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Evening star., 1933-09-13
Consumer Support Essential
To National Recovery Program

on and sailing directions were given
they saw how the course was being
charted. The directions were some
times startling amazing. even a little
dismaying But the feeling persists
that the captain knows his ship, his
charts, his compasses and the art of
navigation. However unusual the course
may seem, we are confident that We
are going to fetch port in the end"
Roosevelt's application of democracy
and Americanism" is ascribed by the
people are following him with rare
singleness of heart"
Counting upon this widespread con-
Sumer cooperation, Nation wide Buy
Now" campaign has been instituted and
its result Is being carefully watched.
AS the San Antonio Express points out,
the consumer holds the key to the sit
uation. Obviously. to keep up heavier
pay roll the employer must sell his
products, stock in trade or services at
a fair profit. He possesses no unlimited
reserves Of capital or credit upon which
to draw for paying out wages The
buying public must provide the where
withal.">
Buy Now" month is the way the
Oakland Tribune designates this crucial
VI IL uIHSS tQlS
course as "a patriotic way to cooperate
with the recovery program, for each
dollar spent aids in furnishing work and
bettering the times. It is also," con-
tinues this paper. "a matter Of hard
sense to join the movement, one for
self-help and self-profit. The buyer
gets bargains he cannot hope for with
rising prices coming; he gets more for
his money than he may get again in
years. While he is doing this he Is
giving his individual support to one of
the largest and most vital programs this
Government has ever undertaken" The
same paper comments upon one of the
difficulties confronting the public when
it declares that "the buyers campaign
can succeed only If 1t Is made and kept
an intrinsic part Of the general recovery
drive. Adequate buying will result only
If adequate and honest allegiance is
given every other part of the N. r. A.
movement. The ordinary citizen does
buy, very nearly to the limit of his
ability, when he has the wherewithal."
Whenever the Blue Eagle" remarks
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, says
the time has come to do some spanking
of material or psychological recalci-
trantS those who are customers because
they are exercising earning capacities
Will administer the corporal punishment
or apply the silent cure for the COM
pletion OF the process of marching from
under the rksome depression blanket"
Evening star., 1933-09-13
Dear Economy.

A situation exists at Boiling Field,
the Army air port, which vividly illus
trates the need Of coordination In pub
lie expenditures and the waste entailed
in its failure. At q cost OF q million
dollars thirty buildings have been
erected there for the accommodation
of the officers and enlisted personnel
In addition to other improvements to
the field. They are ready for occupancy
and use, in every detail of construction
and equipment. Yet they stand idle
and empty, while those for whom they
we're built are housed in dilapidated
wooden shacks. With the completion
of these structures the funds appro-
priated for this project were exhausted,
and there remain just few details to
permit the transfer Of the officers and
men from their present miserable
quarters which they were driven
by the recent storm and dood-tnto
these buildings. There are no electrical
connections and there is no road.
There stand the buildings, fully fitted
but for electric current and isolated.
A comparatively small sum is needed to
supply these deficiencies. If it cannot
be obtained from the public works fund
the whole project lapses into idleness
and will be subject to the deterioration
incident to disuse.
Ben Franklin expressed in "Poor
Richards Almanac" in terms that have
become part of the adage lore OF the
language the folly Of incomplete provi-
sion: For want of nail the shoe was
lost; for want of shoe the horse was
lost; and for the want of horse the
rider was lost; for the want OF rider
the battle was lost; for the want OF
battle the kingdom was lost-and al
for the want of horseshoe nail"
In this case the battle of economy II
lost when unwise pruning Of appropria'
tions causes waste. The Government
u cutting the salaries Of its workers and
Evening star., 1933-09-13
Stopping the Machines.

