buying the
guns and the guards are wasting energy carrying
them.
When laws of the state provide for the arnnins
of prison guards they make presumption that the
Gums will be used Certainly there can be no otner
reason for the arms.
The Tribune agrees with those who know tnat
many of the escapes could have been prevented by
Intelligent courageous and honest guards but tha'
doesn't change the fact that we should use our
Guns or discard them Stiff sentences for some OF
the careless guards would help, to be sure, but 1t
wouldn't change the minds of prisoners who might
have notions to escape Guards would be more
careful, no doubt, if they knew escapes meant
their Jobs and maybe a trial, but you could give
the state the most efficient guards in the land and
they would be helpless if prisoners knew they didn't
face the possibility of gunfre when they escaped
The Concord Tribune
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18

generally the BILL
radical But he knew plenty of foreclosures still being
made despite FCA> efforts, and he didn't.
the FCA, seeking refnance
handing holders
bondwhh the last Congress guaranteed principal making
popularfnds the be threat
against creditors who refuse scale down debts the time
seeks to dsuade farmers from bankruptcy
last resort
ever become pop
bond and the Frazeremke threat there's
jump the number of FCA refnancng
foreclosures William Myers, FCA governor, reports
FEDERAL Cancellation commissioners being appointed
counties under FrazerLemke They with
farm debt adjustment committees which already adjusted
more than S10O,00O,000 Of farm indebtedness. >
FCA, through
to rs cent Of the land value
OF 10 80 years at emergency of Az subse
quenty Of g. This is supposed
10 cent OF were mogaged for than TO-
value.
IF the Cancellation cant obtain
factory to the farmer the latter then file
ruptcy officials apprae his
transferred to trustee ....... , .s - ss
The farmer must yepurchase appraised paying
least az per cent in the first two 2
years. per cent more in fourth fifth years.
remaining 30 per- cent within His interest
unpaid balance stays at only per cent -...
II the creditor objects to this
certain rental which
toroos foreclosure and legal procedure
years II the farmer doesn't nay follows
ScopyrSntz 25h NEA Service Ips)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
Bigger Fish Are
Found In Lower
Depths OF Ocean

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug.
1S.-(UP).-Dr. William Beebe
indicated yesterday that his deep
sea diving experiments proved the
deeper the dive the bigger the fish
to be seen.
On his record-breaking descent
Wednesday, when he and Otis
Barton, assistant, set a mark OF
3,02S feet, or well over half a
mile down, DR.. Beebe said they
saw a 20-foot monster and that
the dive proved a definite in
crease in living organisms and the
lights they carry"
"The creatures below the q
500-foot level also are huge, DR..
Beebe commented. What I've
seen below $500 feet shows there
is definitely an increase in living
organisms and the lights they
carry"
During the interview the scien-
fist added that future dives
will be for the purpose of check
ing the habits of fishes already
seen on previous dives"
He said he was not yet able to
say much more than already is
sued concerning their dives until
they have gone over their data
carefully. '"We've reached the
limit of our CABLE" DR.. Beebe
added, land can't go lower"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
Mother Returns
With A New Suit
For Franklin D.
She's Pleased With Recep'
ton Given Her in
Europe /.

. 80 .f
NEW YORK, Aug. 1s.-(UP)
Mrs. James Roosevelt, 7S-year-old
mother of the president, has re
turned from q two-month holiday
in Europe. bringing "a new suit
for Franklin"
She seemed pleased over the
bargain she picked up in Scotland
-four yards of the famous Aber-
deenshire tweed.
ct want Franklin" she said, "to
have it made up into a suit. Of
course it will be rather heavy for
wear in Washington, but he can
use it when he is in New York.
It's such splendid tweed and} it
was a great bargain. 1t cost me
only about five pounds" 3
Pleased, too, was Mrs. Roose-
welt when reporters aboard the
lie, De France told her that the
foreign press had saluted her. as
"the greatest hit in Paris since
Lindbergh" and "the most effec-
tive. goodwill ambassador Ameri-
ca ever sent to Great Britain.
ooh, myw said Mrs. Roosevelt.
"Did the papers say that? 1t takes
the newspapers to say nice
things"
She was asked TO tell about her
visit with King George and Queen
Mary.
"oh," she said, "we didn't talk
about anything special. The king,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
GOVERNMENT INTENDS NO HARM

