Askov American., 1940-02-29

Roosevelt and Sar- M
gent, Inc, of which
James is a men, $z
Der, and the Pres W
ident's wife a di- IN
rector, has taken S'A'S'~'
over the insurance account of the
American-President Steamship line,
formerly known as the Dollar Steam
ship Line. 1t so happens that the
government owns 80 percent of the
common stock in this company be-
cause the RFC granted a million
500 thousand dollar loan to the COM
pany back in 1888, at which time the
Maritime commission offered to give
the company an annual operating
subsidy of 8 million dollars for a
five-year period. Formerly the lines
insurance account had been held by
San Francisco firm but William G..
McAdoo (the $25, 900 year president
of the line who was appointed by
President Roosevelt), decided that
this fat insurance account should
go to Jimmie's firm.
The Roosevelts are thrifty lot,
with the possible exception of a
younger son who married du Pont.
They have all done we'll the past
seven years in financial way. l
can well understand Mr. Roosevelt's
dilemma when it comes to deciding
on third term.
Ev,fv oh To cI, inn n
Residents of Washington do not
have vote. The affairs of the city
are conducted by a commission of
three members. All laws and ordi-
nances pertaining to the municipality
are passed by Congress and the Fed
eral government contributes a lump
sum of five million dollars year to
the operation of the city. Every 9TH
er Monday Congress sits as Board
of Aldermen.
Personally, 1 should like to see the
city government turned over to the
people of Washington. Congress can
i'll afford the time required to legis-
late for the nations capitol. l will
welcome an opportunity to vote to
enfranchise all Washingtonians who
are American citizens and turn the
city government affairs over to them.
The present arrangement is un-Amer-
lean.
Reciprocal Trade Act Extended.
The House, on Friday, by a vote of
PIG to 168 voted to extend the Hull
Reciprocal Trade program for an
other three years. Twenty Demo-
Gratis, nearly all of them representing
agricultural districts, joined with the
Republicans in voting against the ex-
tension while five Republicans Joined
the Democrats by voting Affirmative
| ly. Of these five Alexander repre-
sents Minneapolis; Barton a New
York city district; Cluett is the big
shirt and collar manufacturer of
Troy, New York; Hartley comes from
New Jersey; and Welch represents
the city of San Francisco. 1 merely
mention this to give the lineup in
the House.
The measure now goes to the Sen
ate where it is claimed that the pro-
ponents have enough votes to put it
over.
Many of my readers will recall that
our country was flooded with inn
ports of all kinds Immediately fol-
lowing the Armistice These imports
were dumped on the market at what
ever price could be obtained, the aim
being to establish dollar credits.
The situation became so serious
that it was necessary to pass the So
called emergency tariff act which
was vetoed by President Wilson.
When Harding came in in 1921 he
called a special session of Congress
for the purpose of re-enacting the
measure. That put a stop to COM
petitive imports until several of the
European countries, by juggling their
currencieS, were again able to get
over the bars. Today we have %
trade treaties in effect, all of which
have been made for period of three
years, or until notice is served by
one or both of the contracting nations
that they are to be terminated When
the present wars in Europe and Asia
are over we are going to have the
same situation again that we had
back in 1919-2O-21, but this time
we will find that we have tied our
hands so that Congress will not be
able to take effective steps to avert
disaster.
Dairy Consumption Increases.
The department of Agriculture re-
ports that the average American con-
sumed more milk and manufactured
dairy products last year than ever
before. The consumption averaged
S42 pounds per person, compared with
808 pounds in 1893. The total con-
sumption is reported at 11O,338, ,OOO,-
600 pounds of fluid milk compared
with los, 1872 100000 pounds in 1898.
The departments statement says that
the per capita consumption of manu-
factured dairy products-b ut er,
cheese, concentrated milk and ice
cream was the largest in 40 years.
1t may not be generally known that