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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Wheat and New Confidence
Point Way to Better Times

currents Of trade will swell and move
more swiftly and there will be real
stream of prosperity. It would be a
mistake to bank too strongly on such
results yet, but the watchers in the
towers had better keep their eyes on
the wheat pit rather than on the Stock
Exchange"
"It is still to be determined in the
judgment Of the New York Times,
whether staple prices in general will
follow the lead Of wheat and cotton.
In that regard the unmistakable
| change in the financial atmosphere,
the reports from numerous sections of
the country that return of confidence
is bringing greater courage in plans for
trade and growing realization that,
after two years Of extreme retrench-
ment, replacement purchases by mer-
chants with exhausted stocks must
some time become inevitable, give some
indication Of the course which events
may take"
1T has been discovered, all Of
sudden, that. in addition to the famine
in China, there is something like a
shortage in Europe" says the Port
Huron Times-Herald. The Columbus
Ohio State Journal observes that the
shift in market conditions has brought
AGRICULTURAL reller unexpectedly and N
the most generous manner the country
has seen in recent years" The Gin
cinnati TimeS-Star comments: De
pleted stocks of commodities seem to
call for activities all along the line
At least two steps remain to be taken
One is some plan further to improve
railroad credit, and to this the Presi-
dent is to give his attention. The other
Is the carrying OF the Nationwide
movement for unemployment relief,
launched a few days ago. to the
triumphant Thanksgiving day finish
which the country desires and circum-
stances call for"
Emphasis is given by the Sioux City
Journal to the point that 1.-The world
estimate at this time Is that the supply
OF wheat will just about meet the de-
mand, and that means good prices"
The Worcester Evening Gazette sees
as result: Give the farmers money
to spend and the Western merchants
and bankers would begin to see day.
light, and the business pickup would
be reflected to other sections" The
buying power of the farmers also i'm
presses the Goshen News-Times and
the ogden Standard Examiner, while
the greater confidence in business cir
Giles is attested by the Rochester Times
Union, the Buffalo Evening News, the
Chattanooga Times, the Scranton
Times and the Springfield MASS
Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Man Opposes Proposal
To Ban Sale of WeapOns
TO the Editor Of Tho Star:

To the Editor of TIL, Star:
The talk of pas ing laws to restrict
the sale of firearms here is only a boost
for their free sale ccrosS the river and
by mail order hou5es. A loan shark
law" was passed here by our city coun-
Gil (CongreSS) and thriving business
is now done across the river along that
line. If our homes have no firearms,
burglars and robbers will be the bene
ficiaries of such acts, because when Off
GERS arrive in response to calls by tele-
phone or otherwise there Is no telling
where the robbers will be.
Mail order houses and out-of-town
places to purchase such things viii Also
be the benedciaries. The loan once
was an aid to those needing it. and it
aided the officers of the law in locating
stolen property. When such goods are
pawned in another jurisdiction it han
dicaps the local officers on such cases
Then the metes and bounds of the
District should be extended across the
river, as originally intended. for Cow
eminent Improvements and divers other
benefits that work hardships on the
taxpayer to accomplish by tax,tion
alone RI. I. McCONVEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

