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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
URGES CHECKING
S|LVER'S DECLINE
Knappen Outlines Ways for
Governments to Help Bet
ter Present Situation.

what can the governments OF the
world do about the silver fiasco?" asks
Theodore M. Knappen OF Washington
in the current issue of the Magazine
of Wall Street-and then answers his
own question.
In the first place, the government Of
India could announce that for a period
of years it would cease to sell silver
from its reserves in order to increase
the gold share That would relieve the
market from the menace of the posi-
bic dumping of 400. 900 900 ounces.
After that period India could help by
fixing a moderate definite amount for
sale each year. In the next place, all
the nations that have substituted paper
for coined silver token money could re-
turn to silver for such purposes, and
those that are using debased silver or
other metals for subsidiary coinage
could return to silver.
All governments that sell silver could
enter into an agreement not to sell
under. say so cents an ounce and to
buy only when it is over 55. An inter
national silver bullion loan might be
made to China.
If the fall in the price Of silver had
merely been in line with the fall of the
general commodity level the situation
would not De SO serious, Dut III mas been
about twice as great. Viewed in the
light of present supply and demand,
there is little prospect of the relation
being corrected, especially as silver is
so largely produced, as by-product,
without reference to demand. The stu
alton, apparently. can only be remedied
by increasing the demand.
There is some hope in the extension
Of the industrial use of silver. through
the improved alloys to which the United
States Bureau of Standards is giving at
tention, but the only promising outlet
for more silver is its increased utiliza-
ton by the governments of the world
as subsidiary coin. Certainly, If such
governmental action would stabilize sill
yer as q commodity, it would be worth
the cost if, as is generally agreed, the
expansion of trade with half the popu-
lation of the world depends upon the
status of silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
u. S. RANKS SECOND
IN POLISH FOOD EXPORTS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Official Polish statistics filed with
the Commerce Department rank the
United States second as a source of
supply for foodstufs to Poland. Ger
many ranks first. Trade circles assert,
however, that the United States is
first. for the reason that German i'm
porters buy large quantities of Ameri-
can foodstuffs for Polish consumption.
OF the value of American foodstuffs
imported into Poland in 1890 lard
reached $3,097,30 fatbacks, $492 900;
dried prunes, S23O,45O; fresh apples,
$165,000, and miscellaneous other prod
ucts. $l,39420O.
The department noted some Amer
lean foodstuffs enjoy favorable prospects
OF increased purchases. but the future
is not so bright for others. Up to 1890
and during the first part of that year
American lard and fatbackS met prac-
tically no competition in the Polish
market, and annual imports were valued
at approximately SO, 900, 900. The efforts
made by the Polish government to eS-
tablish a domestic lard refinery and to
employ domestic raw materials may be
considered as still in their initial stages,
but the duty on American lard was
doubled as of July 81, 1880, from 1851
to $H.22 per 220 pounds, and the duty
on fatbacks was raised from $4.48 TO
1897.
These doubled duties have retarded
seriously American shipments to Po-
land. and with price declines. have
sharply affected American lard and fat
backs in the Polish market.
Poland which with the Ukraine. con-
stituted the granary Of imperial Russia,
would at first glance appear to be as
sured of approximate self-suff1ciency
in the matter of essential foodstuffs,
but while the soil statistically classed as
arabic land is given as 70,668.129 acres,
Almost 80 per cent Of it returns ex-
termely small yields. OF certain prod
ucts, such as cereals. fruit and fish. Po-
land raises considerable quantities, but
to some extent its domestically pro-
duced food supply may be characterized
as unbalanced and lacking in variety.
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Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 13-Pota-
toes, white, 100 pounds, l00al.4O new
potatoes, barrel, 1.25a22 5; beans bushel,
50a100; asparagus, per dozen, SOAP 25;
beets per 100, 200a3 90; cabbage bushel,
l.40al 80; carrots, per crate, 2.50a2.75;
celery. crate. 8.00a9 90; elephants, crate,
l.50a400: kale, bushel, 10a25; lettuce.
bushel. 15a40; lima beans. bushel, 250a
400; peppers, crate, 1.50a4.50; onions,
per 100. 75alOO; peas, large pod. per
crate, 75a1.25; spinach bushel, 15a25;
rhubarb, per 100. 2.00a400; tomatoes,
crate, 5Oe2.OO; apples, bushel 75a2 so;
per box. 2O0a2 so; cantaloupes, 10Oa
3.25; grapefruit, box, 1.50a2 so; oranges,
box, 2.50a4 IS; Strawberries, quart, Tails.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, Chickens, young, goa
So: old hens, 20a23; Leghorns, l2al7;
roosters, 12al5; ducks, l7a23: Guinea
fowls. each, 50a75; pigeons, pair, 20a25
Eggs-Receipts, 1925 cases; current
receipts, IT.
Butter-Good to fancy, creamery, %
AIS; ladies, l7al8; rolls. l6a17; process,
20a2l; store packed, Halls.
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ATLANTA. Ga, June 13.-Basic in
dustries of the Southeast, including all
States south of the Potomac and Ohio
Rivers, reported to the Southeast Ship
pers' Advisory Board in session here
that volume of business closely APP
proXimating that of last year was fore
cast for the third quarter of 1881.
More than $50 shippers were present
at the meeting. The next session will
be held at Birmingham early in Sep
TENDER.
Thomas J. Burke, Charleston, S. c.,
Traffic Bureau commissioner and gen.
eral chairman of the board, presided
Reports TO the board indicated a %
per cent decrease In the movement of
fertilizer.
A net increase OF 1s per cent in the
movement OF fresh fruits, with produc-
ton and shipments of potatoes and
other fresh vegetables running approx
mately to the 1880 figures, the board
was informed.
Cotton Acreage.
Cotton from storage to mills contin-
ues to move lightly, and a decrease of
10 per cent in shipments is forecast.
Reports to the board indicate cotton
acreage this year is slightly under that
of 1880.
Sales and shipments Of textile goods
in certain lines have considerably i'm
proved. and with light stocks in the
hands of Jobbers and retailers, move
ment OF textile goods should be about
6 per cent better than during the third
quarter of 1880 the board was told.
In view OF the economic situation
generally, the board was advised. cotton
pected to be about per cent under
last year
Indications are that the movement Of
Southeast grain will be per cent and
grain products per cent less than last
year. shippers reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
Important Price Changes
GERMAN DEFICIT.

