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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
01«J Ape Pensions
Does Lashing Do Good?
Those Cosmic Hays
6,000-Year-Old Graves
Financial conservatism Is agitated
because old-age pensions as planned,
moderately, by the President, would
cost one billion dollars a year. Con¬
servatism might better worry about
Doctor Townsend's plan to give two
hundred dollars a month to everybody
past sixty years of age, and cost at
least twenty-four thousand millions a
year.
Conservatism might also worry about
billions spent uselessly in state, na¬
tional or local government costs, and
taxes that run above thirteen thou¬
sand million dollars a year.
At Wilmington, Del., three young
men, eighteen, twenty and twenty-three
years old, were lashed In public, a
crowd of one hundred looking on.
After the lashing, on the bare back,
the youths began ten-year prison sen
tenees foi burglary. The lash fright¬
ens criminals more Ilian imprisonment,
as was proved in London, where an
epidemic of “garrotting" ended as soon
as the lash was used. But wtiat will
be the mental state of those young men
when they leave prison after long as
soeiation witli experienced criminals,
•and constant brooding on the humili¬
ation and pain of the lashing?
Can it be hoped that they will he re¬
formed, or he anything except con¬
firmed criminals, and enemies of so
clety?
A learned German says lie lias dis¬
covered the source of “cosmic rays”
that bombard all space, constantly
passing through your body, although
you don’t know it, driven by the ter¬
rific energy of billions of volts. The
professor suggests that the bombard¬
ment may occasionally break down a
few of the atoms In the human body,
thus slowly changing heredity.
That sounds like a great deal of trou¬
ble, to change heredity, which depends,
really, on the rignt girl choosing the
rigid kind of father for her children.
Doctor Sukenik, professor of arche¬
ology In the Hebrew University of Jeru¬
salem, lias discovered graves six thou¬
sand years old, that go far back of
Moses and Job and others well known.
These graves were dug, and filled,
long before the Jewish nation had
made Jerusalem their principal city,
when other, earlier races Inhabited * the
site of "old Jerusalem.”
Talking Into a telephone in the White
House, with amplifiers at the other end,
the President greeted six hundred
members of the Holland society, at din¬
ner In New York. He felt pride in
contributions made to tills country by
the men of Holland through three hun¬
dred years. The Roosevelts are of
Dutch origin, but unlike his distant
cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, the Pres¬
ident did not recite any childish Dutch
poems about cows in “the kopjes.” To
know what the old Hollanders really
were, as lighters and “stayers,” read
Motley.
Names that sound strange to West¬
ern ears figure In the case of Tony
Fon Lew, “Chinese doll bride.” She
and her alleged father, Mr. (Jin Lem,
are accused of arranging marriages,
taking money, and then not marrying.
Mr. Kack Lew Gee, angry Chinese
merchant, says he paid $1,800 to mar¬
ry the toy bride, but got no bride.
Other Interesting names figure In a
discussion that almost caused war be¬
tween the Los Angeles Hop Sing Tong
and the Four Families Association.
Chinese names sound strange to our
ears, but Jones or Robinson would
sound ridiculous to the Chinese. Fon
Lew and her pretended father ran
away to China, hut will be brought
back and Gin Lem will be tried for
violating the Mann act An accusa¬
tion that will always puzzle him.
The Saar plebiscite, as was certain
in advance, proves to be superficially
a victory for Hitler. In reality. It
proves the devotion of Germans to
Germany under any conditions. j
With the population of the Saar 1
more than t o per cent German, voters
were asked whether they wished once
more to resume German citizenship,
throw ij their u.i with France, or re¬
main siisjieinle.! in the air as wards
of the League of Nations. It was
certain that Germans \\V uld vote for
Germany.
Our national defense authorities are
delighted been use a great American
navy plane Inltelt**! Ni“_ , II 1 Hew non¬
stop to the ftinal Zone from Norfolk.
o.utHt miles. In 25 hours. Amelia
Larharf recently Hew miles In
1!) hours, alone, without sleep.
And a Russian plane has ttown 7,500
miles nonstop.
Uncle Sam, to equal Russia, need
only multiply that ’g.iKNimilo mmstop
flight by three, and add i5UJ miles to
the total.
California has horse racing with
gambling. Great crowds attend the
track, and the total betting in the pari¬
mutuel system is heavy. The state
will get part of the money, not a great
deal, citizens will lose their money,
and the gentlemen of the race track
will walk away after each season with
large sums supplied by citizens ot
California.
