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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

daily in English, French and Ger
man; the eastern parts of the Unit
ed States also receive two services
each day, and three are sent to the
Pacific states and Hawaii, the adj
ditional service being arranged be-
cause of the large number of jap
anese who live there. South Amer
lea is supplied in Spanish and Por-
tuguese; the South Seas regions,
including Manila, Hong Kong, Siam,
French Indo-China and the Neither
lands East Indies, in Dutch, French,
Chinese and Japanese.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Facts of Argentine
Corned Beef Affair

Briefly, the facts are these:
Pursuant to law, the secretary of
the navy called for offers to sell
the navy certain quantities of sup
plies, including $4,000 pounds of
canned corned beef. The law says
that government agencies must
award the contracts to the lowest
responsible bidder-the bidder re-
garded as able to fulfill the require
ments of the navy. There is, how
ever, another law that says, in sub
stance, the government must award
the contracts to a firm of citizens of
the United States and that the prod
ucts be made from the. United States
provided they are equal to or bet
ter in quality than a foreign-made
product and that the price is not
too much higher than the foreign
bid. The reason for this being, OBJ
viously, to encourage business in the
United States and give jobs to our
citizens for whom, as national pol
icy, the American standard of living
must be maintained.
So, there is, first-quality and
price, and, second-national policy.
The bids on corned beef reached
the navy offices. Argentine Co
operatives, Inc, offered to sell the
"a tons of corned beef at about Is
cents a pound. The nearest bid
from the United States was approx
imately % cents a pound. In addi-
ton, there is a tariff duty of six
cents pound that is applicable to
imports of beef-placed by con-
gress to protect cattle growers in
this country. But the navy would
not have to pay that tariff duty.
Thus, the real cost to the navy
would be that much less.
Navy officers felt there was con-
siderable difference, but they were
unwilling to assume responsibility
for what some critics might say was
a violation of the "Buy American
law. In the course of the consid-
GRAFTON, the department of state
learned of the situation, and Secre-
tary Hull took a hand. You see,
Mr.. Hull has been having his own
troubles with United States rela-
tons with the Argentine govern
ment. 1t has been necessary to pro-
hibit importations of fresh beef
from the Argentine because there is
so much foot and mouth disease in
the vast reaches of Argentine graz
ing areas. 1t has even become nee
essary to forbid the Argentine gov
eminent to bring in steaks for use
in its government pavilion at the
New York Worlds fair. That did
not leave a good taste in the mouth
of the Argentine people. Mr.. Hull
was anxious to make peace offer
of some kind or another.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Trend
Ho,o the ,uind is bIo,oing

HOtC the tUInd Is OtO1CIng :.
JOBS-Of 100 universities and
colleges surveyed by Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life In
surance company, 63 find greater
demand for graduates than a
year ago.
STAMPS-Coin-operated mail
boxes which weigh letters, stamp
them and drop them into de-
pository for collection, are being
installed at New York.
POWER-Of l $40, 900, 900 Amer
lean horsepower, 92.7 per cent
constitutes transportation horse
power, installed exclusively to
move people and goods.
FOOD-U. S. bureau of dairy
industry scientists have perfected
new food article with two sur
plus products-skim milk and Gull
potatoes. These, with a little salt
added, are made into waters,
chips, sticks or croutons, and
oven dried to crispness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Bruckmfs Warrington Digest
President Wades Into Political
Buzz Saw on Argentine Beef Deal
Affair Costs Mr. Roosevelt Dearly in Personal and Political
Prestige; Executives Explanation Never Caught Up
With His Original Statement About Transaction.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington D. C.

