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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
BY III. G.. WELLS.

~ all the time honored fatui-
ties that men repeat and re-
peat and comfort themselves
- mysteriously by repeating,
none surely are more patiently absurd
that those which assert the I'M
changeableness of human life. "IIu.
man nature" never alters, we are as
sured; man in the Stone Age, any
Stone Age, was exactly what he Is
now or rather more so; he felt the
same things, he ina gined the same
things, he Travelled the same round.
his fears, his hopes were identical.
Save for a few superficialties, human
life has always been the same. and
will always be the same, and neither
the past nor the future can be al
lowed to cast reflection by differ
! ence upon our satisfa ction with the
lives we lead today. Life AS we know
1t is, in fact, the cream and the whole
of existence. There was nothing very
different behind us and nothing better
ahead.
Quite similarly we protect our self
esteem by the persuasion that life
under all sorts of circumstances and
in all social positions is very much
of a muchness. 1t gratifes our in.
herent grudgingness to think that
life in a palace differs in no essen
tial quality from life in our own cot
tage, that all the grapes above our
heads are sour, and it eases our So
cial conscience to reflect over the fire
in ho inc hot
in his seam or the out-of-work tramp
is so attuped to his level of existence
that for all practical purposes he has
just as much fun and contentment
in life as we do. There is no real
inequality, we assure ourselves, Just
as there is no progress. Our lives
are as good as any lives can be.
Riches we all say, cannot buy
happiness" and 1t seems hardly to
touch that statement that there are
hundreds Of thousands of people in
the completest enjoyment of exist
ence who would be cripples or dead
If they had not been able to COM
mand the services of expensive sur
geons, undergo costly treatments or
taken imperative holidays at this or
that crisis in their careers. In any
other age. under any available con-
ditions, they would be cripples or
dead
X X
Butt makes us happier to deny
that, just as 1t makes us happy to
think that the life of our times will
always be regarded with respect and
sympathy by posterity. Our heroes
will always be the most heroic of
heroes; the great men we have made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
THE WAY THE WORLD IS GOING

been natures invariable alternatives.
Ours Is a species in an intense phase
of transition.
These papers, of which this Is the
first, will all consider some aspect or
other of this great change that Is
going on. In them we will release
our imagipations to the truth that
we are things that pass and do not
leave our like. and that the ways
and experiences of our children and
our children's children promise to
be profoundly different from the life
we lead at the present time. We VIII
give a rest to our practical working
belief In the security of things as
they are We will take the rest and
refreshment of few glances at the
longer realities.
Man has always been a changing
animal The EARLIEST human remains
of a few score thousand years ago
are of creatures so different that they
are now regarded as distinct species
of homo. Only within twenty or thirty
thousand years does man seem to have
been truly man. There Is disposi-
ton in some quarters to exaggerate
the resemblance of the later Stone
Age men to modern types, and to
minimize the changes that have oc.
Cured since the onset of civilization.
What Is called the Cro-Magnon race
was a race of big individuals and, as
in the case of their british predeces-
sors. the Neanderthalers Homo Mean
derthalensis) that bigness extended
to the brain case-in quantity at
least their brains were above our pres
ent avera ge-but they were beings OF
a coarser texture than the average
modern. and there has been the most
preposterous nonsense written about
their artistic gifts and their general
intelligence. They drew and carved
about as we'll as recent bushmen
have drawn and carved. They were
so far modern" in their art that at
times 1t was strikingly obscene.
X
A brain is known by its fruits, and
the total product of this CroMagnon
brain, of which certain excited an
thropologists have made a marvel,
was the precarious life of painted,
wandering savages. In build and
skull type and general charter this
Gro Magnon people differed from any
race now flourishing in this world.
Industrious search may find odd in
dividuals here and there, in central
France and the Canary Isles, for ex-
ample, rather after the CroMagnon
type. They are rarely eminent in
dividuals.
Throughout the whole historical
period the races of men have been
Continued on Fifteenth Page.)
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NATIONALISTIC SPIRIT OF CHINA
is RATED AS DEFENSIVE FORCE
Social and Economic Life of Country Are Repre-
scented as Proceeding Without Serious
Disturbance as Whole.

