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METAL Markets

NEW YORK. October IL R.-Copper,
steady; electrolytic spot and future. 1900;
export. ! ,95. Tin easier; spot and nearby,
S4;26 ofp rptuFe 10 53a5 ~ Lead quiet; SPOT
Zinc quiet; spot, East st. Louis and fu-
ture. 6.26., Iron, No. 2. fob. Eastern
"a. 90; No 2. fob. Alabama. 5000. Aiu,
minunn. virgin, 90 per cent, 1000; plati-
mum, pure. 1900: wolframite. 27.OO-3O. 90.
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In bankruptcy or recetvership. or beine
reorsanIzed under the BANKRUPTCY Ast Of
securities assumed BY such companies-
Rates OF dividends in the foreRoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration On
less otherwise noted, special or extra divi.
dends are not included
: Also extra OF extras. Paid last year
Payable in stock Declared or paid 20
far this year. no regular rate. Cash
or stock. I Accumulated dividend paid
or declared tnis year. vw-With var
rants. " Without warrants. var War.
Sanfa
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STEEL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, October IL Lp.-Steel
prices per 100 pounds. fob. Pittsburgh:
Blue annealed sheets hot rolled 40
Galvanized sheets. $50: black sheets. hot
rolled. 3.l5. Steel bars. 2.45.
Evening star., 1937-10-11
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. October IL up. - Crude
rubber futures opened easy, IA to 10 lower
December. 16.70-72: March. 16.S1b: May
l6S5-Sb. Bid
Evening star., 1937-01-28

since the great Emperor Meiji ruled.
with the aid Of powerful statesmen ike
Princes Ito and Yamagata. Today 1t
would be extremely venturesome to in
trude the imperial authority into con-
flict in which the prestige Of the army
is directly at stake. A military revolution
might easily result. General Ugaki is
pursuing his efforts to overcome OBJ
struction. Hope of his success lies mainly
in the belief that the army as a whole
does not dislike him and that enmity is
confined to certain individuals with
personal grievances to avenge and am
billions to crafty.
After the purge" of February, 1896,
with its train of assassination and re-
volt, expectation was widespread both at
home and abroad that civilian authority
would be more or less re-enthroned at
Toxic. Events speedily proved the fallacy
Of such hopes. Aggression in China, de-
manded by the militarists regardless Of
political restraint, set in on an intensi-
fled scale. If some compromise with the
war lords becomes necessary to seat
General Ugaki in the premiership and
to end the present crisis, it will signal
to the world that the army still rules the
roost. That will not be an omen either
of tranquility in Japan or Of peace in
the Far East.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