WASHINGTON.-When I was a
kid on the farm, my father used to
warn me against getting too close
to the big saw that was used to
cut up wood for our kitchen stove
the old buzz saw, it was called.
He was right. 1t could have done
to me exactly what it did to logs of
oak or hickory. Many times since
those days, I have thought of the
wisdom of those warnings as ap-
piled to other acts of life. And, the
other day, thought of how much
trouble President Roosevelt could
have avoided if only his advisors
had guided him away from the buzz
saw of Argentine canned corned
beef.
1t must be painfully evident to
the President and to his advisors
now that he waded right into a few
million political buzz saws when he
instructed the secretary of the navy
to buy canned beef from the Ar
gentine Co-operatives, Inc, for use
of Uncle Sans blue jackets. AS a
matter of fact, most of the Presi-
dents stalwart supporters not only
recognize that he got his hands bad
ly mangled in the saw, but that he
failed to have doctor" handy in
the form of an Offset for the griev-
Gus political error.
But the details of the situation
ought to be reviewed in order fully
to understand why so many people
are saying that the Argentine beef
affair has already cost Mr.. Roose-
welt dearly in political and personal
prestige. Many are saying, indeed,
that the cost has been greater than
his Inflated and badly judged plan
to change the makeup of the SUI
preme court of the United States.
All of the facts ought to be stated
clearly for the reason that none now
can foretel how widespread this
prairie fire will be. Obviously, the
Republicans will use it as ammuni-
ton in their warfare, and in all
probability quite a large segment
of old line Democrats are laughing
up their sleeves about the damage
the beef case will do to their pet
hates, the New Dealers surrounding
the President.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Army Adds Is Gun Batteries to u S. Coast Artillery

WASHINGTON. = The army an
nounced it was recognizing the
coast artillery corps to reinforce
materially that branch of the ma
TONS defenses against air or sea at
tacks.
Secretary Woodring said shift
of officers and men from admins
trative to actual combat units would,
in effect, create 10 additional gun
batteries for the continental Unit
ed States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
AGRICULTURE:
Trouble ahead

This spring the bureau of agricul-
tural economics forecast a July /
wheat supply of lob, 900, 900 BUSH
els, only 100000 bushels short of
the figure where farmers must vote
on acreage quotas for next year.
Dry weather in spring wheatlands
cut crop prospects, however, and by
mid-May Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace was able to avoid
an embarrassing election-year acre
age referendum by cutting the July
estimate to only 974 1000, 900 BUSH
els. A further help: In 1910 farm
ers can plant 100000 acres to
wheat, 100000 more than this year.
A week after this announcement,
however, it appeared the admins
tration's farm program is bound for
another begging down, another year
like miserable 1884 and 1886. Care
fully checking weather bureau re-
ports, Mr.. Wallace found early May
rainfall in the wheat belt was far
below normal, with drouth spread
ing fast and damage to spring crops
already heavy. Percentages of nor
NAL rainfall thus far: South Da-
kota, So; North Dakota, As; Nebras-
ka, SO; Kansas, "a; Montana, SIS.
Though on the average far better
than 1884, conditions were bad
enough to make Mr.. Wallace name
a drouth committee who will aid
farmers if the worst comes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
SPAIN:
Freedom?

THE ia,o is the logical outcome Of
Cermany's viesO. voiced ever since the
outbreak OF the Spanish par, that fight
ing there is something phich concerns
only Spaniards."
Such was the Berlin foreign Of
fees comment on February Is,
1887, when the Reich passed law
which forbade German citizens to
enter Spanish territory and partici-
pate in Generalissimo Francisco
Frances war against Premier Juan
Negrin. In May of 1889, two months
after the war ended, with Il, 900 Ger
man volunteers" just coming home
from Spain, Germany got around to
repeating the law.
If Europe thought this situation
just bit humorous, it could view
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
BUSINESS:
Competition Wanted

Under NRA the government
forced industry into collision, strict
price levels being enforced to a
point where competing bidders usu-
ally found their individually arrived
at quotations identical. But since
MIRA was invalidated identical quo
tations have often continued, pro-
viding Trust Buster Thurman Ar
mold, assistant attorney general,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Japan Broadcasts News
In 8 Different Tongues

TOKYO.-Like other modern ma
tons, japan is in the news business
and disseminates japanese news to
all parts of the world daily in eight
languages. Six separate programs,
including news, are broadcast each
day from the new Tokyo studios of
the Japan Broadcasting corporation,
a semi-official organization which
has monopoly of broadcasting.
Europe receives two services
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
How Women
in Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from 50 TO 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells.
upset nerves and moody spells
Get more fresh air, s hrs sleep and II YOU
need good general system tonic take Lydiz
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. made
especially for ironleH. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of life WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Farm Labor Displaced

