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Miscellaneous Markets.

Miscellaneous Markets.
Additional New York markets as COM
piled BY the Associated Press:
,is ihOcoAIFutureS closed UNCHANGED to /
March. 4.6ln: May Al
e,e CoFsT aGEos Pot quiet: RE No. :: 50;
freight offerings included Santos bourbon
IS ana 5s at $50. 40. Rio No : "A"
h futures closed to. 3 lower Sales. $50
. oagS fu September. I'm: Santos No.
!; Sa ls 1880 bags. March. 621n; july.
., LEAD AND z1NC-Futures closed un-
STRAITS T1N-Futures closed ao-ao
higher. No sales
sUGAR-Futures. No. 3, closed ga
lower; Sales. ZOO tons January, SOB;
March a h, ; SOB: May, Lab.
RAW H1DES-Futures (old), closed L.
20 higher. Sales. 10000 pounds. March.
!, II LOB. New hide futures closed 1926
higher. Sales. 100000 pounds March,
IL 3b: june. 12.30b. Spot. No. West
ern light native cows. lin
WOOL TOPS-Futures closed UNCHANGED
TO- TO-; higher. March: 7s:0b; May, 7s2b.
Bid. n Nominal.
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Steel for Is, 900 Autos

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (SpeciaD 1t
Is estimated that $4,000 tons of scrap
iron will be obtained when this city's
Cougar odd Sixth avenue elevated
railway is demolished in the near
future. This tonnage would provide
the raw materials for $4,000 automo-
bile bodies.
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DC Sales Rise
Above Year Ago
In November
Increase Ia Per Cent;
1l-Month Total Off
ONLY 1.8 Per Cent
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Department store sales in Wash
ington in November were IA per
cent ahead of November, 1887, and
the cumulative sales in the first
IL months of 1888 were within 18
per cent of the 1887 total. the Re-
serve Bank of Richmond reported
yesterday.
The Capitals trade record was
better than the average for the fifth
district, which was off per cent
in November and per cent in the
IL months, and the national av-
erage, which was 3 per cent lower
in November and 9 per cent below
the corresponding II months year
ago.
With the exception of Winston
Salem, Washington made the best
November record of any city in the
fifth district, the report showed.
Unseasonably mild weather prob
ably accounted for most of the de-
cline in sales in some cities COM
pared with last year, the Richmond
Bank asserted.
d. C. Yule Trade Booming.
Another equally interesting trade
report came from the Department
of Commerce yesterday in which
1t was announced that Christmas
trade in the Capital is now in full
swing and during the past week was
Slightly ahead of the corresponding
week last year and more than 60
per cent above the previous week
this year.
The exact percentage gain over
the previous week was 6O23 per cent
and was shared by all reporting de-
partment stores. Compared with
last year, trade was practically equal,
the gain being figured at OIL per cent.
In other fifth district cities trade
held close to or advanced slightly
over last year.
Capital bank clearings advanced
during the week, $26.865, lat COM
pairing with $24 964,833 a year ago.
Building permits also jumped, total
ing s279,700 against S128,4OO last
year.
Total passenger revenues of the
Capital Transit Co. for the week
ended Wednesday amounted to $751;
9O5 as compared with 1921 ,687 in the
same 1887 week, the report stated.
Trade Compared in Cities.
The Richmond Reserve Banks
summary presented the following
comparisons of sales in November
and the II months of this year with
the like periods year ago:
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under the November, 1887, figures,
reported at 30218,213 pounds and
$23.13 average price.
Taylor reported hue-cured sales
last month amounted to 28,150, $50
pounds and the average price $20.60,
compared with %, 421 ,361 pounds at
an average price Of $3.50 for No
vember last year. Total producers
sales of this type through Novem-
Der 80 amounted to Is, $40 ,871 pounds
at an average price of $22.78. This
compared with 67,577,957 pounds
and an average price Of $2496 for
the same period last year.
Total sales Of hue-cured tobacco
through November 30 this year were
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BY the Associated Press.

oy tIlC ASSOClhlCu 1lcSS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10-November
construction awards in the 81 East
ern States were the highest for the
month since 1929, totaling 1901 ,679,-
600, or So per cent better than the
November. 1887. total, F. w. Dodge
Corp. reported today.
The total for the first II months
of 1888 was placed at $2,8O7 ,489 900
comapred with s2703 600 900 for the
comparative period year ago.
November, it was pointed out, was
the third successive month in which
private building and engineering
contracts have run ahead of 1887.
The total was $l22, 731 900 against
sos $4,000 last year AS a con-
sequence of these recent increases,
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Virginia Tobacco Prices
Lag Behind Year Ago
By the Associated Press.

