davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. IS UNS).
Hogs, 10000; 1o@25c lower; top,
$6.75; bulk, $5.2S@6.S0; heavy,
$5.4O@6.40; medium, $6.25@675:
light, $6.3O@6.7S; light lights, So
@6.5O; packing sows, $4@5.4O:
pigs, $4.5O@5.5O; holdovers, 1000.
Cattle, 5000; steady. Calves.
$500; steady. Beef steers: Good
and choice, 5000; common and
medium, $5.50@8.25: yearlings,
$3.50 @ 1880. Butcher cattle:
Heifers, $4@9.75; cows, 1905:
bulls, $3.5O@5.5O: calves. $7@
1880; feeder steers, $4.50@7.25:
stocker steers, $4.5O@7; cows and
heifers, $3.5O@5.5O.
Sheep. 10000; steady. Lambs,
$7.2508; common, $4@5; year
lings, $506.25; feeders, $4.500
$50; ewes, $1Q2.75.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
EARLY ADVANCE
IS CHECKED
|NO|LS
Weakness in American Can Is
Barrier and United States
Steel Confab StirS Fears
BY w. s. COUSINS


NEW YORK, Aug. Is G.N.S0
Dullness and extremely narrow
price changes we're again the rule
In the stock market today. An
early advance in the oils and
mercantile stocks was offset by
the weakness in American Can
and a few other favorites.
United States Steel marked time
while awaiting the results Of an
important finance committee and
directors meeting later in the
day.
Motor Stocks Sag
General Motors and other au-
tomobile stocks felt the weight Of
indifferent demand for new cars,
and prices were inclined to sag.
The railroad bond list was again
unsettled by the selling of a num-
Der of Second-grade issues. and
new low prices for the year were
quoted.
On the whole. the financial
district had little to divert its
attention from the British politi-
cal and financial crisis, which at
least reached no worse q stage
since the resignation of the prime
minister. The Reserve Banks
here stand as ready to help in
the sterilization of the pound as
at any former time, but must
work in cooperation with the
Bank of England rather than
with any government body.
The Standard Oils of Cali
fornia and New Jersey advanced
fractionally to III in the fore
noon, on the general understand.
ing of an even exchange Of stock
in the new merger deal.
The balance of the oils made
little or no response to the firm
ing up of crude oil prices to as
high as a dollar barrel at some
Of the principal production
Motors Are Dull
American Can took the place
Of General Motors as the weak
spot in the popular industrial
group, its 2A-point drop to 89H
being accompanied by reports Of
the filing of suits against the
company by smaller canning con-
Germs.
Utilities were dull and inclined
to sag.
Call money was unchanged at
l12 per cent.
Cotton dropped off about IS
cents a bale under the influence
OF a reactionary Liverpool mar
ket,
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Poultry-Alive: Turkeys. soc: large
colored fowls. $50 24c: small to medium,
2lc; leEh"rn fowls, 1s01sc: 'eghorn
smaller. 2oG22c; large rocks. 2762 2sc +;
mixed chickens, 2S126c: undergrade
24@26c: ROSTERS 12c: ducks, 15c: keats,
Dressed: Chickens. 500 sac: turkeys,
young, csc; fowls. heavy 25@27e: leg
horns. 20@2Sc; ducks. 1S0 CSC; ROSTERS,
lSc; keats, young. 700sOc; old, $50
= Eggs-Current receipts. 1s0 2Oc: white
hennery. 25@27c.
Calves-9c top.
Lambs-7kc.
Persian Melons-No supplies on the
market.
Cantaloupes-Trucked- stock supply
Honey Balls-No supplies on the mar
ket.
Honey Dews-No supplies on the
Lettdce-western stock Supplies
moderate. Demand light, market steady.
Crates 1seberg type. As dozen Cali
S'rIn fornis wide range in quality and cor,
poor condition. $500. Colorado. best,
$500; fair condition. s4.oo; poorer.
Eastern stock-supplies light. De-
mand light. market about steady. New
Fork, 2 dozen crates, Big Boston type,
s2.2S few higher.
Fellows, U. $. No. 1, $1.25@1.S5.
Peaches-Truck receipts liberal sup
plies liberal; demand light: market
Bellies, U. S. No. /, ~ inches minimum,
soc; rs inches minimum. 15c; inches
minimum, sOc @$1; Hales, U. 8. No. /,
*. * inches MINIMUM: s1S1.25; 3h
shore. Maryland. bushel baskets Elber-
tas. y. S. No. /, inches minimum.
IL; ~ INCHES minimum; ?19l:2S. Della
~ inches minimum. sl01.25; 2h
inches minimum. $1.25@1.5O.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate: demand
light; market steady New Jersey, Cob
100.lb. sacks, $50
Sweet Potatoes--Truck receipts light:
Supplies light: demand light: market
Jersey type. U. $. No I. s1112S.
Watermelons-Supplies mod crate: de-
mand moderate; market steady. Dock
salss ssI bulk per 100 melons, various va.
Virginia, Primes, s25 q 90: few higher.
Selects. S10@1S; culls, IS.
Lima Beans-PracticalIy no supplies
Grapes-Praetieally no supplies on
tns market of Eastern stock.
BASKETS. IHS f:sS tSpe Spt :i.ssois6 sS ES6k OO'h'l
llxht: market weaker. New York,
nusneI baskets, No. j, $1D1.25.
Okra-Express receipts very light;
supplies very light; demand moderate;
market steady. North Carolina, "a
bushal hampers, 75cA$1
Apples-Truck receipts moderate: sup
plAS moderate: demand light; market
steady, Virginia. L. s. No. J, 2L
inches up, weslthys and rambos use
WS1. Uncls sssified. "a inches up,
Sarious Varieties, soc: some low as csc.
snap BeRns-Supplies very light;
AsA-in~ stock supplying the market
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
TIME PAYMEN IS
WELL MET

