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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06
MARYLAND FOREST FIRES
Prompt Action Results In
Small Fires

Small Fires
Bright sunshiny fall days and
continued ebsence of rain have
resulted in numerous small
fires throughout Maryland dur
ing the past month. Forest
fire lookout towers have been
especially active in reporting
Smokes" and the prompt re-
Spouse of forest wardens and
'smokechasers" has held all
fires to small size. The new
100 foot tower at Hillmead,
Prince Georges County, has
been particularly active spot
ting incipient blazes. Lookout
Waterman e. o. Brown, in
charge of the Hillmead obser-
vatory, reported a small fire
started by the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Tuxedo which was
extinguished by Smokechaser
Daniel B. Wiseman before it
had burned 1-8 acre. This fire
was s miles from the tower. A
blaze recently burned about Z
acres near Lanham and was
controlled by fire fighters from
Bladensburg and Cottage City,
who responded at the call of the
Hillmeade Tower. Fragmen-
tary evidence indicates this
fire was of incendiary origin,
and further investigation is
underway by District Forester
G. F. Winslow of Laurel. An
arrest may follow.
The Dams Rock and War
rior Mountain Towers in Allie
gany County have been partic-
ularly vigilant, detecting fires
of considerable size beyond the
Maryland boundary. A fire of
approximately 100 acres was
detected in Pennsylvania and
four major CONGREGATIONS were
reported to West Virginia Off
Gals. Lookout-watchman Will
liam Duckworth of the Dams
Rock tower reports that one of
the West Virginia blazes APP
parently spread out over a mile
front within a few hours
Maryland towers are rendering
every possible assistance in
reporting fires in neighboring
states to the proper Officials.
Forest Wardens on the East
ern Shore have become active
in investigating threatening
smokes, but few fires of any
Importance have occurred dur
ing October. A very unusual
fire occurred last week on the
Bel Air Estate of William
Woodward, near Collington,
Prince Georges County. A
tractor, in use harvesting COW
peas, back-fired setting fire to
adjoining grassland which
spread over four acres before
extinguished by Forest Warden
George Baldwin, assisted by the
farm laborers. The fire was
controlled before it spread to
nearby woodland.
State Forester F.>W. Besley,
at Baltimore, on Friday an
nounced that fires have not
been as serious during October
as is usually the case, probably
due to the slow falling of
leaves. Forests are quite dry,
according to Mr.. Besley, but
frosts have not been sufficiently
severe to bring down the usual
deluge of autumn foliage. The
State Forester was careful to
add that grass and weed growth
was particularly heavy during
1881 which adds tremendously
to the fire hazard. He warned
that November is usually a
severe fire month. and that
the opening of hunting season
will add to the danger Of forest
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06

Easy street is.mustiy where
old people live.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06

How seldom do letters to the
newspapers shout "Hooray."
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
WETSEL REVIEW
OPTIMISTIC

The preliminary business index
for April of the Metal Market Bu-
reau revealed in a bulletin issued
this week reached TIA per cent,
a rise of "a per cent over that of
March and Al per cent above the
absolute low reached in January.
This rise, the Wetsel bureau
states, was due chiefly to a more
than seasonal upturn in automo.
bile and retail trade, which, in
turn, affected carloadings favor,
ably.
The building situation is more
favorable than would appear at
first glance, the bureau continues,
as the important fact is that resi-
Dental building has improved,
giving aid to such industries as
lumber, glass, brick, paint, ETC.,
which have suffered more than
normally in this depression.
Automobile sales were helped
by the soldier bonus, according to
the bureau, and it is still felt
that sales will continue their
moderate expansion and that the
auto industry will be one of the
first to share in the general re-
covery. -'
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
IRON AND STEEL.
TRADE TREND
STILL DOWN
Raw Production | Per Cent :
Off for Week, With Demand
For Finished Output Slack

