The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, December 06, 1922, Image 8
Forecasting
Shortage of
Fertilizers
and Poisons
INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE
SCARCITY OF CHEMICAL
FERTILIZERS AND CALCIUM
ARSENATE FOR COTTON
PLANTERS IN 1923.
From the most authentic sources
of information it appears that
there will unquestionably bo a
shortage of chemical fertilizers.
/?specially ammoniates, and only a
limited quantity of calcium aree>
nut? to moot the needs of the cotton
growers for 1923. This will
be exceedingly unfortunate as cotton
cannot be profitably grown
east of the Mississippi river without
liberal fertilization of the land,
.and poisons must be had in abundant
quantity for widespread and
effoctivo boll weevil control.
It seems that u large supply of
the ammoniates heretofore manu
factured and distributed into the
cotton belt is now being diverted to
California. South America has
been furnishing largo supplies of
nitrates to tho United 8tateB, but
it is now being exported In heavy
.quantities to European countries.
The failure of the cotton growers
to purchase their usual supplies of
nmmoniates and other fertilizers in
1921 and 1922 has compelled the
importers and manufacturers of
these chemicals to seek other markets.
Many of the large tind
smaller fertilizer companies doing
business In the cotton belt suffered
such heavy losses, or were forced
to carry so many unpaid obligations
for their customers, that they
are financially unable to manufacture
goods on a very extended
basis in order to supply a heavily
increased deina,nd.
Economy in. the use of commercial
fertilizers during the past two
years has convinced the growers
that a continuation of such poli,
ciea under boll weevil conditions is
unwise and unprofitable. It has
been convincingly demonstrated in
the past two years that in the old
cotton states at least liberal fertilization
for cotton is absolutely essential
if the crop is to be hastened
to maturity and a profitable
yield of lint per acre is to be secured
ahead of the disastrous in
fost&tlon of the weevils during the
4 $tjigratory flight of the insects
lifter July 15th each year. Land
that will not produce half a bale
' .'Of seed cotton por acre undor the
heavy expense of weevil control
methods is hardly worth the cost
and time of planting and cultivatlon.
CALCIUM ARSENATE ALREADY
SCARCE AND UIOH IN P1UCE.
Arsenate ia said , to be a byproduct
of the smelter plants and
* that the supplies of that material
. have been practically exhausted.
Arsenic can be manufactured from
other sources and can be imported
from foreign countries. The ne>
cessity for calcium arsenate in
^ . ly large quantity is so urgently needed
for the cotton groovers next
f year that steps must at once be
/. taken in the different states to insure
a reasonably plentiful supply
of that poison. Prices for both
poisons and ammoniates have rapidly
advanced in the past thirty
days. Calcium' arsenate is already
50 per cent higher than a
year ago.:
Tho American Cotton Association
waged an active campaign at
Washington during the passage
of the recent tariff Bill ard aided
in securing an elimination of the
tariff proposed on the importation
of raw arsenic from the schedule.
This will save the growers many
.tnousands of dollars in the pur
chase of imported arsenates and
the American manufactured product.
The Ass<x:iation several
months ago called upon leading
; Senators and Congressmen and the
.Secretary of the United States Department
of Agriculture to secure
legislation by which the federal
Government could take charge of
the matter of securing the manufacture
and distribution of ample
supplies of calcium arsenate for
the cotton bolt states and at the
lowest possible price to the growers
.
The cotton crop is a product of
the highest value and economie
importance to the nation and every
cooperation should be given by the
Government during this crisis in
production to prevent a continuance
of the disastrous calamity to
the crop which has occurred in
1921 and 1922.
The Association has also urged
that each cotton state department
of agriculture or other proper governmental
authority take charge
of the purchase and distribution of
calcium arsertate in- wholesale
quantity direct from the manufacturers
and at the lowest possible
cost to the growers in their respective
-states, just as wgs done In
Georgia last year. This method
would save the f farmers many
thousands of dollars which are [
now Deingpaici to local retail distributors.
