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Show S SN SNna N NHEARD na naHAQD HEARD HAQD HAQDr H XRD - f * _ and1the lhe lheN A M AM ANTI T r nd NATIONAL NATIONALCAPITA N NTI TION L ; LCAPITAL + CAPITA CAPITAL CAPT TAIl ' fY CAPITALfY fYCarter fy FieldCarter CarterWashingtonBrall'S Carter Field Fielda - \ a ' ' acreage acreagetbll acreagethis acreagethi'i acreagethii WashIngtonBrll7l1's Washington-Brall'S Washington Brall'S BrallS Wnslilngfon WashIngton -Brll7l1's Brll7l1's Brll7l1s - Brayil's Brayils ? cotton exceed by 35 5 per cent centtllat centthat centthat tbll this ' : ' par will 'ear ear } ' . Her spectaculai spectncull1 spectacular : in- in increase increase in increase - tllat that of last year pioductlon ploductlon ptoduction will w111 con con- continue continue continue - crease of cotton tinue , despite confidence at nt the Depart Depart- Department Departmeat Department - ment meat of or Commerce and the White tiVhite WhiteHouse tiVhiteHouse WhiteHouse ' frulure failure frulure"down failure"down failure"down failuredown House that last Inst year's years crop " Brazil Is not a amenace amenace amenace "down down " under undpr proves menace to the South on cotton produc produc- producUon production production - tion Uon tionExpert UonIjxpert Expert Ijxpert cotton men just b bick lcle ick fromBrazil from fromBrazil Brazil razl1 inskt Insbt Insist that lhat last sears ear s rains rnlns in inthat inthat inthat that country , which resulted In only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout har har- harfested har- har harrested harvested - - 000 crop being about 1,400 1400 , acre as ns abnormal for Bradl Bra- Bra Bradl Bra-ell Bra ell - vested fested rested , were just dl as the drouth In this country . Can Con Canmlons Conlitlons Coniitlons mlons litlons list 11st year In Brazil were more more9.bnormal moreabnormal moreabnormal 9.bnormal 9bnormal abnormal . , it if anything anyt1llng , they siy S'1y S1y ' , be- be bemuse because be-sause be sause - - muse cause the thc conditions In what President Presidentnoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt noosevelt Roosevelt calls C.11lS C11lS . the buffalo 'buffalo ' grasseounthy grass grass'rountly grassrountly ' through throughJust throughlust throughlust ount1y eounthy arc are still a menace Just lust storms otorms : ; \ whereas \ hereas there Is nothing nothingcomp'1.rnble nothingcomparable nothingcompirable comp'1.rnble comp1.rnble comp1rnble comparable ' . to that thnt in J3railAll . .Bras'11 .Bras11 Bras11 J3rail . .Bras'11All ra71l ra71lAll ? ' All of \ which hlch Is telribly teulbly teirlbly Important In InV1e inview Inview the threshing ' ibout 1bout about In InadmlOIsh'1tlon inadministlgtton inadminlstiitlon V1e\\ V1e view V1eot \ \ of ot piesent p1csent present admlOIsh'1tlon admlOIsh1tlon administlgtton ' and farm circles over overa overa a substitute for the AAA plogram program programThere plogramThere piogramThere There Is no doubt In the minds of ex experts experts expcrts perts who who-have who have - ' ha ve studied tlie the sHua situation situationcold situationcoldbloodedly tlon tloncold cold bloodedly tint th'1t th1t that ' the AAA AA- AA AAs AA " - , . s system systemof ssstemof stem stemof of holding up the price of cotton by bycurtaIlIng bycurtailing bycurtailing curtaIlIng American production productlon vs \ wassimply as asimply : > , Imply holding an umbrella 0\ 0 over 0cr \ cr Bra Bra- Brazil Brazil Brazil - zil while whl1e she developed Into a gre'1t gre1t great gre'1tcotton greatcotton greitcotton ' cotton producing country . Brazil can produce very good cotton cottonand cottonand cottonand and sell It for G cents a pound poun$1 poun1 pouwl $ , with withun withan withan un an excellent e\.cellent e.cellent e .cellent cellent a\cellent a ' \ . return to the tbe farmers 'lnd lnd and 'lndeveryone andevery ' indevery everyone every one handling It But her in increase increase Increase crease In production might have been beenvery