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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919
IF THE TREATY IS REJECTED.
Have the Senators who are bent
upon rejecting the Covenant of the
League of Nations and bringing to
naught the work of the Peace Conference
counted the cost of this policy,
its cost to America in lost friendships
and to the world in shattered
hopes? It is easy to say that we
/ ' shall live unto ourselves alone, indierent
to the troubles of other
lands. (And just this in effect is
the counsel of the League opponents.)
But when we come to put the
doctrine of smug selfishness into
practice, we shall find difficulties be
ua tlliinci tiioil JLigjryi
plagues.
We cannot hold aloof from the
world's problems, however tight we
may shut our eyes and our heart. In
one role or another we are going to
be an actor on the eventful stage,
not a cold on-looker. We tried the
by-stander's part and tried it to the
last inch of grievances patiently endured,
in the late war; but the very
necessities of conscience and of national
interest forced us into the
arena. The practical quVstion now is
not whether we shall live apart from
the rest of the world bit in what
character we shall move amidst its
busy scenes?as a co-worker in the
cause of peace and justice and progress,
or as an embodiment of selfishness
and suspicion, unfriendly and
unbefriended?
Senators who urge rejection of the
Peace Treaty and the League Coverunt
are for the latter caurse. They
argue in substance, though not in
form, that inasmuch as we are in a
suffering and restless world we
should cut connections therewith and
pass the time prosperously in what
they are pleased to call ''splendid
isolation.' We should take no responsibilities
share no labors, have no
forceful convictions or vital sympa
imes in rne common me 01 nations
save at points where our own purses
and policies may be immediately
concerned. A practical people well
may ask, how would such . a policy
pay? How would it pay in commerce,
i.i good-will, in national prestige
and in national character?
For* the present, and probably for
some years to come, we are assured
of brisk foreign trade simply because
a war-drained world must have
our products. But how will it be
with us in this matter when others
have got well on their feet again
and competition waxes keen? Sentiment,
we may grant, has no place in
business, but as certain as human
nature is human nature, a nation
that does nothing to help solve humanity's
common problems and bear
its common burdens will lose the
good will which is so essential to all
good business. Or if we continued
unwaningly prosperous whilst our
late associates in war were left to
truggle on alone, buying our goods
at high prices and borrowing our
money at snug interest rates, would
not such prosperity beget the very
opposite of friendship in the hearts
fV>r?co fnrpoH fn HdqI \uitVi lie^
Atlanta Journal.
THE PRICE OF COTTON.
We have said it before and say it
again; In order to pay the labor that
produces it and the capital invested
in it anything like the same returns
that labor and capital elsewhere get,
this year's disastrously short crop of
cotton should bring 40 cents a
pound. We wish we could say it will
*
I*
bring 40 cents, but we can at least
say that there are just four reason*
1 why prices are not now mounting
toward that figure:?
First, the reduced consumption ol
American mills, owing, it is said, tc
labor troubles.
Second, the delay in ratifying th?
Peace Treaty and putting work baci
on a peace basis.
Third, the unsettled conditions ix
' the financial world, resulting in th<
4.80 2-3 in America, now being
worth only $4.85. This means thai
any purchase in America now costs
an Endish buver 10 1-2 ner cent
premium for exchange on money,
The Peace Treaty matter, however,
will soon be settled; labor troubles
! seem in process of adjustment; and
J we must beJieve that the abnormal
i with regard to English money will
1 soon adjust itself.
The fourth reason why cotton prij
ces are not climbing toward 40
! cents, however, is most important of
| all. This reason is simply the belief
| that the farmers will let the crop of
j for less. No well organized union of
! town laborers would submit to any
' less remunerative prices for their
i labor, however; and why should the
j farmer? If he goes on a strike, he
I can hold out longer than the city
wage earner, and why should he
not in a peaceful and legal way re'
fuse to take less than a fair price for
' the product of his toil?
! In view of the educed acreage
' this year, a good crop of cotton
! should have brought 33 to 35 cents
I ?. pound. With a disastrously poor
j crop such as we have, a 40-cent price
i means only a living wage for the
! producer; and he, like the city la!
borer, owes it to his family and those
I !ependent on him to demand this
1 living wage.?Progressive Farmer,
i
Report of Work of County Agent.
