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THE KLAMATH NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
September 2fl, 1983
THE Klamath News
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The Paradox erf the New
Economic
T TNCLK SAM-S efforU to help
IJth tArmer by plowing
cotton, limiting wheat acreage
and killing evral million hogt la
economically unsound and moral
ly wrong. That, at any rate, la
the verdict reached In a resoiu
tlon adopted by the Ohio Metho
dists' recent Ute conference.
It la A rerdlct that A whole lot
ot people wiU Accept. No part ot
the recovery program tee mi more
contradictory than thla destruc
tion ot the raw material for food
and clothing at A time wbca mil
Uona of people bar neither
enough to eat nor enough to wear.
Tet It la a contradiction that la
not peculiar to the farm program.
It He at the very heart of the
capitalist system, and It involve
the fundamental conflict between
production for use and produc
tion for profit. The whole recov
ery program ia simply an attempt
to settle that conflict.
It doe not take much thought
to enable one to sea that destroy
lng cotton, wheat and pork when
millions are in need ot clothing
and food is precisely similar to
letting great factories ile idle
wben millions need the things
that those factories can maka. It
it Is absurd to reduce agricultural
production, it Is equally absurd
to reduce Industrial production.
The farmer Is as much a cap!
tallst A the factory owner. It
the factory owner cannot be ex
pected to produce more than peo
ple will buy at a price which
yield a profit neither can the
farmer.
Bat stating the parallel in this
way doe not really get ua Any
where. It simply show how tun
damental these objections to the
farm program are; how far they
reach Into the very essence of the
structure of capitalism.
For it the farmer ought to keep
on raising wheat and cotton and
corn and pork even though he
connot do It profitably, so long as
there are people who need tbese
things, then by the same token
tbe Industrialist ought to keep his
factory wheels humming so long
as there are people who need the
thing he make, whether they
can pay his prloe for them or not.
And about the time you begin ad
mitting that, yon find yourself
wading In very deep waters.
The best thing about the whole
farm program, perhaps. Is that It
makes this moral clear to na. It
may work or It may not wblle
we are finding out we are going
to get an education, and our fu
ture steps may well b taken In
tb light of the lessons we are
learning right now.
Something to Say for
Caution
twttHEN you are considering the
W apparent slowness of tbe ad
ministration in getting It vast
public works program under way,
tber are one or two llttl sub
sidiary points tbat ought to be
taken Into account.
First of all. jobs of this kind
are, In tb very nature of things,
low In getting started. You can't
begin a big construction job over
night. The mere physical work ot
getting set on blueprint and de
signs, getting estimates and con
tracts, arranging for supplies ot
material, and so on, take time
lots of It. A certain amount of
delay la inevitable under even tb
most Ideal conditions.
Secondly, there Is tb possibil
ity of graft and extravagance.
Haste makes waBte nowhere eo
much a In government spending.
This tremendous spending pro
gram could easily develop tb
most monstrous governmental
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scandal In all our history It ex
treme care war not taken. W
want it kept tree from graft, and
graft I apt to slip in If the thing
I don too fast.
Saving a Man from Hi
Friend
HB.noB.ni nuutbtt dux
have a deep fellow feeling tor
the man who remarked tbat ne
could take car ot hi nemle If
only someone would protect htm
from hi friends.
Tber la, for example, that
friendly Boaton hotel man who
uti that Mr. Hoover, while presi
dent, privately favored repeal ot
tb 18th intendment. Although
publicly be did not.
Tb Bostonian evidently said
this with th notion that he was
coming to Mr. Hoover's defense.
Actually he waa doing Just th re
verie. Th politician who go coun
ter to his privet conviction be
cause h believe he will get votes
that way 1( not a pretty creator.
It la ironical that thla accusation
should be laid agalnat W. Hoo
ver, not by an enemy, but by a
friend. And the mass of Ameri
cana will probably want something
more In th way ot proof before
they believe It.
Promising Figure From
Labor Secretary.
THERE Is A good deal ot en
couragement In the moat re
cent figure on employment and
payrolls, as released by Secretary
ot Labor France Perkins. Al
though Mlsa Perkins properly
warns as that "this Is not the
time to throw hat too high In
the air," It remain true that an
employment gain ot 750.000 In
the month ot August, accompa
nied by an increase ot $12,000.
000 in factory payrolls, can prop
erly be classed aa extremely good
news.
Perhaps th best part ot It is
that payrolls are beginning to in
crease taster than employment.
Tbat, Quite obviously, means In
creased purchasing power for th
Individual man. and forecasts A
continued bustneaa revival.
