The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 15, 1921, Image 4
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will be charged for.
The Sumter Wat :hman was found?
ed la IMC' and the True Southron in
III?. Thi Watchnan and Southron
now has the combined circulation, and
influence of both of the old papers,
>n<\ Is manifestly the best advertising
medium ir Sumter.
1DI.K WOltKFJtS.
A labor magazine estimates th?
number ot* workers unemployed the
first of the year at 2.325.000. Thi
larger gro ips are illvidcd as follows.
Building trades, 300,000; automo?
biles. 250.000; textiles 225,000;
clothmg. 150,000; railroads. 200.000;
ste*d and Iron. 150,000; shipping. Ill,*
?00; food products, 100.000; arause
taeate, 7ft, )00; metal mining, 50.000;
shipbuilding. 50.OC0. rubber. 50.000;
shoes and leather. 50.000; printing.
$0.000; casual labor, 50,000.
This means a large umcunt of idle
nees?more, perhaps, than there ha:
been In the United States since the
?*money panic" of 1907. it means
probably ?O.OaO.OOo men, women ami
< h Idren who have no present Income
If to these could U added the num
tor of bus.ness and professional men
who hsvo hud little to do lately, ot
who have made practically nothing
the estimate would be far neue im
posing.
The flut thought likely to strike one
when pone ering th? se figures Is th?
pitiful, snd almost Inexcusable vast*
they represent. These millions o
able s)Qjdle<l and ab e-mlnd d peoph
sro produe ng nothing, at u time Whei
the country sadly needs production
Consider' those joo.oou men unem
ployed in the bull Hug trades, in the
face of an actual shortago ot house:
amounting to something liko 1,250,
000. Consider the ubtnrdlty of hav
Ing nearly 4u0.<>00 nun and women
idle in the textile and clothing trade,
when there iu hardly anybody ii
America who has all the clothing h?
needa It is much the same wi.h thi
steel work.-rs, the shoe gg*J loathe
workers and various other classes.
It is such a situat.on as this whlc)
gives radicals their chance to urgm
that In "a properly organized society'
nothing of the sort would be allowei
to occur. Clearly our economic sys?
tem, with a'.l its merits, is a long wa
fron, perfekt functioning. It mere
)> "muddles through" ins ead of do
ing things scientitlndly.
Happily the muddling usuallft
swings around to tie right direction
sooner or later. In this case improve
ment comes quicker than most peoph
have expec cd. There have been doz
ens of rep ?rts since the above esti?
mate was made, tilling of faetorhu
re-oprncd. Tbc ntmbtr of
ployed now appeal s to be diminishm.
rather than increasing, ani the sjgg
sr* good for a gencial resumption o.
sctivity m something like aorraa
volume m the spring. There is n<
? panic" There Is 10 evidence that
it will be nnoth r 1907.
* 1 in ?
<.**t*A\NY AM? Tilt. TUKATY
German/ has not been so ncgli
Rent In fulfilling the terms of the Ver
?a.lies treat) as most people imagine
It Is no mote than fair lo suy tha
n she k sps a |?U dge, little is said
shout it. ?nd when the breaks one,
tho tvhols world learae el it. Tarn?
gives a fa 110 perspective. When ah
th.n is i, .i, cd, however, there is stll.
ground fo? 1 ondeenaat k n.
A gl i ?t lb ?I hn b? en done in tin
way ol restoring etaeei ma
inlnctv and woiks of mt to Belgium
*?nd France, and making i-mod Mln
kind" for commodities and livestock
that could not be returned Tim rt
ntarkuhle revival of Belgian Induetr]
u mute evidence al that No less ef?
i \ ? hss le en the Uct man dellvi r>
<d* co.ii to I'rance. in reparation lot
the saal lost by Um destruction al tin
Kreuch mu < s. Germany has been!
sending 2.0 ?> tens a month.
p?* It] regular)] The deficit is slight
Fferath Industry now ha' lifta fuel it
H is a nd ihet - gui l-ius in Paris.
I '-'r. pro*; ? has I.n m ub . too
In dlsarma teat The Hi 1111,111 n ivy.
