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Evening star., 1931-11-29
REDUCTION IN HOURS
MIGHT AID WORKERS
Steel Company President Suggests
Shortening Of Schedules in
U. S. Factories.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 28.-
A six-hour day and a five-day week
are seen as possibilities Of the indus
trial future by E. ]. Kulas, president
of the Otis Steel Co. and the Midland
Steel Products Co. Discussing needed
readjustmentS OF the country'S mass
production systems in the November is
sue of Trade Winds, published by the
Union Trust Co. OF Cleveland, Mr..
Kulas suggests that less hours for the
workers may produce all the goods the
country will consume.
Pointing to the fact that industry
now recognizes the Importance OF wages
to sustain the domestic markets, Mr..
KulaS says:
This new conception of business Of
ferS an alluring prospect OF industrial
perpetual motion, in which industrial
production shall create consumption
and consumption shall make necessary
further production. But we must not
put the cart before the horse. Con-
sumption must make production, be-
cause no amount of production can as
sure consumption. We found that out
in 1929.
What industry can do and what 1t
should do as an important step in its
reaQ JuSLmenC Is 10 CmDark on q SeCLleQ
policy of staggering employment to the
last possible degree consistent with ef-
flcient operation. Shorter days or
weeks and in the case of industries
which require continuous operation
more shifts would divide the work
among more workers.
I'VE may be coming to a time in this
country where a Six-hour day and a
flVe-day week will produce all the goods
which the market will consume. If
workers universally could work 30
hours week or even 25 and get the
same wages as they formerly got for 43
or so hours week, it might be an ideal
condition.
such a situation cannot be created
overnight, however. The entire trend
of industry in this country for many
years has been toward shorter hours
and higher pay. A systematic advance
ment Of this tendency, as long as the
balance between costs and selling prices
can be maintained, so that capital gets
its just wages as well as labor, is the
obvious duty of industry"
Mr.. kulaS lists as the four major re-
adjustments necessary in the mass
production systems of the country and
gearing of production machinery to ef-
ficient and profitable production at less
volume, the staggering of employment,
the use OF every new material which
will open new markets and the adoption
OF every chronological improvement
which does not entail undue obsoles-
cence either of capital or man power.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
BONDS IRREGULAR
IN ACTIVE MARKET
y. S. Group in Mixed Trend.
Railway Issues Improve
Slightly.
By VICTOR EUBANK.
Associated Press Financial Writer.


NEW YORK, November 28.-Bonjs
today showed some resisting tendencies,
with the battered rails improving
slightly in active trading. Utilities and
industrials we're irregular, while for
eign obligations were generally of or
unchanged. United States loans dis
played a mixed trend.
Although the railway issues at first
held to their downward path, in the
final hour of the short session they
were picked up at somewhat higher
figures. Most of them, however, are
still lowering around the bottom quota
tions Of the year.
Among the carriers that attempted to
climb out Of the low record slough were
Baltimore & Ohio 4l2s Of 1860, Chi
cago. Milwaukee g. st. Paul IS of 2000
Missouri Pacific SIS. series F, of 1877;
New York. Chicago g. st. Louis Alas
of 1878 and ST. Louis & San Francisco
IS of 1878.
Western Union 5s and collateral trust
6s remained in the shadows, but
touching new lows. AT the same time
investment issues of American Tele-
phone were steady to firm with some
loans recording fractional gains. In
ternational Telephone g. Telegraph also
rallied fractionally
Among the foreign obligations Brit
1sh S. IS were down fractionally and
German loans were among the losers.
Japanese bonds were given strong sup
port and were comparatively steady, the
government 5l5s gaining half a point.
The South American group was some
what lower.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
BANK CLEARINGS DROP
SHARPLY DURING WEEK
Special Dispatch toThe Star.

