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The Washington times., 1931-10-21
HANEY STUDIES
COMMODITY
PRICES
Meaning of Upturn PuzzIing
to Economist, But Appear
to Him Mere Sterilization
BY LEWIS HANEY

Director NeD York University
Bureau of Business Research
Commodity prices averaged
higher In the wholesale markets
last week. This is the first time
since early last July that such q
statement could be made.
The meaning Of the increased
strength Of commodity prices is
not clear.
Play About Even
We note, first, that there were
almost as many declines in price
as advances. Dun's list showed
"a UP and 20 down. In my
selected list Of representative
items there was eight advances
and six declines.
Thus the movement was not
sufficiently broad to indicate con.
cluSively an important upturn,
nor to suggest an inflationary
trend.
Furthermore, declines in such
significant commodities as steel
scrap, zinc, wool, worsted yarns
and cotton seed oil warrant a
suspension Of Judgment.
Farm Producst Up
The chief advances came in
livestock, grains, cotton-that is,
in agricultural products. In the
case Of cotton, plans to finance
the holding of q huge quantity
for higher prices were probably
the chief factor.
But in general it is reasonable
to suppose that farm prices have
been sufficiently deflated.
Cattle feeders have been very
hard hit, and supplies have been
much reduced. In other cases
supplies are large, but prices are
so low that the cheapness Of the
commodities encourage buying Of
q speculative character.
Decline SIackens
On the whole, commodity prices
as yet seem to indicate mere
StabiliZation. The pressure Of
supplies upon the markets has
fallen off and the monthly av-
erages Of prices show q less rapid
decline.
A condition Of gradual stabili-
zation in prices is much to be
preferred to a speculative squirt
caused by initiation in currency,
or other artificial means.
In this connection we should
remember that a good many COM
modities are still far out Of line
with the general average. For
example, steel bars are abnor-
mally high.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21

for the last half Of 1880 re.
suited in a loss Of Is per cent
for the entire year as compared
with 1929.
However, due to continued and
substantial increases in domestic
consumption Of electricity, the
total revenue from, sales Of
electrical energy have at no time
shown an appreciable loss. For
instance, the reduction in the
first quarter Of 1891 was only
IL per cent as compared with
last year.
This was the worst compara-
tive showing for the present de"
preston.
Third Quarter Even
Total revenues for the third
quarter were apparently about
the same as those reported for
the corresponding quarter OF
1880.
The light and power companies
to which the domestic load is Of
great relative Importance are in
the best position at the present
time while those depending on
industry for a relatively large
percentage Of their business are
not so fortunate, but when
industrial recovery appears the
latter companies will secure a
large increase in business, Brook
mire's concludes.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
EFFECT Of RAIL
RATE RULING
UNCERTAIN
May Be Some Profit Taking,
Says Spectator, Asserting,
However, Trend Is Upward.
BY THE SPECTATOR


NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-It IS
more or less open to question how
the market will greet the official
decision on freight rates released
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The buoyant tone Of stocks
yesterday indicated there was
something in the wind. It re-
mains to ke seen whether the
compromise decision, which, 1t is
estimated, amounts to about q s
per cent increase, has. already
been discounted.
One factor, however, remains
clear. That was the penetration
BY the market through the resist
ance points on the upside estab-
1shed on the first rebound from
the October. lows on heavy vol
ume. From q chartist point Of
view this is highly significant,
since it indicates without any
shadow Of doubt that the line Of
least resistance is still upward.
There are two possible alterna-
iyes for the market to follow
ut this stage. One is to look for
. corrective reaction based on
profittaking in the rails, coin
cident with the official release Of
the I. C. C. decision.
The other is to look for in.
creased buying demand which will
carry stocks to the next resist
ance point, which is still some
distance up the line.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
LIFE INSURACNE
SALES GAIN