beenvery beenvery very slow had bad it not been for the stIm stImulusamountIng stimulusamounting stimulus ulus-amountIng ulus amountIng - amounting to a bonus and prizesextended prizesextended prizes prizesextended -extended extended - - extended by the United States not notonlj notonly notonlj onlj only . forcing fordug forclug up the price , but removIn remov remov- removIn removing - In ing a huge fraction fractlOn of o the th ( export e\.port e.port e .port port ' \ . crop Secictary Secletary Secietary of Commeice Commelce Roper and andother andother andother other administration adminictratlon admInl tration officiils offici'lls officills officials ' pooh poohpoohed poohpoohed poohpoohed poohed successfully this idea of a Bra Bra- Brazilian Brazilian Brazilian - zilian menice mCD'1Ce mCD1Ce menace ' until the Saturday Eve Ijve- Ijve Eve- IjveOlng Evening Evening - - ning Olng Post sent a cotton e expert pert to Bla Bra Bra7i1 Bia7ll 711 7i1 last year Ills His articles occ'1sloned occ1sloned occasioned occ'1slonedsome occasionedsome occasionedsome ' some alirm al'lrm allrm alarm ' , but just as they were be begInnmg beginning beginning gInnmg ginning to stir up some of the cotton cottonpeople cottonpeople cottonpeople people came the news tint th'1t th1t that ' there h'1d h1d hid h'1dbeen hidbeen hidbeen ' been a crop failure In Brazil This This'failure This'failure ThisLf ' allure 'failure failure ' was \ wasjxcasloned \ as occasIoned : by bythe the rains Brazilians Make MoneyBut Money MoneyBut But nut the experts just back bad . , In taU\ taU talk taUIng talklag talkIng \ . Ing lag Inglth \ with \\lth lth \ this writer , say that everjone everyone cveo everj every Ione one in BrnIlho Bras'11 Bras11 BrnIl ? ' \ who \\ho ho had my cotton to tosell tosell tosell sell it 1t ' all made mone monei money , and that there thereis IS no sign \ whatever hateer hate\ hate \ er that any f faimer faimerwho faimerwho l1 mer who \ ho has tued tl1ed tiled cotton Intends to g1\ g1 gi\e gi e g1e give \ \ e It Itup itup itup up On the contrary contrarv , the B1 Bhg7ili'ns Bhg7ilins Bhg7ili'nsare Bti 'l7l1hns l7l1hns 'l7l1hnsare ' illinsare ' are so generally extending their COttOll cotton COttOllacre'1ge cottonacreage cottonacreage . acre'1ge acre1ge acreage ' that the estinnte estim'1te estim1te estimgte ' of Increase Increaseover increaseover Increaseover over last j y } ear's ears ear ' ; : , Is now 3 35 ; ) per centOne centOne cent centOne I I One of the most serious effects on onNew onNew onNew New England Ijngl'1.nd Ijngl1.nd Ijngl1nd ' . and Southern textile tc\Ule tc Ule ' \ In Industrl industrles Industrlci dustrl dustrles > Is the tendency tendencj of Amel1lan American Amel1lanmill Americanmill Ameneanmill mill owners 0ners 0\\ 0 \ ners to establish plants In Bra BrazIl Brazll Brazll zIl zll , especially for their e export port trade tradeJohncon tradeJolincon tradeJohn Johncon Jolincon : on and Johnson Is one out outfit t that thatbac thathas thathas bac has : ; done soThe soThe so soThe The gl giowth giovvth 0\\ 0 0th \ \ th of the Southern te textile textileindustry textileIndustry tIle tIleIndustry Industry his h'15 h15 has ' plived phed plied , havoc ha\oe ha oe \ with l\ew l ew Aevv lewIjngl'1nd AevvEngland \ NewEnglind Ijngl'1nd Ijngl1nd England ' mills for j sears years ears , , largely Inrgely be because because because cause labor Jabor w \ was as a little cheaper cbeaper In the theSouth theSouth theSouth South Now Iv'ow Ivow ' along comes the threat of ofml11s ofmills ofmills ml11s mills In Bn/ll Bn ll Br\/Il Br Il Brvll ' \ / ttl t " menace both Ne\\ Ne Nevv NevvEngland NeDnglnnd NewEngland \ Dnglnnd England and nnrl tileouth tliy tile the \ South \outh outh outhlth , , \ with \\lth lth \ labor laborcheaper laborcheaper laborcheaper cheaper tinn th'lll thlll than ' either dther citlier can obtain , and andwith andwith with \ \ Ith \ wint what h'1t h1t ' s seems ems to be an assured sup supply supply supply ply of cotton at very low