In spite Of lower public pur.
chasing power, defaults on time
payments and consequent repos
sessions have not been disturb.
ing thus far in the depressions
says the Standard Statistics Com.
pany, Of New York, in a current
survey which continued:
Reports from leading install
ment financing corporations in
dicate that liquidation Of re-
ceivableS has proceeded virtu-
ally according to schedule. At
the same time, incoming ,buSi-
ness has declined, permitting &C
emulation Of large amounts
Of cash for use in purchase or
redemption Of senior Obliga-
tiOnS, usually at quotations ma.
terially below original offering
prices.
another current advantage
Is extremely low interest rates
at which bank credit is avail.
able to companies in this field,
which is q partial offset to loss
of volume"
Leading corporations have de-
veloped new business by taking
over financing operations of ad-
ditional lines and have gained
part of the volume lost by
smaller competing organizations,
the review adds.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
MAJOR STOCKS
HOLD ABOVE
JUNE Low
Standard Statistics Quoted
BY Spectator as Advising
Reserves to Be Kept Liquid
BY THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Wall
Street refused to become excited
over the British cabinet upset, be.
lieving that the road has been
paved for full cooperation Of all
political parties in a plan to stave
off another financial crisis in
Great Britain. All this comes
close to the American stock mar
ket, which is awaiting definite
turns for better or worse at home
and abroad.
This is the reason for the mar
row see-saw price swings of the
last few weeks, in period which
is never conspicuous for wide
fluctuations in prices.
Above June Lows
Standard Statistics Company in
its weekly survey points out that
an increasing number of indi.
vidual stocks are demonstrating
ability to show greater strength
than the market as a whole.
Significant also has been the abil-
ity of the major groups to hold
above the lows established in
early June.
The rails, which have been un-
der special pressure as the result
of highly disappointing car load
ingS figures and the probability of
further dividend reductions, are
once more fluctuating around the
previous bottom, while the utili-
ties, as measured by the averages,
are still 13 per cent above the
June low.
Standard Statistics suggests the
maintenance of liquid reserves"
pending a more inviting price
level, more definite Indication
that general business and corpor'
ate earnings are on the threshold
of substantial improvement.
Best Lines of Progress
Thus far the best progress in
recovering from the June lows has
been made by the chain store
stocks, the oils, selected food
stocks, amusements and special
ties.
The mercantile stocks are COM
mended for having pushed close
to the best levels of the year, in
some cases establishing new high
price records for 1891 to date.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
TOURISTS Help
CANADA TRADE