For centuries, since the very earliest
beginning Of the modern industrial
era, the complaint has been heard that
the introduction of machines robs peo-
pie Of employment. Specifically, the
Indictment would seem to be justified.
But actually, as economists agree, there
Is no merit in the notion. Machines,
brought into use in q given industry,
may have the effect of forcing crafts
men into a new technique. new formu-
las and new methods, but the adjust
ment usually is accomplished without
difficulty. For example, the invention
Of the gasoline engine destroyed the
ancient trade Of making, but
harnessmakers as class did not perish
for that reason-on the contrary, they
were absorbed into the automobile in
dustry. In the same way, blacksmiths
moved out from the shade Of the
spreading chestnut into the shade Of
the ubiquitous gas pump.
However. it is inevitable that on oc-
casion there should be a backward step.
A depression may prompt revival Of
the old hand methods. Several hum
dred women, it is reported from Buenos
Aires, recently have obtained Jobs In
Argentine cigarette factories where the
proprietors have scrapped wrapping and
packing machines ito make work for
some Of the unemployed" In this case
the motive of the factory owners. Of
course, is humanitarian. The stopping
of the machines is simply an emergency
measure. No one can argue that 1t Is
either good economy" or good busi-
ness" arbitrarily to add to production
expense.
The public cannot have its cake and
eat it too. Machines decrease manu-
featuring expense and the consumer
shares the advantage. Hand-work is
slower, more wasteful, often less exact,
and in this regard, as in other matters,
such inefficiency is q form Of extrava-
gance which certainly could not be
adopted permanently without loss to
both capital and labor.
OF course, the machines have their
faults, and no one denies them. But
practical experience has demonstrated
their virtues. They are part Of the
economic system which sometimes may
break down, but which generally Is pro-
ductive Of the values ON which modern
civilization, for good as well Is Ill, are
based.
Evening star., 1933-09-13
Explosives at Havana.

Secretary Hull has issued a statement
in Washington which, in effect, If not
formally, is addressed to all whom 1t
may concern at Havana. Indicating
that the United States is holding itself
strictly aloof from the factionall strife
that is tormenting Cuba, Secretary Hull
emphasizes that this country would
welcome any government representing
the will of the people and the republic
and capable of maintaining law and
order throughout the island" The fact
that Washington withholds recognition
Of the Grau San Martin regime, set up
this week by the counter-revolutionary
movement of the students and mutinous
enlisted men of the army and navy,
discloses that in Americas judgment,
the government that dispossessed the
late De Cespedes presidency does not
measure up to Secretary Hull's qualifl-
cations.
Far from representing "the will Of
the people" Senor Grau San Martin
and his group are beset on all sides by
bitter and formidable opposition. First
of all, there is the organized and i'm
placable hostility of the five hundred
army officers besieged in the National
Hotel at Havana, who have def1ed the
new Presidents command to resume
their old posts and demand that Grau
San Martin retire in favor Of De Ces-
pedes A pitched battle between the
officers in the hotel fortress and gov
ernment troops who hem it in is an
imminent possibility irresponsible re-
ports credit the officers with q desire
to precipitate a clash as means OF
forcing American intervention. The
officers claim that three thousand
troops, formerly commanded by them,
are loyal to their one-time superiors.
OF perhaps even graver import for
the position of President Grau San
Martin is the opposition Of the two
powerful secret societies. the A. B. G.
and the o. c. R. R., which were
foremost in precipitating the overthrow
of Machado. Finally there is the re-
fusal OF the influential political fac
tions led by former President Menocal
and Col Carlos Mendieta to accept the
Grau San Martin rule. The govern
ment's finances are cracking. Hungry
soldiers are selling their rifles in order
to buy food.
Clearly there is no lack Of explosives
in the chaotic and embittered situation
at Havana. The one favorable factor
is that to this hour violence and blood
shed, except in few isolated instances,
and mostly in the provinces, have not
occurred. How long things can or will
simmer without leading to a genuine
crisis is unpredictable. The elements OF
civil war are manifestly at hand, and,
should it ensue, the possibility-indeed,
the inevitability-of American inter-
yention would be correspondingly nearer.
For the United States there continues
to be but the one policy President
Roosevelt is pursuing-patience accom-
panied by vigilance.
Evening star., 1933-09-13

