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Evening star., 1933-12-22
SomeQuOtations Froma
Late Financial Bulletin
To the Fditor of The Star.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
The quotations given below from the
December Bulletin of the National City
Bank Of New York are so packed with
important information that I am sure
you will wish to bring them to your
readers attention.
Who are debtors? "In order to incur
debt person must first Of all have a
credit standing. Hence the chief
debtors are governments, corporations,
and credit institutions" After present.
ing the most reliable information on the
subject the Bulletin says, 1T is plain
from the figures that the overwhelming
bulk Of the debts are owed by corpora
tionS or by persons falling within the
rich or well-to-do income groups and
purpose of the Governments monetary
management be to make it easy for
these debtors to pay the rest of us what
they owe US?
Quoting from the highest authority
the Bulletin says, 'the majority OF
creditors are individuals The bulk Of
investments (credits) represent indi-
vidual savings, averaging small sums .
As to individual savings" life inSur-
ance contracts represent by far the
largest sum- Indeed, about 65 100000
of us are creditors of the insurance
company" The Bulletin says that
according to the Twentieth Century
Fund, which has made the most ex-
tensive investigation of debts outstand-
ing, the insurance companies owe us
SIT 1000, 100000. Of course, when the
present policies mature payments on
them will amount to over s100,000,000,-
600, Incidentally, to secure the Sl7,-
900 ooo, 900 they actually owe us now
the companies are holding p g per cent
of outstanding farm mortgages, and
over half Of the Sl0,000,0O0,000 people
have on deposit In mutual savings
banks is invested in urban mortgages.
Do we really want monetary manage
ment" that will cut down the purchas-
ing power of such creditors as these?
But what about debtors? We seem
most concerned about mortgaged farms
The debt is concentrated on about 40
per cent of the farms" That is, three
out Of every five of our farmers own
their own farms, their homes, free of
debt OF course this takes no account
of what they may still have to pay on
their autos. But farmers themselves
own IA per cent of the mortgages of
other farmers" From the Bulle-
tin we learn that practically one-fifth
of the farm mortgage debt, 81 ,402, , 178, :
900. is on Iowa farms. But the life
insurance policies, and savings deposits
in that State amount to over $1,000
100000. II we cut down the purchasing
power of their best customers, are we
not in great danger of inJuring the
farmers themselves far more than they
will be helped by cheap money, which
may increase the price of their neces-
sary purchases more than that of their
products? THE kind of price rise that
will serve the farm debtor is one that
will advance farm products more than
other products"
On the other hand" the effects on the
creditor class of rise in the general
price level are direct. inescapable."
WORTHY P STERNS.
Evening star., 1933-12-22


equality between the sexes in the form
of a Pan-American treaty, signed by
tWtnly'0ne nations at the M0nteVldeO
Conference, the United States is carry
ing out the principle which was written
into the Constitution by the nineteenth
amendment That addition to the
fundamental law of this land, which
came as the elimination of more than
half century of efforts for the uni
versal enfranchisement of women in
America, declared: "The right of citi-
zens of the United States shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States
or by any State on account of SEX"
Finally adopted by Congress June 4.
1919, it was submitted to the States for
ratification, which was completed
August 18. 1920, when it went officially
into effect with the vote of the Legis-
lature of Tennessee, and in the preSi-
Dental election closely following the
women of America voted in all the
States. This, however, did not COM
pletely establish the equality of women
in all respects before the law, as in some
Of the States laws discriminating
against them remained in force and
tinued since the adoption Of the nine
teenth amendment to remove these
barriers to full equality, in respect to
estates, working privileges and other
matters.
The American treaty declares that
there shall be no distinctions based on
sex in the lawsand practices of the sub
scribers to the instrument. It has now
been signed by all the countries repre-
sented at the Montevideo Conference,
and it thus becomes an all-American
doctrine. The United States is far
ahead of all these countries in this
respect. That the principle of equality
will eventually become effective through
out the Americas is not to be doubted,
though there may be delays in some of
the lands to the South. The accom-
plishment Of unanimous signature to
this instrument of enfranchisement and
equal privilege is an epochal step toward
the establishment in fact as well as in
principle of the recognition of women
as equal sharers in the advantages as
well as the responsibilities Of Western
civilization
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Hoi Ho! Ho!'
1t was Santa Claus gracious gift to

