THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1936
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
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By REV HAROLD L LUNDQUIST,
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
© Western Newspaper Union.
National Press Building
Washington.—The United States
is being given an object lesson in
what happens when
The People government a t-
Must Pay tempts to interfere
with nature.
American farmers these days are
threshing their wheat crop. The
production is that of a reduced acre
age, an acreage that was planned
on theory by the Department of
Agriculture. The result is that this
year’s American wheat crop will
approximate 640,000,000 bushels.
That is about 145,000,000 bushels
less than the average crop during
the five years from 1929 to 1933.
The result is a shortage.
Department of Agriculture fig
ures indicate that the total wheat
crop in the world this year will be
something like 650,000,000 bushels
below the annual production. In
other words, the wheat crop is
short everywhere on earth and the
result is obvious.
In our own case, there is normal
ly a carry-over each year of about
125,000,000 bushels but due to the
shortage of the crop this year that
carry-over is insufficient to make
up the needs of domestic consump
tion.
Consequently, we soon will see
heavy importations of Canadian
wheat, a wheat that can be blended
in milling with our own production
and a very satisfactory flour re
sults. Yet, it must be remem
bered that on all importations of
wheat from Canada or anywhere
else, a tariff of 42 cents a bushel
must be paid. It is clear, therefore,
that consumers of bread must pay
that tariff because the importers
are going to pass that item of ex
pense along as part of the cost of
the flour. In addition to the short
age in the United States, Canadian
wheat production is reported to be
something like 100,000,000 bushels
under normal. There is sufficient
production in Canada to permit of
export, of course, but the shortage
is bound to be reflected in the
prices.
And mention of the price brings
us back to the individual effect of
the combination of acreage, re
duced by government edict, plus
the act of nature in visiting a
drouth upon us. Scarcity always
results in higher prices. It is the
operation of the law of supply and
demand. The Roosevelt farm pol
icy has been predicated on the the
ory that scarcity would produce
higher prices and thereby add to
the farm income. But drouth and
other production hazards cannot be
predicted and, therefore, the Amer
ican people find themselves in a
position where the unpredictable
has happened and the farmers are
not getting the benefit of higher
prices on a natural and normal
production.
• • •
There seems to be a stronger
demand for wheat now than at any
time during the
Industry
last five or six
Opens Up years. It indicates
a restoration of
buying power on the part of the
masses. In other words, industry
again is opening up to some ex
tent and employing workers al
though the increase in employment
has been small thus far.
In consequence of this combina
tion of circumstances, there is
now a seller’s market in wheat in
stead of a buyer’s market in wheat.
To say it another way, there are
more people seeking to buy wheat
than there are seeking to sell it
and the consumers of flour will pay
the bill. By way of contrast with
present conditions, it may be point
ed out that world wheat consump
tion has exceeded world wheat pro
duction in every year except one
since 1929. In the 1932 crop year
there was slightly more wheat pro
duced in the world than was con
sumed. The result of the steady
growth in consumption over pro
duction in the last few years has
been to wipe out all of the carry-
over—wheat stored in bins and ele
vators throughout the world—and
in every country users of wheat are
scraping the bottoms of their bins.
The tragedy of it all is that, be
cause of the reduced acreage and
the drouth in the United States,
American farmers are not in a po
sition to take advantage of the high
er prices thus established by the
sale of surplus wheat which
may have been accumulated if the
acreage had been normal.
Instead of the United States real
ly controlling the market for wheat,
we are in a position where a good
many other countries may be en
couraged to grow more wheat. The
natural and obvious results of this
will be to further curtail the outlet
for American wheat which so long
has been relied on by many foreign
nations that are non-producers of
wheat.
I do not know how far the New
Deal intends to go in revising its
basic economic policy regarding
crop controlling. I can be sure of
only one thing in regard to the
New Deal plans: The visitation of
the drouth in two years in which
the political planners of the New
Deal attempted to upset natural
laws has proved the inability of
man to alter the course of nature
and by the same token these con
ditions have proved the inability of
government to change human na
ture. I do not know whether oth
ers will agree with my conclusion
or not but I am of the opinion that
the American farmers are paying
dearly for the crop control checks
they received in the past two years.