For It buslneaa I to revive the
ordinary consumer haa got to
spend more money; and he can't
spend more if he doesn't get
more. Every extra dollar in the
wage earner'a envelope is an ad
ditional stepping stone back to
ward prosperity.
Legal Bootlegging With
Repeal,
THE pending end ot the prohi
bition era seems likely to
bring a few surprises for some of
u who aren't entirely familiar
with the ways of the liquor trade:
For example: ames M. Doran.
O. S. commissioner of Industrial
alcohol, points out that the na
tion' stock ot properly agod
whiskey Is today only 4.000.000
gallons; but be adds that as soou
aa repeal Is In effect this can be
Increased to 60,000.000 gallons
through a process ot rectification
And rectification. It seems, 1
Just a business, of mixing good
liquor with grain alcohol to make
halt a doxen gallons grow where
one grew before. It Is, In tact, a
scientific word for the bootleg
ger' old stunt ot "cutting" his
whiskey. ,
In our Innocence we had always
supposed-that this "cutting" was
a villainous and" 'reprehensible
stunt. Now It seems that It la a
fine scientific achievement. It la
all very confusing.
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WASHINGTON
New Behind th New
Tb Inaid Story Pros
The Capital
By PAUL MAIXOM
Copyright, 1SS, by Paul Mellon
WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. A
sweet little sugar deal haa been
cooked up backstage by th rep
resentatives of that Induatry. It
Is so sweet that the administra
tion haa been holding It back.
State Secretary Hull haa beau
hiding It in hla desk for days,
hoping nothing would leak out.
He I quit sure Cuba would find
It unpalatable, because It pro
poses to treat Cuba In very
unrefined way.
Also there I some question as
to what tt would do to the dear
old consumer In th United
Statee.
Unquestionably the administra
tion will make a few alterations
In It before it leu It see th
light ot day.
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ALLOTMENTS
Thoae who have peeked Into
Hull' deak say tb agreement
often the following production
allotments (In short tons):
U. 8. beets. 1,750.000 (fin tor
domestic growers).
Cuba, 1.700.000 (bad news tor
Cuba).
Philippines, 1,100.000 tor three
years (better than th law al
lows). Hawaii, 175.000; Puerto Rico.
S76.00, and Virgin islands, 16.-
000.
They say an additional section
was added to appease Cuba. It
would set up a sugar reserve
corporation through th R. F. C.
With government money this cor
poration would buy needed addi
tional Cuban augar (about 100.
000 the first year; 200.000 the
second and 100,000 the third).
Cuba will hardly smile at that.
This latter provision also Is
one which Agriculture Secretary
Wallace la aupposed to be an
noyed about. He la interested In
the consumer angle.
The agreement shuta off im
portations of Cuban reflued sugar
above 150,000 tona a year. (We
have Imported as much aa (00,
000 tons of refined each year).
Also it provides a minimum
price for producers ot sugar, but
says nothing at all about what
shall be charged the consumer.
Apparently the conscience of re
finers ia to be the guide,
PROSPECTS
Some way will probably be
found to iron out the bad spots
and provide a good marketing
agreement before long. f
Whatever Is done, Cuba la
bound to get tbe worst ot It. Tho
domestic industry must be pro
tected. It can only be done at
tbe expense of Cuba. Therefore
the matter may be kept In the
background until the political
situation down there I more
quiet.
OPEN MARKET
Tbe innermost banking circle
hear that federal reserve pur
chases of government bonds this
week will Jump up to J100.000.
000. Tbat Xwill be a real move
toward aubstantial credit Infla
tion. Purchases so far have been
running around 136.000,000
weekly. Tbey have brought no
appreciable results. It is quite
possible the larger amount will
also fail to make mor banks
loosen up.
At any rate It will ahow th ad
ministration conclusively whether
that method of credit stimulation
Is any good.
WORK
Mr. Roosevelt Is being over
worked on financial matters.
Treasury Secretary Woodin Is
is In New York most of the time.
Woodin's widely advertlaed re
turn to the treasury was for
three days only. His health ia
so precarious that strenuous ap
plication to his Job now would
be disastrous. His resignation
has been delayed at aubstantial
sacrifice to Mr. Roosevelt and
himself. .
Meanwhile Mr. Roosevelt has
been personally trying to coordi
nate the federal reserve board.
The Village Reprobate
r
SO THIS PS WHERE
I FIND VOUj WORKING
LATE AGAOM WHGM
othecj; KeJ Ace out
TAX6"S AMD Het-PfVJC
TO MAKE PROSPERITY
an-
Governor 8 p r a g u e. Professors
I arren and Holers. Woodlu and
! th treasury department.