WASHINGTON.-F'rom 1O0,O00 to
10000 workers who used to follow
the harvests in the Great Plains have
been permanently displaced by ma
chinery, according to WPA re-
port. determination has enabled
farmers to increase their small
grain acreage 25 per cent with only
about two-thirds of the labor re-
quired a quarter of century ago.
The introduction of mechanical
aides has eliminated more than AGO.
00O,0 200 men-hours of labor a year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

and then. There was little mention
OF this phase; yet it seems reason
able to assume that it was in the
back of the official mind.
The question was put on Mr..
Roosevelt's desk. He decided that
the contract should be given the
Argentines. That happened about
the middle of April. There was no
furry about the matter then be-
cause few persons knew OF the
transaction. Eventually, however,
information about the award leaked
out and somebody asked Mr.. Roose-
welt in press meeting whether it
was true. That was where Mr..
Roosevelt really became tangled up
with the buzz saw.
Now, it is well to know that Mr..
Roosevelt likes to talk. He also in
sists on telling the news writer's
all about given situation-if he
talks at all about it. He is decidedly
fair that way. He talked at great
length about the problem and the
result of his speech to the writer's
was numerous headlines which read
something like this: President
Roosevelt Orders Navy to Buy Ar
gentine Canned Beef-Foreign Prod
uct Found Cheaper and Superior
in Quality, President Says"
Came Outbursts on Floors
Of the House and Senate
Within a few short weeks, Mr..
Roosevelt's political hands were
torn and bleeding. He was being
ridiculed because he frequently re-
ferred in political campaigns to the
need for helping "our undernour-
ished one-third, our lily clad and
lily housed" people. There were
outbursts on the floors of the house
and the senate. The New Deal lead
ers in congress could do nothing
about it. The representatives and
senators from the cattle country
were denouncing his action and one
whole day was occupied in the house
of representatives where the Presi-
dents political body was torn limb
from limb.
The heat of the battle became so
great that the house committee on
appropriations which happened then
to be considering the annual naval
appropriations bill took action. 1t
included in that bill, a prohibition
that will prevent such thing ever
happening again. They were shout
ing: "The idea, feeding our navy
men on Argentine beef" etc. OBJ
viously, under such circumstances,
the prohibitory clause was accepted
by the house and the senate and
it will be the law of the land.
This heat came of two causes.
First, the cattle business is none
too good and the cattle producers
are politically powerful. They pro-
tect themselves, as they should. To
see even small business contract
go outside of the United States was
bad medicine, even though the beef
bought would amount to only about
IS steers. 1t was the principle of the
thing. Then, when you add to that,
the resentment engendered by Mr..
Roosevelt's statement that Argen-
tine beef is better quality-well,
you speak your own piece about it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

Equipping six of these batteries
with modern, mobile anti-aircraft
guns, which already are ordered,
win add about 80 per cent to the
defense against air raids, the war
department estimated.
The other units will man new long,
range guns reinforcing the defenses
of harbors on the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts. Four of these units will
be assigned to the New York city
area.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Pretty Patterns That
Are Oh So PRACTICAL

SOMEWHAT formal, so that you
- can wear it smartly for shop
ping and runabout, is the wide
shouldered dress with buttons
down the scalloped bodice and
braid used to give the effect of a
bolero. The circular skirt has a
charming, animated swing to it
In batiste, linen or fiat crepe, it's
a dress you'll thoroughly enjoy all
summer long.
indispensable Stacks Suit.
If you're planning to have a lot
of outdoor fun this summer (and
of course you are) then a Stacks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Announces Visitors

