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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Fair Bread Prices Demanded
In Debate on Wheat Market

concludes: There is no justification for
extortion in boosted prices. There can
be no plea made for the profiteer. But
it is pertinent to note at the beginning
Of this great experiment that Govern
ment regulation of commodity prices,
direct Government price fixing. is the
logical and almost inescapable sequence
of Government control and regulation
of the processes of production"
1T is as we'll" in the Judgment Of the
Wall Street Journal. that the relation
between the costs Of wheat and bread
should be determined. The baking in
dustry probably is as anxious to have a
clear-cut decision as any one else. Five
years ago the Federal Trade Commits
sion made full report on the profits in
-four and bread In it the cost of a
loaf of bread was made up of 26.7 per
cent for flour. las per cent for other
ingredients. 25.4 per cent for manufac-
ture and 1874 per cent for sales and ad-
ministration. Some private authorities
would put the average cost of the flour
at 80 per cent. but. even so. other things
than flour would make up 70 per cent
of the cost of loaf. An inquiry. there
fore, will have to consider much more
than the cost Of pound of -four. Here
is something to be remembered when
an application for a code for the mill
ing and baking industries comes under
Amusement. If millers and bakers are
to give employment to more labor they
must be permitted to make a profit in
their operations, and it must be remem-
bered that bakers retail prices are
quoted in pennies"
The effect of the improvement in the
wheat market is a subject of widespread
discussion. The Portland Oregon Jour-
nal says: Dollar wheat! It's hope; it's
courage: it's assurance to millions. Out
in the farm homes it's prosperity come
back. Dollar wheat is what the farmer
was looking for and hoping for 100
years ago. Old men who were farm
lads in their boyhood heard the farmer
hoping for dollar wheat. They saw the
farmer planning to hold his wheat for
a dollar a bushel and planning to sell
when it reached that figure Fifty years
ago dollar wheat was the slogan Of
the farmer. the hope of the miller, the
prayer of the tradesnan who knew that
dollar wheat meant more business. more
sales OF his goods. more luxury for his
family, more profits on his investment.
To be sure, there were times when the
dollar was exceeded. but always the
farmer chung to the dollar as price
basis. When the farmer has money, the
world has money. The farmers buying
power Is the basis of all buying power
His buying power is new wealth. It
comes out of the ground from the fer
tile soil. 1t is homemade and a new
contribution to the worlds stock OF
wealth. It Is profit not made from a
commission, or a percentage. or graft.
And that means that dollar wheat is
source of new dollars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

A correspondent writes us to ask II
squirrels ever fall from trees.
As long as we have been observing
them. we have never seen one fall I'M
Intentionally to the ground.
Their ability at flinging themselves
from branch to branch, and from tree
to tree. is nothing less than marvellous.
Every one who INDUCES in the great
outdoor sport of squirrel watching has
spent many a breathless moment. as
some rodent made q leap which seemed
doomed to failure.
The observer might have saved him.
self from momentary suspense, be-
cause the squirrel knew what it was
doing.
Human beings. on the ground, must
never forget that there are thousands
OF years Of tree-leap!ng behind each
such maneuver.
II they can manage to think of all
Nature, even including the farthest
star. combining to help that squirrel
jump. then they will come nearer to
an approximation of the truth than II
they perfer to consider each separate
leap as extremely hazardous.
Squirrels know what they are doing
and. in addition. Nature behind them
knows what 1t is doing.
Aboreal rodents were made to leap
and cavCrt in trees. and this they do
as surely as athletes ON the ground,
or even more surely.
!: !, x
The other day small squirrel. not
over half foot long, with tail of
about the same length. gave as pretty
an exhibition OF tree gymnastics as one
could have wished.
Evidently 1t was baby squirrel, Just
out on its own for the first time in its
life.
Yet its mastery Of tactics was COM
plete. or almost So
Only in a few points did 1t show the
slightest hesitation.
Upon occasion it made q mistake as
to which branch to go out on, in order
to make a good leap to the next tree
Then. as If sensing its mistake. 1t
would return to the trunk, and look
around for the righ1 Dough.
Evidently each necessary leap has
one correct procedure. and one only.
The master squirrel, it seems is he
who selects the right way the first time
This little fellow was by no means q
master-but he never fell
Once he came near it.
The heart Of the observer was "in
his mouth" as the old saying has It,
but little Mister Squirrel had no feal
at all
His leap was from a branch about
40 feet from the ground.
1t was from one tree to another.
Rapidly the creature ran out on the
branch, where the branchlets were thin
and had tendency to drop down with
the slightest weight.
The squirrel ran so quickly that
though the branch started to go down
some feet before he got to the tip
the movement was not enough to scare
the rodent in the slightest.
He hurled himself into the air. and
disappeared In the leafy tips OF the
branch on the other tree.
Down 1t went, far down. but Little
Man Squirrel came up triumphantly
holding on for dear life, as If it had
been the easiest leap Of his life.
x X
To q human observer the amazing
thing was that he would launch himself
SO into space without prior knowledge
of his landing place, at least without
knowing before he started that there
would be good claw hold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

