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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 1919
NUMBER 50
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SMITH Discrssas
■ SUGAR SHORTAGE
SSBc,
Senator Aakt Reason for Dlflereaee in
Price la Soath Carolina^and In Now
York.
Washington, D» C., Doc. 11.—When
the Senate was today considering the
question of continuing the United
States board of sugar equalisatio n
Senator Smith of South Carolina, ris
ing to the occasion, discussed the
present sugar shortage and the opera
tion of the law of supply and demand
with much interest to the people of
South Carolina.
Sepator Smith said first that he
warned nTronhaTutn nre
someone was cornering the sugar
market and would decline to vote un
til he got information.
Upon being informed that the bill
under consideration merely gave the
board the right to acquire raw sugar
of the crop of 1921 under government
Supervision, Senator Smith said in
part:
m <to'
“The matter concerning me now is
ihat this is a time of peace and we
ire about to establish a precedent
ijiere of the government entering to
lieve a condition which it seems to
those who engage in business in
country are perfectly competent
t6 remove. If somebody is buying this
criop and cornering the market, why
was the Sherman anti-trust law writ-
teh upon the statute?
'‘Why have we gone and solemnly
committed ourselves to the farce of
trying, to enact legislation which will
deter the evil-minded from doing
things, and then, while it is on the
statute books invoke the government
to t^o Into business in order to prevent
the people themselves from coming
in and ruining their business?
“The government,” Senator Smith
further stated, “is stepping in and
taking half of the sugar business be-
cause there is a fear that someone
might corner the market.” He ob
jected, he sajd, to the doctrine of so
cialism. Senator Smith said also that
is what is the matter with us now.
We are not only assuming to become
merchants, but we are absolutely be
coming the guardians of labor and
capital, telling capital how much it
may make upon an investment and
labor. how much it shall get. He
wanted the buyers of sugar to settle
thin question, he said, among them
selves, and if they find someone who
is really trying to corner‘the market,
hale him before the courts and let
the world know, than for us to cam
ouflage the situation by the govern
ment buying and selling. Let us go
IRISH REPUBLIC
Germanism on the part of the coun
try threw the meeting into a furore
which yie committee quieted with dif-
ficuliy after the chairman sad warned
against insults to any of the wit
nesses. Interruptions so prolonged
the hearing that the committee’s plan
of concluding today was abandoned,
and the arguments will be resumed to
morrow.
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan, of the
New York state supreme court, and
Frank P. Walsh, who beaded the
Irish-American delegaCon sent to
Paris during Lie peace negotiations,
appeared to espouse thw cause of Irish
freedom and ask for passage of the
House Committee Hears Arguments
on Recognition of Independent Gov
ernment. Uproar is Caused by Pro-
Germanism Charge.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The claim'of
the Irish republic for recognition as
an independent government was
brought to congress again today and
was debated in militant fashion
through a tempestuous alKday session
of the house committee on foreigfl af
fairs. . f
A crowd was jammed in the room
and blocked the adjoiniuv corridors
which punctuated the proceedings
with cheers and with hoots of disap
proval as the opposin' 1 : speakers pre
sented their arguments and many
times threw the session into disorder
by yelling gratuitious advice to com
mittee and witnesses.
The occasion was committee consid
eration of a bill by Rerresentative
Mason, Republican, Illinois, which
would appropriate funds for dispatch
of diplomatic and consular represen
tatives to the government set up by
the insurgent Irish Republicans. Its
supporters declared it presented an
opportunity for congress to do all it
could constitutionally toward a full
diplomatic recognition and its oppo
nents conc'emned it as an effort to in
volve the United States in a- danger-
oufi foreign situation.
Late
in tuv °^ssion charges of pro-
ITALY BeFfesES TO
RECOGNIZE SOVIET
Chamber of Deputies Approves Reply
from Throne Refusing to Recognise
Reds. . r - ___
Rome, Dec. 13.—The chamber ofll^ rliament 18 sovereign. It is free to
deputies tonight voted oplproval of
the reply to the speech from the
throne after rejecting by a vote of
289 to 124 an amendment offered by
the Socialists providing for the imme
diate recognition of the Russian sov
iet government and the rsumption of
relations with Russia.
