, 1935-05-09
HING
BY Raw Tucker


Foreign - A private report pre-
pared by Department OF Commerce
statisticians will afford no comfort
10 apostles OF scarcity when they
scan II. II reveals. graphically what
the crop-and-cattle curtailment has
meant IN terms Of increasing i'm
ports. Despite HaWley-SmootiSh
tariffs several nations are profitinR
handsomely from our domestic
shortages and high prices for food
stuffs.
The report contrasts imports for
the first quarter OF 1884 and 1885.
Meat products, fresh and canned,
leaped from IL 100000 pounds In 1884
TO 24.6t3. 900 IN 1885. Tallow from
NO pounds 10 60.3e4 900. butter from
10000 pounds TO 8.538. 900. Grains,
raw and proceSSed. Jumped from So
$4,000 worth TO sic, $4,000, TO mea-
sure II another way. Wheat by-pro-
duct feeds increased from 1880
10 1881 tons. C~ottonseed oil. due "a
the short cotton crop, was imported
to the extent OF 47.574000 pounds. In
the same period in 1884 we did not
buy a drop abroad.
But Secretary Wallace can say.
Tomatoes" The figures ON that
vegetable show that the drought was
partially responsible for these for
eign purchases Although there was
no tomato curtailment program we
imported 1882. 900 pounds as COM
pared with 2S.S24 900 I'D 1884.
Profits - Oddly enough. the three
countries which profited richly
from this shift In world trade-Great
Britain, Argentina and Mexico
have inaugurated New Deals Of their
own. But they haven't tried to I'M
prove upon nature.
Canada and Mexico sent IA all the
cattle we had TO import. Canada.
Mexico and Argentina supplied our
emergency needs for wheat. corn and
barley. The farmers Of far-off Po-
land and Danzig. Rumania and Lat
via ought 10 feel kindly toward Sec
rotary Wallace. They sent us great
gobs Of barley and rye.
Britain's possessions profited
heaviest from shipping Us cotton,
now a threatening political issue
In both raw and manufactured form.
Egypt and the British Indies can buy
handsome gifts for King Georges
silver jubilee from their profits on
exports to Us
Splits - The thunder OF the biz
business or the right and the King
fish on the left do not shake the
confidence Of the democratic high
command In 1896 victory. They pro-
feSs TO believe that Mr.. Roosevelt
Is still solid with the plain people
Jim Farley is losing whatever fear
he may have felt over a Long
Coughlin- Townsend coalition that
would strip his left wing. A conf
Dental poll Of Longs strength con-
vinces headquarters that 1t win as
say low in votes seventeen months
from now. Washington looks for
Father Coughlin to compose his diff
ferences with the administration. II
any. The surprisingly small sup
port for Townsend amendments on
Capitol Hill as well as a decline In
$200-a-month letters. cheers the
democrats more than any recent de-
velopment In the political field.
The prediction that the president
will keep his middle class backing
may be one Of those dollar-to-dough-
nuts bets. They will benefit most
from the expenditure Of the $4,000
100000 work-relief fund.
Maestro - Only a few months ago
some administration phenaglers toy
cd with the suggestion Of opposing
Joe Byrns In the house speakership
contest. Now they are overioyed
that they kept hands off. Next year
they may be huggirg him a their
hero.
The man who was supposed Ia b.
so weak and spineless Is getting
things done In the house. With only
a few changes. he has pushed
through several major administra
tiOn measures. He has done no fuss
ing or tuning. and imposed no gag
rules. but he has kept In order a BODY
that was counted on TO be unruly and
mutinouS. III the rest Of the presi-
dents must" bills bog down II will
be in the senate.
Such an outcome would be- almost
perfect, politically. In 1885 the adj
ministration could claim that II got
It's liberal program through the
house. but that II was killed bv
senate "reactionaries" on both sides
Of the aisle. The neat feature Is
that Senate Boss Garner was the
one who warned the White House
not 10 try 70 give the Speakership to
Sam Rayburn instead OF Byns.
By-PrOduct - Secretary Morgen-
thau'S silver policy may be unpopu-
lar with many groups but nobody
diSlikes II so much as counterfeiters
Of silver coins. II threatens 70 drive
them out or business at a time when
there are more phoney metal pieces
m circulation than In many wears.
When silver sold for Is cents. or
ever So. there was a nice profit in
counterfeiting its monetary form.
But silver at 77.57 leaves only a few
cents profit. for they have TO pay a
percentage 10 the 'passers." The
artists who make counterfeit money
rarely stoop to distribute II into COM
mercial channels.
Should they turn 10 inferior met
ais. as expected. their counterfeits
will be easily detected. If Mr.. Nor
genthau raises the price much high
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