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Evening star., 1937-07-29
OPENING TOBACCO
PRICES FAVORABLE
First 20 Baskets of Bright Leaf
Crop in South Georgia
Average 26 Cents.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
= VALDOSTA. Ga. July 29.-The
1887 bright leaf tobacco crop of South
Georgia and North Florida went on
the auction block today and the first
sale reported brought comment from
the grower that the price was good"
Millions Of pounds Of the leaf we're
offered as the auctions began.
The first 20 baskets sold here aver
aged 26 cents pound. L. A. Sen
terflt of Naylor said he received ~
cents pound and thought the price
good.
Most of the selling activity centered
in South Georgia, at warehouses in
16 cities.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
25.CENT EXTRA VOTED
BY FAIRBANKS MORSE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 29.-Fairbanks,
Morse &, Co. directors declared an
extra dividend of Is cents common
share in addition to regular quarterly
dividends of Is cents on the common
and $3.50 on the preferred, all pay
able September l to stock OF record
August IL. Similar dividends were
paid on the common last quarter.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
CLEVELAND TERMINALS
BOND GROUP FORMED

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Announce-
ment was made yesterday of the forma-
tion of a bondholders' committee 'for
the protection of the interests of hold
ers" Of first mortgage leasehold sink
ing fund per cent gold bonds. due
December l, 1941, of the Cleveland
Terminals Building Co., a subsidiary
Of the Van Sweringen Corp.
The committee estimates it owns or
represents II per cent of the outstand-
ing issue. Frank R. Bailey OF the
brokerage house of Williams, Bailey
& Benjamin, is chairman OF the COM
mittee.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
LARGE INCREASE SEEN
IN CARRIER EARNINGS

BY the Associated Press.
Glass l railroads had net railway
operating income Of s297,341.777 for
the first half of 1887, equivalent to an
annual return of 2.76 per cent on
property investment.
The Association of American Rail-
roads said today these figures COM
pared with $238,0l6427, or 222 per
cent, for the comparable period of last
year, and with 1863 ,4l6. .25l, or g. 46 per
cent, during the first six months of
1880.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.

d. I4At AoSOCLdtet FlesS.
NEW YORK, July 29-Fresh de.
clines carried cotton into new ou
ground for the season today unde.
renewed domestic and foreign sellini
which was promoted by larger privat,
crop predictions
Wall Street selling increased on tn,
decline that carried September dow
from ll0O to 1876 and the genera
market to net losses of "a to % points
BY mldafternoon the market was d
practically the lows for the day and
although pressure had let up, buyer,
were reserved
Evening star., 1937-07-29
COttonSeed Oil,

Bleachable cottonseed oil future.
closed easy, IA to l6 lower. Sales. 81
contracts, September. s75-77: Octo.
her, 8.72; December. s72; January
873; March, 8.75b.
brRlG
Evening star., 1937-07-29
NEW SERVICE EXPANDED
ON UNITED AIRLINES
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 29.-United Air
Lines announced today it would in
crease its month-old three-stop sleeper
service between New York and the
Pacific Coast to three round-trip flights
nightly
w. A. Patterson, United president,
said indications were that sufficient
patronage was available to warrant
tripling the present accommodations.
The new flights will be started with
In two weeks, he said.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
New Orleans Prices

NEW ORLEANS. July 20 lP-Cotsw
opened quiet but steady today and frs
trades were > points lower on all month.
orders.
Foreign markets were about as expected
ana there was nothing IN the news Il
stimulate trading on either side.
october opened at ll.ol. December q
l.0G January at II. ! |, March at III
and May, at l.23. There was sporadic
selling of near months after the star
and towards the end of the first half houI
these positions were ruling l. TO 3 points
under the previous close. ~
Cottonseed oil opened steady: September
S.4Ob: October. S.34b: December S32b
January, S.34b. March. S.4Ob. Bid.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
CONSTRUCTION LAGS.

