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Evening star., 1932-03-10
U. S. STEEL ORDERS DROP
TO RECORD LOW MARK

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March lo.-unfilled or
ders OF the United States Steel Cor
poration decreased 102.521 tons In Feb.
ruary to a total of 2,545,62s tons. A
record low, on February 90. In Janu-
airy the backlog dropped 87,20s tons.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

A sharp advance in burlap prices this
week came as sequel to the abrupt
rise in the British pound sterling In
the New York market advances of 9
to Is points were registered. while the
Calcutta market also showed a con-
siderable gain.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Washington Stock Exchange.

Washington Gas 6s "A"-$5O0 at 100.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s-$1 900 at
100A4. $1,000 at 1904.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 42A,
at 423A, 10 at 43.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

Because of the abundance Of null
berry trees there sericulture 10 being
taken up in Libya.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

Dividend rates In dollars based on last
quarterly or semi-annuai payment sEx
dividend. tPartly extra. tPlus ~ In stock
Payable in cash or stock. b Payable in
stock. Adjustment dividend Plus S.,
in stock. Plus 81 In stock. h Plus IL
in stock. Plus go in stock. Plus 1os
in stock. m Plus 80 in stock n Plus 81 in
stock. Paid last yesr-fio regular rate,
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Grain Market
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 10.-1nfuenced
by bearish aspects of the United states
Government report on farm reserve
supplies, grain prices averaged lower
early today and unexpected upturns in
Liverpool wheat quotations served as
something Of an Offset to the govern
ment report.
Opening unchanged to u lower.
Chicago wheat futures held near the
initial limits. Corn started at IA off
to u up, and subsequently held steady.
The Prince of Wales speaks French,
Spanish and German prof1ciently and
Evening star., 1932-03-10
N. Y. CURB MARKET
Received b, Private wire Direct 10 The Star onee
wire Direct 10 The Star oHsce.

Stseks ssld In 1eo-share lots except thsss
desisnsted By letter "s."
Evening star., 1932-03-10

tcopyfishk 1888. standard Statistics Co.,
Evening star., 1932-03-10

More than 10000 900 pounds Of sar-
dimes we're imported into Argentina
last year.
The Washington times., 1932-05-13
Students to Present
Washington Concert

More than 1900 students of
Washington high schools will pre-
sent a musicale at Constitution
Hall tonight under the auspices
Of the District George Washing
ton Bicentennial Commission.
The group will also present
Sage of Mount Vernon" a can
tata written by r. Deane Shure
and DIR. Edwin N. c. Barnes, di-
rector of music in the District
public schools.
The Washington times., 1932-05-13
Huntsville Exhibit
Drnns I,5OO Visitors

More than $500 persons are
visiting the Industrial Show of
the Exchange Club of Hyattsville
each night, A. H. Seidenspinner,
president of the club, said today.
A committee of judges APP
pointed by Charles G. Burton,
general chairman of the show,
last night picked the prize-win-
ming booths to be announced when
the show closes Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1932-05-13
Baptists to Lift
CheUy Chase Debt

In an effort to release the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church
from q $4,000 indebtedness,
members Of that church are be-
ginning a two-week campaign
to acquire pledges to aid the
church. according to the Rev.
Edward o. Clark, the pastor.
The Womans Society OF the
church will hear Miss Mary
Jesse. Japanese school teacher,
of its Monday meeting.
The Washington times., 1932-05-13
DR.. Mann VIII Talk
On Guiana Animals

DR.. William M. Mann, director
of the National Geological Park,
will give an illustrated talk on
collecting Animals in British
Guiana" at the final meeting Of
the Mount Pleasant Citizens AS
ISOLATION this year, which will be
held tomorrow night at o'clock
in the Mt. Pleasant Branch of the
Public Library.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
SETTLED

