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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Stock Market Revival.

Signs are at hand Of a reviving stock
market. For several days there have
been definite indications Of return Of
confidence in Wall Street, and for the
past two days the market has been
exceptionally active, with a steadily
rising tide Of prices. The bulls are
having their day. The reports Of trans
actions indicate that the public" is
again In the market, which means that
professional buyers are seeking
stocks, for speculation or for invest
ment. There has been very little gen.
eral public buying for some months, the
professionals doing most Of the trading.
There are two possible reasons for
stock buying at present, as at other
times. one is the belief that business
viii improve and that the securities
purchased viii yield continued and pos
slbly increased dividends as investments.
At the existing range of prices In the
stock market there are some excellent
bargains, provided the dividends are
maintained. No one can positively as
sure that. No one can guarantee that
business win revive speedily and steadily
and insure the maintenance Of the
present dividend returns or the return
to the higher rates of yield that pre-
vailed before the crash Of the Autumn
Of 1929 and the later reverses.
The second reason for buying now is
the expectation that the investment
buying Of those who seek bargains for
the sake Of satisfactory returns in divi-
dends viii cause steady and material
advance in the stock quotations, per-
hitting later sales at profit. In other
words, speculative buying based upon
the belief that the revival Of business
win continue long enough to send the
market list upward. Inasmuch as there
can be no possible guarantee Of early
business revival there can likewise be
no possible guarantee Of q continued
buying trend with . consequent rise in
the stock list and chance to sell at q
pront.
The danger Is that the present re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Delay in Drastic Dry Law
For Capital Widely Debated

tainly they are not disposed to make
those methods even more drastic.
Enough lawlessness has already been
engendered by the dry law. Retreat
has sounded for the militant forces of
prohibition"
''The first major defeat of the dry
forces since the coming of prohibition"
is seen by the Providence Bulletin.
while the Appleton Post-Crescent ia.
sists that "it must not be forgotten
that IN the present Congress it took
dry votes to defeat the Howell bill.
votes OF men who care no longer to
Tr1tate the country and to whose ears
the unm1stakable voice of the people
means something The Haver1fll
Gazette holds that sane drys are
daily that too drastic legislation de-
featS its purpose"
Commenting on the ACCESSIBILITY of a
plebiscite in the District of Columbia
to ascertain the views of the people"
the Hartford Courant offers the criti-
cism: 1.-THE Howell bill provides that
every member OF the force shall be
made an enforcement agent with
power to execute search warrants for
the detection of liquor. One would
suppose that 38 agents operating in 20
square miles was a fairly good pro-
portion, considering that there are not
more than $500 agents in the entire
United States But lot of liquor is
seeping into Washington from the wet
State of Maryland and the dry State
of Virginia, and it is held to be q
constant reproach to prohibition If the
seat of government itself cannot be
made Sahara. It is confidently be-
ieved that with 1,275 policemen, each
especially charged to ferret out rum
and with a greater latitude under
search warrants than Is ordinarily
given, Washington can be made nearly
100 per cent pure. To the consterna-
tions'of the reformers, Senator Borah,
Senator Walsh of Montana, and other
ordinarily uncompromising drys balk
at the extremely liberal search and
seizure provisions of the Howell bill"
The bill would not enforce prohibi-
tions in Washington" argues the
Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post mo
enactment of Congress would enforce
prohibition in the Capital. The nearest
to it would come under rigid military
rule" The New York World sees evi-
dence In this incident that "the peak
of prohibition control of Congress has
been reached"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