With the codes Of the major indus
tries well on the way to completion, the
press Of the Nation turns its attention
to what may well be the crux of the
recovery program-consume support
"The American people are undergoing
today test that will be rated as ex-
tremely important in the history Of the
Nation-a test in national co-opera-
tion," says the Pasadena News
THE test Is supreme. Can the people
cooperate nationally in these non-
glamorous problems Of peace? Will
they cooperate? If they do cooperate
handsomely and successfully In this
there will have been settled one of the
most momentous tests to which the
American people have been called. If 1t
can be demonstrated fully and impress
sively that Nationwide cooperation
can be had to restore shattered pros
pertty, then indeed has this Nation and
people solved great problem in prog
ress. Then indeed there need be no
more fears about the perpetuity of the
economic structure"
The Cincinnati Tmes-Star answers
this question in the affirmative by an
nouncing that from coast to coast re-
ports pour into Washington of mass
meetings, parades, celebrations, the like
of which the country has not seen since
the war days; and the Scranton Times
believes that there Is every confidence
also that the enrolment of consumers
pledged to patronize N. r. A. firms will
approximate 100 per cent" in that To-
cality. The Charlotte Observer finds 1t
heartening to discover that "as radical
and as revolutionary as are the shifts
demanded under the codes, the mind Of
the country Is made up that the ex-
pertinent is altogether worth trying and,
for the most part, business and indus
try are comparatively undertaking to
live up not only to the spirit, but to the
exact letter Of the new philosophy, pain
full for the present though it may be-"
An explanation from the Omaha Eve
ming World Herald carries assurance Of
part Of the American people with the
statement: "On March 1 the people had
q vision, a swiftly changing vision. that
drst terrori8ed and then reassured them.
They saw a Nation perilously close to
shipwreck As in lightning crash the
bank crisis repealed to them how near
the reef we had drifted. And then in the
same flash they perceived strong and
steady and stalwart hand at the helm.
They saw that there would be no more
drifting. that from that time on Amer
lea was going to fight with every ounce
of strength It possessed to pull of the
reef. At that moment the American
people were probably more nearly Of one
mind and one purpose than they had
ever been In their lives before. They
knew they had found a leader who
would not falter In the effort to steer
them back once more to safe and un-
troubled anchorage. As the days went
Evening star., 1933-09-13

plants. some grouping for which friends
freely predicted color disharmony, only
to have 1t turn at last into the high
spot Of the entire garden.
This fine specimen of mantis, II
there were no other glories. would be
enough in itself.
The fact that the gardener Is quite
sure that he has never seen one before
in his entire life adds Immensely to the
sport.
He wonders over having missed it.
Perhaps he, and every one else, has
gone along missing a,great many things
IN curious world.
All these interesting creatures of field
and woods, and even Of cultivated
How many Of them have been over
looked, not only because one did not
know, but, more, because one did not
look closely enough?
~
An interest in nature, no matter at
what age aroused, invariably results In
quickened perceptions
That Is why it Is such q good study
for children.
1t may be taken up by their elders,
too, In any year, with certainty that
life will be enriched by more seeing,
and more UNDERSTANDING
The field Is SO nmitless, that the
newcomer may rest assured that II he
does not turn into another Fabre, still
he will derive great deal Of enjoy
ment from his amateur researches, and
md the life Of the every day a great
deal more interesting. Besides, he will
have the satisfaction Of realizing that
he is, to some small degree, at least,
digger and more capable than he was
IN the days when his eyes were open
only to certain popular manifestations
known to every one.
The realization that this insect, some
SIX inches long, Is actually the pray
ing mants. and none other, is quite
as olVerting, In its way, as the realiza-
ton that one has stumbled onto a
really flne motion picture, or into the
pages OF an exceptionally good novel.
There are more ways than one to
get mental thrill. and, II one Is will
ing to see 1t so he may fnd 1t In a
praying mantis as well as anything else
whatsoever.
The observer feels as the tabled coun-
tryman did when he first saw the
g1raHe: There amt no sich animal"
Surely this must be some insect out
| ~ - SoeAAS SAAV COL 0CI1 OLoCItCl
This specimen has q big, spoonlike
body, bright green on one side. from
which stretches the neck, very long, and
the immensely capable long legs.
The head Of the creature Is tiny. In
front Of it are folded the arms" with
their hands" together In the very
attitude Of prayer.
| 4 Il
This creature holds its hands together
with no pious intent, however.
| It Is consumer Of smaller insects.
Its big body. somewhat resembling
the end Of canoe paddle, makes a re-
sounding thump when the insect leaps
from a branch OF a lilac bush by the
sun porch onto the screen Of one Of the
windows.
Thump!
Few insects could make such q
racket. 1t clings there, first twisting
its long legs, then frightened into i'm
mobility by the advent Of a house cat
which leaps lightly into the window.
| Sniff, sniff! The cat gingerly smells
at the mantis. but the insect moves not
q muscle. It will wait, using its de-
ceptive coloration, until danger Is past
Well. who ever would l,ave thought It!
Evening star., 1933-09-13
The Secret Of Longer Life.

