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tendance figures for any one day. but the big
gest day last year shows that 1883 tourists
were in the camp overnight.
The use of the tourist camps throughout the
country is not limited to individual and family
parties, but in Washington particularly many
group tours are cared for. Boy and Girl Scout
troops. lodges and fraternal organizations come
en- ma Sc, as we'll as the various professional
tours and colleges ON wheels. Some of these
itirerant colleges come and put up at the camp
the entire student body visiting places of his
toric interest or the different departments of
the museums while their instructors lecture on
the material at hand.
NE go acres comprising the washington tour
list camp are located on Federal property
in the heart of Potomac Park, and thus fall
under the jurisdiction of Lieut.. Col u. S. Grant,
3d. director of Public Buildings and Public
Parks but as this very able gentleman has
some nine important jobs to fill according to
the Congressional Directory, the camp itself is
placed under the active supervision of Capt
Montgomery and Mr. Clarke. The camp Is laid
out in neat streets, each bearing the name of
State high wire fence screened by shrub
berry prevents entry except at established gate
ways. The same inspection and careful super
vision given the public buildings of Washington
Is given the tourist camp both as to sanitation
and FIRE. physician makes two visits daily
to the camp.
In addition there is q weekly inspection of
the camp by the sanitary inspector of the once
Of Public Buildings and Public Parks, who Is
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Tourist camp Is a ChameleOn-Hke City in
Constant State O ,CHauge- Tourists From
al O7,er the United States Make Use of
Its FaciHties- Booked SoIid' During
the Sumner Months Capitals ViIfors
Gather in Larger Numbers Each Year.

other articles as well as a soda fountain and
souvenir store.
III you have children, and the great majority
of those who make use of tourist camp facilities
seem to have them, you will be interested in
the Fairgrounds with swings, slides, sand pile
and racing grounds, as well the many con-
veniently placed drinking fountains.
The average length of stay in the Washing
ton tourist camp is AZ hours, although one may
stay for two weeks. The necessity for limiting
the time to two weeks is because tourist camp
is primarily to accommodate tourists, and were
this not so many people would come and spend
the entire Summer here. In this connection it
may be we'll to point out the fact that the
Washington tourist camp is happily situated in
its relation to the many public buildings.
STRANGE as it may SEEM the management
receives hundreds of letters reserving space
for specified dates, and the month of August
OF this year was booked up solid before the
middle of July according to H. p Clarke, resi-
dent manager. Reservations were made for the
latter part of August and early September for
: the degree teams Of the Modern Woodmen of
America. Reservations have been requested
from October IA to % for between 500 and
1000 persons, at which time the International
and World Conventions of the Disciples of
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an officer of the q. S. Army Medical Corps
He has no fixed time for his inspection, but
simply drops in and goes over the camp with
out warning to assure himself that everything
is being maintained in sanitary condition.
Each morning all cabins that have been occu-
pied are cleaned up and everything put in order,
but it is rule of the camp that no employee
may enter any cabin, apartment or tent to do
this work unless there is some member of the
party occupying those quarters present
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country, to say nothing of the thou
sands that are reasonably good, fair, Indifferent
and bad plus the tremendous number of auto
mobiles now operated in this country, and you
have constantly growing multitude of tourists
who are seeing America first.
The up-to-date and conScientiously operated
tourist camp makes this possible Among the
finest in the country is the Washington tourist
camp, which is especially favored in that it is
Federally operated and supervised and was
established May l6, 1921 by congress; ioinaI APP
preparation. Hobbs Guide gives it rating of
50 per cent, and the thousands of people who
visit it annually volunteer the information that
lit is the best they've struck yet"
The rating of 95 per cent is arrived at by
Judging the camp space, conveniences and prox-
unity TO the city, as well as the character Of
the management and the general attractive
ness. In looking over many of these guides
for different parts Of the country the writer
noticed few other camps with ratings of 95
per cent. This camp in the Nations. Capital
Is q model in its general layout, facilities and
management, and many others have been using
1t as guide. One OF its attractive features is
the location.
PEOPLE from every State in the Union, from
Canada, from the Philippines, Porto Rico
Mexico, and SO on visit the washington tourist
ments and 90 tents pretty much in use all the
time, for it is no longer necessary to travel
with great masses of equipment in order to go
places as may obtain quarters and supplies
at any modern camp at a reasonable figure In
the Washington camp you can rent cabin
with two single beds, a table, chairs, electric
lights and gas for heating and cooking for SITS
a day, if you don't want to bother with
cooking, it only cost 81 SO. This includes mat
tresses, inen etc, but pillows and blankets cost
10 cent day extra. This size cabin will ac-
commodate two or three people Or you can
beds and the other equipment mentioned for
81 a day. Again, if you prefer tent, you can
rent one equipped with two single beds. mat
tresses, table, ETC., for 81 day. And as an
added touch of courtesy and economy If you
wish additional beds and mattresses for use in
cabins or tents, they may be secured without
extra charge.
These prices are about the average of those
in other camps with similar facilities, although
some of the Others go as high as So day for
q cabin with two beds. You have all the con-
veniences of home-perhaps more-for within
the camp is grocery store, cafeteria serv-
ing meals at reasonable prices, an eight pump
gasoline station tire service and battery service
There is modern laundry layout with IL
wash tubs and boards. hot and cold running
water and electric irons. which may be rented
at IS cents hour for each iron Adjoining
the laundry hot and cold water shower
baths while sanitary and well equipped bar
Der shop and beauty parlor is just within the
gates. Likewise there is well provisioned
store where one may buy groceries and many
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BY JOHN THOMAS

