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ROOSEVELT THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS

WONDERLAND SPECTACLE OF "MUDDLE, MESS AND MISERY

(By Sir Arthur Michael Samuel, M.P.)

for

Ripley, the "Believe It Or Not cartoonist, who is at present in London, has been, in turn, baseball player, cinema actor, writer, lec turer, sparring partner for Jack Sir Arthur Michael Samuel, M.P.,prices of primaries has not been Dempsey, tennis champion and was Financial Secretary to the Trea-realised. What is worse, the cost scratch golfer. He has been draw-sury from 1927 to 1929, He has of production of manufactured mer Ing cartoons since he was 14 To had large experience, both at the chandise has risen so that everyone day, his "Believe It Or Not series Board of Trade and at the Treasury, in the United States, whether brings him in an income of $40,000 and has given service in many public farmer, miner, factory worker, or wegian clerk, while perhaps receiving some- a year.

Conditions in the United States in what more for what he sells, has to Ripley is of English stock on both sides. His mother, who was general, and in its agricultural m-pay proportionately more for what a Miss Cromwell, was born in a dustry in particular, are drifting to he buys. On balance the relative covered wagon in the West He wards a state of anarchy. One does position of primary and secondary himself was brought up in Call not say whether leadership in the prices"in the United States is pro

or bably worse to-day than it was ear- United States is incompetent fornia.

Million Letters A Year childish, or whether its economists, lier in the year,

Again, the. "Buy More" slogan -Ripley travels round the world or statesmen, or legislature, are to collecting material for his car blame, collectively or individually, has falled, because people have de- The world, can form its own con-clined to buy for use or consumption toons. He has been in 167 coun- tries. He has been in his office clusion. There lies before it a that which they do not want, can- only three times in five years. spectacle of muddle. mess and not sell, and often cannot afford to

buy. He finds his best material in In-¡misery. Add

Unfortunately, however, the Second, there are the Codes sup- dia and China. If ever he settles down, New Zealand will be his wrecking of prosperity in the United ported by the labour unions, for States does not concern that country shorter hours, less, work, and cholce..

For fifteen years past, at higher pay. Agriculture has dis- Ripley has a bigger mail than any alone." cinema star. It is never less than least, the economic policy of that covered that the production of fac 1,000,000 letters a year. It is desit great nation has played havoc with tory goods, under a code of higher with by a staff of 26 secretaries in the rest of the world, as well as with wages and fewer hours, has com

peiled, farmers to pay more the United States itself. T New York.

manufactured merchandise. In He is still under. 40, likes to

What Does It All Mean? work with the wireless playing That havoc, by reaction and reper other words, farm products to-day softly beside him, and is himself cussion, has intensified, if, indeed, will not buy relatively as much as cae of the most popular broadcastit did not originally create, condi- they did before the code prepe put ters in the States.

tions. at, home and abroad which into operation.

Et q The labour unions, with winkle have bankrupted the farming Indus- try in the United States, distorted in their eye, say that if four dollars the price-level relationship between wages for a day of als hours bring its primary and its manufacturing more prosperity to the nation theme Reflection

Many a man who's gone x-woo-industries, and deprived of a livell-three dollars for a day of seven ed opérations during the yearing Old Dame Fortune has only hood not less than 10,000,000, and hours, why not take the principle to BIRTH

and the local brewery, having found her daughter, Misfortune. probably 15,000,000, of honest, in its logical conclusion and create still dustrious persons living in the greater prosperity by paying ter an auspicious opening.

dollars for a day of one hour?- And: Thursday, made

Union... MIDDLETON. - On

What does it all mean? Who they are, striking-for, that principle. December 21, at the War Christmas shopping was report Feet Down

"Charles," said a sharp-volcad Memorial Nursing Home, toed as very satisfactory while the Dora, wife of Clifford V. Mid-Hotels established new attend woman to her husband in the smok- understands the Roosevelt. Plan? Third, the United States people Does Mr. Roosevelt himself? forget that you cannot eat a Tare (Singapore ance records at the New Year's ing compartment, "do you know

Does the "Brain-storm" Trust? mouth bloater and a treacle dum and Shanghal papers please Eve functions. Of course there that you and I once had a romance

The economists directing the pling off the same plate: Yet, are many distributing factors, in a train?" copy).

chief of

"Never heard of it." replied policy of the United States are the simultaneously with the other two They do policies, an entirely opposite policy in slump

blind leading the blind. property values, Charles. the native banks' crisis, the "Don't you remember it was a not know where they are going, they is advocated, namely, sound money:

Chinese increases in

Cus- pair of slippers I gave you one do not know what they have done, no inflation.gratiamateri toms duties, the threat of civil Christmas that led to our mar- they do not know what the future Undertakings which have lost war caused by the Fukien rebelringe? You remember how nicely reactions will be to what they have money in the closed banks must-

Well, done.

somehow obtain capital for existing Hong Kong, Tuesday, January 2, 1834. lion, the diminution of the Jap- they fitted, don't you?

At least four methods are now necessities, and for extensian cond anese boycott, and the uncer Charles, one day, when we were

Few Investors in the United':** tainty consequent upon the flue going to a plenic, you had your feet being tried simultaneously by the

States, believe in the validity of y The New Year. tuations of the local dollar which on a seat, and when you weren't United States. Three of these

have been accentuated by the looking I took your measure. But methods aim to improve the econo-the dollar, and the dollar does not. Relief at the expiration of a Roosevelt silver plan. The world for that pair of slippers I don't mie conditions in that country, so year popularly regarded as a bad has seen many outstanding hap believe we'd ever have been mar that, under the existing system of year was the dominant note as penings during 1933 and the in-rled."

