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Show - Man Is Riding Life Cycle Toward His Destruction By BAUKHAGE JV m Analyst mnd Commentator. WASHINGTON. Today we have two visitors whom I met ecently at the Smithsonian institution, Mrs. Neanderthaler (her husband wasnt available) and Mr. Cro-Magno- n. They have come a long way. The Neanderthaler lived about 23,000 rear ago but what' a few thouand year among friends or relatives? 1 doubt that the Neanderthaler are relaUve of our and Tin aot sorry. They lived early in the Old Stone! age, and died without leaving any known belrs, assigns or descendant which may be Just as well for the rest of us who might have Inherited some of their characteristics. They were stocky folks but they couldnt take it They died was a difHe was a su- perior human and I wish he were a relaUve because he was really superior to us better body, better brain. It hed only lasted, what a career he would have had In Hollywood and what he might have done for us! He might have saved us. He may still. Ive been read-in- g two new Our Plundered Planet" by Road to Fairfield Osborne and Survival." by William Vogt Our friend Neanderthaler probably managed to sUck around 200,000 rears or so before his environment re his neighbors finished him cff. books Today we are rapidly changing our environment and nn-- less - we cease destroying-Cu- r sources of food and shelter,' we hall soon destroy ourselves, as friend wan deeur stroyed. - ' We know that there are two things which chiefly distinguish man from the animal; The way he has developed the use of his hands and the aay his brain works. But our hands. It the levers of machines, conceived have so disturbed the cycle of nature, have dona such terrible things to all. forms of life, ihat they may prove our undoing tf they dont blow us into atomic rternity, firstl Forgetting atomic destruction, lets look at tome others. age depth of the topsoil on the earth is about one foot. It Is estimated that it takes nature, under favorable conditions, from 300 to 1,000 years to build ona inch' of that vital source of our food, clothing and shelter.-Yet- , he says, what may have taken a thousand years to build can be, and in some places has been,, removed by erosion in a year, or even in a single day." Erosion. That comes from overuse, wrong use or removal of prod tecting grasses and trees. We the plains to get quick money We for beef, mutton and wool. plowed fields of grass, left them exposed, and you remember what happened the dust bowl. We slaughtered the forests and reaped the yearly devastating floods. Today our food and shelter runs down the muddied rivers to be lost in the ocean. And animal life? We killed el? mlllione of wild animala on this continent. We replaced them, to eome extent, by domestic animals. Bnt we are breaking the magic cycle of life there, too, for the properties of most ef oar domestic - snlmtlt do not return to the soil as did the bones and bodies ef wild life thnt lived their cenrse, died and were enveloped la their mother enrth. S!ep and cattle are shipped today to slaughter house where what fit- over-graze- life-givi- Tr sab-hum- We sre very good at reproducing. Id throe centurlea the population of the earth has Increased almost five times. In the seventeenth century there were 400 million people. There are 2,000 million today. Five time aa many mouths to feed. Osborne says: If one takes foul billion acres, representing tn area bt land estimated as now available tor cultivation, it means that there tre less than two acres per capita Contrasted with this is a generally accepted computation that two and f acres of land of average productivity are required to provide rven a minimum adequate diet for sach person." Think of that; It takes two and acres to feed you properly, Phere are now only two acres avail- one-hal- one-ha- lf Moscow In the Kremlin where the three western ambassadors were trying to pound out some kind of tentative basis for negotiations with toe Soviet Union, the Russians were playing their familiar game of ' CRO-MAGNO- N . . , tie is left disappears-idisposal plants pr goes back to the ocean. We are killing the soil. Gradually removing it and the tiny animal and plant cells it contains, and thus destroying the potential for reprodu-in- g the tiny living organisms in the top soil' which are a part of the relationship of all living things. 