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Evening star., 1932-02-21

Portner's Arena, returns Tuesday night
to meet the stifest heavyweight
puncher in this vicinity, Herman
Weiner, in the main go of the Alex
andria Day Nursery card.
Matte owes much to the Day Nursery.
His chances and victory over Marty
Gallagher brought for him many Of
fers from matchmakers and promoters
throughout the land.
Two weeks ago he made good at
Pittsburgh by giving Tony Galento one
of the worst shellackings of his career.
On the other hand, the Day Nursery
owes much to Brown. 1t was he who
put the first big crowd into Po-tner'S
Arena when he boxed Reds Barry.
When he met Marty Gallagher he
helped establish a box Office record
that has not been equaled here in
years.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
WASHINGTON
NET MATCH CALLED OFF

BALTIMORE, February 20.-Due to
illness of several Of the players of the
Dumbarton Club from Washington,
their scheduled round match with the
Inter-Parks, representatives in the Win
ter Indoor Tennis League, was called
off.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
SERVICE DEPT.
GENERALS ARE BEATEN.

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., February 20
@.-Washington and Lee ended its
basket ball invasion of North Carolina
here tonight. losing, q to 18, to a su-
perior Tarheel five.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
sHIppENSBURG FIVE WINS

ary 2o.-Shippensburg PaD State
Teachers' College fve defeated Shep-
herd College in . close game played
bere, 36>so 81.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
TALIAFERRO HIGH MAN
Takes Hyattsville Sweepstakes
With Score of 341.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, February 90
Carl Taliaferro with BAL tonight won
the first duckpin sweepstakes held on
the Arcade alleys here in several
months. John Woods was second with
1893. Twenty-four with averages Of
less than 106 competed.
Willie Frye had high game at 1872.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
DOLLARS FOR BOWLERS

Silver dollars will be awarded each
hour tomorrow at the Arcadia alleys
to men and women rolling the highest
games between 10 am. and ! am.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
EIGHT CLUBS IN LEAGUE
Henderson's Piedmont Franchise Is
Awarded to Wilmington.

GREENSBORO, N. c., February 20
R).-Awarding the franchise forfeited
by Henderson to Wilmington, directors
Of the Piedmont League today decided
the loop would be operated with eight
clubs again this year.
The clubs are at Asheville, Green's
boro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Pal
eigh, Durham, High Point and Whining
ton.
Evening star., 1932-03-27

either work or money, the offer Of an
empty garage from the Duke of West
minister. The director Of supplies per-
Suaded a baker to give $40 loaves
weekly; the director Of clothes organ
lied an old clothes collecting system.
I'VE don't care said Mr.. Bridges,
whether they're scoundrels, twisters,
liars or convicts."
At the top of the ticket are the let
ters 'FiverS and three of these let
ters must be punched. IF" means that
man must wash his feet, "V'' that he
has had a wash, IS" that he has had
shave. There are three warm shower
baths at the end of the garage, soap
and shaving utensils on loan.
Every man is inspected as he passes
into "FiverS," to see if he needs clothes.
and If he doesn't get an outfit the first
night he more than likely will be fitted
out the second or third one. Nurses
from nearby hospital donate ro-
tating nights off duty to assisting a
voluntary doctor who treats minor all
mentS in "Fivers" dispensary.
7 know We have scroungers," Mr..
Bridges was frank enough to admit.
we can't help that. But some 90
per cent of these men are decent:
down-but not out. And we mean to
put some buck in them Our main ef-
fort Is to make them feel that here In
place where they can find friend
ship; We want to bolster up their moral
courage while they're looking for a Job.
And to get that, tell them, You must
be polite, presentable-and persistent
Copyright, 1892.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
TAX REVOLT
REVIVES AMERICAN SPIRIT
County, State and City Governments
Under Fire of Aroused Citizens Seek.
ing Relief From Burdens.