more or less suggestive Of the transac-
ton thus ratified.
@. What is the eternal triangle?-
A. The term is used in reference to
an emotional situation of sex conse-
quence in which either two women and
one man or two men and one woman
are involved.
O. How many members has the
American Dietetic Association?-S. G.
A. There are about $500 members,
scientifically trained in good nutrition.
O. Is 1t necessary for the men In
the Civilian Conservation Corps to
have fishing licenses in order to fish
In States where licenses are required?-
G. B. w.
A. So far, no exceptions have been
made.
@. What occupied the site Of the old
Madison Square Garden before its was
built?-E w. r.
A. It was the site of the Hippodrome.
opened in 1873 by Barnum. This was
supplanted by the old Madison Square
Garden in 1879. This location was
the original site of the old Harlem
Railroad Station.
O. What are the three kinds Of
type-setting used by newspapers
H. P.
A. There are linotype, monotype
and hand setting.
O. Is there any personal descrip-
ton extant Of Peter the Hermit, leader
and preacher of the First Crusade7-
H. G..
A. Gibbon says: His stature was
small, his appearance contemptlole,
but his eye was keen and lively, ana
he possessed that vehemence OF speech
persuasion of the soul" He had been
a soldier, but is declared to have
adopted a monks robe to escape from
an old and ugly wife.
@. What is the population Of Ber-
lin. Germany?-F. 2.
A. In 1890 the population was about
100000.
@. How much farther is the Summer
route from New York to London than
the Winter route?-M. L. B.
A. One hundred seventeen miles. 1t
is 3847 miles from New York to London
by the Winter route and 1864 by the
Summer route.
@. Is the Ausable Chasm a natural
or artificial chasm?-J. s. B.
A. 1t is a natural formation. The
walls are formed Of laminae OF sand
stone.
@. What is the foundation of the
story that George Washington once
was captured by the British and later
recaptured?-T. N.
A. This has been traced to the cap
ture by Lord Arbuthnot's squadron OF
the American privateer General Wash
ington in 1890 The British rechristened
the ship the General Monk. In 1882
Capt Joshua Barnes, commanding the
American privateer Hyder Alley, en-
gagged the Monk in Lewes Bay and, after
a brisk action, took it. The prize was
sold to the Continental Congress, which
restored the original name, General
Washington.
O. How many motions has the earth?
L. K. T.
A. The earth has II principal mo-
tons, as follows: Rotation on its axis,
revolution about the sun, procession OF
the eQuinoxes, motion around the CEN
ter Of gravity of earth and moon, nuta-
ton, variation in the obliquity of the
ecliptic, variation in the eccentricity,
motion of the perihelion. planetary per-
turbations, motion Of the sun around
the center of gravity of the solar sys-
tenn, the suns motion through space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

