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Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
REDrCING RELIEF COsTs

The country is spending billions
Of dollars to relieve the unemployed
and destitute. Cities and towns have
always helped the poor and needy
but there have been many complaints
in past years that this aid has beer
inadequate. The cities and states
have now formed the habit of look,
ing to the Federal government foI
such aid. 1t is going to take a ter
rife wrench before these demands
on the Federal treasury can be
stopped.
Better times, regularly running
factories, and fair prices for farm
products, will greatly reduce the re-
lief bill. There will always be many
who lack the necessities of life. HUI
name sentiment will not permit peO-
pie to go hungry in a land Of plenty,
How can these needs be met at
the lowest cost? There is one form
of relief that has been largely used
of late, and that is the distribution
of foods, clothing material. ETC.. di-
rect to the recipients in the place of
cash. This plan reduces the cost of
such relief. The government can
buy these things in quantity at low
prices.
The relief recipients would rather
receive the cash gift, as they have
their own tastes and preferences.
Unfortunately the relief cash lis not
always wisely spent There are ru-
mOrs that some of it goes for en-
teTtainment or undesirable pur-
chases.
Also direct distribution Of sup
plies competes with private bust
ness. 1t takes away trade from re-
tail merchants who otherwise would
sell these goods for cash.
II the relief burden is to be per-
manent, its cost must be reduced.
There will not be much profit in
selling goods to relief recipients, if
later the provision of funds for such
purposes means an almost unbear-
able taxation.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
EYERYROnY,S BUSINESS

The old saying had it that What's
eYerybOdy's. business is nObOdy's
business" This has been the secret
of the stationary life of thousands Of
American towns. 1t was everybOdy's
business in such communities to or
ganize movements for community
progress, but as no one was special
ly appointed to carry on such ac-
tivities these communities remained
dead and sleepy.
To provide growth and develop
ment takes organization, so that
some specific group of people shall
be working on the many things that
need to be done. Hence good towns
have Chambers of Commerce, Boards
of Trade, Improvement Societies.
etc. When you get group of peO-
pie specifically appointed to look
out for community projects you get
results and real things accom-
Dlished.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
An APPEAL TO SENSE
lLos AngeIes Timesl


From the heart of America an
American spoke to Americans in the
language which they understand.
After the weeks of turgid oratory
which have ushered in the Presiden-
tial campaign, the unstudied simplie-
ity of the acceptance speech of Gov.
LandOn was a welcome relief. II was
as refreshing as a prairie breeze; as
plain and honest as a Kansas sun
flower.
I.andon's program has the ring Of
sincerity, conviction and practica-
bility. His sounds like the voice Of
experience because that is what it
is. With few exceptions, the plans
he advocates for the national econ
omy are plans he has tested and
proven as Governor of Kansas Or
which fall within his personal cx-
perience as an employee, an en-
ployer, a business man and the eX-
ecutive of a great farm State.
There is nothing remarkable about
it; it is plain. hOmely, grass-rO0ts
common sense.
And that. right now, is just what
the country most needs.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
SAFE CITIZENSHIP

The hope of the country Is that
a sober judgment will prevail and
it was to this judgment that Gov
ernOr LandOn addressed hsi speech
with tone and words in harmony
with the seriousness of the appeal.
He promised respect for the oath of
Office requiring a President to use
executive power for the purposes
for which it was delegated, to ad-
minister the national business with
out prejudice and to avoid creating
classes with animOsities against each
other.
Governor LandOn promises that
a government familiar to the Amer
ican people and contained within
their fundamental law will be re-
stored. 1t will remove the fears
which oppress the people and keep
them from regaining their normal
way of living. 1t will reduce the
public expenditures and the public
debt. It will treat all occupations
and enterprises fairly.
Governor Landon is too sensible
and too modest to think that his
will should contain the future OF
the United States or that hsi word
II u issues from the White House
should be beyond dispute. II he is
elected there will again be an Am
erican government OF three branch
es and a citizenship safe under it,
Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
SCRAPING TIE BARREL

