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Show CACHE AMERICAN. IOGAN. UTAH GRAPE MADE TO DO SUGAR DUTY .HKD&irthLI k I " $ 4 S i National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Vlf Qf Jp f3 ,? National Press Building ; Jiv 7h- py.y . 1 At Ml 'i Jt& frSL f V '5 lA ' s J jk L. V t " f ' , " V ' ns',V'v fV fo5yV,VV pc, V, " , .tfMwy t vf IV-g? tt 351 fi" His Treason Henry Makinq 1251 Burgesses at Williamsburg Tf ' TXs ' ft t?' Speech" from the painting syof pgreK In the House FRCDIRICK ROTHCRMEL tN THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCfTV RxmI Ilf Mfn IUPPlPi if:p? St John's Church in Richmond. They were delegates to a convention which in the future would be known as the second revolutionary convention of Virginia, uml they were assembled there in spite of the objections of Lord royal governor of the colony, to consider ways and means of safeguarding their liberties as British subjects. On March 23, Patrick Ilenry, a young lawyer from Hanover county, offered a resolution ending thus: Resolved, therefore. That this colony be immediately put Into a posture of defense and that a committee prepare a plan for the embodying, arming, and disciplining such a number of men as may be sufficient for that purpose. Ilenry then moved its Immediate adoption. of This, says St. George Tucker, an the scene that historic day, produced an animated debate, in which Colonel Richard Bland, Mr. Nicholas, the treasurer, and I think Colonel Harrison, of Berkeley, and Mr. Pendleton, were opposed to the resolution, ns conceiving it to be In opposing the resolution ns prepremature. mature, these men, patriots though they were and devoted to the cause of liberty, were giving a convenient excuse for their opposition but one which probably was not the real reason. These men were conservatives and some of them, at least, considered Patrick Henry a dangerous radical. Ten years before, he had been elected to the house of Burgesses at Williamsburg and had gathered about him a group of younger men and men from the discontented frontier counties of the colony. In May, 1765, he had presented a series of resolutions condemning the Stamp tax which England had Imposed upon her American colonies and these resolutions had resulted in a hot debate in which Henry had been opposed by Bland. Pendleton, Randolph, Wythe and other conservatives from the tidewater aristocracy. It was during this debate that Henry had ended his speech with 'the words Tarquln and Caesar each had his Brutus; Charles the First his CromHere he paused well; and George the Third and as the speaker and other members of the assembly cried out angrily ; Treason Treason he had gone on may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it! Brave words, those as were the words which he was about to utter in reply to tbe statement of the conservatives that his resolution of March 23, 1775, was premature. As a matter of fact, his resolution, rather than being premature-- , was tardy, when compared to action taken weeks and even months before this time by other colonies and even by some of the counties In Virginia which had already armed and begun drilling their men. But because this dangerous radical proposed it. these conservatives opposed it The other ructor involved, however, wus this: the colonists had talked of the possibility of war with England but so far no public body In America had spoken of its Inevitability and, in calling upon the convention to Dun-mor- e, adopt his resolution, he was asking It virtually to declare war. No wonder, then, that these conservatives should oppose it They were prudent politicians; they did not see the necessity of taking such decisive action and for that we cannot blame them. After listening to the animated debate" on his resolution, Henry arose and began : Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge In illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us Into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit It may cost, I am willing to know the whqle truth ; to know the worst and provide for it I have but one lamp "by which my feet are guided, and that Is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of Judging of the future, but by the past. And Judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to Justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is It that insidious smile with which our petition has lately been received? Trust it not, sir. It will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourself how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love und reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called In to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are Implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kihgs resort I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if Its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy In this quarter of the world to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up In every light of which it Is capable; but It has been all In vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we And which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir,- we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne and have Implored Its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced add! tlonal violence and Insult; our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we Indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There