davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1934-03-16
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. March Is C9 Omitted States
Department OF Aericuiture).-H Hogs.
. 900, including 5000 direct; slow. lOal5
lower than Thursday: better grades, Iso-
300 pounds. 4.4oa4.30 top: 4.55' 14O-
$50 pounds. unevenly. 3.50a4.4O; PIGS,
2.50a3.25; packing sovs largely 3,60a
nona gn s5t 2. so9d @ gS, and sh9Ss a.1.S t9a
$s$ B5SBds s3sss SO ssszlns ss=s
medium and good, 215.550 pounds, 3.50a
800; PIGS. good and choice, 100-l3O
pounds. 250a35O.
steady on steers and yeaElinss; nc, CHOICE
medium weight and weighty steers, 5.25a
below: best big weights around $50; gen
about ike late last week; bulls and veal
slaughter cattle and vealers, steers, good
and choice. 550-900 pounds. 6.o0a1 90;
soHnd5. R9and 80: 5000
455a725 55a common and MEDIUM hafana SSod SoO
and choice 55O-750 pounds, 5 00a6: $;
good, 325a4 %; common, and medium,
s9a3 bs low eqffeg and lcfndee Eueer sood
. tbeen. 3.25a3.75; cutter. common and
medium. 2,5Oa340; vealers, good and
nHi's enil and Go common. s.50a4 % so: stocEer and
feeder cattle, steers. good and choice. 800,
1,O50 pounds. 4.5Oa5.7o, common ana
medium 3.25a475.
Sheep. 10000; fat lambs opening slow.
indications around steady, but some buy
held well above $40; initial bids usually
below 9.25; sheep steady; scattered ma
tive ewes, 5.00a5. 80; lambs. 80 pounds.
down. good and choice: S;50a9. 40; com
pounds good and choice. S.0oa9 .35; ewes
9O-I5O pounds. good and choice. 4;o0a
5.75; all weights. common and medium
3.00a4.50.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
IMPORTS LEADING
CHEMICAL TRADE
Percentage Gain Is Larger
Than for Exports Despite
Cheaper Dollar.

Contrary to the theory that dollar
depreciation increases sales and di-
ninishes purchases in foreign markets,
an analysis Of last years upturn In
Americas chemical trade with other
countries shows that the percentage
OF pickup in imports was nearly
three times as great as in exports,
according to Industrial and Engineer
ing Chemistry, publication Of the
American Chemical Society.
Exports, however, are seen as
flushed with new vigor" Medicinals,
industrial chemicals. and paints, it is
declared, are leading on the road back
to the prosperous trade Of 1929. In
1888 the aggregate OF chemical ex-
ports was s76,771 900, and of imports,
$50 5000. In 1882 exports we're
valued at $40 100000, and imports at
S47.853.000 The gain in imports
during 1888 over the previous year
was rs per cent, and in exports,
per cent. The advance in chemicals
is described as more notable than that
of the general foreign commerce of
the country.
so far as the full years totals
were concerned, the returns seemed
to fly in the face of one of the near
axioms Of foreign trade economics"
says the analysis, prepared by Otto
Wilson, Washington statistician. It
is the common assumption that,
when country's currency depreci-
ates, its export trade is proportionately
stimulated and its import trade de-
pressed.
With the United States of the
GOLD standard during practically 10
months OF the year, it was to be ex-
pected that the gain in exports would
be much more pronounced than that
in imports, since the foreign buyer
of cur wares would find his pound
or franc worth much more in terms
of dollars than before and hence
would be able to buy more American
goods; conversely, American importers
would find their dollar worth less In
pounds or francs and less potent in
the purchase of foreign wares.
The figures, however, reveal that
the import pickup was nearly three
times as large in percentage as that
in exports. AS compared with 1882.
last years incoming trade in chemi-
Gals was rs per cent heavier. and the
outgoing trade 9 per cent.
The result is to be ascribed. in
part at least, to defensive measures
against our exports adopted by for
eign governments, such as tariff
increases, quota restrictions regulat-
ing the flow of foreign trade, and
particularly the operation of various
plans for controlling exchange"
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Business Notes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-Reorders
on millinery are said to be coming
through in substantially increased
volume, and trade indications are
that the last minute Easter business
would be extremely heavy.
Chain stores report brisk sales
gains for the first 10 days of this
month. Mail order increases were
also understood to be at a greater
rate than in February.
Manufacturers of mems hats re-
port steady increases in orders since
the first of the year, and success
full Fall season Is anticipated. Un-
certainty exists over the Fall price
ranges, but advances of 10 to Is per
cent will probably be put into effect.
Buyers of chain and independ-
ent wholesale grocery establishments
placed forward contracts in the mar
ket here. believing that prices are
likely to increase over the coming six
weeks under further N. R. A. regula-
tiOnS.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
TRADE CONTINUES
STEADY ADVANCE
Spring Goods in Demand.
Trend Is Uneven in
Heavy Industries.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 16.-Despite
some irregularities in the heavy in
dustries, the general volume of trade
continues to expand on a larger scale
in connection with demands for
Spring merchandise, said Dun g.
Bradstreet in their weekly trade re-
view today.
The review notes that although
some increase in unemployment has
occurred in districts where industries
have been unable as yet to fully alb
sorb workers being laid off by aban-
donment Of c. W, A. projects, both
productive and distributive volume
for the balance of March give indica
tions of outdistancing all figures OF
the last three years"
Some irregularities, continued the
review. have developed in the heavy
industries, but production OF con.
sumner goods is showing increases av.
eraging 40 per cent more than that
Of 1888
Despite the severest wintry
weather that has prevailed in 2C
yCdlS, ICtdA odlcS III TtDI udIy HldQt
an excellent gain over the January
figures, while the total reported fol-
the first half of the current month
has risen so to IS per cent, due t.,
the more favorable temperatures, the
increasing demands for Easter mer-
chandiSe and the reduced sales totals
Of a year ago, when the bank mora
torium brought an almost complete
cessation of demand"
Wholesale markets, the review as
serts, are reaching higher pitch OF
activity than at any time since last
August.
Postponed orders are beginning tc
swamp some wholesalers as road sales
men sent in more business than last
week. and mail orders from country
districts were nearly doubled in some
instances. Volume for the week ranged
from go to 80 per cent ahead of last
years with more lines sharing in the
better percentage of gains recorded"
Evening star., 1934-03-16
B0NDSARE UNEVEN
in NARROW RANGE
Allegheny Issues Continue
to Display Strength.
US. List Firm.
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,