The wholesale price for calcium
arsenate is how said to be 16 cents
per pound an against 9' centsi last
year. This means that if farmers
are forced' to buy their needs from
local retailers the price will go to
.about 25 cents per pound and become
prohibitive 4o thousands of,growers,
even if avlina^le.' supplies
;at that price can be secured. The
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prices for fertilisers and calcium
arsenate is a matter of the deepest
concern to cotton growers and the
solution, of available supplies of
both products should not be delayed
until next spring:. Every
farmer- who expects to plant cotton
next year should promptly interest
himself and his neighbor*
in taking stepB to see that their'
needs are supplied, else serious dla
appointment may result. J
Planning For
Comprehensive
Agricultural .
Legislation
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CONGRESS PREPARING TO
ENACT INTERMEDIATE
FARM CREDITS AND OTHER
LEGISLATION BENEFICIAL
TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.
?The Senatorial Farm Bloc will
occupy a commanding position in
tho new Congress which convenes
tho first week In December, as a
result of the Nationwide Democratic-Progressive
sweep of the
country in the national elections
held on November 7th. The dominating
and controlling influences
which have been shaping national
legislation in bolialf of special interests
will bo forced to give way
before the voice of tho people who
are demanding that tho basic principles
of the Federal Constitution
be more liberally recognized by
Congress in the enactment of legislation.
This is especially true
with reference to agriculture,
which is tho great basic industry
of the Nation.
The program which is now being
prepared and fully considered for
pressing forward by the Senatorial
Farm Bloc at the opening of the
December session of Congress covers
the following vitally important
agricutlural legislation:
1. Comprehensive system of
Intermediate Farm Credits.
2. Increasing loan limit by
Federal Land Banks from $10,000
to $25,000.
3. Readjustment of railway
freight rates.
4. Lower interest and Federal
tax rates.
This comprehensive program of
agrarian legislation could be still
further broadened by creating
statutes for the encouragement of
crop and livestock insurance so
that farmers may be safeguarded
against climatic and other losses
affecting their orops and livestock
ovor which they have no oontrol.
The Senatorial Farnrf Bloc ad a
result of the receht elections will
be greatly strengthened and the
same Conditions will prevail as a
result of the large number of newly-elected
members of the House
of Representatives. There has developed
a strong coalition of the
South and "West in Congress upon
a strictly non-partisan political
basis for the enactment of Federal
legislation necessary for the satisfactory
rehabilitation of American
agriculture and to make permanent
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- uojicniy and contentment
of the farmers.
W. P. G. HARDING FOR GOVFUN
OR OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD ELIMINATED
FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
The President has definitely determined,
it is now reliably reported,
not to reappoint W. P. G.
Harding as Governor of the Federal
Reserve Board. His confirmation
would be impossible by the
Senate and the President has yielded
to the widespread demand of
the (icople for the appointment of
a Governor of the Federal Reserve
Board who will be more representative
of the agricultural and commercial
business of the nation.
The control of our national financial
policy by plutocratic banking
interests is destined to receive
a hard Jolt when the new Congress
comes into power. The unre- |
stricted right of hulf a dozen men I
influenced by powerful banking interests
to contract or expand the
credits and currency of this nation
at will, regardless of the general
welfare of agriculture and business
will no longer be tolerated.
The people of this nation will not
again stand for a period of intense
artificial deflation such as was
forcibly thrust upon them in 1920
and 1921.
Retiring to private life those officials
most responsible for the
cataclysm of wreck and ruin that 1
swept over this country like a <
withering fire, will not be accent- 1
able. Demand will be made for
the enactment of huc.1i leginlation
as Will render impossible a recur
rence of sueli conditions. ' With
four million American soldiers dissatisfied
about bonus legislation,
and with millions of farmers and
labor unon members vdlscOTitei*ted
and in a state of Unrest because of
what they believe to be righteous
grievance, the-'vcrcatlon. of, a* third
political party by the amalgamation
of these three great interests
is being freely discussed unless re- '
lief is Obtained through the present
dominant political parties.
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Aside from the building up of a
big political machine of office
holders, the Government has done
but little for the real beneficial
welfare of American farmers. The
Federal appropriations for. agrN
culture each year are hardly more
than one-half of one per .cent of
the billions now expended for the .
operation, of governmental expenditures.
