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I imn conn mm New York, Aug- 9.?Cotton future Jfc opened barely steady. October 31.8( " December 30.45; January 29.21 March 29.00; May 28.55. New Orleans, Ax^g. 9.?Opening October 30.60 flat; December 29.6 flat; January 28.98 flat; March 28.6 bid; May 28.12 bid. Market easy. New Orleans, Aug. 9.?Pronounce weakness was shown by cotton toda in the face of unfavorable weathe over the greater part of the bel Heavy selling appeared on the oper ing, in rsponse to a poor Liverpcx and was continued after the call Ix cause of the weak stock market, th slump in Foreign Exchange and bearish view of European politics. A fhp PnH nf tha fivnfr hnili- <vf huainoa prices were 55 to 63 points under th close of last week, October standin at 30.27 and March at 29.86. New York, Aug. 9.?The cotto market showed the influence or greal er nervousness over European politic! conditions and a rather easier tec! nical position during today's earl trading. The covering movement c last week had considerably reduce the short interest and there was seal tering liquidation at the opening ov ing to the weak cables and decline i foreign exchange. Southern sellin was also in evidence and after start ing at a decline of 20 to 36 point) active manths soon sold 50 to 6 S>ints below Saturday's closing wit ctober touching 31.50 and Decembt - 30.15. Trading was only moderatel active, however, and prices late showed slight rallies on reports c further showers in the South. Liverpool, ^ug. 9.?Cotton spot i fair demand; prices easier. Good mir dling 29.45; full middling 28.20; mic dling 26.95; low middling 23.15; goo ordinary 19.70; ordinary, 18.70. Sal< 8,000 bales, including 7,000 America] Receipts 16,000 bales, including 10 900 American. Futures closed quie August 24:61; October 22.66; Januar 21.34; March 20.74; May 20.26; Jul 19:83. New Orleans, Aug. 9,?9 a. m. bid; October 30.41; December 29.53; Jar uary 28.35; March 28.55; May 28.2 asked. Market steady. New York, Aug. 9.?Apprehension of less favorable crop reports as an suit of the continued^ showers of ralr seemed insufficient to bring in an fresh buying in the face of unsettlin features otherwise. On the other han< rallies of a few points from the earl lo'.T level met increased selling ft Wll Street and Southern account wit December declining to 30.10 or points below Saturday's closini Other months showed similar loss* add prices were within a few poinl of the lowest around midday. New York, Aug. 9.?11 a. m. bidi October 31.40; December 30.15; Jai uary 28.98; March 28.60; May 28.1i Market steady. % 1 New Orleans, Aug. 9.?Liquidatio of long contracts increased and shoi selling became more general, widei ing tn edecline to 68 to 75 point October traded down to 30.15. Lai in the morning the downward movi ment was checked by realizing < profits on short contracts and a rea< tion of 7 to 18 points from the lowei levels brought about. New York, Aug. 9.?Spot cottc quiet; middling 39.00. New^York, Aug. 9.?All but a fe points of the earlier losses were r< covered with December selling up 1 30.70 on a rumor of a four dav armi: tice on the Polish front and the d' tailed weather reports showing coi siderable rainfall in the South. T1 buying tapered off as soon as the moi urgent demand from shorts had be? supplied, however, and most of tl advance was lost with the mid-afte noon market ruling about 40 to ( points net lower. New Orleans, Aug. 9.?The rumi that the Russians had consented to truce of four days caused a swift u] turn and the most active months g< back to within 11 to 18 points of Sa urday's final prices, October reactin to 30.78. For awhile the tone wt very steady, but Gradually under lac of confirmation of the political rumor the market sagged again and late i the day was 45 to 55 points under Sa urday's close. New Orleans, Aug. 9.?Spot cotto quiet, 50 lower. Sales on the spot ? bales; to arrive, 57. Low middlinj 25.50; middling 36.25; good middlini 40.00. Receipts, 1,007; stock, 215,445 New Orleans, Aug. 9.?The cottc market closed steady at net decline of 41 to 56 points. Closin High Low Bid October .... 30.78 30.15 30.S December . . . 29.85 29.25 29.E Januarv .... 29.15 28.62 28i March 28.79 28.28 28.E May 28.00 27.90 27.J New York, Aug. 9.?The cottc market closed barely steady. Closin High Low Bid -%tober .... 31.95 31.35 31.3 December . . . 30.70 30.10-" 30.5 January . . . 29.53 28.92 29.C March .... 