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Show TIIE LEIII SUN. LEIII, UTAH 3 iiilb fafe iff pricee Do If: 1MB j 'i lH5 tbs j - - - m i L-ntal Topics Interpreted r hv William Bruckart I,t01i.-CoUon u- farmers of j farmer bas been producing a stated ,..4 states, or a Situ - T nil sufficient nnmher or wem I to B&teen Btates, Ktow Jst .Wen a lArf'iemonstraUon of I be done by unified action, wt ieen tbem -!gn con-L?Xnaer con-L?Xnaer which they d witt their government f IrU portions of their fjotton crop as a concerted fon P8 W8her that iustry may Uve- , Lilt of this action, more koOO acres of growing cot-I cot-I be plowed under. That Loilmately 8,500.000 bales potential crop will never led to attain maturity. It Jer be on the market; It will i ased for clothing or other ,n -it is out of the economic Setter such a course is good fter it Is contrary to the laws I ail humans must respond, ter question. The fact Is I who live have seen a gov- I and people take a Btep ory must record as epochal. Irmers are going to be paid j portion of the crop which jjgtroy. I have the exclusive ion that the average amount 5id them will be close to reat many will receive more they are larger producers is tin get less, but there are is of them who will receive i ;at sum in cash. All will the additional benefit of a price for that portion of the ich grows on to harvest I I told privately, and I think Interesting fact, that the I the contracts offered to the Sy of agriculture under the !an carries estimates by the that are proving to be con-h con-h government, through the Deist De-ist of Agriculture, Is arrang-8 arrang-8 scale of payments so that figure out from $7 to $20 per l i farmer's land is produc-I produc-I year an estimated 100 of cotton and not more than fsis, he will receive $7 for e plowed under. From that ff production, the payments ward to $20 an acre where faction is calculated at 275 i the acre or more. t tlon to the plan of payment teen describing, there is an jf.ao under which the farmer I an option on cotton which eminent heretofore has ac ta the various farm relief Jk The purpose of the pres. . of course, is to force the 'iM The cotton which the neat holds, therefore, can $ be sold sometime for more than it was worth when the tent bought it An option the farmer by which he ue the titular owner of this t cotton in an amount Jo the amount he agrees to ! out of this year's crop. He this profit Instead of the 'nnent available otherwise. Jtion plan la based upon f-s ranging from $0 to $12 'ere, and the government 4 no payment on destroyed fffi the estimate showed a ,f Production of less than 100 X tte acre. TnIa ls true s payments under the cash Uca brings to the fore the f thereto payment at all :wat considers that the enhtledtoareturn on his f j Payments, whether In I atonal holding of old cot- Vfeidle insofar as the P is concerned. He can .Itf80' something else, 1 11 11 Mt cotton. i . - payments and gov- the now la ?l from stand nh : Im, "ttflow drain la J iBaJw'ti promise. 315? to the M to ptat i 3 58 &n or next .4 ' to. I. .. St,? from ever, Qta,bnshe, Z?. ftnds - fc . lttnnerg' ithhold acreajr ground certain C2eto,ntof . !Tl0fAtn?e h11 tte farmer i. or wheat. "Jthus:, fefr,. .. a 01 fottnn - amount each year and he contem plates the same acreage next year. His' crop over a period of years can be and ls averaged up and he gets paid accordingly. The total reduction reduc-tion of acreage In whatever crop ls figured out here on reports from farm agents In the various counties and the total cost to the government Is arrived at The total average sales over many years ls a matter of record. That ls, the records show bow much the millers of wheat have bandied and how much has been exported and the cotton producers' records also are available. The processing proc-essing tax then becomes a matter of percentage. It Is simplified to the point where the calculation must be made on the difference In the total average value of the crops from 1924 to 1926 and the current prices. M. I Wilson, the man who ls managing the wheat program for the Department of Agriculture, ls just as optimistic about the wheat plan for . forcing prices higher as Secretary Wallace and George N. Peek, farm adjustment administrator, administra-tor, are about the cotton plan which now has been effectuated. Mr. Wilson Wil-son told me after a recent tour of three weeks through the 800-odd wheat counties of the nation that 90 to 95 per cent of the wheat farmers farm-ers are going with the government on the plan. That means signed contracts con-tracts just as the cotton farmers signed contracts agreeing to stand together In unified action that reasonable rea-sonable profits may be realized from farming operations. It ls going to be a shorter crop of wheat this year than Is usual. The Department Short Wheat of Agriculture es-Croo es-Croo timates It will be p around 496,000,000 bushels, whereas, It usually runs around 650,000,000 to 700,000,000. According Ac-cording to Mr. Wilson, the wheat farmers recognize that this year's short crop and higher prices will be followed by larger acreage In the plantings of winter wheat this fall and the spring