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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1! A Famous Trio, All Set to Go liatd up on th« murk w# have Tony Plwikj', Georgetown Uni versity and Intercollegiate Penn relay champs Emersoir Norton, In door College High Jump champ and Charge Hoff, Norwegian Pole Vaultar, ready for a trial run at Georgetown University, where Hpff and Norton trained for the N. Y meeting with Harold Osborn for the world decathlon championship. . How Americans Are Paying the ^ British War Debt to America Harvey S. Firewtonc Give# Some Intcreating Information About the > 4 Workings of the Stevenson Restriction Act, Which Controls ' the Price of Rubber. r . A i On August 1st. the British Govern- aaent will unquestionably adopt a new and more drastic restriction of the production and exportation of rubber, aigl I feel I should bring to the at tention of the American car owner the full import of what this means. §» minimum price of rubber under the new restriction is to be set at 42 cents per pound. The Stevenson R#v ■trietion Act as originally adopted November 1st. 1922, ftxed the mini mum price at 26 cents per pound. One of the arguments for the adoption of this Act by the promoters of the scheme was to stabilise the price of rubber between 26 end 80 cents per pound, but instead of fulfilling this function, it not only increased the price beyond all reasonable limits but also through resulting wide fluc tuations mad, a very unstable, specu lative and hazardous condition for the rubber manufacturers. Rubber was seHing 'around 14 cents per pound when the Stevenson Restriction Act became effective. The Act allowed 60 per cent of normal production to be exported and called for quarterly-revisions according to the price of rubber. That is, if the price of rubber fell below an average of 26 cents per pound for any quar ter an additional 5 per cent restric tion would be placed, and if the price of rubber for any quarter averaged above 30 cgntt an additional 6 per cent would be released. In this way, it was claimed, the price of rubber would b? stabilized between 26 and 30 cents per pound. Immediately upon the adoption of the Restriction Act the price of rub ber advanced. The frrrt quarter’s average was above 26 cents per pourfd and apld ns high m 38 cents per pound with practically the same avail able rubber stock in the trorld as ex isted in the previous quarter when the rubber was 14 cents per pound. It was not until the'second quarter of 1924 that the eyerage price of rub ber fell below £5 cents, at which time an additional 5 per cent was restrict ed. Next quarter rubber was still below 25 cents and a further 5 per cent was restricted, thus alloisring only 60 per cent of normal production to be shipped from the British Colo- nies. These additional restrictions ad-, vanced the price; in the last quarter of 1924 the price of rubber averaged above 30 cents per pound,and 5 per cen* was released. The price continu ed above 80 cents—in fact sold as high as $1.23 per pound in 1925—and according r to the provisions . of the Act, 100 per cent of standard pro duction was released on February 1, 1926. These additional releases of rubber brought the price of rubber down from over $1.00 per pound dur ing the last quarter of 1925 to an average of 60 cents per pound in April, 1926. On Aprii 26th of this year—thr British Colonial office announced that if the price of rubber for the next quarter beginning May 1st, did not remain above 42 cents per pound for the quarter, it wquld place a new re striction on rubber allowing only 80 per cent of normal production to be expjorrted in the folowing quarter, starting August 1st, 1926. Rubber continued to decline rapidly until it reached 42 cents, and now the average price for the quarter is around 42 cents. As there are over 26,000 tons of rubber in London under the con trol of powerful interests whose pur poses are best served by having this new restriction, and as the Act calls for the price to be ftxed for each day by the last sale at three o’clock, it should be very plain to Americans that this quarter’s average is more lik«dy to be a'little under 42 cents thah a little over, and that on Aug ust 1st, we will again have British rubber production and exportation restricted to only 80 per cent of nor mal production. This being So, I want to call particu lar attention to the fact that the minimum price of rubber fixed by Jor Economical Transportation 7Chevrolet! reduced (Chassis oafy)fab JlintMichifan Chevrolet trucks haVe won worldwide accept* ance on the basis of low first cost, low operating cost and slow depreciation. ^ "s spectacularly grow* popularity has made the new restriction ir 42 cant* in stead of a minimum