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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
Quotations

The inventor is the modern
saint.
Prof. Harry A. Overstreet. Col
lege Of the City Of New York.
Agriculture is better off than any
other American industry.
Alexander Legge
A slight tap on the wrist Is now
IN order for a world that has
been most ~Wretchedly misbehaving
itself since ever it began.
Theodore Dresser.
Probably the most m Of all
antagonisms arises from one mans
taking a seat beside you on a train.
a seat TO which he is completely
entitled.
Robert Benchley, dramatic critic.
But for its endless capacity 10
take things for granted and be-
come used TO them, the human
race would probably have long
since become excessively down.
hearted.
Walter Lippman. former editor
Of the New York World.
There were ~gangsters in my day.
too, but their fathers took them
home and spanked them. The
~gangsters now are bad BOYS who
didn't get enough spankings.
Mrs. Harriet Abbott Clark. re-
ligious leader Of Portland, Me.
Friends and foes Of America
alike are OF the opinion that your
country is the last stand of the
western civilization.
Grand Duke Alexander OF Russia.
More than 100000 families earn
their living today producing goods
for export, and another million
families earn their living in manu-
facture Of raw materials which We
import in exchange for our ex-
ports.
Herbert Hoover
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31

each other and nothing in the
world l. going to str Us! Nothing
in the world-do you hear that?'
The girl was sobhing quietly. her
face hidden in Marks tweed shout
der.
Marry herr" shouted r. NJ. Trav-
ers. Marry her., Well. We'll see
about that You'll do nothing az
the sort II 7 have to turn you over
to the p0lice."
Il don't know how you can inter
fere. I'm 23. you know. I've lhe
right 20 marry whom / please and
that person happens 70 be Norma.
All | have 10 do II convince her
I'm worth taking"
Mark. persist in this insanity
and 1 swear TO God you'll never
touch another penny Of my money.
You can starve for all I care. You
can come whining 10 the door and
I won't lift a finger 70 help you.
Marry the girl. huh2 I~nsolent pup
py. don't you see its your money
she's after? That's all a girl like
this wants. Well, she'll never get
a cent ~ II and neither will you.
Defy me and I'm through with you,
Through with you-do you hear?"
The cbolefc outburst had spent
itself. Almost before the last word
was out Mark was lashing back
~savaEely:
"We don't want your damned
money! Norma and / can get
along without your help. Well
show you how much We want your
rotten cash"
He broke on abruptly. The elder
Travers whirled 10 see what Mark
was looking al. Norma uttered a
low pitched CRY. There. leaning
against the door and watching
them, was Chris Saunders.
None az the three had heard her
enter the room. None knew how
long she had been there. In the
sudden silence Chris immobile
gaze moved from ono TO another
or the trio. Her dark eyes missed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
The Bankers and King Cotton

Now come Texas bankers with a plan for imposing
restrictions on cotton growing through economic pres
sure" They would have one-third of the 1881 crop with
held from market; would require not more than one-half
the 1881 acreage be planted in cotton in 1882; nor more
than one-third in 1888.
The bankers do not take kindly to the idea of legisla-
tive restriction Of cotton acreage. Should the legislature
meet and enact some bill, however, the bankers say they
will revise their financing plans to meet the new condi-
ton. Naturally. The farmer must live. The banker
must live.
Now on with the argument as to whose plan is the
best for saving the cotton farmer. Wonder what Kansas
is doing to save the wheat farmer?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
What Price, We Ask You?
(From the Waco Tribune)

(From the Waco Tribune)
What is it worth to keep kissable? For what price
a nonparched throat? Is it worth 90 cents and walk a
mile on top of that?
Not in these exact words are hundreds of thousands
of Texans putting the question to themselves, but the in
tent of the ~self-imposed query will amount to the same.
Jerked suddenly from the oblivion of casualness, much as
the health of a congressman but for another reason, that
stubby young companion of male and female America in
Texas becomes important. Brought to that pinnacle, too,
by a legislature which has proclaimed its companionship
to man and woman is a luxury and not a necessity.
Yes, tailor-mades begin to suffer the threecent tax
in the cause Of education. And the paradox is that from
every public school rostrum the white elongated cube is
denounced as a destroyer of health and injector of the
brain something to be avoided if one would preserve the
manliness of his, or her. chest, inside the walls thereof,
and yet not a rostrum but would bemoan the loss Of hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars to the cause of education
were the little fellow to disappear from the list of usages
of man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
- Is THE
AnniOersuu
WILSON A GoNIPERs