.?s ever.bi y biows. j; u,tW non-ex
ksseat Bo is u . Uerasaa air Saat]
there base he? n sum n bred to the
allies le.OOM planes and Ii,**! air?
plane motors. Tin- re part recently
made public by Marshal I'oeb also
aeknow Uab; s the surrend? r of ti.auo
cannon. 2'?.? ?o0 unmounted cannon
haarels, |?;;;.??rm machine guns and
barrels and M. rlflea The Oer?
n ..n aims is disbanded, except for
1 1. 000 men permitted by the treaty,
tNevertheless the allo-s gfSJ dissntis
d. and cvnienth. wiib reaeoa, Oer?
nagsty still retains In son ? ol hei
frontier forts more cannon than the
treaty calls for. She is charged with
manufacturing murthioiiH and selling
them to other nations, contrary to
igreement. She is at cased of making
mil hidinf guns and ammunition un?
lawfully for her own US* She has not
Unhanded and disarmed her militia
and home guard organizations; large
bodies of such troops are maintained
in Baal Prussia and Bavaria, in vio
ation of the Spa arrangements. The
coal delivered to France has been
paid for. so far, ir "loans" from
France, though France was to get It
for nothing, and Ger nany refuses tu
continue shipments unless the ' loans''
continue.
Franc?, is now planning to occupy
tho Ruhr valley, Germany's greatest
industrial area. unlesa Germany
promptly fulfills all her obligations
? the->1etter. The treaty provides for
meh I penalty, and it* there is no
>thcr way, France WlU probably be
considered as justified in, resorting
o it. There is serioua doubt, though,
.vhether the Gorman government can
lo much better than It is doing, be?
cause its local authority in some, cases
is not complete.
?1J 1 A.. A . I ? . !- .
CIUMIvLF.SS MOVIES
Chicago must be U ell-nigh movie
ess just now, if a recent order of the
. hief of police is e lective. Three
youthful robbers, sentenced to a re?
formatory, evplulned that they got
their ideas from a crook moving pic?
ture. The chief then sent out orders
SJiat all pictures showing criminal
activities, oven if in the last act the
criminal were O.cpieied paying tho
ull penalty for his Olfens,? against
.he law, must bo severely censored
?nd no permits for their presentation
nasal be granted.
Tills is a matter .11 which many
able and thoughtful persons disagree
Whether or apt one believes that tin
showing of murder, stealing or other
rimes lead to their actual per?
petration try persons who would not
jtherwise have committed them, one
still can look with favor on some re
ttrlctions on what the Chicago boys
caPcd "crook pictures." They of?
fend good taste and decency, parti
ularly when shown, as many of them
are nowadays, in fullest detail.
There art* good and bad books. The
?ame theme or plot might be found
n each of two different volumes. In
me it would be handled so crudely,
with its base elements so emphasized
ts treatment of character so lacking
n truth and idealism, that it would
make a bad book, unfit to be read
by decent people. Perhaps it is tho
tame with the movies. If really good
dctures are to be pre tented, as great
dramas ar^e played on the stage, tra?
gedy, sin and crime cannot be wholly
dlminated. But a time should come
when film dramas of base and vul?
gar treatment will not he shown
widely where they can injure chil?
dren and disgust right-minded adults.
WRONG HOI'SING It FMK I) I KS.
Something certainly will have to be
loue if the housing situation does
aot improve soon. Conditions are
A'orso ihun ever. Th ? shortage has
ncreased rather than diminished.
Millions of people are living in houses
>r apartments that are not large
enough or good enough to accommo
lato them proi>erly. Millions are
rowded in with other families when
'hey ought to have home* of their
?wn. All the discussion seems to
huve led nowhere. It would take 1.
2&0.000 more dwellings, Hays fln ex?
pert, to house tha American people
properly. By the end >f Iff] the de?
ficit will have risen to more than 1,
ltt,SS| if a better record is not made
in building than was made last year.
It does not follow, howeve r, that j
violent and unnatural methods must ,
he resorted to. Particularly ques?
tionable is tho proposal to draw capi?
tal into building operations bs exemp?
ting; real estate mortgages' from t.ra
lam.
