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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
The Greatest Difficulty

think the greatest difficulty we have
to overcome in America today is due
to our impotence with the progress we
are making towards recovery. We must
realize that while the Government can
help by directing some measures for re-
lief and recovery. we must help our
selves by doing our share to give i'm
petus to the Governments efforts We
have the same country and basically the
same businesses, factories and people
we had prior to the depression, and
business initiative must step forward
If real recovery is % be achieved.
The theory we often hear expressed
that banks create business activity is
wrong, Banking can only make sup.
Elementary contribution to business &C
tivity Bankers have the facilities and
the desire to extend credit, but bust
ness must initiate activity by seeking
the credit which is readily available to
all worthy borrowers.
Let it be said for business, however,
that business men are as eager as bank.
ers to contribute towards recovery.
think some of the trouble lies in the
fact that too many legislative measures
have been proposed for reform which
leave an uncertainty in the minds OF
business leaders as to their eventual
outcome and effect Consequently. they
hesitate to expand until the probable
effects of such legislation are known.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

Evidence that serious housing
shortage is beginning to be felt in
ibis country and must be met by an
adequate building program is to be
found in the recent upturn in resi-
Dental construction, according to
Col John p. Hogan, chairman OF
the Construction League of the
United States, in statement issued
from the offices of the league at
Washington. He estimated that ST.
zoe, 100000 of new money was need
ed at once to provide at least 100000
aomes and that 100000 homes
should be completely rehabilitated or
replaced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
COURT CLIPS NRA WINGS-NEW
LAW PASSED

Il is doubtful if any law ever
passed in this country stirred up so
much discussion and dissent as the
act creating the MIRA.
Now, a year and half after It's
birth. the argument has finally end
ed-and all the voices which fought
about is legality are stilled.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the NRA violates the Constitu-
ton. The decision is unanimous.
Briefly, the court ruled that Con-
gress exceeded it's authority when IL
delegated the power to promulgate
codes of fair competition to the
President; that the Federal govern
ment lacks the power to regulate
hours and wages in transactions al
fecting intrastate commerce; that the
MIRA is, therefore, invalid.
Passed by Congress and signed by
the President on Friday, a new MIA
one shorn of codes and all compul-
son, became operative after June 10,
and will expire April l next. Inc
new enactment provides that:
1.-THE President is authorized to
enter into agreements with, and TO
approve voluntary agreements be-
tween and among, persons engaged
in a trade or industry, labor organl-
cation, and trade and industrial Or
CARNATIONS {. E. relating to any IN
dustry, if in his judgment such agree
ments will aid in effecting the policy
of this title with respect to transac-
lions in or affecting interstate or
foreign commerce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
FARM BUREAU BACKS RURAL
ROADS PROGRAM
Construction of Low-COst Roads For
Counties is Planned With Fed
eral Works Relief Funds

A good many plans have been side
tracked since 1929-and not least
have been those looking to the I'M
provement of lateral roads in Mary
land. While farm organizations in
the state have argued their need and
have pointed out that more than
sixty per cent of the rural population
is still having to rely on roads which,
for several months in the year, are
all but impossible, no statewide
program has seemed possible during
the last few years because of lack Of
funds.
With the passage of the Federal
Works Relief Bill, however, it seems
more than probable that the next
few years may witness a long step
forward in the way of rural road I'M
provement in Maryland, and farm
organization leaders are making
doubly sure that the project, once
the appropriations are granted, gets
off to a good start. In addition to
the obvious benefits TO rural trans
portation, the program is looked for
ward to also as an effective means
for reducing unemployment through
Jut the state.
The program received its initial
impetus two months ago when Ed
ward A. O'Neal, president OF the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
recommended that 100000 of
the Works Relief Fund be allocated
to the construction of farm service
loads. In his request for this sum,
Mr.. O'Neal pointed out that under
he policies of the Bureau of Public
Roads, almost exclusive attention
nad been given systems of primary
highways, and that the time had
come when more consideration
should be given to the improvement
If the long stretches of dirt roads in
between.
While the original figures were
based on estimates contemplating
heavier traffic than rural roads are
likely to encounter, attention has re-
GENTLY turned to the possibilities of
,oad construction of more economical
md appropriate design. Studies
Undertaken by the Farm Bureau in
licate that low-cost roads are entire
ly feasible, and proposals urging
heir adoption we're laid before
President Roosevelt by delegation
Of farm leaders on May "a. The
,hief argument in their favor, ac-
ording 20 the sponsors, is that the
mileage constructed could be ma
erially increased, and that the OPP
oortunities for employment proper
ionately extended.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

