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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
AUTO MAKERS
AIDED BY new
TRADE TREATY
France and United States
End Decade Long
Tariff War.
BY JOSEPH MI. BAIRD
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 15.-A de-
cade-long diplomatic war over
tariffs has been ended by COM
rnercial treaty designed to promote
profitable flow of trade between
France and the United States.
The pact insures American auto
makers, fruit growers, Gamers of
fish and others more profitable
French market. At the same time,
it gives French perfumers, winners
and lacemakers opportunity for a
wider sale of their products in the
United States.
America and France, though COM
rades in two wars, have waged a bit
ter struggle over trade arrangement.
This fight became particularly acute
a decade ago when the French
started regulating imports by quotas.
Lowers Tariff in IL Items
The present treaty, while not
abolishing the French quota system,
greatly expands the ALLEGATION of
imports from the United States. Du-
ties are lowered on 10 prime Amer
lean export articles, quotas ex-
panded on Al others and guarantees
given that the present duty on still
other articles will not be raised.
In return, the United States
grants France tariff reductions on
II articles.
France for many years ranked
among Americas five best custom
ers. Recently. however, trade has
declined Exports to France fell
from $685., 100000 in 1929 to SILL
100000 in 1882, In 1885 they in
creased to $116,900,00O.
Aids Hosiery Industry
Perhaps the most important single
concession made by the French was
on American automobiles and parts.
Duty on chassis for passenger cars
will be lowered so per cent and a
quota Of 1862 quintals "a quintal of
1904 pounds) annually established
for them, in addition to the pres
ent quota of 932 quintals.
Important American exports on
which the French either lowered
duties or raised the import quota
were: Fresh fruit, dried fruit,
canned fruit, rice, tobacco, canned
and frozen fish, lumber, motion pic
ture films, refrigerators, radios and
radio tubes, typewriters, silk hosiery,
tractors and agricultural machinery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
(By United Press

steady; receipts, 3oo,s11 cases: fresh
graded flrsts, ,2o24c;. extra firsts, 214c;
current receipts, 1934c; dirties, 1890;
ceipts, 1913 tubs; extras (92 score), 26c;
extra firsts (90-911a score), 25A@251ac;
firsts ls8~89h scorel, 24s4 case; specials,
ceipts, 80 trucks; ducks, 1870 Ice; geese, 10
@11c: spring chickens, 26h@281sc; hens,
17@22c; capons, 25@28c; turkeys, 10000;
broilers, 24@25c; Leghorn hens, 14M18c;
old ROSTERS, lac: rfyers. 25@271ac. Cheese
Twins, 13h@1324c; daisies, 14Ac; long
horns, 14@14Ac. Potatoes - New stock,
weaker: Alabama ma Bliss Bliss Trium TI ae s2.ssS
200; Louisiana Bliss Triumphs, 280m2 go.
Old stock; supplies light; demand, noder-
ate; market, stronger: Wisconsin round
whites, $l.500175; Minnesota cobblers,
S1.40: Early Ohios, S1.30; North Dakota
Early Ohios. $l.30. Arrivals, IS; on track,
231; shipments 656.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
COTTON TRADE
SHOWN BETTER
DURING MONTH
April Consumption Gains
100000 Bales Over
1885 Period.
By United Press

BY CHtteG Press
WASHINGTON, May 15.-The
Department of Commerce has re-
ported a decrease in the number
of cotton spindles active during
April compared with the same
month last year. Only 23,123, 536
spindles were listed in use COM
pared with 23,854,0 in April, 1885.
The department disclosed that an
increase of more than 100000 bales
consumed during April had been
registered over the same month
last year. Last month 576,7 1852 bales
were consumed compared with 468,-
402 bales in April, 1895.
The report on cotton consump-
ton showed that 4,649,521 bales had
been consumed by last April 30
compared with 4,115761 at the
same date last year.
Imports, Exports Rise
During the month, both imports
and exports Of cotton rose over last
year. 1t was reported that 1899
bales entered the country compared
with $3.50 last year. This item was
listed in 500-pound bales.
Exports now total 5,167070 run
ming bales for the nine months
ended April 80 compared with
1896, 7S5 for the corresponding Pc
Rod last year.
Although the United States best
customer Is still Japan, which re-
ceived 1,3l9,385 bales for the three
quarter year period, the United
Kingdom has almost doubled it's
receipts of American cotton. Great
Britain bought 1,165,754 bales for
the nine-month period this year
compared with 607,936 last year.
Japan's imports of American cotton
last year totaled 1,284,211 bales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Produce Markets

