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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-17
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VIII hold an open air meeting at
10th st. and End Ave, at pm.
Downtown Unemployed Council
viii hold an open air meeting to-
night at 18th st. and Ave. A, D. IN.
Workers Ex-Seryicemen's League
Branch No.
will hold an open air meeting at
5th Ave. and 125th ST., $3.50 p. m.
The regular indoor meeting of the
VEL will take place the same night
at SO w. 1226th ST. All members are
requested to, attend.
Friends of the Soviet Union
All members of the branch execu-
tive are invite to an enlarged ex-
ecutiYe committee Getting tonight at
the Distric Headquarters, 100 B'way,
Room 221, 8 p. m.
Evening star., 1931-12-01

to man. The Egyptians used It for the
wrappings OF their mummies. The
Chinese have for centuries used Il for
their clothing. Today it may replace
not only the finer fabrics Of personal
wear but may contribute to the manu-
facture Of paper, as well as permitting
many other uses Of wide range, such
as in the manufacture Of cellulose prod
ucts, rayon, lacquers, brake Innings
and filters for sugar manufacturing.
One remarkable quality of the product,
1t is stated, Is that 1t is stronger when
wet than when dry, and does not de-
teriorate upon drying.
The ramie plant is widely distributed.
1t may be grown wherever cotton grows,
and even farther north than that plant.
It Is not attacked by insects, requires
no fertilizing and an ordinary crop
yields 1900 pounds to the acre, as COM
pared with $50 pounds Of cotton. II
the new process Of decortication is
practicable and economic, as present
claims indicate, ramie may become the
new money crop" Of the South, after
decades of research and experimental
ton
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Mrs. Caraway Has Good Will
OF Country in New Duties

ped fer technical senatorial success" I"
Noting that in Senator Caraway,s death
the Senate "has lost member who was
able, courageous and alert, and who
never, by any chance, went to sleep
When a party war was brewing" the
Texarkana Gazette declares that Mrs.
Caraway has reputation for wit equal
to that OF the late Senator, although
likely she viii not make as free use OF
caustic speech on the Senate floor"
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AS Is usual in the case Of appoint.
ments similar to that Of Mrs. Caraway.
there Is some comment ON the widow
aspect OF the selection. ''The growing
tendency to bestow public ofice for
sentimental reasons is only one Of many
evidences OF dangerous deficiency In
appreciation Of the importance of thu
business of selecting public servants. =
argues the Chattanooga Times, while
the Chicago Daily News holds that
public Office Is still public trust"
UNLESS the feminists see the poins
OF this tendency and overcome IL thew
Will wake up to discover that they have
again become mere political appendages
70 their distinguished husbands, and
that would and should distress them
nightly" suggests the Charleston, 3.
O' @5VCAHnS 1Oots ALdt Tue 1T1euQS OF
equal suffrage ought to work to put the
matter Of female representation in the
Congress on little sounder ground" is
the contention of the Newark Evening
News, while the Baltimore Sun insists:
II women are qualified-and many of
them are-they ought to have as much
opportunity to win public office as men.
But they ought not to have a superior
opportunity on sentimental grounds
alone" The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
denies that Mrs. Caraway is entitled
to the office merely because it was held
by her husband"
The Omaha World Herald declares:
1T is the theory Of democracy that the
public business should be transacted by
those who best represent the people.
In that scheme there is no room for
personal sympathy OF plain political ex-
pediency."
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Higghligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers Of Other Lands

credits for sugar, starch, lumber and
textiles
Short-term credits Of the Bank of
England to the Polish Republic are few,
and none exceeds three months. Thence
Mr.. Gliwic infcrs that the pounds
baisse will have no detrimental infiu-
ence upon the financial life of Poland.
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U. S. Sends Increased
Numbers Of Englishmen Home.
Daily Mail, London.-This year has
seen big increase in the number
OF deportees and removals sent back to
England by the United States Govern
ment. Thousands have been landed at
Plymouth alone.
They are usually Englishmen who
settled In the United States a few years
ago, brought up families there and then
became unemployed when the trade de-
preston set in. They are either de-
ported on the ground that they have
become public charge or are offered
free transport to their home towns.
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Fined for Buying Drink
With Money From Labor Exchange.
Evening Times. Glasgow.-The state
ment that he Fought drink with money
he had received from the Labor Ex-
change because he had nothing else
to do with it" was made by a man at
the Govan Police Court, Glasgow, re-
Gently.
The accused, Donald Cameron, of no
fixed abode. pleaded guilty to a charge
of breach Of the peace. He admitted
six previous convictions
Bailie Holmes fined him f5, with the
alternative Of 80 days in prison, and
allowed no time in which to pay the
fine.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Germany's Financial Woes.

