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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
The Farmers to March"

Another march" on washington is
projected, something like that of the
bonus seekers but different in detail
and particularly so in schedule. Dele
gates to an organization known as the
Farmers National Relief Conference
are to be chosen between now and De-
cember by local meetings of farmers
at the ratio of one delegate for each
twenty-five or more farmers present at
the meetings. 1t is the expectation OF
the promoters of this movement that
at least five hundred will be present
in Washington shortly after the opening
of Congress, to demand a moratorium
on their debts, especially farm mort
cages, and the hating of evictions.
Unlike the bonus march. this descent
Of the farmers upon Washington In
search Of legislation will have a time
limit. They will attend conference
in this city extending from December
Z to 10 and then, regardless of whether
the petition is granted or not-of
course, 1t could not be expected to be
granted in the short time Indicated
the petitioners will disperse, returning
by their own transportation, as they
came. No arrangements have been
made or at least disclosed respecting
the maintenance of the delegates while
in Washington, but it is to be assumed
that they will provide for themselves
and not become, as did the bonus
marchers. public charges upon this
community.
Such an exercise Of the right of
petition is altogether proper. The i'm
propriety Of the bonus march con-
sisted in its needless numbers and the
protraction of their stay beyond the
point of any possibility of congress
sional action. The farmers are making
no threat to camp on the doorsteps
of the National Legislature until they
obtain the relief they seek. They will
come here. not as dependents on pub
lie charity for maintenance. but as
self-sustaining citizens seeking redress
of grievances, and when they have made
their plea they will depart to await
at their homes the outcome of their
petition There can be no complaint
against such procedure and there will
will be no apprehension in Washington
on the score of possible repetition Of
the distressing experience of a few
months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
society and wish to climb into Utopiar

society and wish to climb into Utopian
heaven on a Communist stepladder.
The American fruits Of victory Of the
war with Spain included what are
commonly called the Philippine Islands,
but Spain did not know, and the United
States thus far has been unable to dis
cover, the exact mathematical mean
ing Of the phrase. Since 1899 total
Of 1888 isles of varying dimensions
have been listed, most Of them mere
polka dots in size. Only four hundred
and sixty-two are larger than square
mile. The largest of all, LuZon, con-
tains 40,814 square miles, approximate
ing in size Virginia or Ohio, and is
eminently worth owning. But except
as sources of comic opera material and
as causes of diplomatic debate the islets
claimed by the Princess and most of
their diminutive neighbors, mapped and
unmapped, are inconsequential.
The agitation anent the Turtle Is
lands, however, serves one useful purpose
in that it reminds the human family
Of the fact that as yet the DID, much
travelled earth is not completely sub
jugated or occupied Man still has room
to grow, things to learn and adven-
lures to enjoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
Welcome Vibrations.
From the Hazleton standard-sentinel.

From the Hazleton Standard-Sentinel.
Economists look upon the consump-
ton of electrical energy as an infallible
measure Of industrial production and
community development. When con-
sumption increases it is because indus
trial wheels are speeding up and more
people are buying power.
Therefore the enthusiasm over the
report Of increased electrical consump-
ton in the country ever since Septem-
Der l is not difficult to explain. Every
where 1t is welcomed as a sign of busi-
ness recovery.
This power report undoubtedly had
something to do with the early Sep
TENDER squirt in the stock market, in
formed investors knowing that whereas
financial statements are history, gains
in power consumption are prophetic Of
improved business in the future. Sc
curities are not purchased on past per-
Torrance as much as the small specu-
lator imagines.
Industry, agriculture, business and
the home will first show new prosperity
through the increased use of electricity.
When production and profit are low the
first two do not need power and when
hard times are upon the land the latter
two are sparing in its USE So when
prosperity rounds the corner 1t will
herald its coming through electric VI
brations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
The Turtle Islands.

On the northeast coast of British
Borneo there should be fourteen islands,
and If, as and when they are located,
the Princess Dayang, daughter of the
Sultan of Sulu, wants them. The royal
lady has asked President Hoover for
them. She also has appealed to the
War Department and to Gov. Gen.
Theodore Roosevelt at Manila. Seven
of the group have been identified by
International geographers and have been
called the Turtle Islands. Seven still
are missing On those known to map
makers, some three hundred Moro
fishermen and cocoanut growers live.
Who or what lives on those not yet
detected is, of course, unknown. The
princess is willing to take a chance.
She wants all fourteen Of the islands
found and delivered to her pronto. Her
grandmother, Queen Lana, she says,
gave them to her, and she Is impa-
tient to come into possession.
President Hoover, having nothing else
to engage his attention, doubtless will
give the matter immediate study, and
maybe a squadron of battleships will be
sent to find the princess property and
tow it to her front door. Just what the
princess will do with the islands when
she gets them is, naturally, matter
of speculation. There are so many pos
sibilities. They might be auctioned of
to enthusiastic pagans who cannot wait
for the repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment. They might be sold to nudist
cults. They might be made available
to enemies Of "the machine age" who
cannot any longer tolerate the discom-
forts of modern civilization. Probably
it is too much to hope that they might
constitute Ravens for theorists who are
dissatisfied with the normal evolution Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
Winter Relief for Country
Presented as Citizens Task