~ z1SSOCIdCcU 1IcSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 10-Pro-
ducers' sale of leaf tobacco in No
vember brought an average Of
5000 per hundred pounds, Henry
M. Taylor, Federal-State agricul-
tural statistician, reported today.
Warehouse reports to the Commits
sioner of Agriculture showed 29,-
170,6S0 pounds were sold during the
month for $500 34. The amount
sold and the average price were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-12-11
Chewing Gum Popular

Americans spent 80 cents for SO
sticks of chewing gum per capita in
1887. according to an analysis Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau statistics.
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Dec. 1O-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of
30 p comimodities today advanced to So So
PREVIOUS day. $3.50: week ago 61.3S;
month ago, d7.39: year ago. 1895.
Range of recent years:
1,ia, 1923; 1897: 1896. 1933-35
Hlsn 14.31 gS.14 1922 7S6S
Low 1886 1885 1I3l 4l.44
l926 average equals 100
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U. S. Shoe Co. to Puy
Bonus Of 100000
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 10-The
United States Shoe Co. announced
today that a Christmas bonus of
100000 would be distributed among
5000 employees next Friday.
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about II per cent greater and the
average price about 9 per cent less
than for the same period last year.
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New York Bank Stocks
NEW YORK. Dec. 10 R.-Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
u. S. Treasury Notes
ApprOX.
Asked. yield.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 HP.-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1938-06-19
Yardstick Costs.

That the Tennessee Valley Authority
has made public at last its report on the
ALLEGATION OF costs among its various
projects may reasonably be viewed as a
probable result of the criticism of the
power agency's so-called "yardstick" by
DR.. Arthur E. Morgan, deposed T. v. A..
chairman.
Presumably this report. which was due
in January, 1887, is in part an answer to
DR.. Morgan's assertion before joint con-
gressional committee that the yardstick
rates, supposed to test the fairness of the
rates charged by private utilities, were
lower than they should be because no
proper ALLEGATION Of the power costs of
the whole T. v. A. project had been made.
The report fixed fifty-two per cent of
the T. v. A. outlay as being properly
ohargeable to power. OF the balance,
twenty-eight per cent was charged to i'm
provement of navigation and twenty per
cent to flood control. This division of
costs aroused considerable comment,
since T. v. A. has always insisted that
its primary purposes related to naviga-
ton and flood control, and that power
production, which is now revealed as alb
sorbing more than half the agency's
plant investment funds, was merely an
incidental activity.
1t seems no injustice to say that this
is the first time the Authority has ad-
Evening star., 1938-06-19
'Currah' and the Law.

Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, reputed AL
Capone of New York rackets, has abdi-
Gated the throne he held for so many
years as successor to Jack Legs" Dia-
mond, extortion czar.
The abdication was by request of the
G-men, to put it politely. "Gurrah," as
matter Of fact, deserted his throne
more than year ago, when special
agents of the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION began looking for him after his
conviction of violating antitrust laws.
He skipped bond upon being sentenced
to two years in Federal prison for subju-
eating the fur dyeing and dressing in
dustries through reign of terror induced
by machine guns and bombs.
"Gurrah" is nickname that describes
the Shapiro of New Yorks racketeering
heydey of few years ago. G-men say
it is the nearest phonetic equivalent to
Shapiros way of giving his favorite
command, Get out of here" When
Shapiro shouted "Gurrah" at anyone
in those days he got results The F. B.
I. charged him with collecting millions
of dollars from legitimate business men
by intimidation and acts of violence.
The G-men were not impressed by
"Gurrah's" scowls-and "Gurrah" was
not impressed by the G-men, at first.
He had tried to avoid transgressing Fed
eral laws, after seeing what had hap
pened to Capone out in Chicago. He
always paid his income taxes. He felt
secure from Federal intervention-and
he seemed not to worry greatly about
police. He had been arrested on all sorts
OF charges, from larceny and burglary
to murder, but had usually beaten the
rap. Two brief terms in Sing Sing had
been his worst punishment.
But Shapiro had overlooked the exist
ence of the Federal antitrust laws. He
never gave them thought-until he
suddenly found himself indicted and
enmeshed in a web of evidence from
which there was no escape, except by
the bond-jumping method. The G-men
made life as miserable for him, however,
as he had made it for New York's fur
dressers. A few weeks ago he sur
rendered, saying he was tired of lodging
the law.
Federal Judge Moscowitz, in adding
three more years to the two previously
imposed on Shapiro, expressed regret
that the Sherman Antitrust Act pro-
vided no heavier penalty.
It might be well also to express regret
that it should have become necessary to
invoke Federal law against a criminal
who, according to the Governments
evidence, broke dozens of State laws with
comparative impunity. The G-men's
splendid victory reflects sadly on the
law enforcement record of the local
authorities during "Gurrah's" terroristic
rule
Evening star., 1938-06-19
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Emperor Frederick III of Germany
died June IA, 1888. after reign of only
Emperor nass;nn then tn his son
Frederick Wilhelm II, now living at
Doom, the Netherlands
The Star of June 15 1888, says:
AT last the weary monarch is at rest.
The spirit which held its own undaunted
against a wasteful and painful disease
for nearly a year has not broken, but
yields only to the inevitable change. In
no respect has Frederick of Germany
shown the princely quality in his charac-
ter in a more noble light than in the
continuance Of his daily round of duty
while death had him so nearly in its
grasp that a court physician was con-
stantly by his bedside. Nor was this
labor merely the performance of a rou-
tine prescribed by tradition. Frederick
had original reforms to inaugurate,
ministry to remodel, policy to expound
Though he knew that he was doomed, he
never let the scepter pass out of his hand
for an instant, but gave his orders and
made his appointments and conducted
his correspondence in person. In his
death the German people suffer a
severer loss than in his fathers, for the
first Emperor was, during his closing
years. more of reminiscence and
sentimental association than an actual
molder of fate for the nation. With the
change of rulers came also a change of
plans for the future conduct of the en-
pire. The period of absolution was gone;
the dawn Of an era of liberal government
began to color the sky. The progressive
element IN the empire took fresh heart
Of hope, seeing in these signs a greater
glory for Germany as mistress of the
arts of peace than she had ever enjoyed
as an arbiter of Europe's destinies under
the laws of war. The throne now passes
to man, who, though he has passed the
measure of years allotted to impetuous
youth, appears to have learned little
discretion. His temper is described as
fiery and he chafes under restraints of
any sort. 1t is expected that he will
ignore his fathers purpose to give the
empire constitution, but will grasp and
hold fast to all the prerogative that comes
to him with the crown and title. It is
said that he has spent much time of late
studying the biography of his royal an
cestor, the Great Frederick II of Prussia
If he makes good use of the lessons
which history impresses with respect to
that monarch. he will learn that the most
headstrong, and frivolous OF princes NAV
become the most honored of sovereipns
If he accepts In the right spirit the re-
sponsibilities which come to him with
his change from the lower to the higher
estate"
Evening star., 1938-06-19

goes on, the life tenure principle will
reduce the number of appointments to
the point where confirmation will be-
come an inconsequential factor.
Another jarring note lies in the fact
that incumbent postmasters are to be
reappointed after non-competitive exam
ination, which means perpetuation in
Office of every political appointee.
But there is chance for larger gain
that cannot be minimized despite the
shortcomings Of the legislation.
In the past, the three principal classes Of
postmasters have been chosen under a So
called competitive civil service rule that
by force of circumstances has been little
more than name, and actually has done
much to cast the whole civil service
system into disrepute. Often there has
been but one competitor" for vacancy,
potential candidates undoubtedly being
discouraged by the feeling that the place
already was "in the bag" and because
oAoo VI IiAc 1AuPcAAla1icACy VI OAuCe. IL
the life term proviso succeeds in attract
ing more aspirants. that will prevent
political favorites from going in by de-
fault, and on this very point seems to
hinge the success or failure OF the law.
Undoubtedly, too, as experience demon
strates the need, civil service require
ments will be strengthened.
1t will not be easy to divorce post
masterships from politics after all these
years, but 1t can be done, and the cause
of good government will be advanced
accordingly.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
St. Johns. Richmond.