Demand for light wearing ap-
parel has lesSened somewhat with
the advancing season, but retail
sales of millinery, hosiery and
dress accessories have been fairly
active.
The summer tourist traffic
about reached its peak during
the past two weeks, bringing an
unusually heavy volume of buSi-
ness to dealers in novelties and
other Specialties. Sales of dry
goods during July were not i'm
pressive, and fall placements to
date indicate decided buying eau
tion on the part of StorekeeperS,
despite the barrenness of shelves,
particularly in rural districts, &C.
cording to dispatches to Dun'S
Review from branch offices Of
r. G. Dun & Co., located in the
chief commercial and industrial
centerS of the Dominion.
The movement of boots and
shoes has been large, and hard
ware sales show only a small re-
duction, as compared with the
record of last year.
Groceries continue in steady
movement. The new seasons
pack Of vegetables and fruits is
coming on the market in increas-
ing quantities, with no price re-
visions quoted, apart from one or
two lines which have shown a
rising tendency.
Plumbing supplies, paints, and
building materials have been in
fair demand.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Contracts in Week
Total $37,7IO,674

Contracts for public and semi
public construction projects
amounting to $37,710,674 were
awarded during the past week, 1t
was announced yesterday by the
Presidents Emergency Employ
ment Committee.
This brings the total of such
projects started since last Oc-
tober to $2,210,719,578.
Last weeks contracts cover 1913
projects in AZ States and include
$1,640, ,986 in national park road
work and $1,046,088 in Federal
forest road work. They also in.
clude public buildings, schools,
hospitals, bridges, sewers. streets,
power plants and river and har-
Dor work,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
CLOTH MARKET INACTIVE

NEW YORK, Aug. IS GNSD.
Inquiry in the coarse yarn gray
goods markets was lacking for
contract delivery today, and very
little forward business in cloths
was done. On the other hand,
the sterilization of prices of spot
and quick print cloths which oc-
CURED toward the close of last
week was convincing argument
for coverage on such goods as
buyers needed for immediate use.
Hence a moderate business in
wide print cloths was done.
Broadcloths sold lightly. Sheet
ings, drills and other coarse yarn
fabrics were neglected.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Board Plans to Aid
DrOuuht Area Farms

A plan whereby the Govern,
ment will loan money to drought
stricken farmers of the North
west to buy some Of the Govern
ment's sterilization wheat to feed
their stock at low price is now
being worked out here, it was
learned yesterday.
Chairman Stone, of the Farm
Board, and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Hyde have been in confer
ence to work out the details of
the plan. The Agriculture De-
partment has the money to loan
the farmers and the Farm Board
has the grain.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

New York funds In Montreal tS.1Sh
premium on $1,000. 5000,
Montreal funds in New York SS.lzh
discount on $1,000.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Typical U.S., Engineer
Earns Most at 55,
Surrey Shows

Earning power Of the typical
mechanical engineer in the
United States is greatest at IS,
according to a survey made pub
lie by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
The maximum professional in
come of one.half of the mechani-
cal engineers of the country at
SIS in 1880 was $1,000. A quar-
ter of the group earned $12,5OO,
and one-tenth more than $25 900.
Salaries are lowest in the Far
West, and highest, in New York.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
RUTLAND NET DECLINES