BERLIN, June IS LP).-The serious
state OF German finances was disclosed
today with publication Of the govern
ment's balance sheet for the fiscal year
ended March 81. 1t showed an ordi-
nary budget deficit Of S273,700, 600 and
a deficit in the extraordinary budget
of 770270, 900.
Revenue under the ordinary budget
which had been estimated at $2,675,-
100000 yielded only s2,338 964, 900. The
greatest deficiency was revealed under
the head of revenue from taxation
which was estimated at S2,361, o6s, 900.
but which yielded only S2,o75, $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
BANKS CALLED SOUND
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., June 13-The State
banks in North Carolina are in good
condition, and the majority of them are
much stronger than had been esti-
mated the survey begun recently by the
new Banking Commission shows, &C
cording to Bank Commissioner G. P.
Hood. The survey, not yet completed,
is surprising because of the unusual
strength shown by the banks" Mr.. Hood
said. This applies not only to their
present condition, but to their condition
back in 1890"
At the full meeting Of the commission
here. most OF the time was spent in
drawing up regulations for the opera
ton of the trust companies and trust
departments of State banks, which now
are also under the general supervision
of the banking commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13

product. which gossip had it was to have
been brought out III April last and mar
keted III the lower price bracket, SEEM
ingly has been shelVed for the time be-
ing. The Ford Co. still is operating
on reduced schedules, with little pros
pect Of a stepping up during the Sum
mer months. Th-re has been some talk
of a probable shutdown by the Ford
plants during July or August bat a
definite statement OF such plans has
not been made at the company'S offices.
Several departments of the Ford Co,
kept operating during last Winter de-
spite surplus on hand, still are run
ming ahead of other departments and
there has been a consequent curtailment
of employment in these departments
The number OF men affected. however,
has been relatively small.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
NEW SECURITIES.

