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THE TAFT TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,1044
Kat hleen IN orris
MPhilUpr Jr
A $tat*m*nt by th« Pmdvdng Covnfrfo*
When Sweethearts Are Wives
Bel! Syndicate.—WHU r«»tw«i.
Mr. Georcs C. Thierbach, President
National Coffer Association
120 Wall St., New York
Dear Mr. Thierbach:
In view of the various reports that haw *ppe*s
relative to both the supply and price* «f coffee,
sponsible sources to the effect that the res)
d» «*. »*wvy
-TffhSSSfa» &*«•>»
expressing any opinion or taking at,
or restrictions imposed in the United States. .. . . ,.
As #. foreign agency the Bureau has rigorously refrained from direct or
In any manner, in subjects concerning the internaleco^nj
This policy has been strictly adhered to, as can t------------
tion and during recent years, so fraught with difficulties and
the Bureau has concentrated on cooperating wtththe Nxooai
government agencies t
cutties, an early r?L
regulations.
We have considered these pol
able and cooperative attitude ......- ,
country towards the Bureau and the entities which the Bureau represents.
However, it does not seem to me to be necessary to deviate from our policy
nit a concise statement of facts as they affect the Coffee producing industry of the WwOffl*
Coffee Prices Reached All-Time low in 1940
Plant Tree# in Fall
Qr Early Winter
i>fo His speech Mr Jt
ML., from the poem * r
fl in Germany whi
«lt fwest which for 2(H) y
K * profitable tc. the co
Scebod* had ever hud tc
Et”™Ne*s item.)
HP# inat I shall never
■ft irnid by *my tree
0*\l;ai knows the net a
Bon the fifteenth c"'n'-'
Ujaf shield* hk* *n 1
K' ur.derstar..:: that
g form;
*h branch a leafy
every leaf a CI’A.
Lthow I wish I 1 'Cl a *
My,,.? i cook) count un quai
E* total* jseouldl.
SLj, time the fiflecnt
W around.
Egganically » VVI 'v
jfj* Einsteins sw
I bough.
'tiid all cash wort
;jtS aestled in -■ !
Is* swell indeed to have a tree—
fe forest (one sn art tree for met;
5 tree that I could fe-.iit to. w h"n
sent ar m.d those tax ftree
i red for some rime hi the press of ids ooontxjr
______ and in view of recent sowmmH* tram ro-
es IO me u,., jponsibility for the solution of these probtems sett*
King countries, the
Best. Results Secured
From Local Grown Ones
Trees, fruit or shade as well as
for fuel and lumber, car. be set out :
any time during the fall or early \
winter, so long as the ground Is not :
i frozen more than two or three inches.
\ If the ground is frozen at planting
my position with respect to nay of the ww-rime te&toakM
indirect interference
. , . .. ..... ^ — — ■ --- -----r g *
be testified to by the National Coffee Ateodb-
fficultfcs and problems for the coffee irkfoisty,
ntrarea on wup.^e J- Coffee .Association, the wrfona
ies of the United States and the producing countries to removal of
solution of existing problems, and faithful adherence to all wiw-ame
dicies as the least we could do in order to reciprocate the tow*
shown by the government, the trade and toe public of that
■ .i »*..•»- _.LLL Ruvimo ranranmnife^
ir policy in order to -Ril*.
industry of the V
time, no frozen soil should be used
in firming the earth about the roots I
Fall planting is recommended in '
order that the young trees 'will have
time to become established and the ]
roots will make some growth in the j
fall and early spring before there
from each
have resulted in ruin for the coffee industry of Latin-Amenca, and it) economic cnaw tor «*. »
making bold experiments in Europe and what is most important, would have cut oK vit*H/
important markets in Latin-America for United States industries.
