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T _6 4 OUR RIGHT TO TRADE WITH 4 NEUTRAL NATIONS. 4 4 IIIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIII Augusta Chronicle. Months ago. when The Chronich ?first of all the newspaoers of th< South?entered its protest agains Great Britain s unwarranted inter ference with trade be)ween neutra countries, and advocated an embargi upon the sale of war munitions to tin allies unless Great Britain recede* from this position, we were, at once accused of expressing pro-Germai sentiments. But it would seem that The Chron icle is not now alone in this view for, as the result of some vigorous prodding by Senator Hoke Smith ant about; for we clearly recognize that unless our, heretofore, unquestioned right to trade freely with neutral nations is established and maintained before another cotton crop is marketed, the South is in a fair way to be bankrupted by this unlawful English "blockade"?no matter how much money the munition manufacturers of the East are making out of the European war. In this connection, we are publishing elsewhere on this page an editorial from The New York World, which states the case pointedly and emphatically; and yet, we think, nobody will accuse The New York World of being pro-German in its sympathies. On the same line, but going more cieuny aim iuuv into ueiaii as regards the situation with the Southern cotton grower, we qote herewith from a letter sent out a few days ago by the well-known New Orleans cotton firm of Atkinson & Lowrey, calling upon Southern cotton growers to make themselves heard in their own interests. It seems to us that it would be well for Augusta cotton factors to address a letter to their own customers along the same line. We quote from this able letter as follows: "The I'nited States government will be compelled to take immediate steps to allow the cotton crop to be marketed to neutral countries without dictation from any warring nation. As cotton has never been declared contraband, it is simply ridiculous that the South cannot export a crop to neutral countries without the consent of a <01111 try that has no interest whatever in our welfare. Kvery wiember of Congress, every man in public life ~nd every newspaper in the South should enter such protest as will cause the government at - tt (ininn^iuii |U UfV isr in illH 'A IHTO| by the South will not b< bankrupt by having to sell the growing erop for bargain-counter prices as they did last fall, and just as sure as the English government is allowed to say that cargoes shipped on neutral ships, under neutral llags to neutral countries are liable to seizure, just so sure win ine marketing of our cotton rrop be made ?liftlcult and at cheap price*, and the Southern farmer, merchant and banker has no disposition to carry the burden that the warring nations of Europe have brought on themselves. "Whose business is it if Norway. Sweden, Denmark and Holland buy two or three times the amount of cotton from us they usually consume' They are a neutral people and we have tlie right to soli them our goods without consulting the English government or anyone else, and unlese the United States can protect tho shipments of cotton that will insure, the producer living prices, it will he wise to notify these foreign governments that other supplies of which other clear-headed statesmen, th? Washington administration madi certain representations in connectiot with the British orders in council while newspapers, legislators am; commercial bodies all over the country?but, particularly, throughout the South?are beginning to wake up to the vital importance of insisting upon the unrestricted right of neutrals to trade one with the other. On Monday, for instance, both branches of the Georgia legislature passed a resolution in which this language was used: "This disregard of the plain Tights of citizens of the United States has greatly injured our entire country, and especially has it injured the producers of cotton in Georgia, and the other Southern states, by depriving them. contrary to the laws of nations, of a certain market for 3,000,000 bales, or more, annually, of their cotton crop." Whereupon the same resolution called upon the President of the United States: "To take such steps, as he may deem necessary and proper, either through diplomacy or retaliatory means, to induce or compel Great Britain to withdraw her illegal blockade of neutral ports." This is just what The Chronicle has been contending for all along, and it is just what Senator Hoke Smith has been working so vigorous? ly, and is still working, to bring they are in dire need can be used in j ^ the United States to better advantage ! * j then we can sell to them and it y would be marvelous the quickness , j with which a change would take > j place. ? t "We are not at war with anyone. i f?Ve don't want to go to war with anyt one, but what we want is to protect - our Southern |>eo|?le who have borne ; 1 the burden of this conflict up to now | 3 > and who will be bankrupt unless 2 their government has enough back1 bone to insist u|H>n the right of free markets for our cotton crop vviih i neutral nations. Urge your