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THE SUN, NEWBERRY„S. C n FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1938 Weekly News Review— [/. S. Turns to ‘Price Policing’ In Anti-Monopoly Campaign — By Joseph W. La Bine Business Government prosecution of com binations in alleged restraint of trade was known as “trust-busting” in the days of President Benjamin Harrison. In 1890 the Sherman anti trust law began hacking at financial octopi in what was shown to be a legitimate campaign to keep Amei'i- "i can industry from killing itself by mushroomed growth. Modern trust-busting is an out growth of the New Deal. Its in tended victim is not the monopo listic trust of bygone days, but usu ally a group of powerful corpora tions which dominate an industry. But though the 1938 model trust buster can be credited with success (17 victories, 12 cases still pending, out of 42 filed since March 4, 1933) he might also be charged with mak ing political capital of his job. Thus it has been hinted that So licitor General Robert H. Jackson, once an assistant attorney general. joined the anti-trust crusade last year largely in the hope of winning New York’s Democratic gubernato rial nomination. If politics was the inspiration for some anti-trust suits, these same suits have now become such hot potatoes that a vanished political purpose does not justify the justice department’s dropping them. One possible example may be the trust case against the Aluminum Company of America. To date this year-old investiga tion has failed to uncover much ex cept a re-hash of testimony and evi dence from the 1935 federal trade commission’s probe, and a private litigation of a decade ago from which the company emerged with a clean bill of health. Today’s anti-trust division of the justice department has 90 lawyers compared with 15 in 1933, handling monopoly cases and proceedings connected with 31 other major acts of congress. Trust-busting boss is Thurman Arnold, whose fetish is in vestigating the price policies of in dustry. Says Mr. Arnold: “We are being forced to take control of in flexible price structures and coer cions in restraint of trade today just as in 1933 we were forced to take control of the financing and market ing of securities.” Much interest now centers in the justice department’s newly inaugu rated suit against Delaware’s Co lumbia Gas & Electric corporation for allegedly “conspiring to monopo lize” the natural gas industry of Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Michigan. But in accordance with his probe of price policies, Thur man Arnold is probably more inter ested in oil. Since crude- oil prices recently plummeted in the wake of alleged over-production by refiner ies, both the President and Mr. Ar nold favor a program for state con trol over oil production and refin ing. Harking back to the trust-busting days when Standard Oil’s case first made the U. S. monopoly-conscious, the new probe will examine every phase of the oil industry from pro duction to marketing. Though oil men will welcome an intelligent gov ernment program to stabilize crude oil prices, observers fail to see great consistency between this program to raise prices, and other monopoly quizzes which prosecute men for allegedly raising prices. Agriculture Although U. S. department of ag riculture officials admit export sub sidies are not very effective in re ducing wheat surpluses, the govern ment has committed itself to ex porting 100,000,000 bushels by next July. Of 40,000,000 bushels thus far exported, 16 millions have been aid ed by subsidy payments from the federal surplus commodities corpo ration. All such sales have gone through regular trade channels. But wheat export has become a disgusting business. Since every wheat-producing nation seems to have a surplus this year, the export market is glutted. In early Novem ber, Liverpool prices were the low est since 1933-34. At such a time, the real purpose was obvious when AAA’s Francis A. Wilcox left for Europe ostensibly to “study agri cultural conditions.” Observers are betting that Mr. Wilcox is really attempting to find European buyers for U. S. wheat, and that the gov ernment may enter business as a di rect exporter of wheat. Meanwhile, Secretary of Agricul ture Henry A. Wallace received en couragement for his “domestic dumping” farm program which con gress will debate next January. Call ing for government subsidy of sur plus farm products for home con sumption, the program has received “endorsement of objective” from Idaho’s Sen. William E. Borah. De nouncing the economic puzzle that lets Americans starve in a land of plenty, Mr, Borah said: “I am in formed that 25 per cent of our young men between the ages of 17 and 25 