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.V y PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September 11, 1937 .to ! "No Favor Sway Vt; No Fear Shall Awe" . i From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 Charles A; Sprague Editor and Publisher ' J 7 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. : Charles A. Sprasoe, Pre. ' - Sheldon F. Saekett. Secy. Member of the Associated Preee ; The Associated Press is xclnslvelr entltlei to th cm for publica tion o! all nrs dispatch credited t tt or not ctberwia credited ia UUa paper. i- , - ' . t. ! Urban Paralysis ; San Francisco is getting to.be like China was : neyer free from civil wars. In 1934 the dock war tied np shipping for weeks, and was repeated in 1936-7. Through the spring and early summer the leading -hotels were dosed in another labor dispute. At present shipping, is shut down again because of Quarrels between labor organizations, i The outside world will think the1 city must be about r ruinedi and undoubtedly many of its citizens have been, both workers and employers. But to about as usual unless one visits now the erabarcadero. is silent, ket street and the financial canyon of Montgomery street gives no outward sign of city A great city is sustained by rare for enough of them to be ence on its life and activity. A great city is like a one-celled animal, reaching out its protoplasm to locate food in the wa ter it lives in: if none is found in one direction it forages in another direction, and when successful wraps itself around its nutriment. So if ships are not running, railroads and truck lines are used to service the citys needs. ; But all these, disturbances have their effect, sometimes far removed from the immediate scene! of contention. Thus California's crops will suffer if inexpensively to market Commerce may best be regarded as a continuous stream, and interruptions in the current do in terfere with normal prosperity commerce. San Francisco has had about enough interferences for one city; and doubtless longs for a respite. Postoff ice Dedication Sometime about the middle building win be ready for occupancy. I Formal exercises are being1 planned in connection with the dedication of the build ingfor use. Postmaster General ent to deliver the mam address on the occasion, which is en tirely appropriate since he is head of the nation's postal ser vice and the building is primarily a postof fice, although oth er federal offices will be housed there. : ' Mr, Farley will attend the masters; in San Francisco on October 19-21. It is not yet cer- v tain whether he will visit Salem On the same trip he is expected . postof fice in Portland., Salem's new federal building is a beautiful structure. For a fine view of it and other take a stance over on Court street at about the-front of the Union Abstract of fice. You get an excellent view of the white marble postof fice, and across the greensward rises, in the center background, the old First Methodist church with its Gothic spire, and at the right is the court house, which may soon be replaced with a building fice. Before many months the will glisten over the tree tops long be proud, of the beauty of i Marijuana in ; County officers in Linn county have arrested a pair on charges of illegal possession of marijuana, a drug used by narcotic addicts. One admitted growing the, weed on land near Aiuany, ine viner is sara Portland. I . It is always surprising to of like counterfeiters operating in your own neighborhood. Those offenses seem to belong farther away. Good old Linn county ought not to have in its peaceful dominion any humans ' as low as the vermin who vend narcotics. Yet here they have beenfound,. just as in prohibition days the officers might turn up a distillery in a swell front" house in the next block from where you were living. Victims of the. narcotic habit are pitiful specimens, so enslaved are they by their vice. Picking them up and trying to