The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-01-12

aginary menace Is asking the
American people to give him q
sum of money to spend for pre-
paredness that would set an all
high mark for peace-time appro-
priations. The entire budget, in
GLIDING deficiencies, calls for ap-
preparations of approximately TO-
600 million dollars, of which near
ly 1000 million will be devoted to
ornaments.
We went over to Europe in 1917
to make the world safe for demo-
cracy. That abortive adventure
has already cost the American peo-
pie in excess of $4,000 million dol
lars and before the last pension
check Of that war has been paid
the cost will exceed 100000 million
dollars, or about 40 per cent Of our
present national wealth. Mr..
Roosevelt takes the position that
the world must again be made safe
for democracy. Are we going to be
led blindly into another such cost
ly adventure merely to pull chest
nuts out of the fire for our late
allies?
If the relations between this
country and Germany are strain
ed, it Is largely due to the cam
paign Of name calling that has
been INDUCED in by high officials
of both governments and I rather
think that it was started by our
Roosevelts and Ickeses. It Is none
of our affair as to the sort of
government the German people
wish to live under; neither Is 1t
any Of their affair that we prefer
to live under a democratic form Of
government. have no authentic
information on the atrocity stories
that are coming out of Germany
but it would seem that a people who
robbed and killed the Indians as
we did. and who permit human be-
ings to be burned at the stake,
are hardly in a position to con-
denim others.
We want no more war and If
President Roosevelt thinks that he
can drag us into one he is due for
a rude awakening. No member of
Congress who votes for another
war would dare to go home and
face his constituents because he
would be guilty of a base betrayal
comparable to that of Benedict
Arnold.
The Roosevelt message brought
despair and fear to the mothers
and fathers of America who must
send their sons, but to the NUM-
tions makers and international
bankers it gave hope Of another
rich harvest such as they had back
in 1914-18. What folly! What
stupidity!
A Tough Bug
In my letter of two weeks ago
called attention to efforts that are
being made by interested parties
to lift the embargo on Argentine
frozen meats. What had to say
on the subject came to the atten-
ton of w. S. Moscrip, one of the
leading dairymen in Minnesota.
who, under date of January 4th,
wrote me at some length citing
the danger such action would have
for the American livestock indus
try. Mr.. Moscrip also enclosed a
brief prepared by DR.. c. p. Fitch,
head of the Department of Venter-
mary Medicine of the University of
Minnesota, on the subject. DR..
Fitch reports that the organism Of
hoof and mouth disease lives eight
months in the marrow Of frozen
meat carcasses and possibly much
longer. There seems to be no doubt
that the outbreaks of the disease
they have had in California and
Europe were disectly traceable to
importations of meats from Argen-
tina.
I cannot recall a case of hoof
and mouth disease in Minnesota
but I recollect the outbreaks that
they had down in the corn belt
in 1912-13-14 when it was necessary
to slaughter great many cattle,
hogs and sheep to check its spread
and, as I remember, the epidemic
cost the farmers of the corn belt
states many millions of dollars.
I talked this matter over with
Secretary Wallace more than a
year ago and he expressed the
opinion then that there was no
danger Of bringing the disease in,
to this country through importa-
tons of dressed meats. I am going
to send DR.. Fitch's findings to Mr..
Wallace as I am sure he will be
glad to be set right.
Admitted To Practice
On Monday of last week former
Governor Murphy of Michigan,
who a few days prior had been