congressmen, your senators, your public men - and your newspapers to make an iin; | mediate fight to have the restrictions s ion cotton shipments to neutral counl , tries lifted at once." ? _____________________________ j Tree Planting. i Greenwood Journal. , "Tree planting," says The LouisI ville Courier-Journal, "is a matter far too important to be left to indit vidual initiative, or left undone [ i where individuals do not care to as- j ; sume the expense involved." To this point of view, alert municipalities I are fast coming. A number of Amer- I j icans citizens have established for- | estry departments which not only at- i tend to the planting of trees on tlior- | oughfares and in parks, but also supervise the pruning and general care of trees throughout the community. The expenditures required for this service are returned a thousand fold < I in benefits to the common interest. 1 Trees are a public blessing, almost 1 as much so as sunlight r.nd air. They ' contribute to the community's pleas- I ure and well-being as surely as to ' that of their owners. They incre;Ve ' | property values, they make for 1 : health and comfort, and in their ' ' beauty alone are of priceless civic I ' | value. The city, therefore, cannot ' > afford to trust so vital an asset to ( : Ignorance and indifference. Certain- ' | lv. it should not neglect to provide I skilled and constant care for the ^ trees along thoroughfares and on I other publ'c places. No province of i t natural conservation is more import- | ' ant than this, and forward-looking 1 1 cities are giving it more and more 1 < , generous attention." ' ; The above comes to us through ^ The Atlanta Journal. The idea is a J j capital one and among other reasons ' may be mentioned the fact that it i& f j often the case that municipalities cut I down trees planted by Individuals be- ! 1 cause they are in the way of im- | provements that must be made. Were j , tree planting in the hands of the , i public this might be avoided. The | j i individual is often puzzled to know i . I . ... : 1 | wnere 10 plant so as to assure him I { that liis work will not he undone just , ! at the time when it has reached the j j point where it is valuable. I t Jewish Ambition. I t Spartanburg Journal. A dispatch from New York says ( the possession of Palestine after the . close of the European war and its organization as a Jewish state with ancient Jerusalem as the capital is , an ambition which will be seriously ; considerel at a great conference of Jewish organizations of the United I t States which will open in Boston Frl- , day and continue for a week. 1 1 ( Palestine, it is estimated, can aci commodate a population of 6,000,000. With the establishment of new i i i political control of the Holy Land it is purposed that Jews shall migrate . there from Russia, Germany, Aus- . tria and other European states. Thus, iiie iea?ers or ine movement argue, a solution will have been found for ' the race-old Jewish problem. Not ' only will Jewdom have its own land, but an end will be brought to the tlis- . crimination against its children in many existing countries. Tartly as a result of the Zionist movement, initiated several years ago, many wealthy American Jews | have already made investments in Palestine. Jews in this city own a large tract of land in the neighbor- i hern' of Haiti. St. Louis Jews have h ; s'/it 8<L acres near the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Chicago capitalists control territory adjacent to C'ana, where the ancient religious feast formerly was held. A vast tract in the vicinity of Joppa is in the hands of Jews living in Winnipeg, while Jews of Pittsburg and Cleve 1 land own 1,800 acres near Armageddon. The investment of foreign capital has resulted in a marked improvement, in the physicial features of Palestine. Until a few years ago the country was a treeless region, with much desert land. The ground has been rendered productive ,with soil formerly considered barren yielding great whect crops. It is argued that nearly every acre from the sea on the west to the river Enphrates on the east, including the whole of Syria, and a portion of .Mesopotamia may be made to blossom. Cares Ota Sores, Other Remedies Wot t Cuts The womt canes, no matter of howlonsr^tasdins sre cored by the wonderful, old re! able I'i CoT'er ? Antiser'ic Heating <>4 J' retire . ? fain sod st .he art me time. ?c. .X 1. f . mmv jr dVn i nararrr THE LANCASTER NEWS inmni MIHIH<IHMI<< 4 CAPITAL BAITING. 