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Philippine Island Folk So Frugal
Business Slump Fails to Hurt Them

MANILA.-These islands which have
been built up from the bottom of the
= by. volcanic and coral action have a
curious rS%sstar1ce to dep- sssions-it1-
Guiding business depressions. The ty-
phoon depression ccr1es frequently, at
tacks scathingly; but n six months no
one can. trace the path Of the storm
all is as 1t was originally, or perhaps
q little improved.
Business depressions only come when
times are not brisk in the United States
and Europe. They too attack vigorous
", but do no noticeable harm. .
OF course there are reasons, some Of
them interesting to Americans who
study overseas markets and whom over
seas trade concerns.
People Ready for Trouble.
Among the primary forces that shunt
depressiors aside in the Philippines are
the frugality of the people, the vast iIn-
cultivated lands, the absence ct Winter,
the pioneer settlements. The Philip
pines, though In the orient are a trans
oceanic American west. 1t happens in
depressions, as 1t happened this year,
that crops from new lands Offset low
prices for the crops from the old lands.
Tfis government Keeps pushing roads
into the wilderness and bridging the
wild rivers, and wherever this is done
new pioneer settlements spring up as
II by magic. Streams OF revenue burst
forth. little ones converging into big
ones shaking the thirst of commerce.
All the peasants live frugally, When
ti1ey get big prices for crops, they spend
no more for their table, very little more
for clothing than when prices are low;
hence they have little capital IN re-
serve, which tides them over. They
also depend ripot the landlords, also
frugal, and the landlords help them
Population DOubied.
Another primary factor is the rapid
increase of population; the demand Is 2
per cent. higher every year, from the in
crease Of population, alone, This viii go
on indefinitely: the population has
almost doubled In tt1e last 80 years.
Gold mining grows 50 rapidly that
gold exports TO the United States begin
ranking above certain crop products; for
instance, tobacco. American machinery
. being pitt into the bonanza quartz
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Of the yellow metal that have piled UP
in France and the United States are
not the result Of any deliberate hoard
ing policy by either country. Gold has
been flowing TO their respective shores
as to Ravens Of refuge from conditions
in Europe and elsewhere, which made
1t unyise to keep capital at home.
It Is not the belief of Washington
authorities that the worlds gold can
be "redistributed" by any Of gov
ernments. The metal has piled up In
two major quarters through causes
over which the French and American
governments had no control 1t is,
moreover, privately owned. For these
reasons, II for no other, the view in
Washington Is thst the, excessive accu-
mutations Of gold in France and the
United States must find their way back
through normal, automatic channels.
M. Laval will be in the United States
not long after his visit to Berlin this
week end, II the sojourn in Germany
OF himself and M. BRAND results In
bringing about that economic cooper
alton" between France and the Reich,
which Is said to be It's sole purpose, M.
Laval viii find the Hoover administra;
ton IL accounting such q development as
ies5sfiths. iSsi.i a..
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fererit periods in accordance with sound
fiscal policy. Governments and indi-
viduals have since the war been spend
ing and living beyond their means.
During this period many of us have
constantly urged retrenchment in ex-
penditures and reforms in taxation and
other fiscal phases Of Federal, State and
local governments. Our level of Federal
expenditures. excluding postal, was So
795 ,000, 900 for 1922, the first full year
of the Harding administration, and for
the fiscal year 1880 they were 1894
100000, 1t is not Improbable that Fed
eral taxes have been so reduced that
those accfuihg during an average bust
ness year. will not meet the normal re-
quirements Of the Treasury. This Is the
first inquiry at present, and If the sug-
gestiOn Is correct Congress- will i1attir-
ally proceed with ta3 readjustment ac-
cordingly. Any additional taxes levied
would more equitably come from in
comes, inheritances, and possibly GER
tain stamp taxes: Excise taxes on the
production of some of the chief, tariff
benehciaries is well worth considering.
In conducting Federal financing 1t is
always safe to pursue the fiscal maxim
that economy Is better than taxation
and taxation is better than borrowing"
The best taxation, as rule, is adequate
retrenchment 1t Is unsound govern
fnent financing TO violate the integrity
Of our sinking fund law and policy.
Whenever 1t is necessary to borrow in
order to pay current demands, as is
now being done, the sinking fund is
invaded and the law in effect sus-
pended.
NOn-Partisah Question.
Neither political party has ever pre-
tended that prohibition Is a partisan
question, while great cross sections of
both parties occupy positions on either
side of this controversy. In striving to
advance the Democratic welfare it has
invariably been my attitude toward
prohibition and anti-prQhibition alike
that prohibition Is essentially a non
partisan question for the exclusive con-
sheraton and determination of the
general public as II may see fit at any
and ali times. deny the right of either
side to saddle this controversy on the
Democratic party, Some overzealolis
gentlemen say that a Democrat, whether
OF the wet or dry persuasion, who would
bition Is pussy footing" or side step
ping" do not think even these gem
tlemen will thus accuse former Presi-
dent Wilson. therefore place his de-
liberate uttcrailce on this precise point
against the rash assertions of these
spokesmen in the following language
from Mr.. wilson's letter Of April ~,
1911, to Rev Thomas B. Shannon of
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mines Of Baguio, turning out many mil
lions, every. year, and 20 per cent of
every dollar goes into machinery. sun
plies and wages, while every ton Of ore
yields the governmental SO cents in
taxes.
The world depression viii have passed
before the Philippines feel 1t severely.
The urge here is from the bottom up-
ward, INCREASINGLY, as If some inimutable
natural force so ordained.
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Black Forest Resort
Gets Many From u. S.

