Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 83, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1933 — Page 6

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FATE OF CUBA RESTS IN U. S, COFFEE CUPS Unless Sugar Can Be Made to Pay Profits, Island Faces Anarchy. BY WILLIAM PHII.IP SIMMS *Tlp-Iloward Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—The late of Cuba today hung upon what President Roosevelt decides to do about the sweetening that goes into your cup of coflee. Cuba is sugar. Unless sugar can be made to pay in the hunger and terror-ridden island across the Florida straits, not only will it be impossible to establish lasting peace or economic stability down there, but the national def°nse of the United States seriouslv will be crippled. President Roosevelt's problem therefore, is domestic as well as foreign. The people of the United States consume about six million long tons of sugar anually. It pro- j duces domestically a little over one million tons The other 5,000.000 must come from overseas. Sugar Is Indispensable In war. sugar is indispensable. Not only is it vital to th° national j diet, but it is essential to the war , industries in chemical compounds and otherwise. Puerto Rico, producing about 600,000 tons of sugar annually, probably could be defended in war time, and so could be counted upon for , supplies. Hawaii, producing about 800,000 tons a year, is too far away to be certain, while the Philippines, producing a trifle more than Puerto Rico, likely would be cut off entirely. I Cuba, so close bv that, she wouldj be as safe in war as Florida, yields about 5,000.000 long toas a year, j This crop, with the domestic yield and Puerto Rico yield, would make the United States secure in time of conflict as well as in time of peace. Puzzle Old as Country President Roosevelt’s quandary Is almost as oki as the country. It has been the policy of the United States to protect domestic sugar producers ever since 1789. The act of 1890 admitted sugar duty free but paid domestic producers a bounty of 2 cents a pound. Today, duty on sugar is 2.5 cents a pound. Cuban sugar, with a 20 per cent differential due to the j Cuban-American treaty of reciprocity. pays 2 cents a pound. It is estimated that the tariff adds $250.000 000 a year to the sugar bill of the American consumer. It further Is calculated that the duty increases the cost, of sugar to the American farmer about $75,000,000 a year and that those raising sugar benefit only $50,000,000. Thus, the farmer nets a loss of $25.000 000 a year on the deal. Cuba Faces Starvation Many economists claim it would he less expensive to return to the 2 cents a pound bounty paid to domestic producers 140 years ago and let sugar in duty free. For the j United States, including dependencies. produces only about half its normal requirements In any event. Cuba today virtually is in a state of starvation because of the American sugar policy. Unless it is changed, observers j admit, anarchy soon will take the place of political disorder, and American intervention will be forced upon this country whether we like it or not. Cuban cane fields used to pay j from $1.50 to $2 50 a day for labor, j Then there were 2.000 important j sugar centrales. Cuba was one of; America's best customers. Today, there are about 200 cen- ; trales. Hard times have starved out the others, and wages sometimes are as low as 3 cents a day. Cuban purchasing power has all but completely disappeared. COPS DO DOUBLE JOB ON ARREST AND FIRE Gibbons Squad. Bringing in Couple. Puts Out Flames. Sergeant Joe Gibbons and his police squad did double duty early today on one trip, arresting a couple on child neglect charges and putting out a fire. After arresting Purlv (Jack - * Rowe. 25. and Mrs Inez. Campbell, j 31. both of 3410 English avenue, thesquad headed toward headquarters. I In the 2900 block English avenue Patrolman William Gillespie sawflames coming from the roof of the restaurant of Carl Swerz. 2926 English avenue. Gibbons and patrolmen Peter Mause took their prisoners to a fire box and Gillespie flagged down a truck Grabbing the fire ex- ■ tinguisher of the truck. Gillespie broke down the door of the i restaurant and put out the blaze before arrival of apparatus. Damage to the restaurant was estimated at $lO. GOVERNOR CHANGES TERM TO LIFE SENTENCE Old Parole Revoked to Lengthen Sentence of Missouri Murderer. By t'nitf)l Prrtn JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Aug. 16. Governor Guy B Park has changed the prison sentence of George Peak St. Louis gangster, from twenty-five years to life. Peak was paroled in 1928. after serving eight years of a life sentence for murder. In 1931. he particippted in the abduction of Alexander Berg, wealthy St. Louis fur merchant, and was sentenced to prison for twentyfive years. The action by Governor Park today consisted of revoking the old parole. It was recommended by the parole board because of his connection in the Berg case. REFUSES TO RESIGN Kansas State Treasury Facing Fire in Bend Forgery Probe. By T'nitfii Prts TOPEKA Kan Aug 16—State Treasurer Tom Boyd charged with embezzlement in connection with the alleged forgery of more than a million dollars worth of bonds, refused to resign today. In a letter to Governor Alf M. Landon. who had demanded his resignation. Boyd said he was not guiity of the charges against him ; and saw no reason why he should 1 leave his office.