Hoi Ho! Ho!'
1t was Santa Claus gracious gift to
gardens.
A nice. fresh rain. straight out Of the
clouds. lasting all night. gentle down
Pearo Tien b1 aarSeniae enia be Ears
The home gardener listens W MS gar
den. as well as works in it.
He gardens with his ears, in other
words, just as the automobilist listens
TO the purring of his motor,
There are sounds in the garden at all
times. but none is more pleasant in a
season of comparative drought than a
good lively rain.
X X X X
Local gardens have had some mois-
ture, during the past few weeks, but this
particular rain was the only one which
began at night and continued for hours.
Nor did one have to use his imagina-
tion to hear it, as one had to do with
so many OF the previous preclpitationS
This was the real thing, genuine
rain, an old-fashioned, right-out-of-the-
sky sort of downpour.
1t slapped against window panes, and
gurgled in downspouts.
1t ran along ledges, and set up singing
noises in cutters.
X X X
1t was the sort of rain which delighted
the European tellers of fairy tales, par
ticular Hans Christian Anderson.
In many of his stories-and we hope
thousands of boys and girls still get
them for Christmas-the reader finds
rain. real, full-bodied
A rain does not need to be a down.
pour to be fulI-bodied.
Each drop must be a real drop, one
which is accompanied by enough mates
to make a noise in the world.
This noise is the music of the garden.
1t means life to growing things, which,
without 1t, would have no way Of getting
their nourishment, although they might
stand in food foot thick.
Water is the precious avenue of life to
the plant world. from. the great tree.
which must draw it straight into the air
which sprawls upon the ground.
1t is well to think of plants at Christ
mas time, because We use so many OF
them, as wreaths, as trees, as decora-
tions. as gifts.
In thinking of them, it is good to keep
their need for water in mind. so that
in their hours of stress they will not be
forgotten
Those who love plants will be glad
for the rain, at this or any season. Many
persons feel something of pain when
they contemplate the huge destruction
of small pines and the like for cut
Christmas trees, and are glad for the
growth Of the vogue for living trees in
tubs.
1t should never be forgotten that while
the need for water is not as great in
December as In June. nevertheless all
our growing things of the great out
doors do need some water, whether it is
cold or warm
X X X X
Pleasant in the night, therefore. is the
sound OF falling rain to the gardening
ear, that ear SO attuned that it hears
with the understanding mind
Such mind, interested in all phases
Of gardening, will have no word to say
against the gray days.
If the sun does not shine, 1t means
that there is a possibility of rain, and
If it rains, the plants will be glad.
Happily old Nature did not forget her
children who stand so curiously an
cl1ored to life
Does she not know, in her immortal
Evening star., 1933-12-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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world that can answer as many legiti-
mate questions as our free Information
Bureau In Washington, D. c. This
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built up and is under the personal
Keeping in constant touch with Fed
eral bureaus and other educational en-
terprises 1t Is In a position to pass on
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use post cards. Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic ].
Haskin, Director. Washington, D. c.
@. How long has Franklin Adams
been with the Pan-American Union?-
S. T.
A. Mr.. Adams retires January /,
1884, after twenty-five years of active
service with the Union. For the past
fourteen years he has hold the position
of counselor.
@. What punishment is provided for
farmers who sign affidavits saying that
produce Is for home consumption to
evade the processing tax, and afterward
sell the produce?-T. S. L.
A. A farmer, selling or exchanging
such exempted produce for groceries or
other merchandise, Is subject upon con-
viction to a fine Of not more than
O,ooO, or imprisonment for not more
than five years, or both.
@. Do the Irish use an expression
A. In Ireland the Christmas greeting
Is the equivalent Of Il wish you happy
Christmas"
Q. How do prices of European
automobiles compare with American
prices?-F. F.
A. The extremes are wider. The
higher-priced cars run higher than
American models, while the lower
priced ones run lower. A Czecho-
slovakian company is making a car
inder machine developing 10 horse
power.
@. What was the Chel?-M. w. S.
A. This was a kind Of rampant
around the courts, which, in turn, were
grouped around the Temple in Jerusa-
lem. Gentiles were not permitted to
enter.
@. Is the health OF a person equally
good if his heart is on the right side
instead of the left?-W. H. c.
A. The Public Health Service says
that there have been a number of
persons having the heart on the right
side instead Of on the left. 1t does
not affect the health.
Q. OF what material is the sar-
cophagus of John Paul Jones made?-
S. J. D.
A. It Is Of grand antique des
Pyrenees marble, in compliment to
France, whence the body Of the hero
vas brought.
O. Are Poles of light or dark COM
plexion?-J. E.
A. The true Poles are descendants
of the ancient Lehks belonging to the
west Slav group and are notably Of
blond complexion. The present popula-
ton of Poland is considerably mixed
In addition to the true Poles there are
Ruthenians who are rk-complexioned,
and white Russians.
O. Do the terms, republican and
democraatic, have the same meaning
A. They have practically the same
meaning the one from the Latin and
the other from the Greek. both meaning
rule or reign of the people.
@. Who was Pastorius?-A. l..
A. Pastorius was born In Sonmer-
Evening star., 1933-12-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