pricesSo pricesSo prices pricesSo So ' fir f'1r f1r no one Inside the admlnlstra administra admlnlstratIon administratlon adrnlnistratlon tIon tlon Ins h'ls hls his , ' seemed to reilhe re'lll7e relll7e realize ' \ whit h'1t h1t ' this thisBra71I thisBra7illon thisBra/illon thisBra illon Bra71I Bra7illon / on menace meins me'1ns me1ns means ' Officials OOlclals Ig Ignored ignored ignored nored for several voars years leports 1eports reports of ofAmerlc'1n ofAmerican ofAmerican Amerlc'1n Amerlc1n American ' < . consuls .onsuls onsuls telling of the spread spreadof spreadof of the cotton Industry Industn in Brazil BrJzlI I'st Ist I'stve'ir 1 1st 1stve'lr ' istveir ve'lr velr ve'ir veir ' ofliclils ofhcl'lls ofhcllls ofliclals ' also ignored reports f10m from fromconsuls f10mconouls fiomconsuls conouls consuls : ; In England Dngland that mills m111s there therew therewere w \ \ ere changing chnnglng their thetr looms , ss \ with Ith lth a view viewto viewto viewto to using Bra7llian Bra71lIan Brazilian Instead Inste'ld Insteld ' of Amer1C'ln Amer1Cln American Amer1C'lncotton Americancotton Amencincotton AmencincottonSo ' cotton cottonSo So 50 there is no indlcition IndlC'lUon IndlClUon indication ' tint th'1t th1t that ' any anyattention anyattentlon anyattention attention attentlon \ will wlll \ Il1 be pild p'lld plld paid ' the present presentproblem presentproblem presentproblem problem In working worhlng out the substItute substItutefor substitutefor substitutefor for AAA . New Farm Program ProgramNo No doubt seems to e a exist ist lst that tlJnt Pres Presi President President I Ident dent Roosevelt \ will 111 got get bquarely bqunrdy squarely bacl\ bacl back baclto backto backto \ . to the soil consen conservation atton subterfuge fOl fob fobpaying fOlpaYing foipaying paYing the tinners f'lrmers flrmers farmers ' of the country conntry the thelough theiough thelough lough iough equivalent of \ what \ hnt theere they the\ the \ were weregetting \ weregetting ere eregettIu gettIu getting under unller the now outlawed outla\\ed outla ed \ AAA AAAfarm AAAfarm AAAfarm farm beneOt benefit plan Nor that he vslll vslllback \ willback \ III IIIbach bach back the le\ le len levying lew \ [ Ing n of excise e\clse e clse e'cclse ecclse ' \ : llShlch taxes ll\S ll S tapes ' \ . ( , \\hlch hlch which whichwill \ whichwill hlchwl1l wl1l will bo be e \ very ery similar to those just ruled ruled011t ruledout ruledout 011t out In fact . , there seems little doubt doubtthat doubtthat doubtthat that the new ' firm f'lrm flrm farm program will go through gothrough ultoopingthere \ whooping hooping ultooping whoopingIhcie \ hoopingr.I r.I rI . Ihcie there hm e Is i 1 a ' grea great t deal of doubt douht as to toIts toits toIts Its lawyershere constitutlonillty const1tutIon'111ty const1tutIon111ty constltutlonallty ' Most la lawyers \ \ ers ershere here bel'eve beleve believe ' ' It Is just as far [ In n e\ccss e ccss excess eccssof excessof excessof ' \ of tlie the real po powers " ers of tlie the federal gO\ gO goy goyernment gOernment governmcnt \ ernment as fiS granted'to grantedto ' , the central 60\ 60 1ov 60ernment 1overnment LOVernment , \ ernment by the states through the Con ConstltuUon Constitutlon Constitutlon stltuUon stitutlon as ae ; the AAA plan Ithone withone \ with Ith one onee oneexception oneexception e exception ceptlOn lhat That r.I rI . hat Is \ witli with \ Ith respect to the theta"es thetakes thetaxes ta"es taes takes " If cOll congress ress levies tlie the ne\\ ne new net'les newt.es newtixes \ t'l\es t'l tl es t.es tes ' ' \ . as fiS straight out excise e.Ise e\ e ' \ .Ise Ise < . le\ le levies leles \ les , no noone noone noone one doubts thov they the v \ will 111 stand I V\cn V cn Everybodywill : \ + ervbody ervbodywill bOdy bOdywl11 wl11 will know hnow tliat that the object ohJect Is to rc1I"e rc1Ie raise raiseenough raiseenough " 'enough enough rc1I"e'enough ' enough money to piy p'1y p1y pay ' the farmers the time theequhulent timeequlsulent