This plan has been approved by the
housing committee of the United
states senate, but its merit la serious*
ly questioned by tin National TS4
Association and man;, other organ
ksatlona p la pointed out thai such
exemption would amount to a specl.ll
privilege which would work In Just]
lo ihi^-' who hsVS pul their money
into building during previous years,
and thai i* would encourage do
mauds for ? mllar exemptions in oth?
er hues. Moreover, th' federal, stabs
and c ity Irs I nn i need ?II the mon?
ey they can |el !?oui la alioti to en f
ry their present burdens There is
too much capital exempt already.
There is 1 strong probability that
this particular economic problem,
like most OthOfSi will be solved bv
natural procepssa Dankera say thai
money Is going lo be more plentiful in
the spring, and interest rates lower.
That win relieve bait the difficult) of
aes 1 ons rm t ion.
Th" ol |er half depends on Obtuln
in- bulldlni materials and labor
readily ,,nd ;,t reasonable rates. Ma?
terials have already fallen consider
abiy. though leas than man) other
commodities. They are expected to
fall farther, as reault <>t ti-.?? Blacken*
ed dsmnad and the cxposun * of mo?
nopolistic price-fixing made In the
New York building Investigation. La?
bor is becoming plentiful and also in?
coming reconciled to lower wag? s.
Altogether, building will bo a great
deal easier In the spring and sum*
mor than it has been since 1915,
It is latter to trine, to this natural
relief than to adopt violent, untried
measures that may do more harm
than good.
SI rTIX<i 1M m<. It VXTS
Congress is very mUch interested in
the Immigration, as is shown by the
fact that there are now pending about
200 bills on the subject. An author?
ity, however, remarks that these
measures reveal "little orderly treat?
ment of immigration and assimilation,
few ideas of proper selection, distri?
bution and Americanization." lie sa. g
that more attention ought to bo paid
to the Canadian methods w hich works
far better than anything yet attempt?
ed In this country.
There has been no promiscuous
"dumping" of foreigners In the Do?
minion. These arriving are thorough
ly sifted, and are admitted only when
there are Jobs for them. Highly effi?
cient labor and Immigration depart?
ments distribute them throughout t ho
country wherever they arc needed
Thus they become Immediately an
economic asset instead of a llablltly.
The United States already has sonn
good selective legUlatlona, but tin--,
are not fully enforced because Of an
Inadequate staff. "The money for a
single battleship would rem- dy this,"
suggests the expert.
it seems likely that the proposal
pending in congress amounting t
virtual prohibition Of all immigra?
tion for a year or .so will go
through. Buch a temporary measure,
however, solves nothing. The real
problem remains, to be faced when
the period of suspension tnls. In
working out a permanent policy, con?
gress might well follow Canada's ex?
ample,
PAXVtUUK ITEMS.
PaXVlllg, Jan. 10.- Mr, and Mrs.
W. L, Adams, of Baltimore, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. it. Co roe It.
Mrs. S. K. Curtis and Mrs. Madge
Curtis spent Wednesday at Wedge
Held visiting Miss K. EC. McLaurin.
Mr. .J. I). Griffith and bride, of Sa
luda, S. C. made a short visit to
?'riends hero last week enroute home
from their bridal trip.
Private James Corbett. of Camp
Jackson, and Mr, Klrkland Corbett,
of Charleston, were here last week to
visit their parents, Mr and Mrs. M.
U. Corbett.
Mr. A. B. Curtis, of Anniston, Ale.,
spent the holidays with his mother,
Mrs. B. B. Curtis before leaving for
San Francisco, which place he ex?
pects to make his future home.
Messrs. Louis Weinberg and Ku?
gelte Brown have returned to their
work at Columbia after a visit at their
homes here.
.Mrs. Howard Tisdale and children
tie back from Kock Hill where she
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Kelly.
Misses Ethel Corbett anil Iva Ged?
dings have returned to their school
duties at Spencer, X. C.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the PaXVllle Methodist church
held its first meeting of the New
Year Wedneaday afternoon. As the
members and visitors assembled a
OOmmlttee at the door presented to
each one a bell shaped card) on
which was written, "May this New
Yea r be bright for you."
