Benavides Facts (Benavides, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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BENAVIDES FACTS, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939
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By JULIAN CAPERS, JR.
AUSTIN — Having played every
* card in his hand in an effort to
jam through the House of Repre-
sentatives, his constitutional am-
endment for a sales tax, and four
times having been defeated, Gov.
O’Daniel and the sales tax forces
aiding in his fight prepared at the
week-end for a fifth and final ef-
fort.
The Governor played his hole-
card last Friday, when he signed
A the bill liberalizing the pension
rolls. In his Sunday morning
broadcast, he placed the laurel
wreath of victory upon his own
brow, and celebrated a triumph he
seemed to regard as already won.
Senators Are Arrogant
The strategy this week was de-
signed to put the last ultimate
ounce of pressure upon the deter-
v* mined House minority which has
opposed the constitutional sales
tax. The House had sent its omni-
bus tax bill to the Senate, where
*5 State affairs committee prompt-
ly killed it, after hearing only
three of a string of 40 witnesses.
Motion to kill was offered by Sen.
Will Pace, of Tyler, and only three
* votes—those of Clint Small, Man-
ly Head and Olan Van Zandt—
were cast against it. Those voting
to kill included Collie, Graves of
Dallas, Martin, Moore, Nelson,
Pace, Roberts, Shivers, Stone of
Galveston, Stone of Washington,
Weinert and Winfield. Van Zandt
the blind senator from Grayson
county, administered the death
blow to the bill, when he refused
to sign a minority report, which
would have enabled it to go to the
floor. Immediately afterward, on
Pace’s motion, the same commit-
tee killed the House gross re-
ceipts tax bill, which has been
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HUMBLE
Little Texas
Cotton Acreage To
Be Penalized
Anticipating fully 92 per cent
compliance with 1939 cotton acre-
age allotments, AAA workers at
state headquarters do not expect
much Texas cotton to be penaliz-
ed through the application of cot-
ton marketing quotas on this
year’s crop.
Arrangements nevertheless were
made this month to single out the
comparatively few growers expec-
ted to exceed cotton acreage allot-
ments and to place a 3-cent a
pound tax on cotton they sell in
excess of their marketing quotas.
E. N. Holmgreen, state AAA ad-
ministrator, explained that the tax
which is a cent larger than it was
last year, will be collected by the
buyer at the time of the sale.
A farm's marketing quota con-
sists of either the normal or the
because development of dairying
in Texas means better rural hom-
es, fewer debts, bigger bank ac-
counts and a thoroughly balanced
agricultural program for the
State.
actual production, whichever is
the greater, of the farm’s 1939
cotton acreage allotment — plus
any carryover cotton which would
have been subject to a penalty had
it been marketed in 1938.
Producers who have no carry-
over penalty cotton and who plant
within their 1939 cotton acreage
allotments will receive white mar-
keting cards and may sell all their
cotton in 1939 without a penalty.
The producer who overplants his
allotment gets a red card. If he al-
so has carryover penalty cotton on
hand, he gets a blue card to go
with the red one. If it happens
that the producer with a blue and
a white card actually produces
less than his 1939 marketing quo-
ta, he may sell carryover penalty
cotton, together with the 1939
crop, up to the amount of the 1939
quota without penalty; but any
carryover cotton sold in excess of
the 1939 quota will be subject to
2-cent penalty which prevailed in
1938.
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Crows used wire to strap a nest
to the iron standards of a wind-
mill near Bloemfontein, South
Africa, then laid five eggs in it.
Texos Regains
Lead In Jersey
Cattle Breeds
Texas regained her traditional
supremacy as the biggest Jersey
cattle breeding state today when,
at the 71st annual meeting of The
American Jersey Cattle Club, it
was revealed that Ohio, which has
topped the list since 1934, fell
back into second position.
It was not a recession upon the
part of Ohio breeders of Jerseys,
but a healthy recovery for Texas
that placed the latter at the top of
the list both for registrations and
transfers of purebred Jerseys, ac-
cording to L. W. Morley, execu-
tive secretary of The American
Jersey Cattle Club.
COMMERCIAL FAILURES
Commercial failures in Texas
dropped 18.9 per cent in number
and 25.4 per cent in aggregate li-
abilities during April, in compar-
ison with March, The University
of Texas Bureau of Business. Re-
search reported today.
