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The Washington times., 1939-01-12

nishing more money for modern
ization of homes than at any re-
cent time, while financing Of home
construction is also waxing.
Latest statistics covering 81
Eastern States reveal the greatest
volume of construction contracts
since the boom of 1929, better
than SO per cent ahead of a year
ago. Out West, building also is
brisk; in the first II months of
last year building permits in 80
California cities were greater than
Tor any recent full year, while new
residential construction permits
in 18 key Western cities in Novem-
Der ran 85 per cent above 1887.
CARS RATED FIRST
My view is that the construction
1nduStry-and, therefore,, the
house furnishing industry-can
find encouragement in what has
already happened in the motor in
dustry.
AAA A@ASNNA ~ ldlIl-
lilies have exhibited far more eager
ness to own new automobile than
a new home. But, after a car, a
nome seems to be rated next.
Now, If general business i'm
provement unfolds early in 1899,
as Is so very widely expected,
there win be important incentive
for hundreds of thousands of
families to turn their minds to
acquiring a better home.
WAR ONLY BRAKE
All this is needed to give this
movement redoubled impetus is
convincing evidence that employ
ment is on the increase, that lay
offs of regular workers are over.
Except in the event of con-
flagration in Europe, my guess is
that trade, industry, securities
will rise when the sap begins to
run up the trees.
Copyright, 1882 by 3. C. Forbes.)
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By the L. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
(Prlces paid shippers-Net F. o. B.


WaShington)
Eggs-Market steady. Government
graded and dated eggs (January l2l
Whites, [. s. extras, large 24c; Y. s
large. 22c; U. S. standards. mediums
zoe; u S. trades, 19c Nearby ungraded
eggs: Current receipts, whites, 2OQ 2lc;
mixed colors. 1SG 19C.
Live Poultry-Market weak. Fowl:
Colored, all sizes. 1s4 19c. few higher;
No. 2's, 12@14c; roosters, 1OQl2c:
Chickens: Virginia Rocks. broilers and
fryers. all sizes ia 1Sc; No. rs, Ia
l3c; Delaware Rocks and Crosses, broll-
ers and fryers, all sizes. l6G17c; Nc.
IS. 12G 13c; mixed colored fryers, 14u
sc Capons. lbs. and up. 23Q 25c. few
higher; slips and small sizes, Is a zoe,
few higher. Guineas > lbs. and over, 6Oc
pair.
L. c. L. Express Receipts at Washing.
ton. d. C., Thursday, January IL. 1887
Florida-10 bushel baskets peppers; 6
bushel baskets squash, 9 bushe baskets
lima beans.
California-4o 15-pound baskets mush-
rooms
Michisan-s 55-pound baskets mush-
lrooms
Alabama-s 3-pound baskets mush-
rooms
Ohio - 50 1O-pound baskets hothouse
Unknown Origin - Il crates mixed
Apples-Market steady One Wash
ington arrived; > broken and unbroken
cars on track. Bushel baskets, L. S No.
| /, Maryland. Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia. Grimes, 2A inch mini
mum, 75c; "le-inch minimum. s1d 1.10;
"a inch minimum. S1.15 41.25: all sizes,
ripe, 500 75c; Staymans 2A Inch mini
mum, IS q 9Oc; 2h-inch minimum, $1.25
d1.35; 2sa inch minimum, $1.4O61 SO;
IU S. Utility. 65CG S125 as to size
Yorks. 2l,-inch minimum. Use: 21a-inch
minimum. $l.10d lis; "a inch mini
mum. S125: Sinch minimum. $l35: U.
IS. Utility, 65cq$1. as to size; Black
Twigs 2ta-inch minimum, $11OG1.15:
2% inch minimum. $1@5G1.35: 3-inch
minimum. s1.35@1.5o; l. S. Utility, 81
Oils, as to size; Delicious. 2h inch
minimum, $1.1091.15; 2la-inch mini
mum 81 s5@15O 2h,inGh Oh = minimum ii in
to size; Golden Delicious, 2h-inch
minimum. S5G9oc; az inch minimum.
$1.25@135: ~ inch minimum, $1.40 q
I15O; U. S. Utility, 75c@$1.1o;, ripe. soc
a 81, as to size; Paragons, 2la-inch mini
mum, s1.15@1.25; * inch minimum,
Utility. $16115, as to size. Boxes and
cartons, Virginia and Pennsylvania,
Delicious combination extra fancy and
fancy. 113-163s $1.5o@1.75; sO-100s, $3.50
@2.10; c grade. $3.50 1.50 as to size;
fancy, Staymans, 113-150s, $1.4O@1.65:
11S-163s, S135a16O; sS-1OOs, &1.s5@2;
Romes, 113-15os, S1.3531.50; s0-1o0s,
$16O@175: Paragons, 113-15Os, 81 35q
14O: 64-1OOs. &1.5O@I.75.
Broccoli-Market steady. Texas, crates,
$2.25 92.50; fair condition, ..
Brussels sprouts-Market steady. No
carlot arrivals: unbroken car on track.
California. 25-pound drums. 81 IS a..
Cabbage-Market steady. Two New
York. 1 Texas arrived: broken and 4
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NEWS OF MEETINGS