BERLiN.-Biack Forest resort, ID
Baden Baden, continues to appeal to
americans, who. with 6$6 guests. stand
at the head Of foreign visitors. Almost
half Of the total number OF Summed
guests consists Of foreigners.
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Regrets Era Of Science.

Churchill rather sardonically regrets
those groomed and grand old DAYS when
war was a gentleman's game. Science
and democracy, he has asserted, have
spoiled everything.
From the moment that either of
these meddlers and muddlers was all
lowed to take part in actual fighting
the doom of war was sealed. Instead of
small number Of well trained profess
SIGNALS championing their country's
Cause with ancient weapons and a beau
tiful intricacy OF archaic maneuver,
sustained at every moment by the an
plause Of their nation, we now have
entire populations, including even wor1-
en- and children, pitted against one an
other in british mutual determination,
and only a set of plear-eyed clerks left
to add up the butchers bill"
From his earliest youth he had
brooded on soldiers and war. Commits
stoned, he desired to get out to Cuba
to see some real fighting It was easier
for him than for most subalterns. All
he had TO 90 was to speak to his APP
proving colonel and then write to his
fathers friend and political associate.
then Ambassador at Madrid, to get the
necessary permission and irltroductions
to everybody from Marshal Martinez
Campos, captain general of Spain, IN
command in Cuba, downward. out in
Cuba he saw some fighting in the end
less forests, had the horse next him
Killed, heard bullets whizzi1g over his
head when he was bathing in a forest
pool, and come home without a hurt.
Then, after a spell of polo playing in
India, with some hot campaigning en-
the frontier, he got into the war in the
Sudan. Kitchener didn't want him,
and Kitchener was in charge. But
young Winston had written an account
Of the Indian frontier fighting which
Wa1eS-whom he knew socially and who
called him winston written him
about 1t. The prime minister, Lord
Salisbury, master Of the British world.
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PHILOSOPHY Of Socialism.

The philosophy 81 MAcDonald and
enowdefl and OF the great bulk Of the
Labor party u the philosophy o. Social
ism. under which the state Is everything
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UnsettIes Politics as well.
The dole has unsettled not only
British finances but British politics In
a significant manner. 1t viii continue
to unsettle governments as well as
finances. The Labor government fell,
not only because 1t failed to conquer
unemployment. bat because it was iitl-
unemployed Yet another fact Of the
recent British crisis has emerged which
Is Of great Importance. 1t IS now gem
orally understood that the Labor cabi-
net had in fact agreed to more drastic
cut in the dole than the one actually
proposed In the budget; that the Trade
Union Congress demurred and as o re-
suit Arthur Henderson and his follow
ers decided to abandon their leader
and put the interest Of party before
the interest Of the government. 1t was
a solemn decision which may do greater
damage to the party in the public
mind than Henderson and his follow
ers believe.
In our constitutional democracies the
political party Is extra-legal; there is
no provision for political parties in the
United States Constitution. For party
in national crisis to assert its priority
to the national welfare IS functional
government gone Wild! The final judy
meht on this action can only be de-
ternlned by the course OF history; in
principle 1t is iihscund The effect upon
British labor may be to drive d deeper
cleavage between the political and eco
nomic arms Of the movement.
Philosophy Of Socialism.
The philosophy. 81 Macdonald ana
enowden and Of the great bulk Of the
Labor party u the philosophy of Social
Ism. under which tie state IS everything
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

