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Evening star., 1934-11-01

have not studied the agricultural ad-
iustment program thoroughly. I pro-
pose to get clear back to some first
principles in this talk tonight men,
ton this now in case my discussion
should seem to some to be too simple,
too elementary.
Paradox of Food Surplus.
All right, what about the paradox
of surplus food supplies and neart-
breaking breadlines at the same time?
Do we have a surplus, anyway?
What is parity price," Where does
all the money come from to pay these
millions of dollars to farmers?
First, let's go back Just little way
into history. Not far, because I'm go
ing to keep this from becoming in
volved.
For four or five years just before
the World War-fron 1909 to 1914
We enjoyed national economic har-
mony. Most of the instruments Of
our economic life. such as agriculture
and industry and labor and prices
and exports, were nicely attuned.
The farmer, for example, took his
wheat or hogs or cotton to town and
got a fair price in terms of money
Not only that, but he could buy at
a fair price what he wanted to bring
home for his family to enjoy. Conse-
quently he felt encouraged to buy
freely of the goods that busy labor
in busy factories made He was also
und n OF hot No
and the efficiency Of that day would
permit. If he produced more than
We could consume here IN the United
States it was sold abroad. Not much
difficulty about that. for Europe was
our creditor then and we were the
debtor natiCn and of course we relied
on sales of exports to pay interest.
Parity Age, 1909 to 1914.
Not that that was agriculture's
golden age. The farmer has had bet
ter days than those. But the whole
national economic balance was so
nicely struck that the period OF 1909
TO 1914 has come to be known as the
parity period"
The agricultural adjustment act is
designed to restore and maintain that
same balance in America again. We
are trying to sound again the lost
chord of that pre-war harmony.
Now, while We are on simple funda-
mentals let me introduce an explana-
ton of the term parity price" that
you hear so much today.
During the parity period wagon
load of wheat, for example, would buy
a certain amount of industrial prod
ucts, goods the farmer buys. When
wagon load of wheat will buy that
same amount of goods again, then
and not until then-will wheat have
reached parity price. The present
parity price of wheat is about Sill.
If wheat were selling at Sill at the
farm instead of 88 cents, the wheat
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grower and the world would once more
on the same basis as during the parity
period. Until wheat reaches parity
the farmer IS at a disadvantage on
every trade he makes compared with
his position before the war. That
means less goods for the farmer to
consume, less goods for labor to be
employed at making For years in
dustry manufactured and furnished
to the farmer less than a fair ex-
change-sometimes half or less than
half.
War Ended Balance.
But to get back to our history.
The war ended this period of bal
ance. Europe needed wheat and cot
ton and beef and pork. Prices rose.
Our farmers responded. In the emer-
gency they plowed up some 100000
to 50000,000 acres of grass and pas
ture. 1t might still be In grass and
pasture today except for that imme-
diate, temporary emergency that arose
and then passed away.
At about the same time the gasoline
engine, the truck. the tractor and the
automobile developed, displacing horses
and mules Lost, with these departed
horses and mules, was market for
the products from some 35,000,000
acres of land.
Then we lost our foreign markets.
I won't elaborate on that. The fig
ureS alone are sufficient.
Our pork exports, for example, de-
clined during the 10-year period end
ing in 1882 by the equivalent of more
than eight million head of hogs a
year. That is two-thirds the annual
production of the whole State of Iowa,
the biggest hog producing State in
the Union. That was big order to
lose.
Our wheat exports had averaged
around 200 million bushels a year,
sometimes as high as 300 millions.
Last year we could export only about
80 millions and had to subsidize part
of that. Europe had imposed pro,
hibitive tariffs and import restrictions
that all but completely shut our,
market OF.
Farm Export Loss Big.
And so it went. The value Of our
total agricultural exports 10 years
ago amounted to some two billion dol
lars year. Last year it was less than
TOO million, little more than a third
what it was 10 years ago, loss of
a billion and 800 million dollars worth
of agricultural market.
1t was inevitable, of course, as we
look back on it now. During all of
our national history We had been
debtor nation and we exported agri-
cultural products to Europe accord
ingly. Our economic program was to
sell, in recognition of our economic
condition as a debtor nation. Then,
at the close of the war, our economic
condition underwent complete re-
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wheat he pays the regular market
price, which the producer receives.
In addition, the miller pays 30 cents
per bushel processing tax to the Gov
ernment. This money Is sent out by
the Government in the form OF wheat
checks to the farmers who individually
agree to make the adjustments neces-
Sary TO establish a balance between
wheat supply and demand.
$43I 100000 Paid Farmers.
Up to October Is there had been
paid TO farmers in cash $431, ,000, 900
under the provisions of the various
CONTINUED ON Page I'D
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Prosperity Held Relative.