necessary but modest postulate Of a
limited Appalachia-a hypothetical an
cient continent-iS but structural ele-
ment Of the whole sub-Atlantic litho-
sphere, and stratifgraphers are finally
relieved of the insupportable structural
difficulties which they now encounter.
1T Is not implied that the down-warp
of this great continent of Atlantica was
relatively rapid, or that it took place all
at once. In the late tertiary there may
still have been some remnants whose
land areas were temporarily enlarged by
the particular climatic conditions of the
Pleistocene. What is implied. however,
is that through the pre-Cambrian and
paleozoic history Of the earth, the At
lantic region was characterized by seas,
lakes, rivers, mountains, sediments, ma
rine and terrestrial organisms similar
to and consistent with those Of the
continents"
An important bit of evidence support
ing the hypothesis is that Of the great
submarine canyons stretching on the
Atlantic Coast of North America. Fossil
remains and other data indicate that
their bottoms were once above water, and
became submerged with the melting Of
the great ice sheets. This would involve,
however, the assumption that these Ice
sheets on the two continents were from
$4,000 to $4,000 feet thick. Another pos
sibility is that of change in the ell
lipticity of the surface of the oceans due
to a sudden decrease in the rate OF rota-
ton of the earth, and the consequent
drawing of the oceanic waters into polar
latitudeS.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Much Of the present area covered by
the Atlantic Ocean once was dry land.
Through most of the great gulf OF
time between the cooling of the earth
and the appearance of the first known
life about half billion years ago it was
above water, and had seas, lakes, rivers,
mountains and valleys. This condition
continued after the development of life
through most of the paleozoic, or old life,
period of the earth'S history. Even in
the tertiary period of geologic time. just
before the coming of the ice ages, there
may have been large land areas which
were temporarily enlarged by the pc
panied the glaciers.
Such Is the hypothesis presented to the
American Geophysical Union of the Ma
tional Research Council, based on sew
eral lines Of evidence but particularly on
the progress of earthquake waves in the
rock strata under the sea, by DR.. Richard
H. Field Of Princeton University. Thus
the idea of an ancient AtlantiS-but far
older and bigger than the Atlantis OF
Plato-is given considerable support.
For many years biologists have held
that the bottoms of the oceans were
composed of much heavier rock than the
surfaces of the continents, as result OF
which, according to the principles OF
isostacy, they sank while the lighter
rocks were pushed upward into con-
tinents and mountains. The expert
mental evidence for this so far as the
Atlantic is concerned, Prof. Field claims
In his report to the National Research
Loo Loo c1intnf TT hoe
consisted chiefly of few bottom samples
brought up by dredging and the sub
merged and clifflike margins OF the con-
tinentS.
Analysis of the earthquake waves, he
claims, brings forward quite different
picture These indicate that the rocks
beneath the ocean floor are not markedly
different in density than those OF the
European and North American CONT
nents. In the past students OF ancient
life have been puzzled to account for
the similarity of fossils found in the
rocks of the two continents and have
been obliged to poStulate the existence
of land bridges across the sea. The al
ternate hypothesis has been that they
once were contiguous but at some point
in geological history were broken apart
after which North America started a
slow drift westward while waters from
the Pacific rushed in to fill the gap.
According to this theory, the Atlantic
has been growing bigger and bigger, at
the expense of the Pacific, through the
mesozoic and tertiary eras of geologic
time.
Says DR.. Field: Combining all the
seismic evidence produced during the last
few months, it is possible that the sub
Atlantic atmosphere constitutes a vast
area of down-warped pre-Cambrian
and paleozoic geology, fully comparable
to the unwarped pre-Cambrian and
paleozoic geology of the surrounding
continental areas. If this be true, the
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Calamity Philosophy.

When Seneca in his De Providentia
declared that calamity is virtues op-
portunity he established an axiom which
has application in America today. The
Super-f1ood which has devastated the
Ohio Valley represents tragedy for
hundreds of thousands of people. yet
1t may be regarded as a blessing-if 1t
dramatizes the need for correction Of
the conditions which have combined to
create the present disaster.
To illustrate the point, story from
the other side of the world may be
cited. Between 1s43 and 1853 the trade
Of Calcutta trebled in volume and value.
The harbor and the city grew great
In commerce. But, says Hubert g.
Banner In book published In 1882. 1T
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Japan's Die.Hard Army.

It was not to be expected that Japan's
militarists, cocks of the walk at Toxic
ever since the Manchurian adventure
six years ago. would ever willingly or
gracefully surrender their supremacy.
Developments that followed last weeks
fall Of the Hirota cabinet at the demand
Of defiant Diet are proving afresh
the army's die-hard determination to
fight to the bitter end for preservation
OF its longtime predominance. General
Kazushige Ugaki, former governor gen.
eral Of Korea, who was commanded by
the Emperor to form another cabinet,
Is unable to carry out the mandate be-
cause Of militarist opposition. Although
himself veteran soldier and former
war minister, Ugaki has been told that
no general will accept the war portfolio
in any cabinet of which he is the head.
AS present laws require that the Office
be filled by nominee of the army; the
latter's intransigence effectually blocks
the way to establishment Of new gov
eminent.
The spu1red and helmeted elements
battling for retention of power resent
General Ugahs designation as premier
on account Of his moderate leanings.
They are further mistrustful Of him be-
cause he enjoys the confidence of the
political parties which seek to destroy
militarist control and of the business
interests which envision economic ruin
for Japan in consequence of mounting
armament expenditure. The japanese
press, virtually of all parties, also is back
ing Ugah and appealing to the entire ma
tion to support him. A strong point is
made Of the generals traditional attitude
of blind devotion and obedience to the
Emperor. His opponents are now &C
cused Of unconscionable disloyalty by
thwart.ng the thrones choice for the pre-
miersaip. This argument leaves out Of
account that times have changed in Japan
Evening star., 1937-01-28