Sales Of ordinary life insurance
in September continued on the
upward trend revealed in August
sales. This is the second month
in succession that figures for the
month have indicated improve
nent over the average Of the
preceding months Of the year.
Production figures for September
record q loss Of II per cent when
compared to September sales last
year.
This is a smaller decrease than
figures for the first eight months
Of 1881 when sales were 16 per
cent below life insurance sales for
the same period Of 1880. The i'm
proved condition in insurance
sales is reflected all over the
country. The mountain section
during September maintained the
same condition as in the preced.
ing eight months while every
other section showed a gain oyer
the eight-month figures.
Figures for September indicate
that the Eastern States are ex-
periencing the best conditions for
sales. The New England section
was only / per cent below sales
last September; the Middle At
lantic States with q 8 per cent
decrease rank next. Five States
showed gains in September, and
these were all on the Atlantic
seacoast. The five States were
Maine, New Hampshire, MasSar
chusetts, Maryland, and South
Carolina.
These figures are compiled by
the Life Insurance Sales Research
Bureau, at Hartford, Conn.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 U.NSO.
Hogs-25,000; 10c lower. Top,
$5.45: bulk, $4.0S@5.30: heavy,
$5.1505.45: medium, $5.10G5.45;
light, $5@5.30; light lights, $4.75
OSLO; packing sowS, $4.60@5.10;
pigs, $4.5005: holdovers, 1000.
Cattle-13.00O: steady; calves,
5000; steady. Beef steers, good
and choice, $901O.TS: common
and medium, 500; yearlings,
$S.5O@1O.50. Butcher cattle:
Heifers, $409.50: cows, $3@5.5O:
bulls, $3.26@5.S so; calves, $500
$50: feeder steers. $4@7; stocker
steers, $3.7S06.75: stocker cows
and heifers, $3.50@4.50.
Sheep-30, 900; steady. Lambs,
$5.7506.75: common, $3.T5@4.50:
yearlings, $4.50@5.25; ewes, SO
8; feeder lambs, $4.7S@5.40.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Graduated Chain
Store Tax Sought

The New York State Independ-
ent Retail Merchants Association
have announced plans for q
campaign to establish graduated
taxes on chain stores in this
state, The directors have ap-
proved q bill drawn up by their
counsel, Representative Emanuel
Celler, to be proposed at the next
session Of the legislature.
The bill calls for a tax OF s.
multiplied by the number OF
stores In q chain, q chain with
100 stores, for example, being
obliged to pay $500 on each
store. There is Q maximum
charge Of $1,000, however.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
GROUP INSURANCE

Amount Of life insurance car
ried on average group Of In.
Sured employees has increased
substantially in past two years,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany finds. Death claims paid
this year average approximately
$500 larger than in 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Commerce Chamber
Urges Land POLicu

A new land policy, based on
quality rather than quantity pro.
duction Of agriculture, is rec
commended in q report by the
agricultural service department Of
the United States Chamber Of
Commerce today. It said:
"A SOUND land policy is es.
Sential to the solution Of our
much-d Is CuSSed agricultural
problem. This problem arises
from the fact that Q substan-
tial proportion Of farmers do
not receive D net income large
enough to support what gen.
orally is considered as an ade.
Quate standard Of nVing."
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
COTTON TRANSPORT

El Universal, Of Mexico City.
says large shipments of. cotton
win be made from southern
United States over Mexican rail.
roads to Tampico, for expectation
TO- Europe, low cotton price and
prevailing exchange rates said to
make shipping cheaper by Mex
ican rather than American rail-
roads,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24
Music and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

than has been ever since in England
or In any other country, "the Golden
Age of the Amateur" offering a
wealth of material to the student
and music lover. But to even the
professional this period is often I'M
familiar.
Miss Styron Is doing a real serv-
ice in these revealing diScourses.
The layman Is not lost in a maze of
technicalities, but is given correct
and stimulating impressions through
her enthusiasm and the originality
of her methods In her chosen field,
the lecture-recital. e. G. P.
Antonio Ferrara
Not n Member Of Symphony.
THE statement that Antonio Fer
= rara is member of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra in Mon
days star was an errata. Mr.. Fer
rara'S brother, Louis, is the concert
master of the orchestra. Antonio
Ferrara, however who gave q recital
Sunday at the washington Musical
Institute, is in Washington only as
an instructor at this school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24
WIFE OF WAR FLYER
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Weston B. Hall Charges Esca-
drille Ace Deserted Her
Four Years Ago.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, November 24.-Four
years ago, Capt. Weston B. Hall, World
War flyer and former member Of the
famed Lafayette Escadrille, left a note
for his wife Helen, reading, See YOU
Thursday" she charges in a divorce
complaint filed yesterday.
But she did not see him again, she
said, until two months ago when he
and Capt. Floyd N. Shumaker of Den
yer were lodged in the County Jail here
IN connection with a contract to deliv-
er American airplanes to- a warning Chi
nese faction. Hall and Shumaker were
released by court order october Is, when
1t was found that their arrest was not
justified
Mrs. Hall said they were married in
Detroit in 1918 and that they have
three children. She seeks a decree on
grounds Of desertion and asks reason
able alimony."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24

ishawn school
and within this
range of for
maiistic inter-
pretations they
showed variety
and sometimes
cons i'd erable
dra m a tic in
tensity.
Miss Chace
was particularly
graceful in the
raovements OF
her arms and
hands. The first
authentic note
was struck in
her STUDY in
White" where
rInn nrnrannrnd IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24
Marriage Licenses Issued.

