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CIrcDiatVB Ollm wise are instructed by reason, ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. AMOCUW4 to oititwa 1 to en ARI TViere Are Difficulties In The Way Of The Proposed Trade Millennium A truce in warfare is a cessation of hostilities, a p'eriod to be employed in an effort to ascertain, if some way may be found to pervent the resumption of them. In this respect a truce is much like our armistice. Not always, but generally, a truce in physical warfare is followed by a full-fledged peace. It usually happens that one of the nations engaged in the war is so nearly exhausted that it consents to terms of peace which are little less onerous than those which would be imposed upon its unconditional capitulation, if the war was pursued to its bitter end.

An economic truce, such as has been agreed to by a large number of nations headed by the United States is somewhat different from a truce in warfare, since economic warfare is less tangible than physical warfare. Not only are all the nations who have given assent to this truce in a state of exhaustion but whether from the economic conflict is not certain. There has been a falling off for all of them, of favorable.trade balances. Neither exports nor import figures are what they formerly were. The nations have had to depend upon their home markets more than ever before.

It is frequently said that the home market is the best market and we believe the world agrees that the American is the best of all home markets. It seems not to have occurred to those arranging this economic truce that the cause of the low state of international trade may have been something else than economic instance, a falling away of purchasing power. We have observed in this country, and we suppose similar observations have been made elsewhere, that within the last three years there has been a great sloughing away of our domestic trade, and that the creation of new-wealth has been at a lower ebb than at anytime within more than 38 years. Just what is the truce agreed upon has been stated in only the most general terms; that is, in case a perpetual economic peace is declared. In that case, we suppose all the nations would be put upon the same economic level and there would be equal trade opportunities for the peoples of all nations.

Everywhere there would be the same standards of living and the same scales of wages. In short, with the removal of the economic barriers, there would be a removal of all international barriers and the world would be one happy family troubled only by a babel of tongues. We would not, of course, be all one nation. The existing nations would preserve their separate identities as a matter of convenience, just as we have county or township governments, but all our governments would be subordinate to the government of the world. But we fear that this human selfishness with which we have been endowed, when the edge of our world brotherhood had worn off, would again assert itself and localities would resume the struggle for supremacy in trade and industry.

Each nation would again try to make the most of its natural advantages as men have been doing ever since they were organized into society, a tendency which has been the cause alike of physical and economic warfare. Pending the existence of this truce as we understand, there will be no disturbance of the existing tariff barriers. They are not to be lowered nor are they to be raised except in the case of a complication of which until comparatively recently, we in this country took no of currencies which have had the automatic consequence of altering the effectiveness of tariff barriers. We hope the truce may be followed by a trade millennium and that there may be dissipated a notion we entertain, that such trade peace, because of the greater complications, will be infinitely more difficult to attain than the banishment of physical war from the earth forever. We trust that there may not be too much invested by us in the way of natural advantages in this enterprise, and that the question of the payment of the war debt may not become too closely connected in the negotiations.

We should bear in mind the fact that we have more to lose and less to gain than any other party to the truce. Uncle Sam Keeps His Insurance Up It spite of all the talk about international commitments-to do one thing aiid another, some of which, it is hoped, may be successful, it is good to know America is not going to let its insurance policies lapse. And" one of the best of these policies against disaster from without is the United States navy. According to announcement at Washington there will be included in the gigantic public works program an appropriation of $46,000,000 to start the work of constructing 30 warships which are badly needed to bring our navy up to the strength agreed on in the London naval conference. As a sort of balance to this there has been a cut of $55,000,000 in the appropriation for the navy department.

According to present plans, this sum is to be expended on 20 destroyers, five light cruisers, four submarines and one aircraft carrier. Certainly even the most ardent pacifists cannot claim that this program is to any extent jingoist. They were very proud of the accomplishments of the London treaty and ought therefore not object" if we' build ships so that we may live up to the provisions of this treaty. The need of a defensive navy in the present troubled state of world affairs, and the reasons for this need are so plain as to require little explanation. In addition to increasing protection for this country, the expenditure of this amount of money will create employment, "not only in the American navy yards, but in many other parts of the United States.