Is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve Inviolate those Inestimable prlv i'eges for which we have been so long contend in If we mean not basely to abandon the noble in Richmond , Va struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts Is all that is left us! It is easy to Imagine the intensity of that d Richmond moment In tbe little lischurch as Patrick Henry's tened to him utter the words whch they knew In their hearts were true but which, so far, they had been unable to bring themselves to use We must fight! I repeat it, sir we must fight! alDp to this time, according to the ready quoted, Henry had spoken with great calmness and restraint But now, as he drew near the conclusion of his speech, his passionate earnestness mounted to this stirring climax: They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every bouse? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our back and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of these means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not light our battles alone. There Is a Just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; It is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission Our chains are forged! Their and slavery clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable and let it cornel I re peat, sir, let It come. It Is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun Thff next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already In the field ! Why stand we here Idle? What Is it the gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it. Almighty God! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me liberty or give me death Such was the speech which, according to one ot Henrys biographers (Moses Colt Tyler In the "American Statesmen series, published by the Houghton Mifflin company), has been committed to memory and declaimed by several generations ol American schoolboys, and Is now perhaps famillurly known to a larger number of the American people than any other considerable bit of secular prose in our language. The old church at Richmond, In which he made this marvelous speech, Is In our time visited every year, as a patriotic shrine, by thousands of pilgrims, who seek curiously the very spot upon the door where the orator is believed to have stood when he uttered those words of flame. It is chiefly tbe tradition of that one speech which today keeps alive. In millions of homes, the name of Patrick Henry and which lifts him, In the popular .aitli, almost to tbe rank of some mythical hero of romance. white-painte- fellow-Virginla- Washington. The wide apprehension over the Increased cost of food and the Pre,ilCm New Problem tion by Secretary for AAA Wallace of the Department of Agriculture that food prices will ascend something like 11 per cent more before July 1, has given rise to a new problem for the Agricultural Adjustment administration. It threatens to be serious, as food questions always are serious, and as this aspect of the situation becomes better understood its political importance is becoming greater. There can be no doubt that the New Deal program for raising prices has had its fullest effect on the food prices and therein lies the basis for the trouble now brewing. To make the problem more serious from the political standpoint, increased food prices are felt first and most extensively In the metropolitan areas. It is In these same areas that the greatest number of unemployed live an must be cared It becomes plain then that for. Increased food prices are directly Interwoven with the problem of relief and it Is difficult to predict what mass psychology may be developed from such a circumstance. There are two sides of the problem from the political standpoint. One of them relates directly to the plans for providing food and affects directly those persons whose employment has been small and who have only limited amounts of money with which to maintain life. The second phase Involves the future of the Agricultural Adjustment administration and affects directly the political situation that has for some time revolved about the focal point of the principle of attempting to manage prices as being done under the AAA. Connected with the latter phase, and likely to suffer from politicians, is the movement within the AAA to broaden Its power. It will be recalled that last year Prof. Rexford Guy Tugwell, undersecretary of agriculture and a leading brain truster, sought to force through congress a series of amendments to the adjustment act which. In the view of many observers, would make the regimentation of farmers a compulsory Instead of a voluntary proposition as Is now the case. In other words, according to critics of the Tugwell plan, the amendments that were offered and defeated in congress Inst year would make the Department of Agriculture a veritable dictator over the agricultural Industries In this country. . Although Mr. Tugwell does not figure In the picture so much this year, the same amendments have been put forward and a considerable amount of pressure Is being exerted to obtain an enactment as law. navlng defeated them last year, critics of the program, headed by Senator Byrd (Dem., Va.), are mustering In full strength to squelch the amendments again. While It Is yet too early to bastard a guess concerning the results of this battle, attention may he called at this time to some of the potentialities of such a legislative In