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VV.SU Servlet.
CURRENT EVENTS
PRESIDENT PRESENTS “SOCIAL
SECURITY PLAN’’—GOLD
RULING DEFERRED.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
©. Wentern Newupsuer Union.
TpHE *■ New most Deal far-flung has proposed innovation thus far— the
the “social security plan" proposed by
President Roosevelt—has aroused a
storm of discussion.
Administration adher¬
ents greeted the
scheme with wild en-
jg thuslasm, while the op¬
position, led by Sena¬
tor Borah, Idaho, has
voiced vigorous criti¬
cisms.
All business In con¬
gress has been side¬
tracked to permit im¬
President mediate action on the
Roosevelt proposed measure
Public hearings have
already been started In (Tie senate
finance committee, and the house ways
and means committee has postponed
consideration of the bonus bill to work
on the security plan. This Is being
done at the President’s behest. The
plnn provides:
Flexible, but compulsory unemploy¬
ment Insurance under a federal-state
system restricted to workers and
financed by a 3 per cent tax on pay
rolls after January 1, 1038. The gov¬
ernment will aid In bearing administra¬
tion costs, and the treasury will han¬
dle the fund. Ninety per cent of the
pay roll tax is to he refunded to em¬
ployers who contributed to state un¬
employment plans. A maximum of $15
a week of compensation to hegln four
weeks after the worker loses his Job
and to last for not more than sixteen
weeks Is contemplated.
The second part of the plan pro¬
vides for old-age pensions. Tiie gov¬
ernment Is to co-operate with the
states and pay a maximum of $30 a
month to persons over sixty five. Tiie
national government is also to aid
states in formulating a plan for per¬
sons under sixty-five which will he
financed Jointly by employer and em¬
ployee through a pay roll tax; the
funds to be handled by the federal
government; the amount of pensions
to be a percentage of the employee’s
wage; with non-manual employees re¬
ceiving more than $250 a month to be
exempt from the plan.
The third section of the scheme pro¬
vides for appropriations to give bet¬
ter facilities to caring for mothers,
and dependent and crippled children,
and the fourth section would furnish
larger appropriations for public health
aid. Investigation and research.
Cost of the entire program to the
federal government will he $100,000,-
IXX> next year and $2(X).(XX),(XX) in suc¬
ceeding years. The cost to the states
will he $75.(XM),(XX) next year and $150,-
iXXl.(XX) in succeeding years. Some idea
of tiie size of the plan may be gained
from the report of the President's cab¬
inet which said reserves for old-age
pensions must he maintained after
some years at $15,250,000,000.
MKW DEALERS sighed with relief
* as the Supreme court recessed
jntil February 4 without handing down
its decision in the gold cases, thus
giving the administration more time
In which to prepare legislation de
evr.'it *r the court renders an adverse
decision.
At the same time the court promised
to decide a case presenting a clear-cut
test of the constitutionality of the na
tlonal recovery act. and which will
probably have considerable effect upon
the ultimate fate of the already be¬
draggled Blue Eagle.
Tiie justices during the next two
weeks will write opinions on cases
heard recently, Including in all prob
ability tiie momentous suits testing
validity of congressional action In
canceling gold payment clauses in
$1(X),(XXUXX),(XX) worth of public and
private securities. It is expected that
the court will render Its decision soon
after February 4, since it has shown
a disposition to rule as quickly as pos-
sible In all matters Involving New
Deal legislation.
r EG1SLATION which would permit
L-j the small investor to buy govern
ment securities and which provides for
radical changes in government finan¬
has been Introduced in the house
by Chairman Doughton of the house
ways and means committee.
Tiie bill, prepared by tiie Treasury
department, places the administration
squarely against inflation. It provides
authority to raise money necessary for
tiie public works, social security and
similar measures, meet federal deficits,
and might even be used to provide
funds for payment of the soldiers’
bonus.
Under provisions of the measure
there would be ten year bonds In
amounts as small as $25, and as ex¬
plained by the Treasury department,
would be sold below par. There would
be no interest, but each six months
the bonds would appreciate in value
at tiie rate of 2Vi |>er cent, plus con
pounded earnings.