Evidently Arthur Brisbane is not
so keen about balancing the national
budget or at any rate does not look
upon that as being life or death, for
he writes, Like children with "a
puzzle, trying to get one ring out
of another, this country is intent on
balancing the budget" Going on Mr..
Brisbane says:
why balance the budget? When
man is sick you don't make him
run a mile. You wait until he is
better. Why not borrow what the
government needs, beyond its normal
income, issuing bonds and calling
them in gradually. as conditions i'm
prove? 1t is said: We must balance
our budget, to maintain credit with
foreign nations Why worry about
foreign nations? If they paid what
they owe, our budget would be bal
anced easily
In other words we have to be bet
ter collectors. Induce your friends
to pay what they owe you and they
will remain better friends, is true be-
tween individuals Likely it is the
same between nations. Brisbane has
now settled one of the big problems
for us with a few words. Who will
step up and settle the next one?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
FIGHT IT OUT AND BE THROUGH

The old theory that persons OF Op-
posite temperament should marry is
upset by David Seabury, consulting
psychologist of New York. He de-
clares that persons of similar tenn
peraments would match better, which
brings to mind the story about the
city dweller who was giving his better
half severe humping in their back
yard The sturdy neighbor hearing
the means and groans of the woman
jumped across the fence. intending to
come to her rescue. WhereupOn the
woman took a fall out of the neigh
Dor and asked him if they could not
have a little family quarrel without
interference
The New York psychologist declares
that mo idea is more dangerous in
human relations than the theory that
opposites should we'd Only neurotic
persons seek the opposite in temper
ament to themselves. They are seek
ing compensation for their own short
cOmings.
1.-TWO persons of the rage type who
possess StrOnS teinpeTS get along pet
ter than if one of them were re-
strained. They understand each other.
They flare up and then forget, where
as. if one were restrained, he or she
probably would nurse grudge."
External measures, such as legisla-
ton and trial and companionate mar
riages, will not decrease divorces.
which have increased by 500 per cent
in the last 80 years, the psychologist
said.
"A chief cause of unhappiness is too
much eXternalism. We have the sue
cess DOGGY. We think in terms of dol
lar love. Then we have no sex edu-
cation. We have exalted marriage
as an institution, when we should
have exalted love-"
Application of mental hygiene often
can adjust incompatible mates, Sea-
bury said. Partners in marriage
should train themselves to make al
lOwances for the neuroseS in each
other"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
REVIVAL OF HOME LIFE

What this country needs is a revi-
val of real home life and a break
ing away from the particular form of
feminine insanity" which causes
mother to join six clubs and to at
tend meetings of each every week,
is the opinion as expressed by Bishop
Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago.
Modern society has taken away
many duties formerly associated with
the home" declares Bishop Hughes
1T is no longer necessary to knit
socks and make clothes. Operation
of the home has been simplified in
many ways. But the time sc released
should be turned back into the home,
to make it a better place to live,
and to add to and better the growth
of children"
In discussing Religion and The
Home" Bishop Hughes stresses par
enthoOd in its relation to spiritual
growth. In the experience of parent
hood he said. I'VE get better con-
ceptiOn of Gods attitude toward u.s.
In parenthood we get better under
standing of prayers of forgiveness, of
a life of grace. Through parenthOOd
| have seen silly young women trans
formed. | have seen reckless young
men stay by the side of cradle until
the cradle became to them an altar"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24