these debates lies real fight. danger to whatever good there Is In the Adjustment act. according to the best Information I can get. The danger Is to be observed In this direction : Those who criticize the Tugwell amendments, though they do not now hear his name, are not going to ennUne their verbal fire to those proposals. They will go. ns they did last year, considerably beyond the scope of the proposed legislation. They will attack any and all features of the whole adjustment program and It is not unlikely that their criticism will result In tearing down some of the admittedly good features of this phase of the New Deal. 1 mi-gi- k by Western Newspaper Union. D. C. Washington, hard-ridin- g By ELMO SCOTT WATSON N MARCH 20, 1775, a group of Virginians gathered in old St. Johns church Pekmez May Be Called Turks Maple Sirup. I have heard considerable comment to the effect that If the brain trusters who are now Question promoting of Politics the new or revised AAA amendments would use good political Judgment, they would not press for action on their proposals at this time. In other words, political commentaries are to the effect that the brain trusters are diving headlong Into a whirlpool !n which they may find themselves unable to swim. It Is plainly a combination of circumstances with which they are confronted. Those were enumerated above. To many observers, therefore. It appears most foolhardy for the supporters of this extreme legislation to go further In their attempt to straighten the Adjustment act at a time when plainly Mr. Roosevelt does not have complete control of congress and at a time when the strongest tide of opposition to regimentation Is running. It is to be remembered with respect to the legislative situation that there will be opposition, as indeed there already has been opposl tion developed from among the proe essors. It should be explained that the revived amendments would place all the processors under li censes from the Department of Agriculture. Without such licenses they become the equivalent of bootleggers iu the prohibition dnys and no one can foretell what the reaction would be to this. My understanding is that there are something like one hundred thousand of these processors in the various lines of agricultural commodities coming under the Jurisdiction of the Adjustment act In addition to the processors, about nine hundred thousand retailers handling these products are subjected to control, directly or Indirectly, by AAA licenses. Consequently, we see more than a million who could do business only if the Department of Agriculture saw fit to grant licenses. And when I say the Department of Agriculture, In law, It simmers down to the secretary of agriculture. Secretary Wallace's policies and his personal attitude, I believe, are not such as to give cause for alarm respecting administration of these proposed licensing provisions. Vet, it has been freely suggested that a time may come when the secretary of agriculture will be neither as good nor as wise as Mr. Wallace. These circumstances and conditions, In the minds of many observers here, point only to one thing now: the Adjustment act and the program drafted thereunder Is not as popular as It was before It went Into operation. Judging from correspondence received by representatives and senators, the Adjustment program is actually repugnant to some sections. I believe It only fair to state, however, that the Adjustment program is not blamed wholly for the Increase in prices but always In times like these and under circumstances like those to which attention has been directed there has to be a goat. Apparently that goat is going to be the Department of the Agriculture and Its Agricultural Adjustment administration. step-chil- While all of the newspapers are printing many columns In review of two years of the Garner Roosevelt admln- Ooerloohed Istratlon and much attention is being paid to President Roosevelt, it seems to me that one stalwart of the administration Vice President John N. Garner is being somewhat overlooked. It seems to me, also, that this should not be tbe case because all observers agree that Mr. Garner has placed the Vice Presidency of the United States on something of a new plane. Much levity always has been directed at any man holding the of Vice President It is Job true that the Vice President Is seldom, if ever, out front, as the expression Is. With Mr. Garner, however, It has been decidedly different I believe, from all of the discussions that I have heard since his election, Mr. Garner has filled, and Is filling, a very constructive post In this administration. It is not generally known, I think, how much Influence Mr. Garner wields In the Roosevelt administration. He sits with Mr. Roosevelt and the other memliers in the cabinet meetings and there is no doubt among observers here that those men lean upon the long experience which the Vice President has had. The port of Baltimore, Md witnessed an unusual sight the other day, arrival of a We Import shipload of corn from Argentina. Corn! It was the first full cargo ever to arrive in that port and caused some observers to remurk that it appeared to be carrying coals to Newcastle. This would have been true under conditions such as we used to have In this country before the Inauguration of the Agricultural Adjustment administration. The AAA has made the difference. Last year, the AAA set about reducing the corn acreage In this country