wisdom, that these gnarled branches,
these tough barks, these bare limbs, need
sustenance at all seasons, although not
so much Of 1t now?
The human mind which realizes this,
which takes partnership, In q sense,
with great Nature, in all her queer crea-
quarrels with the weather.
He accepts 1t, rejoicing that the dull
morning, with its real rain. is bringing
renewed freshness and greenness to
CneVy Chase circle, whose newly
planted grass has done so well. Now it
is luxurious, thanks to this gift Of Ma
tuFe Santa.
The plant lover is happier man, a
happier woman, than most. The plant
lover is saved one Of the plain dissatis-
factions Of life-and how many OF them
there are, to be sure!
A practical philosophy, one that
works, is that which manages to accept
with relish more of the inevitable than
is the common lot.
In regard to the weather, this is COM
paratively easy-if one has the plant
loving mind and heart.
II one has it not, then 1t is not easy
at ALL as any one can discover for him.
self who listens to the conversations in
elevators.
Elevators are wonderful conversational
| parlors, mostly because they boil this
relationship down to its commonest de-
nominatorS.
The weather, naturally enough, occu-
| lor r1Ia @t, @avzc zcal
conversation.
"Fine day, isn't it?" asks one friend Of
another, with intense irony
He means. and wants to be under
stood, that he thinks it a very poor sort
of day, indeed, day which has no place
in the divine dispensation, a day which
somehow must be a mistake in the eter-
nal order
Fine day" he says, with vast sneer,
which takes in heaven and earth, and
the waters beneath the earth.
There are many inevitabl some
which We like, and some which we can
not.
II 1t is possible to become Indifferent
to few of them SO much the better. but
if there is any way of positively liking
them. well, that is fine, indeed!
The weather falls into this latter cate
CORY.
The way to work up real enthusiasm
| for almost any sort of weather which
! comes along is to become an enthusiast
| of all the sports and hobbies and rec
reations and avocations which accom-
pany them.
At the least, one may cultivate an ap-
| probation for the artistic eve do not say
| or insist on the artistic mind, because
we are not quite sure what that is)
He who cultivates an appreciation for
the artistic has about all there Is as his
field.
He has dawn and sunset, he has blue
skies, green waters, the pure drift Of
snow.
He has the glow of traffic lights. Jew
els unrecognized at million street cor
ners.
He has sunshine and shadows, the
cool platinum of moonlight, the white
picket fence lost in the shadows
! But rain, blessed alchemy of the
cloudlandS is both heard and seen. II
falls like the quality of mercy upon the
| just and the unjust. upon the large
| garden and the little garden. At this
| time OF year 1t is a real Christmas gift.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
A Fair Deal Is All
The District Asks