opcSAal AiSpdLCH W lne OtaT.
NEW YORK, November %. - Bank
clearings this week at all leading cities
In the United States, as reported to
Dun's Review, of $4,306, 100000, were
30.7 per cent below those of last year.
At New York City the amount was So
826, ,345,000, reduction of 299 per
cent, while the aggregate for cities
outside OF New York of $1,480, ,345 900
was 32,4 per cent smaller. The re-
ports include only five days this year
and last and naturally show a heavy
loss compared with the preceding week
There are no indications of improve
ment in this return. Settlements
through the banks continue very much
less at practically every city reporting
1t is a very long time since the daily
bank clearings have run below 81 ,00O.-
00O,00o as they have this month. Most
southern cities continue to make a
rather more favorable return than the
cities Of the East and the West.
Bank clearingS this week, as reported
to r. @. Dun & Co., and average daily
bank clearings for the year to date, are
printed herewith:
Evening star., 1931-11-29
CREDIT AGREEMENT
ON DRAFTS ASSURED
American Bankers Learn Germany
Will Carry Out February
20 Arrangement.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 2S.-Amer-
lean banks participating in German
credits under the standstil agreement
expiring on February 20 have been
informed that all disputed points Of
the arrangement had been settled with
the receipt of satisfactory assurances
from the German government, the
ReichSbank and private SankS.
The points involved included treat
ment of 90-day drafts and bills drawn
after December ! and maturing subSe-
quent to February 20. 1t was under
stood the Bankers Committee consid-
ering the question had decided Amer
lean bankers were not required to ac-
cept drafts maturing after the present
agreement expires also the German
authorities had agreed that in case of
later settlement there would be no
discrimination between drafts drawn
under the present arrangement, whether
they matured before or after Febru-
ary 29.
1t was said repayments by Germany
on her present short term credits had
been heavy because of Unexpectedly
large releases of foreign exchange by
the Reichsbank.
Albert H. Wiggin, American member
Of the International Committee which
is to consider Germany's international
commercial credits. sails for Europe to-
night for the conferences.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
Shrinkage in Securities Values.

NEW YORK, November % (SpeciaD.
With only one more business day in
November 1t Is certain that the month
is to be included among those this year
that will go down in financial history
as producing heavy Shrinkages In the
security holdings of American investors,
Present reckonings indicate that the
values of listed stocks and bonds will
be OF about s5,0Oo,0o 900 from Octo-
ber.
Only of the II months this year
have ended with prices Of stocks show
ing a net advance. Two of these, Curl
ously, were June ana october, when
the absolute lows for the panic period
were made, though early enough to cor
rect the condition before the month
enc In June this came about from
the moratorium announcement and in
October from the formation of the Ma
tional Credit Corporation. Wall Street
hopes that December will develop some
new constructive policy that will have
the same electric effect on securities
as did those two unexpected announce
ments.
Evening star., 1931-11-29

numbered 16, made up Of resume,
initial, IL extra and 2 increased divi-
dendS.
Evening star., 1931-11-29

1,310,7 789 bales OF cotton and 1875, ,656, 1877
bushels of wheat The fact that the
operations of the board show a paper
loss of 100000 undoubtedly will be
the cause of some lively controversy in
Congress at the coming session. The
probability is that there will be new
agitation for the debenture plan and
the equalization fee principle. Another
notable event in the agricultural field
was found in the agreement by 10 States
to reduce next years cotton crop by so
per cent.
NOn-FerrOus Metals.
A drastic decline again was shown
by non-ferrous metals, making another
record new low. Under the leadership
OF copper, which sold at Ga cents, the
lowest price ever recorded, most Of the
items in this group, with the exception
of tin, were lower.
Most important price changes in the
McGill weekly commodity price indices
1896 l00l.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
Commodity Price
Trends of Week
BY HI. N. McGILL,