pie are contending with political and
military difficulties there are great
and almost miraculous constructive
forces that are operating In the field
or education-forces which are mod
ernizing pedagogical methods, spread
ing scientific truths and rapidly Great
ing an intelligent public opinion re-
garding not only matters political but
also the other concerns of civilized
life.
In one respect, however, the pres
ent situation, which has been de-
scribed by some as the gravest which
has existed since the so-called Boxer
year of 1900, is a serious one. It is
caused by the intense opposition that
has grown up among the Chinese to
having their own affairs subject to
foreign control, and their consequent
determination to rid themselves, at
the earliest possible moment, of the
treaties which provide for It,
Serious as this situation is, 1t is by
no means analogous to the Boxer
movement Of 1900. The present move
ment is a genuine nationalistic one
and purely defensive in character.
Its purpose is to secure situation
under which China will be allowed TO
live and develop according to the
autonomous dictates of her own ge-
MUS and her own national interest
(CopyriRht. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

our symbols will shine as stars Of the
first magnitude forever; the art. the
literature that delight us will last for
"all time Our Newton is forever;
our Shakespeare is forever; Alexander
and Caesar and Napoleon are forever;
1t is almost as If we were forever.
This sort Of consolation is so nat
ural to most of us, so near to being
a necessity, that to run over few
of the facts that make it absurd can
rob hardly a soul of the pleasure of
it. For everyday purposes we believe
what we want to believe, and If we
do not want to believe the truth we
do generally contrive to dispose of it
as a sort of extravaganza. In that
spirit most of us contemplate the fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
BY GEN. j. G. HARTFORD.

The task of framing a. bill for the
governmental regulation and control
Of communication by radio is heavy
with many problems-with scient1ffc
problems yet Unsolved in the mind
of the scientist. with technical prob
lens still in the laboratory stage, with
Industrial problems yet unstabllized.
with public problems of the utmost
importance.
The axiom that the best governed
nation is the least governed nation ap-
plies with particular force to legisla-
ton for the radio art and the radio
industry. Radio is swiftly moving
art and its problems today may not
he it's problems tomorrow. The fact
is undeniable that the great progress
thus far made both in the art and in
the industry has taken place during
a period of minimum governmental
regulation or interference.
To permit radio legislation to be-
come the vehicle Of politics in Con-
gress is to trif1e with a power and
service not yet fully appreciated. To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Oracles Don't Say Startling Things
BY BRUCE BARTON

TN his homo ono evening
talked with a successful
/ business man and he said
Il to me something like this:
> zach year in business | learn
a few more things and each year
discover that a few Of the
things I learned the year before
are not so very true after all.
So when | come to strike a BAL
ance the annual increase in wis
dom isn't anything very great.
But Of four truths ! an, entirely
sure.
avery early in my business
career ! learned that il 10 never
wise to say, u will never work
for so and So or u will never
live in such and such a place.
Youth sets out with good many
such prejudices which it regards
as convictions. But as time goes
on, one discovers that mo man
ever had a point Of pride that
was not a weakness to him.
will work for any ono today who
ls honest and who has some
thing to give mo in the way Of
advancement or knowledge that
do not already have, and | will
live anywhere that my work calls
mo.
"A little later ! added this Sec
ond bit Of knowledge. quit
trying to tell other mon what
they ought to do with their lives.
A mans career 10 a matter to be
settled by himself, his wife and
his Creator. will help when
my help is asked, IL | can, but
will not take the presumptuous
chance Of sticking my finger
into the wheels Of any other life
unless | am specifically Invited.
Later stili | concluded never
to say to any man, ~ you don't
do 60 and so, m quit'-because
one day one Of them answered
quite properly, All right, then
quit
"Fourth and finally" he said,
III have learned never to slight
a young man. There is q double
rsascn for that, Of course. In
tCopyr4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