Not many another historic shrine is so
dear to the heart of the Nation as st.
Johns Church, Richmond. Within its
walls the Virginia Convention on March
20, ITS, heard Patrick Henrys burning
words: Give me liberty, or give me
death!"
But the ancient house of prayer has
more than single claim to the affection
OF the American people. 1t was built, in
1741, to serve God; and 1t still remains
IN service to His Word. Not merely great
souls like George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson have sought its con-
ISOLATION. It has been consistently a
sanctuary for the humblest spirits, also.
The patron to whom it is dedicated
practiced no distinction of persons A
long line of devoted ministers has kept
the faith alive during nearly two
centuries.
The responsibility for the congregation,
however, is heavy and to help in the
bearing Of 1t modest endowment is
being sought. Citizens Of every class,
Christian men and women of every
denomination are asked to contribute
toward the raising of fifty thousand
dollars for the preservation and main
tenance of the property in its traditional
role as place of patriotic and religious
pilgrimage. The Star gladly commends
the effort to the attention of readers
who may be interested.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
The Postmaster Bill.

The civil service postmaster bill that
Congress finally has fashioned and sent
to the President for approval that doubt
less will be Forthcoming is hailed in
Democratic circles as a triumph for
merit and by Republicans as just an
other spoils grab. but neither appraisal
can be accepted yet
The measure, providing life tenure for
postmasters in first, second and third
class offices, and ending the quadrennial
scramble for $4,000 jobs, is a step in the
right direction; the proof Of the pudding,
however, is in the eating, and it's ultimate
worth will be demonstrated solely by the
manner in which it is carried out.
Obviously, the legislation is open to
abuse because of the requirement for
Senate confirmation of appointees-an
unprecedented corollary for the civil
service selective system Supporters of
the bill recognized the incongruity of
such set-up but accepted it as . COM
promise, taking the attitude that as time
Evening star., 1938-06-19

mitted publicly that power production is
a primary and not secondary objective
The report was interpreted by David E.
Lilienthal, in charge Of the power phase
of the T. v. A. program, as indicating
chat the yardstick rates are, if anything,
too high. That is contention that will
be vigorously denied by the private power
interests.
On its face. the report does not make
a convincing case in support OF Mr..
Lilienthal. But that is not question
that should be inexpertly appraised. In
that connection, it would appear that the
congressional T. v. A. committee could
render its greatest public service by max
ing thorough study OF the yardstick
and reporting its findings without fear
or favor.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
A WARNING SIGNAL
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. d. L. d, D. c. l..
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

Many years ago Max Nordau startled
the literary world by putting forth his
book entitled Degeneration" 1t pro-
voked widespread criticism and much
controversy. Some years later we re-
ceived from q representative OF one of
the greatest criminal lawyers of our time
q request to join him in q public. debate,
the uninviting subject being Man Is
hopelessly degenerate" the lawyer in
question taking the Affirmative. We de-
clined.
Today there is more discussion OF this
subject than we have known for years.
One of our most distinguished educators
and publicists, DR.. Nicholas Murray But
ler, afirms with deep conviction that
public immortality" is on the increase.
especially in national and international
relations. 1t may or may not be hope
full sign that there are so many diagnos-
ticians who are attempting to discover
the causes of the maladies that afflict
nations and peoples. 1t is generally con-
ceded to be a good sign when men in con-
spicuous places show disposition to at
tack evils that, unexposed. affect seri-
ously the corporate life Of community
and state. However characteristically
optimistic we may be (and this is pecu-
liarly symptomatic of America, 1t is
clearly evident that the moral tone of
the world at large is not normal. These
latter years have witnessed the lower
ing Of those moral standards that govern
peoples and individuals, standards that
we had come to believe were fixed and
unchanging. We had also come to be-
lieve that from the World War we were
emerging upon new age of moral excel
lence and the deepening of the religious
spirit. That our expectation has not
been realized, we humbly confess.
International affairs and international
moral standards have suffered a collapse
in these recent years. There is a def
mite lapse of old ideals that, for at least
half century, we had been laboriously
building up. One does not have to be a
chronic pessimist to affirm this. Pacts
and treaties have largely ceased to be
regarded as legally or morally binding,
and old and respected sanctions have
ceased in many places to be recognized.
We have reason to believe that America,
with its proud ideals, still struggles to
maintain its agreements and to consist
emily recognize their Implications but
America for the while is isolated and in
many places her high professions are
Evening star., 1938-06-19
political implications of the third