The meeting was opened with a
piano .and violin selection.
After the devotional exercises the
reports of the Officers were hearth
? The treaaurer'a report was very
encouraging, the society having paid
its pledge of M<?o and other obliga?
tions f?r 1920.
A hymn was sung and then a cor?
dial New Year greeting was given
by Mis.- 1'carle Hook.
The "CHy of Tampa" the main
topic of the meeting w.,s presented by
Miss Sue :,!. Bprott In a very inter?
esting manner.
Missionary news from the bulletin
and from the B. C. Conferences were
given, all regretting that the socie?
ties of our conference send so little
mws to our Southern Christian Ad?
vocate columna,
Cards and pencils were passed and
each one was. asked to write why
they were members of Ihe society,
The reading ?>r Ihese cud. wn?
the most enjoyable feature of the
program. Mrs. j. \v. Minis, Jr., was
announced Ihe prise n'lnncr,
The pledge curds tor 1921 were
given out and the president urged
each one to have ftllth anl UOt to
h t the condition of tha present limes
causi 'hem lo pledge less than they
did !a>t year.
Aftei singing, "Take My Life and
Let it i v," the program was brought
to a close VgilIi pi i\ er.
While informal com er ution
among the members of the locul so?
ciety and visitors from tin- Hummer
ton society was being enjoyed, coffee
and sandwiches were served.
stockholders oi Batiks Hold Meetings.
The annual stockholders' meeting,
of the following banks of the elt> were
hehl on Tuesday, Jununry llth, for
the purpose of electing the directors
,ind officers for the ensuing year and
for a general survey of the workings
of Ihelr banks.
The National Bank ?d snmtor.
Reports were mage of all business
of the preceding year, Ihe bank mak?
ing-a good showing, flood earnings
were shown Inclusive, of tin- $i*;;
ono dividends |>aid on the capital
stock Of $200,000.
The following directors wore elect?
ed: J. P. Booth, t?. D. Moise, Ft. B.
Belser, D. Ii. McCallum, H. P. Moses,
W. T. Brown, W. J. Crowson, Jr.,
K. I. Manning, H. J. McLaurin, Jr.,
B. W. Began, B. A. Harvln, Bartow
Walsh. H. C. Haynsworth, <?. H. Vol?
ley, .1. 'I*- Brogdon.
The following otlicers wi re elected
to serve for the ensuing year: J.
1?. Booth, president: Davis !>? Meise,
vice-president; K. B. Belser, vice
president; W. J. Crowson, Jr., Cashier.
First National Bank.
Officers and directors elected were:
Officers: .will O'Donnell, presi
I dent: Archie China*, 'vice-president;
O, L. Yatcs. cashier; J. NV, Kinard,
1 assistant cashier.
Dire, tors: Neill O'Donnell, 11. I >.
Barnctt, Geo. i>. Shore, Archie Chi?
na, Geo. F. Epperson, W." B. LTpshur,
II, \. Forester, John l>. Lee, t>. L.
Yates.
Th ? bank reported a very successful
year taking all things into considera?
tion.
The Peoples' Bank.
The usual routine business was dis
p< sed of and the following oftici rs and
directors elected to serve:
Officers: U D. Jennings, presi?
dent; B. C Wallace, Vice president;
lt. K. Wilder, vie-.- president; C, r.
Oetecn, vice president; C. 1'. Beck,
vice president; A. \i. Broughton, vice
president'and cashier; David Door
Jr. assistant cashier.
I Directors: L. 1?. Jennings, B. C.
Wallace, !:. K. Wilder, C. P. Osteen,
C. C. lack. A. M. Brought.I. M
Bhaw, Furtnan I?. Knight, Moses
Green. J. M. Brogdon, W. T.
Progdcn, w. Percy Smith, p. B. Har?
vln, Joel Davis. E. C. Lee, L. H
Rha me.
Th.' Cltjf National Bank.
The following officers were elected
No changes were made in the hoard of
directors:
O, a. Lcmmon, president; I. C.
