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?f Crooks in hCShicago Obtained Millions Prom the Banks, Brokers and Million naires HBF" -Chicago, Aug. "23.?Millions of j ^dollars of worthless notes, stolen j Sbonds, fraudulent deeds of trust j =and forged certificates of deposit j have been flung on the markets of -the country, federal agents declar ed today after investigating oper fations of a hand alleged to have ?teen headed by Charles W. French ^stnd John P. Worthington. #. Banks, bond issues, investment ^security brokers and wealthy busi ness men from coast to coast were jSeclared to have been the victims Bor dupes of one of the most gigan tic swindles ever unearthed by fed eral agents. ~.\Six*million dollars worth v of I gtplen bonds, nearly $3,000,000 in jjw?orthless notes and hundreds of gfiousands of dollars" worth of Itrust deeds and forged ^certificates i?f deposit have been traced by de ?gartment of justice agents, it was ~said.~ jg: The revelations resulted from a *=eonfession accredited to Alva W. j tHarshman,- who was declared to |naye been a private secretary to ^French, and who surrendered to fSayl He was alleged to have told a deal negotiated by French sfor the purchase of a bank in the j f$tiddle West that involved the ex- j achange of $800,000. ; :1a Washington, r>. C, man, ac- j gfcprding to Harshman, was to ob- | Ifeain certified checks for $500,000 j Inhere. These checks, he said, were ?tG be presented to the bank own f^rs and when the band gained con- } trol of the establishment, they were to <?ash all certificates of de posit the bank owned. The money, he said, wOuld then be forwarded to the Washington man who would deposit it before the certified j -checks on the original transaction yvere cleared and returned. Many -other similar deals were also de-? -?eribed. v In another case, it was asserted, ^large amount of stolen securities _^jere placed with a small country | -Wnk in-return for a certificate of d^p^si^.. " The deposit shp, it was said, was cashed and the bank left holding the securities which would - t>e identified and reclaimed when it ^ried. to realize on them. f According to the alleged confes sion-inade by Harshman, the band "^^^?T^oirsiderable money dispos ing of real estate mortgages. An other deal said to have been made Irr Milwaukee by the band is being investigated by government agents. It Yras declared to have netted the -jifindlers'"$500,000. It was said that A. E. Strelzin, who was arrest ed . today In Milwaukee, will be j questioned regarding this transac tion. Worthington was arrested some weeks ago and is being held in $103,000 bond inx connection with mail robberies totalling, approxi mately $6,000,000. French, alleg ed ?to be his right hand man, was arrested - yesterday with several of Ki3 associates. Today C. K. Stro bel-was taken into custody in Ak ron, .Ohio? and A. E. Strelzin was arrested in Milwaukee. % i o ? o J?U Weevils in Clarendon ?rower of First Bale Expcts Only One-Seventh of Crop I The first bale of 1921 cotton rais ed in Clarendon was brought to -planning yesterday hy Mr. W. T. .^Briggs oi' Silver and was bought by ? Mr. W. G. King for 16 cents. Mr. ~Briggs made 187 bales last year on 125 acres, this year he has the same . number of acres planted in cotton I from which he says he doesn't ex jtj&?**101^ tnan 25 bales.?Manning Times. ? ?, ? - ? It has apparently been discovered that 3-cent leters won't go.?Chat tanooga News. Pitchers Battle To a Draw Sumter and Hartsville Go Eleven Innings Without a Decision j In these days of the enlivened I pellet and the resulting homeruns i ! it is seldom that a game goes to extra innings with a total of only 17 hits. Rather we are more ac customed to hear the resounding whack of ball and hat and see the ball go sailing a la enfant Ruth, j But Monday was the exception j and those who went to the ball park were rewarded by seeing an old time pitcher's battle which went through eleven exciting in nings to a draw?2 to 2. Both pitchers were in fine fettle and each was very miserly when hits meant runs. It would be hard to decide which had the edge as both struck out 5, walked one and the hits were about evenly divided, over looking scratches. Hall was in hot water more than his opponent, but showed his mettle by pulling out of several bad holes. The latter "yielded only 2 hits in the first six innings, only three men reaching first. For Hartsville it