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THE BEA~ N. 1~ ~VAN~k
THURSDAY, MAY 26,
THE BEACH ADVANCE
W. F, CUSHING, EDITOR AND PUBLISHEE
Mender National and State Ed|torlal Associations
FU]BLIS]KED AT BEACH, NORTH DAKOTA, EVERY THURSDAY
at Dostoffico at Beach, North Dakota. on May 8, 190S, as secon~
class m.~t~e r
North Dakota. South Dakota, M:ontana and Minnesota,
$2,00. To all other states $2.50
D all communications to the BEACH ADVANCE, Beach. North
Dakota
OFFICIAL C][~ AND COUNTY NEWSPAPER
"CHEER UP"
-----O~
encouraging exhortation, "Cheer Up," is the title of a booklet
byothe famous statistician and financier, Roger W. Babson, who
knows as much accurately about the financial and economic
rendition of the country as does any living man. He gives a brief history
cycles through which the human race has passed, and
z almost every generation becomes prosperous, then wasteful and
and has an orgy of speculation which is followed by a season of
and distress, when the bottom is reached, recovery begins and
ProsPerity returns and conditions become normal. While he
wo~Jld not positively assert that we are now at the bottom of the depres-
~tor~, he thinks we must be there approximately and that reaction must
z~on begin. He argues that now is the time to have faith, to take money
OUt of l~iding to invest and ~et ready for the better day e sa~s. Let
US remember that in 1929 tlle uninformed and careless-minded were de-
~la,'lng another depression to be impossible simply because we had enter-
ed an era of prosperity. These people are now saying that we are in a
new era of adversity, with standards of livi~g at permanently lower levels;
With science, invention and discovery halted in their tracks, with the
American people playing the part of poltroons, instead of pioneers. %Vhen
such idle talk. turn aside from it as being the chatter of ignor-
cowardice. What we are witnessing is not a new era but an
Delusions come and go, but the law of action and reaction goes
And because they do my last word shall he--'Cheer Up[
times ahead'!"
WHY THEY BALK
president of the United States, wtmther it be Hoover. Roosevelt
is in better position to cut down government expenses, as they
to obsolete, unnecessary and expensive bureaus.and what not. than
While the president has appointed many men to office, most
are not really his appointees, but are on the job because of the
persistence of senators and Congressmen, and it is not to
expected that the latter will be in any mood to displace the people
the government payroll, whether or not they are earn-
their salt.
It is this fact that has been the stumbling block in federal govern-
merit expense reduction, for in mos~ cases the job holders are there by
virtue of political services rendered the Senator or Congressman rather
/
y
COMMUNICATIONS
(Congressman Sinclair writes
that he thinks we did him a injust-
ice in the article published last
week relating to his position on re-
duction of federal employes' salar-
ies. In justice to our old friend we
publish below his letter, inasmuch
as we had neither time nor space to
publish his circular in our last is-
sue. so publish this letter from the
Congressman, believing it sets forth
his views more clearly than the cir-
cular from which we drew our con-
clusions as we were going to press
last week. We still maintain, how-
ever. that a large majority of our
people out here think a salary cut
for federal employes would be in
line with their own retrenchments.
The Congressman's letter follows:)
Hon. W. F. Cushing, Editor, The
Beach Advance. Beach. North Da-
kota.
Dear Mr. Cushing:
I have read with considerable sur-
prise the article in the last i~ue of
the Advance. entitled. "Not Our
Viewpoint" relative to a news re-
lease sent by me on the subject of
taxes and economy in government.
I zm very reluctant [o believe that
you would intentionally try to in-
jure me. but surely the interprets-
add that as far as the du Ponts
concerned, besides their
ation to still further cut down
wages of American industry,
are throwing the weight of
enormous wealth toward the
of prohibition.
Well, this letter is growing
er long, so I will merely add
as a Representative who is
estly striving to serve the best
terests of the people of my
in these trying times, I feel that
should have your cooperation
encouragement. Certainly, it is
right that I be held up for
which I do not deserve. I'll
the case in your hands. If you
disposed to correct what I feel
be an injustice, I'll appreciate
If not, I shall continue to serve
and all others in my district
as ably and impartially as I
Trusting that this will find
well. I am, with kind personal
gards
Yours very truly,
J. H. SINCLAIR,
P. S.--In order that there may
no mistmderstanding on the
ernment officials' pay question,
think that salaries of Federal
ricers, where t.hey are in line
those paid on the outside,
be maintained. There are
cases where reductions can
should be made. I am a firm
liever in the principle that
tion you have given my statement. "laborer is worthy of his hire."