NEW YORK, March 16.-There was
. moderate lift in bond market values
In the late trading, but due to earlier
declines the list still held in an
irregular range.
Allegheny Corporation issues con-
tinued features of outstanding
strength in the secondary rail group,
maintaining early gains which fol-
lowed the company's announcement
on rearrangement of capitalization.
United States Governments came to
life after a quiet forenoon. Treasury
issues picked up from 2-32s to 10-32s
of a point, while Libertys ranged un-
changed to 4-32s higher.
In the corporate list United Drug
IS, National Dairy 5As, New York
Central SIS, Youngstown Sheet & Tube
IS and American Smelling SIS met
enough buying to push up fractions
to a point.
A decidedly heavy tone marked
British, German and Argentine issues
In the foreign sector. French. Aus
tralian, italian and Uruguay loans
were firm.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
HIGHER PEAK SET.
BY BANK RESERVES.
Excess Credit Increases
Close to $500, 100000
Level in Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reserve balances of Federal Re
serve banks went to a new high of
$3,454 ,000.000 yesterday and indicated
an excess Of ready business credit ap-
preaching $500, 100000.
The increase in reserve balances
during the last week was $l41 600 900.
Involved in the rise was a SAG, ,000, 900
boost In the gold stock to a new rec
ord of S7.605 900 900 and a heavy Gov
ernment spending program.
For another week the increase In
gold certificate holdings of the Re-
serve System outstripped the increase
in gold. On March IA the II reserve
banks had $4,252 1921 900 In certifi-
Gates or $l00,0o0.000 increase in the
last week
Deflation Offset.
Treasury officials explained the
Government was following an anti
defation policy by depositing free
gold supplies with the reserve banks
in the form of gold certificate The
intention is to offset any deflationary
effect caused by the withdrawal of
gO-Q from clrculatlOn.
At the end of January the Treasury
had $480,000,000 in free gold. BY
March all but s180,o 900 of this
sum had been deposited with the re-
serve banks in the form of certificates.
This policy of redepositing in certifi-
Gates the gold flowing into the Treas
ury from boarding still is in effect
The s2,8l0,0 600, 600 profit on devalua-
ton, however, is being held intact in
the Treasury.
The Reserve Boards review of con-
ditionS said:
THE daily average volume of Fed
eral Reserve bank credit outstanding
during the week ending March IA as
reported by the Federal Reserve banks
was $2,535 900 900, a decrease of S24.-
600, GOO, compared with the preced-
ing week, and of sl,1O1 900 900 COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1888.
Credit Total Declines.
"On March IA total reserve bank
credit amounted to 1852 90 900, a de-
crease of s7,o00,O00 for the week
This decrease corresponds with de-
creases of s68,000,O00 in Treasury
cash and deposits with Federal Re-
serve banks and s29,00O,0 900 in money
in circulation anc increases of s49,-
100000 in monetary gold stock and
s2O.0O0,OO0 in Treasury and national
bank currency, offset in part by in
creases of sl41, 100000 in member
bank reserve balances and $4,000, 900
IN non-member deposits and other
Federal Reserve accounts.
THE systems holdings of bills dis
counted declined s4,000,0OO; of bills
bought In open market, $4,000, O00
and of Treasury certificates and bills
s24,o0o,0o0, while holdings of United
States Treasury notes increased
24,000,000.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Brokers' Comment
BY the Associated Press.

