THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935 a4 TUSY,_LY...13 Y A Washington BYSTANDER SCRE E'N Billion Dollar Increase In Farm, Incomes Seenl As Prices Rise. Ii By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON - On top of many other cares and worries, two new things are adding to the fervor with which Congress privately is hoping for a miracle which will permit early adjournment. And the weather isn't one of them. One of the two new factors is the double-bar- relled House-Senate investigation of lobby activ- ities as to the "death sentence" controversy over the utilities holding company bill. The other is an impending new deluge of letters and messages against the administration's surprise tax proposals. If forecasts from New York are to be trusted, the new wave of "write-your-congressman" communi- cations bids fair to surpass even the utility bill peak. * * * * . CHAMBER'S DRIVE IT IS NOT ONLY that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has announced an or- ganized "drive" against the tax legislation. Con- sidering the 1,500 member organizations through which the chamber operates, that is a daunting prospect enough for Congress members and their office staffs. Now, however, big corporation heads have been "talking tax turkey" to stockholders numbering hundreds of thousands. If they re- spond to Congress by mail as expected, Postmaster General Farley is likely to find his mail revenues jumping up again this summer. There is an odd side to it. At the first House committee hearing on the tax proposals, a treasury expert made the off-hand estimate that if a grad- uated corporation tax was substituted for the pres- ent flat tax, about 95 per cent of the now taxable corporations would get a cut in rates, no change, or a trivial increase. By his calculation, the weight of the tax increase would fall almost wholly upon the remaining 5 per cent of "big time" companies. CONGRESS WILL HEAR T MIGHT be thought that a proposition offering tax reductions to the great mass of corporations would find favor with that mass. If anybody ever objected to having his tax rates lowered his- tory failed to make proper note of him. Yet against that is to be set the fact that it is the big corporations which have stockholders by the hundreds of thousands with the notion that the graduated tax plan will mean lower dividends on their stock holdings. AT THE MICHIGAN PLUS "BECKY SHARP" A Pioneer Picture in Technicolor with Miriam Hopkins, Cedric Hardwicke, Alison Skipworth, Francis Dee, and Alan Mowbray. Also a Mickey Mouse cartoon, "Mickey's Kangaroo," a Grantland Rice Sportight, "Animal Intelligence," and a Para- mount newsreel. The new and vivid technicolor saves "Becky Sharp" from being too disappointing, although the transcription of "Vanity Fair" to the screen is spotty in several ways. Briefly (because so much has already been said) technicolor's future will be safe only if producer's refrain from making it a gaudy display. This blunder is threatened in "Becky Sharp" but for the most part the colorful dress and settings are compatible with the scenes of "Becky Sharp." There are only a few outdoor scenes in "Becky Sharp," yet it is in them that technicolor makes its greatest improvements over ordinary photog- raphy. After a shaky start, the picture pulls itself to- gether somewhat and the story of Becky, after the Battle of Waterloo, is faithfully and effectively told. Minor characters are neglected throughout, and the first part of the story is extremely epi- sodic. But despite these omissions it is fortunate that "Becky Sharp" isn't as lengthy as "David Copper- field." Twice as much of the ordinary acting and adaptation would double its faults. Miriam Hopins is a good Becky, but not nearly as good as she might have been. She is seldom a clever actress, and her frequent harsh shouts are irritating. Cedric Hardwicke gives easily the best perform- ance as the nobleman with whom she carries on a liason. Alan Mowbray, as her husband, is lifeless. He has done much better in far less important parts. Alison Skipworth has little more than a bit role, and Frances Dee, as Amelia, mopes gently. "Becky Sharp" is acceptable to the cinemagoer because, whenever he becomes bored or disappoint- ed in the story, he can enjoy the color. The short subjects - Mickey Mouse cartoon - always the best; sportlight - interesting compari- sons of animal intelligence; the newsreel -one of the most entertaining in many a day. -R.A.C. The SOAP BOX Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editor reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. The Horror Of It All Dear Sir: It is with the utmost regret that I notice the advertisement which appears on the front cover of the Student Directory. It is bad enough that the law should allow the purveyance of the foul liquid, but to have mention of it on the front page of an official publication of the University of Michigan is a thing which fills me with indigna- tion. The younger generation of today has shown that it intends to pay no attention to the advice of those who undoubtedly know better than they, and, as a result, beer has become a favorite drink among these deluded young people. It therefore