AWiScQnSin STATE Journal
Due to New Deal crop control and
weather the United States will be
one hundred million bushels OF
wheat short for its family flour bar
rel. That will mean upwards of one
hundred million dollars which the
workers in this country will pay
Canada and other countries for
wheat which we should nave had in
the bin.
That is one of the troubles OF
monkeying with the Lords business.
II was customary in this country
always to carry sufficient wheat sur
pluses to take care Of the dry years.
And of course the farmer prOiited
by it because his surplus whea. in
such times brought him mOIe than
would his wheat in a normal year.
The New Deal faced a surplus of
three hundred linety-fve million
bushels when it started TO wipe out
surpluses, a thing that does not
spell prudence. That three hundred
ninety-five million bushels would be
a godsend now.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
PAMPERRD YOUTH

A prominent, educator recently
said that the depression from which
the country suffered six years, had
been a good thing for many pam
pered youth" He felt it had in
dueed them to drop their light and
flippant attitude. and settle down to
serious purpose.
Recent years have seen great
changes in family circumstances. In
countless circles there are young
people who formerly lived on the
fat of the land. Lavish parents
satisfied their every want. generous
allotments of spending money were
theirs, and they had free use of nice
automobiles. Vacations were spent
in butterfly pursuits. Like the bees,
they could fiutter from flower to
flower, tasting honey wherever they
went.
The story has been different in
countless families. Stocks and bonds
once bringing fat dividends, have
become waste paper, the chill wind
of poverty has blown into many a
home. The days of ease ended. Fam
lily fortunes having declined, they
must depend on their own efforts.
Have such young folks really lost
anything, measured in terms of
power and intelligence? Usually
not. Without incentive previously,
they had become soft and fiabby.
Their friendships often consisted of
hangers-on who merely wanted to
share their good times. They were
wearied with a superfuity of sweets.
Like the boy who is fed exclusively
on cake and pie. they could not chew |
or digest good nourishing red meat.
1t is a shock when such young |
ster runs up against the hard facts
of life, and tries to make good in the
real world. After a few years of it
one is a different person. There is
a gain in power, in pride of achieve
ment. One has the feeling of self
control over circumstances.
That gain is worth any sacrifice of
riches.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
FARMERS AND THE NEW DEAF

D
Cclarksburg, ". Va. Telesraml
More cattle aud canned beef were
imported into the United states in
1885 than the total for the four pre-
ceding years.
In the first four months Of 1896,
more cattle and canned beef were
imported than in all twelve months
of 1885.
In 1885 more wheat was imported
than the total for the twelve pre-
ceding years. For the first time since
the Civil War, the United States had
an unfavorable trade balance in
wheat.
In 1885 there was more than
double the amount Of corn imported
than had been imported IN the pre-
ceding years.
In 1922 the barley imported was
10000 pounds. In 1895, barley i'm
ports amounted to 2O,623. 600
pounds.
Butter, lard, oats and so forth
run along in about the same pro-
portion.
And Mr.. Roosevelt can't under
stand WHY American farmers and
consumers are kicking about the
New Deal policy of destroying Am
erican crops and animals and pay
ing foreign farmers for all these
imports.
American markets must be sup
piled with American farm products
il we are to be prosperous. Tax
money dribbled out to farmers as a
dole cannot take the place OF an
open market for farm products
raised md sold by American farm
eTs.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

as the Florida ship canal and the
Passamaquoddy tide harnesbing
scheme.
! Despite Mr.. Roosevelt's pre-elec-
tiOn statements, the New Deal motto
has been spend, spend, spendip
What they have spent and have
not covered, they have borrowed.
The result Is that the public debt Is
now more than double what It was
when Mr.. Coolidge left Office. It is
I this appalling increase which the
New Deal apologists are now trying
to minimize. They say that $2,7O0,-
100000 Of the $11.64O, 900, 900 debt in
cash in the treasury. and therefore
recoverable, and that $4,000 10000
is in the stabilizatiOn fund. Another
$4,000, 100000 is said to be recover
able because it is in the hands of the
r. f. c. and other similar agencies
which are merely lending the money.
What are the facts? That the cash
in the treasury is there not to pay
on the debt but to do the running
expenses Of the government; that
the stabilizatiOn fund is a secret
fund, and no one knows whether OF
not any of 1t will be intact when Mr.
Morgenthau has finished using il;
and that the funds repaid to the r.
F. C. are being held available for re-
investment.
In other words, there is no assur-
ance that these funds will ever be
usable against the debt. If they are
listed simply as contingent assets,
then there must be set of against
them contingent liabilities, including
home owners loans, farm mortgages,
and other bonds underwritten by the
government. Many of these will
doubtless be repaid. But no one can
say today how large a portion will
be defaulted.
The conclusion of the matter is
inescapable-that the New Dealers
by piling up expenditures and bor-
rowing excessively are laying up fu-
ture tax burdens for all Of us. The
money that the government pays out
comes from the peOple-unless, of
course, imitation is FesOrted to and
paper money is printed by the bush
ell. Even then the people ultimately
will pay for the financial Wreckage.
To attempt, as do the New Deal
ers, to belittle the dangers Of New
Deal expenditures is little short OF
dishonest. The New
Dealers may be acquiring political
credit for themselves in the present
world of 19S6-but they are laying
up financial debts which those who
come after 1886 will have to pay.
The problem is not only to cut ex-
penses, but to pay for those already
incurred.
The day Of reckoning has been
postponed. but it cannot be eVaded.
When it arrives, the hymn Of hate
that will rise up through the country
against Franklin D. Roosevelt and
his New Deal will not make pleasant
hearing for his followers and ad-
nireFs.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
LANDON's ACCEPTANCE