Before many days Germany,s finan-
cial plight, which Is again the pivot
around which the whole European eco
Eomic situation seems to revolve, will
bulk prominently in the news. Two
American bankers, Albert II. Wiggin
and Walter w. Stewart, are now on
the Atlantic, to join other international
1lnanciers in negotiations which will
largely determine the immediate course
Of events. Mr.. Wiggin was chairman Of
the Experts Committee of the Bank for
international Settlements, which this
Fall recommended further extension of
0ermany's short-term credit needs and
drastic revision of the reparations
structure. At Berlin the German gov
eminent will detail the Reich's precari-
will consider the further remedial ac-
ton on Germany's behalf recognized
everywhere to be inevitable.
Upon the decision of Germany's pub
hc and private creditors to prolong the
period Of leniency which set in with
the Hoover moratorium last July de-
pends not only the economic but the
political fate of the Reich. Herr Hit
ler's National Socialists are thirstins
for the opportunity to grasp power on
the issue of an exasperated Germany's
unwillingness or inability to meet ex-
treme demands by the nations to which
she IA "a fahul0usiv In debt. The FAS.
cists' recent election success In Hesse
indicates plainly enough that the re.
dictionary program they stand for
which conspicuously calls for repudia'
ton Of debts, is on the march.
TIA almost banning magnitude o.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
New Issues Aroused
By Water Supply Plan
From the Pasadena star-News.

from the Eak9oena SJar-NeWS.
Water is the Southwest's major
problem. This is so because the demand
exceeds the supply; and yet when the
way opens for increasing the supply
1t is possible to find objections.
In the long run, however, these OBJ
jections are overcome, as in the case
of Southern CALIFORNIA; decision to 90
to the Colorado River for a permanent
Cow. After a full hearing, the voters
of the metropolitan district determined
to proceed with a 1920 1000 900 project.
Now along comes California with its
State wide proposal which does not
contemplate giving the Southern
counties any material relief, although
expecting them to lend support to plans
that will aid northern sections. If 1t
is only a matter of loaning the States
credit, no serious objection will be
voiced; for this has been done repeated
ly, as in the issuance of State bonds
for San Francisco Harbor improve
ments, that harbor being self-sustain-
ing. If the plan is to ask Southern
California's water development, then q
plan. recently suggested, that the State
should assume part OF the cost Of the
metropolitan aqueduct Is logical and
just
Differences of opinion also have arisen
in the All-American canal enterprise,
the Imperial Coachella Valley branch
of the Hoover dam agreement. Subject
to approval by the voters of the big
irrigation district, the Federal Govern
ment has approved plan whereby the
United States will advance $34, 4,000, 900
for q canal, six times larger than any
other in the country, which viii make
it possible to bring 100000 additional
acres under cultivation progressively,
within 20 years following the compile
ton of the big ditch. On the eve of
correcting q vexing situation in which
water shortage and food danger figure
in no small way, fear is expressed that
the burden Of repaying the loan in
20 annual installments, with interest,
viii jeopardize existing investments in
the reclaimed desert country. The ap-
prehension over future cost seems, at
q distance. out Of place in view Of the
assured benefitssp
Evening star., 1931-12-01

