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The Barnwell People-Sentinel. Barnwell S. C. Thursday, Angnst 1, 1036
•National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
National Pres* Building—— Washington, D, C.
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Washlngton.—Politics varies little
from week to week or from admlnis-
tratlon to admlnl^-
mistakes tratlon. There Is
Are Costly mu cb the same re
action to smart ma-
neu vers and n)u<^i i the - same ' conse
quence when a politician makes a
bonebead play. Those who make the
mistakes pay the /penalties and Just
now one hears an abundance of dis
cussion In Washington as to whether
Ifr. Roosevelt has made a political
mistake that may/ cost him dearly later
on.
It will be recalled how In 1928 Sen
ator William B. Borah of Idaho ex
acted a pledge from candidate Herbert
Hoover that If Mr. Hoover were elect
ed he would Immediately call a special
session of congress to deal with the
agricultural tariff. Mr. Hoover car
ried out his promise and In so doing
brought about his eventual downfall.
He asked congress for a specific thing,
namely, revision of th^ tariff affecting
agricultural Imports so that American
agriculture could live. But congress,
as congress does so many times, re
fused to stay In bounds, h got out i
of hand so badly that when the
Hawley-Smoot tariff bill finally was
enacted Into law It turned out to be
a boomerang of the worst kind. It
overwhelmed Mr. Hoover and all of
those who attempted to justify It.
Now to bring the parallel to date,
Mr. Roosevelt has asked congress for
a three point tax program. It Is an
other one of those specific things. No
sooner had his special message landed
at the Capitol than house and senate
members began going around to-see
Tow It could be expanded. Each mem
ber had his own Ideas and each mem
ber began Insisting and continues to
Insist on having those Ideas Included
In the Roosevelt tax bill From this
tax program will result, a good many
observers believe, a fiareback on the
President and his aspirations for re-
election next year.
The efforts to expand the tax bin—
and a good many of them are going
to be successful—represent only the
beginning. The thing Is like a snow
ball and snowballs have a way of get
ting too large to manage. Sometimes
they roll down upon the boy who start
ed to make them. When the President
first tossed his tax message into what
was presumed to be the last stage of
the session, he explained that the pur
pose of the new taxes was nltlmately
to balance the budget and at the same
time to lay a foundation for redistri
bution of wealth. After the'first flurry
In which the administration spokesmen
at the Capitol tried to rush through a
bill, examination disclosed that the
schedules he had proposed accom
plished neither a balanced budget nor
the objective of redistributed wealth.
The potential yield of the Income tax
on the greater Incomes failed In any
way to produce a wealth redistribution.
Nor did the proposed tax on inheri
tances and gifts yield a great return
because In none of the Instances are
there large.sources of revenue to tap.
-'When the President offered his tax
hill he suggested Informally that the
probable yield would be about $341.-
000.000 annually. Congressional ex :
aminatlon of the schedules developed
a conviction among leaders at the Cap
itol that the yield would not be in
excess of $100,000,000 annually. Then,
along came Secretary Morgenthau who
expressed various and sundry Ideas
about taxation but made no recom
mendations whatsoever. That, accord
ing to the trained pol11icaI:observers
here, was another mistake. Tt-left the
0oor wide open and naturally there
was forthcoming a perfect deluge of
the tax Ideas born among individual
members after the President's message
was delivered. ,
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While It is too early yet to predict
the flnal form of the tax legislatlonr
It appears on thfe
Incomes to basis of present dr-
Be HU Hard cuinstances that the
new bill will tax
the incomes of a great many hun
dreds of thousands of persons at a
Jieavier rate than they now are paying.
They will get the foil force and effect
of these tax rates next March 13 when
the first Installment of taxes on in
comes of 1935 is due
Thereby hang the possible political
consequences of the President’s tax
message People never like to pay
taxes, and to pay taxes now, with eco
nomic conditions what they are, is
much more distasteful than in pros
perous days. So, the political eob-
servers In their discussion around
Washington now contend that Mr.
Roosevelt will have much to answer
for If the Republicans and New Deal
-opposition have the abiHty to utilise
the material made available^ to them.
Previously, In these columns, I haver
referred to the possible strategy of
the President In seeking re-election
through an appeal to the masses. This
course has been freely charged , by
those who contend that the $5,000,000,-
000 public works-relief fund which be
has available to spend as be sees fit
may be used to advantage in a political
way.
Now that congress has given
Indication of Its determination to go
beyond the President’s tax proposal
and assess taxes against most all of
us, the 'new phases of a political char-
Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
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ICE RECESSION
SCARLET FEVER
acter referred to earlier have become
much more significant
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Althongh little blood has yet been
shed, there has been a major casualty
already in the clash
Kellogg Pact between Ethiopia
to Be Buried “d Italy. It appears
_ that The Pact of
’arls^otherwise kuown a* the Kellogg
pact and the iVeaty for the Renuncia
tion of War, is about ready to be
burled in an East African grave.