The statistical departments
of tho U. S. Department of (
Agriculture cannot bo .chargeable
so much to.the farmers' interests
as such Information is for all de- '
payments of industry#
With the boll weevils destroying
hundreds of millions Of dollars worth;
of the most valuable mone- '
tary farm asset of the nation, the
Government seems to be content to !
expend a few thousand-' dollars annually
in . the maintenance of a.
small, weevil laborattHT at 'Tallti*
lahr Louisiana, and 4l? making a
few experimental teste for weevil
control. This has been going on for
nearly twenty, years and 1 nothing .
definite as a weevil specific has yet
been discovered.<- ' <?'"
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
admits as a result , of its
own investigations that the weevils
have destroyed 29,724,000 bales
of cotton in the past thirteen years,
with a net aggregate" loss to the
farmers, at $60.00 per bale, of $1.783,660,000.
Tho great staple
crop of the nation now faces disaster
from the widespread-ravages of
a rapacious insect, and yet no extraordinary
steps are beiihg taken
to enlarge the scientific*" research
work or to increase funds for finding
better preventative measures
against the weevil. The Swivel
chair scientists of the .Department
having the boll weevil investigations
in charge appears their failure
to solve thp problem by the
statement that, "If tho bp^l weevil
was on westorn farms instead-of in '
the South, the insects v would have
been destroyed long ago." - ?
This view of the situation is not
only a reflection upon the" intelligence
and energies of the cotton
growers of tho South, but it shows
the inability of such department
officials to solve the problems
placed in their hands. "What is
needed at this time is less criticism
of the farmers .and advice os'to
what they Hhould do. There should
he tho most wholehearted encouragement
and cooperation on the
part of the Government and government
officials to so shape our
national legislation and so aid the
producers as that they will tye
helped to recover Trom the ^Immense
losses they have suffered
and thereby rebuild the great basic
industry of this Nation to highest
productive capacity and permanent
prosperity .
MUCH IlIGHFU PRICES
PREDICTED FOR COTTON.
"Concerning cotton sold - for
spring delivered by :
they will have very heavy losses on
these sales but will, of course, deliver
overy pound. Their commitments
are, as you know, among the
largest. Very few firms .could
stand the losses they will have to
face. The sales made by others to
whom 1 recently' referred will
show heavy losses, and a, very peculiar
situation is thi9- ? thaf in
many of these commitments.,./ not
only will the sellers suffer big
losses, but also the buyers..,,. The
cotton was sold on basis oivr.call.
Sineo these sales were made the
basis has advanced very much and
as you know, spots are running up
on futures and we are convinced
that spots will eventually go^eveu
with the spot future month, and
will in all probability, eventually go
ahead of futures, so that you see
when the cotton is called or where
the cotton has been railed, this will
mean an additional- loss to the
seller and the buyers, having waited
to call, in expectation of. a
break, will be forced to call at
high prices. We do not see. the .
possibility of more than a modernate
reaction. The buyers c who
called at twenty and twenty-one
cents will have a great advantnri.
over those who have not called. [
"Now as to prices, the price will I
be limited only by the ability of
the consumeis of manufactured
Roods to buy same. I would suggest
if you have not done so that
you send a questionnaire to the
lc.adinR manufacturers, and against
this to the leading dry goods
houses, to ascertain what price
will stop consumption of cotton
goods. In our judgment, it will
not be stuped or even limited under
45c cotton, and cotton may and
can easily go to a much higher
price than any price since the
World War, under existing conditions.
50c. or higher might be
laughed at today, but wait and see
who will laugh last.
"We are in favor of an amendment
to the Cotton Futures Act,
giving the buyer the same rights as
the seller. If this amendment is
made It will prove of great benefit
to the farmers, the manufacturers,
and in fact to all lines * of
the cotton business, and it will
mean the certulnty of 40c cotton if
the amendment gets through the
fall session of Congress.
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..ui uc miHioa i?y the! "boar"
propaganda. As you know, they *
are caught and arc making a 'dosperate
effort to get loose. Keep In
close touch with me no as to keep
us posted.
