The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1919, Image 1
?BJC SDMTER UATCHMAN, Estab
Consolidated Aur. 2, 1
Making Enormous Profits But
Will Not Pay Fair Price
Fcr Cotton
OFFICIAL FIGURES
ARE MAJ>E PUBLIC
Cotton Association Will Demand
Action Against Manipulators!
of Market
? v -'
Columbia, Aug. 9.?The following!
. > i
.. was issued today by the American i
Cotton Assocition:
The American Cotton Association I
through expert representatives, has I
secured detailed information showing j
the earnings of various cotton manu- !
facturers in America since 1914. Thisj
statement is truly startling. The reta- j
i tions between the Southern Manufae- j
turers and the American Cotton Asso
-. ciation have been extremely friendly.
We have not the remotest intention of
. criticizing them. However, -with the
. statement of earnings referred to
above, it is absolutely impossible to
reconcile the price paid for raw cot
ton with, the profits made by the man
ufacturers. These earnings ;n :nany
cases are stupendous and are certam
: ly a safe barometer in judging, the
ability of the mills to have paid a j
higher price /or the raw material. We
have no quarrel whatever with the
mills for making enormous profits. If
they have violated any law along this
>ne we are not even criticizing ihem.
. At the same time, however, we do feel
\ Wfth this information before as. ihat
, -\the producer was entitled to a far
5 ^ngher price than has been paid for
Ms product, and with information be
. fdS^e us concerning even recent earn
ing^, we unhesitatingly state that the
. producer-is not receiving a fair price
for raw cotton. These figures show
. ing"the earning of the mills are abso
lutely correct and official.
In addition to information concern
ing the earnings of the mills,, our rep
resentatives have secured a great deal
m of information concerning manfcpuia;-.
tlonsrlh the cotton market. These
manipulations have cost the producer
millions. Drygocds continue to ad
vance. The demand is far greater
than the supply. Still, regardless of
this, under the agitation, the price
for the raw material are beat down.
It would seem that all laws against
manipulating the cotton market and
depressing cotton prices are dead.
Show us a single instance of a prose
cution for depressing the price. ? We
can' point to you many violations of
the:law of supply and demand by fia-1
grant manipulation, which resulted in j
unjustifiable depressions. Truly, somej
of the manipulations are truly start- j
ling?a revelation. It is unnecessary {
to refer to the fact that men who J
have bulled the cotton market have:
most invariably been prosecuted,
while men who have beat it down
have never been prosecuted. Why is
this? What ?is sauce for the goose
should be sauce for the gander."
Statistics secured from the very
best sources on production and con
sumption render it impossible to rec
oncile published statements showing
enonnnus surpluses. Why is it that
those "surpluses fail to show the
.amount of spinnable cotton? This is
?ue to the fact that the producer is
without friends. r
Experts of the American Cotton As
sociation are working along all of
these lines and every effort possible
will be used to protect the interests of
the -purchaser, and a thorough and
pfficial investigation would jqeveat
startling' conditions.
The large packers are today receiv
ing what they are due. Why hot
clean out the'entire stable? "It is a
poor rule that does not wc-rk bpth
ways." A man who hoards food and
profiteers upon it most assuredly
should be prosecuted. The manipu
lators who beat down the price of
cotton, which has been produced by
the toil and sweat of the farmer, most
assuredly, in like manner should be
held to strict account. The packer
charges such a price tl i the con
sumer cannot buy. The manipulators
beat down prices to starvation figures
so the .producer has not the money
With which to buy. This is six Of One
and a; half-dozen of anotner?no dis
tinction... Remove the grip of the ma
nipulator today; permit cotton to re
spond .to .the law of supply and d.
mand; . many people- will think that
the days of miraclvs have passed.
Men in. their greed and selfishness can
violate and manipulate laws, causing
people^ to suffer and escape punish
ment. However, thvy cannot violate
continuously the laws of God. which
are unchangeable. Artificial manipu
lated supplies -will not furnish cotton
to run the mills.
Watch the deterioration in the
growing crop. After August loth. 1
jflrmly believe that God Almighty
takes care of the work. We are fac
ing the smallest cro*> in the last 2f?
years. With the present acute labor
conditions, it will he impossible to
gather this crop except extremely
slowly. This will result in a small
percentage of good grade cottotn. We
are in the midst of the greatest infla
tion in currency ever known in the
history of the world. The manipula
tor cannot change permanently the
laws of supply and demand: the laws
of Dature in production: the law of
inflation; which are unchangeable as
fcfced April, 18*0.
