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Evening star., 1933-10-19
Taxing Liquor.
Prom the New York Times.

from the New 4ork Times.
In many of the State capitals, as well
as at Washington. Government officials
are already counting the dollars they
hope to receive from liquor taxes fol-
lowing repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment. Messrs. Fosdick and Scott point
out, in the study Of post-prohibition
problems which they have made for Mr..
Rockefeller, that an increase of public
revenues is frequently described as the
primary objective to be pursued in tax
ing liquor. But with this theory they
are in sharp disagreement. They be-
leve that the fundamental purpose
should be broadly social and not mar
rowly fiscal" that taxes should be i'm
the Treasury needs funds, but because
taxes will help to make the liquor con-
trolls more effective"
They illustrate their point by sup
posing that American whisky can be
produced and sold at IS cents quart,
before payment of an excise or license
of any kind, and that the retailers
profit would be so cents. If heavy taxes
were then imposed by the Federal. State
and local governments, increasing the
retail cost to some such figure as 81,
the resulting revenue would be large.
But substitutes more harmful than sea-
and "the moonshiner and bOotlegger
and whole system of liquor corruption
would flourish" By contrast they sup
pose. at the opposite extreme, that the
combined taxes levied by the various
governments were as low as 5 cents a
quart. In this case revenues would be
small, despite the fact that the volume
of sales would be high; but Illicit man
ufacturers and bootleggers would lose
their markets and the system OF cor
ruption which has prospered under pro-
hibition would disintegrate for lack OF
funds.
It is because they believe that moth
ing will so quickly demobilize the illegal
liquor traffic as moderate prices for legal
spirits that the authors Of the Rookie
feller report regard low taxes as i'm
perative," at least "for the next three
to five years." preferring meantime to
rely on other methods of discouraging
and controlling excessive consumption.
This counsel Is not only sound in theory,
but Is supported by the evidence OF
American experience under the eight
zenith amendment. More effective en-.
forcement at any one point. increasing
the cost of liquor, has merely stimu-
lated illegal production at another As
early as 1926 Gen. Andrews, one of the
ablest of enforcement officers, told q
Senate committee that by making 1t
more difficult to divert industrial alco-
hol to illicit purposes he had merely
multiplied the number of Illegal stills.
It was his opinion then, and the expert
ence Of the country later, that "the old
law of supply and demand carries in
the case Of bootleg liquor as well as
of any other merchandise"
Evening star., 1933-10-19

When William Gibbs McAdoo returns
from Russia, he will be expected to in
troduce some new thought into matters
of world economy. There is abundant
material on hand, but variety may be
welcome among those who begin to feel
q threat of brain fag.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

In order to put teeth in N R. A. it
may be considered necessary to put a
few yiolators in jail The New York
musical shows will have to be. as ad-
vertised, bigger and brighter than ever,
in order to be Of real help to the tired
business man.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
A Fine Point ANYHOW.

From the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
There are persons who do not read
the newspapers carefully enough not
to believe that trial marriages are di-
vorce court proceedings.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Untried Forces in Orient
q Create Fear of New Clash

gratified. Touchy national pride Is often
employed as an excuse, and just an
excuse, for warfare. The real reason
is usually a dream Of grandeur and
power on the part of cruel, self-centered
leaders,
Evening star., 1933-10-19

Einstein will remain for a time at
Princeton. New Jerseys shore line may
hope to be honored next Summer by
brains as well as beauty.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

Henry Ford used to encourage jokes
about his cars. 1t Is more against his
win than ever that he finds national
recovery taking him in absolute serious
ness.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

Observers at Geneva are finding con-
stantly more material for observation
and less for comment save in terms of
great discretion.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Hard to Find Out,

From the Chicago Daily News
Every little while the puzzled Cubans
must feel a curiosity to know what all
the shooting Is about.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
But Somehow We Survive.

From the Boston Globe.
If all the threats to world peace were
laid end to end, life wouldn't be worth
living anywhere.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
A NOTLCIA, Managua.-His ex-
cellency, Senor Wilhelm Won
Kuhlmann, Envoy Extraordinary