reform them is almost an impossible task. The best method is to run down the traffickers in drugs, and to do like the Linn county officers, nab the growers themselves. The battle is an unending one, because the greed for the enormous profits of the illicit industry tempts men to engage in the tract, and even to beguile youth into forming the dread habit. Among: the early converts to the Townsend cause none was more enthusiastic than Judge Charles H. Leavy of Spokane. He toured east ern Washington for "the plan," and made tt an important plank in his platform as candidate for congress. Safely ia office,. with the Town send plan waning in strength, Leary. now declares '"I'm through with Dr. Townsend. He has abandoned the original plan and wants " to mend the -constitution." It Is true that Dr. Townseqd has changed his notions frequently, but there is. nothing in whatever his new pro posal is which Is any worse than his original idea Leavy Is merely . kicking away the ladder by which he scaled the heights of office. ' The death of two girls from. spray had lodged emphasizes the" need for some substitute for the lead-arsenic sprays used generally In spraying fruit as protection against pests. The department of agriculture is said to hare develop ed a mew cbemical spray, more potent than the metallic sprays which are harmless to humans; and fruit sprayed! with the chemical spray does hot, hare to be washed. For cleanliness as well as protection against poisoning persons should wash raw fruit before eating it. But the recent tragedy in this state should stimulate efforts to provide a . ft. . . A .. . . V. . - 1 .. T ... aaosuiuie ior me oia poisons. i ' : Popular pastime now is looking under the national bed for fas cists who are about to seize power and stage a pogrom. It has taken the place of red-baiting which was all the rage for several years after the war. The Chicago Times is the newest to warn against brown shirt bogeymen in the United States.. On thing for USA is not red ahirte or merely that the people "keep their of humor left In this country; and these; gobUns now being conjured Coast fishermen are having hadn't counted on. and one they tuna.-A mighty school of tuna has Into northern waters, for the first trolling -schooners from various crop. One cannery has begun putting tuna In tins, at Astoria, while carloads have been shipped to San Pedro where most of the tuna can ning Is done. The unexpected visitation will prove a small gold mine i white it lasts; and, if tuna come once, why may they not return to these ! tersr ' ;.'!.- 1 The gent wh& carved the Declaration of Independence, or what ever it was. on a pin head, had -nothing on Mr. Farley, he put our national parks on a postage stamp ConralUs Gazette-Times. " : The stamp tastes that big when you try to lick it If we are to have this park-sizr for stamps, bigger and; wetter tongues should be furnished. . - The state, which, has been proceeding against slot machines and pinball games, finds Its chickens tfoming borne to roost. Why; stop pinballs when pari mutuel betting is allowed to flourish, even sanc tioned by the state which shares In. the spoils? No one has the answer. Sen. Staples may get more support for his bill abolishing betting at the next session of legislature. " ' C ; ? " - Latest to be Vliquida ted" in Russia are -three restaurant cooks, blamed with "wiliul counter-revolutionary intentions" la their coo ing. In this country cooks sometimes get "liquidated but they do so nt their own. volition and sometimes their Intentions are . definitely ."revolutionary.. - We thought when the Santiam pass road was opened we might . ,nma of those Deschutes potatoes the Bend .Bulletin is always hroHn about. Mhrkets here seem. flooded with netted gems trom the Yakima valley, but nary a nag try. Guess we U have to ioqe tor A weatherman la to be assigned to Salem. Now we will know .'Tom to blame when t rams. or visit the city life flows on