29.05 28.55 28.6 May ..... 28.60 28.10 28.1 COTTON SEED OIL New York, Aug. 9.?The cotton see ojLmarket closed steady. Prime sun mpr yellow 17.75 bid; crime cruc nominal. August 12.00; Septemb* 12.40; October 12.60; November 12.6( December 12.48; January 12.50; Fel ruary 12.67; March 12.90. Total sal< 3,200. Itafc-'e* *&?-: ..' y,' ' ...? H mulct jjum Chicage, Aug. 9.?Corn opened unf; changed to 2%c higher while oati >; were % to %c up. Provisions were steady. ,. Chicago, Aug. 9.?Higher prices foi jo wheat resulted from European wai ,0 developments. Opening wheat quotations ranged from 2 to 3%c higher. , Chicago, Aug. 9.?Potatoes weak; ~ Virginia cobblers 6.00 to 6.25 a barrel ;r Chicago, Aug. 9.?Butter higher; 43 to 52%. Eggr; higher; first 46 to *: 47. Poultry alive unsettled fowls 3C to 36; springs 38 to 40. ie New York, Aug. 9.?Butter firm; 8 creamery 51 to 65. Eggs irregular; Lt first 47 to 50. Cheese irregular; av18 erage run 25% to 27%. e 8 New York, Aug. 9.?Live poultry weak. Broilers by freight 43 to 45; broilers by express 42 to 48; fowls 36: n old roosters 24; turkeys 35. Dressed t. poultry steady; western broilers, fresh il 42 to 55; fowls 36 to 42; roosters i- fresh 26 to 27. Turkeys not quoted. y .# nhiraco Au?r. 0.?r#ttlo crnnri and d choice steers steady to shade higher; t- early top 17.10; bulk choice 10.25 to r- 16.85; good beeves 15.00 to 15.75; n grassy steady, mostly 9.50 to 14.50; g first Montana run on sale; bulls stead? t- to strong; bologna 6.50 to 7.50; good s, and choice cows, strong 10.00 to 12.50. ;0 Canners 4.00 to 4.50. In between h grades slow 6.00 to 8.50; calves slow sr to lower; general trade 50c lower, y Hogs steady to 10c higher, poorer >r grades up most; early top. 16.35; bulk >f light and butchers 15.30 to 16.25; bulk packing sows 14.00 to 14.40. Pigs steady to higher. , n Sheep, choice lambs scarce, slow tc lower, medium native and Western ]" sheep 25 to 35c lower; good Montana wethers 8.75; feeders steady; good tc )g choice feeding lambs 11.50 to 12.00. a* Chicago, Aug. 9.?Wheat closed j. easy at the same as Saturday's finj ish to 1 cent lower. y Chicago, Aug. 9.?Corn closed unsettled 3-4 to 21-2 net lower. i: ' 1 \ i- Chicago, August 9.?Cash wheat 7 No. 2 red, 2.43 1-2 @ 2.47; No. 2 hard, 2.43 @ 2.47 1-2; No. 2 northern spring, 2.70. Corn No. 2 mixed, 1.65 @ 1.57; is number yellow, 1.56 @ 1.58 Oats, No >- 2 white, .75 1-2 @ .80; No. 3 white 18 .71 1-2 @ .76. Rye, No. 2, 2.00 @ * 2.05; Barley, .95 @ 1.15. Timothj * seed 8.00 @ 11.00. Clover seed, 35.00 y Pork nominal. Lard, 18.60. Ribs >r lg.00 @ 16.00. h Washington, August 9.?Improvep* ment of the corn crop during July tc :s the extent of 224,000,000 bushels, wit! a forecast for a total crop of 3,003.000,000 bushels and,a decline of 14,5. 000,000 bushels in the prospective wheat production statement making 6. the estimated crop 795,000,000 bushels were the features of the governments August grain report issued today. Po>n tntoen tobacco and hav also-showec ^ improvement. fg Washington, Aug'. 9.?Productior of crops forecast today by the Depart ment of Agriculture from their con dition on August 1 was as follows: Winter wheat, 533,000,000. Spring wheat, 262,000,000. All wheat, 795,000,000. Corn, 3,033,000,000. >n Washington, August 9.?Oats, 1,w 402,000,000; Barley 196?000,000; Rye e- 77,900,000; Buckwheat, 14/00,000 to White potatoes, 402,000,000. Svfeet 9- potatoes, 101,000,000. Tobacco, 1,544,e* 000,000. Flax, 14,300,000 pounds; Rice J" 52,000,000. Hay (tame) 88,600,000 rc tons; Hay (wild) 18,600,000 tons ?n Sugar beets, 8,900,000 tons. Peaches ie 45,500,000. Peanuts, 38,700,Q00. Ka r- firs, 126,000,000. 10 , LIBERTY BONDS ir - Nw York, Aug. 9.?Closing Liberty bonds prices today were: 3Vfes 90.82 first 4s 85.40 bid; second 4s 84.40 l(r first 4-4c 85.40; second 4-4s 84.50 (B third 4-4c, 88.50; fourth 4-4c , 85.04 .tc Victory 33-4c, 95.64; Victory 4 3-4s 8> 95.66. in ' "*** t- MONEY AND EXCHANGE ,n Nw York, Aug. 9.?Mercantile pa12 per, 8. Exchange weak. Sterling 6( r. day bills on banks 3.58 1-4, commerr' cial 60 day bills 3.57 3-4, demand s* 3.68 1-2; cables, 3.63 1-4. Franc, de mand, 7.18; cables, 7.20. Belgiar francs, demand, 7.74; cables, 7.76 *n Guilders, demand, 33.12; cables, 33.25 !8 Lire, demand, 6.04; cables, 6.08 Marks, demand, 2.15; cables, 2.16. New ? 