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GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS
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IHOUSEHOLD
JQUESTIONS
Flavoring Mashed Potatoes.~
One teaspoon of onion juice or half
a sliced raw onion added to
mashed potatoes gives them a dif-
ferent flavor.
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Save Your Back.--Whether to
buy a stove with a working sur-
face over a low oven or a high
Bru©kait" s Washington Digest
Federal Government So Huge
Few Can Grasp Its Magnitude
Multiplicity of Bureaus and Agencies Demanding Reports
of All Kinds Places Tremendous Burden on Business;
Many Agencies Covering Same Lines of Business.
oven, it may pay to remember By WILLIAM BRUCK.ART
that bending requires four times • WNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C.
as much energy as standing. I
i WASHINGTON.--Many times in and the individuals or corporations
For Gravy ;r So:w--When you[these colunms I have written ex- required to meet government de-
wish to make gravy or soup with t pressions of fear about the size of ,ands? My guess is that at least a
the water in which meat has been I this thing we call the federal gov- third of our present government
cooked, wring a cloth out in cold I ernment. It is so huge that few per- structure is of no value; that at
water and strain the liqu°r~sons grasp the magnitude of the least ~lat portion could be eli,i-
through it. No grease will go machinery. And it can not be ex- nated and everyone would be hap-
through.
Safety Measure.--Chemical fire
extinguishers have saved many
homes from being reduced to
ashes. Even a bucket of sand or
damp sawdust is effective if used
before a fire gets too much start.
Wait, Mother.
Ask Your
Doctor First
~ your children unknown
~hwpinn remedl~ to Ida un-
less you mk your doctor.
A mother may save a few pennies
giving her children unknown prep-.
aratiom. But a child's life is pre-
cious beyond pennies. So--Ask Oo.ar
doctor before you give ant/remedy
you don't know alIabout.
And when giving the common
children s remedy, milk of mag-
nesia, always ask for "Phillips"
Milk of Magnesia.
Because for three generations
Phillips' has been favored by many
physicians as a standara, retiaDle
and proved preparation -- marvel-
oudy gentle for youngsters.
Many children like Phillips' in
the newer form -- tiny peppe~nt
flavored tablets that e l/ew like
candy. Each tablet con t~s .the
equh/alent of one teaspoomm oi me
liquid Phillips.' 25~ for a big box.
A bottle of Phillips' liquid Milk
of Magnesia costs but 25~. So~ng;
one can afford the genu/nc, t.arexm
moth egs ask for it by its full name
• "phillips' Milk of Magnesia."~
PHIl.UPS' MILK Of MAGNESIA
VklH LIQUID OR TABLET FORM
Place of Amusement
Let amusement fill up the chinlm
of your existence, but not the
great spaces thereof.--T. Parker.
How Women
in Their 40's
Can Attract Men
Here's good advtes toy a woman durlal~ In=
change (uHuaHy from 88 to r~) who [~
eheU lose her appeal tome,, w..ao wom~
about hot flashes Ioes ol pop.. ~ e~mm~
oimet nerves and moody spMIL
Get more fresh air. 8 hrs. Idoep and if
laced a good general system to=de take
Pinkham~s Vegetable Com~:~ ulna,
mrpec~lJTi for women. It helps ~a~.ure u
up phymeal resistance thus he, IS.. gtve_.m_o_m_
vtvacity to enjoy life and emt~ qmtmms
Jittery nerves and d|sturblDg ~ymptOma that
often accompany change el UfL ~']~,h
WORTH TRYINGI
First tQ Act
Among the wise, the brain acts
before the mouth
POSITIVELY!
LUDEN'$
-.-,-o, c ou.. t,p,s 5¢
-- r b,,. ~ i
A Surelndex of Vulue
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• .~,~is knowled~ d a
IWmilil[ manutacturer's name and
mmNlll what it eeauds for. It h,
B~I~[J the most certain method,
Im[llW except that of actual
use, for judging the
value d ~y mazrd~
t~ed goods. Hem ~.the
only guarantee agaiaet
~_ e.arele~ wor~]p or
um ot shoddy matedab.
,ADW:RTISED GOODS
I
plained satisfactorily. Certainly, one
can not say that it is just "so big,"
and measure it by extended arms.