NEW YORK, July 20 (P).-July
construction awards in the food indus
tries totaled sl,368.0Oo, against1
sl,563, 900 in the like 1885 month, Food
Industries Magazine reported.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Total Sales for the day, $4,000
sUnt Of
In bankruptcy Tceiveship being
bankruptcy securities companies
Rates of dividends table are annual dis
bursements based the quarterly
ton Unless otherwise not
included
Elk dividend rEhts Also extra or extras epatd
last Payable stock. Declared or paid so far th
Cash stock Accumulated paid de-
Evening star., 1937-07-29
Chicago Cash Market.

Cash wheat. No. l red. 1.23-c3la: No.
J. hard, 1861: No. > mixed. 1.191a. Corn,
No. mixed. 90: No > yellow, 1.0l I2-O3.
Oats. No. | mixed, 30-31R4 No. / white.
32-32 u. Rye No. l.. Ssi7. Barley. new,
No. , Illinois tough. so; feed, 5000
nominal: mailing. 6O-S2 nominal. Tim
othy seed, new, 100000.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
Democratic Party Turns
Toward First PrinciDles

To the Editor Of The STAR
1t is refreshing to learn from WASH
lngton that the Democratic party has at
last commenced vigorously to purge
Itself OF the New Deal idiosyncrasies
which have been fastened upon it by the
present administration Mr.. John L.
Lewis appreciates the situation and has
already announced transfer of his favor
TO new third party. He doubtless will
De followed, sooner or later, by Mr..
William Green, by leaders of the various
farm blocs and possibly by the Presi-
dent himself, if the issues are drawn as
sharply as they ought to be between
the democracy of Jefferson on the one
side and the New Deal experiments in
state socialism and government regula-
ton OF business on the other side.
This will provide the Democratic partv
with good opportunity to pledge a new
allegiance to that time -honored ideal of
the party, Equal rights for all; special
privileges to none" To be consistent,
the Democratic party must recognize
the worst of all monopolies, private
ownership of economic or ground rent.
single tax upon ground rent would
have the double advantage of taking for
the people its own rightful revenue,
without robbing any one, and would at
the same time make it possible to abol-
lsh entirely all taxes upon income, i'm
ports, industry and improvements of
every kind. HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita, Kansas.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
Better Labor Regulations.

President Roosevelt, making no ref
erence to John L. Lewis and the latter's
recent bitter complaint because of the
Presidents fine impartiality" in the
steel strike, in his Labor day statement
pleaded for "a happy consummation
when bitterness and distrust shall be
replaced by mutual respect by workman
and employer" Such a condition is q
desideratum which would be cordially
welcomed. 1t will require, however, more
than the mere wish. It will require Just
treatment, under the law, for both
laborer and employer.
The Presidents reiteration of his
earlier criticism that both the workers
and the employers had been at fault in
the controversies running over recent
months, may be construed as an answer
to the head Of tn. c. I. O., who COM
planned because Of that statement. At
any rate, Mr.. Lewis raoio address does
not appear to have shaken the President.
Nor should 1t. Certainly the President
of the United States should be permitted
the privilege Of Judging With impartiality
Evening star., 1937-09-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
"Takoma Park, Md.

