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THE KI JGSVILLE RECORD
March 30, 1932
KINGSVILLE RECORD
Kingsville Publishing Co., Publishers
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
Telephone
Entered at* second class matter at the I’ost Office
at Kingsville, Texas, under Act of March S, 1878.
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THE MORGAN PI.AN OF FIRST AID TO
THE INDIGENT
Mr. John Plunderbund Morgan has gone
philanthropist in a big Wall Street way.
He makes over the radio the comforting
suggestion that the public help each other
by assisting each other and that thus the
less needy care for the more needy and ALL
needy be happy and NEEDY together—
without disturbing Wall Street.
The J. Plunderbund Morgan plan (let no
one deprive him of the credit of the propos-
al) would be a little more popular and a lit-
tle more practicable if all the public (more
needy and less needy combined) had not
been so thoroughly robbed by the interna-
tional bankers and the speculative promot-
ers and so completely deprived of this glo-
rious opportunity to help themselves or each
other or anybody else.
throwing away two pounds of plant for
every pound of grain. New uses, new mar-
kets and new crops are imperative.”
Big business, the farmer points out, al-
ways seems to be able to do something with
its surpluses. Why can’t agriculture? With
staggering surpluses of wheat, corn, cotton,
and other agricultural products, what great
progress has agriculture made in finding
new uses and new* products for these com-
modities?
For every $1,000 invested in industry, $13
goes into research. But for every $1,000 in-
! vested in agricultural production only 43
' cents is expended in research.
The driving force that has pushed Ameri-
can industry forward during this century
has been scientific research and invention.
Without laboratories constantly searching
for new’ ideas, new products and improve-
ments, big business would not have made the
progress that it has.
The Editorial Digest
By W. R. Morin
Publisher "Editorial Digest"
Matter appearing under
this heading does not neces-
sarily present the views of
the editor of this publica-
tion. "The Editorial Digest”
is the composition of an indi-
vidual who, In his editorial
capacity sees most of the
state's newspapers each
week. Our editor submits it
without wholly endorsing or
condemning the views ex-
pressed.
We have lost ground rather than j put forth by the other candidates
before committing himself to any
program.
gained in the fight against the ta-
riff. Surely the time has come for
us to quit pinning our hopes for
farm relief on a general removal of
tariff protection from manufactur-
ed products. If we wait for such
developments we will wait forever.
Unless we can find other means
of improving the farm situation, we
| might as well admit it isn't going
to be improved, at least not in the
lifetime of most people’ now liv-
ing."
Cotton and wheat buyers are op-
posed to such a plan as Mr. Mc-
Adoo suggests. They say it is un-
sound and unworkable. It may or
may not be. who knows? but, cer-
tainly, it is worth some thought.”
POLITICS
DEFICITS
The genuine Interest being shown
in taxpayers leagues and other or-
ganizations designed to bring about
tax reforms and reductions in the
BONUS HEARINGS IN APRIL
Hearings on bills providing for full cash
payment of the bonus to the veterans will
be the first order of business before the
house ways and means committee in April,
it is announced from Washington. Among
the several measures that are being propos-
u | . .. t ed, the bill by Representative Wright Pat-
It seems probable m the light of piratical j .. . *
history that this idea of mutual aid for the ™»«£
costs of government can mean but
Agriculture is no whit different from any ! one thing: that henceforth the
other industry, farm leaders say. The | *M‘8t tbat ,he ino8t
same force which brings success 01 tailure thO80 w^0 are responsible for the
to other industries will advance or hold back spending of public funds,
farmers. During the peak years people
were more concerned about how
to make money than they were
about how or for what purpose it
was spent. There seemed to be an
abundance of everything neces-
sary to human welfare and com-
fort; opportunities for employ-
ment were greater than at any
time in the history of the country;
no less a personage than the Pres-
ident of the United States had as-
sured us that America finally had
been lifted from the cesspool of
poverty and that the future would
be a continuous round of prosperi-
ty Obviously, there was no cause
for apprehension; if anything, the
future looked even brighter than
the prevailing prosperity.
indigent and unfortunate did not entirely
originate in the mind of the present repre-
sentative of the Morgan family, but first
budded in the brain of an earlier Morgan
who used to cruise the Caribbean in his pri-
vate yacht and who, after he had captured
and gutted a private merchantman and
painstakingly robbed its passengers, was ac-
t ustomed to make his capti\M walk the j economy, who believe that expan-
plank and to adv.ae the stronger swimmers | >(#n q( ^ currency t0 the extent of f2,000,-
000,000 or more, would improve the mone-
ury shall issue $2,200,000,000 in treasury
notes, for distribution among the veterans,
is receiving the most support, both in and
out of congress. Other proposals do not
seem to be arousing much interest.