because it was the conviction of the New Deal that production had been too great Twenty per cent curtailment was decreed. To accomplish that end, the AAA offered to pay farmers at the rate of thirty cents per bushel for not growing corn. The plan worked as it might naturally be supposed to have worked and there was the expected curtailment of production. But nature took a hand and the drouth settled down over the vast corn producing areas of the Middle West. So great was this disaster that there is not now sufficient corn to meet domestic requirements. Importation of corn resulted, and the port of Baltimore bad the novel experience of seeing corn shipped in instead of out. Secretary Wallace has defended the AAA policies on the ground that they were exceedingly flexible and could be used to Increase or decrease production as 'conditions required. It seems, however, that corn has a habit of growing only during the summer months and If the pro duotinn in that period is insufficient the winter months must witness a shortage. , Western Newspaper Union, less evident, are the muttered pray ers and "Bismlllahs of the Tillage patriarchs, who gather around the steaming kettles to swap yarns of the bumper crops of pekmez history. Boston Globe. Great Citys Tragedies There are 500 stone slabs In the morgue of Bellevue hospital, New Fully six months before the New York city, and most of these are ochis brushes farmer sugar up England cupied continuously with human-bodiehis palls camp and begins hanging In from all parts of brought on the trees, the Turk the city. They are for the most part proIsh villager In the victims of murders, accidents, suivince of Gaziantcp is producing sucides, even starvation. Sometimes a home for by very consumption, gar, additional resting places for corpses similar process, says Herman A. must be Improvised. of board of Kretder the American commissioners for foreign missions In Istanbul, Turkey. Gathering as much as 300 pounds of grapes from a single vine, the wine press growers fill a natural-rocto a depth of 2 feet and sprinkle on this mass of grapes a coating of . . and use crushed limestone from the surroundhills. ing liquid laxatives While two or three men tramp the use a too, if you knew Youd the liquid, several Juice hours, press for much better it makes you feel. flows into a copper kettle how A laxative can always bo which never cools from the begin- taken liquid in the right amount. You can ning to the end of the season. gradually reduce the dose. Reduced After the first boiling the Juice Is dosage is the secret of real and safe dipped out as rapidly as possible In- relief from constipation. Just ask your own doctor about to one or more wooden troughs havthis. Ask your druggist how popular ing plugged holes at various heights have become. The In the end board. The grosser Im- liquid laxatives right liquid laxative gives the right the are here by precipitated purities kind of help and the right amount action of the limestone, and at the of help. When the dose is repeated, moment the hired pekmez" instead of more each time, you take proper moving specialist, locally spoken of as The less. Until the bowels are without aid. and Irofessor, draws out the upper, and regularly whothoroughly have experienced People later the second plug, allowing the never return to any form of cleared liquid to flow back Into the help that cant be regulated! The original kettle. liquid laxative generally used is Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. It contains During the second boiling the surface Impurities are skimmed off and senna and cascara, and these are laxatives that form no habit. at the proper stage the sirup Is natural It relieves a condition of biliousness ladled out into empty kerosene tins or sluggishness without upset. or Into small wooden drums especialTo relieve your occasional upsets aftly made for the purpose. Here, safely and comfortably, try Syrup er some hours, the sirup sets to the Pepsin. The druggist has it. consistency of very thick molasses, In which state it Is transported and stored. The market price of pekmez varies SYRUP PEPSIN according to the abundance of the grape harvest, but the best sirup Is usually available at about the price of granulated sugar. A still cheaper quality, used by the producers themselves. Is the product of a To special pressing of the shells and husks at the end of a run, this being done by means of an antiquated type of screw press. The presses and boilers are permanent establishments in tbe villages, and are operated day and night during the grape harvest season, but the Seed cost to little, why take chance oa kettles are so expensive that they old tecdi failing to germinate? Not only owned ren who are only by city men, are Ferry. purebred flower and vegethem to the village press owners for table aeeda tested for germination, but the season. every pocket it plainly dated to injure A special chewing sweet Is prefreth teedt. Choote FERRYS and be JUT., pared by introducing starch In the course of the second boiling. While Select from thestill soft this sirup Is painted In a very thin coat on blankets and left FERRY on the housetop to dry to a quite SEED leathery consistency. RACK Blissfully ignorant of physical laws Cta nearby and chemical equations, the villager ftorc. pours Into his pekmez a liberal portion of superstition and semircliglons Incantations. 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