NEW YORK, May 27 UNS).
The Iron Age market summary
to be released tomorrow reports
that raw steel production, less
erratic than finished steel output,
has again given ground at Pitts
burgh. Chicago and Buffalo, and
now averages "A per cent for the
country at large, compared with
As per cent a week ago.
Neither the tempo of buying
nor the trend of prices and pro-
duction has been noticeably
affected by the frank airing Of
views at the recent meeting Of
the American Iron and Steel
Institute. it reports. Demand re-
mains sluggish.
Few Price Drops
Prices in scattered instances
have given further ground. Out
put is still declining slowly.
Aggregate current specifications
for such products as sheets,
strips, cold finished bars and wire
products are hardly sufficient to.
justify more than a two-day o
week operation. Releases in other
products offer no promise Of
early improvement.
Structural steel and reinforcing
bar mills are holding their own
but fail to show expected gains.
Mills benefiting from recent pipe
line awards have been able to
increase their schedules some
what, but production of Standard
Pipe reflects no seasonal exparD
sion.
Rail mill operations continue In
decline and Tin Plate output, al
though still at a 70 per cent,
rate, is headed downward. :
Pig Lowest In is Years p.
Finished steel prices show little
change in the absence of interest
in third quarter business. Strip
mills are making some effort to
raise quotations on contracts for
the next quarterly period and
sheet mills hope to make recently
revised price schedules effective,
but actual market tests are still
lacking.
A decline in basic pig iron OF
81 ton in the Pittsburgh
district brings the Iron Age pig
iron composite price down to
$15.63 the lowest since 1915.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
PRICE CUTS MD
TRADE, SAYS
HANEY
Tough Now, But Is Only Way
Slump Can Be Terminated,
N. Y. Economist Declares
By LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University,
Bureau of Business Research
and Former Economist of
FodnroI TPnda TOTn mf0sfOn

Federal Trade Commission
Business now is in much the
same position as a man who has
been kidded along by quack doc
tors, and who at last has gone
to a good clinic and got the facts.
We now know about how sick
we are, and what we have got to
do to get we'll. The unsound opti-
mism has been pretty we'll
knocked out of us.
Drop Bad Habits
But we know that the disease
is not fatal. We simply have to
cut out some of the old habits
and take the medicine regularly
for awhile.
The business curve Is definitely
on the downgrade, and has fallen
back nearly to the January low
level. But a few notches up or
down do not make any great diff
ference at such low levels.
The point is that we must go
through good stiff treatment Of
curtailment so that we can work
off excess supplies and build UP
sound demand.
Hope for Consumers
To my mind. the most con-
structive news of the past week
lies in the evidence of readjust-
ment progress. For example, those
cuts in retail prices announced by
mai lorder houses hold out
hope to us consumers. Wholesale
prices are nearly back to 1913
levels and the sooner retail prices
get there the better.
This is the only way out. Prob
ably industrial activity will reach
new lows this summer. We have
to pa: for premature and ill-ad-
vised spurts in production. But
in the end we will emerge freed of
our 1929 fat and bad habits.
Bar to Recovery
Not until raw material prices
stabilize, surplus stocks of COM
modities begin to be liquidated
and good secondary bonds get
strong, can we expect general re-
covery to begin.
At present, the decline in COM
modify prices is unchecked. The
averages reached new lows last
week, and the great majority OF
sensitive" wholesale markets
were lower.
All this is discouraging for the
present. No turn is yet in sight.
But every price reduction and
every curtailment brings us neal
to the time when demand and
supply will be restored to balance.
Then that "easy money" can beg
gin to circulate.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27

UuC &EGAG anu AVAuB reality
construction loans and mail con.
tracts will not in themselves
keep these ships running"
Urges Use of U. S. Ships
He urged American shippers to
patronize the Merchant Marine
which is now suffering from the
depression. He told them. if,
for lack of support some of the
lines are forced out of busine SIS,
the American exporters and i'm
porters will pay the cost in the
end, adding:
81 beSpeak your valuable as
siStance in helping to stimulate
business for ships flying the
American Flag. Remember that
our lines are in a stronger posi-.
tiOn than ever to render regular
and dependable service at rates
that will compare favorably
with those quoted by our foreign
competitors"
Board Has Is Lines
He said about II per cent Of
our foreign trade tonnage is now
in private hands and only l3
lines remain in Federal posses
sion. These the board is trying to
sell to responsible American buy
erS.
No longer can the boards
critics repeat their slogan, 1.-THE
Government should get out of the
shipping business" O'Connor con-
cluded-it's just small Try" in
the maritime business now.
Lamont An OptimiSt
There is no sound reason for
the extreme pessimism rampant
today, Thomas w. Lamont, of j.
P. Morgan & Co., told the 1000
delegates. He said:
"The American people are
facing difficulties, but impOs-
Sibilities, never"
Mr.. Lamont also declared that
the United States should not
"erect artificial barriers against
foreign trade" but to make trade
as easy as possible.
Higher prices for goods is an
essential requirement" toward
improving business conditions,
James A. Farrell, president of the
United States Steel Corporation,
declared in his address opening
the three-day convention.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
RISKS IN CHEAP
MONEY SEEN

