The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1921, Image 4
ff lie ffiHalrjjman nn? ^oiitbron
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Yorit hfai/th.
Five hundred million dollars pet
annum Is what tuberculosis costs this
country merely for the diminished
length ot life brought about by tin
great w lute plagui
This Is entirety apart from the enor?
mous additional expense which results
from the long period of sickness dm
to tuberculosis.
v'??untlng loss of wages from in?
ability to work, the cost of medical,
nursing and extradletary and othei
care, many more millions must bt
added to the above, in order to glvt
an approximate measure of the feat
rful toll of this scourge of mankind
Criticism has been made that it I:
Wrong to translate the ravages of dls
ease Into terms of dollars.
Nevertheless, tnistti as ^?ne ma>
Sympathize with tills** view, there u
value in directi ng attention to t li?
niere economic loss entailed by dls
In tuberculosis, especially, this it
Of service, for the control of the dis
?'?" is largely a community problen
and requires community interest ant
financial support.
Moreover, once the enormous fin
am lal; burden entailed by the presenci
of tuberculosis is realized, there wih
t* greater willingness to face some ol
the dlffleu.'t economic and socla
problems which He at the root 01
this prevalent disease.
Sooner or later the community wil
realise the necessity of dealing ef?
fectively with such questions ag ade?
quate wag? h. decent housing, sani?
tary working conditions, health edu
ratiofX and insurance against sick
ting
hesg
\'??nc of these things can be bar
Without lost, but expenditures 01
such constructive preventive n?.as
ores ar- lees than th ? toll now cxactet
by a host of preventable diseased.
Are YOU Interested? DO YOl
aant to help Would YOU like to In
form TOITHSKLK as to what constl
tut?? an ade?|uat< health program fo
the modern American community?
If so. write to the Information I'M I
tor. United States Public Health Ser
vier, and mk for the roprlnt entitle*
"is Your Community Fit.
ST\M> \i;i>!Z \TtoN.
In the readjustment of the state t<
a changed and changing system 01
harming there Is one word whHJ
sound i tit k? >i?ote. sianepurdiantton
a big word, but of large potential
ties.
don. . our medium of ? xchang
Standardized on the gold basis.
?>?? farmers seek to git money in es
? hatrge for their products, thev man
get then wares standardised or eh*
whii h is highly statuta ?'h'e
?rill hav, th ? advantage of them
Th'-y must get their wares standard
In I or else put up with a peddlOf
proposition and have all or most
their protiis lost in time fritterco
i
away in hawking their goods.
Cotton, heretofore the h ading croi
BJ the stale, has been for dSOOdSl ;o
cuiatelv standardized and sold 01
grades recognised tin world over ana
an ot hl r < i "p that We t til ti to
this tl ne t'? supplant this commodlt
must, If any success is to be mad*
of it, be likewise reasonably stand
ardxed.
We ire not in position to waste oui
time mill energies on house to housi
peddling b) our farmers. Standardiza?
tion o' w hates er we undertake is tin
only thniu* that will gel US away Iron
this and enab'e us to put our farm
products on the merchant's shelves
ami on the markets of the country
standardisation should be the watch?
word foe*ths next live years anr
thereafter *
While getting this Into our mind,
there Is high need that we gel out
of BSn minds tin MsSg very prevalent
that we cannot compete with nthet
favored s?-etions of the eoiintry in c. i
tain producta With Imnu iise sum.
of money going out of the state year
gt ly for such gfOdUClS and with lb
OUt'.OOk of the run I labor and farmer
of the slate secklrg a way In make
livelihood, Why <an we not com
p4 te? As We|| say because g men .
? not as r#bUU( and favored with vl
gor as his neighbor thai for that tea
son lie should forego all work an!
effort.