Speaking before q meeting Of the
American Chemical Society, appyo-
priately held in connection with the
Century of Progress Exposition at Chi
cago, Prof. n. G. Sherman Of Columbia
University predicts an extension of the
average Of human life by ten per cent
through improvement in diet. In the
modern science of nutrition, he declares,
man has found the legendary fountain
of youth, and it is now possible for him
to prolong his life by an average Of
seven years through proper eating. And
not only can the Biblical span Of three
score and ten be extended by such .
regimen, he says, but 1t Is possible 70
postpone the coming Of "old age" %
Evening star., 1933-09-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

great Righteousness and piety. This
troubled the elder members Of the
little company Of exiles and they set
out for the new world in the hope Of
protecting the younger generation.
@. Do ducks have as much meat
as chicken or turkey Of equal weight
G. H.
A. Roasting ducks weigh from 3 to 6
pounds and do not have as much
meat as chicken or turkey of equal
size.
@. Is the nectarine a hybrid?-
A. It is not. 1t is a sport or horti-
cultural variety Of the common peach.
Q. For what is Harpers Ferry IA
mous?-B. L. R.
A. It is famous for its natural
beauty and for its importance in his
torical events. Here three States meet
and the Shenandoah and Potomac
Rivers join. John Browns raid on the
United States arsenal in 1857 was in
this town and it was in a state of
almost constant siege during the Civil
War.
Q. What Is the meaning of the In
dian equestrian figure In front of the
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Mass.?-B. B.
A 1t is called THE Appeal to the
Great Spirit" 1t is one Of a series
Of three or four Indian equestrian
statues by Cyrus Dallin. The Indian
on his pony has his hands out
stretched in an attitude of prayer.
He is making bis supplication to God.
@. What is the name OF the hotel
page boy who Is insured against grow
ing any taller?-S. N.
A. 1t is Johnny Roventino Of the
Hotel New Yorker. He is 43 inches
tall and is twenty-three years old.
Q. Is cane sugar used in making
matted milk?-D. E. C..
A. The Bureau of Dairying says that
according to an analysis of smalted
milk as prepared by seven different
manufacturers in the United States
there is apparently no cane sugar
used. Lactose and dextrine are pres
ent in this product.
@. How many G. P. A. certificates
have been issued in the United States2
How many by examination and how
many by waiver?-C. H. w.
A.. The American Institute Of Ac-
countants says that 1t may be roughly
estimated that about $4,000 c. P. A.
certificates have been issued in the
United States. Frequently certificates
Of more than one State are issued to a
single person. so it is probable that the
number Of persons who have received
c. P. A. certificates Is substantially less
than $4,000. 1t might be estimated
roughly that between 1,500 and 1000
C. p. A. certificates have been issued by
waiver and the remainder by examina-
ton.
@. What is the Great Divide?-
w. o. B.
A. 1t is an elevated ridge Of land or
watershed in Western United States,
separating the rivers which flow toward
the Atlantic from those which flow
toward the Pacific The expression
Great Divide" is now commonly ap-
piled to broader extent of country than
the Continental Divide or watershed
proper.
@. Which is correct-different than
or different from?-E. R.
A. Different should not be completed
by than clause, but always by q
from clause. British usage differs in
this from American usage.
c. 4 4. T. EnA' oAs Is 1A'A'e''e 0As'-
A. It is celebrated on September
in New York and 10 other States.
Evening star., 1933-09-13