Certainly no part of- any public works program could be carried out to greater real advantage to the country. The naval construction plans call for tht expenditure of $230,000,000 in the next five years to bring our navy up to treaty strength and in the meantime, if the nations of the world unexpectedly decide to disarm, the prc- can be revised. Damned If They Do And If They Don't The New York brewers are in what may be called a jam. The government having limited the alcoholic content of beer to 3.2, stands ready to punish them if they popularize their product by exceeding that percentage. The legislature is threatening to penalize them if they fall below 3.2 as some of them are said to be doing.

Soon after the beer was put on the market, it was said that some brands were below 3.2. It was explained that the brewers had modified the alcoholic content, not for gain but to limit the potency of the beer at the outset in order that there would be no outbreak- ing drunkenness that might influence the courts in case the beer act should be subjected to a test; later they would allow the beer the full alcoholic content That may or may not have been true. We have sometimes thought that that story was started by disappointed consumers whose taste had beconje vitiated by "White Mule," so that beer of any content would have seemed inadequate. Those familiar with brewery operations know that the brewers could gain nothing by limiting the alcoholic content since all beer when finished has a much higher percentage of alcohol- To make near beer the alcohol must be removed and to make legalized beer the content must be reduced to 3.2 by a milder denaturing process than had been used in the making of near beer. When prohibition became effective there was a vast amount of full- strength beer on hand in the breweries and in the possession of large retailers.

Many of the breweries converted their holdings into near beer bv this process which is a very simple one. It was also employed in the reduction of the content of retail stocks. Prof. Mordecai Ezekiel, reputed author of the President's farm relief bill, said to be able to solve farm problems by logarithms. The trouble that the farmer cannot use logarithms for the payment of taxes.

Well, maybe if oM Chief Powhatan were alive today he would get a laugh out of the way the pale faces have handled his country. This marketing operation is beyond us. For instance, we heard the other day that there are traders on the Chicago Board of Trade who have made lots of dough by being short of wheat Natural Outcome Of A War To End War loins tyJAMES WBARJON M.D It has been found that 10 persons in every 100 have gall stones. Of these 10, only about two or three will ever know that they have them because they give no trouble. Gajl stones are seldom found under the age of 20.

Nearly 75 per cent are found after the age of 40. They are found more frequently in women due to childbearing and to the high corsets formerly worn. Age, sex, and taking little exercise accounts for the saying that "gall stones are found in the female, fat fair, and forty." Overfeeding, the indulgence in rich foods of all kinds, combined with an "easy" life, are among the causes of gall stones, to which must be added infections of various kinds. Once gall stones have been detected by the use of the X-ray which 'shows changes in the outline of the gall bladder, the question arises as to whether or not they should be removed. The fact that gall stones are so often found in the body after death had never given the patient the slightest trouble and were in no way responsible for his illness is GALL STONES evidence that the presence of gall stones is not necessarily dangerous to life.

However, although most cases are harmless, there is always the chance that infection may about them and so upset the liver and gall bladder that other troubles such as anemia, rheumatism and hearl develop. Further, there have been cases where the gal stones gradually got clear of the gall bladder, went through the tube into the intestine and actually blocked the intestine causing death. Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, Chicago, the noted surgeon, says that there is no need to operate unless the stones, of themselves, are causing trouble. If, however, the stones do cause trouble it is more dangerous to leave them in place than it is to operate.

Records show that while there are fewer deaths in young than in old patients after operation, it is not the age but the length of time the stones have been giving trouble that is most important. Old patients past 70 and 80 do well after operation if the condition has not been present too long. More Truth Than Poetry By James J. Montague HURRY-UP DIPLOMACY I'd like to be Prime Minister Of some important nation. And always fare First here and there All over wide creation.

I'd motor to Bulgaria, fly to Hindustan, I'd see the land Of Samarkand, And drop in on Japan. To Nova BembJa I would sail stop at Guam to get my mail. I don't know what Prime Ministers Go forth so far to do; I only know They yearly go To China and Peru. They make a pause at Norway, They visit with the Dutch, And. while they roam.