wARRENTON, Va, November "a
Especially Marriage lio6nses issued
here recently have been to william Al
len, 81, Warrenton, Va, and Miss Lille
Sanker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Sanker; Jennings. Bryan McDon-
Estelle Peters, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion ]. Peters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24
Chace-Shafer Rectal
Given at Wardman Theater.

A COLORFUL program of solo
~ and duet dances was given
IA last evening at the Wardman
4 a Park Theater by Marian
Chace and Lester Shafer
with George Cornwell at the piano.
The two dancers follow the Dem
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Why Slaughter Our Marines?
(Reprimted from NeU York Dail Mirror

(Reprinted from NeeO York Daily Mirror)
Americans getting very tired of the htandrun govern
ment policy lack of policy under which Marines in Mica.
ragua elsewhere handicapped in doing jobs assigned
them, whatever wherever those jobs may be.
Bureaucra in Washington with fat rumps in swivel chairs
and glued to pacst telephones order Marine detac
ments policing missions in he-way places and then
when police activities the Importance of military
movements requiring support the Marines ordered
scuttle.
AS matters stand Nicaragua where American forces
under orders for gradual withdrawal they have
splendid work in aiding sufferers from the disastrous earth
quake that destroyed Managua Enough ehernecks could
concentrated for effective relief work. but it appears
enough wipe out the bandit Sandno and
his mob of snipers
The idea of trying police thousands of miles
extent that with gueras skilled in machine gun
practice and bent ambushing little squads of Americans
subdue them would be comical if it tragic
Every day read in dispatches from Nicaragua
this that detachment has been shot by Sandnas and
Il few Marines done in.
Americans have been killed and three carried away
prisoners by bands the last twenty hours Bandit
groups advancing open order Boer fashion, Puerto
obezas coast of Nicaragua and usual Marines at
the fighting.
Maybe as some Congressman and many of citizens
believe we business Nicaragua in Porto Rico in
Haiti China anywhere else where American interests
are threatened American citizens menaced Whether we
have or not be to that where are
engaged they shall be in sufficient force to protect them
selves not sacrificed placate mealymouthed mob Of
parlor pnks II Washington or anywhere else.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

landed, the woodtick got busy
began making himself
at home taking a little
here, and a little there
edging in deeper gouging
and filling up. Homeless and
hungry he had arrived. Within
an hour he had established
residence. Within a day he
was running the Show-swell-
ing up like balloon on the
pups good gore. And, unless
a frantic side-swipe dislodged
him, there he would stay as
long as the staying was good.
AS I was Saying-certain peo-
pie remind me of ticks. Quiet,
inoffensive seeming creatures.
You never know exactly where
they live. You never know eX-
actly what they do. They just
seem to loiter around.
BUT, BEFORE YOU KNOW
1T, THEY'RE LOTT E RIM G
AROUND YOU.
At first you see no danger in
that. They're such harmless
things-amusing and friendly
helpful in little ways. Besides,
it's mighty flattering to have
anyone become so fond of you-
Oh, yeah? Just wait!
Quite at Home
Slowly, but surely, your casual
friend proceeds to make him.
self of herself at home. Begins
asking little favors. taking
small advantages. borrowing
trifles that are. somehow, never
returned. getting caught with
out car fare, or lunch money,
or an umbrella, or a pair OF
silk stockings. Begins showing
up just when you're going out
in the car. or dropping in for
week-ends-
Homeless and helpless he ar
rived-too feeble and friendly
to arouse your apprehensions.
But presently he's taking a lit
tie here and a little there
BEFORE YOU KNOW 1T,
YOU'RE HIS MEAL TICKET
THEN JUST TRY AND
SHAKE HIM OFF!
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Money for Underfed Children
In Our Public Schools