OF the vast number Of questions
answered by this department, only a
few can be published in this column.
The ones that are printed must be of
general interest and not personal in
their nature Do not therefore. merely
sign your initials to your letter and
ask that the answer be published. Give
your full name and address SO that you
may receive a personal letter in reply
Inclose cents in coin or stamps for
return postage. Do not use post cards.
Direct your letter to The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic j. HaSkin,
director, Washington, D. c.
O. Who has the record for bases on
balls?-V. j. D.
A. Babe Ruth holds the record. He
has walked over 1900 times.
@. What is the theme song Of the
Goldberg program?-M. r.
A. The serenade by Toselli.
O. What was the Yellow Peril?-O. T.
A. The Yellow Peril was a scare,
originally raised In Germany in the
late nineties of last century, that the
yellow races of China and Japan would
in a very few years have increased in
cursions upon the territories occupied
by the white races-folloWed by mas
SGcres and every conceivable horror
were inevitable.
O. What great men of history had
epilepsy?-L. D.
A. According to Hygiea Magazine. the
following famous men were epileptics:
Paul of Tarsus. Mohammed. ST. Fran
els Of Assist, Alfred the Great, Peter
the Great. Napoleon the First, Dostoiev-
sky (Russian writer and Julius Caesar.
@. Why is "adieu" used to mean
farewell?-J. M. G.
A. 1t is French and literally means.
ito God" It is an abbreviation of
such an expression as L commit you
to God"
@. In what year was the Tomb of
Tut ankh-A discovered?-R. W.
A. In 1922. The expedition which dis
covered it was headed by Lord Carnar-
Won and Howard Carter
Q. Why is wool clothing the warm
este. A. c.
A. For the purpose Of conserving body
heat wool excels all its substitutes, be-
cause not only does its woven fabric
diminish the radiation of body heat,
but its fiber Is poor conductor Of heat.
Furthermore wool can be spun into
more bulky yarn than cotton or fax
and hence is often preferred for max
ing textile fabrics when thickness is
desired.
@. What year was called Annus Mira
biis?-C. T. N.
A. The year 1866. which was famous
In English history for two decisive vic
tories over the Dutch and for the great
fire of London. Dryden's poem by this
name commentaries these events.
@. How much silver does one put
on card tables when serving a four
course luncheon?-A. G.
A. Since card tables are relatively
small, it is advisable to place on the
table only such silver as will be needed
for the individual course.
@. What Is the term used for re-
moving water spots from felt hat?-
A. H. r.
A. The term used by professional
cleaners Is bouncing hat"
@. How was wampum used in treaties
among the Indians?-W. A. r.
A. Wampum belts were used in the
negotiated with the Eastern tribes from
the early Colonial period down to the
great intertribal treaty of Prairie du
Chen in 1925. Such belts usually had
the beads arranged in symbolic figures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
A Dull" Monday.