Comparison with April of last
year, however, showed a gain of
57.9 per cent in number and of
120.9 per cent in total liabilities.
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pigeonholed in the committee for
i month. This cut off all possible
methods of raising pension reve-
nue at this session except through
a constitutional amendment for a
sales tax. The Governor, in his ra-
dio talk, referred to it as a “com-
promise settlement” of the ques-
tion. Actually, it was the most
high-handed and arrogant refusal
by nine Senators to accept any
compromise that has been seen
in the Legislature since the Sen-
ate blocked a regular session in re-
fusing to consider the race gamb-
ling repeal bill.
Will U. S. Quit Paying?
Opponents of the sales tax in
the House declared, after O’Dan-
iel’s blistering radio denunciation
of them, that they would stand
fast, and refuse again to accept
the Senate sales plan. If the bloc
of 60 House votes does stand pat
on the final test this week, it is
obvious the session will not pass
any tax measure, and early ad-
journment is expected.
On the other hand, the situa-
tion may not develop into the
rosy-hued picture which the Gov-
ernor described with many a chor-
tle of glee to his Sunday radio
audience. Instead of having deliv-
ered his No. 1 promise—pensions
for everybody of $30 a month—
which he long ago abandoned, but
now claims is met by the pension
liberalizing bill,—he may find an-
other and different picture.
The new bill adds about 80,000
to the rolls, which now number
close to 118,000, pension officials
say. Many informed persons in
Austin assert that the Federal
government will promptly cut off
Federal aid, claiming the liberal-
ized Texds law does not meet Fed-
eral requirements of need. If that
happens, the pensioners now on
the rolls will find themselves im-
mediately confronted with a re-
duction of 50 per cent in the pres-
ent average pension payment of
$13.55 per month. Then, as soon
as the additional 80,000 names
can be added to the rolls there
will be a further reduction in the
amount paid of approximately 40
per cent. So the Texas pensioners
may find themselves with an emp-
ty victory—with the law on their
side but no money to pay off.
Plenty Liberal
Under the liberalized pension
law, a couple over 65 might own
a 200-acre black land farm, a res-
idence costing $10,000, have a
$1,000 life insurance policy each,
and a substantial cash balance in
the bank. They might further have
six grown sons and daughters, sin-
gle and living in their home, and
earning $2400 a year each. But
they would still be entitled to a
pension, with no questions asked.
Such a picture lends credence to
the doubts of those who have had
experience with the strict inter-
pretation which the Federal So-
cial Security board places upon
the “need” requirement, before
doling out the Federal cash.
Filibuster Costs a Million
The costly filibuster in the Sen-
ate, which has virtually stymied
all important legislation during
the dying weeks of the million-
dollar record-breaking lengthy
session, continued last week, and
was due for another chapter. Sen.
Weaver Moore of Houston, acting
in behalf of the Senate majority
who are opposed to the price-fix-
ing “fair trades” act, but political-
ly afraid to vote against it, held
the floor for two days with a
reading of a history of the Texas
Press, and a list of the 900 news-
papers published in the State; He
was “debating” the bill sponsored
by the Texas Press Association to
fix a flat rate for legal publica-
tions, apd require their publica-
tion in newspapers instead of
posting them on courthouse doors.
The fair trades act lies directly
under the newspaper bill on the
Senate’s House bill calendar. Pur-
Dairy Products
For April Shows
Marked Increase
Texans consumed 775,000 gal-
lons of ice cream, 2,556,000 pounds
of creamery butter and 1,463,000
pounds of cheese, to drive the
State’s dairy industry to a pro-
duction far above that of March,
University of Texas business in-
vestigators said today. Drouthy
conditions and a late season, how-
ever, kept activity to a level much
below that of April last year.
Warmer weather in recent
weeks coupled with relief of rains
tends to improve the situation,
they added.
Manufacture of ice cream,
which reflects urban consumer
conditions rather than production
conditions which primarily influ-
ence butter and cheese output,
gained over both March and April,
1938. Production is estimated by
the University Bureau of Business
Research at 21.2 per cent over
March and 11.5 per cent above
April last year.
Creamery butter production
given some food, but are foraging
ior most of their nourishment.
When the young birds hatched
on the area grow older it is ex-
pected they will fly over the fence
The older birds, when their wing
feathers have grown out will also
leave the huge pen and will popu-
late the surrounding territory.
