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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
Everybody's
Business
Eyes of World on Washing
ton and Feeling Is Gem
era1 That President Hoo
pers Anrounc EN- ent WI
Be Constructive.
BY DIR. MAX WINKLER.

NEW YORK, October 7.-Once again
the eyes of the world are turned to
Washington. There is a general feeling
that the much-talked-of announcement
By President Hoover will prove far
reaching in nature and highly con-
structive in character. The effects
should be as salutary as and much less
ephemeral than those of the manifesto
which emanated from Washington last
June.
The securities market responded with
q substantial rally which was greatly
helped by the absurdly low levels to
which most shares have falleA. Shares
were especially strong, with the i'm
provement in bonds, except in isolated
cases. somewhat less impressive. AL
though almost spectacular in character.
the advance appears to be somewhat
more genuine.
The problems with which Washing
ton has to deal now are many and
varied. There is. first of all the Amer
lean banking situation. This is adj
mittedly one of the most serious prob
lens, and it was impossible to ignore it
further.
Conditions in Great Britain are still
such as to cause alarm. The suspen-
sion of the gold standard, even though
temporary. has not turned out to be the
boom which certain quarters antici-
patci as result of LCndon's radical
step. The state Of affairs in Germany
also requires close attention. The ex-
tension of short-tern credit has helped
materially. but the time limit will soon
expire and new arrangements may have
to be made for credits coming due.
Under present conditions this is WE'LL
nigh impossible
Latin America is another problem
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conditions were totally different from
what they are now, the Reserve banks
have not been Of particularly great
service throughout the present crisis.
The policy could be broadened mate
rally without in any way impairing the
security Of the banks in question.
Good News From Chile.
The outlook for holders OF Chilean
bonds. on which the service defaulted,
appears to have improved somewhat as
result OF the election of Juan Esteban
Montero to the presidency Of Chile, sue
ceeding Carlos Ibanez, ousted recently
by revolution
DR.. Montero is recognized as a man
OF unquestioned moral and intellectual
superiority, of whom much Is expected
in the most difficult phase of his ma
TONS history. He is expected to do his
utmost to remove from Chile the stigma
OF default and restore the good reputa-
tion the country had enjoyed for almost
century with bankers ana investors
throughout the world.
Copyright, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07

Its superior tome earns
most sweeping victory yet received

The brilliant symphony orchestra of
the acknowledgements Roxy Theatre,
New York, listened to the tone-test
and went G-E almost to man!
Four hidden radios were rivals in
this tone-test. Each was aleading make.
Each set was known to the listeners only
by number. Ears alone judged tone!
The Roxy musicians listened, COM
pared, Woodland gave G-E its most
decisive victory in its record of tone
test wins! 40 out of IL unknowingIy
picked G-E for its superior tone!
''Believe your own ears" Go. to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
RUSSIA AND CHINA
AID U. S. EXPORTS
Trade With Two Nations
Shows Increase for
Three Months.
Russia and China are now buying

Russia and China are now buying
more from the United States than in
the past, while most other nations show
declining purchases in this country.
A study of the latest Commerce De-
partment statistics showed that Russian
imports from the United States were
S2,966169 greater during June, July and
August than they we're in the CORE
spending period OF 1889. The Chinese
increase was S2,538,457.
Shipments to Russia totaled $25, 408,-
985 against S22.442,8l6 a year ago
China's shipments were $20,874, 594
against $l3,336.1l9.
The gain came after slump in the
early months of the year. Then the
totals in many instances were only
about half of the year before. This
was due, it was understood in depart
ment circles. to the fact that Russian
purchases have been largely machinery
needed in the five-year plan. Much of
this demand has been supplied.
While shipments to Russia and China
increased during the Summer months,
American imports from those countries
dropped off heavily
Our purchases from Russia during
the period were S3.262 ,321, compared
with $6.976,108 last year. From China
they were $17,955,816 against S27,-
e0S43e.
The figures for the three months fol-
low:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
Exports to Russia.
Drifted to Iceland.