The folks at home Don't seem to miss them much. They make a speech or two, and then. Forthwith, they're on their way again. I wonder what they talk about. For things go -gn the same Where'er they trek On plane or deck To play their mystic game.

Like firemen to a fire Their hurried way they go; From land to land. From strand to strand. They hasten to and fro. Forever will these rovers be A perfect mystery to me. EUROPEAN SLOGAN Be a Prime Minister and see the world.

And University of the Masses By FREDERICK HASKIN THE BIG PUSH All forces are Joining to bring back prosperity, been draushtei Even beer has NOT SO DUMB The ex-kaiser was a forward looking man. He quit when the quitting was good. (Copyright. 19S3. for Arizona Republic) There no otner acene? la the world that can cniwer muni Itcit.

tmatr our free Information liureao In Wanlilnston. o. C. Thii hishlr onani.ed Inntitutloo Dae been built op oj and under ibe personal direction of Frederle t. Balkln.

II; kreulni In constant tooth nil! Federal bureaus and other educational It is In a position to nau on to you authorltatiTe Information of the hlthest order. Submit 7eur Queries to the staff of experts whoso services aro put at lour free disposal. There is no charco except three In coin or stamps for retirn oostace. Addrns the Ariiona ReMblle Information Bureau. Frederic J.

Haikln. Washlncton. D. O. Q.

Did Jess Willard fight Harry Wills at any time during Willard's come-back? E. S. P. A. The men never fought.

Q. When was Cyrano de Ber- gerao first produced? W. F. A. Rostand's heroic comedy was first produced at the Theatre de la.

Porte Saint-Martin on December 28, 1S97, with Coquelin in the title role. Q. When did it become customary to shave the beard? M. B. A.

The Egyptians commonly shaved their beards, except in time mourning. Alexander the Great ordered his Greek soldiers to shave (356-323 B. nnd about the same time, the custom was introduced into Rome. Pliny says that Scipio Africanus was the first Roman who shaved every day. How many school teachers are there in the United States? M.

F. A. In'1930, there were 1,044,016. Q. What did the Indians use as pack animals before horses were brought to this country? N.

P. A. Previous to the introduction of the horse by the Spanish con- quistadores, the Indians of the plains of North America used dogs as pack animals. Q. What proportion of the population of California is Jewish? E.

A. The latest census of the Jewish population in the United States was taken in 1927. At that time the number of Jews in California totaled 123,284 or 2.78' per cent of California's total population. Q. Why does fear, cause goose flesh? R.

C. A. It causes a reflex action of the small erector pilae muscles. Q. Who paid for the bust of Ccolidge which has been placed in the senate, wing of the capitol? F.

0. A The bust was made for the collection of presidents of the sea- ate, and was paid for out of the funds of the senate. Q. Are oak trees found in ail countries? A. K.

A. There are about 300 species, spread over the entire northern hemisphere, except in'the extreme ndrth. They are more-numerous in America than in Europe. are found in Asia, Australia has a few, tropical Africa none, and South America none except near the Andes. Q.

Between what two countries' is the the most travel? A. T. A. Travel between the United States and Canada is prreater than that over any other international boundary- Last year about 1,500.000 Canadian tourists visited this country, while about 14.000,000 people from the United States visited Canada. Q.

Who is the president of the League of Nations Association? N. P. A. Raymond B. Fosdick succeeded Georpe W.

Wickersham as president on May 1. He has had a irreat of experience in public affairs. i rind was at one time under-secre- jtiry general of the League of Xai tinns. 1 Q. What is the word meaning a period of play in a pony polo game- N.

N. I A. The term used is chukker. Q. Do incoming dip their colors when they enter New York harbor? E.

W. A. Passenger steamers do not customarily dip their colors when entering a. port except when passing a man-o'-war or in compliment to another vessel of the same line. Q.

Who was Mrs. George Bernard Shaw before her marriage? W. A. She was Charlotte Payne- Townshend, daughter of Horace Payne-Townshend. a rich magnate vof Deny, county Cork.

ye therefore, because ye hour your Lord will come. v. 24:42. So Damnably Representative BY GLENN FRANK Prwid.nt th. Uniw.it, of 9 Fuioiu (Copyright.

