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I'VE are convinced that the export
houses are established in practically
every case for the sole purpose of SELL
ing liquor to be struggled into the
United States. and that they exist for
no legitimate purpose whatever.
In seeking a cause of smuggling OF
liquors in Canada we found it was
owing to some extent to the high Gus
toms tariff on imported liquor and the
high excise tax duty on liquor manu-
featured in Canada"
What Might Be Expected.
1t is quite apparent, therefore, from
the experience of Canada, that we
might expect these things if each OF
our 48 States were given independent
control of its liquor policy.
/. A vast organized business of
smuggling" liquor from wet States to
dry States.
2. Smuggling" of bootleg or tax
free liquor from one wet State to other
wet States in competition with the
higher priced "oficiai" liquor.
8. Smuggling of liquor from foreign
countries into wet and dry States alike,
just as at present, but with greater
possibilities of non-detection, because
of the legality of the sale of liquor in
many States.
Whoever can envision the possibility
of reducing the so-called army of pro-
hibition officers" under such a system
involving inspection of shipments across
the boundaries of 43 States as we'll as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
Elite Act i'm Film
OF Life in London

Forty people prominent in London
social circles motored from Mayfair to
the Elstree film studio in Hertfordshire
to take part in a film, "A Knight in
London" which is being produced there
by British film company.
Among those In this voluntary mob
scene" were the Liberian Minister to
the Court of st. James and his wife,
the Maharaja and the Rance of Sera-
wax, and her daughters and other stars
of London society.
They arrived at Elstree at pm. and
for three hours their faces and hands
were made up by dressers engaged for
the occasion. Then they danced from
8 pm. until 2 o'clock the following
morning on a polished floor in a bril-
liantly lighted room to the strains Of
a jazz band.
" They were in evening dress and the
scene might have been that of a May
fair ballroom, except that the dancers
were ordered about by the director. On
one side of the room was a buffet at
which the players could take refresh
ment-when the producer gave them
permission.
The scene. which represented coun.
try house party, was arranged by Mrs.
Wilfred Ashley, wife Of the minister Of
transport
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Mafia's Brigandage
Will Be Extirpated

Brigandage and armed violence in
country districts have now been vir-
tualiy extirpated in Italy, and the huge
trial of $50 persons connected with the
"mafia,' which has just begun at
Termini Imerese in Sicily. will probably
be the last important case of its kind.
The trial. which deals with various
offenses alleged to have been commit
ted by adherents to the secret associ-
alton of the malta" will last three
months. Cattle and sheep stealing.
arson. wounding. murder, violence and
blackmail are among the counts Of the
trial.
In Sardinia. too. the police. following
strict instructions from II Duce, are
giving ill-doers short shift. The IA
nous Sandman bandit. Salvatore Succu.
on whose head there was a price of
$4,000. has just been killed by the
"carabinieri," or mounted police.
There are still few bandits operat-
ing in the Sandman Mountains, but
their capture is now generally believed
to be merely matter of few months.
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Getting to New York
BY BRUCE BARTON.

