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The Governor Warns Governor Leslie warns the rich that unless they give generously to take care of the poor, they may expect the legislature next year to take away their money. Whether he is correct or not in saying that it is the duty of the rich to take care pf the poor may be questioned. It is certainly expedient for them to do so on the same principle that armies and police forces are maintained. A sensible adjustment of the economic machinery would make the question meaningless, for justice wouid enable every man to Work and be self supporting, not compelled to live upon the charity of the rich, either Voluntary or involuntary. But the warning of the Governor, timely Und by far the most social utterance he has ever given, should be heeded by those who may fear legislative action. At the last session, the rich did very well for themselves in killing all suggestions for jin income tax as a means of relieving farmers and the small home owners who are likely In time to need the help of the rich. One of the causes of distress at the present time is the unfair distribution of the cost of government. The man who amassed a little real estate which he calls his home is taxed to the limit. Those who have huge incomes from stocks escape. The result is an increasing number of those who need aid. Whether the rich given generously or stingily, there is bound to be some form of legislative action next year. When the Governor warns, it is time to Stop, look and listen. Save the Treaties That Tokio peace group is trying to curb the Japanese war lords who have made war against a defenseless neighbor. .Under the Japanese system the fo'ar lords are not responsible to the rest of the cabinet, but only to the emperor. The American public doubtless will appreciate the ttate department’s effort to strengthen the hands of the Japanese peace group and to take no unnecessary action which the war party could use to inflame war sentiment, but it is leaning on a very weak feed when it trusts all to a Tokio government which lias proved powerless for six days, and which thus is £ government more in name than in fact. Unless the Washington government acts soon to Restore the integrity of its treaties in the Manchupan crisis, the peace machinery built up after the t/avail of the World war will be worthless junk. If that happens the international situation will be grave Indeed. Settlement of Japan's war of aggression against China in itself is a serious enough problem. But it insignificant, compared with the larger issue of rescuing the world peace machinery. The state departmnt, apparently, sees wily the first and is partly blind ito the second. Policy of the state department seems to be to preserve at all cost the friendship and co-operation of the Shidehara peace group in the Tokio cabinet. The best the state department could achieve, under this policy, would be Japanese withdrawal of troops. Meanwhile, there is danger that the worst jmay happen, that a massacre may occur and give the Japanese war lords their long sought opportunity lor complete and permanent occupation of Manchuria. Even assuming success of the state department policy and withdrawal of Japanese troops, that alone (pill not save the peace treaties. Japan has violated the nine-power Pacific treaty md the Kellogg pact—not to mention her League of Nations’ obligations. The only way to keep those treaties alive is for one or more of the signatories, (who guarantee those treaties, to take action under those treaties for neutral mediation and settlement. Otherwise, a precedent has been set by which any potion in the world can violate those treaties without fear of international Intervention to preserve peace. Any aggressor nation hereafter can say, and justly, tjiat the powers accepted Japan's action as not violating these treaties. That is not an imaginary danger. France today bases her entire diplomatic and military policy on the argument that the peace treaties are ineffective, bnd thereby justifies her refusal to reduce armaments. ICJpon that argument will hang the success or failure |>f the coming world disarmament conference. If the peace and disarmament advocates, which Include the United States government, have to admit that the peace treaties could not protect China against Japanese aggression, then France’s argument will be proved up to the hilt. If the United States government can not make these peace treaties operate—by diplomatic demands, or by economic boycott, if necessary—how does it expect the American people or the world to retain any faith in peace treaties and disarmament? We believe these treaties can be made to work, jit least, the state department can try.

Without Bloodshed It is gratifying to learn that officials of at least two cities are refusing to evict from their homes unemployed workers who can’t pay the rent. Too rarely, In the past, have officers of the law remembered that the power they serve is a creation of human beings Resigned to help and protect them, not to tyrannize br demand wanton human sacrifices. It may seem to the unthinking that this refusal of officials to carry out eviction mandates imperils law and order, that men with less respect for property rights than for human rights are dangerous—probably are secret agents of Moscow. A little serious thought, however, should lead to the understanding that safety lies in a policy of wise tolerance on the part of authorities through the trying winter ahead. Officials who regard with sympathy the desperate problems of the poor might, while violating their oaths pa agents of law enforcement, at the same time prevent rioting; might, while refusing to take drastic steps to protect property rights in rents, preserve property itself from destruction; might, while ignoring trivial demands of the law, make possible continuance of this government without violence. Great Britain has shown us the way by handling It naval mutiny by use of intelligence instead of force.