would be unfit for army service in case of war because of the want of nutrition during their youth.” Domestic Last June 10 the U. S. business index (figured on a normal of 100) stood at about 76. By November 8 it had risen to 90 and as a result retailers throughout the country an ticipate as big a Christmas shop ping volume as last year. Actually, it should be better, because last year’s November index—while com parable to this year’s—was definite ly on a down-hill slide that did not stop until well after January 1. On every financial page in the country there are encouraging signs, most important of which has been re employment in the automobile in dustry. New York’s auto show, touching off an unprecedented vol ume of motor sales, has given strength to most commodities. The only pessimist in this picture has been the weather man, whose Indian summer lasted well into November and thereby blocked the norma] upsurge of retail buying. International Japan once offered an excuse for her Chinese aggression. To com plaints that she had violated the nine-power treaty guaranteeing Chi na’s integrity, Tokyo used to an swer that she had taken no terri tory for annexation, therefore had not violated the treaty. If someone charged her with violating the Kel- logg-Briand pact against war, Ja pan answered that the pact said nothing about defensive war; by some mysterious definition, Nippon regarded her Chinese conquest as a defensive proposition. Now that China is conquered, Ja pan feels safe to abandon excuses. Tokyo has stated officially that it may be necessary to repudiate the nine-power pact, which is almost tacit admission that she has both violated and abandoned the Kellogg- Briand accord. -Moreover she has named the turncoat Chinese war lord, Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, as leader of a new central Chinese govern ment which combines the old Nan king and Peiping units. Though an- UNDERSECRETARY WELLES The protests become outspoken. nexation is not mentioned, China has been absorbed economically and politically by Tokyo. The U. S. has been most stern in its protests, since Great Britain is too busy appeasing dictators to speak up in defense of her Chinese stake. To Secretary of State Cor dell Hull’s demands now come surly replies that the U. S. had better keep its hands off China or Japan will “take retaliatory measures.” This state of affairs is probably behind the latest U. S. anti-dictator outburst, more outspoken than its increasingly outspoken predeces sors. Sumner Welles, undersecre tary of state, has given the world fresh notice that the U. S. is ready to protect net only itself but all the western hemisphere from “the doc trine of hatred” now threatening civilization. ■The new American policy, a la Welles: “As a nation we will as sure ourselves that we are in a posi tion to defend ourselves from all aggression from whatever source it may arise, and to be prepared to join with our fellow democracies of the new world in preserving the western hemisphere safe from any threat of attack.” Heaped atop this plea for western hemisphere consolidation will be the eighth Pan-American conference, opening December 9 in Lima, Peru. Observers expect a U. S. delegation headed by Secretary Hull to fur nish plenty of ear-burning thrusts at Japan, Italy and Germany. Tloyd ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE VOURSELFI “At Terror’s Door” H ello everybody: Another good way to find adventure is to go around ring ing doorbells looking for it. And who rings more doorbells than a house-to-house canvasser? Olga McComic of Astoria, N. Y., can tell you all about that. On a day in April, 1936, when the wolf was howling around the door and there weren’t any other jobs to be had, Olga tried her hand at canvassing, and for a week she went around pushing bell buttons, receiving some pleasant greetings, some scowls, some angry outbursts, and having a good many doors slammed in her face. Monday was the toughest day of the whole bunch, she says. Well- Monday always seems to be a bad day. People are usually cross on the blue day after the week-end, and this morning was no exception. In two whole blocks, Olga hadn’t taken • single order. Discouragement was taking hold of her. She walked into a block where only one house stood, shaded by rows of trees and surrounded by patches of growing vegetables. Disregarded “Beware of Deg” Sign. That house looked inviting. Olga was sure she’d get an order there. Disregarding a sign that said, “Beware of the dog,” she opened the gate, went down a board walk, and finally came to the front door. There was no doorbell in sight. Olga knocked. No answer. But canvassers know that “No answer” doesn’t always mean no one is home. Olga