So far as the public was concern
ed, the NRA did three things: 1t
artificially raised wages, shortened
the working week and increased
prices. Industry in general was, and
still is, in favor of fair hours and
wages. Since the decision, the heads
of literally hundreds of major cor
porations have announced that they
will NOT change existing wage and
working conditions, and in only a
handful of relatively unimportant
cases have concerns gone back TO
pre-NRA standards.
Responsible industralists were
largely opposed to MIRA price-fxing
but they also know the disastrous
possibilities of uncontrolled price
cutting. AS a result, various groups
which were under codes have an
nounced that they plan to volun-
tarily continue them, even though 1t
is no longer legally obligatory. This
is pleasing to the Administration,
which still believes that stabilized
price levels are essential to the re-
covery program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
SWAMP ROOT SCHOOL
Commencement Exercises Held Last
Week

Commencement Exercises Held Last
Week
The commencement exercises of
Swamp Root school were held at
Hungry Hollow last Thursday in the
presence of a large and vociferous
audience. Prof. Rutabaga Pushem
conducted the exercises in his regu-
lar rule or ruin manner, and prefaced
his opening address by stating thai
he had taken the Teachers Oath and
was prepared to uphold and enforce
the Constitution and Bylaws at all
time, with or without oaths as the
occasion demanded. His address
was received with cheers and tears,
showing bright hopes and painful
recollections among the student
body.
A four-year solo, entitled How
Hungry We Are" sung by the Rep.
Ouartette was received with many
amens!
The debate, Resolved; t'You better
be Nice or else"-was won hands
down by the affirmative.
The awarding of diplomas to the
graduating class was withheld until
after the 21st birthday of the grads,
10 see how they voted.
The oratorical contest was won by
X. l.. Sior and was pronounced a
class (h) ic by the judges, who stated
that it had stirred their emotions to
such an extent that they were too
full for utterance.
Following is the original poem,
fully copyrighted against infringe
ment:
A youth who bore thru November's
tide
banner, emblazoned upon it's side
See McCool.
If Cecil County resident,
Seeking political preferment,
See McCool
Of your fitness take no account,
If places high or low you wish to
mount
See McCool.
If for Supt. of Schools you should be
booked
AS sure as shootin' your goose is
Cooked
See McCool.
Or perhaps the roads you'd like to
mend,
But not until-you may depend--you
See McCool,
State Central Committee, or Gov.
Nice
They'll tell you once or tell you
twice
See McCooll
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
Simplification Of Bank Checks

New York.-In a bulletin issued by
the Bank Management Commission of
the American Bankers Association.
plans are described for carrying on the
simplification of bank checks, notes,
drafts and similarA instruments in re-
spect to size and uniformity of arrange.
ment OF subject matter.
Detailed recommendations for this
end were formulated by the associa-
ton about ten years ago, the bulletin
says, and promulgated by the United
States Department of Commerce among
banks, business houses using large
numbers of checks, commercial station
ers and photographers. AS result about
SO per cent adherence to the recon
mendations was brought about. The
present bulletin, which describes the
standard specifications in full, is issued
to maintain this high level of adher.
ence to the recommendations
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

Maryland spinach growers expect
to harvest crop of $3.50 bushels
of spinach from 1890 acres, accord
ing to a recent survey made by the
Maryland Crop Reporting Service.
Last year 345,000 bushels were har-
vested from 1870 acres. The esti-
mated yield per acre this year is 1913
bushels as against 220 bushels a
year ago and five-year average of
277 bushels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
Stock of Central Banks
Usually Privately Owned