wheat next spring. On the basis of acreage now growing, grow-ing, fall and spring wheat together, the next year's crop easily could go as high as 800,000,000 bushels. Just figure what that would mean on the basis of wheat consumption of around 650,000,000 : a year. The carry over would break the price down to the level where It would be on the same basis as other stock feed and it would be disastrous. So Mr. Wilson says the wheat farmers are coming through In good shape as fast as they can be told what the plan means to them. There are two "other phases of the crop program that must be remembered, re-membered, according to the authorities. authori-ties. One of them Is the necessity for patience, particularly as regards the working out of the wheat programs. pro-grams. It will be slower than that affecting cotton. The other matter mat-ter is less general but more pointed : the matter of attempts at self-policing the Industry Involved. I mean to call attention to the age-old age-old practice of "taking the law Into our own hands." In this matter of patience, I believe be-lieve I state the view of the Washington Wash-ington observers as a whole that the various farm plans, as well as the plans affecting Industry otherwise, other-wise, should have a chance to show their worth. It ls patent that nothing noth-ing will help unless the programs designed to extend such aid are given time to mature. Unless they mature, the results are worth nothing noth-ing to anybody. As regards the self-policing problem. prob-lem. The Department of Agrlcul- ture the other day Co-operation received informa- Soaeht tion that a self-ap pointed crew of individuals was going about certain sections of North Carolina telling some of the farmers that either they would sign up contracts to reduce re-duce their cotton acreage or "we wiu pun it np by the roots." The mreat to pull up the crop was ac- uiyaniea oj another kind of a threat Agriculture department folks ao not want that kind of help In puiung over the program. They want It to be voluntary co-operation, sincere and serious effort to accomplish ac-complish something by united ao- uon. On the other hand, I am told, the "genu In the various counties are accessible to nearly every farmer, and the department Is willing to know of any unfair practices. That a part of the Idea of co-operation. " a fanner Sis-ns a mntrnr and falls to live up to his agreement. uuvwusiy he Is hurtinz his own com- mnnlty and to that extent damaglLg the chances of success for the whole program. But the point of distinction la that If there are unfair acts on the Part of Individuals or groups, the government can and will correct them, it ts not up to self-appointed Police, say the authorities In the Department De-partment of Justice. Intermountain N'sws Briefly told for Busy Readers COLD JUNES PAIIXG PLAN SUGAR DAY FETE IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY WINNING JOB WAR NOW MOTORISTS PAY BIG TAX BOISE, IDA. Ada county collected col-lected 74.3 per cent of the 1932 tax charge, compared with 83.1 per cent of the 1931 tax. OGDEN, UT. The state convention conven-tion for the Utah department of the American Legion will be held here August 24, 25 and 20. LEIII, UT. The Utah Sugar day celebration and the Lehl mammoth three day rodeo will be held here on August 17, 18 and 19. TOOELE, UT. It ls announced that the president has approved' of the application of Tooele for a loan of $50,000 from the It F. C for the reconditioning and extension of the city water system. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The federal emergency relief administration administra-tion has granted $379,491 to Utah, bringing the total granted for relief under the new policy of relief grants to $744,061. BOISE, IDA. Rising prices and expanding employment have materially mater-ially reduced the demands on the state's relief department BOISE, IDA. $335,000 will be spent In Valley county under the federal work plan. BOISE, IDA. Idaho " motorists have paid $2,045,020.24 towards the upkeep of the state and county roads since the beginning of 1933, the department of law enforcement has announced. LOGAN, UT. An addition to the post office is to be constructed here at a cost of $46,000. PROVO, "UT. Substantial Improvement Im-provement in employment and wages for Utah knitting mill workers will result when the Industry begins to operate under a national recovery act code, it is believed. LOGAN, UT. The possibilities of manufacturing Swiss cheese in this county are being investigated by the Farm bureau of Cache county. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Livestock Live-stock men and farmers of the territory terri-tory covered by the 11th Regional Agricultural Credit corporation have been loaned $15,150,000. The report Is based on operations of the regional reg-ional office with branches at Reno. Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco. ELK CITY, IDA. Over one thou sand people have come into this region re-gion this year in search of gold. A number of small placers are at work and some of them are paying very welL A fine deposit of lime near Orofino has been opened up and reports re-ports state it promises to be one of the best in the state. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Employ ment of men in the operating department de-partment of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad company will continue to advance until October, Oc-tober, when the height of -traffic is usually reached. OGDEN, UT. Over ten thousand persons paid income tax in Utah for the year 1931. For the year of 1932 there were 1295 income taxpayers. EVANSTON, WYO. The lamb crop, due to heavy losses from the protracted cold weather of last win ter, is one of the smallest ever re corded, and will not exceed CO per cent, growers state. GOODING, IDA. An alfalfa dis ease of the wilt variety is respon sible for decreasing yields of alfalfa on farm lands in the south half of Gooding county. ' GUNNISON, U T. Some one thousand turkeys proved to be good fighters against the webworm menace me-nace in the valley. The birds devoured de-voured the insects by the thousands. BUHL, IDA. Early potato ship ments from this city totaled 1276 carloads for the season recently expiring. ex-piring. This compares with 1205 carloads car-loads for the previous season. GRACE,' IDA. Distemper this season has resulted in a loss of several sev-eral thousand dollars to Gem valley val-ley fox farm proprietors. BEAVER, UT. Dairying in this ralley is believed to be at its top mark for the season. The supply arriving at market has been gaining gain-ing for some weeks. POCATELLO, IDA. 4-H dairy cattle club members are showing interest in-terest and aptitude for a new svs-tem svs-tem of testing dairy cattle and keep- lag records of feed and profit. BOISE, IDA. Idaho will have a wheat crop this year estimated at 21,331,000 bushels,- compared with 30,656,000 bushels harvested a year ago. BOISE, IDA. Over two hundred thousand gallons of beer were consumed con-sumed In Idaho during the first few weeks of legalized beer sales or In the neighborhood of ten t&ousana gallons dally. PANACA. NEV. C. Lee, affed 45, was struck and killed by lightning as he was about to enter a residence. resi-dence. BOISE. IDA. The Idaho and Montana road between Dubois and Spencer it to be oiled and surfaced In the near future, It is reported. The Romans were slow to get a coinage system. Three hundred years after the founding of the city, far advanced In many respects, Romans Ro-mans were trading like a tribe of aborigines, Reuben Cahn writes, In the Chicago Tribune. Thev were quoting prices in sheep and oxen. me two were related in a decimal system 10 sheep equaled 1 ox. In Etrurla, which lay northwest of the Tiber river, were copper mines and at an early date copper was brought to Rome. It came to be used In shields, harness, wagons, ships, and ror many other purposes. Thus ls had a market value and it became the custom to use lumps of it in mak ing payments. The government paid no attention to this Innovation, how- ever, for some years. At a time when pieces or copper were being used In trade a souse driving his chariot recklessly along the Applan boulevard boule-vard might have to settle with the Judge by driving up a flock of sheep. bince copper was sold by weight It became convenient to have pound lumps called an "as." There were also two and three nound nlprpa Thus copper served as money before the state started Issuing pieces of metal stamped with picture of the gods, mythical heroes, and contemporary contem-porary politicians. When after 366 B. C the Romans became commercially ambitious and rounded a maritime colony they took up coining. The money was bronze. lead, and tin, being combined with raw copper. The unit of value weighed an as and was called by that name. Silver, which the Roman eenerals found desirable 10 have on hand to buy army equipment as they went on conquests and which was already widely used elsewhere thanks to MONEY PROBLEMS OF LONG AGO Bomana Had Their Troubles, as Did Other Nations, in the Adjustment of Currencies to the Demands of Trade and Public Welfare. Greek and Alexandrian Influence, became be-came official money in Rome after 209 B. C, Thereupon the double standard was adopted, silver and copper cop-per both being coined and a mint ratio of 120 to 1 was established. Although Al-though silver was used exclusively in the foreign trade, copper continued con-tinued to constitute the principal money at home. Now silver greatly Increased In quantity. For one thing, Alexander discovered enormous treasures of both gold and silver In the Orient and set them in clrculatloa And there was the great silver mine In Spain, which at one time employed 40,000 miners. This had the effect of cheapening silver: boosting prices In terms of silver. At the time when wars had cut off the supplies of Rome's copper, the value of that metal In relation to silver rose more than did the general commodity Index In-dex number. And furthermore, copper cop-per was a commodity useful to have around while warring. Roman statesmen well understood Gresham's law 18 centuries before Gresham : with a double standard, an Increase In the supply of silver, being coincident with a reduction In the supply of and an Increase in the demand de-mand for