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Governor Floyd Olson of Minneapolis was reminded of a pledge ! mad** more than twelve y?ars ago j when Charles Harris (abovei, 1 convicted of murder in Washington. D. C.. appealed to him for aid. Olson, as prosecuting attorney of ; Hennepin county, Minnesota, sent Harris to jail in 1918 on a robbery charge of which Olson later believed him innocent. On Harris’ release three years later Olson said, "If there's anything I can ever do for you, let i me know.” DUNN AT HELM OF CO. SCHOOLS Succeeds Fred T. Gladden in Post for Term of 4 Years. Two new county and township officials assumed their offices today, with J. Malcolm Dunn as county school superintendent and James S. Polsgrove as Wayne township trustee. Polsgrove was selected as trustee 1 to succeed Dunn, who resigned after his election by other township trustees in place of Fred S. Gladden, former Republican school head. Open house wjll be held by Dunn in his offices at the courthouse after he has taken the oath. His first appointment has been announced as j Miss Reba Herr. Castleton teacher, as his secretary. A two-day deadlock, during which county commissioners were besieged by factional groups, terminated in the appointment of Polsgrove. a compromise candidate Support of Wayne township residents was divided between Herbert McClellan, former township advisory board member, and Emory Thompson, present board member. Polsgrove is Democratic precinct committeeman in the Twenty-sev-enth precinct of Wayne township. He lives at 354 Edmondson avenue with his wife and two sons. He is a yard brakeman for the Pennsylvania railroad. He will complete Dunn's unexpired term, extending to Jan. 1. 1935. Dunn will serve for four years. 7TSCDK APT *Y BRUCE CATTQN * IF you want a good sidelight on some of the things that are wrong with American criminal court procedure, you might read Margaret Seaton Wagner’s horrifying book. "The Monster of Dusseldorf.” This is a biography of Peter Kurten. who threw the city of Dusseldorf into a panic a few years ago by committing nine murders, trying to commit a score more and baffling the police. Caught at last, and dragged into court. Kurten proved a prize specimen for the psychiatrists. His heredity and his environment had both been of the worst. In his youth he had served many years in prison, and had been badly contaminated there. A woman years his senior had helped to develop his horrible taste for uncontrolled homicide. Psychiatrists found that he displayed every type of sexual aberration known to pathology. Yet he was not insane in any sense of the word He knew right from wrong, he was fully responsible for his acts, he could control his frightful impulses when and if he tried to; so the Germans, after a relatively short business-like trial, cut his head off. Read all of this and then im-; agine how it would have been in an American court. Imagine how expensive psychiatrists would have taken the stand for the defense, how clever attorneys would have shed tears, torn their hair and dwelt tenderly on his unhappy youth, his prison life and so on. We would have had a field day of oratory, and in the end the man might have gone to prison for a few years. The Germans handle those things differently. Published by Dutton, this book sells for $2.50.

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