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Show tENandH tENandHTr ENand [ HEARD HEARDaround Tr around aroundt/ie aroundt ie aroundtiei the theb / b i > 1ATIONAL IATIONAL CAPITALBy CAPITAL _ . . t n / c u uMOUS FieldSjI By Carter Field SjI MOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ' . " ' - ! Lshlngton hlngton hlngtonIn hngton-In hngton In ( -In In - In the tha prize prlza ring ringn n war wnr tear , , . experts e"Iperts eIperts " : agree ngree tbit th\t th t that ' \ it Is Iscndid Isendid isScndid cndid endid quality quaUty not to . know l.now lnow w " whenare hen henre henre re licked IIcked Because llecauce : there Is1 Is \1 1 al althe ' \ il\ il ilthe 1thc \ the thc possibility posslblltty possibllity that somethln something somethinghappen somethinghappen happen to re\ re rm rev reerse \ erse the appalentperhaps"a nppar nppaient appalent nppaientpe ent entperhaps"a perhaps"a perhapsa pe hap3 " 'a a ' good deal of credit crediti creditthd i ! ( ( ( L Ld d be given the admIniStration administration.STS administrationSTS administrationi administrationers i ) . . . ers s on Cipltol C\pltol C pltol Capitol ' \ hill for the e\rn e rn earn erness earness earness ' \ ess " with "Ith Ith which they push on to tor tolegislative tofc- tofc tofclegislative r- r - rlegislative - legislative achievements , reo re- re ret1 re-jjless re jjless - - t1 { .lIess lIess . ess of ot the cloarlv clearlv clearly printed road roadtD roadh tD tDi , f aii-i aii i i " - , saying the road Is closed closedd closed'Id closedId ' ( d on account of the constltu constitu constltuhefbrldge constituIi constituhjif'bri constituhjifbri Ii hef-brldge hef brldge 1 ' - bridge < Ige being washed out . ( consider ! ? nSlder nsider r the tha sugar bill . , for enm exam enmI examiCt eximSIStJ iCt I , , . ; Administration leiders le'1ders le1ders le'iders ' ' de- de deed deed de deed - - ed they " would "ould ould llush nush ush through the thecontinuing 4 continuing ) continuingquo continuing quo quotas qu01as as for domgstlc domgstlcuction dom domesticSuluctlon sUc 1tconunUlng Jctlon uction ! . . They admit that there'VFbc thereVFbc there ' ( . be some Uttle I1ttJe little donbt doubt as to thetier the1iF the 1iF ; 1iFot tier ( r'of rof ' ot of the federal government tothis to tothis this this Is , especially especlaUy In view of thekdeclsion the tI1e the"decision "decision decision t"declslon tdeclslon kdeclsion " , , not to mention the theey thehtej ey decIsIon decisionJh decisiona Js { a little bit humorous , howwhen how- how how1 how-ikf how ikf - 1 when one considers what is 1J 1 ' 1ening B.PCBing BPCBing , . cnIng ening out In the country . , For ror tor , produeu hnce nce tnce , the big cane sugar producState produetote produc- produc produe- produe producAstate - u " State ' ? Astate tote , Louisiana , Is assigned a aa alilta JEa a under the system that the theliters the2t thek 2t k liters Jators lators are about to continue , tiout uout iiout the Supreme court's courts ' bless blessof blessi of ot 260,000 260000 2GOOOO , tonsrt tonst tons rt t < qresent esent estimates of the Loul Lou Loula ! 1 ( a cane sugar crop , with due al2 al- al alpnces al-i al i - 2 pnces nces aces for weather and other otherP otherAbilities .HbflItIes HbflItIes P . , lblities , run around 600 500 600000\S 600000 S 000 000IJ IJ Id ] \ . lo t : 7o 7othe the question arises nrlses , how will'tLtgovernment will willgovernment 'tLtgovernment tLtgovernment < ' { government Induce the cane caneIditcrs caneters canealters Iditcrs ters of the Creole CreoJe state to plow fer kr ter plowfer plowkr plowter nearly one half of their acre acreIt acreIk acrei It Itand Ik Ikand and not taLe tal.e take . the matter tort to ) Tjtti frt rt ? ? For It Is admitted that any anyt anyft anyftwould t would wouJd grint gr'1nt gr1nt gr'int ' ' an Immediate In Inon inon InStton | on restraining the Depart- Depart Departot Departof Depart-yof Depart yof - ot of Agriculture AgrlcuJture from using 'lny lny 'ray