knocked again—and when that didn’t bring any reply she reached over and tapped lightly on the window pane. Suddenly a gruff voice came from within. “What do you want?” a man growled. He looked more like a gorilla than a human. At the same time Olga heard heavy footsteps walking toward the door. But before they reached it—before the door opened—she heard a low, throaty snarl behind her and felt something tugging at her skirt and coat. Huge Beast Was Ready to Spring. Olga turned—and almost let ont a scream. At her side, pull ing at her clothing, was a dog almost as big as herself. * It bared its fangs and snapped at her and then crouched, as if getting ready te spring. That sign reading, “Beware of the dog,” hadn’t been the idle bluff Olga had taken it for. Olga’s eyes turned toward the door of the house in frantie appeal. Would it open? Would the owner come out before his dog had torn her to pieces. It seemed'to Olga as though he’d never get there. The dog let out another growl and crouched lower. Then the door did open—and Olga didn’t know which she was more afraid of, the man or the dog. The man was big and frightful, with dark whiskers, a stubbly growth of hair on his jowls and the dirtiest clothes Olga had ever seen in her life. Olga says he looked more like a gorilla than a human being, but he snapped at the dog and the dog slunk away to the rear of the house. Olga looked down at her clothes. Her coat and dress were both torn. Her sample case was on the ground and samples of soap, lotions and perfumes were strewn right and left. With shaking hands she started to pick them up. The man glared at her and bellowed, “Well, what are you selling, anyway?” Gave Her a Big Order. Olga told him in a voice that trembled. Then she got her second big shock of the day. The man sat down and ordered four dollars’ worth of her goods—the biggest order she had had yet. Olga’s coat and dress were torn and she’d had a terrible fright—but she had an order, too—and a good start for the day. She heaved a contented sigh and started down the wooden path toward the gate. She had just reached the gate when she met a woman, her arms loaded with bundles, coming in. The woman gave her a hard, hostile look. “Well, what do you want here?” she asked. Olga did her best to .mile. “Good morning, ma’am,” she be gan. “I’m selling—” “Never mind what you're selling,” the woman snapped. “I don’t want any of it.” She brushed past Olga and started for the house, but half way up the walk she stopped and called back, “Say, were you at the door?” Olga thought she’d better not mention the order the man had given her. The woman was apparently the old fellow’s wife and she might change his mind about all that soap and perfume he had bought. So she said, “Yes, I was at the door—and that dog of yours almost scared me to death.” Man Was “Stark Crazy.” The woman sniffed. "Humph,” she said. “It’s a wonder you wouldn’t pay some attention to that sign we’ve got posted. And not only the dog, but it’s a wonder you didn’t get killed by that madman. He’s off his mind—stark crazy. I just called on the drug store telephone for an ambulance.” Olga could feel her legs getting weak under her. The dog had been the least of her troubles. She had been sitting and talk ing to a man who, if his mood had changed, might have mur dered her. And what about the goods she had sold him? From the back of her memory came the thought that a contract signed by an insane person was void. Was her prise sale—her first sale of the day—going to turn out to be a dud? She looked at the woman. “But he just gave me an order,” she stammered. “Oh, he did, did he,” snapped the woman. “Well, if you want to de liver that order you’ll have to take it to Bellevue or the Island, because that’s where he’s going.” And with that the woman turned and stamped into the house. So, if you’re looking for adventure, boys and girls, get a job as a canvasser. You might even make a bit of money at it, too. But you won’t if all your customers are like the one Olga McComic ran into in the little tree-shaded house at the end of the board walk down the block. Copyright.