davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-09-22
Commodity Price
Changes for Week
BY III. N. McGILL.
Editor. McGill Commodity Service, Inc.
Auburndale, Mass.

Editor. McGill Commodity Service, Inc.
Auburndale. Mass.
AUBURNDALE, Mass, September
81 (P).-Commodity prices during the
past week again advanced sharply,
establishing the price level Of all
products at new high point Of 74.9
Q926 equaling 1000. This is the high
est point reached since October, 1880.
Since Midsummer the cost Of living
has increased and :: higher level for
producing costs has also been recorded,
which is the principal background
supporting the strengthening in the
majority of individual commodity
groups. A week agv out Of IA indi-
declined and 3 remained un-
changed. This week advances we're
recorded in seven groups as against
only two declines. and five unchanged.
Industrial prices recorded the third
consecutive increase, which was in
alignment With further stimulation In
total business activity.
Farm Prices Advance.
Agricultural prices also gained
ground. reaching the highest level
since last May. During the week
higher prices were recorded for wheat,
corn, oats, barley, rye, cotton. pea
nuts, potatoes, wool, sugar and flax
seed. The only decreases were noted
in dairy products-butter and eggs.
Live stock prices represented one
of the two groups that registered
price weakness during the week. The
moderate price increase in cattle was
more than counteracted by lower
quotations for hogs, sheep and lambs.
Hide and leather index jumped up
sharply under the leadership of a
one-half cent increase in hides, repre-
senting a new high for the year Of
l412 cents. Price strength was also
recorded in certain types Of leather.
Non-ferrous metals bounded up
ward, with price strength prevailing
in antimony, copper, lead, tin and
zinc.
Paint materials also moved upward
in a substantial manner, rejecting
price strength in linseed oil. red lead,
rosin and turpentine.
Coarse Textiles Down.
Coarse textiles represent the only
other group, in addition to live stock,
that decreased. This was entirely
due to lower quotations for burlap
and jute.
Vegetable oils ruled higher despite
the fact that the price trend was
mixed. Lower prices for coconut,
corn and cottonseed oil were more
than offset by price strength in lin
seed. China wood and soya bean oil.
Most important price changes In
the McGill weekly commodity index
(l926 equaling 1000, were as follows:
Evening star., 1935-09-22
-PAN|CKy SELLING
IN BONDS SUBSIDIES
Some Foreign Issues Re-
main Weak, but Recovcries
Are General.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. September 21-The
best that could be said of today's
bond market was that it displayed
q steadier tone with the subsidence
Of yesterdays somewhat panicky SELL
ing.
Traders and investors seemed to
feel little better about the European
war situation despite the rejection Of
the Mussolini cabinet of the League
Of Nations peace proposals. The in
depreciation of Rome's mo" to Geneva
was that 1t did not have an emphatic
ring and that loophole was left open
for further negotiations.
Although some further weakness
was observed In scattered foreign
obligations, due largely to thinneSs
OF the market, recoveries were gen.
eral among those issues that have
recently been under pressure. Italian
Government Is rallied points to 591a.
Milan City 612s were up at 4412,
and Rome gained "a at 47l4. French
rs lost at 2as at l741s, but the TVS
were unchanged at 174. British bonds
came back to around their Fridays
closing levels.
The Associated Press averages OF
domestic industrials and rails were
off L and 2 Of a point, respectively.
and that for the utilities was un-
changed. The foreign composite edged
up L OF a point. Transfers of all
bonds totaled s5,94l 900 par value,
against $5,176,000 last Saturday.
Among corporate gamers of fractions
to around a point were Illinois Gen.
tral Refunding SIS at 7514, New York
Central Consolidated As at S5A, Pere
Marquette SIS at 81. Sante Fe As at
108%, Remington Rand 5Hs at 1041s,
Columbia Gas SIS at 947s, Metropolitan
Edison 5l4 at l041s. Columbia Gas
IS at 947s, Metropolitan Edison 412s
at 10S and American & Foreign Pow
er at 6sA.
Murray Body 61as shook off another
2 points at 150l2 and losers of frac-
tions to a point or so included Utility
Power g. Light SIS at 4412. Warner
Bros. 6s at 1875, Studebaker IS at 56.
International Telephone SIS at 6512.
Erie Is at 77l2. New England Tele-
phone SIS at l22 and ePoples Gas SIS
ut 1861.
u. S. Government securities were
quiet but still somewhat recessionary.
Declines ranged from l-32nd to
15-32nds of a point. The turnover
in this department amounted to only
about $i,510,000, compared with
$1,980,00O on the previous Saturday.
Evening star., 1935-09-22
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
NEW YORK. September 81 CR.-Federag
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

