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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1931)
Wednesday, May 20, 1931 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, PRE. Tariff Again to Front Among U. S Problems Due to New Developments BURNING OIL WELL NOW TAMED nv Alexander H. George WASHINGTON W) The tariff ntiestlon, time-worn topic of political i,d economic controversy In con (SS chambers of commerce, class rtoms, parlors and poolhalls, Is mali ce a new bid for front place among JuSerlca's problems. u.cent developments have thrust it definitely into the picture of Jforld recovery and American political destiny. These include the clamor of for .jun business leaders, many of them KmI-offlclal spokesmen of their gov ernments, and the demand of certain imerlcan industrialists and finan ciers for a general scaling down of tariff walls. There also is the revitalized es pousal of the tariff Issue by leaders of the democratic party with an eye jo business support in the 1932 cam paign. Less than a year ago, the house with an outburst of cheering ap proved the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill bv a vote of 222 to 153. The senate ad passea it dv tne sienoer margin 1 spirit or economic nnHniicv. St( 44 to 42. President Hoover signed : there was In Europe during the last it with the declaration that the flex- , year considerable activity In the Ibis provision would remedy In- negotiation of "favored nation" com euualltles and take tho Issue out of ( mercloj treaties! tariff 'bargaining, politics. : and trade restriction conferences. Some 30 governments sent offiflal i "l nlted .states of Kurooe" notes of protest. Opponents of th Probably the most protentious of bill said that foreign tariff reprisals tho proposals for concerted eco would Injure our export trade. Sup-1 nomic action was the scheme for a porters of the measure contended I "United States of Europe." Such It would benefit American agrlcul-' a federation or commercial union, ture and industry and cited similar Its advocates say, would permit the protective measures enacted by for- i unobstructed flow of trade on the elgn governments. I continent and facilitate tariff parity Said Secretary of Commerce La-' between Europe and tho United nfifhb: "Predictions of disaster to States. foreign commerce were made after! Barriers to establishing such a the passage of tho tariff act of 1922 ' federation are regarded by econ Btlt In the seven years under that j omlsts as being similar to the ob act, American imports of manufac-j stacles In the way of concerted ac tured goods from Europe Increased 45 , tlon on tariff reduction and unwill per cent." , Ingness of individual nations and in- Passage of the 1930 bill was pre-! dustrles to sacrifice present cco ceded, accompanied and followed by ; nomlc advantage or security in ex major and minor tariff Increases ' change for prospective benefits to ."roTcft'he'0" J? Protective Measures in European countries, unemploy ment and the slump m trade nat- uctl ann'",',? tb1 ,Mle of home Prod ucts and to restrict the Importation df,MelBn 8Pls- In 60me Instances duties were increased to help meet ......t,.iU1 uciicus aue to re duced income. . One Of th( . tnnct. n, i factors in the European situation. Just ns In the United States, was tho farm depression. Over pro duction, steadily falling commodity prices and "dimmim." nr inm ' titles of Russian farm products caused agrarian distress and govern mental concern. Agricultural relief was the osten sible reason for enactment of the American tariff bill. In all but five of the 24 countries In Europe making tariff changes, agricultural products figured prominently. ... TO Offset the felnn In lfn tlonal competition and the firm. throughout the .world. Retaliatory or not, Import duties were boosted from Madegascar to Moosejaw and yom Borneo to Bolivia. World Itcvlslons Australia, Canada, Spain and New Zealand already had made tariff re visions embodying . severe restric tions on Imports from the United States. Inclusion in the American bill of large Increases In the rates on farm products had stirred a storm of protest in Canada, the United States,' best customer, the Canadian parliament, the world at large. Clark Wood Says ; 0 $ 4 Before lending a credulous ear to So communist propacanda. It Is well to three reflect that the worst conditions In weeks before final enactment of the America are not so bad as the best American measure, put Into effect ; In Russia. high countervailing duties. ranee, Italy, Spain, - Australia,! Portugal has had- twenty revolu Poland, Czechoslovakia and many j tlons 'since becoming a republic, Latin -Amerlcnn countries followed which we would hardly regard as be- auib w im more or less amsuu ujj- coming a repuollC. wnra revisions 01 tanii scneauies. 