The new low money rates pre-.
sent a challenge of great proper
tions to business men throughout
the country, especially the smaller
concerns and establishments, says
DR.. Stephen I. Miller, executive
manager of the National Associ-
alton of Credit Men, in issuing the
call for the annual convention of
the association, to be held in Bos.
ton, June % to 27. He said:
"Cheap money is interpreted
by almost everyone as being
fine impetus for business devel-
Opment and recovery from the
depression that is now gripping
the United States as we'll as the
rest of the commercial world.
Undoubtedly, it will benefit
many in the present situation
as it seems to have aided many
in times past, but the possibility
exists, nevertheless, that these
low rates may hurt q consider.
able number of smaller units by
widening the gap between them
and the large, financially solid
concerns with whom they must
compete"
This gap, DR.. Miller explained,
is always existent. It arises from
the fact that larger firms, with
greater productive facilities and
stronger financial foundations;
can borrow funds usually much
easier than their small competi-
tors, who are necessarily restricted
in their borrowings in the money
market by the fact that their back
ground is not as large.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
ADS HELP STORE
To MAINTAIN
PAY SCALE
Controller of Philadelphia
Organization, at D. C. Retail
Farley Here, Tells Results

Employees of Philadelphia de.
partment stores will receive pay
for a six-day week during the
summer months, though the es.
adjustments operate only five
days.
This decision was reached at a
meeting of controllers and man
ayers in PHILADELPHIA recently. &C.
cording to r. E. RalSton, con-
troller for Frank and Seder, Who
Is attending the convention of
the National Retail Dry Cords
Association in Washington this
week. He added:
This period of depression is
o severe test and the fitteSt will
survive.
Buying declined and retail
stores are striving to get their
proportion OF business.
"In Philadelphia, as in other
cities, the newspapers have been
found to be the best mediums
for getting messages to the buy
ing public and we are .advc-tis-
ing energetically and consist
emily.
"Quick turnover and low
stocks are necessary if there
are to be profits. Prices have
been reduced from 5 to 40 per
cent. They probably have
reached bottom.
Reduction of expenses while
retaining employees at fair
wages and other management
problems make the preparation
of budgets an extremely inter
esting occupation"
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Jubilee Puts Chicago
In Lead of 7 Cities
Bettering Trade

Led by Chicago, business in
seven cities showed improve
ment during the past week. ac-
cording to adviceS to the Com
merce Department today.
Chicago business, stimulated
by the activities of the city'S
Jubilee celebration, turned in an
optimistic report. Transporta-
tion companies, restaurants,
hotels. and retail and wholesale
mercantile firms benefited most
bv the spending of the crowds
that thronged the city.
Practically all buSin es S
leaders agreed, however, that
one of the principal results of
the Jubilee has been the estab.
iishment in the public's mind
of a more optimistic view Of
future business trends. the de-
partment said.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
COTTON F | R N
AND HIGHER

NEW YORK, May q 0N.S0
Future contracts on the New York
Cotton Exchange displayed a
firm tone during the early trad
ing today on higher than ex.
pected Liverpool cables, trade buy
ing, considerable short covering
and on an unfavorable weekly
weather report.
Later selling by the South, Liv-
erpool and the continent, as we'll
as local traders and professionals,
brought the general list about a
half a dollar a bale below the
high for the forenoon, however,
and at midday July sold at 1858,
up 6; October at 9.03, up 4: De-
cember at 9.23, up 7; January at
$50, UP 9, and March at 9.56,
up 7.
Because of persistent coolness
during the past week, cotton is
generally laboring under unfavor-
able conditions, according to the
weekly Government crop report.
Although the close of the week
brought warmer and more favor
able weather, the temperatures
for the week averaged from 6 to
as much as 10 degrees below nor
NAL over much of the belt. The
soil is unfavorably wet in the
Northeastern and Northwestern
portions. Field work made good
progress in Texas, although. the
cool nights during most of the
week were unfavorable, while in
Oklahoma the soil is decidedly too
wet and cold for good results.
With continued poor weather and
a possible large emergence of boil
weevils, there will be a larger re-
duction of the seasons produc-
t1on than has been expected.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Park Savings Bank
Officers Promoted