seems to me that it is the duty of those of us who recognize the dangers of alcoholic drinks to see that all mention of intoxicating drinks should be kept from respectable publications. Such a place should go to something much more deserving, perhaps to a schedule of the all important lectures that will take place this summer. This at least would be educational and of interest to all. Yours truly, -Indignant. NEW YORK, July 22. -- AP) -- A billion dollar increase in the farm value of agricultural production this year has been forecast on the basis of rising prices paid to farmers coupled with a comparatively stable cost of living in rural communities. Standard Statistics Co. estimates a prospective gross farm value of $8,860,000,000 this year compared with $7,869,000000 in 1934, an in- crease of 12.6 per cent. The figures are based on the 22 per cent rise in the last year in prices which farmers receive for their labor and on the 5 per cent increase in prices which the farmer himself pays for commodities which he buys. The total, it is pointed out, should not be confused with cash income, which should be somewhat smaller than gross value. Other Groups Beneilt Estimated benefits to the farmer, however, are only one side of the ec-~ onomic picture, since those persons who business is based in whole or in part on sales to rural areas have opened to them the prospect of great- ly enlarged sales this fall and winter. Such buying power is backed by the revelation of other surveys that farmers for several years have de- ferred buying equipment for their farms, and in the early part of this year from implement manufacturers were harrassed to step up production fast enough to meet the demand. Right now the implement compan- ies are scaling output higher than for the last few summers in order to stock dealers in anticipa tion of fal and winter requirements. The Standard survey of gross farm income estimates at 43.9 per cent in- cre'ase in grain values in 1935 over last year, and 8.9 per cent rise in cot- ton value and a reduction of 7.7 per cent in value of other crops, a net in- crease of 5 per cent. Livestock Value Up Livestock value is given an estimat- ed rise of 33.8 per cent while poultry, dairy and other products are estimat- ed at 13.3 per cent ahead of last year, an aggregate rise of 21.8 per cent. While the increase in gross farm income is placed at 14.2 per cent higher this year (a reductioneinthe estimated total of bounties and other payments cuts the gross increase to 12.6 per cent. Although some commentators have feared an adverse effect on farm pop- ulation might attend a supreme court decision holding the Agricultural Ad- justment Act invalid ,it is shown that federal payments to farmers have been small when compared with the Penknife Carver Scorns Machines, Modern Tools TULSA, Okla., July 22. - (/P) - With several penknives, a lot of pa- tience and a slab of pine wood, A. (j. Abraham has developed a hobby that creates artistic furniture and ona- ments. Abraham scoffs at machines and a work bench lined with tools. Most of his work could not be done with ma- chinery, for it consists of interlocking wooden chains. The most elaborate product of his labors is a lamp table 12 by 30 inches. The top is made of one piece. On either side are chains cut from the same piece of wood as the top. The legs are decorated with covered trenches inclosing spheres which move freely. Thirty balls are carved within the trench. huge total of cash brought by crops and livestock. On that score, Standard comments: "The income to farmers from this source is not highly important; the $10,000,000 estimated would represent less than 6 per cent of the gross value of farm production and less than 8 per cent of cash receipts from the marketing of crops and livestock." U - S 1 -- ----- - - CLASSIFTED LAUNDRY LAUNDRY. 2-1044.~ Sox darned Careful work at low price. lx PERSONAL laundry service. We take individual interest in the laundry problems of our customers. Girls' silks, wools, and fine fabrics guar- anteed. Men's shirts our specialty. Call for and deliver. Phone 5594. 611 E. Hoover. 3x STUDENT Hand Laundry. Prices rea- sonable. Free delivery. Phone 3006. 4x LOST AND FOUND GREEN SCHAEFFER life-time pen. Barrel engraved "Reuel Sparks." Dial 6537. 38 LOST: Alpha Chi Omega pin. Please return to I. Champion, 718 Tappan. Phone 2-3203. Name is on back. Reward. 37 LOST: Diamond wedding ring near University Hospital. Finder please call 2-5872 or 822 Oakwood. Re- ward. GOLD FOOTBALL, with black raised "W" inscribed. Thursday after- noon Dial 7784. H. 0. Robinson. FIELD GLASSES, No. 18 zoology de- partment, University. Warner & Swazey from Roam 1116 N. S. Bldg. Reward. Dial 5733 or Zoology dis- pensary. FOR SALE ORIGINAL ETCHING BY DUBAIN- NE-(FRENCH ARTIST) SCENE LUXEMBURG GARDENS - $10 FRAMED.CU LRIC H'S BOOK- STORE, CORNER EAST AND SOUTH UNIVERSITY. WELL, OF ALL THINGS Approximately 35,000 buzzards have been taken in traps on a large ranch in Llano. county, -Texas, during the last 10 years. SWIM PICNIC NEWPORT BATHING BEACH PORTAGE LAKE Constantly Changing Wat I MAJ ESTIC 2 5 MATINEES 35c Main Floor, Evenings Ends Tonight GEORGE RAFT T n "TH E GLASS KEY" MICHIGAN Z 'MATINEES 25C