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COVERDALE, Pa, August ia
baseball game between the National
Miners Union youth organizations
took place at Hackett, with Fred ST.
ders, section organizer as umpire.
Despite the fact that many runs were
scored on account of there being only
six gloves to go around, the game
was a good one. A collection was
taken up for relief.
HARLAN, KY, August 13.--As the
period of the trial of the Black Noun
tain cases, approaches, the attempt
to kill by legal means and in the
electric chair all the miners who
dared to lead strike against the
Black Mountain Coal Co.--some old
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-14

One way to help the Soviet
Union Is TO spread among the
workers Soviet Forced Labor"
b Max AeaaAhk 4 seats u saRK.
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Organize in Woonsocket

WOONSOCKET. r. l., Aug. H.
Both the day and night shifts of the
Woonsocket Fall Mill here laid plans
to solidly organize the weavers and
other departments, as preparations
for a strike that will defeat the two
loom system, discrimination and the
other grievances. Both Martin Rus
seck. N. 7. w o, ergan,zse, a1a ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-14
Sentence Royal SILK Strikers

PAWTUCKET, r. l., Aug. 12.-Sen-
fences OF three months in Jail were
handed out by Judge Ralph 9. Es-
ties, in Attleboro. on Tuesday. to three
strikers OF the Royal Silk Mil. They
are Samuel Eajjou, Ben Herniz, and
John Anter. They were framed up
on a charge of attacking scab by
the name of Otto Hess. All three
appealed and a bail Of $500 each was
imposed upon them.
The strike of the forty workers in
the Taylor Silk Mill here was still
going strong on Wednesday. The con-
ference 0ith the boss came to naught
when he refused to grant the work
ers their demands. He tried TO d.
vide the workers by proposing to give
the night shift workers the Jobs Of
the day shift. The workers turned
this down and stood by their demands
for an increase in wages on crepe
work, the so hour, instead Of the IS
hour week, with no discrimination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-14

no discrimination, and the recogni-
ton of the workers mill committees
During negotiations in the past
week Salzberg had already offered to
settle the strikes on the basis of the
workers demands. Bloom prevailed
upon him not to settle and to try to
smash the strike by force through
the capitalist government. The use
of force has not broken the strikers
ranks. The evasion which the strik-
ers' committee demanding their
rights received from Mayor Charles
A. Richards and the sending in of
the police by the state government
is opening the eyes Of the strikers.
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deceptive platforms OF the bosses
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
PRICES ON CURB
RULE STEADY

NEW YORK, March 81 G.N.SO
Curb stocks held up fairly well
in the face of extensive weekend
profit-taking today, and although
prices changes were of an irregu-
lar character, the undertone con-
tinued steady.
The utility group ranged irregu-
larly lower. American Super
power reached a new 1881 top at
10. Other issues to reflect good
buying were Eastern States Power
B up "a at %, American Gas and
Electric up p at 821a. and United
Gas up fractionally at II. Weak
ness developed in Duke Power,
which sold off 2 points to 1876;
Brazilian Traction off 134 at 23H,
and Electric Bond and Share off
"a at 58A.
Cities Service made a deter
mined effort early in the day to
break through into new high
ground for the year, but it was
halted at its previous top at 2034,
up fractionally from the previous
day. Standard of Indiana was
heavily sold in a generally dover
Oil group. dipping to 32h for a
loss of 81,
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
SURVEY SHOWS
DAIRY SPREAD

Ownership or lease of proper
ties in nearly every State in the
Union, and in England, Canada,
Australia, Holland and Cuba by
National Dairy Products Corpora
tion, and in 80 States and Can
ada by the Borden company, illus
trates the development of dairy
products into one of the worlds
major industries, according to
Charles D. Barney & Co.. mem
bers Of the New York Stock EX-
change, in the first of a series of
monographs now being prepared
on dairy products.
Every large city. according to
the survey, is a focal point for
marketing milk produced in sur
rounding territory. The bounda-
ries of each city's milk shed are
determined by cost of production
and transportation and municipal
standards of quality. While fluid
milk can be shipped safely for
great distances, experience has
shown that 400 miles is the prac-
tical maximum for quantity ship
ments. Sanitary regulations diff
fer in stringency, but New York
standards, says the survey, are of
the highest order.
A typical plant described in the
study is subjected to periodical
rigid inspections, with milk tests
by a half dozen different organi-
cations. An ordinary days work
begins by washing the cows with
sterilizing solution. Machines
extract the milk and asterilized
piping carries it to a cooling tank
and thence to bottle-filling ma
chinery, where it is sealed. From
COW to bottle there is no inter
mediate handling.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
FOR NEW
RAD|OS|SSE