Huge sums are involved: first, the
creation of a revolving bond authoriza
tion fund of $2,500,000,000; and sec¬
ond. the consolidation of the two pres
ent revolving funds of $10,000,000,000
each into a joint $20,(KXt.000.000 Cund
for bills, certificates and notes.
DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1935
CHJROPEAN statesmen
watched developments In tiie can
tons of Eopen and Malmedy on the Bel
gian frontier as gendarmerie re
forcements were rushed to arrest
agitators who have been advocating an
nexatlon of that territory with the Ger
man reich. Loyalists report a cam
paign of terrorism has been carried
against those who have refused to
an organization directed by tiie
Shirts. The Belgian government Is ex
pected to lodge a complaint with
League of Nations.
A celebration was recently neld
the Saar vote, and manifestoes
posted on the street corners urging
residents to “follow the example of
Saar. Return to the fatherland.”
sands of incendiary pamphlets, said
have been printed in Germany,
also been distributed.
The cantons which were taken
Germany under the Versailles treaty
have considerable commercial impor¬
tance. Formerly a part of Rhenish
Prussia, they have an area of about
4(X) square miles and a population In
excess of 60,(XX) people Eupen
spinning mills and other establishments
connected with the textile industry,
iron foundries, machine shops and tan
nerles.
XT ORTH DAKOTA, for many years
a political hotbed, ran true to
form, as impeachment proceedings
were pushed against Gov. Thomas II.
Moodle, Democrat, by the dominant
Nonpartisan bloc in the legislature.
Charges are made that Moodie
“usurped" the office when he “knew”
he was disqualified to serve. It is
claimed that Moodie is not a United
States citizen, and that he lias not been
a resident of the state long enough to
permit him to hold office.
Shortly after the Nonpartisan league
faction in the house rushed through
the resolution of Impeachment, Moodie
retaliated by stationing National
Guardsmen at the executive offices to
thwart possible attempts of foes to
seize the official quarters. These were
later removed when legal requirements
for impeachment proceedings were met
by the house.
\\T ASHINGTON’S most talked of ro-
mance culminated in the marriage
of Anna Roosevelt Dull, daughter of
the President, and John Boettlger,
newspaper man. The ceremony was
performed in the Roosevelt town house
in New York, and the couple left im¬
mediately on a short honeymoon trip.
Mrs. Roosevelt, mother of the bride,
told reporters she was not surprised,
although a few weeks ago she denied
any knowledge of an impending mar¬
riage between her daughter and Boet¬
tlger. Rumors of an attachment be¬
tween the couple have been current for
more than a year.
The bride was divorced from tier hus¬
band, Curtis B. Dali, in Reno last July
31. Four months earlier Roettiger se¬
cured a divorce in Chicago.
DATIFICATION of the world court
* ^ protocols received a setback when
Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican,
California, bitterly denounced such ac¬
tion as a “hack door
entry” to the League
of Nations, and sen¬
ate leaders rather
than risk an Inimedl-
ate vote, delayed defi¬
nite action.
Senator Johnson’s
attack came on the
heels of a special
message to the senate
from President Roose-
Sen. Hiram velt svho asked for
Johnson early ratification of
the protocols. It was
the most determined movement yet
made to put the United States into the
court.
Other senators, it ts said, were
ready to follow Johnson’s lead, par¬
ticularly Senator Borah, long time foe
of the court.
Johnson supported his opening at¬
tack on tiie court by offering four em¬
barrassing reservations to the resolu¬
tion of ratification:
1. Prohibit the court from entertain¬
ing Jurisdiction on any question re¬
lating wholly or in part to its internal
affairs.
2. Permit recourse to the court only
by agreement through general or spe¬
cial treaties between the parties in
dispute.
3. Prohibit the court and the league
of nations from trying to assume Jur¬
isdiction on any question which de¬
pends upon or relates to the Monroe
Doctrine.
4. Declare the United States, by
joining the court, assumes no obliga¬
tions.
Through Johnson’s action, these
questions must be voted upon before
a final vote can be reached on the
resolution of adherence.
Although the question has been side
tracked for a time, it will be brought
up soon, it is said, and Senator Rob¬
inson, Democratic leader, has stated
that he was confident of ratification.
A SP1RATIONS of half a dozen candi-
z \ dates for the more or less obscure
office of Vice President were definitely
dissipated when word was quietly
passed that President Roosevelt will
again team up with the genial Texan
in the 1936 campaign.