.881. SI
WORK AND SAVE
i SAYS HARDING
I Outlines His Plan to Remedy
the Increasing Cost of
Living
I _
I CITES STRIKES AND
WASTE AS CAUSES
Says Federal Board Believes
Currency Legislation Unnec-;
[ essary and Undesirable
Washington, Aug. 10.?"To "work!
and save" is the remedy for the in
creasing coat of living pointed out to- j
day by the federal reserve beard.
In reply to an inquiry from the Sen
ate Eanking Committee asking if it
'was advisable to attempt contraction
of currency by legisation in the hope
of reducing prices, Governor Harding
wrote Chairman McLean tha* the
growth in the volume of circulating
notes was the effect and not the cause
of advancing wages and prices and
that the war period of finance would
not be over/until government obliga
tions, now carried by the banks, were
absorbed through the actual savings
of the people. ,
Strong censure of strikes and ex
travagance was implied by Mr. Hard
mg's getter, which did not, however,
undertake to blame any one section of
the population, but referred to the
nation as a whole, especially to the re
laxation of economies practiced dur
ing the war and the purchase now of
nonessential articles by persons en
joying large incomes for the first
time.
"The federal reserve board believes
that any currency legislation at this
time is unnecessary and undesirable,"
Mr. Harding wrote, "and would sug
gest' that whether viewed from an
economic or financial standpoint,' the
remedy for the present '.situation is
the same, merely to "work-.and-save;
to. werk regularly and efficiently, *j
order to produce and distribute the.
largest possible volume Of commodi
ties and to exercise -reasonable ec?nr
cmies in order that money, goods-and
services1 mays be devotedk primarily to.
the liquidation* of debt and to the sat
isfaction of the demand for necessities
rather than to indulge in Extravagance
or the gratification ofr"a desire for
luxuries.
"Til? war is over?in a military
sense?and while the bins have been
settled by loans to the" government,
these obligations, so far as they are
carried by the banks, niust be ab
sorbed before the war chapter of the
financial history of the country can be
closed." *' "; . '
Money in circulation actually haij
jshown a decline since the post war pe
j riod set in, Mr. Harding said. The J
i total on December 1, 1018, was $5,- \
j 129,985,000, a per capita circulation ofJ
|$4S.i3. which was reduced to $4,79?,
; 8S0.O0O and $46.15 on the first of this
i month. The figures on April 1, 1917.
! were $4,100.976,000 and $37.88.
i In considering the 3ncr*nsed circu
lation, the committee was told, there
should be considered th'j factors de
manding more currency, such as the
' enlargement of payrolls both as to the
? number of workers and. the wages
I paid, the, effect on pr^'oe'-ity on the.
amount of money carried by individ
? uals, the increased amounts locked up
! by highly paid workmen, ignorant of
! banking methods, money carried out
j of the country by aliens returning to
'Europe and prosperity in the Philip
| phres. Harwaii. Cuba and' certain Cen
l tral American countries where United
j States money circulates freely. For
' eign circulation ef United, States cur
{rency was estimated at $150,000,000.
I Washington, Aug. '9. ?- Domestic
J problems may be taken/ up by the
President in his coming tour. '
gravitation. "All things come to those
who wait." Do not be frightened; do
? not be stampeded. There is an enor
! mous unfilled demand for cotton be
! fore this time next year. Cotton is
; worth far more ' than the highest
'?price it has brought since the com
j men cement of the war. The mills
J could have paid a far higher price for
j every pound of cotton spun since the
j commencement of the war, and still
j have made enormous profits.
; We have a new era; a new dispen
sation. During the past year, "a thou
sand years in Thy sight is but as yes
j terday." has been verified. One law
j unchangeable from time immemorial
must be obeyed today. He who con
siders his factory a gold mine, who
places the dollar above the man, fails
to realise that we are in the midst of
a new dispensation. Only the man
today can truly prosper who meets
these conditions squarely. This age
might be called the profit-sharing age.
We are in the midst of great pros
perity, the greatest period of prosper
ity ever known. There wih>be a plenty
to divide. Why not permit cotton to
move upon the laws of supply and
demand? This is all that the pro
ducer asks or expects. With less, he
will not be longer satisfied, nor will
he ever again tolerate the conditions
which have existed for the last sixty
years.