the affected districts. Just but trading is brisk on Mar disturbance. so many elements that it is paralyzed to have visible influ they cannot move readily and of those served by the flow of of October the new federal Farley is expected to be pres national convention of post before or after this meeting. to dedicate the new east side buildings in the civic center in style similar to the postof - white tower of the new capito to the east, and the city wil its civic center, Linn County to nave: soia me proaucr in !, i find narcotic vendors, a band eating berries on which metallic - this shirt question," the Important black shirts or brown shirts, but shirts on." We still hare a sense that will save use from many of up. a surprise, a crop of fish they never had before in these waters: for some mysterious reason sailed time, so veteran fishermen say. And ports are busy harvesting this tuna . , ; "f- - .. .. of spuds from the Deschutes coun some niamaias. . .. . - wnen it doesn't. Bits for Breakfast By lei. HENDRICKS This is the 83d 9-11-37 Oregon state fair, and is worthy of Its long, colorful history: ' m This is the 83d Oregon state fair, and it ia the 83d consecutive fair held on the same grounds. This is true, notwithstanding the fact that some newspapers 1 have been mentioning it as the 76th Oregon state fair. V -V- How do fchey get that way? The phoney, date comes from the fact j that a fair was btid at Oregon i City for four dayt in 1861 on Oc tober 1, 2. g and 4. It was not the Oregon state fair. It did not call itself the Ore gon state fair. It was not held again. Just that one year. S It was the fair of the Oregon State Agricultural society. The! printed premium list tor that fair was titled: Premium List of the Oregon State Agricultural Society, to be 1 awarded at Its Annual Fair, to be held at Oregon City October 1. 2, 3 and 4, 1861." AT ITS fair,, not at the state fair. At the fair of the Oregon State Agricultural so ciety. The by-laws of the Oregon State Agricultural society provided: The society shall hold -its annual fair and cattle show at such TIMS AND PLACE as shall be agreed upon by the board of managers." Oregon City people of that time hoped to make such a showing as to get the proposed fairs of that society every year. They failed it was a flash in the pan. S As shown by the Salem Direc tory of 1871 and of,1873: "The first agricultural society on the Pacific coast was organ- ized at Salem April 6, 1854, Gov ernor John W. Davis, president. and Joseph G. Wilson, secretary, The first agricultural fair was held at Salem October 11, 1864. Hon. Lv F. Grover delivered the address, in his address the es tablishment of woolen mills, the introduction of tne Cashmere or Angora goat and -the steam plow were recommended. The follow ing year the officers were R. C. Geer, president; Joseph Cox, vice president, and C. A. Reed, trea surer. S S V "The society had several fairs, and for some' time was an active and energetic organization, but. becoming involved in debt, the society sold its land to Marion county, which transferred it to the state agricultural society on the pledge that they would hold annual fairs for 15 consecutive years." . rrom tne above it will he seen that the Oregon state fair, on the original grounds, which are the present grounds, as enlarged, is the oldest fair not alone in Ore gon but oldest on this coast. fairs nave Deen neia here ev ery year, beginning with 1854, ine original society, the one organized in 1854, the one which owned the grounds originaUy, and sold them to Marion countv. was tne Marion County Agricul tural society. It did not go out of business until Julv 7. 