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MARKET 10 ROUSE DEBATE IN SENATE Local Appropriation Bill to Be Taken Up About 2 P.M. Tomorrow. A lively debate over the $300,000 ap- Euprl-lflofl to establish the Farmers' arket in the southwest section near the water front is expected in the Sen- ate tomorrow afternoon, following which final action probably will be taken on the District appropriation bill. Indications are that the first two hours of the session_tomorrow will be devoted to bills on fhe calendar, after which consideration of the local ap- propriation bill would be resumed at 2| o'clock. Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan: chairman of the District Committee, has a motion pending to strike the Parmers’ Market appropria- tion from the bill and Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, will lead sup- rters of the Southwest site in urging its retention. Necessity of Fund. Senator Capper's opposition to the market item is in line with the position he took more than a year ago, when authorization for the Southwest site was before the Senate. The measure to authorize that site was passed at that time, but an appropriation is necessary to carry it out. Opponents of the Southwest location in the former debate argued the market should be somewhere north of Pennsylvania avenue. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, in charge of the bill. be- lieves debate on the measure will be concluded tomorrow. If the Senate takes a final vote on the bill tomorrow evening, it should be ready for the con- ferees %y ‘Wednesday or Thursday. Water Rates to Be Raised. Action of the Senate Friday in adopt- ing the Howell compromise water rates means that the bill as finally enacted into law will provide for some raise above present rates, although the exact amount remains to be worked out in conference. The Howell amendment fixes rates substantially lower than those proposed by the House, and pro- vides that the remainder of the addi- tional money needed by the water de- partment for future improvements should be met from general revenues of the District. The amount to be raised by general taxation on property owners is $234,600. Senator Howell arrived at this amount by figuring on a fire hydrant tax of $46 per hydrant. This $234,600 will be obtained from taxpayers generally by taking it from the general revenues and crediting it to the water department. Question of Burden. Senator Howell's contention is that the entire cost of maintaining the water department should not be borne di- réctly by the consumers of water, but shou{d be met partly by a general charge rty as a whole for the fire fimnhm by the water de- In support of this conten- jon Senator Howell pointed out yes- terday that larger mains are laid for fire-fighting purposes than would be necessary if the system' was furnishing water only for direct use in buildings. It does not mean that a direct hydrant tax will be assessed against individuals, but that the $234,600 will be taken from the general tax fund to represent a fire hydrant levy. After the appropriation bill passes the Senate local interest will center on the ultimate decision of the conferees | the recent annual P.-T. A. meeting. In the center of the group, K the Woodridge School, and Mrs. O. G. Hawkins, president of the P. THE SUNDAY STAR, ‘'WASHINGTON, D. €., MAY 11, 1930—PART ONE. Burgau of Standards BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. YORK, May 10.—Modern fem- inine clothes are twice as nolsy as were grandmother’s, according to U. S. Bureau of Standards measurements an- nounced here today. This was one of numerous phases of sound presented to the Accoustical Society of America. On the more serious side was a dis- covery at Colgate University that loud noise partly paralyzes the stomach. ‘The racket made by modern styles was found while -the Bureau of Stand- ards was testing sound absorbing power of audiences with a view to giving en- gineers better data for building the- aters, auditoriums and assenoly places to improve hearing. V. L. Chrisler and W. F. Snyder of the bureau made the report. The extra noise comes from failure of the new styles to absorb sound. Ab- sorbed sound is noise completely swal- lowed by the object it strikes. No part of absorbed roise remains jo be re- flected back to increase the general hubbub. Absorption s Compared. Twenty years ago, said Mr. Chrisler, & woman’s clothing absorbed 4.7 units, a unit being one square foot of com- plete absorption area. That is, grand- mother’s clothes were equivalent to let- ting the noise pass out through an open window of 4.7 square feet in area. But the woman today absorbs only like & tiny window of 2.2 square feef. The cause of lower feminine sound absorption, Mr. Chrisler said, not only with regard to the share the