Safe deposit section of the D. C.
Bankers Association meets this
evening in the board room of the
American Security & Trust Co.,
to discuss and vote upon proposed
changes in the bylaws. Later, in
the Gold Room Of the Lee House,
there will be joint meeting with
the auditors section.
Enterprise Building Association
has resources of more than ST..
$4,000, it was reported in the
statement Of Martin A. Cook, sec.
retary. at the anual meeting last
night. The shareholders reelected
all officers of the association.
Michael A. Keane is president;
Fred Klaus, vice president; Mr.
Cook, secretary: James E Con.
nelly, treasurer, and Francis j.
Hayes, assistant secretary.
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Call Carl TO Show
New Hudson Models

New salesrooms will be opened
tomorrow in the Masonic Temple
Building, Georgia and Concord
Avenues, with a special showing
Of the new Hudson models, accord
ing to Edmund o. Carl, vice presi-
dent and general manager of Call
Carl, Inc. Carl Bond, General
sales manager for the Call Carl
Motor Sales Co., will be in charge
at the new salesrooms.
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ID. C. BANKERS
GROUP TO HEAR
HARRY CULSHAW
Philadelphia Will Talk
At Mid-Year Meeting

washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, will hold its
mid.year educational dinner al
the willard Hotel next Tuesday al
$50 q. m. More than 100 mem
bers and guests will attend, 1t was
stated today by William H. Laugh
lin, chairman of the educational
committee.
Harry C. Culshaw. assistant
treasurer of the Pennsylvania Com
pany for Insurance on Lives anc
Granting Annuities, will deliver
the principal address. He is past
president of the Philadelphia
Chapter, A. I. B.
LIST OF SPEAKERS
The group will discuss plans for
the coming semester activities
They will be addressed by Ord
Preston, president of the Union
Trust Company and first vice
president of the D. c. Bankers
Association: Joseph r. Fitzpat.
rick, president of Washington
chapter; Francis E. Robey, chair.
man of the program committee,
who will outline future social
functions; Raymond L. Jones,
chief counsel; Herbert Lawson,
chairman of the mem oership com
mittee, and Raymond B. Dickey,
who will speak for the faculty.
Assisting Mr.. Laughlin in ar.
ranging the meeting were Mr.. Ro-
bey, vice chairman, Bank of Com
merce and Savings: Leona E.
Draeger, secretary, Washington
Loan and Trust; Edward M.
Blaiklock, Washington Loan and
Trust; John M. Christie, Riggs;
Aubrey o. Dooley, Hamilton: Raw.
mond L. Jones, National Metro
politan; Paul j. Seltzer, American
Security and Trust: Frances E.
Nagel, Riggs; Robert H. Lacey;
Columbia; G. Elmer Flather,
Union Trust: T. Hunton Leith,
Security Savings and CONNER
cial; J. Earle McGeary, w. B.
H1bbS: Richard A. Norris, Lincoln
National; Frank M. PerIey, Ameri-
can Security and Trust; Walton
L. Sanderson, Hamilton; G. Craw-
ford Turnbull, Morris Plan:
James B. Ahalt, City Bank.
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"No Incentive"

