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Evening star., 1928-12-08
Hot Air and Cool Heads.

This appears to be the season for hot
air in both Great Britain and France,
with reference to the United States.
1t should be the season for cool heads,
as far as we ourselves are concerned.
Lieut.. Comdr. j. NJ. Kenworthy, M. P,
addressing a public meeting in London,
goes the length of saying that Anglo
American relations 'are worse than
they have been since 1922 Field
Marshal Sir William Robertson, former
chief of the British general staff, yes
terday in London speech divested
himself of the pleasantly that Amer
icas official utterances on naval policy
bear a close resemblance to Germany's
claims previous to the tragedy Of 1914"
Field Marshal Robertson likened Cool
idge policy to the imperialism of the
dethroned Kaiser!
While these distinguished Britons
were letting off steam amid the physical
fog of their own islands, M. AriStide
BRAND, the scholarly foreign minister
of France, was publicly rehashing the
charge that Mr.. Hugh Gibson, Ameri-
can Ambassador to Belgium, was the
real author of the defunct and dis
credited Anglo-French naval under
standing. M. Brands alibi for that
diplomatic mesalliance is that it was
suggested" by Mr.. Gibson.
ID. b. kAs fhnCo
British and French recriminations will
not provoke reprisals in this country,
The American people wholly support
President Coolidge In the view, as re-
iterated in his recent message to Con-
gress, that our naval expansion pro-
gram seeks to precipitate no new and
costly rivalry with our sister sea powers.
1t is conceived wholly and exclusively
in the conviction that nothing more
and nothing less, as the President neat
" puts it, meets our needs Of de-
Tense" We can afford to rest content
with that diSpassionate presentation of
our case.
Little refutation is necessary Of asser-
tions that Anglo-American relations
are "worse than they have been for
over 100 years" and that Uncle Sam is
masquerading in the aggressive garb
once donned to his undoing by Will
liam II. In both Washington and
London statesmen are happily at the
helm who realize the imponderableS of
the naval situation and other points at
issue between America and Britain. We
may trust them to come to grips with
them in due course and in a spirited
determination to surmount the &C
knowledged difficulties with which they
bristle.
Secretary Kellogg has officially and
fiat-footedly disposed of M. Brands
attempto to saddle on the chief of the
American mission at the Geneva con-
ference the responsibility for the abor-
tive Anglo-French naval deal. The
Secretary of States categorical denial
should, and no doubt will. Danish the
BRAND extenuation to the realm Of
fancy, once for all.
International relations unfortunately
are seldom free of hot air. It is gen.
Grated amid conditions such as mo-
mentariIy pollute the American Euro
pean naval discussion. But cool heads
on both sides of the herring pond will
be found splendid antidote to super
charged atmosphere.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

All that England asks of a King IS
to be tactful and refrain from making
himself disagreeable at home or to
national neighbors. This delicate
responsibility has been rnarvelously met
by King George.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

A simplified Inauguration is found by
many persons as hard to understand as
"simpli1ed spelling" Custom is not
easily conquered. The brass band and
the street parade remain a cherished
tradition.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

tured sometimes by hunger, always by
thirst, they reached Honolulu. Cam
eron'S account of his eight months on
Sand Island, with a mutiny and a
typhoon to break the monotony. Is as
thrilling as anything in the absorbing
tale of his life. He tells it all With
vigor and lusty huinor in John Cam
erons Odyssey" transcribed by Andrew
Farrell.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Human nature persists in certain well
recognized tendencies. 1t would be
impossible for Herbert Hoover to escape
enyious assumptions that in addition to
diplomatic endeavors he is personally
having a wonderful time.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
And Then the Deluge.

From the Toronto Daily Star.
Another explanation Of Mr.. Hoovers
trip to South America is that he wants
to get one long, last look at a popu-
lation that will not ask him for Govern
ment jobs.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Winter Bouquet.
Weeds that were neglected
In the Summer hour,
When the fragrant flow'r
Joyously reflected
Sunshine and the show'r,
Bring us sweetest pleasure,
AS Time goes his way
With a spirit gay
Memories to treasure
Of departed May.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Several historical critics are frankly
inclined to regard Woodrow Wilson as
a memorable actor in the theater of
world politics, with some deficient men,
bers of the supporting cast.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

A child labor law affecting pages in
Congress would be enforced in disregard
of the fact that in the halls of legisla-
ton youth may attain wisdom far
beyond his years.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Although AL Smiths life is an open
book, it has its silent pages. His caddie
on the golf links is not encouraged to
talk freely.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all ews dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication CT
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

One of the incidental expenses the
speculative public has to pay is the wear
and tear on that delicate mechanism
the stock ticker.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

The bulls" and the bears" frequent
ly make it evident that there is no
reliable animal trainer in the stock
market.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
A Whale Constellation.