Ceiling Price Set Below 30-Yeens' Average
The completion of the Imer-American Coffee Agreement, in which the United SratM £*•
tkioated averted this calamity. The coffee market slowly recovered and prices reacted ta »
heafthy manner until they reached, late in 1941, a level which niitajac«iptaMe or even fat»
factory when com (fared to the disastrous depths to which they had falto m WO.
ir should be noted at this point that the sole basis for the acceptability of these
the fact tot they represented a partial recovery from the all time lows atoe-mentioned. which
obviously cannot be taken as a fair basis of comparison. ^ nnemi
When war-time conditions made necessary price control m this county, grew coftca pm*9
were frozen at the levels prevailing in 1941. levels which ^ S*
acceptable to the producers. However, it is dear that these
were far from remunerative, when it is considered that they were still about 5% below the average
} Coffee prices still continue frozen on chat basis today, at die end of 1944.
Production Costs Substantially Higher
With this background, the present situation may be summarized as follows:
•) The aericu'tural and industrial wages, local transported*!, to cost of
’ other Ses which coffee producer, Import, etc. all rose subrtano^y
arid 1914 (in some cases vp to more than 100%) which increases bavc been full} n&ectud
Bu^ftric^ote^t^f^TlW. basis and torefore, coffee potoer.
.. prescnVhave to prcKiuce coffee and to live in 1944 at 1944 costs while tor moon* aa
frozen at 1941 levels
Abandoned Coffee Trees Portend Disaster
Etil and early winter plantinj of trees
profitable.
is great demand for water by the
expanding leaves.
As a general practice, Prof. R. L.
j McMunn of Illinois recommends, the
> trees should be secured from mir-
S series in the same latitude and lo-
i rated near by Those obtained from
[ almost any part of the country will
| prove as winter hardy as elsewhere,
j However, when they are obtained
by, they will be fresh and have
STRESS OF WAR
ci I 11 ni ver see
::ts the job from me.
looks at 1 rank all nay
■ le afy head to pi ay
understand what he
ched .les B and C.
: av in summer wear
;,'i within its hair.
of men like
There is no use pretending
that life can be lived in the
usual pattern during a great
u nr. Tile stresses and disloca-
tions are especially hard for
young icomen to endure,
whether they marry or slay
single for the duration.
Betsy is only 19. She has al-
ways hail things pretty much
her on n uay, both at school
and at home. She had no par-
ticular responsibilities. Social
activities and a little Red Cross
work filled her days.
After a courtship of only two
months, she and Harwood
were married. He is only 22,
but because they were so ob-
viously and intensely in love,
Betsy's parents consented.
Soon after the wedding, Har-
wood was culled to duty. He
comes in on brief leaves every
few weeks.
The short meetings are emo-
tional storms for the young
couple. Betsy wants to rush
about to dances and parties.
She expects the exciting whirl-
wind of gav experiences she
enjoved as art engaged girl.
Lately Betsy and Harwood
have quarreled on inconse-
quential matters, il hen he
goes au ay again, she is moody
and self-reproachful.
\ Xu forms rr
me -
•T *i*h that i
I tree!
near
a better chance to survive.
Dig the hole large enough to re-
ceive the root system without
crowding. The tree should stand two
or three inches deeper than it stood
Cut oft the broken
that
-■ ,vs Spain has
t state, nor has
if: or Nazi sym-
p v,. rid did an
,,ry ever get
General 1
lever beci >
fce ever bet ■
pethizer. i 1
idea to the
around.
in the nursery,
roots back of the break and remove j
very small roots — those smaller i
than the lead of a pencil. The tree 1
j when planted should lean about 30 i
j degrees toward the prevailing wind, j
I The trees should be mounded around |
the trunk to shed water. Place the j
j top earth near the roots and work it ;
i around the roots by lifting the tree j
j several times. Use the subsoil to [
] finish filling the hole.
■i.n in runny par’s
• :!\ be over and
,t tv c millions of
.< track* day after
'Ley gu* Wbat be-
Do **:<■>' crawl un*
f? u’i.el ticKc Is and
,/n the winter
The me
of the cod;
*e worh-
pfojie wh
Ur w;.<
Km.es of
iet a p-le
libernr'e
Siontbs?
