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Show CACTI K AMERICAN, A Lost Soldier of a Lost Cause LAGAN. UTAH illowe About: Eaiy to Waih Fineit of Fabric, Utin; Cara i Back to Recovery Temperance Hard Times Not Rare til. tMtarneiou. wav mom. By ED HOWE Washington The great experiIV READING 1 latviy encountered ment In farm relief ) under way the following wsileure ; America 11 . Already, ea tnor forward to a new )etem Farm Relief regulations and that alii suite our present dittlcul-Ilia- , Machinery policies are Issubut ratihut mot back ta ing from the office of George X. peek, administraI admit it It an tor of the agricultural adjustment lmpreh and act. In quantity and complexity high sounding paragraph, but tt aa nmana. It la pre- equalled only by those promulgated for enforcement of prohibition. They cisely backward we tntiet go to re the work of a dxen or more to the old economy in men who are designated a experts, public and priiata affaire. In mar. Mug forward reckUwaly and the concensus around Washington la that only expert are going to we have reached a dangerous position we ranuot maintain; wa must comprehend them fully. President Roosevelt and every one Mrca! back to safety, and reform els is hoping the law will rescue our tinea for another advance. agriculture and construct a firm One of the worst American ralam-lti- e foundation for the entire economic was adoption of the prohibitory structure of the country. To help , the president called law, for the reason that oppoaltlon attain to It became general, and apparently Mr. Peek away from hi vast Im(though not actually) whisky won a plement manufacturing business at Mr. victory. Whlaky la bad stuff, but In Moline, III, to tale charge. the row over prohibition (really n Peek I In sympathy with agriculdemand of aober men for a sound-e- r ture In every respect lie realize, fur example, that agriculture must tenqieranoe measure) the unthinkprosper or hi plaut are going to ing gained the Impression that temlie will sell no farm maperance I a bad Idea. The whisky he Idle, So the law will he adIdea waa thus encouraged aa never chinery. ministered at the top by friend. before In our history. But aa the machinery for adminThe wisest and beat men of nil age hare placed temperance near istering the act la devchqwd. It become painfully apparent that the the head of their recommendation. danger Ilea not In what goes on Let the lane remember that la still tbe best word In the here In Washington with respect to It The fear Is held by many supCommon cense language. porters of tbe law that the small It provision army needed to Frequent hard time with our Into effect will becarry the breeding stmt money affair are no more unnatfor trouble. However Intensive Is ural than are frequent bard time the desire to get the best out of the with our stomachs, our love affairs, la bound to be varied or hard time because of too much law, there construction of Its terms and the rain, wind or enow. under 1L It Our la a hard time world; on regulations promulgated ts humanly Impossible to have It othshould have a cyclone cellar erwise, and there are plenty of handy to which to retreat precedent In the administration of to Every day something happen federal laws that have atother we not did cause all of ua to regret to go too near the Individtempted watch out more constantly yesterual citizen. Then, probably, there day when the weather wa fair. will be mistakes In honet Judgment a and a little graft as well It has 1 hope the tane did not neglect happened In other laws dealing with to note that the oppressed man who Individuals. Tills one presents brand attempted to kill the President-Elec- t new opportunities In that direction. at Miami, Fla, and wounded four The Department of Agriculture Is and killed one In the crowd, gave striving, however, to acquaint the a Ills excuse for the desperate act ; country with fact a to wliat the L He bad long suffered Indiges- law means, how It operates and tion pains in hls stomach. what It propose to do. It U seek2. He hated President and rich ing the of all. Without men generally. success Is likely to be He confessed, also, to making $20 limited. The department, therefore. a day as a bricklayer, to losing $200 Is seeking to have the farmer unat the dog races In Miami, and had derstand the necessity for the stata considerable sum of money on hls ute In advance of appointment of person when arrested. the vast personnel that will be needAs 1,500 people witnessed the ed to reach Into every county where the shooter, when ar- agriculture predominates. Bhootlpg, If that raigned In court, offered to plead can be accomplished, It Is argued, guilty, but the Judge appointed the agents of the government will three lawyers, at public expense, to have something with which to work attend him; also three physicians when they Interview farmers conto relieve hls Indigestion. cerning their willingness to Join In Congress has not been more lib- reducing acreage. It Is by reduceral and prompt In looking after the tion o! acreage, of course, that the Miami waa this oppressed than main profit for the farmer is exJudge. pected. That Is the way It Is figured to force prices higher. I often say literature Is shiftless Secretary Wallace and Mr. Peek stuff; that no one actually cares and others connected with the Job much for tt except publishers, and here In Washington have been holdtheir hired men, the