1Tfrmnmfct-ii onir It.. Ic ovtramulu ritf Ylcult to determine the extent of re ii llatlon that resulted from ' the femerican tariff changes of 1930. llost foreign governments say their lotions were Intended as reprisals. Irmie havo characterized them as legitimate dofense" measures. 1 The world-wide economic depres sion Is, of course, rated the doml- ommercial policies of most foreign ountrles during tho last year. On It he one hand, this has led several roups of countries to come together consider plans of easing the re strictions on trade or for concerted Action in tho marketing of surplus products. On the other- hand, it nns led to a stiffening of the bar- Friend California has bought an airplane for her. governor.-. Thus he can easily get an eyeful of beautiful scenery by flying across his state's nortnern Border. About the time, we trust, when every statesman and economist has had his turn at bat with a solution, the world's depression troubles will have solved themselves. '"i Page Seven Residents of Gladewntcr, Tex., who watt-hed n burning Sinclair oil Rusher near the town after It flamed up, killing eight men, must have realized that a volcano lit eruption looks much the same. The well blazed for a week before it was '"blown out" by explosives. : Tlil.s picture shown It Just before It wius got under control. I Radio Programs la The monetary unit of Slam Is call ed the tlcal, probably because the Siamese are tlcaled to get It. If offlcal Washington Is fonder of anything more than a searching in vestigation, it's a researching Investi 4 SSSSJ$SSS-83$$2$ THURSDAY PROGRAMS National Broadcasting Co.: 6. dance orchestra; 6:30. Presldont Hoover on Red Cross program; . 7, . Amos and Andy; piano; 7 :30, symphony "or chestra; 8:30, orchestra; 0, Sparklets; 9:30, play; 10, string orchestra; 10:30, Forest Protection; Piano Capers; 11 to 12, dance orchestra. Columbia Broadcasting System: 6, Lutheran League; 6:30. President Hoover Red Cross Speech; 7:16, band, orchestra; 8, Black & Blue; Dr. Bar rows; 8:30, sport; music; 9. orches tra; band;, symphony;- 10, orchestra; 12 to 1, Vagabond of the Air. Northwest Broadcasting System: 5:40, markets; garden talk; 6, Knights of the Road; Uncle Jerry; 6:30, so i prano; Homespun Melodies; 7, sing ers; sports; 7:30, talk; orchestra; 8, Cheramy Nights; 8:30, Ward & Chet; golf: 9. Montaville Flowers; 9:30, or chestra; 10, Sunshine program; 10:30, Moonlight Melodies; 11, dance or chestra; 12 to 3 a. m., Midnight Rev ellers. Spokane . I KHQ (590) :7 a.m.. Town Crier; Alice Blue Gown; Van & Don; 8, Happytime; 0, Walt C Norman; music: talk; 10, Magazine of the Air; 11, School of the Air; organ; 12. talks; music; 2, studio parade; 3, service hour; 4, orchestra; 5, musical programs; 6, NBC programs; 9, Evening Hlghlltes; 10, news; In land Empire Forum; 10:30; studio program; 11 to 12, dance music. Seattle KJR (970): 6:40 to 3 a, m NBS programs: . Tacomn KVI (760): 9, studio program; 10, orchestra ;10:30. Walkathon; 11, or chestra; 11:30, White . Wizard; 12 to I a. m., organ. Portland ' KEX (1180): 8, golf; music; 8:30, Land of Fulfilled Dreams; 9, NBS; 9:30, vocalists; 10, NBS; 10:30, Walk athon; 11:30, orchestra; 12 to 3 a. m NBS. f Oakland KLX (880): 7, news; 7:30, road information; 8, Rhtnard Ac Scott; 9, gospel hymns; 9:30, novelty trio; 10. dance band; 11, Frolic; 11:30 to 12, dance music. KGO (790) : 6 to 12, NBC programs. .San Francisco KPO (680): 7, orchestra; 8, mys tery play; 8:30, piano; Meeting in the Tavern; 0, Cy Trobbe's Scrapbook; 10, news; Maurice Gunsky; 10:30, dance orchestra; 11:30 to 12, organ. KFRC (610): 6 to l a. m., CBS pro grams. Los Angeles KNX (1050): 7. Watnnnhe and Dykes Reclaim Fertile Lands On Rio Grande ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. W) A $10,000,000 harness Is being put upon the Rio Grande and Its tributaries reclaim thousands of acres of fertile far mland and so safeguard New Mexico's largest city against flood. The project taken In a district 160 miles along the Rio Grande and SO miles north and 100 miles south of Albuquerque. i Within It are six Indian pueblos with a population of 6,000 ,and a land ownership of 23.000 acres; Con gress appropriated more than $1,500, 000 to take caro of the Indians taxa tion. The task of forcing tho Rio Grando back In its banks will take four years. In addition to the construction ot 400 miles of levees and parallel drain age ditches, the undertaking contem plates 510 miles of Irrigation ditches, four diversion dams and a. storage dam. , For years the flooded Rio Grande has so filled its bed with silt that In places the river Is higher than tho surrounding territory. In 1920 flood waters came to the outskirts of Al buquerque. A hastily constructed sand levee saved the