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they DO not enjoy the experience, and
this In itself Is proof Of our contention
that fear has great deal to do with It.
They are too eager TO prove their eh-
much. We who stayed below because
we were unblushingly afraid to 60 up
did not accuse them. They need not
70 on 80. We believe they enjoyed It,
No doubt we would ourself II we could
get up enough nerve to take the up
THOSE Who are afraid simply cannot
picture themselves as doing It. II an
emergency should arise, they tell them
selves, they might be prevailed on to
90, but short OF earthquake or some
thing they will take train.
Wheels 90 back to ox-cart days.
There Is something sure, satisfying
about the contact OF tire with earth.
This world Of ours seems so solid, SO
huge, that experience and reading can
not shake our faith in it.
We know that 1t has opened up at
divers times, swallowing up towns and
populations. It has rumhled and
creaked, 1t has covered itself with ice
IL has gone into commissions and
smoothed itself out in prairies.
Still we love 1t. We feel at ease on
its surface, bathed in the light Of the
sun, caressed by the fields Of air. This
is our home.
The race of man Is old, too: Just
how old not even H. q. Wells knows
exactly.
Mankind is surely in its early fortie.
by this time.
Certain shoots in the form of youne
men do unexpected and brave things
Sometimes wars prod populations to
emulate heroes.
These examples are the exception.
which prove the rule. The generality
of mankind is an old slippered gentle
man, seeking his ease by his fire, con-
tent to read q. book and smoke pipe.
Flying through the air like a bird
was not in his book. He had dreamed
Of taking TO himself wings, but he had
not got around to 1t, and now he was
too old.
To say that flying Is q natural ex-
perience, like swimming or walking, Il
to miss the mark. Life IL rooted in
water and earth. The air enters into
the scheme OF things Is blanketina
material for these two.
Man Is not at home In the air. His
presence there Is due to the same re-
markable persistence and fortitude
which have made the white race able
to exist in the tropics.
1nfinity is what knocks the props out
from under the finest airplane. Our
little earth we know. more or less but
who knows what Is out there?
In taking to the air we face an
Unknown vaster than our little earthly
unknowns: limitless Something which
even hone QiVeS no DrOsnert NJ fatho,,,
ing. Maybe our fear Is not cowardice,
but divine common sense
To brave aviAtors, enthusiasts, the
"air-minded" at large, we take of our
earthly hat. but when any one asks us
snugly. why not 1ly?" we pipe up at
once: Because we are afraid to-: that's
why!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Cash Your Checks!

A standing rule in business is to cash
all checks promptly upon receipt. There
are good reasons for this rule. One is
that q check may be invalidated by the
death of the maker or the bankruptcy
Of the company issuing 1t. Even the
immediate banking of q check does not
always insure payment, for the bank
with which 1t is deposited for collection
may later come back for reimbursement
when the check turns out TO be invalid.
But In the great majority Of cases. in
practically all cases, bank check is
good IL there are funds behind 1t.
A dispatch from Colorado Springs,
Just printed, tells OF . check that was
honored the other day after thirty.thre
years. There was no trouble about the
funds, for the check was for one cent.
The marvel of the case is that the com.
pany drawing it was still in existence
when the check went through. The
check represented q dividend on one
share Of stock in gold mining COM
pany, declared May IS, 1896.
Gold mining companies have . way
Of passing out Of existence, like oil
companies and other concerns that are
engaged in extracting wealth from the
earth. Not many Colorado gold COM
panies have survived for a third of a
century. If all Of the mines that have
been opened and promoted In that
period were still going and paying divi-
dends 1t would be easier to sell gold
mine stock than it is today.
Despite the experience of the holder
Of the one-cent thirty.three-year-old
dividend stock 1t is still o good sound
rule of business to cash your checks
promptly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
The City of Schools.