1 f 1 O O MA. K IOrK eXCIlttllge UII lUUiiii cm XX u-o jre' cent discount. Government bonch [6 easy. Railroad bonds irregular. Time loans, strong; 60 days, 90 days ant f3 six months 9. Call money steady Ruling rate, 7. Bank acceptance 6% STOCK MARKET >n , New York, Aug. 9.?Wall Street i0:30 A. M.)?Rejection of the alliec truce terms by the Russian Soviet ,1 Government caused a sharp decline in stock prices at the opening of th( ,q market today. Foreign Exchange rates also reflected the situation ir an acute fashion, sterling falling seven cents. The improvement in lo^ cal banking conditions reflected bj Saturday's clearing house state>v>eni was lost sight of in the hurried sell id ing of stocks. In the first half houi )- losses ranging from 1 to 5 points were le general. Baldwin, Vanidum, Unitee sr Fruit, Mexican Petroleum and Pan ); American were the weakest among the i>- Industrials, while Union Pacific is Louisville and Nashville, and Lacka wanna led a decline in the railroads. ' New York, Aug. 9.?New low figures for the year were made in a number of stocks (hiring the first hour's trading on the stock exchange today. The more serious aspects of the " Polish situation, together with a drop 1 of 7 cents in Sterling Exchange was responsible for the renewed liquidation and short selling which affected all quarters of the list. Shares which command a big speculative foreing were the weakest including the equipments, steels and oils and shipments. ; Not only did Sterling Exchange drop 7 cents since Saturday's closing but rates on other countries dropped 10 to 35 points. After Sterling Exi change had made a notable rally i from last week's low figure of 8.55%, the price of demand bills .today fell to 3.60%. Dealers attributed the weakness ; not only to unfavorable foreign news but the fact that exporters were pressing a large amount of grain and cotton bills on the masket for which ' there was no demand except at mark; ed concessions. I ' New York, Aug. 9.?Stocks coni tinued to be offered freely, represent\ ing a mixture of bear selling offer, ings by discouraged holders and liquidation of weakly margined accounts. I Some of the declines were of a vio; lent character. American Express ? fell 10 points, Lackawanna 8, Atlantic ; Gulf 71-2 and Baldwin, Crcible, I Mexican Petroleum, American Su' matra Tobacco, American Beet Sugar I and Utah Copper between 5 ana 6 , points .Easier money tendencies, i with ."all money being supplied freely ' at 6 per cent, caused an extensive . rally later in which recoveries ran ' from 1 to 4 points._ ! THE COTTON SITUATION i ( New York, Aug. 7.?The fluctuations in future contract prices have been wide and very erratic owing to ( the prevailing technical market conditions and the gravity and uncermand from that country can now be i developments in Europe. With continued ideal weather in the South for cotton picking rapid progress is being made in harvesting the early crop and this is being followed by a gen' eral downward revision of spot prices in the leading Southern markets, especially of high grades of which ; there is an abundance in the receipts coming in from plantations. ' There is at the same time only a > limited demand from consumers who > are still pursuing a waiting policy in . expectation of striking a lower buy, ing basis later in the season when the i crop moves in greater volume. The r Government Bureau report giving the condition to July 25, as 74.1, proved ' to be a little below the 10 year aver? age 75.6, but still showed a marked improvement over 70.1 last month and 67.1 last year. Hiflrh monpv mfr?? rnnfinno tn m. > strict new buying in all textile lines of goods and at the same time check ' any tendency to increase the produc' tion of manufacturers as mill owners generally are not disposed to stock i up with ^oods or raw material at the , present time. The deflation movement is still making progress in all direc' tions and is now reported as having ' spread to the large European cities. Present credit conditions are decid1 edly against any movement to hold cotton on borrowed money and the outlook is for a liberal supply of both j high and low grade cotton in the near future. The low grades in the United States were intended for shipment to Germany, but owing to the unfavorable European financial and political developments only a limited deman from that country can now be. expected. Besides owing to increased cost of production German spinners are in no position to compete with other countries in cotton goods at , present. The crop is still making satisfactory progress in