—WNU Service. Foreign • The European domination won at „ Munich by Germany and Italy is but a prelude to Hitler-Mussolini plans for relegating France and Great Britain into second-rate sta tus. Still to come is a four-power pact, but first must come the groundwork in which France and Britain are fattening themselves for the slaughter: ENGLAND sees growing resent ment toward Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who claims: “Our sole concern is to see that this coun try and her colonial communications are safe.” But recalling successive British diplomatic defeats in Man- chukuo, Ethiopia, Spain, China, Aus tria and Czechoslovakia, Chamber lain’s foes wonder what he means by “safety.” The real Chamberlain policy is appeasement of dictators at any cost. Thus the prime min ister has forced a 345-138 approval of his Italian friendship pact in the house of commons. Thus, too, he has dropped Britain’s elaborate de fensive armament plan and urged the retirement of War Minister Les lie Hore-Belisha. Once active in op posing Spain’s civil war, Great Brit ain must now grant belligerent rights to both Loyalists and Rebels. Still unfulfilled are Hitler’s demands for return of war-mandated colonies and a 3-1 air domination over Great Britain. Although Britishers them selves look unkindly on Nazi colonial ambitions, it is known that English South Africans ?re more than will ing to return mandated territory if it will avert war. FRANCE, now tom by financial distress resulting from feverish re armament, has welcomed Reichs- fuehrer Hitler’s offer of a 10 or 25- year truce. This is more ground work behind the eventual four-power pact. In return for German renun ciation of territorial Claims (in Eu rope) against France, Paris would re-establish normal diplomatic re lations with Italy (already accom plished) and possibly turn away from the League of Nations to live at the mercy of dictators. The only other alternative, now being politely sug gested, is that Italy, Germany and Japan be lured back into the League by a “purge” of anti-dictator Geneva officials. Since France faces bank ruptcy unless she can halt rearma ment, any kind of peace is welcome. Still another sign of French capitu lation is Premier Edouard Daladi- er’s renunciation of Communist party support, a move which gains favor with Soviet-hating Nazi-Fas- ITALY AND GERMANY are now so sure of their positions that they find it unnecessary to ask British- French advice on handling Czecho slovakia’s minority problem. Al though the treaty of Munich stipu lated four-power action on Czech minority problems, Foreign Minis ters Joachim von Ribbentrop and Count Galeazzo Ciano have just transferred a large part of Czecho slovakia to Hungary. For Germany, recent weeks have opened a wedge permitting a successful economic “drive to the east.” For Italy they have brought Franco-British recog nition of her Ethiopian conquest, placing Premier Mussolini’s battle- won empire in good standing with Europe’s highest diplomatic society. At best the highly touted four-power pact will be a mere formality for totalitarian states. Religion U. S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican were broken off 70 years ago on the ground that the Papal state no longer had a territorial do main and therefore did not deserve diplomatic status. Two years ago when Catholic Postmaster General James A. Farley was granted an audience with the Pope, there were rumors that diplomatic relations might be resumed. Not unnoticed is the spacious new Washington headquarters being built for the U. S. apostolic delegate, nor the fact that President Roosevelt entertained Chicago’s Cardinal George Munde lein when the latter stopped off en route to Rome. Since U. S. Ambas sador to Italy William Phelps dis played unusual assistance to Cardi nal Mundelein on his arrival in It aly, and since the visit has drawn wide attention among Catholic churchmen, it is possible that U. S.- Vatican diplomatic relations might be on the mend. Certain it is that Pope Pius XI sees eye to eye with Washington on what Secretary of State Cordell Hull calls “interna tional lawlessness.” Trend Hole the wind it blotting ... DOBBIN’S DECLINE.—U. S. de partment of agriculture figures show 11,163 horses and mules in the country, half as many as in 1915. Continued downward trend is expected. MERRY CHRISTMAS. — Mutual savings banks in 17 states will distribute $54,429,205 in Christ mas savings to 1,326,797 people just before Christmas. Deposits are almost $3,000,000 above last year. FINE BUSINESS.—A New York woman driver has been fined for going too slowly, the first case of its kind in New York’s history. MEN AT WORK.