Premier Nitti summed up the de
bate on the reply in a speech of con-
Aai- Th^arguments in -otredslttea f^rahl^T^th. ^sir^Srst. BF —Thcrfcawtp.
were, mhde by George L‘Wk, whielf
Haven, Conn., George T. uomon.
of ! was causing national concern and to
Troy, N. Y., president .of the NaMonal
Federation of Presbyterian Patriotic
Societies and others.
Eamon DeValera, president
of the
deny the report tftat the government
was about to conclude new interna
tional agreements creating fresh re
sponsibilities. The premier’s refer-
Irigh Republican government, who J ence was to a report that the meet-
came to Washington yesterday to ■ j n g 0 f Pemiers Lloyd George and
confer with Irish-American leaders, ciemenceau and Foreign Minister Sci-
did not appear at the meeting, but a i 0 j a j n London had considered a mll-
Harry Boland, secretary ot the repub-1 i tary convention,
lie’s “parliament,” sat with Justice
Cohalan and Walsh and frequently
Answering different speakers who
presented motions for the convocation
There ig noi-fiecessity to convoke one
purposely. The Italian constitution,
granted on March 4, 1843, was quickly
modified by the parliament on May
19, 1848^ and later has been changed
constantly according to necessity. The
modify by enactment any article of
the constitution. What you now wish
is to change article V, which nominal
ly gives the king the right to declare
war. But do you really believe that
the last war was declared without
the assent of the parliament?”
At this the Socialists shouted:
“Yes, against the will of parlia
ment.”
Arc the: ^
tivMuteikmtM.
advised them in the pre -entation of, of a constltuent a8sembly> glgnor Nltt ,
th^ir case.
The provisional governrae^f, these
speakers argued, clearly was a de
facto government, having a complete
executive and politically organized ef
fective organization of 100,000 and
united in popular support. The gov
ernment, they asserted, is functioning
in many important matters, while the
British authoritie s have abandoned
their attempt to carry out many of
the duties of government.
These statements all
said:
“But we consider the parliament as
a permanent constituent assembly.
lies in winning the war. An under
standing between Irlsh-Americans and
German-Americans was charged by
Mr. Lemon and Mr. Fox carried the
suggestion a step further by turning
to M. Walsh and declaring that during
the war “this man was thinking to
were denied! help Germany.” The crowd in which
by Mr. Lemon and Mr. Fox, who said j the tri-color Irish republic was con-
there was a great division of senti-1 spicuous along with the Stars and
ment among the Irish both in Ireland i Stripes, hooted down the assertion and
and the United States, and that little j cheered committeemen when they ob-
real headway had been made by the 1 jected.
republic as a governmental agency.
They declared the Sinn Fein party
backing the republic was one of three
Mr. Fox will continue his speech
when the committee meets tomorrow
and Bourke Cockran, of New York,
powerful political organizations in . will make the concludirg address for
Ireland and had handicapped the al-j the advocates of the b
which Premier Nitti resumed his re
marks.
“The law granting full power to the
cabinet,” he went on, “was passed by
the chamber on May 22, 1915. It was
equivalent to a declaration of war."
The entire socialist group shouted:
“No, no! The cabinet already had
concluded an alliance with entente.”
The premier begged for the support
of all parties to help ItalyVut of her
present difficulties. He explained she
must import one-third of the necessi
ties of life, needing, for instance 42,-
000,000 quintals of wheat aflnually,
of which 24,000,009 came from abroad.
“With regard to our relations with
Russia,” ( said the premier, “I am cer
tain we shall soon resume commercial
relations with that country, but I am
not certain that they will soon be ad
vantageous.
“The Idea,” he added, “that the An
glo-American bloc is interested in Iso
lating Russia in ordedr to have a
monopoly of raw materials is non
sense.’*
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