NNA1ROM" 1@@H M1
on Aug. 81, 1917. Pres. Wilson sent
n letter to Samuel Gompers. chair
man OF the American Alliance for
LABOR and Democracy. warning that
the dangerous elements at home"
must be opposed.
while our soldiers and sailors are
doing their manful work 70 hold
back reaction in It's most brutal and
aggressive form. We must oppose at
home the organized and individual
efforts OF those dangerous elements
who hide d~isloyalty behind a screen
OF specious and evasive phrases.
NO one . can fail TO see that
the battle line Of democracy for
America stretches today from the
fields OF Flanders TO every house
and workshop ...
May not those who toll and
those who have made common Gauss
OF the larger hope for the masses
OF mankind make renewed heart as
they think Of those days when
America has taken its stand for the
rights OF humanity and the fellow
ship Of social and international JUS
tice."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
University of Ell Paso
(From the Dallas News)

According to the University of Texas news service,
the School of Mines and Metallurgy lis to open this Sep
TENDER as a four-year accredited university, the bachelor
of arts degree as well as the engineering degree being Of
fered.' This Of course, is good news for Ell Paso, but is
bad news for the Texas taxpayer. We shall yet have to
We learn that committees are appointed to make
recommendations regarding procurement of additional
buildings" and that extension work is to be done. This
means that correspondence courses, no doubt, will be
carried on through the Ell Paso ~postoffice to compete with
the correspondence courses Of the University of Texas
through the Austin ~postoffice.
We are still travelling the mad, wasteful road Of com
petition and duplication in higher education, chiefly for
the satisfaction of local pride and commercial subsidy to
local merchants and local landladies. FL Paso is a good
town and her people are good people. But a %fifth-rate
university" made so by starveling appropriations due to
endless multiplication of school plants, will not be best for
them in the end.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
RurbS

Ii would be a fine &ing for every
body II all the farmers could get
their neighbors TO cut down a little
on production.
The Louisville ball club admitted
the fans free 20 a game the other
day and $4,000 turned out. You a
get a crowd even In these days OF
depression II you make the prices
right.
There are so many electrical
household devices these days that
friend wife Is overworked using
them all.
The police department In Chicago
is issuing gold stars 10 citizens for
m~eritorious services. Just the thing
for innocent bystanders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
not a detail o: the situation.

not a detail o. the situation.
We'll" Chris spoke slowly.
calmly, lust what is this7 About
time 10 put IN an ambulance call.
| should think. Norma, dear. why
don't YOU suggest TO your visitors
that this house Is not an institu-
ton for deaf mutes?" It's Just pos
sible some OF the neighbors may
not be interested in your converse.
ton"
The elder Travers moved impa-
tiently. Come. Mark" be said,
Tets go"
I'm not going. Father"
CHRIS strolled casually toward
~ the davenport. took OF her hat
and dropped it there. You might
introduce me. Norma" she said In
the same deliberate tone she had
used before.
Trayers turned. 1--WE said my
last wordl" he roared. i've told
you what you can do and I NEAR II.
Marry this girl and I'll disown you.
You won't get a cent OF my money
and furthermore / never want 70
lay eyes on you again. Remember
it's throwing away your whole life.
IL you'll get some sense knocked
into your head and leave this crea-
ture alone you can come home. II
you're determined 70 act like a
head-strong fool. 20 ahead-and be
damned 10 yOui"
The door slammed sharply on
Travers' back. For an instant the
three young people remained In 81.
lence. A sob from Norma broke
the tension. She had moved a little
away from Mark. Now he was be-
side her again. his arm around her
shoulder.
please" Mark began, "please
don't cry! You mustn't feel so bad
ly, Norma. Try % forget what's
happened. We don't care about
anything Dad says. We're going 10
be happy together. There" He
raised her chin tenderIy. kissed the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
LAURA LOU
BROOKMANt
Author OF
"MAD MARRIAGES.