OF all the central banks at present
existing there are only four whose stock
is owned by the government. The new
est central bank is that of Canada
which opened its doors only a few
months ago after a most exhaustive
study had been made of the experience
of all nations with the result tina; the
stock of the Bank of Canada is privately
owned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

of soda. This means that one of the
South's great chemical products
soda ash-now contributes to the
making of another famous South
ern product-American nitrate OF
soda. Since all Southerners have
been stirred by Dr. Charles H. Her
TVS slogan of Southern fertilizers
for the Southern farmer" the use
of Louisiana soda ash in American
nitrate of soda is expected to in
crease the demand for this popular
Southern product.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
Agriculture and Industry

Returns for the first quarter of 1885
for industrial corporations publishing
quarterly reports show net profits 81
per cent more than for the same In 1884
The total farm valve of all important
crops. exclusive of livestock, rose In
1884 to $4.7S2.42S.0 900. as compared with
$4,114.265. 600 in the previous year an
$2,S82, 1876 900 In 1882.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

A new link in the chain of events
which is making the South the
center of the great chemical in
dustry was forged this week when
the S. S. Malchace arrived in Hope
well, Virginia, home of the Amerl-
can nitrate of soda industry. the
steamer carried the first of the
many cargoes of soda ash from the
new plant in Baton Rouge, Louisi-
ana, that will be destined for use In
the production of American nitrate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

The farm population of the United
States, is estimated to have been 3D.
779, 900 persons on January l, 1895,
the largest in the nations history,
according to Bureau of Agricultural
Economics.
This is 100000 persons more than
on the same date in 1884 and the in
crease is attributed to surplus Of
births over deaths rather than any
marked farmward movement from
the cities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
ORPHANS COURT

j Bond Approved-John Abel, JF.i
administrator of John Abel,
Account Passed-First and final
account of Equitable Trust Co., an
cillary executor of Henry s. Brad
ford.
Sundry claims against estates
were examined and approved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

panies is up to full strength, as the
men are released when they find en-
ployment
When the expansion program is
concluded, the CCC strength will be
nearly doubled in this corps area.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

efforts being made
by bankers to aid.
in recovery. 1t is
desirable that We
miss no opportu
nifty to foster pub
lie understanding
of the bankers
problems. We are
living In an age
Of complex and
upset con o ic
conditions. Our at
fairs are closely
inter related not
only within the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

Long ago. when houses had win
dow shutters, it was upon one that a.
man was brought home. Now an
ambulance does all that.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21
THE SAME COUNTRY
By ROBERT V. FLEMING
Vice President, American Bankers
Association

There is growing appreciation, both
on the part of the people and the Gov
eminent. Of the earnest and sincere
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

Most people are resentful that
their lives are dull. :.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

Money cannot make one happy un-
less he knows how to spend it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-21

confines or our
own borders but extend to other coun-
tries throughout the world.
Evening star., 1935-03-08

ment of better engines and tires. The
annual motor races on wooden bowl
tracks have undoubtedly contributed to
the improvement In motor mechanism.
But road speeds have already been as
far advanced as any conceivable need
requires. The need of today is not for
higher speed, but for better driving on
the part Of those who handle machines.
There should be no race" for
records between surface motors and
airplanes. The latter will always have
an unbeatable advantage In that speed
can be attained and maintained with
out reliance upon the perishable fabric
Of tires. Yesterday at the conclusion
of his record d-breaking run the tires
of Sir Malcolm Campbell's car we're
almost in shreds, the outer surface Of all
six having been literally burned away
almost down to the inner tubes.
After all, it is the man, rather than
the machine, that triumphs in such
contest, and Sir Malcolm, whatever
may be thought of the utility Of his
repeated efforts to reach the goal OF
800 miles an hour, must be hailed as
gallant adventurer.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Imports of Grain Arouse
Crop Curtailment Critics