the Germans problem viii be appre-
ciated when it Is remembered that
quite apart from the billions Of repara-
tions, the total amount Of their short
term obligations Is now conservatively
estimated at between $4,000, ,000. 900
and $2,500. 100000. This heavily out
strips the gross of these commitments
which were estimated by the wiggin
committee a few months ago at ST.
900. 100000. On the eve Of the huge
vote of confidence obtained in the
French Chamber last week, Premier
Laval laid down the principle that
Germany must pay reparations before
she attempts to liquidate private debts,
including short-term loans owing either
to foreign governments or to bankers.
The view is now expressed by Messrs.
Madden and Nader, who are, re-
spectively, director and assistant di-
rector of the Authoritative Institute Of
International Finance at New York,
that If the French are to have their
way, Germany will be forced into bank
ruptcy. The consequences that would
flow from such a development are not
difficult to imagine, the growing power
and brazen purposes OF the Hitlerites
being what they are.
Under the auspices Of the Investment
Bankers Association Of America. steps
are under way to protect the interests"
of the thousands of Americans who
were induced, particularly during the
boom times preceding depression, to in
vest their funds in German securities.
These citizens Of ours are undoubtedly
the Reich's heaviest private creditors.
That being so, no country in the world
has a heavier stake in the discovery Of
ways and means to rescue Germany
from its desperate financial plight.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Ramie.

For more than fifty years American
agricultural scientists have been trying
to find a practical method of utilizing
the fiber Of the ramie plant or "nettle
grass" which may be grown in the
Southern States of this country and
Is widely distributed in the sub-tropical
areas of the Old World. That fiber,
when decorticated from the stem of
the plant, in which 1t is held by q
tenacious gum, can be woven into
fabric capable Of the widest uses, for
clothing and for other purposes. Until
lately, however, no process has been dis
covered that permits the production of
the fiber on a large scale without a
deterioration Of the material, rendering
it brittle The Chinese and other Far
Eastern people have treated the plant
by hand and, so cheap is labor in those
lands. they have made ramie a staple
which is of general use. Western meth
ods have failed to place the ramie
plant in the category Of cotton, flax or
silk on an economic basis, yet the fiber
may be woven into fabrics equal to all
of them.
Now It is announced that after pro-
tracted experiments a method has been
found that may revolutionize the textile
and afiliated industries by placing
ramie in a position to command lead
against other fibers. No explanation /:
yet given of the nature Of this process
save that 1t does not involve the use
Of acids, which cause deterioration and
render the product susceptible to de-
struction in certain conditions. Test:
have been made Of the resultant ma.
terial and hopes are entertained thai
in o short time ramie culture vii
spread throughout the area Of Americs
which Is suitable to It's growth and vii
enable the textile makers Of this coun
try to compete with others with prod
ucts of the highest grade and tn
! widest uses.
Ramie is believed to be the oldes
and the strongest vegetable fiber know
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Future of the Panama Canal
From the Louisville Courier journal.

from the Louisville Courier-Journal
Col. Harry Burgess, Governor Of the
Panama Canal, knocks into a cooked
hat the perennial question of develop
ing the Nicaraguan tntercoaStal water
way. In his annual report, Col. Burgess
declares that third set Of locks in the
existing canal would serve the problem
Of interoceanic navigation for q perin2
OF q century and q half and thesS
locks would not be required for nearly
50 years.
The estimate Is not guesswork, but
oaSed on the present trafac, the prob
able increase of tonnage going through
the waterway and the added capacity
AFFORDED by the new facilities. How
ever, 1t Is highly technical. dealing
with daily lockages and tonnage, pres.
ent adequacy and future adequacy.
1t also goes into the matter of en-.
pense and contrasts this with the cost
OF the Nicaraguan Canal. According
to Col. Burgess. the third set Of locks
which could be spread over a 10-year
period and would not have to be con-
sidered at all until 1860 or 1910. The
proposed NicarAguan Canal would cost
five times that amount and would
probably mean another bond issue TO
add TO the already enormous national
debt.
Nevertheless, the proponents Of the
Nicaraguan route will again make
themselves heard at the next session
Of Congress. The old question of the
sea-1evel canal was revived when Pres.
ident Hoover appointed o commission
to resurvey the route and make recorn-
mendations as to its cost and prac-
ticability, all Of which was known when
the Panama Canal was decided upon.
Certainly the question Is not q press
NJ a~S
waterway has shcwn the eifects Of the
depression. Only about half Of the
present capacity of the canal Is now
needed and, with the return Of nor-
NAL conditions, It will be years before
increased facilities are required.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Mr.. Cnrtis' Decision.