1864. when it deeded all its property to Marion county. It held its fairs ia 1861 and 1862. and in 18 63, as it had held them before from 1854. Marion county sold the grounds to tne Oregon state Agricultural society, with the provision that it hold annual fairs, which it did. ana called tnem stata fair m. til 1892. when that ttacip.tr trana. ferred its property to the stata of uregon. ' In W The Oregon state fair has been owned by the state of Oregon only 45 years, but it dates back 83 years back to the territory, before the state, with no chanre oi locaun. This Is the 83d year of the Ore gon state fair. It Is sUly to call it the 76th state fair. All the ground now owned for state fair purposes was not owned In the beginning: but part of It wai the part where the buildings are. Additions have been made from time to time, until the area Is now around 200 acres. Joseph G. Wilson, first (1854) secretary, of the Oregon state fair, was the Circuit Judge and Congressman-elect Wilson who was responsible for Salem be coming the state capital. L. F. Grover, who made the address that year, was Oregn's first con gressman; was one of her ablest governors and U. S. senators. Ralph C Geer, president of the fair the next year (1855) be longed to . the historic pioneer Oregon. Geer family. He became county clerk of Marlon county; was the first nurseryman of the central Willamette valley. Was the grandfather of Homer Daven port, In his day the world's great est cartoonist. V v s Arch. A. Geer, who prepared the Marion county exhibit for the present stae fair. Is a grandson of Ralph c. Geer, above men tioned. Patrons who have at tended, all or nearly, all the state fairs say the present one is the finest state fair exhibit ever made by -Marion county; best In qual ity of products of the soil dis played, and. most artistic In ar rangement. : " - All the county exhibits this year are fine. In fact, the whole fair is the best ever; which says it is the best west of the Mis souri. But the 84 th state fair, next year, should.be still better, and so on up to" Its centennial yer. In II 54. That's only 11 years off. Amity Man Is 92 'AMITY Edward Tames who makes his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. - and Mrs. W. E. Tarnes of Amity, -celebrated his 92nd birthday anniversary September 4. He la the father of Rev.. Thomas . Tarnes ot Albanv. H ' ' ml Cassia, 1 tJ . - I L J I 3 v 7 f Ten Years Ago September 11, 1927 Official Oregon Is in mourning today as preparations are being made to pay final respects to Chief Justice George H. Burnett, member of supreme court for last 17 years who died 'suddenly yesterday at his home. Six night horse shows will be held in connection with this year's state fair opening here September 26 according to Mrs. Ella Shultz Wilson, secretary. Elly Ney, wife of William Van Hoogstraten, conductor of Port land Symphony orchestra, gave her first London piano recital since war times recently in Wig- more hall. Twenty Years A30 September 11, 1017 Deputy Lvoff demands that Kerensky give General Kornilorf fuU and sole command of the Russian military forces. Keren- sky refuses and Imprisons Lvoff. Henry P. Davidson, chairman of the Red Cross War council, announces the appointment of C. D. Stimson, president of the Stimson Mills, one of the best known business men in north west as manager of the north western "division of the Red Cross. Ralph Miller, formerly a clerk In the state industrial aecident commission will take a new posi tion today when he assumes dut ies of cost keeper In auditing de partment of state highway. Bear . Views Fair RICKREALL R. F. Grolbert created aulte a bit of excitement Thursday night when he took 'Andy," his bear, to see the stats fair. "Andy" Is quite tame. Prince-less Muriel 1 Honey) Johnson, New Tork society girl, returns to New York following a European trip without Prince David Mdlvanl While- abroad. Miss Johnson and Prince David, last of the marry- ing Matvarus ' were unked ro mantically Despite ft recent put fished picture of the two together In Venice, Miss Johnson said she "hardly knew the prtnes. si V - v f , Sudden Deference Radio Programs KSZJi SATTTRDAT 1S70 Ex. 7:15 Newg. 7:30 SonrU ((rmonett. 7:45 Varietit. 8:45 Nw. 9:00 The Ptor' CU. 9:15 Music mkitera. 