writer. ing conferences with representatives I mean no special condemnation of producers, of processors (those of writers or publishers. Everything who grind the wheat or spin the In life excites us to frequent fault cotton, etc.) and other agencies. It Is the fate of men ; noth- The processors are directly confinding. ing among us Is very good or sat- cerned, for they are going to be We must select the taxed In several ways to obtain isfactory. best In everything, and get along funds for payment to the farmers with It as comfortably as we can. who agree to reduce production. That Is one way of creating what Lincoln The Steffens lately wrote; the bill calls price parity. "Nothing Is done finally, nothing Is main purpose of these conferences known positively and completely. has been to gain the facts concernThis is good grumbling and good ing the amount produced, how and writing, but I cannot see how any- where It Is sold, and basic Informaone will be able to get anything out tion that will serve as a guide for of It, beyond a little Intellectual laying the tax. I k see sur-ons- The Great Creole n.a.rv.ar, plrtam fra Cral," tnnn; Ikirlfa Irrlkur'i 4AII Cm) Tfca Mm.) temps-r- By ELMO SCOTT WATSON JU ORDERED the firing on Fort Sum anee ter and thus furnished the apark eet off the mighty conflugra of the greatest civil war In hie try. lint tlila kindliest military engagement In history, conducted with the utmost good nature, almost tenderness, oo both sides a pleasant curtain-raise- r which gave no biut of the grlmness to follow" was hailed as great victory and he became the Idol of a new nation, the Confederate States of America. The Confederate congress, In behalf of the Jew nation, voted him a resolution of thanks. The general assembly of South Carolina, the scene of bis great victory," did the same. of his native New Orleans raised funds Laure Villere to buy a golden sword for him. Ills admirers In Montgomery, Ala., the Confederate capital, sledded to buy him a new horse and present It Davis and Beauregard early In the war. More to him upon his next visit there. He received than one historian has pointed out how Davis Shiloh more than 250 letters of congratulation and the suffered from the delusion that he was a great no In- and said be would be gone a fortnight. He waa brook would and he strategist military manuscripts of five poems written to him, degone four years." Then he was ordered to Richmond to confer terference with his strategy of waging a During those four years he rose to the height with President Jefferson Davis and bis progress fensive war and trying to defend every part of empire of the South. of his military ambition and sank to the depths. north was a triumphal procession with cheering the In contrast to this attitude was Beauregard's Within a short time after Manassas he was crowds and blaring bands at every railroad Wherever he appeared, the crowds desire for a concentration of the Confederate definitely In bad" with Davis and the secretary Junction. demanded a speech. Arriving In Richmond, he forces In the vitally Important places and he of war. Benjamin. He was sent to the Departwas bustled and shoved and kissed and had to waging of a smashing offensive war which ment of the West as second in command to Al would decide the Issue as quickly ns possible. bert Sidney Johnston. At the Battle of Shiloh stand with a scarlet, embarrassed face while no One of the most Interesting "Ifs" of the Civil or Pittsburg Landing a bullet strut k down to maiden of whom made spindly forty, forty war Is what might have happened If this Creole, Johnston and the command devolved upon difference, snipped a button from his coat. Three months later two uniformed mobs reared In the Napoleonic tradition, had been Beauregard. But with certain victory In sight, fought a battle near Manassas or Bull Run In given a free hand from the outset There Is when he could have annihilated Grant's army, The uniformed mob which had no doubt that he had In him the makings of a he ordered the fighting stopped. He retreated Virginia. marched south, many of them carrying lengths great soldier but he seems always to have Just to Corinth leaving Grant In possession. After Shiloh the whisperings against Beaureof rope "to lead a Rebel prisoner back to Wash- missed success whether because of his own shortcomings or because of circumstances over gard began. There began to be doubts as to the ington, went back toward that city In a rout almost unparalleled In history, which he had no control, It Is difficult to say. greatness of the hero of Sumter and the victor The uniformed mob which had marched north, Beauregard was born on a plantation In Loui- of Manassas. But he did score a victory of each man confident of his ability to whip five siana Just 115 years ago May 28, 1818 when sorts In his skillful evaeutlon of Corinth when Yankees before breakfast, experienced unex- that state was still more French than American. Ilalleck might have crushed him. Despite this pected difficulties In whipping two. But theirs From the first he had a passion for guns, for fact, he was relieved of his command and sucwas the victory, anyway, and after that another horses, for everything military. So when he ceeded by Gen. Braxton Bragg, one of Davis' was sent to school in New York, conducted by "pets. extravaganza of hero worship. The illness which had troubled him since the In the South they began naming