Editor McGiI Commodity Service.
AUBURNDALE. Mass, November %
(Pl.-The average level of commodity
prices continues to show a sidewiSe
trend which has been in evidence for
some weeks.
All Commodities.
An almost negligible decline was re-
corded by all commodities, with six in
diVidual groups declining, five remain
ing the same and three recording an
upturn.
Industrial Prices.
Industrial prices remained at the
level of the previous week with price
declines in hides and leather, non-fer-
being offset by increases in building
materials and vegetable oils. The mar
kets continue to reflect the exact condi-
ton of activity in industry. Although
sentiment continues good in regard to
the outlook for the coming months. yet
actual operations continue to drag along
at low levels. The most important
events of the week consist of failure of
conference between the railroad execu-
tiveS and the labor unions to effect an
agreement in regard TO 10 per cent re-
QuCIlOu III wages, dIld LIlc lIlEOSlI1OH Ol
a so per cent tariff wall by Great Brit
ain on certain imports. The campaign
for railroad wage reductions will un-
doubtedly be carried on and there is
some hope for an eventual meeting
point on this question. In regard to the
tariff put into effect by Great Britain,
there seems to be no great alarm con-
cerning the possible reduction of our
trade with that country as only 1.6 per
cent of our total exports are affected.
Agricultural Prices.
Although somewhat lower than the
previous week, agricultural prices are
still we'll above the low point established
around the lst of March. The out
standing news In the agricultural Situa-
ton during the past week was the pub
lieation Of the annual report Of the
Farm Board. This report discloses the
fact that the board now has ON hand
Evening star., 1931-11-29
Dividend Changes.

NEW YORK, November % Dr.
Both unfavorable and favorable divi-
dend changes increased during the
past week over the previous week, with
favorable changes the largest in num-
ber since the second week of October,
a compilation by Standard Statistics
Co. shows. Unfavorable changes nura-
bered 80, compared with "a the week
before. made up of 8 decreased and "a
passed dividends. Favorable changes
Evening star., 1931-11-29
BRAZILIAN FUNDING
DETAILS DELAYED
Plan Will Not Be Operative in
Time to Care for Coupons
on December /.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, November 28-Dillon,
Read g. Co., as fiscal agents for United
States of Brazil, announce that thes
have been advised that because of the
delay in completing the details with
respect to the Brazilian governments
plan for temporary funding of the
service of its external debt. this plan
will not be operative in time to take
care of the coupons maturing Decem-
ber /, 1881 attached to the s per cent
loan of 1921 and the per cent loan
of 1922.
formal notice will be published at
such time as all arrangements and de-
tails have been perfected, setting forth
the plan and the method of exchange.
Holders Of coupons maturing December
1, 1881, attached to the above-men-
toned bonds should, therefore, retain
such coupons until further notice.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, November % (P)-But-
ter-Receipts, 13,O23 cases; market un-
settled; creamery special (93 score)
2sa4a30A extras (92 score), 294: ex-
ira firsts (90-91 scorel, 27R a28A:
nrstS 1880 score), 26a27; seconds
(o6-S7 Score), 24a25: standards go
score, centralized, carlots), %.
Eggs-Receipts, 3,6a2 cases; market
steady; prices unchanged.
Evening star., 1931-11-29

2l; 1881 net expected to exceed So a
share
Lerner Stores passed quarterly COM
mon dividend; paio so cents September
l6.
National Steel Car gets award $57S,-
coo in war claim case.
Vanadium- Alloys Steel passed quar-
terly dividend; paid 25 cents September
So
Katanga Copper plans to cut output
over 40 per cent under euTtaument
plan.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
RIGHTS-EXPIRE

1h II Eec Po&Lt Dec 4 468
a. 21s Peep L g. c. Jan Is 28 ga 25S II
given annual cash
payments based the latest quarterly haysay declarations
xExdiVidend. sLess than 100 tPary
- in stock fplu a in stock Paid last regular
Plus ~ in stock Plus soc special preferred
Paid n In
stock Plus 21aSS in stock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

The discovery of the day is that there is King in Italy. And it would be indeed if it should turn out that there is King of Italy. -CToledo Blade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO.