ray 'lnynt 'rayat ' ' inyent nt at of force . And It Is equ.l11ythat equ.mllythat equally equ.l11y equl11y equ.mlly equmlly equallythat . that an3 anyone one Interested could coulda ; , n a suit to prevent payments paymentsr r the old benefit check system systemErosionf systemErosion [ * Erosionfere Erosionere Erosionf .Erosion Erosion . ere remains soil 5011 erosion , ofe ofbut of ofe e , but everyone every one admits that thatdmlnIstratfon thatadministration thatadministration dmlnIstratfon administration would not be beg beg beSgT g to risk ris1 . the constltutlonallty constitutionality constitutionalityconcededly constitutionalitya constltutlonalltys s concededly ticklish soil solI eroprogram eroprogram ero eroprogram program In such a case To TopUsh Toplish ToBpIIsh pUsh plish anything like the re reiJuc reiJucnecescary reducEnecessary the thenecessary necescary necessary : to get Louisiana Loulshma p n to her quota would "Quid Quid " requirel require requiredrastic requireI I drastic dra.tlc dratlc ! : . handling tliat that no 5en sere sereontention 5enontenUon ' senContention ( ontenUon ontention that soil ero erosion < ; lon lons was wasmain , v\ismaln v ismaln \ \s s ' \ sI smain I | main objecthe objecth objective e could possiblyjust possibly possluly just one of those tbose curious curiouson curiouss 3 s , on all nil fours with the enact- enact enactof enactof enact-t enact t - of ) the Guffey coal law In the thepJace theplace ther place pJace , when everybody and his hiser hiser histier er knew l.new lnew . It would be thrownhe thrownhe thrown thrownhe he window by the high court courton courton courtfcon on all fours with the tbe pre presente present ent ente e of ot Senator Joseph r F . . Guffey Gulley Guffeythers Gulleythers Guffeyothers thers to enact a substitute for forutl'ey foruffey forISuffey utl'ey utley uffey ' law Jaw . s * , . ' bey ey persist In this despite de'5plte de5plte ' the theuIly thefly theaully uIly fly considered opinions ofpollUcally ofpolitically of politically pollUcally astute gentlemen as astor astor asRtor tor J Hamilton Lewis that thatIs thatis thate Is neither neitber the opening cor nor thefor thefor the fffor for such sucb a 11 . measure before ad adment adment adpment ment And In the face of 11 a . afrom afrom { I from Ifrom a very different wing ofart3 ofartyits of ofart art3 art3Its arty-its arty its art -Its Its - lts most radical wing- wing wingenator wingenator wing wingenator - enator Burton K S Wheeler th'lt thlt that thatould th'ltould thitlould ' ould not be attempted at thIs thIson thison thison on on . . fianwhile anwhlle an while the United tllne Mine tllneers Mineers ? Mineicrs , ers are not half so unhappy as asmake asmake asmake make out out . . They see the pros prosot prosof prosot ot of making mahlng a 11 . few fights In the theterritory theterritory theterritory territory where they are weakd weak- weak weakd - d Secretary of Labor Frances FrancesDB Francesas FrancesIns DB as e expresses presses a pious hope for forlabor forJabor abor labor provisions In the revIsed revisedy | y bill bl11 to cornel comei comeir come corneler I er r Buying P Po Policy Policyiplte wcy < icy icypite iplte plte pite the clamor of unoCl1clal unofficial unoflidaln unoCl1clalo unofficialn ; o n Trusters , " , " economists , cte etc etct , , , the absurdity of the presentlbuylng presentbuying present lbuylng buying policy ' , nothing Is go goo goo goo o be done about It It . . . The pres- pres - - Uver liver pres-llvcr pres llvcr presUver presliver buying policy will wlll be con- con cond con-d con d - . d , d , even the paying of a bonus bonusmethlng bonusmething bonustmething methlng mething In excess of 30 cents centsnee centsace centspee nee ace for all newly mined slIverUnited silverUnited silver slIver United States . lone subsidyIne one really thinks the subsidy subsidyne ne owners producing silver slIver Is Iseither Iseither isr either very beneficial beneficlal or very veryruI veryful veryful | ruI