The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 18, 1914, Page 8, Image 8
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THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS OECREES DOLLARS INDULGING
IN LUXURIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG
War Revenue fax of $105,000,000
Levied?Beer Bears Brunt ot
Buiden.
Congress has levied a war tax of
$105,000,000 to otTsct a similar auiouut
of loss on import revenue du$ to the
European disturbances and of this
amount boer is the f heaviest
contributor, having been assessed approximately
$50,000,000; a st;unp tax on
negotiable instruments, it is Estimated,
will yield $31,000,000; a tf'ix on the
capital stock of banks of $4,300,000
and a tax on tobacco, pjmumes, theater
tickets, etc., makes'"the remainder.
Congress has decreed that the
brewer, the banker and #the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
to the front; that inilady who would
add to her beauty must lirst tip Uncle
Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure
must tlrst salute the flag; that Pleasure
and Profit?the twin heroes of
many wars?shall fight the nation's
^battles And hv nn in?onlnnolw ??? - I
ranged schedule of taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Choice and Gain, touching in its
various ramifications almost every line
of business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
its country; that bares its breast to;
the fortunes of war and risks its life {
to preserve the stability and Integrity
of the nation's credit
The market place has always been ;
a favorite stand for war revenue col- i
lectors The trader is a great tinan- j
cial patriot His dollar is the first to
rally around the star-spangled banner;
and the last to hear the coo of the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
buy cannon; to feed and clothe the
boys in blue and each month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition. I
and money is as important a factor j
In war as blood Many monuments '
have been erected in honor of heroes i
slain in battles, poems have been writ-'
ten eulogizing their noble deeds and 1
the nation honors its soldiers while
they live and places a monument upon
their graves when they die, but very t
little has been said of the dollar that |
bears the burdens of war.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens of War.
All honor to the dollar that an
nwcio m?- inn 10 arms ana, wnen
the battle is over, bandages the
wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a
wreath upon the graves of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans
Ail honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burdens
of war; lift the weight from the shout
ders of the poor and build a bulwaflf
around the nation's "redit.
All nonor to those who contribute i
to the necessities and administer to
the "oniforts of the boys who nr? (
marching: cool the fever of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross be ;
side dvtng heroes
A dollar may fight its competitor in j
business .ndustrlc -nay struggle for
supremacy in tr- '< and occupations',
mav view each other with envy or
Buspich n. but when the bugle calls
they burv strife and rallv around the
(lag "ompanioiis and friends, mess!
mates and chums, al' lighting for one;
flag, one cause and one country
The luxuries 111 life have always
been the great burden bearers in gov j
eminent We will mention a few of
them giving the annual contributions
to the nation's treasury: Liquor $2.">0, !
000,COO; tobacco, $103.000.000; sugar,
$54.000,000; silks. $1 5.600.000; diamonds,
$3,837,000; millinery, $-.470,
000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles, i
$870000. We collect $68.1,000.000 or
Internal and custom revenue annnoiiw
and 1450.000.000 of this amount cIhspIflos
as luxuries, and to this amount
we should add the $100,000,000 war tax
now levied.
The war tax is immediately effective
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
industries are marching $100,000,000
Btrong and beneath the starry flag
they will till the treasury again while
they ?nout, "Hurrah Tor Uncle Sam!"
"Would to God your work laid started
fifty years ago," was the comment of
an Arizona consumptive in writing the
other day to T>r. Iloyt E. Dearbolt, ex
ecutlve secretary of the Wisconsin
Anti-tuberculofdH association Part of
the lotter follows:
"Fine .work, oldchapi That decrease
in the death rate'seems s remarkable
gain to me. I had not expected results
ae eooa ss that I have always leeghed
at the authorities who elelmed that in
tea years a oaae of 'tubercuioate would
be as rare as ewe of easailpex is today.
The bad work of oeatorles cannot be
undone in ten years, end so I'marvel
at your wonderful progress. I trust the
errors in statistics, if any, are sll in
your favor. Too inspire me. Would to ;
God your work had started fifty years
age Probably then tbe disease would
have missed rhe."'
