OCR Text |
Show TI1E SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH ENDLESS ARGUMENTS RAGE "WHAT GOES UP Released by WNU. Is speculative ownership of land becoming the No. 1 Enemy of future farm prosperity? Are land prices due to tumble as they did after World War I? Will the cost of land go so high that the farmer cannot make a profit? These are questions that are being asked from California By BAUKIIAGE Neil A bright young railroad executive who has his cum laude In law from a famed university was sitting with me In Burts the other day. is a sort of for radio folk and others Burts greenroom Land prices have already soared 71 per cent above the 1935-3averages. They are approaching the boom levels that followed World War I. Many bankers are frankly worried lest the crash and deflation of the early 1920s be rep ated. allow Government figures farm land prices during World War II more than doubled In Indiana, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado and Wyoming. INFANTILE PARALYSIS who move and speak and have their being In what Is euphemistically referred LAND PRIC ES . . . Weift up during and after Wurld War 1 and then came tumbling down. Prices have not gone as high In World War II as before, but they are soaring. These charts show same trend as in to 1920. 1914 phosphorus and potash will be a maMore bushels per acre can, and will, mean more food from less land. Increase Yields, Not Acres. "The wise farmer will be the one who does not buy more land, but cawho increases the pacity of his present acreage by aoil improvement measures. He will study the most practical uses of plant food. He will consult agronomists at state college and agricultural stations for the most effective methods of fertilizer application, the analyses best suited to his particular soil and crop conditions and the quantities to use. This advice to farmers to Improve their present holdings rather than to acquire greater acreage, was corroborated by the committee on farm land prices of the American Bankers association which urged member banks to admonish would-bfarm buyers "go slow, to discourage borrowing to speculate In farm lands, and to tell veterans of the hazards Inherent In excessive land prices. Country bankers, a committee apokesman said, "are fully cogfur the treatment of polio, Includnizant of the dangers inherent In the ing hospitals which normally do not accept patients suffering with present farm land price situation. are urging farm owner now contagious diseases, and he added: They to reduce their debt and to plan save "Such pre-- pidemic planning is for farm Improvement during necessary If adequate care Is to be ings these years of high income, because who to contract the all given when conditions return to normal disease. Under the guidance of those and American agriculture Is In comofficials charged with the commupetition with other countries for with substanhealth and the nitys world markets, it is probable that tial support of the National Foundafarm earnings will not aupport tion for Infantile Paralysis and Its current levels. local chapters, every community In prices at the United States can be prepared to meet epidemics of poliomyelitis without fear or panic. chlnery In Immediate prospect, many farmera figure It would be a profitable move to work much more land than heretofore, the statement points out. "If they will remember the bitter aftermath of World War Is land boom, when food prices were even higher than they are today, they will see the hazards of such a move. "Sooner or later the present world food emergency will be solved and the mammoth demand for American food products will end. .Jhen American farmers will haveo compete in world markets. The only way they can do this successfully is to produce crops at a lower cost per unit. In such a program( the steady use of fertilizer containing nitrogen, jor factor. crop-yieldin- g No Community Is Safe From Polio Epidemic Areas that have been free of Infantile paralysis outbreaks for a number of year may be more vulnerable to the disease than those with recent epidemic experience, Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the U. S. public health service, recently stated. Discussing "cycles of epidemics In the June Issue of Hospitals magazine, official publication of the ... . American Hospitals L Dr. ' association. & Parran said such theorizing had no scientific basis but was founded on presumptive evi- dence, adding: "Many observers have theorized that as an epidem- Hr, Parran lc spreads throughout the community, It reduces the number of susceptible Individuals to a point where the epidemic can no longer maintain Itself. Until a new group of potential victims grow up. which may be from four to six years, that community should be less vulnerable to attack. Dr. Parran said there was danger in relying too strongly on this since recently exposed theory areas may be "lulled into a feeling of false security while localities which have been free of the disease for several years "may become unduly alarmed. "The safest procedure by far, he advised, is for all communities to prepare for epidemics, Dr. Parran's article in the AHA magazine was one of 10 on infantile paralysis timed to reach more 3.500 member than hospitals throughout the country before onset of the polio epidemic season, usually ranging from late June to September. The other articles provide Information on methods of treatment, organization of community resources, the key position of the gencare eral hospital In the over-al- l of poliomyelitis patients, and the role of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis In financing polio treatment at general hospitals. Dr. Parran said that all communities should inventory their facilities water-resista- e Woman Has Churned I 10 Tons of Butter i MO. Mrs. Gala O. EVERTON, Fletcher of Everton, by actual account kept In an old ledger, has churned 21,000 pounds of butter by brass-boun- d hand tn an chum in her 78 years. She explains that she has been churning butter since she was four years old when she had to stand on a