NEW YORK, June 10 (H'.-New Sc
curities offered today include:
City Of Syracuse, N. Y, $3,480 900,
4, 81 and per cent coupon or reg
istered bonds, due 1892 to 1871. priced
to yield from It's to $50 per cent, by a
syndicate headed by George B. Gibbons
& Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
NEW RADIO SALES
CAMP A|GN PLANNED
Production Schedules Are
Stepped Up to $780,
100000 Mark.
BY ALVIN RESCH.
vrittrn for the Associated Press.

| written for the Associated Press
! CHICAGO, June 13.-The radio in
/ dustry, long past financial infancy, has
/ geared its production schedules to the
( $3.50. 100000 mark Eor the next six
months.
, That figure. representing the retail
value OF radio sets and accessories 10
! be manufactured. is the sales goal
which the industry hopes TO attain be-
I fore Christmas.
/ With prices scaled down to 1881
/ levels, the sales captains Of radio plan
! to tap relatively untouched markets in
( their Summer and Fall merchandising
I campaign.
| Potential Fields.
! Replacement of old sets, plus new
business in metropolitan centers and
smaller cities. IS expected to constitute
much of this trade. but vast rural areas
particularly in the South and South
west, are viewed as the major fields
for potential sales.
| OF 100000 radios in the country,
not more than 100000 are clasSed as
modern" and dealers look TO the AN
| tiquated" 100000 for the bulk Of their
| replacement sales.
Even if the $3.50. $50 900 goal is not
! reached, says Bond Geddes, executive
! vice president of the Radio Manufac-
! turers Association. the inGustry'S over
! production will not have been so great
! as in some boom" years Of the imme-
| date past notably 1929. The manu-
/ facturerS' association this week held its
/ annual convention here.
| Manufacturers generally have cur
! tailed their output to the levels of cur
rent demand. while most retailers are
almost on a bare order basis. The over
! stocked retailer is a rarity.
| Reduced unit prices on radio merchan-
! disc have been achieved largely by i'm
! provements in design and manufacturing
! processes. About 60 per cent of all
| sales at present involve sets in the
| price range from $50 to 500. Both
manufacturers and retailers look for
! the new midget sets to play an in
creasingly significant part in this years
/ merchandising.
TeIevision Sales.
The industry has sold comparatively
/ little Tclevision equipment so far, but
manufacturers are prepared to swing
4 into large scale production of it when
ever the entertainment is ready.
/ Since the Fall of 1929, when radio
/ sales showed a decided drop, strangely
! enough, three weeks before the stock
market crash, the industry has ex-
! pericnced a noticeable mortality among
retailers, but most of the failures have
removed "opportunist" sellers, who
sought quick profits on a rapid turn
over.
| 1t was that sudden reduction in bust
ness during the last three months of
| 1929. which spoiled the industry's hope
| for a billion-dollar year. II the pace
of sales unit October had been main
tanned, that goal would have been
reached AS 1t was, the industy had to
be content with sales approXimating
! $40, 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13

Changes are so rapid in modern
physics that every mode of expression
is liable to became Anticipated in
few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
NEaV w ~ Dneet The STAR MeI

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred-snare iocs
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (25OS
which shows those stocks were sold In odd lots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
BONDS ON THE CURB
MARKET.
DOMESTIC BONDS.

Sales in DOMESTIC BONDS
fhousands High Low Close
Z Alabama Pv- AIS '6- a9il 93aa 98ss
10 Aluminium co SIS 50 lo4 lO4i7 1O4
& 4iuminur1 lila IS '48 e5is Q5Is 95Is
"a Am CmUih Pw 6s 40 6614 65ia 66i2
IA Amer &; & IS oc2g 9g7 $685. 99S
Anic- r. 4 pow Sc 40 as 8Tas sra.
o Anar p & r Sc 20i6 103i, 1O2st 103i.
nn,ar or1 Nm &c IA * T53 N
4 hnna1ocS Cas- Sc az 5fs ssIs 55l.
. App.i.c ca" e. % e Asa AZ az
Hrrp p'r"O u q 70 &c ma mo-, INA.
H. - r., - 81 "a s93 oSi eoI
90 H A GttEE ~ "a - &c 90 90
% g. IT, , G Z. ~ "a 9927 96lz 965
Sc Asso go go g. 8 & 20 ,s8 T3ss 79a 7Sa
SsSo "a" y = 80 797 7e7s 7S7s
* Associ ~ q pa n . Sc "a 59S 55s
3As S2 Tel ~ Ut Is o rs II c 86Ia Sols S0la
& Post {, We n % 81 II III, Ssi, 95I,
Can Nat nv ~; So ,Ol :007s 1905
8 Caterpillar Tt SIS 81 9gi4 SO 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13

The Metropolitan Police Of London
number nearly 10000 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
Cabbage Prices Recover.

