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FARMERS' SIDE OF H. C.LPRESENTED Sector Capper Shows How They Sell Their Products at a Loss BAD DISTRIBUTION BLAMED BY SPEAKER Be salt Is That Consumers Have to Pay Increased Prices i' for Pood. ft ? Washington.?The farmers' side of the high cost of living (fuestion was presented to the Senate by Seiuttor Capper, Republican, of Kansas, who declared that while farmers are sell^ ing their products at a Iosr in dc^ dining markets the consumers are paying rising prices. Faulty distribution was blamed largely for this "remarkable spectacle" and the Senator urged a number of remedies to increase production. He deplored the numerous industrial strikes and the small Representation given agricul tu/e in the industrial conference. "In our efforts to get rid of the high cost of living disease," said Mr Capper, "I fear we are in great danger of 'dying of the remedy. As a result of Washington's effort to 1 educe high prices by breaking down entirely the cost of food, we have the remarkable spectacle of a rise of 1 per cent in the cost of living, coincident with market drops that are putting live stock raisers out of business and causing serious losses to other pro. ducers." Sell Wheat at a Loss. Illustrating the anomalous situation of farmers and consumers, Senator Capper said farmers are selling their wheat at a loss, adding, "It takes four and a half bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour. The wheat raiser gets about $8.37 for the wheat, the miller $12.70, the baker $58.70 and the hotelkeeper here in ) Washington, as it is doled out in thin slices, $587." The government, through the grain corporation, Senator Capper said profited $28,000,000 at the expense of farmers last year., the farmers selling from 20 to 70 points less than th< guaranteed price. More Deplorable. "The situation of the live st~cl< rmcr is even more deplorable," h? id. "Farmers arc selling theii uinfed beeves and hogs for lesin cost to produce them, but the .sumer finds little or no change ir i price of meat. 'While everything a farmer must y demands the high .dollar, the ice of his commodities, the cheapt in the. market, are held down by i #reign embargo and a government uarantee." Farmers are being diiv. n out of business and diifting t > th< .ities because of conditions in the agricultural industry. Senator Cappei declared. Farm wages have doubled lan<i values have risen enormously and'wverything the farmer buys, h< sain, lias risen from 50 to 800 pel cent. , Stop Propaganda. Among the remedies suggested In ' Senator Capper were cessation o "Federal government propaganch which tends to bear down the p: ic?: of farm products. Executive depart mcnts should seek by every means a their command to open wider mar kcts to the farmed by lifting the em bargo on wheat and wheat flour h European government and by lower ing ocean freight rates." Legislation to free the live stocl producer of alleged control of the ma kets by the packers also was urged b; SeAator Capper, who suggested estal l&Mments of cooperative farm selling V agencies. * "Price-making in necessities o life," he said, "should never again b left to the gamblers of the exchange or to corporate monopoly." o ESTRAY NOTICE. ^ There has taken up at my place on black and white spotted male Shoa! marked with a split in both ears. Thi shoat has been at my place sine September 15th. Owner please cal qnvl pay charges and get him withou yf Furney H. Strickland. R. F. D. 2, Galivants Ferry, S. C. Box 88. 10 9,10 8 fh* 0.uir.fac 7fc<?t uces ret Affect lh:> lies BecfM?e of its tou'c and laxative effect, T.AX.-1 TiVK liKOMO QUlMTXi-; i-< hettc rthnu ovd;nr.r Quinine and does not c?v.?sc nervousness r.o xiViPiMf; in hind. Jte:ne?nl?fr t1i? full name nr. Ioca /o; tiie it uatuiv of ii. 'w- CJKOVii. / _ I } 0 V ill ** A , r f ^Ujr ? IAMK ^HLam/^'V Lw Mi After finishing his job across the profiteers and others who are responsi sword is keen and he is shioldod with a WORKING AND SAVING WILL REDUCE PRICES Governor of Federal Reserve Board Tells Hew Living Expenses May Be Cut Down.?Why Everything Went Up. What iR the host way to reduce the high cost of living? "Work and save" is the answer given by the Federal Reserve Hoard in a letter written by its governor, W. P. G. Harding, to the Banking Committee of the United States senate. The committee had under consideration the proposal to reduce the volume of money in circulation. Governor Harding opposes this plan, holding that it will not afford the relief expected. "The Federal Reserve Board believes" says Governor Harding in his letter, "that any currency legislation at this