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The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Sanity in Government

In making these promises
the Republican party makes
them not to one group, one
class, one section, but to all
groups, all classes, all sections.
1t offers them in no partisan
spirit. I speak to you as one
Republican to other Republic
cans. But | do so with a deep
consciousness of the fact that
this campaign is far more than
partisan campaign to restore
the Republican party to office.
This is campaign to restore
sanity in government, to bring
about economy in government
costs, to renew free enterprise.
The campaign is not against
the Democratic party. That
party does not represent the
strange and un-American poll
cies that have misgoverned the
Nation for the past three years.
The great leaders of that
party have repudiated these
policies. Their party has been
seized by alien forces, forces
that have no kinship with the
Democratic party which has
traditionally stood for freedom
of institutions and moderation
in government no less than the
Republican party.
Go out and fight to win
West Virginia for our cause in
November. But go out with
the understanding that the
fight is not only for the Re-
publican party, but for the
whole Nation.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
PEOPLE CANNOT BE FOOLED
ANY LONGER, NOMINEE AYERS

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Aug. IA. - The tert of Col
Frank Knors address before the West Virginia State
Rennbkcnn convention last night foNoUs:
The Washington times., 1936-08-14


Mr.. Chairman, Members OF
the Republican Party of West
Virginia:
1 judge from the size of this
gathering that there are a good
many Republicans in West
Virginia. 1t is great pleas
ure to greet you.
You are veterans Of the po-
litical wars, and the political
wars in your State are real
wars. The State of West Vir-
ginia was born in a time of
national division on issues vital
to the life of the Nation. Your
people were nurtured in pOliti-
cal controversy. | have the
feeling that a West Virginia
Republican is a very real Re-
publican, with large chip on
his shoulder.
l judge, also, from the greet
ing you have given me, that
you Republicans of West Vir-
ginia are enthusiastic about
the future. You are right.
From Maine to California,
there is a great ground swell
of public support of the Re-
publican campaign and of the
Republican candidate for the
presidency, Governor Alf Lam
don. You have good reason
for your confidence in the re-
suits Of the November election.
Let me tell you the real rea-
son why our ticket will win
next November. The funda-
mental reason is that the
American people are a practi-
cal people. They cannot be
fooled indefinitely.
It was the first Republican
President in our history who
said, "You can fool all the
people some of the time and
some of the people all the
time, but you cannot fool all
the people all the time"
ShrelUd Economists
In the American people
there is canny streak Of COM
mon sense. The distractions
of economic theory have little
appeal to them. But they are
themselves shrewd and practi-
cal economists. They under
stand the eternal verities in a
hard, practical sense, and they
know that the present Admin
istratiOn is too expensive a
luxury to continue four more
years.
AS Al Smith would say, let s
look at the record. In the sum-
mer of 1882, the people of
America were in deep distress.
They were at the bottom point
of a grievous depression that
had been for three years bring
ing misery and heart-ache to
this country and to all the
world.
Our factories were idle, our
stores were stagnant, our
mines were shut down, our
farms were bankrupt. Finance
was discouraged and invest
ment was stopped. Unemploy-
ment and destitution mad their
grip on the lives of the people.
1t was that darkest period be-
fore the dawn. The source of
all this misery was World
War, which had destroyed
capital and demoralized cur
rencies and ruined interna-
tional trade.
Promises Broken
At this lowest point of dis
tress, the Democratic party set
out to sell the American peo-
pie the false proposition that
the Republican administration,
then in office, was responsible
for the depression. IT set out
to sell the American people
the false proposition that a
depression caused by a world
war was due to mistakes Of
the Republican administration.
1t set out to sell the Amer
lean people the false PROPOSE
tion that it could and would
end the depression Dy estab-
fishing a better government.
1t held out to a suffering peo-
pie false promises that it
would cure unemployment and
restore markets and revive in
dustry by act of Congress.
II
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
GrOWing Bureaucracy

But the masses of our people
still relied on the promises of
recovery, still believed in the
good faith of the Administra-
tion. Under the stimulation of
the most powerful government
propaganda in history, they de-
manded that the Administra-
ton be given its way. In Con-
gress both Republican and
Democratic members went with
the tide.
In all American history, no
Administration has had such
complete freedom to carry out
its policies. In 1888 and 1884,
the American people said to the
Roosevelt administration:
I'VE are in economic dis
tress. You promised to end
our troubles. We do not un-
derstand your program, but
we trust you. Go ahead"
What did the people get in
return for this complete con-
fidence? They got the AAA,
which took bread and clothes
from the poor. They got NRA,
which reduced production and
retarded recovery. They got
100000 Federal employees,
chosen by the Farley system
of selection. They got more
than so new Government
boards, commissions, agencies
and committees to interfere
with American business and
regiment the lives of the peo-
Dle.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