The uprising may be even more exten-
sive than this. 1t just happens that
the writer has recently been familiar
with the demonstration In the territory
named.
In Indiana and Ohio IT hits the In
quiring visitor in the face. Local poll
ticians talk about nothing else; local
oftlceholderS are terrified by it; interest
in its exceeds every other political topic
The visitor can hear talk about prohi-
bition if he asks for it. but If he con-
fines himself to listening the thing he
will hear is taxation-speciflcally, de-
termination on the part OF the people
to get taxes reduced.
1t is a phenomenon, something un-
heard Of before. Taxation is front
page news. The determination of the
people to bring about tax reduction
which justify and receive double
column headlines. For example, this
from the Topeka, Kans., State Journal
1t was printed some months ago when
the tax reduction movement was just
getting under way in Kansas: "Sel-
dom If ever has the dingy old court
room of Shawnee County reSounded
with such angry roars as came from the
throats of hundreds of angry taxpay-
erS, who attended the budget meeting
of the county commissioners today.
Rarely has there ever been such cheer
ing, jeering, hand-clapping, feet-stamp-
ing, shouted acrimony. 1t was Roman
holiday for the burdened taxpayers. The
office holders were the gladiators, and
for them the taxpayers thumbs were
invariably turned downward"
Other Scenes Expected.
Scenes like that have occurred in
Minnesota, Kentucky, and recently in
Indiana. And scenes like that will
shortly occur in Wisconsin. In WiScon-
sin the tax rebellion is still beneath
the surface but about to erupt. In that
State, many taxpayers, including Pro-
gresSives, are pressed by the weight Of
local taxation. The cost of government
in Wisconsin has increased 365 per
cent in IT years, from $54 1890, ,701 in
1912 up to $225, ,529 $50 in 1929. In the
mood thus created many taxpayers have
come to think, whether Justly or not,
that the La Folletters, with all their
virtues and their altruism and their
innovations for social betterment, con-
Stitute, after all, with their following,
merely another officeholding regime,
another case of government by office
holders whose primary personal inter-
est must inevitably be to keep them
selves in Office. And for all such every
where, of whatever political stripe, Re
publican or Democratic, Progressive or
Conservative-for all such the skids
are being creased with anger squeezed
from the taxpayers pockets. For office
holders of all kinds, for the 'ins" every
where, this is going to be the year Of
the big wind
A mere record Of local manifestations
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Evening star., 1932-03-27
Odd Charity, Named After "Fivers,"
Aids Needy But Is Against Preaching

LONDON, England-"We were hav-
ing dinner at my house" Kirkland
Bridges told me, "and some one said,
Isn't it awful to think of us sitting
here like this when so many hundreds
Of people must be homeless and hungry
tonight in London?'"
Mr.. Bridges, who is only 80 and a
cleaning contractor in Plmlico. re-
marked that might at some time have
INDUCED in a similar lamentation my
self.
Well" he continued, "I made up my
mind that that night the conversation
was not going to end with that, so
said, Yes, isn't it awful-and now what
are We four men going to do about it?'
And that's the way FLYERS was born"
"Fivers" gets its name from the fact
that these four men pledged themselves
that night each to give f5 (about 500
weekly for year to see how they could
help London's down-and-outs. More
than that, they would administer
"fivers" themselves, each taking turns
there on night duty. They would ask no
questions-any down-and-outer would
be welcome. They would preach no re-
ligion, they wouldn't even try to lecture
the men on how to get on in life-they
would just hold out the hand OF friend
ship to any man who wanted to take it.
And they would do it all by soliciting
private contributions.
Having pledged themselves to sub
scribe the weekly f5, these four men
organized themselves on business
basis. Mr.. Bridges is a cleaning con-
tractor; the other three are a bedding
manufacturer. the managing director of
tourist agency and a corn exchange
merchant. Mr.. Bridges elected himself
president, one was appointed treasurer,
one became director of clothing, the
other director of supplies. An adver-
tisement in the Times brought, after
the usual deluge Of applications for
Evening star., 1932-03-27
MaiOrca Iron Workers
Won't Forge Prisons