Landon's acceptance speech is in
the language which Americans un-
derstand. His program has the ring
Of sincerity, conviction and practic-
ability. His sounds like the voice
Of experience and it is with few ex-
ceptiOns the plans he advocates for
the national economy are the plans
he has tested and proved as Governor
Of Kansas or that fall within his per-
sOnal experience as an employer, a
business man and the executive Of a
great farm state. There Is nothing
radical about it. It is plain, hOmely
grass roots common sense and that
right now, is just what the country
Heeds.-Los Angeles Times.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
WAY Non MAKE A CHANGE9
(Bluefeld, W. Va, Telegraph)

(Blueheld, W. Va, Telegraph)
If you had an employee, or a stew
ard, or a business manager who was
possessed of a wastrel-complex that
was impoVerishing you and reducing
your business to bankruptcy, what
would you as an individual do about
It?
If this manager or agent of yours
came into your employ under a con-
tract to reduce expenses, and then
increased them many fold what
would you do about that?
The present occupant of the White
House said he would reduce the cost
of government. Instead he has added
to it by wasteful programs and the
employment of hordes of ineficient
and needless employees. End the
New Deal BY voting for a change.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
THE sPOILsMEN REPENT
By Hon. Robert L. Bacon of New
York

By Hon. Robert L. Bacon of New
York
Since the Republican National
Convention adopted a strong and un-
eQuiVOcal pledge to restore and sus-
tain the merit system in government
service, we hear much chatter from
the New Deal about Civil Service.
After undermining the merit sys-
TEN by three long years Of remOrse-
less craftsmanship, the Administra-
tion now has made a campaign ges-
ture toward strengthening the Civil
Service. During the last week of
the Congressional Session, they call
ed up in the House the Ramspeek
Bill, Ostensibly extending the CLASH
/ fed Civil Service laws to pOstmas-
1 ters in our 14,00O appOintive post
offices of the first, second and third
classes. But the measure was
promptly rejected in the House, even
by the Democratic majority, because
it could not command the serious at
tentiOn of any informed supporter of
the merit system.
It was pure political camOufage
adrOitly framed for campaign effect.
In a work, the Ramspeek Bill is
not at all what it is represented to
be. 1t is a spOilsmen's bill in Civil
Service dress-a measure to con-
fuse public opinion on a basic issue
which the New Deal no longer could
eX ade.
It would abolish the present four
year-term for postmasters and make
the appointment for a life term. But
il provided that incumbent pOstmas-
ters might be reappOinted for the in
definite term without competitive
examination or qualification tests of
any sort.
In the final analysis, this was
merely a device to keep the New
Deal appOintees in their Offices per-
petually.
Another section of the bill would
authorize the Postmaster General to
set aside Civil Service regulations at
will if no qualified person in the
classified ranks was deemed quail
fed for a vacancy.
This proposal embodied the most
sweeping spOils power ever sought
in any Administration.
Since March, 1888, the New Deal
has added more than 250,000 per-
sons to the full-time payroll of the
Federal Government. without in
creasing the classified Civil Service
enrolment.
No amount OF legislative eamOu-
fege can obscure this sabotage OF
the merit system.
This crime against the public ser
vice can not now be covered by
hollow gesture of repentance.
Every major act Of the Roosevelt
Administration in creating a new
administrative agency has been a
dagger thrust at the heart Of Civil
Service.
Beauty prizes in the French Congo
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

