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Show 1 i THE LEHI SI N. LEH1. UTAH NATIONAL AFFAIRS Revitwed by CARTER FIELD German interests in this country fight for reciprocal trade agreement uith Germany . . . Congress expected to approve of greatly increased appropriations for preparedness . . . It seems the agricultural problem is likely to be with us for many years to come . . . the cotton problem also presents its difficulties. WASHINGTON. Desperate efforts are being made by important Ger- man interests in this country, and orne not interested through national ties but because of economic ideas, to have this country enter Into a reciprocal trade agreement with Germany. Because of the bitter feeling among so large a part of the population of this country against Hitler, and because of the disinclination of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, daddy of the reciprocal trade treaty There is an extraordinary una nimity of sentiment about this on Capitol Hill. President Roosevelt will have no trouble getting all the money he may ask for the army, navy, marine corps, cargo ship construction, and for readying private plants so that they could turn out war equipment at short notice. For instance, the little matter of educational orders is indicative of the general line of thought. For years Britain has followed this practice of educational orders. The underlying idea is to have as many factories and plants as possible ready to turn to government work in time of emergency with no delay. Getting ready to produce many types of military equipment is a long, tedious process. It involves getting the proper jigs and dies. It involves training men to da an entirely new job. In an ordinary government contract, given to a private manufacturer, the government of course calls for bids and gives the work to the bidder offering to produce at the lowest price, assuming of course that the bidder is demonstrably reliable. But in educational orders the plan is exactly the reverse. The object is different. If what is wanted immediately is 1,000 machine guns, for instance, normally the manufacturer offering to produce them at the lowest price would get the contract. But under the educational order system the government's purpose would best be served by giving 20 different manufacturers each a contract for 50 machine guns. Expansion Not Difficult Where Seeds Are Known Then, if war or an emergency should develop three months later, there would be 20 manufacturers who had found out how to make the type of machine guns desired. Expansion is not difficult where the exact needs are familiar, and the workers know how to do the job. Each worker, for example, can be put to training others. But despite the obvious military advantage of this system of educational orders, not until right now has the United States government ever employed it. And this although the plan has been advocated for 10 years and its good results in Britain have been well known. Agricultural Problem Solvers Stumps Would-BA very shrewd Kansan recently in Washington remarked that the farm problem would be with us, unsolved, 40 years hence. About a week later, in a speech at Hutchinson, Kan., Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace said that one who had been watching the wheat market over a period of years would not be surprised at the fact that the price had gone down. It was sure to come, he said, with a return of "normal weather." But a couple of days later the report of the Great Plains committee was made, predicting that continuing of grain growing in the eastern Montana and northern Nebraska is futile, and that the farmers are doomed to defeat and despair if they keep on trying. And meantime comes a report from North Carolina that there is too much hay, due to the soil erosion policy of the department of agriculture. Which means, of course, that in the next few years North of cattle is goCarolina's production ' ing to leap skyward, as it is impractical to use the hay in any other way. There will be no turning from hay, either, for the payments by the government to farmers guarantee its continuance. All of which, put together, gives an idea of what the would-bsolvers of the agricultural are problem up against. For obviously this present surplus of wheat was produced without much help from the section studied by the Great Plains committee. And just as obviously, without much help from North Carolina. Now Secretary if the Dakotas and Wallace other parts of this Great Plains area turn to grass, and hence to cattle, it would seem as though by the time both the Northwest and the Carolina sections got down to cattle production in a big way there will be an