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Show - = SEEN SEENand and " HEARD HEARDaround HEARDaround around theNational tho the thoNational National Capitalw Capital " w 11 - E7 By CARTER FIELDS FIELD FIELDWashingtonWith WashingtonWith Washington-With Washington With Washington -With With - - With nature moving In to Into toto Into to help extinguish extingulsh exUn lsh the cotton surplus surplusIBS , , ins Ills , slic she had Jnd ) already on ho bogs hogs s , cattle cattlej cattlend cattleIand cattleand Iand nd to a lesser lescr . : ; extent e"ttent ettent " whcit whc'lt whclt witch ' , probabI1l probablll probabI1ltics probablllides probabllltics j ides tics for trouble In the tbe futuie futme future for tor cot cotf cotton cotIton cotton Iton ton growers In this countr country 1 at aie e a not (11 11 di (11mlnlshed ( dlminlshed f diIminlshed Iminlshed mlnlshed , but IncreasedThe increasedThe Increased IncreasedThe The point Is that tlie the dust storms stormstn stormsIn stormsIn tn In the tbe big cotton producing areas of ofTexas ofTexas Texas cxns and OJ hhomtl-more hhomtl more Oklahoma-more Oklahoma Oklihoma . - - more tinn th'1n th1n then ' balf half balfof halfof halfof of the cotton nised r'1lsed r1lsed ralsed ' In the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Is grown west of the l\ns l ns Mississippi Mississippidespite \ Mis'sissippIdespite MississippIdespite ' i ' : ; < lIppl lIppldespIte despIte the ptesailing pi ev C\ C Cailing \ ailing opinion to the thecontraryhave thecontraryhave thecontrary contrary-have contrary have - have already boosted boostcd the theprIce theprice theprice prIce of cotton I'ressure Iressure Pressure ' on AJuIs AAA AJu\ AJu \ Is Isexpectc(1 isexpected Isexpected expectc(1 expectc1 expected ( to continue loans Joans at aroun aroun2 around ( ] 12 -2 2 ' - cents , , despite the de&lre delre de.lre desire & : . to drop dropthem dropthem dropthem them gradually . All of which me means meansthat meansthat ns nsthat that the price of at cotton will w1ll be main mainI maintntned mainltalned maintalned I ltalned tntned at this high level le\"el le "el el \ " next year year.i yeari . , So far tar , so good , but unfortunately It ItJiS itis Itla is Impossible Imposslblc for the United States to tokeep tokeep tokeep JiS keep such a n situation secret . . . If this thiscountry thiscountry thiscountry country could only do what Russia RusSin did didI dida /country country didla la / few years bicli b'1ck b1ck back ' with whcit whc'1t whc1t wheat ' , , It couldImahC couldmake could couldmake ImahC I make a killing hilling on cotton-perhaps- cotton perhaps cottonperhaps.next cottonperhapsnext cotton - perhaps perhapsnext - - .next next . next year ye1r . ' . , I IThe The nusslanc RusslanC Russians : , , It may bo be recalled recaUed , clr clrculated dr dreulated circulated culated eulated stories that their w " wheat "heat heat iteat crop crophad crophnd crophad had hnd filled f'uled fuled fitted ' , , bid b'lcl blcl beck ' * In the dais dn3s dn s of Secre Secretars Secretarv 1rj tars of Agriculture Hyde and the farm farmboard farmboard farmboard board The farm board began buying buyingwheat buyingwheat buyingwheat wheat , and the Rustling Russians nus < ; I'lns Ilns ' began selllnJ selling selllnJB sellingHide sellingHde B Hide } de thought thonght theyere they \ were \\ere ere selling selllng short shortand , nnd and actually denounced dcnounced them In public publicspeeches publicBpcecbes speeches for such a nefarious practiceBut practice practiceBat practiceBut Bat But the Russians delivered the wheat wheatWhereupon \ wheitWhereupon he'1t he1t he'1tWhcreupon ' Whcreupon Whereupon the price collapsed , , the theRussians theRussians theRussians Russians having ha\"lng ha "lng lng \ " been the only wheat wheatfarmers wheatfarmers wheatfarmers farmers to get a real price for theif their theirproduct theirproduct product , and the money for that com corn cornfug cornling lng fug out of the United States