children the brothers, Peugnet, two of Naafter him. There was talk of making him Pres- poleon, and listened to their tales of the great beginning of the war made a long leave of abident of the Confederates States of America. campaigns In which they had fought under the sence necessary and after he had somewhat reHe had to keep an extra supply of coat buttons Little Corporal, this passion was only intensified. gained his health he was placed In command at rein his tent they snipped them off so fast The natural result was an appointment to the Charleston again. There he successfully As you have probably already guessed, the United States Military academy at West Point sisted a Federal attack aimed at this "breeding of secession. In 1864 he was serving unobject of all this frenzy was Pierre Gustave hi 1834. One of his Instructors there was a place Toutant Beauregard, a general In the Confeder- Kentuckian named Robert Anderson. A little der Lee in resisting the sledge hammer strokes over a quarter of a century Inter the former of Grant around Richmond. At Petersburg he ate army in 1801. a was hero such he "if great student was to order his soldiers to open fire beat off an attack which saved Richmond for "But, you say, nine more months. A year later, after Lee had then, why do wre hear so little of him now?" To on the fort defended by the former Instructor befind the answer to that question, turn to a new but he was not present when the fort was sur- surrendered, there was a dramatic meeting It would be an unhonornble thing,' tween Davis and Beauregard. Davis was pleadbiography which has Just been published by rendered. Charles Scribners Sons. It is Beauregard, the he declared, to be present at the humiliation ing for a continuance of the war. But Beauregard and Gen. Joseph Johnston told him plainly Great Creole, written by Hamilton Basso, who of his friend. In 1838 Beauregard was graduated from West that it was no use to struggle longer against has set about the task of rescuing from obthe Inevitable. scurity the man once hailed as one of the Point, second in a class of 45. One of his classSo Johnston surrendered to Sherman and the mates was named Irvin McDowell. And 23 greatest military figures In history. war was over. With only $1.15 in his pocket thrill In the prologue to his biography, Mr. Basso years later Irvin McDowell and Pierre Gustave s Mr. Steffens has again reminded we came Toutant Beauregard were to be commanders of Beauregard started back to Louisiana. Iu New says: Occasionally, In the Orleans he found himself still a hero to his peo- me of my weakness ; again made me across his name. But it is only rarely, and then the opposing forces when Bull Run creek In Virple. But In the years that followed the uncomfortable. If this Is the obwith a scant line or two they are done with him. ginia received Its bloody baptism. even in Louisiana, faded. There was of writing, then Lincoln Steffens After graduation Beauregard, a lieutenant In the matter of ject He has fallen Into obscurity, even in the the Louisiana lottery, the gam- Is a good writer. South where once he was loved and honored as the engineers corps, first helped In the construcscheme which was so bitterly assailed as bling It In of has And him, Lee. so, tion of Fort Adams in Rhode Island. Then he a menace to much as writing the morals and character of the Interested me to seek an explanation of his neg- was sent to take charge of an engineering proj nation. Its directors needed Recently on a hotel stairway, I the association of saw seven cigarette butts on the lect and effacement. The fault, I believe, and ect at Baratarla bay. So he came back to his some man whose lend of name would greatness first three steps. Tt Is a trail one the blame (if there is any blame) Is that of the own Creole country. There he met and fell In character and dignity to the lottery and cer- follows s all the love with the lovely Laure Villere and when traditionalists and the everywhere In America; to of the fairness the tify drawings. else is so distinctly and unithey were married two of the most distingushed nothing Happy Oalahads of the Picturesque. Finally they got such names, two of them American as the cigarette. Mr. Basso then points out that In 1SC5 when families in Louisiana were united. One was Gen. Jubal A. Early and the other was versally a defeated a peocame war war Then the Mexican and Civil ruined, ended, the during that Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. The conflict he was twice brevetted for gallant and South was As moving an Incident In life as ple returned to the dally routine of peace-timastonished, a little shocked . . . life, a changed life in which they had no pres- meritorious service, first as a captain, for his and made apologies for her distinguished sons. I have ever heard is this: A young In my ent and, so far as they could see, no future. All gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco, and . . . But though it apologized for him and girl of average good family that was left Inviolate was the past. And the again as a major for bravery In the battle of tried to forget his association with the octopus, town married at seventeen, and had prostrate South clung desperately to Its mem- Chaultepec. He returned to New Orleans as a It never really forgave him. It was not the five children In seven years. One ories of the beauty, the chivalry and the romance