A young man, sitting 1934 was ushered in, but while ternational spotlight has shifted disappointments have been many at a pace which has been at times with a girl, immediately during the past twelve months almost bewildering. Outstand-his feet from the seat, a closer survey reveals not a few ing among a wonderfully-varied bright features, Calm retros-series of news happenings have pection leads to the discovery been: conflicts in South Ameri- There was an old man of Hawell that "things were not as bad as ca and Manchuria; grave poli- Who lived upon gooseberry pall, they might have been" and 1983 tical uprisings in Slam. Spain. But he ate it so fast may ultimately be viewed as the Cuba and Austria; the spread of turning-point from one of the Fascism; the rise to power of So worst economic slumps in the the Nazis; the failure of both world's history. In Hong Kong a the Disarmament and World

Conferences; the..

STEP BY STEP somewhat dismal atmosphere has Economic prevailed owing to loss of trade inauguration of a new economic A correspondent says his son's as the full effects of the world order in the United States; ambition is to become police depression were felt. This, how- American recognition of Soviet chief. My boy is awfully keen to ever, was an inevitable hap-Russia; war debt defaults; join the army, too. pening and the Colony may earthquake and storm havoc in congratulate itself on having Japan, Mexico: the West Indies. such Cuba and America; new speed enjoyed for so long

The records on land and sea and in comparative prosperity. Colony's trade decline has been the air; Britain's trade recovery: consistent, exports for the first lynchings in America: Russo- eleven months having dropped an Japanese tension over the sale of average of 13.5 per cent from the G.E.R.; collapse of succes- the-1982 levels, and imports. Ansive French Governments; fur- average of 19.3 per cent. Howther discard of the gold standard; ever, Hong Kong's position as a the flight of the Italian, Air port and distributing centre en-Armada Repeal of Prohibition sures of early participation in in the United States; the spread the eventual world trade re of sex and gangster - Alma, as- covery, signs of which have ai-sassinations of statesmen, and

An aerial survey recently com ready been manifested. Gov-rulers in all parts of the world; ernment finances are sound, and the Loch Ness monster: Hitler's pleted for Harvard University made resort to increased taxation is persecution of the Jews; Pre Massachusetts the first state to be unlikely Gertainly, at this sident Roosevelt's amazing acti- completely air mapped que stage, It would be unjustified as vities; Australia's recovery to

The China Mail

which

are

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the credit-balance, $15,458,858 at such degree that taxation has

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private enterprise, trade will recover opposite healthily, and by its own efforts; aS removed the trade of our own country is re-

-covering...

That it killed him at last···

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believe in itself. It in terrified by of its own cents, and lo slinking away to hide behind the pound; sterling and the frane To "think": that the once Almighty Dollar has come to: that!

IN NLR.A. Conkmanism

United States citizens, let

First, there is the threat of in- flation, by which it is hoped, es- pecially by the farmers, that the the foreigner, will not now invest

lone

nation will be terrified into using its their savings in ated Interest-bear- money to buy goods, or, if not, to Ing dollar securities. United States depreciate the dollar by fleeing from Industry, therefore, cannot raise he died with a cheery "Good it. By this means it is hoped that capital by asking the pable to sub---

the prices of priimaries will risescribe the flotation of sticks and more quickly than the costs of pro-shares. To meet this disinclination duction, with the result that pri-on the part of the citizens to invest maries will yield a profit, instead of their savings or to spend them,

loss, as at present.

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LUCKY DAYS For dining out-Chewsday: For: marriages---Wed-nesday, For bottles parties-Thirstday, For fish suppers-Fryday. For sheer devilment Saturday Unappreciated Xmas Gifts (1), A trouser press to Gandhl.

Facts You Did Not Know,

Engilah scientists have developed September 20, is in excess of the been reduced Mr. De Valera's virtually unbreakable metal radio $10,000,000 considered essential continued defiance of Great Bri-tubes that give better screening BE a safe margin Bévenue has tain and the withdrawals of than metal screening on glass tubes, been maintained surprisingly Japan and Germany from the EMEA MARCH Well, the latest official figures League of Nations. Among all A German inventor' available showing the revenue this maze, of events D for the first nine months of last deal of sound, standy year to be $25,256,007, as com has been sccomplished, and

ared with $24,043,522 "for the sre signa that period of 1982. trend to Natio

is to be of the world

1988 proble

reat

much like to improve the tone detracting

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The

there is another plan,idligeh Dollar Taking Shelter

This plan proposes, roughly, to It is hoped that by this means tax out of existence" the savings of more persons will be employed in the citizens, whether they be in the industry and all ancillary occupa form of dollar notes or of bink tions, producing more money to be deposits, If the owners of the dol spent on primaries for the dinner ar nabes or pank deposits will hot table and on raw materials for spend or invest them. FANER making manufactured merchandise. The remaining, or fourth, method; In other words, it is hoped to set which seems to be part of the policy: up a benevolent, reciprocating trade advocated by Gen. Johnson, is based action between primary commodities upon the economic principles now. in operation in Soviet Russia. It and manufactured merchandise.

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