treasury treasury.I treasuryI . I But the whole world knows hnows about4crops about aboutfcrops aboutcrops fcrops 4crops In the United Unltcd States Down In In'nraZil InBrazil InBrazil Brazil they . know l.now lnow about the dust storms stormsthat stormsthat stormsthat 'nraZil nraZil ' that are wrecking cotton crop plOS pros plOSpects prospests piospects pects pests west of the Mississippi They Theyknow Theyknow Theyknow know about the agitation to continue continuethe continuethe continuethe the 12 cent lonns-whlch lonns whlch loans-which loans which loans - which means an ar art1 artlficlally artiflclallv t1 tlficlally cla1)v cla1v ) maintained 12 cent price prJce next nest nextyear nestyear nestyear year . And they know hnow that In Brazll Brazil Brazllthey Brazilthey Brazilthey they can produce cotton at a profit at at6 6 cents a pound ' ' 'Big Big ' 'Big Big ' Brazilian CropSo Crop CropSo So naturally Brazil will wi ] Increase Incrense her her'cotton her'cotton her'cotton hercotton ' 'cotton cotton ' acreage next season by evcry every everysquare everyequare Isquare evcryIsquare square vard card nrd possible This 'posslble posslble 'possible possible 'possible"amount possibleamount ' " remount amount Is far tar from trom trivial trn"Ial trnIal " Tremen Tremendous Tremendoes Tremendous { dous does 0\ 0 overnight 0ernlght osernight \ ernlght expan expansion 'lon lon < ' is Imposclble impossible impossibleof : ; , of course , but Brazil's Brazils ' agricultural ex es experts esperts esIperts lot Iperts perts figure that only about one tenth tentliof . . 'ot ot lof tenth'ot tenthlof ' the land capable cap'lble caplble eapible ' of producing producmg cot cottonalways cottonalways cotton ton-always ton always - always with the 6 cents , , includlag Includ Includtng includIng [ tng lag profit , . , In mind-Is mind Is mind - Is now under cuI cut cuIUvatJon cuttivation cultivatlon UvatJon tivation So that the reil re'll rell real ' problem Is islabor Islabor habor Ishabor labor . But there Is enough labor for form formuch tmnch cuch fortmnch c ( m uch more expansion So It can C3n safely safelybe safelybe safelybe be assumed assumpd that there will Wll1 be a bigincrease big ' big'Increase bigIncrease ' Dcrease increase ! In the next Brazilian crop . spmning'people ' ' lOver ! Over In England the cotton spmning spinning spinningpeople spinningpeople 'people people people know about these dust stormsf stormsend storms stormsnnd stormsond f ( ( nnd end about the prospect of the UnIted UnIted'States UnitedStates UnitedStates 'States States States maintaining malntaining the t11 ( 12 cent price price'Some priceSome . . . ' ' Some of their big rollls mms mills have hnve made the thechange thechange thechange { ( change In their looms so as ns to spin the theIBrazlllan theBrazilian theBrazilian IBrazlllan Brazilian ( , cotton More of them are ' are'now arenow ' 'now now . expected e"tpecte etpecte " to do so They will nat natorally natlurauy natrurally lurauy rurally { figure figuro they can buv buy Bra711lan Brazillan Bra711lancotton Braziliancotton Brazillancotton cotton cheaper than United States cot cotton cotton 'ton ton cot'ton ' ! ton lOver 'tonlOver ( tonOver Over In the Japanese puppet statethere state statethere state.there statethere , . there are now 30000,000 30000000 , acres In cot cotton cotton cotton , ton Very Verv small smaU so far tar ( nr as " world "arid arid sorld fig figlures figlures figlures lures go , but there also the facts aboutthe about aboutthe aboutthe ( , the situation In the United States Stateq are areknown areknown areknown known , and may be e expected ected to haveresults have haveresults Iresults haveIresults ! results Similarly SlmHarly In ' Fgypt I'gypt Igypt ' and Indl India IndiaAll Indiaj I IAll All of which point unerringly nnerrlngly to the theprobability theprobability theprobability probability that throughout the worM world worldthere worldthere Ithere worMIthere ( there will w1l1 be a mad rush rnsh to take