downtown dis trict from Inundation. , The levees are 10 feet high and 50 feet wide at the bose. To relieve a water shortage south of Albuqurque during the summer months when Ir rigation water Is most needed, a stor age dam is to be built on the Rio Chama, a tributary to the boundary stream 80 miles north of Albuquer que. In flood time It will store the water. The dam will be 176 feet high, 1,300 feet long and 600 feet wide at tho base. It will Impound 200,000 acre feet of water. . JUST TRY THIS ON SOME DULL DAY Archie; Ha 11 room Boys; 7:30, or cheetra; 6, Rounders; 8:30, violin and piano; 9, Get Together Party; 10, Gossipers; Wranglers'; 11, music; 12 to 1 a. m., organ. KFI (840: 7. string ensemble: 7:30. symphony orchestra; 8:30, orchestra; 0, talk; orchestra; 9:30, tenor and baritone; 10, NBC; 10:30, organ; 11:16 to 12. NBC. KHJ (900): 7:16, band; orchestra: 8. CBS programs; 9:30, drama; 10, news; orchestra; 11, dance orchestra; 12 to 1 a. m.. organ. Denver KOA (830): 6, NBC programs; 7:30, Listener's Hour; 8, violin; studio pro gram; 8:30, NBC; 9, sports; 9:16, NBC programs; 10:30 to 11, organ. Halt Lake City ' KSL (1130): 6, NBC programs; 7:16, Pep program; organ; 8:16, Magic Paint brush; 8:30, NBC; 9:30, studio program; 10, Frolic; 10:30, play. 3$$Q5$33&3$ : Chats With t Parents If life Ik u hnre and you are In search f n thrill, Just try Joe Crane's little trick some day that of JunVping from iiu ulrplano and using four ixmu'liutni on the way down, Slere you see hint an he leaped over ltoosoc.t field. New York, nt 4000 feet. 111a last one ItiLsn't opened yet, but' he should-worry.' '. ' S $ 3 J 5 J TIIK KKKD FOR AUTUOKITY lly Alice Jndson Petile . There is one , aspect of the func tion of authority In a child's life which perhaps has not been suffi ciently recognized. Tho exerclBo of authority Is com monly thought of as the moans by which the child Is made to conform to certain necessary demands. But authority rightly used is moro than this. It Is n way of making the child feel comfort a bio and se cure, and It is a moans or giving him the .greatest possible freedom. Tho exercise of tho right sort of authority leads him to know what to expect, and tho adjustment, once made, relieves him of tho necessity of dally argument and conflict. Tho assurance that everything Is all right when he does as his mother tolls him gives him a pleasant feel ing of well-being, Tho uncertain or capricious exor cise of authority Is apt to make tho child spend a great share- of his efforts In trying to assert his will against that of the grown-up, n rela tively fruitless pastime as compared with the business of play. It Is much more fun to spend a rainy morning splashing about in rubbers and watorproof than , to argue and sulk about the necessity for wearing them. A child 1b' only really free in his play life when ho has sq thoroughly accepted certain necosHary limita tions that he obeys them without thinking about them, and Is-, there fore able to concentrate " all his thought and all his energy on what truly . concerns him. To know positively, for instance, that one may not go beyond tho garden gate simplifies things '.tre mendously. The fenced-in- area be comes one's world, and oho is able to discover within It . unlimited pos sibilities for adventuro nnd achievement. $-$$-$$$$i$3$.$$.S.S$$ lOverNightNewsl $ ' .. S $$$S$$3$$$$$S$$S 1 v (lly The Associated Press) : , Chicago 't- Alexander ' Lcggo" says drastic .wage reductions . would' bring serious reactions which would offset benefits. Washington Nyb refuses Bishop Cannon's request to delay antt-Smith campaign fund hearing- until' Sep tember 20 on ground that statute of limitations would be In force. Cambridge, Mass. Miss Carol Jane Anger; of Radcllffe college, measures ultra-violet rays from soveral stars at Harvard observatory, Kansas City Fog, rain and high winds, with snow In some sections, prevail over the west. Physician Bids Boyish Figure Glad Farewell ROCHESTER, Minn. MP) The phy sician 1b as happy as the woman who pines for more food , to hear that fashion is dictating the return, of old fashioned curves, believes Dr. B. S. Judd, president-elect of the American Medical association.