1933. for Arizona Republic) Ido not like dictatorships except in war. The problems that war puts to the dictator are at once simple ton, This is why dictatorships are both desirable and efficient in war-tim. Peace-time dictatorships quite different The problems that peace puts to the dictator, even when dire depresaW 4 marks the peace period, are complex and the manner of their handling project. its effect into the future.

But ifc a well be that our democracy is making some form of snip inevitable. Democracy is supposed to tap the otherwise unused funds of geniui ui But is it tapping these funds of genius? I doubt it! And I think the reason is that our democracy has brought us to the Dohit where, as Lord Eustace Percy has put it, nearly, all of us are either represented by somebody or are representing somebody, else. And the brutal truth is when organize the whole of a nation 1 life on the democratic representative principle, nobody feels either forced tninJc or free to think. i Thosei who a represented by somebody do not have the compulsion think for themselves. Let the Those who are representing somebody efse do not have the couraze think for themselves.

They are too busy keeping their 'to 'the ground to hear what their', constituents think. Why indulge in independent, thinking that might run counter to the think-. ing of the voters who send one to congress? "We. do not think. for ourselves," "says Lord Eustace, "because we elected people to think for us; and the people we have elected to think for dare not, for that very reason, think- for themselves.

This is the vicious circle, in which we are all involved." We are, in short, so representative that dictatorship mav -the only road to resolute action. In Neu) York By PAUL HARRISON 1933, for Arizona Republic) NEW YORK, May 'man who knows the most dapper male celebrities of stage, screen and society is a shopkeeper named. Sam Simon. As his-father did before him, and as his son will continue into the third-. generation, Mr.

Simon makes and sells canes. Charlie Chaplin, Eddie Cantor, the Whitneys, Goelets, Ryans, Vander- bilts and people like that go to "Uncle -Sam" for their favorite types of sticks. The business was started in the Bowery, opposite London and Minor's theater, in 1876. In those days canes more business-like, being made? of heavy woods with solid ivory handles, and were considered emergency weapons. Sword canes were popular, too, especially with southerners, Mr.

Simon He still sells one occasionally, always assuming that it is intended for-a collection, since it is against the law to carry them. Sam has a crowded little shop in a side street of the theatrical district now, and says he serves just about all the men-about-BroadWay. Irving Berlin, Clifton Webb, Lee Shubert and the, Harrises, William A. Brady, Bert Lahr and Ted Healy are regular customers. Gus Edwards carries light and very flexible sticks, and breaks about one a month.

Chaplin's canes are made of a limber Chinese wood called wangheel Sturges, the playwright, used to give canes to the casts of all his shows. Cantor's favorite is a heavy natural hickory that Simon himself cut in the woods in Delaware Water Gap. That's the way the little cane man spends his around mountainsides looking for suitable materials. He seasons the woods and carves them himself. He also makes a few um- brellas, but prefers to novel" 1 ones like that made for Joe Cook, the comedian, which-supplied its own rain from.a tube running through it Simon has orders'for all sorts ft novelty sticks, too.

are elongated liquor flasks, others have electric lights or cigar lighters in the handles. Simon has soen, but never made, pistol canes, except that he did once fashion an orchestra leader's baton that would shoot a blank It was used in a mystery movie. He has sold a 54-inch cane to a circus giant, and several 15-inch ones to midgets. A colored actor once ordered an ebony stick "studious with rhinestones" and became the talk of Harlem when he flashed its 250 brilliants. Simon also leather-covered lead canes 14 pounds with which some men take strenuous arm and shoulder exercise while strolling the avenues.

Uncle Sam, by the way, never carries a cane himself. Says would make him feel self-conscious. PIPE CRAFTSMEN As neighbors, the Simons used to have Carl. Stehr and his. father, who ran the oldest pipe shop''in New York.