From the Dallas Journal
That epidemic at Hollywood proves
that even influenza Is willing to hitch
its wagon to a star.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

An advance is made when motion
pictures that talk find a way to say
things of public Importance
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Defying Nature.

Defy1ng Nature.
A Big Volcano scattered flame
Upon a vine-clad slope.
The peasants fingered, just the same,
And planted with new hope.
The Big Volcano said, Il try
To stop wine at its source,
But, prohibition even I
Have trouble to enforce"
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Though, fortunately enough, battle
ship is not required in war, there are
still useful methods of keeping it busy.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Having It Her Own Way.

Having 1t Her Own Way.
"a woman always wants her own
way"
Not always" answered Miss Cayenne.
"I told man never to speak to me
again. Now he doesn't notice me-"
Evening star., 1928-12-08
That Seems an Are.

From the Arkansas Democrat.
Automobiles are nearing the plane
of perfection. Most of them now run
longer than the payments do
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Ours. Either.

From the Muncie Sunday Star.
If tularemia can only be acquired by
cleaning diseased rabbits. there is one
disease that will never boost our doctor
bill.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
I In the Histories.

From the New Castle News
The hardest Job a kid faces is that
of learning good manners without see
ing any.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Call money" may disclose rates of
interest entirely independent of those
legally announced.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

A short session of Congress often
reveals little to do, but great deal to
talk about.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Parking Overtime.

"How much does it cost to run your
carr"
"I don't know how much it costs to
run it," answered Mr.. Chuggins. But
it has cost me fifty or sixty dollars to
leave it standing STILL"
ITO live long," said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, consult your conscience
and your common sense, as well as your
physician"
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Maruland and Nirninia
All Other States and Canada,
NForrhsr ~ the Associated Press.

y psy on1 cnS yT ',aS 1885, mo, mo, 81 7se sc
Sunday only .......l yr., $500: mo-. SOC
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Chance to Practice.

Chance to Practice.
"a short session will leave you with
out active INTEREST,""
mot at ALL" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. During the days of rigorous
endeavor my golf game has gone of
terribly"
Jud Tunkins say an airplane is the
only means of travel that leaves it safe
to go over the head of traffic cop.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Don't worry too much" said Uncle
Eben, 'if you isn't always way up in
front. De most comfortable place on
a freight train is de caboose at de tail
end"
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Quick Delivery.

Old Christmas customs, without doubt,
Are fading fast away.
Old Santa brings his flivver out
And never minds the sleigh.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
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Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone
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Evening star., 1928-12-08

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once:
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East And 81.
ChtcaGo once: Tower Building.
European once: 14 Regent st., London, g.
England.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

over u fire there has stood a pot
tnrouenou, the last so years. 1t has
Seetned an boiled over at times, but
now someody is upSetting 1t and it is
polling dry md may crack. What had
oesy be doA with that old melting
ne play loSes, and the audience
out IN oNp reflection, for, like the
IS OF some { the standard novelists,
end. -
SS0Es'H0h- LHR bF Paul v. calI,nsl
Evening star., 1928-12-08

The staid Senators are assembled
and the clerk has finished routine read
Ing of the minutes. One Senator. sit
ting at his desk, paying little heed to
proceedings, opens letter from a con-
Stituent. Mr.. Edward r. Lewis Of Chi
cago. who writes:
."When you stop to consider, Senator.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