On the other hand, incidents or ac-
tions of a unit of the federal govern-
ment may furnish an indication of
the size on the basis of a compari-
son. Such an incident came in the
news reeenfly and, unfortunately,
very little attention was paid to it in
daffy newspapers of the nation.
Here is the basis of comparison,
and it tells its own story as to the
size of our national governmental
machine:
As of July 1, 1938, the director of
the census estimated there were
130,215,000 persons living within the
continental United States.
During the year 1938, citizens and
corporations within the United
States were compelled by law or
regulation or special orders to file
with federal government agencies
a total of 135,000,000 reports, infor-
mation forms, questionnaires, sta-
tistical facts and other required
statements.
That total is the offlctal calcula-
tion by Chairman Stuart A. Rice, of
the central statistical board, who
had made a survey of all federal
agencies upon orders of President
Roosevelt. The President wanted to
know whether there was a real basis
for the thousands of complaints and
editorial criticisms about the tre-
mendous burden that has been
placed upon every kind of business,
including individuals, by their gov-
ernment. The Rice conclusions,
however, have demonstrated in an
understanding way just what an oc-
topus our national government has
become, and it may be--indeed, it
Is likely--that Mr. Rice has per-
formed a chore here which will
mark the beginning of the end of
federal government expansion. His
findings ought to have that effect, in
any event.
Then Began an Expandon
O? the Federal Government
ShortLy after the World war ended
and the federal government get
back to normal in the matter of size
and the functions it was perform-
ing, there was a time when the popu-
lace raised loud shouts because
their government was spending a
billion dollars a year. There were
some hard times along in 1919 and
1930 and a year or so more, and
there was the call of the suffering
for help from their national govern-
ment There were, too numerous
ideas being fomented and allowed
to ferment, Each one contemplated
something new in the way of gov-
ernment functions. Well, each one
contemplated some additional fed-
eral expense.
In this way, there began an ex-
pansion of the federal government
that has carried on with an ever-
accelerating pace until the New
Deal took over, six years ago. Then,
we really went to town in expand-
ing the number of arms and legs
and eyes and ears of the federal
government. Yes, and with that ex-
pansion there came additional ex-
pense-expense, not in millions, but
in billions. Recently, you know,
President Roosevelt asked congress
to appropriate more than $9,000,000,-
000 for the government year begin-
ning July 1, 1939. That total is not
all. There will be other and addi-
tional sums called for as each one
of'these agencies, or many of them,
fails to live within its appropriation
and goes back to congress to ask
for more money. The relief admin-
istration came in a few weeks ago
and asked for $875,000,000 more to
run it until July I when congress
believed in May, 1938, that it was
voting enough funds to meet the
needs of relief until the coming July.
But to get back to Mr. Rice's sur-
vey. I am not informed as to de-
tails, or whether the figures have
been segregated to show how many
of these 135,000,000 reports are filed
with each of the several agencies.
Certain of the great offenders in the
matter of demanding reports can
be enumerated, however, to show
the trend. It is necessary obviously
in some cases for an agency of the
government to have all details of
businesses over which R has super-
vision; yet, I can not help wonder-
lag whether it is necessary to have
such supervision in the first in-
stance.
How Many M These Agencies
Can We Get Along Without ?
Hence, the Rice survey calls at-
tention to something much deeper
than just the burden that govern-
ment places on its citizens. It sug-
gests the question: how many of
these governmental agencies and
their functions can we do without?
How many can be abandoned with
benefit, both in the matter of sound
government and in the elimination
Of useless expense to the taxpayers
pier, and that if a large chunk of
these functions were forgotten, liv.
ing wouldn't be so complicated and
certainly not so costly. It must be
remembered that every time cost of
government is increased, there is
more than the outlay for govern-
ment expense involved. Every time
a government agency gets slimy fin.
gers into business, just then does
there arise an added cost of living.
It is not hearsay with me when I
say that high pressure groups force
additional government expenses
upon the nation. I have watched
their operation year after year. 2[
have sat in the galleries of congress
and observed the operation of lobby-
ists who have checked and re-
checked their lists of members; I
have seen their propaganda, their
threats of dire consequences at the
polls and I have seen cowardly sena-
tors and representatives capitulate
to the pressure. A million or so, or
several hundred millions, are voted;
a new federal agency is created and
starts spending money. The per-
sonnel that gets on the payroll at the
start begins immediately to look for
ways to keep its jobs and the agen-
cy establishes a "liaison" with con-
gress in order that congress can be
"informed."