tlieequivalent equhulent equlsulent of the old farm benefits , but but'the butthe butthe the l'lImposing liw l'l\\ l'l ll law ' \ \ Imposing tlie the tn taxes ta\es ta es ' \ es vv \ will \ 111 ill not notS'lY notsqy notsiy 'the the ' S'lY SlY sqy ' so Nor will wl11 It gnnt grant r'uJt ruJt ' anyone :1.11one :1.11\ 1.11 :1.11 111 : . \ one c.lls clls dls c.llscretlon dlscretton . discretton cretlon cretton to chan change e them thn theta ( ' ! ' ' Theie 'fhele fhele 'rheie rheie Is no noquestion noquestion noquestion question of delegiting dlleg'1t1n dlleg1t1n delegating ' pO\\ pO power pOer \ er , as con congress congress congross gress did to the 1 'i i ' riple rlple A In lu that actBut actBut act actBut But when It comes to pa paving \ Ing a n farm farmer farmer farmcr er so much a yeir re'1r re1r year ' to h ht t such ind 'lnl1 lnl1 and ' such sucha a proportion of his acres ucres lie f fillow 1110w dhow . , or orgrow orgrow orgrow grow lintthis thatthis up In pasture pusture , on the theory that thatl ( this Is presel prosoiving preseiving vln soil son fertility , when whenns whenas whenas l I whenI ns as a matter m.1tter m1tter . of fact everybody , jnclud Includ - - Ing the justices of the Supreme 5upreme court courtwill , objective Is to tocurt tocurt tocurt will \ I1J knothat know kno\\ kno \ that the real of ofcrop ofcrop ofcrop definite percentage curt ill ll1 dl a verv very ver , } crop production , that is somethln something somethingelse somethingelse clse else again In the opinion of many manyl manylawyers manylawyers that goes a long way out on onthe onthe onthe lawyers l m ers , , the limb 11mb of the gene1 gcneial general al welfare clal1&e clal1e clause clal1&eot clauseof clauseof & ot of the ConstitutIon-50 ConstitutIon 50 Constitution-so so Constitution - &o o & fir far { 'lr lr ' that tbat the the11mb thelimb thelimb 11mb limb may break breal < . Just Another PhaseRooseelt'S Phase PhaseRoosevelt's RoosC\ RoosC Roosevelt's Roosevelts RoosCelt's Rooseelt'S RooseeltS \ % elt's elts ' ' Idea of remo\ remo removing remoIng \ Ing all nIl th thr thr"buffalo the"buffalo thebuffalo ( ' "buffalo buffalo " grass " country from trom "UlUva UlUva ciiltlva ciiltlvatenon < . cultlvation "UlUvabon " bon tenon is another pliase phase phrase of the problem problemThIs problemThis problemThis ThIs is the territory from the p'tn ptn p'tnhandle 1 > pinhandle 1n 1nilnncl1e ' ' ilnncl1e handle of TOMS Tc'lS TclS Teals " ' up tolontnn'1 to : ' \ Montnm \lontnn'1 lontnn'1 lontnn1 Montnn'i Montnni ' , In IneludIng ineluding Ineluding eludIng the ' " western "estern estern portions port1on of the theDabot'S theDakotis . Da1.ot'1s Da1.ot1s Da1ot1s Dabot'S DabotS . ' , Nebraska , rincas Km K'm ' < 5as as and 01.1'1- 01.11 01.1'1 0111 Okla- Okla Oklahoma 01.1'1homa Okli-homa Okli homa , . ' - homa It is lind I'md Imd Ignd ' \ which hIch most m05t 1grlcul 'igricul igricul 1grlculI 1grlcultm'11 'igriculturi1 ' igrlculturil I tm'11 tm11 turi1 ' experts c-perts c perts ) . - agree agrE'e : ' should ne\ ne never neer \ er have havebeen havebeen havebeen ciiltlvitlon cn1tlv'1t1on cn1tlv1t1on cultivation , plus the thedrollth thedrouth thedrouth been plo\\ plo plowed plocd \ \ cd Its ' drollth drouth , plo pioduccd produced uced the du dust t storms storm let letwith letwith letwith with modern michlneii m'lchlne1 mlchlne1 mgclhinery ' , cheap l'1nd l1nd land lindand ' , , and huge lmge farms It lends Itself to chc'1p chc1p cheep chc'1pm'1'Ss cheepmiss chcipmiss ' m'1'Ss m1Ss miss ' ' production of cropsBut crops cropsBut But llut this part of the progiam proglam program Is not notthe notthe the politically pohtkal1y Impol Impoitant Important tnnt p irt 1rt in It jt It"ould jtwould ItL " would "ould ould not put money in the hinds h'lnds hlnds ' of offarmer offarmers offarmers farmer farmers ' ) in other section sectlon sectlons < ; , nor In the thepopnlous thepopulous thepopulous popnlous populous parts of the stites st'1tes st1tes states ' Involved |