They used to get on an aver
age of two pesos a day. Now
they're getting 1.5O, the wage
the oank advances against har.
vest, plus a split IN the crop
profitS-if any. The trouble is
there aren't any. Besides these
poems don't want to work. Aside
from their natural inclinations,
they have no incentive to i'm.
prove the land because they're
not the owners of It. All they're
interested in is to get as much
money as they can out of the
bank"
A mestizo cotton planter, whose
ranch of 10000 acres has beer
appropriated, told the writer thu
fate of his 40,000-peSo bungalow
They turned it over to the
ejidatarios," he said, with all
its furnishings. The next day
pigs and chickens were around
the Railways, and the poems
had chopped up a lot of the
furniture to build fires to make
tortillaS.
THE ejido foremen, all Com.
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"Won't Get Up"

zone reason why our produc-
ton has dropped more than q
fourth is because poems won't
work unless they're supervised.
We used to get them up at $3.50.
We had learned by experience
they were most efficient in the
cool of the morning. BY noon
when they knocked off they
would have performed six hours
good labor. Now they lie in bed
until 7:30 and don't get into the
fields until about 8 o'clock.
That only gives them three
hours labor, for they still quit
for the day at noon.
Forty years ago the Laguna
district was a wilderness OF
mesquite bush. We reclaimed
it. We made it the most out
standing agricultural section in
Mexico-a place to which out
siders would come and stare In
amazement. The credit OF q
Laguna man was unlimited.
His word was as good as q gold
bond.
Now all of us are wiped
out"
The concluding article in thi
series will appear tomorrow II
The Times.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Bank Losses

Private banks in the city of Tor
reon, capital of the Laguna dis
trict. sustained a total loss of 10
100000 pesos. Two failed outrigh
and a third, after losing 5000, ,00C
pesos, was able to remain opel
only by reducing its capitalization
to 100000 pesos.
I'VE now have in the district"
a Torreon financier told the
writer. mo fewer than 1000
private landowners who h a v e
been left penniless-men who
could once write their checks
for from 100000 to 100000
pesos.
They used to pay taxes in the
Laguna district alone of about
100000 pesos a year. That's
gone. And then there's the loss
of their purchasing power. Be
sides their business with our
local merchants they would buy
new American cars every year.
Your Detroit motor industry is
going to take that loss.
Il think the Cardenas land
experiment will fail here, as it
has elsewhere in Mexico. AS
Stunning these poems were profit
motive which they
aren't-there is no incentive for
them to beStir themselves.
They're just working for some
body now the same as they've
always done. Only this time it
happens to be the government.
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munists, have taught the poems
to hate us. They tell them we
made slaves Of them. We were
paying a minimum wage of 2.25
pesos a day, plus pay for the
seventh day. Also We supplied
a school teacher and medical
care.
Under the present ejido set
up, the poems are working only
three days a week, and getting
Its pesos a day. And that's all.
"Our ranch was producing on
an average of 1000 bales a year
and in exceptional years $4,000.
The best the ejidatarioS have
done SO far is 500 bales a year.
The bank hasn't the money to
back them further, so they're
renting part of the land out to
other tenants.
ALSO they're tricking the gov
ernment. Instead Of cotton
they're raising wheat. There's
no government control Of wheat.
They can grow it, sell it and
pocket the money themselves.
They don't have to fight the
johnson grass, either. It's q
weed that literally runs under
ground. A ranch owner has to
fight it like a plague. Cotton
can't grow where it exists. Since
1886 twice as much cotton grass
has developed in the Laguna
district as in all the past 70
years.
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TOO MUCH AUTHORITY

Then he went on to get in a
hot shot at the statesman who
should attempt to direct private
people in what manner they ought
to employ their capitals" OF such
a Would-be brain truster, he says:
He would not only load himself
with a most unnecessary atten-
ton, but assume an authority
which could safely be trusted. not
only to no single person, but to no
council
Surely, in our present unem-
ployed, betaXed, and debt-bur-
dened condition we can agree that
it has been a mistake to trust the
limited judgement of one man.
Adam Smiths thought about
dictators is Just one of many
points which remind us how the
same old errors come up again
and again.
For example. he was much in
fluenced by reaction against "mer-
cantllism,' which was the scheme
of Government control over econo-
mic life which existed before his
day.
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|. Q. Answers
Questions on PAGE 10Y

la. 2.11,000. SC. 4. Time
measured by the apparent
diurnal motion of the sun, noon
being the moment when the sun
is on the meridian. S. No.
Atlantic or Intercolonial pro
vinciaD time. 6. About 180 de-
grees longitude, Pacific Ocean.
a. One day later for those cross
ing from east to west and one
day earlier for those crossing
west to east. 7.Nine birthdays.
No leap year in 1900. 8. 1856.
9. Ten minutes 20 53/143 Sec
ondS after /.
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this week at
t e n ding the
annual confer
ence of the Ma
tional r e t a i ]
Furniture Asso-
C / a tion held
here this week.
He adds:
I'm more
incl ined to
cast my lot
with the opti-
mist, because
pra c tt cally
every sign on
t h e business
horizon looks
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~ ~
government in.
reference with
business.
T h G ! e i S
nothing new in
veTn N c mt
control or so
Cial planning.
They are old as
the hills. Nat
ur lily, there
+ o L c Adam
S m t n d e a 1t
with the sub
,ject, although
he lived in the
eighteenth cen
4 ,-,r. O u q r
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CONTINUED from Local Page)

