Show SEEN HEARD SEEN J HEARD around the National Capital i By CARTER FIELD na 1 Washington With nature moving In Ino Into into to o help hell extinguish the tine cotton surplus as s she had bad already on hogs cattle and ond nd to a lesser extent wheat ties les for trouble in the future for colon cotton cot col ton on growers in fn this country are not diminished di dl- but hilt Increased ed Tile The point JOInt Is that the dust storms In n the big cotton producing areas of Texas and Oklahoma Oklahoma more more than half of if the cotton raised In the United States Is grown west of the Mississippi despite the prevailing opinion to the have contrary contrary have already boosted the price of cotton Pressure on AAA Is expected to continue loans at around 12 2 cents cent despite the ties desire Ire to drop them hem gradually All of which m means menus that hat the price of ot cotton will be maintained main main- at nt this Hits high level next year So far so good but unfortunately ItIs It Its Is s Impossible for tor the United States to keep kelp such n a situation secret It If this country could only do what Russia did dida a few years back with wheat it could make a killing on cotton cotton perhaps perhaps perhaps- next year The Russians It may be he recalled circulated cir cr- stories that th their lr wheat crop had tad failed back bac In the days of Sec Secretary Secre- Secre tort tary ary of Agriculture Hyde and the far farm m board The farm board began buying wheat and the Russians began selling lyde llyde thought they were selling short and ond actually denounced them in public speeches for such Buch a nefarious practice lot But the Russians delivered the wheat t Whereupon thereupon the price collapsed th the e Russians having been the only wheat t tr farmers to get a real price for their them r product and the money for that cornIng com corn Ing ng out of the United States treasury But the whole world knows know about abou t crops In the United States State Down f In n Brazil frazil th they y know about the dust storms storm ns s that are wrecking cotton crop prospects pros prospects pros west of the Mississippi The They y know mow about the agitation to continue the he cent 12 loans which loans which means an artificially ar maintained cent 12 price next year And they know t that at In n Brazil they can cnn produce cotton at at a profit n nO at t O 0 cents cent a 0 pound I Big Brazilian Crop So naturally Brazil will Increase her he r cotton acreage next season by ever every square yard ard possible This possible amount Is far from trivial Tremendous Tremendous dous overnight expansion Is Impossible of course but Brazils Brazil's agricultural exports exports ex ports figure that only about tenth one t of the land capable of ot producing cotton cot ton always ton always with the 6 0 cents cent Including lag ing profit In mind mind mind-Is Is now under cul cuI So that the real problem 1 Is ts S labor But there l Is enough labor fo tor r much more expansion So It can safely 9 be assumed that that there will be be bea a a bl big g Increase in to the next nest Brazilian crop Over in England the cotton spinning g people know about these dust storms and about the prospect of the United d States maintaining the cent 12 price Some of their big mills have made the tin e change in their looms so as to spin the tin e Brazilian cotton More of ot them ar arnow are arenow arenow o now expected to do so 80 They will na not nat tonally figure they can buy Brazilian Brazilla n cotton cheaper than United States cot ton Over In the Japanese puppet state stat e there are now acres In cot ton Very small so far tar as its world fi figures fig g urea ures RO go o but there also the facts abou about gt t the situation In the United States are e known and may be expected to hay have e results Similarly in tn Egypt and India Indi a. a All of which point unerringly to th the probability that throughout the worM wort El there will be a mad rush to take nd ad vantage of or the situation This pro promIses prom ro eventually to leave leae the United Unite d States treasury holding the bag ownIng own Ing lag millions of bales of cotton fo to for r which it paid 12 cents a II pound when n the world market will be around 7 T o or r 8 cents at nt the most and 0 6 cents In a al all ll probability But Dut this Is ts only enly part of the trouble e Johnson and Johnson have already a an r n their plans for setting getting up cotton cotton cot ton mills m In Brazil the Idea being no not f only to get ch cheaper aper cotton but to g ge et away from frum the processing tax Prod Iros I. I nets of this mill mil would be used in place pine of goods formerly exported from frolD tin the American mills of ot this big firm Army Is Stirred Arm Army and navy y officers are terribly y concerned over o the bill b Just passed b by bythe y the house bouse and soon to be considered i ithe li lithe In Inthe n yn the senate for taking the profit out o of war They assure everyone who will wll it listen to th them lu In private that thit it will wll ll also take national defense out of wu war r which might be very serious Ind Indeed ed t to the nation in the event of a conflict The pacifists hall hail the bill as A bill to keep the United States ou on out t of war by providing pro in advance all th that tha at there will w be 1 profits for none am an and d 2 taxes for tor all so th thit tha at It will be to every Americans American's Interest st to keep the United States Statu at peace place Army and navy y exp experts say that I tt It should be called A bill 1 to transfer the war m munitions rou mu- industry now in the Unit United States State and which might be starlet start here to foreign soil soli 2 to provide fo to for r murderous delay In preparation In case ca caa se a o war is s forced on this country 3 t to conscript soldiers and employers bu by bunot hut t not workmen n and 4 to r repeal peal th the e oldest law of military strat strategy gy th that tha at the best offense Is a vigorous offer offen sive Goaded by a bonus t to Eugene 0 O. Grace by screams of th pacifists by complaints of soldier bonus bon us lobbyists that these boys boya fought anc nn d risked their lives while profiteers we were making millions the house bouse voted vote down every qualifying amendment t passed assed the bill and privately hopes bopes the senate enate will write some Bome sense Into