Benjamin N. Cardozo receives the Roosevelt Medal for distinguished service 'in the development of public law" As Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals it has been said of him by a former Governor of his State (Alfred E. Smith that he "embodies every qualification consonant with the highest judicial ideals; a scholar of immeasurabe attainments a lawyer of unbounded legal erudition, the very embodiment of impartiality, fairness and justice" At a time when some of the lower courts of his State have been under fire his integrity love of justice, and high-minded approach to the duties of his post have been model and an inspiration to courts throughout the country, and token to the public of the soundness of ther judicial sys- tenn. His penetrating mind and unusual literary felicity have clarified for the legal world the func- ton of the judge in shaping and developing the law. His judicial opinions and decisions have high authority in all parts of the United States reveal ing a spirit, convinced that human sympathy is not incompatible with judicial integrity and reverence for the past, and a mind supple enough to go into the great armory of legal maxims and draw out the best fitted to bring the law into accord with the present strvings and deserts of mankind" His tive intelects has played a significant part in the adjustment of legal and judicial conceptions to changing social conditions
 Judge Cardozo is graduate of Columbia and was admitted to the New York bar in 1891 He was elected to the Supreme Court of New York in 1914 and appointed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1926. He invited by President Coolidge in 1927 to succeed the late Oscar S. Straus as a mem- Der of The Hague Tribunal but declined on the ground that, constitutonally, in his opinion, a judge should not hold any other office. He has received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Co., lumbia Yale, New York University University of Michigan and Harvard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
Divination at Victoria.
Vancouver Province )

We hope that everybody has noted with our own great interest how the Tolmie Government is finding water for the farmers of the Okanagan The Government isn't doing that iself; that is it
 doesn't send Hon. Minister of Agriculture Atkinson
 or Hon. Minister of Finance Jones into the Okanagan to find water for the farmers. But it sends "d- viner," of those famous persons for whom the
 divinng rod of willow or witchhaze will turn over in their hands, when they stand above the waters in the earth beneath
 It seems that the water-diviner in ordinary to
 the Tomie Government-or "dowser' as the more
 homely form had it-is a lady-"an Englshwoman
 who claims extraordinary powers" And it seems that she is discovering water for the Okanagan
 farmers, and is to go north later on to the central interior and the Peace country to find water for the farmers there.
 No doubt MT Pattullo as leader of the opposi-
 ton, will be highly scornful about all this, and no doubt he will make lot of speeches about it. But suppose the lady dowser in ordinary to the Tolmie
 Government really is finding water for the dis
 tressed farmers of the Okanagan! We have had the
 curiosity to look this question up in the reference
 books, and find that the divining rod is by no means exploded superstitution of elder day. We told that it is believed in by men of science in the Twentieth Century" Certainly And it is evidently believed in by the statesmen of the Tolmie Government. We are inclined to think that this may be bad news for MT. Pattullo if he doesn't watch out.
 For in old times they used the methods of
 divnaton for all sorts of purposes and especially when the more usual processes had failed. They
 used them to discover gold and silver and iron and copper and they even used them for tracking crim-
 nalS and heretics Suppose the Tolmie Govern
 ment should extend this process in it's administra- tion of British Columbia! Of course know that Hon Finance Minister Jones, that he has got his universal income tax doesn't need the services of lady or any other dowser to discover new sources of revenue. But think how useful it would be to have really infallibe lady dowser about when it came to the decision for against a general election.
 If the forked tWig told, moves with sudden and often violent motion," in the charmed hands of the water diviner, what might it not do in the hands of a stanch Tory dowser in the presence of secret and unsuspected deposit of Pattulo supporters? If there any such, still extant anywhere, the Tolme Government will dis
 cover them by divination, And then, it strikes us no matter how many speeches MT. Pattullo insists upon making, he had better watch out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

Hawaii National Park, will probably constitute the most weird college campus anywhere.
 Although plenty of attention will be given to the study of the volcanic geology of the region spe cial observation will be made of the plants and birds which are found within the confines of the park. The students will make their headquarters on the rim of the crater
 The class will be under the direction of Prof. T. c. zschokke of the University of Hawaii, who will take special equipment to the volcano rim for the preservation of collected specimens. Although the class is being recruited from Island residents there will be barriers for travellers who visit the vol cano at the time the class is in session
 John E. Doerr, park naturalist who recently ar rived from the mainland, will work in cooperation with the volcanoing students
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
'PALUSKT' AND "PALUSK A."