there any scarcity money for giving milk and crackers
to underfed children public schools should be made up
that there may be failure reach all children who should
be provided with midday food.
noble work the milk and cracker fund committee of the
Association has been and is doing They
have than done their part the raising Of funds and in
seeing that hungry little provided with nouhment
The work of seeing that underfed children given daily
nourishment u.s. in ITSELF ample responsibility for the splendid
women ParentTeacher organizations They should
purpose of making themselves responsible for the costs
Teachers parents should not be expected to draw their
own funds in this matter.
duty feeding these needy children is public duty
It that Congress should appropriate for that there
be scarcity of funds Congress gave deep thought to
doing this but adjourned without action The matter is
taken up winter with thoughtful big hearted statesmen
determined that there shall be hungry children in the
classes of Washngtons public schools.
Until Congress meets though the situation must be handled
efficiently There should be ample funds and these funds
should be turned to the committee charge by
the Community Chest unless there positive that
sufficient money will available from other directions
Taking of the needs of public school children is
doubtedy public matter Providing MONDAY meals for the
hungry must be permanently assured It be left
to chance to unnecessary strain fine whose
hearts in the schools and in the good health of the chill
dren.
Congress offered provide the Red Cross with funds for
the drought sufferers does not to put the feeding
Of hungry children in the hands of the District Health Depart
school officials then let appropriate sufficient
money be expended under parenteachr auspices There
Will be no doubt that will be wisely and humaney expended
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Washington nLawyerSPlentiful

Chief Justice Hughes recently made the statement easilv
verified by statistics that Washington has more lawyers than
any city in the United States.
There of lawyers everywhere and most of them
are well educated and deeply grounded in the principles of
their profession.
In this city the majority of lawyers are not in active
practice They in the Government service where large
numbers of them will remain.
Our high educational institutions offer such wonderful ad
vanages for aants for the professions that Government
employees take and complete law aid to their
rise in the Civil Service They undoubtedly become better
equipped for public service.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
WISE MEN

It is better to decide a diff
ference between enemies than
friends, for one of our friends
will certainly become an enemy
and one of our enemies a
friend. Bias.
A wise man who does not as
sist with his counsels, a rich
man with his charity, and a
poor man with his labor, are
perfect nuisances in a common
wealth. Swift.
The greatest efforts of the
race have always been trace
able to the love Of praise, as
it's greatest cataStrophies to the
love Of pleasure. -Ruskin.
A cowardly cur barks more
fiercely than it bits. Rufus.
Great things astonish us, and
small diShearten us. Custom
makes both tam1llar.
La Bruyere.
Conceit is the finest armor a
man can wear. Eliot.
Humor has just been regarded
as the finest perfection of poetic
justice. Carlyle.
Who keeps one end in view
makes all things serve.
Browning.
Only the heart without q
stain knows perfect ease.
Goethe.
Debts and lies are generally
mixed together. -Rabelais.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

AMERICA AS WELL AS THE
REST OF CIVILIZATION" IS
GOLD IDOLATRY, THE
SPAWNER OF USURY FOR
MONEY, WHICH IN TURN
CURSES THE WORLD WITH
DEBT" ENTHUSIASTICALLY
CALLED "CREDIT").
USURY is THE PRIME
CRIME-THE ORIGINAL DIS
TURBING FACTOR IN HUI
MAN AFFAIRS. 1T CAN BE
ELIMINATED IN ONLY ONE
WAY-BY THE INSTALLA-
TION OF A WEALTHBASED,
DEMOCRATIC, PAPER CASH
MONEY SYSTEM. AND NO
OTHER REFORM CAN DO A
PARTICLE OF GOOD, BE
CAUSE NOTHING ELSE
WHATEVER IS ABLE TO OFF
SET THE POISONOUS PRO-
CESS OF MONEY LENDING!
FRANKLIN HOPKINS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

