Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1933, Page 6

BARTER MOVEMENT) SPREADS IN SOUTH ganization should be Nation-wide if possible, but could be developed in States and regions. It would be strictly an emergency proposition and, since the workers get subsistence only, it d_n:l to disappear as recovery 1845 CROSSING BLOCKING Serip and Barter Jobless Organize Their Own Exchanges and De- velop Their Own Money; Extension Trading, However, Remains Unorganized—Correspond- : ence Used in “Swapping.” By the Assocfated Press. | ATLANTA, January 23.—The South is seeing a revival of barter reminiscent of the last century, but it still remains largely unorganized. Country merchants are doing an in- business on the basis of a gal- lon of “coal oil” for a dozen eggs, or & set of harness for a bale of cotton, but the organized barter exchanges which have sprung up in other sections have been slow to make their appearance in Southern States. At Richmond, Va., however, the Citi- zens’ Service Exchange has been estab- lished through the efforts of social agencies of the city. A warehouse has been prepared to receive goods to be | bartered for work, with scrip issued by the organization as a basis for the ex- change. This experiment is the only one of its kind in Virginia, and has not been in operation long enough to determine what its success or its economic effects will be. Barter Through Correspondence. Several Southern States have pioneer- ed in the development of barter through | correspondence, by publishing bulletins listing “wants” and offers of exchange, with “swappers” arranging their trades individuall Such an exchange bulletin is pub- lished bimonthly by the Alabama De- partment of Agriculture and goes to 14,000 farmers and business men. Each edition carries an average of 425 no- tices, offering everything from hound dogs to grand pianos. State officials say 55 per cent of the items offered are exchanged. A weekly newspaper in Geneva County, Ala., has announced it will start a free exchange column for its sub- scribers. Seth P. Storrs, commissioner Likely. (Editor's Note—This is the last of a series of articles discussing the growth of barter and scrip in the United States.) BY J. R. BRACKETT. EW_ YORK, January 22 (®)— ‘What stands between the un- employed and. the Nation's idle. factories and surplus food? While governments and economists have sought the answer to that enigma, the unemployed themselves have un- dertaken to answer it—in part, at least —not only by bartering their labor for | goods and services, but by establishing their own currencies for use primarily among thémselves. About 150 groups of unemployed, di- 1y aiding 500,000 persons, have or- ganized into barter exchanges. These organizations as yet have no national organization and may not have, but it 1s in the minds of some of their leaders | to provide for barter on a Nation-wide scale, perhaps even with a Nation-wide currency. Buch an organization could develop in numerous ways. It might simply evolve in & more or less opportunistic fashion as exchanges of goods between the groups in different localities devel- | oped. The scrip money would not | sion, such as community pressure, were present. This economist believes neither banks nor government will object to more or less localized use of scrip. As for deliberate national organiza- tion of barter, the plan of Prof. Frank D. Graham of Princeton University, a director of the Emergency Exchange Association which is aiding in the for- mation of barter exchanges in the East and elsewhere, has received wide no- tice. Prof. Graham's plan is based on the simple statement that the best way to cure unemployment is to provide work. | He would put the unemployed to work lin idle or only partly operated fa tories, distributing the produce to the unemployed in proportion to their share in its production. The workers, under his plan, would be paid in consumption certificates having value for one transaction only and losing purchasing value at the rate lof 5 per cent a month, which would hurry their spending and insure the immediate absorption of the special production. Raw materials would be purchased with the consumption certificates, and factories either could be paid in scrip in shares of the production of the | LAW PROVES EFFECTIVE Last Fine on Locomotive Engineer in Pennsylvania Was Im- posed Bix Years Ago. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., January 23—It was in 1845 that Pennsylvania's legisla- tors decided steam cars would have to stop blocking crossings and now the law seems to be producing some real results. 8o effectively has the statute been en- forced in recent years that no crossing blocking locomotive engineer has been fined since 1927. That the State no longer looks to this law as a source of revenue is revealed in Gov. Gifford Pinchot’s budget mes- sage in the following line: * “Blocking railroad crodsing fines— 1927-29, $12; 1920-31, blank; 1931-33, blank; 1933-35, (estimated), blank.” e Imports of sutomobiles into British Malaya are increasing. .50 Round Trip to NEW YORK PUBLISHER KILLS SELF Body Found Under Blanket, With Hose Hooked to Gas Jet. LYNWOOD, Calif,, January 23 (#).— George W. Barton, jr., 27, publisher of the Lynwood Press, who came from dead at his home in Montebellow, a | victim of gas. His widow found the body on the | floor under a blanket, from which a! hose extended to a wall gas jet. No| message was found. The publisher's partner, Paul E. Strain, said Barton was not in financial difficulties, and friends could advance Bridgeport, Conn,, in 1929, was found ' no reason for suicide. OFFICE WORKERS . . . DO YOU WANT § 33? Any man or woman who spends 40 or 50 cents for tooth paste is literally ‘That's the amount you can save by switching to Listerine Tooth Paste at 25 cents! So why not? You know that a dentifrice worthy of the name Firemen's Card Party Friday. | RIVERDALE HEICHTS, Md., Janu- held next Priday evening at ary 23 (Specia!).