copper, would have led to the hoarding of copper as money. If the double standard was to work, it was necessary to reduce the mint ratio from 120 to 1. And so the size of the coin "as" was changed from 12 ounces of bronze to 10, 8, 6, and eventually to 2 ounces. Thus, the relation re-lation of silver to copper fell as low as 20 to 1 while the normal sources of metal were unavailable. When the peace-time flow of new copper was re-established, and the war-time demand de-mand was cut off, the old ratio of 120 to 1 was restored. Copper and silver performed similarly In the World war. The market ratio was 30 to 1 in 1917-now ls 76 to 1. Devaluation of copper was not undertaken un-dertaken by the Roman republic at any time for profit nor to relieve the burden of debtors, the ends sought by gold devaluators today. It was done to maintain the double standard. It was the earliest example exam-ple of a successfully managed currency. cur-rency. On the Ides of March, 44 B. C., the great Caesar was slaia After him came emperors who used the republican precedent to debase the currency as a racket, until its value was but one-fiftieth of what it was before. The history of money . !n the Roman Ro-man republic was a succession of readjustments re-adjustments to make a double standard stand-ard work. That the republic supplied sup-plied Its citizens with a sound and an honest medium of exchange is testimony testi-mony both to their ability and their tharacter. Seldom Need to "Talk Too Much" Mr. Cato Ninetails Gives a Little Dissertation on the Subject. "There is too much talk about the people who talk too much," declared Mr. Cato Ninetails. "It docs no good whatever, because the people who talk too much keep right on talking too much ; In fact, it does harm, for it merely adds to the amount of talk, and so increases that kind of unnecessary noise. "I have never been able to determine deter-mine whether loquacity is a gift or a disease. I am rather inclined to think that It ls a disease of the nervous nerv-ous system, but. on the other hand, It may be merely one of those Involuntary Invol-untary physiological actions like respiration res-piration or the circulation of the blood. Mentality doesn't seem to have much to do with It, as It Is noticed no-ticed that the people who talk too much generally say less thnn the people peo-ple who talk comparatively little. They have two distinctive characteristics. character-istics. They talk principally about themselves, their families, their own affairs and their opinions of other people's affairs, about which they know little or nothing, and so have all the pleasure and stimulation of letting their imaginations range widely. "For other people than those endowed en-dowed with this gift or afflicted with this disease, as the case may be, my observation and experience convinces me that talking ls hard work ; that It ls not merely a mental effort, but that it Is a physical effort that is wearing on the muscles as well as the nerves. The toil of making mak-ing conversation' which is undoubt edly the most unnecessary activity that humanity engages In ls mors exhausting than the most arduous physical labor. I mean that it is for the people who don't talk too much. The people who do talk too much have to make conversation because what they think ls conversation bur bles from their Hps like the water from a never-falling spring. "Feople, of course, cannot give previous pre-vious thoughtful consideration to all the remarks that they make as to their Justifiability and effect, even though they experience repeated instances in-stances where after consideration ls extremely disconcerting ; talk, even discreet talk, must have some spontaneity spon-taneity ; but It ls certain that the less they say the less danger there will be of a subsequent feeling of regret "I don't think that the people who talk too much are really any more untactful than the people who don't, and when they say things that are better left unsaid the effect is diluted by their general gush of words till it is hardly noticed. It ls the people who don't talk much that must watch their step or their tongues. The in-frequency in-frequency of their remarks tends to make their hearers note, and perhaps remember, what they say. So It really real-ly wouldn't appear to be safe to say anything which would make life somewhat duller, and a good deal less laborious." Indianapolis News. lviC 1121 Y'iS t:zz n A 13 JX . A MB. 4 sFTmSw X JJ HIGH SPEED TYPE n"f M i7.iolii)lig tord ,1,,I K $7.60 Ik 17(1 MB 4.75-19 J BM,.. i-I I vi tea-li H J Other Sieropt I r tionatel, Low " v . I grti Hi- 'M-'-'-iMiffiiniiiiri.y md SAVE fflm - i LOWOUTS are caused by friclional heat generated in the fibers of the cotton cords in a tire. Firestone is the only tire built with every cotton fiber saturated and coated with pure rubber to prevent destructive heat. This is one of the reasons why Firestone Tires have been on the winning cars in the 500 mile Indianapolis Race for 1 iconsecu tiveyears the world's most severe blowout test. Rubber has cone up 212. cotton 115 substantial tire price increases must follow. 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