More people bought radio sets
for the first time during 1880
than any previous year, even 1929,
says the Alexander Hamilton In
stitute. So few used sets were re-
placed, however, that total radio
sales fell from 4,438,O00 to 3,827,-
800. The increase in new users,
from 2,5OO,0OO in 1929 to 5000, 900
in 1880 is believed due to reach
ing new strata of the market
through SlaShed prices.
AS for the new demand, the
chances are against as good a
showing in 1881 as in 1880. The
unusually rapid progress toward
the saturation point in 1880 was
due to the sharp. reduction in
prices. Similarly drastic price
cuts are not in prospect this year.
This and the fact that the in
dustry is considerably nearer the
saturation point than a year ago
argue for some contraction in the
new market. 1t is questionable
whether the new market will alb
sorb more than 100000 sets at
the most.
These maximum estimates of
the replacement and new demand
for radios in 1881 indicate total
sales of 100000 sets, according
to the institute. Actually, sales
are not likely to exceed $500, 900
sets, as compared with 3,877, 300
sets in 1880.
Sales of tubes in 1881 should be
larger this year than last, but this
increase is not likely to offset the
decrease in sales of radio sets.
Sales Of automobile radios may
show some increase but sales of
parts and accessories are likely to
decrease as an offsetting factor.
The present outlook is, there
fore, that total retail sales Of radio
products in 1881 will show a mod
crate reduction as compared with
the 1880 volume.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
CALIFORNIA WATER

California Water Service Com
pany, a subsidiary of Federal
Water Service Corporation, re-
ports gross revenues of $2,224,240
for the year ended January 81,
1881, as compared with $2,142,109
for the preceding IL months.
Operating expenses, maintenance
and taxes, other than Federal in
come tax, totaled $1,052,739, as
against $1,079,375. Gross income
amounted to $1,171,500 which
compares with $1,062,733 for the
year ended January 81, 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
TREASURY TAX
RECEIPTS OFF

The Treasury Department re-
ceived $3O,OOO,OO0 less in income
and other taxes Thursday than
it received on the same day last
ye ar. Thursdays collections
totalled $44,178,000, the depart
ment said.
This brought the total collec-
ton for the 19 days of the month
to $239, ,123, 300, a reduction OF
about $145, 100000 over those re-
ceived during the same period IN
1880, and $1,410,555,000 for the
fiscal year-from July / to March
19-which is a reduction Of ap-
proximately 1927, 100000.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
NEW WAGE BASE
PREDICTED IN
SURVEY
Drastic Immediate Pay Cuts
Unlikely, But ReaIignment
Coming Gradually, Claim

Indications point to the prob.
ability that February registered a
slight improvement in employ
ment and seasonal tendencies
should result in continued better
ment throughout the first half OF
1881, according to the Standard
Statistics Company of New York
whose survey says:
Unemployment in the past
winter was relatively and actu-
ally greater than for at least 20
years.
Sharp Income Cut
can unweighted average of "a
major manufacturing and dis
tributive industries for January
showed a 12-mOnth decrease of
1879 per cent in number en-
ployed and 21.3 per cent in ag-
gregate payrOIlS.
: Increasing evidence of a mod
crate cyclical trade upturn in
the latter six months of 1880
makes it probable that the past
winters low employment levels
will not again be duplicated.
aggregate income of en-
pIoyed wage earners has de-
clined sharply during the de-
preston period, but actual wage
cuts have been relatively neg
Iigible until the last few months.
Unequal declines in workers in
comes aggravated the depres-
sion, largely because of the lack
of a corresponding decline in
most component items of the
cost of living.
Entire readjustment of value
relationships need not neceSsar.
lily involve the complete revis-
ion of wage rates to conform
with present levels of other
basic economic factors"
New Wage Basis
The report says it is probable
the initiation of business improve"
ment will go a considerable dis
tance toward obviating the neces-
sity for wholesale and drastic
wage reductions during the med
ium term future, but predicts a
realignment to the relative bal
ance of the pre-depression status
on a permanently lower basis of
dollar values.
Living costs, it continues, should
then give wage earners command
of at least as large a volume OF
goods as formerly.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
German Business
Hopes Are BriQKter