vice President Charles Curtis has
reached a wise decision both for him.
self and for the Republican party. A
determination on his part to announce
himself as a candidate for the Senate
would have been interpreted far and
wide as indicating a belief on his part
that the Republican national ticket
could not win next year. 1t Is con-
ceivable, of course, that a man might
prefer to be q Senator Of the United
States rather than Vice President. But
Mr.. Curtis voluntarily abandoned seat
in the Senate to seek the Vice Presi-
Dental ofice. and the presumption
would be that he preferred that office
and that If he relinquished his claim
for denomination it would mean that
he had no hope Of reelection, particu-
larly since denomination by his party
seemed assured.
MIR. Curtis. therefore, by his decision
not to seek senatorial nomination In
Kansas, but to accept the vice presi-
Dental nomination If it is rendered
him again, has saved his party from
the bad psychological effect which
would have resulted from contrary
decision, and at the same time has
avoided charge that might have been
made against himself, a charge Of
quitting" Charles Curtis is no quit
ter. His action in turning down the
request of some of his friends in
Kansas that he become q senatorial
candidate, when that appeared to many
to be the easiest course for him to fol-
low, is only another example Of the fact
that Mr.. Curtis can be counted upon
to stand up and fight when the time
arrives for fighting.
The Democrats, who hoped that Mr..
Curtis might decide otherwise, are
shedding crocodile tears over the Vice
President, suggesting that he is too
good man to be sacrificed to O lost
cause" They go further and say that
Mr.. Curtis only decided to run for Vice
President after he had convinced him.
self that he could not win in Kansas
next year for Senator. But the Demo-
Gratis do not know that Mr.. Curtis could
not have won in Kansas, and many
Kansans believe that Mr.. Curtis would
have been unbeatable had he re-entered
the senatorial lists there next year. The
Democrats had hoped that they would
be able to picture the Vice President
deserting sinking ship, the Republican
national ticket.
Mr.. Curtis proved q valuable man on
the Republican national ticket in 1928.
If he is renominated. as the leaders Of
his party expect him to be, he will be
an asset in 1892. lending strength in a
section of the country which has been
hard hit by the agricultural depression.
AS Vice President he has been an ex-
cellent presiding officer for the Senate.
And certainly no Vice President in re-
cent years has been more in the public
eye.
Evening star., 1931-12-01

will say, in some wonder. why, 1t IS
comfortable, what more do you want?"
X
Shopping leads to many quiet, happy
small adventures In appreciation. It Is
impossible to walk through some stores
without seeing something artistic which
one Immediately would like to posses.
Here is an image of child, undoubt-
ly from Europe, leaning down over a
bowl, or cauldron, such as the witches
Of Macbeth used to cook their difiicult
brew.
In the cauldron is a pink electric
light bulb, which sends a red glow into
the face Of the child, lighting up a most
bewitching face.
Those with an appreciation for the
artistic stop; those who possess 1t not
20 on their way. Silent things, in the
midst Of our mad hurry, judge us as
we pass.
Store people must be regarded as
human beings, not mere fixtures, If
shopping is to be an adventure.
One must not be so intent on essen
tial purchases as to fail to see the
many other interesting and desirable
things on display.
The store management is hoping you
will see them, and why not?
Suppose one had been reading about
the so-called glass gardens" modern
Interpretation of the old Wardian case,
in which botanists transported their
finds.
An aquarium is used; a glass top is
provided; and moisture put in stays in,
thus creating a miniature cosmos, from
which nothing is lost.
All right. one starts out to find one
Of these fish bowls, In order to con-
struct ones own glass garden. One Is
directed to a pet shop, which keeps
fish as a matter Of course.
where can I get fish bowl2" is the
question asked on the first floor, of q
Right up those steps,'ff he says,
pointing.
Up the steps one goes, to come out
into fairyland of aquaria. :
There are hundreds of bowls, bowls
clear. bowls pink. bowls green.
To one side are great glass rectangles,
filled with fish of all colors and sizes.
They dart around in the bright
water. making sparks. almost, beneath
the electric lights.
One purchases q large bowl, Of the
proper clear glass. But, alas! there is
no top. Tops are not desirable in keep
ing fish pets.
"You can go to the paint store" !"
comes the helpful advice, "and they
will cut you a piece of glass for is
cents"
Sure enough, in the paint store,
shelves piled high with cans of paint,
ones big bowl is received cordially, and
borne away for the mysterious rites Of
glass cutting.
While waiting one looks into various
interesting mirrors, and finds one, rose
tinted. in which one looks very well, in
deed
THAT" informs the young lady. "is
the very latest thing. 1t is very fiat
tering." Well said, young lady.
X X
The bowl and the glass come down
together. the lid fitting perfectly. At
the next corner, bowl and cover In
hand, one decides to stop for susie
nance at drug store.
A drug store is not one, but many,
nowadays. Gadgets innumerable cali
to one from the cases, from the tops
OF counters, from the floor, even.
While one consumes q whopping big
soda. one stares intently at all the
gadgetS, and mentally makes q nota-
tion to return at some near date and
purchase a few of them. This is an
adventure in civilization.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