United States is to in the cost of run- ning the National Capital for the com- ing vear. The House adopted the $9,- 000,000 lump sum as the Federal share, and the Senate has approved the rec- ommendation of its committee in rais- ing the lump sum to $12,000,000, Another question that hinges on the | 8Tan conferees is that relating to teachers. ‘The House sought to have 78 of the 187, kindergarten teachers absorbed into the eiementary grades instead of appointing new teachers in those grades. The Senate struck out the clause and increased the salary item sufficiently to retain the resent. -number of teachers in the dergartens and provide for 38 new teachers in the school system. T e EXTORTION CASE JURY FAILS TO FIND VERDICT 11 to 1-for Conviction Reported Standing After 75 Hours in " Lavine-Johnson Trial By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 10.—The jury of six men and six women which heard the extortion trial of Morris Lavine and Miss Leontine Johnson was dis- missed by Superior Judge B. Rey Schauer late today when it reported it is shorter skirts but the difference in texture. Grandmother mostly wore wool or other heavy stuff; all fine sound-absorbing materials. But the thin, silky creations of today lack the absorptive power. A woman has to put on her coat before she approaches dmother as a silencer, and even then falls short of the record, rating only 4 units. Men class as formerly, ranging from the equal of a 4-foot window without FEMININE CLOTHES NOISIER THAN IN GRANDMOTHER'S DAY Tests of Sound Ab- sorption Explained at Acoustical Society Meeting—New Officers.’ overcoats, to 4.7 when overcoated. By establishing the amount of sound absorption very accurately the bureau enables engineers to get rid of the re- peating echoes called Teverberation. ‘These can last as long as 15 to 20 seconds, Mr. Chrisler said, illustrating with the familiar droning announce- ment of trains at some large railway terminals. He said the slow speech is forced in order that the words may outliver the stronger position of the echoes. At Colgate University four persons swallowed balloons inflated sufficiently to register the expansion and contrac- tion of the stomach. The experiments were performed by E. Lawrence Smith of the department of psychology. Rhythmic Stomach Motion. They showed first the well known fact that when normal a stomach has a rhythmic motion of contraction and expansion. This rhythm was abruptly cut down by about one-third when the test room was filled with noise equiva- lent to the inside of a boiler factory or to a riveting machine. “This shock to the stomach was no temporary thing, but lasted through 10 minutes that the racket was continued. The noises had the same affect on all four perSons, but its after-effects dif- fered. Some of the subjects returned to normal slowly, but others showed an abnormal speeding up or intensifica- tion of stomach movements before be- coming quiet. » Stomachs were similarly affected even under more commonplace noises, such as the equivalent of street cars, elevated and subway trains, newspaper press- rooms and motor trucks. These rackets slowed the action by about 10 per cent. Dr. Harvey Fletcher of the Bell Tele- phone Laboratories, New York, was re- elected president of the Acoustical Society. Other officers re-elected were Wallace Waterfall, the Celotex Co., Chicago, secretary; Vern O. Knudsen, University of California, vice president, and Dr. E. E. Free, New York, treasurer. CHINESE GIRL'S ESSAY A WINNER Alice Lee and John Marshall Take Chemistry Society Honors Here. Alice Roosevelt Lee, a Chinese girl, and John Marshall have been selected as winners in the prize essay contest in the District, according to Dr. George 8. Coyle, chairman of the 1920-30 Dis- trict of Columbia committee of the ‘was hopelessly deadlocked. The jurors had been deliberating 76 hours and 10 minutes. When Judge Schauer polled the jurors before dismissing them it was Tevealed they stood 11 to 1 for the con- viction of both defendants. Lavine, a former newspaper reporter, and Miss Johnson, ex-employe of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, were accused of extorting $75,000 from Charles Craw- ford, Los Angeles broker, and several other persons on threats to expose their :‘uoaea illegal buying and selling of permits. WOMAN ESCAPES JAIL BY CUTTING TWO BARS Fugitive Captured and Returned to Face Charge of Attempting to Poison Neighbor. By the Associated Press. JEFFERSON, Wis., May 10.—Cutting two bars, Mrs. Meta Tessman of Water- town escaped from the Jeferson County i.u last night, but was captured at the e of a distant relative. She is held on a charge of attempting to poison Mrs. John Deakin, Watertown. Sheriff John C. Gruel said Mrs, Tess- man sawed away the bars with hack- saw blades, apparently smuggled to her by a Watertown woman. The charges grew out of a candy bar Jeft in Mrs. Deakin's mail box. On it was written, “Have one on me; sorry you weren't home.” The bar, analyzed. roved to contain enough poison to kill 8 persons. T. P. A. Ends Sessions. MARTINSVILLE, Va., May 10 (Spe- elal).