Considerable talk tias been circulated
that a more liberal running mate for
the President would he desirable in
tiie next campaign, and it was sug¬
gested that the choice might fall on
Secretary Wallace or Secretary lekes,
but an apparently reliable source indi¬
cates there will be no change In the
winning combination of 1932.
'TU1E A I nal fate at NRA seems to
up to Cite President Reports
the capital say the National
Recovery board, successor to
Hugh Johnson,
asserts NRA is
extinct as the
lias avoided a
recommendation
t h e institution b
made permanent.
1 this was
done with the
proval of the
dent. the future of
Blue Eagle seems
Donald be somewhat
The board, of
Richberg Donald Richberg
chairman, pointed out three
courses which the President can
The first course would be to
NRA permanent, but in
form. Under this plan, every
would have to go under a code
wage and hour limits and
child labor. Trade practice
would he entirely voluntary. In
cases wiiere price fixing is
the government, not the
would "fix the price.
The second course would he to
tend the NRA as it now stands,
for a limited period. Unless
tion of this kind Is enacted, the
will expire automatically on June
j The third course would amend
extend the NRA.
rvKFENSE attorneys for
•J Hauptmann indicate they will
continue to pin their hopes on
mysterious Isador Eisch, little German
furrier, whom they claim was the kid¬
naper of Baby Charles Lindbergh,
who used the accused ex-carpenter
an unwitting accomplice. Fisch
from tuberculosis in Germany.
Efforts have been made to link
with every phase of the
Lindbergh household, the ransom
and the ransom money. Cross-exami¬
nation of tiie defense counsel
swings back to tiie theory that
was really the murderer of the
This will be used in connection
the expressed alibi of Hauptmann
he was calling for his wife at
place of employment on the night
March 1, 1632, and several
to confute the state’s claim that Haupt¬
mann was seen near the
(N. J.) estate on the day the
J took place will be called. Several
er "surprise’’ witnesses are expected
to be produced by Edward Reilly,
attorney for Hauptmann.
Meanwhile tiie state continued its at¬
tempts to show that Hauptmann
financed his brokerage accounts with
the $50,000 ransom money. Two certified
public accountants, both government
men, were called by the state to estab¬
lish their claim that although the ac¬
cused was in the market in a small
way prior to the kidnaping, his ac¬
counts suddenly increased after the
ransom money was paid. At one time
prior to the kidnaping, Hauptmann
closed out an account listing fifty
shares of stock and received an
of $600. but afterward
totaling $350,(XX) in the next thirty
months were carried on by him
Tills sudden increase, the
asserts, was the result of Hauptmann
being the unsuspecting “front" for
shadowy Fisch. The little furrier, it
claimed, was often seen with Haupt¬
,
1 mann in a New York broker’s
and although all the transactions
carried in Hauptmann’s name, it
really Fisch who was conducting
market operations and who furnished
the capital.
; The question ot the banking
: brokerage accounts is looked upon by
both sides as very important in
bearing on the motive of the cri Me.
The state asserts Hauptmann wanted
money in order to live without work¬
ing, and to satisfy his passion for
stock market speculation.
\ AT AR flamed again in
’ ' as tiie Japanese massed
troops in preparation for a drive
Chahar province, west of Jehol and
northwest of Peiping, infantry »nd
aviation units are being sent from
Chengteh. capital of Jehol province,
against Tanin and Tokochen, adjacent
to the Jehol-rhahar border. The Jap¬
anese claim both towns belong to
Manchukuo regime. Notice to
the towns has already been issued
the Chinese controller of the province.
Japan's action is seen by
leaders as a determined gesture lo iiw
tinildate Mongolian princes of
Mongolia and to cut the overland
connecting Peiping with Urga,
of Soviet controlled Outer Mongolia.
The situation is viewed with consid¬
erable apprehension by Soviet Russia.
The drive will bring Japanese military
operations into direct contact with
borders of Outer Mongolia, and prac¬
tically all high officials of the terri¬
tory who have been attending
Soviet anniversary celebrations in Mos
cow have hurried back to their pro¬
vinces.
