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^ MPAGE EIGHT fak) PACKERS CONTROL rlothin B THE LEATHER MARKET? '' I'res BBNMPing Cost of Shoes May Ik* Duo finding In to Corner in Ijcaitlicr ami Tih> notion | Much Profit. tors wi H'i Washington, Aug. 7.?Everything rp S^IDC 111 IOf(l9UlllUII IlilS UCfU 81UCbracked for the immediate consideration of the all-absorbing question of how best to reduce the cost of living, ? end both the president and the senate 'not su ,are deeply engrossed in solving this' ^ ^ ^flifflcult problem. There seems to be I . . Hon ?-*o 7?s many plans as there are Individ-1 ^ ( ^tials All admit, however, that it isi 1 M the hu more difficult and more exasperating. , ,, * . South. . than the old Chinese puzzle which ev-l , 5 . . it and |?erybody worried over and nobody! worked in the olden days. ! farmer A few days ago the agricultural de- , roreigi pt rtment made a startling forecast on ? ' ^ tinanct the price of shoes, predicting that' zation winter shoes would cost the consumer j ^ something around $20 a pair. This'^ ^ ^ announcement, in conjunction with ^ indications of similar advances in! > . expect* - prices on other necessary articles. i net iV brought fort hprotests from people all .. . ? y Kill I W ,.>6ver the United States, and it at once ,. - "*7 contly became obvious that action on the part of the government in an effort ,,r itj(), to regulate prices was the only thing ^y.,mri \ that would meet the situation, and /tiow both executive and legislative t forces are at work in attempts to <1 is-j ^^js cover what course to pursue in theJ p0( matter. | Sena A resolution has been introduced j S() by Representative Igo. of Missouri. t?'fionbui ascertain the cause and necessity for 'pbe si the increase in the price of shoos; to ascertain the manufacturers' cost;(,,0 So ^ price and selling price, and the re-1jto j,eai Mailers' cost price and selling price' ,)0rtr a !or the years 1918 and li?19. This ,.|X on besolutlon is now pending, but do- tht,n)S(1 '> ?yed. had be hoThe Missouri representative had al- day8 $ a dy made a little investigation on r. own hook, in which he found that Thei retailers were, at least in some in- ,ju, ga: -?= 'ooces, charging more than they that . should. It is said that he purchased made , a pair of shoes of a certain standard J 0fyort ^ brand right here in Washington, for ^ child which he paid $12. Relieving that fore it the price was too high, ho ordered a j,e | similar pair from the manufacturers. and w, and he received the shoes and the jj0nier "bill. The l)ill was an astonishing rev- UMK.es t elation. It was only $">. The retail o)T tj,e I merchant had made $7 on an invest- smith ment of $">. This was a mere straw.! surpiUJ hut it showed which way the wind jj,, (>Xp ~ was blowing, and Mr. Igoe at once got ( th). busy to see what he could do toward 'fbe far 1 looking further into the appalling p,.r Vagedy of rapidly increasing high six ino tices. Icepts t ) This feature is so closely connected to njci with the general subject of increased <asking cost of living that it is at once attract- ,or <<o1 ing the attention of those who are en- vanced deavoring to solve the problem. No (big bi f one seems able to explain the steady wliicli rise in the cost of raw material, as WOul?l f no one will dare to say that it has its \ jc ^ cause in the natural law of supply active and demand. On the other hand, it eanizin has been suggested that probably Ibis KOn> , particular price advance may he due strong to cornering th emarket by specu-' tj16 < lators on hides and leather. Those West o who are in the business, however, say positioi they do not know the cause of the tju, wj,( rise or where it will end if allowed to Went to Ko on unchecked by legislative or ex just wj, ecutive interference. ltut nov There is considerable talk of a vast j,y 0rga surplus of army shoes, hut it is de- y,.t,,s t nied taht there are great quantities i,i?ed a In this country, though it is admitted \jr. jcp that there are 3,000,000 pairs of yators 1 army shoes in France, which the gov- ,\n trai ernment expects to sell at about $7.no farmers a pair if the French government will an(j gra take them. If not it is possible the entire surplus will he returned to jjjj y this country and sold. It is said that there are only about 600,000 renovated and reclaimed pairs of army shoes j, dn this country. Whatever surplus may have been on hand went to the l*?