A microphone- loudspeaker attach
ment which may prove helpful to
housewives has been perfected in
New York city. Through it visitor
may identify himself before admit
lance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-The muezzin from
: his tower cries that he can't ex-
actly say that everything is all right,
but it might be worse and it proba-
-. bly, will be bet
His Restrained ter. That would
Optimism Hits be Col. Leonard
Cleveland al
laying fears of a bear market, in his
monthly business survey, a periodic
voice as authoritative as any noon
tide bulletin from the minarets of
Cairo.
Colonel Ayres, vice president of
the Cleveland Trust company, was
a school teacher for many years,
and is the author of book called
"The Measurement of Spelling Abil-
ity," one of about a dozen of his
books on educational subjects. He
has written a similar number of
books on business and finance, and,
in his entire range, from spelling
to selling, he has never overlooked
detail and he is no offhand prophe-
cier-prophecy being his main line,
as contrasted to that of mere mar
ket analysis.
He has logged eight major de-
pressiOns and eight cycles of in
fiati0n and deflation, and he gets
the feel of the thing, in about
the same way a good cook gets
the feel of a cook book. He was
one of the few financial experts
who saw the 1929 blizzard COM
ing, and said so. On October 3,
1928, he wrote: "The golden age
of American business has come
to an end"
Nobody was paying much atten.
ton to the muezzin then. He kept
on repeating that the condition of
finance was thoroughly unhygien-
ic," but the wind wasn't right and
the words didn't carry down to the
market place below.
A native of Mantle, Conn,
Colonel AyreS was educated at
Boston university, later garland
ed with a chaplet of honorary
degrees from other colleges. He
taught school at Rochester, N.
Y, and at Puerto Rico, and in
the latter engagement turned
his spare time to statistical re-
search, with such success that
he became statistician for the
A. E. F. in war days-hence his
title.
Previous to taking over the
banking post in Cleveland, he
was a director of education for
the Russell Sage foundation, and
he had rounded out his career as
an educator nicely before start
ing another in finance. In be-
tween the two work zones, he
wedged book, ''The War With
Germany" written in 1919.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
President Became Tangled
Up With the Buzz SarD

And it is to be remembered, too,
that Mr.. Roosevelt has been striving
to knit North and South American
nations together under his good
neighbor policy. It would be a
friendly gesture to buy something.
Besides all of these, there is Mr..
Hull's reciprocal trade treaty pol
icy that needs bolstering every now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
More Life Insurance Owners

In 1900, only one person in ten
had life insurance policy in this
country, and one in six had saw
ings account. A recent survey shows
that now every other person has
both.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

IN THE depth of the depression, q
group of Wall Street financiers
hired an economist to draft for them
a shock-proof and slump-proof plan
for the invest
Sino BUSINESS ment of their
Sagacity Seems surplus funds,
Highly Plausible to assure them
security in their
old age. After diligent research,
their adviser found that no such
plan was possible, but suggested as
an alternative that they put their
money in the keeping of some sa-
gacious Chinese financier.
This writer recalled then that sew
eral of the shrewdest business men
in this country, including Edward
Bruce of the fine arts division of
the treasury department and the
late William R. Murchison, had
learned about the care and nurture
of money from the Chinese sages of
the abacus, and now comes Richard
G. Patterson Jr., also schooled in
business in China. He retires as
assistant secretary of commerce to
take a private post.
Back from China in 1927, with
half of his allotted span of years
still ahead of him and a stable
fortune already in hand, he
wished to put in the rest of his
life being socially useful. He
was commissioner of corrections
of New York city until 1882,
given a big hand for his effec-
tiveness on the job.
Just year ago, he became a sort
of haison officer between the de-
partment of commerce and the ma
TONS business. In this capacity, he
urged friendly get-together in an
economic Clinic" as he thinks part
of our trouble is due to lack of
basic facts and sound understand
ing of economic and business forces.
He was a Nebraska farm boy,
routed through the University of
Nebraska and the Columbia
School of Mines to a successful
professional and business ca
reer, first as a mining engineer ;
with the ]. G. White Engineer
ing company, as consultant for
the DuPonts and later in mining
and business ventures in China.
He served on the Mexican bor-
der and in the World war, ma
jor in the latter, annexing sew
eral foreign decorations.
CONSOLIDATED Features-WNU Service.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
Probe Into Moseley Activities
Reveals Race Consciousness;
Rome-Berlin Pact Discredited

NOTEwhen opinions these columns
-Releas dby WeternN Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

Lost for Credit
He who hath lost his credit IS
dead to the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
NEW IDEAS