It Tax fax on Profits More serious from a prE preparedness standpoint is the tax provision lon on prof prof- Its ts halt Half of all profits up t to 6 0 per cent and then per cent l Is the house bouse p provision Suppose say saT army and navy nUT officers the thee du fonts had bad been faced laced with such a situation at the entry of the lie United States Into the World war Would they have dared expand their plant plants Suppose Instead of ot a preliminary n nary ary period of nearly three years rears dur dur- ng ng which the allies were buying all the he munitions they could get and which naturally caused tremendous ex ex- expansion pan lon of the du do Pont Bethlehem and other plants the United States had md been Involved from the first with such uch s restrictions on earnings as are ore now proposed propos The Tire point polut made by the army and navy men Is primarily that no maniac maniac- tuner would dare expand his its plant to take care o of a war need He lie would not be able to make enough nough to scrap the he plant after the war and he be would h ha e ave to take his chances with govern govern- m eat nent auditors on depreciation charges Altogether he would be much safer If his Lis plant were located on foreign soil soli where It would be welcomed a as an on element element ele ele- ment meat of military strength So that the tM natural development would be for foreign countries to bene- bene fit even It even in time of ot peace peace peace-by by the train train- l lag ng ag of ot their workmen in to the making of munitions and In time of ot war by the possibility of big profits profit which these Foreign governments go could tax to their hearts heart's content and still leave something something some thing for the manufacturers Nearly everyone agrees that the proposed proposed pro pro- posed Jaw law would be repealed as the first o act act t of c congress after the next declaration dec of ot war Critics are not much worried about that What really worries wor wort ries rles them Is the prospect of ot American business enterprise moving abroad wholesale to escape such conditions thus thu not only depriving the United States of this element o of strength but actually providing It for potential en emles The bill would have no chance of enactment If It the Votes were by secret ballot But nut It Is far ar simpler politically political political- ly Iy to vote veto for such a measure than to vote against It and then try to explain why to ones one's constituents Groups lobbying lob hying for the measure are militant And almost to the last man and woman wom worn an they would remember at nt the polls I ISee See Long Session Congress Is not going to be rushed toan to toan toan an early adjournment It will be with us for a long time yet yet- Almost surely until un nn tit til August Probably until September Possibly longeR longe than that This Is true despite all the flat predIctions predictions pre pre- dictions by leaders lenders that the must Items Stems will be rushed through through and everything ev else will be abandoned Many Finny things may be abandoned n d. d But Dut they will not be abandoned because of ot the time element They will be abandoned If tf 1 at all because actually they are not wanted Careful examination of ot the leftovers at the thc time of adjournment will reveal the truth of this statement Utility y heads bends got all pepped up a afew afew few days das ago ngo at this list fist of ot must measures It did not include the public pub pub- tic Ill utility holding company bill Now despite all the statements the probability proba proba- of ot the moment is that a holding company bill affecting the utilities will willbe be passed It will not be passed In the form desired by President Roosevelt It will be much roach more moderate It will actually be what some of the utility utility- chiefs favored orld as much as ten years ago ngo But Dut its omission from the must list given ghen out by house leaders is very amusing It was a bit of Intra party strategy The house leaders In pantie- pantie ular are getting very tired of ot the fire PresIdents Presidents President's Pres ident's dents treating fronting them the way he goes Hence their public statement of a program pro gram which would be put through and aDd then followed by speedy adjournment The legislative veterans were laughing In their sleeves at the fire time but their statements made good newspaper copy What is for the President to take them more into his confidence and stop treating the fire house rouse of ot lives ices like a stepchild Soldier Bonus Naturally the fire soldier bonus honus uon Uon u on the must list The President does not want that But If It anyone thinks thinks' that It Is not going to take a 0 lot of the senates senate's time he Just does docs not know very ery much about the senate l Especially Especial Especial- ly Iy as the best predictions now are that the bonus legislation after passing passing both houses and being vetoed will be passed over oler the veto by the house bouse and then fall fail of passage passage In in the senate This unofficial program calls for two separ separate te considerations of the measure measure by the fire senate t I That Is not all Very few administration tion leaders are optimistic enough to believe believe be be- lieve this congress will adjourn without giving the soldiers something Which means that time must Intervene Intervene after after a sufficient demonstration of strength to frighten the White House and after otter a Ii sufficient demonstration of weakness s sto to frighten the American Legion Legion for for fora a compromise to be worked out The President has let It be known to toa toa toa a few friends intends on Capitol till Hill that heIs heis he heIs Is willing to go JO to a compromise of ot about l The bonus leaders leaders lead lead- ers era know that and will move mOTe heaven and earth to obtain it t If It they find Dad that they are going to lose out on the main male fight Incidentally there Is ts nothing on the must program about the AA AAA amendments amendments amend amend- ments meats nor about the growl growing nt movement move mOTe ment to rescind the fire cotton processing tax Nor the tine corn and hog pro processing tax I lat Flat prediction is s hereby made that there will be a lot of ot oratory In III n the senate on both before tho the final anal gavel taps Service Be |