overproduction of cattle as well as a surplus of wheat. Cotton Problem Also Is F ull of Difficulties Then there is the cotton problem. It is the settled conviction of many shrewd observers that the Old South, east of the Mississippi, will not remain very much longer in the cotton growing game. It simply will not pay, unless the government is willing to pay a cerfectlv ennr. mous subsidy in addition to the al ready nuge larm subsidies being e CORDELL HULL world formula for maintaining peace, there is plenty of tenseness in the situation. All sorts of wires are being pulled by both sides, and the outcome is shrouded in doubt. Those arguing for the German treaty all use the same contentions, though the two groups are motivated by entirely different springs. Most vociferous of course, are the Germans who actually sympathize with Hitler. There are a lot of them, little as the casual newspaper reader might suspect it. Because they do not wish to penalize themselves by running publicly counter to the anger of Jewish and Catholic haters of Der Fuehrer, most of them are not making much noise about it. But they are very active, as every official in the State department has good cause to know. There is a considerable number of business men who believe in making a profit through trade, even if they trade with the devil, which is not surprising but merely what has been happening since the beginning of time. Then there is a very small group of important persons who sincerely believe that the path to world peace and permanence of freedom from war depends chiefly on trade and not just bilateral trade either, trade. JjOiver Trade Barriers As Preventive of War but world-wid- e The arguments of this little group are used by both the larger ones those who desire to see Germany made stronger and who glory in Hitler's "redemDtion" of the Father of the land from the "strait-jacket- " Versailles treaty, and those who hope for a personal profit. Naturally, because Cordell Hull has been preaching the lowering of trade barriers as the best preventative of war for low these many groups realyears, both the larger little group of the the arguments ize of intellectuals are the ones most likely to be potent. Incidentally, also, both the larger groups are perfectly sincere in agreeing with these arguments. Those who want to make a profit themselves by trading more with Germany naturally are convinced be more that the whole world will There is prosperous as a result. no hypocrisy in this. Nearly every business man the world over is convinced that if something were done to improve his particular line of business everybody in the entire world would be better off. It's a fight, and it's going to be worth watching, though unfortunatemost of the ly for the audience to be played moves are not going in the open. Increased Appropriations For Preparedness Assured increased approfrom the next assured are priations of preparedkinds all for congress army ordnance, airplanes, ness cargo ships, fighting ships, tanks, everything motorized equipment conceivable that would be needed In wartime. Tremendously i i Da-kota- soil-erosio- n paid. And this, observers agree, is because the government held up the price of cotton artificially in the first few years of the Roosevelt administration. For many decades the whole world has been looking foi another cotton-growin- g area, or else a substitute for cotton, in order to avoid paying the hundreds of millions of dollars sent to the South. Until just recently the rest of the world had no luck. Often a new-arewas discovered which would grow cotton, but always either the cotton was of an inferior quality or else was too expensive for economic Bell Syndicatt. WNU Srv1ea. T C VMKRA! " ' " J - WISCONSIN By ir around the itate whose sturdy pioneers planned their future well SpSf Society. Prepared by National Geographic Washington. O. C W NU Service. are some things THERE everybody knows The Wisconsin. mere mention of the name brings thoughts of cheese and s and politics, lakes. But what do its long shores look like? Why is it famous for the arts of government? What is the character of its many cities? First, for a comprehensive view, why not a swift air journey around its borders? The natural starting point for this breezy excursion will be Kenosha. Halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, this city is squarely in the state's Green-bowere- 3 ' rrrriSSji III illi r k i SCHOOLS r ' i &n i r--i- S3 ful graduate!. Free cau.W Uti.V ?T v-- m V.' a 'e-Y- it's r i:d afu-- I've been two i 1 r - (IM.V ONE NOSE front view of 11 isconsin's at imposing state capitol building the Madison, also the home of University of Wisconsin. "fid r j which vast