The prices quoted are paid for stock
gathered in the country, while delivered
In indianapolis the price is a cent higher.
Heavy breed hens, &c., Leghorn breed
up, full feathered, 2lc Leghorn springers
IL pounds and up, full feathered 18c
bareback broilers, heavy type. 13c; old
cocks, &c: ducks, white, S lbs. and over
7c; geese. full feather, all sizes, Sc: all
guineas, 11a lbs. and up. i5c; No. strict
ly fresh eggs loss off, tic; delivered in In
dianapolis, 18c. Each full case must weigh
SIS lbs. gross; a deduction of 10 cents a
pound under SIS lbs. will be made. No.
butter. 2sA @3o1ac; No. 2, 261a@271ac.
Butterfat Csc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Other livestock
CBy United Press)

CHICAGO, MAY 5.-Hogs-Receipts.
cents lower than Thursdays average.
practical top, $3.50: half load, se65: bulk.
i60-2So lbs, $3.50 so; 25o-30o lbs. sslo6T
s.t5; few 3o0-sso lbs. ss:ssGs.I5; sows
sass, Cattle-Receipts. 1000; calves. 500:
all slaughter classes steady to strong in
cleanup trade. light steers. SS25; bulk
cows very scarce: few above. S5.7s; cutter
Grades downward from S4tS bulls and
vealers steady; practical top sausage bulls,
$50; vealers, sac ESQ., selects, $40: stock.
ers and feeders. dull Sheep-Receipts.
1000; fat lambs. steady: available supply
small: few inbetween grade clipped lambs,
inrs around si0.75:. clippers s7eiI5o: most
shorn ewes, s3.50G4; few. s425d45o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

the price lists in another part
of the magazine you found the rea-
son. Here it is;
In 1882 a concrete road 71a
inches thick and 20 feet wide
cost approximately S2O,4c0 mile.
In 1884 the cost was $25,795.
In 1885 1t was $29, 463. That is an
increase of 44.2 per cent.
A ND remember, there Is no
L n money for roads in the hands
of the road builders-which are the
states and counties. If it were not
for public recovery funds supplied
by Uncle Sam there would be no
road money. This price boost has
been effected on public recovery
funds.
Are we to blame the road con-
tractors and material men? Hard
ly At the beginning Of this Ad-
ministration the President an
nounced that the great thing was
to get prices up. Does any bust
ness man need any more encour-
agement than that?
Yet it is the construction indus
try in which the greatest oppor-
tunities for new business lie. And
new business of the most important
type-capital goods business. How
much wearing out of roads and
bridges has occurred these last six
years nc one can tell.
TN Toledo an old bridge-the
l. Fasset-st Bridge-fell into the
river. An undermined pier did the
work. There was, of course, i'm
mediately the inevitable outcry
and the demand for an inspec-
ton of other bridges of which
Toledo has many. Five of them
were found to be in critical con-
dition requiring Immediately emer-
gency repairs costing $4,000.
From the point of view of bust
ness, here was $4,000 of good
business lying around waiting for
a bridge to fall into the river to
bring it to light.
But, after all, city officials have
to get money to build or repair
bridges and roads. And it is the
cities, the counties, the, states
the road and bridge builders of
the ccuntry-which are hardest
up for funds. And it is to these
hard-pressed customers that the
contractors and material men
have boosted their prices A per
cent in four years.
What would an inventory of
badly needed bridge and road re-
pairs reveal? One can guess that
1t would reveal billions of dollars
of badly needed business. Why is
Such an inventory not made? Be-
cause officials know that money
is scarce. What could contractors
and material men do to help this
better than to resist the price
boosting urge?
Copyright. 1885, NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
FRUITS ANIL VEGETABLES

CHICAGO, May 15.-Apples-willow
Twigs, bu.. SIPS. Carrots-Illinois, bu., %
@ 30c. Sweet Potatoes-Tennessee bu.,
Cabbage Mississippi lettuce, crate. $3.50
LAO. Spinach--Illinois.. bu.,- 4o@6oc To-
ma toes-Florida, lug. $2@3.5o. Caulihower
California, crate, S1.35@1.5O. Peas-Csli-
fornia, hampers, $1.4o@1.6o Lettuce
Western, crate, S2.50@2.75. Celery-Crate,
Florida, $250@ $50. Onion market (50-lb.
yellow BermudaS 80M90c
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
BUILDING VOLUME UP
April Total Is $83,966,S21, Gain of
Per Cent Over March.