tCOntinued from Local Page
can work. If the bankbooks show
profits for a given ejido group at
the close of the season, Tne bank
distributes them after deducting
the s per cent it charges for loans.
If no profit is shown, the ejido
receives notices it is in debt.
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. II G.N.SD
Opening foreign exchange cable
rates: Sterling, $4.67 5 16; franc
.0263 1916; Ira, .O526I2; guilder
.5440; mark, .4013; Swiss, .3260l4;
Canada, 1916,
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
18TH CENTURY
ADVICE CITED
FOR new DEAL
Adam Smiths Warning
Was Sound
Bv LEWIS HANEY
Professor of Economics, New York
University

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-Yester-
day, when lecturing to a class in
the history of economic thought,
I came as I do once a year. to the
ideas Of Adam Smith concernlng
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Washington students In private parO-
Chial and public schools follow Fac.
ulty Meeting" and "Student Assembly"
pages every Sunday in the Washington
Herald.Times "A distinct cOntribu-
tiOn to education in the District" say
educators Be sure to read them
Sunday =. Telephone Republic 1884
for home delivery service.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

called the father Of political econ.
omy. In his famous work on the
wealth of nations. he wrote:
Every individual. it is evident
can. in his local situation. judge
much better than any states
man or law giver can do for him"
as to what to do in his business.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Trade Rise Forecast
By Forbes in Spring
Predicts Outlook for Furniture Is Better
Than Other Lines
By B. O. FORBES

CHICAGO Jan. 11-"Somewhere between the gloomy
outlook of the retailer whose December business
hot and the rosy forecast of the merchant who fell
in late 1887 far that his December 1885, sales ticked
him-that's the picture for the next six months"
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
IndianS Fight CardenAS' Reforms

100000 pesos on the venture in
'37, and an estimated 25,000,O00
in '38.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

'Ex. dividend books closed. tPlus
extras. e2 per cent extra. f3 per cent
extra. h75c extra. g$14 extra paid De-
cember 20, 1888. k3Oc extra. m$3 extra.
p5Oc paid September 20. 1888. $50 paid
in
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Roscoe r. Rau sums up the out
look for the hundreds of merchants
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Washington Stocks

SALES
Washington Gas SIS 1860, $1,000
@126l2.
American Tel. & Tel, 20 $50.
Potomac Electric 5l2 per cent
pfd. 1@116.
Potomac Electric per cent pfd,
Ia 1854.
Washington Gas Company, 100
30, 10@30, 10@30.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 6 per cent pf Z
"a l16
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

The concluding article in this
series will appear tomorrow IN
The Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-26
Christian EndeavOr
Presents Radio Hour
On WIND February 2

The Montgomery County Chris
tan Endeavor Union will present a
radio program over station WIND
in Frederick Thursday, February 2,
from 3:45 to 4:30. 1t will mark the
58th anniversary of the movement.
The program marks the first Of the
Christian Endeavor Week" which
extends from January % to Feb
ruary 5.
A musical program by the young
people of the several societies and
short talks will feature.
Christian Endeavor Week will be
concluded by a county rally in the
Rockville Christian Church on Feb
ruary s at 7:30 p. M. in connection
with the Union Services of the
Rockville Churches. The speaker of
the evening will be Ernst R. Bryan,
speaker and forum leader of national
reclamation. He is also a trustee
and Superintendent of the World
Peace Department of the Inter-
national Society of Christian En-
deavor and assistant treasurer of
the Allied Youth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-26
Josiah w. Jones
Resigns Post AS.
Farm Bureau Head
Succeeded By James d.
King After Serving AS
President 20 Years