political implications OF the third
economy"
There now are nearly 5000, 900 families
on w. P. A. This powerful voting bloc
is hardly likely to vote for candidates
who might vote an end to their Jobs or
to the generous terms offered by their
jobs. An additional 3,400 900 families are
on local relief of one kind or another
Then 100000 farm families are getting
Government checks under a crop-con-
troll plan that is the antithesis of nor
malcy." Another 1,500,00 individuals
are receiving social security benefits in
addition to unemployment insurance
which now is reaching 100000 more.
Here are about 13000,00 monthly or
annual checks based upon the third
economy" approach to recovery through
relation. Some politicians of impor-
tance figure that each check represents
at least one and. more likely, two votes
President Roosevelt, with the largest
majority in history, polled a total of
100000 votes in 1886
The millions getting checks from the
Government have a direct, tangible and
very personal interest in supporting can
didates for Office who promise to in
crease those checks or to make their
receipt easier. And, in addition, large
numbers of businessmen who are critical
Of Government spending discover, when
it comes time to vote, that their real
interest is on the side Of an enlarged
third economy"
Today's depression is only serving to
make clear the size and power Of the
vested interest that has been built up in
the right of access to the Federal Treas
ury not only on the part Of jobless and
farmers, but OF businessmen themselves.
Those who want to return to the good
old days" have the task of outvoting the
groups who have come to appreciate
what it is that the Government can hand
out.
(CoDyrfRht 1881
Evening star., 1938-06-19

ignored. Religion, as q governing rule Of
life in all human relations, Is faced with
what may prove to be its greatest crisis.
The finer virtues are boldly attacked as
the evidences of physical weakness, they
constitute an opiate, SO we are told, to
dull the stronger sensibilities and to
weaken the legitimate ambitions of men
and nations.
The moral and religious forces of the
world have never been faced with a more
threatening situation. and they might as
well understand it. Pride and conceit, an
undue leaning upon tradition and age-old
formulas will hardly OF and by them
selves serve in the present emergency.
Show me thy faith by thy works" is
the persistent demand of q critically
inquisitive age. The real conflict today
is, in the main, between Goddess COM
munism and the teachings of the Man of
Nazareth. There are other powerful
forces with which our so-called Christian
civilization has to reckon and they have
never been so varied or aggressive as now.
Christian standards of judgment and
action mean more than creeds, or even
those devotional practices in which we
reverently indulge in hours of worship.
TO square Christian faith with daily
habit In all the relations of life is more
exacting than to profess religious con-
viction.
This is not the first time in human his
tory when testing time has been regis
tered. AS a matter Of fact, religion has
won its greatest triumphs when it was
called to exhibit its militant qualities
and to wage its mightiest battles. The
question now is, have its devotees such
depth OF conviction, such strong and
heroic qualities. that they are equipped to
meet conditions that test their strength
and endurance? To quote a recent arti-
cle II the Christian faith is unable TO
confront a pessimistic civilization with
an authority more commanding and q
promise more inspiring than a scientific
culture can offer, there is no salvation for
either society or Christianity"
Let us be certain of this that. so seri-
GUS is the moral lapse that 1t will take
something stronger and finer than our
meticulous care for the refinements of
ceremonial practice, or our insistence
upon our dogmatic position, to give us any
place Of leadership in this confused
world. Christian people generally and
OF every persuasion are called upon to-
day to give practical demonstration of
the faith they believe is indispensable to
an orderly and peaceful world.