This is the converse of the Ide
which has prevailed to our detriment
in tli?' cotton Situation. In this w*
thought (and morai rightly perhaps
that wc had a monopoly and acttnt
on this id. a wc overdid it well-nigh
to our own undoing. We should g?
it out of our mlndl once and for ah
that we have or need any monopoly
in anything and that no other SCOttoni
hove monopolies In any line which we
cannot meet by proper plans and ef?
forts. Above till we should stand'
nffdlns and get to work. These iw
will pull us through and only these
There is no longer sense in suffer?
ing "brain storm*' Of possibly bette
"pocket Storm*" over our losses it
cotton and taxation reductions. Th.
mill will not grind with the watci
that is past but there is u plenteous
supply upstream to be controlled an?
used. But new dams must ha buili
If we are to ^ind this year. Wc must
be building.
Taxes and death are usually asso?
rted together as going on forovei
ind must be endured, if not cheerful?
ly acquiesced in, if any form of gov?
ernment Is to prevail and lead us for?
ward.
To standardize we must classify
ISsau lost out because he did not
4tandardize his possessions.
CVTTINO THE COTTON CHOP.
No legitimate objections can be of?
fered to the widespread movement in
the south for curtailing the cottor
%. reage this year. The situation is
|Uste different from what it was in
H>me previous years when that pol?
icy was urged. There is now no
meh urgvnt neeil of cotton Bfl existo<
luring the war and immediately after
.vard. The world market appears to
IM glutted with the staple.
There is almost certain to be enougl
an pim left to suffice for next year':
needs no matter how little Is raise',
his year in the American cotton belt
The total carry-over in this country,
rom the crops of last year and tht
ear before is estimated at 9,000,000
fteJoo. A normal year's productio i it
12.000,000 bales. Thus, even if the
otton growers generally follow tin
Georgia plan, and plant only hah
:heir usual acreage, there is likely tc
">e plenty unloes the consumption rat.
ihould increase suddenly and un?
expectedly, and the curtailment is no
Ikely to cause intolerably high price*
lo manufacturers and consumers.
It Is to be taken for granted, ho ? ?
"vir, that if half the cotton nor,
la withdrawn from cotton OUltura
it will be devoted to other crops. Thi
is the most legitimate and praise
wo? thy phase of the plan. When cot
ton-growers raise less cotton mere!:
n order to force up the price, the}
ITC the only ones who benefit, am
even they are not always sure of tin
benefit. When they make the cur
ailment of one crop part of a genera
rystem of crop variation, they benefit
?.hcniselves and everybody else,
It will mean much for tin- pros?
perity and economic independence ol
he south, and much .also for the bal?
anced prosperity of the nation as a
whole, if the cotton belt quits its in
tsnutVS one-crop policy and raise.1
noes com. sugar, hogs, cattle, veic
sanies and poultry, a good start
ilong that line is to be welcomed
whatever the incentive.
? ... ?
A CHOICE l\ MOYIKK.
Tb? re ars many movements on
'OOt to secure more rigid censotship
>f moving pictures for chlldn n, and
.<> encourage tho production of bet?
ter Alms for young eyes to see ami
fOUng minds to digest. These are
timely efforts. But the principal
rouble today is not so much a lack
>f good moving pictures for children
0 see as the fact that their parent:;
ail to insure that their children
dial! see only this kind. Hotter die
rrlmlnutlon on ths part of parents is
is much needed as official censorship
ind him improvement,
a current number of the Literary
1 >igest OjUOtCS a w riter in the Wo?
man Cltiaen who holds tins view. "She
contends," says ths ingest, "that while
there is a movie menace' for mothers
to guard against, it is real I) to a
arge extent a matter of Intelligent
?election, There was a tune when 'a
movie was just a movie.' But nowa?
lays it is possible to choose one's mo?
tion pictures as one chooses a cigar
or cand). io the brsnd, Kor t in re
are several large companies who have
built Up well ih si i\ed names for h iv?
ing clean, well-directed and intelli?
gent pictures.*'
This being the ease, the writer
would have the parents or guardian
i'amlUai ir.c himself With pictures and
proisjeecs so thai he may know whai
kind Of a picture is to be produced
before allowing the child to see it.
sin- suggests in this connection!
