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The Washington times., 1932-02-11
Washington Produce

idaho. 1OO-lb. sacks, Russet Burbanks,
U. s. Is, $2.26s few higher.
strawberries-Supplies light: demand
moderate; market steady. Florida. pony
per pit; moldy, 10000 per Qt.; re-
frigeratOr car, S6-pt. crates various
varieties, 14@15c: poorer, lie per pit.
Truck receipts, 36-pt. crates. various
varieties, fair condition, 7011c per pit;
S2-qt. crates, various varieties. fair con-
dttion, 12h @ zoe per at.
+ Snap Beans-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady. Florids, q
bHshel hampers, green. flat type, :SG
Cucumbers-supplies light: demand
light; market steady. Florida. 6ushel
Peppers-Express receipts light: sup.
steady. Florida, la-bushel crates, U.
3 Nc; !, l. green as.7s@s:' fair quality
okra-Express receipts light: supplies
light; demand light: market steady.
Cuba, 6-baSket crates. IS Qb.50; Florlda'
6-basket crates, large size' fair quail
Tomatoes-supp,ies moderate: demand
moderate; market steady. Florida, SKIES
rpss end turninE wPsppsd ts 1ssi so S2S lug
boxes ripes and turning. wrapped. Sx6'
Wrspped. " sSisS 1oss. 'i,So; 7ss, mostly
Peas-Supplies light: demand light;
market steady. Mexico. 45-lb. crates
Telephone, $6.60: few higher.
Lima Beans-Practicaily nc supplies
on the market.
squash-Express receipts light: sup.
plies moderate: demand light: market
steady Florida. busheI hampers. "h'te'
wrapped; $1.5O@2: few higher.
Eggplant-Express receipts light: sup
nlieS light: demand moderate; market
Steady. Florida, IN bushei crates
'E;Sog E;sSpoig@acH-suppIies moderate; demand
moderate market STEADY Oac Te&as; v,rSinis Dsdsi
Cauliflower-supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate: market steady, call
rDr1Hc nary condition. HEti si.25@i 50.
Oranges-Supplies moderate; demand
mode mcderats .1n. market SsSy stesSSy' F'OF'0a'
Grapefruit-supplies moderate; de-
ida. boxes, all sizes, $1.75@2.26.
Carrots-supplies light: demand mod
crate: market steady. Texas. Western
lettuce crates, punched, s3.7S. New
York. bushel baskets, cut washed
mostly around $3.50 - ..
Brussels sproTte-pxprsss receipts nEt:
market mark; RREs slightly wesksr. New York. -:
quart crates. 1O013hc per quart few
Kale-Truck receipts moderate: sup
plies moderats; demand moderate;
market steady. Virginia, bushel baskets,
Co'iards-Truck receipts. moderate;
market steady. virginia, oushei baskets.
40 0@60c.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. light; demand
slow market steady. Nearby sec
tions. bushel baskets. 65c.
atercress-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate: market slightly weaker.
Virginia, bushel baskets. 5O@75c.
Turnip greens-Supplies moderate !;
demand moderate: market steady.
North Carolina. bushel hampers. soc
Sweet potatoes-Supplies moderate; !;
demand light: market steady. Vir-
ginia.' Eastern shore. barrels. Jersey
type. U. S. No. l. $1.25 @1,4O. Mary
land. Eastern Shore. bushel hampers
fair condition. So0s5c. North Caro-.
lima. bushel baskets. Porto Ricans. U:
S. No. l: S6c. Tennessee. bushel
800.
Avocados-supplies moderate. de-
mand light, market weaker. California,
lugs, $2@2.70. Mostly around $3.50.
Florida, lugs, $102.
Radishes-Supplies light. Demand
slow, market dull. South Carolina,
bushel hampers. punched. mostly $3.50
02
Beets-Supplies light. Demand light.
market steady. Texas, western lettuce
crates, punched, $3@3.25.
Broccoli-Supplies light. Demand
moderate, market steady. Texas, half
lettuce crates, best, $3.50; fair quality
and condition, $3.50,
Plums-Sur plies light. Chile, lugs,
R1@2.
Nectarines-supplies moderate. Chile.
lugs mostly around $3.50.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
NEW FIELD OPEN
NEAR TEAPOT