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Commissioners of the District
Of Columbia have O matter before
them now which Is Of tremendous in
terest to the voteless citizens of this
city-the financial budget and the
part or share which should be taken
care of by the Federal Government.
In my opinion the Commissioners
should NOT entertain or consider any
smaller amount than that which
represents at least 40 per cent a the
total expense Of running the Qgtict
for the next fiscal year.
tract Of 1878 should control this mat
ter, as there Is q question whether
revoked or repealed. Whom do the
Commissioners represent, Congress or
the citizens Of the District of Colum-
bia? If they represent Congress, then
who in heck represent our voteleSs
citizens? The cartoon, 1.-THE Boston
Tea Party" by Bergman, surely
ere she nos sood 90 friend OF aRe
District in Congress who will intro
duce a bill giving the citizens Of
Washington the right to vote for its
own government, full representation
in both the Senate and in the House,
and for President and Vice President
of these United States of America?
Why should not bill be introduced
and passed giving the District of
Columbia the right to sue the Fed
era1 Government in the Court of
Claims for the money difference be-
tween what the contract calls for and
the amount which has been doled out
since Congress started the number
game" supposed to be Illegal in the
District Of Columbia, by playing q
hunch and wishing 1t on the voteless
citizens of the District? I doubt
whether any one can give a better
excuse for fixing the amount appro-
priated for some years.
And to think what could be done
with all this money due the District
by the Federal Government.
I can see the new District group
of buildings, all the necessary schools,
branch library buildings, fire de-
partment buildings. sewerage extern
necessary for the health and comfort
Of our citizens and the many guests
entertained by the District from over
this great country and from foreign
lands.
OF course Congress will ask the
question, Where is the money coming
FROM" The Public Works should be
the answer.
Washington needs not "a new deal"
A fair deal" is all we ask
HARRY J. JACKSON.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

food because their parents are too poor
to provide the food. It is as impor-
tant to feed the children as 1t is to
feed their parents.
Not only in Washington, but in other
cities of the country, this need should
be easily met.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

hausen, in Franconia, Germany, In
1851. While in England he joined tRe
Society of Friends and met William
Penn. In 1888 he led a party OF Ger
man and Tutch Mennonites to Penn
influence. Five years later he signed
protest addressed TO the Friends yearly
meeting In Burlington. N J., charac-
is said to be the first formal plea for
emancipation In American.
@. How many languages are spoken
A. While the official language is
Spanish, over twenty languages and dia-
lects are spoken. Very few of the
Indians speak Spanish.
@. Is an Egyptian-type cotton grown
commercially in this country?-B. 3. p.
A. Pima is the only variety Of Egyp-
tian- type cotton now grown CONNER
cially In the United States. A new
hybrid obtained by crossing pima with
sakel, the most valuable Of the varte-
ties grown in Egypt, is now being tested.
@. How long did Jamshid reign7-
A. In Persian legend, he was sup
posed to have ruled for seven hundred
years and to have had the genH as
his slaves.
@. What proportion Of highway and
B. S.
A. Grade-crossing protection consists
Of the use Of crossing gates, crossing
watchmen, audible and/or visible sig
mails, special fixed signs or barriers, and
standard signals and warning signs.
Ninety Eight per cent Of the total num-
ber of railway grade crossings in tbs
United States are so equipped.
@. Why are Negro children called
piccaninnies?-G. T.
A. 1t came to the United States from
the West Indies, being an adaptation
Of the Spanish word, pequeno, meaning
small.
@. Did Christopher Columbus use a
telescope2-M. G.
A. Columbus did not use the tele-
scope. Columbus died in 1905 and the
telescope was not invented until about
1903.
@. Under what pseudonyms has
Maxim Lityinof wIitten?-C. j.
A. Soviet biographers list different
pseudonyms which he used during his
journalistic career. Among them ere
Felix, Luvine, Nitz and Papasha.
@. Why do eyebrows grow back when
they have been plllcked?-C. H.
A Eyebrows grow again when pluci-cd
because the roots are not destroyed
Q. How large is Arabia?-A. P.
A. The Arabian Peninsula forms
rough trapezium Of total area OF about
one million square miles. Its greatest
length is fourteen hundred miles. the
other three sides being twelve hundred
fifty, nine hundred and seven hundred
fifty miles, Arabia is almost all desert.
@. How many eggs will turkey hen
! lay during a seaSon?-H. F. B.
! A. Under ordinary circumstances
young turkey hen should lay from 40
to so eggs during the normal breeding
season if she is broken up whenever
broodiness occurs. The normal breed
| ing season begins late in the Winter
or early in the Spring and lasts until
June.
@. Did the Roman Empire make any
great contributions to science?-W. S.
A. 1t did not. 1t is said that,
although science became a distinct
branch of human knowledge in Greece
| in the third century BIC, seventeen
centuries later men began where the
! Crenke left off
Evening star., 1933-12-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
John Silver.

