The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-30
Chemistry To Be A Boon to Farmers

OF today. Synthetic products and those not manu-
featured in our country at present can be made from
the common crops grown farms, say chem
lists, who are experimenting with the problem. When,
and if, this becomes a reality there should be no
overproduction the farm, they say, and Uncle
Sam will have need to look to foreign countries
for anything. Opportunities in the field of chemistry
are great, and in the future chemists may place
farmers in the position of Uncle Sans No. l
producers of materials for manufacturing pur-
poses When that program can be worked out to
the ultimate, then the day of crop curtament will
end.
In the spring cleanup campaign, which is
about upon us again, it will be well to remember
to keep fire servant, not master.
A Slogan Which Should Be Encouraging
When Perry S. Williams, Executive Vice Presi-
dent of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Associa-
tion came to this city for the opening of the new
Main Street Theatre recently, he evidently received
a more than favorable impression of Sank Centre
In letter to the Herald sometime ago, he offered:
"Lfe's CONTENDER in Sank Centre" as slogan He
said: Il give you the above as a town slogan with
out money and without price" That slogan has an
encouraging note and it might, through use, stimu-
late real contenment in the community. Every
stand little of it!
People who by intimation tear down their COM
munity neighbors are more dangerous than
the open knocker-neither should have place
in the community.
Vaccinations of European Imperialism
Senator William E. Borah, fiery United States
Senator from Idaho Saturday called upon the Unit
ed States to isolate herself from the Vaccinations
of European Imperialism and thereby save herself
from impending disaster. He charges that Euro
pean democraces must share the blame with totali-
tartan for threats to the peace of the world
He blamed Great Britain and Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain for permitting Rechsfuehrer Adolf Hit
Ter to reach position where Nazi Germany could
fundamental nations
He demanded abstinence from entangling al
liances, reliance on the Monroe Doctrine the
cornerstone Of foreign policy, and stunning OF the
power politics of the old world to keep this country
out of There may be those who do not like
his proposal but if Needed it is almost certain that
Uncle Sam will not get his fingers burned by the
fires of European hatreds, kndled to white heat
and threatening to consume old world civilization,
and any other nosey nation, which might be roped
into an unholy alliance with either group.
Is This A New Deal?-
Lower prices in farm products just make us
wonder why Uncle Sam has during the past six
months purchased from foreign nations nearly half
million head of CATTLE million pounds of pork;
so million pounds of beef; rs million pounds Of
butter; nearly 16 million bushels Of wheat; IA mil
lion bushels of oats; 10 million bushels rye and
barley and nearly 20 million bushels of corn.
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Minnesota is to have business manager Recent
exposures and loss of $1O4OOO in gas taxes, shows
the necessity of business in the state administration.
Business management has been utterly lacking.
Mightiest of discipines is social approval and
censure. Exposure in doing things which may not
meet the approval of friends is mans greatest worry
After ALL to be well thought of is ambition nher-
ent in most men, Those who have it not not
men!
A bill to tax state lands acquired through the
Rural Credits Department of Minnesota, may sound
like "robbing Peter to Pay Paul." but there are
counties where much land has been acquired by the
state and where the decrease in taxable lands has
caused hardship on the governmental setups.
Minnesotas Farmer-Labor party, or the rem
nant thereof is flirting with 1910 fusion with the
Democrats according to news dispatch which
stated that Hjalmar Peterson and Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley connecting necessary plans for the
movement After the recent liberal fiasco in Min
nesota, such a plan may not operate well in 1910
as it did in 1886
Hidden taxes take $21762O from families in Sank
Centre and vicinity annually retail purchases
alone, according to a recent survey by consumers
tax commission. This survey based total
retail sales in Sank Centre of $1395OOO. reported
by the U. S. Bureau of the Census This tax has
been added to the cost of food clothing, fuel medi
cine and other daily purchases. According to that
statement, the old saying that two things are
tain, death and taxes is more true than before
for no one escapes payment in taxes today.
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Unemployed Capital
It is generally conceded that behind the great
and persistng unemployment of labor lies an unpre-
cedented unemployment of capital, rather than lack
Of capital, in the United States. In fact the in
ability to find safe and profitable fields the in
vestment Of idle capital is greatest economic
problem.
This situation has existed for several years. and
unless and until it be changed there is no hope
for return Of general prosperity.
An organization that is now engaged in in
tensive study Of means for relieving capital unem-
ployment is the Investment Bankers Association of
America, which recently began series Of regional
meetings in pursuance Of its 1889 program In out
lining the purpose of these meetings officials of the
association said:
The national organization Is bending every eff
fort to get the capital markets reopened. Our num-