The organization of the American
Cotton Association will guarantee to
the oroducer his rights. It is useless
to expect to secure his rights in any
oi her way. All other appeals have
been unnecessary.
ad Fe? not?Lee all .?be ends Thorn. AI
(JMTEB, S. C, WEDNEi
HESTER REPORT
i ON COTTON CROP
I Decrease Shown in Annual Pro
duction of the Staple
Last Year
(IS FOUND TO BE
LESS THAN 1917
! ? ? 1
i _
j Production Placed at Eleven M?
I lion Six Hundred and Thirty
; nine Thousand Bales
New Orleans,. Aug. 9.?Secretary
Hesterns annual report on the com
mercial cotton crop issued today puts
the crop of 1918-1919 at 11,639,653
bales, a decrease under the crop , of
1917-18 of 237,320 and a decrease un
der 191S-17 of 1,301*2?1.
He says that the crop of Texas is
541,000 bales less than last year, the]
group of "other Gulf States (embrae1
ing Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas.
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ari
zona, California, Kansas and New
Mexico), shewed a decrease of 381,
000 bales and the group of Atlantic I
States (including Alabama, North
Carolina, South Qarolina, Georgia,
Florida, Kentucky, Virginia), an in
crease of 655,000.
Crop grade average barely n?d4=
dling.
He puts the average price per
pound of middling for the year at':
30.36 cents, compared with 28.86 last
year, 18.41 year before last and 11.9J9*
in 1915-16 and the average commer
cial value per bale at $155.14 against'
$147.39 last year and 94.82 the year
before and the value of the crop, in
cluding the. seed, at $2,045,251,868
against $2,001,682,939 last year. 1 \
I Mr. Hester's report by,states is as
I follows-in thousands of bj|les: w
i Alabama; "7S6 ag?lntft 521 'last year^
[ ?. - Arkarisa s, -S-l 4 ag?ihst -^1,004..
j Florida, 34V against* 50. ~
''<3e.6igi?,r 2}&2$ against 1,980.'
' Loufsia^a, * 5 41 against 665.
OkTahdrhai ^ftO against 1,016. '
' Miss^pp*, J.154" against 979.
North Carolina, 908 against Hvt.
South^Car-oli'na, 4/491 against l.29?.?
7ehriessee>" 54 3! against 4 6 0? ? ; -r "
Texas, 2,B?). against 3,220.
?. Total crop bales 11,640 against 11,
907 last year.
! \ "Mi*. "Hesier says that the prices paid
\ for this crop have been highest wit
| nessed for the past 52 years.
He then gives a table showing the
exports for the five-year war period
compared with the five previous year?
of the anti-war period showing a total
for the war period of 30,666,000 and
calls attention to the fact that dur
ing the five years prior to the war
Germany and her allies took 13,000,-y
000 of the balance- while in. the war
period they took only 349,000.
Mr. Hester pats the actual growth
for 1918-19 at 13,070,000 and he puts
hte number of bales carried over in
the interior of the South, including
Southern mill stocks, at 3,574,000
against 2,184,000 carried over at the
close of 117-18. Mr: Hester then gives
a statement of the total carry over of
American cotton in the United States
and abroad, on July 31. The figures
show total in interior of cotton belt
3,574,000 bales. United States port
stocks, 1,213,000; Northern mills
stocks 504,000; total United States 5,
2.91.000: European mills stocks 285,
000; European port stocks, 1,248,000;
total Europe^ 1,533,000; total carry
over 6.824.000v He says that of the
total carry over 699,000 bales were
linters.
Consumption of the South in round
figures was given as 3,535.000 and the
North 2,500,000, a total of 6,034,000
bales of American cotton, including
linters. In addition to this American
mills have consumed 173,000 bales of
foreign cotton, making a total con
sumption of American and foreign
growth by American mills of 6,207,
000 against 7s600,000 last year.
Consumption of linters, included in
the preceeding was 449,000, included
?293,000 in the South and 156,000 in
the North, against a total last year of
1,100,000, including 600,000 in the
South and 500,000 in the North.
Mr- Hester puts the spindles in the
South at 15,187,000 including old, new
and idle and uncompleted, against 14.
786,000 last year and says there are
in course of construction in the mills
l and being added to new mills in the
I South 209,226 spindles.
j He puts the world's consumption of
American cotton including linters, at
(10,602,000 against 12,282,000 bales
(last year..
. Berne, Switz., Aug. 11.?Archduke
Joseph has sent a telegram to Pre
mier Clemeneeau asking for the rec
ognition of the new Hungarian gov
ernment. It has been received and
submitted to the supreme inter-allied:
council.