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Our Drunken Veterans There are many kinds of intemperance. A person can be intemperate in his eating and in his drinking. And he can be intemperate in what he says. , Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, was intemperate when he referred to the members of the American Legion who voted for a referendum on prohibition as “staggering drunks who disgraced the uniform.” Probably some of the legionnaires did drink too much, since plenty of good liquor and beer was to be had in dripping wet Detroit and across the border in Canada. But it hardly is to be supposed that the million members of the legion selected a crowd of dipsomaniacs to represent them in Detroit. Nor will slanders from the pious doctor, whose mission in life is regulating the morals and habits of his fellow-men, alter the fact that the legionnaires voted and acted pretty much as any other group of Americans would have done. And one of their chief reasons for repudiating prohibition was rebellion at the political domination of the professional dry minority. How Many Are Unemployed? One of the most bitterly controverted questions in the present depression is the actual number unemployed. This is of crucial importance, both as to immediate relief measures and to the deeper plans for our economic rehabilitation. Extreme inaccuracies in either direction are likely to throw any plan for relief or recovery into confusion and disaster. One of the most original and interesting attempts to estimate the number is contained in an article in the New Republic by William P. Mangold. He has made use of the new figures on employment in the United States census: “The complete summary of employment in the 1930 census recently made public is especially valuable. For the first time in recent years it provides full data on the number of workers gainfully employed in each of the important occupational groups—manufacturing, trade, transportation, mining, construction, and so on. “By having this actual bench mark for the workers in each important group, as of April, 1930, it is possible to compute the number who have lost their jobs in the last fifteen months—provided we know the percentage decline in employment in each group.” For the latter figures, Mangold relies upon the index of employment published by the bureau of labor statistics. On this basis, the eight groups of workers clasifled in the bureau of labor statistics, totaling about exactly half of all workers employed, show a decrease of some 4,622,000 since April, 1930. The bureau publishes no index of recent changes in employment for the remaining 24,000,000 employed in April, 1930. Many of these represent types of workers whose industrial situation is more precarious than that of the eight classified groups. Therefore, a minimum estimate of the number here who have lost their jobs since April, 1930, would be 1,500,000. This would give a total of 6,122,000 who have lost their positions in all industries. The census listed 3,188,000 as the number unemployed in April, 1930. Hence, we have a grand total, according to a minimum estimate, of 9,310,000 out of work today. The maximum estimate on the basis of these figures would be 10,560,000. Mangold admits the possibility that some who have lost their jobs according to the bureau statistics may have since obtained positions in bootlegging, racketeering, and other Industries which are not classified in the indices of the bureau. Yet, it seems likely that any such item is much more than compensated for by Mangold’s very restrained estimate of 1,500,000 as the number who have lost their jobs in the industrial groups—totaling 24,000,000—n0t classified in the bureau employment statistics. Mangold’s figures may be offered for what they are worth, and as a challenge to optimistic statisticians who may dispute his contentions. If they hold water, it means that we have around 10,000,000 able-bodied workers out of employment today. Those responsible for dealing with the economic and employment situation either ruthlessly should tear up his estimates or realistically lay plans to cope with a challenge to leadership on the scale which these figures indicate. Mayor Jimmy Walker has been decorated by six European countries. That’s one publicity stunt California muffed. Six Chicago police captains were shifted in a “war” on gambling. With the professionals out of the way. that puts the game on the up and up. One form of insurance is to write your memoirs to be sold after your death.* There may be some question about bootleg liquor, but it's a cinch airplane gasoline is good to the last drop.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ASAD little letter has come from an ambitious 17-year-old girl who has met disappointment early in life, when her dreams of a college education are shattered. "I feel,” she writes, “as it all my hopes were dead. I always have believed that one is handicapped fearfully without a college education, and have looked forward since childhood to having one. I am stunned and in despair.” No doubt there are any number of young persons who look just as hopelessly into their future, for this year of black depression will cut short or prevent entirely many college careers. I would not be one to minimize the merits of the higher education. But it is not stretching the truth to say that it is possible to build a fine, intellectual and happy existence without one. * M U r)R the average student, the contacts made at school are the best acquisitions from four years on any campus. Except for those who specialize in a particular profession and follow that profession through life, college is a smattering of facts upon a good many subjects, about one-third of which may be forgotten completely a decade afterward. So far as learning is concerned, one must acquire that for oneself, in any event. If Miss 17 will look about her for a time, she will discover that there are a great many educated fools at large these days. And a correspondingly large number of clever persons who do not boast a degree. All, therefore, Is not lost. A sincere effort to learn wherever one may be, an open mind, the cultivation of an insight into the hearts of men and women, a soul receptive to the glories of life and the beauties of the earth—these things are the very essence of all education. And they may be had anywhefg by any one who truly desires to possess them.