A, the war stimulated the demand tor meat, cotton, ana
Present Prosperity in Coffee Countries—an lifusion
their activities and of obtaining many other essential articles of lift.
imposed by the war have cot permitted them to import except in wy hmrted qramti e*,
arriculniral and industrial machinery, railroad cars, nulls, rails, tracks, autocsttolw,
elccirital equipment, and of tea did not permit them to unport even spare parts e'tner new
Now! die very modest industrial plants of these, countries, tor railroad*. «>»««■»
urban transportation, highway rolling; equipment, agricultural,
taiion equipment, water transport facilities, coastal or anienor, already defiaeat betoi®
to war are today on the verge of collapse, and the open process of disintegrsnon tiucHigh
lack of replacements or even remotely adequate maintenance and lefanv,
yhl, j, ,h. »«!* raoson for *• mini™* baleneas, which will evaporate oa the ttsy to w*r*
time restriction, which impede the purchases of material are removed. Such balance* *r»
actually not sufficient to renovate our agricultural and industrial equipment or to repair
to depreciation caused by three year, of excessive use, without even a mmmum of
adequate maintenance, and repairs.
Increase Needed— Only % of a Cent a Cap
dl An increase in coffee prices sufficient to maintain economically in produrtioo to bU-
' lions of coffee trees in Latin-America, sufficient to prevent wonoinK mm » to
countries, sufficient to avoid the loss of va uable markets to inton ed to ttoed
States would no: constitute a wcnficc for tlwf public because sf would M vM»
most alxmt V» of * re*1* in to cost of a cop of coffee. This means tot a toasuaiCT wl»
drinks four regular tups a day would have hit budget for coffee increased bf aboffl*
Yi cent a day.
A Lowering Production May Affect U, S. Coffee Supply
*1 If some readjustment is not made an unfortunate situation might ariss. which wtwjld
^ prevent or disturb (he free Sow of coffee.to to America* tnatol, pat el a to' wt«
the shipping situation i, such as to permit an ample supply of to product to l)«M
See "producers cmnot he forced to sell their coffee at a low, jto Mg* to tmgt
production when the abandonment of plantation end to tolrota
tion of those which are still m production ha* already leducedto^ldof
some countries, and will reduce it even more in to coming crop* Ate to tsie tact tni*
neglect of the plantations for out- year result* in » reduced pcoduciKW stock «**» *
ta di case of1 Briud" unfavorable*1 wentor cooditious and mudequat* fttema Iww «►
duced by more than 50% the lass two crops*
Coffee Growers Umtabl® to Take Further tosses
ft With reduced production, on one hand, and with to impossibility of ctotoatog tt M*
ducc without suffering economic losses under present coodttion*, « to
is only logical that the producers, so badly squeezed for *o«ne umc past, w«U not tm
Agriculture Pioneers
-.ii to have an
back to civil-
nan behavior.
It surely - r ert s g
eletlton . vti urA
lied hah", and C!n
■ ■ i r-f.l Back in
Wl-B There-’—head-
first came to the rescue ;
of the farmers of -
gc. France when he
originated a meth- i
\ od of inoculation ■
J of sheep and cat- ;
K* tie against the j
; . dreaded anthrax ;
'3® which was ruin- i
ing agriculture, i
A, In one district of
MhB Russia, 56,000 ;
head of cattle
died from anthrax j
;enr in three years. !
:1 it rriu.t seem to
back on those coin
days with Sears
How wtr.d
IkXiald In
paratively *.
Roebuck:
she has of her husband are times of
feverish emotion almost as upsetting
as the solitary waiting is.
And if there i3 a wedding and
prospects presently of a baby, then
an almost sadder situation arises,
for through all the wonderful first
months and perhaps years of that
baby’s life, he doesn't get what ev-
e-y baby should have, his father s
as well a* hi* mother * love and
care—and the young mother car-
ries her responsibility alone.