ira gran parte inutilizada, con
pies y brazos amputados, nj :
nos huerfanos, mujeres viudas,
hombres ciegos, o sordos, o mu
dos, deSamparados en- medic
de ciudadeS ruinoSas y de toda
eSa cohorte de miSeria humane
que, como fatidica estela, dejo
tras ST ell paso devastador de la
Ultima guerra europea.
Como consecuencia de esta
inSinceridad politica univer-
sal, las principales potencias,
Francia, Alemania, Tnglaterra,
Estados Unidos, Jap6n. Russia,
Sc miriam con rece'o. Y, aunque
todas elias parecen decididaS
cooperar para que desaparez
can las guerrsa, 10 que en- rea-
lidad hacen es prepararse pa
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

dice Mussolini en- Roma, nj 10
que declare Stain en- ell Krem-
lin, nj 10 que realizan los MEM
bros de la Liga Antibelica en-
Ginebra, Todos tienen demasia
do freSco en- sus cerebros, CO.
mo ell hume de una buena no.
guerra recien apagada, 10 que o.
curri6 en- Europa durante los
tragicos cuatro amos del 1914
al IS.
Basic, como ~preteXto, un in
cidente tragico ell doble asesina-
to del A~rchiduque Francisco
Fernando, heredero del trono
de Austria ungria Y ell de su
esposa, perpetrados en- Sara
jevo ell % de JUNO de 1915, pa
IA que pereciera buena parte
de la humanidad y Quedara o.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

oficiales, con distintos promi-
nentes ministries y cancilleres
de aquel continente.
Mr.. Stimson asegura que en-
el pasado mes de agosto. du-
rante el cual tuvo celebration
en- Londres, Inglaterra, Ia c6le
bre conferencia de las Siete
Poteneias, pudo observar IN
Gambia halagueho en- el am
biente poli,ico y econ6mico, A
demas, ell resultado satisfacto-
rio-segdn el-del reciente
plebiscito en- Prussia, el aumen-
to considerable de los dep6sl-
t2S en- los bancos alemanas, 81
espiritu amistoso Y conciliador
que preside estas discusiones
lnternaeionales, son muy bua-
nos sintomas y hacen presumir
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

tos hasta ahora insospechados,
acaso de miseria, muertes, des
trucci6n.
GHabra guerra? mo habra
guerra? D6nde estallara la pri
mer bomba? Son 5stas las inte-
rrogaciones que penden de DO
ca en- boca Y que, como rayos
fulminantes, circundan ell es-
pacio de uno a otro polo, pre-
cipitando, quiza, ell curse de
los acontecimientos.
Ell mundo esta sacramento :
do. Conoce demasiado bien la
hipocresia de los estadistas, la
fanfarroneria de los dictado
res, la inutilidad de los esfuer-
EOS que realiza la Liga de las
Naciones para evitar una pro-
xima guerra. Made cree 10 que
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

ra 81 llega la guerra. Lo que
quiere deeir que ninguna de
elias cree en- sus propias pala-
bras; menos aun en- las de sus
vecinas.
Sin embargo, Mr.. Henry l..
Stimson, secretario de estado
norteamericano, Opina que los
lideres politicoS europeos estan
colocando los eimientos sobre
los cuales Sc levantara ell so =
berbio edificio de la paz y la
prosperidad economical del
mundo. Ell perspicuo secretario
norteamericano, que hizo un
extenso viaje de placer per las
principles ciudades de Euro
pa, tuvo OCCASION de conocer de
cerca y charlar intimamente,
deSprovisto de falsas etiQustas
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

que el fantasma de Ia ,r..a
vase despejando en- Ell horizon
t. universal.
Tendrd raz6n Mr.. Henry 7.
.amsan a, asegurar que Ia naz
oe mundo nos la dara Euro
pa. No seria NADIA extraordj-
oaLio' mo fu6 Europa Ia one
"lJimamente sinti6 los riporas
y safri6 los horrcres de ma
guerra destructora? NADIA mas
I'si'o cue sea Europa misma-
lon cono-imiento de causa. la
que eyite una pr6xima catss.
..ote 0eIica, que seria mil We
'es peor' buscandole una soIn-
S!-a a'ais,osa a csc difici,isi.
~ pro5Iema que hoy inquie-
Ia al mundo.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
Con los Guantes

Mr.. Charles Aaron promoter
de Benjamin Field, que Sc dice
"protegido' por Mr.. Kennedy,
parece que recurri6 a "argucia"
lie letrado y Sc "limpi6 ell pecho"
,on ell Relampago Sagtero, pa
yandole 1926, en- lugar de $500.
Nos parece estar viendo los
relampagos que habran salido
lie la personalidad del Saguero,
al enterarse de que debia recibir
1895 y "sacrificar" ell resto.
lC"al d" las dos parties tie.
ne la raZ0n?
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
BAER PELEARA CON Ell
SANTA

