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NEW YORK TIMES GIVES WILSON PRAISE FX>R SUCCESS MEDIATION IS A TRIUMPH Says Results of Niagara Falls Con ference Astonishes Even Staunch est Supporters Of the President- Disinterestedness of the United States Made Clear to the World. BLUE TO HANDLE Pl^GUE u. s, ARMY SURGEON GENERAL GOING TO NEW ORLEANS. Sharp Measures Taken to Prevent Spread of Disease—Warnings Sent to Seaport Authorities. The New York Times is a news paper that does not hesitate to “speak its mind”—and a very forcefu^ mind it is—on the Wilson administration or any other administration. The Times is in reality an independent newspaper. It will praise President Wilson or it will crittciee him, as it conscientiously sees fit; nndv.it will “knock” Republican^, arid*^Progres sives and will “boosV^ sem.tf them when it finds in theif'utteySliees or tenets something mi considers ► worth while. . • * Being that sort ol newspaper, the following leading ed4'0£^l from Fri day’s issue of The 'ftJiias f Is one of the strongest expressions of approval of President Wilson’s.ilfXitan policy it would, be possible to find even among the presidents ^nyst partisan supporters: “The result of Hhe^.fliagara Falls conference, so fgr asflt .has gone, is such a triumph fop* President Wil sons much misunderstood policy as to astonish; even tlie'staunchest sup porters of t^je president: The proto col, signed fly the South American mediators and- the delegates of both Mexico and the United States, opens the way for the establishment of peace in the troubled republic, and the institution, after suitable prelimi naries, of a government chosen to conduct its affairs for the benefit of its people, chosen by them without hindrance. The disinterestedness of the United States is made clear to the world, and what is more to the point, to the Mexicans themselves, who reasoning by their past experiences and the trouble caused by the Ameri can interventionists, have been jus tified in doubting our sincerity. “We promise to recognize the pro visional government to be set up through the offices of the conference and to restore diplomatic relations with Mexico, and we exact no indem nity whatever, Mexico binding her self, for her part, to take measures for the payment of all just claims for the destruction of the property of foreign residents. We avoid war, a war which while, it threatened was obviously to the taste of but few Americans, and they not of the most patriotic type: but we do mare and even better than that, for, as one party to a tripartite agreement, of v bich thre three Soutn American re publics acting Jointly and the Mexi can delegates are the ather parties, we pledge lasting friendship with Mexiso and establish on a new and promising footing our relations with all Latin America. "In fact, the result of this media tion conference, which the easily dis heartened were calling a failure only ygsterday, may fairly be called pro digioijs and unprecedented in the his tory of international relations. It will be hard for many persons to realize all that has been-accomplish ed by Mr. Wilson’s acceptance of the good offices, but the. result will loom large in history and it ought to be taken as a wholesome antidote to many of our ills, real and imaginary, including'-business depression. In it all there is nothing more satisfactory than the assured fact of our estab lishment of relations with the prin cipal countries of South America, which should be of great mutual ben efit hereafter. “The only, possible source of new trouble will be the council of repre sentatives of the two Mexican fac tions. The facts that the Constitu tionalists have sent agents to take part in this council and that they were obviously anxious to be repre sented as well in the mediation con ference, show that the leaders of that party know that the aid of the Unit ed States and the South American re publics is essential to the” success of any Mexican government hereafter, and that, whatever individuals among the, agents may say, or be accused of saying, this council will tdlce up its deliberations in the right spirit. We have no doubt whatever of the out come." ^ witwoi HOUSE SUBSTITUTES MEASURE BLACKS ONCE OUTNUMBERED r »»-« ' \ * WHITES IN LEGISLATURE. FOR SENATE BILL i TO PROHIBir Till man Distributes Photograph Darker Days With Solemn Warn- ing to Men of White Race. •With the introduction of a joint resolution in the two houses of the