"Supervise your children's cinema
ent? talnmenl as you would their
reading, or their essoclatea Impres?
sions received through the eye of the
camera may 'register' deeper than
those of tin printed page, it Is the
..*'" est
luty of every mother or guardian to
watch these rust impressions. The
tit.st yens of the child's lit"*" are the
years which count."
Fairness to tin- producers who art
even now sitting wholesome picturei
before the public, as well as the w. 1
fare of the children themselves, sug?
gests the wisdom of fdllowing this ad *^
vice.
WOMl.N s l\( <)Mi; TAXES.
Pew people need to be convinced
that women are getting on in tin- bus?
iness world, but the reports of the in?
come tax sited new light on how \v? I
they are getting on.
.More than H 1,000 women in X, w
Vork state alone tiled income tax re?
turns for 1819. of those 101,000 were
unmarried, and out of this numbei
over 80*000 were listed as supporting
heads ?<f families.
The occupations from which wo?
men repotted particularly good in
comes ranged through the theatrical
and motion picture professions, big!
commierciaJ positions, at cretaryships
of all kinds and Important banking |
Jobs.
? It is true that New York is a big
State and a densely populated one.
and that New York city offers es?
pecially good opportunities to the in?
telligent woman, But for all that,
the returns from this one state are
but a small percentage Of those of the I
entire country from worm n who arc j
making incomes large enough to b< !
taxed and supporting families upon
these incomes.
Tho importance of women in tin
business world and as heads of fam?
ilies assumes a new aspect when
these figures are considered, and
should receive a new respect, As for
any antediluvian idea that the Amer?
ican business woman can be either
neglected or Ignored?here is the
answer.
THE FITTEST IN BUSINESS.
Says Salmon l*. Halle, president of
the National Retail DrygOOds Asso?
ciation, addressing the members oi [
that organization:
"Bustnsas Will be normal when we
begin to think und act normally. That
lies within ourselves.
"During the past six years the
world has boon going through an era
.)( increasing wastefulness and extrav- |
agancc which has been suddenly I
iheoked, and it is difficult for the hu?
man mind to adjust ttaelf immediate* j
"W| have all prided ourselves on
our ability to manage business dur?
ing this period, but the test ia here
and it will be the survival of the lit?
test ^from now on."
The test is here, indeed. Mr. Halle
might have made it even stronger.
During these boom years it has
jeen easy to toll almost anything at
almost any price. Real merch m Us?
ing, real salesmanship, languished.
Old-fashioned mercantile courtesy,
though ill practiced by those with
.vhom it was a trait of character rath
?r than a matter of trade policy, fell
into disuse. In many establishments.
ThOfS was less and less effort to please
customers, and more and more of the
attitude that anybody with goods to
sell was doing the purchaser a fa?
vor by letting him buy them.
That, perhaps, was tho natural re?
sult of competition being transferred
from the sellers to the buyers. When
there are two customers bidding for
in article, the owner does not have
to take pains. It is different now, as
Mr, Halle suggests. Tin- roles have
been reversed and the old statu-, re?
established, and merchants ami manu?
facturers tind themselves once mon
forced into serlOUS competition for
trade.
it will do American business good,
for American business has been gro\V?
Ing "soft" because trade and profit
enmo too easy. Only the "littest" will
survive this new ordeal of competitive
effort, and only th ? littest will de?
nerve survival. As for the long-suf?
fering consumer, he will have the
compensation of lower prices ami
higher quality and more considerate
J treatment than he has enjoyed for
some years.
Japan HnriH>rs Chinese Itofugccs.