insurance or whatever you choose to
system. With the expansion of the
machine age millions of people will
always be thrown out of work at in
tervals and will have to be taken care
of by those able to. After a man has
spent the best time Of his life i'm a
profession that becomes obsolete
through introduction of new machin-
cry he should not be thrown on the
labor market to compete with younger
men in a profession of which he
knows nothing.
Regarding initiation. In spite of all
what we have heard about it, and
the terrible results it would have the
Glass bill has already passed Con-
gress and has been signed by the
president, authorizing the issuance of
$1,000, 100000 new currency based on
the same gold supply. If this is car
ried into effect to its full extent it
will be the first step taken in the
right direction. The more plentiful
anything is the cheaper it becomes.
this is the oldest law i'm economics
that even our best minds can't change.
The more money the less buying pow
err it will have and the easier it will
pay off debts by bringing up the
prices of commodities. This legisla-
ton should of course have been put
into effect long ago, but better late
than never. Going off the gold stan
dard altogether would be the next
economic move that would help and
enable people to pay their debts, and
this inability is the only thing that
is holding progress back for those
who can produce. Going off the gold
standard on a fixed ration between
gold and silver would Immediately
bring prices up and stimulate trade.
il would enable us to trade with the
countries off the gold standard and
make it possible to carry on. Don't
be misled by those who want to
switch the issues of next election into
beer issues, etc, but stand by your
guns, insist on economic legislation
which can't wait and is absolutely
essential, or we will have riots that
will make the riot at Ford's plant
look like two cents.
S. ]. SIMONSEN.
Chitina, Alaska, March 9. 1892.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
GREED AND PROFIT

Hiram Johnson, progressive United
States senator from California, as
sails the big financiers, bares the
Fleeing of foreign bond buyers in
America. and calls it the foreign
loan racket" Daily newspapers and
magazines heralded his speech in the
Senate as real and important news
all over America.
Stating that loans to European and
~ deprecated, some in default, the
senator said:
THAT there should have been un-
loaded bonds of this character upon
the small investor in our country,
upon the representations Of interna-
the widest dreams of avarice, is APP
palling.'
Three contributing causes are
blamed for the disastrous events" Of
the last few years:
The money madness of our people.
the greed and even worse of inter
national bankers, and the snug COM
placency and supine Indifference of
government have contributed to the
unhappy result"
Going on the senator said: Had
the power, | would take this govern
ment out of the lethargy that has
characterized it. | would awaken it
to its responsibilities to its investing
public. | would make it the arbiter
in the offering of foreign securities
and thus compel it to do that which it
has. in the interest of international
bankers. so carefully avoided, express
itself so that, instead of deceiving the
American public. it may enlighten it.
This weeks issue of the Literary
Digest contains various comments on
the greedy practices of supposedly
respectable groups who in fact have
been exploiting the American public
for a long time. The Houston Post,
commenting on the bill introduced
by Senator Johnson to curtail the
Fleeing of investors, asserts:
Whether all the provisions in the
johnson bill are desirable or not,
there is certainly need for the gov
eminent to protect the public from
a repetition Of such unloading of for
eign paper on it, as occurred during
the years after the war"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24

nue. derived from an income tax to
be used to replace some of the un-
just property taxes.
1T is easy to prescribe what the
revenue shall be used for, but that
will not make it a replacement tax.
The constitution might provide that
the revenue shall be allOcated to the
public schools of the state; but that
would not guarantee that school taxes
would be reduced, because the way
necessarily must be left open to
build school houses, employ teachers,
pay expenses of operations and 70
raise money by taxation for such
taxes be reduced. the town and coun-
ty boards and village and city gov
ernments could increase their taxes
so that in the end the sum total of
taxes would not be reduced. We must
depend upon the judgment and integ-
rity of the people and their tax
spending officials, and if that cannot
be done, then we must establish a
strong centralized government that
can absolutely control all public eX-
penditures. Whatever may be de-
sirable in this respect should not pre-
vent the adoption of an income fax,
or any other measure, that would
tend to remedy the defects in our tax
gathering system"
About twO-thirds of the member
Il If bo tQ21 MippaSota ra
were of the conservative type and
the session was dominated by the old
guard Republican leaders who had
plenty of opportunity to put replace
ment" in the income tax constitu-
tional amendment had they so de-
sired. Was it done even though it
would not have meant anything? No!
The purpose is to delay for another
two years. and then again some other
reason to delay this long needed tax
remedy.
Minnesota needs a state income tax,
has needed it for years and we do
not believe that any man will he
elected governor of the state who does
not come out 100 per cent for the
constitutional amendment No. to he
voted on this fall. And furthermore
the man to be elected governor must
pledge himself to leadership in the
enactment by the legislature of real
functioning income tax law that will
to some degree at least ameliorate
the excessively high property tax
which has existed in Minnesota for
a long time.
The income tax is one of the chief
phases in comprehensive tax pro-
gram which should be put over to
help equalize the tax burden-a long
time unjust system of taxation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
COMMUNIST AGITATORS
Editor Askov American:

Editor AskOv American:
In order to see what kind of a
world we are living in attended
one of the Danish Young Peoples
Society meetings last Sunday and
found out. 1t was supposed to be an
anti-war meeting. But instead of that,
unless | wanted to disturb the au-
dience and walk out, | had to listen
for almost two hours to an inter-
nationalistic pacifist spread the color
less doctrine of Communism on real
thick.
OF course he denied that he was a
Communist, most of these agitatOrs
do. However man who will get
up before an audience and state that
he does not have to pay any attention
to a ruling of the Supreme Court of
the United States, who maligns the
president of the United States, Con-
greSS and the greater part of our
Senate members, states that the peo-
pie should pay no attention to what
Washington has said, states THAT the
1,125,0O0 members of the American
Legion are undesirable citizens and
that the American Legion has no ex-
cuse for being n existence, such a
man certainly brands himself as a
Communist of the worst sort.
OF course we have free speech in
the United States and number of
other privileges which this Commun-
ist abused. and that was paid for with
the blood and tears Of the men he
was maligning. He was not spread
ing doctrine of peace but doc
trine of chaos and revolution.
The greatest peace time Organza-
ton in the United States is the Amer
lean Legion. We have caused to be
introduced and are sponsoring a bill
in Congress which would conscI ipt
wealth as well "a men in case of war.
Any man with a little common sense
can see that this would stop a war of
aggression as it would take the profit
out of war. and any man who will not
defend his country if we are attacked
is cOwardly cur who should be de-
MED citizenship, and the Supreme
Court of the United States has so
ruled. The members of the American
Legion have sworn to uphold and de-
fend the constitution of the United
States and we apologize to 70 man
for doing that
Instead of spreading doctrine of
internationalism, vomiting On every
thing that is American q did not
hear this speaker say single thing
OF good about America), the members
of the Legion take the opposite stand.
With 100000 men out of work, the
farmers bankrupt, and the wealth Of
the land concentrated in few hands.
we believe that its high time to think
of America first and let Europe go
hang. We have done enough for Eu-
rope, let's do something for ourselves.
That's our stand and we apologize to
no man for that either.
Economic conditions are bad, every
body knows that. It's up to every
good citizen of this country to really
study conditions, find out what it is
that is brutally wrong. and then help
correct that wrong. And in tie mean
time lets keep the stars and stripes
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
ECONOMIC HISTORY BEING
REPEATED
Editor ASkOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
all other issues, which is as it should
be. People have to eat and can not
live on the socalled spiritual things
of life, something we have been fed
up on good and plenty by our best
minds. The mistake some of us make
is that we assume everything that is
new to us is new, which is a great
fallacy. The economic condition
which we find ourselves in is not new,
but is as old as history The Egyp-
tian, Assyrian, Persian, Grecian and
Roman empires all rose when their
rural population prospered, and de-
clined and passed out Of existence as
the money and wealth fell into the
hands of few, and in turn their
rural population found it impossible
to prosper and live in comfort 1t is
estimated that without the fresh red
blood from the country coming into
the cities, the anemic people of cities
could not survive three generations.
Now it looks like our rural popu-
latiOn is on the decline, farming is
no longer a paying industry. Under
present conditions he who invests his
money in farm property can kiss it
goodbye. For the actual farmers, it
means being kicked about here and
there. No matter what farmer does
he cannot make money by selling po-
n al bnn1ra1 Of
eight cents dozen, butter at %
cents, hogs at 3 cents, etc. How are
the farmers going to pay their taxes
and interest at such prices? 1t is
OF course impossible and if such a
condition is allowed to continue moth
ing but complete collapse can follow.
AS our condition is one of economics
it is of course necessary to apply eco
Monies to remedy the condition which
has brought about our trouble. We
have heard for the past three or four
years that you can not legislate
prosperity, and that the law of supply
and demand should govern. But any
one who even has nothing but saw
dust in his head should know better.
Politics and economics are so closely
interviewer that one is dependent on
the other. 1t seems as if there has
been change i'm our national poll
cies, they are at last making an at
tempt to improve conditions by legiS-
latiOn and have passed huge appro-
priatiOns to turn more money loose
and expand credit. More credit of
course means more interest and taxes,
and unless commodity prices come up
is nothing but temporary help, leav-
ing the farmer worse off than ever
when he has to start paying interest
on increased Indebtedness. The aver
age farmer was so far i'm debt before
the prices broke that he could not
keep things agoing. How can he pay
still greater interest and taxes when
his income is decreased at least one
hundred per cent? The question of
course answers itself, he can't and
work and will make things worse
than ever unless followed by infla-
ton.
Now the word initiation seems to
be considered an awful word by our
best minds, verging on being profane
and sacrilegiOus, the same as the
word dole is considered to be ter
rible word and a terrible thing. Yet,
before we get anything resembling
prosperity initiation of money will be
necessary and the dole. unemployment
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
SALES TAN STIRS CONGRESS-