wooden box to grasp the dasher handle. "It would be quite a lake If all the cream I have churned should flow Into one pool," she said re- , ' ' - , ' jit ? i ,' ii "W . ' p,h e Rain-Soaltc- d wettest conditions of amphibious and jungle warfare, but will soon be available to civilians. Accepted by the war department In 1943 after rigorous tests, millions of the water - resistant matches were shipped from the factory to lighting fronts. Most of the service matches were packaged in the familiar nickle-sizwater-resista- e LaFollette Bill Would Revamp Thomaa Mechlin, writing on this subject in the current Virginia Quarterly Review, touches on the subject of readymade legislation. He tells how a lobby "gets its own staff together and knocks out a bill which the front office would like to ace made a law eventually. It then runs the draft over to a large law firm which has one of its members in congress. Although the congressman cannot personally represent the client, the method used in submitting the proposed legislation through the body of the firm takes care of that. If the lobby is It wfill exploit publicity from then on ... high-power- out. I am constrained to admit that much in all of these assertions is true. But I would like to mention three hopeful signs on the horizon, minuscule though they may be. Two were measures introduced but not acted upon in this session of congress. They will be presented again and have a good chance of passing. One is the LaFollette measure for revamping congress, one provision of which increases the technical assistance available to members. The second is a bill introduced by Representative Sabath of Illinois, which provides for an investigation A&f lobbies. Most con- gressmen don't like lobbyists and Sabaths bill, as Mechlin admits, was a crystallization of this feeling. The third indication was a resolution introduced during the OPA fight by Senator Taylor (D. of Idaho) authorizing the publication of a document on how each senator voted on every measure. He said that the people are becoming more aware of their political responsibilities, that politics is no longer solely in the hands of politis and lobbyists. cians, Congress is sensitive to the need of a restoration of majority rule, but the only real hope lies within the majority itself. Unfortunately the giant sleeps. ward-heeler- Town Seethet With Lobbyists South Dakotans You, too, are familiar with the power of the "pressure boys as my Two recent visitors to Washington, Mrs. Evelyn Baker and Mrs. James Magee of Custer and Belle Fourche, S. D., can tell their friends back home in the Black Hills region that while they were here they took See Swearing-I- n friend Kenneth Crawford called them in his revealing book by that name. Crawford estimated there were 6,000 active lobbyists in Washington when World War II started. There are many more now. Speaker Rayburn said the town was seething with them. We all remember the seven-digsum of money contributed to a campaign fund which came out of the members dues of one great labor union. True, the head of the union later quarrelled with the president whom he had helped elect because the president refused to take his orders. Nevertheless, this example Illustrates what "big money attempts, and sometimes succeeds in it doing. We know, too, that when the entire economy of the country was locked to a dead center by strikes In two essential industries, coal and transportation, and that when the In three events which might set the tone for all such future events. The ladies, winners of a radio contest to honor women who did their bit during the war years, visited Washington during the week when three government officials, all close friends of Harry Truman, were sworn Into new jobs. The swearing-iof a cabinet officer used to be a rather modest affair. The swearinee, his family, a few friends, and his office staff, a few of the press, usually gathered in his new office, and the whole affair was over In about the time it ' ' - for bride and groom to say I do. i.uc, Fred Vinson and Lewis Schwellenbach did travel to Capitol Hill for their inaugurations as i ury and labor secretaries respectively. But those events occasioned no such hoopla as did the ceremonies which made Monday Tuesday Wednesday Washington news one late week in June. Mrs. Magee and Mrs. Baker and five thousand other spectators, plus the navy band, gathered on the White House lawn to watch Mr. Vinson take over his new office as chief justice of the United States: they saw John Snyder's big moment made bigger when President Truman strolled from the White House to the treasury portico to watch his St. Louis crony take the oath as head of the treasury department; and they observed tall, John Steelmans swearing-ias reconversion director, a ceremony which took place in the rose gardens of the White House. Having observed these impressive occasions, the Black Hills visitors could appreciate the d n government itself gave orders, those orders were disobeyed. Minority rule was ooerating then. Minority groups nullified the wishes of the representatives of the people. My friend, with all his vehemence, with his allegiance to management, made no claim that the demands of the railroad men, the coal miners, were unjust. He merely said that in order to obtain what they considered justice, the powerful leaders of the organizations to which they belong were able to play baseball according to football rules temporarily at least. The theory that the creation of the laws of the land has been taken from the hands of the elected representatives of the peorle was put forth by Crawford in "The Pressure seven years ago when he Boys sa:d: "It Is improbable that a single important law enacted in the last 10 years has been written by its congressional sponsor or its remark of Undersecauthor. nominal Administration retary of Navy John Sullivan. (Subills are prepared by New Deal- - ex-- ' llivan got his swearing-idone quietports iti executive departments. ly and traditionally on June 18 ) As Sullivan congratulated John SteelLegislation independently inaugurated