by the president of the association, who
said: Two OF our guests can't be here.
Without them we'll be Is at table. For
heavens sake. hurry down here and
break the jinx!" Just the same, the
railway executives have called a meet
ing in New York for Friday. November
10, to discuss the freight rate situation
as it's been left by the Interstate Com
merce Commissions decision. The
Cunard line has ordered the Aquitania
to stay In port at New York this week
until Friday, the 18th, has passed of
the calendar.
Taxation in all its varied and vexing
forms is to be the theme of a series Of
radio broadcasts over q country-W wide
network Of n stations, beginning in
December and continuing until June.
There will be one talk a week. The
scheme is sponsored by the American
Taxpayers League with headquarters
at Washington. Former Senator James
w. Wadsworth of New York is chair
man of the committee which is organ
iZing the radio program. Speakers al
ready scheduled for talks include Mr.
Wadsworth, Senator King of Utah, Rep
resentative Wood of Indiana and Rep
resentative Beck of Pennsylvania. Tax
alton Without Representation" the
story of voteless Washington's humiliat-
ing political disabilities, is to be dis
cussed by Theodore W. Noyes, chair
man of the Joint Committee on Ma
tional Representation for the District
Of Columbia.
Edward Everett Gam, brother-in-
law of Vice President Curtis, was re-
Gently calling on brother lawyer in
Baltimore. While in the latter's Office,
Mayor Jackson blew in. Meet Mr..
Gam" said the Baltimore attorney,
presenting his Washington visitor.
Glad to know you, Mr.. Gam" quoth
his honor, adding, with a chuckie:
only Gam ever heard of before is
Dolly's husband"
~
Brig. Gen. Happy Glassford had a
date the other day to lunch with Tom
Brahany, Gridiron Club minstrel in
connection with tonights Armistice day
frolic at Washington Auditorium. The
statuesque new District of Columbia
superintendent Of police couldn't find
parking place within a block Of the
restaurant, even after driving around
1t half dozen times. Finally he mo-
tored back to the hotel in which he
lives, near Union Station, called a taxi
and reached the luncheon half an hour
late. You see," Glassford exclaimed,
I haven't got a pull with the traffic
cops yet"
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
A Troubled Armist.ce Day.

There could be no more tragic side
light on the anxious atmosphere in
which Armistice day. 1881. is celebrated
than the laconic news that Japan is
sending to America S30,0oo.0oo in gold
for the possible purchase OF munitions
in the event of war with China. In
countless other directions there are IN
dications enough that the Far East
may at any hour flame into confia-
grafton which could enbrol the whole
world. SO far, and no farther. have
the nations marched since. tie Cease
frine!p was SCUM. ed on the Western
. front thirteen years ago this morning
at eleven O'Clock. Superstiticn-ridden
souls doubtless read omen into the cir
cumstance that on the thirteenth an
niversary of the first World Wars end
another. conflict menaces mankind.
The disquieting prospect across the
Pacific does not and should not blot
from our memory that which Will al
WAYS enshrine Armistice day in Amer
lean hearts-eternal gratitude for the
deeds of valor performed by our
sacred and heroic dead on land and
sea in 1917 and 1918. To them, recur-
ring elevenths of November will be
consecrated as long as the spirit OF
American patriotism endures. over
and over again, while the war RACED
and afterward, men said that the youth
of the world, who gave their all, fought
to end war. The generation that sur
wives them has thus far contrived to
prevent another holocaust. at will not
escape the damnation of history II 1t
does not also prove capable of holding
back Japan and China from sanguin-
airy settlement Of their quarrels this
Winter.
Leagues of Nations, foreign ofhces,
State Departments and Ambassadors
saw there is no war in Manchuria. II
what is going on around the Nonni
Bridge and Tsitsihar is not war, then
philologists would better bestir them
selves to invent word to describe OPP
erations of troops who destroy life and
property and occupy territory Of an
other country into which the way has
been blasted by field artillery and
bombing planes. The plain people Of
the world, who have to pay with life
and treasure, may soon become as i'm
patient with the supine efforts of states
manship to avert war in Asia as they
are with the evident determination OF
the Asiatics to irk themselves into it.
The Geneva disarmament conference
Is scheduled to open in February, 1882.
That is less than three months from
now. World conditions being what they
are-in Europe as well as in Asia-the
outlook for substantial progress in arms
reduction is far from bright. II the
Geneva meeting were to assemble amid
the din of war in the Far East, it would.
of course, become a travesty. Indeed
It is extremely probable that even dip
1omats, who dote on international con-
1erences, would feel the expense OF a
trip to Switzerland not worth while If
Mars once again were enthroned over
the destinies of puny man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