1 havent space to go on, but 1 dpnt want to leava on a note. It's true that our friends. Mr. and Mrs. Neanderthal-er- , n folk with the litthe tle brain, couldn't take it. But we can hope that his successor, Mr. who had a better brain than we have, passed some of it on to us, with the spark of something else that made him lift his chin a little from the clod. We have been taught to lift ours higher, to the heavens. Theres hope up there and inspiration and with-tourselves the power, too, if we n American farmers will have more tree to plant next year than ever before In our history. State nurseries plan to grow In 1047-4according to a national survey Just completed by the American Forest Products Industries. Inc., of Washington, D. C. Most of these trees will be sold to farmers and other landowners at cost, while many will be given to farmers free of charge by forest industries who purchase them from state nurseries. This forest seedling production, however, win be Increased substantially by federal and private Industry nurseries over the United Stalee, pushing the total to approximately 400 million seedlings. Yet these figures, representing the planting of three trees for every man, woman end child in the country, indicate atatisticaily that seedling production still is not enough to DU the demand by woodland owners and other citizen interested in growing trees. And while they still do not meet the tremendous demand, if all these seedlings were planted 1,000 to an ere they would form a verdant, mile-wid- e belt stretching from New York to Chicago. The record in tree planting Is matched only by the volume of new wood now growing on America's forest lands. Total growth now exceeds 13 3 billion cubic feet of wood every year greatest volume ever recorded in surveys made by the federal government 8, '.i land-healt- i Osborne, si I mentioned In this space last week, estimates the sver- Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith, British Representative Frank Roberts and French Ambassador Yves Chtalgneau had been drudging through a aeries of meetings with the Implacable V. M. Molotov, Soviet foreign minister. Molotov, as usual, was hard, tough, adamant in his adherence to current Sovtetljgyn the Berlin and Germany problem. No progress was made; the three western representatives were dispirited, although they kept to their chore. The word was whispered about that this conference might break up in total failure. Then came a break, or so it appeared. Premier Stalin would meet again with the three envoys. In the discussions with Stalin nsuing hopes again were raised that the western power might succeed in at least partially lifting the Berlin blockade and perhaps effect an area of agreement that could be used for a subsequent meeting to iron out some of the major East-Wedifferences. But there were, some who still eoqld see the ax on the peace table. Somehow, there was a familiar pattern behind these negotiations that went something like this: After Molotov had subjected his fellow conferees to hour after hour of his refusals to come to terms, attempting by those tactics to wear his diplomatic opponents down, tha scene was set for Stalin's return. Stalin came on with his air of geniality and good will, apparently not only willing but eager to reach common ground. His attitude was so manifestly different from Molotov's that hopes again soared. There was the danger. Lulled into optimism, the western envoys might be trapped into making concessions that should not be made. This same kind of Molotov-to-Stali- n playback worked before. U. S. More Trees On the Way , d consul-genera- MR. . . . spark of something else 52 T sia Political Pounding know how to use it. able. So you can. see why there are such food shortage around the world Osborne goes on: The relation belweeri and health of human beings Is actually no more than a delicate aspect of the delicate complex aspect of all life." The cycle ef life the life la the soil that feeds and clothes oar own life is part of the single whole which contributes to the fruitfulness of the earth. r 1 haven't space here to go through the whole list of crimes that man has committed in the race to break that cycle to destroy the fruitfulness of the earth that fruitfulness upon which his own existence depends. Take the most striking example the topsoil. Topsoil. When that goes, we . go with It. Last winter's serious fuel shortage in homes and industries probably will not be repeat i this year, according to present predictions. The supply of fuel oil is becoming so plentiful that there apparently is no need for an elaborate distribution system to be set up for the pur-By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer- pose of doling it out. (EDITOR'S NOTE: When epinlena nr espreeeed la tbiM eelemns, they r these tf Stored supplies are 80 per cent Western Newspaper liiitii analyst and set necessarily ( tbit atwspaptr.l ahead of last year at this time and Kasenkina, the U. S. state departcrude runs from distilleries are half ment pointed out as it ordered him a million barrels ahead of a year out of the country. ago. New refining facilities are It was a sensational turn of largely responsible for eradicating events. In a note to the Soviet em- the shortage. bassy the state department asserted Moreover, oil industry officials that Lomakin had, in effect, misled say, there now is an ample supply his own government with regard to of gasoline. Only thing that could the Kasenkina case so that the pro- put a crimp in that