Peking, Feb. 11. The escape of
General Hsu Bhu-cheng, known as
"little Hsu." from the Japanese lega?
tion compound and tin- fact that
eight others of the Antu clique who
took refuge there last summer air
still being harbored under Japanese
protection, has been the subject of
frequent exchanges of communica?
tions betW'-fii tin ('hint-" l'oi<i:;n of
Hec and the Japanese legntlon.
The present status is a d >adlock,
Chine protesting that there is no ad?
mitted precedent for giving such r?*f
I tine to political oifendt r., und demand
ling the surrender of ih?- remaining
Irefugees, Japan cites precedents and
(declines to give up her proteges,
j Dr. Ven. ?Mi'na's tereimi minister.
'has Informed tin" Japanese that tin
Chinese refugees "were regarded .is
having committed criminal as well as
political offences," inn the Japanese
minister. Mr Obata, replied that a
??rlmln.il charge makes no difference
as the Japanese are sheltering the ref?
ugees <>ii political grounds,
The sable is found chiefly in Sih<n i.
and Kamchatka,
Coiniuoii souse as to Cotton.
( News a ml < 'ourler).
In a !? ttor whh h he has sent oul
to the bankors ot the Bouth, Col, VV.
I!. Thompson! ot New Orleans, dis
CUSSes the cotton Situation as it now
presents Itself. His views are sei
forth comprehensively and vigorous?
ly, the letter opening with a strong
attack upon the bureau of mark to
Cor circulating through Its puhlicuti mi.
"The Market Reporter," statist .
which < 'ol. rl hompsoh d< elan s to
he thoroughly misleading. Il< eon
tends that th> estimule made by tii?
hurt au of markets thai the IM-fl cur?
ry-ovcr of cotton v>i'l amount to it
least 9,886,208 I a i s is ridi ulous;
declaring that much of the cotton iu
cluded In the estimated supply for
1920-21 is made up of hollies, snaps
und weather-damaged cotton noi lit
for spinning purposes and "in ibl<
only on material for padding sta?
tistics." The bureau of markets is
condemned for issuing publication
which did not give a nur presenta?
tion of the facts and the effect of
which was to demoralise the cotton
market.
1'ut Col. Thompson, while Im?
peaching the correctness of the Hg-1
tires published In "The Ma; Kit Re?
porter," nevertheless adds imme?
diately thai the situation, if not a ??
hopeless as pictured, is neverthe?
less a very serious one, and h ? urg h
that nothing can save the cotton in-I
dustry In the south from disaster ex
cent rigid curtailment of tha cotton
acreage this spring. In this connec?
tion he says: j
Let it not be understood that I un
dereatlmate the gravity "f the cot
ton situation. < m the contrary, I w ish !
to emphaaise with all the force pos?
sible the extremely critical condition!
In which the cotton south finds it?
self. Even admitting the truth of
the alleviating considerations to
which I have referred, the fa< t re- 1
mains that the supply of cotton is very
much too larva for assimilation by the
trade In Its present and prospective
state Tie- pressure of large stocks
upon a stagnant market and the strain 1
of such holdings upon the financial
resources of the south, will in litahly
bring disaster unless relief shall cpme
in the not distant future. My pur?
pose In emphasizing the more hop< ?
ful features is not to try to lull the
cotton people into optimistic inac?
tion, but to prevent thorn from fall?
ing into the lethargy of despair. !
want to show that although the oddH
against us are great, yet they are by
no means overwhelming; that the
light is a hard one yet by hard Rght
ing may be won.
"The action on the part of our peo?
ple which will save tho cotton pro?
ducer the business of c itton produc?
tion, the south and the cotton-usini
world at large from disaster from
which it would take many years to
recover, involves the application of
plain, homely c unmon seas -. Tie
cotton which we arc carrying1 and
that which we will ( an y over Into
next Season plus a normal crop in
the ground will promise a total sup?
ply for the coining twelve months
wjiich would literally .'another any
possible demand and would drive
present and future prices down to
wholly ruinous levels. Wc cannot, de?
stroy the existing surplus, bul wc can
reduce the new crop to proportions
Which Will bring the total supply for
the next twelve month- well under
tthy possible demand. It thi.; is done
then only will the value of present
holdings be materially enhanced and
not only will the next crop he mar
I kctt d on a profitable basis, but the
future profitableness of cotton will !?<?