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' HITLER
' The Dollfusa government In
'Austria la getting secret help
I from lialy and poaslbly from th
I French. Tbat la what baa en
labled the Austrian dictator to
I stave off Hltlerlsm so success
fully.
If Hitler falls In Austria, hi
day are numbered.
At leaat that la tb way our
official th situation,
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NOTES
Tb demand tor Huey Long
medal I so great that (0.000
have been sold at It cents each.
They were atruck oft to com
memorate th battle ot Long
Island, you may remember.
John Lee Coulter of th tariff
commission Is slated for th big
new Job aa head ot tbe augar
equalisation board, but Insiders
hear Mrs. Roosevelt's uncle,
Forboe Morgan, haa A good
chance for it alto,
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Mr. Roosevelt haa a memo on
hi desk recommending appoint
ment ot a "director of compli
ance" In the NRA. Th director
would keep track of how employ
er are living up to th require
ment ot th blue eagle.
Tbe man who la doing the na
tional planning preparation work
for General Johnson is Assistant
Administrator Hammond.
Wall etreeters whisper the real
reason the market atarted going
down last Thursday waa an In
side tip that France waa going
oft the gold standard. Later the
tip waa discounted. You can
make millions with rumor ia
Wall street these day.
Earlier Days
From the Klamath Republican,
ocpirmocr, luuv
Builnesa la hnnmlna- nn .v.
Upper lake water front. The aaw
mill, box factory, two big dredg
ers, the steam ah nv) and
structloa trains make It busy
place.
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Five steamers mske regular
trips on tne lake. Captain Wick
strom with tbe Eagle is in the
wood business, the Hooligan la
towing for the mill company, the
Maxima la In the wood river
trade, the Hornet la doing pro
miscuous towing and tbe Wlnema
runs to varioua points on the
lak with passengers and freight
Th county clerk' offic haa
Issued 17 hunting licenses and
one fishing license In th past
two daya to sportsmen from dif
ferent part ot tbe county.
Christian Science
"Reality" waa the subject of
the lesson-sermon in all Churches
ot Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
Sept. tt.
The Golden Text was "Behold.
I create new heavena and a new
earth; and the former eball not
be remembered, nor come Into
mind" (Isa. 65: 17).
Among the citatlona which
comprised the lesson-sermon was
the following from the Bible: "I
know that, whatsoever God doeth.
it ahall be for ever: nothing can
be put to It. nor any tblng taken
from It" (Eccl. t: 14).
The lesson-sermon also Includ
ed the following correlative pas
sagea from th Christian Science
textbook, "Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures," by
Mary Baker Eddy: "To grasp
tbe reality and order ot being In
its Science, you must begin by
reckoning God as the dlvln
Principle of all that really Is
. . . There Is but on primal
cause. Therefore there can be no
efect from any other cause, and
there can be no reality In aught
which does not proceed from this
great and only cause" (pp. 275,
207).
No greater attribute can be
that of a political leader than
that he can be believed. Maurice
Maschke. republican national
committeeman from Ohio.
Fascism Is only a temporary
bridge In the natural growth of
a nation. Koger W. Babson,
economist.
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Revolt In Latin America
The Dramatic Story Of Unrest
This Is th second of six stor
ies picturing on ot tn moat dra
matic chaptera In modern his
tory, th wave ot revolution that
haa swept Latin America In the
past three years, now climaxed by
tbe disorders in Cuba.
BY RDIIKIIT TAU.EV
NEA Service Writer
They say tbe ghost of Fran
cisco Plsarro, who wrested Peru's
rlch-s from the Incas, still stallh
through tbe grim old government
palace at Lima where he ruled
400 year ago and where he died
with an assassin' daggar In hla
heart muttering curaea on those
who broke the ancient grip of
Spain on the rich country be dis
covered. It 1 merely an Idle supersti
tion of Illiterate Peruvians, per
haps, but sometimes superstitions
have a queer way ot ringing true.
And thla seems to be such a case.
For In the hectic century that
baa followed Peru' liberation
from th Spanish yoke, numer
ous presidents hsve risen swiftly
to power only to fall at suddenly
to disaster and In the past three
years one hss languished and died
In a dreary dungeon and another
haa fallen before an assassin's
well-aimed bullet.
From Presidency to Prison
In tb whole history ot turbu
lent South American politics,
there Is no more dramatic atory
than that of tbe aged President
Augusto B. Leguta who was over
thrown by a revolution In Au
gust, 1930. Two yesrs before
Legula had been host to President-elect
Hoover wben tbe latter
visited Peru on his South Amer
ican tour.