Southern cabbage was selling a little
better in Northern markets toward the
middle of June owing to rather light
carlot supplies, but the demand con-
tinued slow and markets lacked vigor,
combined with price upturns in New
York and Baltimore. North Carolina
cabbage brought rs cents to 81 per ! -
buShel hamper. Range on Norfolk and
Virginia Shore stock was 40 to rs cents
III Eastern markets but Detroit quoted
Eastern Shore Wakefield as high as
$1.15. Tennessee cabbage brought SIPS
70 S1.75 per 60-pound craze. Heaviest
June shipments of cabbage are coming
from Tennessee.
Virginia peas are going as far west
as Chicago and Detroit, but price de-
clined rapidly in June and recent sales
were as low as 81 per bushel in Eastern
and Midwestern cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13

Dividend quarterly
payment dividend n
= Payable stock
dividend Plus So IN
stock Plus 2% Plus n m Sc. in
stock Il Plus 81 IN Paid
Evening star., 1931-12-21

This is one reason that boasting Is
foolish, very foolish. Sooner or later
a boast must be made good or you will
be laughed at and made fun Of. So,
no matter what great things they may
have done the truly wise do not boast.
Runty, the little Postum, had been so
admired by his brothers and sisters
because of his adventures and his
smartness in escaping from Farmer
Browns Boy that it turned his head,
as the saying Is That Is, 1t made him
feel that he had done big things and
was smarter than his brothers and SIS
ters The more they admired him the
more he wanted TO be admired. And
SO he boasted of his own smartness and
the things he had done and what he
would dare do which Of course was
very, very foolish He boasted that he
was not afraid of B0wser the Hound or
Flip the Terrier or Farmer Brown s
Boy, which in measure was true. But
this was more than his brothers and
sisters could believe and they told him
so. Because they couldn't believe this
they soon began to doubt the other
things he had told them.
They grew tired of his boasting and
from being sort of hero in their eyes
he bacame just boaster whose state
ments they didn't believe and they
made fun Of him behind his back and
sometimes to his face
"Ah done gwine to show them Some
day An gwine to show them" Runty
would say over and over to himself.
At last the chance came. 1t was late
one afternoon. The whole family had
=
tered more or less, but were not far
apart. Now 1t happened that Flip the
Terrier and Farmer Browns Boy were
taking a walk in the Green Forest that
afternoon and, as he loved to do when
his master would permit, Flip was rae
ing ahead, running this way and. that
to see what he might find His master
was not even in sight when Flip sur
prised the PosSum family Such a
Scurrying into trees as there was then !!
1t just happened that Runty was the
only one not near enough to a tree to
escape that way. So he tried his old
trick OF playing dead. He just fell over
on his side and pretended he was dead.
Now Runty. in spite of his boasting,
was badly frightened young Possum.
Somehow Flip here by himself in the
Green Forest was different person
from Flip playing with him In Farmer
Browns dooryard with his master look
ing on. Runty wasn't at all sure that
he was a friend now He wished with
all his might that he had been near
enough to a tree to have climbed it,
He forgot all about his boast that he
was not afraid Of Flip He had hard
work not to shiver and tremble when
Flip began to smell him over.
Then Flip's stump of tail began
to wag. He had recognized Runty
He lay down with Runty between his
paws and nuZzled him with his nose
And suddenly Runty knew that all was
well. He knew that Flip wouldn't hurt
him. He opened first one eye and then
the other. He got to his feet and Flips
stump of a tail wagged faster than
ever. Then Runty did-what do you
Evening star., 1931-12-21
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
Defense Mechanisms.

The expression, defense mechanism, -
has gained in late years a prominent
place in everyday talk about human
behavior. 1t ranks in popularity with
the terms complex" repression" and
a score Of other words which came to
us VIA psychoanalysis. Nearly all of
these additions to the lexicon Of popular
psychology are misunderstood. It would
seem that loose usage of terms alone
Is really the one thing wrong with
psychology, so far as its popularization
Is concerned.
YOU began to acquire your stock Of
defense mechaniSms early in life. tust
as soon as some one began to discipline
your behavior. Defense mechanisms
are constructed out Of pain and fear.
Anything that creates tension in your
nerves, anything that blocks your per-
sonal ways of conducting yourself or
the expression of your ideas. calls for
an excuse-a defense mechanism.
The main point to be considered is
the fact that you are always trying to
conserve your own estimation of YOUR
self. This means that you are con-
tinually building up system of ego
preserverS. You try these various self
preservers out and settle down to using
the ones that give the best results You
practice them, learn them. They be-
come personal habits-your own par
ticular defense mechanisms.
(CopyriEht, ls3lJ
Evening star., 1931-12-21
7NHE wrappings of Christmas pres
ents have such an appeal to the
imagination, that even a small