This newspaper puts at your disposal
n CORDS of trained researchers In WASH
ington who viii answer questions Tor
you. They have access to the Govern
ment departments, the libraries, mu-
seuns, galleries and public buildings,
and to the numerous associations Wnlch
maintain headquarters in the Nations
CAPITAL. If they can be Of assistance
to YOU, write your question plainly and
send with 2 cents in coin or stamps
to The Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. C.
@. What is the largest score ever
made in foot ball game?-C. e.
ord was that made at King College,
Bristol, Va, which was 206, against
Lenoir's o. in 1922.
@. On the frigate Constitution hangs
a set of tcngs with card saying "A
Hot Shot Tong" What was 1t used
for?-J. W. H.
A. The tongs were used for trans
ferring the shot Cannon balls), which
were heated in the galley, to bucket
partially filled with sand. This bucket
was then hung in the captains cabin.
This was the only means OF heating his
quarters.
Q. OF what nationality was Henry
w. Stanley?-R. p.
A. The explorer was born in Great
Britain. came to America and was
! naturalized Later he became British
subject and was knighted.
Q. Can any of the Chinese in the
United States vote?-T. S.
A. Until the treaty Of 1882, pro-
- Ak,,wa Ifna4 - t.
migrants from China, on becoming
privileges of other citizens, and at the
present time Chinese born in the United
States have the right of citizens. The
treaty Of 1882 was not retroactive and
Chinese having the privilege Of voting
at that time continue to do so.
@. How does an ape differ from q
monkey?-A. o. 8.
A. The terms in popular language
are more or less interchangeable. Cor
rectly speaking, however, ape refers to
which are entirely tailless, and monkey
to any of the smaller members Of this
order with either short or long tails.
@. Who delivered the oath of Office
to George Washington when he was In
augurated as President the first time?
j. A. K.
A. He was inaugurated the first
time on the portico in front of the
Senate chamber, in New York, on
Thursday, April 80, 1889. Robert W.
Livingston, chancellor of the State of
New York, administered the oath.
Q. II there is q vacuum within an
electric light bulb, why doesn't 1t burst?
-B c..
A. They do not collapse because the
walls are made sufficiently strong to
withstand the external pressure of the
atmosphere.
9. When was the short story devised?
C. d.
a. The short story has always existed,
though 1t was not until the nineteenth
century that the art Of writing it was
consciously practiced. AS Sophocles
said OF Aeschylus, these early authors
Of short stories did the right thing
without knowing why. It was only on
rare occasions, however. that these
happy accidents occurred. Thus Prof.
Baldwin, after an exhaustive examine
ton OF the 100 tales in Boccaccio,s
"Decameron," decided that only two OF
them are short stories In the modern
critical sense, while three others ap-
proach the totality of impression which
Is the result Of conscious unity In ex-