general assembly of "Mississippi at Baton Rouge Monday authbfizing the governor to borrow $150,(ft)0 to be' expended in the eradication of bu bonic plague at New Orleans iand the Inauguration of a rigid quarantine of *he infected district by local author ities, preliminary steps toward stamp ing out the contagion were well ad-/ vanced. The quarantine established by city health authorities is backed by armed guards, twentjMsight of whom were stationed at intersecting streets within four blocks oU the Industrial Home of the Volunteers of America, where the two cases so far reported were discovered. Only breadwinners While Depending Upon Taxes to Pre vent Evil the Bill Cuts Off Drastic Provisions of Senate Plan, Elimi nating Proposal to Bar Future Deals From Interstate Mails. The House Monday substituted the Lever bill for regulation of cotton exchanges through prohibitive taxes for the Senate measure, proposing regulation by means of prohibiting the use of the mails and telegraph for so-called gambling transactions. Tire House put the bill through under suspension of the rules by a vote of 84 to 21, and sent it to the Senate. If the Senate fails to ag3*ee will be 'allowed ingress or egress td to the substitute the differences will the quarantine district, which in- cludef some of the large French mar kets, many of the commission houses and a number of wholesale houses. Persons who are permitted to cross the dead line are required to report three times a day for inspection. While it is not believed at New Orleans that the situation is well in hand precautionary measures of a stringent kind will be taken. A con certed attack upon the rats of the city began Tuesday. The rodents will be destroyed by traps and poi sons, those infesting the quarantined area being given attention first. Fleas, too, will come under the ban, but' no plans for their destruction have yet been announced. .. A rat that was burled at <he Volunteers of America Home Sunday will be ex humed and examined by bacterlolo gists. Federal authorities will take part in the fight against the disease with the arrival of Surgean General Ru pert Blue, of the public health ser vice, and two experts from Washing ton. New Orleans authorities have been advised that in response to their requent Surgeon General Blue is now en route there. So far only two cases of plague have been reported, one death resulting. Further alarm was caused by reports of the discov ery of two more cases in a different part of the city. The report, how ever, proved to be erroneous. After receipt of telegrams from Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana board of health, the treas ury department ordered Ihe surgeon general to take charge rf the situa tion. Dowling reported bacteriolo gical confirmation of th6 two cases. The public health service, however, will make its own examination. Surgeon General Blue said that neither the city of New Orleans nor the territory surrounding was in any danger, but that it was advisable that the federal government take sharp measures. Apparatus for fumi gation are being sent to New Orleans, and a poTps of experts in plague eradication. Including Surgeon Creel, of the public health service, will car ry out the surgeon general's plans. As a precautionary measure to pre vent spread of the infection by ship ping Surgeon General Blue sent warnings to health authorities of the Atlantic coast states and to those of the Mississippi river states as far north as Iowa, suggesting that they take up the work of rodent eradica tion actively. HAVE NEW NAMES. How Members of Press Are Nominat ed Since Richards’ Attack. The newspaper men who are cov ering the campaign have new names, as a result of the attacks by Major John G. Richards, chairman of the railroad commission, and a candidate for, governor, on what he has named, “The newspaper oligarchy.” A. D. Olophant, of the Columbia State, has designated the three newspaper men as Oligarchy 1, 2, and 3. -We calls J. A. Daly, of the Columbia Record, Oligarchy No. 1, Caldwell, of The News and Courier, as Oligarchy No. 2, himself as Oligarchy No. S," and G. R. Calvert, the Western Union man, who is making the rounds with the campaign and handling press copy, as chief slave of the Oligarchy. Richards and Charles Carroll Simms, betaken up. in conference. Senator SmitlBsauthor of the Senate bill, is now campaigning in South Carolina, and consideration of the substitute may be delayedT \until