"The price of the Cooperative
Marketing Associations, under the
holding movement, should be not ,
less than 33c middling,- or higher,
to get the 30 1-fic all-grades, and
they are certain of this. -Am glad .
now that a higher price ' ras riot
set as was urged at the tftti^-. ' Its
best to be conservative.'There is no
question but that the Tio'ldi'ng
movement has.had-a marvelous effect
on, prices. The trade overlooked
the meaning of same 'when
it was started, and the strength it
would have as a result of the ofganlzation
arranged for it."
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ST. STEPHEN'S EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
' Sunday school at 10:00 a. m., Mr.
B. ,H. Barre, superintendent of Sun*
'day school.
Divine services at 11:00 a. m. and
7:00 pt m.
' The morning theme on Sunday. December
the 10th, will be: "Thanks
'Are Due God For His Honoring of
U#." ..
'The public id'cordially invtted to
all the services.
ARTHUR B. OBENSCHAIN.
aPstor.
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Appointments for'Sunday. December
10th, 1922.
- -Lexington?Sunday school at 10 n_
m., C? E. Taylor, superintendent.
Classea for rM. Preaching at eleven
o'clock.' ' ' . 1
' Horeb?Sunday school at' 2:30 p.
m.. D. L. Harmon, superintendent.
Preaching at 3:30 p: m.
Red Bank?Sunday school at 10
a. m-. H. O. Qablo supernltendent.
Preaching at 7 p. m.
You will find a welcome at all
these services. Come and worship
with us.
H. A. WfllTTEN, Pastor. .
WAR SAVINGS BTAMTS
CAN BE CASHED SOON.
Postmaster Frank , George statet
that all persons holding registered
I9i.< war saving* stan ps may pre?
sent them to him at .h* poatoffiee at
p.ny un.e now, and that he will receipt
for same and have the money
ready to pay off on January I . Those
holding government securities of thiE
series who want the cash should see
Mr. George at once.
SPECIAL
Until December 20
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FOLLOWING
PRICES OX ALL
' FRAMES AND MOUNTING;
"'$7.60 Shell Frames at $5.00
57.50 Shell Metal Pramjs at..$5.00
54.50 Mounting*, gold filled at.$2.50
$4.50 Gold Filled Frames at. . .$2.50
|C!00 Gold Filled Frames at...$4.00
57. io Gold Filled Frames at...$5.00
$12 Solid Gold Frames at $9.00
$15 Solid Gold Frames at.... $11.00
$0.50 Solid Gold Mountings at.$5.00
$8.50 Shell Oxfords at $0.00
510 Silver Oxfords at $8.00
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If you are having eye trouble,
squinting, frowning or having eye I
strain headache^ stop in and let uf |
make an examinaton of your eyes and I
eorreet these troubles for you. We
will make the above special prices for
three weeks and will bo glad to have
you aVail yourself of this opportunity
* j\j*a i o \n uitq in new glasses, 1
frames or mounting*
TWO OVUCKS,
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277 Kiun Street, C'liarl?',vton. S. C.
0. L Walter Optica! Co.
SHOES!
THE KIND THAT WEARS
EASY AND LONGEST.
"We are always prepared to 6erv*
our I^exlngton friends from a large
stock of dependable Shoes for every
kind of wear, in ail leathers and sizes.
E. P & F A. DAVIS.
The "Family Shoe Store of Columbia."
Formers' Medium and Heavy Work
4 Shoea a Specialty.
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FREE FOOTBALL GAME AT
FAIR GROUNDS SATURDAY.
Saturday afternoon at three o'p
*61ofek, TrtflTp 15 of 'Columbia Boy
{Scouts will meet Troop 1 of Lexington
Boy Scouts In a game of fdotball
at the fair grounds.
Troop 15 has a swifter backfield,
but the Lexington wildcats will de'pend
upon the strength of thcflr line
'to withstand the assault of Troop
15.
This troop outweighed Lexington
Thanksgiving day and defeated thorn
84 to 0.
Lexington will be out to get re
venire, and a hard fight will be put
up by both teams.
Come out and glye the home team
your hearty support.