by thu AoooSlutcu Eieo1s
NEW YORK, March 16.-Brokers'
comment on the stock market was
rather inconclusive today.
jackson Bros, Boesel & Co.-A-
though the labor situation appears
more acute In certain spots, we cau-
ton against becoming pessimistic In
stock market sense just because
strike talk is prevalent
Shields & Co.-There remains .
vast amount of funds seeking en-
ployment, controlled by so-called
conservative interests" who are in
accord with the latest policies of the
administration regarding financing.
silver and the monetary question
The labor problem alone holds them
back and with inf1ationary influences
materially lessened for the time being
this leaves the market with little buy
ing power. While this condition ex-
lists only a trading policy is possible.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
INCOME TAX RECEIPTS
CLIMB TO $48,588.OOO

BY the Associated Press.
Income tax collections were S48,-
588, 5000 in the first IA days of March.
This compared with $20,422, 900 in
the same period last year, when the
bank holiday was in force.
The Treasury is counting on COL
lection of $250,000,000 on incomes
during the entire month of March.
So far. collections have run above
estimates.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
MORE BEET SUGAR SOLD.

NEW YORK, March l6 (R.-The
Domestic Sugar Bureau reports. that
February deliveries of domestic beet
sugar totaled 2,947,879 bags, an in
crease Of 95.849 bags over the 1893
month.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
WOOL GOODS DEMAND
is REPORTED SPOTTY
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 16.-Demand
for wool goods was spotty this week,
reports the New York Wool Top Ex-
change Service. Mills began to show
Fall lines of mems wear fabrics at
prices about 10 per cent under last
season and few firms booked mod
crate business. Present indications
are. says the service, "that current
prices will not last long and will give
way to substantial advances once
business shows signs Of improve
ment."
Evening star., 1934-03-16
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 16.-Following
early declines of 10 or IL points, cot
ton fuctuated irregularly in a narrow
range today. Traders found no fresh
incentive in reports of continued quiet
conditions in the cotton goods and
Southern spot markets. Moderate
Southern selling and long liquidation
was absorbed by trade and local buy
ing July cont acts sold off from 1929
to 1925 and at around 2 pm. were
quoted at 1928, with the general mar
ket about to II points net lower.
Cotton futures closed barely steady, 9
to l3 lower,
Evening star., 1934-03-16
PAINT FIRMS EXPECT
CONTINUED EXPANSION
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

NEW YORK, March l6.-At no time
since 1880 has the outlook in the
paint industry been crowded with So
many auspicious indications of con-
tinued expansion, reports Dun & Brad
street, Inc. Although the forward
movement started less than 10 months
ago. it already has reached such broad
proportions that nearly all divisions
now are sharing in the increased ac-
tivity. During March, April and May,
which comprise the most active period
for this trade, considerable outdoor
work is expected to develop, including
the ehabilitation of homes and farms.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
FREIGHT PROFITABLE,

CHICAGO, March Is lP).-Freight
traffic on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe and the Illinois Central
railroad systems yesterday was re-
ported back to the profitable level Of
last August
Evening star., 1934-03-16
q. S. TREASURY RECEIPTS.
BY the Associated Press.

The position Of the Treasury March IA
was: Receipts, Sl3,574,S54 %: expendi-
lures. S27,670.412.S3; balance. S4,773.-
456. 6.312.6 .65; customs receipts for the
month. S1I ,,732. 1867. .,-
Receipts tor the fiscal year tsinse saly
SOS. .683 9SO.65 dncluding .S2,624 OIL
S1303 Of emergency expendituresl; ex-
cess Of expenditures: $3.50. sOl'4l6.25;
Recei pts for March "a 1893 teompara-
BILE date last year, $50, 265,24s, %; ex-
S168, ,529. .2S4g4 custom receipts for the
month So 442.3 ~.
gscsipts for nSeal ysss alS lSS5aSa991ass aa9 "a
excess Of expenditures over receipts.
81 .4l9, ,SS4 S66.65. exclusive of 1885, 562. !.
425 SO expended for the Reconstruction
Finance CoypogattoA.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
RAIL ORDER PLACED.