Iassured. There is one remedy and
One only for the present crisis and
j the future salvation ot cotton and
that remedy is Infallible and complete
and ii" intelligently and wholehearted?
ly a lop ted ii <iii i"- administered
i wil !i the iitmohl i use.
j "A crop of six million bales this
year on top of the carry-ov? r, what?
ever that may !<??, will reduce the
supply id. lie- coming tw dvo mon ;r?
I to ligurcs which will galvanize demand
into activity which will not onlj taki
up t h" pi. .-? nl hui plus but ili ? ii'
crop us w ! ai prh s which will su\<
j Uh pres? nl situation ami put cotton
[production on a safely rcmuuoruli?'<
l usis hei ; itt r. ': i ?? on } way to as- j
sure a crop of the limited size stated, |
Is io put into the ground an amount !
of seed which will under any 11 ?rmul
weather conditions make it Impos- <
rible t11 produce more than Lh< sa id
limited crop.
1 '*.\t. the convention of eotton and
banking interests held at Memphis
in l>.ml.er in:t, t|lc practical plan
j whereby this result would be inevit?
ably produced was unanimously1
adopted. This plan docs not provide
for any specific reduction in tin* i.i- ,
dividual acreage planted to cotton in
j J S?20. I! ? njoins 1 lie pi :i t it . of n
Isound principle of ugriciiltiin in t'..
the production of the l'::i crop. Iis
fundamental proivsion is that ie>t
[more ihan One-third of tin 1 a.I
I acreage of each individual farmer
[shall lie planted to coli.cm and that
the remaining two-thirds shall lie
I planted to food and feed crops and
other products necessary to make the
farm self-sustaining. By following
this plan ii is Inevitable that the cot
:ton production of 1!?:ji will be cut at
! leas? one-half under that of 1920,
and In consequence tho cotton now
carried as well as the new crop v. ill
! in-come marketable at tremendously
I enhanced values. 'F?rthen lore, the
I required reduction In quantity will
carry with it an Improvement In
I quality und u more economical pro?
duction^ This Is true because the
limited acreage will give tho farmer
the opportunity to cultivate to better
advantage and to pick the crop before
the had weather damagea the same
1 and tie- coat of such a small superior
'grade crop will he minimised by rea?
son of tho fact that he has in ch- his
I ow n home and farm supplies,
j "ii is Bald by those unfamiliar with
[the extraordinary conditions now pre
Ivailing in the south that this plan Is
good but it will never be put Into
effect. We who Know tho actual con?
ditions know that unless tie- cotton on
I hand can be sold before planting time
[at materially higher prices than pres-1
enl quotations, it will be impossible
for the south to make more than half
a crop at best. Bv< n If wc sat still
'and raised no hand t-? save tin sit 1a
Ition the next crop would 1 e automat?
ically reduced through the paralysis
of tin- cotton producing Industry, the
poverty of the producer and the de
I moraligatlon of all allied financial
'and buainesa interests."
[ Col. Thompson calls this ohm of
Ideating with tin- cotton situation the
common sense remedy for the exlst
, ing difficulties. It is tho only rem?
edy yet proposed which has ai y
(chance of Buccess. Certainly cotton
'is not going up n" the acreage r< por h
i tltis spring forecasl another big yield
next fall. On the contrary, such re?
ports will infulihly s- nd prlc ; low
lor still and tin- depression whe n <? -
'' ists today In the cottosi belt may .1 -i
be curt d for years,
-;
1 Reedville, Va . Feb. 18. A satch
I el containing liftecn thousand, live
hundred dollars In cash and liberty
bonds and eight thousand dolln
I worth of .i< welry found \>y cbJldn n
I under tin- steps of a church hen
j has been Identified as pari of the lo?*t
from the commonwealth haul: here,
I which was rob).?cd and burned <>n
I January 3uth.