It was started in 1867. The Simons moved when the complexion of the lower east side changed, but the Stehrs wouldn't budge from their original location, which is on Broome street just off the Bowery. The son is nearly 60 years old now, and alone in business, where he concentrates on hand-carved meerschaum pipes. regrets the passing of symbolism in pipe carvings. He used to do Mephistopheles designs for actors, skulls for doctors, Indian heads for Tammany Hall politicians, bulls' heads for butchers, and so on.

Now men just want their pipes plain. Do You Remember? 20 Years Ago: May 15, 1913 The legislature did not adjourn yesterday as per joint resolution. It decided to remain in session until such time as the governor has transmitted to it his of the penal code upon; which he is at work. The code containing the board of pardons pro- vision which under the law he cannot appoint does not meet' his approval. The legislature in order finally to pass the bill over governor's veto decided to remain in' session until he acts.

Appropriations for-eight days have been made by more than a two-' thirds vote. Determined to take an. active part in the proper development of their country, -the southsiders under the" newly opened Western Canal, have formed what 45 to be known as the South Side Commercial Club. At a recent "meeting Hugh Monroe, who has a ranch 12 miles southwest of city, was elected and Kbger Laveen Dr. Ferguson is secretary of the club.

The work on the state, highway bridge over the San Pedro near Fairbanks will be started in the course of a day or two under the supervision' of Assistant State Engineer J. C. Ryan who has charge of the work on the Tempe bridge. Stanhope Irwin of the engineer's, off ice at the statehouse has been sent to the camps as general time More'than a year ago 10 from the -Pima and Maricopa reservations, through Adjutant General Harris, made application to the-United States pension bureau for'pensions for their services as members 'of the First Arizona infantry during the Civil war. A letter received, yesterday- by the- adjutant general saying that the communication had been considered and that the pension examiner at San Francisco had been detailed to make the final investigation of the He will arrive in Phoenpc May 26.

Some of these Indians are more than' 100 years old. Mrs. William Sherlock Huggett of 1 Lordsbnrg, N. is in the city- visit- ing her son. 6 presiding elder the M.

E. Church, South, for zona district, has returned from a journey, to Texas where he went 'to- attend the May meeting of the general boards of the church. Returning to Arizona he visited the Clifton and Duncan churches in the regular of his duties. 40 Year. Ago: May 15, 1893 Announcement was made at Washington last Saturday of the appointment of Sam F.

Webb of Phoenix to be collector of customs at Nogales. is reported that half the population of is up in the Superstition mountains in the new gold fields. The Hakes mine and the Jones claims are the principal locations and the only ones on irhich any work has been done. Henry Watton, the discoverer of the Hala mine, is in the Superstitions, investigating the country. "Peg Leg" the well known Phoenix one-legged boy, in company with two others last night made an attempt to steal out of Phoenix on a beer car for' California.

They went into the car before it was sealed up, taking with them several bottles of water and some food. 'They had also taken with 'them some car coupling pins with which to break out of the car if it should become necessary. William Pickrell, who was granted an electric, franchise Friday night left Jast night for his home at Beatrice, expects to remain about four months. He is well pleased and when 1 he comes bade he will bring some friends who will make investments here. H.

H. Dodge-is stopping at the Metropolitan. He has just returned from a trip to Mesa. Mr. Dodge is California capitalist but he, is so well pleased withrthe Salt River valley that he has decided to make it his home.

The civil service examination under the charge of the post office depart- menlr was held yesterday at the Lamson business college under the supervision of iGeorge E. Mowry, the postmaster, and W. J. Hickman, secretary. The following were applicants: A.

J. King, John M. Hall, Harry W. Packwood, Doss Ray and Miss Florence Calderwood. '-ir: school closed last Frfe Vfay after successful season and her little ones will a rest from their studies.

They have made splendid progress during their term. Mrs. Bury at beginning of their term, thafshe would: gwe a gold pen and holder to the child that received the largest number of credit marks for good behavior and, attention to his LittleTJominick Donofrifc brother of Charlie Donofrio, walked with the prize and it is safe to say no boy in town feeb richer. The grand jury which closed Saturday night censured thftj justice of-the peace at Gfla Bend for" tending np hopeless 'cases for trial..