eyelids that had been striving
bravely TO blink back the tears.
There. dear. Don't you e every
things going 70 be all right?'
She let him kiss her. rested In
his arms while Mark patted her
shoulder as one might comfort a
child. After a moment Norma
Strengthened.
lit means we can't see each other
any more" the girl said miserably.
You mustn't come here again"
why. Normal" Mark looked nc
her in establishment. Nothing OF
the kindi We're going 10 be mar
ried. Right away Why, darling.
I wouldn't give you up for anything
IN the world. Don't you know that?"
"Oh. it's sweet Of you 10 talk that
way but we can't. Throwing away
your whole life-that's what your
father said II would mean. II
can't let you quarrel with your
father over me. He said you
couldn't ever come home. You'll
have 70 20. Mark"
But I tell you I WON'T Sweet
heart. we're going 70 be married
right away. Tonight Please. Nor
ma. Won't you marry me tonight?
Oh, you darling"
CHE felt his kisses on her lips.
her cheek. ia the soft hollow
Of her throat. His dear head bent
70 hers. IL was a m~addenlng, Ut
terly unanswerable form OF argu.
ment. IN banished haunting terrors
that had been like knives IN Nor.
mas heart. 10 opened vistas OF
rarest rapture. Now, II she only
dared
Chris Saunders, feeling her pres
ence neither called for nor needed.
had stolen from the room. When
she reappeared after a discreet in
terval she found Norma and Mark
still IN each others arm. They
greeted her exhuberantly.
"Chris-you can't guess!"
Its going TO be tonight. Con.
graduate met Isn't this wonder
full? And don't you think I'm the
luckiest guy in the world?"
You'll have to come with as
Christ"
The older girl stopped short. sur
veying them. "Am / TO take al
this as a wedding announcement
Remember I haven't even met the
young man yet, Norma. DO you
honestly mean you two are plan
ming 70 be married tonight?"
They chorused assent. There FOL
lowed half an hour Of excited, in,
coherent planning. Norma and
Mark we're 10 drive 10 Woodbury.
I'm the next county to be married
Chris was 20 come along. Mark de-
parted 10 give the girls time &c
dress. to hunt up an acquaintance
70 act as the second witness and 10
fiji the car with gas.
II proved an evening OF surprises.
The friend Mark brought 10 make
the fourth in the wedding party
was Bradley Hart. Chris employer.
Mark had run into Hart on the
street. There we're swift introduc-
tons. With a minimum or furry
they were of in the roadster az
last. headed for Woodbury.. Mark
drove with Norma beside him.
Chris and Brad Hart were in the
rumble seat.
BY nine o'clock they YER pass
ing through the outskirts OF Marl-
boro. Ahead lay the state highway.
The roadster's speed increased.
Nine-ffteen found them plunging
through darkness. At that very
moment Bob Farrell, an1iously
gripping the receiver IN a pay sta
ton phone booth. waited for the
voice TO come over the wire. There
was none. Five seconds. Ten sec
onds. At last he heard the operat-
tors crisp soprano. They don't an
swer!"
Farrell put up the. receiver and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
WON OVER

7 Cnce had a hatred OF makeup
So hot that l loudly -ould shout il:
It's gone since ! saw my bride wake up
This morning-Great Heavens
without III
Louis Pelegrine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
FAILURES BELOW
FORMER RECORD
Firms Forced to Close During
Current Depression Half
of Total of 1920.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY.