without doing me tl]e curte~:v to] applies to Members of Congress
print the latter in order that read-Iwell as to others. A Member '
ors might judge for themselves]does his work well and conscie
whether such interpretation wasI ous!y, earns every dollar he
warranted, does just that. t from the Government. One '
Mr reason for mailing you a eopy l ages not would be costly if he s~
of my views on the above questions eo zor no~nlng. Of course, as see
was that the information mightwhat indicated in my statement
help a little Lo throw light on some amount contributed by
ef the most important problems of our state toward paying
the day. I hoped your readers salaries of either officials or
would find iL of intere~st, but I re- ployees is very, very small No
cognize that you are the judge of not paying an income or st~
~-hat shall appear in your paper. I excise tax pays one'dollar to~
d:_d not request you to print my ar- these or any other Federal exp
ticle, but since you did not do so, es. Therefore, every Federal
it seems to me you are not giving cry coming into a community b
fits that community almost to
me a square deal in the comments full amount,
made on it.
I am enclosing another copy of
my statement. You will note thatNorth Dakota had 171,293
the chief thought intended to bemobiles and trucks registered
conveyed is that it is not in the 1931. Receipts from licenses,
power of Congress to grant relief mits and fees were $1,799204.
to any great extent on the tax bur~
dens of North Dakotans since over " • :
th~ for outstanding ability and devotion to public service. Evidently 90 percent of the taxes are for
Congress senses these facts and so far has refused to grant the president State. County and local purposes,
a~d not for the running of the
authority to effect the retrenchments that only a disinterested part~ can us crippled after the storm has blown over. The radical at such a time newspapers he always triesto fede:al government. I also showed THE HIGH STANDARD
about.
In the final analysis it w211 be found that this patronage hurdle is hisaS thiShoddyis nOagainstfrienda Ofwindmill.the people, but merely a Don Quixote wildly riding "bum" his way._ " - i brieflYany changeh°w itiniScertainimpossiblecoststOofmakefed, of
'what is making the lawmaking body shy at losing control over the jobs. c It is the policy of the Advance, eral government, namely those
SELFISHNESS IN THE SADDLE It is to~ bad that the nation should have to solve the depression is- to make every page of the interest- I arising from the war, and they in-
ing to somebody or other, hence t elude approximately three-fourth
-----o----- sue in a presidential election year. At another time the politics in the [ news features are scattered all over ] of all appropriations. I stated that served at
to disinterested Washington dispatches the greatly needed I situation could be strained out of the thing and the good of the country,[ the elgh~ pages of home pr;nt. The in the appropriation bills already
tic ~ has been and is being held up over four tariff proposi-I instead of the party and individuals, made the predominant issue. Or- uncertainty of advertising volume approved by the House of Represen-
t~0~, theSe representing selfish inter~ts of sections or industries. All od~ dinarily the people of this country are pretty level headed and are to be eaChreadersWeekare makeurged thiSto readnecessarY'the paperS° tativeS.of ever reductions$150,000,000haVefrombeenthe madeesti_
them are inimical to the best interests of the country as a whole, an depended on for sound judgment, but in presidential elgction years all from first to last page, as they mates submitted to us b~, the Presi-
carry out the charge that in Congress the general interest of the nation hands look at things from so many angles few can get a proper focus on will be sure to find much of inter- dent and Budget Bureau.
eat to them on every one of them.
iS frequently submerged in the scramble for gain by individuals or sec- the object aimed at, I think my record shows that I
~tiO~ who make it plain the Senator or congressmen from those sections o have consistently supported every "accounts its
,~$t deliver the goods or get out. While we are hot inclined to be an "alarmist," we do believe, in the---editorialHere is aconfessionfrank--alSOclippedPicturesqUefrom mOvewhere forthateConomYhas not impairedin governmenteffici, wit~ to~ . farm folks.