TPUE increasing importance of the
A Orient as an outlet for
trade, and the swift convergence of Eu¬
ropean air lines upon that area
promoted rapid advancement o.
for establishment of an
air transport service which is
to reduce transportation time
the Orient and the New world by
flying hours.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, it has
been announced, will take a
port in blazing the new trail
the Pacific. At present he is awaiting
the outcome of the trial of Bruno Haupt
mann. accused of the Lindhergh bain
murder. Mrs Lindhergh is not ex;>ect
ed to accompany her husband on tin-
trip
e
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National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
Pres* Building Washington, D, C.
Washington.— It is seldom that any
genuine widespread Interest is evi¬
denced in de-
Supreme Court cislons by the Su-
Has Last Word preme Court of
the United States.
Although chat distinguished body of
nine men holds in its hands power co¬
equal to that of the President and of
congress, some way it has never been
a part of the government to which at¬
tention has been directed nationally.
Of course, there are more people who
are not lawyers than who are familiar
with laws and that may be the answer
to Che fact that the Supreme court can
be said to be little known.
But it seems now that the court is
to be a center of attraction just as
interesting as either the executive or
legislative branches. The reason is
that the highest legal tribunal in the
land has before it for decision some
of the most momentous legal contro¬
versies to engage the country since the
days of the Civil war. Through many
months, questions concerning the New
Deal, their legality and constitution¬
ality, have been wending their slow,
tortuous way through the lower courts,
through the courts of appeals to the
court of last resort under the structure
which we know as our government.
One of these, as I reported to you
previously, has already been decided.
In that instance, the Supreme court by
a vole of eight of the nine judges de¬
termined that President Roosevelt had
gone beyond the powers accorded him
under the Constitution in prohibiting
export of oil from the state where it
was recovered.
Within a very short time now the
most important case of all affecting
the New Deal will be decided. I refer
to the so-called gold cases. Five ques¬
tions are before the court and if it
decides adversely to the government’s
claim on any of them, the monetary
policy upon which the New Deal lias
beeen operating becomes virtually null
and void. The court heard lengthy
arguments by high powered lawyers
on the part of the government and on
the part of private citizens who claim
tiiat their rights have been abridged
by the Roosevelt money policies and
they naturally are seeking redress.
No one dares to make a prediction
concerning pending action by tiie Su¬
preme court. It can be only a guess
at any time in advance of a rule by
that group of men because with one or
two exceptions since the nation was
founded, Its decisions have never
leaked out ahead of tiie time they are
formally handed down from the bench.
Lawyers throughout the land are
watching and waiting for the court's
findings. But the most fidgety of all
lawyers are those in the government
who recognize that an adverse decision
by the court will flatten out the New
Deal and force a wholesale revision of
policies. I am told that this group of
lawyers is none too certain of its
ground. True, they made what is rec¬
ognized as a strong argument in sup¬
port of the government’s position but
tiie difficulty seems to be from their
standpoint that the Constitution was
written before the brain trust came
Into action and the Constitution itself
provides tiie only ways by which it
may be changed. Brain trust ideas,
however good they may be, necessarily
are worthless and useless if they con¬
travene the basic provisions of the
Constitution to which the nation ad¬
heres.
Among tiie questions before the Su¬
preme court in the gold cases, that
Important one brought forward
by a suit to com¬
Question pel the government
to pay gold in re¬
deeming one of its own bonds is by far
the most important. Indeed, that case
can be said to have an overwhelming
importance. If the court rules that
the government cannot void its con¬
tract—for a bond is generally recog¬
nized as a contract—to pay back the
borrowed money under the term named
in that bond, then the seizure of gold
by the government in 1933 like¬
wise is voided. In other words,
every person holding a government
bond containing a promise to pay in
gold is entitled to have Rial gild
from the treasury. It takes no stretch
of the imagination to see what effect
that will have on the whole money
program.
Likewise, if the court determines
that an individual who lias promised
to pay in gold must observe the terms i
of that agreement, the administration
is again in a hole. Since contracts,
agreements or bonds containing the
promise to pay in gold are in general i
use and have been written since time
immemorial the amount of such pay¬
ments is virtually incalculable. I have
heard mauy estimates of the total
amount of money involved by the so-
called gold clause but I hesitate to
use any of them because It is patent
on the face of things that an accurate
figure is impossible.
One can get down to brass tacks on
the effect of affirmation of the gold
clause, however, by the simple appli¬
cation of the ratio of gold to the pres¬
ent dollar. When those gold contracts
were written a dollar in currency was
redeemable for a dollar in gold. At
that time gold was valued at around
$21 an ounce. The Roosevelt admin-
istr/tion arbitrarily increased that
value to a few cents over $35 an ounea.