:. CHICAGO. September 81 LP,.-Poultry.
live. six trucks. heavy hens very firm. ball
4!a pounds up. q; Leghorn hens. l4ia;
Rock broilers. 20; colored, 20: barebacks,
l3al4; Leghorn chickens; I6; ROSTERS; Il:
up. l6;- small. Is; colored ducks. IA;
geese. 15.
Butter. 1882. weaker; creamery spe-
cials (93 score). 25laa26; extras 1927. 25;
extra flrsts t90-9D. 24i.sat: firsts 49,
S9), 23iaa24: seconds (S6-S7). 22Iza23:
standards go centralized carlots). %.
Esss 6994. steady: prices unchanEed.
Potatoes. 81: on track. 2Ss; total Q; s.
shipments. 425; dull, supplies rather lib
eral. demand and trading SLOW; sacked per
ewt Idaho RussetS. I, s. No: /. l.30aSO:
/. washed. few sales. 1.25a30. poorer low
er; Wisconsin Cobhlers; .. 8 No; mostly
No. !. few sales. S5as7i2: Iowa Cobblers.
U. S. No. !, 90; North Dakota CoboierS.
U. S. No. l. S5a90: few lower; Colorado
Triumphs. U. s. No l. 1.02ls.
Evening star., 1935-09-22
COPPER GOES HIGHER
IN HOME MARKETS
Tense European Situation Stimu-
lates Export Buying and
Lifts Price.
Nv the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Sept. 21-Further
larger purchases of copper brought
an additional advance of u cent to
9 cents per pound for electrolytic in
the domestic this week.
The tense European situation stim-
ulated buying for export at advances
of fully "a cent.
With domestic commitments thus
far in September in excess Of 10000
tons, following purchases Of $4,000
tons in August, consumers are said
to have supplied needs well ahead
and buying was reduced sharply at
the advance, but the undertone ruled
firm with the approach of the export
price to within a fraction of domes-
tic quotations.
Lead and zinc prices were both
marked up So per ton during the
week in response to sustained con-
sumer buying. In the lead market,
this demand represented practically
all branches of the trade and ex-
ceeded smelters' daily ore intake. The
advance in zinc preceded that in
lead by several days.
Evening star., 1935-09-22
Cotton Exports
Remain Smaller
Than Last Year
BY the Associated Press

BY the Assoclated FTtSS.
NEW YORK, September 21.-Ex-
ports of cotton this week totaled "a 900
bales, compared with $4,000 In the
like week last season. according to
the New York Cotton Exchange.
This brought exports for the season
to date to $4,000 bales, compared
with $4,000 in the corresponding
period last season.
The world visible supply of Ameri-
can cotton totals 3,743, 900 bales COM
pared with 3,426,000 q week ago and
5,542,000 at this date last year.
Evening star., 1935-09-22
SUMMARY OF BONDS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

1lBIls LOW.
1Obh lO1h Western Union SIS '38---
100h S2h Western Union IS 81
100 20 Western Union IS 90
lO3h 100 Western Union 6ks '36-
lola 80 Wheeling Stl AIS 81
1US 100N Wheeling Stl 51zs '4s A
t10k 107k Wilson & Co lst IS Al
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH. September 81 LP,.-Turpen-
tine frm. 4134; sales. 1853: receipts. 373;
saes sS isssps s.Sss so s ESiR n
1905; stock. 134, or. Quote: B. 4 Is;
D and Z. 4.20: r. @ and H 4.35; and K,
and X 5.35,
Evening star., 1935-09-22
(1926 average equals 10
MisceIla menus Markets.

