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DR. W. W. LONG MAKES
COTTON STATEMENT
Says Farmers Have Not Been So
Demoralied and Perplexed
Since the '90'?.
The following statement of Dr. W
W. Long, director of the Clerason Ex
tension Service, will he read with in
terest:
"Not since the early 90s have the
farmers been so demoralized as they
?re today. At that time cotton was
veiling for C to 8 cents a pound, it
was most difficult to secure credit at
rfnything like a reasonable rate. The
banks in the State could be countcd
an your two hands. A great number
our farmers of today remember!
ttase conditions and they are reason
ing with themselves about as follows
"I liave made cotton at 8 cents a
pound and made some little money.
I an going to make this crop on the
basis of 8 and 10 cents a pound for
the reason that I am not going to pur
chase anything for myself or my ten
ants that I can do without. 1 am go
ng ta practice the most rigid ecoiy>
ay. Cotton is the only crop that I c^in
trow that will bring in any money for
myself ot my tenants. It is absolute
ly necessary for my tenants to pro
duce a crop that they can readily sell
for cash, otherwise they will leave
{'With these thoughts in their minds I
?nd in their state of perplexity with
tibe little more favorable news that
m bow being printed in the press in
Deference to higher prices that may
Jtok expected from cotton, I fear that
* great many of our farmers will be
teapted at the last moment not to
reduce their cotton acreage as much
as they had intended to do some
thirty or sixty days ago. Any one
traveling in the Piedmont will be
impressed with the fact that a great
-deal of land is being prepared for
cotton and, owing to weather condi
tions, the preparation is of a most
excellent character that will have a
decided effect on production.
"To my mind there is , only one
' answer to the arguments of some of
?Ur farmers as above set forth and
fhst argument should be driven home
o every occasion; namely, that a ten
?r twelve million bale crop will most
likely sell for 5 cents a pound this I
and that a six million bale crop
voder these circumstances will bring
jn uure money wan a tweive uiuiivn
tele crop."
"We will have on July 1, 1921, a
suplns of nine million bales of cot
ton. This surplus will in a great
Measure have to be consumed by
foreign countries^ We must appre
ciate the conditions in Europe as far
from being normal. THe armies of
, reat Britain, Prance and Belgium
are invading Germany. Peace seems
to be in the distant future and until
peace is declared and the purchasing
power of the people in Europe is re
' stored in a measure, cotton will of
seeeeaity not be in demand, and any
. surplus that may exist will have
greater influence on the "market at
this time than at a time when ordi
aary and normal conditions prevail.
The production of a six million bale
crop holds out some hope that our ag
rieuitirral interests may in the near
future be placed on a safe and sound
basis; a ten or twelve million bale !
crop means a continuation of present
conditions."
fOW> MOTOR COMPANY
SHOWS TOTAL ASSETS
TO BE $384,554,941.68
Landing, Mich. Mar. 29.?Total as
sets of $384,554,941.68 on December
31, 1920, are shown in the annual re
port of the Ford Motor Company
filed today with the secretary of
jstste. Cash on hand,includinfc depo
sits in banks, is given as $13,557,
244.51, and the value of credits ow
ing to the company is placed at $54,
188,633.60.
Liabilities of the company on un
secured indebtedness are shown as
>148,025,300.61.
WANTS
FOR SALE?Good Bermuda Hay at
*1 .50 per hundred in any quantity.
A bargain while it lasts. S. J.
UNK. ' 3-30 ltcol.
DRAY I DRAY!?If you have hauling
n nhnnA 297. Wi* haul anvthine
anywhere. M. J. BUTLER,
Abbeville. 3, 23?6t.pd.
I NO INCREASE IS
ALLOWED ON SHORT LINES
Chicago, March 29.?The United
States Railroad Labor board today
dismissed appeals for increased wag
es filed with it last fall by 15 railway
labor unions against 67 "short lines"
throughout the country.
.Short lines which accepted for
their men the terms of the?$600,000,
000 wage award of last July will not
be privileged to go back to the old
scale, under today's action, however,
the announcement of the board say
inff:
' "This decision shall not be consid
ered as,affecting any wage increase
now in effect nor any agreement re
garding wages between any of the
carriers and their employees."'
J The board's decision affects approx
imately four thousand employees.
The railroads involved are in general
remote from large cities and provide
service for small communities located
in nearly every state. Because Df the
varying kinds of work performed by
the employees the board, declared it
found it "impracticable to decide on
the evidence, which already are rea
sonable wages for the varying work
under prevailing conditions," by the
employees.
The decision points out that there
are under consideration by the board
several hundred grievances which
should be de.ermined by the boards
of adjustments if such boards were in
existence. It also pomtet out the
d'.verse kinds of work don; by the
employees was unclassified .uid there
fore that it actually was impossible
to undertake the need of standard
ization of ru" ->s upon which to base
a wage award.
A general rules and working hear_
ing affecting the trunk lines of the
country is before the hoard. No set
of rules, however, has ever been ap
plied uniformly to the short lines. The
board declared it was 'impracticable
f;o determine what reasonable rules
shall be in effect on the short lines
until the question of reasonable rules
and working conditions on the stand
ard railroads has been disposed of."
Representatives of "bfee carriers and
? i*n
tne employees are sua given wic ngut
to confer as to wages and working
conditions under the board's decision.
Representatives of 15 employes' or
ganizations are among the 4,000 men
affected by the decision. In a few
cases, employees belonging to all 15
unions are involved on the same road,
but on the larger part of the roads
only a few classes of employees come
under the decision for the reason that
the board's decision affects only those
in whose behalf a dispute was '
brought to/the board.