The letter contained a check for Red
Cross Seals, from the sale of which the
entire support of the Wisconsin work 1
1m derived. Every seal yon buy Is a bul- [
let In the fight against tnbrrmlo-N
?,, -/l vk -i- ' vkfi
COTTON BE EXPORTED
IN AMERICAN SHIPS
1 France .loins Kngland in IKlnririK
That Cotton Is Not in Con.
traliaiul l.ist.
Washington. Dec. 1G -Tno j
French government, in a noto to ilv !
state department today, gav.i assurance
that France would not interfere
in any manner with Air.ciiiaii ;
cotton shipments either to hel'Igor- ,
ents or neutral countries.
Announcement was made that
France would adopt the same at.ti-1
tude toward cotton shipments as
that of Great Britain.
Great Britain had announced late
| in October that cotton was not and
would not be considered contraband
and assurance was given that there I
would be no interference with ship- ,
ments. Since then the state depart- |
ment has been seeking like Hear- ;
nient from France.
Ambassador Berord inforinei the
state department there was prnc.i- |
cally an unlimited market for -;otton
in Germany so that two million bales
probably could be disposed of in the
empire in 1915. It was reported
from Vienna 800,000 bales can f.nd
a market in Austria-Hungary and
Ambassador Page informed the,
state department that Italy was in
the market. Mr. Gerard said Cer- \
man prices ranged from 13 to 18
cents a pound after allowing two !
cents for insurance, freight and
other charges.
Twelve vessels flying the Am- rl- 1
can flag and bearing about SO,000
bales of cotton now are loading or
en route to Europe. The ultima .ej
destination of the cargoes is tier-1
many.
Oillcials today felt there would o"
a speedy restoration of the cotton
trade to normal.
Secretary Bryan in a statement on
the cotton situation said:
"The one practical obstacle to
the supplying of the demand i.; ; 1 o
scarcity of American boats The
Holland-American line lias refused 1
to accept shipments of cotton to j
Rotterdam and the fact that Ainer- j
ican boats are required under the
conditions imposed by Germany in
the raising of the embargo to bring
back dyestuffs, cyanide, chemicals, j
etc.. makes the demand for Ameri- j
cr.n bottoms greater than thi sup-j
ply"
THE NAVY OF U. S.
IS SHORT HANDED
From Thirty to Fifty Inousand
Men Short of the Plans
of War.
Washington, Dec. 16.?The navy j
is "from 30,000 to 50,000 men short I
of its needs, as laid down in the j
cojjjifl^ftial war plans of the War ;
College," according to Franklin I).
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, who testified today a' llie
house naval committee's hoarinrs
on the naval appropriation 'nil. Wr.
Roosevelt explained that mauv aoditionnl
men would be needed for
purposes other than manning shipnow
in commission. Asked why
serviceable vessels were la d up in
reserve, lie said no nation kept all
of its ships constantly in commission.
Mr. Roosevelt explained a table
worked out some months ago bv
the navy department, according to
an established formula, showing
the strength in armored' fighting
craft of various navies in "points."'
ft placed the three leading powers
as follows:
Kngland, 7,708: Germany, 8,818:
United States, 3,5t>2.
Bettor ships and equipment tor
the naval militia were ur&ed by Mr.
Roosevelt as the most practical way
of building up a reserve. He said
the navy now could command about ;
7,000 militiamen in emergency. 1
The navy, Mr. Roosevelt assured
the committee, went steadily for- j 1
ward during t lie past year. It iin- ' '
proved its personnel and added sub- '
marines and torpedo boats, bo said,
and now hns better ships and more '
ammunition than ever before. *
"Are we any less prepared than j
ever before?" asked Representative
(J ray. ,
"I am unable to answer that .jues- , ]
Ion, as I do not know deflnito'y -he i
present condition of certain other I
powers," replied the witness.
"Have you any reason to believe
we are any less prepared?"
"Yes, compartively, because oer- J
tain other nations have been making ,
preparation in various ways, drilling,
organizing and so on for some
months, all being directed to actual
prosecution of war."
"Prom confidential reports I have
received," he added, "certain other
nations have very greatly Increased
their submarine strength."
Rear Aflmimi'iii v-1, -JJ- *- *
ui ion, iiiur I or
operations, will testify toorro* and
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts
will be given *v hearing Friday.