There was a promise to en-
courage private enterprise.
There was a promise to restore
agriculture production. There
was a promise to lower the
tariff. There was promise
to preserve a sound currency.
Believe it or not, there was
a promise to reduce the num-
Der of Federal employees and
to abolish government commits
sions, committees, corpora
tions, and agencies. A ma
jority of the American people,
beaten and worn by depres-
sion, accepted these promises
and entrusted their Govern
ment to these promiserS. Your
own State of West. Virginia
was one of the States that
accepted these promises.
Breach of Trust
You all know what hap
pened. The present Admins
tration made hash of every
one of these promises. Every
plank in their platform was
thrown overheard. Every
promise was broken. What
hidden forces led this Admin
istration to embark on it's road
to ruin may never be known.
Historians of the future will
tell our descendants that the
years 1888 and 1884 constitute
the strangest and most incom-
prehensible period of mis-
government in our history.
This Administration en-
barked on series of blind,
reckless, and cruelty expensive
experiments on the vital insti-
tutions of American economic
life. 1t inaugurated a policy of
blind expenditures of the peo-
ple's money. 1t established
policies that undermine credit
and currency. 1t forced ex-
periments that harried business
and restricted production. 1t
began at once to create an
enormous Federal bureaucracy,
the largest in any government |
in the history of the world.
From the beginning, thought
full people saw in these broken
promises and strange expert
ments and reckless expendi-
lures not only a breach of trust |
but a menace to recovery. |
Within the Democratic party |
itself distinguished leaders like |
Senator Glass and Senator Gore
and Governor Smith and your
own West Virginian, John W.
Davis, realized that this mad |
course would injure the ma
tion
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
EW DEAF RECORD OF BROKEN PROMISES
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN HANDS
OF ALIEN FORCES, HE SAYS

long time. There are II mill
lion owners of corporate shares
in this country today. War
and depression have tempo
rarily set back this great move
ment. 1t will begin again. In
this movement lies the pros
pect of a genuine share-the-
wealth program. In it there is
the prospect of industrial
peace in this country.
Free Enterprise
But government bent on
squandering the Nation s as
sets can offer no prospect Of
human betterment. Nations in
the past have eaten out their
own substance in this fashion.
The sober common sense Of
this American people is aware
Of the situation.
The Republican party offers
the people an escape from the
weight of debt that now
presses upon them. 1t offers
way to avoidance Of the in
evitable initiation that present
policies insure. On this one
issue of economy in govern
ment, of sanity in expendi-
lures, of wisdom in budget
making, the Republican party
can win the battle.
But it offers more. It
promises to free enterprise
from the shackles of bureau
cratic RECOMMENDATION. 1t prom
ises to preserve American en-
terprise for that great future
it offers to the American
worker. The prophets of doom
who picture Americans of the
future as a race of exploited
workers serving an aristocracy
of intrenched greed slander
the American worker as we'll
as the American managers Of
business.
There are relentless and un.
stoppable forces in our Ameri-
can system that guarantee for
the future American worker
shorter hours and high e
wages and greater social op-
portunities. The Republican
party promises to encourage
these forceS-not to destroy
the system which makes them
noSSih1p
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Debt StupendOus

The reckless experiments
have ended in failure and dis
aster. The wreckage is all
about us. There remains only
TO clean up the wreckage and
pay the bill. 1t is a large bill.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
ExtraUagGnt Orgy

per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11

Cotton

A cotton bag in which to package
raw sugar has been designed by tech
biologists of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, in cooperation with the
North Carolina State College. The bag
is to be put through series of practical
tests in transporting raw sugar from
Hawaii to refineries in California, in
comparison with sugar bags made of
jute. At present, jute bags are used ex-
clusively. All jute is imported to this
country, chiefly from India. While cot
ton bags will cost more than jute, Blu
reau officials believe that this disparity
in cost may be overcome by developing
cotton fabric that can be reused three
or more times. The cotton bag will be
definitely cheaper than jute if it can be
used three times, since jute bags are used
only once.
Ten thousand cotton bags will be
used by the Hawaiian sugar association
in making test shipments. Officials esti-
mate that if cotton can displace the jute
bagging, it will provide an outlet of
about 10000 bales of cotton year. Ii
all imports of raw sugar were packaged
in cotton bags the consumption of cot
ton would be increased by about $4,000
bales year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Building Lines

OOer 1900 miles Of rural
electric lines in II states sviH
be financed acith more than
$4,5oo,ooo aLioeated from
funds available to the Rural
liberalization Administra-
fion, according to an an
nouncemenf made BY Morris
L. Cooke, Administrator.
More than 100000 of the
funds sviH be available to
build seven neaV rural line
projects in Georgia. Ken
lucky, Massachusetts, North
Carolina, Ohio, Washington
and Wisconsin. Money from
the REA has nosO financed
oUer 1850 miles Of disfri-
button lines serving $1,000
farm Customers. activities Of
the RVA has intensified in
feresf in many farming sec
fions in the possibility of
liberalization.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Roughage