Besides, as I mentioned a moment
ago. the farmers program is a ma
tlonal program. Fluctuations in agri-
cultural purchasing power have always
been accompanied by corresponding
revivalS or depressions in business.
History shows that this interrelation-
ship is normal phenomenon.
A few hundred million dollars
placed in farmers hands seems to
have greater significance in terms
of promoting city prosperity than
money placed anywhere else. There
is an especially close relationship be-
tween farm income and factory pay
rolls. They both ranged between $1o,-
000,000O0O and $4,000 100000 an
nually from 1923 to 1929. Both fell
together to some $5,OO0,00O,0O0 in
1882. Both have come back together.
But since the business man, the
housewife and the laborer probably
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were twice the average size of those
of previous storms.
The last Western dust storm that
showered the East occurred in Novem-
Der, 1888. Both this storm and the
more recent one, says DR.. Humphreys
resulted from the same combination
of dust and wind.
The dust in both cases came from
the bare land of the great Plain States
that had been pulverized by over
grazing or blowing up of grasslands
for crops and then dried out by severe
drought over long period. Gales
swept this powdery soil up in huge
cloud, from which it gradually settled
back to earth far to the east of it's
origin.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
MACHIPONGO BRIDGE
OPENS TODAY, JUNE 16

The bridge across Machipongo
Creek, connecting Quinby and Maps
burg, will be thrown open to traffic
Saturday, June 18th, according to to
information last week. The bridge
has been out of commission for more
than year and it has been very in
convenient for the people of that Sec
ton to get to their shipping point and
school.
This bridge is 318 feet long and
20 feet wide. 1t is supported by creo-
soted piling which have been driven
about SO feet in the ground. On top
of the piling are IL inch square creo-
soted stills and on top of there are 6
steel girders which run the entire
length of the bridge. The decking is
3 by 6 inches, creosoted and placed
edgeways. A macadam surface 4
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
WESTERN SOIL BLOWN
ON EASTERN SHORE

If estimates made known yesterday
by the Government Statisticians prove
correct thousands of tons of Western
earth were scattered over Queen
Anne's county during the recent dust
storm of several weeks ago. The es-
Inmates were released by the Weather
Bureau.
Over Washington alone, when the
duststorm was at it's height, there
were at least 5000 tons of earth in
the air at any given moment, says DR..
w. J. Humphreys of the Weather Blu
reau. This would have been enough
to load string of wagons twenty five
miles long with a ton of dirt each, al
lowing twenty five feet between each
wagon.
The dust cloud, which rose more
than two miles at some places, set
new records for amounts of dust in
the air at many points along it's path.
When the cloud passed over Wash
ington Weather Bureau measurements
show, there were 100000 particles
of dust in every cubic inch of the at
mosphere within the cloud. The nor
NAL amount of dust is 6,400 particles
to the cubic inch and the previous
record for Washington was 10000.
Besides being more numerous than
ever before, the dust particles also
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
POTATOES ENCOURAGING

Northampton's potato fields now
look as if the yield would exceed even
the fndest expectations of the grow
ers. Not for several years have the
tops looked any finer and some of the
farmers, who have "graveled out a
mess" say that the size is all that
could be desired.
According to custom, ]. Douglas
Fitchett. of Kiptopeake, sent the first
shipment to market when on May 30th
he shipped four barrels. Mr.. Fitchett
shipped the early spuds on the market
and has not as yet had returns. Mr..
Andrew Elsner of Cape Charles, made
a small shipment this week.
Prices for southern stock, Carolina
in particular, ranged about the $500
mark this week; on Tuesday the quo
tation was $19O f. o. b. North Caro-
lima shipping point.
One thousand to twelve hundred cars
are rolling into market daily and local
dealers say this number is in excess
of the demand by from 300 to 500
cars. 1t is therefore thought that
local growers will not begin digging
as early as was first thought, giving
the markets a chance to clear up. At
one time it looked as if Northampton
would start harvesting about the 18th
of this month but it is now being ur-
ged by those in the know that dig
ging be held up until possibly the
goth; this will give the crop a chance
to ripen and develop further and it
is believed that market conditions will
improve by that date. There can GER
tainly be little reason to think that
it would pay to ship partially green
stock into markets already over sup
piled with ripe goods. With growing
seasons such as have been enjoyed
this year it would appear that nothing
except good would come out of de-
laying harvesting week to ten days.
The first car dug in the County Is
being harvested this week by Mr.. W..
A. Hallett, of Kiptopeake, who IS
digging IS to 70 barrels to the acre.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
COLORED MEN ENGAGE
IN SHOT GUN BATTLE