IL and Minister Plenipotentiary Of
Germany in Central America
and Panama, protested to the Nicara-
o11an minister of foreign relations
against the exhibition in Managua
of the cinematographic spectacle
"Mamba''
Senior Won Kuhlmann declares that
more than a year and half ago he
received instructions from his govern
ment to exert himself in every way pos
sible to thwart public viewings OF this
picture, which represents scenes ana
episodes not only unauthentic, but most
derogatory and contemptuous Of the
German people. The states ministry
here, we understand, has consented to
the interdiction, expressing at the same
time its desire that Senor Kuhlmann
will reciprocate by using influence with
the German Government to suppress
any films rendered for exhibition In
Germany which depict Nicaragua and
other Latin American countries in dis
torted and repugnant aspects.
The tendencies of many pictures pre-
suming to be educational and tnforma-
tive, as well as entertaining, have been
to cast the reflection OF calumny and
other disfavors upon life and custom IN
mutually exotic lands. 1t is the hrm
intention Of the present government,
and indeed its own initiative, to pro-
hibit the showing Of any American or
British films which are not truthful IN
their dialog and delineations of life in
other lands, and particularly OF con-
ditions in the five neighboring repub-
lies of Central America.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHu.ANDER JOHNSON.

Apple Crop.
The apple crop is not so good
In this immediate neighborhood.
We miss the talk of q wage scale
Assuring full dinner pail
That sounded in the days gone by,
When every one had fish to fry,
And the reports did not disclose
The family cookstove had been froze.
The apple crop is not so fine.
With some regret We read the line.
From many drinks we must refrain,
From cider up to French champagne.
That dinner pail. well stocked Of yore,
Becomes perplexing as before.
Since we are even at loss
To fill it up with apple saucel
Squaring Himself.
DO you always think before you
speak?"
II try to-" answered Senator Sor-
ghun, though have sometimes had
to do my hardest thinking after speak
ing"
Jud Tunkins says we may have brown
shirts and black shirts, but what he
wants to see is q return Of the time
when everybody wore silk shirts.
N. B. A. Penalties.
A man more work may soon provide
II he in duty fails
And bids his country point with pride
To more and better jails.
Or II he only pays . fine
He'll help some good objectives
To keep . larger fund in line
For hiring more detectives.
Courteous Insincerities.
1T Is not always easy to be polite, "
said the young woman who is studying
etiquette.
Not always" answered Miss Cay
enne. Sometimes polteness requires
the most delicate hypocrisy in pretend
ing ignorance concerning things Of
which you are perfectly aware"
ITO offer a man charity ut the ex-
pense Of his PRIDE" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, "is, after all, to
make him pay dearly in pathetic bar
gain"
Supefseding the Swastika.
The pretzel has . neat design.
Why should not Germany display
Its outline - au emblem fine
And throw the swastika away?
The pretsel al the world would view
With joy IN fairer, friendlier scenes.
II has this great advantage, too. 49,.
At least We al know what It means.
IT de big folks in dis world lets an
other war happen" said Uncle Eben,
"dar won't ever be any use Of tryin' to
tell me dat Experience is 9 good
teacher"
Evening star., 1933-10-19
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
Press Curb Held
justified in Siam.

Bangkok Daily Malone of the
reasons why Bangkok newspapers and
other publications are required to sub
NIT to various forms of censorship
varying from the press act to actual
suppression Is because ever SO often
one Of them goes of on terrific tan
gent and spreads reports, rlmors and
gossips al over the paper, which EN-
harnesses the government, hinders the
police and eventually gives the read
inx public the impression that the
newspapers do not know what they are
writing about at any time.
The latest offender was the widely
circulated Srikrung. In the edition Of
last Sunday this paper, in q headhned
article, lists many of the tales that
have been circulating In Bangkok for
DAYS and q few others not 50 old Vari-
Gus details were given which indicated
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Burdens of Foreign
CapitaI Denounced.

Caplt2l OeHOunccu.
Diario de Panama, Panama.-They
are of the old school, of an effete
philosophy, who yet nourish in their
bosoms either fear or favor for foreign
power and foreign influence. The great
majority of US are done forever with
IMPERIALISM, whether Of the Yankee, the
British or our own misguided poll
ticians. We are done tolerating foreign
capital and its heavy impositions In
every form and guise.
We have been subjected In the past
to numerous discomfitures and dtsad-
vantages through alien exploitation.
We could, if we desired, assign date
and name to every usurpation, with all
wealt hof detail and circumstance. to
show how foreign influence, with per-
nicious motive, has claimed and con-
fiscated the vital resources Of our coun-
try, to our annoyance, prejudice ana
ruination, but now we believe those
DAYS are gone, never to return.
Our old Governors, complacent, time
serving and so deficient in the qualities
of civic character and patriotic cour-
age, never able to utter a decisive
"No!" against foreign aggression, have
given place to those determined to re-
tain for their countrymen the natural
wealth and national credit Of the re-
public. More power to Panamans like
these who, for the benefit OF us all,
have set their faces austerely against
exotic usurers and SPECTATORS, with
their strange and delusive adventur-
ingS
Evening star., 1933-10-19