CHICAGO. March 16 CP.-Orders
for 3,40O tons of steel rail and 5000
tons of rail fastenings were placed
Yesterday by the Chicago Great West
ern Railroad
Evening star., 1934-03-16
RAIL BEARINGS ORDERED.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 16 [P.-
An order for bearings to be used on
all axles of the high-speed passenger
engines being built for the Northern
Pacific Railroad by the Baldwin Loco
motive Works has been received by
the Timken Roller Bearing Co.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
CottOnseed Oil.

Bleachable cottonseed Gil futures
closed barely steady; spot unquoted.
March, 5.l0b; April, 5.20b; May, $50;
June, 5.35b; July, 5.54b; August, 5.55b;
September, 5.73b. Sales, SO contracts,
including 20 switches. Bid.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 10 LP.-Call money
steady ] per cent all day.
Time loans steady. so days-6 months,
34e1 per cent
Prime commercial paper, ].
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
Reoiscount rate. New York Reserve
AAnk. ! h per cent.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
EXCHANGE TO CLOSE.

NEW YORK, March 16 CP).-Gov-
ernors of Commodity Exchange, Inc,
have voted to close the exchange on
March 80 Good Friday and March 81. .
Evening star., 1934-03-16
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK March 16 LP,.-Over-the
counter market:
touotations as of o'clock)
Evening star., 1934-03-16
TRUST COMPANIES.
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

Compiled by the Standard Statistics)
NEW YORK, March 16.-Dividends
declared;
Evening star., 1934-03-16
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
NEW YORK, March l6 R.-Over-

Quotations as of o'clock)
RANKS Bid Ask
Evening star., 1934-03-16

tCopyright, 1934D
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

fishes that the conditions Of en-
ployment are the concern Of the
Government But it has failed to
accomplish its purposes not so
much because Of the Act Itself,
but because % the methods Cen
eral johnson has used for its en-
fOrcement"
Thus for the first time the So
ciaiist Party out in the open with
official farlnaIity declared itself as
a supporter Of the most brutal Of
fensive ever launched by the capital
list class against the American
workers.
After Waldman's arrival in Wash
ington, his speech was somewhat
changed from the text Of the ad-
vanced copy that had been given
out to the press-changed in the
direction of obscuring his Party
stand change which unquestion-
ably was due to the discovery of the
CHASTITY light in which the N. r. A.
was beginning to appear to work.
ers. Nevertheless he endorsed this
strike breaking measure as lad
vanced social legislation"
AND the whole lineup of social
- refornists from william Green
down to Norman Thomas and Valid
man land including in fact the
various little schools Of left So
cial-fascists, renegades, etc., was
exhibited by General Johnson in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Farm aborers Must
Become Basis for
Farm Struggles
BY II, PURo

ONCE the Seventh Convention, at
v which the first serious analysis
was made as to the task of the Com
munist Party in rural districts, i. e.,
the work among agricultural work
ers, poor, small and middle farm
ers, our Party has made consider
able Roadway in this field of work
and has gained wide support among
the rural toilers.
In order to carry this work fur
ther along Bolshevik lines, 1t is
necessary to examine experiences,
both on the positive side and in re-
gard to our shortcomings in the
pre- Convention discussion and in
the Convention discussion itself.
The fundamental guide in this dis
cussion should be the 18th Plenum
thesis of the Executive Committee
of the Communist International,
the Open Letter and the Agrarian
Resolution Of the Extraordinary
Conference of last July.
Evidently there are still some
fears in the minds Of many COM
rades that devoting our energies to
the work In the rural districts will
draw the attention of the Party
from our main task, that is the con-
centration in the basic industries.
This line of thought is not in &C
cordance with the important docu-
ments referred to above. While it is
absolutely necessary for our Party
to devote its main energy towards
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Bosses Raise Their Salaries Despite Crisis, Survey Shoevs
While NRA Slashes
Wages for Economy
Bosses Get Millions