Oakland, CAL, oct. 19.-Cop
ira ell portuguese Jose Santa, j6-
ven pugilista que ansfa destacar
Sc en- la division de peso compile
to, Sc batira aqui, ell microbes
por la noche, Max Baer, ell orgu
Ito de California, que ha perdi
do cast todas sus 1ltimas peleas,
sin excuses que ofrecer.
Los periodistas Opinan que
Baer derrotara a su debil opo
nente.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
LA PAZ DEL MUNDO, SUR
GIRA EN- o
para La Gaceta')

FL mundo Sc agita en- un ma
re magnum de incertidumbre e
intranquilidad. FL caos politi-
co por un lado, que ha traido,
como consecuencia, una reno
vaci6n de valores politicos con
la siguiente caida de pequenas
y grandes dictaduras y reina-
dos, Y la aguda crisis econ6mi-
ca por otra parte, desplazando
bra2os, cerrando fabricas, estan
llegando a su Unite. En- todas
las ciudades del mundo predo-
nina la ansiedad, la expecta-
ci6n, por futures acontecimien
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
TRIUNFO Ell BOTE TRIPU-
LADO POR N Y re-
WADSKI

Ell Tampa Yacht Club ofreci6
aver otra regatta, frente a Ba-
Hast Point. Aprovechando un
Gambia del vientO, ell bote tripu-
lado por Ray Mendez y Bill Ze-
wadski lego a Ia meta con una
ventaja de so yardas sobre su
mas cercano oponente. Nueve
5otes tomaron parte en- la com
petencia.
La pareja triunfar-e sac5 una
0entaja De nueve pur1os mon
-ando ahora 81 total : g.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
QCE % CREIE Sc =
BIAN "a

La desaparici6n Re dos ninos,
aver, do motive Z que la poll
cia comenzara a dragar ell rio,
cerca del puente de la avenida
de Hillsborough, en- busca de sus
cuerpos, pero esta b1squeda fue
suspendida al saberse que sc
encontraban en- casa de unos a
migos.
Los ninos son hijos de los es-
pesos James Baker, del POT de
la avenida West Hillsborough
Y Sc mmbran Billie, de 8 anos,F
Viola Mae, de 6.
La desaparici6n de los mis-
mos databa desde aver a las 3
de la tarde a cuya bora s~alieron
de lascasa para if al teatro Sc
minole, del cual no regresaron.
Los padres estuvieron fuera
cast toda la tarde y al no encon-
trarlos al regreSar, supusieron
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

Aaron dice que ell Saguero
habfa firmado un contrato, por
tres peleas, y que con arreglo a
este habia decidido pagarle.
Ell cubano sostiene que ell pro
motor hebreo lie habia ofrecido
por conducto de Jose Manuel,
$500 y que lie han "atracado" la
diferencia entire 1926 y $500.
No sabemos 10 que dice Jose
Manuel pero 81 creeltos que
Charles es listo, muy lIsto...
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
BOXEO
TOMMY LOUGHRAN CON.
IRA RISKO

Filadelfia, oct. 19.-Tommy
Loughran, considerable hoy ell
mas potente aspirante a la coro-
ma de peso complete Sc batifa
esta noche, con Johnny Risko, el
veterano gladiator, tambien CO.
nocido por ell panadero de Cleve-
land.
Sera un encuentro a diez asal-
tos y esperase que Tommy al
canoe una facil victoria.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
CASTILLITO LLEGARA HOY

Ell notable pugilista cubano
Gilberto Castillo llega hoy, pro.
cedente de Miami, a pasarse a
qui una corta temporada.
En- la preciosa ciudad de la
costa este, CASTILLO es uno dc
los gladiadores mas apreciados.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
D R 7 E s
Ell NEGRO JACK THOMP-
SON SU co,
ROMA

New York, oct 19.-El negro
Jack Thompson, campe6n nun
dial de peso weller ,defender$
ell viernes su corona, a Is roun9
en- la ciudad de Boston.
Lou Brouillard, de Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, sera ell con
trario de Thompson.
Aunque vencido por Broui
Hard en- uh reciente encuentrO
Thompson probablemente ser$
ell favorito en- las apuestas.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

iQue hara Armando Reina,
ciudadano que no "se deja dor
mir, para recobrar la diferencia
entire los dos centenares y 95 y
cinco limpios centenares?
Amanda retorn6 de Puerto
Rico, dejando por ALA al Guaji-
no, y 81 el tiene un contrato con
Saguero, uno distinto al que
Charles dice tener, va lie oiran
~cantar.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