But not the best results. This judg-
ment Is the result OF personal experience
and the oft-given advice Of horticul-
tural experts
After all the amateur ought to be
glad to leave this matter to the pro-
fessional. Growing good seed is alto
gether different from growing good
flowers. 1t requires, as we have at
ent aim, and culture which trarscends
that which the average home grower
can give his plants.
There are. in life. a great many situ-
! ations in which only the exceptional
person is honest with himself
One of these lies in the field of horti-
culture.
Every amateur plants bulbs. for in
stance. and confidently announces that
he will reap great harvest Of new
bulbs.
He is fond of expatiating on the enor-
nous increases in his bulb crop
What he seldom points out is that
the bulbs are small and unhealthy
locking.
What he never points out is, at the
blooming time Of those same home
grown bulbs, that he is disappointed
with the size of the flowers.
Only the one man in a thousand adj
mitS as much. even to himself
X X x
We have seen home gladiolus growers,
to take but one class, who have gone
around Dragging to their associates
about their great gains in bulbs, or
corms, as they sometimes insist on call
ing them.
Never do they go around afterward
stating the plain fact-that the spikes
from the bulbs, especially the old ones.
were not half as tall as they had eX-
pected and the flowers net one-half as
beautiful.
If an honest gardener who has been
through exactly the same experience
dares to announce the truth as to such
home growing, the other gives him the
lie at once and suddenly magnifies the
size of the increase and the length OF
the spikes.
The honest gardener says nothing
loud. To himself he sets the other down
as the liar he Is and forgets about the
incident Let the other fool along with
his own bulbs as much as he wants to,
the initiated gardener will purchase
we'll grown, large bulbs every year If
he wants the best spikes of the type
which makes the gladiolus the king OF
flowers.
X X
Tulip bulbs are queer looking fellows,
which somehow seem to do better than
most in growing their own new bulbs
under amateur supervision.
Even these tend to run out" how
ever. Often this Is due to permitting
the bulbs in the ground to lie undivided
for several years.
Therefore, 1t will be wise on the part
Of the home owners to divide their
bulbs at this time, if they have not
already done so, and replant them
There is still time. although the job
should have been finished long ago.
Experts declare that new bulbs set
out this Autumn should be given a
thorough watering, owing to the drought
which has prevailed, although few
have stopped to realize 1t. The advice
may be extended to include the ever
green's, which should be heavily watered
before freezing sets in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Fish and Thomas
Debate Discussed

To the Editor OF The Star:
The big debate scheduled for Novem-
Der 10 at Masonic Temple Auditorium
between the reputed multimillionaire
Congressman, Representative Hamilton
FISH ana that aggressive fighter for
restoration OF American equality of
opportunity, Norman Thomas, recent
Socialist presidential candidate, prom
lSes to be rather exciting event for
WaShingtonianS. Seldom do they have
the opportunity of hearing two such
able opponents of their respective fol-
lowings in the political world.
The question to be discussed "Is
Capitalism Worth Saving?" Is q very
important one at this time. The writer
believes that the present system Is not
worth saving unles we build upon it
AZ once as . superstructure q 100 per
cent socialist commonwealth. In recent
elections In our large cities It has been
clearly shown that the crime interests
are so intertwined with the Republican
ana Democratic city administrations
that these corrupt interests can per-
petuate their own rule forever, regard
less OF majority vote, by the simple ex
pedlent OF counting out" from 10 per
cent TO 80 per cent of the opposition
vote! Think Of it. A Congressman
elected In Philadelphia Cor any other
SANJ' W q Ai-IO-1 FOCe. ANY one IlOI
moron knows that this could not have
been fair election.
A democracy that cannot insure
honest elections is most certainly on
the downgrade and will not long en-
cure unless radical change takes
place. The situation In New York and
other cities is fully as bad. The time
Is ripe Tor Christian people to abandon
the corrupt old parties and set up next
year Socialist commonwealth: other
wise communism viii comet
- r. HAlSD0k
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SKIN.