that human life, the tune. the quality,
the elements Of the human life-cycle,
are changing visibly before our eyes.
X x X
Human life. as a matter of fact.
and not as a matter of sentiment,
is different from what it has ever
been before, and it is rapidly becom-
ing more different. The scope of it
and the feel of it and the spirit of
it change. Perhaps never. in the
whole history of life before the pres
ent time, has there been a living spe-
cies subjected to so fiercely urgent,
many-sided and comprehensive a
process of change as ours today.
None, at least, that has survived.
Transformation and extinction have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
BUYING ON INSTALLMENT PLAN
ATTACKED BY SENATOR COUZENS
Actual Purchasing Power of Dollar Reduced
By System, He Says-Declares Customer
Is Most At Fault.

profits and all Of the expenses Of the
organization are maintained by the
tnstallment buyer SO that he may
"enjoy as he goes'-and, of course,
the finance companies may enjoy the
profits on the business. All of this is
not to say that there is no sound
installment selling. What I am point
ing out is the danger to the individual.
The public is too thoughtless in
spending its salary and wages before
earned and there is too great a volume
OF credit available for those who are
profting by the system. 1t will do
no good to talk after the catastrophe
has happened or after thousands of
people have been dispossessed Of their
articles due to sickness, unemploy-
ment, etc. The time to issue the
warning Is before all Of this happens.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

By new plan operating in Cuba
the President may, by holding or re-
leasing cane, have control of the size
of the sugar output Of the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Professional Naval Views.

1t Is perfectly true that professional
naval circles in Great Britain look with
disapprobation upon American equal.
ity In battleship strength and rejoice
in British supremacy in the cruiser
arm. But this Is an utterly technical
and professional state of mind which
finds echo within our own Navy. And
In the last ANALYSIS It bears little rela-
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n 70 secret is made in Latin
N American quarters at Wash
ington that the United States
4 present procedure in Central
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

AsVHO VA AuDas@AA AAAODs
Both Latin states can build subma-
rines; these craft are to a degree an
answer to battleship strength. They
do constitute an immediate and dan
gerous weapon against the British.
for example. Thus there is not the
remotest chance that either France
or Italy would in their present mood
think of scrapping the submarine or
reducing their strength in that arm.
But such inevitable refusal would
at once react upon the British situ-
alton in the matter of cruisers. This
Is the case because the cruiser Is
one Of thu chief weapons OF defenss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
" VA. HAS COAL
RATE. FIGHT

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Aug..1s
Southern west Virginia coal
operators today were already max
ing plans to carry their fight for
a freight rate reduction on coal
to lake ports. as offered by the
railroads serving the field. to the
United States Supreme Court. in
view Of the refusal Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to al
low a reduction Of 20 cents a ton.
The decision blocks plans laid
by the operators to continue com.
petition in the lake ports with the
mines Of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
despite the recent ruling which
gave the latter shippers an adj
vantage which the West Virginia
operators claim is 'ruinous" to
their business.
Operators here today expressed
belief that an appeal to the
Supreme Court would result In up
setting the ruling of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
us. TRADE NEAR
HIGH RECORD
By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH

BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH
Americas foreign trade for 1927
q steering towards a favorable
balance Of nearly $1,000, 100000.
Figures at the Commerce De-
partnaent today indicated that sales
abroad may reach $500, 900 900
establishing an all.time record for
normal years. Only during the
war and the postwar reconstruction
period have American foreign
sales been b CHER than in 1927.
Exported goods represent about
10 per cent of the total production,
disclosing the country's remarkable
domestic consumption capacity.
Owing to the heavy decline in
rubber and other raw material
prices from last year imports are
expected to be considerably lower.
Present figures indicate that United
States will purchase abroad goods
valued at about $4,000. 900, 600 this
year.
Officials said that the progress
ii foreign trade is gratifying. More
and more the United States is be-
coming self-sufficient, buying less
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
RULING on CARS
IS DELAYED