For a few minutes on Monday of
last week excitement reigned on the
lower end of Beckford Avenue, when
Tom Morris and Henry Jones, both
colored, engaged in long-distance
battle. The weapons used were dou-
ble-barreled shotguns loaded with
bird shot.
Earlier in the day the two men had
engaged in fist fight, at the conclu-
sion of which Morris is alleged to
have said that he was going to get
Jones. He went to friend and bor
rowed shot gun. Armed with this he
returned to his home on Beckford
Avenue and awaited the passing Of
Jones' The latter heard that Morris
was cunning for him and armed him.
self similarly. He got in a wagon
with a brother and drove past the
Morris home. According to his testi-
mony, he was abreast of the Morris
residence, when, without warning he
received a load of bird shot in the
face and side. This he said was fired
by Morris who shot through closed
window. Jones returned the fire, then
fled behind nearby tree. Morris is
alleged to have fired a couple more
shots while passersby made haste to
seek cover. Two of these received
slight wounds from "cold" shots.
Neither man was seriously hurt.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
MOTHER SAVES TWIN
BABIES FROM SUFFOCATION

Calvsta and Barbara, the three-year
old twin daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
John K Burkley, narrowly escaped
suffocation or even worse, being burn
ed to death, at their home on West
High Street, Elkton, Thursday night
week. Mrs. Burkley put the children
to bed about the usual time, and after
having tucked them away and saw to
it that everything was alright left
the room. The children not being
sleepy began playing in their beds and
Calysta worked her crib over towards
an electric lamp and pulled it over,
and also turned on the switch, while
the globe was lying on the soft bed
clothing. In a short time the hot
electric globe ignited the bed and the
room began to fill with smoke. The
children became frightend and started
to scream. When Mrs. Burnley, who
was in another part of the house,
heard the cries of her children, she,
at first, thought they came from out
side her house. Hearing the cries
again in a few seconds, she hurried
to the door, found the room was filled
with smoke. She cried for help and
at the same time grabbed up one child,
carried it out and then hurried back
for the other one.
By that time other members of the
family, were upstairs and they started
work of quenching the fire, which it
was found, had badly damaged the
mattress and other bed clothing. No
other damage was done. The local
fire company responded quickly, but
the fire had been extinguished before
tn firemen's arrival.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15

inches thick will be put on the deck
The bridge is quite pretty and very
substantial. 1t will replace the toll
bridge which the state took over some
months ago, only to be washed away
by the storm which swept the Shore
last August.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15

38 pints and II half pints of alleged
liquor and quantity of empty bot
ties were secured from the road house
located just across the railroad tracks,
south of town.
No arrests were made by the local
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15

officials, they contenting themselves
with the seizure of the contraband.
The raid was staged by Somerset
officers at the request of the Federal
authorities in Salisbury, it being I'M
derstood that report of the alleged
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15

violation of the liquor laws was made
by Princess Anne man, who went to
Salisbury to lodge the complaint.
Local officers were unable today to
state just what further action, if any
will be taken in the matter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15

Deputy Sheriff Charles S. Dryden who
lives within a hundred yards of the
scene of the battle rushed to the scene.
Jones had left when the officer arriv-
ed but Morris was arrested and held
for the action of the Grand Jury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-15
BOOTLEGGERS RAIDED
IN SOMERSET COUNTY

In a surps,ac raid, made late Sat-
urday evening by Deputy Sheriffs
Charles Dryden and Norman Dryden,
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a
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The inverted Breaker
Strip is q special oddi-
tionol sofety factor.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-06-02
PSIL A N I'll
by Mrs. Eugene O'Bannon