—The annual convention of the Virginia division, Travelers’ Protective Association, closed here tonight after busy sessions, at which reports of State officers and from the Virginia posts were presented. The organization showed an Increase in membership and a stronger financial situation than a year ago, the sum of $57,566.92 being Paid out in death accidents and sick claims. Chain stores were discussed to- day by the association, favoring a con- tinuation of the educational movement designed to aid home-owned stores. Winchester Sells Bonds. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., May 10 (Special). «~The city council today sold $145,000 of city improvement bonds to A. M. Byllesby & Co., New York, for $144,217, npetting the municipality $99.46, the highest bid received from 10 bond deal- competing for the issue, the Iast of an issue of $500,000 suthorized z.n recent election. The money from sale of bonds has been used street, sewer and water improvements and extensions. \ American Chemistry Society, conductor of_the contest. Each of these two pupils will receive a $20 lertificate and the privilege of participating in the national contest. “The Relation of Chemistry to Health and disease” was the ‘title of Miss Lee's essay, and that of Marshall was “The Relation of Chemistry to Na- tional Defense.” Dr. Coyle also an- nounced that Leon Gerber's essay, “The Relation of Chemistry to the Enrich- ment of Life,” received second place. For this achlevement Gerber ‘will re- ceive a certificate and a copy of “Chemistry in Medicine.” . Miss Lee was named after President Roosevelt's daughter, as- she was born during his administration. Marshall is a senior at Central. He is & leader in the Junior Chess Club and champion g{l lee Adult D and C Club of the City ub. . Certificates in Shorthand. Rose O, Gertrude Feldman, Syl- via Sigelman, Audrey Langley, Miriam Price and Helen Adams have received certificates from various commercial | companies for taking shorthand dicta- tion' at the rate of 60 words per min- ute, Marie Huhmerker has received a | certificate after taking dictation at an 80-word speed. Bronze pins have been awarded to Evelyn Cowglll and Sylvia_Sigelman for typing at a speed of 47 words a minute; Lucille Mine and Marle Kuh- merker, 46 words; Myra Holt, 44 words, all of Miss Lois E. Yeck's second com. mercial classes. Other Certificate Awards. Certificates were awarded to Sylvia Alpher, Elizabeth Beal, Florence Benz- ing, Katerine Cox, Jack Embrey, Ger- trude Kedan, Sylvia Luria and Sara Understein of Mrs. Ruth B. Parker’s shorthand class for completing the 60- word shorthand test. Central winners in the scholastic awards contest, sponsored by the Scholastic Magazine, were Kathleen Dillon, who received honorable men- tion, and Fred J. Maynard, henorable mention and a cash prize of $10. The works of Marjorie Fowler and Marion Catherine Hoagland are included in the third national school exhibit. Margaret Bittner, a member of the major chorus class at Central, will be the soprano soloist in the cantata. “In Music’s Praise.” to be given at the an- nual inter-high school concert in the Western High School auditorium to- morrow night. % Work of the home economics de- artment of Central will be on exhi- ition all this week, it was announced hL Miss Mildred Merrill, Mrs. F. H. Shuh and Miss Agnes Blanford, super~ visors of the cepartment. SRS B 179 Twenty-eight young men took part the recent horseshoeing contest in Lon- Cinders in Gills Cause Prize Fish Story of the Year Bpecial Dispatch to The Btar. RICHMOND, Va, May 10.—The citizens of Dante, Va., and surround- ing community are feasting off of fish captured in & peculira manner. Fol- lowing & hard rain, Clinch River, at Dante, was filled with trash and cin- ders, and the cinders got in the gills of the fish, causing hundreds of them to flop out of the water to the land. It is reported that 500 fish were captured by citizens who flocked to the scene after the storm. iy 0 HONOR ENCYCLIGAL WITH CELEBRATION Catholic U. Pays Tribute to Pope Leo XlilI’s “The Condition of Labor.” A celebration in observance of the thirty-ninth anniversary of Pope Led XIIT's encyclical on “The Condition of Labor” will be held at the Catholic University on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. John P, Frey, head of the metal trades department of the American Federa- tion of Labor, will speak on “A Char- tered Road to Industrial Equity.” Rev. Dr. John A. Ryan of the Catholic Uni- versity will give a brief talk on “The Vitality of the