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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
4
A dense list of social visits, family updates, sales notes, and small events across Bowen Illinois and nearby towns. People travel to see relatives, attend dinners, and celebrate birthdays while local businesses advertise sales and theater tickets.
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas appeals for simple economy and tax relief. He says the nation and state tax burden harms business and agriculture and calls for cutting expenditures to actual necessities. He stresses thrift in public and private life and warns cuts will hurt.
The Cuba Journal reports officials in the state banking department told visiting bankers they do not want to see small town banks reopen. The piece argues such banks aid prosperity and should not be suppressed by Springfield officials. It criticizes those seeking cushy jobs and calls for support of small town banks.
Sugar led the price surge rising from 0.65 to 1.35 cents per pound by April 25 as postwar production shifts hit exporting nations. Cuba and others trimmed output under the Chadbourne plan, easing excess stocks after wartime demand and protracted readjustments to their economies.
Countries, excluding Java, remain below last year's level and world consumption for the season is estimated at 26 750 000 tons or 2 000 000 above production. Cuban sugar in New York carries freight, insurance, tax and selling costs, yielding a net Cuban mill price of 0 65 cents below harvesting and production costs, a unsustainable disparity that could not continue.
State highway police intensify checks on vehicles with old plates and urge immediate license ordering. The department has offered leniency this year but will not extend it. Blank forms for license orders and notary service are available at the Chronicle office.
Fred I. Purdy, fish and game authority, recalls pelicans of Santa Monica Bay fed by fishermen. The birds relied on surplus catch and learned to eat without work as high seas and shifting currents reduced the catch this year, leaving fishermen with no surplus to spare.
An essay compares lazy pelicans drifting through prosperity to natives who rediscover fishing and end the depression. Imported birds show energy yields plenty of fish, prompting locals to stop complaining as they learn to supply their own needs. An economist notes we pay for past good times, while a fool is wise only when wrong.
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