Shifting acreage from soil depicting
crops to such soil improving crops as
alfalfa serves the best interests of the
dairy industry in several ways, accord
ing to O. E. Reed, Chief of the u. S.
Bureau of Dairy Industry. Growing and
feeding good quality roughage enables
the dairyman to produce the best milk
and the cheapest milk, and conserving
the soil fertility with grasses and leg
umes pays extra dividends, Mr.. Reed
declares. In study of the costs of grow
ing various dairy feeds in I6 states, it
was found that good alfalfa hay pro-
duced 100 pounds of nutrients at a
cost of 50 cents; oats cost $2.o2 for each
100 pounds; corn silage $I.54 and clover
hay 81 cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Rural ElectrifcatioD

Under the direction of the National
Committee on Boys and Girls Club
Work, in cooperation with state and
community All Club leaders, a national
program on rural identification, is this
year.. attracting nationwide attention.
In connection with this contest, All
boys and girls are Offered number OF
prizes including eight all-expense trips
to the 5th National All Club Congress
to be held in Chicago Nov. 27-Dec. S,
and three cash college scholarships of
$500, 5000 and $780, which are pro-
vided by the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Farmers Share

The farmers share in the consumer
food dollar is the subject of recent
study made by the Bureau Of Agricul-
tural Economics. The study shows that
the average city working mans family
spent for So foods surveyed, $4,000 in
1885, of which the farmer received
$4,000. In 1888, at the depression
low, the city consumer spent $4,000,
for the same foods, of which the farm
er received $1,000. The difference be-
tween the amount received by the farm
er and the price paid by the consumer
is the margin going to professors, trans.
portation agencies, and distributors. This
margin was $4,000 in 1885, including
about $II for processing taxes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
PAY NOTHING
TBLL U ELlEV Z D
Send Coupon

According to the Government Health Bulletin, No.
E-2s. at least 500 Of the adult population Of the
United States are being attacked by the disease
known as Athletes Foot.
Usually the disease starts between the toes.
Little watery bsters form and the skin cracks
tense and you feel though you would like to
scratch of all the skin.
Beware Of II Spreading
The solos Of feet become red and swollen The skin
also cracks and pee and the itching becomes and
worse.
Get rid Of this disease quickly possible because II
Il very contagious and II 20 TO hands to
the under crotch Of the legs.
Most people who Athlete ell
Of remedies to without Ordinary gemlcdes
antiseptcs. salve or 0intments seldom do any good
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Poultry

An unusual rise in egg prices con-
tlnuing through the latter half of this
year is predicted by the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics. Poultry prices on
the other hand, will decline more than
the usual seasonal amount, due to the
increased number Of chicks Matched and
to the probability that the drought will
lead farmers to sell more chickens be-
cause of shorter feed supplies and high
er feed prices. The drought is viewed as
the decisive factor in the egg and poultry
outlook because of its effect on the feed
situation. The stock of eggs in cold stor-
age is very small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Itching Stops Immediately

As soon q you apply ynu win nnd that the itching
parts with n. r. night and morning until feet
we'll Usually this takes from three TO ten days although In
take longer In mild less time
n. r.. will leave the skin soft and smooth You will
marvel al the quick u brings you relief: especially
" those who have tried for get rid
Athletes Foot without success
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11

Butter prices will be materially high
cr this fall. Drought injury to pastures
and feed crops radically cut down milk
production and butter and cheese prices
started upward during July. The United
States entered the fall with storage
stocks of butter and cheese IS per cent
lower than year ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Floods

Only close cooperation between farm
ers and engineers can solve the nations
flood problem, according to II. II. Ben
nett, chief of the Soil Conservation Ser
vice.
Upstream farmers must follow prac-
tices that will reduce excessive water
runoff at the same trme that downstream
engineers are building dams and levies
on the trunk rivers.
Bennett points out that until few
months ago, flood control was regarded
strictly as an engineering problem, but
agricultural methods for reducing high
water levels at their source was being
fully recognized. As an example, the
severe flood in June of 1895, at Still
water, Oklahoma is cited. AT that time,
two closely associated streams ran high
over their banks while third stream
did not go over its normal banks i'll
spite of the fact that the rainfall was
practically the same over the three
watersheds. The watershed of the
stream which did not overflow had been
treated, over 90 per cent, with erosion
control practices.
81 am convinced said Mr.. Bennett,
that from now on we should, and will,
tackle the problem at its source-in up
land fields, pastures and OH other slop-
ing parts of watersheds, where flood
waters begin to accumulate and where
silt loads are picked up
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Gaming Crops