Some of these tariff issues vitally effect us of the Northwest, as they face of grasshopper conditions here last year, and the ~ arnings of a Nebraska weekly: "A none too ency. My statement did not say, ~ "" " = ="
a~ aimed at barriers against Canadian products, and the proceeding may specialists in hopper control, that not only the county fathers but the signedfriendlYnoteCritiCto tellSendSme methat ani usedUn- thatsalariesI WaSof opposed,,Fcder~l tOcfficia~..,cutting the'it TRY IT di
said that I condemn the d:ive being ~ ~ i i
~ously affect the negotiations now going on with that country 17eki~ farmers themselves should give the matter of subdulng a grasshopper
t~the building of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway, which e plague timely and serious thought. There is every prospect of large losses the word 'learn" twice last week
where I should have used the word lcarried on at the instance of cer-
much to us. Canada does not feel over kindly toward us for the in- by these pests if not controlled by the poison treatment, and the cost of 'teach.' Say, Bozo, last week I us- ] tain powerful financial interests to!
eresa~ed tax on her goods we imposed in the last tariff bill, and it will the remedy is but a drop in the bucket as compared to the damage the ed the word damn three times when i cut the pay of Government work- ....
~take much to enable Canadian opponents of the canal, not to men- hoppers can do. o I should have employed a red hot ] orS.as thatMYofStandall labor°n thiSandiSfarmthe samelead_
t~the opposition of New York, to cause the failure of the treat~ now kiCkpardonin becausethe pants,i havebUt I hOpenever beenf°r ~::s" The principal effect of cutting Let [ ,Seni
pending for its construction. . " The farmers are going to get through with their spring work pretty privileged to study Journalism and ~~Y cbe~ks of v:orkers, both in and
out of Government service, is to
~ in other directions the proposed tariffs, in a purely revenue bill, are soon and will be in the humor for a good get-together session of some of course my grammar and diction reduce buying "power of the rank . y¢ !r Car
of nO benefit to others than speciaI interests. Yet these interests have kind. Abo~tt the °nly way thls can be got at is via a county picnic with must suffer as a consequence."
able so far ~o delay and mix up the urgent revenue measure, and everybody and their families on hand and doing their part to make it a f the~nd farmers'file of oUrbest countrY,customers.WhOsuchare
~ ultimately either destroy or'keep it before Congress until business great day. Just because times are not what they should be is no reason The Chickasha. Okla.. Star says: firms as the du Pont munitions ~a c'~m~
t ~
people
generally
are
not
only
made
more
uneasy,
but
why everybody should not have a good time once in a while. All are de- '"A newspaperthaniS in a more difficult company, a concern whiChbilli.ons.made
thor°ughly"I; serving of it. Let's go! Who will lead the procession? position any other b~siness millions and probably even
TEXACO
G&S
AND
dtsg,asted, when there is a widespread depres- out of the world war. are flooding
Yet this condition seemingly will exist until the good Lord changes o sign. It can curtail its cost only the counwy with false and mis-
human nature, for all of us are more anxious to get something for our- I In the face of a allowing of the utmost damage that may be done by by curtailing its service to the pub:- leading propaganda on the subject
~lVes than we are to bring back prosperity to the people as a whole, grasshoppers in a number of s~ates the Congress shows a ~'onderful lack i lic, and the moment it starts to do of Federal expenditures. The pub-
-- of consideration in not passing the bill for control of these insects, while ' that it is inviting disaster. A news- lic is not to be blamed if it takes
ipaper is bdilt upon service. It this at f,~ce value, not knowing
WHY NOT MAKE IT OUR BUSINESS? rushing to the resc{~e of other production agencies with the greatest I holds its place in the confidence what is behind it. This firm recent-
-~-o----- aiacrit~~. But maybe Congress sees in the devastation of the grain fields and affection of the public because ly sent out circulars to business
looking at or considering public affairs we try not to differentiate by the hoppers an easy way of getting rid of the surplus wheat and pull- I of the day in and day out service houses and banks all over the
~n public business and our private .methods of business. We try ing the Farm Board out of the hole. which it gives. It must give this country in which figures were so ~ Station
] service whether it gives it at a pro- juggled as to wholly misrepresent i GOODWIN THOMPSON
do as many do: put public affairs up on a pedstal as something ~ o----~ fit or a loss." We feel the same way the facts. This was so "raw" that t
mt from our own homely every day way of doing things. But fro- This seems to be the open season for one-track minds to run rampant. I about it. the Director of the Budget tooki [~
iF we follow the common trend and forget the hard lessons learned ----~, cognizance of it by authorizing the
sate life when it comes to public matters, all too often figuring it A year or so ago every fellow you met had a recipe for making brew. } Senator Long of Louisiana voices enclosed Memorandum. I migh[ [
m~ ,public things are not our affair and that If we can get some- New every fellow you mee~ has a remedy for the depreseion, the idea that the pay of a senator
cannot very well be reduced because
for o~n'selves or friends out of the county, state or federal govern- ...... a campaign. No word has come
it is just so much gained for us as against the general public. In Some European financiers are talking about the "flight from the ] it costs him a lot of money to make
unless we have some personal ax to grind we, between elec- dollar" but we never saw a European yet who was fleeing from a dollar, from Louisiana that there was any •
'force, but his own desire, to make
~ge do it" and when George has got us in the hole, set uP o
can be heard around the world. The Chicago Post veryIf .you ever get to feeling too much satisfied with yourself Just stop him run for the senate, so his ar-
gument is about as ~eak as any we
this point as followS: for a moment and remember where United States steel was three years have yet heard from that source
are springing up in all states of the Union.