No decision has been reached by
the Citizens Advisory Council over
the advisability Of increasing the
number of one-man street cars here.
The council held a special meeting
to consider the subject last night In
the District Building After discuss
ing the situation the council decided
to postpone decision until Ii has
gathered additional data.
Earl v. Fisher, executive secre-
tary of the Public Utilities Commits
sion. told the council that a survey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
WALKER VISITS
LONDON SLU|NS
"a I nnHENY


ny international, News Service
LONDON. Aug. 1s.-Although on
vacation. James ]. Walker. mayor
Of New York city, began to mingle
duty with pleasure today. His plans
for the day embraced visit to the
congested district of the city to
study England's methods of dealing
with the housing problem.
Mayor Walker is proving one Of
the most popular American officials
to visit London in long time. He
received a big ovation when he left
the Mayfair Hotel and many prom.
inent persons called to pay their
respects. The newspapers are de-
voting much space to his visit.
He plans to go to Ireland tomor.
row and on Saturday will be honor
guest at a luncheon given by the
Dublin municipality.
Asked about the political future
of Gov Alfred E. Smith. of New
York State, Mr.. Walker replied en-
Enthusiastically:
''Al Smith win receive the Presi.
Dental nomination from the Demo.
Gratis and will be elected"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18

showed that 1ss American cities now
are using the one-man cars.
In so per cent Of these cities,
Fisher declared, the one.man cars
have been adopted by public utility
commissions IN spite Of opposition
from the riding public. Public util-
ity corporations and the courts are
favoring them and the public Is OPP
posing them" he said.
A special meeting OF the Fedora
ton OF Citizens Associations may be
called to act on the one-man car pro.
posal. James @. Yaden, president,
told the council
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
PLANS o. S. ELIGHT

MEXICO CITY, Aug. Is.-Lieut
Emilio Carranza, OF the Mexican air
force. began making plans today for
a nonstop flight to FL Paso. Tex, In
a Quetzalcoatl monoplane Of Mexi-
can manufacture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
SULTAN NEAR DEATH

PARIS, Aug. 1s.-The Sultan Of
Morocco is seriously i'll and his death
is believed to be imminent, accord.
Ing to advices received In the for.
eign office today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
FACTS ABOUT "SALADA' NO. 9

Not only IL "SALADA" the favorite tea Of the
general public. but il Is used in the Air Ser.
vice, in the Navy and Army and is 20 be found
in the training diet Of many notable athletes.
lt stimulates and refreshes without harmful
reaction = vital factors in the growth Of
''SALADA'' to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18

raw material abroad and exporting
greater quantities of manufactured
goods.
Even in those commodities es-
sential to American industry but
not produced here, foreign monopo'
listic control has been rendered
less effective and prices driven
down.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-18
Jewish People Given
Highest Mark On
SociabiIity

Jewish people take first
honors for sociability, according
to 4 survey by the Western
Union Telegraph Company Of
non-business kilograms sent
over their wires and extending
over a considerable period.
Statisticians Of the company
report that friendly messages
Of greeting from Jews are
heavy on Thanksgiving, Christ
mas, Easter, Mothers Day,
Fathers Day and on special
days celebrated by the Jewish
churches. jews are quick to
express sympathy by wire and
equally quick to send congratu-
Iations and good wishes
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15
ALASKA EXPORTS
 SHOW 4 DECLINE
 MONTH OF AUGUST
TOTAL VALUE OF AUGUST SHIP MENTS IS ,403,e66-UNDER
 1926

Alaskan commodities shipped to the States during the past month ag- gregated $13,40S,966 in value accord ing to Custom house declarations, it was made known in Juneau by the monthly statement of commerce is sued by Collector J. c. Mcbride, This was $712,214 less than shipments for August, 1926, but was about $2,4OO,- 900 higher than for the same month in 1925.
 Canned salmon was the principal commodity shipped last month, that product being valued at 11,039, ,4S8, as compared to $11,377,576 in August, 1926. Copper ore worth $5S3,S57 wos which was SAL ,000 less than in the same month last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15
GAINS MADE IN FURS