Takoma Park, Nd.
Dear Sir: Do you not think that feed
ing Of birds in Summer will tend to lessen
their usefulness in destroying insects7
After all, they have been finding their
own food for thousands Of years, and,
except during cold, snowy weather, they
still can do SO. Those who feed them
are making paupers OF them, like people
too long on Government relief, who lose
all desire to support themselves.
Il am fond of birds and can see the
pleasure Of having them in the garden
would well repay for the expense Of
feeding them, but, in the meantime, what
OF the crops being destroyed by insects?
1T seems to me that it is mistake
to interfere with Natures ways, except,
of course, in extreme weather, when
birds might die without food
Il have kept my cat in the house all
Summer, but I have been amused to
see how some of my neighbors' cats have
themselves been chased by the birds.
The bluejays chased che cat under a
chair on the porch and pecked him until
his owner came to the rescue, and saw
thrush pursuing large cat with loud
cries (both from the bird and the cat), ,
and even a tiny wren sometimes scolds
them, in voice out Of all proportion to
her tinyness. Sincerely, c. L. B."
X X
Dear Sir: Having read the letter by
Mrs. w. G. concerning the peanut diet
for wild birds, I would like to suggest
giving them scratch feed as a change.
as peanuts are pretty rich for hot
weather. Sunfiower seed also is greatly
appreciated. feed many wild birds, and
find them SO interesting I enjoy your
column very much. Sincerely, I. r. w."
We do not feel that feeding the birds
in Summer will in any way lessen their
usefulness in destroying insects, except
momentarily.
The very fact that they have been
finding their own food for thousands OF
years is the reason!
In other words. finding food at
feeder is just finding food to them and
nothing more.
Wherever they find it they eat it.
They are not human beings and, there
fore, cannot be made lazy
No bird is in any danger Of losing all
or even part of its desire to support
itself.
When English sparrows spot supply
OF grain put out for them they waste
no time in consuming it. But if it isn't
there they go elsewhere.
Come on, fellers!"
X
We use sparrows as examples because
SO per cent Of the birds which frequent
feeders in Summer are these happy birds.
1t seems peculiarly appropriate that
new book is called The Gate of Happy
SparroWs."
Surely these are happy birds, wasting
no time in complaining, but taking
things as they find them, particularly
food things, and making the best of
them.
Cardinals, turtle doves. pigeons-these
help the sparrows eat the mixed seed
and grain which may be put out in
Spring and Summer
Occasionally there will be other birds,
such as the towhee, but in the main the
bulk of the songsters which fill the
Evening star., 1937-09-06
Evils of Diplomacy Based
On Foreign Trade Security
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
And nothing can be done about It!
About what? About the gangster gov
ernments throwing overheard the law
and trying to wipe out freedom from the
earth. Something might be done. We
ought not to go to war; but we should
embargo trade with those lawless powers
all trade. That would stop them, with
or without their consent.
But no, nothing can be done about it.
Why? Because 1t would cost some
thing and we cannot stand that. It
would cost us losses. Losses of markets
Tor manufactured goods. Losses OF mar
kets for cotton. Yet it will cost us plenty
later II we do not stop this lawlessness
When our domestic gangsters said
they cid not care what the law was they
were going to kidnap, it was found that
nothing could be done-by the States.
When the Federal Government took
hold 1t was found that something could
be done about it. Yet when the gang
ster governments abroad, just as bad as
the private gangsters we have at home,
destroy other nations and threaten the
world With war, nothing can be done
about 1t. Action to check the govern
mental crime seems to involve war and
we do not want war. No, we do not want
war, because war makes more trouble
than 1t settles.
What then? Why not apply the en-
barge, even If 1t does cost us an immense
sum in the loss of markets? That tre-
mendous loss would be trif1e in COM
parlSon with the cost of war. And
war will surely come, sooner or later,
unless the gangSter governments can be
disciplined.
Compared with kidnapping it is Just
as though the public would not stand
for the taxes involved in suppressing
crime, but prefer to connive at crime
being practiced on other people each
one hoping it will not hit him personally.
But we know that war will hit us per-
sonally sometime, unless we put a stop
to the institution of war.
We ought to put an embargo on trade
with Italy, Germany and Japan. no
matter If 1t does hurt us as we'll as
them. 1t will save us as well as them
from the expense of war And in addi-
ton 1t will save us aAWell as them from
the bloodshed and moral damage of war.
II We consent to lose our markets we
| can save our boys.
An embargo would stop each one of
these nations. And they would not at
tack us either, because we have our
oceans These oceans are a God-given
defense for u.s. but we ought not to use
them as an excuse for permitting war
to go on among other nations, with all
the suffering it brings on them and the
ultimate threat to free institutions
everywhere, including our own, simply
because we cannot bear to lose trade.
Let us find some other way to do
economic justice at home.
WILLIAM c. LEE.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
The Glow" Booklet for
Stamp Collectors.