Probable line up for Saturday:
Meetze L. B.
L. Caughman , .L?P T.
Lybrand L?. Q.
Dent C.
Hobbs .. ... .'.R. Q.
M. Caughman R. T.
Wilson R. K.
Hallman L. H.
I Corley R. H."
j Haltiwangcr . . Q.
Harman (c) ..... F. B.
COMFORT J
AS WELL AS SI
Shoe For
tfhA mi
$2.45
: This neat comfortable^
long wearing, shoe of
soft kid with a cushion
sole offers mothers and^
other active busy women?
the same values the rest of t
in our BASEMENT.
A COMPLETE AND UP-TO
SHOES.
LEVER'S BARG^
1613 Main St.
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BANKRUF
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Men's?Women'sS.VIiK
NOW
Tivracndoiui Biuikrupt stocks have
cenuigo of their real worth. We <
prlceM for a short Smo. Come to I
until you have bonRlit tbo shoes for
You can't beat these prices?you cur
?you cant beat tho variety of stylet
und very, very low in price.
100 Pairs of Children's Shoes sizes 2
price
100 pairs of Children's shoes, sizes 0
260 pairs Men's shoes worth today 1
200 pairs children's shoes, sizes fror
Men's Shoes Wtr line of Men's Shoe
One lot Indies' Oxfords and straps.
One Lot Ladies' Hoots $8, $0 and $
Ladles Boots, VJnoludinp in this sale
Boots In town-?Dorothy Dodd?Or
No matter where you ko or how t\ai
ues?Corns nowa
Felts Plush Top and Ribbon Trim ]
500 Pairs Ladies' Roots worth $5 to
All Men's Standard Make Shoes Lea
225 Pair Men's Scouts. The best 1
450 Pairs of Men's Work Shoes, wo
200 Pairs of Ladies' Boots, $7.00 t
500 Pair Ladies' Oxfords and Strapj
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OIRLS^ OBT OFF MEN'S LAPS.
Des Moines, Iowa.?The next prohibition
order, gentlemen, is?you ?
' must not allow your laVly to sit
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;your- lap.
In the privacy of , the parlor,. v?s,
if she is .willing?but emphatically
not in the seat of an automobile. - %
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Twenty women representing ? ths
W. C. T, U.. the Y. W. r a .< *
Women's Club and four Kindred societies
are circulating a petition'demanding
that the city council prohl
bit the loading of automobiles to' the
point "that the gtr'a have to sit
the men's laps."
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"We call your attention to the rapidly
growing evil of young girls eMting
on the laps of young men riding
in automobiles," the petition reads.
"TWls leads to undue familiarity-and
the 'parked car* evil." t
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CARD OP THANKS. .s
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We wteh to extend thanks to all our
kind frlonds, and neighbors who gave
us such a generous Thanksgiving
shower. May Qcd bless each and
every one. Mrs.
Anna Harmon and Family.
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[*YLE IN THIS i
Women.
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he family has been getting
-DATE LINE OF FAMILY
UN BASEMENT
Columbia, S. C.
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OPPOSITE Ol4j? POST OFFICE j
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-Children's Shoes!
BHOBBHnflVnBHni
GOING ON
been bought by an at a small per-, j
>ffer you these slocks at very low
this store tomorrow and every day
the whole family for many months.
I't beat the fine quality of the sho?s
i. This stock is clean,, up-to-date i
to 6. Woi'.th $2.00 to $2 J 50. Our _ . (
91.00
to 8. $2.50 to $3.50 values at $1.45 j
17 .00 to $8.50 $3.43
n 8 to 2; worth $3 and $4; yours j|
$1.03 I
s will be sold at . . .$3.95 I
Rood $izes .91-95
10 Values..... ...... $1.95
we are offering the highest grade j
overs?Walk-Over's priced at $4.95
d you try. you. can't beat these valFelts...:'..
.;... $1.00
$10 we :have them .... .$2.95
s Than Cost.
"or all-round wear special.... $1.95
inderful values at. . . . . .' . . . .$2.50
ind $8.00 values, special $3.45
i with low or high heeU.w -,.$2.95
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