upon thousands Of families are not
giving the babies and the young chill
dren all the milk they need; probably
half the population has been econo-
mizing on meat to some extent for the
past five years, and it Is safe to pre-
dict that butter substitutes will be
extensive ely used now that the spread
in price is so great. That the A. A.
A. policy with regard to animal prod
ucts was q mistake in its inception
may be doubted by many, but that its
actual results bid fair to be little
short of disastrous it would be hard
to disprove."
Imports Of grain inspire the state
ment from the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle that the blowing under program
was q grand windfall for the Argen-
tines and the Canadians" Denying
profits in world trade, the Sacramento
Bee advises that Americans turn
their attention to building up home
markets" The Akron (Ohio) Beacon
Journal condemns taxing consumers
to induce famine conditions"
"A more active and successful use
Of the broad tariff powers granted the
Executive would remove some of the
pressure for domestic planning,
argues the New York Times, with the
further statement: Much has been
said in Washington since 1888 about
the evils of the competitive system
and the merits Of planned economy
But planning which handicaps the
sale abroad Of our most important
export crop, and at the same time
forces us to import grains which we
might easily have grown at home, has
still to demonstrate that 1t Is Q su-
perior method"
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Stop All Night Flying
Over Residential Areas

To the Editor of The Star;
Why confine the prohibition against
airplane flying at night to the down.
town section, where comparatively
few persons sleep? Others besides the
President were awakened and an
noyed by the airplane referred to in
Wednesdays Star. Flying, especially
stunt flying, should be prohibited
over the whole metropolitan area.
If a plane falls it damages some one,
perhaps ruins some family financially,
as no redress Is likely because it was
an accident"
The commercial planes can come
down the Anacostia Valley, the Po-
tomac Valley and up the Potomac to
the several landing fields. It is not
necessary to awaken 10000 babies and
10000 adults to crafty some hyer
who wants to practice at midnight.
More noise was made over our place
than If q fire engine had been hitched
to the plug across the street and ]
went outside to see what was happen
ing to the unfortunate machine whose
engine was going up and down like
q fire siren. awakening sick and well
alike.
Why not consider the forgotten
man" and his family as well as high
Government officials?
W. E. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Parole System Prevents
Daily Prison Revolts

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the Sunday Star Of March you
published why Paroles Are Neces-
sary," by Sanford Bates. who holds
the highest position in prison man
agement in the world.
have spent more than 20 years in
dealing with returning convicts and
everything Mr.. Bates says is agreeable
to my mind.
If we did not have the parole and
probation system We would have to
double our prison equipment and the
style Of the prisons would have to be
changed to such an extent that they
would be very expensive. They would
have to be built dynamite proof and
the openings would have to have bars
so large that a file or saw could not
penetrate them In any short time.
The parole system Is about the only
thing that keeps down prison revolt
daily. The hope of freedom via the
parole route keeps the discipline Of
the prison.
When you put too much load on .
man he is going to get from under 1t at
any cost.
Society and the general public
should take more interest In the re-
turning convicts and then they would
do better.
I would hate to be in the prison re-
form business If the parole system was
abolished. It would turn our prisons
into outposts Of hell.
E. E. BUDDING.
Huntington, w. Va.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Thunder in the Balkans.

Revolution and civil strife in Greece,
as was almost sure to be the case,
have rekindled the fires of conflict in
the always inflammable Balkans, and
rumbles of a Turko- Bulgarian war are
now heard in Europe. They are most
audible within the precincts Of the
League of Nations at Geneva, where
Turkey and Bulgaria on Thursday
hled formal charges of warlike maneu-
vers against each other.
The Bulgars contend that Turkey
Is concentrating troops along the Bull
garian frontier. The Turks retort that
they cannot remain Indifferent, to
Bulgarian military measures along the
Greek frontier. The Turkish spokes-
man at Geneva accused Bulgaria of
taking advantage of the situation in
Greece to mobilize frontier forces and
OF then throwing responsibility for
resultant menacing conditions upon
Turkey.
It is the region Of the Greek Prov
ince of Thrace, completely surrounded
on its land sides by Bulgaria and
Turkey, that is the terrain Of the
Turko- Bulgarian controversy. There
If matters plunged to crisis. is where
they would clash. In 1888 Turkey
attempted to induce Bulgaria to ad-
here to the Turko-G treaty OF
friendship and non-aggression, or con-
clude q new Turko- Bulgarian pact
modelled on the Greek treaty. The
Sofia government rejected both pro-
posals, fearing that acceptance would
involve the abandonment of Bulgarias s
claim to access to the Aegean Sea,
The best that could be done was an
agreement to renew for five years the
Evening star., 1935-03-08
The Fastest Land Mile.