BARCELONA-Work of the is
land of Majorca have entered into a
solidarity compact with the workmen of
the Barcelona region and of other parts
of Spain to forge no more iron gates
Of grillwork intended for use in prisons
Some months ago, after workers of
the mainland had refused to lend a
hand in repairing the central prison,
which was partly burned and wrecked
by mob on the day the republic was
proclaimed, or in forging the necessary
ironwork, some of the latter work was
done in Majorca. Barcelona dockhands,
however, refused to unload 1t from the
ship and soldiers were employed for
that purpose.
Now Majorca workers have decided
that they will permit the forging of
no more such ironwork. In spite of this
attitude of the workers a foundry in
Majorca attempted to turn out the
work. A mob attacked the plant with
cans of benzine and oil and set it afire.
In view of threats of more dire conse-
quences II he persisted, the founder
has given up all attempts to finish the
job.
tCopyright. 1881
Evening star., 1932-03-27
SURVEY SHOWS US. FARMER
BETTER OFF THAN OTHERS
Several Advantages During Economic
Storm Include That of Not Having
Expanded During Overproduction.
TNa world of mounting agricultural

N a world of mounting agricultural
surpluSes and dwindling commodity
dollars it appears probable from
Il studies by Department OF Agrlcul-
ture experts that the American
farmer may be better fitted than his
foreign competitor to weather this eco
nomic storm.
1t seems to be largely a matter OF
which can hold out the longest, and
from this standpoint an analysis OF
international conditions by o. E. Baker,
United States senior agricultural econo-
mist, shows the farmers of this country
have several advantages.
This situation develops from the
fact, unlike the Canadian, the Aus
tralian and the Argentine, the Amer
lean farmer has not jeopardized him
self in an overproduced world by ex-
panding his operations. Mr. Baker S
figures reveal very little increase in the
total crop acreage or acre yield since
the World War in America, whereas
world production of wheat, excluding
China. has increased about 20 per cent
and cotton 40 to so per cent.
In this connection it is not consid-
cred likely American farm acreage will
expand as rapidly as the increase in
world population. The most produc-
tive land already is being cropped and
that which remains unused is mostly
too wet or too dry, too broken. steep,
stony or infertile or involves too heavy
cost for clearing or reclamation. At
the same time there is no country in
which depletion of soil resources is
taking place SO rapidly. 1t is estimated
that almost 20,000,000 acres of land
formerly cultivated have been de-
ct rrt tyoH hU nrrcinTo
millions more will go out of use within
the next 10 years.
For the most part such farm aban-
donment is occurring in the Appalach-
ian Mountain region where it was
profitable SO to 100 years ago and oc--
cupation is moving into the Great
Plains region. There, with modern
machinery, one man can do the work
Of five-the large-scale operation plus
the virgin fertility greatly lowering
production costs.
In Appalachian Region.
1t is a process in which agriculture
is moving from high cost to low cost
age Expansion on the semi-arid lands
of the West is being balanced by con-
traction in the humid areas of the
South and East.
| At the same time there has been in
| progress a tremendous adjustment OF
crops and livestock. The increasing
efficiency OF the latter in Transforming
feed into food reflects decreased pro-
duction Of pork in the South and in
creased production in the North anc
West. There are only about half as
many hogs south OF the Ohio anc
Potomac Rivers as there were 10 years
ago, while there are 20 to 100 per cent
more in the States from Minnesots
and Iowa to Kansas and westward
There has been corresponding shift
Evening star., 1932-03-27