Should the experiment prove
successful it will be repeated in
several areas of the State which
provide the natural environment
conducive to raising fild turkeys.
Dairying In
Texas Neglected
Says Report
On all its fronts with one excep-
tion, Texas agriculture has ad-
vanced steadily toward a balanc-
ed program. Range cattle have
been improved until they are
standard throughout the Nation.
The feeding and fattening of these
_________ ______ __________ on home grown feeds has been
jumped 31.7 per cent above March i profitably established. Production
but dropped 29.3 per cent from
April last year. Manufacture of
cheese was estimated at 50 per
cent over March but 37.9 per cent
below April, 1938.
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New Methods
Tried For Wild
Turkey Forms
A new method of raising wild
turkey under semi-natural condi-
tions being tested by the Game,
Fish and Oyster Commission may
pave the way to the stocking of
many section of Texas with the
big game birds.
In cooperation with the United
States Soil Conservation Service
and the U. S .Farm* Security Ad-
of wool and mohair in the Ed-
wards Plateau area has been im-
proved and increased until the
State leads in the production of
wool and produces 85 per cent of
the mohair supply of the Nation.
Wheat second to none in grade
and quality comes by the millions
of bushels each year from the
High Plains area of the State.
By long years of seed breeding
and improvement Texas cotton
has been kept highly salable in
the marts of the world. Fruits and
vegetables in the Valley have been
improved and standardized until
their quality is unequalled. Like-
wise Texas turkeys and pecans
have set a national standard.
These improvements, standardi-
zations and resulting profits to the
State are the result of long and
intensive campaigns to which
Texas agricultural, manufacturing
and business leaders have given
freely of their time and means.
The Dairy Industry is the ne-
near Bunham. Forty-eight wild
turkey trapped in Southwest Tex-
as were released in the enclosure
after their wings had been clipped.
Wild turkey do not thrive in
pens, but it is believed that under
the semi-naturai conditions they
have found in the 50 acre tract
tney will prosper and propagate.
A number of the hens have al-
ready nested. The birds are being
ministration the Game Depart-
ment has fenced off a 50 acre tract giected frontier of Texas agricul
m the heart of the Fannin Coun- ture. Just why no one seems to
ty land rehabilitation project area know, for climatic conditions, abil-
pose of the filibustering group is
to avoid a vote on the fair trades
act by refusing to get to it on the
calendar.
Long Time. No Pensions
Meanwhile, pending in the Sen-
ate unacted upon are the drivers’
license law, corrections to the
highly controversial, land vacancy
bill,-' the county road bond in-
debtedness bill, and a dozen other
matters of utmost importance to
the State generally.
The final attempt to pass the
sales tax amendment was schedul-
ed for early in the week in the
House, and the issue may possibly
be decided before this column is
in print. If it should pass, the
sales tax which has figured in
the last three gubernatorial cam-
paigns, will overnight become the
hottest political issue in Texas,
and participants in the 1940 pri-
mary campaigns will begin oiling
their artillery on either side at
once. If it should be adopted by
the people, it will, of course, be
many months before the law
brings in any pension revenue.
ity to produce cheap seasonal
feeds, marketing conditions, and
demand offer greater opportunity
than those of other agricultural
phases already developed. ,
To the leaders of the State there
has recently come a realization of
this dereliction. They are thor-
oughly organized and already
forces are being marshaled to
bring Texas dairying from its rag-
ged 42nd position in production
per cow in the Nation’s dairy pic-
ture to a place somewhere near
that enjoyed by other Texas agri-
cultural resources. They have for-
mulated a program easy and pos-
sible of accomplishment which has
for its basis the farm dairy herd.
It contemplates no junking of al-
ready producing cows but a steady
improvement of herds by the in-
troduction of better sires, much as
the Texas longhorn was trans-
formed nto the highly merchant-
able beef animal of today.
The use of trench silos will be
thoroughly stressed as well as
care of products and orderly
marketing. Firmly back of the
leaders in the movement is as
imposing an army of trained
workers has was ever marshaled
for a cause—County Agents, Home
Demonstration Agents and Voca-
tional Agriculture Teachers of the
State. These are augmented by the
field men of all branches of Gov-
ernmental Agencies doing work re-
lated to agricultural development
—Soil Conservation, Farm Securi-
ty and Rural Electrification. Back
of these are Chambers of Com-
merce, business men and bankers
of the State. They are interested
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