There are 20 or 30 boards and bu-
reaus and commissions in the gov-
ernment today that were created
for "temporary" purposes, but
which continue to convince members
of congress that unless the agency
is continued thousands of persons
will suffer--maybe die.
Too Much Burden Placed
On Every Kind of Business
Surely, Mr. Rice has corroborated
the contention that government is
placing too much of a burden on
every kind of business by demand-
ing and obtaining all of these re-
ports--daily, weekly, monthly, an-
nually. Of my knowledge, I can
point to a hundred small businesses
that have had to hire extra account-
ants and other experts to do noth-
ing but make out reports to the fed-
eral government---and answer cor-
respondence from some squirt here
in Washington who tells them they
have not RUed in the proper items
on line 87, etc. It has happened to
me, personally, more than once, and
all there is to my office is myself
and my secretary.
I imagine that farmers got a taste
of this business of reporting to
Washington in c~nnec~on with the
agricultural adjustment program. In
wandering around the department of
agriculture I have seen hundreds of
persons checking and rechecking
farm contracts, reports of agents
and inspectors, county committees,
etc. Those farmers who did not en-
counter demands for statements
about this, that or the other still
have something to which they can
look forward, because they will get
such demands sooner or later.
Like the government machine iN
self, I can not help puzzling asto
what 135,000,000 reports mean.
Of
course, it can be said that it is one
report for every man, woman and
child in the nation, but it is not a
true perspective. There are, of
course, many millions of persons
who make no reports to the govern-
ment in Washington. That means
others must make many reports.
Why So Many Different
Agencies Doing Same Work?
From the standpoint of effective
administration ~ assuming that
many of the government activities
are proper--why is it necessary for
the government to have 11 different
agencies interested in housing? Why
should the departments of com-
merce, labor, and agriculture, as
another example, be asking the
same business man to make reports
to each one on the same subject?
Why should there be a federal de-
posit insurance company, a board
of governors of the federal reserve
System and a comptroller of the
currency all concerned with one in-
dustry-banking? Why should each
of these agencies have examiners or
investigators, doing very much the
same thing, making investigations
and examinations and reports to
their respective agencies? And I for-
got this one: the securities and ex-
change commission also horns into
bank management every now and
then !
Aside from these types, there is
the ever-present taxing authority.
Now, there must be taxes and they
must be collected and it must be
admitted that not all taxpayers are
honest. But hundreds of tax investi-
gators are going around and around
and undoubtedly they get their feet
tangled up with other investigators
and examiners. One wonders where
the end is.
@ West4trn Newspaper Ualo~
Ru:':lr,'s Description of
The Falls of the Rhine
The Falls of the Rhine near
Schaffhausen, Switzerland, are 380
feet wide and 100 feet deep. Com-
pared with Niagara they are modest
indeed, yet their setting is so im-
pressive that every spectator will
agree with Ruskin's description:
"Stand for an hour beside the
Falls of Schaffhausen, on the north
side, where the rapids are long, and
watch how thee vault of water first
bends unbroken in pure polished ve-
locity over the arching rocks at the
brow of the cataract, covering them
with a dome of crystal 20 feet thick,
so swift that its motion is unseen ex-
cept when a foam-globe from above
darts over it like a falling star; and
how the trees are lighted above it
under all their leaves at the instant
that it breaks into foam; and how
all the hollows of that foam burn
with green fire, like so much shat-
tering chrysoprase; and how, ever
and anon startling you with its white
flash, a jet of spray leaps out, hiss-
ing, like a rocket bursting in the
wind and driven away in dust, filling
the air with light; and how, through
the curdling wreaths of the restless,
crashing abyss below, the blue of
the water, paled by the foam in its
body, shows purer than the sky
through white rain cloud; while the
shuddering iris stoops in tremulous
stillness over all, fading and flush-
ing alternateLy through the chock-
ing spray and shattered sunshine,
hiding itself at last among the thick
golden leaves which toss to and fro
in sympathy with the wild waters,
their dripping masses lifted at in-
tervals, like sheaves of loaded corn,
by some stronger gush from the
cataract, and bowed again upon the
mossy rocks as its roar dies away."