With an eye toward the dispute be
tween Ethiopia and Italy, Secretary
Hu}l of our State department has pro
claimed anew America’s belief in the
sanctity of thfe treaty arranged during
the term of office of Secretary Frank
B. Kellogg and Foreign Minister Bri-
and, of France. He has said very defi
nitely that the United States looks to
both Italy and Ethiopia to live up to
their obligations under that treaty be
cause each nation Is a signatory there
to.
But, while Mr. Hull’s pronounce
ment must be regarded as a most com
mendable thinj; and his attitude must
be accepted as properly representative
of American conscience, the fact that
the United States expects the two na
tions to live np to their obligations
does not insure that result^. Indeed,
there is every reason to believe that
the Kellogg pact is about to become,
if It has not already become, just an
other scrap of paper.
In frequent conversations, one hears
the question asked: Why is the Unit
ed Skates taking such Interest- in the
controversy between Italy and Ethi
opia? Those nations are thousands
of miles away. They represent little
that has a direct contact with our eco
nomic or political life as they stand
today. Why, then, should the Ameri
can government Interest itself In that
controversy except on a basis of the
American people’s natural love for
peace.?
The answer Is simple. One can go
back through history and discover
where every important war had its be
ginning over issues of no more con
cern to other nations directly than the
Issues between Ethiopia and Italy.
One must become a bit disturbed In
examining the political structure ob
taining throughout the world today.
It Is In the nature of a keg of powder.
Japan and Russia are at bayonet
points because Russia feels Japan Is
expanding In the Far East and Is seek
ing eventually to take over a portion
of. the territory so* long under control
of the Russian Bear. Besides there is
a Chinese question in the Far East
with the Japanese encroachment upon
Chinese affairs. This condition has
left a bad taste In the mouths of many
statesmen and It will be Influential if
and when there is a realignment re
sulting from the crisis In Africa.
President Roosevelt has taken some
notice of the plaintj. of members of
, house and senate
Revises who have been feel-
“Must” List Ing the effects of
Washington's Intense
heat He has partially redefined the
list of “must” legislation that he wants
passed before congress adjourns. Head
ing this list, of course, is the tax legis
lation and it Is more than intimated
that he will not agree to an adjourn
ment until a new tax law has been
passed and signed.
Mr. Roosevelt also Is inclined to In
sist that congress enact the bill which
will deny corporations or citizens the
right to sue the federal government
on account of losses allegedly sus
tained through the government’s gold
policy. This legislation, from the ad
ministration’s standpoint, is Impera
tive because unless courts are denied
Jurisdiction in such suits It is an un
doubted fact that there will be many
of them filed before congress recon
venes next January. Thus, if the ad
ministration desires to avoid serious
court battles In the face of the Su
preme court’s decision In the famous
gold cases, It must prevent the filing
of those suits. Once they are filed,
an act of congress cannot prevent the
rendering of a final decision and the
adjudication of damages if any are
found.
Another pleasure which the Presi
dent wants enacted is the banking act
of 1935. It has undergone consider
able revision at the hands of the sen
ate subcommittee, presided over by
Senator Glass of Virginia, but the tit-
est word from the White House is
that the administration will not Insist
upon the radical provisions originally
written Into the Mil by Governor Be*
cles^ of the Federal Reserve board.
The Eccles plan. It will be recalled,
was regarded by many as certain to
result in placing control of the bank-
ing structure In a-politically minded
The past winter has been an epi
demic year for scarlet fever. In 1111-
> . nols scarlet fever
and other forms of
streptococcus Infec
tions, notably red
sore throat, have
been more widely
prevalent than at
any previous time
since reliable rec-
It appears that our refrigerating.
plant Is breaking down. The matter
of the receding polar ice cap has for
i long time engaged the attention of
scientists. Within recent times the
recession of the cap has been ef
such proportions that evidence ef It
has been observed within the Span
of only a few decades.
For Instance, the Russian Arctic
expert, N. G. Datsky, in re-examin
ing areas surveyed 40 years before,
found % that in Siberia, where his
predecessor. Professor Shrenk, found
eternal frost at the depth* of two
meters, there was now no frost at
any depth, not even in the marshes.
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ords have been
kept Scarlet fever, in'other localities, where Professor
Celery
Federal Reserve board. The Glass re
vision Is considered to have eliminated
that danger.
The President has encountered a
serious obstacle in the banking bill,
however, that is related to political
questions. As the Mil now stafids,
banks would be permitted to under
write Issues of corporate securities,
that is, to act as agent for the sale of
those securities. Mr. Roosevelt Is
seeking to find some way by which the
underwriting bank can be prevented
from Investing Its «>wn funds.in thee*
securities, a danger he regards as
grave. T'
# Wiaure N«wap*p#r Umion.
In all degrees of in
tensity, has been
widespread among
children, while
adults who have become Immune to
scarlet fever through' having had the
disease in childhood have developed
the sore throat
We do not have at this time a prac
tical public health method of prevent
ing scarlet fever as we have of pre
venting smallpox and diphtheria. The
chained or bead-like cocci of the so-
called streptococci family - are / still
man’s most dreaded bacterial enemy.