A Board of Trade survey, Just COM
pleted. discloses that about $4,000, 00o
Is annually spent in Washington on
education other than that provided by
the public schools. Further, that ap.
proximately $70,000,00o is invested in
educational enterprises ct the Capital
other than the public schools and, the
institutions conducted by the United
States.
These figures, obtained after Q care.
full study Of the field. indicate the truth
Of the often repeated statement that
washington has become an educationa
center. For many years this develop.
ment has been progressing. Schools
have been opened here for special line.
Of instruction, drawing students from
all parts of the country. The higher
educational institutions have grown
through the attendance upon them Of
young people from all the States. Thu
exceptional advantages of the Capita
as O center of instruction have become
recognized by educators.
No other American city possesses thu
educational facilities that are offered
here by the Governments own estab'
lishments and activities. The greatest
American library--and one Of thu
greatest in the world-the technica
bureaus and museums and scientific
collections offer opportunities for stud,
and research that cannot be equalet
elsewhere. Washington, indeed. is ir
itself q great school. It Is this fact
that has caused the rapid extension o.
the privately conducted institutions o
learning.
Enactment 1t the last session O
Congress Of Q law to prevent the estab
Mshment here Of so.called eslirloml
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Camping With Santa Claus.

With luck like that enjoyed so far by
Bert Mcconnell, who recently walked,
practically naked and .unarmed, into
the Canadian wilderness, determined to
spend several weeks, alone and unaided,
in the manner Of o cave man, one
would be tempted to hurry out and play
the stock market. Within q few hours
Of the disappearance Of his guide-com-
panion, last link with civilization, this
nervy magazine editor found an en-
tire cached moose skin, put up out of
the way by some In An hunter. He
had previously built q small shelter
with the sharp ak he permitted himself,
50 that by his first nightfall, provided
he was able to kindle FIRE, which he
indubitably was, he found himself fair
ly protected, although not suffering
from indigestion.
His experiment is q fascinating one
and, to many will seem unique. How
ever, in 1919 q woodsman-sailor named
Knowles went into an entirely unin-
habited region in Maine with even less
than Cooper and emerged successfully
some weeks later. Cooper ut least had
B. v. DIS and an ak; Knowles had
nothing. Knowles had at FIRST to use
inner cedar bark for clothing and foot
gear until he had caught a small bear
in q pit When he came out he was
fully, II not modishly, clothed; carried
q serviceable archery OUTFIT and a cred
table stone AK .laboriously fashioned
He had lost twenty pounds and de-
clared that his greatest single hardship
was the lack Of salt. Cooper 10 trying
his stunt somewhat farther north and
also little later In the first Autumn
month, which possibly permits him thu
handicap of the lingerie. :
Knowles found nothing; he had Il
make, or concoct, or kill, or catch hi
every article d apparel or diet, or d
least he said he did. Some of thu
grizxled Maine guides OF the region de-
elared they would bet that he had
soodly. supply Of canned provisinnl
hidden for emergencies. but this W.
neyer proved. They also apuources
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

All Other States and Canada.
Peace, Not Alliances.

II there was one all-overshadowing
note in Mr.. MacDonald's first utterance
in Washington last evening, 1t Ia to be
found in the emphasis he laid on the
purely impersonal character Of his ap-
preaching conversations" with Mr..
Hoover.
There is no idea Of alliances" the
America is blessed beyond words in oc-
cupying such a special position that she
does not require to consider anything In
the nature Of an alliance. Alliances be-
long to the old order of diplomacy"
Mr.. Macdonald did not content him
self with negativing misconceptions of
his purpose in coming to Washington.
He defined it specifically. WHAT we
want, and I believe what the American
people have shown that you want" the
premier continued, lis just understand
ing"
Thus at blow, and as an opening
blow, the distinguished visitor has de-
molished the fears of persons in various
parts of the world, including this coun-
try, that John Bull and Uncle Sam are
about to 60 into heinous huddle for
their own aggrandizement and for the
eventual domination of the rest Of man
kind. Mr.. Macdonald could have done
nothing so useful as to smash this
theory 1t the outset of his Washington
mission.
OF hardly less import than the prime
minister's clear enunciation of his OBJ
jects in America is his disclosure that
his discussions with the President are
not going to be beclouded by what the
British leader calls details" They are
going TO expend their energy, on the
contrary, on 1.-The large and wide, the
high and deep, problems Of interna-
tional peace" They are going to pool
their ingenuity in hercul.an effort to
intensity the peace mind, instead of the
war mind, among their respective peo-
Piles.
And yet, idea1ist, dreamer, pacifist
though he is, Ramsay Macdonald is
OStCANhliCO " uVlA1c tAAC PNuStAS0I Aho-
chinery for peace which the world has
just set up. the Kellogg pact. Ac-
claiming Americas world service" In
sponsoring 1t. the prime minister per-
tinently asks, why should we now not
60 on?" BY going on" he mani
testify means to proceed with those
tangible, visible and physical measures
plainly incumbent upon the fifty-odd
nations which have joined in proclaim
ing the new law of the world. Just
what these responsibilities are. when
and how they are to be shouldered-
these are bound to provide the major
food for thought when premier and
President settle down to business.
Thus the keynote for the fateful pro-
ceedines about to take their course on
the Potomac and the Rapidan has been
clearly struck. Like the shots that
were fred on another British-American
occasion. 1t will echo around the world.
It brings these discussions between the
British Empire and the United States
promptly into proper perspective. It
indicates that the question of which Of
them shall have 10000 or 10000 tons
more or less Of cruisers Is after all
not the vital issue. It places on record.
In sight and hearing Of all mankind,
the fact that peace, and nothing but
peace, here Is under consideration.
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Private Allen Of the police force is
apparently enjoying himself. The title
Private" again attains distinction.
Private John Allen Of Mississippi was
Q figure to be reckoned with In national
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
SHOOTING STARS.
ny pHnANpER JOHNSON.
Political MenaSerie.