is almost invariably preman after the rose garden cerepared in the office of a lobbyist. mony, he asked. "Well, are you the Congress maintains a legislative last of the June brides? g n CHEC K LADDER ... To prevent farm accidents, the National Safety cornual warns those who use ladders to set the base firmof the ladder's ly about height from the wall or tree, and not the rungs grasp the sides as they climb up. one-four- th and Still light provide a sure-fir- e light for members of the armed forces under the as drafting service which writes bills for committees, but it seldom is called upon by individual legislator for assistance in writing any minor pivate bills. " young-lookin- milk from the butter in about 10 minutes. She pilts the butter away for several hours"and then works It again to get out the last of the milk drops. The finished butter is a gold- en ball. In order to have the best buttermilk, Mrs. Fletcher leaves flakes of butter floating In it. After 75 years experience she believes she understands all phases of butter making. Contentment among cows is as Important to good butter as the right kind of feed, she believes. to RaWashingtons dio center. Inspired (or infuriated) by the presence of so many of the few who aay so much to so many, my friend launched forth Into a tirade on the(. responsibility of the publicist. You cant play baseball according to football rules, he said, shakand ing a menacing fist at me, that Is what Washington officials are doing. You studied political science 30 years ago. I studied it only 20 years ago. And you know perfectly well that the present generation is not following the rules laid down by our founding fathers. You ought to tell the public about it. Now maybe the principles of our government are wrong. I am not defending them. But 1 am saying that we are deserting them. Rule of the majority, a republican form of government operated by the representatives of the people, is a travesty, is when Jammed legislation through by minorities. And I mean bureaucrats as well as lobbyists." Thig happened when the senate In the final debate was neck-dee- p over the OPA and my friend was revoltclaimed cungress ing against what he called the high pressure methods of the administration. Since the congress was tearing the administration measure to shreds at that moment I pointed out that while it was true that congress was sore at Stabilizer Bowles for what they called propagandizing, the example was not a very good one. So he proceeded to develop his theme with specific references all too familiar to me and my colleagues of the microphone and typewriter. duly-udecte- cently. The chum she uses Is a century old and she has worn out many a home-maddasher in It. She keeps the cream only a short time before she churns it so that the butter she makes will be sweet. After the buttgr Is churned she places It in a large earthen crock which has been sunning for several hours. Then she starts working it with a circular movement, using a fiat wooden paddle. That works the New Matches Can Be Matches whirh can be submerged in water for four hours and still light have been announced by a U. S. match company. It is stated the matches will withstand innumerable drenching and still function, and will be a boon to farmers, hunters, fishermen and others who often get caught in showers. These matches were developed during the war to Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. to Maine. Increases of more than 90 per rent have been recorded In Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Montana. For the country es a whole, farm real estate values have Jumped 13 per cent in the past year. From the beginning of World War I to the Inflation peak in 1920, land prices Jumped 70 per cent. Frices at the start of World War II were lower than in 1914, but the increase tills time Is already 71 per cent, alUiough the actual prices are not yet at the 1920 peak. Higher Land, Leaa Profit. Farm aales are continuing at the high level they attained during 1943. The number of farm resold after a limited period of ownership has increased. Indicating (peculation. Farmera who have a "yen to acquire additional acreage, (aye a etatement by the Middle Weat Boll Improvement committee, ahould bear In mind that the higher the cost of land goea, the harder it la to show a profit, even at present price received for crops. "With sona home from the war and with more and better farm ma- - World Awaits Second Test of Atomic Bomb Few Legislators Author: Of Bills They Introduce widely-whispere- B boxes for the armed forces, but an- other type, a tiny waterproof light little more than an inch long, was also produced for emergency kits. t The matches for civilians will be sold in packages of eight boxes of pocket size, each box containing 40 matches. These new matches, which "shed water like a ducks back, carry a money-bacguarantee if they fail to light after a four-hou- r submersion water-resistan- k ARBS . There are 630 acres of forest land in the United States. Plenty of tall timber to take to when the prices start to rise. Earl Browder plans to open a publishing house for Russian books in New York City. Why dont we Russian to get some open an American book publishing venture In Moscow? Ill bomb dropped by plono 2nd bomb to bo planted jvtt under surface of tho water 3rd "bathysphere" bomb to explode at depth of H 5 ft By WALTER A. SIIEAD WNU Correspondent. .ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN CROSSROADS. OPERATIONS Second or Baker test of the atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon, now tentatively set for July 25, will be like dynamiting fish in a pond. Lacking will be the glamour of the army air force and precision bombing as the whole thing will be a navy show. The bomb will be submerged some 75 feet beneath the surface in about 30 fathoms of water, 180 feet, and detonated in the midst of the target fleet, which is being regrouped to meet new conditions of the test. This second test also will lack the drama of the bomb burst and the atomic cloud, which is characteristic of atomic bombs exploded in air. What is likely to happen is that the intense heat will generate steam in the water and the terrific force will expend a part of its energy in a waterspout with a cloud of steam and vapor shooting into the air. Intent of this test is to measure force of atomic energy upon the hull structure of naval ships spaced at various distancis from the center of the explosion. Subs to Submerge. There will not be the visible damage which was inflicted wholly upon the topsides or superstructures as in the first blast. Since there Is to be no ship placed directly above the point of blast, the prediction is being made freely that no capital ships will be sunk, although lighter craft may be capsized. Another feature of the second blast is the placing of submerged submarines in the target fleet, and it will be interesting to note the effect of the bomb force upon the steel hulls of these vessels beneath the water. Naval scientists predict that forcu of the underwater blast will create waves of sufficient height, possibly 10 or more feet g which will sweep over Bikini island, although this was also forecast in the first blast and did not materialize. Meantime, endless arguments proceed as to the degree of damage to the ships, the location of the bomb burst, whether the drop from the plane was a near mi's, probable loss of life had the ships been manned with full complement, and comparative efficiency of this first Bikini bomb as compared to the bombs at Alamogordo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Precision Bombing. When it is considered that this bomb was dropped from a height of something like six miles and hit within a 1,000-yarcircle, this reporter would consider that pretty good precision bombing. Adm. T. A. Solberg of the bureau of ships, however, declared that insofar as he could judge, every ship damaged by the bomb, with the exception of the Independence, could be put Into fighting shape within two or three months. For the Independence, battered and ripped apart by explosions of her own torpedoes, her ammunition and aviation gasoluie and burning for almost two days, ;t would take low-lyin- d about nine months to put her irv shape. Also all ships damaged, with the single exception of the Independence, towed away and anchored far out in the lagoon, likely could have pulled away under their own steam, had they been manned with crews. Study Effects. In the meantime, Bikini lagoon has been turned into a vast laboratory of science, chief interest being the effect of the bomb and its subsequent radiological rays upon the live animals placed aboard the ships at various locations likely to be occupied by the men aboard. Amazingly, only about 10 per cent of the animals were killed by the force of the blast. Some are burned and sick and others may become ill from effects of radioactivity. As a matter of fact, a few have been destroyed by medical doctors, who are studying this phase of atomic energy in an effort to determine how this radioactivity can be used in medicine in treatment of disease. Persons or animals which receive these powerful rays into their systems are variously affected and the boarding teams upon these ships are preceded by a traind man carrya small Geiger counter, ing a box-lik- e apparatus which registers radioactivity by a ticking noise. Estimate Losses. A fleet such as those which composed the target fleet would normally carry approximately 30,000 men. It is reasonable to assume then that approximately 10 per cent, or 3,000 men, would have been killed by bomb blast and that more would have been injured by radioactivity. Whether much of the damage to ships caused by subsequent fires aboard could have been averted had crews been aboard is a moot question. Some ships captains declare that damage would have been much less had the ship equipment been brought into play, and this seems reasonable in that most of the loss on the Independence was due to fire and explosion and not the bomb blast. There is no attempt however on the part of naval authorities to minimize the terrible power of this atomic bomb. No other single bomb ever did the damage to a fleet that this one did . . . five ships sunk, one completely out of commission and approximately 10 others out of action for two months or longer, and small to negligible damage done to 10 others. However, another atomic bomb likely would not find 73 ships to make up a helpless ghost fleet grouped conveniently like sitting ducks and whether use of the atomic bomb as an offensive weapon of naval warfare upon ships at sea is militarily sound still is a deba ed question and one which the naval evaluation board will study during the next few weeks or months. It must be remembered that whatever is said about this second bomb test before the actual test is in the realm of conjecture, and much of the conjecture made prior to the first test did not materialize. g by Bau kli age Arkansas May Be Second Target Ship publicity man for the six stunning Goldwyn girls touring the country to boost the movie The Kid from Brooklyn expected the Presidents daughter to have them to tea Miss Truman was out of town. I made the patriotic suggestion they go to Annapolis instead. If there had been time to arrange it, I would probably have a navy cross by now. ter The Target ship, or vessel nearest cenof the blast, for the second atomic bomb test may be the overage battleship Arkansas, it has been indicated by reliable sources although no definite announcement has been made by Adm. W. H. P. Blandy, commander of operations crossroads and the joint task force. The carrier Saratoga was first slated to be second target ship. An interesting sidelight on fate of the Saratoga, which suffered only negligible damage in the first test, is that her commander, Capt. Donald MacMahon, knowirg that she was slated for the second target ship made a wager with a friend in Washington, before bringing the ship to Bikini, that he would take hei back to the East coast under her own power. It looks now that he has better than a chance of winning his bet. 50-5- |