A BOUT twice a week some
" young man writes to ask
~ me how he can get to
n New York. answer
the question by telling how one
very prominent New Yorker got
there.
He grew up on a farm, worked
his way through college and
law school, and hung out his
single in a little Iowa town.
One of his first clients was a
local merchant-a jobber in
groceries, let US say.
X X y X
Our friend handled the bust
ness so we'll that his client spoke
highly of him to the county as
ISOLATION of grocery jobbers and
he became the lawyer for the
association. This necessitated
his attendance at conventions
in st. Louis and Chicago and at
one of these he was able to show
the Western association how to
get out of tangle. So the MEM
bers of the Western association
elected him as their counsel, too.
X X X X
There came then the question
Of uniting the Eastern and
Western associations. Our friend
was sent to New York for con-
ference. There he fell under
the eye Of a gentleman who had
large interests and liked his
style.
X X X X
The gentleman Investigated
his record, discovering that each
forward step in his career had
grown out Of the good work Of
the past. And so, to his complete
surprise, our friend received an
offer Of the vice presidency Of a
company in New York at a SAL
airy beyond his widest dreams.
(Copyri
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our international boundaries is indeed
an optimist!
Since 1915 Canada has had what
amounts to local option" in its nine
provinces. No liquor may be sent into
or shipped out of any province in VIOLA
ton of the regulations or laws of the
province. The liquor business, except
in two prohibition provinces, is govern
ment controlled and managed, though
manufacture and importation is in pri-
vate hands.
Government Monopoly.
The sale of whisky and other liquors
with high alcoholic content is a gov
eminent monopoly, and is limited to
sealed packages, bottles or crates, not
to be consumed on the premises where
sold. Some of the provinces sell only
to citizens who have purchased permits
to buy. Members of clubs are per-
mitted to maintain liquor lockers. Beer
is sold in 'parlors," but not at bars
and must be consumed at tables. Such
in general, is the Canadian system
Heavy import duties and excise taxes
yield substantial revenue to the general
and provincial governments-and, Incl
dentally, make the governments activi-
ties dependent on the liquor demand.
The practical effect of this system
may be judged by these facts, taken
from Canadian sources:
The 100000 population Of seven
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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Subsequently the man who Sc
lected him retired, and he be.
came president.
He told me the story one
morning. "Had you asked me
10 years ago what my career
would be-" he said, "a should
have answered that I'd probably
practice law in that little town
in Iowa until my sixtieth birth.
day.
"Then, having saved enough
to buy a farm on the edge Of the
village, I'd spend the rest of my
days raising pigs. II would have
given me a great laugh If any
body had suggested that I should
ever be in business in New
York."
My own limited experience
makes me believe that this story
has general application. One
thing leads to another. Very
few of the things have planned
to do have ever come to pass,
but good things have continu-
ously dropped into my lap from
totally unexpected sources.
X X X X
There is an old saying which
does not rise to intellectual
heights, but contains much
truth. It says: "See a pin and
pick it up-AlI the day you'll
have good luck"
X " n "
Most good luck comes when
you are busiest picking up the
pins Immediately in front Of you.
Fellows who strain their eyes to.
see the end of the road very fire.
quently overlook one of these
pins; sometimes it takes revenge
upon them by puneturins one
of their tires.
1aoo \
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that 1t represented very sincere CO.
operative effort of the French and Brit
ish governments to end the impaSSee of
the preparatory commission and to
smooth the way toward general dis
armament conference. He spoke with
humor asperity with the planetary
how dye do over an innocent unknown
document
On September IL conversations ION
the side" respecting the Rhineland oc-
cupation and related matters began,
Germany being represented by Chancel-
lor Mueller, France by BRAND, Great
Britain by Lord Cuchendun, Italy by
Scialoja, Belgium by Myhans and
Japan by Adachi. On this day BRAND,
apropos of his somewhat peppery speech
of the previous day to the Assembly,
told newspaper correspondents thot he
was convinced that the majority of Ger
mans wanted peace. but that there was
an important element in Germany
which made him uneasy.
Spain, Venezuela and Persia have
been elected to temperament Council
seats in succession to China, the Meth
erlands and Columbia, but SPANS seat
is practically permanent Il believe they
call 1t semi-permanen), as the As
sembly passed resolution permitting
her reelection to succeed herself right
on to the millennium.
\ \
Notes.-Spain is celebrating the fifth
anniversary Of Primo De Rivera's coup
d'etat (September Is, 1929.
Russia is celebrating on the grand
scale the one-hundredth anniversary Of
the birth Of Leo Tolstoy, born on the
9th of September. 1928. 1t is of inter-
est that the Tolstoys were originally
German, settling in Russia in the time
of Peter the Great. Opinions will differ
widely as the poles as to Tolstoys i'm
portance as social philosopher, but
there will be few to deny him a very
high place among literary artists.
Anna Karenina" and. War and
Peace" are immortal
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EUROPEANS CHALLENGE
/ AMERICAS INDUSTRIALISM
Manufacturers Adopt Mass Production.
Marking Revolutionary Change
in Competition.
BY CARROLL BINDER.

> - ENEVA.-In Czechoslovakia and
Switzerland they make shoes
j by the mass production princi-
pie which American manufac-
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LOCAL PRODUCE