more than Il received In revenues
During this same period the national
debt increased Sl1, ,672, 100000. These
figures, Il should be noted, do not in
clude the period March 4 to June 80
1854 period for which satisfactory
figures broken down are hard to find
Let us look at the deficit. How
does il compare with the three pre-
TiOus years, and has Il varied from
year to year.
The Roosevelt deficit for these
three years is half again larger than
the deficit for the fiscal years 1881,
1882 and 1888 tending June 80, 1881
The second Roosevelt year showed
a somewhat smaller deficit than the
first year, but the third Roosevelt
year shows the largest deficit in the
peace-time history Of the country
S4,764,0 900, 600.
A deficit comes from reduced in
come or from increased expenditures
or both. Most Of the Hoover deficits
came from decreased income. The
Federal revenues continued to de-
cline after the depression started.
The Roosevelt deficits have been
caused largely by increased expendi-
tures-expenditures that have con-
tinued to mount at the same time
that revenues have reached a new
high for all me-expenditures that
make one pause to question the sin
cerity of Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign
statement in a speech delivered in
Pittsburgh on October 10, 1882,
when he said, II regard reduction in
Federal spending as one Of the most
issues Of this campaign"
The New Deal defenders endeavor
to show that these expenditures have
been extraordinary" They point
out that the bonus is largely respOn-
sible for the exceptional size Of the
deficit this year. This is perfectly
true. 1t is equally true that Presi-
dent Roosevelt vetoed the bonus, and
that the bonus cannot be regarded as
B strictly New Deal measure. But IL
Is likewise true that the bonus was
passed by a Congress that had a
three to one majority Of Democrats
over Republicans.
The significant thing is not, how
ever. the precise nature of the diff /,
ferent items tof extravaganza, but |
rather the fact that largely under |
Mr. ROoseReIt's inspiration, the sky |
has been the limit for the use of Fed /
spal funds. He has thrown millions !
INTO such utterly fOOlhardy projects ]
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
MENACE OF FAMINE

Lafayette, Ind, Journal and CourieF)
Tammanyized new dealers see II
the drought what they gleefulIy call
another Roosevelt break of luck"
The victims of the hot winds are not
so gleeful. They can't seem to find
politics in plain misery. Nor can
they forget the menace of famine
that goes with drought and coercive
crop curtailment under quack polit-
ical policies.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
REDUCED SPENDING
DEMANDED BY BYRD
TlrgiRh Senator Appeals For Drhs-
tic Cut In Costs OF Government

Washington - tIPS) - An appeal
for a national public sentiment that
would compel a drastic reduction
of public spending" has been made
by Senator Harry Flood Byrd, ViF-
ginia Democrat, who is chairman Of
the special Senate committee on
government reorganization.
Senator Byrd's appeal was con-
tained in a short statement which
launched the committee on its study
and explained that its chief objec-
tive was to consolidate and re-
duce" the forty New Deal agencies
established in the last three years.
The criticism Of governmental
costs by Senator Byrd cOineided
with the close of the governments
fiscal year during which record
peace time expenditures were made.
The SO. 1885, ,OOO, 900 voted In the last
Congressional session brought the
total governmental debt to about
SS4 .OOO. 900, 600. a gain Of $l3,OOO.-
100000 since President Roosevelt
took office.
The deficit Of approximately $4,-
$50 900 900 for the year just closed
also set a new peaee-time record.
The deficit for the previous fiscal
year was S3,575. 100000 Expendi-
lures. including the bonus, in the
year Just ended, amounted to about
$3.50 900. 900, While receipts came
TO about S4,lOO,OO0, ,000.
Representative Buchanan, chair
man of the House appropriations
committee, estimated that in the fis-
cal year 1887 approximately SS,6OO'-
600 900 would be available for relief
costs against a total for the year
inst ended of $4,000, ZOO, 900.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

the cost OF the New
Deal that were ex-
travagantly fool
ish. But the actual
record Of the sums
spent is ba d
enough.
The reports Of
the Secretary OF
the Treasury show
that during the
three years, July 1,
1888 to June 80,
1886 the Federal
government spent
81. .SI2 600 600
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

sweep this year, resulting in the
election of Governor Landon and a
G. o. P. majority in. the; House, the
party's legislative problems would
be far from simple. Reason: It is
mAthematieally impossible for the
Republicans to control the next
Senate.
Thirty-fOur Senators are up for
Fe-election-and II the Republicans
win every contested seat, the Dem
ocrats will stin have q majority of
two. And thirteen Of the contests
are in the South, where the Demo-
cratic primary nomination is tanta-
mount to election.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