Josiah w. Jones, president of the
Montgomery County Farm Bureau for
20 years, resigned this week at a
meeting of the Board of Directors.
James D. King, Germantown farmer,
succeeds to the post.
Although Mr.. Jones is able to trace
his ancestry to the romantic Stuarts
of England he is a firm believer that
the aristocracy Of the soil is far SUI
perior to the decadent glitter of tot
tering castles and uneasy thrones. He
believes anu practices the principle
mot to be proud of your ancestor,
but to so live that your ancestors
would have been proud of you".
Every farmer in Montgomery
county knows that "Cy" Jones has
first hand knowledge of every farm
topic he discusses. If some one asks
him question, the answer to which
he does not know, he never tries to
bluff his way through, but always
admits that he does not know-and
adds that he will find out from those
who are more familiar with the sub
ject. That perhaps, has been the
secret of Mr.. Jones success as a farm
leader and practical agriculturist.
Born in 1870 at "The Briers" near
Olney, the ancestral home of that
branch of the Jones family, Mr.. Jones
at an early age, informed his parents
that his birthplace would be the scene
of his life's drama. The death of hi;
father, j. w. Jones, ST., while The
youth was in his early teens made il
incumbent upon him to make the liv.
ing for the family. ''The Briers" con
sists of nine different tracts pur
chased by forebears of Mr.. Jones
from time to time. At the present day
the farm has 500 acres of fertile
highly cultivated land, adapted tc
either general farming or animal hus-
bandry. All of the many modern
farm buildings have been erected by
Mr.. Jones or his father before him.
Mr.. Jones has farmed actively fol
40 years and still supervises the man
agement of his estate. He is firmly
convinced that the Montgomery
county farmer has his future revealed
in the growth of the cattle-raising in
dustry and that the old rotation o.
crops or general farming scheme fol
SO long extant in this county, ha:
served its day and that organization
and sympathetic employment of mod
(Continued on page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-26
Wipe Out Livestock Diseases
IAN EditorsGl)

At Tuesdays meeting of the Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners there appeared committee
from the Montgomery County Farm Bureau seeking
restoration of ten percent budget cut for livestock
disease control which was never put back when the
general restoration of salaries took place. While we
feel the worthiness of this petition is beyond ques-
ton, purpose is to comment on this phase of
governmental work as it lends itself to dual pur-
pose namely, to free the county farmers of economic
losses incurred, but much important still is it's
effect on the public health of our citizens.
Many of our readers will recall that during the
infancy of livestock sanitation work approximately
ten years ago. practically every herd of cattle in the
county was contaminated with tuberculosis and, in
some cases. entire herds lost from this disease.
With only working at the job such conditions
have changed to point where single reactor cow
becomes neighborhood With the stamping
out of the disease the death rate from tuberculosis
among human beings has been reduced from the
major to the minor importance
Judging from results of the tuberculosis eradif-
cation campaign the county public can well afford
to support intellectually the campaigns now in
progress chiefly that of Bangs disease, Hog Cholera,
and Rabies control The qualification of these will
be of great economic importance to the county and
will mean less suffering from human diseases result
ing from them.
The program suggested by the Farm Bureau
should not only meet with whole-hearted support in
Montgomery County, but the farmers due vote
of thanks for being willing to cooperate in public
health matters, when it means great inconvenience
and loss in making the necessary adjustments on
their own farms.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-26
Assembly Passes
Merit Repeal Act
For Montgomery
Civil Service Statute Was
Held Up By Suit Brought
By Employees

The Legislature this week passed
the measure repeating the Merit
system law for Montgomery County
and it now awaits the Governors
signature.
The law was enacted in 1887 but
never became operative because of a
suit brought by employees affected.
There was question of the legality
of the measure in that the original
bill was altered before it reached
the Governors desk and so would
become operative in 1887 instead of
1889.
Senator Robert Peter asked and
secured a suspension of rules to has
ten the passage of the bill in the
upper chamber.
It is expected that the signing OF
the repeal measure will pave the
way for the reinstatement of new
employees in the county courthouse
and in various other county offices
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-26
Sen. Robert Peter
Introduces Bill
To Enlarge Town
Annexation Measure Will
Affect 80 Homes; 100000
In Property

A measure providing for the annex
alton OF portion of West Rockville
has been introduced in the Senate by
State Senator Robert Peter. The ter
ritory affected will include about 80
pieces of property and will add over
100000 to the Town assessment
figures.
The bill bears the endorsement of
the Mayor and Town Council and was
drafted by, Attorney Barnard Welsh,
corporation counsel. 1t is understood
that practically every property owner
within the area supports the move.
Town water and sewer hook-ups
will thus be afforded these taxpayers
and a number are already enjoying
privileges normally belonging to
those in the corporation. John Mac
Donald, town engineer, has made a
survey of the area.