*<?i?i returned soldiers as they have been To -discharged. The government had advertised for Wasl public sale at Chicago $2,000,000 Wilson worth of surplus army leather, and saying right at this time the price of packer made b % hides steadily advances in price. It pan . has increased from 50 to 125 per cent "ought since last spring, and the advancing the mis price is reflected in the price of the gun to finished article. To what extent the tion." packers dominate the leather market Whet those who are frying to work out the Shantui matter of reducing prices will not say, I'aris, I but as the packers are said to control anese r] 1he output and price of innumerable tion frc articles it is a reasonable conclusion! "The * that they have the power to control back ( ^^the price of leather and as a conse-! sovereif Thence all leather goods. jthe eco T^Jf course the price of shoes is only German small pari of what must be; sett lean looked Jnfo by those who are about at Tsiiij to go Into the vital matter of the hlghj Itefei cost of living, but If this one Item in as to t the necessaries of life becomes so ex- and Ch pensive that It tnay be beyond the leading, reach of thousand !, the fear is enter-' commer tained that bread and meat and occurrei TH g may likewise advance in eyond the reach of many. ident Wilson has announced > will devote his entire time to relief from the oppressive sitand that no other public mat11 be considered until some sols worked out. 2 STEPS TOWARD CONTROLLING PRICES )utinued From Page One.) niclent. They were badly misif they thought the organizauld go forward without means. tton association ought to be tgest thing ever started in the Everything could be said for nothing against it. ?|9| governor suggested that the Tjffi s arrange some plan whereljy 1 trade in cotton could be *uf it1111 iu muiiu uy tut; ur^ttiir not expecting any selfish gains. Wannamaker outlined the gen- J rogram of the organiation, in lie says 1,000,000 members are re was organized opposition ould resort to anything. Rehe had brought together much 1 ntial information as to the op- 1 ,\\ is of a man in Wall Street. Mr. n miaker said the handbag con- Vl ; this information had been \\ and the correspondence lost. In l\ ;ht every man was either with I [>ple or against them. I itor Smith said the people of nth were today facing a llin g line of greed and avarice. j nister shadow of this Wall / gang had been hanging over / nth 50 years. It amused him / appeals to tlie farmers to sup- / in organization by a few cents / eacli bale of cotton to protect I Ives, when the price of cotton I >en beaten down the last few I . 25 a bale. V \ Some Xot Kncouragrsl. \ " e were skeptics who would say me old song was being sung, le same old effort was being to organize, and like all past v it is uumiinvu hi eiiu in lanure. i I had to learn the alphabet be- I could spoil and the farmers I on working with iho alphabet i >ro now putting the letters to- J and forming words and sen- I and were beginning to throw shackles of poverty. Senator i said he dldnt see where any A i existed, but a deficit instead. M lained the general workings of fl leral reserve system, whereby gB mer is able to borrow a large at of the value of his cotton uB nths when the local banker ac- V he cotton receipt and sends it imond. Many people had been I him what was a proper price ton. 1'ntil the market adwhero the farmers were getiick some of the