—The first of a series | houce, under the sponsorship of card parties for the benefit of the auxiliary. | local Volunteer Fire Degartment will be the fire of the FALLING HA F{ EIGHTY-FIVE per cent of all cases of hair loss result from two causes— (1) lack of nourishment for the growing hair and (2) local scalp disorders. Both of these causes of baldness can be eliminated by Thomas treatment. It stimu~ lates the dormant sources of nourishment (increases the blood supply in the scalp) and overcomes abnormal scalp conditions, such &s dendruff, 1f you have any of these aggravating symp- toms of approaching baldness—dry or oily hair, itchy scalp, falling bair, or thin hair— consult a Thomas specialist todsy. No charge will be made for the consultation or scalp examination. He'll show you how ‘Thomas treatment is ending dandruff, stop have to be exchanged., simple trades “unemployed” worker. The goods pro- | being arranged. Probably also money duced by the factories would be placed accredited by so many different organ- |either on the shelves of stores or in izations would have too variable a.special emergency stores, and those | value for use in any but a single group. | supplying the raw materials, as well as | On the authority of a Government | the workers, could buy the finished official it can be said that developments | products with the consumption certifi- thus far have been legal. Scrip money, | cates., unless its acceptance is forced. does not The plan envisages no competition interfere with legal currency which | whatsoever with existing business, since must be accepted in payment for goods | it gives the unemployed what they want | and services. without the expenditure of money and ! In the view of a leading banking | releases funds now used in relief for | ‘economist, governmental objection normal purchasing. might arise if the element of compul- Prof. Graham bejieves such an or-! cli porter service. of agriculture, commenting on the bar- ter practiced in Alabama, says: “This move not only aids those mak- ing exchanges to obtain the necessary operating material for raising their crops and carrying on their businesses, but it will improve the financial situa- tion by making it possible for them to make a profit, thereby turning more money into the channels of trade.” Curb Markets Operated. Georgia’s State division of markets has a similar plan, carrying products offered for exchange in a weekly bulle- tin. This has been in operation for several years, but no central exchange is conducted. Advertisers get in touch with each other if they wish to make exchange of products. This, says the department, is widely pi\cticed through- out the State. Curb markets are oper- ated widely. and in Atlanta there are several markets where produce can be exchanged for merchandise the farmer needs Louisiana has no barter exchanges but some merchants, doctors and colleges accept farm products in lieu of cash. Louisiana State University took cotton and cattle for students’ tuition, as did other colleges in the sout! Some country doctors have taken pigs, :hickens and other products for their ees. Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and the Carolinas report no organized barter exchanges, although curb markets are operated throughout these States with cash as the medium of exchange. ‘Tifton, Ga., has revived an ancient custom of holding “swap day” at regular intervals, and sponsors expect to con- tinue the effort indefinitely if it proves successful. Only one has been held so far and the success of this caused mer- chants and busiess men of the com- munity to advertise that “swap day” will be held regularly. Farmers and others having anything whatsoever to trade are invited to make exhibits. SANITY IS PROBED IN BABY’S SLAYING Kiowa, Colo., Mother Said to Have Confessed Slashing Son After Smothering Infant. By the Associated Press. KIOWA, Colo., January 23.—Despite an alleged confession she smothered her 13-month-old daughter to death and slashed the neck of a 4-year-old son. officials today had not determined whether to prosecute Mrs. Hazell Howe S) r for murder or seek her com- mitment to an insane asylum, J. Nelson Truitt, deputy district at- torney, who Sunday said the 48~y old woman had confessed the slaying to him and Sheriff G. R. Brown, ex- pressed the opinion Mrs. Spicer was deranged. She was held in jail. The district attorney said Mrs. Spicer, In her signed statement related how she smothered little Doris on the squalid Spicer homestead and then rammed a niece of apple down her throat to mis- d her husband Frank into believing child strangled. did it, Truitt said she told him, ccause she feared her husband was going to drive her from home and she would never see the child again. She slashed the neck of George several days later, she related, so Spicer would take him to a doctor “and we wouldn’t have to come back to the ranch.” The boy was not injured seriously. o Three monks have left Switzerland with several St. Bernard dogs for the new St. Bernard Hospice, which has just been established in the Si La, a Himalaya pass on the Tibet bor EASIEST WAY TO BREAK UP COLDS Feel Like a New Person Almost Before You Know It If you want quick relief from a cold, go back to first principles and use something you know does the busi- ness—don’t start “trying” a lot of fancy ideas or remedies. 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