in the corn acreage. The yield an
acre is about twice as high in Iowa and
Minnesota as in the South.
Figures indicate but little increase In
the number of dairy COWS during the
last decade, but the production of milk
has increased more rapidly than the
human population. There are fewer
hogs on farms, but the production of
pork and lard apparently is 20 per cent
greater.
The acreage of crops having value
of less than S25 an acre has remained
more or less constant for Is years,
whereas that of crops worth more than
S25 an acre has increased more than 20
per cent.
Farm Population Drops.
Contrary to the increase in rural
population in most foreign countries,
the number of persons on farms In
the United States has decreased per-
haps 10 per cent in the last 10 years.
Although the rural birth rate is higher
than the urban, it has been decreasing
almost as rapidly. If it declines as
much in the reXt eight years as in
the last eight, it will be insufficient to
maintain a stationary farm population
permanently and provide any surplus
for the cities.
Immigration restriction is having its
effect on farm population. Prior to
the war European immigrants were
mostly young people recently married,
or of marriageable age, who came
chiefly from peasant farms, where the
tradition was to acquire land and rear
large families.
Simultaneous with the farm-to-ci city
rI1ra1 irt n
rate. the slighter influx of foreign farm
ers and the advancing average age of
the American farmer, there has been
comparable decline in farm labor
It has increased only Is per cent since
the beginning of the century, whereas
production has increased so per cent.
In view of the rapid progress in the
mechaniZation of agriculture, it seems
unlikely there c2n be other than con-
tinuation of the downward trend In
farm labor for the next decade.
The other side of the picture Is one
of expanding urban population. The
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
increased the population of the world
twice as much as all preceding centu-
ries since man appeared on the earth.
It was made possible by the science
that provided more food and reduced
the deatn raIe. however great the m
crease in agricultural production during
any brief period, if population continues
to increase it must sooner or later press
more severely upon the limitations of
the land.
There is an indication that Russia,
whose population apparently is increas-
ing at the tremendous rate Of 2 to 3
per cent year, will be eating all, or
nearly all, the wheat it produces before
many years, and that possible indus
trialization of the Orient, with its
| 1000, 100000 population. may counter
Evening star., 1932-03-27

to perceive from afar a break in the
black clouds of international depression.
1t requires some moral courage now to
forecast better days ahead in the
immediate future-but I am prepared
to take that chance. Beyond any
doubt, there are certain signs and
portentS of good promise for world
peace and return to higher level of
industrial prosperity. These two things
are inseparably linked.
Great Lesson in Adversely.
The one great lesson to be learned
by the recent adversely is surely the
outstanding, inescapable truth that
no nation-not even the United States
can have. any hope of financial
security if the rest of the world is in
bankrupt state, and that an indus
trial depression cannot be cured as
Evening star., 1932-03-27

around the corner" things became
definitely worse Commodity prices
dropped to lower levels. European
affairs drifted deeper into chaos and
confusion. More banks shut their
doors Unemployment increased.
World peace was threatened by new
wars Japan ran amuck in China and
all the pledges Of peace and solemn
covenants signed by the great powers
seemed no more than hypocrisy. The
Disarmament conference at Geneva
began its sessions While defenseless
civilians in Shanghai were being
bombed to death by a nation on the
Council of the League. Great Britain
had gone off the gold standard and
other countries had followed suit.
The last II months of history have
made mockery of any man who dared
to hand out glad tidingS or pretended
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Tax Rebellion Nation wide.

balance the increase in agricultural
production abroad. Meantime, 1T seems
very likely that the percentage increase
in the United States crop area, If any,
may be much less than the Is to 20
per cent increase now anticipated in
population.
The average American is now eating
about a third more sugar than before
the war, probably fourth more milk
and dairy products, possibly fifth
more vegetables, and with general
return of buying power likely would
eat more meat. 1t now requires more
than two acres of crops to feed the
average American, as compared with
only one acre to feed the average Ger
man and one-fourth acre the Japanese.
If the people should consume more
meat or milk per capita the area of
land required to produce the food sup
ply in this country might have to be
Is per cent greater.
Evening star., 1932-03-27

long as the political situation is
governed by fears or threats of war
and social upheaval. One of the
portents which have become noticeable
during recent weeks is the endeavor of
France to broaden her policy and to
take the lead in promoting trade
facilities between European countries
that have been blockaded against each
other as a consequence of the
Versailles treaty The French pro-
posals for tariff truce between various
states carved out of the old Austrian
Empire are the beginning of a new
mood which is working for more
intelligent cooperation in Europe.
France has not escaped the f1nan-
cial depression which overlook her
neighborS more quickly and more
terribly. Unemployment has at last
Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1932-03-27