tahe advantage ad adivantage vantage of the situation This prom prom- - ises promises eventually eventual1y to leave the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States treasury trcasury holding the bag , ownlag own ownIng ownIng Ing lag millions mi11lons of bales of cotton for forvblch forViblch 'bleb bleb vblch " ' , It paid 12 cents a pound , , when whenthe whenthe whenthe the world market will be around 7 or or8 8 cents at the most , , and 0 cents In all allprobability allprobability robabl1lty probability . But this Is enly only part of the trouble troubleJohnson troubleJohnson troubleJohnson Johnson and Johnson have already an an- an- an announced anbounced announced - - nounced bounced their plans for setting settlng up cot cot- cotton cotton . - ton mills mms In Brazil , the thp Idea being belug not notonly notonly notonly only to get cheaper dienper cotton , but to get getaway getaway getaway away from the processing proces21ng tix tu tux Producls Prodbets Prod Prodacts acts ucls bets of this mill would be used In place placeat placeof placeof at of goods formerly exported from the American theAmerican mills ml11s of this big firm . Army Is StirredArmy Stirred StirredArmy terriblyconcerned Army .Army . and navy officers are terribly terriblyconcerned terriblyconcerned bythe concerned over the DIU oil nilh ] just pissed p'1Ssed p1Ssed ' by the house , and soon to be considered In the Inthe senate , , for taking the profit out of ofwar ofwar ofwar war . They assure everyone who will willlisten willlJsten lJsten listen to them , . In private , . tint th'1t th1t that ' It wi11 will wi11also willalso willalso also take national defense out of war warwhich , , whlcb which might be very serious Indeed to the tothe conflictThe nation In the event cvent of a conflict contllct . The pacifists hall han hail the bill blU as : " "A A itA " bill b1J1 to keep heep the United States outof out outof outof of war by providing In advance that there thatthere will wl11 be ( (1) 1 ( ) profits for none . , and (2) 2 and(2) and2 ( ) confiscatory ta taxes .es es > . for all aU , , so thnt that it thatIt thntit will w111 be to ' interestto Americaninterestto every American- American American's Americans ' ) - ? Interest to . keep l.eep leep the United States at nt peace " Army Arrnv Arm ) and navy experts e.perts eperts } . say that It Itshould itshould Itshould should be cilled c'lUed clUed called ' : "A A " bill ( (1) 1 ( ) to transfer the war mu munlUons munltions munitlons nlUons nltions Industry now In the United UnitedStates States , , and which might be started startedhere here , to foreign Boll so11 soil , (2) 2 ( ) to provide for formurderous formurderous formurderous murderous delay In preparation In case casea casea casea a war Is forced on this country , (3) 3 ( ) toconscript to toconscript toconscript conscript soldiers and emplo employers ) era but butnot butnot butnot not v . workmen orkmen , and (4) 4 ( ) to repeal repenl the theoldest theoldest theoldest oldest law of military mlUt1ry . ' strategy : that the thatthe best offense Is a vl vigorous orous offen offen- olten- olten offensIve oltenaive offensive - sive aive " Goaded by a 11 52 $2000,000 2000000 $ 000,000 000000 , , bonus to t o Eugene toEugene tEugene G Grace , , by screams scream of tho thopaclfists th thpacifists thopacifists e paclfists pacifists , bv by complaints of soldier bonus bonu s lobbyists bonuslobbyists bonulobbyists that "these these " boys bOYB ( fought ought andrisked and rlshed risked andrisked andrlshed their tbelr lives Jives while profiteers were weremldng weremikiug wereroiklug m\ldng m ldng mikiug ' \ millions mll1lons , " the house voted down voteddown t\ t es every terr \ err ery qualifying amendment , pn parsed passed < : sed the bill . , : . and J.IuJ JIuJ prh privately prhately ately hopes hOllcS the thesenatJ thesenate thesenate senatJ senate ! will \ write tsrlte rite some sense into It It . . Tax on Profits ProfitsMore ProfitsMore More serious