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Evening star., 1935-05-04

sections Of the country are included
the need for the modernization Of
homes will be even more apparent.
Loans More Available.
The national housing act is result
ing IN loans for modernization work
being more readily available, because
they are insurable by the Federal
Housing Administration. Under. the
administrations modernization credit
plan, home owners may now improve
their standards Of living by modern
iZing and improving their homes with
needed electrical wiring, fixtures and
built-in equipment.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
REAL ESTATE BOND
PRICES GO HIGHER
81 Per Cent Rise in April Con.
tributes to Net Gain of IL
Cents Since January l.

Real estate bond prices increased
in market value an average Of 81 per
cent during April, contributing to a
net increase Of 1875 per cent since
January /. according to the Amott-
Baker realty bond price averages,
which are based upon 200 represen-
tative bond issues secured by proper
ties in Eastern cities.
For the four months ending May l.,
the first third of the year, the an
nual ratio of average price increase
was 378 per cent, compared with an
advance of 1876 per cent in 1884, and
It's per cent In 1888.
Housekeeping apartment issues as
Evening star., 1935-05-04
Bath Renovizing Old Idea.

While more bath rooms are being
modernized today under the stimulus
of the F.. H A than ever before, the
idea of renoviZing this important room
is not a new one. Excavations at Tell
El-Amarnah have revealed that the
bath room in the house of Myce-
naen merchant was replastered no less
than IL times in a few years.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
Tourist Camps Use F. H. A.

With the increasing preference OF
the public for tourist camps fully
equipped with all modern conveniences,
many proprietors Of tourist camps are
utilizing F. H. A. loans to install
plumbing fixtures with hot and cold
running water in all cabins.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
REALTY OFFICES OPEN
Boswell & Brasure Co., Located at
o23 Fifteenth Street.

The firm OF Boswell g. Brasure Co.,
has opened Offices for real estate busi-
ness at 923 Fifteenth street.
w. Boswell, a member Of the new
organization, formerly was connected
with William H. Saunders & Co., Inc,
and E D. Brasure, jr.. the other part
ner, has been well known in local
real estate circles for the last IL
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
HOW QUICK CAN YOU STOP?

Some time ago a QUESTIONABLE was
submitted to motorists by the city of
Memphis concerning the distance
necessary for stopping cars going at
given speeds. The survey demon
strated that the average driver has
an exceedingly poor conception of
stopping distances that he be-
lieves he can bring his car to halt
in a much shorter space than is actu-
ally required.
For example, drivers were asked
how many feet would be needed to
stop a car with four-wheel brakes
moving at speed of 40 miles per
hour on an ordinary highway Two
per cent of the drivers answered ten
feet or less; 15.9 per cent answered
II to 20 feet; the heaviest majority,
232 per cent, answered Fl to 30
feet, and al per cent answered 81
TO 60 feet
The true answer is 80 feet-and it
was given by less than per cent of
The drivers. Only minority of mo-
florists realize that, no matter how
good cars brakes, it is impossible
to stop within fifty feet-that a car
going 40 miles an hour will skid
farther than that with locked wheels
Memphis has provided good ex-
ample showing that we vitality need
continuous and intensified school
ing" for drivers-and that the driver
who has operated car for twenty
years should be given attention, as
we'll as the beginner.
Adequate knowledge of the limita-
ions and capabilities of the motor
car is a fundamental of accident pre-
vention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
OLD AGE RELIEF

