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Cotton Blockac South Half It Now Develops That the Mi and Unnecessary?and Th Knew it at the Time?H With Germany's < In the United S.tates senate, a few 'ays ago. Senator H.>ke Smith, of Georgia, said: Mr. President, I also have a short article from The Daily Trade Record, of Xew York. It contains some extracts form The Newcastle Illustrated Chronicle. of England, showing that in Great Britain it i.4 now recognized that cotton is no longer neecssary in Germany for the manufacture of powder. It is also an English concession that the British government placed cotton upon a contraband list as the result of popu- i lar clamor based upon misapprehension of the facts. 'The article is quite short, but the information is valuable, and instead of presenting it in the shape c* a ! A* flnAr T ehmilrl IIL'A tn UIJVU5?lwn V'li ti!\_ nvv.-i i onvu.u .. .vv. v., . have it printed in The Record. I think j we will all be intersted to have this val- . uable in formation. There being no objection, the article was referred to the committee on for eii?n relations and ordered to be print- , . ed m Trie Record, as follows: {From The Daily Trade Record. New York. Feb. 5, 1916). England based cotton blockade 011 , obsolete chemistry, says Briton. Ger- i man scientific advancement such that substitutes for powder making were developed long ago. asserts Dr. Budde. Sir William Ramsay also admits that campaign to make cotton contraband prob ably was founded on false premises. A German viewpoint. I Great Britain had cotton absolute contraband of war months ago on the theory that the cutting off of cotton supplies would diminish Germany's stocks of ore of the essential constituents of smokeless powder. The contraband order was issued following a vigorous campaign, led by the veteran English chemist, 'Sir William Ramsay, whose insistence that the cot ton supply was vital to Germany s needs won over practically every section of the British press to the support of the contraband order. Since the contrabnd order was issued, the impression has been steadily gaining ground in Great Britain that this step was based upon false assumption, as it has been thoroughly demonstrated that Germany is making gunpowder not out of cotton hut of wood pulp. It has been ascertained that German chemists knew a great deal more about . the manufacture of explosives from 1 wood pulp than they had revealed prioi to the war. and that they Were fully : prepared to eliminate cotton from their : calculations altogether, it having been : assumed by them that the cotton sup- ; ply probably would be cut off by a Brit- : ish blockade. Notwithstanding this belated knowledge on the part of the Britons, they have refrained from ackniwledging possible error in their conclusions as to the military necessity of cotton to the ( Germans. j To admit that the alleged primary' cause of tiie cotton blockade?military necessity?is based upon error due to : poor chemical knowledge, would lead i to a reopening of the entire contraband j .-agitation, in the opinion of Great Britain j -and would weaken the British position j -decidedly. Nevertheless, the British press is ! gradually printing the facts about the j cotton fiasco, but without much ado. I though there seems to be a disposition to criticize the authorities because they did not know of Germany's success with | wood pulp. It is entirely probable that the Brit- | ish authorities did know of the Ger- < man use of wood pulp. and. in fact, the j government repeatedly endeavored to > ^ -xlgc the contraband order and was j sponsor f?>r the publication of a state-j malt that cotton had been supplanted by wood pulp in German powder factories. but the British people and press 1 refused to accepf this information as ! true and raised such a vigorous cry that : the contraband order was issued. The British newspapers, particularly ! the "provincial journals, have just printed a syndicated interview with Dr. C. Budde. of Sunderland, chief research ; chemist of the Hendon Paper Works j company (Ltd.). an authority on wood j pulp. The following extracts from this interview are republished from The Newcastle (England) Illustrated Chronicle : "Dr. Budde stated the Germans are nothing if not thorough; they have r>een preparing tor tns war, ana lr oe- j comes more and more evident that they j have considered no detail too unimport-j ant to take its proper place in 'their! great and elaborate military system. It Is, then, absolutely inconceivable that j le Has Cost Billion Dollars zasure Was Utterly Fruitless CZr\ne>rm(>nt Ul If IV I >?v ?... 