They aren't exactly beggars-
They'd be furious if you
called them thieves
Yet, when it comes to prop
erty right, I'd take my chances,
any day, with a regular yegg
Or moocher. For the species I
speak of can chisel deeper into
your pocketbook and peace of
mind than any bum or bandit.
Somehow, they always re-
mind me of woodticks. Hap
pen to have any personal eX-
perience with the manners and
methods of woodticks? I hope
not. But you can, with profit,
listen and learn from me. I
am, at the moment of writing,
sitting out in the wilderness
and picking them off my own
neck.
A Mere Film
The woodtick seems a mild
and feeble creature "a mere
film of a bug, helpless and
homeless. He lives wherever
he can hang his shape, but he
has a particular affection for
the western brush. There, as
the year warns into spring, he
may be found, doing on the
thorny twigS of the chapparal.
But so harmless does he ap-
pear, that you give him no
serious thought. A week or so
later, when you pass that way
again, he is no longer to be
found. He has gone.
He has gone but he is not
forgotten. Somewhere there
wanders an unfortunate sheep
or pup who is remembering
him with increasing keennesS,
every moment. Thoughtlessly,
that luckless pup passed be-
meath that chapparal twig.
And, as he passed, that help
less, homeless woodtick dropped
upon his hide.
The Poor Pup
The pup did not know he
had dropped. He did not
dream that A Great Change
had come into his life. But
he was not long to remain in
ignorance. For, once having
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
AMBITION AND HOPE WRECKED FOR POISON
BOOTLEG WHISKEY.

hold job and would prevent his being the job had
job
There exaggeraon in Mr. Powers picture of the two
carrying unconscious drunkard the steps nto the
ae says meaning when they reach the top he will be
thrown out
These two little pictures made by who knows life in
all its aspects should make citizens do thinking
How LONG is bootleg crime bribery to last?
How LONG will the country live under prohibition that
does prohibit but finance racketeerng murder and
crime of every kind?
How long is the dollar of the miserable drunkard to be
"SPLIT FOUR Ways?
When, ever will polite Investigations discover
what doors those -four ways lead?
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Mr.. Hopkins Solves
Nations Ills

Editor, Times:
Last summer in various let
ters to the local dailies I
claimed that the So-called de-
preston can be cured in just
one way. Hardly any attention
was paid by the public to the
many long communications I
sent to the newspapers Of
Washington. Since that time
Congress has convened and ad-
journed, doing little more than
the usual cussing and discuss
ing.
Conditions have been grow
ing steadily worse-like a can
Ger. Poultices, lenitives, pallia-
tives, preachments, warnings
and liberal applications of soft
soap" have netted exactly moth
ing for the under-dog.
DepressionS do not come from
the Almighty. They obviously
come from the devil. Isn't it
about time for us to dope out
some of the devils curves? Or
is it incumbent to accept the
ridiculous notion that every
thing has a cause but cyclical
S1umpS?
This writer knows the cause
of our social troubles with the
same certainty that he knows
his own existence. And he
hasn't been a bit reticent about
telling the world what ails it.
But so far the reaction to what
is probably the greatest reve-
lation ever given to the human
race has been a graveyard one.
Be it well understood, however,
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
ONCE-OVERS
Change Your Line Of Talk

Change Your Line Oh 1&Ik
Are the same subjects dis
cussed night after night in your
home?
Worn them threadbare,
haven't you?
Force of habit has finally set
it's seal on your home conver-
sation.
Money, money, money seems
to be all that you talk about.
Heated argument, angry
words, often untrue accusations
result.
otherwise happy, enjoyable
hours might be spent with your
family.
But the money question in
jects itself so often that there
is no rest-no peace, no COM
fort in being together of an
evening.
Perhaps your income has been
reduced-why discuss it con-
stantly?
Take your medicine as others
must also do.
If you have done your best
and members of your family
are trying to do their best to
save expense it only causes un-
happiness to harp on finances.
Suppose you do have to cut
expenditures to fit a decreased
income?
Others are doing it, and keep
ing sweet.
Change your line tonight and
see if you don't feel better.
Get acquainted with a family
that wants to love you and
wants to please you if you
would stop your harangue over
circumstances that neither you
nor they can control.
Copyright 1881, international
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
81 FOR A VERY SMALL DRINK.

Mr. T. E. Powers who makes drawings for this page
ary who is the leader among modern caricatur is
also philosopher.
We ask you look again at the two pictures in this column
These pictures exaggerated show the inside of modern
speakeasy. pays dollar for gill of bootleg poison
and complains. The boss says: THAT dollar is split four
ways keep OPEN This that he the owner gets
twenty five of each dollar The of the dollar
is paid to keep opentha is to prevent interference It
goes various officials that sell themselves profitaby
times from the lowest to the highest.
The people would like to know who gets the other seventy
five cents" But they WON'T know.
The second picture shows that the victims of bootleg liquor
pay their bill NOT WITH MONEY only Some pay with
despair, with wrecked lives with hope gone.
Bootleg whskey makes the in this picture unfit to