time is unnecessary and undesirable, and would suggest that whether viewed from an economic or flnan- J clal standpoint, the remedy for the! present situation is the same, namely,! to work and to save; to work regularly and efficiently in oraer to produce and distribute the largest possible volume of commodities, and to exercise reasonable economies in order that money, goods and services may I be devoted primarily to the liquidation of debt and to the satisfaction to the demand for necessities, rather than to indulgence In extravagances , 1 or the gratification of the desire for , ' luxuries." , ' During the last two years there has undoubtedly taken place a certain ' amount of credit expansion, Governor t : Harding shows, and this in the cir. cumstances connected with the flnnnc' ! ing of the war was inevitable. But it 1 1 will be corrected as the securities t I issued by the government, for war - ) purposes are gradually absorbed by in2! vostors. This expansion of credit is . j equal to the difference, Governor r ) Harding says, between the total war I expenditures of the government and ' i the total amounts raised by the gov' eminent through the medium of taxation and from the sale of its bonds and other obligations so far as they were paid for out. of the savings of the people. He does not believe that any reliable estimate of this dii'ferf | enro can be made, but he is positive x I that, whatever it is, it will he grades ! ually absorbed through future savings _ 1 for the reason that banks are lending ^ ' and may always be expected to lend ! freely on the government bonds de" i posited as collateral. j The principal cause of price ad^ randes just before and during the per-; iod of the war was the need of the | governments of the allied nations for * all kinds of commodities and for imr mediate delivery in large volume, and the "competition of this buying by ^ governments with purchases by prir vate individuals who failed to contract * their expenditures at a rate commensurate with the growing expenditures f of theee governments." c i One of the features of the post-war s period, through which the nation Is t now passing and , which has been marked by rising prices, is the general relaxation of war-time practice of personal economy. This has resulted ?? an increased demand for food and clothing and other commodities by many persons who during the war ' practiced a more or less rigid econ3 omy in their personal purchases. Also, c It must he borne in mind that they 11 or* nnf nnlv hnvinor At mnrVof nricna t but are buying in competition with I the export demand. In addition, largeI ly increased wager? and incomes duri ing the last five years have developed i s demand for many commodities which are not of real necessity. This nat. urally has diverted labor and raw and w manufactured materials from csseny tials to non-essentials, oonir' ;ng no ? small part to the trend of increasing costs. THE HOEEY HERALD, COW T~ n < ; i I < ^ f * '? ; ^ c?f&u rV ' * ^rtffJ^^^^SB235#(p3?J!L?[Br^^HEZ!J^B^E^21 . * - ~ ?*mH _-%5t?CC M^PP 1 1 ,B * > .' water Uncle Sam in now after the i ble for the hight cost of living. Hie strong device. I TELLS HOW OTHER ~ I PEOPLE GST AHEAD | I Pamphlet Issued by U. S. Treasury Answers Question "How Can I Save Money." As an answer to the question. "How Can I Save Money?" the Savings Division of the Treasury Department has compiled an interesting and helpful niinillhlnl nnHtlud ' LI/-.... i ~- I , .( uv ukvuiuu nun UHIVl X C ijfll Get Ahead." For individuals and families whose incomes are less than $5,000 a year tnis pamphlet offora a number of er.lightenUg suggestions as to the disbursement of incomes of various amounts from $15 a week upward. Not only does the material furnish a ready answer to the problem of expanses, but it affords an authentic source of Information as to living costs. The figures were compiled from records of official government investigations Into the several subjects and may be regarded as up to date and accurate. This material makes possible a nevr attack in the movement to make thrift a national characteristic and to foster the habit of "Save First?Spond Afterward." It will interest people in saving more money by showing ;hem i now niucn other people find It possible to save and also by showing them how they can cut down the cost of living comparing their costs with average costs at the same income. The Savings Division suggests that an excellent way to drive home the truths of the budget system i? to have the schedules discussed at school and taken home hy the children for consideration by the families. Another method is to organize a house-to-house