The board of directors of Park
Savings Bank last night elected
William S. Strauss cashier, re-
lieving Robert S. Stunts, who con.
tinues in his post of executive
vice president.
Mr.. Strauss was first assistant
cashier, to which post Russell A.
Houser, assistant cashier, was pro-
NOTED, in turn being succeeded
by H. M. Herndon, note teller.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
TRADE On CURB
|SUNSTEADY

NEW YORK, May q G.N.SO
The curb market was afforded
little relief from the pressure of
liquidation today, and although a
fairly good-Sized number of stocks
were able to hold their ground, the
list as a whole continued to back
away in discouraging fashion.
The, utility group turned reac-
tionarv after an initial furry of
firmnesS. Northern States Power
dropped off 2 points to a new low
at 100, Commonwealth Edison
off 2A points to 1904, while
American Gas and Electric and
American Light and Traction
broke to new low ground on frac-
tional declines. On the other
hand. favorites such as Electric
Bond and Share, American Super
power, and United Gas, not only
resisted selling, but moved up for
slight net gains at intervals in the
day.
Curb bonds were lower in fairly
active trading.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
FATE
UP To PRIVATE
OWNERS
Control II Per Cent of U. S.
Tonnage, 0'Connor Asserts,
and Must Rely on Silver

NEW YORK, May ~ G.N.SO.
T. v. O'Connor, chairman of the
United States Shipping Beard, to-
day told the Foreign Trade Coun.
Gill the fate of the American ma
rine had passed from the hands
of the Shipping Board to those
who have the routing of overseas
commerce. He said:
'NOw that the American Mer.
chant Marine is no longer q
fantiStic dream of the future,
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
BONDS SOLD

Syndicate headed by First Ma
tional Securities Company was
awarded $186,000 of Frederick
county, Md, 4 per cent refunding
bonds, due 1946 to 1945, on bid
of 1O3 1856: 100000 of 4 per cent
serial bonds, due 1941 to 1945, on
q bid of 1O2.252; $124,O0O of Az
per cent school bonds, due 1941
to 1850, on a bid of 105.514, and
100000 of Az per cent road
bonds, due 1882 to 1941, on a
bid of 1O6.764.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
RAPID TRANSIT
NET HIGHER

The statement of the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Company filed
with the Public Utilities Commis-
sion shows the company netted
$6.191 in April, as compared with
$4,318 in the same month in
1880, and a deficit Of $3,480 in
March this year.
The first four months this year
showed a deficit of $3,823, which
is less by $914 than for the same
period last year.
The April gain is credited to
the spring tourist business.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Shoe Machinery Net
Equals S3.31 Share

United Shoe Machinery Corpor-
alton for the year ended Febru-
ary % reports consolidated net
profits of $8,351,987 after Federal
taxes, equivalent after preferred
dividends to 1891 a share on
2,329,539 shares of common.
This compares with $9,670, 1923,
or $3.87 a share in the preceding
fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
u. S. Has More Than
Half of Telephones

A survey announced today by
the American Telephone g. Tele'
graph Co., reveals that of the
34,526,6 ,629 telephones in use
throughout the world on January
/, 1880, So per cent were in the
United States.
The number of instruments
used in this country amounted to
2O,O68,O23 Europe had 1O,035,56O
or 30 per cent of the total and
the remainder 13 per cent was
widely distributed throughout the
world.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
GAS CD. INCOME.
GAIN IS Bic

The washington Gas Light
Company earned $114.114 net in
come in April, and 1881, 1872 in the
first four months Of the year, ac-
cording to statement filed with
the Public Utilities Commission.
The gain for the four months
was $148,989 over the same pc
riod last year.
The Georgetown Gas Light
Company netted $12,732.24, as
against $21,730.30 in April, 1880.
It's net income for the four
months is $55, 5,661.65, which COM
pares with $84,531.45 for the first
four months of last year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
TEXAS CRUDE CUT