Political Menaserie.
The old mule, with politeness scant,
Said, I'm glad I'm not an elephant"
The elephant said, while keeping cool,
"I'd think 1t awful to be mule"
And then o camel romped along
With q water tank that was big ana
strong.
He exclaimed with prohibition glee,
I'm the Teller you both would like
to bel"
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The Annual Hook.TJp.

From the Dayton Daily News.
The average length of Summer yaca-
tions In Spain Is four months. which
enables the folks to get home in time
to observe the holidays.
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Entertainment Of Macdonald will be
handsome. although 1t will lack an old.
time touch Of American epicureanism
owing to the fact that reedbirds and
champagne are no longer available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

Having acquired 50 much power. Mus
solini Is naturally confronted with the
problem of dividing around little Of
the surplus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

In order to have flexible tariff 1t is,
in the opinion Of some Senators. neces-
sary to recognize an infiexible authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

As an author, Trotsky must admire
the y. q. A. - q government conducted
largely by potential or practical maya
zine writer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

It is conceded by all expert opinion
that arguments about social precedence
at a dinner party never helped much
toward solving diplomatic problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

Humanity Is fearless. For every air
plane that crashes, there, Is another to
take its place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Chance for More GRAVY

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
The States may yet shorten the terms
Of governors 50 every big guy can get
In long enough to pardon his friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

The Cost of Education.
From the Cincinnati Times-star
Urgent letters are beginning to come
back from college youths to their par
ents. and give TIL it hurts" is the
theme.
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Hardship and Happiness.

Though frosty winds begin to blow,
I'll still be happy while I shovel snow
And wait awhile for the birds to sing
You've got TO have Winter or you CAM
have Spring. 81
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Matrirnony and MORTGAGE.

From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
Who remembers the old days when
list Of worldly goods with which the
groom endowed the bride didn't start
out with q car and 10 notes due on it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Cynical Statesman.

Cynical Statesman.
would you be willing to see the
corner saloon come bAck?"
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. "A night club may be as in
nuential o. o corner saloon, and more
entertaining"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

Jud Tunkins says he keeps out OF
politics because he's q tenor. Nobody
can make 0 convincing speech unless
he has q bass voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

Elusive Quest Of knowledge.
In halls where persons legislate
A voice came sad and low
"The more that we investigate,
The less we seem to know!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

wealth said Hi 1fIo. the sage Of
Chinatown. els dangerous when It at
tracts flattery and alienates friend
Ships"
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Lobbyist Superseded.