Jud Tunkins says we may have brown
shirts and black shirts, but what he
wants to see is q return Of the time
when everybody wore silk shirts.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Tn. Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business ONCE:
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New York once: ITO East 42nd St.
Chicago ONCE: Lake Michigan Building.
European ONCE: IA Regent St., London,
England.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

Squ1TIlg TIIlS6I.
do you always think before you
speak?"
II try to-" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, though I have sometimes had
to do my hardest thinking after speak
ing"
Evening star., 1933-10-19

the national political game has been
showed into the background. The Re
publicans have been afraid for the most
part to attack the Democratic admini-
istration, believing that their attacks
would be construed as efforts to prevent
recovery"
The local city governments In many
cases are under attack just as the Fed
eral Government under Herbert Hoover
and the Republicans was under attack
q year ago, with hard times and heavy
taxes as the leading cause Of revolt
Boston is staging its mayuralty con-
test along with lot Of other New
England cities. The Democrats have q
big majority in normal times in the
Hub Of the Universe" The mayoralty
contest here, however, Is supposed to be
conducted on non-partisan lines. Candt-
dates do not run as Democrats, Repub-
licans or Socialists, although every voter
knows or is supposed to know what the
party politics of the candidates may be.
Mayor Jim" Curley cannot be q can
didate to succeed himself, under the
laws. However, with his organization.
he may If he wishes to become potent
influence in the election. It has been
reported he will declare for District
Attorney Foley. The mayor plays a
clever game Of politics. It might suit
him to have q divided Democratic party
in Boston and even Republican
elected mayor, If he has ambition to be
elected mayor at some future time
after at least one mayoralty term has
expired.
There was great excitement here q
few days ago when one OF the Boston
newspapers published q story saying
that Senator David L Walsh was Gck
Of public Life and would not be candi-
date to succeed himself. Senator walsh
promptly issued . denial He Is due to
be q candidate next year. The report
was that Walsh was sick OF the game
Of politics and wanted to get into the
practice Of law. II he should withdraw,
there would be . lot Of willing candi.
dates for the Democratic senatorial
nomination probably . lot more
Republican aspirants than II he remains
in the race.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Courteous Insincerities.

ITO offer a man charity at the ex-
pense Of his PRIDE" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, "is, after all, to
make him pay dearly in a pathetic bar
gain"
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Superseding the Swastika.

IT de big folks in dis world lets an
other war happen" said Uncle Eben,
"dar won't ever be any use Of tryin' to
tell me dat Experience is 9 good
teacher"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

And this one, the new National bank
of Detroit, is ''the child Of Wall
Street." he added.
Wilkin, who became vice president
of the Union Guardian Trust COM
pany at the request of Henry Ford,
said that, for the second time, the
Eastern bankers had been soundly
whipped in their attempt to force the
motor manufacturer to bow to them.
"Wall Street believed" he said,
"that by tying up Ford's capital he
would have to deal with them or go
broke. They were sadly fooled"
In the course of his testimony
Wilkin made these additional star
Ting charges:
That huge Withdrawals of smart
money" had been made just before the
two banks were finally closed, and that
one of those who cleared out a per.
sonal account was Mrs. James Cou-
zens. wife of the Michigan senator.
That Detroit bankers generally, pre-.
vious to the closing. had become con-
WINGED Wall Street was trying to con-
troll all the credit of the state of
Michigan.
That many checks of the two insti-
buttons were cleared through the De-
trolt clearing house after the state
bank holiday had been declared by
Governor Comstock.
That federal bank examiners had
co-operated with the enemies Of the
Guardian group. which had q chain
OF Michigan banks, In undertaking
assets of at least one institution so
the new National bank Of Detroit
could buy It at a low price.
@ Issl. western Newspaper unioo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