was 1, 2, 3 in the first three innings a fast double killing, Cauthen to Shealy F., to Crawford, helping Hall in the third after he had walked Swann. Sorrell .and Swann first up in the fourth and sixth respectively singl ed, but both were stranded when their mates could not produce. Hartsville's tallies came in seventh as a result of Turnipseed's double and Atkinson's "Babe Ruth" over the right field fence. The next three hitters were easy. Gibson singled to left witn one down in the eighth, but was forced at second, when Sorrell hit to Shealy, F. He stole second, but Bull was not equal to the occasion, tapping to Shealy, F. With one down in the ninth Hs-ticvangei dropped Atkinson's easyofly'and Arnette singled to right, but the former was out, Shealy, A. to Cauthen to O'Con nor, A., when he tried to go to third on the hit and was caught amidships. In the eleventh it look ed like the old game was gone. Bull got a lucky hit when the ball took a bad bound over Crawford's shoulder. Swan beat out one to deep short and both runners ad vanced on a wild pitch. Atkinson lifted a short fly behind short which Haltiwanger got after a hard run. With an easy double play in sight the left fielder fell on his ear. Arnette struck out and Walters, batting for Harper popped out to first after Bull had practi cally stolen home only .to be turned back when the batter hit a foul. Phillips opened up Sumter's half of 'the first with a fly to center which Atkinson misjudged, but he wag out trying to make it a two b?gger. Crawford followed O'Con nor's out with a long single to left, but was forced at second. The home team's first tally came in the second when Cauthen singled and was sacrificed to second by Shealy. i O'Connor, A. singled him in and stole second. Haltiwanger fanned and Hall popped to Arn-tte. Phil lips led off in the third with a hit but was forced by O'Connor. G.I who was also forced by Crawford; the latter died in an attempt to pilfer second. The second Sumter run came as a result of Shealy, A's free passage. Cauthen's sacrifice ! and Shealy, F's single. O'Connor, j A. followed with another one timer, I but both were left when Halti j wanger and Hall struck out. After I this the home hopes did not threat ; en materially, two errors and a I single placing men on the bases in the eighth, tenth a:;d ??eventh, but the necessary bingle was not forth coming. This afternoon's game will prob [ ably show Ludwig and Walters as i'the opposing twirlers. Score by innings: Sumter. 010 000 100 00?2 Hartsville_ 000 000 200 00?2 Game called account darkness. PLOT TO ASSASSI NATE OBREGON Mexico City, Aug. 23.?An alleged plot to assassinate President Obre tgon was nipped by the arrest of j General Lopez, the chief of police i announced toda}'. Sounds Note of O. timism?head line. It is about time that note fell due.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. t{?ja)iil?in|BiMI?[iiiamf iHi?iniBni[B!iiiamiB|niB[ii Hartsville Vic tors 5 to 3 Visiting Pitcher Was Too Strong For the Gamecocks Tuesday's game can ho summed iii"> in the following few words?ioo much Walters. The visiting hurler was in there with a swell hook which caused ] 1 batsmen to ir.iss the third strike. Incidentally Harts ville won by the comfortable mar gin of ~> to 2. Coupled with their pitcher's masterly twirling, the Hartsville swatters hit hard and timely: Arnette leading with 3 out of 4 and Flowers. H. following on his heels with a single and two bagger. Some loose fielding also helped the guests from "Coker town" along. Hartsville put a run away in the first chapter when Bull?the hit less wonder?walked and advanced to third on Cauthen's error of Turnipseed's tap. The latter walk ed to second when no attempt was made to catch him. Bull scored when Flowers. H. singled, but the hitter was thrown out at second on Crawford's relay of Shealy's peg. Arnette grounded out. Cau then to Crawford. The "Hallites" got this run back very soon afterwards on O'Con nor G's homerun over the left field barricade and threatened again in the second when Cauthen was safe on Turnipseed's error of Cauthen's hit down the foul line and Shealy. A. singled to left after attempting to sacrifice, placing two men on j with none down. O'Connor. A. j popped to first trying to sacrifice ! and Cauthen was forced at third. ! Walters to Arnette, on Hawkins' i tap to the box. Ludwig struck out. | The visitors went out in 1. 2. 