Humble Oil & Refining Com
pany has reduced the price of
East Texas crude oil 80 cents a
barrel. The new price on crude
below 35-degree gravity is Is
cents a barrel, with a 2-cent diff
ferential for each degree of
gravity up to 40 degrees and
above, which takes a top price
of 81 cents a barrel.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
WA. Hartman Heads
I'LL. Central Board

w. A. Hartman. president, W.
A. Hartman & Co., Inc, has
been elected chairman of the
executive committee of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad to succeed
the late Charles A. Peabody.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
GUILE COAST LINES

Gulf Coast Lines for the quar-
ter ended March 81 reports a net
loss of $56,496 after taxes and
charges, as against a net income
of $666,774, or $4.44 a share on
1900 shares in the first quarter
of 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
CANADIAN LOADINGs

Loadings of revenue freight on
the railroads of Canada in the
week ended May 16 amounted to
so, ,468 cars, a decrease of 12,109
from the corresponding week in
1880, but an increase of 73S cars
over the Immediately preceding
week.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Petroleum Output
Up 1888 BbLs. D0iZu

Daily average production of
crude oil in the United States in
the week ended May % totaled
2.439,230 barrels, an increase of
1888 barrels over the preceding
week, Oil and Gas Journal esti-
mated.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Bar Piedmont r. r.
From Addinu Lines

Raleigh IN. c. Federal Court
for western district of South Car
olina yesterday permanently en-
Joined Piedmont g. Northern
Railroad from extending its lines
in North and South Carolina.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
B. c. Forbes on WGy
To Southern France

B. c. Forbes, noted financial
writer, will arrive in Paris this
week. He sailed from New York
Saturday. Mr.. Forbes, who is
recovering from pneumonia, will
convalesce in the south of
France.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
FOOD COSTS STUDIED

PITTSBURGH, May 27.-Re.
duction of food distribution costs
will be the aim of a survey here
by the Department of Commerce,
it was announced to the Associa-
ton of Manufacturers.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Curb 'Change Seat
Is Sold For 900

Arrangements have been made
for the sale of a New York Curb
Exchange membership for $92 900,
a decrease of $4,000 from the
previous sale.
Evening star., 1931-12-13

involved and that, of course paves the way for
trouble.
"A boy should know all he can about life and
love. The more he learns about them, the bet
ter off he is and the better off the girl whom
he eventually marries But making pastime
of love soon leaves him with no ability to care
deeply and robs him of any knowledge as an
art.
But there are more serious complications
and dangers that arise from promiscuous pet
ting Because it doesn't give adequate emo
tional release we have an increasing army of
highly neurotic youngsters.
"A girl may blithely get away with her esca-
pades for the time being. But the day may
come when she finds that she has jeopardized
her whole future. 1t Is true that men have be-
come more broadminded and tolerant, but most
of them, when 1t comes to marriage, are not
willing to overlook moral lapses on the part
of the woman. There is always the possibility,
therefore, that her escapades will be a barrier
to a WORTH while marriage or, If they come
to light afterward, that they will disrupt the
relationship. Virtue at least saves from
remorse and regret
But this fast-stepping sensation seeking
youth doesn't look ahead. 1t doesn't think of
the future and consider that there will be many
years in which to regret its moral rashness.
Meanwhile, lacking restraints and taboos 1t sees
no harm in going the limit"
HE interviewer meHCloheu mere Ilag many
] people advance the theory that petting pro-
vides 4 wholesome emotional preparation for
marriage.
That's ridiculous" she retorted. "petting
doesn't given any genuine understanding of
love. What is more, it blinds one to discrim-
ination and makes one lose all sense of values
50 that one can't choose a mate intelligently
BY the time the person is ready to marry, love
has become stale and utterly devoid of any
spiritual significance. He is incapable of that
profound love which gives meaning and fullness
10 life.
Parents are not only lax In their super
vision of youth, but they also are misled by Its
glib talk of sex matters and It's sophisticated
manner. They think the youngsters know sli