Even with a crop shortened by
drouth, if there had been the nor
mal acreage of wheat, American
farmers would have reaped the re
ward to which they are so justly
entitled.
•
« •
A year or two ago, a committee
of the American Bar association
made a report def-
Bar Offers initely critical of
Neu) Plan the New Deal ad
ministration for
having created so many agencies
to which had been given functions
almost like the courts. That re
port pointed out how such units as
the now dead NRA and the equally
dead AAA could issue rules and
regulations that were enforceable as
law. They called attention to the
further fact that countless of these
rules and regulations carried strict
and severe penalties, even to the
extent of a jail term for an indi
vidual violator.
Lately, another committee of the
American Bar association has pub
lished another report, again calling
attention to the un-American princi
ples established in such bureau
cratic control. It offers a construc
tive proposal for the elimination
of bureaucratic management of in
dividual affairs from Washington.
It proposes the establishment of an
administration court which would
have power to enforce these rules
and regulations but would be
equipped with the judicial right of
determination so that the thousands
upon thousands of regulations with
their various penalties would not
be enforced upon an individual ac
cused of their violation without giv
ing that alleged violator the right
of a hearing. The committee pro
posal, in other words, would put an
end to determination of violations
by one bureaucrat.
Ultimately, the proposed court
would take over the judicial work
of all of the administrative agen
cies in Washington now numbering
something like 75. The initial op
eration of the court would be limit
ed until it could bring something
like uniformity out of the chaos
now existing for it is well known
that in many cases two govern
mental agencies will have rules on
the same point and those rules will
not be the same. In some aggra
vated situations, it has been found
that one agency will prescribe a
penalty against an individual busi
ness for doing one thing while an
other agency will have no penalty
for the same act. Another instance
is known where two agencies have
virtually the same regulations but
the penalties in 'he two rules are
different.
* • •
I suppose the condition can be
explained by the fact that dozens
of new bureaus
Too Many have been set up
Bureaus under the scores
of New Deal laws
and that in the haste to get them
into operation, no co-ordination was
had between the various groups,
but it is my belief that private
citizens cannot be blamed for this
condition. Since they cannot be
blamed for failure of government
to function properly, they ought not
be compelled to answer for the silly
differences in law which bureau
crats have written under authority
of congress to draft necessary reg
ulations.
After all, congress is really to
blame for this condition. It rushed
through laws which President
Roosevelt demanded and it did not
take time to debate the provisions
nor did it examine the sections to
know fully what results would flow
from them. In many cases, too
many, statements of general legis
lative policy were not clear and
congress abdicated its duties to the
extent that it wrote into those laws
provisions saying that the agency
which was to enforce the particu
lar law was given authority to
write whatever rules and regula
tions were found to be necessary.
Some authority of this kind always
has been given in order to make
the national laws flexible but they
never have been given to such an
extent as they have in the last
three years.
Insufficient time has elapsed
since the American Bar association
committee came forth with its ad
ministrative court proposal for an
analysis to be made of its poten
tialities. It may, and probably does,
have weaknesses. It does, how
ever, have a strong point in
the general idea that a judicial
body should determine whether an
individual citizen has violated a
bureaucrat's law and what the pen
alty should be rather than have
that bureaucrat sit as prosecutor,
judge and jury in telling the indi
vidual citizen what his crime has
been.
• Western Newspaper Union.
Pendleton — Umatilla county pi-
oneers, through a gift of 3500 left
by the will of the late John Vert, will
publish a book of reminiscences, writ
ten by the pioneers themselves.
Salem—Lost longer than ten years
and the basis of countless law-suits,
Marion county’s record of mining
claims, dating back to early days, was
found last week. Two WPA work
men found the book in a pile of trash
in the courthouse attic.