Disputes were originally certified to
the board on the part of the employ- (
ees belonging to one or more of the (
15 unions on 103 railroads. Ten of
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these roads, however, were electric .
lines and the board ruled these lines
out. Twenty-six other lines adopted
the wage schedules paid by the trunk
lines, laid-down in what is known as
decision number two, the wage award
by the labor board handed down July
20, 1920. Trunk lines in the wage
decision were those represented by
the Association of Railway Eexecu
tives.
Following the application of deci
sion number two, employees on roads
not affected began to file disputes
with the board and the whole matter
was taken up in a hearing known as
the short line hearing on October 18, '
1920. The hearing consumed fourteen
days. The short lines are not parties
to the present rules and working con
ditions hearings and in event they do
not accept the board's decision on
rules, a separate hearing for short
lines also will be necessary.
Various scales of wages have been
in effect on the 67 roads. Some car
riers paid the standard scale estab
lished, by the United States Railroad
Administration. Others paid approxi
mately the same as those paid on the
trunk lines in the same territory.
TURKS MAY COMPEL ALL
MARRIAGBLE MEN TO WED
flrnistflntinoDle. March' 29?Alarm
ed at the growing depopulation of
Turkey, the Turkish Nationalist par
liament at Angora is considering a
bill to compel all men aged 25 or
more to marry unless prevented by
health reasons.
Bachelors over that age will be
very heavily taxed, while married
men will enjoy privileges in taxa
tion and military service.
Candles are used for lighting pur
poses in the gold, diamond and oth
er mines of South Africa.
GEORGIA FARMER
MAY NOT FACE
TRIAL BEFORE JULY
John S. Williams and Negro Farm
Boss Not Likely to Enter Court
Before Summer.
Atlanta, Ga., March 29.?John S.
Williams, wealthy Jasper county far
mer on whose plantation the bodies
of eight negroes were uncovered in
the past two days and his negro farm
boss, Clyde Manning, whose confes
sion led to the discovery of the bod_
es are expected to go on trial on
charges of murder wnen tne juiy ses
sion of the Newton county superior
court convenes at Covington.
Both Williams and Manning are
held in the county j&il here on indict
ments for murder by the Newton
county grand jury in connection with
the finding about ten days ago, of the
bodies of three negroes in the river
which separates Newton and Jasper
counties.
Solicitor A. M. Brand, of the Stone
Mountain circuit court, announced to
day he was ready to try the* men at
the present session of court, but it
was considered likely Judge Hutche
son would grant a postponement at
the request of counsel for the defend
ants, thus carrying the trial over to
July,
In the meantime federal officers are
pushing i;heir investigation of peon
age in Jasper county, while the Jas
per county authorities are planning a
special session of the grand jury this
week to investigate the disclosures
made at the Williams' farm.
Governor Dorsey said today he
would ask the .Jasper counts' grand
jury to return indictments against
Williams and Manning without the
formality of a commitment hearing.
He also made it plain he would pro
vide adequate protection for tie pris
oners wherever they may be taken.
"After some communities in Geor
gia have driven away their farm labor
and driven away their farm loans,
they will have an opportunity to sit
down and think over calmly whether
it pays to deal justly with the negro,"
Governor Dorsey declared today, com
menting on the situation in Jasper
and Newton counties.
COLORADO DOCTOR NAMED
FIRST ASSISTANT P. M. G.
Washington, March 29.?Hubert
Work, president of the American
Medical association and former Re.
publican national committeeman
from Colorado, was given a recess
appointment by President Harding
boday as first assistant postmaster
general.
Dr. Work formerly was president
!>f the American Medico-Psychologi
cal society and a member of the Col
srado state board of health and med
ical examiners. In 1910 he was re
publican state chairman of Colorado.
During the war he held a commis
lion in the medical corps of the army
md rose to the rank of colonel.
Less than a century and a quarter
igo the workers in the coal mines
md salt mines of Scotland were
legally bound to the places in which
:hey were employed, were brought
md sold with them, and when they
ittempted to escape were pursued,
irrested and returned. Their chil
Iren, if once employed, became sub
ject to the same servitude.
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stitutional amendment and the acts
of congress."
Point Not Well Taken
The opinion quickly dismissed a
contention that the word 'income"
as used in the 16th amendment did
not include the gain realized by a
single transaction but only profits
realized by one engaged in business
and selling as a business.
The reasoning used in the case of
the Ryerson estate was held to cover
fully the court's decision in'the ap
peal brought by David N. Goodrich
of New York, involving taxation of
profits on investment capital, except
that in one transaction Mr. Good
rich showed an actual loss from the
price he paid for the securities. The
ruling of the tax assessors that the
value as of March 1, 1913, which was
below the cost price in 1912 and the
subuequent sale price in 1916 only
would be considered, was reversed
by'the supreme court.
"The act under which the tax was
assessed provides that the net income
of the individual shall include
'gains' and 'profits,' the opinion said.
"Thus it is very plain that this
statute imposes the income tax on
proceeds of personal property to the
extent only that gains are derived
therefrom and since no gain was de
rived on this transaction,no tax could
be assessed against the vendor."
In the third case settled today?
Walsh, collector, versus Brewster?
the same points were considered.
Elimination of the March 1, 1913,
"upsetline" through today's opinions
was in conformance with the volun
tary action takon by the govern
ment's advocates during the ajgu
ment of the case. Solicitor General
Frierson at that time, "confessed er
SEVERAL EARTH SHOCKS
1,900 MILES AWAY
Washington, March 29.?Earth
quake tremors characterized as very
severe were recorded today on seis
mographs at Georgetown Universi
ty. The indicated distance from
Waahintgon was 1,900 miles. The
disturbance began at 2:55 a. m., and
lasted until after P a. m., with maxi
mum activity at 3:01 a. m.
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