There has been some misunder
standing concerning the old age pen
sion, or as it should more correctly
be called, old age relief There is
an impression that anybody staining
the age of sixty-five years would
automatically receive a pension OF
$4,000 a month This is MOI cor.
rect. The law specifically states that
the maximum pension allowed is to
be $4,000 month, but that it would
be on a graduated scale with due re-
gard to the conditions in each case,
so that pensioner might receive as
A pension any amount from 81 90 to
$4,000.
The law specifically states that the
State shall have a prior claim over
any property real or personal, that
pensioner may leave upon his
death. Therefore the Estate of any
person receiving a pension must upon
mis- death, pay back to the State the
amount of the pension received dur
ing his lifetime together with 80
thereon.
The law likewise specifically states
that where there are children able to
take care of aged parents they must
do so and, if not financially able to
take care of them fully, then 20
whatever extent they are able.
The pension is fundamentally old
age relief and to large extent takes
the place of The almshouse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
DISAVOWS COUNCIL FOR MOD
ERATION AFFILIATIONS

Evanston, Ill.-1n a statement to
he temperance women of the United
States, but personally addressed to
The managing editor of the Union
Signal, official organ of the National
w. C. T. U. and published in it's issue
IF July 20, Mr.. Walter w. Head,
President of the Boy Scouts of
America, who appeared in the list of
sponsors for the Demonstration Din
ler given by the Council for Modera-
ton in New York City, May End, at
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, clearly
and unqualifiedly disavows any re-
lationship to that organization and
declares that Gin no way do l ap-
prove or even condone the program
of any organization which sponsors
the use of alcoholic liquors"
The statement sent by Mr.. Head to
the National W. G. T. U. from his st.
Louis office was written in answer to
far-reaching criticism of the Coun-
Gil for Moderation, and Mr.. Heads
apparent endorsement of it's program
when it developed that the Council
was not only not Temperance"
movement in the historic sense of
that term, as used by the National
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, but that it's objective was
actually declared by its president,
Everett Colby, to be to encourage
moderation in the use of alcoholic
liquors by the American people" and
that it was being hailed by astu:e
liquor leaders as valuable ally
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

from previous inventories and budgets,
budget making becomes easier and
more accurate and valuable AS one
branch of the farming plant requires
more expenditure. such as for new ma.
chinery. fencing, livestock. etc, it may
be necessary to limit other branches in
order to meet these pressing require
ments.
The budget helps to formulateNa fl
nancial program. 1t is Of special i'm.
portance in arranging to meet special
or large expenditures. If the income
and expenditures are carefully budg-
eted 1t prevents the. spending of money
needed for interest and taxes before
the time of their payment arrives. 1t
helps to provide reserve.
The Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association feels
that this type of work is so important
that special emphasis has been placed
upon the field of farm inventories,
budgets and credit statements as one
of its national projects for farm aid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
FARM BOYCOTT OF PACKERS

Retaliatory measures by farmers
against packers, millers and process
sors-including boycott Of firms and
corporations which have filed suit
agains the AAA for the purpose of
invalidating the process tax, have
been predicted by Edward A. O'Neal,
president of the American Farm Blu
reau Federation.
Pointing to reported action by
farmers in boycotting milling and
grain company at Wichita, Kansas,
resulting in withdrawal of suit, Mr..
O'Neal said farmers throughout the
United States are seriously consider
ing similar steps against some 800
packers, especially the large corpora
tions who have set out to destroy
organized agriculture's recovery pro-
gram by instituting suits against the
processing tax.
There are approximately 900
packers throughout the United
States, including many small though
reputable concerns, Mr.. O'Neal said,
who have not Joined the larger cor
porations in attacking the agricul-
1ural program, and it seems only fair
and ethical that these packers should
get all the business that farmers can
give them, and that organized agri-
culture should support its business
allies and those who cooperate with
it wherever it is physically possible
to do So"
Mr.. O'Neal believes it would be an
excellent thing for famers to inquire
before selling their livestock if the
firms to whom they expect to sell
have instituted suits. Tie same
procedure, he feels, could readily be
followed in selling grain and other
farm produce.
"By their own actions" Mr.. ONeal
declared, these 800 corporations
dealing and processing grain, -four,
cotton and tobacco, have clearly
demonstrated their opposition to the
recovery program for agriculture and
for the nation as a whole. There is
no longer any justification" he said,
for agriculture 10 place any further
confidence in this group
That the American farmers. are in
fighting mood, as President O'Neal
states, is indicated also by the stand
taken by the Alabama Farm Bureau
at the closing session of it's four
teenth annual convention last week.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
in favor of any necessary and rea-
sonable changes that would assure
the retention of the AAA, the Bank
head Cotton Act and the processing
tax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
FEDERAL BANK DEPOSIT IN
SURANCE