Heppner—J. L. Gault, receiver for
the First National Bank of Heppner,
was notified last week by the First
National Bank of Portland that it
has exercised its option to buy the
building, now occupied by the local
branch of the Portland institution.
Medford—One of those unexplain
able freak accidents caused the de
struction by fire of the shingle mill
of James E. Locke, located in the
Pilot Rock district south of Ashland.
A logging truck exploded, and flames
spread to the mill, then jumped to
the timber, burning over six acres of
state-owned land.
Cottage Grove—An old passenger
coach on the railway extending be
tween here and the Bohemia mining
section that has been used for many
years as a school room at Culp Creek
will be replaced this year by a mod
ern two-room school building. A spe
cial tax was voted In June to provide
funds for erection of the building.
Oregon City—Considerable inter
est has been manifested here over the
Rose of Sharon tree now In bloom in
the yard of the hostess house. This
tree, which blooms but rarely in this
country, was brought as a slip from
Ireland by Pat Coughlin about 50
years ago. Coughlin gave it to Dr.
J. W. Norris. The blooms are laven
der and are shaped like little roses.
Newberg—Choice of citizens in one
of the four proposed sets of plans for
construction of a $3000 model home
by the chamber of commerce was
asked last week by the committee in
charge. Their request was accom
panied by announcement that con
struction of the dwelling will begin
later this month. The project will
have FHA financing and will be on
some city-owned lot.
Corvallis — Office managers and
executives will give many thanks to
Mrs. Minnie D. Frick, associate pro
fessor of secretarial science at Ore
gon State college. Mrs. Frick, orig
inator of the Frick method of teach
ing shorthand, is author of a new
manual of 10-minute spelling studies
designed to assist students—and
others—in making the transition
from copying printed matter to typing
from shorthand notes.
Eugene—Post session on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus opened last
Monday and will continue till August
28, Dr. Dan E. Clark, director of
summer sessions, has announced.
Regular and graduate students and
others who wish to crowd in intensive
study between summer session and
the opening of the regular fall term
will be benefited. Summer term saw
a record number of students en
rolled, a total of 697 taking work.
IOWA HULL STILL DEEP
Astoria — After heavy ground
swells routed Bruce Temple, profes
sional diver engaged with several
volunteer helpers from Astoria in an
attempt to explore the wreck of the
Iowa for the second time, sounding
revealed the hull to be in deep water.
Point Adams lifeguards measured 45
feet of water alongside of the hull
and 27 feet on deck, shortly after
the start of flood tide.
Rolling seas kept the after deck of
the trolling boat Active, in which the
second trip was made, awash on the
way to the wreck. The crew became
seasick.
LUMBER CAMP MOVED
St. Helen»—“Finis” has been writ
ten to the major operations of the
Benson Timber company, Clatskanie,
because the last trainload of logs
from the Firwood camp was taken
out last week. Several spur tracks
In the woods have been taken up
and removal of rails on the main line
started. A new camp has been
opened near Mist, about eight miles
southwest of Claskanie and logs will
be hauled by trucks. Logs will be
dumped In the Clatskanie river and
floated down to the company's boom.
Output will be around 75,000 to
80,000 feet per day, a marked con
trast to the days when 200,000 feet
daily was considered average.
Salem — Seven hundred automo-
biles change ownership daily, Earl
Snell, secretary of state, reported re
cently. These figures have been es
tablished for the first six months of
the current year.
Albany — A municipal swimming
pool for Albany was given unanimous
approval by a committee composed of
representatives of various civic or
ganizations here. Dr. Lyle Bain was
chosen chairman of a committee to
draw up specific plans for presenta-
Uon to the city council.
Lesson for August 16
SOWING AND REAPING
LESSON TEXT—Galatians 6:1-10.
GOLDEN TEXT—Be not deceived: God
Is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.—Gala
tians 6:7.
PRIMARY TOPIC—How to Behave.
