Evening star., 1938-09-29

AInlt The Size OF eacn Guys milk shed"
and prohibit outside production from en-
tering the area. Moreover. there is even
now strong movement afoot to set up q
domestic allotment" plan and make
dumping" basis Of international trade
IN surplus farm crops! Is all this sound
economics that augurs well for peace?
II peace Is, indeed, dependent upon
free and stable trading conditions, it
seems far more pertinent to point out
that MIR. Lawrence's faith in the utility
of our enormous supply Of gold in pro-
noting such conditions Is naive, indeed,
when We recall the tremendous punish
ment In unemployment and adversely
which one European nation after an
other has suffered in attempting to
make good this ancient illusion and hold
to gold standard. In every case each
nation has been relieved Of these prob
lens miraculously df only temporarily
by devaluation. Yet despite this in
controvertible evidence that these busi-
ness cycle problems in unemployment,
etc., are dependent upon domestic
monetary policy and not upon 1nterna-
tional trade, and that charity begins at
home" in correcting the very real trade
barriers OF bad money conditions, we
still hear not q few economists alleging
that war Is . cause Of our economic
Embellishments.
In contradicting this and asserting
that war Is q result Of unsound econom-
ics. MIR. Lawrence has contributed not
ably toward peace. even though he may
have failed to attain sound economies
himself. With unsound money and re-
sultant unemployment, Satan finds
things for idle hands to do" And war,
as Sherman said, is Satan's home port.
ALDEN A. POTTER.
Urges Naval Ordnance
Plant Be Reopened.
To the Editor Of The Star:
FOR national defense and as a busi-
ness proposition President Roosevelt
should reopen the Naval Ordnance Plant
at Charleston, w. Va, built at a cost of
$24, 500 900 because the steel trust COM
bined to gouge the Navy on steel, casting,
gun forgings and armor plate.
This plant is safe from air raids, near
coal, iron, natural gas and cheap Gov
ernment T. V. A. electricity. all used in
making steel and armor plate, which was
made there for 1854 ton. It is expected
the armor plate for the new battleships
from private firms will cost $500 ton.
According to the steel trusts own costs
given to the Nye Committee, there Is
only ISL worth Of metal In ton Of armor
plate.
BY spending 100000 this could be
made the second largest plant of It's
kind In the world, and q crew of expert
steel workers could be found in three
weeks. Production could start In three
months not to benefit the members Of
the Navy League who own the steel mills
nor to give shore vacations to naval ON
GERS, who were taught to man ships, ct
which they are better qualified.
JOHN RIQGLEs.
seabrook, Md.
Maryland Farmer
Pages Professor Einstein.
To the Editor Of The star:
PERHAPS The Star can help me solve
my agriculture allotment problem.
For the last Is years I have lived on q
plot Of land In Montgomery County,
Nd, which contains In all 36h acres.
The house. tenant house, garden and
lawn comprise several acres; there u .
small orchard, two large fish ponds, q
brook and several acres Of timber. do
no farming and could not cultivate more
than about 10 acres Of this land Il I
wished to do 20.
I received yesterday Q second notice
from the United States Department Of
Agriculture setting forth the acreage
allotted to you for harvest In 1880 L. 46
acres, Of which 10 acres may be harvested
Is wheat and the remaining - acres to
any combination, etc, ETC."
A few months ago part Of this land
was measured with q tape measure by
the Agriculture Department and later
photographed from an airplane.
30h-X+46=what3 WI. q. II.