all the cotton States, the principal complains being the spread of weevil and apprehension of damage from shedding following the > recent rains in parts of the Atlantic . States and in the Southwest. Altogether the crop has made wonderful ' recovery and steady progress since the last week in May and present prospects are favorable for a large yield. In some sections of the trade, however, fears are entertained that deterioration during the critical month of August may yet take place. r Any aaverse development however from the present bright prospects for the growing crop would change local sentiment regarding the future course of the market and encourage speculative and trade buying. Nevertheless ' up to this time there have been no complaints of a serious setback except that some sections are having too much rain. Most of the sharp rallies of the week are due to the oversold condition of the market, es' pecially in the nearby months which induced free covering. A striking feature in the trading i has been the tardy manner in which the distant positions followed the up1 ward price movement of the nearer months. This appears to be due to the moderate amount of new speci lative ventures on the buying side at r present and the genral lack of a trade " demand for future requirements, both 1 of which would naturally be attracted ' to the lowest price positions. I In fact, most of the cotton market factors and the condition of the man ufactured goods trade appear to be against any extended upward price movement at the present time, although crop developments will con*u_ J :? i-: !-a ? , tmuc w uc Liit; uuiiitiiaLiiig iiiuueik'u | in shaping the course of the market i for some time to come. , This does not preclude frequent wide swings in both directions with tht chances in favor of sales on the sharp bulges. Henry Clews & Co. QUINN- SUMNER Married Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Miss Ida May Quinn and Clarence W. Sumner at the home of the bride. Only members of the immediate family were present. They are both from Buffalo and hold positions t with the Buffalo Mills. Marriage was performed by H. T. Higgins, notary public. tlJULJ JR. / OriUV^ltoSOCrOBEkKfit^, < "According to the best estimate*," ays a writer In Everybody's for July, "about 10,000,000, or more than onetenth of our population ovsr ten years old, cannot read or write English?a c number greater than the whole popu- r latlon of Canada; grsater than the t whole population of the South in the 8 Civil war; greater than the combined J populations of 15 of our states. And ef this*number, fully half can neither ^ read, write nor speek English. In some cities, such as Passaic, N. J? er Fall Blvmr, Mass., these strangers anna- 1 her a alxth er mere ef the population. ? "If this enonaous population, alien f In. speech or literature or custom, were e mirely *a population,' merely living s aeaong as, that would be one thing to t think about. But all of this 10,000,- I 00 are also working among us, trying t to build soma kind of Ufa for thsm- F salves. And la so doing, they havo v brought themselves lata a closer relatlon ah I p with us than we are often Willing to admit, even If wo are aware . ff It More than 58 per cent of the ? people who make our steel and lroa, j more than Tt per cent of thoee who t make our slothes, mors than 85 por seat ef thoee who vetee our sugar, c are forelga-born. Aad nearly all of t them cannot read er write English, 0 and at least a quarter of thsm cannot s read or write their own language. Bin t hundred and twenty theaaand ef the t million who mine our coal are foreign- * hern, and 485,000 of these come from nen-Engllsh-?peeklng raeee, with but 1 the allghteet ability. If a ay, to read the 3 English language." 3 LATEST STYLE IN HAIR CUTS t t New York Tenaortal Artist Advertlaee 1 to Trim the Bean "Phyalsg nemlealty." "ELalr cut phyaloguomlcally" la the j Impressive elgu oa the wladew ef a , "tensorlal artist" In the dowatewn see- ] Hen of New York. "What'o the sign meant" asked a < ?nmuuii;( wav uruiea ime in? snop M \ ft barber started ta wait aft him. i "l daa't kmow," was Mm reply. "Some 1 ftaw-fangled Idea ef the bees'.M I When appealed be the proprietor ad * the place swelled with pride aad 1ft . hi* arelghtleet lease explained Ma Mala child In this ?ftftart "Chat means that whea yea get Iftde the chair we stady your face aad theft preceed to cat your hair In such a manner that the