local hero and was presented witn a golden thing for a Civil war day she disappeared and has never general to do." sword. But the years which followed were dull been heard from since, except a letthat had been in the past Came the 1890s. The Civil war was becoming ter she wrote her mother from a In the years that followed, myths and legends and uneventful ones and Beauregard was rapid- a dim memory. Most of the great figures in it into to which said she couldn't form the of the obscurity. slipping to parts up spring began were dead. Only a few lingered on, among them distant town, Then by puffin certain wires he succeeded stand the burden of being married. plantation or Southern tradition and a part of Great the In his Creole. seventy-fiftyear the She found no fault with her husthat tradition was that of the Civil war gen- in getting himself appointed as commandant at old illness assailed him. He felt as If knives he was as great a were West Point. This was two days after Lincolns eral. Here, fortunately, the were sticking In his he could feel the band, saying You may as she had been. rot called upon to exercise their creative In- election In 18G0 and when It seemed certain that pulse of fever behind throat; martyr his eyes. Sometimes, In be sure, she added, there Is not On genuity to any great extent Their hero was Louisiana would secede from the Union. officers come the his to would his quarevening, already made. Ills name was Robert Edward his way to New York Beauregard stopped off In ters to cheer him up. The fire leaped and another man In the case; the In my life has been completely Lee. Lee, then, became the legendary hero, ne Washington to explain to his superior officers roared, and those who liked whisky had a nip satisfied. was the model the others must measure up to. that should Louisiana withdraw from the Union or two, and Stuart sang in his great booming A few Southern generals, notably Stonewall he must follow his state. The result was that voice. . . . Perhaps, as he went up the stairs, was and at he Jeb West Branch Cabell ranks above the avPoint for Johnston, superintendent Albert Sidney only Jackson, the echo of Stuart's song went softly into his Stuart, bore many points of resemblance to Lee. five days, when he was ordered back to Loui- darkened room, perhaps the dark was poignant erage writing man. He recently The tradition, therefore, could Incorporate them siana, thus establishing a record for briefness with the ghosts of men in weathered gray. And said: I await with considerable imIn the time which any officer held that post. patience the time when Just one Into Its dogma. perhaps as he fell asleep, there was the past American, somewhere may learn so Louisiana seceded not included. be and could the Beauregard, But Beauregard engl again, and the days of golden glory, when his how to write with competence. . . . Tor one th'ug, he and Lee were totally unlike neer, who had prepared and presented a com- name was a banner in the Southern sun. Or This is an exaggeration, hut it inwas a for the defense too, of the Beauregard prehensive program In every respect. Ihen, was . . . there and nothing only quiet dicates that all writing is very had river passage was called to Montgomery perhaps Frenchman and the tradition Is essentially the ceasing of his heart and the peaceful com- in execution and thought and very Add to this tiie bitter antagonism for a special meeting with Provisional President end. the of ing worthless. He Davis. kissed nearly Jefferson President Jefferson his between wife up by good that sprang by Western Newepaper Union ) which t Ton I CHI-ren- U Beauregard Beauregard after far-flun- panic-stricke- n A text-book- myth-maker- e myth-make- . man-lac- Saxon. t k While the section of the farm relief act relating to mortgages and e methods of , Hope in nancing them may Bond Issue not awaken the in-- t e r e s t generally that the other part of the measure does, it seems to me that the provision enabling the Federal Land banks to issue $2,000,000,000 worth of new bonds holds forth much more promise. The federal government guarantees the Interest on these bonds, and the proceeds of them will be used to make new mortgages or refinance existing mortgages on farm lands. The Federal Land banks are authorized to buy outstanding mortgages from the present holders, or to exchange the new bonds for them, but the law specifies that this must be done on the best possible terms. The plain meaning of this Is that the land banks must seek to force a scaling down of the debt wherever possible. It is believed by many persons that holders of mortgages on which the interest has not been paid and on which perhaps Installments are will be willing to reduce the amount of the debt in order to dispose of the mortgage. In other words, the holder of a $5,000 mortgage that is delinquent Is considered as likely to accept something less than that amount If he gets what amounts to a government bond tn its place. lie knows the Interest will be paid. Tliis section of the law likewise hat amounts to a moragrant torium on Interest payment by th owner of th mortgaged land durIt proing the next fir years. scribe lower luterewt alio, to that the debt all! not b mounting to rapidly tn the meantime. Of course, th Interest eventually will have to be paid, but th thought Is that now la the time when freedom from forced payment of the Interest wilt be of most help. Direct