Report Of Rutland Railroad
Company for quarter ended June
30, 1881, shows net income Of
$12,055 after taxes and charges.
equivalent to 13 cents a share on
89.625 shares of 7 per cent pre-
ferred stock, on which there is an
accumulation Of unpaid dividends.
This compares with $90,770 or
$1.0l share in preferred stock in
second quarter Of 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Commodity Index
ShOIUS SIight Drop

The wholesale price index of
the National Fertilizer AsSocia.
ton, compiled yesterday, consist
ing Of 476 commodity prices, de-
clined only two fractional points
during the week ended Au
gust %.
During the preceding week,
the general index number ad
vanced two fractional points. The
latest index number Is CTS.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
GREAT LAKES PIPE LINE

Great Lakes Pipe Line Co.,
which is controlled by several pro.
ducing companies with refineries
IN Oklahoma, has received 14,0O0,.
600 gallons Of gasoline at it's Min.
neapolis terminal since the line
was opened six weeks ago. Daily
shipments Of IS to 40 tank cars
are being made from the terminal
to points in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
GRAINS OPEN EASY

CHICAGO, Aug. 25 QN.S)
Grains opened steady to easy
today. Wheat was unchanged to
%c off with corn and oats un-
changed to Ac lower. Opening
prices:
Wheat - September. 47c: De-
cember. 51hc; March, 541ac;
May. 562sc,
Corn-September. S9Be: De
cember. 371sc; March, 39h@
>39Ac; May, Az @41Ac,
September, 1sA2c; De-
cember. 21A921Ac; May. 24ISc.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
CANADA'S CAR EXPORTS

Exports Of Canadian automo.
tive products for the first six
months of the current year had
a valuation of $4,793,731 which
was $6,071,745 or $50 per cent
under the total for the cores
pondinG period and $4,727,149 or
1915 per cent below the figure for
the second half Of 1890, Commerce
Department reports.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

SALES
Capital Traction Co., 10036,
10@36, 5000.
Riggs National Bank, 10@375.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric, SO pfd., 4
1112A, 5@112A.
Mergen+haler Linotype, 20
771a, 3@77Ha, 2@771a.
Washington Railway and Elec.
trio, pfd., 10@991s, 10@99Hs.
Washington Gas, SIS. 5000 LOT.
Public Utility Bonds Bid Ask
Amer Tel & Tel AS '39. .ll26N l.....
Am Tel & Tel ctl tr 5s.. 1OS i 49,.
Anacostia & Pot r 5s...., II .....
ns ..r;ios 81 Of y s: !: n:s& i::;;S
City Suburban 5s......... 50 10
Potomac Elec Cons S. 49,. 49,, ,.I1O4hzlios I1
Potomac Elec 6s 1853. .j1IO III
Wash Alex & Mt V ctl....i 2 .....
Washington Gas 4hs....... 1909 l1O1
wash Gas es series A.. -. 1Os IioaX
Wash Gas Ss series B...... lO7 49,.
Wash Ry & Flee S.. 93H 9$%
MIsceIlaneOus Bonds
Barber & Ross Inc 6hs....I rs l.....
Chevy Chase Club Shs.. .t1OO l.....
Col Country Club hs ...I100 l1O%
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11

Il is a well-known fact that the
lists of drtv politicians resting in
most newspaper morpues comprise
the names of well-to-do people. It
is harder for a prosperous man to
sacrifice his source of income for
principle than for the man who has
little to sacrifice. And the history
of politics does not seem to show he
is any more immune to temptation.
The real political leader needed
now is the man. like DePriest. who is
independent in everything. But even
DePriest would he more effective
leader if he had to sacrifice more.
The fact is. we have no real leader
at present-no man whom the mass
es of colored peonle will follow. Any
man who so caught the love and de-
votion of 100000 colored voters in
this country as Gandhi has inspired
millions in his country. could bring
the Republican nartv to its knees.
Az will probably be shown this nartv
will do about what It has been doing
for vnars rive MS tho "raZz" before
and the kick after election.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11
The Memory Is Left