John Silver.
Old John Silver! He's had a curious
past.
We thought that he was down and out.
He's up again at last.
His parrots now are talking and they
make the welkin hum
While the crew Joins In the chorus with
some references to Rum.
Old John Silver! Again we calculate
With figures that have kinship to the
ancient Piece of Eight.
Like certain men whose names IN his
tory's pages will appear
You are a gentleman again. though
once a buccaneer.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

The number of gentlemen who resign
Government positions with every as
surance of good will toward their as
sociates may be interpreted as an ex-
preston of confidence in an abundance
Of employment available in private life.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

There will be a great deal of argu-
ment about silver, which may perhaps
be shortened somewhat by the great
amount of material and comment re-
lating to the subject made available by
the late w. j. Bryan.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Mortgage foreclosures have dimin-
ished rapidly. The future of the Amer
lean farmer may be brighter because of
the fact that he has learned more about
finance than he ever knew before.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Will Exhaust the Alphabet.
From the Santa Fe New Mexican.
This administration is going to pull
us out, If 1t has to go clear through
the alphabet down to ZZZ.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Wrong Place for Them.
From the Roanoke Times.
According to minister, we need
more middle-of -the-road people. Not
at the steering wheel of an automobile,
parson.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

The "see America first" idea has de-
veloped so rapidly that it is as strong
among traders as it is among tourists.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Old Metal.

The merry pedler now proceeds to hurry
through the land
Inquiring, Friend, what have you to be
sold at second, hand?
Some values have been rising, while
some other values sunk.
Have you some scraps of gold that you
might care to sell for junk?'
Evening star., 1933-12-22

President Roosevelt has declared fatty
for poetry in finance by providing the
depression cloud with a silver lining.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Cosrnic Capital.

From the San Antonio Express.
A scientist predicts that uses will be
found for the cosmic ray. Well, it al
ready has created Jobs for balloon
makers and mountain climbers.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Fences Down.
Have you been at home mending
your fences?" asked the friend.
whats the use of mending fences"
inquired Senator Sorghum, when cleo
tions are just one stampede after an
other"
Jud Tunkins says he doesn't care
what kind of money we have so long as
he can get hold of enough Of 1t to buy
something.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Even the underworld has to appeal
to the patient police when gangsters
attempt to kidnap one another.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

In modern culture, Hitler is harder
to understand than Einstein and not
nearly so pleasant to take.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
A Rich Field at Home.

From the Rockford Register-Republic.
Col. Lindbergh, news columns say
may hunt pygmies In Brazil. He can
ind plenty of them In this country.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Movies and Color.

From the Boston Herald.
Probably the color movies will have
the success that one producer foresees
when the public gets tired of the Off
color ones.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Salvage.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Canadian veterans turned in their
war medals as protest against future
war. The joke is that the governments
are likely to save them for the heroes
Of the neXt conflict.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
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