3 ; order in the 3rd. 4th and 5th. but came back strong in the sixth. Sorrel was safe on Shealy, A.'s er ror and was sacrificed to the mid dle station by Hull. Turnipseed singled hard and both scored on a ! two bagger by Flowers, H. Ar nette singled and Flowers hesitated j thinking that O'Connor would catch the ball. O'Connor pegged widely to third and Arnette tried I for second, but was run down by Crawford and put out: Flowers be- i ing held at the far station. At kin- j son's fly was smothered by O'Con- j nor, A. They added the two final i markers in the seventh when Flow- ! ers, L. led off with a single and | advanced to third on Swan's two I base whack. The first named scor- j ed when Shealy, F.. booted Wal ters' grounder but got the runner j at first unassisted. Swan scored on a similar play when Sorrel's j grounder was not handled cleanly : by the same player, but retiring the hitter. Bull tapped out, Cau then to Crawford. Sumter's second run came in the j seventh on Shealy A's three base hit to right and his brothers in- i field single with two down. O'Con- i nor A. followed suit, but Hawkins, proved unequal to the occasion and j was out Flowers, L. to "Turnip." ! Crawford singled with no one! down in Sth but was left when the next three hitters we re easy outs. | Manager Hall sent up two pinch | hitters in the ninth, but to no avail, j O'Neal singled with one out. but the next two hitters, including Phil- j lips batting for Ludwig, struck j out. Score by innings: Sumter _ 100 001 000?2; Hartsville_ 100 002 200?5 Standing of the clubs: Won Lost PC j Sumter ?_._ 4 3 r>71 Hartsville_ 4 3 571 j Camden .2 3 400! Florence. 2 3 400 Victim of Macon Hotel Fire Former Columbia Mill Man Burned to Death Columbia, Aug. 25.? One of the men who lost his life in the terrible hotel fine in Macon. Ga.. last Sun ,day nght, was a former Columbian a native of Lexington county, and his funeral was held in Lexington yesterday. He was John K. Hayes, who in recent years has lived in Macon and at the time of his death was a judicial magistrate. Mi*. Hayes was once superintend ent of the Capital City Cotton Mill of Columbia. He was 08 years of ajce. He leaves several relatives in Lexington and a daughter in Co lumbia. Luther is Some T wirier With Premier Pitcher in the Box Sumter Takes Third Game From Hartsville 4 to 2 With Luther, the Sumter "ace," on the mound, the homo crowd took the third game of the series from Hartsville, 4 to 2, making it an even break. The visitors were able to get to "Punk" in only one inning, the* sixth, when lin y scored their runs on three hits, a base on l?.tils and a fielder's choice. Loth pitchers worked well and if At kinson had kept his head in the fourth the story might have been I different. For five innings the ene- : i my only got one hit off Luther and three men to first base. In'the last I three innings two men got on through hits, one a three bagger, but tin- tall hoy tightened up and ' there was no damage. Atkinson '? forced S men to miss the third ! strike, getting Cauthen three times, and Luther had 10 to his credit. Swann breezing four times. Sumter crosses the platter first: in the fourth when O'Connor, G. , singled to right and Crawford laid j down a neat sacrifice, going out Atkinson to Turnipseed. Shealy, A. walked and when Atkinson knock ed down ("authen's tap over bis head and threw to first too late to j get the runner after closely in specting each hag to see if the run- : ner was there, the bases were crowded to capacity. Frank Shealy ? popped up a little fly hehind short which fell safely, G. O'Connor scor- : ing and t: ? other two base runners advancing. Much argument came up. but the umpres called it an in field My and the batter out. Archie O'Connor singled sharply to right j and Shealy and Cauthen scored easily. Lenoir Hew out to center closing the rally. The last friendly run came in the seventh after two were down. Lenoir singled over second. Luther attempted to sac- ! rifice and failing hit sharply to sec ond. Walters made a nice hare hand stop of the grounder and with Bull and Turnipseed executed a neat double killing. Phillips took : Haltiwanger's place and singled : over third. (/Connor hit hard he-, tween first and thiru and had the throw hmten. hut Walters threw I past first and third and second held j runners. Crawford singled hard to right and Phillips tallied. On an j attempted double steal O'Connor i was run down for the third out. The guests threw quite a scare into the crowd in the sixth when Bull walked with one down and ? advanced to second on Turnip seed's single. Flowers. H. forced the latter at second. Shealy to . Cauthen. placing Lull on third from where he scored on Arnette's : one timer. Flowers scored on Wal- ! ters' single down the right 'leid foul line and both runners advanced on the throwin to be left when Flow ers, L. flew out to right. Sumter _ 000 300 10*?1 Hartsville_ 000 <"">2 000?2 Standing of the clubs: Sumter_. 