35 fn TVo Way Interfered Munition Supply. they should have overlooked such an ! important contingency as that they I might be cut off from their supply of cotton. "Dr. Budde believs that they not only considerd this possibility, but pro\'c!ed against it in such a manner that the declaration of cotton as contraband had had very little, if any. effect on j their producing explosives, whatever may have been the effect of it in other directions. "When c became contraband the Germans ere evidently prepared; but Dr. Budde things they were not prepared perhaps to manufacture explosives on the scale tN v.ar lias proved to be necssary. "0\TLY TEMPORARILY HAMPERED. "Because 01 the extra demand. Germany may have been temporarily hampered by the loss A cotton, as the pro -r- 1 _ _ ...M, coss 01 producing ir.c gunpowucr wuu the wood pulp v bfiitute is more involved and more gradual. More plant and more apparatus is required, but lie has no doul-t whatever thai the Germans ,i: e now employing si'cl. methods on a large scale "'I myself.' he ci'-cived, 'have made b. fairly large I'umler of experiments and can. from j ersonaJ experience, testify to the fact i'.v.t excellent powder ca'i be made from wood pulp and is in everv ri-spect eiuK.i to that made from cotton. I will even go so far as to say that although straw pulp is inferior to wood pulp, it is still possible to make j ni'ita nrin-d^t-c from ctrow ! \_|C4iLv jaiioiavivi v pw?? u\,i o n vm juu" j pulp, which is available to the Germans in very large quantities." "Dr. Budde quoted the evidence of eminent scientists to support his views, one of them. \V. F. Reid. F. I. C. F. C. 3.. of Fieldside. Addlestone. asserts it is ridiculous to state explosives can not be manufactured without cotton, for, as a matter of fact, one of the most popular smokeless powders has been mad^ from wood pulp for more than 30 years. , txrrvriT\ dtt d nurtrv a r>ir*r> Yx uui uix^AI ILU. "Advancng his theory on ,1 new ground, quite apart from the possibility or otherwise of obtaining cotton. Dr. Budde said the question was pbviouslj one of economy, and economy is a partocularly strong point with the Germans. The value of cotton is something about 50 pounds sterling per ton?more than double the pre-war price?while that of wood pulp is approximately n pounds sterling. If the statement be correct that the market value of cotton in Germany i- at present over i shilling per pound and that they are daily using about 3,000 tons of cellulose in the form of explosives, then they would be able to save more than 250,000 pounds sterling per day by using wood instead of 00/on. Great Britain would save about iiaif of this amount if the same quantity of intro-cellulose were manufactured "iere "Til A .1 _ ,/ JL 1J CI1? dUUCU IIIC piCddlllCJI, VUU ( nr.'t tNr.k the embargo on cotton has Jm<! : inch effect tn the duration of the \\ ,trv " *' I !i mv cp'iv'bn. it has not been of t'ie slightest c nsequence.' answered the doctor." A GERMAN VIEW. The Man-Jje^e' Textile Mercury publisher the u j'owmg note on the cotton l.icrkp'le fr-m a tierman viewpoint: " Warding t-. The Local Anzeiger, Herr Alfred L"hi?i;.;:ji. speaking as president of the Ercmen Chamber of Commerce. with ugM>i ro the cutting o'"t oi Germany's si:j"ply ,of raw ma1 y the T> .,h : avy that the pro^i:ivi: :i ( f amMiini.'i:on rot being impeded by the cotton shortage. Germany's furM> i-npp'y celli'lose. uhich is much Hi""< i-r mai "'cr. rng pow Icr ili.i:: i- cotk-r. Inr'iwa. after the I \v;:r iho iimniti*.)!? lvrioiies ;v:l! buy no I mtc o ttv.,si:i Ani.?ri'-a THE GRITISH COTTON BLOCKADE WASN'T EVEN NECESSARY. iniriKta Pll rnrnr-lf* It is pletty generally conceded. we believe, that but for the action of Great Britain in declaring cotton contraband of war and enforcing her blockade against it, the South's greatest staple crop would have sold in the markets of the world during the past two seasons for many millions of dollars more than it brought?possibly half a billion more for the two seasons. Riglit now, tor instance, instead of cotton advancing in price, as is fully warranted by its statistical position, the market continues to go off?