So it’s a bad arrangement ail
•round, for young women, girls, and
everyone. But we can draw good
out of this bad by holding before
these bewildered war brides an ex-
ample of faithfulness on our own
part, of sturdy belief In the bright-
er future, bv setting up a high
ideal of service and goodness in
home life. Pa'nt tor Betsy’s con-
sideration a picture of the httle
home she will have, of the peace
and quiet of her duties and responsi-
bilities. joys and privileges there.
Remind her continually that when
Harwod comes home he and she
must start almost as it they were
strangers. learning lo know each
other building their early passion-
ale young love into true married
trust, and devotion, setting their
whole young crowd an example.
A strange truth that It is hard for
there young persons to accept is 'hat
any two really fine Person®-
r.eri with a sense <>f humor as
ti« art* considering
y of any guesi tu
t'g silly. It takes
into an elevator.
New York
limiting tfit-
five dri
that iorij; In
Vo Time to Rest
“For Sale Bees and hives; also
rattan furniture 651 Main East
Haven ' New Haven Register.
we ll fight ’em stand-
try of pasteurization, which was
first used with beer. The mam
purpose- of pasteurization is to kill
germs It is the process of heating
milk or cream for a sufficient period
of time to kill the microorganisms.
Undulant fever was reduced by 50
per cent, typhoid fever by 45 and
deaths among children were re-
duced to an extent that was almost
unbelievable the first year that On-
tario had compulsory pasteurization
of milk.
To Pasteur also belongs the credit
for the discovery of transmission of
rabie- and tor an inoculation that
^ resulted in the saving of thou,
sands upon thousands of lives.
Ormany Speaks.
Vi# i?- !os
It annul b«*>—
Someone i*
Iruadtng ME!
Sotch an act
b rnos unsound
It’s der odder
W..y a round t.
The answer is, no, I don’t. Your
trouble. Mary, is one that touches
u? all. You are trying to rationalize
and make reasonable conditions that
are basically abnormal War is un-
f'iir to everyone, but it is especiftl’
!v unfair to young women.
A.eh du lieberf
D-.-n’t dose fooli
Know dot it’s
Against der rules?
Henry Ford is making gliders, ft
Etotroit item says Even if we had
Ws« we would keep looking for the
Boise in the engine.
Fertilizer Labels
Commercial fertilizer should be j
appraised by the percentage or
grade figure, given on «ch pa t-
Le and not by a brand or firm I
name, the University of Illinois col- |
U-ge of agriculture recommends.
' Animal manure, crop residues and !
legume green manures should be ;
used to their fullest advantage Such j
materials, when used properly, are
efficient fertilizers. These by-prod- ,
ticts of the farm, used in coujunc- j
tion with lime and phosphate art j
ideal-
So many Japs are joining their
ancestors these days that no r<*ser*
nations are being taken except a
year m advance.
We assume U over the prob-
lem of current, scales The men want
b*o more clams” a week, per-
tops, and “no coddling."
Il is one of our ambitions to see
Washington rtep in ana try to seize
* fish market, just as the eel ship*
«MNR arrives!
air line says it will soon make
Sights from New York to Mi arm in
four hours Think of that! It’s a lit-
tle less time than it takes the horses
to get from the paddock to the post
town there.
ipuL youA. Wmmf bs (tfimtitut. fim&
$flM- tflSL ,jj. bflStsL. {ii&iiCr.*- ZtfWL .j
ft***********
Ocortf Trevor »ays that, in the
rhibjpp.i ns von can't call it a case
l«o little ar.«J tew Leyte
We understand Japan's admiral?
have discorded binoculars. They
torn want to see the enemy fleet
tny sooner than necessary.
Leanung Sa know
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Richards, Henry C. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1944, newspaper, December 14, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712209/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.