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No Sooner Does a Theory Show Up, Than We Accept It as God's Own Remedy for Every Affliction. THIS is still a human world, in spite of all the gadgets and dewdads, and its greatest mystery is man. Look at Russia, Manchuria, the pound sterling, or the Collings murder. Why are Japanese soldiers on the march? Why is the pound sterling worth only $3.49, when it was virtually at par two months ago? What caused two strangers to board that little yacht in the night and murder its owner for no apparent reason? We chase the illusionment that the whole set-up can be card catalogued and indexed, and maybe it can, but not for a long, long time. M * K More Ambitious Idea THE old boys had an idea that if they brought up children to be honest and good sports, they had done about all that could be done, outside of a few mechanical inventions for creature comfort. We have a much more ambitious idea, which visualizes society as a mechanism and the possibility of its control by a switchboard. This idea finds expression through dry laws in our country and Communism in Russia, not to mention a whole raft of less consequential examples. a a a We Felt Too Sure STUDY and experimentation along such lines are desirable, but we are not content with that. No sooner does a theory show up, than we proceed to accept it as God’s own remedy for every affliction. Though the Soviet government has been a going concern for only four years, George Bernard Shaw feels that it is the most perfect form of statecraft yet devised. The moment the federal reserve system had been established here, we all rushed to slap each other on the back with the assurance that something had at last been done to prevent panics.

Likely to Act Foolish Superstitious faith in new devices and novel ideas has caused much unnecessary trouble. But for the blind confidence in our federal reserve system, we might have been more cautious in the boom. Whenever people get the notion that they are protected by a foolproof scheme, they are likely to act foolish. Captain Smith of the Titanic imagined that he was sailing an unsinkable ship. If he hadn’t been so sure, he might have insisted on a sharper lookout and avoided that iceberg. a a a Took Advantage of It ONCE the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act had been adopted, we sat down to the comfortable thought that crime would diminish. There was a general letting down of vigilance, especially on the part of dry enthusiasts, except with regard to bootlegging. Alert criminals could have asked no more favorable situation, and the result shows how successfully they took advantage of it. ana Brought on Slump ALLIED nations emerged from the war believing that Germany would foot a large portion of the bill. They were not wholly to blame, since that is what many leaders had promised. That is one reason why the impossible load of debt was not recognized and dealt with sooner, why it was allowed to drag on, until it virtually had bankrupted several great governments and brought on the worst trade slump in recent history. Didn't Work Head W"E Americans emerged from the war assuming that we had the world’s maritime trade nicely sewed up. Our reasoning seemed perfect at the time. German submarines had sunk 14,000,000 tons of shipping and we had constructed a great fleet to take its place. Well, something didn’t work right, chiefly because we were so sure. a a a It Is Dangerous YOU often wonder why a grammar school graduate succeeds where a college man fails. More often than not, it is because the former realizes that he has a lot to learn and must work harder. The same thing applies to the greatest of enterprises, even to nations. Just now, we Americans feel quite cocky on account of our huge gold reserve and unassailable credit. The idea prevails that we could let down quite a bit in our efforts and still keep ahead of other countries. That’s just the dope of success, and it’s dangerous.