his return, though Senator Smith, of Georgia or some other Southern senator may call it up in the meantime. Both the Senate and House meas ures aim to regulate alleged evil prac tices on the cotton excanges which the cotton producers contend keep (Jow n the price of cotton.' The Sen ate bill through the post office depart ment and the interstate commerce commission's jurisdiction over the telegraph would prohibit the trans mission of quotations and lists of sales of cotton that did not comply with the requirements as to stand ardization prescribed in the bill. Both bills would regulate, though they would not prohibit, transactions in future. The House bill relies on the gov ernment taxing power instead of in hibition of the mail and the tele graph, proposing a tax of |5 a bale on contracts that do not comply with the requirements. No tax would be imposed on what are regarded as legitimate contracts The measure would require that contracts must be in writing; must specify the quantity of cotton involved in each transaction and give names and addresses of buy- ers and sellers, with the basis grade of the cotton involved Other sections would provide that the cotton mutt be of or within the grades specifically established by the secretary of agriculture and that in case other than the basis grade is de livered the differences above or be low the contract price must be the actual commercial differences and not the difference arbitrarily fixed by the secretary of agriculture by compari son of prices of five spot cotton mar kets. A lively debate preceded the vote. Democratic Leader Underwood, favor ing the measure, pointed out that the whole-proposition rested on the pro posal that congress should either sup press or regulate the cotton ex changes of the country. t ' “Whatever particular power you use to enforce a law,” he said, "is a secondary proposition, but there is no better power in the government than the power to tax, which is in this bill. The Scott bill was intended to wipe out the cotton exchanges. The Lever bill is intended to regulate them, so as to w ipe out the evils that exist in the exchanges. In two dif- forent congresses 1 have supported legislation along the lines of the Scott bill and they have been sent over to the Senate and there have died in committee. A similar bill from this House at this time would meet a similar fate.” “I believe that the practices of the New York cotton exchange cost the Southern producers annually $100,- O'C 0,0007’ ’declared Representative Lever, who is author of the bill. “The purpose of this bill is to elimi nate the practices which constitute such an enormous burden. Any man voting against it piilfTilmseTrinThe attitude of favgring a continuance of practises that were denounced in ev ery cotton state in the union.” . Representative Hayes of Georgia opposed the bill. He declared there were both good and bad points in the Uever bill and he opposed it because certain features were detrimental to cotton growers. H6 recognized the need of some legislation, however, The clerks of courts in the coun ties of the state have received from Senator B. R. Tillman a copy of a irotograph showing! the radical members of the South Carolina legi- lature of 1868. Of 63 members of this body, 50 were negroes or mulat- toes, 41 were unable to read or write ?.nd 4 4 paid no taxes. Senator Tillman writes that he found the picture in Greenville and had it enlarged and framed in order to have one sent to each county, so that the people of South Carolina can see it for themselves. Under the picture, which it is ex pected will he hung in every court house in the state, appears this in- sciption: 1 “P'resenfed ty ’Senator Tillman to the clerk’s office in each county of South Ukrolina as a warming to his fellow citizens of the necessity for white unity. \ dates vjjo have attacked the newspa pers so far. Shot Through Glass. Mrs. Louise Bailey, of Freeport, N. Y., was killed Thursday while sit ting in the office of Dr. Ed Carman of that city. He r assassinator broke a window pane, stuck a revolver through and shot her in the hedft. Champion Corp Planter Dead. Zachariah J. Drake, of Bennetts- ville, worlds, champion corn raiser, holding a record of 254 bushels to the acre died at his home Wednes day at the age wpf .71. Rat Traps on Duty.' Six thousand baited traps did sil- —. ent duty on the waterfront of New - Orleans. ‘ The board of healt is vig- orou^y e^ryyiqg out a protective