IL. dIlu klCNCI NCooC0 W S~AA N"~~~~
means her attempts to obtain possess
sion of the diaries. Finally TolStoi con-
fesSed to the doctor that he could not
much longer tolerate life in his home.
Then came the escape by night, the
journey in a third-claSS carriage. the
wandering from one place to anotner
to escape publicity, pneumonia ana
lonely death in monastery.
Benito Mussolini, III Duce" Of Italy,
in MY Autobiography" pays a tribute
to America as Nation OF creatlVe
workers. st endlessly admire, ne says.
"those who make out of creative work
law of life, those who win with the
ability of their genius and not with the
intrigue of their eloquence. l am 1or
those who seek to make technlc per-
feet in order to dominate the elements
and give to men more sure footing 1or
the future. America" he continues, is
creative Nation, sane, with straight
lived ideas. When talk with
not occur to me to use diplomacy
for winning or persuading them.
The American spirit is crystal
line. One has to know how to take 1t
and possibly win 1t over with watch
| full responsiveness rather than with
| cunning words. AS the reserves OF
wealth have gone now from the conti-
| nents to North America, it is right that
large part of the attention of the
world should be concentrated upon the
activity of this Nation that has men
of great value. economists of real wis
dom and scholars that are outlining the
basis of new science and a new cul-
ture."
| X
A 50-pound turtle, a shark and a
dolphin, with some smaller fish also
caught, by the way, eked out the scanty
rations with which John Cameron and
his two companions had managed to
stock the little open boat for their
escape from Sand Island in the South
crn Pacific. After a perilous voyage OF
43 days, through fog and storm, tor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Wholesale Markets

The Market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics says:
supplies light: demand
moderate. market firm: California,
il;rnbos 36s. salmon tints. mostly $50;
junbos ass, 4.75a5.0o: fats all sizes.
l50af.75.
Iettlce-western stock. supplies
moderate: demand limited, MAKE.
about steady: California. crates iceberg
fyre, AS dozen. 3T5a4.00; Washing
ten. crates iceberg type, As dozen. some
shiny. 3o0a3.75.
onions Supplies light: demand slow,
market dull: California and Texas.
standard crates yellow Bermudas and
crystal white wax. q. S. No. !, 1.5o.
Peaches Supplies moderate. demand
moderate, market weaker; Georgia. skies
Early Rose q. S. no. /. 2-2-6 PACK.
3.5oa4. 90: 2-3-6 pack, 3.00a35o:: bushel
baskets Early Rose u. 8. No. /, ls4-inch
nsinimunl, 2.75a3.oo: North Carolina,
8 90: loushel baskets Red Bird q. B. NO.
I. 1-irich minimum. 4.00a425.
Potato Market Steady.
Potatoes Supplies moderate: demand
moderate: market steady; North and
South Carolina and virginia all sec
tons cloth-top staye barrels. cobbiers
q. s. No. /, mostly ZOO; few AIS.
Ton1atoes-Supplies liberal; deTpand
sfppi folrs ripes and turning wrapped
No. i, 105ai.i5: green and turning
wrapped No. !, mostly around LOO.
watermeions-Supplies light; demand
light. market dull: brokers carlot sales
delivered Washington; Florida bulk per
car Tom Watsons, tiers, 26-pound
average. ] car. 5000, car. 32-pound
average, 10000: Stone Mountains,
{ tiers, 32-pound average, 10000.
String beans-Supplies liberal; de-
nnand moderate. market weak: Norfolk
section Virginia. 5-peck hampers green
stringless, l.75a20O; home crowns
mostly supplying market.
Cabbage - Home crowns supplying
market
Aspsrsgus-supplies liberal: demand
light. market weak; Delaware, dozen
and 10 bunch crates green, best. mostly
80; fair quality and condition, 75al 90;
East Shore Maryland. dozen and 10
bunch crates green. long, l.00a2.50.
PeaS-Home-growns supplying mar
ket.
Cucumber Market Dull.
cucunbers--SuppIies liberal; demand
slow. market dull: North Carolina.
f,sileI hampers No. ]. i.25ai So few
higher: South Carolina, buShei hampers
10. l, 75al.25.
Squash--Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady: North Caro-
Ina. nushel hampers white, i0oai.25,
few i.50,
Eggplant -- Supplies light; demand
Light market steady; Florida. pepper
crates fancy high bush. ali sizes. 300a
$50.
peppers -- Supplies light: demand
Right. market steady; Florida, pepper
crates fancy. 1.50a3 50, mostly around
900.
Corn-Supplles liberal; demand light.
market about STEADY, Texas. DuGhel
baskets, 225a2.50
ackberrics-Suppiies moderate: de-
Yrand moderate, market firm. North
Carolina, 52-ouart crates, 30024.00,
mostly 3.S0s4oo.
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LOAsBY OPTIMISTIC.