A bottle thrown into the sea off New
foundland from the steamship Pata-
gonier on October u, 1928, was picked
up on the beach in Southern Iceland
in December. 1929. after more than a
years voyage But bottle thrown
overheard in the Gulf of Mexico also
reached the shores of Iceland. but it
took only little more than one month
to make the much longer journey via
the Gulf Stream
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07

awaiting solution. The various South
and Central American nations have
been permitted to contract debts far
beyond their capacity. Defaults and
suspension of payments have resulted,
in many cases leading to the collapse
of the credit structure or the countries
in question and rendering commercial
transactions with them difficult. II not
impossible. The Importance OF Latin
America to the worlds commerce Is
evidenced from the fact that the United
States alone sold to and bought from
Latin America about Sl,600, 100000
worth of merchandise in 1880, admit
tedlv one of the most difficult years In
tie economic history of nations.
The foundations are being laid for
the adjustment OF the above, and the
adoption of more optimistic attltuoe
would seem fully warranted.
Santa Fe Dividend Surprises.
One of the most agreeable surprises
was furnished by the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railway, which declared
the regular $3.50 dividend on the COM
mon stock. A reduction had been
looked for. and belief that drastic cut
might be effected was substantlated by
the recent weakness in the shares,
which sold down to levels at which the
yield exceeded 10 per cent. Net income
for the first eight months shows de-
cline of slightly more than II per cent
as compared with the corresponding
period last year and more than So per
cent as compared with 1929. "A
II is not unlikely that the full divi-
dend will be earned this year, but even
if profits should fall short of dividends
the maintenance of the current rate
fer the time being would appear to be
warranted by the large surplus which
the road has built up in years OF pros
perity.
Depression Peak Reached.
Much of the weakness of the old
state of affairs has been liquiGated,
MANY Embellishments have been cor
rected, and such large volumes of con-
sumers' goods have been used up or
worn out that the pressure of necessi-
tous purchases must sooner or later be
felt, according to Rome c. Stephenson.
president of the American Bankers
Association.
When that time definitely comes,
continues Mr.. Stephenson, we may call
it the first impulse of a new era OF
normal business. He also adds that We
are at that point in the depression stage
of the business cycle when any sound
stimulating influence will start a real
movement in the direction of return
toward prosperity.
Advocates Rail Conference.
To make certain the correction OF
the faults in the railroad structure and
to insure placing the system of private
operation of railroads on as firm a
foundation as possible, the appointment
of a national council is advocated by
Fairman r. Dick of Roosevelt g. Sons,
investment bankers of New York
The council should proceed at once to
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the analysis OF the problem and the
decision as to what steps should be
Immediately taken for its correction,
continues Mr.. Dick He further be-
lieves that these steps should be taken
Immediately after the decision by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in re-
gard to the rate increase.
Would End Bank Failures.
One OF the most encouraging pieces
OF news relates to the probability that
the Federal Reserve act would be modi-
Ned in regard to the eligibility of paper
for rediscount Such move more than
anything else could bring about a
change for the better in the distressing
banking situation and put a stop to
the continuance of failures and closing
OF institutions throughout the United
States. Such revisions of the Federal
Reserve act, however, have to be sane
toned by Congress. which does not
convene until December, while aid is
urgently needed and should be forth
coming at once.
Owing to the rediscount restrictions
put into effect years ago when business
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stance of all the people of this ma
ton to said foreign peoples and
when said peoples accepted said
portions as charity they became
doles.
Down through the ages, philan-
thropy has praised, morality has
commended and humaneness has
exalted the generosity and hospi-
tally of those who cared for the
sick, fed the poor, clothed the max
ed and sheltered the homeless, re-
CARELESS Of social rank, political
advantage, or financial interests.
1t remained to Herbert E. Hoov-
er, chief executive of this enlight.
ened nation, in the Year of Oul
Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Thirty-one, 30 discover and
startle the world by announcing
that the long established BELIEF
that charity is a meritorious ser.
vice could not be accepted without
reservations. For example, it 1.
wrong in principle, unsound ecu
nomically and contrary to "DEM
! OCRATTC IDEALISM' for a gov
eminent Of the people, by the PEG
pie and for the people to exercise
its law making prerogative and b!
law draft a portion Of the enor
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Friday, August Is, 1881.
FREE PRESS