never had been thought worth while to
provide this large and still rapidly in
creasing mass Of shipping with any
adequate protection against the sudden
and vicious storms for which the Hooghly
River always has been notorious" Ger
tainly. the authorities were familiar with
the fact that hurricanes occasionally
swept the port. A committee Of inquiry
studied the problem for two long years,
then decided that nothing short of a
judicious system Of wet docks could
serve to meet every potential emergency"
The verdict was received with general
appreciation and filed for future
reference.
But quixotic nature did not wait. On
october 4, 1854, "the sun set amidst
clouds of q deep red, with purple veins.
as If bursting with passion" Three hun
dred ships lay in the river, unsecured;
the town was filled with visitors for the
holiday festival of Doorga Poojah. A
guard at the Calcutta Observatory
noticed that the barometer was falling.
Yet no proper warning was given. A
sudden noise like the rumbling Of
distant thunder" was the first procla-
nation to which the community paid
any heed. Within a few minutes the
cyclone crossed the Bay of Bengal and
tore into the mainland. In the wake Of
the blast came the inevitable tidal wave.
Of1cial computations later estimated the
loss Of life at about sixty thousand;
the property destroyed never could be
appraised.
The tourist to Calcutta now, however,
sees the constructive result of the STILL
remembered horror. A port trust ad-
ministers the harbor. Vast facilities for
docking. loading and unloading have
been provided in a program which, espe-
cially since 1892, has been expanded in
ratio with developing demand. Mean
while, the old slum areas have been
cleared away, the business quarter has
been reconstructed, suburban residential
neighborhoods have been created, streets
and roads have been widened, the water
system has been modernized, the drain
age system entirely renovated. No won-
der the population has doubled in the
past half century,
What is wanted for the Ohio Valley
is definitely planned anticipation Of
the super-fioods of tomorrow. The time
to think about those emergencies is
contemporaneous with the present
calamity.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
The Facts on Strikes.