0DvERTISEMENTS are your guide
Il to modern living. They bring you
today's NEWS about the food you eat and
the clothes you wear. And the place TO
find out about these new things IS right
in this newspaper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01

NEW YORK.-The muezzin from
his tower cries that he can't ex-
actly say that everything is all right,
but it might be worse and it proba-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
SOUTHBURY BOY
SEEKS $4,000
Ralph Morrow. II, Sues
MiddIebury Men for Ac-
cident in 1898

Trial of the $25 900 civil action,
brought by Ralph E. Morrow, II. OF
Southbury. to recover for injuries
allegedly sustained in an accident
at the junction of Straits turnpike
and the Whittemore road in Mid
dlebury. April 8, 1888, was resumed
before Judge John F. McDonough
in the court of common pleas today.
The case was started yesterday aft
ernoon.
The boy, through his father,
Thomas Morrow. is suing Charles
F. Epson and Luther France of
Middlebury and the estate of Louis
Amber of SouthbUy.
The boy was riding in the front
seat Of an automobile owned by the
late Mr.. Amber when 1t collided
with a car owned by the defendant,
Epson, and driven by France. He
was thrown against the windshield
of the car, 1t is claimed and knock
ed unconscious. receiving decorations
of the scalp and nose and body in
juries which kept him a patient at
the Waterbury hospital for Is days.
Attorney william Healey Of Der
by Is counsel for the plaintiff and
Atty. Walter E. Morgan and Atty
John Monagan and the law firm OF
Pond Morgan and Morse Of New
Haven are representing the defend
ants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
Stamps
Urged For Cards

Following the receipt of an Off
cial bulletin from Washington,
Postmaster Charles A. Babin to-
day advised patrons preparing for
the Christmas card season to use
two and three cent stamps rather
than one an done-half cent stamps.
The postmaster said that cards
carrying only one and one-half
cent postage cannot be sealed will
not be forwarded, will not be re-
turned, must not contain writing,
and will be handled as circular
mail.
On the other hand, the post
master said in pointing out the adj
vantages of two and three cent
postage, envelopes so stamped may
be sealed, may containing writing,
will be forwarded, will be returned,
and are given preference in deliv-
cry.
Postmaster Babin observed that
the average person sends about
so local post cards every Christ
mas and New Year season, with
an average saving of only 25 cents,
If he Uses the one and one-half
cent postage.
Two cent postage on local deliv-
cries. he said, insure first class
service and prompt delivery. Be-
cause OF the regulation limiting
one and one-half cent postage. he
said, deliveries are impossible II
the addresSee has moved,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
c. OF c. TO HOLD
JANUARY DANCE
Christmas Party Also Ar
ranged By Lithuanian
Group Last Evening
Brooklyn News

The Lithuanian Chamber of Com
merce members heard various reports
of different committees and mainly
the activity and progress of the Ma
tional Lithuanian Chamber of Com
merce at a meeting last evening.
January 14th was designated as
the date for the annual dance at 48
Green street. The committee named
to complete arrangements for 1t
comprises Ernest Mazaika, Peter
Krugelis and Bronze Marshlka.
The members also voted to hold a
Christmas party for G. of G. men,
bers, their auxiliary. the Radio
Chorus and the radio program COM
mittee.
John Kareila, DR.. Frank Hill,
Bronze Marshalka, Stan Lucas, Mrs
Matthew M. Colney ard Mrs. p
KrugeliS were named to compile the
history and activity of the c. of C
and to record 1t by 1910.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
REPUBLICANS IN
FAIRFIELD SPLIT

Bridgeport, Conn, Nov. pup
The bitter Fairfield County Re-
publican strife spread to the ranks
of the young Republicans last night
when free-for-all was averted mar
rowly during hotel room meeting
called to name delegates to the
county's young Republican meeting
Friday night.
About $50 persons were TANNED
into the room when an argument
broke out over the delegate list.
Chairs were overturned, Miss Lillian
Farrell tainted, and police were
called.
Order soon was restored, but the
hotel management directed the
group to conclude the meeting and
leave.
The trouble was in outgrowth OF
the wide-open fight for leadership
headed by J. Kenneth Bradley and
Sheriff Edward A. Plat.