Plans for the immediate de-
velopment of a large, newly dis
covered oil field in central Wyom-
ing are announced by Sidney H.
Keoughan who, as president Of
the Continental Oil Company.
merged that concern with the
Marland Oil Company in 1929,
the dominating interest becoming
j. P. Morgan & Co.
A contract has been signed for
the sale of the product of the
new field to Midwest Refining
Company, subsidiary Of the
Standard Oil Of Indiana.
Mr.. Keoughan says the open,
ing up of the new field will not
affect adversely the general oil
situation as there is shortage
of high-grade oil in the Rocky
Mountain territory. Refineries In
that territory. according to a
recent bulletin of the American
Petroleum Institute, are running
% per cent of capacity. as COM
pared to so per cent to II per
cent in the seven other territories
of the United States. The re.
ported shortage in the refinerieS
of the territory is from 10000 to
$4,000 barrels a day.
The field to be developed CON-
priseS the Midway dome, consist
ing of $500 acres and North
Geary dome, comprising 6,64O
acres. The properties are located
IL miles northwest of Casper,
Wyo., and are not far from the
famous Teapot Dome, Salt Creek
and Big Muddy fields.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
TIME HELD RIPE
To HIRE MEN

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-At the
close of conference with the
bureau of business conditions Of
the Alexander Hamilton Insti-
tute, Gov. A. Harry Moore, OF
New Jersey, announced that
analysis of investment markets
reveals that the only conspicuous
and self-evident investment bar
gains for business are in man.
power. He explained:
"AlthOugh many stocks are
selling low, it is not for me to
say that stocks are cheap.
"There is market, however. in
which the bargains simply can
not be challenged. That is the
market for men.
among the unemployed are
millions of workers and eXecu-
tiveS for whose services workers
will shortly be competing. Their
price is now admittedly low.
Their immediate worth is i'm
possible to calculate. Now is
the time to get men,"
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
COTTON STAGES
BRISK PRICE
UPSW|NG

NEW YORK, Feb. II GNS).
Spurred by the strong tone Of
outside markets. principally grain
and securities, cotton futures raj.
lied sharply in today's trading.
Buyers found contracts to be
scarce at prevailing levels, and
they were forced to bid prices up
sharply to meet their require
mentS.
Short Covering
In addition to heavy short Gov
ering by professionals, there was
a substantial amount of new buy.
ing coming from Wall Street.
One Of the interesting features
of the session was the fact that
japanese interests took to the
selling side, with reports that
brokers who do business for the
japanese were offering distant
months at a point or two above
current quotations.
Another factor aiding the i'm
provemnt in cotton were more
favorable advices from Worth
Street, where the cotton goods
market was reported firm.
Exports Still Gain
Exports have continued to show
up favorably with yesterdays ex-
ports amounting to 45,471 bales
against 26,765 a year ago, max
ing the total so far this season
5,362,821 against 4,712,229 bales.
Around midday, March was up
IA points at $50, May up Is
at 6.79, July up Is at 6.95, Oc-
tober ~up IA at 7.16, December
up IA at 7.31. and January up
u at 7.37.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. II 1N.S).
Hogs-22,O0O; 1Oc higher; top.
$4.25; bulk. $3.55@4.20; heavy,
$3.70@3.95; medium, $464.25;
light. $4.25; light lights, $4,000
AIS; packing sows, $3.2003.60:
pigs, $3.25@3.75. Holdovers, 1000.
Cattle-5,O0O; steady. Calves:
1000; steady. Beef steers: Good
and choice, $7.5O@925: common
and medium, $4.50@7.50; year
lingS, 5000; butcher cattle:
Heifers. $3@6.5O; COWS, $2.5O@4;
bulls, $3@4.5O; calves, $608;
feeder steers, $3.50@5.50: stocker
steers, $3@5.25; stocker cows and
heifers, 1904.
Sheep-15,0 1000; steady. Lambs,
$6@6.50; common, $4.5O05.50;
yearlings. $4.50@5.50; feeders,
$4.75@5.25; ewes, $4,000.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