White Boy Loses Life Tor Negro. Willis Parkmaii, o’f Spirtanflulrg, ■g—white boy drowned t Wedaewy campaign.. while trying to save Luther Jones,,a young negro, with whom , hes wgs seining. ’ War Veeael to Haiti. The armored cruiser Washington has been Haiti. ered to Port Au Prince, ^ Navy Goes Dry. - Secretary Daniel’:, order abolishln the wing mess went into effect oh the first and the-navy is now dry. ■ ' •' V-v of MUCH IMPROVEMENT ON COT- 1 ' i TON’S CONDITION NOTED BIG YIELD INDICATED Government Cotton Crop Condition Report Is Issued and Shows Splen did Condition of Growing Crop- Products Are for Largest Acreage and Crop as Large as Last Year. ‘Lord God of hosts! be with usxyet, ‘Lest we forget! Lest we forgetI'X’ a state- Senator Tillman issued ment in which he says: "When in South Carolina last April returning to Washington from Clemson College, I stopped in Green ville to see my niece. While there Mr. L. M. McBee showed me a photo- praph, two by three inches in size, of the Reconstruction legislature of 1868, the first we had. There were far more negroes in it than white men^, I borrowed it and brought it to Washington and had it enlarged I have had it framed, and intend to send one to every Cognty to be hung in the clerk s office; so that those people may see it who have a mind to. ' "Governor Blease and Mr. Fort ner are howling about the negroes having white teachers and the dan ger to our civilization from that source. I am inclined to believe the Southern people made a great mis take when they did not take charge of the negroe’s education and put them all under’white teachers in stead of colored teachers. However that may be the one real danger, and a great one it is, to South Carolina’s civilization lies in a possible division among the white people themselves making the negroes the balance of power and the controlling factor in our politics. As long as the white people stand shoulder to shoulder and fight it out among themselves we need never fear. The new rules adopted at the last State Convention to govern the primary insure an honest vote, and every good Democrat will abide the result, whatever it be. There is lit tie possibility of our having ever again as bad a Governor as Blease has been. “South Carolina can even stand Blease in the Senate, however nau seating it will be to some of us, but would never recover from an appeal by the Bleaseites or any others to the negro vote. Should that occur our civilization would be doomed. An indefinite "era of good stealing would come again, and in the course of time another “ringed, streaked and striped’^Legislature would as semble in Columbia." The photograph to which the Sen ator refers has attracted much at tention from visito’rs to his office in the Capitol. Without exception ev ery beholder who has commented up on the pictWe has declared that presented more eloquently than any number of speeches or books could do the horrible conditions under which the State labored Yn the per ibd of “Reconstruction.” also running for governor, are the . . only two out of the twenty-six candi- f eC ^ nK , . , \T pT0 ^ CeT . . . _ , ; .. i. i n .... furnished the stake for the gambling gamblin indulged in by the exchanges. ’The New York cotton exchange, ha^said, had manipulated and controlleA^ot- ton prices for many years and had “made .themselves the self-constitut ed guardians for the Southern farm- Progressive Leader Murdock of Kansas also opposed the bill. He favored more drastic legislation, such as that proposed in the Smith bill. "The Smith bill," said Mr. Murdock. estops them from using the mails. The exchange is made up of 250 to 35<kdtid gloved gentlemen. The Amer ican people want a halt to these gam bling practices. To do awa/with the fixed differences and to do aome of the other things provided In this bill all right, but they are not WILL STAY ON THEIR JOBS UN TIL BILLS ARB PASSED. V 4 Should it Become Necessary May Make Party Qoestloa of Trust M With the second largest acreage ever recorded and with the prospects of production probably equal to or better than those of last year, the growing cotton crop of the United States Wednesday was reported by the department of agriculture as be ing 79.6 per cent, of a normal with the area in cultivation as 36,960,000 acrefc. ' . . ” The condition of the crop is slight ly more than 1 per cent, under June Bad weather early in the season caused damage in some sections, but during June conditions