At one end of Lima' broad
Jlron Union la th government
palace, It ancient walls pock
marked by the bullet . of bygone
revolutions, where tor .11 yesrs
Augusto Legula ruled aa Peru's
soft-spoken but heavy-handed dic
tator. At the other end la Peru'a na
tional penltenttury. with its mas
sive doors of burnished coppel
where the withered ex-presldenl
was confined for nearly two years
until death released him.
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Defied Firing Sund
Legula a lite outrival those of
the fictional cbaractera in O
Henry'a colorful stories of Latin
Amerlcsn revolutions.
Before him, Legula' father had
fought In the armies of Simon
Bolivar, South America' liber
tor, tor Independence from
Spain. At an early age Legula
entered politic and In 1808 ht
waa elected president of Psru for
tbe first time.
Tbe new executive had bardl)
begun hla term wben a revolu
tion broke, he was drsggsd from
the palace by a mob and paradm.
through the streets and placed
before a firing aquad bsneat.i
Lima' great equestrian statue o.
the famed Bolivar In th Plata
da Independence.
There, with rifle trslned on
him, Legula received tbe alternu
tlve of signing his resignation or
receiving a ball of bullets. H
did not flinch and he did nui
sign. He beld hi captors In ar
gumsnt until loyal troops cam tu
his rescue.
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Exile Then Dictator
He returned to office, but li.
1013 th tide turned (gainst bin.
gain and h wa first Imprlt
oned and than exiled. He want u
New Vork and peddled lit Insut
sncs for a living. Then In 191U
hs rsturned to Lima to drive an
other man out of the palace b
meana of t revolution and regain
It for himself.
From tbst day until August
1)30, Legula was dictator oi
Peru. No other South American
ruler lurpassed him In undisputed
power; he ran thlnga to suit him
self, somewhat like hla lllustrlou,
predecessor, Plszaro, whose bod
1st In a glass coffin with th fine
staple cotton of the Andes stuffed
Into the dagger wound that end
ed nls reign.
Hoover arrived In Lima on his
good-will tour and waa feted at
th palace by thla thin, old man
who held Peru in the hollow of
hla hand,
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Depression Htlrs Revolt
In 1030, after 11 year of un
disputed power, came Legula't
downfall.
The w o r I d-w I d depression
which had reduced Peru's exports
want to play football."
to a mere trickle, halted the reve
nue theee exporte bad formerly
brought, threw thouaauda out of
work, and fanned popular dis
content to a flsms. Also, there
were rumblings that the old dic
tator bad grafted' enormously on
public worka progruma and
plunged bis country hnpcleaaly
Into debt by becoming the paid
tool of scheming Wall Street
banker.
Revolt broke out. President
Legula was forced to resign by
sn army Junta headed by Gen
srsl Manual Ponce which, In turu
quickly wss brushed aslds by
Lieut. -Col. Ssnchea Cerro, leail. r
of the revolutionary forcea In the
south. Cerro became provisional
president amid rioting and geu
eral disorder during which mobs
sacked and burned Legula' pala
tial realdence.
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Jailed and Forgotten
Legula wa placed aboard a
warship and atarted for exile. A
sudden chsnge ot plan by the
government resulted In tbe war
ship being recalled to port by
wireless, and Leguta was Impris
oned In the old national peniten
tiary at the other end of tbe
street from his former palace.
The charge against him was
treason.
Thtr, nntll death released
him In February, 1032, Legula
wa confined like a felon, forgot
ten by all except hi Jailers
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Dally he listened I the slleaos
uf narrow cell for tb rluir
Of a revolution which would re
store him to the palac, but It
never mm.
Wearing a laded blue Uitsslug
fiiwn over a coarse cotton night
shirt, this wlieued old wbji
hud ruled lbs land of lbs isusi
treasurer made a put hello figure
a a
Death "Holvee" Problem
From a narrow table, over
which Ilia swarmed, Legula ale
the frugal food that the prlaon
supplied. No visitors called upon
him; no visitors were allowed
In another cell resided the old
man's son, Jusn, accused of com
plicity with bis father In graft.
Peru's "Legula problem," a
It cam to be known, rocked on
for nrly two yr wbll th
government Investigated and pre
pared for his trill. Death re
leased blm from his csptors on
Feb, 0, 1991, short time attar
he had baan removed, critically
III, to a Lima hospital. H wa
nearly 70 year old.