some corner Our only concern is its
arrival with such blueprlnts and specl-
ficationS as will insure something OF per-
manency. Give us lucent cotton, 81
wheat, corn oats and garden truck In
the same proportion and jobs for 5000
900 eager job seekers and We shall not 50
much as ask it what detained 1t so long.
It can wear Republican tag, Demo-
cratic brand, eighteenth amendment,
five-gallon hat, anti-prohibition overalls,
speak with a Yankee nasal tang or .
drawly 'y'all." be a supporter OF the
League of Nations or of 100000 air
planes and isolation, write of the war
debts or turn them over to collection
agency with marine co-operatlon-we
are not in the least particular. We have
decided opinions on all those subjects,
but not one of those same opinions Is
worth the postage on the invoice OF q
returned prosperity"
The task transcendS all politics and
will be the major concern this Winter.
irrespective Of whom the votors decide
to elect to the presidency" proclaims the
Hartford Times, while the youngstown
Vindicator, quoting Mr.. Bakers an
nouncement that amounts for RELIEF
have increased eightfold since 1929"
and that this Winter the Government
ia llClp Will q lOd1A VI pOVOsOOoiVOV
which it Is placing at the disposal of the
States" emphasizes also Mr.. Bakers be-
lief that there must be added "a devo-
ton of every private resource. both to
extend the funds purely for relief and
to preserve and intensity the curative
miniStrationS of welfare and character
building agencies" The Altoona Mirror
recognizes that the burden will devolve
upon the States and the various COM
munities."
The physical need is simply stated"
says the Omaha World-Herald. Presl-
dnt Hoover expressed the Nations de-
termination with respect TO it when he
declared the first task of Americans Is
to see that no man, woman or child
shall 60 hungry or unsheltered through
the approaching Winter That task,
we cannot but believe, will be accom-
plished, staggering as are its proper
tons. But there are other problems,
equally grave, as Mr.. Baker points out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

Anacostia flats and generally surveying
the possibilities of their idea Journey S
End wouldn't be bad name for a
! theatrical version of the grim events in
question. Perhaps What Price Bonus
| would be more appropriate.
| X 4
Miles Reno of Iowa, loquacious gen.
eralsSimo of the Farmers Holiday As
Soclatlon, which is preparing a warm. if
not a cordial welcome for President
Hoover at Des Moines on October 4, it
appears, is no mere horny-handed and
distressed son OF the soil. In fact, &C
| corolng to Nebraska and Iowa news
papers, Mr. Reno is not farmer at all,
but enjoys fat income as executive of
farmers insurance company. If pub
lished figures of his salary are correct.
Miles is one farmer" who doesn't need
relief
Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the
Carnegie Institution at Washington and
one of the worlds greatest authorities
IN the field of paleontology-the branch
OF biology concerned with the ancient
life of the globe-is back from a four
| months busmans holiday in the far
Southwest. He's been browsing around
the Canyon del Muyerto, in the new
| Canyon du Chiefly national monument
IN Arizona. There DR.. Merriam's gaze
was fascinated by what he thinks are
the most majestic cliff dwellings now
extant, some of them towering to the
dizzy height of more than 500 feet
| Among many arreSting statements in
| a book on War Debts and World Pros
perity," published today by the Brook
ingS Institution in Washington is the
revelation that Germany has already
paid over $4,000, 100000 in reparations,
or more than five times the indemnity
exacted from France by Germany in
1871. 1t is also disclosed that war debt
payments received by the United States
to date exceed $4,000, 900, 900, being less
originally borrowed OF this sum, "a
per cent has been paid by Great Britain.
The volume asserts that France has re-
ceived approximately three and onehalf
times as much from Germany as she
has paid her creditors Great Britain
and the United States. The British have
received, both from reparationS and
from allied creditors, $240,000.000 less
than she has paid to America. The
Brookings publication argues that COM
plete obliteration" of all intergovern-
mental debts would promote world eco
nomic recovery.
| x X X
Secretary Stimson isn't likely to run
into any Bronx cheers when he speaks
on the Hoover administrations foreign
policy over a Nationwide radio hook
up from Philadelphia next Saturday
night. He's talking before the Union
League of that city, than which no more
stalWart, stand-pat. dyed-in-the-woolo or
what-have-you close Republican corpo-
ration ever did obeisance before the
elephant. The Union League was born
with the Civil War, prides itself upon
having entertained every Republican
President since and including Lincoln
and is the Gibraltar of G. o. P.-ism in
Pennsylvania. Clifford P1nchot is not a
habitue Of the club.
| (Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
tween 1880 and 1881 of s25,s4s sos,