Encyolical.” The cele- bration, which is to be held under the auspices of Alpha Chapter of Pi Gam- ma Mu, will take place in the audi- torium of McMahon Hall. The Uni- versity Glee Club will entertain. The investiture of the director of the National Shrine of- the Immaculate Conception at the Catholic University, Right Rev. Mgr. Bernard A. McKenna, who was recently elevated to the rank of domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI, through his eminence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, will take place in the crypt of National Shrine of the Immaculate conuxunn on Tuesday, May 20, at 10 a.m. ight Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector emer- itus, Will confer the investiture. The occasion will mark the tenth anni- versary of the blessing of the site of the shrine by the former archbishp of Bal- timore, Jathes Cardinal Gibbons. ~ Owing to an accident suffered by Representative James M. Beck, who was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the eighth annual senior night exercises scheduled to be held next Thursday evening under the aus- glcel of Phi Kappa Fraternity, James . Maguire, president, has announced the indefinije postponement of the ex- ercises. Right Rev. Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector, attended the recent meet~ ing of the Medieval Academy of America at Boston, He was re-elected to the council of the academy and at the same time elected second vice presi- dent of the academy. 1l Circolo Italiano, an undergraduate organization for students interested in !Ldl:‘n l'l"entuu and culture, will hold a private dance rTow eve: at the Cariton thl?tr. Paul Onl’uflll of Binghamton, N. Y,, is the president and - has headed the committee in charge of arrangements. The executive committee of the Woodridge P.-T. A., which was the first and only superior association announced at left lx right, are: Mrs. Mary T. Conway, T. A. principal —Star Staff Photo. ANERIGAN U. PLANS FOR MOTHER'S DAY Special Dinner to Be Held at 1:30, With Program in Chapel. Mother's day, observed with fitting ceremony today, and the annual Shakespearean dramatic production of “Midsummer Night's Dream” on Fri- day night at the gymnasium audi- torium, are the two Weature events of the week at American University. ‘There will be a special dinner today, ‘with mothers of students as guests, at 1:30 ‘o'clock, to be followed by & pro- gram in the chapel in Hurst Hall at 3 o'clock, when both students and mothers will participate. Speakers at the Mother's day services will be Edwin Ross and Janie Scantlin, representing the students, and Mrs, John A, Edwards of Maplewood, N. J., and Mrs. H. C. Lytle of Roselle Park, N. J, representing the mothers. There will be music by the college orchestra. Barrett Fuchs will sing a solo and the girls’ quartet, composed of Doris Willis, Mary Cline, Helen Tucker and Delsie Appel, will sing. Cast in Training Long Time. Under direction of Will Hutchins, professor of art, the cast for “Midsum- mer Night's Dream” has been in train- ing the entire second semester, and hopes to present the most finished per- formance of any yet given in the series of annual Shakespearean plays, which have become a tradition at A. U. ‘The feminine lead is played by Laura Barrett, as Puck, while Otis Fellows will interpret Bottom. Other impor- tant members . of cast, as an- nounced by Prof. Hutchins, are as fol- lows: Theseus, nald Olmstead; Egeus, Blake Espey; Lysander, James Swan; Demetrius, Carlton Ayers; Philo- strate, George Sixbey; Quince, John Houston; Snu 5 _Flute, ElEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHB—EEEIEIEI Estelle Wolfe; Helena, Orrel Belle Claflin, James Elmer Swan of East Green- wich, R. 1, was elected president of the student council of the College Liberal Arts Wednesday afternoon i & spirited contest by vote of the stu- dents. He narrowly defeated John Houston of Mountain Lakes, N. J,, in & run-off election, which followed an earlier contest among three, candidates, including Warren Col of this city. Stowell {o Represent School. Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, professof of international law at the Graduate School of American University, will represent the university at the inaugu- ration soon of Dr. Willilam Cullen Den- nis, formerly of the Graduate School faculty, as president of Earlham Col- lege, Richmond, Ind. Alpha Chi Sorority has elected officers for the year, as follows: Orrel Belle Claflin, president, succeeding Janie Scantlin; Margaretta Moore, vice presi- dent; Barbara Evans, secretary; Helen Tucker, treasurer, and Ruth Edwards, sergeant-at-arms. ‘ Phi Beta Zeta Fraternity held its an- nual dinner dance last night at the Burlington Hotel. Chaperons were Dr. and Mrs. George B. Woods, Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Marsh, Arthur 