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THE LANCASTER NETS
EUROPEAN WAR SHAT
1ERS KING COTTON'S
THRONE
M?wav wn*|rDtciii. lucu ana
women Is growing every day. Especially
so In agriculture.
Home pride Is a mighty valuable asset.
and the farmer who has none Is
carrying a < heavjr handicap pn the
road to success.
Work Is the salve that neals the
wo -uded heart
u res, even to the point of bending the
constitution and straining business
rules in order to lift a portion of the
burden off the backs of the farmer,
for unless something is done to check
the invasion of the war forces upon
the cotton fields, the pathway of the
European pestilence on this continent
will be strewn with mortgaged homes
and famine and poverty will stalk over
the southland, filling the highways of
Industry with refugees and the bankruptcy
court with prisoners.
All calamities teach us lessons and
the present crisis serves to illuminate
the frailties of our marketing methods
and the weakness of our credit
system, and out of the financial anguish
and travail of the cotton farmer
will come a volume of discussion and
a mass of suggestions and finally a
solution of this, the biggest problem
in the economic life o America, if,
indeed, we have not already laid the
foundation for at least temporary relief.
More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture.
Farm products have no credit and
perhaps can never have on a permanent
and satisfactorv oasis unless we
build warehouses, cold storage plants,
elevators, etc., for without storage and
credit facilities, the south is compelled
to dump its crop on the market
at harvest time. The Farmers' Unions
in the cotton producing states have
for the past ten years persistently advocated
the construction ot storage
facilities. We have built during this
period 2,000 warehouses with a capacity
of approximately 4,000.000 bales
and looking backward the results
would seein encouraging, but looking
forward, we are able to house less
than one-third of the crop and warehouses
without a credit svstem i OQO
E>0 per cent of their usefulness. The
problem Is a gigantic one?too great
for the farmer to solve unaided. He
must have the assistance of the banker,
tho merchant and the government.
In production we have reached the
high water mark of perfection In the
world's history, but our marketing
methods are most primitive. In the
dawn of history we find agriculture
plowing with a forked stick hut with
i system of warehouses under governmental
supervision that made the
ffgyptlnns the marvel of civilization,
Tor who has not admired the vision of
loseph and aipplaudad the wisdom of
Pharaoh for* Storing the surplus until
demanded by the consumer, but In
this age we have too many Josephs
who dream and not enough Pharaohs
who build.
1
In every held of human activity the
demand for mA?? ? ?-*
FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN
SOM NTO THE COFFERS OF
WAR.
Nation Rings With Cries of Strlaken
Industry.
By Peter Radford
lecturer Nutlonal runners' Union.
King Cotton nas suffered more from
the European war than any other ag
ricultural product on the American
continent. The shells of the belligerents
have bursted over his throne,
frightening his subjects and shatter
ing his markets, and, panic-stricken,
the nation cries out "God save the
king!"
People from every walk of life have
contributed their mite toward rescue
work Society has danced before the
king: milady haB decreed that the
family wardrobe shall contain only
cotton goods; the press has plead
with the public to "buy a bale":
bankers have been formulating holding
plans: congress anil loarUioiiira
bodies have deliberated over relief
measures: statesmen and writers
have grown eloquent expounding the
Inalienable rights of "His Majesty"
and presenting schemes for preserving
the financial integrity of the
stricken staple, but the sword of Europe
has proved mightier than the pen
of America in flxii.tI value upon this
product of the sunny south. Prices
have been bayoneted, values riddled
and markets decimated by the battling
hosts of the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered a
war loss of $400,000,000, and a bale
of cotton brave enough to enter a
European port must nay a ransom of
half its value or go to prison until the
war is over.
Hope of the Future Lies in Co-operation.
The Farmers' Union, through the
columns of the press, wants to thank
the American people for the friendship.
sympathy and assistance given
the cotton farmers in the hour of distress
and to direct attention to cooperative
methods necessary to per
manently assist the marketing of all
farm products.
The present emergency presents as
grave a situation as ever confronted
the American farmer and from the
viewpoint of the producer, would seem
to justify extraordinary relief meas
^ DECEMBER 18,1914.
WRKETMG DUD'S
GREATEST PRCSLEM
WE ARE LONG ON PRODUCTION,
SHORT ON DISTRIBUTION.