5 3 C2? \ Hartsville. 4 4 500 | Florence_ 3 3 ??'>0 Camden_ 2 4 333 -??-??? Prohibition Director For South Carolina Columbia. Aug. 23.? Ceo. C. . Brown, the new prohihition direc tor for South Carolina, is well ' known throughout the state. He is a native of Anderson, but spent ids I boyhood in Columbia, attending | high school here and also the Cni- | versity. lie got an appointment to: West Point, and then served as an officer in Hawaii and on the Mex ican border. lie was for three years commandant of the Bail< y Military Institute. Greenwood, and served as a major it1, the world war army. Since the war he has been | in real estate business in Green- i wood. His parents live in Colum bia now. Major William F. Robertson, if Greenville, who retires as pro hibition director, is also popular j throughout the state. He is well : known in Columbia, and here and ? in Greenville, where he lives, he is highly regarded. ?? ? *> A woman is suing for divorce i tecause her husband plays golf ' ill the time. Evidently souls are lot hound together by golf links.? ! Syracuse Herald. _ , NITRATE OF Purchased now, for Winter and Spring Arrival, will certainly prove profitable to you. Likewise? Acid Phosphate Kainit M anure Salts Muriate of Potash Fish Scrap Blood Tankage And our High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizers Come in and get quotations, and let us talk it over with you. HARBY & C 9 West Liberty Street SUMTER, S. C. Care in Ginning Necessary Circular Sent to Staple Cotton Ginners by Goker & Co. TTartsvillc, Aug. 23.?Every buy er of Carolina staple cotton in this section has noticed that an unusual ly large percentage of the last crop has been rough or gin-cut. Tn or der t:> discover the proportion of this rough cotton and find the source of ir we began, about three months ago. taking the names of the yins and recording the gin names opposite the record of the class and condition of each bale. We have thus far listed 2223 bales from 7~< different gins, and our classers have called 1753 bales smooth. 330 bales slightly rough, and 140 bales rough or gin-cut. In other words, out of each 100 bales which we have handled re cently 7'.' bales were smooth. 15 bales slightly rough., and <> bales rough or gin-cut. The percentage of smooth <-otton coming from gins j from which were listed 2 5 bales or; more runs from 54 per rent to 100 per cent. Only one gin made a record of 100 per cent, the ma jority running between 75 and f;0 per cent. No ginner, no matter how well adjusted his machinery or how careful he is in operating his gins, can make a smooth sample out of wet o-; damp eotton. and a per centage of the rough bales un doubtedly came from this cause. The tremendous variation in the percentage of smooth bales from j different gins, however, shows that there must be a great difference in the efficiency of the work done by | different ginners. The value of rough cotton ! throughout this season has ranged | from 1 to 5 cents below that of smooth coli on of the correspond- j ir.ix grade, and we should say that ?10.00 per bale was a very e.on servative estimate of tin- average reduction in value of the 21 per cent" of rough and gin-cut cotton. We have no wish to injure the business of any ginner. We feel, ; however, that it will be useful to ' all ginners and all farmers to have! their attention called to the tre mendous losses caused by bad gin ning. The ginners should see to it before the beginning of the new season that their machinery is properly adjusted, .and they should never gin a bale wnich is too \ damp to gin smoothly, no matter how anxious the farmer is to haw it done. The reputation of the cotton in this section has been built up by j careful attention to seed, to gin- 1 ning. and to marketing, and this, reputation has suffered during the. oast year on account of the low J grade o: the crop and the rough- : ness of its preparation. Everyone i doing business in this section is ir.