Mr. 8. M. Boat Ick was a visitor to
loienct this week.
Mr. ?). C. VVhe< : r, boiler maker,
'.. <'. shops, Florence, paasi d
'.i Bui in-.' 'l'hu tMlay ? nroutc to
.. : u t to attend Lh< marriage oC
Mr. J. 11. Wilkerson, engineer, r'Jor
tice, v.iis ja town Thursday.
?Mr. U. i'.. Hare, sup< i intundent,
i t ? .?. \'. !.-? a visitor to Burnt* r
M? inlaj and Tuesday.
'. r. SV. i*. \> Ton, superintendent
. a im lata u for lind division, bead
aiiurtcrs llocky Mount, .\. was .!i
Sumb T.i. sduj.
Mr .\. ?'. Kenly, superintendent
l'n ;??'..?. .-. ad pmrt? rs i:i Wiinnngtmi,
aas a visitor in Htimter Monday.
Mr. N. i?. Womble, agent, Orangc
burg, was mi : umt? r Monday.
i 'aptain il. r. Scott i.; now rellev
h < < i. i W. k. Johnson* on Colum*
? >?. i<? .\i. ton run.
:? hi'ily ol llie Loa.4 of direc*
'>;.,. , ,?; noter St? tnmery com
panj ? ? ? i i.- i four th ?usand dotlnra
Irom .!" ' >i> ??? . ho subscribed for
'.'. . a ? dollars of stork, or
lo obtain .i short tiuu loan for that.
: i.:..-.!.,, is lidding "in the completion
?f tin- building, The building has
. ! < ti based to a thoroughly reliabls
corporation on a guaranteed rental of
7 p >r '?? at of tii.' cost ol til.- building
and it is therefore a perfectly sate
und sound investment. The failure
to complete th" building within the
next Eixty days or less tun ? will can
eel the has - and an industry that is
much needed in Bumter to furnish
employment to severul hundred men
and wo aen who need work w ill be
lost. Tie business men of Bumter
especially those Who have Etock in the
? aap; ny, should get behind tie- en?
terprise without delay anal provide
the means to complete the building,
so thai the machinery ot the lessee,
which h is Leen h re in storage for
month may be Install 1 without
further loss ol time. The merchants
ate always bewailing tin- fait that
there ? so few Industrl ? her* with
regular and substantial payrolls, and
it j.i passing strange that there Is such
an apath tic attitude towards the
stemmet'}* enterprise that will employ
four to .i\ hundred hands for ap?
proximately ten months of the year.
The dih tors of the corporation want
to borrow four thousand dollars, If
they cannot collect the stock suh?
1 eri'i -i' no, whi' h it -s-< i a- i .up a.-sihle
to d? .r. this tirfu and the money
should '? ? forthcoming fro in some
[source a' once. I; Is a gilt edge loan,
for 'he monthly rentals from the
property will liquidate it within less
i i: : ??? ntatiiTe Curtfa of Manning
j seeing to be obsessed, a Ith the idea
that i !i p< i)ilc of Pinewood did hot
know what they were doing, or did
not know what was best for them,
when they voted by more than a
two-thirds majority to withdraw from
tMs ? i' it eounty and join Bumter
county. i'.-;. ad *>i trying to annul
? v i.i o, the people of Pinewood
I by i ? i lutivi enactment he should
apply t.i tin judge of probate for the
appointment nf himself as guardian
lor i' i ia"oo?l on the ground that
tin qua Ifled elect ot ?? of that, section
incompetent to manage their own
The wind that is tempered to the
shorn lamb doesn't seem to help the
eas ? of ihe shown limb.?Baltimore
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