$5 a bale within the past month?and no one knows exactly what to expect. The reason for the depressed condi- ( WOMAN HAD NERVOUS TROUBLE! I Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- | ble Compound Helped Her. | i i I West Danby, N. Y. ? "I have had ; I nervous trouble ail my life until I took ! ; ,||||. ,,!, .TjTTn Lydia E. Pinkham's 1 i Vegetable Com-j | pound for nerves ! and for female trou- j IP bles and it straight- | mm ^ S enec* me out *n ?00t* ' 1|| jf shape. I work nearly ! fe^EL 1 t-le as we 1 live on a farm and I ; mm?\ have four girls. I do I '^ \ ^11 ?v>*r sewin^ *%n 1 jljgMk : |jj other work with ! jB]their help, so it shows that I stand it real well. I took j the Compound when my ten year old j r?r?itrrV?-fay nomn 1 +" olr^onl YY"in o 1 r\f" vaciu.^11 Ut i. C<? % * VX It/ iiiV O ivv. I have also had my oldest girl take it { and it did her lots of good. I keep it in the house all the time and recommend j it."?Mrs. Dewitt Sincebaugh, West! Danby, N. Y. Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritabil- ; ity, backache, headaches, dragging sen- , sations, all point to female derange- , ments which may be overcome by Lvdia ; E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. This famous remedy, the medicinal : ingredients of which are derived from i native* roots and herbs, has for forty j years proved to be a most valuable tonic j and invigorator of the female organism, j Women everywhere bear willing testi- j mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia ' E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. tion of cotton is, of coursc, easy to find; for whenever an article is made contra-: band and many of the leading markets 1 of the world closed to it, it must, inevitably, depreciate in price. Hence, it may be fairly assumed that the real trouble with cotlon is the British block- i ade. One must be partisan, indeed, not to concede this point. But what is more to the point, is the question whether or not there was ever | any necessity for thus declaring cotton! contraband of war. and upou the answer to this question must rest Great Britain's responsibility for the terrible blow thus struck the Soutliern states 01 America. It will be readily recalled that when Great Britain first decided to take this j step?in the face of international con- j ventions expressly exempting cotton from tiie list of contraband articles? there were many in this country, even 1 right here in the South, who promptly justified Great Britain's action as a proper and necessary war measure; j some of them going so far as to assert that the South ought to be more than willing to make the "sacrifice,"' in or~ ?:_ui aer mat ureat Jtsruani nngju wm una struggle for "freedom," etc.?though they carefully avoided mentioning "freedom of the seas." We can recall quite well how they chided The Chronicle and others for being so "unpatriotic" and so "sordid'' as to consider the "value of cotton" in ; connection with "human rights"?and other high-sounding phrases. Even more than ourselves. United States Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia came in for somewhat bitter criticism because! he stood out against the British cotton blockade. They said he was "playing politics." was catering to the farmer fint Rid nf Mv Corns ! With Magic "Gets-It" I Simplest Corn Cure in the World?>"o P-iin, no Fuss. >"ew, Sure Way. ! I i When corns make you a'most "die with your boots on," when you've i soaked them and' picked them and sliced th-em, when corn-swelling ?alves, and tapes bandages and plas-; ters that make corns pon-eyed have: on 1 v made vour corns grow faster,' just bold you heart a moment and figure this. Put two drops of "Gets-It" | on the corn. It dries at once. You can ' 9ins-pg3a*.ii9M,9i? taaqj, S3Aom?jj uaqjA. IIV ?v siuoa ?ABH I \ i\\ j i 111 r ii ii// i ii | put your s'floe and stocking on right i over it. The com is doomed. It makes j thp. rorn come off clear and clean. It's the new. easy way. Nothing to stick or press on the corn. You can wear smaller shoes. You'll be a joy-walker. No pain, no trouble. Accept no substitutes. "Gets-It" is sold by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold in Newberry and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by Gilder & Weeks, W. G. Mayes and P. E. Way. vote, etc., and some insisted that he was so pro-German that his patronymic was, probably, "Schmidt" in its original form. Bui. as would now seem, the truth about this cotton blockade is leaking out at last?and it comes from high i British sources. As it now appears, the ('Mtt-nn