- \ terested directly in the reputation j of Carolina staple cotton, for that! is the main source of revenue; In ; order that this section may escape the financial disaster threatened by, the short crop, it will be necessary fox? all interests to cooperate to; make every bale bring the highest possible price. Such a price can I only be realized for smooth, well- ' ginned, high grade cotton of uni form staple. Coker Cotton Company. David R. Coker, President. Pisgah Xews and Views. Pisgah, Aug. 22.?The hot weath er still continues. Possibly we may get a little relief after a while. Af ter eating up the forms on cotton the, weevils have commenced on ; the bolls. An inspection showed that they are making fine progress. 1 Mr. and Mrs. (\ A. Rogers of: St. Matthews are visiting relatives and friends here, who are glad to see them. j The meeting in the interest of law and order at Reaver Dam | church, twelve miles above Cam-! den yesterday was largely attended by some of the best people in Ker-i s'aaw county, the speeches were in teresting and instructive and show ed a determination to enforce the law. Among those who spoke were ? .judge W. B. DeLoach. C. W. Birch more, editor of Wateree Meseng er: J. B. Wallace, Rev. Mr. Ow-1 ings. .). E. DuPre. Helton Owens and W. A. Anderson. The next meeting will be at | Bethany church at Wesrvilie on Southern road, third Sunday in September. nop.- we will have something of that sort after a while for all counties need a shaking up to kill or stop the lawlessness of the day. I notice some papers are jump ing on the governor: they had bet ter clean their own doorsteps be fore attacking the chief executive. I ihm their advice would be worth; a littl". The governor is no more! responsible for people going into! Georgia than I am. A good many Georgians have com.- over here and done more than the South Car-1 olinians ever done, and you hear1 nothing about it, h< re. (Two wrongs do not make a right Neither docs the failure of one official to do his duty, excuse; <>r justify another official for fail ing to do his duty.? Ed. > York Farmer Kills Self. Red- Hill, Aug. 22?Charles II. Anderson, aged ?'!<;. a well known farmer of tin- Leslie community tt?o? Iiis own Ii:"?- late yesterday af ternoon at his home, six miles east of the city, shooting himself through the lead with a pistil. Washington. Aug. 23.?The state dei?artnietit's note to Panama stat ed emphatically that tin- I'nited States would ma permit any hos tiiiths growing out of the occupa tion of the Coto region by Costa Rica. Seems to ]..? no way to get rid of payroll holds-ups except to urt lid of the payrolls and some of the. industries have Started in to do that:? Boston Transcript. HOUSE R. R, ! BILL GOESTO SENATE Measure Framed To Fund the Debts of ? Railroads Passed . by Vote of 24 to 123 j Washington. Aug. 22.?The ad ministration's railroad funding bill ; was passed tonight l>y the boas.-, j The measure now goes to the sen ate. The vote was 214 to 123. It ; is iioi the present intention of the senate to take up the bill before the i recess. I An unsuccessful effort was mach te eliminate a section which pro vides that no payments shall be I made by the government to any carriers "or. account of the so-call- ' ed inefficiency of labor*' during federal control. An amendment to strike out this provision, offered : by Representative Webster, Wash ington, a Republian member of the \ commerce cop mittee which had favorably reported the bill, was re jected. 143 to 17. Another provision of the section | which Mr. Webster failed to have | stricken out stipulates that no funds shall be used in making set- ! tlernents with carriers which do not '?forever bar such carriers from setting up any further claim, right! or demands of any kind or charac- i ter against the United States grow- I ing out of or connected with the possession, use, or operation of such j carriers' property" hy the United I States during the period of federal control." Proponents of the measure suc ceeded in voting down all motions to amend the bill in important par ticulars and as passed the measure, except for a few minor changes, is ' in the form in which it was report- ' ed to the house. DuDring four hours of general j debate, three members of the corn- j mittee besides Mr. Webster, Repre- j sentative Raybura of Texas, .lohn- J son of