% BOUT 15.0O0,00o Americans are tour
m ing each year. Given thousands of
n miles of good roads, some 5000 ap-
proved tourist camps all over the
country to say nothing of the thou
Evening star., 1930-11-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL
REPORTS BIG DROP
IN BANK CLEAR|NGS
November Total STOP, ,030,-
387, Against $12o,261,737
in Same Month in 1929.
Committeeman NAMED
FOR BANKERS PARLEY
Potomac Electric Issue Most Active
Stock in Week End Trading
on D. c. Exchange.

Bank clearings in the National Cap
ital in November totaled $102 ,03o, ,387. .27
in comparison with $12o261, ,737.69 in
November 1929, according to the
monthly report Of the Washington
Clearing House Association, available
at the close of business yesterday. This
Is decline of $18,231 ,350.42.
Clearings in Washington in October
amounted to $118,084, 1854. Total
clearings for the first IL months of the
present year stand at 81 1,2000 034, ,523.91,
against $1,365 ,316,098.74 In the CORE
spending period in 1929.
Clearings for the same IL months in
1928 totaled $1,305, ,744, 1887, and in
1927 reached the sum of $1,262 ,316,-
174.58. Checks, therefore, passing
through the Washington Clearing
House this year will not equal the
number for the past three years. Local
clearings in December last year amount
ed to $116,074, ,630.10, which makes it
easy to estimate about what the total
figure for 1880 will be.
While retail trade in Washington at
present is better than 1t was year
ago at this time, according to reports
from the Federal Reserve Board, the
total business being transacted here is
lower. This is true in practically every
other important city in the country.
Following is a compilation OF bank
clearings in Washington, by months,
during the year to date, compared with
the corresponding months year ago:
Evening star., 1930-11-30
DROP IN MARYLAND
CROPS IS REPORTED
Peas, Corn and Tomatoes off
From SO to rs Per Cent,
Says Survey.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 29.-Peas
corn and tomatoes, MaryIand's chief
crops for canning, are OF from so to
rs per cent this year because of the
drought, according to an incomplete
survey just completed by F. M. Shook
executive secretary Of the Tr1-State
Packers Association.
The yield in peas, the crop hardest
hit in the State, will be about 1854 per
cent OF last years crop. while that Of
corn and tomatoes Is indicated to be
39.97 and 76 per cent, respectively, OF
the 1929 output, the report states.
The association does not gather fig
ures on the string bean crop, as this
work Is done by the Census Bureau
which makes report every two years
It is estimated, however, that the yield
will be about so per cent of the 1923
harvest, Mr.. Shook said.
The low yield of the States principal
crops is not expected to be reflected
to any extent In the figures of the coun-
try as whole, and will not perceptibly
influence prices, 1t was declared.
THE decrease in the tomato 0ror
would have been noticeable In the
national yield had it not been for the
fact that the California crop was un-
usually heavy" Mr.. Shook said.
The corn estimate was based on re-
turns from about 80 per cent of the
State Gamers, and that of the tomato
crop on returns from some so per cent
Of the Gamers.
Last year 1895, 900 cases Of "a cans
each Of corn were packed, and the
tomato pack was 4,050,160 cases. In
1929. 1882 900 cases of peas were
packed. as against 399,91s cases this
year, despite the fact that additional
acreage was planted in 1880.
Evening star., 1930-11-30