quantities of Minnesota's to Cuyur.a iron ores are shipped the east. Superior is especially noteworthy, too, as a busy receiving point for water shipments of eastern coal. And to its docks and towering elevators, from west to south, curve the railway tracks that bring the grains and produce of Isow inland again, half the journey done. Almost at once we catch a glimpse of Manitou Falls, highest in the state, draping their long white rocks y fringes down the of Pattison state park. And crosshighlands that ing the jack-pin- e here divide the Great Lakes and Mississippi basins, we swoop down over the St. Croix. pine-shagg- "Brudder Perkins, yo' been fightin', I heah!" "Yaas, Ah wuz." "Doan yo' 'member what de good book sez 'bout turnin' de odder cheek?" - "Y'aas, pahson, but he hit me on mah nose, an' I's only got one." Moravian immigrants way. from by Nor- Sports Aplenty Pleasure craft dash about like waterbugs in the cove, and across it, an incredibly green bald spot in the dark woodland, is a cliff-togolf course with people trudging about in sweaters that bring specks of gay color to the picture. This evidently is a headquarters for holiday fun. And so down Green Bay, p too) points to an upland continuation of itself, huge Lake Winnebago. The hills that be(finger-shape- d, ' gan at Ephraim run on southward past this lake; and to it, up the Fox river, steams a barge fleet laden with coal, no doubt headed for in- dustrial Appleton or Oshkosh. Strad- dling the river where it empties into the bay is the checkerwork of roof streets of Green tops and Bay, one of the Midwest's oldest cities. There are lakes aplenty. Here is big Lac Vieux Desert, key landmark of the interstate boundary. Here are the Manitowish waters, 14 lakes in one chain what a place for a boat and a basket of lunch! Ahead now is the pale cold blue of the largest of all American lakes, Superior. Ore trains from Hurley and the Gogebic iron mines in Michigan snake along briskly below us, on their way to the docks at Ashland. After circling Chequamegon bay, here we are over Bayfield peninsula and the Apostle islands. You would expect the Apostles to be an even y 12 in number, but these are numerous. Weatherbeaten fishing villages protrude from the green of cedar groves on some of them. And so away to Superior, Wiscond sin's port. Near its harbor entrance are the docks from tree-line- d unbib-licall- lake-hea- Pill j j This famously beautiful river, at St. Croix Falls, sinks into its most famous reach, the Dalles, where the water swirls in potholes in the ruddy of Rheumatism, Neuribi of basaltic rock. The white squares picnic cloths spread on the grass are a reminder that Minnesota and Wisconsin, some 40 Neuralgia years ago, here established Interstate park. Below Hudson the deep valley of the St. Croix sweeps into the deep valley of the Mississippi, and soon their joined waters widen into Lake Pepin. Here the Father of Waters is at his grandest. Like an old king of a peaceable people, who has grown fat and cheerful, he spreads out between the ramparts of the hills, and naps in the sunshine. This .Jkjioisil SIMPLY the noted fisherman, dead. Wonder what epitaph they'll give him?" "Don't know; but it should certainly begin with 'Here lies!' " is "1 see Flogg, jirK jl nap ends where the Chippewa river enters. In fact, that hurrying stream brings down the gravel that dams the greater valley, and so causes the lake to be. The hills, as a rule, march down to the edge of the outermost skein of water. But La Crosse, Wisconsin's western gate, is built on flat ground. This was the Prairie de la crosse of the old days, when the Indians played their game of lacrosse on it, 300 men at one time often participating in the good-nature- Week-en- d So glad To relieve pain We Ton thoull M irllefTprrquicklj.il pain ia anmnilj severe, repeat , cording to direction . of rheumatism or neuritis quickly, try the Bays t J shown above. Aspirin way People everywhere say result) are remarkable. Yet Bayer Aspirin ?' costs only about one cent a tablet, which makes the use of expensin "pain remedies" unnecessary. If this way fails, see your doctor. t He will find the cause and comet it. While there, ask him about ing Baver Aspirin to relieve these pains. We believe he will tell yon 5' there is no more effective, moredfr pendable way normal persons maj use. When you buy, always make sure you get genuine tsA Y h.l Aspirin. IRC 10 FOR 12 TABLETS 2 FULL DOZEN 25c "Say, them plows is great labor savin' machines, ain't they?" "Well, I should say so. Why, if it wasn't fer sech things throwin' men out of work we might hev ter labor ourselves. You bet they saves us labor all right." Ruinous Moments The ruin of most men from