in those localities improved greatly. In Texas, where on May 25 the condition was 65 per cent a normal, the June"25 re port showed a condition of 74 per t.; in Oklahoma it improved from 68 Yo 79, in North Carolina from 76 to 82 And in South Carolina from 72 to 81. The aretKJn cultivation is 498.000 acres, or 1.3 x per cent, less than the tevised acreage in cultivation a year ago. Oklahoma reported an 8 per cent, decrease and Tex^ts and Virginia 5 per cent, decrease. In California the area was more than doubled and Louisiana reported an increase of iO per cent, in acreage. t 'v The month began with one of the severest droughts ever known in the eastern portions of the cotton belt. It greatly retarded growth of early planted cotton and delayed the ger mination of late planted. In the western portions of the belt the first week of the month was excessively wet. This prevented any improve ment in the plants and made cultiva tion and planting dlfficutt. Better conditions prevailed during the second week, the plant making feood. progress i^the eastern and cen tral portions o^the belt, while the western portion had the most favor able weather for several weeks. During the third week local show ers in the central and eastern por tions of the belt greatly improved the outlook and early planted cotton gen erally was reported in good cpndl- tion, but later planted was backward and needed rain. Highly favorably weather continued in the western part of the belt. The final week of the month was reported as the most favorable thus far this season,' good rains having fallen over much of the central and eastern portions and the plant having made excellent growth. Over the western portions warmth, with occa sional showers, permitted rapid growth and the dutlook greatly Im proved. Btfll weevil were reported as numerous in Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama.* * The area planted, by states, with last year’s planted area and area picked (100’s omitted) follows: Senate Democrats in conference late Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring their purpose to stay in passed by the House has been actetf upon in the Senate. The resolution does not bind senators to vote for the bills without change. resolution is designed to sorvo definite and final notice to business and the country that anti-trust legis lation is to be passed before congress quits Washington. It was proposed by Senator Stone, after a tejk with President Wilson and with other Democratic yaders. Senator Stone said it was intended as an answer to the propaganda for immediate ad journment of congress. ‘ * It party leaders decide in the fu ture that it will be necessary to mhko party measures of the three Honso bills or the substitutes offered for them, another conference will bo held for the purpose of binding Dem ocrats to definite legislation. Some senators thought the resointion might bind senators to vote for tbO bills, but Senator Kern, chairman of the conference, declared such wag not its purpose and a clause stating this in specific terms was adopted. The resolution says: "Resolved, That the conference of Democratic senators, after due consideration, hereby declares that the present ses sion of congress should not adjourn until at least the following bills now pending in the Senate have been la- ally disposed of." It names the trade commission, the railrotd se curities, and the Clayton anti-tragt bills as the measures to be included. The explanatory clause attached to the resolution reads: ^he resolution hereinbefore a- doptptl is Intended merely aa an ex pression of the purpose of the major ity party tu reference to adjourn ment." Senators who hope to get away from Washington within stx weeks or two months found comfort in the announcement from the con ference that Senator Kern, majority leader, will ask the senate to hold night sessions next week. V _ At the same time Senator /> T*rtris, the Democratic "whip,” was instruct ed to keep a quorum present at all times. These facts indicate an In tention by the majority to proas tho trade commission bill to a vote an soon as possible and to put tho ap propriation bills through when oppor tunity offeder The trade commis sion bill is before the senate and n vote may be asked any day. The railroad securities bill and tkn Clayton bill still gre in committee, but it is possible that one may bo reported as soon as It becomes ap parent the commission bill Is near passage. Some leaders hope ad-.