So far as startling news is concerned,
Monday is considered dull sort of day.
The papers customarily have little to
tell. The world has been resting over
the Sabbath portion Of the week.
People nave been passably well-behaved,
and there has been no crime wave.
Pople likewise have been moderately
careful in their use Of the highways.
and there has been no unusual super
fluffy Of traffic accidents. Life has
gone on, Of course. but during the forty
eight-hour period which the Monday
journals chronicle it has not been ex-
ceptionally dramatic.
Such, at least is the theory. But
what are the facts? Let us see. A
glance at the headlines will help.
"Lindberghs Start Flight to Arctic;
Colonel in Danger" The story so in
troduced Is q fascinating account OF
the departure Of the famous flyer and
his courageous wife on new excursion
into the Arctic. Ten years ago their
enterprise would have stirred every
readers heart. Why does 1t fail to
arouse such feelings today? The obvious
answer is that. in the development OF
the science of aviation, great flights
have become commonplace.
president Signs the Textile Code;
First Major Pact" With this caption
there is the story of an unprecedented
advance in one of the principal indus
stries of the United States. It involves
an agreement banning child labor and
stipulates hitherto unimagined cooper
alton within the trade. Announced even
as recently as five years ago, 1t would
have been big news" in the most
exuberant meaning Of that phrase. To-
day it fails to thrill-because the policy
it represents has become an automatic
doctrine of the recovery program which
the Nation has Endorsed.
Hitler Seeks Jobs for All Germans"
Recess at London Predicted by Howe"
'Daladier Maps Gold Battle in Francs
Defense" British Trade Hit by Dollar,
Seeks Answer to Imitation" 'Litvinoff
May Receive Nobel Award for Peace"
There are numbers of headlines like
these. but they are unexciting. The
minutiae of the world struggle to solve
the problems of the international slump
and yet to preserve individual preroga-
tives of political and economic indie
pendence, they are accepted for what
they are, bromide conventionalisms Of
seemingly interminable debate.
illinois State House Damaged by
Fire" The caption catches the atten-
ton. but interest soon flags. A State
capitol more or less matters little in
times like the present. In point of
fact there is only one capitol that Is
of much authentic importance just now,
and that is the Capitol in Washington
OF course there are other stories
hundreds of them. The difficulty is that
they all lie within the realm Of the
.outine ebb and flow Of human existence.
None is unnatural, none bizarre. Trag-
edy and comedy are included in the
list, but neither Is unusual.
So the presumptively "dull"- Monday
is nothing more nor less than an aver
age day, and much depends upon the
mind of the reader. To one it may be
exceptionally fascinating, to another 1t
may be stupidity void Of attraction. But
to the philosopher the old thought that
the happiest communities have the
simplest histories will recur. There is
merit in the idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

Senator Borah. bravely on the way
to recovery. makes the comment that
President Roosevelt IS resourceful
man. The remark shows the Senator'S
usual alertness of perception and is
obviously free from any traces Of IN
fluence of anaeSlhesia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Russia at London.

1 Dispatches from the Monetary and
ECONOMIC Conference at London. whose
hte today again hangs in the balance,
uggest that the only real hero Of
hose chameleon proceedings, with
> well defined halo of victory encircliEg
IL bald dome, is Maxim Iitvinoff, COM
s.tssar OF foreign affairs for Soviet
enssia. Moscow has just broadcas: q
epork that y 1itymon i already IN
hnt@ st1z4S 9Astss-. 4, ssssasas0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Summer Song,

Summer Song.
Songs of Summer everywherel
Songs of birds. and roses fair.
Yet. despite this fond renown,
What's the matter with the town?
Here at noon no ROSTERS sing,
Here no wasps or hornets sting,
Here no swift mosquitoes score
Nightly In their quest for gore.
Sing of moonlight II you will.
With its beauty white and still,
But remember how each night
Brings the old electric light.
Here we meet in urban ease
Where the fans insure a breeze.
When you sift the question down.
What's the matter with the town?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

4 The World Economic Conference has
10 many topics available that it is as
erted on good authority that the only
practical method Of procedure will be
10 take them up one at a time. There
:. however, difficulty in agreement as
b which shall come first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

In the world political concert French
singers may remember another old-time
sentimental ballad beginning Take back
your gold. for gold will never buy me-"
1t was written by an obscure American,
but it's popularity was immense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

Experts in Wall Street have a new
six in explaining to the strictly anna
teur Spectator who uses his own saw
ings whether an advance III prices
means bull stock market or bear
money market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

Workers furloughed without pay feel
at least entitled to request the Govern
ment for advice and assistance in And
ing something profitable to do with the
spare time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
June Jests.

From the San Antonio Express.
Even the weather man must have his
joke. On June day Calgary sizzles.
Maryland has killing frost and South
Texas revels in q light norther.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Simple Starts

Prom tho Topeka Daily Capital.
Horatio Ager, however, probably never
suspected that so soon there would be
numerous American billionaires who
started on nothing but bare million
or two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
An Exempt Trust.