Business psychology has shown
a more optimistic tone during the
past month with Germany, al
though three was no concrete evi-
dence of any major improvement,
American Commercial Attache H.
L. Groves cabled the Commerce
Department from Berlin today.
Groves said:
"There is a distinct increase
In confidence that the worst
has passed and that q gradual
improvement may be expected
by summer, or autumn, at the
latest"
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
N. Y. COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, March 81 Q.N.SO .
The New York cotton market was
quiet during the early trading
today, but prices were Stead1er
on higher Liverpool cables than
expected and a scarcity Of con-
tracts. The volume Of demand
was not large, but buying by
the trade and weekend covering
readily absorbed the small offers,
and the market appeared to have
developed firner technical
position. At the start of. the
final hour, May sold at 1895, up
6; July, at 11.21, up 7; october
at 1852, up 5; December at
11.73, up 4, and January at 11.80,
llu 4,
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK, March 81 G.N.S0.
Buying of copper was quiet today
on both foreign and domestic &C
count, with custom smelters sup
plying the market at 10 cents a
pound and producers holding at
10A cents, delivered, to the end
OF June. Copper for foreign de-
livery was at 1885 cents a pound
C. if. Hamburg, Havre and Lon
don. Zinc buying was small, with
the price unchanged at 4 cents a
pound East st. Louis for prime
Western zinc.
Lead buying was small, with the
price unchanged at 4.50 cents a
pound New York, and AIS cents
u N st. Leafs. 49,
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts 10000: market Joe
hiSssyyweisht. heavy; ss,S5 S750; mediumWeight'
S7.3O@79O; lightweight, S.750S.10;
light lights s7:7S@:S8$o packing sows,
'CattleEReceipts, 200; market steady.
aives-Receipts, 100; Market steady.
Beef steers-Good and ch ?ice, S9;SO@
earrings. $66105O Butcher cattle
Heifnrs $5G9: cows. $496.50; bulls
s4aS; calves, $a@9; fe@eIer steers, $50
$50; stocker stesGSGi S2"S sc Stoch'r COWS
sheep-Receipts, $500: market steady.
Medium and choice lambs, $500 25;
cnIIs and common, ss.50a7.5o; year
Ives SOB; feeder lambs, $7@G
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
CLOTH MARKET

NEW YORK, March 81 Q.N.S0.
Further fair demand for quick
deliveries of high count print
cloths characterized the gray
goods markets today. Buyers con-
tinued to pick up scattered offer.
ings of goods for March and April
deliveries, with very little of some
constructions to be had for April
at the current prices. On the
other hand, some lower count
constructions continued available
at slightly easier levels. Carded
broadcloths were quiet, although
a sold-up condition was reported
on choice makes of high count
numbers. Sheetings were quiet.
Not much was reported in drills,
twills and other grades.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
ST ANDARD CAS-
NET DROPS

Preliminary combined net earn
ings of all subsidiary and affil-
lated public utility companies of
Standard Gas and Electric Com
pany for the IL months ended
December 81, 1880, showed de-
crease of $771,129, or 1.04 per
cent, as compared with the
previous IL months, according to
John j. O'Brien, president of the
company. Gross earnings de-
creased $927,683, or six-tenths
of 1 per cent.
Figures for all companies now
in the system compare as fol-
lows:
Gross earnings, 1880, $153,27O,-
4O4; 1929, $154, ,198,067.
Net earnings, 1880, $73,270,386;
1929, $74,041,515.
Other income, 1880, $1,605,786;
1929, $2,794,315.
Net earnings, including other
income, 1880, $74,876,172; 1929,
$76,835, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Hide Prices Rebound
From :3O-Yenr LON

