Show WEEK 0 a CZ in th the C midst of a ticklish for eign sit the peoples of the united states along with those the 57 member nations will wiil take time out on october to celebrate united nations day it t will be a day of international stocktaking tock stock taking to see what pro gress gross iress has been made toward international ter national peace a and nd tonian ionian to accomplish what remains to be done the national citizens corm corn Is urging celeb celebrations ra down to the city and town level to pay tribute to the united nations and to renew our faith and sense of obligation to back the organization toward obtaining universal and permanent peace president truman has issued a proclamation calling upon officers of the federal state and local governments as well weil n as us upon civic educational and legious organizations and eions to cooped cooperate ate in programs designed to give public espres sion to our devotion to the unit ed nations and to make more effective our participation in the work of the united nations the day october is the day the charter of the UN came into effect economists in washington are arc generally agreed that a general farm price break is certain within the next six months when it will come and when the corresponding break in grocery prices and cost of living will wiil follow are purely guess work facts are that farm prices are already down ian considerably dc de w apartment part purl puri ment meni of 01 agriculture says saya that since last january prices of food grains are shown 30 per cent feed grains and hay 26 per cent soybeans 18 per cent and cotton cottons 8 8 per cent yet in those nine months retail prices of gro ceries ra r a from fr fool f grains and ani fats etc and oils together with textiles have been continually on the rise according to information from froth economic c cooperation administration outlook for food tood grains feed grains fats oils and cot ton as exports during the next few months looks bad for instance france Is buying no wheat whatever and cotton shipments have not been up to expectations the huge wheat and corn crops are just coming into harvest and as was pointed out in this column last week storage space is short since the commodity credit corporation under new restrictions of the tho law Is unable to buy or lease adequate shortage age for price support loans or purchase agreements bins on the farms are short shorts and there are disturbing stories coming into washington con berning alleged sharp practices from some country elevators these elevators tell teu the farmer they are fullup full up cant store his grain and turn hamaway him away from storage under government loan later however they buy up the grain at distressed prices and then somehow find room for tor it in their elevators there Is more talk concerning changing chim ging or of the price support system atlease at least leest lowering the price support levels both demo derno brats and republicans voted for anese supports and neither party dares to take the initiative and the guess here is that the next congress grem grew will win permit the price su support rt level of 90 per cent of parity on basic crops to run through 1949 in the meantime prices will almost certainly decline below the formal sm support levels and the government namely the tax pavers payers will take the I 1 low on the aeme agricultural Ix ho never wever declare kha tha it not for price supports on farm commodities the bottom would fall out not only on farm duce but on all commodities and i the loss to the american tax payers would be greater that the amount they pay out in sub sidles it Is fairly well documented now w that the democrat cause in I 1 the south is being financed largely by northern capitalists who control southern industry and are willing to spend thou sands to break the solid south away from the democratic party the interior department has announced that more than will be divided among six states as refunds from oil and gas royalties derived from I 1 exploration on public lands un ai A the i hatchatt hatch tant act of ft these payments 10 per cent goes to the treasury 52 per cent to the reclamation funds and 37 per cent to the states lit it is the highest distribution ol 01 I 1 record states sharing in the idis ais are wyoming 1386 1386 california new mexico colorado montana 1 j and utah |