The principle Of the legislation sought
by the Secretary of Labor, empowering
the Department of Labor or some other
Government agency to make formal in
quiry into the causes of strikes or lock-
outs, with power of subpoena of wit
nesses and records, is probably good
one. The danger, of course, lies in pos
sible abuse of the power by Govern
ment agency which may not be strictly
impartial.
The legislation at this time is mani
festly suggested by the difficulties over
settlement Of the strike that has tied up
plants of the General Motors Corpora
ton. It's proposal comes in the nature
Of plan to deal with an emergency.
Therein lies another danger-the danger
Of impetuous enactment Of important
legislation under the stress Of an i'm
pending crisis. That, of course, should
be avoided.
Under impartial, strictly neutral ad-
ministration, the powers conferred by
the proposed legislation would enable the
Government to present the facts to the
people and public sentiment would be
guided by those facts. Large strikes,
such as the tie-up of a section of the
automobile industry, are no longer mat
ters affecting merely the employer and
the employe. Such strikes have a direct
effect upon the general public and are
thus vested with important public In
terest. But, as in the present dispute be-
tween General Motors and the C. 7. O.,
the public standing on the side lines has
no way of knowing the facts except as
given ty the disputants themselves
How many members of the automobile
union under Mr.. Lewis general direction
are actually employed in the General
Motors plants? Is 1t true, as Mr.. Sloan
repeatedly emphasizes, that q small but
powerful minority is keeping thousands
Of men who are anxious to work out Of
their jobs? The main issues do not
concern the usual questions Of wages
and working hours. General Motors is
admittedly good employer. The main
issue is collective bargaining. But, again,
the issue Is not collective bargaining in
the abstract, but the identity of the COL
lective bargaining unit. If the actual
facts were available to the public, or
were to be made available, both sides
might be more amenable to settlement.
The principle Of the legislation may be
sound. But what condemns it in many
eyes is not the principle, but the picture
Of some Government official going on a
fishing expedition to see what can be
brought to the surface in the way of
colorful headline material every time
there Is q strike or a threatened strike.
It Is not the power itself that is to be
feared, but the abuse Of that power in
the hands Of those who may lack public
confidence as unbiased judges.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Peony shoots were up, poking their red
heads through the earth.
Answering the call Of Spring in Janu-
ary, shoots of those stalwart species, Fes-
tiva maxima, Jules Ellie and Marguerite
Gerard, came up to see the sun.
For the entire month they had felt that
lure now they succumbed, came into the
light at last.
Observers almost felt they had right
to read triumph beaming from the tip of
that small red shoot.
This coming into the 1ight-we won't
say sunshine, for there had been very
little Of it-had something Of the tri-
umphal about it.
1t was fair to believe that the shoots
had come up to see the sun, even If they
were to find very little of that precious
commodity.
It was the heat Of that orb which was
drawing them and many other shoots,
buds, and even flowers, into the air, to
find that January is a cruel deciever,
ever.
What was the perplexed gardener to
do with peony shoots at this time of
year?
There wasn't much to do, but cover
them up as best he could.
Many leaves were piled over them, in
order to protect them when the cold
should come again, as it might almost
any day or hour, even.
Every one of those shoots which became
blighted meant just that many less stalks
ON the bush in May and June.
1t was entirely possible that a peony
which sent every one of its shoots into
the air at this time might lose them all,
and be very poor bush, indeed, at its
normal time next Spring.
1t was easier to understand, during
such a season, what the advice meant
which said that mulching with leaves,
peatmoSS or other material should be
done to keep the cold in.
Covering Of peony roots during the
Winter is mostly unnecessary, provided
the season is a normal one, that is, pro-
vided there is freeze, and the ground
remains more or less frozen until Spring.
Too much mulching in Winter is not
good for peonies, and commonly results
in shy blooming.
But in such a Winter as this, with
Spring in January, at least for two-thirds
of the month, deep mulching might
have prevented the shoots from getting
into the air.
If one had not previously covered, now
was the time to do it, in order to protect
the shoots as far as possible.
That this would be a successful effort,
one could not predict, but at least 1t
would have the merit of protecting, to
some extent, the lower part of the shoot.
Nature is wonderful, truly enough, and
may manage to grow back a new tip If
the lower portion, emerging from the
root, is not too badly damaged.
Other things were up in the yard.
Tulips the crocus, the narcissus, were
showing above the surface Of the earth.
They, too, would suffer when the in
evitable cold came.
1t would be better for them, and for
all shrubs, whose leaf buds were swell
ing, if they had remained dormant.
Who could blame them, however?
The dumb vegetable intelligence of all
plant life was being fooled.
Nature was putting one over" on
them, and they had no way to protect
themselves. When Mother Nature goes
back on them, they are to be pitied,
indeed for she is their all.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Man can say to himself "Why, this
isn't Spring, really, this is Just freak
january"
But the birds and the flowers and
the shrubs and the trees have NO way
OF knowing. They simply respond to
e. combination Of warmth and moisture.
The action shows better than many
the combined intelligence and seeming
lack Of it which characterizes Nature.
On one hand we have great forces which
are beyond our understanding, and on
the other perfectly mechanistic hap
penings which speak Of q fury and
ignorance which the world has long
tried to picture as the "devil," so-called.
The peony shoots should not come up
at this time of year, but they come just
the same when warmth and moisture
call them. There is nothing else for them
to do.
In sheltered spots in the rear Of the
yard a few violet leaves had uncurled.
They, too, were hopeful Of better
things than Nature evidently had in
store for them.
Perhaps it is not an unfair wrestling OF
words to say that violet plants show
hope when they uncurl their leaves.
There are many more hopes, surely,
than those which rest somehow in the
keeping of mankind.
Surely there must be hope for more
warmth, more light and more moisture
when small violet unfurls its leaves
at this time of year.
There is a beginning Of different
things. The plant wants to go ahead.
This want" or desire must be in every
fiber Of its being, although it has no
language Of its own, and must rely on
man to say it for it. If he says it with
flowers" he may say 1t for flowers, too.
One variety of tulip had poked its
nose (green through the soil.
It was that splendid variety, the Clara
Butt, which forever will be monument
to that great woman.
A tulip is plant better adapted than
many others to endure the cold Of Win
ter after it has sprouted.
It has been grown for so many years
in the cool climate Of Holland that
somehow that chill, moist atmosphere
has penetrated its very fibers, and 1t
can stand more cold than many another
green thing out Of season.
The tiny crocus, and the stately
narcissus. both emerged into the light
that week.
The bridal wreath shrub still sent
forth its tiny white flowers, and the
leaf buds of the Thousand Beauties
climbing rose were now about an inch
long, almost ready to unron.
Some gardeners think there is nothing
prettier than this red of the new leaves,
just before uncurling. It is one of the
garden beauties which one must pay
particular attention to, in order not to
miss in the general excitement Of true
Spring, when there Is so much to be
seen. But now, in January it was, there
were only few developing things to be
watched, after all.
The amateur gardener should not be-
come much perplexed at Spring in
January. These unreasonable periods
will come, and there is not much the
gardener can do about them, except
try to protect his budding plants as
best he may and be reconciled to in
evitable losses. What should save him,
as it will the plants, is the boundless
latitude and amplitude of Nature, in
whom there is forever despair and
triumph side by side, and no man shall
know which Is which.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Deeper IJOy.