People’s Voice

Editor Times—As a taxpayer I should like an explanation of a matter that to me looks like waste of public funds. I live near 5136 East Michigan street. Almost every morning at about 10 o’clock I leave my home to report for duty on my job. At this time there stands in front of the dwelling numbered as above, an automobile marked ‘‘Car 101, BoaM of Health.” It has stood there all the previous night. What is the explanation? Is it possible that an employe of the board of health is furnished a car and the necessary gas for his own personal and private use at public expense? I see a lot of references in the papers regarding tax reduction. So long as pubLc funds are subject to raids for private benefit, of which the above seems to be an example, there’ll be no tax reduction worth considering. ALSO A TAXPAYER. Is it proper to call only citizens of the United States, Americans? By long established usage the word American is popularly understood to mean one who is a citizen of the United States of North America. Technically, of course, the word applies to all inhabitants of the western hemisphere or of North, Central and South America.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE College Girls Lax in Health Rules

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvgeia, the Health Magazine. THE girl in college is likely to suffer from all the complaints suffered by girls who are not in college and, in addition, from special complaints associated with the kind of life that college girls lead. In other words, intensity of attention, much reading and a sedentary life bring on complaints which come to the attention of college physicians. Recently, Drs. E. W. Steam and G. R. Mitchell reported on 225 girls in a small college in Missouri. The girls were from 16 to 21 years of age. Seventy-eight per cent complained of headaches varying from three times a week to twice a year. There is no single cause of headaches. Eyestrain, nervousness, worry and disturbances of digestion are among the main causes. Because the causes are not eliminated, the girls continue to suffer and, like people generally, try all sorts of remedies, including sedatives, pain-relieving remedies, pills of all kinds, laxatives and soda water. The condition called “growing pains” affects young girls exactly as

IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BROUN D

“TN this day of crisis,” writes a JL reader, Bernard Rifkin, “with Japan and China in the throes of what threatens to be a war, with Russia mobilizing on the Manchurian border, with England off the gold standard, congratulations on your burning article in today’s World-Telegram giving three cheers for Lefty Grove. Comradely Yours,—” The answer to this is “Stuff and nonsense!” On the whole, the column has been, I should say, somewhat more concerned with serious topics than usual. Only the day before the Lefty Grove piece this particular pasture undertook to suggest some immediate remedies which ought to be taken for the healing of the world’s wounds. a a a A Change in Diet BUT I have no intention now, nor has it ever seemed to me a useful practice, to harp continually upon one mood. There is, of course, ample opportunity for serious discussion every day. But the writer who allows himself to stick too constantly to topics of tragic import is very likely to grow stale. And his readers, if any, will become overtrained and overstrained even before he does. Indeed, it might be pertinent to select a moral out of the career and technique of Lefty Grove, who so offends Comrade Rifkin. In his early days as a big leaguer Grove faltered upon many occasions because he endeavored to put everything he had into each pitch. He could not even allow himself a proper period of relaxation between deliveries. The story goes that Cochrane, the

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BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH Sept. 26 ON Sept. 26, 1917, the English made a smashing drive on a six-mile front from half a mile to a mile deep in Flanders. South of the Ypres-Menin road the English home troops completed the capture of the Twoer Hamlets Spur, and gained their objective—the German concrete works on its further slope. In the center some companies of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders met with a stubborn resistance, so that the assault further north was carried into the afternoon with the Australians clearing the remainder of the Polygon Wood and the English, Scotch and Welsh battalions accomplishing their remote objective —Zonnebeke, a mile away. On the extreme left the North Midland and London Territorials reached their objectives on both sides of the Wieltje-Gravenstafel and St. Julien-Gravenstafel roads. This advance reached half a mile through a maze of fortified farms and concrete redoubts.

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it does young men. These pains, physicians find, are due in the vast majority of cases to rheumatic infection. When these pains occur sources must be sought in the tonsils, the throat, the teeth, the nose, the ears, and indeed in all the breathing tract. College girls are likely to suffer also with disturbances of their periodic functions. Modern attitude toward such disturbances tends to overcome them by leading a normal life. The common cold causes a great loss of time and efficiency. So far as we know the only method of lessening the number of colds is proper food, clothing, sleep and bathing, the avoidance of exposure, the cleaning up of obstructions in the nose and throat and finally plenty of sunlight. Os special interest in relationship to the health of the college girl is the question of diet. Notwithstanding their education, the girls are hungry because they oat little at meal times and much between meals. The majority gain in weight. Reducing is haphazard, and In many cases carried out in a dangerous manner.