Additional New York markets compiled
by the Assoeiated Press: . IN
higher. December s0.56: January. 90. 50:
RAW HIDE-Futures closed dull; 10
higher. s Decem5ber 15e ooo lIl6S; no,66: March,
RUBBTR-Futures closed quiet, IA
lower sales. No. l standard 81 contracts.
December. II ;66a67: January .74n:
March, II Ssh; smoked ribbed spot.
IL .4Sn.
Nominal. Bid.
Evening star., 1935-09-22

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1888.
U. 6. GOVERNMENT BONDS.
LIBERTY BONDS.
TREASURY BONDS.

y
High. High. Low CLOSE Cnge
lOI is 100 4th 4Ls '32-SS--- 100 Is zoos 1909 II
l0l5 1907 4th AZ 32-sS re- 100 10 1907 1907 III
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2Is = Granite c s Sept % 337 Ia q 1s-s
DIVIDEND rates as given
cash payments based hal-yearly
declarations
100 shares Annual rate
( q
last year Companies reported receivership being
Evening star., 1935-09-22

9eM s9is Youngstown Stl SIS '70B
90 S91s Youngstown Stl s'73A
Evening star., 1935-09-22

Daily Price Index.
NEW YORK. Sept 2l.-The Associated
commodities today declined to 1859.
Previous day. 1879: week ago. 74.O .O9;
month ago. 1888; year ago. 6S.51.
1855, 1894. 1888.
High - 1881 12.55 $40
1QoR average EQUALS l00)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14

BY III. l..
At the time of the Bryan-Dar-
row debate on evolution, the
comics stated that the monkeys of
the African jungles sent this tele-
gram to Tennessee in defense of
the silver tongued orator: Mr.
Bryan, we are with you 100 per
cent. We of the jungle absolutely
deny any relationship whatsoever
with the present so-called human
race"
With a little of this outraged
English dignity which is said to
have swayed those exclusive mon
keys, I would like to defend our
human race from the attack
which Charles L. Blume makes
against man in his letter: en-
dividualism Must Stay" in The
Times Feb. IS.
While this young man still has
youthful energy Surging through
his brain cells-the fire which
alone enables a man to adjust
himself to new truths, may 1 re-
mind him of the high levels of
greatness and nobility to which
man can and does rise when given
the proper encouragement and in
spiration.
True, man has his weak, ugly,
selfish side. But, when you cleanse
him from the incentive to work
for sordid profits and sanctify his
mind by ideals of service, you re-
veal the finer man.
Why do you doubt, my boy?
You have read history. DC I need
to remind you of that which men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
DANGER OF WORLD CONFLICT

THIS Greek rebellion is acquiring some ex-
- tremely disquieting overtones First of
all. it brings Turkish soldiers to the frontiers,
modified against emergencies" This, in turn,
brings protests from Bulgaria, and sets that
nation looking to its weapons.
Then, to cap the climax it is rumored in
London that Mussoini is fishing in these trou-
bled waters, and that the Italian troops re-
Gently dispatched to Africa are really being
held in readiness for some international COM
plication in Greece.
We have all the outlines there for a really
serious international tangle-precisely the kind
Of confusing situation from which great war
might develop. Let us hope that the affair
can be confined to what it was originally
an internal revolt without outside interfer-
ence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
FEAR RULES THE WORLD

ME potent force Of fear in international
relations is clearly shown by Great Bril-
tain's recent white paper" announcing that
England is going to strengthen her military
establishment at once because other great pow
ers are doing the same thing.
The paper mentions among others, Germany
Russia Japan and the United States as nations
which are increasing their ornaments And
when you examine things closely you will dis
cover that each of them is doing it for exactly
the same reason that England is doing it-fear
Germany looks at her ring Of potential
enemies and feels the need of weapons. Rus
STA looks at Japan in Manchuria and feels
similar need. Japan looks at powerful Russia
eyes the United States fleet and opens the
throttle. The United States, with a jttery
glance at Japan, builds up its fleet.
And so it goes. Is there more expensive
emotion in Ill the world today than this same
fear?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
THE MAVERICKS

D EGULARS in Congress seem to think it
i great sport to poke fun at the newly or
gained liberal bloc which they have named
The Mavericks" because Rep. Maverick of
Texas happens to be one of the leaders
Webster defines a maverick as IAN I'M
branded animal"
This definition seems to apply well to the
IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Republicans,
Farmer-Laborites and Progressives-who dis
regarded party ties and met at the call of
Rep. Kvale F.-L., Minn) to formulate a leg
islative program. They adopted as their ma jor
detectives: Government ownership of natural
resources. industries, government control of
bank credit, guarantee of farm profits, shorter
hours for labor. higher income taxes, removal
Of tax exemptions and repeal of House gag
rules.
1t Is an ambitious program, and not
likely to succeed in this session of Congress.
But the formation of this bloc is significant
1t is another indication of the disintegration
of old party lines. 1t is indicative of a trend
of public opinion, because pressure from home
is largely responsible when IS mavericks walk
voluntarily into a corral of their own choosing
Congressional regulars might do well to
duplicate the strategy by which Bismarck kept
the Socialists a minority party in Germany
Bismarck adopted the best of the Socialist pro-
posals as his own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14