From the Nashville Banner
The brain trust" is one trust which
was not designed 70 operate IN re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Cut 1t in Half,

From the Toledo Blade
Somebody has discovered that to tell
how much revenue . tax will produces
q! that y necessary Z to divide tn
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Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
i.aso
Memher nd the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited 10 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
The Easier WAY.

From the Boston Globe.
College graduates are being told that
the pursuit of the higher life is mere
important than making money, and they
will discover shortly that it's easier, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Old Stuff.

From the San Diego Union.
Attorney General Commings says the
gangster must 60, but we doubt II the
sspsst s; considers hi' remark very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

Eager Inquiry.
Investigations come and go.
What everybody wants to know
Is not where money went OF yore,
But how we're going to get some more.
"A man wifi more money dan he
knows what to do w.t." said Uncle Eben,
looks like a dyspeptic dat has saved
up q cupboard full of pie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Asking, Not Answering.

Asking, Not Answering.
Gould you have made more money
If you had remained out of politics."
Perhaps" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But I am not complaining
After all. 1t is safer and more interest
ing to be on the investigating side Of
the game"
Jud Tunkins says racketeers are
naturally obliged to select such poor
company that they can't hope to get
much enjoyment out of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

Approaching Dog Days.
Hot dog! You have pursued me in my
dreams
And have every reason to regret you.
If a man bites q dog that's news, it
seems,
Yet I am sorry that ever met you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
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Ehe Evening Star Newspaper Company
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

"It needs a wise man to be a good
leader" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, land a still wiser public to follow
a good man faithfully"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

No FavOrites.
do you enjoy q prize fight?"
Il have never seen one" answered
Miss Cayenne THE photographs never
impress me favorably. Whoever loses,
I'm sure 1t serves him right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10

@. In what year was the Tomb Of
Tut-ankh Amen discovered?-R w.
A. In 1922. The expedition which dis
covered it was headed by Lord Carnar-
Won and Howard Carter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-09
DRY RAIDS MAY
Be CONTINUED
u. S. Non-Buying Rule Has
Been in Effect Here for
Some Time.

Federal prohibition agents in the
local district will not. be hampered
seriously by the new orders of the
prohibition commissioner, prohibit
ing buying of liquor in speakeaSies
and requiring concentration of
efforts on liquor transportation and
manufacturing.
This was the view of Basil H.
Minnich, deputy dry administrator
for the southern Indiana district,
today.
The rules promulgated by the
commissioner have been followed
here, to a great extent, for some
time, according to Minnich.
While he has not received Off
cial notice of the ruling, Minnich
said that apparently the order does
not absolutely prohibit dry agents
from raiding SpeakeaSies, but merely
makes it more difficult to obtain
evidence in such cases.
Payments to stool pigeons for tips
resulting in successful raids on
Speakeasies were banned here sew
eral weeks ago, except in eXcep-
tional cases, it was said.
MinniCh declined to comment on
the exact situation resulting from
the order until he has received and
studied official notification of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-09

dangers to the republic. The Demo-
cratic party again is in control and
we are going to call on the entire
membership of the house to support
the relief measures which again
will be suggested by a Democratic
administration.
I'm the serious business which is
ahead of us, we already are as
sured that back of us are the people
of the entire United States, eX-
hibiting a patience and a fortitude
in the midst of their difficulties I'M
paralleled in the history of this or
any other nation.
mo danger of Communism pre-
sents itself to us. Facism never
can find a place here. We are
finding a way out of our present
difficulties and God grant we may
find it quickly.
This great country of ours is only
undergoing now a rebirth, the Suf-
fering we are enduring now is, We
confidently hope, merely the birth
pains. From the troubles of the
present we will emerge a greater
and happier and more prosperous
nation.
I'VE must proceed now with the
establishments necessary to enable
us to function in the new era which
now dawns on us and all the world"