BOSTON, March 21.-A brisk
advance has occurred recently in
the hide market and prices are
up 3R per cent a pound from the
extreme low levels this year. A
month ago hides were selling at
greatly depressed levels, the low
est in more than 80 years.
Cattle hides in sight in January
were 16 per cent below December,
and 331a per cent below January,
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
N. Y. BOND PRICES

NEW YORK, March 81 GN.S).
Bond prices were firm in all Sec
tions of the listed market today.
Liberty bonds and Treasury issues
stiffened under moderate buy
ing demand and foreign govern
ment bonds were inactive and
firm. Philadelphia and Reading
6 per cents moved up 5 points
to 1912. Katy Railroad As, series
B, rose IA to 90, and Baltimore
and Ohio IS were up fractionally
at 9412. Warner Brothers Pic
lures IS rose fractionally to ST..
Certainteed Products 512s jumped
about 4 points to 4434., Liberty
fourth 41as led the activity in
the United States war bond
group and sold at 103.25. Treas,
ury As sold at 107.25 and 33ss OF
1943 at 101.14. In the foreign
group, Medellin 61as moved up y
at 81 and Peruvian IS of go sold
lp "a at 81.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
BOOST Of STEEL
PRICES SEEN
AS BLUFF
Announcement Called Mere
Expression of Hope in New
Quarter by Lewis Haney
By LEWIS HANEY

Director NeW York University
Bureau OF Business Research
and Former Economist of
Federal Trade Commission
Have steel prices been advanced?
You may be surprised that this
question should be asked just af
ter an announcement of higher
prices by a leading steel company
But If you are familiar with the
steel business you will understand
Just Expression of Hope
In the steel business an an
nouncement of price advance fol-
the next quarter is merely an ex
preston of hope.
1t does not mean that the an
nOunced price will ever be ef
fective.
You may remember that last
November steel prices were ad'
vanced to 1.65 cents pound. But
this price has never been in ef-
feet on any considerable volume
of business.
The fact is that the actual ship
ping price throughout the last
three months has been no higher
than the old figure of 1.60 cents.
1t has really been less than that
on account of concessions made
to large buyers. Any steel man
will tell you that.
Orders Can Be Cancelled
In the steel business prices are
announced in advance to apply on
contracts for the coming quarter
year. Then buyers are allowed to
order at the existing lower prices.
At times like the present they can
order freely, and often do so.
Also you must remember that
contracts to buy steel during a
quarter are not firm in the sense
that the buyer must actually take
the steel he orders. The "orders"
are virtually subject to cancella-
ton.
The buyer merely specifies"
on his order as he requires, ard
he may not take any large part
of the quantity ordered.
Try to Drive in Orders
It is an old practice of steel
producers to announce a mark.up
in price for the next quarter, for
the purpose of driving in" orders
at the old price.
That is what they did last
November. At that time they
succeeded in driving in orders
and in increasing untitled
orders" but they did not get any
materially higher prices. In fact,
January and February steel prices
were practically unchanged from
December.
Now it is announced that the
price of bars, plates and shapes
will be ITO cents next quarter.
But it is known that leading pro-
ducers have actually solicited
business at 1.65 cents and that
large buyers have ordered at that
figure or less.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
WORLD AIRPORT.
To Be NEAR
CAPITAL
Logical Landing Is Seen Here
For Transsea Airships by
Magazine of Wall Street

The Washington neighborhood
is picked as the logical and prob
able entry port for transocean air
ships, in an article appearing to-
day in the Magazine of Wall
Street. 1t is run in a section
dubbed Things to Think About"
and is printed below for the bene-
lit Of local thinkers, in full text,
as follows:
For every passenger aboard the
Leviathan her engines have to
push $1,000 pounds of steel
through water. a medium which
is 900 times heavier than air.
. Pay Load Better
The Leviathan can carry only
4 per cent of her displacement in
pay-load, whereas an airShip can
carry over 20 per cent of it's lift in
pay-load. The speed of the air
ship is three times that of the
Levtathan. Several powerful
American companies are at work
ing the Zeppelin.
Within five years there will be
regular airship services to Europe,
and perhaps by the same time to
Hawaii, Japan, China and South
America. With her mid-world po-
Sition, the United States will prob
ably take and keep the lead in
llghter-than-air craft.
She has the great material ad-
vantage Of having a monopoly
of the worlds supply of helium
gas, which is non-combustible,
and enough of it to last for 200
years. Like all innovations, the
airship will work others.
Weather Big Factor
On account of weather condi-
tions, and the at least present
necessity of avoiding the high
winds of the sea coast during
landing and take-off, the great
Atlantic airport is likely to be
in the neighborhood of Washing
ton, D. c., rather than at New
York or any other coastal city.
AS a matter of fact the great air
terminals of the future might
be more desirably located at a
central inland city.
On such reasoning we are
thinking of spending a billion dol
lars or so to make Chicago a
seaport. There is already per
feet air channel from Europe
and all the world to Chicago.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Anthracite Price
Cut Due on April /