There is business ideal that most
of us, no matter what our business is,
can take to heart.
But we haven't quoted the above for
the particular purpose of setting forth
one mans business ethics, as expressed
In homely, wholesome language, so
much as we hope to drag forth moral
and adorn a tale.
Now here is the point:
We were talking the other day to a
well informed gentleman who seemed to
be suffering from a chronic case of
crouch against successful men.
Many of them he called takers" If,
in their enthusiasm for their work, they
managed to induce other people to
give them money to help carry it on, he
declared that they were "grafters."
In other words, he deity took away
from them all credit for honesty Of
purpose, and, because he didn't agree
with their plans and endeavors, ran
them down" in great style.
AS we listened to him we could not
help wondering what he would say
about the above message of our West
ern friend.
x ~
We would hate to have a disposition
which made us feel, in all honesty, that
we could not believe in the integrity of
statement or purpose of others.
It would be vastly better for one If
he should be duped, as 1t were, so long
as he held himself aloof from the too
suspicious attitude.
All the time you hear people going
around calling members of Congress all
sorts of names, and aSperSing the mo-
tives' and deeds of other prominent
men.
IT. 1;.1a,, - e,,oI, fa1I>ars az, ,,neo,oLoir
ticated person would get the idea that
somehow our dear country Is mostly a
matter of chance, and its heroes merely
stupid men and women who somehow
managed to put one over" on all Of us
gullible ones.
Yet when we take a good look at
these astute gentlemen who would tell
us these sad things, we see that they
do not appear any wiser than any one
else, even our unsophisticated selves.
We suspect that we should grin at
them, and we Immediately do So up
our sleeve, of course, because we have
discovered (and we offer the. discovery
for what it is WORTH that mostly they
are more fanatic than the ones whom
they so freely call "crankS."
This well informed gentleman Is, we
positions No doubt he would take
Henry Fields perfectly open, honest
statement, and declare: Bunk! All
that is just Sc much good sales talk. He
doesn't mean it"
Now we know different.
All you got to do is to look at Henrys
face on the cover of his seed catalogue,
to know that he means every word of
what he says.
And that he himself would look in
utter amazement at any oaf who could
question him.
Yes, we believe that the honest peo-
pie of the earth, no matter what they
earn or don't earn, no matter whether
well educated" or not, have confidence
in each other.
Confidence!
1t is the real backbone of business,
friendship, life itself. When it is vio-
lated, we all receive a shock Happily,
ninety times out of a hundred, it is not
violated. And hence the honest optimist
Is our friend and helper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Murray VS.. Wentz.
From the st. Joseph Gazette.