Some of the features of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation,
shown in the report for the first
eighteen months of operation are:
Prompt start of payment of de-
positors of closed insured banks;
Only 10 closings out of member
ship of fourteen thousand banks;
An excess of income over outgo of
more than four million dollars.
The FDIC also reports that all
banks which it was insuring on June
30, 1895, are to be credited on the
Corporation books with 100 per cent
Of the amount they have paid for
insurance of an estimated S1S,-
900, 100000 of their deposits. The
.otal credit for all insured banks
amounts to 41,461,3 1926.
Complete protection of the funds
Of 80 per cent of $4,000 depositors
the 10 closed insured is revealed
by the FDIC. Total insured de-
oosits were $2,760,0O0. In each of
the closings payment was begun
within an average of eight days.
Chairman Leo T. Crowley of the
FDIC board of directors, in making
he report public, said: ut is crafty
ing to be able to report so few clos
of ho o0ncfi
tutes real evidence of the soundness
Of the program begun two years ago,
which was made possible through the
cooperation of insured banks with
he Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration and other Federal and State
authorities in trying to get banks
back on a firm operating basis"
Outside the Insurance Fund there
were 81 failures of banks, involving
otal deposits of more than $685.
100000 during the Is months COW
cred by the FDIC report.
The Insurance Corporations in
.ome from September IL, 1888, the
late of its inception, to June 30,
1885, after deducting deposit insur-
ance losses and operating expenses,
to approximately four and
a quarter million dollars.
1t estimates that its operating ex-
penses for the current year will be
less than 14-1OO0 of one per cent of
its potential liability for insured
deposits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
NYA TO AID STUDENTS

The national program of assistance
to young men and women of the
country is at last taking form under
the direction of the National Youth
Administration, with Mr.. Aubrey w.
Williams, Executive Director, and
Miss Josephine Roche, Chairman of
the Executive Committee.
On August /, 1895, the President
appointed thirty-four Iona y
known representatives of labor,
business, agriculture, education, and
youth to serve as members of the
National Advisory Committee to the
National Youth Administration. This
group which, except for current ex-
penses, will serve without pay, will
guide the Youth Administration in
it's efforts to find employment in
private industry for unemployed
youth and toward it's objective 70
train and refrain youth for indus
trial, technical, and professional en,-
ployment, and to provide for continu-
ing attendance at high schools and
colleges, and similar activities.
The program provides for the pay
ment of Sc per month to each youth
who would not otherwise be able t.
complete a high school course or to
enter high school because of the i'm
poverished condition of his parents
A committee in each locality, with
the aid of a high school principal,
will select those who are to benefit
from this federal aid
The NYA will also give financial
aid to approximately $4,000 needy
college and university students to
complete their education, and to
worthy students who wish to enter
Upon a course of higher education.
The details for providing financial
aid to some 1000 post-graduates at
he rate of $50 a month are being
worked out.
President Roosevelt approved the
recommendation of the Advisory
Committee on Allotments to allocate
$4,000, 900 to THE NYA for student
aid purposes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

In the face of depression, tremend-
Gus progress has been made by the
electric utility industry in increasing
the uses of electricity in the home.
During the five-year period from
1880 to 1884, inclusive, purchase of
electric power for household use in
creased 81 per cent.
This progress is remarkable and is
outstanding in comparison to that Of
any nation in the world-yet house
hold power employment is still>in its
infancy. Only relatively few
homes are adequately lighted, or
have labor saving appliances of i'm
portance-e l e tric refrigerators,
stoves, ironers, washing machines
and thousand and one other devices
are still strangers to the average
American household.
Electricity is the housewives most
efficient servant-and it is gradually
and quietly effecting revolution in
American domestic life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
MARYLAND SPORTSMEN PRO
TEST ARBITRARY WATER
FOWL REGULATIONS