Colored women, mothers of men.
who gave their sons to Old Glory,
must again be Inundated and insult
ed by this Republican government of
the United States. G o ! d st ar
mothers they are, the gold star being
symbolic of the lamentable fact that
their sons lost their lives in the late
holocaust when men leaped at the
throats of civilization under pretext
of making the world safe for DEM
ocracy. The Gold Star mothers of
colored persuasion must again be
segregated and jim-crowed and set
aside as being lepers if they accept
the invitation of the Government to
visit the graves of their sons some
where in France. We have protested
to the President, but he gave us
no heed, instead appointed Commits
sions to do social service work. We
have carried the issue to Representa-
tive and Senators and yet no relief.
Such treatment from our own native
land stirs up no patriotism, awakens
no love inspires no valour. 1t blis-
tiers, it burns. it withers but does
not DESTROY. The memory is left.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11
The Communists

The Communists or Reds, in the
face of criticism from colored lead
ers, are wiping out color lines social
". politically and economically with
in their ranks and are vertically lay
ing down their lives for their colored
comrades. To say dogmatically and
arbitrarily that they are making no
Roadway and progress within our
midst is actually shutting the eyes of
the public to the truth and to the
facts. The Communists are making
progress the world over. The bosses
of capitalism and the capitalistic
press know it. but wherever possible
the public is kept in appalling ignor-
ance. Russia sells more wheat to
England than does the United States
and the economic experiment now
being carried on by means of five
year plan is engaging the focused
attention of the world. The colorec
man is looking on in the height of
his own distress and the honeyed
words of the Russian agents in
America are falling into anxious,
listening ears. The colored people
are not Communistic. but they would
he fools if they based their hope for
ultimate salvation in any system that
permits the common commodities of
life to be controlled and manipulated
by a handful of shrewd, selfish,
scheming men.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11

THE NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
Is the hest Sc Negro Newspaper la
the u s. A
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Jesus Christ: Was He Black

white proves that the Aframerican
is inferior or he would not consider
a god or saviour of any skin color
other than his own. They ask: is it
possible to imagine white men bend
ing the knee before black gods?
Of course, the aforementioned
pale-faced critics are ignorant of the
fact that their own ancestors bowed
down and kissed the toes of black
images of the Virgin Mary, Jesus
Christ and the saints in the cathe-
drals of Europe for centuries. Ignor-
ance is indeed bliss, but it is danger
Gus besides. England has found that
out most abundantly in India.
The early Christians of Europe
were, however, not the first white
people to adore a black god. The an
cient Greeks and the Romans, also,
held black gods in reverence.
"All the gods and goddesses of
Greece" declares Sir Godfrey Hig-
gins, "were black; at least this was
the case with Jupiter, Bacchus, Herr
cules. Apollo, Ammon.
THE goddesses Venus, Isis, He
cate, Diana. Juno, Metis Ceres, Cy-
belle were black.
eve constantly see busts and stat
ues of the Roman Emperors made of
two kinds of stone: the human part
OF the statue of black stone, the dra-
perry of white or colored." t"The
Anacalypsis," Vol. |, Book ~, Chap
ter ~
Why did white men for ages wor-
ship black gods?
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11

Recently I discussed the question
of the complexion of Jesus Christ.
| demonstrated from reliable
sources and authorities that beyond
doubt the early Christians must have
thought that Jesus was a black man ;
else they would not have pictured
Him in that manner, both in painting
and sculpture.
We should not forget that all Jews
are not white. There are yellow
Jews in China, black Jews i'm Abys-
sinia and white Jews in Europe and
America. The original Jews probably
were an Ethiopian tribe. They began
to bleach out after they began the
establishment of settlements in
Greece, Chaldea, Persia and other
countries.
Rev. DR.. Claudius Buchanan, an
Englishman travelling in India about
century and half ago, found SIS
different settlements of black Jews
in various parts of the Indian PENN
sula. The idea that the Jews are
pure race is nothing more than a
popular fallacy.
How many people know, for in
stance, that SpinoZa, the great phil
osonher, was a black jew?
Critics of the American Negro
often declare that he is the only man
in the world who worships a god diff
ferent in complexion from himself.
These critics claim that the fact that
colored Americans generally have
conceived of God and Christ being
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11
EDITORIALS
ALeader Needed