TINE most widespread and the most
conspicuous expression of public
sentiment in the United States
Il at this time Is insistence upon
reduction of taxes, upon govern
ments spending less money. I am
writing now of local taXes-county, city
and State taxes as distinguished from
Federal taxes. At Washington taxes are
being increased, and against that there
Is no general resentment. The public
recognizes that the Government at
Washington must make income meet
expenses; it recognizes that for this
purpose increased Federal taxes are
inevitable; it recognizes that the in
creased taxes are accompanied by sin
cere and effective efforts by Democrats
and Republicans alike to reduce ex-
penses; and the public, recognizing all
this is not resentful toward the increase
of taxes now being legislated at Wash
ington.
ut is imperative, however, that the
Government at Washington, the Demo-
Gratis in Congress and the Republicans
IN the administration, reduce expendl-
lures. If Federal expenditures are re-
duced, the country will not resent, but
approve, increase of Federal taxes. But
If Washington, after increasing taxes,
fails to reduce expenSes-if washington
frCm now on makes extravagant appro-
priations-in that event the country
will resent it. The public everywhere is
aware of the situation. The whole
country Is tax conscious" tax
minded")
Tax Rebellion Nation wide.
What is dealt with in this article,
however, is the other taxes-the taxes
laid by county, State and city govern
ments. About these there IS what can
reasonably be called Nation wide tax
rebellion" It extends from Wichita
Kans., eastward to and including Ohio,
and from Wisconsin and Minnesota
southwark to and including Kentucky.
Evening star., 1932-03-27

1t is good to know that this spirit of
Easter, this renaissance of hope, is be-
ginning to stir beneath the surface of
the black depression which has lain so
heavy on the world during the Winter
of recent history.
There have been so many false hopes,
so many unfulflled promises about
trade revival and the coming of pros
perity, that many people have settled
down to kind of cynical despair, ut
terly refusing to believe prophets of
good tidings. Every time those prophets
announced that prosperity was lust
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Premature,

From the Indianapolis News.
One candidate for sheriff was taken
In by the police on a charge of i'm
personating an officer of the law. show
ing how self-conhdence can carry d
man top Tar. A j
Evening star., 1932-03-27
ARMS AGREEMENTS HELD
LIKELY In JUNE AT GENEVA
Limitation of Present Forces on Existing
Basis, as Foundation for Future Re-
duction, Is Now Prospective.

Note: Mr.. Vile has just returned
from eight tDeeks in Europe. The ar
t1cle beloiD, iGhich is the first of
series OF tl0o, discusses the work OF
the GeneUa conference. The article
TOMORROW 1DiH discuss the League OF
Ndtton'S Intervention in the Far
Eastern crisis.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

FTER a long, bleak Winter, the
coming of Easter, with its
awakening of life and its prom
l Use of sunny days, gives a sense
of hope to the heart of man.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

TIME most widespread and the most
conspicuous expression of public
sentiment in the United States
l. at this time is insistence upon
Evening star., 1932-03-27

The London Times likens Geneva de-
yelopments up to now 10 the "sparring
for an opening" in which pugilists in
dulee In the boxing ring. The various
nations, especially the big powers. have
been feeling one another out. France
was constrained to learn just now lar
the Germans are determined 10 go IN
their insistence upon obliterating arti-
Gle q of the Versailles treaty, which con-
denns them to military impotence.
Germany on her part was bent upon
Andinp out the maximum OF concessions
she can hope for-to what extent the
nowers that defeated her In war are
Evening star., 1932-03-27
BY FRANK II. STMONDs.

~ ARIS-Viewed alike from Ge-
. neva. in recent months the
clearing house of European pol
1 itics, and from Paris, still the
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