IF YOUR FRIENDS write letters
to you. they retain your friendship.
which usually fades out if they don't
write. Similarly the store that keeps
advertising, keeps its friends, who
otherwise would NrObably lose in
terest in it.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

1T IS USUALLY hard to induce
new industries to move inte a town,
but it should always be possible to
do something which accomplishes
as much. which is to persuade the
people to spend their money at home.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

NO ONE CAN expect to make a
noise in the world, or be heard from
much, unless he does a little hOller-
ing through advertising.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21
NEW DEAL DEBTS WILL BE
PASSED ON TO OTHERS TO PAY;
TWELVE BILLIONS BORROWER
SINCE 1888
By NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT
For the National Republican Builders, ID


Secretary the Treasury Mogenthau but
Rooseyels make
the Federal debt 1888 been greatly
True the Republican command
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

TO MAKE FRIENDS in a town
you must give that community some
thing more than your presence in it.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

Beauty prizes in the French Congo
go to the woman with the fanciest
headdress.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-21

.If there ahould be 3. e..Republieap
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

wanted to follow the sea, too, but
his mother would have none of
that.
Disappointed as he must have
been, the boy set to work to study
surveying. He put his whole
heart in the work and, as in every
other undertaking in his life, he
rose to the top. When he was but
II, he undertook to survey the
American lands of an English
nobleman, Lord Fairfax.
This work carried him into the
wilderness of the frontier and
taught him that life was not
always like that he had enjoyed
on his fathers beautiful planta-
ton.
Shortly after George began a
career of surveying, his brother
Lawrence became ill, and since
he was very fond of George, took
him with him to the West Indies.
There George contracted small
pox and the marks of this illness
showed on his face throughout
his life. Lawrence died, and willed
the beautiful Mt. Vernon estate
to George.
AS a boy, and in fact through
out his life, George was a great
horseman and lover of outdoor
sports. There was none of the
sissy, tattle-tale lad of the copy
book about him, and surely we
should not like him less if he was
a little boy who tried out new
hatchet on a tender cherry tree,
then had the courage to tell the
truth about it. Many small boy
has found his punishment lighter
for having told the truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

ter; Lees horse was called
Traveller"
X X X X
DOYS who are interested in
p pigeons will be glad to hear
the story of the most famous bird
in the World War.
This pigeons name was Cher
Ami, and the brave fellow saved
the Lost Battalion. He was sent
out with a message in the midst
of intense firing to travel 40 Kill
ometers, about 25 miles.
He was wounded in the breast,
but on he went. Then shot tore
away the leg that was bound
with the precious message, but
the little metal tube still clug to
one of the leg ligaments, and
Cher Ami, wounded as he was,
delivered his message in 25 min
utes.
Cher Ami came home on the
transport Ohioan, and he lived
until June, 1919. It is believed he
never quite recovered from the
effects of his wounds (like many
another war veteran).
X X X X X
NOME racing pigeons have
y travelled as fast as 60 or 70
miles an hour. The longest dis
tance on record of pigeon 'trav-
cling back to his home is 1000
miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
RUNAWAY!
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
By Paula Norton

of interesting things: guns, fish
ing tackle, and in one big Win
dow, even a tank of fancy blue
and red fish, alive! Who ever
heard of such a thing?
Then suddenly the boy came to
the end of the street and looked
with wonder at the wide, paved
circle where street cars, taxis,
trucks and hundreds of people
hustled and hustled, footed and
whistled, and newsboys shouted
their wares.
Well, he had to cross that
street sometime. Here goes! He
clutched his bundle tight in his
arms and ducking, lodging and
running, he dashed to the far
side. He came up short before a
sign that said, "Hamburgers &C."
Suddenly he was more hungry
than he had ever been in his life.
He bought two hamburgers and
went out and sat down on the
busy curb to devour them.
While the warm grease ran
through his fingers, the warm