But perhaps It Is not wall to
spend too much sympsthy on Le
gula. for there I another aids. A
ruthless tyrsnt. he dealt with his
opponents with A heavy hand; hs
condemned numerous political
foea to dreary dungaous and
other he exiled or executed,
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"Fortune" Never Found
But no trie of th vast for
tune that Legula la aupposed to
have grafted ever was found. In
Peru or abroad. He died pro
testing his Innocence as thla final
statement attests:
"At the moment when perhaps
I am railed upon to appear before
the Divine Tribunal and when I
have placed my anul In the hands
ot God, the oue source of truth,
I wlah to declare tbat 1 am guilt
less of the crimes, enrichment
and extravagance, of which I have
been accused with an Injustice
that cries aloud to heaven. , .
I am the victim of political pas
slons which have degenerated
Into an Insatiable thirst for ven
geance." e e e
Cerro' Stormy Career
Th term of President Cerro,
who followed Leguls. wss equal
ly turbulent and ended In bis
murder. Cerro hsd hsrdly snter
ed office when he waa forced out
and then restored to power In a
quick aeries ot revolutions.
In March came another revolt
which Cerro put down with heavy
loss ot lire. Overthrown again
amid bloody' fighting, be was ex
iled but he returned to Peru and
won the presidential election In
October. v
One of bis first acts waa to
arrest and exile 13 members of
congress who hsd opposed him.
More revolts occurred aa Cerre
was accused as a tyrsnt; at Tru
Jlllo, rebels seised the city snd
massacred 1(0 soldiers and
civilians. The government's re
venge was equally aa bloody.
In March, 1933, Csrro was
wounded by an asssssln while at
tending church at Mlraflores. His
ssaallant waa sentenced to death,
but with a great ahow of magna
nimity tfie president commuted
the punishment to Imprlsonmsnt.
Asaasalna Find Mark
But a month later, another
aaaassln's aim was truer. As
President Cerro waa leaving a r
view of government troop it
Lima, a stranger leaped up to his
auto and abot him through the
besrL There wss no need forj
trisi tnis time; me president s
military bodyguard harked Itii
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Several persons should be sbl so Aed comfortable placi
for reading e sewing. Many s won Koaemiiing en light
Is sacrificing youthful looks te wrinkled weariness. Good light
relieves eys-itreln, often prvnti htadacho end nervousness
and may prevent permanent y injury. A new type of port,
sbl lamp mski good hghtin poiilbl with but little addi
tional sspsnia. k Roods th entire room with shadowless light
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THE CALIFORNIA OREGON.
POWER COMPANY
Editorials on News
(Continued from peg One)
ot II, and so let ourselves In tor
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IK PKIVATM rdlt U t be ex
I (w44, those kav money
to lead will kr I M aonvlDced
(hat thr I mighty good
ohanc for then to OBT IT
BACK.
Until lender begin te; fl that
way about It, thr wn'l be much
expansion ol prlvau credit.
W might as wall make ni our
mind to that
THIS wrltsr. whs It only on
bumbl Individual, and whoa
opinion Isn't worth much, be
lieve that If th government. In
stead of launching three billion
puhllo work program, which nec
essarily Involve a vast amount of
detail and delay, had loaned tbe
three billion to prlvat Individ
ual, to b used In rehabilitating
their businesses and getting thum
going again, th rsiults In the
way of Immediate Increase of
purchasing poi would hsve
baan much greater.
What do yon think about lit
Some People
Say
Tb racketeer has nuw grown
strong and lb tribute exacted
by him la said to amount to
nearly II.OOO.oOO a year. At
torney General Hugh S. Cam
minis. see
No amount of statistic and no
number ot bulletin will take
the plac of a lamb abop and a
glass ot milk at tb right mo
ment. U. 8. Secretary of Labor
France Parkin.
sssssln to piece with their
swords on the spot.
Two dsye latsr. Ranch as Cerro
followed tb wlsaned Legula to
the grave a be waa burled wltb
military pomp from tbe great
Lima cathsdrsl whose deep
throated bells had tolled a re
quiem for the murdered Plssaro
400 yesrs before.
It Is merely an Idle supersti
tion of lllerst Psruvlsns, of
course, that th curs of Fran
cisco Plissro rest upon those
who wrested the Isnd of th Iocs
trsssures from Spain. . . , But
sometimes superstitions hv
queer way of ringing tru.
NEXT: Brill! ... a president
la overthrown by a revolution and
ent Into exile ... a new presi
dent finds his hsnds full and
there follows a civil war. marked
by the greatest bstlles In the
western hemisphere sine th
Civil Wsr In the United States.
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