They cause scarlet fever, erysipelas,
child-bed fever, septic sore throat and
blood poisoning. Scarlet fever is mild
er than it was a decade ago, but It is
still a serious disease.
We use two general principles to
control contagion. One Is preventing
the distribution of the causative agent
of disease. We do this by a variety of
means, such as filtration and chlorina
tion of drinking water, proper disposal
of sewage, the pasteurization of milk,
the inspection and control of foods and
food handlers.
The whole big field of what we now
call sanitary science has been built up
around this desire of mgq to protect
himself and his family against the dis
eases conveyed through water, milk and
other foods.
, We have made wonderful progress
in the control of diseases spread
through these channels, such as chol
era. diarrhea, typhoid fever, etc. These
diseases may, very frankly, be termed
filth diseases, since they are caused
by germs which are in the excreta of
the sick person. The well person be
comes sick by swallowing the germs.
The dysentery outbreak that recently
occurred in Chicago belongs to this
group. Regardless of where, how and
why one of these diseases occurs, from
our stano'point it is a filthy contami
nation of food.
Now as to the second method of con
trolling contagion. This is by vacci
nation, which makes people Immune
to the causative agent One should
look at^this general problem of dis
ease from two standpoints, one, the
host, and the other, the invader. You
and I are the hosts, the germs are
the Invaders. All gertna want to Jive,*,
the. same as you and L Germs'.grow
rapidly.
We have-some ways of preventing
scarlet fever.. Th^se ways are not so
good nor so efficient as we should like.^
It Is possible to vaccinate against scar-*
let fever by injecting doses of vaccine.
Five separate injections have been rec
ommended as the best method. Before
being vaccinated, however, one should
have ar skin test done to see if vacci
nation is necessary. After the course
of five injections, another skin test
should be made to make sure that the
vaccine has been effective and Immu
nity established. This requires seven
punctures in all. The length of. time
a person is immune to scaVlet fever
Is still In question. This method has
proved successful in preventing scar
let fever in boarding schools and with
other groups of children under con
trolled conditions. Vaccination against
scarlet fever, it must be admitted, is
not so successful as is vaccination
against diphtheria.
Anyone recently recovered from an
attack of scarlet fever has disease-pre
venting substances In his or her bodg.
Blood from such a recovered person
can be injected into a child during the
early stages of scarlet fever and the
disease will run a short mild bourse.
Sometimes the use of this convalescent
serum, as the blood from a recently
recovered case is called, will cause a
prompt disappearance of the fever,
skin rash and sore throat
Scarlet fever antiserum, like diph
theria antiserum, is available for treat
ing cases of scarlet fever. But like the
preventive vaccination methods, the
scarlet fever antiserum does not work
so well as the diphtheria antiserum.
Scarlet fever, like most of the con
tagious diseases of childhood, begins
as a sore throat The diagnosis Is
usually made upon the type of skin
rash appearing a few otoys after thf
onset of the sore throat and fever.
The disease Is contagious from the be
ginning of the sore throat stage, even
before scarlet fever is established In
the diagnosis. The contagion Is spread
.by droplets from the throat and not
in the peeling skin, as many laymen
believe. ~ —
One should try to guard children
against contracting the disease, partic
ularly young children. Ninety out of
each kindred deaths from scarlet- fi
ver occur in children between two and
ten years of age. While scarlet fever
Is not a major canse of death now, re-
opvered eases may have permanent and
Irreparable kidney da inage.
Scarlet fever lingered longer this
spring than It has been In the habit of
doing. This leads public health au
thorities to believe that the disease
may have an early flare-up In the com-
Ipg winter.
• Weataru Navapapar Cnloa.
Shrenk found only shrubless tundra,
Mr. Datsky saw new growths of
timber! •
Only recently, Prof. R. T. Belknap
of the University of Michigan came
upon a pyramid of rocks and a note
originally placed at the foot of the
Cornell glacier by the late Professor
Tarr. The note was dated 1896. In
the time Intervening, the glacier had
moved back three-quarters of a mile
from the marker.
R. F. Griggs of the University of
Washington tells us that In the
Alaskan tundra country the forest
line is advancing at the rati - of a
mile a century. Trees are now grow
ing on land which had been barren
for 100,000 years.
If this keeps on, you say, Hudson
bay will eventually become a sub
tropical body of water. Well, what
of It? It has been several times be
fore, and. If geological evidence Is
anything to draw conclusions from,
It will be again.
According to W. J. Humphries of
the United States weather bureau. If
all the Ice of the polar caps melted,
the ocean levels would be raised 151
feet I And that’s something else to
try out on the slide rule.—Earl
Chapin In Forum and Century.
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