in Chicago have the benefit of several. Wisconsin has one. Minne-
one. Other states have them. And now the president of the
taxPaYers' association has suggested an all-inclusive associa-
'Northwest Taxpayers' Alliance' whose members will be drawn
section of the country.
which such alliances and organizations can serve, if
intention is to bring about lower taxes, can be achieved by the Pro-
owners themselves without the need for dues-collecting units. The
within the grasp of the peoPle. All it requires is the desire
to accomplish the fact. The associations merely
a paid secretary or executive of some sort to do the work for the
who will not give intelligent interest voluntarily.
grow In direct proportion to the cost of government, and
measure, depends on the demands of the citizens to a given
and in greater measure on the tYPe of public servant who is
No taxpayer would ever hire someone to work in his home
and not take the time to check up on what is being done, and
ago, against reducing the expenses of
o government. However. we have no
The Russians and Japs talk so much about what they are going to objection to the present pay of
snators and congressmen, as we
do over in Manchuria that we are beginning to doubt whether there will believe they earn the money.
be any real fight. "---7,
-'~ The Farm Board announces that
About the only chance the dear people have left is that somehow or : it will sell or has sold 650,000 bales
other the tax and economy bills will get fixed up in the final conference
between the House and Senate committees.
Anyhow, if there were a lot of paid publicity agents boosting stocks in
1929 it must be admitted that now most of them belong to the army of
the unemployed. At least we haven't noticed much boosting of late.
chances of crop failure or closing
of their shops? Who is protecting
them ?
This "buying power" slogan is be-
ing worked to a fare-you-well in
Yet that is what the people do right along with govern-
Congress. But we sometimes think
Congress is more interested in the
would watch the course of government, not only at __.__ "voting power" of the men its mem-
bers have put into office than
time, but all year around, as they do their own af- If, as Congress seems to think, Guying power' as it effects the
thus have a better knowledge of the men and women whom wages of federal employes cannot
to run the vast affairs of the city or county, state or nation, be reduced because it ,would lessen people at large.
~nc nical and practical citizens would be intrusted their ~_yn~ [werb g po r," by the same One of the
~nd then there would be little or no need for taxpay- ~en"tneiu°ngrv~
oddities
of
life
that
is
opposed
to
newspaer publishers cannot under-
cutting out any of the too many stand is how come that the gov-
are now thriving.'-- bureaus and boards and other non- ernment competes with printing
........ ~o , essentials to economical govern- houses in supplying certain types of
thinking. The retrenchment in public ex- ment, because, to fire that large
, cuts ,,.ecess ~ry h t private affairs, so far. army ofeneedless .... employes, would printing,asking newspapers'While on theto publish°thor handfree
reduce th ix buying power, almost every kind of public notice
bt~t to dash into the china shop like a But how about the poor devils of it wants to get to the people. In
thout beneficial result.
situation that is bound Their a great many respects Uncle Sam
is one of the creapest of ~ap-
skates. If he neede dthe goods of
line of business he
of cotton, which is one-half the
i amount it bought of the 1930 crop,
at 16.3 cents a pound, this sale be-
ing at the urgence of the cotton
mercers who claimed the holding
of so much cotton acted as a "cloud"
over the market, and although the
present price of cotton is around
six cents a pound, and representing
a loss of between 25 and 30 million
dollars. Southern senators protest
and ask that sales be wfthheld for
another year. And this is only one-
quarter of all the Farm Board own-
ed cotton, 'but the balance is not
to be sold before July 31, 1933. In]
addition to all this cotton held off,l
the market, the Agricultural de-[
partment owns 365,155 bales of cot-]
ton it had to take on defaulted seed I
loans, but which will be held an
indefinite time. Thus 'we se~ the l
government gradually getting into]
the grain and cotton business I
through foreclosures, while many of]
the states have gone largely into[
the land business through similar]
processes. What is the end of thisl
going to be? ..... ---- [
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