Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-06 | Page 6 | Merry-Go-Round

Round Merry By 61 DREW PEARSON end and nd ROBERT ALLEN Trad Trade Mark Mane WASHINGTON WASHINGTON This This years year's drouth which promises to be worse than 1934 has caused weather experts of the agriculture department to get out their charts and ponder whether the United Stat States s is in for a permanent weather change Two years ears ago their chief Henry Wallace made a statement that the 1934 drouth was such as we have never had in this country and are not likely ever to have again Henry was wrong however and the big question mark in some peoples people's minds is whether er successive will gradually turn the middle west into a Sahara The experts who study the weather charts say No There will be no permanent change of climate We are only passing through a dry cycle cle of our normal climate Periods of recurring recurring recurring recur recur- ring drouth are not new In the Bible story Pharaoh dreamed of seven lean kine that ate up the fat k kine e and Joseph interpreted the dream to mean recurring years of want and years year of plenty There h have ve been four of national importance importance importance im im- im- im in recent history 1894 1901 1930 and 1934 To compensate for recent there probably will be excessive moisture for some sometime sometime sometime time to come Man Made Drouth The weather experts also have hav been doing research into the cause of drouth to learn whether er it is man-made man or nature They have concluded that it definitely is a phenomenon of nature What they say is that man has been mistakenly mistakenly mis mis- blaming himself for tor ever since the days of Columbus During his second voyage voyage voy voy- age in 1494 Columbus noted in his log the daily showers in Jamaica and reasoned that such showers were not enjoyed in the islands of Spain because the woods are cut down that shaded them F Forests rests however do not produce rain they merely help retain moisture What Columbus should have noted was that the trees did not grow along Spanish islands because they got no rain On the other hand the denuding of forests and the plowing up of prairie grass has contributed contributed contributed con con- to dust storms and the quick runoff of water vater s so there is less reserve in the soil when drouth does hit the country Rough Treatment Uncle Dan Ropers Roper's business advisory council supposed s to cement happiness and contentment between n the new deal and big business has decided decided decided de de- de- de to go into eclipse for the duration n of the campaign This decision was not entirely voluntary It was more more or less forced on the council at an an unrecorded conference with the president not long ago Some of the business bigwigs on the council thought it would be a good idea to tell Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt why big business couldn't stomach the new deal An emissary was dispatched to Marvin Mafin in McIntyre White House secretary to demand an appointment preferably a luncheon engage engage- ment The tone and manner of the spokesman was that of a a big business mogul giving a command to an underling When this reached the ear car of the president he hit the ceiling He told McIntyre to tell the council he be would let them have a half hail hour when it could be conveniently fitted into his schedule But luncheon was out The conference when it finally did take place was not what the callers anticipated In Instead Instead In- In Instead stead of their doing the talking the president took the floor In pointed language he read them a lecture on chiselers and critics He cited the fact that that wh while le business men w were re denouncing administration policies production sales and profits were soaring t to 1929 levels The business men had little to say in reply Shortly after this conference the council decided decided decided de de- de- de to adjourn for the summer Con 1838 1938 United Feature S Syndicate Inc