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By Peter Radford
Lecturer National farmers' Union.
The economic distribution of farm
products is today the world's greatest
problem and the war, while it has
brought its hardships, has clearly emphasized
the importance of dlstrlbu- '
tion as a factor in American agricul- j
ture and promises to give the farm|
ers the co-operation of the government
and the business men the
j solution of their marketing problejn.
This result will, in a measure, com- ,
pensate us for our war losses, for the
business interests and government
lAve been in the main assisting almost
exclusively on the production
side of agriculture While the department
of agriculture has been dumping
tons of literature on the farmer telling
him how to produce, the farmer has
been dumping tons of products in the
I nation's garbage can for want of a
market.
The World Will Never Starve.
At no time since Adam and Eve
were driven from the Garden of Eden
have the inhabitants of this world
suffered from lack of production, but
some people have gone hungry from
the day of creation to this good hour
for the lack of proper distribution.!'
Slieht VArlnlinnn In nrndiiptlnn hnvn i
! forced a change in diet and one local- , (
ity has felt the pinch of want, while j
another surfeited, but the world as a (
whole has ever been a land of nlenty.
We now have less than one-tenth of
j the tillable land of the earth's surface 1
I under cultivation, and we not only
have this surplus area to draw on but '
It is safe to estimate that In case ot I
dire necessity one-half the earth's |
population could at the present time, t
knock their living out of the trees .
ot the forest gather It froin wild
j vines and draw it from streams. No ?
one should become a'armed: the ,
world will never starve.
The consumer has always feareu '
that the producer would not supply 1
him and his fright nas found expres- 1
sion on the statute books of our stateH |
and nations and the farmer has been ;
urged to produce recklessly and with-!
out reference to a market, and regard- ]
less of the demands of the consumer.
Back to the Soil,
i The city people have been urging <
each other to move back to the farm, |,
but very few of them have moved.
We welcome our city cousins back to
the soil and this earth's surface con-I'
tains 16,092,160,000 idle acres of till- ('
able land where they can make a *
living by tickling the earth with a j1
forked stick, but we do not need them 1
so far as increasing production is con- ?
cerned; wo now have all the producers ,
! we can use. The city man has very .
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erroneous ideas of agricultural conditions.
The commonly accepted theory j
that we are short on production is all I
wronc. Our annual increase in pro- :
duction far exceeds that of our In-1J
crease in population. ^ i
The World as a Farm.
Taking the world as one big farm, j
we find two billion acres of tand in
cultivation. Of this amount there is
approximately 7fi0.000.000 acres on the
western and 1.260.000.000 acres on tho
eastern hemisphere, in cultivation. !
This estimate, of course, does not include
grazing glands, forests, etc..
where large quantities of meat are
produced.
The world's annual crop approxi-:
mates fifteen billion bushels ot cereals.
thirteen billion pounds of fibre
nnd sixty-five million tons of meat.
The average annual world crop for
the past five years, compared with tho
previous five vears. is as follows:
Past Half Previous Half
Crops? Decade. Decade,
t orn (Tin.) 2.024,174.000 3.402.665.000
Wheat(Iill.) 2.522,760.000 2,257,526.000
Oats (Mil.) 4.120.0T7.000 3.508,215.000
Cotton( Hales) 10.863.800 17,541.200
Tne world shows an average incro??n
in nmHiintinn a? 1 nor
pent during the past decade, compared
with the previous five years, while the
world's population shows an increase
ot only three per oenu
I'he gain in production far exceeds
that of our increase in population, and
it is safe to estimate that the farmer i
can easily increase production 2F> per
cent if a remunerative market can he
found tor the products. in textile
fibres the world shows an increase
during the past naif decade tn production
ot lb per cent against a population
Increase of three per cent.
The people of this nation should
address themselves to the Rtibject of
Improved facilities for distribution.
Over-production and crop mortgage
force the farmers into ruinous competition
with each other. The remedy
Ik 4 in organization and tn co-opera- |
tton in marketing.
How To Give Quinine To Children.!
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, Children take It and never know it la Qatnine.