Congressman Oscar DePriest went
down into Virginia last week and
told voters to participate in the
Democratic primary. That's good
doctrine.
But the Congressman also told an
audience that no man should aspire
to political leadership who would be
in the political "bread line" That
also is good doctrine. provided
The provided is that the Congress
man did not mean that men of small
means should not aspire to leader
ship. There are many people who
believe that any poor man would be
dependent and that for that reason
the Negro should select his leaders
from the more prosperous.
The fact is the rich man is Just as
likely perhaps more likely, to be a
"bread line" politician than the poor
man.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-11
A Lamentation

Out of the dismal droughts of
dull and depressing Georgia comes
the wall and lamentation of Geor-
gia's "cullud leaders" They are in
dignant because there seems to be a
detection in the colored electorate
from the Republican party. Ben
Davis, former national committee
man from Georgia, who was strip
ped of his patronage, charged and
accused nv a Republican admins
tration, who is now evidently back
on the band wagon, a presidential
election drawino near, has forgotten
the treatment he has received from
the present incumbent, has forgot
ten about the Parker case. the Gold
Star Mothers, the Jim Crow Com
mission, and the abiect failure of
President Hoover to treat us as
American citizens and has started
his onslaughts against The National
Association for the Advancement or
Colored People and against Con-
gresham Oscar DePriest.
Ben Davis criticises the Advance
ment Association because he states
that the Organization is surrepti-
ciously attacking the President and
his party" He lambasts DePriest
because the Congressman advises
colored voters of the south to split
their national ticket. Davis argues
about Lincoln, slavery, Vardaman
Tillman, Helm and the like. He
says that what Tammany Hall has
done for us is not the test but what
Gin
slavery. Davis takes no note oil
what we have done for the parties
and what the parties have failed
to do for us.
We have done everything for the
Republican party and today we hang
crucified on a cross of stupid, non
sensical loyalty. Grover Cleveland
and Woodrow Wilson, democrats. did
infinitely more for us than Presi-
dent Hoover 1t is time that our
leaders ceased their prattling about
slavery, Lincoln and the Grand Old
Party. Such preachings from the
yokel of Georgia have caused us to
lose caste, respect and recognition.
we nave no ILLUSIONS dbOut lhN
Democratic party, we know its his
tory and we hold no fond hopes for
salvation there. Neither do we have
any misgivings as to the Hoovercrats
We know how we have been treated
and we arc indignant and Inundated
even if Mr.. Davis is satisfied
Davis says that he cannot FOLLOW
the N. A. A. C. p into the party seq
regation, disfranchisement and jim
Crowism. He prefers to go along
with Coolidge. Roosevelt, Grant,
Hoover and Lincoln Lincoln, R0ose-
welt and Grant are dead, Coolidge
who never did anything for US, is
no longer president and we have only
Mr.. Hoover left, and resolving Mr..
Davis argument into its real sub
stance, he is with Mr. Hoover, and
we are sorry to say that Mr. Hoover.
who himself is accused of being a
Democrat, is not with as.
Intelligent Negroes have not for
gotten how Ben Davis of Georgia.
Perry Howard of Mississippi and
Bob Church of Tennessee and other
Negro leaders have been treated by
the Republican party under Mr.
Hoover. Mr. Davis NAV forgive but
he cannot forget and if he is not
man enough to express his resent
ment there are those like DePriest
and the n. A. A. c. P.