canvass through committees of women who will bring the budgets tc the attention of families and secure their agreement to study their own situation. Saving and spending budgets have been prepared to meet local conditions at a number of points, and much interest in the application of the budgets to the campaign is being manifested in sections of the country where the National Thrift Campaign is being carried out successfully. LEPERS SET SPLENDID EXAMPLE IN SAVINGS Colony of Unfortunates in Farawaj Hawaii Buys War Savings Stamps At $62 Per Capita. Recent reports from Honolulu contain an interesting and unusual lesson in thrift which may be considered a record for the states to attempt. Sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps among the inmates of the Penikese Island Leper Colony during July araoanted to f62 per eapita. Altogether .12 purchasers of these securities took a total of $1,984 of stamps. When R is eonsidered that this amount is far more than the per capita quota for the ^United States It is apparent that the optimism of these lepers, despite their station in life, is little less than remarkable. Up to date the total sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps in Hawaii is more than $2,020,000, or more than "$20,000 in excess of its quota." The faith that moves mountains is the faith that gets a steam shovel instead of an old ho.'!. Labor saving is what you want. It means money saving, too, for War Ehvings Stamps. Spend a little less than you earn? it's a sure road to success. Put your savings in War Savings Stamps. ? f " " Thrift nelped to win the war. It will enable us to enjoy the fruits of j rictoiy also. WAY, 8. 0., OCT. 30, 1919. Suggestions from the Entente that Serpiany join tii> the blockade of So- < riet Russia have not as yet been officially considered by the German cabnet but have inspired a statement ndicating the government's answer vill neither be an unconditional refusal or an assent. Americanization of foreigners c should be an immediate effort of con I ?ress through legislation, declared 1 Senator Kenyon of Iowa. ? o VILLIAM EUGENE KING, M D ' Physician and Burgeon Office in Piatt Drug Oo. 1 4YN0R,; . . S,c ; 1 I . > 4, I 1 OR. J. D. THOMAS 1 . . .. . Physician and Surgeon . LORI8, s. o. OR. G.!. LEWIS nPIOTai OMDftcnM ?- w I n i_ vvilUkVIT Offlce 0"?r Norton Drag Company CONWAY, 8. C " I LUM JUNG LAUNDRY ' CONWAY-. S. C, Itegiuninit July 1st. 1913 .?)l pt-r.sons iaa:?i laUc t oketsjlo. ork left bore. Pob&iuvely \, '?rk <l*>hv<;rtn'J until j;r j f-ntO'i Laundry not c:!lu:l for j ID (iays will b? M)l'i for C'.-iTiii" LUM JUNG D. A. SPIVEY & CO. f W. B. King, Secty. BONDS AND INSURANCE j ?urnce in? PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK i BUILDING HARRELSON & HARRELSON j Attorneys-at-Law Practice both in the State an J | Federal Courts. MULLINS, ? ? S. 0. H. H. WOODWARD. Attorney and Counsellor at Lav CONWAY. S ~ B. a SCARBOROUGH Attorney at Law, CONWAY, a C. T. B. LEWIS, Atty. and Councellor at Lsvx> - s < ## \ ?K. \ ??* " :^v Ti \ 4 Emm wS ? \ :JS \ ' . \x\AVu\?\\V\ Awl l\\\ > '??\? ' v1' \>A\'vw\\V.\v\ \ M Vi \ ^IKI I % IBS?? 1 v \ ! \ m fc. \ I NO use arguing about minor key! If you'v rette makin's notion corne it a few liberal loads of Pr Boiled down to regul Prince Albert kicks th Puts pipe pleasure into t Makes cigarette rolling th fragrant, so fascinating in Prince Albert can't b\\ throat! You go as far as y spirit! Our exclusive pat< parch! o Toppy rrd bcifrs, tidy rod tin?, liumido>4?an /?thai c.V rsy, /;? 8por.gr tnoibtencr tor that m-c^ R. J. Reynolds Tobacco ? IEWS CLAMORING TO , GET OUT OF RUSSIA! New York.?Terror reigns through kllf tkn T Tb- l-o TU? * 1 -1- ' - -? ? viiv vivittiuv. A lit; JVWISH 1HCV 15> >eing wiped out, according to reports jrought to the Zionist Organization )f America. Pogroms, growing more ricious daily, have wiped out 30,000 lews since the armistice was signed, ess than a year ago. The state of rf fairs existing there today has re suited almost in a stmpede of Jews :o emigrate to Palestine. The Zion- j ist Central office at Kiev is doing everything possible to assist the Jews 1 A'ho clamor for the opportunity to leave Russia for Palestine. The report blames the anti-Bolsheviki. It says that under the Bolsheriki everything possible was done to suppress programs and support survivors. At nresent the ITkmine is; ?livwle?l into these regions of power. (I) Bolsheviks holds the province of Kiev, Volhynia and Ekaterinoslav. (2) Den- ! ikin holds Kharkoff, Kherson, Pltava, | the Crimea and parts of the province ] of Ekaterinoslav; (3) between both regions Petlura (the so-called Ukran