loan to th farmer by the lend banka ere allowed under the mortgage lection of the taw In cam- where farmers live In having no farm loan association. The land banka will require such a borrower to agree to join a farm loan association If one la organized In hi vicinity, but the taw opens the way for him to obtain credit the absence of aucb an organization. On top of these Increased benefit available to the farmer, the law of Re IJuO.Ooo.OnO appropriated Const met ion Finance corporation money to enable farmora to redeem or repurchase farms lost through foreclosure, or to reduce or refinance what la known a junior mortgage and obligations. These commitment may Include such thing a mortgage on Uve stock or farm machinery and other equipment Congress sought to provide assistance by providing means of getting rid of the pressure occasioned by the local bank or other lender of money who naturally wauts to be paid off. It was argued that no farmer would be successful In a full measure If he had threats hanging over him of losing hla work stock or whatever he had mortgaged to provide working funds. rte -s Pellets sre best for liver, Dr. Pierce bowel sod etomaeh. One little Pellet fog Isxative three (or a cathartic. Adv. s Humbled Aristocracy First Hoho (surveying stream of pleasure seekers) I a tee 'olldaya. Makes yer feel common when nobody aint workin'. London Opinion. WWW It U almost three months since the took over Roosevelt administration Economic Policy the government Many things hare happened, some of them of an astounding character, in that time. In the broader perspective, one of the things that has attracted attention of those who look Into the economic future la the policy that President Roosevelt has fostered. In some respects, the President has been driving hard toward what may be described aa economic naFor example, there la tionalism. the law which be described as placing the government In partnership with Industry. In other respects, he has sought ends properly described The as economic Internationalism. tariff truce and the program for lowering tariff barriers throughout the world constitute proof of this course. I have found it difficult to reconcile the two, yet It has been pointed out to me that the President will be free to follow either course after the forthcoming world economic conference Is ended. If all nations stand hitched, there will be tariff reductions throughout the world; If they do not agree In that conference, Mr. Roosevelt can turn back to economic nationalism. The price parity bill, which I have Just analyzed. Is essentially nationalistic, and If it proves successful there will be sufficient unto ourselves. In this connection, the gold embargo should be recalled. While our tariff rates have been high, holders of capital In this country loaned billions abroad. President Roosevelt Is not going to allow the American delegation to talk about the debts owed to the American government. That subject remains in his hands. It Is safe to say he will be hls own secretary of state to receive any communications the eleven foreign nations have to make respecting their inability to Installments pay their in June and later. deep-roote- semi-annu- refl-Se- oven-du- Many of the attractive rayon fabrics on the market nowadays are washable, with care; handle them Just as you would dainty silks. To be safe, teat new colored garment before washing, by squeezing a sample or Inconspicuous portion of (he material In clear, lukewarm water for five minute or so. Also teat colored trimmings. Remove button, buckle, etc., which might be unwashable, and mend any bole, especially In knitted garments. Many of the crepey, and novelty rayon tend to shrink when wet, but can usually be restored to size an they dry and are Ironed. So It In well to measure them befure wetting. Always use mild, neutral soap flakes when washing rayons and other fin fabrics. Make rich lukewarm or cool suds with mild soap flake. Put In the garment and wash quickly by squeezing the suds through the material Don't let colored garments soak, even for n few minute, nor remain In n heap, or rolled up while wet, as thl Is likely to cause streaking. And don't rub the fabrics, as this Is likely to spread the threads end to fade the color. Thoroughly rinse rayons In three lukewarm or cool rinse waters. Squeeze out the moisture and roll the garment In a dry turklsh towel to absorb (he excess moisture. Immediately unroll, and dry Indoors, or tn the shade never In the aun. Iron on the wrong aide with a warm, never a hot. Iron. In considering what the Roosevelt administration has done since March 4, many observers Just Hard here have reached the conclusion that Workers the President did not need to select strong men for his cabinet The makeup of that cabinet never has been looked upon by those inclined to analysis as being outstanding in any particular respect. He has chosen honest, hardworking Individuals for the various posts, but it Is no secret that announcement of appointment of some of them brought questions among some rather important persons in the Presidents own party as to the identity of those named. Indeed, in the case of one cabinet member, I heard two senators remark that they never had heard of him before. The point of all this is that Mr. Roosevelt has come to be the government Insofar as one individual can possibly be. 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