Pulaski street, St. Louis, named for a ReVolu- tionary hero and located in South St Louis is only one block long. Two street signs suffice to ind- cate it. One placed at the eastern entrance reads Pulaski Street" But the sign block west spells the name "Pulaska'
 To most persons, this spelling on the second sign would appear to be an error. However, those who know about Polish say that both forms of the name are correct that ending in "i" for male members of the family, and that ending in "a" for the women.
 If Count Casimir Pulaski, native Pole and val iant associate of George Washington had a wife, her name was Countess Pulaska His mothers name was the same Available biographies do not show details of the hero's family relations, except that his father, Count Pulaski, died in dungeon in the struggle for Polish freedom which made the son an exile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF
 REAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given, that pur- suant to an order of sale made and entered of record by the Probate Court of Haines Precinct, Terri tory of Alaska, on the 27th day of June, 1881, in the matter of the estate of George w. Hinchman, de- ceased, the undersigned admins trator of said estate will sell at public auction, subject to con- firmation of sale by said Probate Court, the whole of the real prop erty belonging to said estate, or 50 much thereof as may be neces- sary for the purpose of paying the expenses of administration, and the claims still unsatisfied against said estate.
 The said real property is de- scribed as follows: Lot four (D in block one CD and improvements, lots eleven CID and twelve CPD in block three (3) and improvements, lot twenty-six (26) in block one CD, lot twelve 12) in block nine 60, situated in the Town of Haines, Alaska, and one half interest in a homestead, containing 319-50l100 acres, situated about twenty miles west of Haines, Alaska
 Terms of sale ten per cent down at time of sale, and balance to be paid upon confirmation of sale by said court. Place of sale at the late store of George w. Hinchman, deceased, in the said Town of Haines, Alaska. Time of sale on the 7th day of August, 1881, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
 Dated at Haines, Alaska, June 27, 1881.
 c. A. LINDHOLM,
 Administrator with the Will
 annexed.
 First publication, July 1, 1881. Last publication, July 9, 1881.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

President Hoover says we are going to have gov- ernment in the American way. We wish we knew that he means that. The fundamental principle of the American Government is that the will of the majority shall prevail Will the powers in control continue to prevent the people from ascer- tainng what is the will of the majority on Pro- hbition?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
CLASS ROOM IN VOLCANO.

The latest educational wrinkle from Hawaii is the organization of class to study Kilauea volcano close up. The volcano chief center of interest in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

We are informed that the boom of Abraham Lincoln for President started by editorial of April 20, 1859, in The Central Illinois Gazette weekly published at West Urbana However we are inclined to think that Abraham Lincoln him. self had something to do with the final outcome -(New York TimesD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

We favor a law prohibiting expressions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

Associated Press Photo Engagement of Eleanor Allen La mont, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas w. Lamont, to Charles C. Cunningham of Milton, Mass, was announced recently. Her father Is a member of J. p. Morgan and Com pany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

First publication, July l, 1881. Last publication, July 9, 1881.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

All that is necessary to bring about revival in the automobile business is a Federal law pro- vding that expensive sedanS in which rival gangsters are taken for ride shall henceforth be purchased instead of stoen.-(New York Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01

Maybe there wouldn't be any Of those third party movements, if the two great national organi- zations would take a tip from the colleges and start a system of exchange statesmen.-(B Boston Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-01
URGE PRUNING OF TOMATOES

SALTWATER, Okla.-Pruning to- mato plants in the proper manner will not reduce the yield, but inn prove the quality of the fruit, Oklahoma A. & M specialists say. They advise pinching off surplus branches which emerge in the crotch formed by the stem of the leaf and the sem of the plant.
The Washington times., 1931-10-28
COMPLAINING
To RUN HOUSE

Facing a possible revolt by
insurgents in organizing the
House, Representative Willis Haw:
ley (RO of oregon, chairman OF
the Republican conference. today
called House Republicans together
here on November 80, a week be-
fore Congress conveneS.
Republican leaders, fighting for
control of the House, disclosed
that they will use the week in
choosing a candidate for Speaker.
liberalizing House rules, and max
ing an effort to bring insurgents
into the fold.
With House Republican progres"
sives ready to present demands
for legislation and liberal rules,
eight Wisconsin progressives have
taken the lead in calling meet
ing in Madison, Wis, before Con-
gress meets.
They served notice that regular
Republicans must pave the way
for consideration of unemploy'
ment and agricultural relief legis-
lation if they. expect progressive
support.
Since the regular Republicans,
however, have already agreed to
liberalize the rules. which would
make possible a vote on virtually
all insurgent measures, the Wis
consin move was not regarded
here as a dire threat.