8. Flemming and Miss Bernice Moler, William _Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives, spoke at the annual banquet of the International Relations Club Friday night at the col- lege dining hall, when officers were in- stalled for the year, including Russell Lambert, president. Speeches also were made by honorary members of the club, Dr. B. Woods, Dr.'Ellery C. Dr. Wesley M. Gewehr and Arthur 8. Flemming. Mr. Page was introduced by Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University. Dr. ©. C. Tansill, faculty adviser of the club, was presented with a camera on behalf of the club. Cagliola Heads Council. James R. Oagliola of Norristown, Pa., ‘was elected president of the debating council for the succeeding year. Roger Craven of this city was named manager of debates, succeeding Cagliola, who served in that capacity this year. The annual banquet for debaters is to be held soon, when special honor will be accorded the seniors graduating. E ‘The third annual formal banquet of the Jesters' Club will be held May 24 at 3701 McKinley street, the home of Fred Dietrich, a_member. The jesters have elected officers for the next semester as follows: James T. Johnson of Racine, Wis,, president; George W. Olsen of New York City; Willam V. ‘Washburn, secretary, and Alan J. Blan- chard, humorous secretary. 8. Cariton Ayers, managing editor of the American Eagle, was elected secre- tary of the District of Columbia Col- legiate Press Conference, which includes six colleges and a university in this vicinity, at its Spring ‘meeting at An_‘-‘:lrlurll University, e Alumni Assoclation of American University will hold its annual banquet next Saturday night at the club house of the American Association of Univer- sity Women. RECEIVER IS ASKED Virginia Corporation Commission Alleges Bank Is Insolvent. Va. Ciréuit Court by the State O:l"- poration Commission versus the Bank of Clinchburg, in which it was stated that the bank was insolvent, and requested that a receiver be appointed. ‘The court entered an order appoint- ing T. L. Hutton, attorney, as receiver, requiring a bond of $47,000, which has been executed. The business of the institution will be adjusted as rapidly as possible, LAW HANDICAPS U.S. DRY AGENTS Lowman Cites Earlier De- cision in Dealing With Home-Brewers. Brew and wines still may be manu- factured in private homes strictly for home consumption without fear of in- terference by Federal prohibition agents, despite the now famous Danotite deci- sion of the United States Supreme Court, J, Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition, said yesterday. “Mind you,” Secretary Lowman ad- monished, “I do not mean that it is legal to do s0. On the contrary, it is fllegal. But we can't do anything about it because our hands were tied by an earlier Supreme Court decision. So we shall not try.” Secretary Lowman referred. to the decision handed down by the Ilate Chief Justice Willlam Howard Taft, in 1927, which forbade prohibition agents or enforcement officers to invade pri- vate homes without search warrants. Before a search warrant may be ob- tained legally, evidence must be sub- mitted showing that the law is being violated. Citizen May Buy Articles. “So you see,” the dry head of the ‘Treasury continued, “the . Danotite decision referred only to commerciali- zation of homemade wines and brew, or the paraphernalia with which to manu- facture it. A citizen fnay buy kegs, bottles or cappers with impunity, be- cause until he lets some of his product get into the market we ean not prosecute_him successfully, “The Danotite case aimed at the stores which have been flaunting the law ‘openly by making window displays of malt, hops, kegs, cappers and bottles in a manner which plainly said: ‘We'll show you how to make your liquor, come on in.’ We have stopped that, but there is nothing to prevent the neigh- borhood hardware store and grocery store from selling as many kegs, bottles and cappers as they want. “The Danotite decision simply means that where there is proof that the possession or sale of fruit juices, ex- tracts and paraphernalia is for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicants, Ele—olal———a[——[a[c—c———o[c——o[c——Tq] SEE AMERICAN FIRST Reorganizatio 512 9th ST.N.W. | combination in mohair. frigerator ing. 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The judge quite properly would ask how the agent knew whether it was near-beer or real beer, fruit juices or genuine wine. “Unless he had definite proof that the liquids were intoxicating, or being made intoxicating, the judge should not issue a warrant under the Taft decision. If he did the trial jury would declare it an illegal warrant and the case would fall. You can see that we simply can't get anywhere by trying to invade the private home.” CHAMPION MAPLE SUGAR TREE AT GRANTSVILLE Plant 22 Feet in Circumference at Base Yields Output Worth $12. Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md.,, May 10.—Milo Wilson has made the claim of having the largest and most valuable maple sugar tree in Garrett County, based on the yield during the sugar season just closed. The tree, during the season, produced 276 gallons of sugar water, which is equivalent to six gallons of syrup or $12. The tree is 22 feet in circumfer- ence at the base and at thé points where the buckets were placed is 18 feet in circumference. During the season, 18 buckets were placed on the tree. ‘The Garrett County Maple Products Association, which has just wound up its first year, plans to have a maple sugar exhibit at the Garrett County Falr this Fall. The assoclation has a paid up membership of 30. ¥ Riverdale Cast to Give Play. CAMP SPRINGS, Md., May 10 (Spe- clal)—A play “Who Killed .. Earl ‘Wright,” will be presented by a cast | Staf from Riverdale in the basement of Bell's Church, Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock, in the interest of the Law En- forcement League. There will be no ad- mission charge. Offering Greater $5.00 DOWN DELIVERS $31.50 White Enameled Lined Refrigerator 182 3-Door Side Tcer Re- with s tary white e 50 Ibs. Unimually Fisie 4.Pé. Bed Room. Suite uine walnut veneers. on fine cabinet woods. Full size bed, large dresser, Gen vanity and chest of drawers. Dining Suite at Si12 FRANGE OBSERVES ALGERIACENTENARY Chance for U. S. to Increase Trade With Colonies Is Seen as Paris Lags. BY GERVILLE REACHE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, May 10.—France at present is occupied with the celebration of the centenary or modern Algeria, over which President Domergue is presiding. This costly manifestation is not a useless one, as it recalls that France also is one of the principal Mediterranean powers and- intends to insure TOSS the sea—which is not solely an Italian sea—a passage toward her North Afri- can provinces, It is & known fact that as a retort to this natural pretension, Italy is multi- plying her naval bases at Sardinia and Sicily and redoubling warship building, which is calculated to check the prog- ress recently accomplished at the Lon- don - Conference. Nevertheless it .is scarcely probable that Italy will attain her aims. Shows France's Colonial Laurels. ‘The immense progress in North Africa in one century draws attention to France’s Colonial achievements, which dre to be displayed to the world at the international exposition at Paris next year, The French Colonial empire, the sec- ond largest in the world, has an area equal to about half that of the 48 States of the American Union. Although this includes desert territory and im- mense equatorial forests, nevertheless, this French empire has about 60,000,000 inhabitants, with whom France enter- tains relations less strained than those of Great Britain with the Indians. The French colonies have an aggre- gate annual trade of more than $600,000,000, of which one-third is'with France. Naturally, France exerts every effort to reserve for herself a maximum proportion of this trade as does Britain in her empire, with its program of im- perial preference, or as the United tes does in her relations with the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico. 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But it is evident that the im- ports of the French colonies into Amer- ica are superior by $10,000,000 because they most. uently take an indirect route, ough modest, these figures represent much progress when com- pared with pre-war figures, for in 1013 lh’el with the Uni;’d o Rmth ok on e States nt- ed only $6,000,000. The French Colonial empire nts for the United States a double interest, as it is a possible market for American products and the source of raw mate- rials which America needs, such as rub- ber, vegetable olls, cocoa, coffee, spices and special minerals, etc. the policy of Paris in Colonial mat- ters is that of great hes and lit- tle action. Since 1921, when Albert Sarraut introduced a bill for the utiliza- tion of the resources of the colonies, successive governments and Parliaments have been unable to float & loan for the colonies which amounts to only $140,- 000,000, while the banks have been pre- paring to resume the policy of raising loans for foreign states whose unpaid bonds already clutter up the Paris .Bourse. Africa Asks ImpMvements. Yet Africa more and more insistently asks for modern equipment, ports, rail- roads and public works which private individuals are unable to undertake. In- dividuals have invested about 3$1,000,- 000,,000 in the French colonies. Colonial stocks represent about 11 per cent of the total list of French quotations. 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