from n a prC'p1redness prCp1redness preparedness prC'p1rednessst1ndpolnt prepi preparednessstindpolnt ' rednessstindpoint st1ndpolnt stindpolnt . , Is the tax tn"t tnt " provis pro\ls pro ls prods \ on on prof prof- profIts profits profits - its . . Half IInlf of ' ill 111 profits up to ( C i per cent centnnd centand centand nnd and tlien then 100 per cent Is the hou.c houc hou.cpro iinu houseprovision . e eproslsion pro\ pro proISlOn proslsion \ ISlOn Suppo Suppose < : e , say sny arrov arms rnl\ rnl rnland \ and nasy nasyofficers D3\ D3 D3otIicers na\iofficers na iofficers \ , ) . otIicers officers , , tlic the du Fonts Ponts had bud pad been becn facerJ faced facedslth facerJI facedwith I "Hh Hh slth " such snch a n situitlon sltu1tlon situation at the entry ofthe ofI ofthe of I [ the United States State . : ; Into the ' World "ar ar war warWould "arWould " warI Would they IU1\ IU1 have IU1e base \ e daied dated dnl ed e.p'1n e.p1n ep1n eA.pind eApind } . . ' thell theli thellpl'1nts theliplants theiiFlints pl'1nts pl1nts plants ' ? Suppose Suppos ( ' , . Instead Inctc.ld Inctcld tnste.td tnstetd : ; . . of a n preliml prelims prelimln'1r prelimsnary prclimimo nary n'1r n1r ' period of neulv neitls ne u h three \ veirs tears e'lrs elrs ' dur tilir durIn tilirlag diirIng In Inhlch lag ivhich \\hlch hlch which \ \ the alliesIre allies \ were \\Ire Ire sere \ ( buvln buying 111 ill 111the illthe ' illthe the munitions tliev the3 th ( ' could get , unt and andwhich andwhich ! which naturally c caused us'd usd ( ' tremendous trpmemlouq e ( ' expansion . panslon pansion of the du rIu do I'ont Iont Pont ' . Bt Bethlehem > thlf'hem thlfhem ' nnel and nnelLtller andtther andtthcr Ltller tther munition plints pl1nts plants the United SI11CS Stites SI11CShad Stiteshad Stitcshad had been 1m Imolved insolved ol.ed oled . from the first flrst , with withsuch \ withsuch Ith Ithsuch such restrl restrictions 'tlons tlons < ' on eirnlngs e'lrnlng'3 elrnlng3 earnings ' ' as arc are arenow arcnow arenow now propo proposedThe proposed proposedThe < : ed edThe The point roide m\de m de made ' \ by the army and andna andnavy andnaw na navy v men Is piSroinly pllm'1rl1y pllm1rl1y prlmirily ' tint tll'1t tll1t tiit ' no manfac maniac manfacturer maniactuner manfacturer turer tuner would dare e"tp'lnd etplnd expand c " pind ' his plant plnnt totike to tot'lhe totike t'lhe tlhe tike ' care of a war ' ' need leer iced ! ! . ) lie Be would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not be able to mal make e enough to scrapthe scrap scrapthe scrapthe the plant ' ifter 'lfter lfter after thenr the \ war \\nr nr , , and he would wouldh:1 wouldbase wouldhave h:1e base h:1\ h:1 h1 : \ e to take whe his chances chanceq \ with Ith gO\ gO gOei goetn goetnmeat go\einment go einment \ % ei n nmcnt mcnt meat auditors ou OD on depreciation ch'1rges ch1rges charges ch'1rgesAltogether chargesAltogether cinrgesAltogether ' Altogether he would wonld be much " ' sifcr safer 'Jfcr Jfcr ' If Ifhis ifhis Ifbis his plant " were "ere ere locateJ locate J ] on foreign foreln ; soil , , 'where where inhere ' \ here It \ would ould be welcomed ' is 1S in m ele ere element erement clejuen ment of ofjillltirvL ml1lt'1rv ml1lt1rv ntilltirv ! ' strengtlL ctrengtl tren th So tint th'1t th1t thit ' the mtural n'ltural nltural natural ' d\'Jollment d 'Jollment Jollment development developmentwould de\eloiinientwould de eloiinientwould ( ' \ ( \ ' would \ Quid be for foreign forclgn countnes ountl1es countues - = to benefitesen bene benefite benefit fit-e\ fit e fiteen fit-esen fit esen - - even \ en in ID time of peice pe'lce-b pe'lce pelce b peace-by peace by ' - by " . the tr'lW trlW tri1rI tr'lWIng tri1rIIng trimIng ' Ing of their \ workmen orlmen , In the time miking nl1ldng ntaling , of ofmunitions ofmunitions ofmunitions munitions and in time of \ v\ai v ai wai \ III by thepossiblhts the theposslbIllt thepossibility posslbIllt\ posslbIllt possiblhts posslbIlltof \ of big profils profits |