would be a natests which the Soviets made to the tional emergency or a transportaU. S. were based on misinformation stoppage. tion. Most of the major cities are well In addition, the note charged that supplied with oil, and while there the consul general had hindered might be spot shortages in rural the investigation of the competent communities during the winter they police officials by refusing to alprobably would be only of a day or low them to Interview Mrs. Kasentwo duration. kina while she was under control Last winter," said one industry of the Soviet consul. member, part of toe trouble was Then, even as Lomakin was packcaused by snow tying up the railing his bags and preparing to leave roads. That happen and attention the country, Russia countered Is focused cm it when there is an oil sharply by formally severing con- shortage. It could happen again. sular relations with the U. S. and repeating its accusations of bad RADAR NET; faith. That seemed to prove that Loma- Inadequate f What with one thing and another, kins actions in the Kasenkina affair were not so much the expresAmericans cant help now and then sion of his individual initiative as wondering what would happen if they were a direct reflection of this country suddenly were to be Kremlin attacked from the air. policy. THE AX WAS THERE However, no one was worrying Biggest question in this connection too much about the breaking off of is whether a warning of such an atRUSSIANS: consular relations. The move did tack would be given In time for the Climactic not mean that diplomatic relations population to evacuate probable centers of attack. Virtually every avenue of public were severed. Soviet consular activities in the thought tn the U. S. was teeming Air force officials say they are with Russians, shadows of Russians U. S. were limited to arranging for doing the best they, can with what and a few Red convertibles. mutual trade and travel between they have to provide the nation with There was a feeling, however, the two nations. Since there is praca radar warning network. that the international commotion tically no trade or travel exchange Wnat they have, however, is at had reached its climax and was taking place, the presence or ab- best Inadequate, they say. The presready to start subsiding, partly be- sence of a consul wouldn't make too ent radar system is not capable of cause public interest, flagellated much difference. detecting all approaches of foreign Into a state of high excitement, , , planes.. , To Escape Couldn't stand toe- - stress and strain Currently; a committee of leading ashen-faceIn and weak of It aQ much longer. Lying scientists, headed by Dr. Vannevar Nevertheless, events ba.vlng to do her hospital bed in New York, Mrs. Bush, is carrying out a careful study finally got of with Russia remained toe the time Oksana Kasenkina improvements in radar that couJd around to telling the .story of why lead being, at least, reasonably climacto an adequate air. warning third-storwintic: The Moscow talks were ready she leaped from toe system. either to pay off or break down; dow of the Soviet consulate. I jumped to escape, not to kill Russia had broken off consular relations with the U. S.; Mrs. Oksana myself, she said. She said that her rescue" from Kasenkina, t the window Jumping Russian schoolteacher, had told the the Tolstoy foundations Reed farm was not a rescue but an arrest, story of how she had been strong-armel. engineered, by .the. Russian S.-Rus- y n MRS. NEANDERTHALER , . . they couldnt take it . . . Plentiful Events Reach Climax; Moscow Parley Continues Uneasily; Soviets Sever Consular Relations U. '?l FUEL OIL; WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS' n Tuesday, September 7, 1948 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO out. Now Mr. ferent proposiUon. ) Things I Never Knew Til Now (Because the teachers were too pretty) That Shakespeares most loquacious . character was Hamlet, to whom he gave 1,560 speaking lines. (Showing off again that he can read!) That in Indianapolis, Ir.d,, It's Illegal for a mustached man to kiss (Mustache my lawyer anyone. about that!) That Oscar Wildes full name was Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde. (They called him for short) Whoopsss! That according to the department of commerce the American public spends 400 million dollars a year on restaurant tips. That the brain isnt mentioned in the Bible. (Now hes trying to tell ns be reads toe Bible!) That In .West Cork, Ireland, relief who are toothless and unable to chew the free beef are (Mebbe instead. given whisky thats why they say Ireland is a Clients little bit of heaven.) That when someone once asked Heywood Broun what was the most Important qualification for a columnist he replied: To own a waste basket. e, That Dante, toe Italian poet who wrote The Divine Comedy, trained 'his' pet cat to sit on a table and hold a burning candle In its paws while he read. (It must have been the