SALES
Potomac Electric 51aS pfd, SO
l02, 501O2, 100 lO2, 1o0lO2, 10
@lO2, 1O0lO2. 4@1O2. 10 102,
AFTER CALL ."
Potomac Elec 6s pfd, 2@1O9,
10109.
Potomac Electric 6s '53, $4,000
@1O3A.
Washington Gas Light IS A,
81, ,00O0 100, $1,000 100, $1,000
100, $1,000 100.
Notice: This exchange will be
closed tomorrow. Lincoln's Birth
day.
Public Utility Bonds BID lAsk'd
Amer Tel & Tel ANS 50. .1O1A .....
ARsoo.9s Amss Gsl Fce Tsl 81 L It ss 5:: 1Sf
Ana & Pot Guar SIS. ..... 60 .....
c & Tel of Va 5s.......I 100 l.....
Can Traction X r 5s.... T9h 81
City & Suburban IS. bO DO
Georgetown Gas 1st 5s. 100 I...'.
Potomac Eiec Cons IS. 100 ilO1
Potomac Elec Is ........... lO3 I1V4
wsss,ax'on wash A'sa Z "a. Mt 4s.. y c'': " .s4 ;s
Washington Gas 5s.. ...... l190 101 T..
Wash Gas Ss Series A.'''.llOO I1OA
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COARSE YARN ACTIVE

NEW YORK. Feb. II UN.S).-The
coarse yarn cloths market was but
moderately active today. with prices as
in for greater attention than print
cloths, with fairly heavy quantities of
some styles reported moved. In this
connection. II was pointed out that
advances in sheetings have been made
slowly and cautiously and price move
ment in this division during recent
weeks has been determined accurately
in accordance with actual supply and
demand. with the result that occasional
hxief perio of recession have been
stnod without causing any easing
pasces.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11

New York funds in Montreal $40
premium on $1,000.
Montreal funds in New York &14O~dis-
count on 81, 200.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11

IA 81 Zonite Q)......... III ~ 7&
(a) Optional (h) Partly CcO Extra
stock and cash. (d) Extra in STOCK tsl Including
~ S.6OthS OF IN Paid 1881.
thl Payable stock. Pai3 this (AAA lO9s in
stock. twwt with warrants txwI Without warrants.
C~D Ex"divdend. lfI Ex-rightG
Dividend rate in dollars in parentheseS.
Years high and carried previous close
(NoteI Extra dividends published through div.
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BENDIx TO PAY DIVIDEND

Based on present operating
levels. and the immediate outlook
for company's business, indica-
tions are that the regular quar-
terly dividend of 25 cents on cap
ital stock of Bendix Aviation
Corp, due April /, will be paid.
The Washington times., 1932-02-11
Farm Export Index
Gains in December

The December index of United
States agricultural exports stood
at 143, the highest monthly index
in the last two years, the Depart
ment of Agriculture states. The
increase was due to the better
Oriental business in American cot
ton. The December general index
compares With 1877 for November
and 109 for December, 1880.
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GRAINS OPEN HIGHER

opened sharply higher today. Wheat
was up u to Nc: corn, tsto iAc. and
oats. Sac
Wheat-AIarch, Sc: May. 5s9s G59h;
July. 59h9 960&: September. 81 1@61A:,
Corn--March. 36h May. 39WSsA:
July, 41041%: September, AN.
Oats-May. BAN.
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EARNINGS NEARLY HALvED

Aggregate net earnings Of 277
domestic corporations already
having reported for the full year
1881 amounted to $40O, ,969, 900, a
decline of 48.5 per cent from the
1880 total, says the Standard
Statistics Company of New York.
in a current survey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Tests on Rabbits Indicate Child's Sex

child, when injected into a pubes-
cent rabbit, does not stimulate the
cells of the tubules of the sex
glands, but, on the contrary, occa-
sionally. seems to have an inhibi-
tory or depreSSant action.
In one instance there was an un-
explainable error. In two instances
in which there were. twins-a boy
and a girl-the reaction suggested
a boy in each case.
It has been said that there is
somewhat of the female in every
male and somewhat of the male in
every female, and that in the case
of the twins the combined hormoneS
leaned toward the masS uline side.
A good many people may wonder
what such a test really is worth.
1t has its values. In Mexico, it was
found that women who simply re-
fused to come to clinic for pre-
natal care came regularly every
month when promised that the doc
tor would tell them the sex of the
prospective child.
There may arise social economic
conditions when actual control over
the number of boys and girls born
in the case of certain families or
even for the community generally
may be matter of great signifi-
canoe.
obviously, this detection Of tbs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29