EVERYBODY'S STAMP BOOK is the
chow book for all stamp collectors. It
tells how to do everything from avoiding
fakes and frauds to what to do with
duplicates and no collector should be
without copy. The booklet also includes
wealth of information about stamp
history, first stamps, Oddities rarities,
stamp terms, valuing stamps, American
stamps OF value, the highest priced
stamps and the worlds famous collec-
tons and it lists commemorative stamps.
EVERYBODY'S STAMP BOOK will in
terest you, inform you and guide YOU.
1nclose 10 cents to cover cost and han
ding.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
Tribute to Character and
Work of John S. Bennett

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your editorial entitled "John S. Ben
nett of September appeals to me no
little. have had vast dealings with Mr..
Bennett as the years have rolled by and
1 can say with authority that he. in his
rule of the Central Union Mission, rep
resented the churches of Washington
honorebly and to their credit
For some II years 1 was the executive
head of the Prisoners Relief Society
stationed in Washington and frequently
we had to call for help by being over
committed and we usually turned to
Mr.. Bennett and he never failed us in
all those years. When we had a man
we could not care for we sent him to
Mr.. Bennett and he always found some
way to provide for the destitute, home
less man.
Along with his ability he was a most
ikeable soul. The good he has done in
this old world will never be known this
side OF eternity. E. E. BUDDING.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
1sotOpes, Atoms and Life.

While the layman has no quarrel with
the scientist for the employment of
obscure and cryptic phraseology in the
announcement of discoveries and ad-
vancements in various fields of research,
he is sometimes sorely puzzled. The
scientist is stating his data in his own
terms, and the layman must make the
best Of them in search of the practical
results. An illustration of this is af-
forded by an explanation given as
to the latest achievement in research
regarding nitrogen. It is announced
from Rochester that DR.. Harold Urey of
Columbia University has developed q
process for producing the heavy isotope
Of nitrogen in quantities sufficient for
experiments. 1t appears that this has
been q goal of experimenters for some
time, for the purpose of carrying on
Evening star., 1937-09-06

work which, it Is stated, will have an
incalculable effect upon the knowledge
Of how human life is sustained. It is,
IN short, a step toward another step
toward long-sought goal.
The difficulty of the layman in follow
ing such a matter is illustrated by the
following text from the published state
ment regarding the matter:
"TWo-tenths of a gram of gas repre-
sents about two-fifths of pint, and this
would mean that the quantities could
thus be combined with other substances
to produce ten times as much material
with a recognizable tagged atom since
nitrogen generally represents about one
tenth of the total of proteins, and this
amount would make possible a great
variety of experimentation"
There can be no quarrel with the
scientists for the use OF such terms.
They are dealing with veritable intangi-
bles, which are yet definitely tangible
In their relations. All the layman can
do is to hope for results that can be
understood. Obviously the purpose of
the research is to open a field of further
experimentation. Whether out of that
will come a clear understanding of the
nature of life is the present question
Meanwhile the layman hopes that when
this goal is attained it will be defined
In somewhat less cryptic terms. What
he wants to know is whether, when it is
determined how human life is sustained,
the knowledge will be forthcoming as to
how 1t may be preserved. And that, in
these days of battle, murder and sud-
den death, is something greatly desired.
Evening star., 1937-09-06
between conflicting forces-under the