Sir Malcolm Campbell, British
speed king" yesterday broke his own
record for the fastest progress on the
surface of the earth, making a
measured mile on the sands of Daytona
Beach in 1905 seconds, which was
at the rate of 281.03 miles an hour.
He had hoped to reach the 300-mile
rate. He once said that he would
never be happy until he made that
record, and 1t Is expected that some
day he will try again to attain that
mark.
AS a spectacle of human daring and
of skill this performance commands
the highest admiration, although there
may be no practical utility in such q
deed. The demonstration requires per-
feet surface conditions, such as can
not be effected in any man-made
highway. 1t cannot be duplicated on
any road that was ever built, nor is 1t
desirable that it should be.
Such performances are tests of driv-
ing skill and of mechanical endurance
They have their value In the develop
Evening star., 1935-03-08

1t means that the garden must have
q boundary. and that the boundary
must be adorned. 1t means neatness,
but not too much.
1t means some sort of fence or
hedge. Those who like to garden the
way they want to garden, ought not
to be misguided by propaganda, now
on the wane, to garden fencelessly.
A fence is not sign Of snobbery,
but simply Of comomn sense. Just as
one would not think Of building q
boundaries, or walls, so no one should
try to build a garden, even the most
humble. without a definite boundary
OF fence, hedge or evergreens, or some
combination Of these.
Interest is the handspring Of gar
dening work.
The best way to secure this Is to
focus the attention on the individual
plants that 60 to com. ,se 1t.
Let beauty take car. II itself, re-
main in the back Of cne mind, If
necessary, until one has worked up
enough interest in individual plants
OF all types.
Then beauty will emerge, as she
always does If given half a chance.
The fence will help her, but she Is
the product Of many factors. chief Of
which must be the gardeners inter-
est in the specimen plant.
BY the term specimen plant" We
do not mean what the nurseryman
means by it. In his language the
specimen plant is some snowy shrub
which usually is planted by itself to
give a note Of accent to a yard, as he
says.
As we use the term, the specimen
plant" is any plant whatsoever, from
tiny rock garden item to tree.
Only as the gardener is interested
in each growing thing. Of, for and
by itself, can he in turn come to that
real interest which is the basis of the
best work. and the happiest.
Invariably real gardeners realize
this, and come to understand each
thing they plant. Many of us do not
know this, or for one reason or other
do not act upon it, and so cannot
expect to receive the total benefits
from the garden. We are impatient
for things to grow, instead of lovingly
watching the emergence of each little
shoot, and finding this watching as
much Of a thrill as any. This is
why the rock garden may be taken as
test Of the real gardener. Many of
these plants, item by item. are so
small and to the casual glance so
uninteresting that many of us are
unable to get much Of kick" out
Of it. But watch the eyes Of the
true gardener He will find each one
Of these little plants as interesting
as many another person would find
only a great tree, or some giant
Towering specimen Of plant. The
same holds good Of wildfowers. those
interesting children Of forest and
stream. Invariably the person who
gardens Just because it is "the thing"
or in q vague approach toward beauty.
finds nothing of interest at all in
these plants. He might see q most
gorgeous planting Of them. without
once realizing that he was looking at
anything in particular. Not 50 the
true gardener He would know in
stantly the value of the planting, both
monetary and esthetically. Such q
gardener must be held up as the
ideal The remainder of us will have
| something to aim at, at any rate.