Strauss, vhe president; Geo. L. Bick?
er, cashier; Mattie A. Hlx, assistant
cashier; Ii, C. Williams. assistant
cashier; M. C. Wright, teller. AH di?
rectors re-elected.
I INCOME TAX
RETURNS
-
Columbia. Jan. 11.?Work has be?
gun on the collection of the Income
tax for the year 1920. Cncle Sam
through the bureau of internal reve?
nue, is p.ddtcsslng - j every person
in the United states the question,
?"What was your net income for
1H20?" The answer permits of no
guesswork. Every single person
Whose net income for 1920 was $1,
000 or more, and every married per?
son whose net income was $2,000 or
i more is required to Me a return un?
der oath with th i collector of in?
ternal revenue for the district in
which he lives Oil or before March
16, 1921.
The i" nalty for failure is a fine
of not more than $1,000 and an addi?
tional assessment of 15 imjt cent of
the amount of tax due. For willful
refusal to make a return the penalty
is a fine Of not more than $10,000 or
not exceeding one year's imprison*
inent, or both together with the costs
of prosecution. A similar penalty Is
provided for making u false or fraud?
ulent return, together with an ad?
ditional assessment of .">y pi r cent
ii the nmount oi tax evaded.
J The income tax applies to women
as well as men, Husband and wife
must consider ihe Income of both plus
1 that of minor <h p< ndenl ? hii hen an I
'if the tot.ri equals ?.r exceds $2.000
ja return must be filed. A minor who
has a net income1 in his own right
of $l.?i(iii or more must file a separate
j return. To lie allowed tie $2,oou ex?
emption u mailed person lUU.sl p<
ivlng with husband or wifi on th
last day of I he taxable \ear, Decem?
ber 21, 1920. Divorcees, persons >< p
a rat cd h> mutual agreement, widows
am' widowers, nubs.'; ihc> tin th
sole support of others living In the
same household, In whi< h c ? II
a re allowed Iho ? mption
granted the head ?<i . family, ur<
entitled uiil;, to $ 1,000 ? mpt Ion.
The not mal t.i\ rat.- for 1920 I - lh?
HO me as for 191!' I pi I ft*ill on the
Hrst $l,0oo ol nei income nbo*? Ihe
exemption i ml K pi i . enl < u I he 11
mninilig nei im nine, This npplb - In
every cil ly.i n a ml r< siil ul of I ho
, Uni teil Stati ; in addition t<> M inn
I mal las a surtax is Imposed upo . nei
income in excess of $5,000.
! lull instructions i? >i making n i
i returns are contaim I on Hie forms,
copies of which ma; be obtained from
collectors of Internal revenue, per?
sons whose n? t Income for 1920 was
I $5,000 or less ' h ard use form I040A
Those teil h incomes in excess of
? $;>.iHin should 11n ? form i 0 10,
llevenue otlicers will vlsil ever*,
county in the LTnited States t<> assist
taxpayers In making oiii their r?
Iturns. The dat. oi ih. ir arrival and
I the location of th< i olllces will be
announced b> Ihe press or may be
I ascertained upon Inquiry at the of -
Iflees of collectors. This advisory ser?
vice i* wllhoul cool lo taxpayers,
THE NATION'S PIONJ \ i BREEDERS COTTON
W rtVc tor I ill Descriptions
PEDIGREED SEE? CO.,
Harteviilc, South Carolina
A SUPREME Issl'I-:. oi Ki gl; nd tod . still are f< rtlle, but
?? - they were fertile only in Ihe produo
(Manufacturer! Record). lion of crops. They had no profit
We stand it ih" dawn of a crucial ' rtility. 'I "hi y mf'/hi groan under ; lie
day in politics and statesmanship, lie- burdi n of heavy j i -ids, but tin y could
cislons, lasting decisions, are about nol <arn u profit in the face of a (tor*
to i>?- made which will determine, not <?? ;n competition which government
for one decade or one generation, but enc? . .. , d and subsidised,
for ten decades alfti for all gen< ra- We do not want food prices in
tions the future and the power of Amerlea that will discourage and do
ihe American nation. stroy American agriculture. The big
There is springing Into b< ing In probh m, *he suprem ? problem. Is not
Washington a magnificently financed cheap food, but such an equalisation
movement that, it successful, will I.:' r turn from factory and farm that
disastrous to this nation. "Magnili-< the employe In the former can at*
cently Ilnanced" we mean not in tie ford to pay enough for the products
mere mon^y sen.-, hul Ilnanced In- of th
tcllectuall) by adroit and probablj 101 ;i
Sincere men, whose genius for a. a- 'or S
meni and talenl for del>at< make ii prodi
possible that their views, lltouvh er- enn I
roneous, may cateh tie- passing lano> .-'?.<??