UnUR LIBERTY DEPENDS on the freedom of
the press, and that cannot be limited without
being lost"
Thomas jefferson wrote those words in 1876.
Jefferson was the first American Statesman who
recognized the fact that a people cannot govern
themselves without absolute freedom to speak,
write and print their comments on and criticism of
those to whom governmental authority is delegat-
ed for the time being. He wrote to President
Washington in 1892:
"NO government ought to be without censOrs;
and where the press is free, no ever will"
Censorship of the government by the press and
not of the press by the government was Jeffersons
sound theory. He was unceasing in his nsistence
upon the freedom of the press In his first inau-
gura address March 4, 1901, he termed free
dom of the press of the essential principles
of our government which ought to shape its ad-
ministration- Writing to his friend, Thomas Sey-
mour, in February 1907, reviewing the first six
years of his presidency, he said:
Conscious that there was not truth on
earth which l feared should be known, have
lent myself willingly as the subject of a
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great experiment which was to prove that an
administration, conducting itself with integ-
rity and common understanding, cannot be
battered down, even by the falsehoods of a
licentious press and consequently still less
by the press, as restrained within the legal
and wholesome limits o truth. This expert
ment was wanting for the world to demon
strate the falsehood of the pretext that free
dom of the press is incompatible with order
ly government. l have never, therefore, even
contradicted the thousands of calumnies
industriously propagated against myself But
the fact being once established, that the
press is impotent when it abandons itself to
falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to
its strength by recalling it within the pale
of truth. Within that it is a noble nstitu-
ton, equally the friend oqf science and of
civil liberty"
1t was Thomas jefferson who was responsible
for the first amendment to the Constitution, the
keynote of the Bill of Rights: Congress shall
make no law respecting establishment of re-
ligion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof or
abridging the freedom of speech, of the press"
And in his letter to Marquis Lafayette in 1923,
three years before his death, he reiterated the
principle in these words
"The only security of all is in a free press. The
force of public opinion cannot be resisted, when
permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it
produces must be submitted TO. 1t is necessary to
keep the waters pure"
1t is hardly straining the facts to say that but
for Thomas Jefferson the American Ideal of a
free press would never have been achieved Il
a distinctly American ideal. In Jefferson's
day such thing a free press existed any
where else in the world. Indeed, there is nowhere
else in the world today newspaper press as free
from governmental control and censorship as is
that of the United States. And the Supreme Court
of the United States has so far held the bars firm
ly against those who would impose governmental
regulation upon newspapers.
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bell, Gait, GilbOe, Husband, Nc
Cleary. Total 5.
The bill failed to receive the nee
essary two-thirdsvote.
The following is the vote in the
House on H.B. 116.
AYES: Adair, Arnold (Stillwa-
teri. Benjamin, Brown (Gallatin) &,
Buck. Budas, Burrell, Chapman,
Coffee, Cranston, Curran, Darling
ton, Dellwo, Dougherty Ekegren,
Erickson, Fairgrieve. Freed, Cor
don. Grabow, Graft. Green, Hag-
stad, Haight Hamilton, (Mussel-
/ SHELF, Hanson, Havervield, Hen
. tderson. Hodgkiss, Kruse, Leavitti
, Lewis, Mccormick, Merriman, Min
} nick, Nelstead, Nyquist, Parker
} Paulv. Porter, Quamme, Rigg
Rolph, Ross, Ryder, Sample, Shelf
: fer, Southmayd, Spangler, Stewart
Swope, Troy, LELAND, A, LELAND
r. r., Vollmer, Waite, Warning
| Watson (Missoula), Willard Will
' son, Mr.. Speaker. Total 81.
y NOES: Arnold (Rosebud), Bech
5 tel, Blewett, Brown Cascade
/ Burke, Casey, Cooney DOran Fin
len, Goodwin, Hamilton (Phillips)
Jarrett, Knight, Manning, Martin
Mason. McDermott, Mcfarland
{ Metlen, Meyer, Miller, Morris, Muir
: ply, O'Connell, O'Day, Pappin
: Replogle, Salyerds, Schilling, Shan
\ non, Sullivan, Tinsley, Watson
= (Meagher), Woodcock. Total, "a.
9 ABSENT and not voting: Cole
:. Dunn, Lilis, Logan, Moss. Total !
|, The bill was defeated as it fail
: ed to receive the necessary two
+? thirds vote.
A motion to reconsider this bil
was defeated On third reading, a
representatives voting as they ha
above except:
Adair, Grabow, Roll, Shelter
Spangler, and Vollmer, change
from Ave to No. Metlen and Rel
- logic who remained mo" wer
p absent. Miller, Shannon and WOr
IF cock, changed from no to aye.
Henderson and Quamme who ma
~ voted ave, were absent
Cole, Dunn, Lillis and Moss, WI
had been absent, voted aye.
Logan was absent on both side
Did YOUR members Of the Sci
lg ate and House REPRESENT 70
u as YOU WISH to be Represented
ne It is only fair to say that son
re of the members did not vote a
De cording TO the dictates of their co
ne science. as there was terrific pre-
NO sure brought to bear on some
&c them who had bills of their ov
wv pending, but in a special sessic
ak where they would not have the
own bills pending, it is certain
So income tax bill would be passed.
I'D At the recent state convent
le- of bankers, Gov. Erickson stat
ac- that an income tax law was inc
in liable.
Why not a special session nov
of It is the Governors opportuni
TO likewise it is HIS responsibility
les and the opportunity and respon
the bility Of every member of
for present legislature.
m What are you waiting for?
the chinook?
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sl3 .4o0. 900: chocolates or bon oons.
sls.oooo0o: pumpkin pie. sl2. 4oo 900.
and milk. 90 100000 Incidentals IN
Guiding coffee. rolls. butter. -four.
sugar, spices. and canned goods win
make up the remainder"
Eight pounds OF turkey. one quart
Of oysters. one bunch Of celery. one
bottle each Of olives and pickles. one
half peck OF potatoes. one pound OF
chocolates. and one pumpkin pie win
suf1ce the appetites Of the average
family Of i've.
Candy for Thanksgiving Is oecoH-
ing as much . ritual as turkey" Nj.
Bunte's bulletin concludes. TO the
loved ones ct home. OF as q remem-
branee TO the hostess for Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. . box Of chocolates b al
ways q welcome gift
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PROCRESSIVES
Continued from front psge)