Under the bipartisan leadership of
old guard Republicans and Democrats
Congress put over the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation program which
is an aid to railroads, insurance COM
panies and large banks. There has
been considerable criticism of this
legislation especially in the face Of
defeat of legislation affecting the
welfare of unemployed and the agri-
cultural population, many of whom
are in such circumstances that they
are losing their property and homes.
Evidently these rumblingS and dis
satiSfactions all over America are
reaching the ears of our national law
makers for on Saturday a majority of
the House members deliberately de-
serted the bipartisan leadership
which has been functioning so smooth
ly. The revolters wrecked the pro-
posalS for a general national sales
tax, advocated by the secretary of the
treasury, Mr.. Mills, a protege of Mr.
Mellon: Speaker Garner. and Repre-
sentative Rainey, Democratic floor
leader. They voted for wartime in
ponents of the sales tax, and the lead
ership being demOralized the House
generals thought it best to adjourn
and cool off, and that was done.
1t is refreshing to know that we
have enough leadership of the pro-
gressive type in Washington to defeat
a proposal which if enacted would in
crease the tax burden upon the mas
ses by increasing the cost of necessi-
ties Of life. And it reflects no credit
on the forces and individuals respOn-
sible for attempting to force this down
the Threats of the American public.
The $500, 100000 sales tax is the
most fragrant attempt yet proposed to
exempt wealth from assuming its pro-
portiOnate share of the emergencies
created by the depression. 1t is only
another attempt to load the burden
on those least able to pay.
The sales tax is the most inequit-
able form of taxation ever devised.
1t is an upside down income tax be-
cause the smaller the income the
greater the proportion that goes for
taxes.
Once we have a national sales tax
it is hard to get rid of. If adopted
there would be a campaign started to
lower the income tax rates in the
higher brackets. The sales tax is a
nuisance, expensive of collection
much more so than other taxes-it re-
tards business, and should be kicked
out of the door. The Hearst news
papers are advocating the sales tax
and opposing the income tax.
Estate taxes were greatly boosted
in an amendment by Representative
Ramseyer of Iowa, and passed by the
House Tuesday. 1t calls for a max
imum As per cent rate on estates of
more than $1O,OOO,OOO, graduated from
1 per cent on estates of $4,000. The
House revolters again objected to
sales tax Overtures that day and the
issue comes up today.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24

the necessity of state game wardens,
believe that any one who wishes
to raise fur bearing animals and game
birds or deer. should have the right to
do so and have the same control over
them as he would have with any other
domestic animals.
IF that was so, many thousand
acres of wild land which are on the
delinquent tax list, would be sold for
fur and deer farming, and returned
to the tax list
A. n. LANGELI Err.
ClOvertOn, Mimi, March 10, 1882.