4 4 HI II IMI II I H I 1 I IIII I II I I Greenville News. In another column on this page ii reproduced an article from Th< Union Times which is worthy of con sideration. It deals with the abus: of capital, a practice begun man] years ago, and continued now ever though most of the c-.uses which let to the abuse hava been eradicated Today, this thing of abusing capital per se. is without its exuse. Capital if the word may be used to designate the larger businesses, has been har< pressed. The fight made by big in dustries has been a fight against dis tressing odds. But the industries have continued; they have won out and so millions of men and woraer are drawing their salaries, which the) would not be doing If the industriet did not exist. In this state one of the chief weapons of the cheaper class of politician is a senseless denouncement of capi tal. Many an honest man in South Carolina has come to believe that all men of wealth are working with insidious and ulterior motives. This opinion is incorrect. There is nn sense in continuing indiscriminate attacks upon men in important positions. There is no sense in fighting forever the power of capital. The laborer should get his due, *nd if he does not get it, the'e is none to blame him lor making the welkin ring with his protests. But we need * new spirit, a new means of adjusting wrongs. A spirit of reasoning :ogemer. ana oi co-opcration win <lo more than the spirit of antagonism, ivhich is kept alive by men who prey jpon the prejudices of people for heir own personal aggrandizement. Capital baiting is bad business. Most if us welcome the influx of new captal. We want new blood, new inlustries and the like. When the .vealth of a community increases, the jrosperity is shared by the conimuniy as a whole. Why then should we lambast the money when it gets ier< ? Ass 11 mine that we want new apital, and if we have enough brains o measure, we do want it. why are ve sometimes so foolish as to inveigh igainst large industries and against lie.i who have the ability to conduct >u(h industries? Certainly this is a >oor means to increase the wealth of my community. There was a day, no doubt, when anital was arrogant. The feeling gainst big business would scarcely lave gained such momentum had h-re been no cause for it. But that lay is past. A man who observes s n very easily discern a new spirit n business. There is an increasing etidency toward a mutual unt'eritanding between the masses and the 'ew who lead in financial matters, .ach is beginning to understand the ,#l.^t.'? 1 1. f- -1 niiri ? ? irv. iMMiil, UUt'll IB BIKIV ng more and more a willingness, as should be, to adjust matters aecordng to reason and amity, rather than iy means of garish outbursts on the >art of politicians and othc~s who >an profit by an unfair attack upon he few. I;et us all be fair. He reasonable, lot the other man's viewpoint and tive hint yours. Then if he still apjears to be in error, insist upon a hange. Hut the abuse of everything iot coming under the political head >f the "po' man," is without reason. Today is a time for reason, for calmless and for settlement of difficulties n a sensible manner. Prejudice canlot solve any question. An extreme .'iow will aggravate an evil. A false sttack may get a few votes, but if all he people would really think, such a futmient would cost a man many more votes than it would get for him There should be reasonable regulation, but no nagging; there should lie sane discussions, but no heckling. Unnatural. Christian Register. "Mark Twain was visiting H. H. Rogers," said a New York editor. "Mr. Rogers led the humorist into Ills library. "There," he said, as he pointed tc a bust of white marble. "What do you think of that?" It was a bust of a young woman coiling her hair? a graceful exnmple of Italian sculp ture. Mr. Clemens looked and then he said: " 'It isn't true to nature.' " 'Why not?' Mr. Rogers asked. " 'She ought to have her moutb lull of hairpins,' said the humorist.' \ Doctor's Proscription for Cough ai Kffertlve Cough Treatment. One-fourth to one teaspoonful ol Dr. King's New Discovery, taken a: needed, will soothe and clieck coughs colds and the more dangerous bron chinl and lung ailments. You can'i cfford to take the risk of seriotis ill ness, when so cheap and simple i remedy as Dr. King's New Discover} is obtainable. Co to your druggls today, get a bottle of Dr. King s Nom Discovery, start the treatment a once. You will be gratified for th? relief and cure obtained. 1 i hi - - * i, JULY 13, 1915. IriAKfc 10 U R PLANS ! FOR THAT VACATION K I liCt Kvery Member of the Family l?e Included in the Plans 5 > Tills Summer. ? The Progressive Farmer. How about a few days off for youri | self and your family this summer, r Mr. Progressive Farmer? In short, i how about a real vacation for you, 1 your wife, your boys and girls? . "Oh, we can't afford it," we hear , you say. The truth is. you can't af, ford not to afTord it. You can't af? ford, however fine your farm may be. 1 to stick by it day in and day out for - ! 365 dayB in the year. If you do - | you're going to dry up the wells of ) good will and human fellowship in . ! your heart. Mrs. Progressive Farmer Is going to feel, and rightly so, that ' something is lacking in her life; and * the boys and girls, as soon as they get old enough, will likely voice their protests by leaving the farm i forever. Hard work with a liberal amount i of. thought behind it is unquestlonI ably the first essential to success; but if one farmer clears two thousand t dollars a year by driving himself and i his family month after month an 1 ; year after year, with never a Satur I day off for a game of ball, a picnic or a fishing trip, while his neighbor, though making less perhaps financially, joins with his family :n their 1 games and outings as well as in their work, instilling in