Mississippi and Muddlestone \ of Alabama, all Democrats, ex- j expressed opposition to the bill. Mr. j Rayburn, however, urged retention | of the section which Mr. Webster < urged eliminating. ?? ? Cotton Marketing Association Theodore H. Price Expresses Approval and Sympathy j with Movement j Columbia. Aug. 22.?Invited to make an address, Theodore H.; Price, well-known authority on financial and economic subjects and ! editor and proprietor of Commerce} and Finance, New York city, who j is one of the world's greatest cot-i ton experts, lias just expressed his sympathy and confidence in the: campaign now being conducted in Spartanburg county for co-opera five marketing of cotton. His tele gram to Dr. W. W. Long, director' of extension service of Clemson College, reads as follows: -W. W. Long. Columbia, S. C. "Highly appreciate invitations. Arn sympathetic with your purpose and greatly regret acceptance im- j possible, as I have promised to be: in Texas most September and Oc- j tober and cannot leave New York j in August. (Signed) . "Theo. H. Price." Dr. Long wired Theo. H. Price to come to Spartanburg county and spend several days in the interest \ of the cooperative marketing cam- i paign. Mr. Price is going to spend several weeks in Texas assisting in ! the campaign in that state. Dr. Long has been informed through Aaron Sapiro. the cooper-1 ative marketing expert of Califor- j nia, that the Farmers' Cooperative Marketing Association of Texas has! arranged a loan of $10,000.000 through the war finance corpora tion. $2.500.000 from Texas bank-' ers and $2,500.000 from large banking institutions of New York city, making a total of $15,000,-' 000 to help tinar.ee the Texas cot- [ ton crop which, is handled through tii" cotton marketing association. Turks Anger John Biill _ ! British Warships Sent to Black Sea For Reprisals Constantinople, Aug. 23.?Brtish airmen who wer? brought down within the Turkish lines are being held prisoners on the assumption! that they aided the Greeks. Brit-j ish warships have been ordered to the Black Sea and reprisals are ex pected. -? ?? <? Omar Temple Fall Ceremonial Columbia, Aus:. 23.?November in and 11 were today announced as dates for the Fall Ceremonial of Omar Temple, to be held in Colum bia, and Al Araf Shrine Club, of Columbia, is having a large meet-j ir..^ Tuesday night to plan for the big gathering. The Shriners of Co lumbia are determined to make the fall gathering one of the biggest a*. fairs of its kind ever held in the The Columbia Shrine Club ai first invited Omar Tempi", with head quarters in Charies!<'!i. ,-ind Hejaz with head?iiiarters in Greenville. to have :i joint ceremonial gathering her.-. Init Hejay. could not accept the invitation. Columbia has Shrin ers in both the Temples. -??-e?c>?? London. Alig. 2.r>.?Fire started in the nu-st thickly populated sec tion of Moscow several days ago and is sill burning. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed, dis patch states. Cuba's Sugar Crop Dilemma The Industry Must Be Protec ted by the Government, or It Will Be Absorbed by Foreign Creditors Correspondence of Associated Press Havana. Cuba, July 29.?The problem confronting the Cuban government as a result of the col lapse of the sugar market is set forth by Diaro De La Marina under the heading "The Sugar Crop, a Dilemma for President Zayas" as follows: "According to the last weekly bulletin sugar production, on July 16, reached a total of 3,50S,208 (long) tons. Six huge mills in Oriente province which continue grinding will swell the total of our crop to 3,000,000 tons. '?Exports from the present crop up to July ]G were only 1.552.572 tons, compared with 2,S60,716 tons the same date last year. We have exported ;nly 4 4 per cent of the productio u against the 85 per cent of last year and we still have a stock close to 2,000,000 tons which as a result of the state of the American and other markets, it will be virtually impossible to place during tin- present year. Tne com ing crop will be started with a mar ket so saturated that the prices will be ruinous. "It appears that the United States will not need this year even 1,000,000 tons more of our supply and, as Europe with its high ex change does not care to pay cash, the sugar sales commission will not be abie to find an outlet for our surplus, which will exceed 1, 000.000 tons. "This situation presents the fol lowing dilemma: Leave the sugar industry to its own fate: allow the sugar to be sold at two cents a pound, or at the price available when a market offers itself; allow foreign creditors to acquire those sugar mills still held by Cubans: allow foreign banks and the sugar commission to sell to th ehighest bidder the sugar plantations and ha,ve, within a year. Tuba's prin cipal industry in the same state as the railways, the telephone systems, the port warehouses, etc., entirely foreign owned; or do something practical*?