siderable factor in the prosperity OF
other countries. And we have got to
take wide view of these matters be-
cause no country is prosperous to itself
alone; all of us must prosper together
else none of us prospers very much.
II have belief that when anything
Is permitted to occur, on such scale
that 1t affects the life of the people
there is usually some good result lurk-
ing in 1t, If you can find 1t.
THE tariff in the United States en-
ables the food and clothing and fuel
and housing exploiters to keep their
prices little higher little longer, but
at the same time it creates conditions
which will inevitably bring those prices
tumbling down.
Calls Depression Unnecessary.
"Those people who wanted the tariff
thought they were doing something in
their own interests; 1t will turn out that
unintentionally they were starting forces
that will work directly in the interests
of the people. they thought to exploit.
'It is too bad that our good results
must come by such indirect and costly
means, but they come; there is no stop
ping them.
This depression was entirely un-
necessary; but as long as you had a
population believing that they could get
something for nothing, it was inevitable.
Yet its value In clarifying the public
mind is too great to measure.
"UnleSs our people are far less IN
telligent than credit them with being,
they are through with false leaders, and
that means that after this we shall be
through with depresSions for a long
time. What we are going to get out Of
this one Is q lower-pr1ced livelihood and
q larger family margin for investment
In permanent things
Copyright, 1880. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star., 1930-11-30
MARGIN REQUIREMENTS
REDUCED BY BROKERS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November ga lead
ing New York Stock Exchange house
has announced q reduction In their
minimum margin requirements on &C.
tive stocks listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. This reduction par
ticularly applies to low-priced stocks.
It Is understood that the firms action
is due to the fact that at present about
half Of all the active stocks are sell
ing below $40 per share. Under the
new schedule, the firm reserves the
right, as usual, to require o larger
margin, in its discretion, on any par
ticular stock or stocks. The new
schedule becomes effective December
In all the firms branches through
out the country.
The new minimum margin require.
ments on stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange are: So per share
on stocks selling between 10 and 1878;
So per share on stocks selling between
20 and 297s; $40 per share on stocks
selling between 80 and 39B; $12 per
share on stocks selling between 40 and
497s, and as per cent Of market value
on stoclR selling above $50. Stocks
selling b6loW 80 must be paid IA fun.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Steel Produce.
Look for 1 crease
In January Trade
Mills Expected to Step Up
Schedules With Cain
in Orders.
Special Dispatch to The star.