The Patman measure has the advantage Peopl® were confident- they re’
, . , fused to worry -especially about
over others looking to the same end in that ] tbe functions of government. Con-
it has gained the support of many civic and • sequentiy
business organizations, as well as of stu-
In politics, organization is the all-
important thing, in Texas there
is a tradition '.hat says a governor
who has not abused the honor be-
stowed upon him is entitled to a
second term. Occasionally tradi-
tions are cast aside; organization
—never. Does the governor know
this?
MUSIC PROGRAM GIVEN AT
AT LIONS CLUB MEETING
Alfred Petsch of Fredericksburg
has announced that Governor Sterl-
ing will be a candidate for re-elec-
tion this year and will “go before
the people of Texas with a plat-
form demanding reformation in the
tax system with the purpose of
shifting the burden from the tax-
oppressed, to those who can pay,
with regulation of public utilities,
with a plan to cut out duplications
in the state government and reduce
expenditures, with re-organization j ability as a lawyer or lawgiver, but
THIS AND THAT
By Jimmlny
So much is being said about taxes
lately that it might be of interest
to know just where they originat-
ed The best dope we have been
able to get places the origin back
to about the sixth century B. C.,
The first taxes paid In money in
England were in 1067. But it
seem that an old codger by the
name of Solon, who held forth, or
fifth, In Greece along about 594
B. C., was the first person to de-
vise a method for levying against
people and property.
Quite naturally he was a lawyer.
And even more naturally he was
one of the Seven Wise Men of
Greece. We do not question his
Lion Marshall, principal of the
Klato Ward School was in chuffz^
of the program at the noon
ing of the Kingsville Lions Club
today at the Methodist Church.
James Bramlette, pupil at the
high school, song the tenor solo,
“Service,” by Cadman.
Ralph Underbrink followed with
two violin numbers, *‘Ach Der
Lieber Augustine”, and "Endear-
ing Young Charms."
Tho choral club of the Fiato
school sang three numbers under
the direction their leader Miss
Honea.
SID HALL IS H08T
TO ROTARY CLUB
to take care of the weaker swimmers so that
they might all drown together without in-
conveniencing anybody on the private craft.
It never seemed to occur to either repre-
sentative of the Morgan strain that the dis-
tress of the plundered victims could best be
relieved by restoring to them some of the
wealth and well-being of which they had
been deprived whether by pirates or promo-
ters or ruthless speculators or international
confidence men.
Yet to those innocent and unacquainted
tary situation in the country, and would aid
i in the nation’s economic recovery. The
Patman measure, therefore, reflects not
1 merely a demand of the veterans themselves
! for payment of a debt the government ack-
nowledges is due them, but the sentiment of
business leaders and economists who regard
| it as an important reconstruction measure.
According to Mr. Patman’s views, there is
governmental expense
rose steadily to a point where ex-
penditures exceeded income, deriv-
ed mostly from taxes. So now we
have higher taxes and deficits.
of our educational system and es-
pecially the topheavy and uncoord-
inated arrangement of the course
and curriculum of our higher edu-
cational institutions."
Tom F. Hunter, of Wichita Falls,
also a candidate for governor, is
running on a platform similar to
the one outlined by Mr. Petsch.
He is urging a revision of the tax
system so as to "reduce govern-
mental expense and distribute the
tax burdens." His platform also
calls for elimination of a number
of unnecessary bureaus and com-
missions. As for the utilities, he
says the issue is “whether tho peo-
ple shall regulate the utilities or
whether the utilities shall regulate
the people.”