g. OF what disease did Ann Rutledge
die?-C. S.
A. Ann Rutledge, financee of Abra-
ham Lincoln. died of general debility,
probably incipient tuberculosis.
@. Why does Minnesota extend across
straight line into Canada?-H. A.
A. Under the treaty with Great Brit
ain of 1912. the commissioners, in run
ming out the line when they reached
the Lake Of the Woods. traced the line
to the most northern point of the lake
in latitude 40 degrees % minutes SIS sec
onds, longitude 95 degrees IA minutes 38
seconds thence south to the forty-ninth
parallel thence west along the forty
ninth parallel.
@. Was Corinth an important city
at the time the Apostle Paul visited
it?-B. " T.
A. 1t was. although it had not fully
recovered its grandeur or the import
and export trGue which it enjoyed be-
fore it was despoiled by the Romans
in 146 BIC. In As BIC. julius Caesar
repeopled Corinth with Italian freed
men and disposseSsed the Greek popu-
lation. Augustus Caesar made it the
capital of Achaea.
T.
were there in this country in 1775?-
NJ B.
A. The total WIS 81.
@. Why is there no Vice President in
case his Office is vacated?-W A. w
A. Because the Constitution makes
no provision for the filling of the va
cancy. One of the functions of a Vice
President is to preside over the Senate
In fOn If III y, r1gr k@;I II,
Senate elects President pro tempore
from that body.
@. What per cent of the diamonds
mined comes to the United States?-
r. D. B.
A. 1t is estimated that 30 per cent
of the worlds diamond output comes
to America.
G. Please name the various kinds of
ornamental hedge-B. NJ. A
A. The types Of plants most COM
monty used for hedges in this country
are as follows: Deciduous-Privet,
spiraea, Usage orange, barberry, box
elder, locust, buckthorn, cockspur thorn
and Rose Of Sharon evergeen-Arbor-
vitae, juniper, lockwood, hemlock,
spruce and holly.
@. Is it ever too cold to snow?-
r. C.. C..
A. The Weather Bureau says the
greatest number of more or less heavy
SHOWS come from southerly to easterly
winds-i.e., in what Is known as the
rainy" portion of the cyclonic or
storm area. These winds generally are
relatively mild. AS the storm passes
the winds come from the northwest,
roughly, and are relatively cold. In
short, precipitation comes with rela-
lively warm easterly to southerly
winds, and clear weather follows with
relatively cold northwest winds. If,
then, the Winter wind is from the
northwest, 1t is cold, and from the
wrong direction to give much snow.
This, presumably, is the origin of the
saying ut Is too cold to snow" This
statement, however, is not literally
true, for light SHOWS can occur at any
temperature and, indeed, it OCCASION
ally happens that heavy SHOWS occur
when the surface air is quite cold.
Q. When were false teeth first made?
S. G. D.
A. False teeth were made as early as
ITO by a Frenchman named Gull.
leneau. In 1923 Fanchard, also a
Frenchman, developed a porcelain and
a technique for making artificial teeth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Bill for u. S. Taxation
OF Land Is Anticipated
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Congress probably will have a Federal
land tax bill to consider in the next
session. I would like to suggest that
instead Of taxing the holder of a deed
to q farm which is heavily mortgaged,
the holder Of deed should be taxed
only for his equity in farm and the
holder Of mortgage should be taxed for
his mortgage.
Also, would suggest that a law be
enacted so that the holder Of mortgage
could charge only fair rate of inter
est, and he should be barred from
making any bargain with the holder of
deed to reimburse him for taxes he
paid on his mcrtgage, with a heavy
penalty for 50 doing. The interest and
penalty charged by some States for
failing to pay taxes on time are out
rageous and should he changed.
THOMAS KELLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Campaign Funds.