and be translated Into poliey. T lln ?
forerunner of this school i> Konatoi ito M
Pols Pen rose of Pennsylvania, chair?
man of the Senat?- committee on tin- unlio
ance, and strong**! hi than ure i u? *
senntoi h wIn h w< !l. "Wl
it in slated thai ihe i ? noinle bar ;i m
riers we are to erect through i h< In- i farm
strumentality ol tin customs-houses ad. ;..
must bi low harriers, i isil; overleap* w??rl
ed, because, forsooth, ICurope owes stntc
us billions in money, and she can ;>? u
pay only i! permitted to pour her chi ?
goods in ponderous musses into our an m
markets. Thai is the llrst ar am< nt. . ??: i
The voice of the second Is uol yol i
artittulute, bi ; its |i irpoi i can bo d - hi. -
du< ed. It favors and will Haht ror ?>.. '?
lit i lo keep i; going. It is
><1 thing, bul a ruinous thing;
? . i if a staph food can l?e
1 for half in i'hlna what it
01 e.; a i d fur In the I' n it? d
ii : Our g??ve; m llit'lll permits
food lo le brought iu
?I traction id' 1 lie A ii ericas
'i h ? im nati mal i uin. not
What atlvan. p i an liiere oc tn
Wh tt hope can He re |,? ,n
:d? ptill . polii'i .at ? -addle ! he
voi ki r in the city lo Ihe utter do?
ll i i ef u*n nt he vi ork r in be e?pU
i.. i is ii et 14 hat A inerica n rii i
?hi a* mi I hods of cultivation give us
in ndvan! ige ia produ' li ui thai over
i ? ?: ? '*s the diffc! ? ? in farm sage
its. pin Am? . ii a n agrieuli lira 1 m i
i hi. i-ry is now sotil tluo i ghout the
wo? Id. k inj in i ot ion I In n i no Mich
tiling ai Improved niaehlnery. Thu
d and ! U ked her;- a-<
tb?' i in crop on ali
the lowest possible prices conccival
able *to be got for all foodstuffs, thai nl:
is, for all products of the soll. II ? <? eh
templates driving down Ihe cost of '. eartj hat I be coaxed by
living in America lo such a poinl thai in man lingers to yield ii- fruit,
wages can likewise ???? brought t<? the V r roods is a doctrine of
status whore oar great manufactories ruin. American Agriculture has made
may compete on even term.; with the possible Ihe great cities of the coutt
I products of any other nation on try. They constitute a market that
earth. of r'glll belongs to native agriculture.
i This is a revaraal of policy <>n the It is a marKol native agriculture
part of the manufacturing Industry, j must ha ve. The resultant of known
hSome sections of that industry have fon s la also known. If Ihe Anieri
I net yel even heard of the new thought can farm must, on the one side, com
They win hear enough to suit them pete with the city factory and its high
lati r on. wages for labor, and must, on the
This nation la where England was other Bide, compete in world markets
in 1845. In that year the British i with tin* competitive products of
harvest was spoiled and tin. Irish po- j pauper-la bor countries, there is no
tato . rop was diseased. Peel deter- Igucsswi rk as to what the ultimate re
mined to move for the total abolition null will be. bankruptcy, and notn
??f the corn laws, the abrogation of all ing else;
duties. The people were hungry; they \ it is argued that Europe' cannot
lacked the means wherewith u> buy {pay unleas she sells. Must we buy
grains. What more simple, what those things of wfich*we have a sur*
more popular than to abolish the Iplus of our own'.' The thought is
duties and low er the prices? That I monstrous. Yes. we can buy of her.
was the decision. | but we need buy only what we.need.