'Curiosity Killed Cat
Traced to Older Saying
The saying "Curiosity killed the
cat" is believed to be a corruption
of the older saying "Care killed the
cat." It is one of the sayings per-
petuated more by sound than sense,
writes a correspondent to the Bos-
ton Herald.
A proverb known in England and
Scotland from time immemorial
says that a cat has nine lives, yet
care will wear them out. "Hang
sorrow, care will kill a cat," occurs
in "Christmas," a poem written by
George Wither, who died in 1667.
The same line is attributed to Ben
Jonson, John Taylor and others.
This proverb probably referred
originally to the fact that cats are
frequently so petted and pampered
that they sicken and die. However,
cats are not usually thought of as
being especially curious.
Why "Care killed the cat" was
changed to "Curiosity killed the
cat" is a puzzling question. One
writes says a plausible explanation
of this change is found in the fact
that one of the figurative senses of
"cat" is a human being who
scratches like a cat, particularly a
spiteful or back-biting woman."
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Constipated? You
Should Get at the Cease!
£~t8 of psople thtnk they oan't I~
totlm med~me ehe~~st. '~
die up and get/e o~ they teU
~o~ ~t L~ TM ~o~ they
don't ~titove~ gtall-unUlthey
get at the ~t~e of the trouble!
Chances ~re it's ~lmple to find
the cause ff you e~t only what
most peop!e do--meat, bread,
potatoes. It s likely yo~ don t oet
enough "bul~." And "bulk"
doesn't mean a lot of food. It's a
kind of food that isn't consumed
In the body, but leave8 a soft
"bulky" mass in the intestinea
and helps a bowel movement.
If that fits you, your ticket ~s a
crunchy breakfast oereal--Kel.
logg's All-Bran. It contains the
"bulk" you need plus the great
intestinal tonic, vitamin B~.
Eat All-Bran every day. drink
plenty of water, end ~uat watch
the old world grow brlghterl
~Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. ,
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,¢I'~EAR MRS. SPEARS: With
aJ the help of Book l, I have
Just made a slip cover for a wing
chair. I never would have tried
it if your directions had not been
so clear. I am now planning an-
other slip cover and draperies
which I would like to trim in
fringe. Will you please show me
with a sketch how I should sew
the fringe? Also should the
draperies and chair match?--M.
J. N."
So here we have the sketches
showing how to apply, fringe in
the seams of slip covers and also
for an edge finish. The raw edge
of the material in the lower sketch
is turned to the right side and
fringe is stitched over it.
If figured draperies are used,
the best effect is obtained if not
more than one slip cover in the
room is of figured material. Plain
slip covers may match one or
more of the colors in draperies,
rug or wall paper.
NOTE: Now is the time to give
your house a fresh start. Crisp
new curtains; a bright slip cover;
a new lampshade; or ottoman will
do the trick. Make these things
yourself. Mrs. Spears' Book 1-
SEWING, for the Home Decora-
tor, shows you how with step by
step, easy to follow sketches. Book
The Sporting English
In few things have the Ameri-
cans always differed from their
English cousins as in sports. A
young preacher, out hunting, sees
another fall from his horse, but
instead of stopping to render as-
sistance the preacher cries out,
"Lie still!" jumps his horse over
him and pursues his sport. Nor
is the fallen one vexed. On the
contrary, he thinks the preacher
has the right sporting instinct and
did just the right thing to go on
after the fox.
g--Gifts, Novelties and Embroid-
ery, will give you a new interest
for long winter evenings. It con-
tains complete directions for mak-
ing many useful things. Books
are 25 cents each; if you order
both books: Patchwork Quilt Leaf-
let is included free; it contains 35
authentic stitches illustrated in de-
tail. Address: Mrs: Spears, 210
S. Desplaines St., Chicago, Ill.
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the Moment Ymr Cold Starts
The simple way pictured
often brings amazihgly fast relief
from discomfort and sore throat
accompanying colds.
Try it. Tlien ~ see yotw doctor.
He probably will tell you to con-
tinue with Bayer Aspinn because it
acts so fast to relieve discomforts
of a cold. And to reduce fever.
This simple way, backed by
scientifi, c authority, has largely sup-
planted the use of strong medicines
in easing cold symptoms. Perhaps
the easiest, most effective way yet
discovered. But make sure you get
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