NEW YORK, June rs GgJ.~-Arfhur
w. Loasby, president Of the Equitable
Trust Co said Oh his departure for
europe that he considered the business
outlook satisfactory and he had no fear
az the future. Money was plentiful and
should continue 10 be cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
MISCELLANEOUS

$4,000 Barber & Ross 6hss, 1897 80.
5000 Chestnut Farms 6iss. is4l &.
1000 Chevy Chase Club list Si2s,
1000 District OF Columbia Paper
2i.o00 wardman Park Hotel sias, !
ASSOC Washington Arcade 6tzs. 10
1000 Washington Consolidated Tt
$500 Washington Market Cold ST.
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IRREGULAR
ON BOND MARKET
Some Issues Firmer, but
First-Grade Rails Show
Sagging Tendency.

NEW YORK, June 23.-Prices moved
irregularly within narrow limits in light
trading on the bond market today
Second grade rails, public utilities and
industrials were a bit firmer, but first
grade rails lost the strength shown
during the past few days.
Traders apparently were awaiting
next weeks developments in the money
market, although no extensive easing
in rates is expected, and total eales
were less than 100000.
A gain of more than point by Pierce
Arrow 8s, which moved to new top
for the year at 104is, although the
price later slumped to 1892, was out
standing in the industrial group. Buy
ing was encouraged TO reports that
plans for a merger with Studebaker are
nearing elimination.
Anaconda Copper IS, Sinclair Con-
soldated Oil rs. Crown Cork a. Seal IS,
Armour a. Co. 5l2s and Bethlehem
Steel IS also improved, North American
Cement CTS sagged nearly 4 points, the
decline apparently being due to selling
on announcement that merger negotia-
tons with Penn-Dixie have been broken
off.
Further exports of gold to Italy and
France this week brought the Outflow
since last September to nearly $500, 000,-
000 In view of the fact that interest
rates mere are higher than those in
Paris and London, hope is held out in
some quarters of an early reversal of
the gold movement. France, however
still has enormous holdings of dollar
bills which could be sold to keep French
francs above the gold import" point.
A sharp rally in cotton as the week
closed, based on unfavorable weather
reports, was the only development of
consequence in the commodity markets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
FIRE CHIEF
TO VISIT EUROPE AT 80

CLEVELAND CEl.~~deofge A. Wal
lace Clevelands S0-year-old Are chief Is
going to Europe for vacation, He plans
to have n visit with his friend. the chief
Of Duhlin's fire department and say
hello to the chief of the Paris Fire De-
partment, and he hopes 10 see good
blaze while he Is away
Wallace entered the Cleveland depart
ment In 1859 and became Its head in
1901.
THAT Dublin chief has red beard, !"
he said, HE can swear more eloquently
at a fire than any man ever met
THE chief OF the Paris department
is mighty nice fellow. remember
he asked me how we fed our men at a
fire, ! said there was no trouble about
that. He wanted to know II they were
allowed to so home for their meals dur.
ING fire. lie said that flrenhen In Paris
20 home for their meals whether there
IA a fire or not, suppose they work In
relays, Anyway. I'll and OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Ry Corrington Gill.