There are tw o w ays in which to j not what we do not need. And we
help a starving man. You can give I can invest in her productive enter
him something to eat or you can pro- I prises, her railroads, her mines, her
Vide him with the chance to earn utilities. I!" we must bankrupt OUT
somethlng to cat. Tin- pruts fori selves to collect, it is better not to
wheat in Englund ware not too high, collect. Hut there la iu> such alter
but they w ere too hi.v;h for people I native, it is a vain imagination, not
whose wages wa re scandalously low. jusiided by the previous history of
Obviously the' solution w as not to j mankind.
give the paoph? bread, but to provide j SYi;, tos Penrose has been a pro
them with the means to get bread. I tootlenist all his life. * We trust that
But statesmanship, always a courtier, It he report is exaggerated which pic
seeks the ensles* ?oad and the easiest tur ? him as declaring that In view
road in England In 1845-40 was tojof the debt situation protection must1
avoid attacking the main problem? be of a different sort than formerly,
pauper wages?by reducing the cost [greatly modilied.
Of bread to the point where the aver- j ?ol believe it can be tin*
age family might be -able to get|tha, industries which have been
enough t<> hu p body and soul togeth- nurtured Into might and power undue
*5r. I protective policies should now pro
It was a fatally bad decision, even J pose to sound" the death knell of
nude.- the peculiar conditions exist-j American agriculture !"(,r the sap?
ling. Half a century of that policy tn positious advantage to arise from
operation produced the England of che.r, food Tor labor. Thai would i>*
1914/- where skilled labor often, even a short-aighted. ruinous |K>licy that it
when steadily employed, did noi earn Iis inconceivable intelligent men should]
enough to buy Buttlch ill ' fr? e br? i I." L ndorsi
Mi n slepl in open fields hl summ
weather because they could nol a;
ford to hire roe!- for covering, and
the industrial wage condition 'o
England was a di grace. A gricultu
idvocate a tariff for a
No s.i no man wants |0
for i lie nu re sake of
w v build our citadels
loo, w as a m in n*y.
T1
lie granar
? > i
of Kngland w? re in Ihe llel Is of t'1
ish ('idem' i i of M InII tola, ui A ??
I tralia and Nev. Zealand. Th
lie ..s its ships sa I h d, nod I 111
hi; pin I bj Hi ? llui subin irin? I v i
i he terror of a penph
j hcl ween t Ii > i i I I s*a
Iwus only ih? (hin sid<
' To la. , p b'ughinil ' - -I h
pi i im ti <k t ' ? ??,;'
Kliglaud d? til I me 1'
policj. S ? ' ? - i
at lion ?
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! i 11? ? ?,? food, Ulli il a i ? a
I Would not paj - ? ? '
my people
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clerhi ei, a
V\ Ith I h it
i list i tU
. at the
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i| our
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. i es?
laid; ' 1 1 on it Is established for a'? t .mo
grumbling ?o* 1 dw< i a . I Um ?I nations
! bad been mo tin* id at ? < ?'. hu ;;; is to bo p|
nl what :i co 1 ' The echo tn* the loot- tecti I; that win n i-'vi. n goods ct
Istep of th? inconiinu barbarian >vas p. <. a! prit t s which spell rui|
heard b> the economic prophets years . ;isibl. similar production in,
? mil years before ihe Vandal pitched country, then ft., foreign pr
his tents on th? I'ampus Martins u ik: pa> a uuty ^utllelent to sg
. Mi. Itoosevctt, before he died, used the favora.ld difTerentiat i
to sa'. thai he believed the downfall over tin American industry,
ot nation; m historic da\s had heen \, \ ,,s ,,, ? dt t*eive OUlselv
caused nol hj battles and campaigns. Ub i eiv? i There are two J
the march of armies and the sweep great lessons that Iiistor? t
of navies, hul by loss of soil fertility, cisivelj Ono ol them is tlufl
The lands ol Hal., were still f er tili in lion whi h n- >> is to jg
tin dayg of Hie empire, and Ipi land- j-.ourish ,ls food supply