catcher, suggested to him that he stand still on the rubber and count up to twelve between windups. This had some salutary effect for a while and managed to preserve the keen edge of the southpaw’s speed through a nine-inning stretch. But eventually some wise man of an opposing club discovered the timing of Grove, and that particular team drove the pitcher to frenzy by having each batter count to himself and at the stroke of 12 step out of the box and leave Lefty floundering. It was the discovery of quite another asset which made Grove the greatest moundsman of his day, if not of all time. By dint of careful practice, he mastered a change of pace. And when the batter was all set for speed he would feed him a slow one. an n The Way of All Delusions AND what is good for pitchers may also be of use to columnists. Newspapermen are limited in the amount of fiery utterance which they can produce, and it serves to make them more effective if they do not bear down in each daily column. Nor does this device, generally speaking, render a commentator more tame. On the contrary, it gives him an added zest when he feels equipped in mood and material to cut loose to the best of his ability. After long years I think every columnist ought to take stock upon occasion and listen to the advice of his best friends and severest critics. A man who seems to me one of the ablest of all journalists, although he is even more famous as a musician, gave me a picture of myself the other night which was disturbing. It was on the whole complimentary, and yet it warred against a notion which I have held strongly for a long time. “I think, Heywood,” said Deems Taylor, “that you do your best work when you sneak up behind somebody instead of making a direct frontal attack. In my opinion, the most effective things you’ve ever done have been in the manner of a savage kind of kidding. “Then I feel that you often do get under the skin of your adversary. When you just get mad and slug, it seems to me that you’re likely to miss your mark.” This may be true. But if so it shatters my pet delusion. My pet delusion has always been that I could make my best showing on such days as I was filled with a blind fury concerning some person or thing. I still take pride in a couple of columns which I did many years ago on the Sacco and Vanzetti case. And at that time I wasn’t kidding anybody. I was trying to hit and kick and bite and scratch all at the same time. nan Even a Columnist Has ’Em STILL I had no remorse when some readers protested because I allowed the last anniversary of the execution to lapse without a column bearing upon the issues which were current then and which still prevail. On that day, as I

Injudicious diet not regulated by knowledge of essential foods tends to produce constipation and also to lower resistance to disease. It is also strange to find that college girls who certainly have been taught the elements of hygiene and the dangers of self-dosing seem to indulge liberally in proprietary laxatives and cathartics, and in all sorts of medicine for coughs, colds, the liver, stomach trouble, nervousness, painful physiologic functions, and even loss of vitality. It was found that 68 out of the 225 girls indulged in such remedies. None of them took reducing pills, but 36 per cent dieted constantly to reduce weight. One hundred forty-nine of the girls .regularly took aspirin—ll 6of them for headaches; 41 for menstruation: 20 for colds; one for hayfever; 13 to produce sleep: three for nervousness, and two for the heart. The danger of self-dosing is indicated by this survey, because some of these conditions were serious enough to demand most careful medical consideration and others might have been eliminated by proper attention to diet and hygiene.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most Interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitode of this paper.—The Editor

remember, I did something about precision in the use of the English language and discussed the relative merits of “It’s me” and “It is I.” I don’t need to apologize for that. On the afternoon in question I wasn’t in a kicking, scratching mood. And those things can only be faked by writers of sheer genius or at least considerable talent. I am not disposed to believe that added years have made me a more cynical or less contentious person. In spite of the faltering footsteps of middle age, I think I still carry a chip on either shoulder. But heavens alive! I can’t be mad every -morning. Sometimes the weather is too propitious. The news down at the theater may be good. And even a minor triumph at poker or contract bridge can bring temporary surcease to the most embittered or passionate soul. After all, I never pretended to be as dedicated as a Gandhi or' as sin-gle-tracked as an Ella Booe. Indeed, I was somewhat disturbed a week or so ago when a newspaper friend declared in print that I was in grave danger of becoming a sort of columnar St. Francis and would be known among my colleagues as i “Dear Old Uncle Heywood.” The danger, I protest, is somewhat exaggerated. Like millions of other mortals, I am not wholly free from the messianic complex. But I would diagnose it as “just a touch.” (Copyright. 1931. bv The Times) What is the value of a United States 10-cent paper money, issue of 1863, perforated edges, facsimile of a 10-cent stamp, Washington, green? It is valued at 30 cents if in new and perfect condition. The same with plain edges is valued at 15 cents.

