, 1935-04-29
The W. rld
AT a Glance
BY LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff WRITER

NEW YORK. April 29.-Probably
the truest reflection OF public opin.
ION Is contained In letters 10 editors
and columnistS-
A midwest publisher. who owns a
farm as well as a town house, writes.
"Artiiicially increased product
prices are enabling farms hereaooutS
t. pay Off debts and il Is almost
impossible TO find farm land foi
rent Much land viii 20 implanted
because OF the scarcity Of horse:
ard shortage IN delivery OF tractors
ordered. Farmers are offering cash
and premiums Tor tractors IN time
o blowing.
CThe U. .. government has been
placing large orders for tractors fol-
&C campSD
But waaJ Is 70 become OF those
o. Us tn cities VINO haven't the
money TO pay the higher prices for
estS7"
Tax Avoidance
Then there u a letter tcreating
considerable commentl written by
Senator James CouzenS OF Michi-
gan 10 the editor Of the Wall Street
journal.
Here Is the letter:
Il have noted the Wall Street
Journal editorial which comments
on my remarks on tax avoidance
Issue OF March %, 1880
May I respectfully suggest 10
your editorial department that they
can find out from Mr.. Andrew w
Mellon what constitutes a loophole
and also how many Of these loop
holes are used? MI. Mellon has
used. according TO the morning
press. five Of nine known ways OF
doing this. While my information
was that there were eight well-known
ways OF avoiding taxation, 1t now
appears from the testimony IN Pitts
burgh yesterday, that there were
nine OF them. and that Mr.. Mellon
used five, instead OF seven.
"TaX-free securities are and al
ways have been publicly known, but
the other means OF tax avoidance
we're apparently transmitted 70 Mr.,
Mellon by the commissioner Of in
ternal revenue. 80 that is the most
effective way of securing the in
formation which the editor OF the
Wall Street Journal seems TO desire.
Greatest Hejira
The greatest movement Of peoples
in the worlds history Is likely u
take place this summer.
II will. however, be a peaceful
movement.
Americans are travel-bent-by
auto, train. boat and plane.
The greatest number will be by
auto.
The number is expected to exceed
so, 600, 900.
Outdoor businesses are expected
to reap large benefits.
Rail Crossings
Since President Roosevelt an
nounced that he would allot 200 NIL
lions to eliminate railroad grade
crossings. there has been Specula-
ton as TO which railroads would
benefit most.
1t is believed that lines which
have endeavored to speed trains tc
compete with airplanes may become
the chief beneficiaries.
Such railroads as the New York
Central, the Pennsylvania, the New
Haven. the Boston e. Maine, the
Jersey Central. the Phifac-arsAa &
Reading. the Baltimore g. Ohio. the
Lackawanna, the Lehigh Valley, The
Chicago a. Northwestern the Union
Pacific. the Burlington. the Mil
wsukee. the Santa Fe. the Illinois
Central. the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Southern Pacific.
Get a railroad guide OF the
United States and you will see how
that gives virtually all regions
look-in. But the chief work will bt
done necessarily in the most popu-
lous regions, where there Is the mos
highway traffic crossing railroads.
Syracuse. N. ". finally may have
trains removed from its chieI
streets. There are anachroniSmS like
that at a few other places, too.