10:00 Women in th . 10:15 Soncfest. 10:30 Waltztime. 10:45 Coral Strindi. " 11:00 Value parade. 1 2 : 00 Street reporter. 1 S : 1 J N ews. 12:30 Fanner' Digest. 12:45 Brad Oollini. 1:00 Mickey Moos dak. 1 :30 Frolic. 1 :45 Hollywood Backarooi. 2 :00 Tango time. ; 2:15 Monitor news. 2:30 Hits of festerjear. 3:00 Salon melodies. 8:30 Concert masters. 4:00 Vocal varieties 4:15 Matinee melodlee. 4:45 Spice of Life 5:45 The Friendly Circle. tt:15 Stringed bsrmeny. 6:25 Outdoor reporter. 6:30 Jungle Jim. i 6:45 Newa. 7 Thi Rhythmle Afe. 7:15 Roaminf the, World. 7 foO-3-There Wu a Tima. 7:45 Musical Newsy. 8:00 Harmony hall. 8:15 Collega Daae.i 8:45 News. 9:05 owi la tttriew. 9:15 Melody Rerirw. 10:00 Scrapbook. KEX SATTTRDAT 1110 X. 8:30 Muaical Clock. 7:00 Family Altar Hoar. 7:30 Rhumba Orcbastn. 8:00 Call to Youth. 8:15 Three Marshall. 8:30 Dr. Brock. 9:00 Home Institute. 9:15 Pnblie Safetr Talk. 9:30 National Farm and Home. 10:80 News. 10:45 Lost and Found Items. 10:47 Cadets' Quartet. 11:00 Whitney Ensemble. 11:80 Bieardo and Cabelleroa. 12:00 Club Matinee.. 1:00 Little Variety Show. 1 :80 Orchestra. 1:00 Vladimir Brenner. 3 :05 Nickelodeon. 9:80 Press Badio News. 2:85 Whither Music. 8:00 Messsce of Bach. 8:30 Bismarck Hotel Orchestra. 4:00 Home Townera. 4:15 Nola Day. 4:80 Concert Orchestra, 4:45 Norsemen Quartet. 5:00 News. I 5:15 Hornik Orchestra. 5:8V Meakin's Musical Nf - 6:00"- Concert Party. 6:80 Silent to KOB. 8:00 Orchestra. ; 8:80 News. i 8 :45 Baseball. 10:15 Ellis Kimball's Orchestra. 10:30 The Quiet Hour. 11:00 News. 11:15 Popular Dance Melodies. To 12 Complete Weather, Police Be ports. I t KOW SATXTEJOAT 80 X. 7:00 Just About Titos. 7:80 Keeping Time With Mas Dolln. 8:00 News. t 8 :15 Continentals. ' 30 Res Battle Ensemble. 00 Mystery Chef. 15 Escorts and Betty. 30 Cosmopolitan Rhythms. V 30 Goldea Melodies. - ' 00 Stars of Tomorrow. . 12:00 Michael Arenstein, telllst 12:15 News. 12:30 Willy Bryant and Orchestra. 1 :00 Vagabond Adrentnres. 1:30 Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten.' 1:45 Clinic. 2:00 Top Hatters. ! 2:30 Press Radio News. 2:35 Alma Kitchell. 2:45 Art of Living. 3:00 El ChUro Spanish Re rue. 3 : 80 Jimmy Kemper A Co. 3 :45 Lnboschnts Nemenoff. 4:00 Meredith Wilson Orchestra. 4:30 Talk by Linten Wells. , 4 :45 NBS Program. 5:00 Reriew. i 5:30 Special Delivery. 6:00 Jambqee. - f 6:30 Musical Momenta.. 6:45 Benson Hotel Concert. 7:00 National Barf Danes. 7:30 Clrens. -. ' ? - . I 9:00 Castle Farms Orchestra. " 8 :30 Promenade Oafe Orchestra. . 9:00 Jantsen Bch Oreheatra. 9:80 La Salle -Hotel Oreheatra. 9:45 Congress Hotel Oreheatra. 10:00 Rainbow Gardens, Oreheatra. 10:30 Bal Tabarin Orchestra. 11:00 Club KsqTiire Orchestra. 11:30 Olympic Hotel Orchestra. To 12 Complete Weather Report. XOAC SATTTSDAT 550 Xe. 8:00-As Th Likar IL ' 9 :00 Horflemskers; Hoar. -1:1S New. i 10:45 Story Ben- for Aialta. " 11:30 Facts and Allaire. 1J:00 News. 11:15 Fans Hoar. 1 :00 -Symphoaia Hoar. 1 :SO Stone for Boye and Girls. 2:00 Science New. 6:80 Fans) Hoar, j- 7:45-8:00 Sews, s - . KOQT SATT7SJ0AT 940 Xe. 6:30 Klock. 8:05 Jack Shannon, aiag 8:15 Oriental. 8: JO Thit and that. 9:00 Consumer news. - 9:15 Jimmy Field. 9:3ff Styles. 9:4 Beffalo presents. 100 HoaUr. 10:15 WPA hand. -10:80 Leaf. orgaa.J ; 10 :45 Toot ia Teac. . .... . -. 11:00 Down by Herman., i IOCS 11:30 Waltxea of the world. 11:45 Newa. 12 Dictator. 12:15 Naragaasett horse raca. 12:45 Variety. 1:15 Mary Oullsa. 1 :30 Olson erch. 2:80 Ralph Kieard. 2:45 Jamea Bennett, crime talk. 3:00 Count Baasi orch. 3:15 Songtime, 8:30 Colombia concert. 4:0O Saturday awing. 4:30 Championship regatta. 5 :00 Maurice orch. 5:30 Hollywood showcase. 6:00 Hit parade. 6:45 Drews, organ. '7:00 Napoleon orch. 7:30 Johnny presents, varied. 8:00 Professor Quia. 8:30 Goodman orch. 9:00 Young orch. 9:80 Grill arch. 9:45 Fire Star Final. 10:00 Kay orch. 10:30 McDonald orch. 11:00 Pasadena .cirie orch. . 