writer
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Wail Street
does not like Stock Exchange failures.
but 1t is finding some consolation In
the fact that casualties In the current
depression to date amount to only half
the total recorded during the slump
that started In 1920.
Considering the much greater vio-
lence Of the collapse from the 1929
peak, this comparison is regarded as
rather encouraging, although it is re-
calleS that fully half of the failures
OF a decade ago came after the mar
ket had begun to climb out OF the
depths. Nevertheless, a large propor-
ton Of those later failures followed
adoption by the Stock EXCHANGE Of =
ruling requiring members to file semi
annual condition statement. This step,
It Is remembered, led to the disclosure
that some houses which had been pass
Ing as solvent were in questionable or
critical situations; but It also forced
members to keep their affairs in that
liquid condition which has enabled
them to ride out the storms Of the last
two years.
Dividends Interesting.
Comparison with the depression of q
decade ago also is interesting in the
matter OF dividends. Generally speak
ing, corporations cut their disburse-
mentS to stockholders much sooner in
1921 than in the present period. This
Is partly traceable to the huge volume
prosperity years that followed the re-
coyery Of 10 years ago. Only about
so per cent Of these earnings were paid
out as dividends during average years,
thus permitting the accumulation OF o
backlog which made possible q mainte-
nance Of rates in times Of adversely.
Nevertheless, o compilation by
Moody's shows that dividends on 200
out Of 467 active common stocks listed
on the big board January !, 1880, have
been cut or omitted during the last ,l6
months. Coppers, oils, motors and ac-
cessories, paper. steel and tire com.
panies were the groups most seriously
affected. Utility, food, farm implement
and can manufacturing companies were
least affected.
Down So Far In 1891.
Whatever happens from now until
the end Of the year, 1t has been notice.
able that dividend rates have been
going down SO far in 1881. The Mid
land Bank of Cleveland, in a study of
124 industrial companies, reports that
In the first quarter Of the present year
there were "a reductions and in
creases, contrasting with As cuts and
SO increases during 1880. In 1921, the
bank points out, 40 companies increased
their rates and 50 reduced. However, in
1922. when business was improving, cor.
porations were quick to share their re-
turning prosperity. In that year IS
companies raised their rates and only
81 reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, April 2s.-Pota-
toes-White. 100 pounds, 1.25a2.0o: new
potatoes, barrel. 5.25as.50; sweet pota-
toes, barrel, 2.00a4.00 yarns, barrel, SIS
a4.O0; beans, bushel, 2.50a4.50; beets,
crate, 2.00o225; cabbage, bushel, 50a
LIS; carrots, bushel, 60a75: caulihower,
crate, 2.00a2.35; celery, crate, l.75a3 90;
eggplant, crate, 2.50a5 90; kale, bushel,
20a40; lettuce. hamper, 1.50a2.50; lima
beans, 6.00a8.00; peppers. crate, 2.50a
$50: spinach. bushel, 25a50; tomatoes,
crate, I.00a5.00; apples, bushel, 75a2 Is;
per box, 1.75a2.50; grapefruit, box, 1.50
a2.75: oranges, box, 2.75a4.25; straw
berries, quart, 20a30. ~
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Chickens young 30a
40; old hens, 21a24; Leghorns, 1oa20;
ROSTERS. Halls: ducks, 18a28; guinea
fowl, each, 50a75; pigeons, pair, 30a35.
Eggs-Receipts, 1862 cases; nearby
frsts, dozen, II; current receipts, 1914.
Butter-Good TO fancy, creamery,
pound. 24a26; ladies, 20a2l; rolls. 16a
10; process, 22a23; store packed, 14a15.
Hay and Grain.
Wheat-No red Winter, export.
8434; No. red Winter. garlicky, spot,
8434s April. 8434; May, IS.
Corn-No. 2 domestic, new, 381za39;
No. 3, 371aa3S.
Rye-Nearby, 50a6O.
Hay-Receipts, IL tons. General hay
market Is quiet. Receipts ample, but no
surplus offered Of heavy clover mixed.
Such type brings premium of 1.0Oa3 90
per ton, depending on the amount of
clover. Fair to good timothy ranges
from 24.0O to $500 per ton.
Straw-Wheat straw, No. 1, per ton,
10.00a11.0 90; oat straw, No. /, per ton,
1l.O0a1200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
HALF OF LISTED STOCKS
REVISE THEIR DIVIDENDS

Half of the ACT active cash dividend
paying common stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange on January /,
1880, have revised their dividend rates
since that date, according to an. analysis
by Moody's Investors Service. Only IS
Of the dividend reyisions were upward,
while the dividends on exactly ZOO Of
the stocks, or AT per cent Of the total
number analysed. have been either re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO. Ill. April % P).-Butter.
1892 tubs; easy; prices unchanged.
Eggs, 36,965 cases; easy; extra firsts,
1872; fresh graded firsts, 1871; fresh
current receipts, 14laa15; storage packed
firsts, I71a; storage packed extras, 10.
Poultry alive; car, IS trucks; steady;
fowls, 19a231a; broilers, 32a34; ROSTERS,
II; turkeys, IS; heavy ducks, 20; heavy
Spring ducks, "a; geese, IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Amer. Tel a. Tel. te) .......... 1879 go,
Capital Traction Co. t4...... 3312 81
Wash Gas Light Co. u6J ......'l16 125
N & w Steamboat G2l. ....... 1856 2l0
Pot Elec Power SO pfd. ...... ll2h 49,.
Pot. Elec. Power 512fo pfd..... l09s4 llo4
Wash Ry. e. FL com. tO,..... AIS 49,.
Wash Ry. Ell. pfd go. ...... 98ss 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
UNLISTED DEPARTMENT