tween 1880 and 1881 of $25,643 sos
with the increase between 1929 and
1890 Of $27,595,915 and with the IN
crease between 1926 and 1927 Of Sat-
5s5,907. The bare increase In total
realty assessments this year of 81
100000 compares with an increase last
year Of $l5,529,33O. with an increase
the year before Of $18.699,273 and
with an increase this year before that
Of $44, ,440.
The small amount Of increase in the
tax base has. Of course, given the Com
missioners something to worry about
in framing the estimates now before
the Bureau of the Budget. Their
anxiety is relatively small, compared
with the real problem faced by the
taxpayer, who, despite reduced salary
and mayhap no job at all, has found
his tax bill remaining the same in
this the fourth Autumn Of the de-
preston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
Decreased Assessments.

Assessments for taxation always lag
come distance behind the rise and fall
of real estate values, and 1t Is not until
this year that the local assessments, on
which current tax bills are based, have
begun to show the full effect of the
depression. AS Assessor Richards fig
ures demonstrate, however, the effect
has not been reflected in some sections
of the city as much as in others. For
a selected group Of squares, there have
been as many cases Of increased land
value as there have been of decreases,
although for the city as a whole there
has been total decrease of about $l0,-
100000. New construction, on the other
hand, has lifted the assessment Of i'm
provements for the city as whole
about $12,7O0,000 above. what it was
last year, and brought the total realty
assessment for 1888 some s2,600.0oo
over 1892.
The full effect of the depression on
assessment is seen best, however, by
a comparison with some former years
The decrease of $10,000,000 In land
values is the greatest decrease in any
one year since 1911-the date from
which annual assessment figures are
compiled for insertion in the House
Appropriations Committee hearings
every year. It may be compared, fol-
instance, with the increase recorded
between 1927 and 1928 Of 1892, 1o4, 221
Similarly, the small increase Of $12,-
100000 in assessed value Of improve
ments recorded in 1888 over 1882 may
be compared with the increase last veal
, q $13,ess.4s1. with the increase BE-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| American, used merely as q scatter rug
or, II 1t is especially beautiful or valu-
able, hung on the wall as If it were Q
tapestry. 1t might also be gracefully
arranged on baby grand piano.
@. Who said that the mind can make
heaven Of hell and a hell Of heaven?
&C. T. P.
A. The quotation is from Milton, and
in full is: THE mind is its own place.
and in itself can make heaven Of hell,
a hell of heaven"
@. Was Elizabeth Cady stanton's
husband interested in public affairs?-
S. A. r.
A. Henry Brewster Stanton was promi.
nent in anti-Slavery movements and
assisted in the reorganization Of the
Republican party, 1858-60. He was for
many years on the editorial staf Of the
New York Sun.
@. To prevent dust and dirt. can
cheesecloth be used over registers con-
nected with hot-air furnace without
interfering with the heats. T.
A The Bureau of Mines says that
tne using OF cheesecloth over every
opening in your floors connecting with
the hot-air furnace would interfere
somewhat with the circulation of air
and cause higher temperature of the
air discharged. 1t will probably take q
little more coal to operate the fur
mace. If cheeSecloth Is used 1t should
be changed or cleaned frequently.
@. Who had charge Of the American
exhibits at the Paris Exposition last
year?-E. v. p
A. On August II, 1880, G. Bascom
Slemp was appointed director general
Of the United States participation In
the International Colonial Exposition
at Paris, which Congress voted to au-
thorize. At this exposition was shown
an exact duplicate Of Mount Vernon.
which was opened to the public and
conducted after the manner Of George
closed November is. 1881, and Mr.
Slemp also terminated his mission.
@ How much later does the moon
rise each night?"A. T.
A. The moon rises about 30 minutes
later each day, but the time may b
less than one-half an hour or a. much
as an hour and a quarter.
@. Will alcohol mixed with gasoline
work satisfactorily In automobile en-
gineS2-A. l. D.
A. The Industrial Bulletin says that
the use Of pure alcohol is impractical
in our present engines, although special
engines can be built to use 1t. Mixtures
of gasoline with Is to IS per cent alco-
hol work very well in our present cars.
with no change in carburetor adjust
mentS. Alcohol is about twice as edec-
tive as benzyl for anti-knock purposes,
and is safer than lead tetraethyl. Alco-
hol also has a cleaning effect, and
motors which are run on fuels con-
tanning alcohol remain freer from car
bon deposits than motors run on other
fuels.
@. Does Milwaukee still have So
cialist mayor?-M. C. F.
A The present mayor Of Milwaukee,
who has served for 16 years, Is Daniel
w. Hoan, Socialist.
O. What type architecture Is that
employed in the White House?-M. D.
A. 1t is a Colonial type known a.
Georgian.
O. How many biographies are there
in who's Who in America"?-D. M. s.
A. The 1928 edition contains 3d.
545 life sketches. The initial volume,
l899-1900, contained 1902.
@. Are there many motion pictures
based upon Bible stories?-J. P.
A. There are quite few. Several
companies have produced such fllms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
A Threat to Broadway.
rom the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
The butter and egg men of the coun-
try say that the Federal Farm Board
Is playing ruination with their bust
ness and the night club proprietors in
New York are all in . twitter Of ap-
prehenSion over II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