o
Per Cent Over March.
Times Special
NEW YORK, May 15.-A further
season increase was noted in the
building industry during April with
the dollar volume of permits issued
in 215 cities amounting to 1885,
82l, compared with $73072,2 in
March and $51,717,570 in April, 1885,
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, reported
today.
This was a gain of rs per cent
over March, the rise over the same
month last year amounted to 62.4
per cent. The building permit VOL
ume last month was the largest re-
corded since August, 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

filled with at
tempts to ex-
plain what is
the matter with
the construction
ind u S try. All
sorts of causes
for its !anguor
are given. But
no one ques-
tons the one
b Jig C au S e.
prices.
A b uil in &
m a 6 a zine re-
cords that in
1885 contracts
for concrete
roads actually
let covered only
345 miles. But if
YOU looked at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
REPORT HOUSINC NEEDS

CINCINNATI. May 15.-This city
needs between $500 and 5000 hous-
ing units, according to a survey re-
Gently made by the Cincinnati Bet
ter Housing League.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
SUGAR MELT HIGHER
Times Specidl

FNtbS opbCIuF
NEW YORK, May 15.-Sugar
melt of 10 United States refiners
from Jan. to May 2 totaied $780,
600 long tons, against 1,465, 200 IN
the like 1885 period, it was an
nounced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

Sees High Prices
as Brake on
Business.
by JOHN T. FLYNN.

NEW YORK, May l5.-Prices-
4 no one can measure the part
these play in our economic drama.
A writer in Harper's writes long
article explaining what is killing
the theater. He mentions many
germs. But he leaves out the most
important-price; tickets at $3.50
for shows that ought to cost $3.50.
Similarly, current magazines are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
BuSigrabhS

Figures have little meaning when
they get up into billions. Do you
know what it means when we say
our national debt is 311s billion
dollars? The average factory wage
earned in this country is about $22
a week. If five thousand average
workers should save all their earn
ings it would take over five thousand
years to save enough to pay the
National debt. But this is not all,
it is estimated that our national,
state and municipal debt is now we'll
in excess of SO billion dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Local Securities

tBy Indianapolis Bond and Share CorpJ
The following quotations do not repre-
sent actual bids or offerings, but merely
indicate the approximate market level
based on buying and selling inquiries or
recent transactions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
LOCAL CASH MARKET

City grain elevators are paving as cents
for No. 2 soft wheat. Otner grades on
their merits. Cash corn new No. yellow
56 cents and oats 18 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Money and Exchange
ANNAPOLIS STATEMENT
wv y 4 q
NV United Press)
Last year

Washington, May 15.-Government ex-
year to May IS, as compared with year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Farm Income Higher

Cash income from the sale Of farm products IN
March 1915 per cent higher than in the month
244 per cent increase in the quantity of products
keted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
FIRE INSURANCE
Chicago Grain Futures
fBy Blyth & co..
NEW YORK RANK STOCKS

tBy James E. Bennett &c CO.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27
More Boys Clubs

Those who familiar with the work which the var
Gus boys clubs of the city doing will be pleased
at the announcement by Senator William H. King chair
of the District Committee that he intends to urge
extension of that work
THE INDEPENDENT BOYS CLUBS ORGANIZED
BY CIVIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS AND THE
BOYS CLUBS ORGANIZED AND SPONSORED BY
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE
PROVEN THEMSELVES OF TREMENDOUS VALUE
TO THE COMMUNITY.
They have directed the energies and activities of youth
into healthy and proper channels
They haze given the youngsters whO utilize their
facilities a happy outlet for their ambitions and
have gone far tOIUard intoxicating in them the best
ideals of citizenship.
Senator King proposes to supplement the work of the
existing clubs by making available an increased appro-
priaton for the Community Center Department of the
schools.
With this appropriation which the Senator suggests
be $4,000, the department would organize boys clubs
in the schools, utilizing existing facilities
THERE ISN'T ANY SOUND REASON WHY SUCH
A CLUB-AND ALSO A CLUB FOR GIRLS SHOULD
NOT BE SET UP IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING IN
THE CITY.
Unfortunately the cys immense investment in school
buildings lies idle a large part Of the time.
We could get good deal out of our schools if
we allowed the children to them extensively
in the hours after classroom work and in the evening
Recently, it is true, there has been progress in
this direction through the activities of the Community
Center Department but THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
GOOD THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED ECONOM-
1CALLY BY FULL TIME USE OF THE BUILDINGS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27
Be a GOOdfellOW!