Cornelia Was Right When this famous Roman matron was asked to show her jewels, you remember, she presented her sons, saying, “these are my jewels!” There are no jewels half so precious as those children of yours. Their health is the family's best asset. Our Washington bureau has a packet of five of its interesting, informative and authoritative bulletins on Child Health and Welfare. These are the titles: 1. Your Child’s Health 3. Infant Care in Summertime 2. Care of the Baby 4. Poor for Children __ 5. Sex Education in the Home If you want this packet of five bulletins, fill out the coupon below and send for it. Dept. B-3, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want the packet of five bulletins on CHILD HEALTH AND WELFARE and inclose herewith 15 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps to cover return postage and handling costs. NAME STREET AND N0..... CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

.SEPT. 26,1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ New Pipes of Asbestos and Cement Mixture May Eliminate Hazard of Breakage by Freezing. PIPES made from a mixture of asbestos fiber and cement are being tried in place of iron or steel pipes in Belgium, according to the Belgian correspondent of the American Chemical Society. The new pipes were developed first in Italy. The mixture of asbestos and cement is knowm under various names in Europe, flbrocement and eternite being two of them. The material has been in use for about thirty years for roofing sheets, fireproof shingles, and similar uses. A first-hand study of the Italian piping systems of flbrocement was made by Professor Francois of the University of Brussels, and Professor Van Hecke of the University of Louvain. They found that in Genoa pipes of flbrocement were used in preference to iron pipes for the fire mains. These mains contain sea water and it was said that the salt would make the use of iron pipes impossible because of corrosion. The professors reported that in certain localities last winter the temperature dropppd so low that where the pipes were exposed the salt water froze but that the pipes did not break. It is reported that flbrocement pipes can be made in any diameter and with wall of any thickness. It is planned to try them out for gas mains also in Belgium. a a m Fermentation Institute THE Belgian correspondent of the American Chemical Society also reports the establishment of a new research institution in Brussels. It is called the Institute of Fermentation. The official name is “Institute National des Industries de Fermentation.” A special feature of this new institute is a “university section,” open to students of advanced standing, those who already have their Ph. D. degree or its equivalent. A series of lectures is to be given to this section by such authorities as Doctors Calmette. Fembach and Roux of the Pasteur Institute of Paris. Another feature of the institute is to be a minature brewery. This brewery, which has been recently in operation at the Liege exposition, is to be moved soon into the institute. The fermentation industries, particularly brewing, are among the most important ones in Belgium. The nation’s largest breweries are in Brussels. Dr. Van Laer, a well-known biochemist, is director of the new institute. The Belgian correspondent also reports news from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which is wedged in, as the map will show you, between Belgium, France and Germany. The depression has not failed to hit Luxembourg, just as it has struck the rest of the world, he says. n n a Beer Production THE production of beer is one oi the few industries which have shown expansion in Luxembourg, he writes. In 1926. the production was 37,778 hectoliters. In 1930, it was 562,808 hectoliters. The chief industry of Luxembourg is metallurgy. Iron is produced from the phosphated ores of the country with the aid of coal brought in from Belgium and Germany. Transactions between Belgium and Luxembourg are controlled by the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union, established in 1923. Crude steel production for 1929 was 2,702,252 tons. It fell off 16 per cent in 1930, dropping to 2,269,892 tons. Tn 1929 there were thirty-eight blast furnaces in operation in the country. At present only twentyeight are working. In 1929, the furnaces consumed 6,065,399 tons of Luxembourg ore and 4.546,383 tons of foreign ore. This dropped in 1930 to 5,174,569 tons of native ore and 3,968,439 tons of imported ore. Another Luxembourg industry which has been hit hard by the depression is the tanning industry. Exports to Germany have fallen off while exports to France have bepome almost negligible because of the prohibitive import tax. The correspondent reports, .however, that strenuous efforts are being made to keep up employment by employing men who have been thrown out of their regular jobs to make repairs around the factories and do similar jobs.

Daily Thought

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.—Kings 20: 3. It lightens the stroke to draw near to Him who handles the rod. —Washington Irving. Who is the Governor of the Philippines? Dwight F. Davis of Missouri, former secretary of war under President Coolidge.