PITTSBURGH, November 29.-Steel
producers quite generally appear to be
of opinion that the recession in gen.
eral business, after allowance for sea-
sonal variations, has about run its
course.
In this they are more or less sup
ported by the latest reports on freight
car loadings and bank debts, although
1t Is somewhat doubtful whether they
study such statistics closely. AS a
matter of fact, the steel industry Is one
which furnishes material for large
mass Of statistics and one which does
not study even its own statistics.
Sometimes there Is a condition In
steel when 1t seems doubtful whether
the existing rate Of operation will con-
tinue, there appearing to be a combi-
nation of various classes of consuming
activity coming together, any one OF
more of which may slip. Sometimes
there is a condition when all consum-
ing lines are doing so poorly that there
seems to be no chance for anything
but an increase.
The latter is the condition now, with
the exception that there Is a rather
heavy movement of fabricated Struc-
tural material, order books of the fabri-
eating shops being fairly well filled
WIllIe the season Oh year Is no IIlOEe
than a small handicap. Everything
else is very dull. Even line pipe has
practically diappeared from the reck-
oning, the season being over with GER
tain relatively small exceptions.
Steel ingot production has passed
below a 40 per cent rate, and the
holiday this week was scarcely factor,
as it was not regular steel mill holi-
day. There may not be much further
decline in December, except through
some plants perhaps closing for the
week containing Christmas. There Will
be an effort to run before that, to pro-
vide Christmas pay rolls. January can
scarcely fail to show an increase to
As or so per cent, or even more. It
has never been difficult for steel to
show increasing demand in the first
two or three months of a year.
AS to the price situation, 1t has been
made reasonably clear that whatever
may be nominal or asking prices In
future, the steel to be shipped during
the first quarter Of the new year will
not net the mills more than prices
now being quoted as the market.
(Copyrtght, 1930.)
Evening star., 1930-11-30
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, November 90 CP).-Grain
prices turned upward today at the last,
led by corn. Weather conditions over
the corn oelt were unfavorable for the
movement Of corn to market, and
country offerings were light, with ar
rivals here greatly reduced and stocks
on hand meager. Besides, drop Of 4
cents a bushel In corn values, COM
pared with the weeks high, was gen.
adjustment.
Corn closed strong. 1Ha1T a bushel
higher than yesterdays finish. Wheat
closed irregular, "a off to y up, oats
showing Ha7s advance and provisions
unchanged to q rise of Z cents.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Trade Trend and Outlook
Henry Ford Believes Business Depression Will Be
Lifted When Basic Commodities Are Obtain.
able at Greatly Reduced Prices.
BY HENRY FORD,
As Told to A. M. Smith.

Special D1Spatch TO The star.
DETROIT, November 29.-we will
know when we have hit the bottom
of the business depression by the fact
that living expenses will become lower
than this generation has ever seen them,
In the opinion of Henry Ford.
"That," said Mr.. Ford, "is going to be
one of the permanent gains of this
period the United States is passing
through-the necessities of life will
never cost so much again.
you will know that the depression
has begun to lift when you see food and
clothing, fuel and housing plentifully
and easily obtainable at greatly re-
duced prices. Nothing except high
prices Of basic commodities Is pro-
longing the depression"
Mr.. Ford said he would not discuss
the present situation If he were expect
ed to indulge in the evasion OF hard
facts.
Defines Prosperity.
Smooth words butter no parsnips," :"
he said, land the sooner we begin call
ing a spade q spade the better. Pros
1erity In the United States is nothing
more nor less than the passing of goods
from person to person. Prosperity is
not In Treasury balances or bank bal
ances, but In the steady and full ex-
change of goods. Anything that hinders
this destroys prosperity. Anything that
restores such exchange restores pros
perity.
Prosperity does not even consist In
the profit which industry makes. If
industry operated without a cent Of
profit, and the full and steady flow Of
goods continued, we should still have
prsperity. The only profit Of work,
after all, is life. That is what all our
operations exist for-they keep life go
ing:
before, and one immediate result Is
necessities of life. There can be no
great progress Of any kind until the
people are assured beyond anxiety of
low cost of livelihood. We cannot
go on exploiting the necessities of life
and expect any kind of advancement
in the United States. Making a living
should be the easiest thing we do. And
the only high-priced commodity we
have any right to is days work; that
should never be low priced"
Mr. Ford was asked If he thought the
tariff had anything to do with the de-
layed return Of prosperity.
. "As you know" he said, "I was
against the tariff. I am essentially a
free trader for the industry of the
United States. We are all big enough
to forego protection. If there are any
business interests that wanted the tariff,
all can say Is that they got 1t, but
they will not get what they expected
out of 1t.
Foreign Factories.
"At the same time, the tariff has not
been entirely without benefit. It has
helped other countries. When they
raised their tariff walls against the
United States they made it necessary
for American industry to emigrate and
build factories behind the tariff walls
and give employment to foreign work.
men. That is going to prove con-
Evening star., 1930-11-30
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, November 20 R.-A
further decline Of to 10 points in
cotton during today's trading seemed
to attract a little more trade buying
and considerable week end covering, and
was followed by rallies which carried
the price of May contracts up from
1896 to lilo, or 4 points net higher.
That delivery closed at 1109, with the
general market closing very steady at
net advances Of to 4 points.
Futures closed very steady, to 4
higher; December, 10.44: January, 1O.46.
New contracts, December, 10.48a10.50;
January, 10.59a10.60; March, 1898;
May, 11.09a11.1O: July, 11.24a11.25;
October, 11.40al1.41. Spot, quiet; mid
Evening star., 1930-11-30