JUNIOR TOPIC—When We Choose.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Sowing and Reaping. (Effects of Alcohol).
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—Sowing and Reaping. (Effects of Alcohol).
Satan is “the god of this world.”
And as such he has wrought con
fusion in every realm and particu
larly in the field of moral distinc
tions and responsibility. Instead of
clear-cut lines of right and wrong,
white and black, he has managed
to befuddle the minds of many so
that they see only a twilight gray
of moral indifference. He has lulled
many a man and woman into a
false security that somehow sin
may be yielded to with impunity.
To some he says there is no God,
and no punishment for sin. To those
who will not yield to such a bold
attack he more subtly suggests that
God is love and that there will be
no judgment. Some there are who
think that formal association with
religious organizations will some
how atone for all their carelessness
of life. How great is the need to
emphasize the truth of this lesson
that “God is not mocked, for what
soever a man soweth that shall he
also reap” (v. 7). These are eternal
and immutable principles.
The epistle to the Galatians ex
pounds Christian liberty as based
on justification by faith. This life
of liberty is a life in the Spirit, and
this means walking in the Spirit.
I. The Christian’s Attitude Toward
Others (w. 1, 2).
The spiritual concerns of life are
far more important than the mate
rial, therefore the writer points out
that the believer is
1. Considerate in spiritual matters
(v.l).
Sin is in the world. Men, even
Christian men, fall. Who is to help
them? and how? Fellow sinners and
spiritual weaklings cannot help.
Sanctimonious and “holier than
thou” folk will only criticize and
hinder. The spiritually strong must
help the weak, doing it gently, not
judging severely.
But not all the problems of the
world are spiritual and the Chris
tians will be
2. Helpful in bearing the burdens
of life (v. 2).
The Christ spirit leads a man to
bear his neighbor’s burden.
II. The Christian’s Attitude To
ward His Own Life (vv. 3-6).
The true believer is character
ized by
1. Humility (v. 3). The man who
is wrapped up in himself is always
a very small bundle.
2. Self-judgment (v. 4). Compare
I Cor. 3:10-15. God will one day
judge our lives. We do well to judge
them now in the light of eternity.
3. Self-reliance (v. 5). The one
who is quick to bear another’s bur
dens is slow to ask others to bear
his.
4. A sacrificial spirit (v. 6). The
true disciple will honor his teacher
and will share with him not only
his material things, but also the
good things she finds in God’s Word.
III. An Eternal Law of Life and
Conduct (vv.7-9).
1. The law stated (v. 7). “Be not
deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth that sha'l
he also reap.” We never question
this law in the realm of nature. We
expect no wheat when we sow wild
oats. But, fools that we are, we
think God is less exacting, less true
to his perfect holiness and right
eousness in the realm of the moral
and spiritual. Let us awake before
it is too late!
2. The law illustrated (v. 8). The
flesh stands for self, self-will, or
selfishness. The man who lives for
himself and his own pleasures reaps
“corruption” even in the present
world.
3. Its obedience rewarded (v. 9).
God is gracious. Well doing is not
only its own reward, but in future
prospect there is a reward at his
hand for those who are not "weary
in well doing.”
IV. A Summary and Conclusion
(v. 10). This gathers up the truth
of the entire context, reminding us
that “as we have opportunity” (and
sometimes it really knocks only
once) we are to “work that which
is good” (and it may take effort and
sacrifice) “toward all men” (even
if we don’t like their nationality, or
color, or creed, or lack of creed),
“and especially” (and now we come
into the intimate family circle) “to
ward them that are of the household
of faith.”
Lacking imagination
The soul without imagination is
what an observatory would be with
out a telescope. — Henry Ward
Beecher.
The Guilty Conscience
A guilty conscience is like a whirl
pool drawing in all to itself, which
would otherwise pass by.—Fuller.
Don’t Trouble Trouble
Do not anticipate trouble, or wor
ry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.—Franklin.
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