Balcony Evenings 35c Main Floor Evenings Color Marvel Tonigh MIR IA HOPKINS FRANCES DEE CEDRIC HARD WICKE BIILLIE BURiKE ALISON SHIPWORTIH NICEL BRUCE * ALAN MOWDRAY Added Joy "MICKEY'S KANGAROO" Mickey Mouse Cartoon "ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE" Novelty Tompkins News Thursday - Two Features Kay Francis Arline Judge "STRANDED" "COLLEGE SCANDAL" Congress is going to hear about that,E often. Only an adjournment right nowN tax bill could stem that prospective tide from home. early and without a of letters As OthersSeeit Tribulations In Education EDUCATORS frequently review the finished evi- dences of their work covering a period of time and wonder whether they're going about the thing in at all the right way. The people who have gone through the mill do not seem to be finished with any sort of accuracy. It is for the most part a sloppy product. It does not indicate that any- thing like an exact science has been at work. Al- most any other nachine can be turned out more reliably than the human machine when general results are observed. This goes along with the most amazing special- ized expertness, for, after all, a human machine is the only one that can make any other machine. Somewhere there's a human machine back of the whole process, and specialized ingenuity, expert- ness, and skill would indicate that training could produce any kind of human being needed. That statement, of course, does not take account of the things which the human being possibly might be expected to do and hasn't done, many of them being things as yet unperceived, if even imagined. The very expertness of the very skilled achievers does by contrast produce a great mass of new illiterates composed of people who can use things they don't know anything about. One genius or one highly trained man can give uses to millions who do not understand the process by which they do what they can do. What distresses the educa- tors from time to time is not the difference be- tween highly specialized knowledge and the mass ignorance, but the faults of the masses in simpler things, things which have been covered by gen- eral education and which are possible of exactness in learning. One trouble that education can hardly avoid is that it encounters its subject at his age of great- est resistance. Often it is long after exposure to education that the person's real curiosity de- velops. When he had time his curiosity didn't urge him against other inclinations. When it begins really to stimulate him he hasn't the time to satisfy it. Many a fellow looks back upon his school days as the days of his hardest work. Nothing in making his living was really as hard as some of the experience he had with tough problems and lessons which seemed to defy his mind to grasp, while all the time the pleasant outside world offered delightful activities from which study held him back. There were bright youngsters to whom things came easy, but the average student found the going hard and the profit was but little apparent. Modern pedagogery has softened some of these rigors, but still life for the pupil is not explained or justified in the terms of the classroom. Amer- icans, being essentially amiable, do not like to bear down brutally on the student age and pound studies in with a strict discipline, demanding pre- ciseness and exactitude and forming a mind which rejects inaccuracy. Some school systems have been i, SOCIAL DANCING Toe, tap, acrobatics. Taught daily. Terrace Garden Studio. Wuerth Theatre Bldg. Ph. 9695 Open evenings. 1' F LYDIA MEN'DELSSOHN THEATRE MICHIGAN REPERTORY PLAYERS present Wednesday, Thursday, 4 Friday & Saturday r July 24, 25, 26, 27, at 8:30 P.M. Single Adm. 75c, 50c, 35c Special Matinees "THE PRINCESS AND MR. PARKER" Friday & Saturday, July26 & 27 at 2:30 P.M. Adults 50c Children 25c Phone 6300 I BOOKS -- ENDS TONIGHT "GO INTO YOUR DANCE" - plus - "THE GIRL FRDM 10th AVE." TOMORROW PATRICIA ELLIS "HOLD 'EM YALE" plus Jackie Cooper in "DINKY" 4" 1' H By JOHN SELBY "MURDER IN THE PARK," by Cecil Freeman Gregg (Dial); "DEATH CATCHES UP WITH MR. KLUCK," by Xanitippe, and "ROGUE'S HOLIDAY," by Maxwell March (both Crime Club). THIS DEPARTMENT picked up Cecil Freeman Gregg's "Murder in the Park" about 11 o'clock one hot night recently. Which accounts for a missed train the next morning. It's very, very dif- ficult to put down Mr. Gregg's book. The book is about a certain 50,000 pounds one Mr. Pencoch was supposed to be about to pay somebody, at his country house not far from Lon- don. At the start the cast of characters is four -Mr. Pencoch, Mrs. Pencoch, their daughter Ivy and William Williams, one of Mr. Pencoch's nu- merous stooges. William is a most interesting chap. The story pops from complication to complica- tion without tangling the reader. The action is incredibly fast, the dialog as real as mud, the denouement smart. What more could one ask of a mystery novel? Unless, of course, you prefer the sophisticated sort, of which "Death Catches Up With Mr. Kluck," by someone who calls herself "Xanitippe," is an excellent example. This one concerns the quite unforeseen death of Mr. Caesar Kluck while listening to the radio program of which he is the annoying and highly i _