! Traveled 220 miles, visited 54 farmers,
and two club members, wrote
1 25 letters, held one meeting, organ1
ized one bull association of one bull,
ordered cooperatively for the farmj
ers 1775 crimson clover seed, 700
I alfalfa seed and 99 tons of lime of
at least $86.88. There will be about
j 40 men who will put in crimson
clover and 15 men who will put in
1 alfalfa this fall that never have
^grown either heretofore. Practically
! all t the week was devoted to a "Clover-Alfalfa''
campaign.
PEOPLE OF AUSTRIA
>ineT ni?tn nimnru
muoi DLAIV. OU|U/Lll
I ???
Paris, Sept. 2.?Chancellor Karl
Ranner, head of the Austrian peace
delegation, left tonight for Vienna
with the peace treaty, which was
handed to the Austrians today. He
Indicated that he would probably ask
for an extension of time, as the Austrian
general assembly would meet
on Saturday and Sunday to discuss
the terms.
The supreme council, it is announced,
will extend the time, if
\ Austria so requests.
The note transmitting the allied
i reply to the observations of the Aus!
trian delegation on the conditions of
peace, addressed to Karl Renner and
t signed by M. Clemenceau, as presi'
dent of the council, follows:
i "Draft of the covering:"
! "1. The allied and associated powj
ers have given most careful consider1
ation to the' observations of the Ausi
trian delegation on the draft treaty
of peace. The reply of the Austrian
delegation objects to the draft treaty
on the grounds that in view of the
dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian
monarchy, Austria ought not to be
treated as an enemy state at all and
| that, in consequence, she ought not
| to be made in any special way in|
heritor of responsibilities in regard
! to reparation, to which the Austro*
Hungarian monarchy would undoubtI
cdly be liable, did it still erist.
People Held Responsible.
"As these observations point to a
| fundamental misconception of the rei
sensibilities of the people of Aus1
tria the allied and associated powers
feel it necessary to state as briefly
* - * V ! ...Li.L iL
I as may oe tne principles which tuey
consider must be applied to the set'
tkment of the late war so far as Aus|
tria is concerned. The people of Aus!
tria, together with their neighbors,
i the people of Hungary, bear in a pe!
culiar degree responsibility for the
j calamities which have befallen Eu;
rope during the last five years.
' "The war was precipitated by an
uiiifnatum presented to Serbia by the
government at Vienna and requiring
acceptance within 48 hours or a se
t. /ies of demands which amounted t<
j( the destruction of the independenc<
j of a neighboring sovereign state. Thi
j royal government of Serbia accepter
with the prescribed time all the de
? mands except those which involve<
the virtual surrender of its inde
i pendence."
HOW PERSHING WAS CHOSEN
! (The Chattanooga Times)
> When Secretary of War Baker wai
' in Chattanooga last Saturday he tol<
i for perhaps the first time the circum
stances ^attending the selection ol
General Pershing to command th<
) American forces in Europe. It wai
1 while en route to Chickamauga pari
L that the secretary told the story.
I "When we got into the war," sai(
I the secretary, 'it became necessarj
to select the commander of the armj
' the United States was to send t<
1 France, and upon me developed the
selection. I had the department fur
nish me with all the records of th<
general officers of the army. I sal
up all night going over those records
and long after day dawned had, by i
process of elimination, made my se
! lection. That morning I sent foi
General Scott, who was then chiei
"J of staff; the general promptly cam*
to my office and I announced to hilt
that I had made my selection of com
I mander of the American expeditior
i to France.
" 'Who is it?' asked General Scotl
j with a note of anticipation in hi
1, voice.
'I U tn 1 ? T
uciinai x
11 There was a moment's silence, anc
'J with sort of gulping in the throat
the general congratulated me on the
!j choice and said, good old soldiei
; that he was, that a better one coulc
! not have been made.
' General Scott may have thoughl
: that he would be selected, but as h<
; vts within four months of the retir
r.je thr.t v.*a3 impossible, as I wai
i! determined that the man who wen1
i over first in command was to con
, tinue, provided he proved capable.
| "That afternoon I went over to th<
i ( White House to make the presideni
: acquainted with my action. I told th<
; president that I had selected the gen
I'eral to command our forces in Eu
I
i rope.
i1 " 'Who is it?' asked the president
rl " 'General Pershing,' I replied.
" 'Do you know him?' queried th(
I president.
I 44 'T nevAr mpt. and to the best ol
J my knowledge never saw him in mj
|. life,' was my answer.
"The president then asked how ]
came to make the selection, and- ]
told him my process.