millions of they had been robbed, lie not say what a just price was. . Elmore, who has had a very part in the last decaoe in org the wheat growers of Oreashiiigton and Idaho, brought PAltNTFt message to the cotton farmers. . wheat and fruit growers of the nice occupied the unenviable i of the cotton farmer. When jat was harvested, the grower PLANS TO > the dealer, asked the dealer COST ( at he would pay for the wheat, r everything had been changed nization. During the last 12 to *' he wheat growers have com- iteers Will II ud in the three states in which I' loll more has worked, 250 elelave been built by the farmers, isuctions are handled by the Washington, organization from weighing ',ms were reacl ding to price fixing. agencies work! -- i (if living and a HLSON DISCLOSES n's,: ROM IS E JAPAN MADE mending additi lit Says Japanese at 1'aris lised to Itestore Sliaiitiiiig. KI.Kt'TION Ft Iveep F/i'oiioniie Privileges. r.ii lington, Auk. 7.? President An election i hits issued u formal statement Weigher at La: that tlte "frank statement Kershaw y Viscount I'chida" as to Ja- 'ley. August 12 policy regarding Shantung. ?P''n J,t S;IM' to serve to remove many of 4:00 P. M. understandings which had be- The followin accumulate about this ques- managers to < At Lancaster, l the question of disposal of Cousar, A F. ( ig was definitely decided on at Berry Mobley, , 'resident Wilson said the Jap- mond. A' Kei lelegation In reply to a ques- P. Adams, 1 >m him said: Candidates I policy of Japan is to hand quired to file e Shantung peninsula in full missioners of I ?nty to China, retaining only before Monday nomic privileges granted to 12:00 Noon, th y and the right to establish a ihe following i ant under the usual conditions caster. $10.00; g-Tao." $r,.ft0; at Kers ences in the Uchlda statement py order of he agreement between Japan Commissioners Ina in 1015, "might be mis- South Carolina the president said, "if not ited upon In the light or what J. C. Cook, tl in Paris." Clerk. -'V YtR* ' T jy.r.v?. r, E LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S ?? i ??? % hut ~<^==== T^rY=== unusual -,/ \ freedom j ""/^^ ~ ?^ aC^?n //if \ Seat and REDUCE HIGH I in reducing the cost of livl )F LIVING MADE Agents of the department were ordered to ferret out ers of necessaries and iggost I-nws and I'rof- throughout tin* country, tl to Hunted?(lica|H*r he prosecuted under the tot act. i* Promised. , ,, Director Julius II. Ham grain corporation, decided Aug. 7 Those docis- tain the government's gut ted by the government wheat at $12.26 a bushel as ng to reduce the cost protection against a lii| Haw the country's un- later." At the conclusion of tod ilson decided to ad- ties by the president, the ?e to congress reoom- mitten of the cabinet a'pj onal legislation to aid Attorney-General Palmer. : at torn ey general himself. )R COTTON WKIOH- men,B wore made ,,f strns to bo taken and of tl (>UI>KltKI>. menf. wh...t policy, or the otlices of Cotton jn a longthv statonion ncaster, 1 loath Springs why (hp pi.,rp of wll(.at W0M will be bold on Titos- ^or , ^ government guar th. 191'.), I ho polls toi fpftor Barnes promised a A. M. and to olose ;it nu.n{ ((f flour prices at the ' the national treasury as g have been appointed by congress, if later develo onduct said election: dicated a world price for w .John M. Madra, N*. B. than the guarantee basis, ulp. At Heath Springs,j immediate stops will be Joe Hilton, A. P. Ham- tjJP j.r;ijn corporation to sol shaw, It. P. Long, W. export flour In every coin ''rank Clyburn. ???? or said offices are re- Catarrh Cannot Be with the county com- with loCAD APPLICATION alienator fun n t v on or cannot reach the ioat of tl .ancaster county, on or Catarrli )9 u localf disease. August 11th, 1919, at fluencod by constltathuia) con , , , . In order to cure .'It you mu e usual pledge and pay internal remidy.7 Hall s Cat assessments: At Lan- fine Is tfUfn l^ernaUv end the blood on tni mucous surf ; at Heath Springs, system Itnirif Catarrh M? . ?,,, prcscrlb <1 by/one of the host haw, 110.00. jn ,pjs ,.n,io/ry for year.i. the Board of County posed of a?