1t is frequently said during the pres
ent hard times: "The honest an
thrifty are in no better state than tn
crafty and wasteful" All have beel
cruelty hurt, but there never was
time when the honest and thrifty wer
not a little better of than the care
less and dishonest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14


the processes for the marketing of
securities, with especial reference to
those of railroads. He said the good
private banker does not chase after
business, and he condemned competi-
tive bidding for securities put out by
corporations.
There was much discussions of the
whoopee days of 1927 and 1923. In
dwelling upon the mania of those days,
Mr.. Kahn held that so far as con-
trolled imitation is concerned he
knows Of only one agency that can
exercise a corrective influence when.
ever needed. and that is the federal
reserve board.
The committee took up the matter
Of the Chilean bond issue of 1925,
which has been in default for two
years. Mr.. Kahn said that Norman
II. Davis, rowing ambassador In Eu-
rope, recelved>fees Of $4,000 for his
services In the negotiations for the
floating Of those bonds, but that Mr..
Davis at that time was a private citi-
zen.
Later In the inquiry Mr.. Pecora
questioned Mr.. Kahn closely concern.
Ing his Income In recent years and
the tax upon 1t which he has paid. If
he and his partners took advantage of
loopholes In the income tax laws, at
least there was no evidence that they
had made fake stock sales to their
wives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

would save the world
economic conference
from collapse. Prices
in the United States
were jumping daily,
the dollar was declin-
ing in the foreign ex-
change markets. cap
ital was fleeing from
Holland and Switzer-
land, and the coun-
tries still remaining
on the gold standard
were excited and an
gry. Their delegates
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

tigation OF private
banking methods, but
the C o m m TIT e e re-
sumed its inquiry, and
Prosecutor Ferdinand
Pecora put on the
stand otto X a b n,
head of Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., and distin.
guished patron Of the
fine arts. Mr.. Kahn
talked at length of
the philosophy of pri-
yate banking and Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

two big banks were
closed last winter. "It
was a plot by Wall
Street to get Henry
Ford" he replied. He
said that in his opin-
ion it was decided by
the New York finan-
ciers, long before the
two banks clos e d
their doors, that they
must pass from the
picture and be re-
placed by one bank.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

TESTIFYING before a one-man
l. grand jury consisting Of Judge H.
B. Keidan, a Detroit banker, Herbert
r. Wilkin, was asked why Detroit's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
London Conference in Danger of Collapse az Moley
Arrives-Caifornia and West Virginia Vote ton
Repeal of Prohibition.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

DRoF. RAYMOND MOLEY arrived
L in London seemingly full of conf
dence and optimism, but there was
serious doubt whether he could or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

VATICAN City police are convinced
that the bomb explosion In q cloak
rem % St feier's church In Rome
waa TIE W0rk o. q Spaniard who vas
arrested. and was instiEated b. the en-
emies 81 the Catholic church n spain.
No Gee waa injured By the blast and
the preparty damage vas small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

ing laid down by Mr.. Rfchberg.
Another section Of the Richberg
code was even more drastic. 1t pro-
vided that the control Of testimony
to be presented at the hearings will
rest entirely with the deputy admins
traitor. The deputy will call all wit
nesses, question all witnesses, and no
questions may be asked by any one
else without the consent of the dep
uty.
Deputy Administrator Allen took
charge of the hearing later and the
textile code was discussed, with wit
nesses both for and against it. The
tire makers, especially, objected to
some Of its features. The proponents
a.. of the code agreed to ban child labor.
President Green of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. who is strongly OPP
posed to the wage scale proposed by
the textile group, was present part of
the time. as was Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins.
ONE-THIRD of the states have now
- declared themselves for ratifica-
ton of the prohibition repeal amend
ment, the score standing 16 to 0. The
latest to so on record are California
and West Virginia. The coast state
was never in doubt and the vote there
was about three to one for ratifica-
ton. But West Virginia the drys had
hoped would uphold prohibition. How
ever 1t set an example to the rest of
the South by giving the repeal cause
a substantial majority. The hill coun-
ties and farming regions were strong
in opposition but their votes were
overwhelmed by those Of the cities
and the mining areas. Twenty more
states for repeal are needed, and the
vets have some hope that these can
be secured before the close of this
year.
The state conventions of Indiana,
Massachusetts and New York met and
carried out the mandates Of the peo-
pie by ratifying the repeal amend
ment. AL Smith was president of the
New York convention and said: This
gathering will go down in history as
a warning for all time that questions
like prohibition should be decided by
the people themselves and not by leg
islatures."
THERE were those who thought the
ANacquittal of Charles Mitchell on in
come tax evasion charges would take
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14

A TTORNEY GENERAL CUM.
"A MINGS announced that before
long be would make public the names
Of hoarders Of gold who refuse to turn
In their stores OF the yellow metal.
then If this publicity fails to bring
them TO terms. they will be prosecuted.
Even u the government wins a Grim
inal case against a hoarder. however.
Il may have 70 proceed eivllly against
him also 10 get the gold back unless
he voluntarily yields up the precious
metal. Cummings admitted He said.
however. that he believed holders con-
victed 10 criminal cases would bring in
their sold AZ a step toward obtaining
,enieney.