There Is a Joy man can sometimes reach
That Is not the carefree kind;
It comes when heavy sorrow has wrought
Problems to which he's not blind
But has squarely faced and met and
solved
To the best of human ken;
Accepted the grief and learned the while
To smile with his fellow men;
Learned to disregard from day to day
All small minded stings and fears;
Has attained certain peace-and knows
A happiness deep as tearA
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Craving for Oratory.

The Craving for Oratory.
Oh, why should unemployment be
A threat to any man,
If he some little chance may see
To talk as best he can?
The soap box should be cast aside
AS something insecure;
But any one with eager pride
May start o lecture tour.
The topic does not matter much
If 1t permits the choice
OF language which the heart will touch
And exercise the voice.
So do not linger to explain
The wants that you endure,
But take the way to ready gain
And start lecture tour.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

group are six poll-tax-free States along
the Mason and Dixon Overwhelmingly
Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana,
Illinois and MisSouri-which have an
aggregate potential electorate of 49,
434,793 Cor slightly less than the poll
taxed group and this group of six cast
on November 3, 1886, an aggregate presi-
Dental vote of 9,817, 7,094-or three times
ths vote Of the poll-taxed group"
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Extra food contributions should be
expected from peace-time prohteers who
undertook to peddle secondhand air
planes in a foreign market. The
soothing Of conscience has often
prompted gifts to humanity of splendid
generosity.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

American newspaper men may be Of
occasional service in assisting "G-men,"
but they should not be expected to put
in punctual appearance at the copy
desk with an accurate survey Of the
intricacies of foreign intrigue.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

For time Tennessee Valley Authority
is forgotten In the demand for some
reliable and practical authority over the
Ohio Valley.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

A woman does not always assert a
right to the last word. All that Secre-
tary Perkins is asking is frank CONVEX
sation between Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Sloan,
to lead where 1t may.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Reno's Enterprise.

From the Worcester Gazette.
Reno points with pride to the fact that
it had more marriages than divorces in
1886, which is evidence of enterprise in
developing raw materials for its major
industry.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Seeking Temptation.

"Did you ever meet lobbyist"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum. 1.-THE
idea that lobbyists are lying in wait for
the unwary statesman is largely erro-
neous. In order to meet a regular, high
class lobbyist, you have to go to the
trouble of providing yourself with cre-
dentials."
Jud Tunkins says is it possible to judge
o man by his handwriting. A bank CASH
Ter can do 1t every time.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
An Underestimate.

From the New York Sun.
A naive person has calculated that the
present session of Congress will cost the
country $21 100000, but he has figured
in only the legislative salaries and the
bill for printing.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Old-timers who gave the names Mem
phis and Cairo to river towns may have
had in mind the overfiowing of the River
Nile and the necessity of flood control.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Modern Youth.

From the Danville nlJ Commercial-News.
A Michigan lad set fire to his mothers
$l,100, which fits the theory that modern
young people think their parents have
money to burn
Evening star., 1937-01-28

At this moment the Mississippi Basin
commands more American solicitude
than the Rhine River. the English
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Tracks and No Tracks.

From the Saginaw News.
The vandals who stole HoIyoke's IA
nous dinosaur tracks apparently left
none of their own, either.