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"MORE PAY FOR LESS WORK."
Addressing the American Federation
of Labor convention at Atlantic
City, S. M. Walsh, delegate from \
Canada, told the convention that "the ,
eigiht-hour day is the first step tow- j
ard the six-<hour day." The suges- (
tion would be a fine specimen of hu- .
mor except for the important fact i ]
that it is no jest. There is not a par
tide of doubt but that many leaders ,
of organized labor entertain the same j
idea and are in accord with the Canadian
delegate's assertion that "the 3
eight-hour days is the first step tow- ;
ard the six-hour day."
Where are we headed for, with ,
such notions pervading the minds of :
the workers? Many of the captains j
of finance, the capitalists whom or- ]
ganized labor affects to hold in such \
distrust and suspicion, toil at their j
desks more than twelve hours a day, (
striving to keep in motion the wheels ,
that make it possible for labor to ]
pull down the big wages it now re- j
cerres. These men know no holidays. (
An eight-hour day to them would be
a nnvoltw on emenaivA lllTUrV that t
they would not feel able to afford, j
in the knowledge that the happiness (
and welfare of millions depend upon {
the manner in which they acquit c
themselves of the weighty responsi- B
bilities resting upon them. As for a t
six-hour day, the suggestion only q
causes them to smije wearily. c
Labor mast be responsible if it is c
to continue to prosper. All of us a
would like to be required to work r
only six hours a day, to be sure? a
very many of us would be well con* j,
tent if we could perform our duties ?
within the space of eight hours that
is now accepted as the standard
working day. But what we would a
like to do and what we have to do f,
are two very different things The 0
world must earn its bread by the tl
sweat of its brow. And it cannot tl
produce enough in six hours' toil to tl
enable it to spend the other eighteen e:
as it pleases. n
Both capital and labor must reeo- ^
lately rid themselves of false and b
* if' n l xi
XOOlIfln notions. oucn nouvns. nave p
brought Russia, once a mighty Na- t}
tion, to the brink of ruin. The Rus- c<
sian world ngraan now realizes, hav- jf
ing learned through sad experience,
that arbitrary legislation will not
make him prosperous. It is only by 01
yneans of work that men achieve remilts
which enable them to live com- ^
fortably and support their families. 0j
The slogan of "more pay for less w
work", parried too far, will ruin any ej
poifntry on earth.?Jtoaspfc# Times,
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Washington, June 17.?The farm
loan board today announced a forth
:? ;-??? <Rl 000 000 in I 1-2
UOUV V* Yv a)v* -
per bonds of the federal laad banks.
The present issue will be sold at 100 aj
1-2 direct to investors by the 12 fed- g
eral land banks and by a nation wide a
Croup of investment banking houses, li
The last general offering of these p
bonds a year ago was absorbed quick- o
ly and the securities went to a con- ii
siderable premium. The forthcom- a
ing issue anticipates the needs of ti
the land banks for some months and
no further offering is expected be- &
fore December. The new bonds, r
h* virtually tny exemot. e
will be issued in denominations as a
low as $25 to make them attractive s
to small investors. They will be pay- b
able in five years and due in 20 years p
Up to May 31 ,the federal land banks I
had issued $207,500,000 in bonds. e
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tte largest dealer in musical instru- ]
menta in western South Carolina. Sells I
pianos, self-player pianos, organs and
tewing machines. Reference: The!
Bank of Greenwood, the oldest and
Strongest Bank in Greenwood County. '
COTTON PRODUCTION.
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(Manufacturers Record, Baltimore)
The charge of certain Northern interests
that Southern farmers in reducing
their cotton acreage are profiteering
and trying to make money
out of the necessities of the world,
seems to me ill-chosen. Cotton has
been and is now selling at a loss to J
those who raise it, and they must get;
t a loss, but must diversify or bell
uined. By remaining on the land (I
nd raising other crops they will bell
i position to produce more cotton II
rhen the present stock is used and II
be market will pay a fair price. II
There has been some foolish talk II
bout the Government fixing a price [I
?r cotton, both by speakers at vari-ll
as conventions and editorially, at II
le time when it seemed probableII
mt this might be done and since but I
ie simple fact is that production has I
weeded the amount which could be JI
tanufactured and sold. Many fae-ffl
>ries and much machinery have II
een destroyed and the purchasing!!
ower of Europe greatly reduced byffl
\e war. There is a large surplus of II
?tton to be carried over, and a l
irge crop this years spells ruin ferll
lose who raise it flj
It is not a desire to make a profit JI
at of the necessities of the worldjl
iat induees the reduction of cotton I
:reage and additional production of I
ther crops. The urgent need toll
take a living until better times!!
m fanners to make this change, [I
>me in cotton prices compels South-II
ppeal time [i
VOICED BY KNOX 11
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Washington, June 17.?A plea II
gainst hasty acceptance of the le**!!
ue of nations was made to the sen-iH
te today by Senaotr Knox, Repub- II
can, of Pennsylvania, in a carefully I
repared address analyzing features I
f the league covenant and caution- I
lg that its ratification would mean I
departure from American tradi-ll
ions.
The league, declared the former I
ecretary of state, would inevitably I
esult in a super-government empow- II
red to act even upon the domestic I
ffairs of member nations and to pre- I
erve for all time the territorial I
oundaries shortly to be fixed by the I
?ace treaty. He asserted the new I
lonroe doctrine provision would 1
fface that policy from international I
iffairs and argued that the amend- I
nent adopted to cover withdrawel of I
? nrnulri make such I
et&gUC IIICIUUVA vvvw.
withdrawal "absolutely impossible."
rhe speech which held closer atten,ion
in the senate chamber than any
previous utterance of the treaty con;roversy,
marked the beginning of
iebate on Mr. Knox's resolution ue:laring
the termB of peace should he
ratified without delay and the league
of nations proposal left for later consideration.
"I ask for time," said the Senator
in explaining his feasure, "merely
to consider whether or not under the
covenant as drawn, the power to put
us at war will still rest with us or be
placed in a body outside our own
government and if placed outside,
whether or not such lodging of the
sovereign power is desirable.
"I ask only for time to deliberate
whether or not we shall put it beyond
our power to increase the size of our
army and our navy in times of dire
emergency without first consulting
the wish or desires of other countries."
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out of the business, get a higher I
AW l*A Krftl/O 1
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The writer lived some hundred
miles south of Chicago during the
middle '70's, when corn sold there at
15 cents a bushel and hogs at $2.90
per hundred live weight. Some farmers
went broke and others diversified,
but no cry of profiteering was
heard. Broomcorn later fell to $40
to $50 a ton when it cost about $100
to raise it, and produition stopped.
Castor oil was made in considerable
quantities in Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma,
but the price of this also
fell below cost and production ceassd.
The fact is that in all lines of
>usiness, manufacturing, mining and
.'arming along with the rest, the cost
>f doing business is sometimes greatsr
than the price obtainable in some
lepartments, and unless the owners
ire financially able to stand a loss,
hat department or business must be
liscontinued until better times. The
otton farmers are without the finin5?1
RtrAne*h to continue indefinitely
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