Washington. Aug. 11.?Reports to
I the Railroad Administration today in
dicated that the strike situation is
normal west of Chicago and in the
J South. In New England many men
I are reported still out. Voting is ex
j pected soon on the official strike bal
lon.
Panama. Aug. 11.?A race riot is
j reported to have occurred at Kings
j ton. Jamaica. July 30. It was sup
j pressed by West Indian troops and
j fifty marines, with machine guns. No
? mention is made of casualties.
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3DAT, AUGUST 13, 191
GREAT IRON
MASTER DEAD
Andrew Carnegie Succumbs to
Pneumonia After Brief
Illness ?
I LAID FOUNDATION OF
GREAT STEEL TRUST
End Was Unexpected and His
Only Daughter Was Not at
Bedside
Lenox, Mass. Aug 11.?Andrew Car-'
negie died this morning of "bronchial
pneumonia. He had been ill only
three days. His wife and secretary
were with him at the end.'
Mr. Carnegie's death was so sud
den that his daughter, Mrs. Roswell
Miller, was unable to get to his bed
side. The Carnegie family had been
spending the summer at Shadow
Brook. He had been enjoying daily
fishing trips on Lake Mahkeenac, bor
dering his estate and in riding about
the grounds. He intended spending
his declining days at his country
home. He leaves a. widow .who was
Louise Whiteneld, of New York, and
one daughter, Margaret, *who. is the
wife of Ensign Roswell Miller, of
-New York.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 11.?This city,
where Andrew Carnegie laid the foun
dation for his vast fortune in the
?steel business, mourned the financier's
^iea^h. . Work was suspended at the
?teei mills and public buildings were
draped in mourning.
MeGOLL TAKES
THIRD GAME
Slimier Did Not Play; as <jood
? In a 'game called' at; the .conclusion
df^jfce ^we^h.4s?in& ta ail?w the
^isitbrs to patch a" train, ?iMeCdll.' de
feated Sumter 5 t? 1 ^Satiirday. The
game was hot nearly so close and exj
citing as the ..two previous. games;,
which were won by the Game-Cocks'.
Suinter's frequent, errors. we.re.of great
assistance to McCc-ll In piling .up the
score. The playing of the loc^s was
rotton in comparison with jitSb pre
vious games. . . :/
Nunnamaker, failed to get. the sup
j-port generally given the Sumter twirP
? ers. '.'
Gibson, who pitched for -^cCall,
kept the local's hits wejl scattered
and only once or twice was .thg home,
plate in danger-of being crossed by
a Game Cock. ? ? . ^
Sumter's bad inning caused the firs?
defeat since the strong bunch from
Wilmington were here.
Campbell was missing from the line
up causing Mannush. to be shifted to
3rd base and Martin to be called from
center field to 2nd base.
I Burns failed to line up to the stan
J dard he has set as an amateur catcher.
Gibson, K., from McColl, did ex
cellent work with the stick an<? hi the
field. His drive over the fence was
the longest of the game. Hines also
did good wr,rk at the bat.
In the fifth inning, McColl, by hit
ting the pill hard, and excellent base
running succeeded in scoring; four
runs, thus sewing up the game.
Sumter's lone score came in thf
fourth as the result of a long hit and
an infield out.
Manager Washington was seen in
his uniform for the first time this
season and was greeted by much ap
plause from the spectators.
The attendance was not as large a?
usual, however, it justifies the fact
that baseball will be supported on
Saturday as well as other days by
the local fans.
. Wilmington wired the manager this
morning that they would be unable
to come today. The manager is mak
ing efforts to secure games from to
day on, however. It is very prob
able that Orangeburg or Augusta
will be the next victims.
Scorer. Winn.
Score by innings:
McColl.001 040 OOx? 5
Sumter .000 100 00x?1
Batteries: Gibson and Reaves; Nun
namaker and Burns. Umpire, Butts.
Washington. Aug. 11.?President
Wilson wrote Senator Lodge that it
would not be possible to comply with
the Senate foreign committee's re
quest for the documents used by the
American peace commissoiners at
Paris.
Washington. Aug. 11.?Congress to
jday began work on the legislation rec
ommended by President Wilson in his
J high cost of living message, and the
department of justice investigators
conferred with district attorneys
? throughout the country seekidg evi
dence against profiteers. Fair price
committee.? of war time will me or
ganzied and will publish price lists in
ail communities.
Saloniki, Aug. 11.?A number of
Greek peasants are reported to have
been killed by Turkish gendarmes
j and bandits at the village of Thantox,
according to Athenian advices. The
Gceeks are said to have refused to
siwender. The French saved Kerm
erti. another Greek village, from at
tack. . . _ .