7HE wrappingS of Christmas pres
ents have such an appeal to the
Imagination, that even a small
remembrance so done up as
sumes the guise of value. 1t
may be that this very fact is responsible
for the vogue of fancy WrappingS, rib
bon bows, gay Christmas stickers and
the bits of evergreen, holly, bayberry'
mistletoe, pine cones, etc, that make
even the smallest gifts bespeak merry
Christmas.
While all this is appreciated by the
practical as well as the artistic person
there is another fact that these trap
pings add their extra bit to the money
expended. Since nothing offsets the
psychological effect of dainty wrappings,
no one feels it wise to omit them, eSpe-
cially this season when money Is not
being lavished so freely on contents OF
parcels as in previous seasons. But
there is also the feeling that whatever
can be expended should go into the gifts
themselves. This raises the problem of
how to do up ones present in smart and
intriguing ways that will at the same
time be thrifty Some of the ideas to-
day may help in the solution.
First of all comes the paper. 1t can
be tissue or regulation white or colorea
wrapping paper, wall paper or any kind
one has on hand. The one matter OF
importance is that it is unwrinkled and
increased. Fortunately paper can be
ironed to make it smooth. Use warm
not hot iron.
If the paper is plain, make a wee
potted Christmas tree from triangle
Of green paper, and a piece of any col
ored paper for the pot. narrow strip
of brown paper at the center base OF
one side of the triangle, forms the tree
trunk Make the tree large or small
to suit the size of the package. When
you paste this miniature potted tree
onto the top Of the wrapped parcel, you
can trim it, if you like, with straight
slivers of colored paper to look like
candles.
Cut wee squares or oblongs from gilt
paper or any metal paper. Clip the
corners and paste to parcels. On tor
of these seals" paste smaller similarly
shaped fancy papers. Envelope Innings
are just the things for tap papers.
Draw a circle around bowl laid or
a piece of green paper, preferably crepe
paper. Draw a smaller circle inside
this, using an upturned tumbler to form
the circle. Cut out the ring so formed
Fold twice and clip inside and outside
cages lrregularly. open ana you Will
have we'll simulated paper Christmas
wreath to paste onto the top Of the
wrapped parcel Cut tiny circles of rec
paper. Fold through the center and
pull through the fingers. Dot the
wreath here and there with paste, and
stick the center of each so formed
flower" to a paste dot, and you will
have a gay Christmas wreath decora-
ton. Tie the parcel with red paper
ribbon or red string.
In pasting decorations to packages
Evening star., 1931-12-21
.DorothyDix
Tells Of
Marriage
Spoiled by
MeddHng
"Why Do Mothers Persist in Making Havoc OF
Their Children's Marriages, Under the
Pretense of Love?"
Why
MotherS-in-
Ldu Break
Up Homes

MONG acquaintance married with three
smac husband is upright,
GOOD business provides comfortably uxuouy
family wife splendid good house.
and devoted to her anauy.
This counle should happy peaceful
home in which their could but being pushed into
strangely enough the who Is
of breaking up home and Wkg the nves OF
who does not even perceive the enoy OF
her offenSe.
DOR some reason and the sonnaw do not get
mother who has always dominated girl
and the husband who is to be first with his wife
Left bv themselves between husband wife
their home is as placid as mpond but let mother come and the storm
gouchy and and fau-hndlng and
bosom of his family grabs his hat
and dinner
indoor amusement in picking
daughters attention to her husbands
Marys her until she makes
martyr ocause sne mas 70 40 he usual choes
and make the usual mother and her
her rights not to be "eakng
conCilaeS husband
Now the Young mother
side OF habit
mother thinking
Mother and so mother influence getting its deadly work
mothers persist in going to live with
w that their nws DO not want them
contention between husband no
hdns households when they
trouble for son 90
they try children with their matrimonial oasans'
should her children n sunemg
chdrens homes should n as cove OF peace
No' 40 /" '