Absolutely no reproach can be di-
rected at Governor Pnchot by the Re-
construction Finance Corporation on
the theory that he was not prompt in
presenting himself at the paying teller's
window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

The day that is a.strononnically dedi-
Gated TO the last rose of Summer" has
arrived. This fact, however, does not
positively guarantee that the last hot
wave has departed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

Many Democrats who used to vote
with progressive Republicans in Wis
consin have evidently decided that it
is time for the Democracy to do some
progressing on its own account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

When he says that this Nation will
emerge from present experiences
stronger than ever, Vice President Cur
tbs must not be interpreted as referring
to the alcoholic content OF beverages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
No Rest.

When we have voted once again
With zeal intense,
Well start right in on the campaign
For four years hence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
An Impression Explained.

do you believe that insanity Is really
on the increase?" asked the student OF
statistics.
mot at ALL" answered the eminent
alienist. Eve experts have merely be-
come more industrious and discerning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
Storks and Whales.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
Stocks aren't alone. The whale
always goes down again after it blows
the water out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

Craftsmanship is frankly recognizing
the need not only of showing the Gov
eminent how to economic, but of en-
abling the average citizen to lay by
something for himself and family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
A New Slogan.

From the Jersey City Journal.
The Grand Old Party might make b;
Forget Maine!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

His trip into ocean depths is enabling
DR.. Beebe to tell the greatest fish stories
Of the season and to add the charm of
a guarantee that they are all true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
Demonstratiye Sentiment,

You'll find among our fellow men
Some figures monumental
Who think they're patriotic, when
They're only temperamental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PEILANDER. JOHNSON.

nc OICdtSot Oh
What no, Mr.. Voter! Again we are here
Gather round one and all and approach
without fear!
The wonders We'll show of this world
big and wide
When Time draws the curtain to let you
inside.
The collection of marvels- view it
make haste
There are features appealing to every
mans taste!
The mild dove of peace, known to every
one,
Is perched on the latest, most terrible
gun.
The eagle will scream and the donkey
will kick,
And the elephant wise will do many a
trick,
While dignified ringmasters walk up and
down
And others appear in the garb Of the
clown.
The old-fashioned band wagon swings
into view,
In glittering splendor all gilded anew.
Instructive and moral you'll find the
great show!
Again we are here! Mr.. Voter, what no!
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"One er de things that kind O. gifts
me baf1ed," said Uncle Eben, sis lazy
man sccldin' hard-workin' one fob not
bein' q regular optimist."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26
THEODORE w. MOVES. :. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Con
pustneSS ONCE.

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Concentrated Wisdom.

Concentrated Wisdom.
Will your boy go to college?"
II don't believe he'll need to-" replied
Mr.. Bliggins. IF he ever learns the
answers to all the questions he asks. he
will know more than the professors"
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A Principle Personally Applied.
"A man makes mistake when he
tries to obtain something for nothing"
TRUE" replied Senator Sorghum,
land yet some people expect us to 60
ahead and get elected without cam
paign fund"