Canning crops were severely affected
by the drought, particularly i'll the i'm
portant canning crop producing states
OF Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio, Illinois,. Indiana and New York.
The crop of green peas produced a to-
tai pack of about 100000 cases as
compared with 24698,ooo cases last
year. Other canning crops suffered i'll
proportion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Refrigerator

Apple growers of the Shenandoah
Cumberland section, who export to
England, will get better returns on their
early fall crop if the fruit is shipped
under refrigeration, according to the
Bureau Of Plant Industry, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture. This is partic-
ularly true in September, when exceed
ingly warm outside temperatures are
likely to bring about decay in fruit in
transit Apples shipped without refrig-
Grafton usually arrive on the foreign mar
ket fully ripe and with varying amounts
of decay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Weat

Wheat prices for this crop year will
average higher than last year, accord
ing to the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics. World supplies are much small
er than year ago. World production.
excluding Russia and China, is estimated
at 2Io,ooo,ooo bushels less than last
year, and the world carry-over is 2Io,-
100000 bushels under last year. Cur
rent reports from Russia indicate that
that country will not harvest as large a
crop as last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-11
Beware Of II Spreading
Here's How TO Treus II

The germ that causes the disease Is known Tinea
Trchopiyton II bures itself deep the tissues Of the
skin and Is hard 10 kill test made shows II
90 minutes Of boiling to kill the why
the ordinary remedies unsuccessful.
H. y Developed solely for the purpose Of treating
Athletes Foot II L. liquid that penetrstes and dries
quickly You Just paint the Affected parts II peels Oh the
tissue Of the skin where the germ breeds.
Evening star., 1936-01-07
Americans Will Not March
Under Class War Banner

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Presidents message to Congress
impressed me as ill-advised, intemperate
and mischievous.
Mr.. Roosevelt holds aloft the banner
of class war and beckonS America to fol-
low him into that all-consuming fire.
within our borders popular opin-
ion is at war with a power-seeking
minority" His own administration to
date has resulted "in the writing Of
new chapter in the history OF popular
government" In the larger theater of
international affairs, if Roosevelt poll
cies and theories prevailed in all lands
the world would smile in eternal peace!
This all comes very close to a Messiah
complex.
In no sense was the utterance mes
sage upon the state Of the Union. 1t was,
rather. rousing political harangue,
loaded with all the old demagogic shib-
boleths, empty of solid measured thought
upon the grave issues which confront
America and the world today.
Encouraged by the bold operations Of
JobmaSter General Farley Mr.. Roose-
welt is trying to fool all of the people all
OF the time.
But 1t can't be done-not in the dear
old U. s. A! JAMES L. ACKERMAN.
Evening star., 1936-01-07
A. A. A. EMPLOYEES.

Their friends and neighbors certainly
will sympathize with the generality of
employees Of the outlawed A. A. A. estab-
lishment. In line with the ruling of the
Supreme Court, approximately sixty
seven hundred individuals will be obliged
to find other jobs. Technically, the
Government cannot pay them salaries
for any work they may do after the
announcement Of the highest tribunals
decision. Actually, however, the admin
istration, as in the instance of the dis
banded N. r. A. organization, probably
will discover some way to "let them
down" gradually and easily.
But the plight of the A. A. A. per-
sonnel prompts consideration of basic
issue in all such experimental enterprises
of the, Federal state. The sixty-seven
hundred workers were not responsible
for the policy from which they had tenn
porary advantage and now must be
divorced. 1t was President Roosevelt and
his intimate advisers-"a little group Of
serious thinkers"-who framed the
scheme for subsidizing agriculture at the
expense of the consuming public. The
rank and file of clerical help did not
invent the idea. Rather, it happened
that the stenographers and accountants
recruited to put the scheme into effect
commonly were skeptical of and not
Evening star., 1936-01-07
Peace Not a Handout, but
Must Be Bought at a Price

10 the EDITOR Oh Inc star.
The Roosevelt speech on neutrality
was characterized by its lack of neutral
ity. Some references were made to bib
lical text, but for some reason this appli-
cation was not made to the problem Of
peace. If the President will continue his
readings he will find that it is set forth
in the Scriptures that peace is not a
handout. but has to be bought at a
price. OF course such an idea does not
exactly accord with New Deal theory
that one can spend without paying. But
If any one is interested he can find the
actual method for achieving peace set
out in the words of the Master, and he
will also find that Roosevelt neutrality
theory does not even start in the right
direction.
Likewise, the assumption that future
war will be entered only on the same
road as the World War is not particu-
larly brilliant. Undoubtedly the UNDER
lying causes will remain very much the
same, but the actual steps will be diff
ferent The road to war is broad. APP
parently, in side-stepping financial en-
tanglements, we are preparing to get
stuck up on detour, and probably will
end our good neighbor" tactics without
a shirt of credit to our backs.
J.H. BOYER.
Philadelphia, Pa.