With so much being written and said
about brokers' loans. one is likely to
overlook bank loans to customers otnef
brokers loans" is only half the pic
ture.
The actual amount of money borrow
cd on stock and bond collateral by GUS
toners other than brokers is not pup
lished as such, but 1t can be obtained
bv using the Federal Reserve Boards
weekly figure of Total Loans On Stocks
and Bonds" and substracting from this
the amount of money loaned TO brokers',
A close approximation OF the amount
of money the banks are lendlng 10
individuals primarily for other IMAM
commercial purposes. Is thus opIaiileu;
The above chart shows the Federal
Reserve Board weekly figure for Total
Loans on Stocks and Bonds" for some
seven hundred member reporting banks
Below this line. brokers loans ana GUS
toners loans are shown.
Customers Loans Increased.
1t Is evident that during the first
few weeks of 1925, before the March
break" of prices on the New York Stock
Exchange, there was as much money
borrowed by brokers for their customers
to carry stocks on margin as there was
borrowed by customers other than brok-
ers After stock prices had completed
their reaction, brokers loans were at
their lowest point. while customers
loans had increased $3.50, 900, 600.
This does not mean that the specu-
lative fraternity was out OF the market
or that securities were then owned
mostly by those who hypothecated them
at the banks. for many of the large
operators in the stock market use bank
credit as much as they do brokerage
house credit. depending upon market
conditions and prevailing interest rates.
Thus 1t can be seen that brokers loans
and customers loans are closely related.
When call money rates, which fiuctu-
ate from day to day and week to week.
stay above the bank rate. which is COM
paratively stable between and 6 per
cent, there is a decided tendency toward
a relative increase In customers loans
and a corresponding decrease in brok-
ers' loans. This is especially true at
times like the present, when conserva-
tive brokerage houses are requiring
practically as much margin as that re-
change collateral.
Brokers' Loans Rising.
During the second quarter Of 1926,
when security prices were Debated,
loans TO customers and loans to brokers
were farther apart than they have been
at any period since the figures first be-
came available. From that time until
the present there has been a constant
tendency for brokers loans to increase
at q faster rate than customers loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
PBNS DRIFT down
ON STOCK MARKET.
Volume of Trading Is Small.
LacIede Gas Is Feature
on Bull Side.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 23.-The stock
market was in the doldrums again to-
Gay. Prices generally orifteo GOWN
ward on selling influenced largely by a
further sharp break in Bancitaly Cor
poration common stock on the New
York Curb Market. Extreme declines in
the active issues ranged from to s
oosrfs with final quotations showing
chiy partial recoveries. Violent al
vsnces look place in a few Specialtles.
The ticker, which had fallen half an
hour or more behind the market IN the
haif-holidav sessions last month. Kept
abreast of the market all day today.
So small was the volume Of trading that
many quotations were printed in fun
instead Of the abbreviated form, The
DAYS sales aggregated 6S4,3 800 shares.
the smallest OF any session this year.
Nothing in the News.
There was nothing in the days news
to influence the price movement. Such
earnings reports as came to hand were
mixed in character, and the week end
trade reviews reported further rregu.
iarity Inasrnuch as Fridays call
money rate always carried over the
week end money was not factor to-
day. In view of approaching midyear
settlements, firm money market Is
expected next week. although some dill
ference of opinion exists as TO whether
call loans will again go TO per cent.
Laclede Gas was the Spectator IN
dividual feature. soaring SOL. points to
esni.. as compared with low OF 2o7
earlier in the week. Pierce-Arrow pre-
ferred Jumped points to new nign
at 62I4 in expectation OF a favorable
announcement on merger plans oy the
Studebaker directors at their meeting
next week.
Radio Under Pressure.
Radio was again target for selling
nrassure. closing 3ss points lower al
i7oi. after having dipped TO 1914.
New low prices for the year. or longer,
were recorded by Collins q Altman,
Colorado Fuel. Bethlehem Steel pre-
tered. Botany "A" Chicago Pneumatic
Tool Lorillard preferred and United
states Rubber first preferred. Inc ar
plane issues also were heavy.
American Tobacco b and Tooacco
Products "A" recorded substantial
gains. Indian Refining preferred scared
ie points to a new high at 1853.
Rails drifted lower with the IN
dustrials. although Pittsburgh q west
virginia continued to show Independent
strength. Texas & Pacific dropped
roints and New York Central. Southern
Railway. Western Maryland ana Ie"
others yielded point or so.
Foreign exchanges moved within mar
row irregular limits. Sterling cables
ruled steady around s4.5Ty 1915 and
Canadian dollars ruled slightly nigner
around 99.75 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

BY May IS of this year the relative
positions were reversed, and brokers
loans exceeded customers loans by
S574, 100000.
As the small trader usually uses
brokers' loans for speculation, while
the large market operators use the
banks the appearance of this chart
would indicate without reference to
stock prices that during the last few
months we have been going through a
period If violent speculation.
Many we'll informed in finance and
security markets believe the decrease
in brokers' loans in the last few weeks
not only means liquidation of margin &C
counts but that many brokers' Gus
toners have taken their securities to
banks to take advantage OF the lower
interest rate. This appears to be true,
since customers loans have actually IN
creased $4,000. 900 during the last three
weeks. while brokers loans have de-
creased $42,000,000.
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THE YEAR 1923 TO DATE ON THE WASH.
INCTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

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