^e of the best tor romhlncd rath some of trie of l/ancaster County, purifiers./The perfect roml the Ingredients In Hall's Cat cine la Willi produ. es such T. Y. Williams, result.vin catarrhal conditions tcstirp"'lals fr< e Chairman. y j, r , - tl \ A- CO.. Props. All Druggist*. 76c. Hall's Family Pills for cons * * I . C. F iroved?from Neck t COMBINES all the tures of the union shirt and drawerwith all the bad features really know what Cool CC when you wear a Rocki The full blouse above the band allows even greater dom than a shirt?nothi The closed seat and crotch like your trousers, comi sanitary. No back old-fas ing split to bunch up and ; side leg opening, with tw< plain sight, is very easy to strain on the buttons. Guaranteed to fit and p/e< money back. We'll be gl you Rockinchair Union your sake as v/ell as ours. J Men's Jap Silk Unions Men's Diamond Silk Unions Men's Silk Mull Unions Moll's Striped Madras Unions Men's Checked Muslins Unions SOU) EXCLUSIVELY II Lancaster Pepartmei "The Rest Place to Shop Al LANCASTER S )CKINCf Athletic Underwear for Men I ing. j the country in carload lots at a price p; of justice not greater than $10 a barrel, Mr. d all hoard-1 Barnes announced. This price, he a: profiteers I added, is lower by one dollar a barrel c ley are to! than any price ruling during the last >d controrl! four months. Using figures described as coming h es, of the j from the grain corporation's own prito main-jvate sources, Mr. Barnes predicted a irantee ofj shrinkage of "probably 400,000,000 ~~~~ a "reserve : l,ushels" in the wheat production for ?her prlcejXorth America. 250.000,000 bushels ! of which is in the United States, from I 4) actlvi I the June forecast, and a further j sub-coin-j shrinkage in Kurnpean wheat and rye minted by. production of *'.00,000,000 bushels ind by the outside Itussia. announce- COKt 0f living was not disimmedlate ru8K<1,i a( tregular Tuesday's cabilie govern- net meeting, but Attorney General I'ultner remained after the meeting to t showing confer witli the president and pre ! Id rise but memoranda prepared by the anteo, 1 >i- Hulicommittee stating what the guvreadjust (,rnm,.ni was doing and what it pro- Las exnense of . -i_,? ? . . -! I iiuat'u inMiiK uncier existing laws anill?authorized possible additional laws to cope with 1 pments in- ,|u? situation. heat lower bl BUSINESS NOTICES II standard inanity of WANTD Cow, horse, mule, sheep 11 an'* KOat bides. See Ino before 8 as they you 9e"' <'aP*rs Cauthen, White, he disease street, sreatly inillttohs. and Ht (liko All ii * v'f' v'i 11? , i arrh Mecil- rAlNTIM#?Wanted, your painting. acts thru < alsotninincr and interior deeorataccs of the dlrine was iltu. All first class work. Hot 1) ^physicians town and country work. Eighteen ilrs known, years' experience on eltv work. host blood ' * . >ination of Phone 1M>6. or wr.te J. S. Mcl'all "oniKrtui Lancaster, S. C. 8I-2t . Send for Toledo. O. AITOMOItlLE MMl SALE?Overtlpatlon 'an<' C' 'uK?adster, four or five L-_ . 1 RIDAY. AUGUST 8, 1919. o Knee good feasuit and the ?does away ;! You will )MFORT is I nchair Suit. . snug waist# bodily freeing to bindare exactly brtable and hioned, gapannoy 1 The :> buttons in adjust. No ise?or your to show Suits?for $7.50 $4.50 $2.25 .?. $2.50 $1.05 v nf $ktnrd>Q I ? V C t. V vv fter All." OUTH CAROLINA IAIR & Boys gg [ISSt'llCPr par in cnrxt Iiinninif nf_ er; good tires and extra wheel nd tire. A bargain. George B raven, News office. >KS WANTKI)?Will pay good rices fo\ ,row hides this week, ee ('onnoY Bros, before selling. 79-4t ski: Gregory I5ros i s. < . ?I(1U Automobiles Trucks and T ractors i I* [Joes your car steer hard ? fcteer t/he Lexington * You'll beflfin to note the difTea-nce in the way" it / 1 id/'s and drives.