*' journment can be taken with the pro gramme complete by August 20 or September 1. • — * The conference was harmonious. Several senators expressed dissatis faction with provisions in some of the bills, but it was made clear no one was bound to vote for any par ticular bill. it SPEAKS} BOLDLY, Planted Planted Picked 1914 , 1913 1913 Missouri . 124 113 112 Iklahoma. . 2,854 3,102 3,009 Virginia . 46 48 47 N. C. . . era oo o »—1 1,589 .1,576 S. C. . .. . 2,826 2,798 2,790 Georgia . . 5,398 5,345 5,318 Florida ,. 194 192 188 Alabama . : 3,912 3,798 3,760 Mississippi . 3,148 3,117. 3,067 Louisiana. . 1,389 1,263 . 1,24 4 Texas . . . 12,052 12,-689 12,597 Arkansas'. . 2,527 2,527 2,502 Tennessee. 866 866 865 alifornia. 35 14- 14 Condition of the growing cotton \ READY TO HELP. McAdoo Asks Banks Whether Iffiey Want Help for Crop Funds. Carranza Talks of the Jud&ses in Con- ... sUtutionalist’s Ranks. crop on June 25 and May 25 this year, with the June 25 condition last year and the ten-year average of June 25 condition follows: • “Constitutionalist leaders who have the sympathy of all the people of Mexico behind them not allow the dignity of the nation to be low ered by the interference of any for eign power in the internal affairs of tho country.” Tr*h declaration was made by Gen. Yenustiano Carranza at a banquet at Monterey Saturday night, accordinz to travelers’ reports. Carranza, it was said, asserted that the United States was assuming a dictatorial at titude. The 400 Mexicans who at atended the banquet received the dec laration with cheeks, Jt is declared. “The Constitutionalist movement has now proceeded to such a point," the first chief is quoted as having said, "Jhat the party has nothing to fear except from the Judases in its own ranks.” He mentioned no names. June May June iO-yr 1 - 2 ix i 25 25 aver. Virginia , .86 83 81 84 N. C. . . .82 76 76 81 S. C. . . .81 72 73 79 Georgia. . .83 80 74 81 Florida . .86 82 85 85 Alabam. . .82 85 7,9 80 Mississippi .81 87 82 78 Louisiana. .81 82 81 78 Texas . , . .74 65 86 82 Arkansas . .80 ?79 86 81 Tennessee. .79 '80 87 83 Missouri . .93 86 ,88 83 Oklahoma. - .T9 68 89 8? California .100 100 95 97 North Carolina- —There has been Would Keep Negroes Out. ^TUprcsentative Park of- Georgia has introduced a hill to keep negroes from'homing- Commissions in the ~ Te Ten of fishing schc ugly; the hill should go further.” Are reported Are Lost, pf the Gloucester, ser near Portland, Me., pronounced improvement over a month ago. Good rains brought up practically all|cotton. Fields are un even, but the plants are strong and growing, rapidly. South Carolina—All portions of the State, except the northwest, have ^iad bountiful rains since the middle of the month, causing cotton pre viously germinated to come up. The stand la. practically full. Georgia—Probably 12, to. 15. per cent, of the total planted acreage, mainly in the northwest portion, did not come np until, early in June. The Secretary McAdoo mailed a letter Monday to each of the national banks inrihe United Stages asking whether they believe, it will be advisable for the treasury department to lend a hand again this year in the move ment of crops by distributing addi tional government deposits. The secretary asked for an opinion as to what cities in each State may be used to the best advantage as cen ters from which the national banks may place the money among their country correspondents and as to the sort of collateral the bankers regard as best for the security of govern ment funds. "While It is expected that the fed eral reserve banks will begin busi ness in time to assist in moving the crops this fall,” the letter concluded, “the treasury department-will never theless be disposed to help .businkfe to the full extent of its powers through the proper use of govern ment funds, if it beepmes apparent that such help Is needed’in any sec tion of the country.” * Last year Secretary McAdoo de posited more than $3 ■ ,000,000, with national banks for crop movements and evayy cSlit of the money was paid back rith interest before April of this year. . Tliree Burn in Fire. Three persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a Manchester, N. H., department house Thursday. } Makes War oa Rodents. .j ') The city 1 'of Charleston has offered three cents A head te* all rats. In an effort to stamp them noil r \ y ** •y remainder of the crop is tg condition. Indiestioae petal to a ! crop.