Eggs Current receipts. 2Sc; white
and brown hennery. 2S030c; stale
and bad. not wanted.
Poultry Alive: Turkeys. Csc;
chickens. broilers IN lbs. Asa Soc.
Plymouth Rocks winter chickens,
400 42c: reds. IS 42c: hens, 26@27c:
White Ileghorns hens. &c: young
keats T0075c. Dressed turkeys,
soc: chickens. 500S5c; large fowls.
30e; Leghorn fowls, Csc; keats.
Calves Top. lie.
Lambs Choice. 1sc.
Apples Supplies light. Demand
liRht, market steady. Barrels: Vir.
ginia. u. ~, No. ]. 2 ~ inches up.
yellow Newtowns. mostly SO. Boxes
and busheI baskets. no sales re-
ported.
Asparagus-SuppIies cleaning up.
Demand moder te; market firm.
Delaware ami East Shore Mary.
land, dozen bunch, crates. green,
18 bunch crates, few sales, large
size, $3.75GD4: medium size, $2.50@3
per dozen punches. South Carolina,
dozen bunch crates, green, very
large size, $3.50: large size, $3.50
03; medium to small size. $500
2; fine quality and condition. very
large size, S.; large size, 81: medium
Cabbage supplies moderate. De.
South Carolina, barrel crates.
pointed type, $4@45O.
Celery--Supplies moderate. De-
inand light; market about steady.
Florida, 10-inch crates. As doz..
$5@5.50: S-10-doz., $4.5005.
Lettuce-Wester stock. Supplies
moderate. Demand moderate; mar.
ket steady. California, crates. Ice
berg type 4.5-doz., mostly around
S3.75. few high az 81. few low as
$3.50. Southern stock: Supplies
light. Demand moderate; market
steady. North Carolina. 5-pk. hamp-
ers, Big Boston type, fair quality
and condition, $1,000. Norfolk
section. Virginia. 2-doz. crates, Big
Boston type, $50.
Onions-New stock, supplies mod
crate, demand light, market dull.
Texas, standard crates Yellow Ber.
mudas u. s. No. /, few sales $3.50;
mixed No. 1 and No. 2, $202.25,
mostly 81.
Potatoes - Old stock, supplies
light, demand light, market dun.
Maine, 150-lb. sacks Green Noun.
tains U. s. No. /, few sales $S.75;
12O.lb. sacks u. S. No. /. IS. Michi-
gan, 150.lb. sacks Russell Rurals
u. S. No. /. 1918. New stock: Sup
plies liberal, demand light, market
about steady. Florida, double-head
barrels Spaulding Rose u. S. No. 1.
mostly 1915; few $3.50.
strawberries Supplies liberal. de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Nofkh Carolina, 32-qt.
crates various varieties, $4@5,
mostly around $3.50; followers fair
condition, low.as $3.50.
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RAL TlMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE. May 1o.-Eggs--
Market steady. On the Baltimore
Butter and Egg Exchange nearby
fresh gathered nrsts. one sale, rs
eases, zsr. ciosing offerings. nearby
fresh gathered firsts, 2sc. bid, 2sa4c c.
Receipts Butter. 1,07c tubs; eggs,
i.7fi cases
Poultry = Chickens Old. heavy.
&c. Old. 4 to ~ lbs. &C: old.
4 to az lbs. &c: ieghorns and
other light stock. 24026c: old roos.
fers, 160lgc. Yonnk Chix-S spring.
80 colored, as TO size. 400 4Ec:
enringers, 'eghorns, as to size,
SslnA2c. Ducks White pekins,
rs. ana over, 26026e; puddle, 4 lbs,
ar1d over, 22623c: nauecovy, 4 lbs,
end ever. 2zO23c: all 1llnds, smaller,
4peD 20c. Guineas-Y Young. lbs.
1na over, each. 500 85c; old, 4OsI
COS pigeons Young and old per
uaIr. SOC 56c.
Butter Creamery fancy. per ID.
1s047c; do. choice, Asa 46c; DO
enod. 446D4 5c; do, prints, 47W49c
~ blocks. 4e04Sc. do, ladies', 81
Sesgc: Maryland and Pennsyivanla
,nlir. Ohio and West Virginia. rolls
ass@s Sscked sd. Maryland Vir
esria and Pennsylvania dairy prints
fprocoss butter. 4t042c.
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leaders
IRREGULAR,
but FIRM
nw 1r1.rratlonaI News Service