Aleo especially adapted to adulta who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not neuaeate nor
, canse nervootneas nor rlniiir la the head. Try
It the next time yon need Quinine lor any puri
pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
' name PRBUUNK is blown in bottle. 23 cents.
TIn QiiMm Tlwt Dom IM Affect T1n Hm4
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ENGLISH COAST
(Continued from Page One.)
beaches. They bad no thought of a
German raid, but when sheila came
crushing over their heads and into
the <iuiet streets, they dualled for
?heitor. Off shore the German guus
did rapid work, the flashes coming
incessantly and the shecls flnd'ng
a rucrk among the buildings. Many
residents took rofuge In cellars;
others rushed from their houses,
among them women and children in
their night clothes, and not a fewsought
the railway stations, leaving
on the first trains.
The Hartlepool land batteries returned
the German fire and are reported
to have damaged some of the
cruisere.
SOLDIERS KILLED.
Several shells from the wa. ships
burst among the Royal Kng'neers
and Durham Light Infantry and it
was among theso troops that the
casualties of seven killed and 14
wounded occurred.
The general belief in London is
that the German attack will give Impetus
to recruiting. The day was
">ne of eager waiting after the admiralty
bulletin was issued shortly
tjefore noon, saying:
"Our flotilla have at various
points been engaged. The situation
s developing."
Various rumors were heard. One
ivas that two German cruisers had
peen sunk. Many thought the loi'gjxpected
general naval engagement
between the British and German
leets was progressing and that the
shelling of the coast towns was
merely incidental.
TL ? ? -i ? ia??
. ..o uuuiiruiiy 8 report issued at
):30 o'clock tonight 'giving the news
hat the German ships had eluded
nirsuit and were returning safely to
heir home waters, caused keen ,disippointment.
Naval writers express the opinion
hat six or eight ships were engaged.
The Germans have available tor
luch an attack the armored cruisers
Ulucher, I toon, Prinz Adalbert,
Prinz Heinrlch and Prlnz Friedrich
Karl and more than 20 cruisers of
1 smaller class.
I'resident Wilson Huys His C lit istmas
(iifts.
Washington, Dei. 16.?President
Wilson did his CnrlstTiias f hopping
today. He went into the downtown
listrlct at the rush i.ior visiting a
lepartment store, fo** his gifts. Al'
if the places wore crowded and at
times th.i president had ti push li>
way energetically to get what he
wanted. He was recognized liv many
ihoppers and greeted all who spoke
to him with a broad smile. Several
lecret service men accompalned him.
tares Old Sores, Othsr Rsmsdles Won't Cure.
Hie worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
ire cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
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ii
I LISTEN
The war ii
low prices i p
not satisfy that
Xmas timesl^re
prepared to sei
I best line of Fre
be had. If it
I head of good
I Here you wilj
Chickens, Butte
Geese, Possums
everything to I
! class market.
Plyter&
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Hi* league Play Ktart* April. 14.
i Chicago, Dec. 17.? Play In-the
American and National ijeugucs
next season will start on Vpr'l :*4,
President Johnson said before departing
last night for French Lick
to attend the schedule meetings.
The lit 15 schedules, it was said,
1
would cull for 154 games as in for- /!
mer vonrn nnit Iho animnn >.i
close on about the same date :-s this
year. President Johnson said l?e
expected to meet Jacob Ruppert, Jr.,
and T. L. Huston of New York and
make final arrangements un ler
which they will assume control of
the New York Americans.
No. 666
This is prescription prepared especially
1 for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
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x p e 1 ?
r^Eczema"-!
and kindred disorders by the I
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Ex - Zema - Fo
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Farmers Mutual Members
TAKE NOTICE
The regular annual payments
for insurance on
buildings, usually due during
the month of November,
has been postponed
until January, 1915. F<f'
mal notice will be mailed
about January 1st.
This has no connection
with payments on live
stock insurance, notice of
which was mailed October
1st.
D. E. BONEY,
Manager, Yorkvtlle. 8. G.
PEOPLE
s still on but our 1
revail. Why 9
hunger at once? ^ 1
here and we are 9
rve you with the 1
eh Meats, etc., to 1
^omes under the ?
/eats, call 114. I
. find Turkeys, I
Eggs* Ducks, .
, Rabbits, in fact I
>e had in a first- - E
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