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WANNAMAKER BACK V- ~FROM NEW YORK J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, on bis return yesterday from New York, where he attended the ' j conference of the various lines of ootton industry, gave out a statement saying that he had requested congress to use funds now on deposit in the United States treasury which accumulated through the sale of cotton seized by the government during the Confederate war on a j tax afterwards declared unconstitu-| tional be utilized as a revolving A J ? il./> n-t /?nfti\n 1int.il I xnnu iur uic puiv.ii?oo v* www*. ? ? j the markets can be opened for the same. He also said that the request of the conference for a 5 per cent j-. discount on commercial and agriculy ; tural paper and renewals of loans on agricultural products had also -fceen laid .before the government. Mr Wannamaker's statement follows: | V 'In compliance with the resolution unanimously passed by tjie confercoce in Ne^ York, asking tlje federal reserve banking system to grant U more liberal extensions of i credits and a rediscount rate of not exceeding 5 per cent, on commer- j &S' ci&i and agricultural paper, and re- 1 newals of loans on agricultural pro- 1 i duets?inciting cotton?ui$il the export markets can be opened ujp ' for the same, this request bas oeen J laid before the president, the na- 1 y-~, tional officials and congress, jy: - "In addition to this, I have laid ' before the national officials and oar 1 ^ law making (body, a request that <v the funds now on deposit with the a ' United States treasurer, which accuI mulated through the sale of cotton ' jr. seized by the. United States govern-. - mcut irom planters sua uvui uuw ' seas men, in the South during the 0: y?ar Between the Sections on a tax ? , afterward declared unconstitutional v,-: >, be utilized as a revolving fund for the purchase of cotton until the markets can be opened for same. .M . "It thas also tbeen urged that the f alien property fond on deposit with the treasury department seized during the world war foe loaned.to be used for the purchase ot cotton " in connection. with the fund from j?v \ cotton seized during the * War Be I?' twe6nt?he Sections. It has been point p ed out that unless relief is speedily extended the loss of two billions of dollars to the ^cotton producers of ; > the South,- which is a net loss bas^d ^ upoji the actual cost of thje 1920 ^ cotton crop, will seriously affect not' . only the ^'agricultural and entire f} nation. . \ -:> "The English government, in ad; drtoin to guaranteeing 75 per 'cent of the loss of exports siuce 1914, fc %.. v ? ? -i ML O&B Deeu using uii iiicaus j,tsr c^vyaij| flying exports, opening up foreign !f markets, and building up foreigrf ?; trade, and has ibeen purchasing k'.i Egyptian cotton direct, which action p;; has resulted in .bringing great re^' lief to the Egyption cotton-grower, the English government having an- , nounced the policy of continuing to make these purchases until cotton Reaches the price of the .?ost of proV duction. In addition to this, the ? English government ds granting r. , loans of 80 per cent, of the value . of the cotton and is extending liberal loans to Egyptian cotton grow ?' . ?rs. "The -use of the funds which accu^ ' tnularted from the sale of the cotton f seized during the War Btween the ?. Sections, for the purpose of bringing relief to the cotton producers of the ; South, under the present distressing ^ financial conditions, would bring direct relef to the people of the South and indirect benefits to the en/ tire nation, and could not be used i|" for a better purpose than to relieve the very people ^to whom the . A lt * > money ngatruriy Dtrivii^ra. "Every vestige of sectionalism ?hould be removed folio-wing the World War, and the use . of these funds, for this purpose, will have a "wholesome effectt and -would be a 'step in this direction. Tt is the key to the situation. Cotton, to a - far greater value than the amount of the additional moneys could be borrowed on the cotton-so purchased, and this additional money could he likewise invested in cotton. "We are lacing the absolute certainty of a minimum cotton crop for 1921, regardless of seasons, on account of the enormous reduction in cotton acreage and in the use of | commercial fertilizers. ! . \ "In addition to this ,tfoe census ! Which is now Jeering taken of the eo- i called "carryovers" -which census J toill show the number of bales and i ? f &" > i > i: ' . ' ' - ?i the grades of the same, is bringing' to light the fact that this socaUed surplus will be enormously reduced by "unspinnable" cotton. "When these facts are established and when exports become opened up the question of sufficient