from the 81. Joseph Gazette.
A man with hardly cent to his name,
who was elected Governor of Oklahoma
by the largest majority ever given a
candidate for that Office, is laboring to
remove from the Craftsmanship of the
State Highway Commission a multimil-
honaire who has done more for the
roads of that State than ever was ac-
compliShed before. In all the by-play
surrounding the contest between this
pair may be seen a clash of two of the
most interesting characters the State
has produced.
The highway chairman, whom alfalfa
Bill' Murray is seeking to GUST, is Lew
Wentz, potential boss of the Republican
party in Oklahoma, although named to
office two years ago by a Democratic
Governor, w. j. Holloway. WentZ is an
interesting personality. A bachelor, he
has used goodly portion of his wealth
for the children of his State. His salary
while on the commission has been
turned over entirely for the benefit of
crippled children. During his tenure as
chairman the first all-paved highway
has been opened between Oklahoma
City and Tulsa, the first all-paved road
has been opened across the State and
tlve free bridges are being constructed
across the TexaS-O Oklahoma boundary
on the Red River. He refused to be the
G. o. P. gubernatorial candidate last
Fall
1t can be surmised that two factors
in WentZ's life have made him anath-
ema to the Governor-hiS politics and
his wealth. But it may not be so easy
to kick him out of the chair of the
commission, because the laws of Okla
homa provide that highway commits
sioner. once named and approved by the
State Senate, can only be removed by
impeachment or court action. Murray
insists that he is Governor and can do
what he pleases, and Wentz will dis
cover for once that $37,000,000 viii not
control the State government"
News from Oklahoma City promises
augurated. $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Vets Cash Loan Plan
Held COstless to u. s.
10 the Editor Of The star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In connection with the recent pro-
posal to increase the loan value Of adj
justed compensation certificates, 1t has
been stated that the cost to the Gov
eminent will be about 100000, 900,
where, as a matter of fact, no additional
financial burden or cost viii be incurred
by the Government. Up to date the
Government has not loaned a single
dollar 10 any veteran on the security
of his certificate, all such loans,
amounting to several hundred million
dollars, having been made from the re-
serve funds belonging to- United States
Government life insurance policy
holders.
Such loans are now available here
at 51a per cent interest and If made
through the New York Office the rate
is approximately per cent. Yet, when
policy holder goes to the bureau to
borrow some of his own money, secured
by his life insurance, he Is, and always
has been, charged per cent, the maxi
mum rate established by law in 1919.
No doubt, the additional loans to be
provided by the new proposed act will
be financed, so far as the funds are
available, from the life insurance fund
at per cent and the rate automatically
loans secured by the certificates.
am not complaining about the loans
made from these funds in the past,
or to be made in the future, but think
that it is a rank injustice that they
! should discriminate against the policy
holders by continuing to charge them
6 per cent for the use Of their own
money Congress should provide. that
loans on life insurance policies should
be made at the same rate Of interest
as on the certificates, as the funds have
been created by the policy holders and
| under law they have first chance for
loans.
Considering the available reserve
| funds in the United States Life Insur-
ance Department, and the fund of sew
eral hundred million dollars held in
the Treasury for the final redemption,
| it is questionable whether it will be
necessary for the Government to issue
| any new bonds or certificates to raise
| money to make loans on the certificates,
and If they do, such funds can no doubt
be secured for less than 4 per cent,
| thereby resulting in an actual profit
to the Government, as compared to the
present and past status Of the certifi-
cate question.
It accordingly appears that the press
! should discontinue referring to the
| $500, 100000 cost to the Government;
! the most it can amount to Is that it
may, or may not, be necessary for the
Government to invest that sum in gilt
edge, interest loans to veterans.
If the interest on such loans is not
paid by the veterans they will still have
some money due them in 1945, as the
contemplated loans, plus compound in
| terest computed to 1945, will fall short
| Of exhausting' the face of the certifi-
Gates. L. w. NELSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Out Of the wilds Of Iowa comes Henry
Field with his annual cheer-up mes
sage.
If you don't know Henry, you ought to.
He runs a seed house and radio sta
ton back at Shenandoah, "out where
the tall corn grows"
What makes him interesting is that
he Is naturalist-born optimist who can
deliver pep message" without making
the reader feel sick.
Because what he says he means, and
when reader comprehends that a
writer means what he says, he is willing
to take off his hat to him, no matter
whether he agrees with him or not.
Listen to this Fieldian chatter:
1.-The business has been good to us
again this year and haven't changed
my mind a bit about good measure, fair
prices, fine quality and friendly treat
ment.
"They are about the only rules worth
knowing when it comes to running a
business and no one can grow and
progress as we have without practicing
them every day the year around
"At time when business men have
been complaining and crying around,
our customers have gone right on in
creasing
Every once In a while one of them
says, How does Henry Field do it.?
And my answer Is that Henry Field
doesn't do it all. It's his customers who
do it. They stay by us year after year
and most of them are such good boost
ers that we get lots of new friends
right along.
by doing everything we know to de-
serve your confidence and good will we
have come right along to the top of the
heap"
X Il Il
Thinks right well Of himself, Ell?
OF course. What successful man
doesn't? But let him continue:
TITS hard work. You bet it is. Lots
Of work. But with lots of work to do
and three meals a day and a warm
place to sleep we can't complain, and
you won't find happier, finer lot of
folks anywhere than the folks right
here filling your orders and doing their
best to give you just what you want.
"And we like company, too; all of us
do. have always been 'neighbors' to
my customers and like to have you
come and see us. With big business
like this to plan for, sometimes one
has something on his mind he can't
drop just at that minute, but If one of
us is specially busy when you stop to
say hello, just come back few minutes
later and see us again.
I'VE are not the fussy sort of folks.
haven't got anything very fancy in the
way of either buildings or manners.
But we do have acres of beautiful
flowers and our hospitality is known all
over the country. If you get a chance,
come right along and see us.
IF you are looking for just common
folks with a full measure of common
sense and the friendliest lot you've ever
seen, you are sure to have good time
and sure to come again later.
Write me letter, anyway. I like
to hear from you; enjoy every letter
from my customers. 1t is an old-fash-
Toned habit, I guess, but it is a good one
and am so used to it would get lone
some if you all didn't write OCCASION
ally"
y \ y
Well, folks Gas Henry would say-you
see, he gets you to doing it, too), it
seems to us as if there Is lot of meat
in the above.
Good measure, fair prices, fine quail
ity, friendly treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