trimming will tea form to your general physiognomy, meaning your face. Sometimes a man la a victim of his barber in regard te his appearance??you know there are some men In the barber business hpra who ought te he shoemakers aad cannot see any further than the hand that holds the expected tip. We bury defects In the face by the manner of hair cutting and enhance the good points. Women don't overlook this in putting up their hair and there is no reason why men should." Foolish Question. n official who was making up en assessment roll because of some rocent street Improvement called at each hauae on the Improved streeta to learn the names ef the property owners. At one house he climbed out of his cast, went to the-door and knocked. "Who owns, this property f he asked, "Why, I do," the woman answered. The official got her name and put It down In his book. Than he took ft sguiQt at tha stso of the lot "How many feet?" he asked. "Two, af course," tha woman snapped, wondering whether he thought ehe Was a centipede. Know* About Birds. What Representative W savor of North Carolina doesn't know about birds Is not worth knowlnf. Ha understands their habits, oan Imitate their calls. Is on speaking terms with their off*, and everything. When the house Is not In session Weaver wanders around through the capltol grounds holding converse with the jay birds, sparrow hawks, crow blackbirds and such other birds as are found around Washington. And the tdwn Is full of birds. Weaver got the bird habit through wandering about the North Carolina hills. Rent Profiteers In Manila. Landlords, owners of residences and business buildings In Manila, are taking advantage of the paucity of homes and commercial structures to raise rents abnormally. Workers \ for salaries or wages, and firms and , companies in mercantile pursuits, complain bitterly ef the demands of the owners er lessors of houses and stores, factories and bodegas. Most of the ' victims have to yield to the Increased rent* Decause tney hare no recourse. One man who paid $40 a month for his small, uncomfortable home, been Informed that he must pay $00.? I Manila Times. , 191$ Cotton Wetth $2,Of7,000,000. The 1918 cotton crop, lint and seed, was worth $2,007,000,000 to the producers. This Is about three times the alue of the cotton crop of 1914 and 1s twice the value of the crop of 1913, which had the highest value of record. The computation has just been made, at the close of the cotton year,' by the United States departmenfcof agriculture, bureau of crop estimates, baaed on average iponthly prices received ?y growers and on monthly marketings.?Agricultural Department News Letter. A " v? (Political Ad FRAXLER'S FREE Widely Endorsed by L Economists ?F"*' David B. Traxler, candidate for congress in the Fourth South Carolila district, has received commendaion and endorsement from many lources on his universal, free educaion plan. Educators agree with him hat it is the only practical plan to vipe out illiteracy in America. Briefly stated the plan is this: National aid for a thoroughly comirehensive system whereby the United tates government would contribute hree-fourths the cost, the state oneighth and the county one-eighth, iach county and state, as units, to pend appropriations under a mutual inderstanding based upon terms of federal and State laws: to erect and naintain graded schools with well>aid faculties throughout the nation vhere every boy and girl would be itted to enter any profession. Mr. Traxler holds that Uncle Sam laddy of all?as was strikingly demonstrated during the late emergency -and that being the daddy he must ook carefully after the education and raining of his children. "What father fails to look after his hildren, surrounding them with such ilessings and advantages as he can?" iskpd Mr. Traxler in explaining hsi ombitious plan. "The father fails not >y any absence of good, intention, but oecause of lack of opportunity," coninued the candidate. "I hold," said Mr. Traxler, "that he hope of the nation rests upon its routh and its unborn. The past five 'ears have -Wiped from the face of the >arth the old order; it has passed, this is a' new day; a day of new bought and action;' new ambition, lew hopes, new ambitions and aspi-ations, new desires?new principles, f you will. This is not the day for nu8ty. souls to look through the larkened, cramped vision of the dead Mist. We buried superstition and jreed and selfishness and factionalism . vith our precious dead on Flanders Field. "If the nation holds to the newly istablished principle?which I grant s necessary for the safety of the ?rorld?that it may conscript our soys and girls in times of war and arreat emergency?then I hold the national government can do no less than Fall 0] ?0 Ed V. Price Madc-To-Mca The line is now read] We are offering a s you to make your sel< ber 1st. Come and ask abo will be to your benefit A finer kind of Cusl scientific organization The length of servic depends on the qualit construction-which a< derful "staying power Frl V 1 'rirp I Jr Pn.. and at a reasonable p spires one's friends to The line is ready a: Who's yo The Union ( The New \ NOTICE ro Executive Committeemen and Others The Democratic Executive Committee is hereby called to meet on Friday, August 13th at 10 o'clock a. m. in the >fflce of the Clerk of Court for the surpose of designating the polling places in the respective precincts, splinting managers of election, and eximining and purging the rolls, and ransacting any other business that nay properly come before said Comnittee. Any person complaining of errors n the rolls or omissions therein must ippear before said committee in >erson at said time and place, othervise their complaints or applications rannot be considered by the Commit;ee. \ery member of the committee is \ \ verUsement) \ EDUCATION PLAN \ eading Educators and \ of Nation. ' educate these boys and girls and- fit them for civilian occupations and professions, as well as to fit them for war service. "In the late war dozens of departments were without heads and many i companies were without officers, because of the lack of educated men and women for the task. We are in a woeful state of unpreparedness not so much from a military standpoint as from a standpoint of educational fitness. ' # V fcS-* "But the war has shook us loose ' from our old ideas. Men and women . of today are not men and women of yesterday. We are creatures of a new era and we must so conduct our national life, which permeates to every nook and cranny of our fair land, and on an entirely different plane. "Such a school system as I advocate is simple. It cannot be argued that it can hot be successful because of its broad nature. The marshalling of forces for -war quickly accomplished by America. The nation operated successfully the railroads, the ex- ?i press companies and the telegraph wires. The government operates the -a postoffice department, the greatest and most intricate branch of the trdas-* ury department. Operati6n ot a school gysjem by the government in co-operation of the.states is'a simple matter. .It atould take away no .right of. the state no more than any right of th^ state is forfeited by the acceptance of national road funds. We were all glad enough to get Uncle Sam to help us* build our roads. My school plan is just as simple and entirely analogous, "Do you realize that this government today is spending vast sums to protect the hogs of the country? Do you know that tha; branch of animal industry working Sander the department of agriculture is spending big moqey to keep the hogs of the coun- , try in. good health? "How much is the government spending that will redound to the lasting benefit of the human family; how much to enlighten the people; how much to free them from shittkles of illiteracy and lift them up fo a higher principle of American citizenship? How much, I ask, and echo answers not."?Advertisement. ? jenina I & Company isure Clothes / for your inspection. pecial inducement for ection before Septemut this proposition, it bom Tailoring through e you get from clothes ly of make and union ccounts for the won" of Custom 1 ailonng, rice clotheS that inask nd we are waiting. ur Tailor lotblng Co. Vay Store. ! =53 urged to be present as matters of great importance to each club will come up for final action. August 7th, 1920. 9 J. A. Sawyer, County Chairman. GENERAL STRIKE IS ADVOCATED London, Aug. 8.?British workmen ! held meetings in many of the manufacturing towns of the country today notably at Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Nottingham and London, and protested against a war to help Poland. A feature of the London meeting, which was held in Hyde Park, was the presence of several 'rejfretatives of organizations of former soldiers. A general strike in all the principal organized industrials was advocated in a resolution adopted at several meetings. t