NEW YORK. May 10. industrial
stocks at the beginning of trading
today showed the usual effects Of
uncertainty over brokers loans and
the bank rediscount rate.
Price movements Of the specus
|Iatiye leaders were irregular and
confused, with the exception Of the
investment rails, which were In
clined to- continue yesterdays W..
ward movement. The oils and pub
lis utility stocks were also firm.
The usuaI Thursday speculations
over fha prospects Of an increase
III the bank rate occupied the at
fention 81 b good part OF the Well
street district. Interest also CEN
tered upon the steel trade pros
meets. line on which was to be
fIrnished BY the steel Corpora.
tons monthly tonnage report At
noon.
The call loan rate was unchanged
AZ per cent, but funds were
available at to 81 per cent IN
the outside market.
EIectric auto light was 9 bril-
liant buIIish leader in the auto
mobile accessories, the stock reg.
Istering il new high ct 20, on
merger reports. This II gain
III s points for the day and more
than 100 points for the movement.
Stewart warner speedometer sold
around 100 In an active market,
ana the bulk of the tire and rubber
stocks were firm.
New York Central dominated the
investment rails, selling ct the
highest price In the history Of the
road. Reading, Lelnigh Valley and
Afchfson were active and firm.
General Electric and General Mot
ors were compelled to absorb heavy
profit.ta king. which however, was
well absorbed. The standard oils
and q few Of the independents rose
In the face Of b new cut In gasoline
prices, radio was under selling pres.
sure and declined 3k points to 1871.
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l. S.PR0SPER|TY
A|uALYZED BY
RUREYSER
by NTERRYLE 81 1NI;EY
RUKEYSEl

81 NEW YORK, May 10.---Ti1e whole
world Il sending delegations Of
industrial experts TO the United
States ID study the new technique
Of American prosperity.
paul M. Mazur, Of Lehman
Brothers, has called the new
method rnerchandised produc.
tiofi, z a. opposed to the older Ford
system Of quantity production.
The newer way II to attuIle pro-
duction to expected demand.
Auto Industry Leads
Strangely enough, the youthful
automOtiye industry, which as re-
Gently as 1921. was conspicuous
for Its illefflciency IN business
methods, has Of late gone the
farthest III devising scientific
means of stabilizing prosperity.
And Of course the General Motors
Corporation has been at the fore
front Of this movement.
Donaldson Brown, vice president
Of the corporation, ascribes the
strides largely to improved
methods Of forecastinS public de-
mand.
"A theoretically perfect co-or.
dination OF business" Mr.. Brown
asserted, "comprehends an exact
knowledge, In advance, Of what
the public wants (NEithfn the
limits, Of course. 0f human ability
to supply; and exact knowledge
Of how much the public wants
within the limits 81 human ability
to purchase and consumed and a
regulation Of production In ac-
cordance to lit these ultimate con-
sumner demands for both kind and
quality Of goods.
Thorough Analysis
AL to precise methods of opera.
tion. Mr.. Brown pointed out: At
the beginning OF e. sales year. we
attempt to arrive at an estimate
OF the probable retail sales for
each car division for the ensuing
IL months. Il there is the prob
lem Of introducing a new model
in the given line, It must, Of
course. be considered In forming
our judgment Of probable sales.
We must also take into account
the competitive situation and the
condition Of business In general
as affecting our own industry.
"On the twenty-fifth Of each
month complete forecast is
submitted by each or our divi-
siois for the current month
and three succeeding months.
This includes q forecast Of re-
tail deliveries from tne car divi-
sions.
II there not silag estion for
the small business man or the
I salaried worker, applicable to
his own career. IN this policy Of
seeking currently to know pre-
cisely where you are going, and
why?
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BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK

UNION STOCK YARDS, BALTI-
MORE. May 1O.-Cattle. Receipts,
so head. Market active at steady
prices. Steers, choice. $13013.50;
good, $11.75W12.75; medium, $4,000
11.50: common. $9.5O@10.50; feeders
and stockers, $s.25g1f. Heifers,
choice. $1O.75011.50: good, $500
1850; medium. $s.5009.5O: common,
$7QS; feeders and stockers, S69S.
Bulls, good to choice. 5000: fair to
good, 5000; common to medium,
$6.5O@7.60. Cows. good to choice,
5000: fair to good $7.5O@S.75; com.
mon to medium. $3.5006.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, so
head. Market steady. Sheep. $3.50
01O; Lambs, S10@1S.50: spring
lambs, $1,000.
Hogs-Receipts, ITS head. Market
steady. Lights. $10.10; heavies. SO
010.4O; medium. Sill; roughs, $6.25@
8; light pigs, $S.25; pigs. $9.15.
Calves-Recetpts, 25 head. Market
steady. Calves, $5O14.5O.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, May 10 I'm fairly
active trading local cotton market
quotations declined further today
under the Influence Of renewed
profit.taking and nervous specula'
tive selling.
After opening 3 to Is points
lower. prices shaded downward III
the early period to the extent OF
about IS cents a bale. Around
these levels. however, the market
developed resistance.
The news OF the day conflicted.
Traders construed as bullish reports
by. the cotton textile merchants OF
New York of increased untitled
orders and sales. Offsetting this
were reports Of an absence Of rain
fall in the cotton belt overnight.
with favorable weather forecasts.
Memphis advices mentioned reduc'
tions in acreage, owing to the high
prices and scarcity OF the seed.
Temperatures of 100 degrees IN
west Texas were interpreted as
indicating a prolonged drought
there.
Noon prices were: July, 21.05i
down 10: October, 2O.95, down II;
January, s2e.74. down 1e, and May,
21.27. down Os.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
FURNISHED by w. b. .Hibba- 4 Col
EIIC ACyrA 49,. IN - $500.