11:30-12 Hamilton orch. KSLM SUNDAY 1370 Ko. 9 :00 Morning meditations. 9:30 Concert master. 10:00 Radio Church of God. 103:0 Melodic Gemr. 10:45 News. 11:00 American Lutheran church. 12 :00 Organalities. 12:15 Vocal varieties. 12:30 Popular saints. 6:00 News. 6:15 Musical interlude. 6:30 Heart songs. 7 Newa. 7:15 Waltstime. 7:80 For Mother and Dad. 8:00 Calras Baptist choreh. 8:45 Eventide Echoes. XXX SUNDAY 11 SO Xc. ' 8:00 The Qaiet Hoar. 8:30 Radio City music haU. 9:80 Our Neighbors. 10:00 Magio Kay of RCA. 11:00 Melody man. . 11 : 15 Mountaineers. 11:30 Dr. Brock. 12 :00 National vespers. 12:30 Fiahface and Figsbottle. ' 1:00 Calrary tabernacle. 1:80 Sunshine melodies. 2 :00 NBC program. 8:00 Codolban and his mnaia, 8:30 Bakers broadcast, Werner Jans sen 'a orch. 4:00 NBC program. 5:00 Stippling Rhythm. 6:80 Walter WinchelL 5:45 Catholic Truth society. 6:00 Baseball resume. 6:30 Silent to KOB. 8 News. 8:15 Off the Record. 8:30 Book chat. 9:00 Everybody sing. 10:00 El Patio ballroom orch. 10:30 Calvary tabernacle iabilee, 11:15 Charles Banyan. 12:00 Weather and police reports. XQW SUNDAY 620 X. 8 :00 The Hoar Glass. 8:30 Chicago Round Table. 9:00 Portland council of charchaa. 9:30 Dreame of Long Ago. 10:00 Stars of today. 10:30 Thatcher Colt Mysteries. 11:00 Tapestry of melody. 11:30 Widows Sons. 12 :00 Romance melodies. 12:80 The World Is Yours. , 1:00 Paul Martin's music 1:80 Nick Harris, detective. 1:45 Radio comments. 2:00 A Tale ot Today. 3:00 Posey playlets. 8:15 New. 8:30 Beaux Arts trio. 4:00 Cotf hoar. ' 5:00 Manhattan Merry-Go Rouad. 5:30 Album of familiar music. 6:00 Reflections. 6:30 Argentines. 7:00 Jingles. 7:15 Orchestra. 7 :0 Summer show. 8:00 Songs at Eventide. 8:30 On Man's Fsaily. 9:00 The Night Editor. 9:15 Treasure Island. 9:30 Rivoll theatre arch, . 10:00 News. -10:15 Portraits of th masters. -10:30 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:00 Bal Tabarin . orch. ll:3t Famous Door Rest orch. 12 :00 Complete weatbea- report.'' --" "KOH SUNDAY 940 Xe. 8:00 Major Eowea Capital theatre fam ily. . . .. :. :00 Chureh of th air. " 90 Pf GolaU r 10:00 St. Louia' serenade. 10:30 Bible drama. -. '; ; 11:00 Everybody's mnsie. v 12:00 National polo matches,. Long xsiaua. -1 :00 American Neighbor. ; " , 1:30 Old songs of th church. 2:00 Phil Herns orch. j 2:30 Mea of Vision. 1 2:45 The Old Shoemaker. ' 8 :00 Columbia workshop. 8:80 Eye of th World. y 3;45 Eddi Fitipatrick orch. A AO Let' Go to the Fair. . .4:30 Th Laff Parade. - 4 :45-r-RmaBti awaca with Walton He Kinney, tenor. .-. - 5 :00 Universal Bhythav Res ChaaJ ler'i erch., kaaji BoaelU and Alex Templetoa. ' -S:90 Chicacw Philharmonie. ' 7:00 Modern strings. ' i t 7:80 School day of th sir. ' . 8:00 Kddie Cator,'v C ;).. . -., .; 8:80 Sunday, new review. ; " ',-.". 8:45 Herbi Kay orch. i : 9:00 Billy McDonald's wrchj from - - Jantiea Deach. . -9:30 Leon J. Drews, rraiut. 4 :45 SUHing Yaang rch. i 10:00 Paal Fendarri relu . - 10;15 Temple Sqosr. . ' 10:45 B serge Hamilton rch. 11:00 Door U th lCss. ; U :80 Herbi ' Kay rea. ' i n the By, IX)R0THY As one surveys tne won u h.w n la forced to . the con clusion that our attempts to solve VKl laiiuas; aomlc and polit. leal problems are shadow-box ing- All of those attempts pre sume car tain conditions. which are hard ly taken into ac count by the papllc opinion of America. .. i , i or instance, rrUiy Thompsoa the central 'issue In domestic politics la whether we: are to have a large ,or small govern mental control over our econom ic life over production and dis tribution. The new deal wants a very considerable amount . of such control. The republicans and some of the democratic op position, want -a small amount But should it not be obvious that the answer does not lie .entirely within our borders? The very persons who, on the one hand, are fighting an ex tension of government control, i are, on. the other, champions of American isolation from the world. Senator Vanderberg is an excellent