Probably the bankers of the state would be shocked
to find any resemblance between their demands for
new system Of supervision and the -famed sovietsm
The bankers want the laws changed They want
particularly to select the members Of the commission
which will supervise banks
In short, the bankers themselves desire to replace
elective officials tie selection of some officials
have charge OF banking problems.
That, in effect, is the Russian philosophy of gov
ernment except that they extend it to all industry
and all business.
Unquestionably there should be changes in the
banking laws During the stress, present supervision
has been found inadequate There have been too
many failures bringing loss to too many depostors
Any change that might prevent such losses should
be made. Other changes might provide for variable
interest rate loans, to correlate with changes in
pricesHof labor and commodities.
If any change in banking laws be made, encourage
ment for credit unions would not be anliss
The work of these credit unions, especially in
farmers co-operatives and in the local remens
ciaon has been outstanding. In this city, the fire
department has been taken out of hook to the small
loaners. The farmers have found their own banks
most convenient
1t is also somewhat significant that no credit
union in the United States has failed during the
depression.
Those who have in mind the security of the
depositor might study this system with some seri-
BUSINESS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Relief for Needy

Most significantly, the first conference between
the present and next Governor is called for the dis
cussion of poor relief
year ago when Senators Costgan and La Fol-
lette were pressing for of federal relief
Governor Leslie and his unemployment advisers tee-
graphed Washington that Indiana would need no help
but would care for its own.
Today this county and other counties are asking
for federal funds.
The situation calls for the most serious consider
alton Private charities finding the burden beyond
their capacity The counties especially the industrial
centers, are staggered. Yet human beings must have
food, clothing and shelter
Loans from the federal government for self-Lqui-
dating public projects to give employment may be the
direct solution Certainly, if some plan of giving
work can be found it will be better than the present
thinly disguised dole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Thwarted

At plot-thwartng no eagle-eyed Hawkshaw car
beat United States customs man. And no thwarting
ever was negotiated more cevery than the seizure by
these trusty customs men of three Russian posters
recently brought back from Moscow by Corlss La
mont, son of Thomas w Lamont of the House of
Morgan
The posters-in the eyes of these seuths-might
be plot against the peace and security of the
u s. A, but to seize them required a law, and Mr.
Ham Fish had failed to get congress to act against
Russian posters.
Undaunted were our heroes. They spied on the
posters tiny replica of American greenback, an
inch long and half-inch wide and they recalled
that to display a picture of an American security
violates the counterfeiting law.
They did their duty seized the posters and
chalked up another thwarting to their credit
It's probably just as we'll If young Lamont had
pasted up his posters at Times Square, think of the
subversive discomfort that picture of a greenback
would have stirred
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29

sex of the unborn child is not nearly
so interesting or important a prob
lem as predetermining the sex. All
sorts of notions and beliefs exist in
connection with that possibility.
There is belief that the mother
will have boys if she sleeps on the
right side and girls if she sleeps on
the left. That, of course, goes with
the ancient tradition that boys are
dextral and girls siniStral.
There was the claim of a certain
British Investigator that the time of
conception in relationship to the
movement of the tides determined
whether the Prospective child would
be boy or girl.
That notion seems to be asso-
ciated with the influence of the
moon on the tides and with the
idea that the moon particularly in
fluences the female sex.
There was the claim of a Dutch
investigator, made quite recently,
that an alkaline reaction in the fe-
male sex organs meant boy and an
acid reaction invariably meant a
girl.
I know of but one instance in
which this experiment was carried
out under scientifically controlled
conditions. The hopeful father was
physician friend OF mine He re-
ports to me that the experiment
failed-the baby was a girl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
The Peonage' Charge

Inactivity of the presidential commission ap-
pointed just before the election to investigate labor
conditions along the Mississippi flood control project
increases the necessity for congressional inquiry.
Senator Robert Wagner of New York will demand
this investigation into charges that virtual slavery
exists in some of the labor camps Tt is reported now
that thrtyfour senators have pledged their support
of Wagners= resolution
This isn't enough of course But unless the at
titude of the senate has changed more than any one
suspects that body will not delay granting Wagner
request, and will recognize the necessity for ending
alleged peonage on the governments own construc-
ton projects
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Smashing DIR. Shuler
things.