Furnished by w. B. Hibba 4 Coz
CHICAGO, May 10.-liVe stock:
F, Hogs-Receipts, 20 900; market, 10
@15c lower. Top. $10.35; bulk, 1925
910.15; heavy weight, s9.206D10; me-
dunn weight, $9.50@10.25; light
weight, eS.75@1025: light lights.
I.7509.SS: packing sows, $7.75@
$40; pigs. $7@S.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900; market
weak; Csc lower. Calves: Receipts,
$500; market steady. Beef steers:
Good and choice. $14@15; common
and medium. $9.5O@13.50; yearlingss
$9.501475. Butcher cattle: Heifers,
S7.50@14; cows, $7.50@11.50; bulls,
$7.5O@11; calves, $11@14.5O; feeder
steers, $10@12.5O; stocker steers,
$9.5O@12; stocker cows and heifers,
$6.5O@9.5O.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000; market
steady; weak. Medium and choice
lambs. $16.50@1s; culls and common.
$13@15; spring lambs, $14@1S.5O;
warnings, $14@16; common and
choice ewes, $6.5O01O; feeder lambs,
s12.75@13,so.
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LAY-OFFS MADE
FAIR To ALL
IS CLAIM
BY B. G. FORBES

When lay.offs arc found uf1ayoid.
able. are they always conducted az
considerably and humanely as pos.
sible
Walter G. Teagle, president Of.
the Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey shows very clearly In the
following letter to this column
the first part 81 his statement was
given yesterday that there was
no room whatsoever Tor any COM
plaint by correspondent, James
B. Furber, q New Jersey lawyer.
Indeed, the steps described
by Mr.. Teagle might well be pom.
pered BY other corporation execu-
tIves.
Writes Mr.. Teagle:
While there may be individual
cases Of hardship, does 1t not ap.
peal to You as equitable and fair
that We should keep the men OF
longer service and provide them
with full time and allow the men
Of shorter service to seek full-time
positions eIAewhere
Humans First
Humanity should Be the first
consideration IN business. but
would the interests Of humanity
generally be advanced IL manu-
featuring operations were con.
Quoted on an uneconomical basis,
such as Mr.. Furber suggests?
Is not the efficient operation Of
business more likely to produce
general wealth and improve the
position Of All labor than would
be an attempt to obtain tenn.
porary cure to q defect IN the
worlds Industrial system by keep
ing men employed irrespective Of
the economic result?
In laying off these men.
which was unavoidable great
deal of consideration was actually
shown. They were given as much
notice 40 was possible. and where
the age, service with the COM
man warranted special treat
mer1t, he received an amount of
money. Many Of them were mem.
bers Of our stock acquisition plan.
under which they received so
q GEMlS VI Liz EOE1YAMy1S 1WnQ&
Tor every dollar they had I'M
vested in our stock.
Mr.. Furber refers to Mr..
RockefeIler's Christianity and asks
how It can be reconciIed to In
humanity for the purpose of Gre
ating extravagant dividends on
Standard stocks. i have nothing
to do with Mr.. Rockefelier,s atti-
tude toward life, although have
an infinite respect Tor II. He holds
s q relatively small percentage OF
the stock OF this company. and
there are $4,000 other snarehold.
ers who pay the directors to ad-
minister the property for them.
1t IL our duty to carry out this
trust ais faithfully and efficient
ly az in our power lies. and il
there is any aspect Of our ad-
ministration which is open to criti.
cism, II Is certainly not that we
have sacrificed the interests of
our employees to benefit the own.
ers of the business.
Copyright. 1928 by B. c. FDrhesl
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

Furnished BY w. 3. Hibba & Col
CHICAG May 10.-Grains
opened lower today. Wheat was
down to 1Ac; corn, u to INC,
and oats, u to nc. Openings
prices Wheat: May, $1.57N; July,
$1.57A 01.5S1s; September, sissy @
1.57N.
corn-May, $1.06; July. s1.1Oh
September, $1.10.
Oats-July, new, So Ac;. septem
Der, new, 45Ac.