example They seem completely to lose track of the fact that a free economic sys tem presumes, and depends upon, a large society, a world market, and peace. They are aware that if we partcipate in another world war, we must, the moment we enter it, put aside all thoughts of economic freedom; organiie the total production apparatus of the country; Interfere radically with consumption and prices; subject economics to political and mili tary considerations; set up a draft system, not only for man power but for labor and capital. Such plans are already prepared, and they1 will be unavoidable un der modern conditions of war fare. Every Informed person re alises that this Is so. But what they seem utterly blind to, is That given another world war In which we do not participate, the effects on our do mestic economy will eventually be the same; and that given a continuation and extension of the present state ot internation al anarchy, the effects . will also be the same. For in either case, we shall be forced to limit our commerce to the American ' hem isphere and even perhaps, to the United States itself. And a clos ed economy means a planned economy. The greatest nonsense is talk ed about the unimportance of our foreign trade. It is said that it constitutes only 10 per cent of the total commerce of the Unit ed States. The Implication is that we could forfeit- it, with no great loss. The facts are that certain basic commodities, em ploying millions of people, work primarily tor export, and that these commodities ' are concen trated in regions, where . a col lapse of the world 'market would mean the ruin of whole sections. Cotton is the outstanding exam ple. A further radical shrink age of the world market for cot ton would mean subsidies and more subsidies; production con trol; radical changes in the econ omy of the south, which, are bound to bring it into sudden competition with other sections with the middle west. In agri culture, or the north, in indus try; changes .which are unthink able without eitner chaos or an immense amount of government control and Interference. . Industries, also employing mil lions of people, depend upon ex port markets. One needs only mention oil, copper, automobiles, business office appliances, sewing machines, electrical and agricul tural machinery. And Important subsidiary Industries, in turn, de pend upon these primary Indus tries. Furthermore, these indus tries depend upon essential Im ports, suctf as rubber, tin, man ganese ore, antimony, - platinum. mica, mercury, and many, many other things which are not pro $1000 per Month f;,Uine UoaA screen atar. Alice . fi.wv. per- month :SWa"mon3r- n a com. niea in urn Angeles. Mis, ii ."wHt named 4n Mdco In 1833 and separated in 1935- . V K' s A - ''" ' "i " - ' v , V - I - 1 1 - - '-,.' i . NwY-' v j AHce White f "TTi I I I w 'inii samss cl Kecor THOMPSON duced In the United States, can not be produced here, and come from all corners ot the earth. Rubber, f or n t a n c e, comes largely from the Dutch East In dies and British Malaya. And the American standard ot living demands Imported coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, silk and a large variety of wools. It is possible for us to do with out these things or, possibly to develop inside America substi tutes tor many or most ofthem. The Germans have done so. But It is not possible under any sus tem of capitalistic economics) such as we have at present. It is possible only inside a mobilised economy, where such things as economic return, competitive prices, the free market are sim ply ruled out. It Is possible to find substitutes for rubber, pro- ' vlded that profitability, is not considered. It is possible to or ganise the wealth and resources of this country; to adjust pro duction to those resources and to domestic consumption. But it is not possible to do so without also ordering and organising all the work, labor and capital ot the nation under authoritarian