The Minute Men" OF the Democ-
racy, designed to be permanent or
ganization by Chairman John j..
Raskob of the Democratic National
Committee, is the latest challenge to
the Republicans. Not long ago the
Democratic Committee launched q
drive for victory fund" Of 81 500, 900,
to wipe out the committees deficit and
to provide money for opening the 1882
presidential campaign. The Minute
Men" are to aid in raising this fund
and to act as advisers of the national
Democratic organization, keeping their
ears always close to the ground for the
trend of political sentiment.
While the Democratic National Com
mittee was busying itself with the de-
tails of its newest organization the
Smith Stickers of America" made their
appearance in New York City. The
purpose of the "Stickers" is more simple
and concentrated. They are to create
such a demand for former Gov. Alfred
e. Smith Of New York for President
that Mr.. Smith will be assured Of re-
nomination by reclamation at the
Democratic National Convention next
year. The organization In It's letter
says: I'VE want every voter who favors
Al Smith for President to say it with
Smith Stickers.'" The plan was to have
these stickers used on all letters, motor
car windows and everywhere they
would stick. The former Governor of
New York. however, has taken cognizance
Of the plan, declaring he has given the
sticker organization no authority to use
his name or his photograph and threat
ening to take legal action If the sticSeI
campaign persists.
The campaigners are 'rarin' to CO.
If the same enthusiasm continue.
throughout the coming year, it looks a.
though the United States was in fol
an intensive political contest, which viii
keep the country stirred up for 9
twelvemonth. Wet and dry organiza.
tions have launched drives for RAISING
funds In every part Of ths country. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Old Man Worry.

Old Man Worry.
Old Man Worry is a-steppin' out in
style.
He seems to learn most anything-ex-
ceptin' how to smile.
He talked in Chassis languages, lone
since out Of date,
And in more modern accents his facil-
ity is great.
Old Man Worry keeps us goin' round
the map.
When we escape him once, he simply
sets another trap.
He sent us through the lexicons. the
Russian and the Greek,
And from Spain to Scandinavia still
playing hide and seek.
Old Man Worry, when seeking our I'M
rest,
We disobey the maxim and 60 East in
stead of West.
We've followed through Siberian snow,
where phrases seem to freeze
And next 1t looks as II we'd have to
study Japanese!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

Communists are observing the con-
tentions of China and Japan with close
Interest. The old American schoolbook
story about the boy who settled a dis
pute over a nut by giving each con-
tender half the shell and keeping the
kernel for himself appears to have
made its way in some form into Soviet
literature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

BY stepping out in a new and strik-
ingly handsome costume, Mayor Jimmy
Walker gladdens old acquaintance with
every possible assurance that his trip
to Europe was precisely what he needed
for his health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

The child, neglected and hurt until
it has forgotten how to smile, presents
a problem more worthy of the psyche
analyst than that of compiling pseudo
scientific defenses for precocious GRIM
inAls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

1t is no more than discreet for Rep
resentative Garner of Texas to with
hold details of his program. What may
happen in Capitol conditions is as hard
to forecast as the weather itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

Japan is far from being one of the
countries concerned with any need of
outlet to the sea. Her economists ale
frank in asserting that her require
ments are not more water, but more
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

A novelist in the Kentucky coal fields
solemnly announces that the conditions
ought to be investigated by Congress.
Even a novelist cannot be expected to
show marked originality all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Hunting Season.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Now come the pleasant Autumn days,
when sportsmen from the great cities
will demonstrate that they can't tell
the difference between . guide and Q
iaclrahhA =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

China in surveying the list Of rail-
roads that are in trouble calls attention
to the South Manchurian line as con-
spicuously in need of expert attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

American literature has in several
gratifying recent instances produced
authentic biographical works which are
Immediately popular, though dignifed
and veracious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

Ar7nistice day was a success in put
ting a welcome end to the fighting, even
though it did not come anywhere near
terminating the argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Amateurs. Indeed!

From the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
Those highwaymen who held up q
college professor in Kansas must have
been rank amateurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

Ledgers should be regarded as &C
curately reliable financial history. It is
inexcusable for those who write them
to get mixed up in their dates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

From the Goshen Daily News-Times.
Those Brooklyn Legionnaires who
are clamorir1g for beer apparently
aren't men about town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
Watchers and Workers.

From the Hamilton (Ohio) Evening Journal.
Even the man who watches the clock
does more work than the man VINO
Watches the thsgmonaetsR. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11

MonOtOny.
why did you tell him not to come
to see you again?"
He talks of nothing except himself"
answered Miss Cayenne.
But he has had interesting expert
ences"
Very true. It's none the less tire
some to feel as If he had mistaken you
for q stenographer and was debating
his autobiography"
Envy" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, lis often a work of the
imagination which sees happiness where
there Is none"