Unfortunately, we think, the District Of Columbia
court Of appeals has upheld the federal radio commits
sion in its decision to deny broadcasting incense
70 the Rev. Robert shuef Los Angeles sef-styled
refcrmer- politician.
We agree with the commission that some OF
shuer air talks tended toward the sensational mali
co,s and socially unhealthy. Yet we hold that short
Of recourse to the SANDER laws Shuler should have
remained uAmolested to air his dubious views
rhe commissions suppression only spread shuler's
., rotvred him and aided in turning local into
national public nuisance. shuler almost won seat
in the United States senate at the last election
In the next place the commission If it did not &C
tuav violate the Constitution and the radio act set
up dangerous precedent in censoring broadcasts
wise government Will be guided by the words Of
voltaire who wrote to his enemy Rousseau, when the
swiss were about to the latters book on social
contract:
II do not believe in a word say but Twill de-
fend with my life. necessary. your right to say IT,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
The SchOOIboy's Dilemma

Whatever else it did, the recent presidential cleo
ton at least created more problem for the school
boys of future years 1t created one more pair" of
Presidents for them to worry over
So far there have been two of these pairs There
have been two Presidents named Adams and two
Presidents named sHarrison-and a fine time school
boys have had trying to remember which, in each
pair, was which; whether it was John Adams who was
John Quincy Adams father, or vice versa, and
whether it was William Henry Harrison or BENJAMIN
Harrison who "Old Tippecanoe."
couple of decades hence school boys will be~try-
ing to remember which Roosevelt was which
IN 1852, very likely, school examination papers will
record that Franklin Roosevelt fought in the Spanish
war and that the famous Teddy defeated President
Hoover in the 1882 presidential race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Every Day Religion
: BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

MARK TWAIN used to say
1V1 that the American Civil war
really was a fight between Robert
Burns and Sir Walter Scott. The
Yankees, he said, read Burns,
who taught that "a man is a man
for all that" whether white or
black or brown.
We in the south read Scott for
his grace and charm of courtesy,
his pictures of an old chivalry
when knighthood was in flower,
and, let us hope for the sweetness
and cleanness of his genius.
No matter; it was his pictur-
esque way of saying what may or
may not have been true. Anyway,
all the world just has been pay
ing tribute to Sir Walter Scott,
on his one hundredth anniversary,
and it means much to recall a
man so gallant and true-hearted
"a man, who, like Mark Twain,
worked hard for long years to pay
of debts he might have avoided,
and died with no shadow on his
name. When dying he called Lock
hart, his son-in-law, to his bed
and said:
My dear, be a good man-be
virtuous-be religious. Nothing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-29
Debt Evasion

Another ambiguous statement of debt policy was
made by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi in a
speech Monday night He rejected the idea of re-
vving the debt commission and hearing the debtors
pleas for what they are worth.
OF course no statement by Mr. Harrison be
ignored since he is the ranking Democratic member
of the senate finance committee and as such pre-
sumably the key Democrat in the Democratic congress
which will dispose of this important matter way
or another.
The most striking aspect of the Harrison brief is
that ignores the immediate issue, which is the time
element and that it evades the related questions of
tariff reduction and armament reduction.
The time factor is vital. President Hoover has
asked for action now when it is needed The Harrison
plan means inaction for an indefinite period. To
propose direct diplomatic negotiation, the Demo-
Gratis do is rather absurd, when such diplomatic
negotiation has been tried already and now is help
less to achieve results because the President has lost
control of congress- which alone has power to act
It is equally futile for Senator Harrison to argue
that revival of congressional debt commission would
encourage the debtors seek revision Does not the
senator know that such revision already has been
sought through formal notes. and that the purpose
of the commission would be to consider the requests
already made?
About the only hope to be extracted from Harri-
sons sneech is in its very contradictions. AS long
m the Democratic leaders think necessary to strad-
file the debt issue there is possibility they may come
down on the right side before it is too late.
sample of the contradictory nature OF tneT posi-
+ion is the Harrison assertion, spun out at great
length that he opposes not only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
he must know is not an issue-out also moolnca"on
or unnecessary postponement-'
By the time he gets to his conclusion, however, he
veers in the other direction and throws out this
II am perfectly willing that we explore all posi-
btes of alternative forms of payment for the period
Of this emergency--payments in kind, in negotiable
credits in service in marketable securities or even
in definite concessions of any nature
.,cf course we always should be willing to confer
~ even negotiate in that spirit of sympathy and
helpfulness'
since the Democrats thus are Wiling 70 e~pioie
definite concessions OF any nature ana 10 neso-
tiate it becomes increasingly difficult to understand
,nxy thew are at such partisan pains to block the
Presidents efforts to get congress 10 90 1hose very
things