Franklin National Bank-1O at 125, II
at 125, 4 at 1875.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
N. & W. Declares Dividend.

PHILADELPHIA, April % L9.-The
Norfolk 81 Western Railway today de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of $3.50 on the common stock, payable
June 19 to stockholders of May 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
DRY GOODS MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April % Especially -
Cotton goods markets were quiet today.
Print cloth quotations were unchanged
at SIS for 64x60s and at for 68x72s.
Raw silks were quiet and cents
higher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas IS "W"-$100 at 1922.
Washington Rvy. & Elec. pfd.-20 at
9ess, S at $3.50, 8 at 985s.
District National Bank-10 at 203.
National Metropolitan Bauk-10 at 80.
AFTER CALL.
Merchants Transfer & Storage pfd.--
10 at 95, 10 at SO.
Potomac Electric IS 1881, 900 at
10834, 1000 at 108%.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 80, 10
at 80.
Potomac Electric 5l2%o pfd.-10 at
10934.
Capital Traction-10 at 1919.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s-$1 900 at
1035a.
UNLISTED DEPARTMENT.
Franklin National Bank-1O at 125, 10
Of 1CE AZ I16
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Treasury receipts for April IS were
$3.085, 373.o5; expenditures. $i6,772,-
toms receipts for the month to the close
of business April IS, $27,695, 664.07.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
duced or omitted during the last 10

duced or omitted during the last 16
months.
The groups most severely affected, the
survey states, comprised coppers, house.
hold motors, motor accessories, oils,
paper, steel and tire companies. Least
subject to adverse dividend action dur
ing the period we're agricultural imple-
ments, can manufacturing, food and
utilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
RUBBER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, April 2s Especially -
Crude rubber, smoked ribbed sheets
was unchanged ct today's noon quota
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28

ton Of cents. This compares with z
cents month ago and IA cents a year
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28

Mrs. Oliver Jones has just been
elected the first woman mayor OF Mon
mouth, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
BAR SILVER QUIET.

NEW YORK, April % (9.-Bar sill
yer, quiet and "a lower at 2S1a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
Sales Of Stocks On New YORK. Exchanee

1890 AM....... 800 900 Noon. :. l. 100 600
l3e PM........ 100000 2:1O Pm. ....... 100000
or half year
tons. -
A. 0 less tnnn Se snapss fPartly extra Plus
regular bPayable
Psyahle In cash Of STOCK Plus 81 stock Plus
3 stock Paid this reeulaE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-17

The Wickersham report is a brilliant example ol now to fire blunderbus and miss the bulls eye.-(Atanta Constitution)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-17
PROTECTING LOCAL LABOR AND
 INDUSTRIES.

The Chamber of Commerce well advised In endorsing national legislation designed to protect Alaskan industries and those to here, against the competition originating from Soviet Russia. on even terms Alaska need not fear foreign products, but where they are manufactured as under the existing Russian system tariff walls cannot protect American labor and industries from disaster Only an embargo will prove adequate.
 Reliable information from Russia is convincing that the Soviet has resorted to enforced labor virtual saveryto speed up it's production of nanu- facuerd goods well agricultural products. Labor is rigidy conscrped and paid wages just above the starvation level It has the alternative of starva- tion of selves and families and persecution if it refuses to work at the tasks assigned. What is produced is then dumped on the worlds markets at costs below those obtaining in those countries where workers better compensated.
 Two commodities dumped are softwood and woodpup. Alaska is rich in natural resources for these materials It can supply very large pro- portion of the entire countrys needs for them But it cannot meet the competition of slave" labor typified under the Russian system. Other parts of the country feeling the effects of competition from other Russian products. Congress should act to end this before serious damage is done to both industry and labor