" 'Very well,' said the president
'if you are satisfied you have made
the best possible selection, appoinl
him and I will back you up.'"
And that is how General Pershing
happened to be selected as commander
in chief of the American expeditionary
forces in the European war.
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LABOR COMMITTEE
CALLS FOR TRUCE
j
VT IT 1. O * 1
J 1NCW X UJTA.J k>cpi. 1| uaoytiiCivi/
! of all strikes throughout the United
States and the declaration of a laboi
truce on the basis of the status que
for six months or more to enable
President Wilson to bring about a reduction
in the cost of living is recommended
in a report of a committee
of the New York State Federation
of Labor made public here today.
The recommendations urged American
organized labor to cease wage
and hour controversies in order tc
I increase production and restore normal
conditions. They express the
| hope that no new strikes will be or
j dered except to relieve workers from
1 "intolerable oppression."
The committee was appointed bj
lames P. Holland, president of the
J federation, on July 29 and made its
! report after conferring with reprei
sentatives of industrial, commercial
' manufacturers, financial, transportajtion
and other intertsts with a vie-w
' to devising plans to lower the cost oi
j living. Business men, it explained,
; were in a state of apprehension due
| to rapidly changing conditions since
| the signing of the armistice and in
dustry had been disturbed and dislocated
to a degree never before experienced."
Would Avoid Disaster. v
"Your committee is convinced",
says the report, "that this condition
' %vrc.jg and can not be permitted
to continue unless we?and by, 'we'
jour committee means not labor a'o::s
Lut the people of the whole
) United States?wish to invite a dis- j
2 aster unparalleled in history. The <
3 people must be given a breathing 1
1 spell. There must be a suspension of t
- struggling for class and party advan- 1
1 tage. All Americans must bend their {
- backs to the oars and pull steadily i
against the storm-tossed waters until (
I our boat again rides safely on the 11
placid sea 01 prosperity." r
Continuing, the report says: i
As a result of President Wilson's i
3 appeal, backed by the attitude of t
1 Samuel Gompers, president of the; i
. American Federation of Labor, and| t
I leaders of the railway brothers, thej 1
? threatened railroad strike was avert-j J
j ed and the country spared a terrible i {
c tragedy. (
j "On every hand there are strikes 1
1 and threats of strikes. Most of these
r disturbances have been provoked by <
j radical agitators who have not the
) interests of the toilers at heart, but
, who seek to promote industrial war.
fare for the purpose of destroying i
> our present economic system and 1
^substituting 'industrial ownership by t
the proletariat.' Fortunately the \
t sane leaders of organized labor r
. have, after a short period, succeed- i
r ed in regaining control of their c
I temporarily rebellious unions and re-j \
, storing orderly procedure unaer ine
, law3 and rules pf the American Fed- ]
. eration of Labor. 1
i !
FRIENDS OF PALMER
t REPLY TO CHARGES 1
3 t
| Washington, Sept. 2.?Sharp criti- *
cism in the senate today by Senator
1 Frelinghuysen, Republican, of New 1
? Jersey, Attorney General Palmer
J drew a vigorous defense of Mr. Palf
mer from Senators Underwood of *
I Alabama and Williams of Mississippi,
I Democrats.
t The New Jersey senator, replying
' to accusations made against him by f
I
M. Palmer on a recent statement, as3
sailed Mr. Palmer's administration of i
t the alien property custodian's office!
*( and flatly charging him with having j
) pro-German sympathies before the'A
5 entrance of this country into the war,! j
^declared he had "received German'
i agents in is own house."
Mr. Frelinghuysen also asserted1
that Mr. Palmer was the "intennedi-jC
i\ i \
ary" with President Wilson for Ger-!
man interests seeking to condone the; *
Lusitania inrident.
1 r
- In defense of Mr. Palmer, Senator
: Underwood declared Senator Fre-|
q
E linghuysen had "assaulted and mis- ~
r represented" the attorriey general
and had deceived the senate and the
t public. There is no question of Mr.
? Palmer's loyalty, Senator Underwood ^
1 declared, adding that charges against
> him had emanated fom German inter- ^
' ests opposing disposition of German
B
' property seized. ^ ^
Senator Williams asserted charges .
> against Mr. Palmer were "outrage
ous" and "ridiculous." He also as- j
serted the charges originated with
German interests seeking to discredit
him.
| Senator Williams' retorts were so ^
i caustic that Senator Frelinghuysen .
mxerrupveu to invuw: wic senate iiuu .
i against the senator impugning an- ?