Both platforms are fundamentally
sound and will certainly appeal to
| the masses of the people. The main
j difference right now is that Gover-
' nor Sterling himself has declined
j to state definitely whether he is a
; candidate or whether his platform
will be constructed along lines an-
When the crash came in 1929 and
prosperity was reversed, the first
impulse, quite naturally, was to
tighten purse strings and practice , ....
frugality to the utmost. Economy "ou“ced1 ,,y iMr Pet8ch- while Mr-
became the watchword. is a“ avowed randWate and
is going about the country elabo-
rating on his platform. Evidently
the governor is weighing the issues
sufficient gold held by the Federal Reserve
• * i , i system to back the currency and he further
with the immoral codes of the Captain i * .j • • ,
,, - - , , fuot „ bases his proposition on the same principle
Kidds of industry, it would appear that a r 0. .. , . - * ,
, * j paitAinvwr i upon which the Glass-Steagall bill is found-
natural and appropriate way of relieving . .. thc Federal reserve to ac-:
the general financial distress at this time td- whlch permit’s «»* federal reserve to ac
would be for the international bankers to re- ^ government obligations for rediscount
store to the public some part of the tens of a few day3 [hc (|Ue,tion of paying
the bonus will take the stage in Washington,
and signs are not wanting that there will
be prompt action by the committee in report-
millions they took from them in commis-
sions on worthless European and South Am-
erican bonds and some part of the hundreds
of millions the public lost through the .... _
bankers’ advice on inveatmenta in foreurn !favorably the Patman bill Contras
failures, and some part of the thousands „f l«a been hearmt from ^country on the
millions loaded on the public by the bankers
in scandalously over-capitalized domestic
’ lx>nus matter.—Houston Post.
insecurities.
Charity begins at home, says the ancient
saw, and the home for charity properly to
begin at is the home of the unscrupulous
At this time all eyes are turned
toward the political arena. The
public Is demanding more economy
in government. Politicians are
conscious of this fact, and a tax re-
duction plank will be inefuded in
every platform. That is to be »x-
pected.
In the business of government,
as in all other businesses, this
simple truth stands out: When 75
rents is collected and a dollar is
spent, there is bound to be a de-
ficit. It is so simple that even poli-
ticians should be able to under-
stand it but unfortunately all of
them do not. Results can be ob-
tained only by choosing those who
do.
McADOO'S PLAN
There is some difference of
opinion as to the feasibility of the
plan suggested by William Gibbs
McAdoo to stabilize the farm in-
dustry by fixing minimum prices
on cotton and wheat to be sold in
the domestic market. Under the
McAdoo scheme the secretary of
we seriously doubt his being a wise
man. He must have been a su-
preme court judge.
Anyway, we still have taxes, and
it is not likely that we will be rid
of them any time soon. About the
only thing left to do now is find
something to pay them with. Mon-
ey is not scarce, they say, but for
one reason or another the average
man seems to be having a hard
time getting his fist on any of it.
Talk about the gold standard, sil-
ver standard and all other varie-
ties, including Heinz 57, has left
those who have the filthy lucre
wondering what to do with it or
about it. They don't know whe-
ther to “inflate” or "deflate." Most
of them have just socked it away
somewhere and let it go at that.
And that’s bad for everybody.
Everyone must aid in economic re-
covery.
Up in Hamilton County a fellow
by the name of J. O. Pollard owns
a hen that is doing her bit. Re-
cently she laid an egg measuring
8x9 inches and weighing six
ounces. That may be carrying in-
flation too far, but it shows that
even a chicken has enough brains
to know that the country cannot
The Kingsville Rotarians and
Rotaryanns enjoyed a six o'clock
dinner at the Casa Ricardo yester-
day, the usual Tuesday luncheon
being canceled for this week.
Rotarlan Sid Hall, of the Hall
Industries, who was slated as pro-
gram leader for the evening, ex-
tended un invitation to all Rotary
members and their ladles to be his
guest at the Rialto, where the en-
tire company enjoyed the feature
film “Platinum Blonde.”
be put on an even keel without
a great deal of strain.
The Hamilton County News sayi-.|r
"The poultry industry a few years/
ago helped to pull the country out
of a serious situation, and it is not
too much to say that it will aid In
a material way the coming year.”
Somebody will have to do it—the
bankers can’t or won’t.
If Mrs. W. T. Mathis will call
at the Record office she will re-
ceive a pass to the Rialto good on
Thursday, April 7.
If Mrs. W. L. Wilkinson will call
at the Record office she will re-
ceive a pass to the Rex good on
Friday, April 8.