priee of 26 cents ftxed in the Stevenson Rubber Re striction Act of November .1, 1922, or 17 cents a poqnd higher. One cent a pound advance on~Irn£ber im ported into the Ufcited States in one year means over eight million dollars. It is very easy to figure thst Ameri can automobilists have an additional minimum fixed charge on their trans portation of $136,000,000 per year. It is unthinkable -that Americans will sit idly by and allow k com modity so vital to our wellfaore, trans portation' and commerce to be held in the tight grip of a foreign monopo ly that tele us how much rubber we may receive ahd how much we are to pay for ;t. In January, 1928— two months bfter the Stevenson Rub ber Restriction Act was announced— I presented figures and statements to officials in Washington showing them the seriousness of the situation and succeeded in April of the same, year in having Congress appropriate $500,- 000 to investigate new sources of rub ber supply. This investigation and personal investigations that I have made, show there are many tropical countries where, rubber can be grown profitably. T- On account of the enormous capita} required for the growing of rubber, and as ‘investments are without re turn for several years, Americans are not keen to make these inveatments unless they are in countries under the control of or protected by our own Government, no matter how large the returns on the investments may. be. The Philippine Islands hold out great opportunities for America, and also for the Philippine Islands itself if proper legislation is enacted to en- courajfe capital to invest there in rubber growing on a substantial scale. Soil and climatic conditions are ideal, and rubber in a small way is being grown on the Islands of Mindanao and Basilan. These islands could be made the richest and most prosper ous country in the. Far East. It is es timated that Great Britain now has over $600,000,000 inWfcted in the growing of rubber which fives big returns. There* can be no question that today its rubber growing indus try is one of the most valuable pos sessions the British Empire has. This fact is borne, out by the significant statement of Winston Churchill in referring to the Stevenson Restric tion legislation that “One of the principal meins of paying the debt to America is in the provision of rubber.' The first year after restriction we only received X.OOO tons additional rubber and America’s rubber bill was $84,000,000 more, in 1923 than in 1922 and by 1926 our rubber bill had in creased $328,000,000 with only 95,000 additional tons. ^bnui qouf Health LHings You Should Know necessary a greatly in creased production — the economies of which are now being passed on to Chevrolet truck buyers in the form of a drastic price reduction. ‘M i- SB 4' r-YOUMANS CHEVROLET Barnwell, - - South Carolina THE ALARMING PREVALENCE OF HEART DISEASE. Let my reader bear in mind that I am speaking strictly from my owfi experience, not from the au thorities. My opinion is, that throat infection# lead in cauring serious heart affections. Influcnsu is a- most dangerous and deadly thing if neglected. Tonsillitis may cause either valvular disease, or myocarditis. No throat infection should go untreated for a single hour. Colitis, accompanied by putre- faction in the colon, is a potent source of heart disease. The pres ence of indican in the urine tells us that we have the making* of ser ious carlo-vascular trouble, unless we attend to that colon, and diet accordingly. Once heart disease is set up, every hearty meal aggra vates the circulatory disorder. If you happen to have a large abdom en, out of proportion to your gen eral build, jfou are putting up with something that will make you trouble some day. Watch the colon. Of course pneumonia and rheu matism often leave infective hearts, bo*h of them bearing dis ease-germs from the respiratory organs. With such a heart it is •utter foolishness to give heart stimulants with the idea of effect ing a cure, until you are rid of the germs that are causing the weakened heart. In my experience, vaccines are the most rational treatment for infections, though many physicians seem to believe differently. When failure occurs, the diagnosis b probably inaccur ate. Two valuable suggestions for the heart are.—do not neglect your thragt, and, taka ears of the colon —do not overeat In thb way you may iesssn your chances fee L 1 - CHAS. G. HOUSTON ~ W COTTON FACTOR ' . AUGUSTA, GA. Don’* merely accept the “highest bi^’Von^sor cotton. Let me get the MARKET VALUE for you. Tfc "highest bid” be $]0.(X) per bale under the market value. y ~ HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE may — — ' ■*' i- ' *•' . i* ■ v'** v. 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