1 other's motives, but Senator Wilc
* liams replied that he thought the ?
> New Jersey senator had been involv- ^
' ed in the attack upon Mr. Pabner
"quite unwittingly," after it had been
begun by German interests.
i 1
. LAND VALUES IN jfc
McCORMICK. COUNTY 1
U
McCormick, Sept. 2.?In spite of c
i the fatt that real estate in many in- c
i stances has increased in value more
. than 100 per cent during the past two c
? years every day finds people from
. other sections of the state here look-j
l ing for homes, farms, town property,! c
stores and garages. This unusual ac-,'
r tivity in real estate can be attributed i *
> to the fact that real estate compan- 3
j ies doing business in this section ^
. have induced numbers of people to j fc
[ come here from other sections in:
. search of the cheaper lands to be j
- 1 1 ?? J 0*?A Anilfil I (
r louna nere una yct nmt.u uc
; in productiveness to any to be found ^
, in the State. *
<s Although the people of McCormick ^
> County worked hard for the estab- ^
. lishment of the county for a numberj c
. of years before it was finally secured!
. in 1917, they realize that they have| e
one of the best counties in the State a
both for the production of crops of
, all kinds and for stockraiaing which 0
i latter industry is quite extensive and ^
I profitable in the county. The soil of 0
' McCormick County seems well adapt- c
ed to the growth of almost any kind *
! of crop although cotton remains the v
I
>rinripal money crop raised. HunIreds
of acres have been planted in
Bermuda grass and large herds of
;horoughbred cattle thrive upon this.
tfcCormick County can boast the largest
peach orchard in the State, havng
in one orchard over 35,000 fine
jeach trees. Peaches are shipped by
he carload every year to Northern
narkets. All of these vast rich
teres seem to have been absolutely
mdeveloped before the formation of
;he county and no one seemed to
-ealize the value of the land lying between
the forks of Savannah and
kittle River and between Stephens,
rurkey and Cuffytown creeks cutting
>ortions of Edgefield, Abbeville and
Greenwood counties out of which
HcCortnick was formed.
CONFERENCE CALL
GOES OUT TODAY
Washington Sept. 2?Before leavng
Washington tomorrow night on
:is speech making tour of the counry,
President Wilson will issue invitations
to labor leaders, financiers,
nanufacturers and famers to attend
i conference early in October for
:onsiderat:o:i of the problems of la>or
and of those who direct labor.
The Preident, it also was learned,
dans to complete all arrangements
[or the conference before his depar;ure
so that the meeting may be held
mmediately upon his return the last
>f this month. The first sesison of
he conference probably will be at
he White House.
The entire labor situation and also
imniuMimm+o fivr frVio conference
vere understood to have discussed at
.oday's cabinet meeting, the only one
>ossible for the President to attend
his ,month. It was presumed that the
>lan to- invite farmers representa;ives,
which has been urged by sev:ral
members of the Senate, was
igreed upon at the cabinet meeting.
Arrangements Complete.
Final arrangements for the Presiient's
"swing around the circle"
vere about completed today. Accomjanying,
President Wilson will be
tfrs. Wilson, Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, personal physician to the
^resident, Secretary Tumulty, a
:orps of (stenographers, secret service
men and some thirty correspondin
ts representing the press associaions
and leading metropolitan news>apera.
The President has scheduled thirty
et speeches in the principal cities of
he West and South, and it is presum:d
he will be compelled to deliver
ihort platform speeches at smaller
owns along the route, although it is
:nown he is opposed to the practice.
The first speech will be at Colum>us
Thursday morning, and the last
it Louisville, Ky., September 29.
The President will return to Washngton
the next day.
I
UG CITY ARRANGES
TO GREET PERSHING
New York, Sept 2?Arrangements
or the reception of General Pershng
and the parade of the First Divison
of the regular army with the American
commander in chief at its head;
>n next Tuesday, were completed to-i
lay at a coference between Major
?eneral Shanks, commander of the
tort of embarkation, and the mayor's
eception committee. General Pershng*s
ship, the Leviathan, is expected
o reach New York next Sunday or
ifonday, and from the time he lands
ihtil he leaves for Washington a few
lays later he will be the guest of die I
ity of New York.
A patrol boat carrying the recption
.ojnmittee and a number of high oficials
who are expected to include
Secretary Baker and General March,
hief of staff, will meet the Leviahnn
at the entrance to New York
Jay and will escort tihe liner to the
ame Hoboken pier on which Presi
lent Wilson disembarked on nis reurn
from Europe.