TWENTY-FIVE persons have lost their
Il lives in Marion County traffic accidents
thus far this year.
In 1884 the county's traffic death toll
reached I3i. It almost seems as If Indianapo~
lis and its surrounding towns are fighting
battle against time. a battle TO reach or ex-
coed l934s total
Many accidents Of course. are the result Of
tricks OF fate. Nobody can be held at fault.
Many OF the accidents in which lives are lost
are the direct result Of negligent driving, and
fast driving.
It is time to slow up. A minute more on
the trip downtown may save YOUR life or
your neighbours life.
Twenty-nine are dead thus far this year,
an average OF one death every two and half
days. There is gong to be a thirtieth for too
many people insist on driving more than ton
of machinery at speeds too fast for safety.
Make sure YOU are not the thirtieth. Slow
up.
Speed is the root Of all traffic evil. Repeat
it. memorize II. remember it every time you
step into your automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
SPURNING THE LIFELINE

7 Asst January the Transportation Co
- ordinator. Mr.. Eastman. proposed plan
for saving the railroads from the effects Of
their own mismanagement. He urged regu-
lation Of rails ard competing carriers by q
recognized Interstate Commerce Commits
sion: revisions Of the bankruptcy act TO aid
refnsncing OF distressed roads; enlarged and
permanent powers for the co-ordinator; pro-
visions to ease hardships OF displaced workers
through iobless insurance. old-age pensions
and dismissal compensation. The plan was a
government lifeline 70 an industry that has
al but committed suicide.
But. It seems. the railroads as a whole have
neither grasped the line nor cheered the
rescue crew. According 10 Mr.. Eastman. their
attitude has generally been one Of resent
ment.-
Prom the beginning" he said In q speech
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
"OF NO IMPORTANCE"

MY health is good. I lost no one of any
A'A importance. I put my losses at three
thousand killed and wounded"
Thus Napoleon wrote to his wife, Empress
Marie Louise after the battle of Bautzen on
May 90 1873 in letter published for the first
time in The Times few days ago.
1t is a further revelation of the attitude Of
the military conqueror. These three thousand
men with selfless devotion had gone into bat
tie shouting. "Vive rEnpereur!" But the
Emperor did not return their devotion. What
ever Napoleon might say to them in his ora
torical exhortations to do or die in this private
letter to his wife he shows that he cared moth
ing for them. To him they were people not
Of any Importance"
The poet Whitman has pointed out the
tragedy which lies in masses of men following
the lead Of those who do not believe in men.
Today, as it was 121 years ago, the common
soldier. tricked by fine phrases. is sent into
battle TO die for political and military leaders,
who regard them as people Of no importance"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
HOPE IN ALASKA

ONE Of the unexpected by-products Of the
~ depression IS going to be renewed at
tempt to tap the unused agricultural riches
Of Alaska. The Federal government will
finance a simple migration" transporting 200
families and 400 single men to the Matanuska
valley beyond Anchorage. this spring.
The move is admittedly an experiment. The
climate of the valley is said to be very like
that of the drought states" back home. and
the colonists are all to come from those states,
so that that part of the transition is expected
to be easy.
These colonists will. furthermore be taken
from unproductive land which is to be retired
from production; and the soil in the Matanu-
ska valley is said to be fertile enough to pro-
vide excellent farms.
This experiment seems to be well worth
making. Alaska is potentially a rich, pro-
ductive land, aside from its gold deposits. 1t
is logical that a serious effort be made to see
if its potentialities can not be realized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
Profit Motive Must Go!

on the battIefelds have sacrificed
for friends and honor? Does your
soul not burn within you when
you recall that which women have
done during the stress of war,
famine and disease?
What would poets, musicians
and other artists not suffer for
the joy of beauty?
We know of the years of labor
of unSelf1sh scientists who think
mainly of the happiness of
achievement and the glory and
honor of giving creative works of
service to the world.
You know of the service Of the
Red Cross organization.
You would not deny the sacri-
fees which radical agitators, such
as Jesus, Marx, Debs and their
millions Of followers make from
higher motives than that of profit.
And will you please reconsider
the significance of the 10 centuries
of sustained efforts of our mis-
sionaries to thrill the world with
the Supreme Socialists concep-
lions of the abundant life.
Why can you not believe in
man?
We can and will rise above the
monkeys and other animals of the
wild Our rugged individualism,
which man dragged with him from
the jungle, must go.
Once stealing was not con-
demned. The day will come when
the profit motive will be as harshly
stigmatized as is stealing today.
Even so, come quickly!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
RED DEATH