American business men may well ponder SELL
ously President Roosevelts statement IN Ireeh
Bay, Wis., that "this government intends no INJURY
to honest business men,
How much does it mean; or how much can the
President make it mean?
It was intended to be reassurng, and 1T shoula
be that.
Probably most of the men III government, ana
certainly the President, are honest and conscien-
tious and above board in the effort to do the very
best possible to help business and industry out OF
its depression.
Certainly the government intends no injury to
honest business men.
But that does not mean that even honest busi-
ness men can safely neglect to be wary and watch
full of every move government makes and every
scheme it attempts to put through,
Neither the President nor the government as a
whole are nfalhble in the matter of what will or
will not injure honest business men. .
And it is not going to be safe now or ever to
say to any man, even such man as President
Roosevelt, whom we all greatly admire and IN
whom we have great confidence that he may go
ahead and do whatever he thinks best simply be-
cause we know he does not intend to do US any
harm. ......
Certainly we have kept the government from
putting over some mighty dangerous things by be-
ing wary and watchful and determined.
We need mention only one of these things to
make this point clear.
There was the desperate effort made by Hugh
Johnson and the government to secure and estab-
lish the right to license newspapers and to pre-
vent the reasserton of the constitutional right of
free and untrammelled press
The first effort of every dictatorship is to con-
troll the press, that is essential for despotsm.
Without it no despotism will ever be possible.
Without an absolutely free press nothing but des-
potism can be expected.
And this means, now as always, not merely free
dom of the newspaper to print what it pleases,
but freedom of speech for the whole people
How much it means is being demonstrated at
the present moment in Germany, where, as Robert
Andreaa found during his recent visit to that
country, even the people on the street dare not
whisper the things the newspapers are forbidden
to print.
And so the reinsurance is fine, that the govern
ment intends no INJURY to honest business men.
But it is up to honest business and every cit-
zen to see to it that the good intention is made
practical fact now and ever.
It will not likely be so, however good the in
tention unless the American people keep their eyes
open and their minds alert to what is going on,
and make certain that their rights are kept in
viOlate.-Rock Hill Is, c. Herald. ''
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18

of course, asked abou, r.. :
My son met him ycsi. s', 'eHkj
it was Ni;s 81 the nalaccoS y. B
III three were alonc-r,roII5 cal
than if I'd had to 90 ,''v ,,.: nj
crowd" With
A photographer who aoo,
led President Roosevelt 'Io@9a
Pacific q cruise mentioned t Bs !
to her. She immediatcly w ,,'%. I I
know how her two Grand |Ja1,ei
Frank Eranfi Ii Jr, and Joan~-6.aa,$a 4. :.
i've got to go ,traipbt ,,
Park she said, and -: - ny
house Ready for Frarr.iiyss
hopes to arrive about IT,"''',
but :, I'm hoping he'll make ,G 3. ,
er. Y So
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-18
USING THE DINNERS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT-

ed by his board to discharge a
man whose services were unsatis-
factory. The man demanded that
he be paid his salary for the re-
mainder of the year. The board
refused the demand.
The executive previously men
toned, knowing that the man
was in financial need, gave him
his personal check for half the
salary demanded; but not wishig
to embarrass the man by making
him a present of the money, he
made no explanation of the mat
ter; whereupon the recipient Of
the check vituperatively broad
cast the accusation that the exc
cutive had beaten him out Of
half the salary due him.
This executive made a practice
of so completely covering up his
good deeds and of adopting such
a harsh, forbidding exterior that
he got such a reputation for self
ishness and meannesS that he
eventually was removed from the
institution. This is of course, an
unusual case, but it illustrates
that we shold not always be too
close-mothed about our good
deeds.
Many rich men make a practise
of giving away money secretly.
It may not always be modesty
which makes them do that, but
self-protection. They may not
want to attract contribution seek
ers.
Generally speaking we had bet
ter not douse the glim entirely
in the matter of well-doing. We
should put on the DINNERS so as
not to dazzle the other chap; yet