three-yeaF periods apiece it paid
1901 1871 &c. F. Roberts,, and $317 ,458
u. @. Yineent).
In five years Woolworth's paid
to an average Of is men the sum
Of 1891, 1855, an average Of sI31 1882
q year per man. At the same time
the WoolWorth wages for the girls
behind the counters and their re-
ceiving clerks in the Easements are
too well known.
Here In these same figures is a
glimpse Of what capitalist ex-
plOitation under the N. r. A.
means to the working class, and
the capitalist class. For the own
ers, the employers, the property
investors, It means, even in times
of crisis for which the capitalists
alone are responsible, profits, sal
airy increases, bonuses, etc. For
the workers who produce all the
value in modern society, it means
wage sIasbes, starvation pay.
Only the fight against the n.
X. A. codes, for higher pay, for
the smashing of the capitalist
government State power, the ex-
preparation of the present owning
class, and the setting up Of a
Soviet Government in America
will turn the process of production
from a means of enslaying the
masses to a means for building a
better life for the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
of the Party Too
Much Hidden in
Rural Work

much more aggressive in putting
forward their party TO the farm
ers than our comrades. Some Of
our Communist agrarian func-
tionaries are actually afraid TO In
troduce our Party to the farmers.
Here, in my opinion, We are hit
ting the key questions in our agra
rian work. 1t is well and good for
us Communists to lead the toiling
farmers in the mass struggles for
their immediate demands. We must
do that, because we really want to
get SIS much relief to them in their
distress as possible. And we are the
only Party that is getting them re-
lief through the pressure Of mass
struggles. But. if after We have led
them in their struggles for immedi-
ate demands, if after that they will
support either old capitalist parties
or new third parties Of capitalist
and rich farmers, it is clear that
we have failed in our most i'm
portant duty to enlighten them as
to the fact that these parties are
the enemies Of the exploited farm
ers. And certainly We have failed
to point out thai the Communist
Party is the only Party that strug-
giles for the revolutionary way out
Of the present crisis, whereas all
the other parties are seeking to
solve the crisis inside the capitalist
system. trying to save it at the ex-
pense of the toilers.
Ito BE Concluded
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Philadelphia Police
Raid orkers Club;
81 Arrested, Jailed

PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 6.-Using
the prejext that they had received
complaints that the Strawberry
Mansion Workers Club was
speekeasy. police Monday night
raided the club and arrested 81
workers. as part Of their campaign
of intimidation against workers
organizations.
In court this morning. 81 CT the
sc seq hod in ti.e enc d.
@ t c. - 800, rIlila tire Ger
t1--7 Eccd the magistrate 10
re,ee1e them.
Workers are urged to send letters
and kilograms OF protest TO the
Mayor Of Philadelphia condemn
ing these unproyoked attacks on
workers organizations.
A meeting to protest the poles
raid and the failing of fifty workers
at the Strawberry Mansion Workers
Club on Sunday, March 4, will be
held Wednesday, March 7, at Z pm,
at Matrona and York SITS, and at
8 pm. on 31st and Norris SITS. The
protest meetings are under the aus
pices of the International Labor De-
Tense, the Strawberry Mansion
Workers Club, and other crgsniza-
tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Seamen to Demand
Control Of Relief
At Meet Tomorrow
viii March From South
Street TO State
Relief Office

NEW YORK-Over 1000 seamen
have signed the demands for fed
eraI relief for sailors that will be
presented by the Waterfront Unem-
Council Thursday morning
to the State Transient Relief Di-
rector, MI Borst, at 70 Madison
Ave.
The demands will be presented by
the committee backed up by DEM
onstration Of hundreds Of seamen,
who will march from the water
front at South and Whitehall SITS.
and West St and 18th st. to Madi-
son Ave. at 10 a. m, March 8.
The federal relief agency has al
loted 55c a day for seamen, ac-
cording to Mr.. Borst's own state
ment to the council when visited
earlier in the month.
This money is handed over to the
religious racketeers who prey on the
seamm. The Seamen's Church In
stitute alone receives money for
$500 seamen daily. The food served
by these racketeers cannot cost
over 10c day. They we're only
feeding twice 2 day but added on
the third meal when the seamen
began to rally to the council call
for action
Demand Funds
The seamen demand that a COM
mittee elected by the sailors be
given the control Of relief funds and
handle q relief station, to be Sc
lected by the committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
JObloSS Of Phila.
Hold Hunger March
10 Relief Office

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March s. -
A city wide hunger march on the
County Relief Board offices at 18th
and Cherry streets, will be led by the
Unemployed Councils, on March 20
to demand a forty per cent increase
in relief to meet the rise in food
prices, bread. coal and rent. aud
that man. his wife and children
be considered a family unit in APP
portioning relief.
Hundreds Of complaints have
come to the unemployed councils OF
who were forced to live with
three or four other families In one
house. Such a group the relief
authorities considered a family, and
when one member Of one Of the
families was put on a c. W. A. JOB
at So a week. all the others were
taken from the relief rolls.