AEe you I0ppySI!
mot ut all. do not pursue men In
their ofices. I am O propagandist ana
make use of the mails"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05


Woman's power as purchaser seems
almost startling to women themselves
and perhaps to men who pay the bills
wish to sell goods. Mrs. Christine
Frederick In her book selling Mrs.
Consumer stresses consumer psychol-
ogy, which means in so many cases
feminine psychology. The wife Is the
purchasing agent for most families.
There is also to be considered ''woman's
increasing vote In investments, savings
and general types Of expenditures.
Mrs. Frederick quotes the United states
Bureau Of Standards figures that In
1928 women spent for family needs
billion dollars week. Income tax re-
turns for 1926 show that Al per cent
of total taxes were paid by women:
Women also form large percentages OF
the stockholders of many prominent
corporations.
The chapter headings in Keeping
Mentally Fit" by Joseph Jastrow, are
suggestive and good advertising mate.
rial: what are You Afraid OF"
Shall We Suppress-or Let Coz" Can
q Psycho-Analyst Help You?" Is
There . Cure for the .l Blues" co,, TO
ms Marry" "Why Don't I Make dood?"
"Are We Slaves to our Glands?" lis
Your Memory Failing?" Have You an
Inferiority Sense?" "Are You Bore?"
1.-THE Psychology Of the Lipstick." why
You Are Good Mixer" Telling Char
acter by Appearance"
~ \
Maristan Chapman, author Of 1.-THE
Happy Mountain" Is announced to
have written another book Of the same
type, recently published. Its title IL
"Honeplace" and the scene u Glen
Hazard, In the same southern noun.
tains whcih figured In. the earlier book.
] Many Of the characters are the same,
90 "aomeplace" y In the nature o. .
sequel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-27

arrested or beheadcd. Beheading is
strictly forbidden" by the Marking
government, but in dealing with the
Communists, the law reserves its
right. Two days ago, several Com
munists we're arrested in Tsinanfu
the capital of Shantung province.
According to the law or regulation
enacted by the Marking government,
the authority in Tsinanfu should
telegraph the government for deci-
sion. However, the local authority,
on ground that it would be too late,
ordered the comrades beheaded. To
show tie terrorism against our COM
rades in China, l wish to tell you
cf another ruthless massacre in Can
ton. A middle school in Canton was
suspected Of having in it some young
Communists. Without any previous
warning, the authority dispatched
many armed soldiers there in mid
night, had the school surrounded
and all the students arrested. The
students were carried to the out
skirts of the city, and with machine
gun, all the young children we've
mercilessly killed. Mass murder
like this is not at all unusual in
kwangtung. According to the re-
suit of investigation, the total Killed
those who were more or less in
Holved with the Communistic activ-
ity-are over two million persons.
Concerning the forms OF torture
towards the Communists, there are
taking off nails, cutting eff nose,
ears, tongues, digging out eyeballs,
etc. The cruelty and barb9rity Of
torture towards the Communists defy
description. Despite that The Com
munists are not inundated. On the
contrary, they become more de-
termined, and more class-conscious.
One more thing to tell you. that
is tire method of propaganda of the
Communists: Sometimes if one goes
to buy a book on sex, he finds the
contents are Communist under the
cover. Frequently people lou hit
Piles, Three Peoples Doctrine, or
bulletin issued by the government,
and found out the contents deal with
Communism. Because of the above.
mentioned phenomenon, many pub
fishers have been recently closed,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-27
Soviet CROPS
ARE SUCCESS
Grain Trust Reports
Big Gains

Soviet spring crops were in good
condition early in June, according
to M. Y. Kalmanovich, head of the
Soviet ZernotTest (Grain Trust),
which operates over two score large
farms in the Soviet Union. Kali
manovich, who has just arrived in
this country, ste ed that the reports
received up to June 3, the date of
his departure from Moscow, also in
Dictated that the area sown this
spring was in excess of last years,
especially in the Northern Caucasus,
the Volga Region and Siberia. Kal-
manovich and Professor M. M. Wolf,
member of the Presidium and head
Of the Agricultural Section of the
Caspian, the State Planning Com
mission, who arrived simultaneous
ly, outlined two of the most impor-
tant projects on the Soviet program
for the reconstruction of agricul-
ture.
1.-THE Zerrotrest cultivated about
100000 acres of land this year"
stated Mr.. Kalmanovich at the of
fices of the Amtorg Trading Cor
poration. at was formed last year
to organize and operate large grain
farms entirely by machinery. Sow
ing was carried on at 16 out of the
ID farms under the supervision of
the Zernotrest, Among them is the
Giant Farm" in the Northern eau
casus, with cultivated area of 12O,-
600 acres. The sowing period on
this state farm lasted only days,
$50 tractors being employed. This
is undoubtedly the worlds largest
farm using machinery exclusively.
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LETTER Tells
OF GROWTH or
Chinese PARTY
Describes War Lords
Prosecutions