ian Directorate) occupies parts of the province of Podolia- and Volhynia; (4) in the whole of the Ukraine region there are largo robber bands of various dimensions. Whole communities have boon wiped out by the soldiery of General Put lura, the "anti-Bolshevik" crusader, and General Grigorieff, who e officers. in many cares, were members ei the "Black Hundred." the organiza tirn which gained tho murderous n >toriety under tho czarist regime. These reports were brought out of the Ukraine by Mcir Grossman, member of the Jewish National Assembly in the Ukraine and Dr. A. Koiainik. Beth of these men, who made their way to London from Kiev in order to make their report, are well-knowr. journalists. Full responsibility for the reports of the massacies is assumed by the Jewish national secrci tarist and by the Zionist Organize tion of America. The report names 38 towns in Sou thern Russia where these massacre. occurred. Fifty-five hundred wer | killed at Proskurov; 2.000 at Elizabet1 grad. Thei*e the mob threw bomb: (into the cellars where whole families 1 had taken refuge. The Jewish comI munifi AC in IAO *??A uiuiiioivjo in iuui v. i yvciv i jjujlajly wiped out. At one town, Ha-bidievka, all the men, 300 in number were killed. "The whole period from the end of November, 1018, is filled with a series of pogroms," say the report. "The principal culprits wore troops of Pctlura and Grigerieff. whose officers in many cases belong to the Black Hund red. The Bolshevist troops have also 1 committed many pogroms, but their K $ as$.. $ . ... % ' --I.U5 i phi n H 1 if l:M {# 1 H JS I liiiilS I #1 I Slj-I I y H r S #''n 1 si * II iMWmp. - - ' |iS mmp -'',v ... III ; - v :n te . '. hMHW it- ni? molrmnr /*Viin_miiciA m n fly VI IAICIX\II Jg V1IU 1~IAI UOIV AM C3 e got the jimmy-pipe or cigajred in your smokeappetite, slip ince Albert! ar old between-us-man-talk e "pip" right out of a pipe. he 24-hours-a-day joy'us class e toppiest of sports! P. A. is sc flavor, so refreshing! ;e your tongue or parch youi rou like according to your smoke i-ntcd process cuts out bite ant handsome pound and hnlf-pound fin a :t cr.!p'< nr/ cryst-d z'a<x hvniido ' u> :*/> in ? t Li.11'co it*. * ucl. perfect condition. Company, Wincton-Salern, W. C PUTS DOWN REVOLT IN 6ERMAN TOWN * An American Officer Takes Prompt and Effective Measures ? "I " With the American Forces in Get* many.?single-banded, ' an American ' { *. intelligence officer recently put clown a "revolutionary movement in the i'. .'? area on the Rhine occupied by United States troops. ' t The first the Americans knew of \1? * ' the "Revolt" was when news reached army headquarters that in Luetz. a village of 200 population, a red flag had been hoisted and was waving in the breeze at the tip 6f a seventyfoot pole. When the American officer arrived in Luetz the "revolution" conceived by a society itself "Frohsinn" (Hilarity), and composed of young men most of whom were discharged German soldiers, was well under way and none of the inhabitants could enter or leave the village | without passport provided by the society members. Luetz, like many German villages in the hills, has no troops in the town, the army depending upon an occasional patrol to keep in touch 111! UV^'IU^. The American summoned the G moindevorstehcr, or the chief offic'al ol the town, who informed the officer that this was the third attempt of the "Prohsinnists" to rule the village and that the action was directed against the Catholic priest for whom the young nun had a pronounced dislike. The American officer summoned the executive council of the society, provided them with pick and shovel and had them dig up the flag pole, amid the applause of the conservative element of the village. He instructed the burgomaster to withhold Intil further notice any authorization or meetinirs of the "Hilaritv." cave he executive council a (hissing- down .nd instructed the one German police tian to patrol Luctz at all hours on Sundays when most political meotngs are held. Each member of the "executive council" promised to be good herc fter and none of the rocicty memers were arrested. They agreed that the American had convinced them that "revolution" did not pay. The -evolution had lasted six hours. military commanders took rigorous measures against them and had many hundreds of soldiers shot who had taken part in the excesses." Legal blanks, Herald office. if 1 ?| m ?>j ? ?a.?,-|jmi 1 *""v '-<^k P ' | & 1 j 11J Msm m ? 1 E : \ ' ' ' | i s $ | I H \ "Vft /" v?: g I " g B : i; )V : ?,-.* 7f B , ' ? , * , ' " 1 * ' i L/j v iv * ' *" ^ . A" ' 'Mil >J ^ /A ''""' ' '"rt.w - e.<4UyMjUKMM*l?MuMlta(- o**' :.s, *i i" (if ' ' * "'\