—An Emporium (Pa.) WPA project has been sus pended because improving busi ness has recruited all unem ployed laborers. MEATY NOTE During 1938’s first eight months, Americans ate 125,000,000 more pounds of meat thair in 1937’s first eight months. Effect of Rattlesnake Venom Once rattlesnake venom begins circulating in the bloodstream, death soon follows. Unlike other poisons which affect only one organ, it crip ples instantly everything it contacts, disintegrates the red corpuscles. Stork Holland’s Sacred Bird The stork is Holland’s sacred bird who keeps down the population of toads and frogs common to such a country. Formerly no Holland city was without its stork colony. How Flowers Are Pollinated Flowers are pollinated not only by insects, wind, water and man, says Collier’s Weekly, but also by birds such as hummers, honey-eaters and sun birds, and by mammals such as bats, and by climbing marsupi als such as the money mouse of Western Australia. Colnmbus Visited Puerto Rico The only land under the United States flag ever visited by Colunv bus was Puerto Rico. • Progress made in perfect ing new scientific aids for hard-of-hearing. -By Dr. James W. Barton” 1 W HEN glasses were first used the main thought was to magnify or enlarge print or other objects so that' they could be more readily seen. Gradually glasses were improved so that shortsight edness or longsightedness was corrected, then astigma tism (where rays of light do not focus to a single point due to a defect in the curva ture of the lens of the eye), then weakness of any of the muscles controlling the eye ball; finally double vision lenses, one for reading and one for distance, were produced, and final ly contact lenses, which are fitted be neath the eyelids - and do away with the need of frames. It would seem that there is the same process of develop ment of progress giving aid to those who are hard of hearing. We all re member the large Dr. Barton horn that the hard of hearing carried not so many years ago, which was held toward anyone trying to speak to them. Just as the first glasses magnified, or increased the ability to see an object, so the horn in creased or gathered the sound so that it could be more_xgadily heard. Then followed various types of hear ing aids, electrical and mechanical, some of which helped certain cases but were unsatisfactory in others. And just as glasses for the eyes were made to correct more than poor or weak vision, so the new aids for hearing are now manufac tured to correct different “types” of hard of hearing. * New Eleetrie Device. An editorial in Laryngoscope states: “Great improvements in electric hearing aids are being made with surprising rapidity. Among recent advances in this field the most important is the develop ment of ‘selective’ amplification (in crease in the hearing) by which units of a portable carbon phone hearing device of variable amplifying power at different pitches are assembled in such com bination as will best meet the spe cial requirements of the individual as shown by his audiogram.” The audiogram is the chart on which the audiometer (the hearing test machine) has marked the hear ing ability of the individual at dif ferent ranges of sound. The day has now arrived when ear specialists are able to advise the patient as to his needs and these needs can, to a great extent, be met by these new hearing devices. ’Imbalance' of Muscles Causes Eyestrain Eye specialists (oculists) tell us that what is commonly called eye- strain may be due to other condi tions than overuse of the eyes or reading in a poor light. Thus Dr. John V. V. Nicholls, Montreal, states in the Canadian Medical As sociation Journal that eyestrain proper means manifestations in the eyeball itself, in the ability to see, and in the body as a whole. Dis turbances due to reading too much or reading in a poor light are re lieved by removing these irritating conditions, whereas symptoms af fecting the eyeball, seeing ability, and the general health give rise to much more disturbance. The ocular or eyeball symptoms are dull heaviness over the eyes, itchy and burning sensations in the margins of the lids, and sometimes redness of the eyeball. The visual or “seeing” symptoms are more or less prolonged attacks of blurred vision. There may be periods of double vision. Among the systemic symptoms, due to a disturbance which inter feres with the eyes working togeth er properly, are faintness and dizzi ness. Treatment Takes Time. Dr. Nicholls states that all thes systemic symptoms are due to an “imbalance” of the muscles which control or move the eyeball and can be corrected if treatment of this muscle imbalance is properly car ried out. This treatment may re quire considerable time and per haps much home work on the part of the patient, but the results are very satisfactory. Further, just as the oculist ad vises the patient to rid himself of any infection present—teeth, tonsils, sinuses—before having the eyes test ed for glasses, so it is suggested that as "temporary” muscle im balances are not uncommon after in fluenza or other depressing ail ments, a reasonable time should be allowed for the condition to correct itself before beginning treatment. “Treatment, based on the above principles, carried out with patience and persistence, will be found very successful.” • B«U Syndicate.—WNU Barrie*. 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