.9.
PROFITEERING BY
RETAIL DEALERS!
Attorney General Palmer Starts;
A Searching Investi
gation
* !
PROBE BEING MADE
IN ALL STATES!
I Food Administration Asked to
i Organize Fair Price Commit
j tees in Each Sounty
?
I "Washington,. Aug. 11.?Attorney
j General Palmer started out today to
[ascertain how much of the high cost
of living is due to excessive profits
by retailers.
Tn a telegram to all state food ^q
j ministrators who worked with Admin
jistrator Hoover during the war, the
I Attorney General requested the ap
ipointment of a fair price committee
in each county to investigate what is j
being charged for retail necessities}
and if in excess of what the commit
tee considers just, to publish a'list of
fair prices for the guidance of the
public.
This is the "etra legal" means of
reaching profiteering which Mr. Pal
mer recently indicated was under con
sideration. He has frankly admitted
from the start that there was no means
to prosecute, directly a man guilty of
-extortion in prices. Retailers who are
gouging the ultimate consumer will
have to be disciplined by public senti
ment, which officials have no doubt
Is sufficiently alert to the situation
now to act vigorously in clearcut cases.
Hoarders, on the other hand, can be
reached through the war time food
laws of the Sherman act, and Mr.
Palmer requested the state food ad
ministrators to transmit to him any
evidence Of hoarding or other viola
tion of the law which they.might en
counter in .tn?dr.;work, with,the prom
ise that the government's law enforce
ment "machinery "would act promptly.
Necessity Now Pressing-'
"There a "pressing necessity for
the "reparation of normal conditions/'
Mr. Palmer's telegram stated, 'request
ing the men. who did such effective
work' during the war t? take up the
burden again. They were asked to
serve .without compensation, the at
torney general believing that the pub
lic service to be peVformed how is as
important as when the country was
engaged in hostilities and that no pa
triotic citizen would refuse the call
to duty. Attorney General Palmer's
telegram, follows:
'Tn order to secure accurate in
formation relatiye to charges of prof
iteering by dealers in necessary com
modities, it is the desire of the gov
ernment to ascertain whether or no
such dealers are making more than
a fair margin o fprofit Will you as
sist in your state by requesting those
I crsbns who have been county fooc
administrators under your jurisdiction
to appoint fair price committees, in
cluding one retailer of groceries, one
-of dry goods, a representative of the*
producers, of organized labor, of
housewives, two or three representa
tives of the public generally, also a
wholesales when practicable and
request them to pursue approximately
the same inquiries with reference to
food products and the ordinary ne
cessities in dry goods and clothing
that were pursued by your fair price
committees under the food adminis
tration act. This committee will be
an extra legal body without power to
summon witnesses or fix prices. It is j
requested, however, to ascertain the
cost prices, determine a fair margin
of profit and if retail prices are in ex
cess of what the committee regards a
fair price to have published its list
of fair prices reporting to you for
review. You are requested to report
to the department of justice a general
review of the situation in your state.
Seach for Evidence.
"Any evidence of hoarding or other
violations of the food control act which
may be developed in the work of such
committees should be turned over ?
the United States attorney, who will
be instructed as those of the bureau of
investigation to co-operate with you
and your committees in seeking out
and punishing all violators of the law.
"There is a pressing necessity for
the restoration Of normal conditions
and it is believed that through the
same organization which you had as
federal food administrator you and'
your administrators, together with
their appointees, can render a valu
able service to the country at this I
time, and your cooperation and theirs,
Without compensation, will be greatly
'appreciated. The widest publicity of
this movement and the results obtain- j
ed by the county committees, it is be- j
lieved. will be an important factor in j
Its success. Please wire whether the
government can count upon your ac
tive cooperation."
Washington. Aug. 11.?Lewis Haney j
a representative of the Southern!
Wholesale Grocery Association, told j
the house committee that the meat,
packers .through their refrijferator |
car service, had a great advantage
over other dealers. He asked-for the!
elimination of discrimination against!
the grocers.
Chicago, Aug. 11.?The stockyards!
strikers returned to work today after1
the last of the police guard was with
dravrv Labor officials declared that
they will continue their efforts to or-j
ganize the industry.
VoLXLVIIL ?P.S2.