Sc VENDE- Tn garage Y
cstaci6n de gasolina en- lugar
centrico, de reconocida clienteA
la y a I'm costo reducido. Tn
buen negocio.
Su propietario necesita salir
1el pals. Solicitense informes
en- ell Telefono Y3944.
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

Y aparece que habiendo entra-
10 mas de $500 personals en-
Benjamin Field, ell viernes, fu6
>equeno, miserable, ell producto
lie las entradas...
GQue pas6 en- las puertas? IA
que Sc puede atribuir csc FEE
NOMENO, que ha venido ahu-
yentando a los pugilistas?
Alguien Sc ha pasado de listo
Pm esa question Y seguramente
La gaceta., 1931-10-19
que tor abrira una am

~
plia, nl1cisGa y rigida INvEs-
TIGACION.
Tocan a investigar, senores.
Investigator que NADIA Sc avert
guara y NADIA pasar& .
. Mientras Sc averigua eso>>de la
puerta, y 10 otro, la diferencia
1926 y $500, mucho nos a.
gradaria saber 81 Mr.. Kennedy
es el "poder detras del trono."
Cuando Mr.. Kennedy dei6 su
puesto de empresario estaba EN-
penado con nosotros en- veinte,
veinte..... expresiones de buena
voluntad.
ST ell hombre ha vuelto, quisie-
ramos recahar las expresiones,
que son veinte.....
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

Csando Ell cuband Nauiere pc
lear, es muy diff encontrar
en- ell Sur homhp 6e su peso que
pueda veneer
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

Sc DESEA COLOCAR una Sc
nora espanola para atender a los
quehaceres de una casa Y para
cocinar. Informan en- la Ia. ave.
l4I31z (altos).
La gaceta., 1931-10-19

UN LUJOSO AUTOMOVIL.
Sale para New York llevando
I'm matrimonio. Necesita tres
personals para ayudar a los gas
tos. Informan: 2313h Gale II.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-10
WILL COMPETE WITH THE RAILROAD

Through Seward last week went an Alaskan bus mess man enroute to Fairbanks, there to make ar engagements with Interior people for hauling freight by motor trucks, from Valdez to Fairbanks.
 It is understood the rate charge will be the same as that now in effect the Alaska Railroad but with twoday saving in time.
 Thus is answered the proposed rate increase, ef- fective next month, the government owned rail- road which brilliant idea was propounded by last sum- mer's Senate Investigating committee which believes it has solved in few weeks the annual deficit of the line Though the Richardson Highway can be used for only three months of each year, yet is confidently be- ieved the freight traffic will pay
 Any group of railroad employees could have en- frightened the solons how to overcome most of the diff culties attached to the railroad deficit but not single one from the rank and fle asked to testify only heads of departments. It will be interesting to note what the outcome of the "scintiating" plans of the committee will be-
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-10
BILLY FA|RWEATHER
 LOCAL BOBBY JONES

Bobby Jones, champion golfer of the universe, is hereby warned to keep lookout on his num- erous laurels for here in Seward young star is developing who some day may be playing in nat ional tournaments. Introducing Billy Fairweather, son of MT. and Mrs. A. A. Fairweather.
 Yesterday he made No. IS green in one, on the Marathon indoor golf green, a shot which only one other todate has equal ed. This is the green with a dia- mond hazard in the center which is frequently made in two but more often in three strokes. Un- less one has an eye like an eagle, he will invariably miss the small trough leading through; Billy, apparently, has such keen eye for, after careful aim and proper stance, wham, away she went and kerplunk into the cup.
 Spectators congratulated the little man for his daring to at- tempt through the one-way shot and upon his accuracy.
 His total strokes for the IS holes was 57.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-10
WARS ON PLAGUE

PARIS, Mar, g, (F9-The French Ministry of Public Health has al- lotted $2,80O,OOO in it's 1881 bud- get for a fight on tuberculosis, one of the country's scourges. It was stated in the chamber that 15O out of every 1000 deaths in France were due to some form of tuberculosis.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-10
PURSER RELEASED
ECvnt \

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Mar. 8. H-B. o. Higdon, American pur- ser aboard the steamship President Hayes, was released under bail pending the outcome of coron- cors inquiry into the death of Colin Campbell, British shipping man, who was fatally wounded by bullet from Higdon's revolver.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-10

NEW YORK, Mar, g, P)- Trading on the New York stock Exchange in February reached 64,- 145,320 shares, representing the largest record since last October The trend of prices was steadily upward. Twenty groups of stocks advanced more than two billion dollars in value.