Continued from Page One)
there is no hope for its rising.
Although there is the well organi-
cation of the Anarchists, yet it is
not strong enough to be called a
party, much less for it to exercise
influence on the masses. The Third
Party-the party of opportunists
like Wang Ching Wei and Chen
Kung Po-is dying out. The Kou-
nintang is divided into many fac
tons, fighting bitter fight against
ore another. Not only the workers
ard peasants are dissatisfied with
Koumintang, even the petty bourg-
eoisie and radical intellectual are be-
coming gradually disillusioned. San
! hin Chu vi or the Three Peoples
Doctrine of Sun Yam Sen becomes
thing of the past, and people get
tired Of talking it. To many people
it has even become disgusting.
AS to the Chinese Communist
Party, it has made marvellous pro-
gress in organization, and in influ-
ence among the masses, though it
is still working underground. In
south China the revolutionary COM
munist wave is intense, and the ~e-
volutionary movement is rolling on
with unusual rapidity, especially in
Human, Kiangsi, Fuchien, Kiangsu,
and Kuangtung provinces. Even in
Shantung province, the Party is en-
joyirg great popularity and is grow
ing in strength. In Peiping, former
ly Picking, the conservative and re-
dictionary centre in north China, red
pamphlets and leaflets make their
appearances regularly every two
weeks. Particularly in the months
OF May, communist leaflets are
found daily. In spite of the diff
ficulties confronting them, they have
perfected the art of propaganda to
great degree.
At the Sixth Congress of the Chi
nese Communist Party, a resolution
was adopted, in which local upris-
ing is strictly prohibited. Instead
Of local uprising, the Party is pre-
pairing large-scale uprising, an
uprising on a national-wide scale.
The Party is conducting at present
an energetic campaign against the
imperialists and the Koumintang.
For fear of a new rising of the
Communist Party, and much scared
by its growing influence and
strength, the militarists have adopted
much more severe measure against
it. If you read the newspapers of
Shanghai, you are sure to find al
most every day and in every Hsien
s(district) some Communists were
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THOUSAND A DAY.
NEEDED TO Save
NJ | | [ WORKERS
Defense Reports Much
Help; Not Enough
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
a workers organization, with a
promise that more would be col
lected; 1910 from the Curtisville,
Pa, local of the 1. L. D., composed
mostly of miners, many of them un-
employed; $25 from julius Deter of
Louisville, KY; SIS from the Ben
field, ILL.,, I. L. D., another miners
local, with a promise to send more;
S34 from the Hungarian Workmen's
Sick and Death Benefit Societ2 of
Trenton, N. j.; $500 from the st.
Paul 1. l.. D.; SIS from the Japanese.
branch of the l. L. D. in San Fran
cisco.
A small l. L. D. branch in Ashta-
bula, o., sends $40 and writes: En-
closed is our answer to the bosses
and their treatment Of the textile
strikers at Gastonia. This is all that
this organization has in the bank,
49,"
Ella Reeve (Mother) Bloor, be-
loved labor veteran, has already
started her tour thruout the country
to raise funds for the defense of the
frameup victims. She is being &C.
companied by two young textile
strikers who, have just come from
Gastonia. Oh Tuesday night Mother
Bloor and the two strikers will speak
in Pittsburgh in the Labor Lyceum,
IS Miller ST., on Wednesday they will
be in Youngstown, O., and on Thurs
day in Erie, Pa.
The trial OF the IA workers
charged with murder is only little
over a month off. Funds are needed
at once to save them. Rush all con-
tributions to the National Office of
the international Labor Defense, 80
E 18th St., Room 4O2, New York
City.
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BAR LORLESS PAY

MADISON, Wis. (By MaiD .-Un-
employment compensation for Wis
consin workers was turned down in
the state assembly.