cats!) -- That a womans brain Is 140 grams lighter than a mans. (So will yon kindly keep still and listen?) That the reason "Q is the only letter omitted from the telephone dial is because it would look so That the Michigan State college curriculum now includes a course for blacksmiths. (Shoe nuff!) VIEWPOINTS; Religious That you weigh more in an elewhen it is going up. (Is there anything that man doesnt know?) vator It couldnt be called schismatic: It was thoroughly democratic., In such a way delegates to the first assembly of the World Council of Churches might have assessed the first two addresses which officially opened the historic sessions in Amsterdam. John Foster Dulles, U. S. lay leader in many religious activities and internationalist-mindestatesman, and Czechoslovakias Joseph L. of Hromadka the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, speaking In a section discussion on The Church and International Disorder, between them managed ,to strip touch of the camouflage from the growing philosophical and spiritual rift separating the East and - d West. That if you have trouble loosening tight screws and bolts, a few drops of peroxide will do the trick. (Ask me anything!) Babbling toothfully with conHerbert Brownell Jr., for Gov, manager campaign Thomas E. Dewey of New York, nails up the sign which proclaims that the Washington, D. C., headquarters for the Republican campaign ticket of Dewey and Warren is open for business. Brownell also has the idea that business fidence, will be good. Total result of Dulles and addresses, taken together, INSTALLMENTS; was not to presage a religious split between to two blocs of nations Regulated but rather to define to problems Just exactly what effect the newat the root of current international ly imposed restrictions on credit disorders for those who are cou- buying would have on the rageous enough to attack them with inflation that has been devastating spiritual weapons Instead of guns the nations moral fiber was not DULLES . Peace can never quite clear. be stabilized except by institutions Acting under authorization of the that seek to reflect moral taw and 80th congress, toe government put that respect the dignity of the indithe brakes on installment buying vidual. And toe present methods of and extended the ceiling on its new communism are Incompatible with regulations to 35,000 to control wijd-cpeaceful changes. buying of expensive new autoCollective action may at times mobiles. This new order goes Into be required, pursuant to the United effect September 20. Nation charter, to protect memFrom that day forward the law ber atates or individual human bewill require that the buyer of a new d ings tn their charter rights. down in cash and car pay Trtiose who believe in moral law take not more than 18 months to and human dignity must be con- pay off the balance In Installments cerned to make social Institutions of not less than $70 month. reflect those Ideals, Other hard goods stoves, refrigHROMADKA . ... The world is erators, washing machines and reaH for a seeing the end of western supreme lated1 household articles acy within the realm of internatlon-- a 20 per cent down payment with toe order. balance-to-b- e liquidated in not more Now, three years after World than 15 months. War II, the western man hasnt The order exempts anything costHit the Roail yet recovered and is losing more ing less than $50 or more than $5,000 M. Jacob Lomakin, Soviet con- and more the last remnants of his a rule which set many Americans sul gerieral In New York, had conworld leadership." to asking caustically what they ducted himself Improperly and disHe hasn't much to offer along could find to buy for less than $50 creditably in the affair of the Rus- the lints of moral, philosophical or and where they could get the money sian schoolteacher, Mrs. Oksana spiritual leadership." to purchase, anything over $5,000 Actually, however, the credit curb OUTPUT; seemed to amount to little more Watch That Credit than putting the governments Upshoot of approval on a pracTotal national output of goods and stampwhich legal Prospective home buyers who has been followed voluntice stimulated by inflationary might plunge beyond their means services,, tarily by a considerable number of simply because down payments are torcea .which have been growing retail merchants. lower under the new housing law stronger since early summer, hit a Many astute businessmen have rate of 248 2 bit been have been warned by government down following the housing experts to avoid that trap. lion dollars in toe second quarter rule all along, as a propayment Our only worry," one expert of toe fiscal year, the commerce tection both to themselves and the said, is that tha lower down pay- department has reported. prospective buyers. ments will encourage people to buy That figure is 4.4 billion dollars Upshot of it all was that few peohomes they cant afford. 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