some idle moment. Hilliard. G- - BILIOUS?! Jt Gllaaf nom--i no is Conditions DuHmazmg to Sluggish . QUICK CHANGES frtf B0 Without today. ALWAYS CARRY caBi(i H?w s your old WNU ' RiskSruMwtSSg reiuna xne purcnaae fair. price, Get NR init'i Tablets garden, It s simply out of sight."man'" "That's good." "It's anything but good. The and weeds are a foot high all grass over L tl QUICK Rtuti; rnu ACID J W THE EGG INDUSTRY You can dependontiespe-cia- l sales the merchants of our town announce in the columns of this paper .They Boarder-Whatalctofe- ggs! tVreCShoydUr ChiCk- But -S u u9; CiBf.iiiay so mud freshing. Invigorating. Dependal'le w tick headaches, bilious spells, tired ft"" associated with constipation. broad-beame- and-whit- 2. tak-- mm: contest. Down from the hills behind La Crosse wind the coulees Hamlin Garland made famous in his Middle Border books small, fruitful, wonderfully pretty valleys. Prairie du Chien, too, is built on a riverside flat place. This is historic ground. It was a neutral trading center in Indian times. A battle of the War of 1812 was fought here. On the bank we can see the d house where Jefferson Davis wooed Zachary Taylor's At Shullsburg, among th rolling hills, we catch a glimpse of zinc and lead mines. Then mile on mile oi peaceiui dairy country. The brown of Brown Swiss, the black e of Holsteins, taking an evening browse in the pastures tell plainly that this is a land rich in milk. Big white barns with twin silos repeat the milky theme. Now beneath us twinkle the lights of Beloit, where weighing devices are made by Fairbanks-Mors- e And above Lake Geneva, at Williams bay, like an astronomer's brow thoughtful in the starlight, the 90 foot dome of the Yerkes observatory makes a moony landmark Finally, with its harbor lights dancl ing reflected, Kenosha again and welcome sleep in beds made here. w neuritic pain coming on. you 1 BELOI A ... L. Taka 2 Bayer Aspirin Tablet with a full glass of water the moment you feel either a rheumatic or d Variety Here! ASPIRIN-- -, Did you rough-and-tumb- daughter. GET BAYER (v- P l Quickly FOLLOW EASY DIRECTIONS IN THE FARM LOT Wisconsin's forests make the state one of America's leading paper producers. Here is a vietc of a Wisconsin paper factory, showing the wet, crushed fibers being rolled into sheets. though actually it was founded j Scenic Beauty liiiillhi'Oiiiii)' mi i TELLING THE STORY motor up here? Mr. and Mrs. Everbroke No. bussed up from the station. mini Big Money George Joseph Grossman,, Los Angeles, Calif., filed a the Superior court for 20 555 sextillion, 5 quintilC 993 quadrillion, 793 trillion, 4ij5 lion, 733 million and 25 thousa dollars, to compensate himfc troubles he claimed to hav. fered in a dispute over his pr erty, says the American HZ zine. The judges dismissed suit, giving an opinion that the, is not that much money in l world. Collier's Weekly. ; mid-Americ- a. Mrs. lit mum After A came. nf or your choice of pr?? alaraemem is eo's. NORTHWEST PHOTO toSJ rrg9 - Daplft . kUJ Move Director I'll have to 'to repeat that, my dear f'H-d.dn't show enough ind;g-Yeitoo vp 'and vein futures were - '! lu'-New. cf.ee more, please ft "inn ROLLS DEVELOP siting up for you NO TAXIS ff iilfiir PHOTOGRAPHY beast and a the morn--- j m "'t; woods-holiday- most accessible corner. Besides, it was the first community in Wisconsin to establish a free public school, and so is an appropriate place in which to begin our learning. Taking off from Kenosha, then, we go skimming like an inquisitive sea gull up the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a long, straightish, sandy shore. The beautiful patchwork of green fields ends at a dark woodland fringe then a streak of pale gold then green water. Now and again a river winds out from the hinterland and empties into the lake. In many cases the river mouth has been made into a harbor, and at each harbor is a city. These cities follow one another along the lake shore like a row of buttons up the front of a green overcoat: Kenosha. Racine, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc. Now we must make a long hairpin bend to follow the finger of Door peninsula. What luck! The cherry orchards are in blossom, white as popcorn. And right through them runs the glistening streak of the Sturgeon bay and Lake Michigan ship canal. At the finger's tip the beachy outer shore meets a rising d and often cliffy inner shore. Ephraim, with its white gables and steeples nestled at the foot of some of those first hills, looks like a bit of New England M: ! s, e production. . 1: mean money saving to our readers. It always pays t" patronize the merchants who advertise. They are not afraid of their mer chandise or their prices. ; |