ful . . Tho Tbe The point la is t9 that there thereImost thereinmost therejllmost Imost inmost DO no mines In the United Unitedtbat Unitedthat Unitedr that tbat produce just silver sliver only.rtually onlyrtually only . . tually every Instance silver sll\er sll er \ la 18 is isproduct 18product product and a comparatively comparativelyby-product comparativelyby product comparativelybyproduct by by-product by product - . pro duct . Normally the main maincta maincts mainict cta cts of ot such mines are nre Jead lead leadind , , n rid copper . , It so haonena happens that . ; Iince since beganbas beganhas the depression began ' has bas been an overproduction orreG ofree of or ofreo HenceI reo reG ree of ot these metals Hence HenceeUeved Henceelleved Hencelelleved I eUeved elleved by mining experts that thatnus thatnus thatonu nus paid on newly mined sl1- sl1 sl10.8 ail all-ins all ins - . 0.8 08 as . not dono done any n.ny nny . harm or any ' anyS-ln anyS ln anyIn - In ! n produc-In produc In stimulating silver sl1ver produc- produc producthe - the United States Nor Is Isntended Isntended isptcnded I IsI ntended that there has been beencheating beeni , . cheating The government governmenteeo governmenteen governmentbeen eeo een extremely rigorous In Its Itstlons itstions Itsjettons tlons tions , and oQlclals oaIclals officials do not note notre e producedhas producedbas that much toreloQ foreloFJl foreign produced has bas been sneaked under the theto theto theto ! to highlean take fldvnnta advantage e &t t or of & the hIgh lean price . criticism of this bonus onmined on onmIned oni i mIned slh slher stlser er Is tint that It Is a [ \ aof nf I of ) money . In the face taee of ter- ter teredernl tcr-dcral tcr dcral - . edernl ederal expenditures In nlmo almost almostj almostconceivable almostconceivable t tconceIvable j conceIvable direction , the thethe thethe thethe the fe federal eral trel1 treafculy treasury m y of oC this thla thl & 4 particular parUcul\r parUcul r ' \ policy sinks sInl.s sInls . Into limbo InsIg InsIgnHlcnnce Insignificance InslgnIOcance nHlcnnce nificance . China Protests ProtestsIn In the eirly e'1rly e1rly e'rrly errly ' ' divs d'1s d1s d'rvs drvs ' ' , of the time sl1\ sl1 sl1er silser silserbuying silverbuying \ er erbuying buying program progrum United States tleas Liens tleasUQ Liensury neasuo UQ ury buying hid h'ld hld ' a very unsettled ef of effeet offeet effeet feet on conditions all over the w " worldThe orldThe orld orldThe The world price \ was as boosted about about40 40 cents an ounce It " was as practically prnctl practi prnctlcally practitally cally tally doubled Another very heavy heavyloss heavyloss heavyloss loss w " was as taken tal.en talen . by the treasury here herebecause herebecause herebecause because the average price paid pmd "as as was "asconsidernblyabovc wasconsiderably " wasconsiderably considernblyabovc considerably above 50 cents an ouncethe ouncetile ounce ouncethe -the the -tile tile - the price at \ which hlch all nIl domestic domesticslIver domesticsilver domesticsilver slIver silver , already mined , was wns com corn commandeered cornmandeered cornmandeered mandeered . Whereas the present presentworld presentworld presentworld world price of or sl1\ sl1 slls slher sl1er \ er Is around 4 46 46to 40to to 47 cents , with e\ e every eery esery \ ery prospect thatIt that thatIt . It will wlU not rise materially materlally above that . . i iThera There Thera were other repercussions repercussionsChina repercussionsChina repercussionsChina China protested bitterly agatnst agn.nst agnnst against ! . the theunsettling theunsettling theunsettling unsettling physical ph3slcal scheme and the thedisorganization thedisorganization thedisorganization disorganization of hei hel her international hternatlonal hternatlonaltrade internationaltrde Internationaltride tr\de tr de trade ' \ resulting from It Cventually Eventually Cventuallyshe Eventuallyshe : Eventuallyshe she was driven dnven off the silver slIver