United States Senator Willard F..
Tydings, at the request of several
sportsmen, has filed a protest with
]. N. Darling, chief of the Biological
Survey, on the new arbitrary water
fowl regulations. The Senator point
ed out that many protests have been
filed by Maryland hunters and sports
men, showing that 1885 duck
season lasting only from November
20 to December 9th, will be a severe
blow to Maryland hunters. 1t has
been brought to your attention that
t was December 14th, last year, be-
fore ducks arrived in Maryland in an
should be true this year, it would
mean less than a week of satisfactory
shooting" he asserted. Furthermore,
the Maryland Senator stated: "The
Maryland game laws regarding wild
fowl permit hunting from November
to January LIST, with daily bag
limits of twenty-five ducks, eight
geese and eight brants, but we also
have in force three-day-a-week
limit. Therefore, our hunters would
probably have only about three or
four good shooting days this fall"
Senator Tydings also called Mr..
Darling's attention to the fact that
under our regulations the Susque-
hanna fats have been ou.lawed al
together" l am very familiar with
conditions ON these fats, for this
shooting ground is located in my
home county The residents of my
county have shot ducks on these fats
with sink-box and bushwack boat
since before l was born and this is
the only method tina. can be used in
this particular ground
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
A PROPHECY

Significant economic developments
to be expected in the next decade are
listed by a prominent business writer
as follows: ~ Higher standard OF
living (2) Continued advances in tech
nical processes of production. (9) Fac
tory built houses. better and cheaper
than hand made houses. az S)mnw
cheaper money. 90 Faster travel. (6)
News printed by radio. ca MeunaIIca.
cotton picker. revolutionizing the
South. (S) Cheaper electric power. 80
Better distribution of goods; more
chain stores. Cl0) Another depression
five or cix years hence. preceded by
an lnflationary boom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

The new tax bill-designed 20 in
crease the Federal governments an
nual income by the neat sum of
7O,OOO,OOO-as framed by the
House, is in accord with the Presi-
dents wishes in general, but goes
against them in number of par
ticulars.
The bill is based on the "Share-
the-wealth" idea. 1t would boost
taxes on individual incomes in excess
of $4,000 per year; would replace
the existing fiat corporation tax with
a graduated levy; place new levies
on inheritances and gifts and tax
excess corporation profits from 5 to
20 per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
TWO QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Why is 1t that one farmer raises 100
bushels of corn to the acre, and the
other one, on the other side of the
fence, raises rs bushels to the acrey
Why is it that one farmer produces 100
pounds of pork on five bushels of corn,
and another uses rs bushels? Not until
power machinery, scientific principles
OF soil fertilization and restoration.
rotation Of crops, diversification of
crops and economical feeding are ap-
piled to the farm, will the farmers
problem be solved, says farm au-
thority.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
WE ALL PAY FOR FIRE WASTE


During the last few years there
has been a steady and encouraging
decrease in the average annual fire
loss. However, figures for the last
year, issued by the Naional Board
of Fire Underwriters, show tina. de-
cided slow-up has occurred in the
rate of decline. Fire costs the ma
tion less than it did a few years ago
but we are now experiencing less
success in forcing the loss down still
further.
We all pay for fire waste-we- all
benefit when it is reduced And the
best friend of fire is public apathy,
that permits hazards 10 grow un-
checked, and allows the commonest
risks to multiply and get out of
hand.
The true size of the fire waste can
not be shown in figures. A fire, for
example, may destroy factory. The
factory's destruction may mean that
several hundred men are thrown ous
of employment; that a towns prin-
cipal industry no longer operates;
that taxes are lost 20 the community
that local merchants, large part of
their customers gone, are forced out
of business. A hundred thousand
dollar fire can thus cause a total loss
of many times that amount.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

co m m e n d out
lining in advance
the m e t hod of
using production
loans. Under this
plan provision is
made for monthly
expenditures and
funds are granted
to the borrower in
accordance with
the budget plan.
The budget helps
to show how loans
can be repaid.
With the accu.
minated n alta
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