Fur shipments last month were worth approximately s16s,ooo, some $14O,OO0 more than in August, 1926. Mild-cured salmon jumped about a like amount, increasing to s367,739.
 Herring, fish meal and fish oil shipments all fell below last years figures for the month. Herring drop ped $145,OO0, while oil and meal de- clined s262,O0O.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

BABY BEEF from the sanitary FRYE BRUHN market is the best lat the most reasonable price
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

A 1 Matanuska Potatoe $500 per hundred. Browl 6 Hawkins Corp.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15
LIST OF COMMODITIES

The list of commodities and their respective values follow:
Evening star., 1927-08-11
REDFERN MAY FLY
BACK FROM BRAZIL
American Considers Return
Flight if He Reaches
South America.
BY the Associated Press.

BRUNSWICK. Ga. August ia
possibility existed here today that Pau
Redfern. Georgia aviator. may attempt
a return air journey if his proposed
nonstop flight from Brunswick II
Brazil is successful.
Redfern intimated that he had con
sidered the suggestion of a return
flight. but declared a latter expedition
at this time was only problematical
He said he had received invitations to
visit number of South American
countries and hoped to accept all be-
fore making plans to return.
The young flyer today devoted every
energy in preparation for his 1900
mile flight. in which he seeks to estah-
lish a new nonstop distance record
and possibly a new aviation endurance
mark After a round of social and
civic activities in his honor. which
have been in progress since his ar
rival here last Friday from Detroit.
Redfern yesterday concluded his at
tendance at all gatherings during his
present stay by visiting kiwanis
Club luncheon. where he was made
an honorary member. The Rotary
Club Tuesday elected him to active
membership and appointed him 'am-
bassador extraordinary of that club
to Brazil.
Redfern today continued to receive
reports from the United States Wealth
er Bureau IT Washington regarding
atmospheric conditions along his en-
tire route. He announced that Gov
ernment advices had been received Civ
ing valuable weather data through the
Caribbean Sea as far south as the Is
land Of Trinidad, near the coast OF
South America. He expressed the
hope that additional information re-
quired will be gained within the next
few days to enable him TO make an
early hop.off in his monoplane. the
Port OF Brunswick.
Evening star., 1927-08-11
COURTNEYS PLANS
TO BE KEPT SECRET
Airman, Tired of Disappointing
Public, Orders Silence Until
He Has Gone.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, August 11.-Tired
of disappointing the local public about
the hour Of his hop-off for America
and equally disappointed himself that
weather conditions have been too poor
to Justify a start, Capt. Frank t.
Courtney yesterday ordered even
greater secrecy than heretofore about
his plans.
The British aviator is ready to start
he flight in his flying boat, the Whale,
at any hour that weather conditions
are favorable and last night there
was a report that he intended to start
this morning for Ealentia, Ireland.
on the first stage of his flight This
could not be confirmed at the Court
ney camp beyond statement from
the captain that everything depends
on the weather.
The public will know when I have
gone and not when am going" Capt.
Courtney said. II have had enough of
saying when | am going
Evening star., 1927-08-11
PILOTS SIGN CONTRACTS.
Tulley and Medcalf to Fly From
Ontario to London.

LONDON, Ontario, August II OGo).-
Can't. f. 6. Tulley. for the past sew.
eral years superintendent of the On
tario Government Air Service at Sault
Ste. Marie, and Lieut.. James V. Med
calf, of the same service, have been
chosen pilots for the projected Lon
don, Ontario, to London, England.
nonstop flight.
They signed contracts yesterday
wit. Charles Burns, donor OF the
$4,000 prize for the fight, and left
at once for Detroit TO take charge of
the Stinson monoplane scheduled TO
be completed and fully equipped with
all navigation instruments in time for
delivery in London, Ontario. Monday.
The pilots hope to be ready for a
take-off il the weather is favorable
anS time after August.
Evening star., 1927-08-11

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