st\nd st nd stand stndard standand stindard ' \ ard and by it It . . The recent agreement on onthe onthe onthe the part of the United Umted States to buy buylarge buylarge buylarge large amounts of Chinese silver isone Is Isonc Isone onc one of the after effects Inciden IncIden- IncIdentally Incidentally Incidentally - - tally the treasury Is as secretive secretiveabout secretiveabout secretiveabout about the amounts of Chinese sUver silver sUverthat silverthat silverthat that It intends to purchase under undertails underthis . tails tlll agreement as It has been about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe'use abouttheuse ' the use of ot the t two " 0 billion bimon dollar sta stablllzatlon stabilizatlon stabillzatlon blllzatlon bilizatlon fundThe fundThe fund fundThe The reason there Is not going to tobe tobe tobe be any nny change chnnge in the slh silver er policy- policy policycertainly policycertainly policy policycertainly - certainly until unul after election-is election is electionisthat election - is isthat Isthat that two small smnn minority mlnonty groups in inthIs inthis inthis thIs country are enormously in favor favorof favorof favorof of It it . . One of these Is the silvermining sIlver sliver sIlverminIng slivermining minIng group which now benefits benefitsfrom benefitsfrom benefitsfrom from the subsidy . The mine owners ownersof ownersof ownersof of course divide this bonus among amongthemsel amongthemselves amongthemselves themsel themselves ves The mine " workers "orkers orkers tl1lnl think thinkthat thinkthat . that It helps to keep them employed employedThe employedThe employedThe The other group Is for the silver silverpolIcy silverpolicy silverpolicy polIcy because It belIe\ belIe believes belIees \ es In Infla infla- inflation Inflation . - tion Falling railing to get printing press pressmoney pressmoney pressmoney money through the Frazler rrazler Frazier Lemke Lemkebill Lemkebill Lemkebill bill or any other device deIce , de\ de \ Ice , those hold holding holdlug holdIng ing lug this view like llke the silver sUver pollcy policy pollcyon policyon policyon on the theory that thnt half a 11 . loaf Is bet bet- better better better - ter than no bread . . . These t\\ t two t0 \ 0 groups feel so violently violentlyon on this Issue that a change on this thisone thisone thisone one thing would probably make mal.e male . them themvote themvote themvote vote against Roosevelt The major- major majorIt3 majority major-It major It - It3 ity ) , who think the policy crazy , Will viii Willvote viiivote willvote vote for or against agamst Roosevelt for forother forother forother other . , reasons I Resettlement Costs CostsFull CostsFull Full rull informitlon inform'lUon informlUon information ' on how much It Itcosts itcosts Itcosts costs Dr Record Reliord Rebford Tugwell s Resettle nesettle- nesettle Itesettle nesettlement Resettlement - ment administration admmIstration to do Its reset reset- resettling resetthug resettling - tling thug became available a\"ailable a "ailable ailable \ " for the nrst first nrsthme firsttime ursttime hme time recently . , Imbedded In the hear hear- hearIngs hearjugs hearings - ings jugs of the senate approprlahons appropriations approprlahonscommittee appropriationscommittee appropriationscommittee committee on the deficiency bill . Resettlement's Resettlements ' top Is $20 20 $20250 20250 $ 30 n a nfamily afamily afamily I family , reiched re'1ched re1ched reached ' In a prairie pralne paradise paradisefor paradisefor paradisefor I for 13 families at Slous SIoux Falls , , S D.The DThe D . The final bill was $276000 276000 $276000This $276000This $276 276 $ 000 000This This project was described descnbed by byDoctor byDoctor byDoctor Doctor Tug\ Tug Tugwell Tugell ' . \ ell as financially financlally 'un un 'un- 'unsuccessful 'unsuccessful 'unsuccessful ' - successful " The outside per family cost for 11 a . asuccessful asuccessful succe successful sful project appears to be be$11,940 |