leadership. Such a prospect can be con templated with equanimity by ad vanced new dealers, by socialists. and by all other sorts of collec- tivists. Including fascists. It can not be contemplated with equa nimity by those who still profess to believe in private enterprise and democratic government. They seem strangely undistressed by the spectacle of the world. For a year we have had no trade with Spain. Tomorrow we shall probably have none with China and Japan. At any mo ment the anarchy which we are making no attempt to oppose but from which we are merely withdrawing, may spread may cut off from our markets Rus sia, eastern Europe, the British Empire, Africa, more of the Far East. Our foreign trade Is shrink ing, not because we have no goods to sell, and not because we are unwilling to buy, Out be cause political conditions in the world make trade impossible. This administration is doing ev erything it can to extend Amer ican foreign trade. But what good 1s a trade treaty if tomor row it may be suspended by war? . Never in the history of the United States has our foreign policy been more craven. But this Is not the fault of the state department. It is the fault of American public opinion. The very people who. most deplore fascism and communism will not stand up to defend a world in which any other form of social reorganisation will in the long-run be possible.- Treaties are violat ed; piracy plain, old-fashioned piracy? breaks out in the Medit erranean; civil wars are flag rantly fomented by powers call ing themselves "neutral'; block ades are maintained by nations who are not even officially at war. Trade practices are in dulged in which are nothing but a capital levy of one country on another that Is the whole sense of Dr. Schacht's policy. "The na tionals of one country are or ganized Inside other countries, and the policy Is openly- an nounced, and we are dared to oppose it! And our answer is to blockade ourselves! x - The spectacle of great, power ful, rich, democratic nations ca pitulating hour by hour to ban ditry, extortion. Intimidation and violence is the most terrifying and discouraging sight In the world today. It Is more discour aging than the aggression it self. Our state department does n't even venture an official, dip lomatic protest at what happen ed in Stuttgart last week. Not because It Is afraid of Germany It- Is afraid of the people at home, or of a vocal, organized minority claiming to represent the people. Under our very eyes there is being trampled what Mussolini calls "the putrescent corpse of Liberty" and we are afraid to defend Liberty lest Lib erty be lost! And out of the fear of war we prepare ourselves to accept the worst things that war can bring! . - St. Louis Guests Many This Week St. LOUIS-r-Week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Manning wertf Mr. and Mrs. Wil- iiam Kennedy, Mr. Dean, Mr. Ray Kennedy, Miss Katherine Rooney, Mr. and Mrs.. Dick Phillips, Mrs. Adaline Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. J ulian Manning and- Mr. Arthur Dubois of Portland. 'Mr. Frank Schaffer and Mr. Atkinson of Mil waukie,. Miss Peggy Plover of Santa Rosa, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Walter; Chesley of San Francisco and Mr. Joseph Schom'us of St. Louts. , Mr. and '" MrC Joseph Welter of Broadacres ; have moved Info the house recently vacated by the Mayfield family. Pacific Walnuts if ul, Report PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. Id. Aior of the Pacific mail', fim. ous Walnut Will be available tM. ' year than, ever before, it was re vealed here today by Oregon and Washington growers who want to make sure consumers take ad vantage of that treat, v - The hSryest In Oregon, Wash ington and California is expected tae Previous high by 11,900,000 pounds and" even with quotas set by the Walnut control board there will be offered for sale some 13.500.000- poun da more than last year's consumption. ( --