This is going to be BIG Christmas for most Wash
ingtonians.
But there still many in the city who are in distress
and who in order to have anything approaching the hap
pness and oty expected during the yuletide will have
to be given help by others.
IT IS IN ORDER TO BRING TOGETHER THOSE
WHO HAVE ENOUGH AND A BIT MORE THAN
ENOUGH TO INSURE THEIR OWN HAPPINESS ON
CHRISTMAS DAY AND THOSE WHO HAVE MOTH
ING, THAT THE WASHINGTON TIMES IS CALLING
INTO ACTION AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT INFOR-
NAL GROUP CALLED 'THE GOODFELLOWs"
For the last fifteen years the Goodfelows have spread
Christmas cheer among the distressed families of the city
They have done it in the most simple and most effective
way.
Anybody can be Goodfelow.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY OR A
LOT OF TIME; ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IS A
GOOD HEART, COUPLED WITH WILLINGNESS
TO SHARE LITTLE BIT OF YOUR CHRISTMAS
HAPPINESS.
You simply get in touch with the Goodfellow Editor
at the offices Of The Times in person. by telephone or
by MAIL and he will tell you of the needs of particular
family.
You select the family you want to help based on
its needs and on what you think you supply.
The Goodfellow Editor already has numerous applica
tions for aid.
Won't you be among the early GOOdfeIIOUs UOIun-
teering to make this REAL Christmas for some
body UhO otherwise lDOuId be in Uant and distress
during the holiday period?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27

and reached Tor sem Wm' H. AlnS
the telephone. He asked for the
Budget Bureau.
This is Senator King. / want
to speak to Director Bell. All
right, let me speak to Commits
SiOner Hazen. Well, is Auditor
Donovan teStifying? Ask him to
come to the phone then. Good
morning, Major, you know /
think we ought to do something
about setting up a Boys Club in
the city.
"SOme place, you know, where
these youngsters can go on Sat
urdayS and Sundays and after
school. Well, I'll tell you what
you do. You add $4,000 to the
Community Center Department
and we'll use that at the centers
for some equipment and to keep
them open for the boys. / think
about $4,000 or $4,000 would
be all right. Yes, We'll take care
Of them that way. Yes, if it
doesn't get in the budget we'll
put it in up here. Thank you.
GOOd-by."
AS you may have guessed the
Mayor of Washington" certainly
took time by the forelock there.
The District Budget was up before
the Budget Bureau when the Sena-
tor called. If his instructions bear
fruit the budget will carry the
additional money.
If the Budget Bureau decides
they shouldn't allow it, the money
will be inserted in the bill when
the Senate Appropriation Commit
tee takes it up.
Senator King is an ex-officio
member of the subcommittee that
holds hearings on the bill and
when he puts his shoulder to the
wheel on any such single PROPOSE
ton as this he usually rings the
bell.
Which brings us to the promise
that, barring unforeseen accidents,
the District this year will have a
better chance to get a square deal
on its budget that it has had for
many and many year.
Of course, the big break is that
the personnel of the House sub
committee has been changed con-
Siderably. Then, there is the re-
port of the fiscal relations COM
mittee appointed by the President.
In all probability the city will
get a larger lump sum contribu-
ton from the Federal Govern
ment than usual. However, be.
cause of the increases asked for
by the Commissioners there is the
very serious threat of increased
taxes to be faced. And there are
several members of the Senate APP
preparations Committee very
much in favor of giving the Dis
trict all it wants, only they are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27

jobs were fun some OF the time,
but no one but looney expected
any job to be fun all the time.
Suddenly the motor age arrived
and everything was changed. In
came the machine age; out went
elbow grease. Sweat and sacri-
flee, we decided, were no longer
necessary. Only saps worked.
Smart folks sat around and let the
push buttons do it.
Forthwith, all of our better
minds began looking for the east
est way to accomplish nothing.
Book shops became flooded with
Happy Hints on How To Live and
Like It. Particularly popular are
formulas guaranteed to take the
moan out of matrimony and the
try out of industry.
Jobs must be joyous or there's
something wrong with them. If
your career boreS you, quit it..
IdleneSS under such conditions
isn't shameful, as our doddering
elders supposed. It isn't laZineSs-
not really. It's just the gypsy in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27
Marry-GO-ROund
Ri Helen Rn1rInnd
PIPES FOR MEN