Without going into all of the details It
means that to gain the same amount of
gold now which a dollar would have
brought prior to the Roosevelt admin¬
istration action one will have to pay
$1.69, To state it another way, if the
gold contracts involve $1,000,000,000
those who are obligated to pay in gold
will have to pay $1,690,000,000 at fhe
present rate. Obviously, debtors under
that circumstance will find themselves
between the upper and nether mill,
stones, well squashed, If the court
rules adversely to the government's
policy.
Attorney General Cummings in his
plea to the Supreme court made the
argument that an adverse decision
would mean chaos to the country, j
believe there can be no doubt about
that. But the point is deeper. Roose¬
velt administration policies were ham¬
mered through congress and received
the legislative body’s rubber stamp by
direction of the President.
* * *
What is going to be done about It? I
don’t know. Further I don’t believe
, , the administration
What s to knows what it is go-
Be Done? ing to do in event
the court rules
against the government in these cases.
There have been numerous confer¬
ences, frequent speculations by subor¬
dinate officials and many guesses by
individuals. The President himself
said in a press conference the other
day that he would not discuss the gold
question while the matter was pending
before the Supreme court. It was it
simple way to avoid expressing his
hopes or his fears.
It Is to be noted, however, tiiat dur¬
ing the ten days in which the court
heard arguments in the gold cases, a
considerable number of senators and
representatives sat glued in their seats
in tiie gloomy old Supreme court cham¬
ber under the dome of the Capitol
They were obviously wondering. None
of them thus far has offered publicly
a suggestion as to what he will do in
event the monetary policies are over¬
turned. After all, if the Roosevelt pro¬
gram Is upset, congress simply will
have to enact some new laws and that
was the chief reason why so many of
the congressional leaders were seen in
attendance at court. *
The court will rush its decision. Of
that there can be no doubt. Always, it
has put cases of paramount impor¬
tance to the nation ahead of those that
affect only a small number of private
litigants. Everyone believes, therefore,
that in this instance fhe Supreme court
has laid aside most of It's other work
in order to devote its attention to a
thorough-going examination of the
present problems.
Lawyers tell me that if the court re¬
jects the Roosevelt policies as unten¬
able under the Constitution, congress
will have to put through some new
laws on the subject at break-neck speed
in order to avoid a hiatus that would
flood the courts with an unprecedented
number of suits.
The agricultural adjustment admin¬
istration has fixed the cotton crop for
To Restrict . tiie coming season at
to.500.000 bales -
Cotton Oxfp_/the same as last
year. At tiie same
time, we have begun to hear talk In
Washington of a plan to seek a world
agreement restricting tiie output of cot¬
ton after the manner of the attempt to
restrict the world production of wheat,
a move that went exactly nowhere.
Determination of the same produc¬
tion for cotton in 1935 that was used
as the base in 1934 is accepted as in
line with the administration’s plans for
raising prices artificially through cur¬
tailment of production, it had been
expected that the 1935 crop might be
as high as 12,000,000 bales. But since
the administration lias decided to
carry on further its experiment into
artificial price raising fields by produc¬
tion limitation, some of the background
of that policy and the American rela¬
tionship to world conditions warrant
examination.
Tiie American production until a few
years ago was about 60 per cent of
t lie world’.-: cotton output. Now it Is
down to about 43 per cpnt of the total.
Last year, tiie world consumption of
cotton, according to tiie Department
of Commerce figures, declined by about
7(X*,ff(X) hales whereas tiie world con¬
sumption. excluding that used in the
United States, increased t>y something
ever L.’KKMKX) hales, ft is to he noted
further that although American ex¬
ports in general Increased last year,
the quantity of cotton shipped last
year fell off by approximately 28 per
com. \\
For several years now. we have beei-
hearing more and more of efforts by
foreign nations to Increase filler cot¬
ton production. Brazil lias been mak¬
ing a determined drive to develop cot¬
ton as a major product. Mexican cot¬
ton production has increased in a sub¬
stantial way. Egyptian cotton produc¬
tion is on the increase. Tiie British
guidance lias served to spur production
of cotton in India and at the moment
there is no sign of any slacking of
the increase there. All of this is hap¬
pening while our own southern cotton
fields are being limited >n their cn
pacify to produce that staple 00
modify.
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