Mrs. Nolan. her two sons. Ron
ert and Gordon. of Hamtramch
Mich. are visiting their cousin
Mrs. Emma Freeman.
Mrs. Bostic and daughter. Nil
drcd. OF Ann Arbor; Mrs. Victoria
Johnson and mother. spent Friday
afternoon. visiting Mrs. Augustine
Cherry. who is still i'll.
The Palm Leaf club met with
Mrs. n. Union. After business. a
delicious luncheon was served.
, They will hold lawn social soon
ON the lawn Of the \. VI F. Church
Clarence Babers. one of che
Harmony Kings. Of Grand Rapids.
paid visit recently 10 his
finance. Miss Constance Etchison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth kersey.
OF First avenue. are the proud par
ents of 9-pound baby girl. born
May II.
The Personality Players Club.
of Greater Bethel A. NJ. +. Church
Detroit. will present play at Har-
riet School here. Friday evening.
June Tue 10 tbhifi'Nf
Play Without A Name"
Mrs. Mary Reed left Monday
night, for Maysville. Ky. for an ex-
tended visit with her mother.
Al Brown Chapel A. VI. f.
Church. Sunday. Evangelist Mrs.
Norma Churchwell. preached AT
both services Among the visitors
were: Mrs. Carter, Whitaker,
Mich. Rev Israel White. Detroit;
Mrs. Lola Powell. her daughter
Bonnie and son. William. OF De
troit
Sunday June 3. Holy Communion
will be given at this church, at III
a. m. Al Z 30 the choir will render
special program.
Rev. f. L. Clark motored TO
South BEND Ind Tuesday. to at
teud the funeral Of Rev II. y.
Tansi
Brown Chapel is celebrating it's
SOlh anniversary. from June 10
| August.
Elder +. f. Davis. of the Church
of God in Christ has just returned
from East Chicago. where he has
been holding series Of meetings.
John Perdue and sister. Caroline
I'm company with Miss Thelma
Hopkins. visited their uncle. Rev.
| + Perdue. OF Detroit. Sunday.
Pastor r. w. West of the Church
of God. preached at both services
at his church sunday to large
audiences. At 6 p. m. the young
peoples program was largely at
tended.
On the local sick list this week
are the following: Little Bob Kes-
sey. Dennis Butler, Mrs. Bertha
Wilson. and Charles Starks.
Services at Second Baptist last
Sunday were well attended. Pas
tor @. w. Carr preached at IL n.
m. Rev. Garther Robinson preach
ed at 1880 .. m. At p. m. the
junior choir's quartet, OF Plymouth
sang to an appreciative audience.
Monday night the banquet at Har-
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Visitors And Friends
Received Free
transportation

Several thousand citizens visit
ed Memorial Park Cemetery on
Decoration Day. to place flowers
on the graves of friends and loved
ones and TO inspect the beautiful
surroundings. Many of the visitors
made the trip TO and from the
cemetery in private automobiles.
but large numbers availed them
selves Of the free transportation
on buses generously furnished by
the management. A continuous
stream of visitors flowed in and
out of Memorial Park all day
Wednesday. and all congratulated
the management upon the splen-
did improvements which have been
made including modern buildings.
rest room accommodations, to-
gether with the beautifully-kept
acres of velvery green lawn.
Hundreds who visited Memorial
Park expressed the opinion that 1t
Is one of the most beautiful ceme-
teries In Greater Detroit.
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Hundreds Witne s S
Seasons Cayest
ent

