The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 08, 1919, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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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.
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hut
~<^==== T^rY=== unusual
-,/ \ freedom
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//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
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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.