The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-03-31

very much doubt, there will be
facts brought to light that will
make Teapot Dome pale into in
significance. 1t Is my understand
ing that the New Deal leaders in
Congress have, on two different
occasions, been called to the White
House to discuss the makeup Of
the investigating committee. very
much fear that 1t will be a white
wash affair and in the end Doctor
Arthur e. Morgan, whom con-
slider the only sincere man on the
iva Commission, will be forced to
walk the plank. It would never do
to have the facts brought to light
because they would show the UNI
workability of government in bus
mess.
Hull The Inc0rrigible
Secretary Of State Hull is an out
and out free trader. He does not
believe that we have any right to
put up the bars against importa-
lions of competitive products from
foreign countries. In a talk to the
newspaper men last Thursday he
said, steps should be taken to-
ward securing economic security
and stability the world over
through lowering, or removal Of
barriers in international trade" At
the end of his speech he said, I'VE
are going to strive for peace and
to that end we will continue to
strive through the reciprocal trade
agreements and through other
economic policies to restore normal
processes" According to Mr.. Hull,
we will go the whole length in pre-
serving peace. In other words, we
will let down the bars and permit
the foreign farmer and manufact-
urer to ship their products into
this county without paying any en-
trance tax.
Well, I am wondering If we have
not already done more in that
direction than we should. AS a
result of Mr.. Roosevet's reciprocal
trade agreement policy we have
increased imports of cattle in 1882
from $1,499,00O to $16,312,000 in
1887; live hogs from $4,000 to ST.
529, 1923; pork products from 1885,
900 to $780, 39; canned meats
from $1,953 900 to $9,172, 1923; but
ter, 1,014,0O0 pounds to lilo 1852
pounds; corn from 100000 to $685.
184, 246; wheat from $780, 900 to
SIG, 494, 724; hay from $4,000 to ST.
100000. In other words from 1882
to 1887, inclusive, the value of COM
petitive agricultural products has
increased from $22,860,O00 in 1882
to $136, 1886, 900 in 1887. 1t would
seem that we have already made
very great concessions in making
it possible for the peasant farmer
of Europe and the coolie laborer Of
the Orient to take over the Ameri-
can market, but has it brought
peace? Is not Japan in China,
Italy in Ethiopia, and Germany in
Austrian How much have our big
sacrifices contributed toward
peace? And think of the injury
these agreements have done us.
Free trade Secretary Hull
should, it seems to me, realize that
we cannot restore peace in the
world by giving the American mar
ket away to the foreigner. With an
estimated IA million Americans out
of work it would appear as though
we should begin to set our own
house in order and forget the rest
Of the world until we have done so.
1t burns me up to see our home
markets being given away in the
vain hope of bringing about world
wide peace. All we get out of it is
more and more unemployment. Is
it not about time that we begin
looking after the American people
first and concern ourselves with
the problem of putting the IA mil
lion men and women now idle back
to work? It would seem that the
job of playing Santa Claus to the
world is too big for Uncle Sam to
carry alone.
Jingoes In The Saddle
AS this is being written the bat
tie wakes warmer and warmer on
the supremacy bill and there are
the usual flag waving speeches that
I heard back in 1917, just before
America entered the World War.
The supremacy men want navy
that will not only protect the west
ern hemisphere but be strong
enough to enforce our demands in
other parts of the world. The Naval
program that Mr.. Roosevelt asks
for will cost more than billion
dollars, which is in addition to the
four billions we authorized n 1884.
We are told that this additional
sum is necessary to make America
safe for Americans. Whom are we
arming against? They say japan.
Japan has her hands full in China
and it is my information that she