PHILADELPHIA, March 81.
The large anthracite companies
are now shipping coal at April
prices, which are not fixed, for
it has been definitely decided
that spring price reductions will
be effective April l and not May
as was case last year.
An increased tonnage Of coal
on this basis Is moving to market.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Railroads DeLiUer
To Patrons Doors

ST. LOUIS, March 21.-Inaugu-
ration of door-to-door package
freight service on II Southwest
ern railroads to be operated by
the roads themselves on their
own bills of lading, was an
nounced by a committee Of rail.
road vice presidents who have
been studying the problems in
volved in establishing this added
service.
The roads concerned are the
Missouri Pacific, Texas and Pa
cific, St. Louis-San Francisco, ST..
Louis Southwestern, Missouri
Kansas-Texas, Southern Pacific,
Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific, Atchison, Kansas City
Southern, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas, and the Burlington-Rock
Island.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
MONEY MARKETS

NEW YORK, March 81 G.N.SO
Call money was held over at l
per cent today and " per cent
on the curb. The time money
market was quiet and unchanged,
with so days at ia to 2 per
cent; 80 days at per cent; 100
days at 2 to 2H per cent, and
$50 and 180 days at 2H4 to ga
per cent. Bankers acceptance
asking rates we're unchanged,
with 80 to 80 days at 11a per
cent; 100 days at 15s per cent,
and $50 and 180 days at ia
per cent. Commercial paper con-
tinued unchanged. with prime
names quoted at 212 to 2A per
cent.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Charges to Slash
RichfieLd Surplus

LOS ANGELES, March Alt
is indicated that the audit Of
Richfield Oil Company of Cali
fornia under direction of the
United States district court prob
ably will show larger charge-offs
than had been anticipated.
The audit has progressed far
enough to indicate charges for
additional depletion, depreciation
and other adjustments, which, if
permitted to stand in the final
report to the court, would elimi-
nate entirely the $15,198,839 com.
bined earned and capital surplus
shown at the close of 1929 and
result in a deficit in the balance
sheet of about $4O,OO0,O00.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
February Cotton
Spiv1dLeS Increase

The Census Bureau announced
today that on February % there
were 33,2-, 144 cotton spindles in
place in the United States, of
which 25,763, ,4O8 were operated at
some time during the month, COM
pared with 25.611, ,458 in January
and 2S,920,162 in February a year
ago.
The aggregate number of active
spindle hours reported for the
month was 6,110,011,371.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Russian Exports
SI1OU Bio Increase

Soviet Russia's exports jumped
IA per cent to a total Of $501,-
100000 during the last fiscal
year, closing September, 1880,
figures published by the Com
merce Department showed.
Notable increases were shown
in wheat, oil, coal and lumber,
all of which compete with major
products of this country.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
Financial News Stocks Bonds Commodities and CONNIE
LOddings Decline
For NeLU England

BOSTON, March 21.-Reports
of commodity committees Of New
England shippers advisory board
indicate decline in second quarter
loadings Of per cent from sec
ond quarter Of 1880, based ON
weighted average of 90 principal
commodities.
Decline is considerably less than
rs per cent forecast for the first
quarter Of 1881. The actual de
cline for the first three monLhs
will probably prove in excess Of
estimate.
The Washington times., 1931-03-21
BANKERS IN MADRID

MADRID, March 21-It is
understood that foreign bankers
have arrived in Madrid to discuss
terms OF q stahilization cre@