$he doesn't find her RIGHT
WHERE HE LEFT HER!
Cigarettes are like a mans
flirtationS, which he lights care
lesSly, enjoys for a little while,
and filings away without regret.
Cigars are like his loves, Stimulat-
ing, fragrant, and mourned when
they die out. But his pipe and
his wife are his life companions
for which he feels no thrills, but
an abiding tenderness.
Do you remember Barrie's hero
who broke the mouthpiece of his
beloved pipe and replaced it with
a new one-and then broke the
bowl and replaced it with a new
one? But to him, it was just the
same little old briar-the love of
his youth!
A man may admire a newer or
handsomer pipe, or a younger and
prettier woman; he may even long
to add them to his collection. But
once his pipe or his wife is "sea-
soned," and he has gotten used to
them, nothing but death can wean
him away from either of them
permanently!
About them he weaveS a real
sentiment-a real affection that
nothing can shake or change or
spoil. They may not share many
of his amusementS; their exist
ence is not exciting. But they
share his dreams, his real thoughts,
his finer moments and his sweet
est hours.
Oh. yes! Get Him a pipe for
Christmas. THAT will be lex.
pressing yourself"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27
Three-Minute Journeys
By TEMPLE MANNING

lnaiSsance buildings, the House OF
Shells, the College of Irish
Mobiles and the Monterey palace.
each a gem to delight even the
most Indifferent.
It's traditional to dream OF a
castle in Spain" But the castles
in Spain are not mere dreams but
vivid and alive with beauty and
warmth. Castles complement the
landscape everywhere in Spain,
but particularly in CASTLE, where
towers rise in massive grandeur.
watching silently over the plains.
One of the most beautiful is the
Guadamur castle in Toledo, mill
tary castle if ever there was one.
BEAUTIFUL GARDENS
And if castles are part of the
Spanish scene, then its gardens
comprise the very land itself.
Spain is a land of beautiful and
romantic gardens, each different
each typical of some epoch. The
Arabs left their poetic conception
Of the garden as place OF silent
peace, shut in by patioS from the
busy and disturbing world without,
shaded by the kindly shadows OF
giant cypress trees and cooled by
the splash of fountains. The mar
velous gardens of the Alhambra
and the Generalife at Granada tell
the story of Arab poeSy.
Then there are the gardens OF
the Alcazar at Seville and the ex-
quisite AndaluSian gardens Of the
Maria Luisa park, also in Seville.
Also there are the Renaissance
gardens, many of them attached
to the buildings of religious orders.
The palace of AranjueZ. with its
gardens and fountains, the French
gardens Of the royal palace, at La
Granja, the gardens of Monforte,
in Valencia, and the Labyrinth
gardens of Barcelona are surely
among the most beautiful gardens
in the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-27

HE LINE ~ C0
The architects who designed the
Government buildings in Washing.
ton and the city fathers who laid
out the streets in the beginning
came into their own in a big way
this week.
Walter j. George, of London,
and George j. Meyers, of johann
nesburg, South Africa, have fin
ished an II weeks tour Of the
country during which they visited
80 States.
They think Washington is the
most impressive city they have
been in. They said that when
they got to New York and started
walking around the sky Scraper
section they felt like ants crawl
ing in caves but when they arrived
in the Nations Capital they felt
like good substantial citizens.
They said the change was en-
tirely due to the city planning.
Among some of the observations
they made vas that this country's
hospitality can't be beat and that
if people in England had any idea
how wonderfully they would be
treated here they would come in
droves; that it was amazing we
should build such a big building
as the Supreme Court citadel with
only one small court room in it;
that no city in the world is as
well planned as Washington; that
English architects on government
jobs never finish part of it and
then go back for more money but
when it comes to the point where
the design is going to cost more
than has been appropriated they
cut off all the decorations and
appurtenances and turn over just
the bare structure.