- - Word from Paris and New York that tho boyish figure will bo a thing of the style past is the most heart-: entng news of women's fashions re ceived for years, in his opinion. "The end of starvation diets which have helped increase tuberculosis, low blood pressure and anemia among the women of the United States has come wieh this news, , I believe,'' Dr.. Judd said.. . . . "Wo now will enter on era In which, a girl may hope to eat a square meal without a twinge of conscience. ' "Eating now will be stylish. It will bo a boon to the medical profession, for ,we have tried , to discourage the wholesale starvation diets." . There is no royal road to sllmneas. Dr. Judd believes. Avoiding the two extremes of exercise, too much or. none at all, any woman who uses "common sense" In what and how much she eats will have the best chance to live long and healthily. Her mood shoulH be one of content: whether she gains more weight than she would like or not, he says, for extra weight ls much more healthy than an 18-day diet, v - - GOVERNMENT'S FLOWKRS " ATTRACT -10,000 DAILY WASHINGTON JPh-More than 10,-' 000 persons dally are visiting the grounds of the.U. S. department ot agriculture to see the spring flowers. There are eight large pansy beds containing more than 8000 plants in full bloom. There are' six tulip beds of varieties planted for the first time in Washington.- 1 V LONDON NOW WEARS 1 -rr-UINUS ON ITS HATS ' ' LONDON W) We have been wear ing rings on our fingers and in our ears from time immemorial, but now fashion decrees that wo are to wear them In our hats I White coral -is to bo popular with black, - navy blue and bottle-green suits and gowns, and the star in a recent "talkie" wore, two stud earrings of white coral on a closely swathed turban of gleahilng black straw. - - 'IIOl'SK JACKETS' BACK IN SPOUTS UlilKK. , -t PARIS VP) Bright colored coat resembling old-fashioned house Jack--cte aro a new wrinkle for sports wear.. They consist of a short straight pieces -below the shoulder blades and at tached to long sleeves., The coats.X worn over white sports, frocks, are made of bright light-weight wool banded. at the wrist in different col- OrS, . , , . . . .. . .. ,. ... . , . . DROP MILITARY TRAINING 1 ITHACA,: N. : Y.,- May 14 (M The faculty of Cornell university aa-( ii ou need today it had voted 6L to! 38 In favor of discontinuing com-! pulsory military training. ..The roso-i lution will go to the board of trus- teest for action in-June.'- - i Tho cruiser . Chicago, which is sooni to become the flagship of the U. B.i fleot.-has a black n6at named Alt Capono for mascot. A black sheep j might have been more appropriate. Removal and. CI e a r an g F u r ni tu r e Sale! Our lease on our furniture show room in the Masonic building expires June 1st, after which all of our stock will be moved into our own building which is being remodelled to provide another large, modern show room on the upper floor. This change not only effects a large saving in our overhead, which will be passed on to our customers, but consolidates our stock so that we may serve you more effectively. To clear our floors of all broken lines, odd pieces, and floor samples, we announce this big Removal and Remodelling Sale beginning Thursday, May 21, and continuing until Friday, May 29. The already low prices on these lines will be cut 25 to 50 per cent. INVESTIGATEBUY N0W-AND SAVE! LIVING ROOM SUITES Ah unusually large suite with high wingoacK. a regular $ z -ov value, now 1 Something new in tapestry with wood arms and loose pillow back and seat. A regular $117.50 value, now only : Davenport in 100 mohair. Fancy velour reverses, comfort chair to match. A regular $97.50 value, now only - Small Lamp Shades, Values to $1.75........90tf Window Awnings, Painted Stripes 25 off Parchment Paper Bridge Lamp Shades 15 Metal Smoking Stands at ....................75 Odd Lamp Shades, Values to $15 ...$2.75 Card Tables, Good Ones, only $1.50 All Mirrors to Go at Half Price One Group Davenport Tables.,:.. Half Price Coxwell Chairs, Values to $60 $27.50 New Radios, Real Buys, now ..........25 off. One Group Occasional Chairs $4.75 Secretary Desk, was $112-50, now $59.50 All Novelty Curtains at .Half Price Secretary Desk, was $75, now .' $37.50 Hardwood Camp Stools for only 25 All Sofa Pillows to Be Sold at Half Price BED ROOM SUITES i KITCHEN FURNITURE DINING ROOM SUITES An 8-piece suite of exceptional $3fJ50 beauty in walnut. Ideal for the M Jf ' small dining room. Now priced m :.m Another suite in walnut. Table, muiei unu u uiuuia tuiu iiuni. uutui with upholstered seats. Now only And Several Others &9 .00 All hardwood suite in ivory enamel. Bed, chest and vanity table. A regular $52.50 value, now Four - piece dark walnut. Bed, chest and vanity with bench to match. Bench upholstered in 9 glazed chintz. A regular $108 value, now Four-piece fancy panel walnut and oak bedroom outfit. A regular $115 value, now 39 .75 .50 .so Three-piece drop leaf breakfast set. Golden brown finish. Regular $21.50 value, now only CI viiirtnrt Ainnitn vnitn in nfifilrul finish. Maple table, buffet and 4 $lf)fB50 chairs. A regular value, now only One only, oak Sellers cabinet with I A .... 1 w111e eiiaiiii'i niLuiiui. t it'nuiai $86 value, now only 27' A Home Owned Store Established in 1896 Our Regular Credit Terms Apply on All Purchases 9 Four Floors of Fine Furniture I