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our Infor-
nation Bureau in Washington, D. G.
This offer applies strictly to informa-
ton. The bureau cannot give advice
on legal, medical and financial mat
tiers. It does not attempt to settle do
destit troubles, or undertake exhaust
i've research on any subject. Write
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postage. Do not use postcards. The
reply Is sent direct to the inquirer Ad-
dress The Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Haskin. Director,
Washington, D. c.
@. Can sculptured figures of the N.
r. A. Blue Eagle be offered for sale?-
]. W. NJ
A. Any sculptured figure or other OBJ
Eagle can be manufactured and
vended only on permit from the N. r.
A. Address E. M. Jaffrey, N. r. A.,
Room 3067. Department of Commerce
Building, Washington, D. c.
@. How many people are employed
in the fishing industry?-C. T.
A. Catching. processing and distrib-
uting fish and fish products give en-
ployment directly and indirectly to
500, 900 persons. The industry has an
aggregate retail value of q billion dol
lars q year.
@ have been getting a very poor
grade of kerosene. If I would put a
half pint of gasoline in a gallon OF
kerosene would 1t be all right? Would
It separate after it was mixed, or do
you know Of something better?-K. s.
A. The Bureau Of Mines says that
ceed1ngly hazardous and should not be
attempted by anyone not familiar with
the hazards involved.
@. Is kicking with the feet fair under
any boxing code?-B. w.
A. In Siam, where boxing is one Of
the oldest sports the feet are used al
most as much as the fists and pugilists
become expert. The elbow Is also used
for offensive blows. In the old French
savate system Of boxing, kicking came
within the rules.
@. When mail has to cross countries
other than those Of its origin or des-
t1QhtIOl, WHO pays LLle transportation
charge?-W. J. M.
A. When transportation through in
termediary countries is necessary the
cost Of such transportation Is borne by
the country Of origin, and payments are
made to the Intermediary countries on
the basis Of statistics, taken periodically
and at rates fixed by the convention
Of the Universal Postal Union, to which
practically all the countries of the
world belong.
@. In the word columnist, is the IN"
sounded?-A. McC
A. The n" Is pronounced.
@. Were the people who came over
In the Mayflower aristocrats? Why
did they comet. L. S.
A. The passengers who came over
on the Maydower were of sturdy.
middle-class origin. John Alden, for
example, was a cooper. He was en-
ployed on repair work which had to
be done on the Mayhower and thus
became interested in the project. Gov
Bradford was. as young man, a silk
dyer. He inherited a considerable es-
tate and entered into commerce While
1t Is true that the passengers on the
Mayflower left England seeking civil
and religious liberty, it was an entirely
different motive which finally prompt
ed their leaving the Netherlands Con-
dittons under which their young peo-
pie were living were not conducive to
Evening star., 1933-09-13
Lower Book Prices.

From the Charlotte Observer.
The movement launched In the South
to bring about q cheaper price for
school books will at least have the
universal backing and sympathy of the
buying public, so large part Of which
high charges made for these books
In view of the severe economies that
are being necessarily enforced by the
States In educational support, It Is only
proper that this phase Of school costs
should likewise suffer dedation, and
that notably lower levels Of prices for
books should be established.