unless avoided? Cover
nor Erickson and the members of
the legislature have a duty and
responsibility, that they cannot
pass on to private parties.
The Legislature, iff called in spe-
cial session, could pass:
1. An income tax bill providing
for an amendment to the constitu-
ton, if deemed necessary. The
constitution provides that not more
than three amendments may be
submitted at the same time. The
last legislature submitted only two
amendments for next years cleo
ton. Hence, a special session now
can provide for this income tax
amendment.
2. A chain store and chain gaso-
line filling station law, that would
give better protection to our indie
pendent merchants, home manufac-
turers, and Montana's own Ill in
dustry.
3. A law providing that part of
the gasoline tax should be paid 70
the counties and part to the cities
thereby reducing the taxes in the
counties and in the cities-or fol
the purpose of providing local en-
ployment in the counties and in the
cities in improving roads anC
streets, possibly oiling them, thus
creating a demand for our Mon
tana-maderoad oil and cerating EN-
ployment in our oil refineries anC
in our oil fields as well as on tn
county roads and city streets.
. Many lines of employment coul,
, be opened DIP through Legislation
. by officials with a will to serv
the public welfare in this depres
/ sion.
: y % y %%
As to an income tax bill, Their
were almost two-thirds Of tn
: members of the house who vote
at the last session of the legislat
ure for a constitutional amendmer
. for an income tax The followin
! is the vote in the senate on 81
: No. 56:
: AYES: Angvick, Burr, Corwil
!. Cowan, Crawford, Delaney, Done
2 van, Eaton, Gustafson, Harri
Holt, Himsl, Holton, Jergensel
e Kane, Kaulbach, Kemmis, LarsOl
: Mccormick, Parkin, Pauline, Plan
r Putnam, Ruffcorn, Smith (Custer
. Smith (Beaverhead), Sparlinl
A Stages, Stoutenburg, Survant, T,
+ wer, Then, Wheeler. Total S3.
; NOES: Baker, Church, Coope
e Duncan, Fenton, CARRIER. Hagert
h Higbie, Kelley, Page, Reed, Row
% land, Schnitzler, Shelver. Stewal
.e Walker, Willis. Total, IL.
It ABSENT and not voting: Cam
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CHEE DISH ~ THE
AArgAgE

CHICAGO-Uncle Sans Thanks
giving dinner this year will cost ap-
proximately sl5e.24o. 900. a decline OF
several million dollars compared with
last years turkey festival. It is
disclosed in q bulletin Just made pub
lie here by ?. A. Bunte. Of Bunte
Brothers. Chicago candy manufactur-
ers.
The average American breadwinner
will part with approximately $3.50 70
set q Thanksgiving dinner on the
table sufficient 20 satisfy . family Of
nve." the bulletin states.
Here Is what the principal items Of
the nations dinner will cost this year.
based on current prices: turkey, s4o.-
900 900; potatoes. sa.ooo.o 900: oysters,
els .O0o. 900: celery. olives. and pickles,
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disease in more serious form. The
Montana Power Company has pro-
cured Erickson to publicly ann
ounce that there should be a two
per cent power license tax. He is
irving to vaccinate the power COM
pany so it will not catch a ten or
IL per cent tax which would do
the state institutions and the coun-
ty poor funds some good and which
the power and gas interests can
well afford to pay.
Erickson has recently become an
advocate of a state income tax. He
we'll knows that we must have an
amendment to our state constitu-
ton before the legislature can pass
an income tax law. This will take
several years. 1t is a long ways
off.
A full crew railroad act, a Ii
cense tax on power and gas and
telephone service could be passed
at special session. Hewill not cal
one. These needed acts right now
could furnish money for county
commissions to feed the sufferer:
and put some more men in usefu
labor this winter.
SUBJECT FOR DEBATE
Debating clubs usually choose
question with only two sides, al
affirmative and negative. VIII!
should not the modern spirit of i'm
provement enter our chools ant
colleges next winter with a fou
sided question for interchange o
yearning and wit? For instance
Is the Erickson administrator
from its start to the present,
failure, a farce, a fake or freak