The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29

came 10 SOIlSTcSS. LII 1Ooo hS "oS
chosen United States Senator by a
tremendous majority. He was an
isolationist in the strictest sense
and voted as he preached. Senator
Lundeen's home life was exemplary
and his wife, and two children who
are now nearly grown, are devoted
to his memory.
cannot find words to express
my feelings toward individuals who
would assassinate the character of
an upright, loyal citizen, especially
when he is no longer here to defend
himself. There is altogether too
much Of that sort of thing in Amer
lean politics and that is one reason
it is so hard to get the best type of
citizenship to run for office AS a
matter of fact, no office is worth the
price that some have to pay in the
way Of withstanding abuse and
SANDER.
Farm Prices
The Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture reports farm product
prices on April 18th, stood at no
per cent of the 1910-1914 level. This
would be very encouraging but for
the fact that another department
of the government reports the in
dex of prices paid, interest and tax
es have risen to 129 per cent of the
1910-1914 level. Thus the more
prosperity the farmer seemingly en-
joys the faster he will go broke.
Agriculture is the only major in
dustry that is being operated at
loss these days.
This and That
1t is reported that those charged
with the administration Of the
draft law have found that it needs
considerable fixing. At the NOM
ent they are agitating for an
amendment that will give the Presi-
dent the power to create deferred
classes because of age, dependency,
going to college and other grounds.
I am sure that the average draft
board would welcome these changes
as it would relieve them of many
embarrassing problems and head
aches.
Tidal power at Passamaquoddy,
the Federal Power Commission re-
ports in response to a Senate res
olution of 1889, can be developed
at a cost of sS7,000,0OO. This is
presumably in addition to the So
381, 900 already spent on the pro-
ject. A steam plant with the same
output of electric energy could be
built at the same place for $14,-
S91 900, the report continues, and
the production cost of the steam
plant would be 5.57 mills per kilio-
watt-hour, whereas the cost of pro-
duction at the tidal plant would be
1915 mills per kilowatt-hour.
An attorney general back in the
days when that official could have
private law practice, too, asked
Congress to give him a staff and
money for expenses. The staff was
a clerk at a salary of $1,000 year.
Expenses were to be $500 a year,
for fuel, stationery, and a hoy
to attend to the mental duties"
The Solicitor General recently dug
out that request for staff and COM
pared it to the $4,000 persons now
on the payroll of the Department
Of Justice.
Tax cases in the courts become
more numerous as the completely
of federal taxes increases. In 1910
the number Of cases taken into
courts rose to 1921 from $50 in
1889.
Government contracts run to
large numbers. Between July I,
1910, and March 1, 1871, the War
Department entered into 739 thous-
and contracts, covering 6 billion 81
million dollars. OF this total about
1888 thousand contracts involving
1 billion 615 million dollars were
let, after advertising, to the lowest
responsible bidder. Approximately
5 thousand contracts with an esti-
mated cost Of 1 billion 300 million
dollars were let for lump sums at
ter negotiation. The contracts
negotiated for cost plus a fixed fee
numbered a few over 200 and in