between conflicting forces-under the
law.
One major difiiculty which exists
today and stands in the way OF the
better relations for which the President
pleads Is the lopsided law. To this may
be added the administration of the law
by National Labor Relations Board in
manner not yet celebrated because of
fine impartiality." The Wagner
labor relations act needs amendment,
Until 1t is amended, and until it is more
equitably administered, there seems little
chance for the elimination of "bitter-
ness and distrust," for which the Presi-
dent speaks.
The law concerns itself with the right
to organlze-the right OF the workers
to organize. 1t has been so written that
dlsgruntled minority, calling in out
SIDE aid, may disrupt the orderly work
lives and livelihood OF many workers
The law does not concern itself with
the right of individual workers to work
as they wish. It does not concern itself
with the rights of employers. If the
President wishes to insure a better and
more amlcable condition in industry, he
should make recommendations for the
amendment of the labor relations act
when Congress reassembles.
Labor unrest and controversy between
labor and capital in this country today
have been complicated. The labor
movement itself is divided into two great
camps. One Of them, under the leader
ship OF John L. Lewis, has shown itself
ambitious not only to rule industry but
to enter the field Of politics and govern
ment itself. 1t has not scrupled to use
illegal measures to gain its ends. The
other group, included in the American
Federation of Labor, is seeking the bet
terment of labor in more orderly fashion.
Labor Is entitled to the best possible
conditions. 1t is worthy of its hire, It
is entitled to organize and to bargain
collectively with its employers. 1t is not
entitled to seize the property of others
arbitrarily and Illegally; it is not entitled
to prevent the industrial worker from
working as he sees fit; it is not entitled
to partiality in the administration of the
law or of the government. When these
things are permitted the value of labor
and the happiness of the working man
soon disintegrate.
Evening star., 1937-09-06

other reasons, to preserve him from
defeat for reelection to the Senate in
1888, a fate widely regarded as in store
Tor him at the hands Of Alabama's con-
servative Democrats Such elements
throughout Dixie would hardly look with
favor on Black presidential candidacy,
but, with abrogation of the tWo-thirds
rule, the Garner Harrison Connally-
George-Smith-Bailey -Glass-B Byrd South
ern wing no longer holds national NOM
mating convention veto power.
Uncle Sans career diplomats are
winning laurels far removed from their
professional field. Hoffman Philip, our
seasoned Ambassador at Santiago re-
Gently broke the South American fishing
record by hooking a 352-pound marlin,
caught of Tocapilla Chile. The current
American Foreign Service journal re-
produces photograph of Mr. Philip
alongside his proud catch, specimen
apparently about twice his own length.
Ellis o. Briggs, second secretary Of En-
bassy at Havana is also famed as a
captor OF giant marlin swordfish, which
he specializes in trapping of Moro
Castle,
4 X
With American lives and property i'm
perlled on an unprecedented scale at
Shanghai, special interest attaches to a
tWo-volume work entitled Damages in
international Law" compiled by one of
the State Departments able woman
members She is Marjorie NJ White
man, assistant to the legal adviser of
the department, who is completing her
eighth year of service. A native Buck
eye, Miss Whiteman is a graduate of
Ohio Wesleyan and an LII. B. and j. S. D.
OF Yale. In 1880 she was a research
assistant at the Hague conference for
the codification of international law.
Commentators say Miss Whiteman's
work is monumental contribution to
the subject she tackles, representing not
only vast original research, but inde-
pendent thought and matured reflection.
Decision to use Tennessee marble for
the Mellon National Gallery of Art calls
attention to the ancient Washington
rivalry among the various States which
produce building stone. They always
competed actively, and sometimes bit
terly, for the honor of supplying their
respective products for the Capitals
outstanding structures. From Vermont
came the marble for the new Supreme
Court, the new House Office Building
and the annex to the Library of Con-
gress. Georgia marble went into the new
Fedora! Reserve Building and previously
into the Scottish Rite Temple, the Pan
American Palace and the graceful adj
ministration building of the Agriculture
Department. The Lincoln Memorial is
OF famed Colorado white marble. Nearly
all of the great new Government build
ings erected in recent years are built out
OF Indiana limestone.
i
Thirty-nine years ago the national
slogan was Remember the Maine!" A
timely slogan among Americans who
fear that events may drag us into the
Far Eastern war is watch the Wichita"
That ship, now en- route to China with
cargo of airplanes, may have as his
toric voyage as some of the American
flag ships which ventured into the Euro
pean war zone in 1856. Should the
Japanese Navy molest or seize the
Wichita, the fat could easily be In the
fire.
(Copyright, 1937)