sup-j plies of raw coton will be of seriou9 concern. Millions of people of Europe ind in Asia are in pressing need of cotton goods. The people of these countries have lands, forests, I mines and mills, and an industrious1 I population, and a great basis of j credit can be arranged whereby the; people of these countries can secure our cotton. "Investigation bririgs to light the fact that American mills, particular ly fin the North have only from 10 to 20 per cent of the supply of raw cotton i on hand that they had on nancr au une same time m&t year, m addition to this the amount of raw cotton with foreign mills is startling ly short. As an illustration, the Dominion Textile company of Montreal, Canada, fahich last year had $4,497,000 worth of cotton on hand, has cut its stock down to $357,000. Finished cotton goods, in like man ner, have been startlingly reduced*,' from the shelves of the retailer on up, as compared witfh the same period of last year. "The request made by the Cotton , conference for a rediscount rate ex- I ceeding 5 per cent, on commercial 1 and agricultural paper, and for re- | npwstl <vf j>onri/?nltnrj?l loans, socalled i frozen assets, until the markets can be opened, and for more liberal extension of ^credits, to enable the producer to produce, and- the suggestion of th^ utilization of the funds from cotton which was seized during the War Between the'Sections, for the purposes mentioned, has met with the approval of leading congressmen and, senators fro^n ?nany sections of the nation, and steps are now ibeing taken for the enactmet of the necesary measures that will make aH of th}s effective.. "Leading statesmen and business men from various sections of the nation are actively behind this move ment xor relieving the cotton producing industry. They take the position. that cotton as the greatest national product of America, and that unless relief is speedily extended the fearful $pss on the 1920 crop of two billion's of dollars will seriously cripple every line of industry and Commerce in the nation and greatly Reduced production in all lines.? The Stated 7 1 ' SCHOOL ON MILK DIET . An entire, ward school, including first td sixth grade, in which every child drinks milk every day is an unusual condition, possibly without a parallel in the entire State. This was brought out in a health lecture to the Lowell/school by Miss Ita Boss, county home demonstrator, an A rmintft lflfl -ner pent for this school in nutrition tests made in the * I recent health clinics conducted iby the "Better Cities .movement.?Edmond Correspondece the Oklahoma^. ' 666 cure* * Cold quickly. V* / Radiator ' Repairing ffe Aim to Please ~, YOU i I ?TTT r> A 11 I We Kepair All Makes of j Radiators j I A. B. Covar Shop j 22 W. PICKENS ST. { ': V STILLMAN CASE TO COME UP JUNE 15TI New Rocnelle, N. Y., June*?.?Si: I , preme Court Justice Keogh toda limited until June 14 the stay whic he granted yesterday in the Stillma divorce course. At the same time he gave counc for Mrs. Anne U. Strillman pea-mi: sion to file an amended answer t her banker husband's complain charging her with infidelity. D< fense counsel had announced yestei day that if this permission were r< ceived a woman known only a "Clara" would be named as an add toinal correspondent. In her orig nal answer, Mrs. Stillman name Mrs. Florence A. Leeds, an ex-choru girl. , The stay was obtained yesterda after John F. Brennan, of Yonkeri had told the court he had been &1 tomey of record for Mrs. Stillma: only 72 hours and^ieeded time to fa miliarize himself wnth the case. Opposing counsel after a confer ence, agreed to resume hearings be fore Referee Gleason in Pougli keepsie June 15th. k . I !! i ! " IJ | jl - " [ I ! | i 11 HEfflBfiSHfHZRBBH YORK MAN'S BUGGY IS * LIFTED BY BLACKSNAK 9 ?? i- York, S. C., June 7.?Jonatha y Small, farmer, says a. bldfcksnake hi jj the' strength to lift a buggy ar tells this story to prove it: "I wis joggling along dn my buj gy en route to tovm. The fro: il right wheel passed over a larj 3- blacksnake that was lying in tl 0 road. I checked them are dn time .i get the snake under the left hii wheel. J" "Wanted to test first-hand som > thing I had heard about the streng of snakes. . v is In its efforts to escape by squin i- ing, the blacksnake gave such poi i- erful impulses that I could feel tl d Duggy an. is "Attar a time I permitted tl snake to escape. It glided away, a y parently uninjured." 3, ?J t- SOFT DRINK FIGHT n END1ED BY COUF i- Washington, June 7.?Anoth fight between manufacturers of so drinks was disclosed today when tl s- supreme' court refused to review d i- crees oi' Virginia courts resttainir the Old Dominion fteVerage Coi . & T\' . 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