After exchanging greetings with1
he reception committee on the pier,j
Jeneral Pershing will be taken oni
oard the patrol boat and brought to J
he Battery, where he will be met by j
letachments of police mounted oni
torses and motorcycles, who will es-j
ort him to his hotel. I
In the First Division parade, Gen-j
ral Pershing will have for his staff;
.11 the generals who have commanded j
he famous unit since the declaration!
f war. They will include Maj. GenVilliam
Sibert, who took the division
verseas and later returned to take
harge of the chemical wrafare serv-:
ce. Lieut. Gen. Robert L Bullard,
rho left the division on July 12, 1918
to take command of the Second Army;
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sununerall,
who succeeded General Bollard; Brig.
Gen. Frank, Parker, who relieved
Gen. Summerall in October, and liaj.
Gen. E. F. McGlacklin, the present
commander. fi
One of the most interesting features
of the. parade will be the presence
of the first American i^pldgnn
fired in the great war and. the first
American colors borne on the front.
: These historic relics will be brought i
! from Washington, where they are be|
ing preserved as national souvenirs
j of the tremendous struggle. Another
| novel feature will be the presence of
! the welfare workers who were Attacked
to the division.
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j WILL NOT FURNISH 1 v
COMMITTEE PACTS
Washington, Sept. 1.?Request' of
the foreign relation^ committee for
latest drafts of the poposed treaties
with Germany's allies has beeh refused
by President Wilson on the
ground that compliance would set a
precedent encouraging senatorial-encroachment
on the presidential pow!
ev of treaty negotiation. h'.
In an exchange of letters > made
1 public today, Mr. Wilson wrote that
j it was "out of the question" to ac-r
cede to the committee's suggestion, .
and Chairman Lodge replied' that, although
the treaties were closely conj
nected with the treaty with Germany
the president undoubtedly had authority
to keep information about
I them from the senate if he chese.
The correspondence apparently
brought another impasse between the
I president and the committee o* the
| much debated subject of what information
the senators should hare> in
their consideration of the treaty with
| Germany. Mr. Lodge and others have
declared the committee could not act
intelligently until all of the Versailles
treaties were before it, but at
I the White House conference Mr.
| Wilson told the committee that the
j form to be taken by the four treaties
under negotiation depended large
| ly on the senate's action. regarding
. the instrument now before it
A copy of the agreement of June
116 relative to the Rhine district also
| was denied the committee, the presi,
dent writing that it would only become
pertinent after the treaty was
ratified and that its publication now
might be embarrassing to other govj
eraments. To this Senator Lodge I
j replied that it already had been pub!
lished ip a British white book and
| from that source had been circulated
in this country through The Corigres'sionsl
Record.
PLEDGES ARE DUE
SALVATION AH MY
All of the Salvation Anfty pledges
I made in the campaign in May were
idue yesterday. The large majority
| of the people paid their pledg&B in
cash and about $11,000 was collected
i at the time of the drive. The pledges
to be paid June, July, August and
| September 1 amounted to something
I more than $4,000. A number of
j these pledges were not paid &a they
I came due, but doubtless there will be
! a cleanup now.
Appeal for Payment.
Brigadier Crawford in Atlanta,
commander of the Southeastern division
of the Salvation Army, has issued
the following urgent appeal for
the payment of pledges made to the
j Salvation Army:
i '"The Salvation Army kept faithI
fully its trust in the world qrar and
I stooci the acid test.
i "And I believe the people who H
subscribed to our home service cam- H
paign fund last spring will keep faith H
with the Salvation Army," he added. H
"The work :his fall and winter will H
be four-fold. The full quota of sol- I
die: s who went to war will be back. H
Thousands will need jobs and the H
helping of the Salvation Army. H
"The Salvation Army stood by H
them to the last on .the battle line? Hj
| it will not desert them now." H
Throughout the country the activi- H
ties of the Salvation Army in recon- H
struction fairly whiz. Industrial H
homes, rescue homes, the Salvation H
Army stores where the poor may sup- H
ply their needs for a mere pittance H
?or for nothing?and all of its other
creditable institutions practically
are being rebuilt.
The Salvation Army drained its^J
every resource in rushing to the aid H
of the country and the success of its^H
soldier boys, when the war broke
Mn if mile* am hnr>k And weld^l
together the links it dropped in its^H
chain of endeavor at home.
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