hlnrbnrlf wasn't neeessarv at all v - * '* " v*w" v ? ^ and wasn't so regarded by the British government?but was finally put into effect merely in deference to uniformed public clamor. In other words, it was well known, in England, and elsewhere, that to declare ( cott;>n contraband in order to prevent j the Central Allies from supplying them- j selves with ammunition was entirely j futile, because it was known?at least to j scientists and government officials?that Germany was already making gunpow- : dpr out nf wnrvl nnln Certainly, this is proven by the record of the past year or more; for although Great Britain began, a year ago, to keep cotton out of the enemy countries, there has been no perceptible shortage of ammunition. On the contrary, they have remained consistently on the offensive throughout and the promised shortage in their ammunition supplies?as a result of the cotton blockade?has utterly failed to materialize. The explanation of all this, as now conceded, is "wood pulp." and of this the Central Allies, of course, have an inexhaustible supply. ;This is now admitted by English scientists and others, as is made perfectly clear by an article from the Newcastle Illustrated Chronicle, of England, which Senator Hoke Smith had read into The Congressional Record the other day. and which is printed elsewhere on this page. The Chronicle respectfully calls attention to this convincing article, as showing that the only effort of Great Britain's cotton blockade has been to r^st the South some hundreds of millions of dollars?while Germany and her allies go on making ammunition out of wood pulp, at a saving to themselves of more than a million dollars a day. And yet. there were any number of people right here in the south who fully justified this entirely unnecessary and fruitless action on the part of Great Britain, and even went so far as to re proach others for refusing to cheerfully accept this "sacrifice" in behalf of the South's cotton planters. I All of which goes to show just how far some people's "neutrality" will carry them?even to the point of being willing that their own country shall suf- i i fer immeasurable damage, in order that the British government might, by its cot- j ton blockade, merely appease ill-advised "public clamor" at home. But read the | 1 rti i?1^ c 011KI1 /atf'/ixi'linrn /-\ri f lur cio puuii^iiv.i.1 Licv.wuti1; VJH page, and answer for yourself whether Senator Smith was right as to this useless cotton blockade, or whether those j people were right who have constantly defended this arbitrary and it is now admitted. unnecessary act on the part of Great Britain. SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD AND NEWS. 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There I is probably some accumulation from ! that applied in the past and this, where it exists, with that naturally in the soil will have to be depended upon for this years' crop. West of Alabama this will be no great loss, for it is doubtful if that used on general field crops is generally profitable, evn when purchased at the usual prices. NITROGEN HIGH-PRICED. ,TOO Nitrogen, our greatest need for crop production, is also -higher in price than usual, especially in certain genrally used forms, such as in cottonseed meal. The increased difficulties and cost of ship- j ping has also increased the price ' of i nitrate of soda and probably also in other forms. The question is, can the farmer who has found the use of nitro- r gen on his crops profitable in the past I afford to use it this year? 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J The price of nitrogen is not yet too high to give a profit on its use in agriculture if used wisely and conservatively as shown by past experience. Again, if we had our soils as full of humus or decaying vegetable matter as good farm practice demands, we could ' be independent of the use of acid phos phate, but could get our phosphoric acid from materials in which it is less readily available for feeding crops. But again, it is too late to correct this error for the 1916 crops, and we must decide whether we shall use acid phosphate or get our phosphoric acid from other sources. At present prices, on lands fairly well supplied with humus, it may be fairly assumed that it will be wise to use finely ^ orrrmnrl nhosnhate rock. or Thomas ? >* t r phosphate or basic slag, instead of acid phosphate. 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