AUTO RACES
HELD FRIDAY
Best Ever Held in Sumte?and
Witnessed by ai: Large
Crowd ^
, ? ? ?*
BETHEA, OF BA?NWELI?,
WINS THREE FIRSTS
In the One Mile R. J. Bark?te
Wins, Bethea and Norton Tie
For Second
A large crowd attended the auto,
races Friday and saw Bavender
Bethea of Barnwell win? first prize.
in three of the lour big events. Be
thea, a former Sumter boy, usually..
took the lead and maintained it
throughout the entire race. However,
in the thirty mile race he. was forced,
to drop behind for a while because
of a blowout. Bethea ran about, flfrK
teen miles on the rim, having1 reused?
the cry of his supporters to stop -and/
put on another-tire*.
These races were better than ??? any -
yet held in Sumter. The track ?
in much better condition than on the
Fourth of July, causing the results to
be good. On two or three occasions
rain threatened to delay, tfae races.
In the one mile race; which carried
a purse of twenty-five dollars, R. J.
Burkette, driving, a National, won
with the time of one-minute and seven
seconds. Dav.ender Bethea driving a
Chalmers, and Norton driving a Hud
son, tied for second place, both mak- i
ing the circuit in' 1:12. The othe~:
racers came as follows:. Jesse Rey
nolds in a Hudson, time 1:13;* M.
Brice in a Chalmers, time =1:15 ; ~MJ3~SC
Criston in a Roamer, time 1:16; W D.
Brown in a Studebaker, t?ne 1:17 1-2;
Bob Norton in an Oakland, time .1:1.9;
R: C. Bl?ckstel in a ? l.Pa<*ar4; ttn>e
1:20; Bob -Wiles in:."-a" Ford.-^Wafay
1:2*2 1-2; * ? "
|lh" the ; five'. mile raee there Wei* .
eight cars. Bethea ft*1 the Chaltgi^
won first prize, fifty dollars, 'Wii? j?ife
t?ae ,6:23. Brown in the -Studebaker
came secondhand "got th^. $25 > prize
6:23. Bunn, in the Roamer, erne
third with 6:27. The national'i?flm"
by Willie Austin .was forced to re
tire ;from the- race... ;.-, ??- - ? ? .- ; r
. Bethea also won the 15 mile race
and the $150, with the tima:.a$:05.
The second man, Jesse Reynolds," in
a Hudson, was one minute behind Be
thea with 20:05. Brice, in the Chal
mers, won third place with 20:11.
The Oakland was forced to retire
from the race. ?? ? ?'*,'.
The thirty-mile race, with avPtwse
of 400 for first prize; was again-won
by Bethea. His time was 4 5.52. .Buna,
in the Roamer, won $200 as second
prize, with 47:47, and Jesse Reynolds,
with the Hudson, got the $50 with
47.48. ??
Brice was leading the race when
he turned over on the curve. - Fortu
nately he was not injured. After set
ting aright his car, he proceeded in
the rao*.
The aviator who was to be present,
and do stunts before and after ih?
races, found it impossible to come at
the last moment. The association
found it impossible to secure a sub
stitute so late. They were much more
disappointed than the spectators be
cause of the absence of the: aviator.
NATIONAL GUARD
REGULATIONS
New Regulation Requiring One
Himdred Men to Company
Washington,! Aug. 9.?Just before
Senator Harris left for Georgia today
to remain a week or ten days, he gave
out the substance of a conference he
has just held with Secretary Baker
and other officials of the war depart
ment relative to the future of the
National Guard of the United States,
which applies alike everywhere.
Heretofore, it was. necessary for
each company of the National Guard
to have not more than 65 men but uxt
der new regulations it will be neces
sary to have 100 This increase, in
the opinion of the Georgia Senator,
will probably work much hardship to
Southern companies. It was explained
oy him to Mr. Baker that it is com
paratively easy *p organize companies
in the South with,?demen but would
.probably be very difficult to do so
with 100. Under present regulations
companies not mustering 100 men will
not share in federal appropriations.
The war department has a. plan to
let one-half of the company-come from
one town and one-half from another,
but this plan, as seen 'here, would hot
work satisfactorily for the redson
that in many section of the country,
especially in the South, there is great
pride taken in the local militia and no
town with a good company wishes to
see half of it recruited from another
town*. This plan would take away
much of the rivalry that now exists
between different towns and cities to
have the best companies.
The matter has not yet been de
cided, but Senator Harris will use his
strongest influence to Bftve the 65 men
rule adopted as it formerly,was be
fore the National Guard was taken
into the war.
Madrid. Aug. 8.?Parliament has
approved the proposal that Spain join
the League of Nations. .