Balance Hit Diet
One of the fundamental rules of
i cooking for children Is to vary their
: dietary in such a wny that a bal-
anced diet Is maintained. Muny ad-
ult Ills may be traced to a lack of
well-chosen foods during childhood
_
Can’t Underitand It
Bride (who has cooked for the
| Urst time, tasting her effort at curry)
j —How funny thnt this is Fred's
favorable dish.—L'lllustre Lausanne.
SWEET SYMPATHY
There was a time when England was sup-
posed to be staggering on the verge of dis- j
aster. The doleful dole and the high taxes j
and the unfavorable trade balance and the'
promoters and conscienceless speculators j crushing debt payments to the United States j apiculture, with approval of the
1 , , , ", ....... . I president, would have power to Im-
who purloined the peoples money. were eating awa\ the heart of the empire,1 a tax upon cotton and wheat
If these gentry do not care to contribute critics claijned. And yet the right little, tight j imports. The amount of this tax
any of their ill-gotten gains to help support little isle of Great Britain seems to have mas- wou,d be add*’d to ,hp world price
1 ... . .. of cotton and wheat, and the totals
tered its financial difficulties and even takes Bhould be the nilnimuin prlce8 for
the opportunity of extending
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those whom they have done so much to de-
prive of their prosperity and employment,
the least they can do is keep from intruding
into the homes of the plain people with
benevolent advice as to how the plundered
public may divide among themselves the
dollars they have not got.
Indeed, if the public had any money left
it seems more than likely, in view of past
experiences, that our international bunko
artists and domestic green goods men would
be able to find better uses for it than having
it wasted on charity—at least as long as the
shell game and the stock market endure—
San Antonio Light.
URGE RESEARCH TO BEAT FARM
SURPLUS
Increased scientific research is the weapon
on which sober-minded farmers and farm
organizations are now preparing to fight the
ever-mounting surpluses of agricultural pro-
ducts.
It is agreed that new and bigger markets
are what the farmer needs. “We can’t af-
ford to take the Farm Board’s advice to cur-
tail production without having something
else to sell,” says Tom Cathcart, editor of
the Country Home, in summing up the farm-
ers’ case. “We must have larger non-food
markets for farm products. Note well that
word ‘non-food.’ We need new markets for
the waste material which is two thirds of
our production. We can’t afford to go along
sw’eet sym-
pathy to the United States and France, the
two rival nations which were supposed to be
in a commercially impregnable position with
practically all the gold reserve of the world.
Stanley Baldwin, leader of the British
Conservatives, no doubt enjoys the situation
as evidenced by the ironic humor he dis-1
played in commisserating America and
France upon their financial troubles. Proud-
ly announcing that the British budget would
be balanced by the end of April with a sur-
plus in the treasury, he seized the occasion
to take a sly dig at the empire’s competi-
tors:
“We are now in a position to look with
observant sympathy on those great countries
which have not yet succeeded in balancing
their current budgets.”
Baldwin and the British are entitled to
get all the amusement they can out of the
situation and it is a fact that Egnland has
done wonders in achieving financial sta-
bility. Strict economy has been necessary
and extremely heavy taxation an accom-
panying and necessary evil. When Eng-
land spent money she immediately set about
raising taxes. The British have been stag-
gering along for years under the tax burden
and the depression of the past years merely
made them tighten their belts and fight
harder to keep their heads above water.
—Houston Chronicle.
which the two products would be
sold for home consumption.
The Dallas News sees in McAdoo
an idealist, who espouses a plan
which in theory is excellent, but
which Is not likely to do more than
arouse considerable discussion, out
of which "may develop tangible
suggestions for the prosperity of
agriculture and of the farming
population."
The Houston Post, however, does
not agree with this viewpoint, as-
serting that McAdoo “is no mere
theorist, but a practical economist
of remarkable* success.” And
makes tjie further statement that
he “Is not given to promulgating
half-baked ideas.”
The Houston Chronicle, in a
lengthy editorial captioned "Cot-
ton and the Tariff,” declares that
such a plan as the one advocated
by McAdoo of dividing cotton and
wheat crops into two parts—one
for home consumption, the other
for exports—and providing protec-
tion for that part sold in the domes-
tic market, is not impracticably.
Moreover, the editorial suggests
that, so far as farm relief is con-
cerned, better results might be ob-
tained by approaching the tariff
question with more complacency.
The Chronicle says:
"Laying aside all questions of
economics or rights in the matter,
this practical situation faces us.
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our prompt attention and the charge, as al-
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The Rexall Store
Phone 121
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