Edwin r. Hill t III Z IL IiidI
there were approximately 13,580,00O
telephones in service at the end Of
this period, which is Is per cent be-
low the maximum development reached
in 1880.
TIE total number of toll and long
distance calls daring the first six
months of this year showed an in
crease Of about one and three-quarters
per cent over the corresponding pc
riod last year.
The six months earnings report of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company follows:
6 Months Months
Ending Ending
June 80, 1885 June 80, 1884
enues- s45 ,094, OOO19 s45, 7S9, O69.51
Operating Ex-
penSeS including
Taxes -----~.--.-.-e IS, 500 6Os59 S7943OSOS4
ings--$ 7,171. 391 go $ 7,796O3917
Dividend Rev
enues----------- 56,6Gs 5000 57s62sSsO5
Interest Rev
enues ----~. 6,516617sO 1928, 75511
Miscellaneous
Non Operating
Revenues, Net 4O2, 1901 2OO,oo5.o9
Total Net Earn
ings --------S $40, 759, 335.S0 SI4,O99, 2S0.9O
Interest Deduc
tions --- IL, 124 92960 12,1S2,5SS.7
Net Income 5 50, O34 4O615 SCI. 9166971s
Curtains are things which are
hung in window to keep the neigh
bors from seeing you watch them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
BETTER BUSINESS ON THE FARM

so long as farming is inorganic
3D." said Sir Horace Plunkett, Brit
ish agricultural authority, recently,
1.-THE greater majority of farmers will
have to buy all they require for their
industry at retail prices, and sell
what they produce at wholesale
prices.
'It is a ludicrous situation, that
unorganized farmers have to deal
with the most highly organized bust
ness. The only solution for the
farmer lies in better business
Statistics show that the agricul-
tural cooperative movement is rapidly
growing in almost every civilized
nation-Sweden, England, Ireland,
the United States, etc. 1t is tribute
to American initiative that it's high
est development has been reached by
farm groups in this country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
Facts And Figures
On Your Telephone
By EDWIN F. HILL

.
100000 telephones
is reported for the
first six months of
the year as COM
pared with a net
gain of $4,000 for
t h e corresponding
period of 1884.
President Walter
S. Clifford, of the
American T e | e :
phone and Tele-
graph Company, is
authority for the
4 n -, - that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

A recent survey of farm homes in
Maryland showed that over half of
the farm women still use the old
fashioned dashboard method of do
ing the family laundry. Also SO %
of the families cook with wood and
coal stoves, with about 42% using oil
stoves during the summer months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

A federal court has declared that
the governments processing tax
backbone of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration Acts illegal
The case will next go to the Supreme
Court which, according to eminent
legal authorities. is almost certain to
uphold the decision of the lower
tribunal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

IF all of US, producer and con-
sumner alike, remember to think of
the other fellows problem and the
other fellows point of view, we shall
continue on the path of progress.
Secretary Wallace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

It's bad lick to throw a hat on a
bed
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

An extemporaneous speech is pretty
sure to be full of the extraneous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23
THE FARM BUDGET
By DAN H. OTIS,
A sricnltnrat Director, American
R1ukprs SsOcilfiOn

Inventories aid in the formation OF
farm budget. Some banks, as well
as the Farm Credit Administration,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

Colorado has the highest average
elevation of all states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-23

1t is luck to meet and better to
touch hunchback.