There is no other agency In the world
that can answer as many legitimate
questions as our free Information Bu-
reau in Washington, d. @. This highly
organized institution has been built up
and is under the personal direction Of
Frederic j. Haskin. BY keeping in con-
slant touch with Federal bureaus and
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poSal. There is no charge except 2
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formation Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin,
director, Washington, D. G.
@. Does President Hoover read his
messages to Congress himself?-T. G.
A. He does not deliver them himsen.
He sends them to the Capitol to be
read.
@. Please give the ages Of Jack Demp-
sey, Stribling, Schmeling, Sharkey and
Carnera.-C. g. H.
A. Dempsey, IS; stribling, %;
schmeling. Is; Sharkey, %; Camera,
81.
@. Is there Chamber of Commerce
in Mexico City?-S. G. g.
Chamber of Commerce and the Mexico
City Chamber of Commerce, which Is
called Camera Nacional de Mexico.
@. Is Troy ounce or an avoirdupois
ounce heavier?-T. S.
A. A Troy ounce Is heavier It weighs
40 grains, while an avoirdupois ounce
weighs 4371z grains. The weight of the
grain in Troy, avoirdupois and apothe-
carries weight Is the same. An avoir-
dupois pound Is heavier than Troy
pound.
@. Is Leningrad or Moscow the off,
cial capital of Soviet Russia?-M. c.
A. Moscow.
O. How many bird sanctuaries are
there in Canada?-B. S.
A. Canada now has more than 40
bird sanctuaries specially reserved for
bird protection purposes. These are
scattered across the country from Nova
Scotia to British Columbia Some of
the provincial governments also main
tain similar reserved areas for the
benefit Of native bird life.
@. What Is the name Of the geologi-
cal period In which we 1ive?-P. G.
A. 1t is the Holocene. 1t extends
from about 10000 BIC. to the present
| time.
@. Who was the Indian who leaped
from cliff when about to be cap
tured?-G. M.
A. There is q legend of New England
concerning an Indian named Joe Eng
| lish, whose real name was Merruwa-
comet He was friendly to the colonists
and was used as guide for scouting
parties. While hunting he was sur
| prised by hostile Indians and retreated
his pursuers following him. Finally
he came to a small mountain, perhaps
little less than a thousand feet high
on which there was a sharp precipice
The Indians believed that they had
caught Joe English, but as they were
about to capture him he leaped over
the precipice and disappeared His pur-
suers naturally thought that he was
dead, but in reality he had merely
| jumped to a ledge where he remained
| hidden until his pursuers left At night
he returned to the English fort at Ole
Dunstable. The incident occurred in
Vermont.
Q. How long has the new rat powder
recommended by the Department Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Of "Dubious Constitutionality."