term In the White House. He also stood
out in cold November rain for many
hours to get chance to vote for James
@. Blaine.
A charter member Of the National
Press Club in this city, he is also men,
Der OF The Evening Star Club and a
life member Of the Chicago Press Club.
A brother, John, who lives in Chicago
and is about IS years Of age, was for
many years business associate of the
late Andrew Carnegie. Mr.. Fleming
makes his home with his daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Russell S. Fleming, widow
OF his Oldest son, who died in 1916. Mr..
Flemings wife died in 1914. Other
relatives include son, George, residing
in Chicago.
And as the years go by friends often
observe that I. A. Fleming and John
D. Rockefeller look more and more
alike. Perhaps, because these boys"
both spend their winters basking in
the Florida sunshine.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
BOND INTEREST PAYMENT.

NEW YORK. November 20 (R).-J. g.
w. Seligman g. Co. and the National
City Bank of New York, fiscal agents
for the republic of Peru, have received
the entire amount required for interest
and sinking fund payments due up TO
December /, 1880. on Peruvian national
loan bonds, first and second series. OF
the first series, $4,000 have been
drawn for redemption On December !.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
MONTREAL BANK HAS
$6,519,031 PROFITS
Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
MONTREAL, November 29.-Striking
evidence of the soundness of underly-
ing conditions in Canada Is presented
by the strong statement which the Bank
of Montreal has forwarded to its stock
holders, covering operations for the
fiscal year ended october 81. The profit
and loss account shows profit of $685.
031, as compared with $7,070,892 in the
previous year.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
CHILDS SECURITIES
CONCERNS CONSOLIDATE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 29.-Effec-
tive December /, c. F. Childs g. Co.,
distributors of United States Govern
ment securities, and Childs Securities
Corporation have been consolidated un.
der the name of C. F. Childs g. Co.
c. F. Childs, president Of the COM
bined organizations, organized G. F..
Childs g. Co. in 1905 and with the ex-
ception of two and one-half years
period ending october 10 last, the busi-
ness has always been under Mr.. Childs'
management.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Vote on Proposed Sale.

NEW YORK, November 20 (P.-A
special meeting Of stockholders OF
Michigan Steel Corporation viii be held
December 20 TO vote on the proposed
sale Of the company's assets to the Ma
tional Steel Corporation and immedi-
ate distribution Of the proceeds ia
AGichiGan Steal stockholders.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
81, 200. o34, ,523 sl,365,3l6, ,0ss

Totals .... s1,2o0o34523 $1,3e5,s16. .09s
AS December is one OF the best
months in the year for business, the
slump in clearings is certain to be con-
siderably reduced when the final 1880
figures are compared with the 1929
New Britain herald., 1930-02-10
DEDJCTING NONE>SENTIALS

This is the week when department heads Of the city government a'e re- signed in spirit and quite contrite. Which is by way of saying that the annual process of pruning the various estimated expenditures of the de uartmcnts IS to be consunmated. so a4 not 10 permit the tax rate to go m 10 S0 A. mills. as would be the case if all the sums asked were granted.
 Instead Of permitting the, tax rate 10 rise. the "pruners" are said to be able 10 reduce it from It's present flich, of 2S mills. Something of the sort in all likelihood will happen. and those who have frankly stated what their departments could us@ during the coming fiscal year ar" the ones who bear the brunt Of the dolorous situation.
 The "pruuers' are said 10 be ez- ports at determining what conau- tutes essential and nonessentIal progress. The fire board, for in stance. has list Of improvements which would actually improve the fire equipment Of the city; but the hard-boiled 'pruners.' confronted with such things every year, usually allow only one improvement at | time. sometimes only q slight i'm provement. The police department too. could use six additional officers. the department still remaining be- low the man-powcr deemed css@n- uol by the police board. And 90 on
 In spite Of everything Of this na- turo-mcaning the nature Of "prun- m2'-the city somehow progresses if only q jttio at a time. We may have q Ions way 10 go bU' ">I' have a lot ol .un cu roule.