them an undying love for the open country and for farm life, we should call the latter far the more successful and richer ( man. ( So it's settled, and we're going on that outing! Where? Oh, anywhere, just so we travel over new roads, see new scenes, breathe fresh air, and take it all with a spirit of fun and play that will bring as back home i feeling twenty years younger. Maybe there's a cool brook back in 1 the hills, where the Ash bite and the cool air is like a tonic; where, after a day of strenuous fun, you can lie j and look up at the stars and make : plans for the old farm, for the boys and girls, for mother, that would never have come amid your every-day surroundings. Or maybe off in another corner of the county, or even in an adjoining county, fhere is a particularly enterprising neighborhood that you have wanted to visit but somehow never found the time. Hitch up and go! Take as much time as may be necessary?camping or j spending the nights with friends? I nihi get ;i line on now oiner ioiks no ! things. Or you might go on a trip | to see some kinsfolk of your own or 1 your wife's or some loved old neighbors who have moved to a distant section?friends you know really want to see you. Or If you find it simply impossible to go on p several days outing, why not make it a rule during the next two months to have Saturdays as vacation days, the whole family to ! break away and go fishing, on a picj nlc, or to a neighborhood ball game? Whatever form your vacation takes be sure that you and your family do , not deny yourselves the Joys of a few days off. However fine our work j may be. however we mav love It. if our minds lire to be kept keen and clear and our bodies fit, it is good to get away from it a few days in the year. It is well not to forget that only as we make our lives well round- ; ed and balanced, giving due emphasis ; to play and recreation as well as to work, can we make farm life perma- j nent and satisfying. "Keep the boys j on the farm by letting them off the j farm occasionally," very truly says ! The Dakota Farmer, and the same truth applies as well to the rest of The family. Make the joy of play, of social intercourse, a part of our farm life. By so doiug we will plant in the heart of every child a love for the country that will never be forgotten; we will create a tie that will hold through all the after years against the city's call. Bight now is the time to plan for , that vacation, after crops are laid by, and don't make a single plan that ( doesn't include every one in the family, from mother and dad down to 1 the tiniest little tot. With Provisos. "Well, we'll tell you, George, frank1 ly. You can marry on $500 a year, yea. Provided you have saved your last year's salary, and likewise proi elded yon can get your next year's sal, ary tn advance." I LUNG DISEASEI f "After four in our family had died P i of consumption 1 v.'as taken with I a frightful cough and lung trouble. hut my life was saved and I gained I l HI pounds through using M or. king's c :' new ;Jdiscovery1 Jjw R. <* i gton,To.I i i i ^ u To the Business Men of Lancaster Business fights shy of dead towns. A sure t pride. People who live in a live, prosperous tc . . V, Dtivvfco V.ic?n, U1C1I IJUIUtO MI C WITH Nothing shows a lack of pride, a lack of proi Let's paint up. As the roost durable uijd ec Dutch Boy Lon and pure lin6eed oil, mixed right on the job, t tint it any color you wish. We carry all other paint necessaries also, you have in mind. Today's the day. FOR SALE BENNETT TERR The THREE-IN Stor WHEN YOU'l You'll enjoy the dainty Drinks that are served at our fountain fountain boys are "right on the WHEN YOU' And when the doctor prescrib ciate the careful handling of y pharmacists, and the high quality ALL THE You will find the choicest line hold Goods at this store, and the The J. F. 3-in-i MACKE Store CO. crvisi. f~idut. OL* Buy Your Smi If you are ill you perhaps come U want you to come to us when you are from ua. We carry not a large but tobacco. You are sure to find some bi that will suit you right down to th and see. LANCASTER , Spi'lnK* Block. * HONEST I ? WEIGHT F= N?. question about Hon butcher shop. We gi worth. Our business repu to us, and you can be pos: vdeight. You also get hit price. Ask our pleased ci City Meat I \ rahta<n." k\ ii (i a 'jii ' iJ'if frAfenlw \ Message I \ No. 2 :iprn of a dead one is the lack of local >wn show it. Their stores are attract UI1IVU. sperity, like paint-hungry buildings. onomical paint, wc recommend ,rT White Lead 0 suit the jcb. Have your painter Consult us on that job of painting BY Y COMPANY. 1 9 ANF Villi e *E WELL i and Ices and Ice Cream i and at our tables; our job." RE SICK >es for you, you'll appreour prescription by our v of drugs that we"use. TIME of Furniture and Houseprices are always right. The iY 3-In-1 1 Store I . - - . CLA~al t dL . okes Here < 3 see us for medicine. We well and buy your smokes ; a fine line of cigars and rand of smoke among them e ground. Try it anyway DRUG CO. Coolest Place n Town. I <e> ^ i i est liieicrftt in tVtia ive you your money's tation is worth a lot itive of getting full quality and low ^ lstomers. <?? Market