THE society folk Of gay Vienna have found
machine guns and target practice diver
sion Just TOO ducky for words, according to re-
cent news dispatches.
one cable has it that such sideshow diver
sions as shooting galleries. introduced to the
best Viennese circles recently by young
Fascists have made a great hit. and finally,
at a great ball in the former imperial palace.
ladies in evening gowns deserted the dance
floor to let fly with machine gun bullets at
cardboard targets representing enemy soldiers.
Every one. apparently. had the best of good
times. and the home Of the Strauss waltzes
found machine cunning much more fun than
dancing.
This hort Of thing Of course. is nothing
but the froth which any spirited society is apt
to throw of every now and then, and there is
no sense in taking it too seriously. But to read
about it. against the background Of the war
threat which is steadily rising higher and
higher over Europe. is to get a creepy and
uncomfortable ceiling.
Edgar Allan Poe once wrote a story en-
titled The Masque OF the Red Death" 1t told
about a land ravaged by a horrible plague
known as the red death. Sundry titled folk
locked themselves in remote castle and with
feasting and dancing tried their best to forget
about the plague outside.
But it couldn't be kept out. At the height
OF the Incorporating. the dreaded infection
suddenly appeared in their midst. and the
reveI abruptly dissolved in a frantic scramble
as ladies and courtiers fled vainly from the
destroyer.
There Is something about this story from
Vienna that reminds one Of that tale Of Poe's.
No red death menaces Vienna. The threat
IS infinitely graver. Unless every thoughtful
student OF modern affairs is mistaken. war in
Europe today would bring in a new dark age.
Famine. revolution massacre, the collapse Of
government and the decline Of all those graces
which make modern society worth while-these
are the prices that Europe would inevitably
have 10 pay.
Each month sees the war clouds mount
higher on the European horizon. And well-to-
DO, cultured. intelligent folk, who ought TO be
moving heaven and earth TO avert the danger,
find IL amusing and chic" TO play with
machine guns -. dancing the masque OF the
red death. while the fatal infection draws
nearer and nearer the castle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14

before the New York State Chamber Of Com
merce, there has been a feeling Of pulling
against lightweight or even active resistance.
To me the railroads have seemed more jealous
to prove my staff was wrong than to find out
with the help Of our reports, ways and means
Of improvement" The roads in general, he
added. have done little to provide cheap, quick.
comfortable, frequent or flexible service to
meet competition.
There are, apparently. only three ways to
approach the railroad problem. One is to cot
them loose from government financial help.
Another is to extend regulation along the line
Mr.. Eastman proposes. Another is for the
government 70 take them over.
On the very night that Mr.. Eastman was
charging the railmen with non-co-operation.
Senator Wheeler, chairman Of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee, was telling
Pittsburgh business leaders that, due to gross
mismanagement of hnanciers and promoters"
the railroads were making government owner
ship inevitable.
If. he said, the government has to pour
millions into the railroads in loans it might
as well pour IN a few more and enjoy the
fruits Of ownership.
There is little popular agitation today for
public ownership Of the nations railroads If
the government is forced to take over and run
this essential industry it will be only because
private ownership has failed and has refused
constructive aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
LAWLESSNESS SHOULD BE
TAXED FOR PENSIONS

By ]. A. L.
The indianapolis Times is, by
odds, my choice of the indianapolis
daily papers and I enjoy the Mes
sage Center. The article in The
Times of March 9, by L. L. Hopkins,
is good, but I disagree with him
somewhat in the manner of raising
money for the Townsend or any
other pension plan. AS there is so
much wrong doing all over this
country, I believe the wrong-doers
should pay, and then the balance
to be raised for any kind of a
pension would not be difficult.
1 firmly believe that three things,
carried out, would raise practically
all money needed for pensions and
taxes. First, I believe the statute
of limitations should be abolished
all over the United States. Second,
transactions of more than 500
should be notarized. Then a tax Of
80 or 95 per cent should be levied
upon law violations with a tax on
graft. This, if enforced, would either
raise an enormous amount Of money
or would make the country better.
A law like the above should be
applied to one and all alike.