Greetings everybody! Were you
al the Queens Ball. Monday night
al Artistic Temple? II so. there is
little we can tell you, but If you
were not there. wen tell YOU II
was a Royal Night
Queens, beauty. rhythm and
charm furnished an atmos phero,
rapturous, enthralling and alto
gether delightful. The most charm
ing girls from all sections OF the
Detroit area. attired in fashions
latest creations, looking like per-
feet dolls. were there, dazzling
with loveliness.
Seven Worlds Queens, lovely 10
behold were hOstesses. They
were Ivanona Crawford, Queen of
Highland Park. Leoda Jefferson.
Eastern Queen; Daisy Dudley,
Northern Queen: Louise Harris,
Hamtramck Queen; Ann Fincher.
Central Detroit Queen: Mollic
Palmer River Rouge Queen; and
Edna Mann. Princess Charming
Gloster Current and his Nightin-
gales played special reqest num-
bers dedicated TO each Queen.
Heart OF Detroit Winners
Four more lovely girls were
added 10 this Royal Circle of
Queens The winsome Miss Annie
Pearl Rivers won in the closest
and hardest fought of all the con
tests for the title of Miss Heart of
Detroit, with $4,000 votes. Close
behind her was petite Miss Georg-
ia Hurley with G,l45,000 votes,
| Third place was taken by the
bronze beauty. Odell Walker. with
5.2l1 400 votes: fourth b. BABY
face. Miss Evelyn Mccarthy, with
2.53O.nOn votes. fifth by The sweet
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MISTER NEWS
BY H. A. McNeeIy

The Dramatic Club of Hartford
Baptist Church will present a four
act drama. Tainted Flesh" Thurs
day. June IL. in behalf OF the jun
ior Elks OF Beulahland Temple.
! The public is invited.
The Young Peoples Forum met
Sunday, at the Seventh Day Adven-
fist Church with DIR. Guy O.. Sauls-
bury az principal speaker. All who
witnessed the program. acclaimed
II one Of the best the forum has
presented
A musical program will be Civ
en- al Smith Chapel A. VI. f..
Church. June 3. by the Acme
Ladies Quartet. under auspices OF
The Stewardess Board. The public
is invited
The pastor. choir and congrega-
lion OF Womack Temple c. NJ. f..
Church visited Rev. Metcalf and
church. AT John Wesley A. NJ. T..
u. Church. on Hartford Avenue,
Detroit.
Presiding Elder H. c. coggins
will hold his quarterly conference
AT Womack Temple. June 10 to -.
Miss Bertelle Tally will become
: the bride OF Herman Davis, Sunday
June 10. Both young people are
members of Second Baptist
Church. Miss Elizabeth Ware and
Lonnie Dixon will be the attend
ants. Herbert Bolden will act as
ring bearer; and Georgia Gyden
will carry the veil. The wedding
will take place at Second Baptist
| Church.
Sunday was Mems Day al Sec
ond Baptist. and the men worked
hard TO raise more money than the
women did on their day An inter
esting program was rendered as
follows Paper. "'rhe Black Man.
The Father of The Nation" by
Deacon McClain: response, Dea-
can f. S. Grayson. paper. Men. 8
by !. Lee; solo, Mr. TRAINER. An
inspiring sermon was delivered
by Pastor o. b. Jones subject. "A
Little Farther"
In the afternoon. a program was
given by the Red Circle Mrs. Tai
bot was chief speaker The girls
are working earnestly. under the
supervision of Mrs. Neva Lee. the
supervisor.
The p. y. =. L is wide awake
and doing great work, under the
direction of its president Mr..
Lambert. and vice president. B.
Burrows.
Sunday night. the pastor preach
ed fine sermon on THE Ten Viz
gins"
Read the Tribune-Independent
every week
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HIGHLAND PIX.
by John Thompson
$50 LaBelIe

Miss Reber Smith became the
bride of William Cathey, Wednes-
day May %. A farewell party was
given in honor Of the young cou-
pie. Among those present were:
Irene Williams. Harriet Butler.
Mrs. l.olan. Myrtle and Vietta
Cole. Rozzie Readings. Jean Ham
ilton. Messrs Otis and James
Cathel. Frank Davis, Arthur Lee
gardy and James Rutledge.
The r. +, 5. Clubs dance at Lee
mons Confectionery. was a fine
success. Those present included r.
Readings. Lucy Harris. Christine
Durant, Myrtle Cole. Harriet But
Ter. Mary and Beatrice Capps.
Malinda Willis Gertrude Hill. Miss
Peterman. Fred Brittany. William
Strong Willie Davis. Raymond
Noyland I'ennester Blatton. Carl
Doughty. Odell Loving and Sam
Roebuck
Mr.. Rucks. 1900 Inverness. is
i'll at is home
Mrs. Danbsy. of Ford avenue. Is
also on the sick list.
Miss Loretta Vowel. 1858 La
Belle; Mrs. Dash. 1874 Ford are i'll
but are convalescing.