The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-11
POINTING THE WAY"
By ROCKY.
(Former Democratic Followcr)

Did you know for instance. that the
national debt has been hoiStcd TO per
cent III the 'ast three and one half
years, that there has been spent more
money that there is gold IN the entire
world?
The prodigal president has fried I"
help everybody they claim: We don't
know ho wmany hr missed. hut we dn
Know this. he didn't miss unyobdy
with his tax racket. There * II tax
un everything AMI everybody that Is
Try ash dodge it.
Jim Farley now admits the Rrpub
,licgnS will have an increase in Con
grcSs and says il will ihr Il good thing
We agree with Mr.. Farley on both of
his timely observations.
The New Dealers campaigning up
in Maine on the bumper crop of Pc
tatocS call the farmers attention to
the fancy price they will get for their
spuds and assuring them, "We plan
ned ii that way" but down in the
sunny Southland and i'm the drought
inflicted West where spuds are small
tntrrS' they play ii all q mMolhcr Nh
turc.
MIR. Hoover in 1888 invited Mr..
Roosevelt To confer with him on poll
cics Ia cope with depression Nib. Roo
Hcvclt cjc,-tcd the invitation. Mr.
Roosevelt asks Mr.. Landnm his OPP
poScnt to confer with him ON policies
To cope with the drought. MIR. Ian
don accepts BY saying. 'll there is u
meeting anywhere or anytime of bcmc
fit To Kansas, ! will attend rs Gov
lCrnor of Kansas. Mr. Iandon unlik"
Mr.. Roosevelt did moi believe is sub
lordinating the welfare Of his state
and his nation to political advantage.
Some wag the other day in prrdic
ting the election of Landon, cited the
following reasons for his excellent
Ijudgcmcst: HTukc New YORK" said he
with it's big electoral vote, 'Ropsevell
has been Lch mun-izcd there and su
CURED his PENNSYLVANIA ncighbors,
hat they too, have fallen in line with
.andon. They're going to Lan-on him
good and hard I'm the middle West
with Kansas showing them the way,
and whcS Illinois turns on linn and
Knox the last undcrpinning out from
under. il will all be over bs The
shouting.
| Did you know that nincty-cight per
SONS in the FairmOnt District of the
WPA drew nnSual salaries amount
! in% to ,T59.St-tlIcy were all
2ppnintcd through the rcrnmncndI
ltion of senator Nicely. What of il YOU
SAY? Just add this to the ether -alar
of the state and You begin 10 realize
! just who the great WPA benefited.
! pcrhaps il is not ~ much the money
! brown away rs it is 10 think that it
was east to the winds in order to
build up great political machine for
Mr.. Nicely.
The coal miner that still .ri"vcS
1.-The invalidatiDn of the Gufiry coat
Bill. should read, Coal, Cur Princi
Ial industry" by Jesse V SuIliHvn,
Secretary Of the West Virginia Coat
!A~-ociaIi"n, in the September i~su"
Of The West Virginia ErNc". lie
does not refer 10 the GJr,r IIll lmi
once We believe, bul II" tell you
muuthful. when hc cite yuu lo ilIr
fact that thousands of miarrs were
cmploycd on TVA ana similar pr"
jcci- by the Federal Government,
who turned 10 support thn "u!t"
bill to StHbiliz" wage. and increase
lhr price Of coal 10 make If InrIrH-in;
j. dlncut for coal producnr to com
pete in Tie market. with Tie energy
the government had created at tnr."
mnmnolh dams
By ROCKY MOUNT
(FOrmcr Democratic Follower