The citizens of the District are in
debted to Senator Reed of Pennsyl
vania for raising the question of "du'
bious constitutionality" Of the revamp'
ed Borland bill, when that measure
came under consideration in the Sen
ate yesterday. On his objection, the bill
was passed over. The Senators II
charge of the MEASURE were unable tt
explain the points raised by Senator
Reed. It has been a question from the
very beginning whether any one car
explain the bill, in view of the court
decisions that have nullified the old Bor-
land law, for which the new bill Is 8
substitute. It is to be hoped that wher
the bill comes UP again In the Senate
others in the Senate group of skilled
lawyers will raise points as to the meas
ure's validity that should be carefully
discussed and Clarified before this
patched-up substitute for a bad law Is
enacted.
There are other points that should be
raised in connection with this bill. Not
one of the citizen representatives Of the
community who testified before the
Senate and House committees was in
favor of the new bill. Not one Of the
taxpayers whom it affects had a good
word to say for it. 1t has been written
over the objection Of the taxpayers OF
the District who have not baked at
the prospect Of paying just taxes, but
who have strenuously opposed an unjust
principle.
The official proponents of the meas
I1re have relied, for the most part, on
their contention that the front-foot
method Of assessing abutting property
owners for street improvements is used
In other cities. They have produced
the usual list Of "other cities" that
assess benefits for street improvements
In q manner comparable to the Bor-
land law. But they have failed to point
out the fact that the taxpayers Of other
cities decide for themselves the mat
ter Of what streets are to be improved
and how the cost Of the project is to
be borne. They have failed to empha-
size the important point Of difference
between the nature Of the street plan
in comparable cities and In this Fed
eral Capital, where the street-design-
ing and controlling Federal Govern
ment is equitably bound to definite
proportion of the street cost, which
under this iniquitous measure it es-
capes. And there has been no effort
to show the fact, which will always be
raised and contested in the courts
by unjustly assessed property owners
that the Borland principle Of determin-
ing benefit" for street improvement
does not, in reality, determine whether
or not q contemplated improvement
confers a benefit or a liability on the
abutting property owners, or whether
the Improvement is for the benefit OF
the abutting property owner or fol-
the community at large.
For equitable as well as practical
reasons, the patched-up Borland law
should be allowed to die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

FROM the NeWaFk EVENING news.
Miniature golf is not a passing fad
the Specialties Division of the Depart
ment of Commerce assures us. While
these miniature courses are "hibernat-
ing'' in these parts the sport is much
alive in sections where the weather is
propitious. The courses are expected to
emphasize playing conditions which
more closely approach those Of regula-
ton golf. Skill will thus become more
important than luck. Even the nine
tenth" hole is coming in for more at
tention, and thus the prospect for bet
ter business In this line seems good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

into the affairs Of the bank, was nin-
self under fire as one who had had
previous relations of an intimate char
acter with that institution. His right
to sit in Judgment in this case had
been challenged on the score that he
was possibly partisan to the bank man
agement. The ramifications of metro
politan administration and business
and politics and professional collation.
ships are extremely complicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

When statesmen could relieve their
feelings by resort to the duel, there was
less restraint Of temper than at the
present time when problems are so diff
cult and responsibilities so great that
public man must learn first Of all things
to keep his temper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

An Influential Decoration.
A statesman may not have to be
A hero in the heartless fray
To gather medals, which we see
With pride whenever on display.
The honored congressman may brag
About his special auto tag.
The bold policeman passing by
VIII give it respectful glance
And move along and wonder why
He had to miss so good a chance
Because Compassionate" a word
Which with such awe Is seen or
heard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

England's good will statesmen, the
Prince of Wales and Prince George,
apparently enjoyed to the utmost the
fun when Neptune was supposed to take
charge Of the ship when it crossed the
Equator. The princes have evidently
given careful attention to the practical
side of their new responsibilities. A
good salesman must first Of all be a
good mixer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

King Alfonso restored freedom of ex-
preston to his enemies in the Spanish
press. The response was an immediate
renewal of attack upon him. A literary
style often becomes habit which can
not be modified even when circum-
stances would suggest the propriety for
at least short time of a discreet
courtesy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

It is universally agreed that "a next
war; would be more terrible than any
war the world has previously known.
This belief urges thoughtful men to
hope that such calamity will be wisely
averted. For few types Of mentality
the idea appears to hold the morbid
fascination of horror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
The Patina of Time.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Information that there win be touch
of green in mems clothes this year
should bring Joy to the heart Of the
man who must wear his old suit another
year or so, especially If the old suit was
black originally.