* have the state, comply ing with one of the highest duties for which it is created, shield this industry, as did. the German gov ernment hi former times; as Brazil did more recently with her coffee: as the 'Chilean government is doing now with tile nitrate industry. "To be or not to be: that is the question for Doctor Zayas. "To fulfill its duty and protect the sugar industry, the government must do one of two things: become the only vender in Cuba of sugar or buy a large part of the actual crop to avoid the conflict produced by excess world production. "There is no other solution.. And there is no time to waste."_ 1_1 i i Zhc Gospel of Iloucst Work, ^ .- j In the course of the long session ' of the American Federation of La- i bor at Denver there were many ? speeches on many topics. One ; speech stands out among them all, : ^re-eminent for good sense and straight thinking?that of Mr. John H. Donlin, president of the Build ing Trades department of the fed eration. It struck out manfully against the idea that has taken possession of many manufacturers, em];lovers and workingmen who are engaged in building, that graft ing and loafing, saddling the build ing industry with every kind of il legitimate cost and foolish restric tion, are somehow good for the people who make their living in the building trades. Mr. Donlin was addressing union workmen, but he devoted hir "If chiei'iy to the mistakes of laboring men in trying to see how costly and difficult they could make building. Me does not believe?as .no one eL" with common sense believes? that labor ahme is to blame. He had some hard things to say about the men who manage great indus l tries, and he said nothing that the I evider.ee brought out by the Lock wood committee's investigation in ! New Yori; does not justify. But he , did not stop with castigating the ; other side; he went on to tell his I hearers what their own duty was to their craft and to the community I of which they are a part. Here are : some of the things he said, which can be read with profit by everyone ! who is engaged in productive in dustry: j "We must excel in individual effi ciency. Cost of production tells I the tale." "Wealth cannot be distributed until it is produced; the more we produce the richer we shall be and the more a dollar will buy. The less we produce the poorer we shall j be and the less a dollar will buy." j "Labor must be paid according ; to American standards, and it must i produce accordingly. We cannot be unmindful of our responsibili ties. Capital and management must hear their share of the burden of readjustment. Labor must agree to a high minimum output for each individual. That will keep wages ! up and the cost of living down." If ! only everyone would recognize the truth of that remark! One other useful piece of advice that Mr. Donlin gave to labor was that it must stop tying up work on ! buildings when the only question at j issue is one of "jurisdiction"? j where two or more unions are dis 1 puting which shall do certain work . or how the work shall be divided I among them. None of the many/ ; annoyances that have driven I builders nearly mad is so vexatious j as that; none of the many delays i that have increased cost and dis ' ecu raged enterprise is so utterly ! without excuse as that. Mr. Donlin I is right in saying that jurisdiction ? al disputes are usually started for i reasons that will not stand exam ination by the magnifying glass.? i'fhe Youths Companion. I I j Just received a nice assortment of ! Tailored Shirt Waists, especially suited j for College Wear. These are very at ! tractive and we would suggest that yoM j make your selections early. Soft, Warm Sweater Coats for Col i lege are a Real Necessity, for Crisp Fall { Days. A?. Just received a shipment of these I popular Garments in Navy, White and i Cardinal This will be a big season for i Sweaters and it will be to your interest j to see these before sizes are broken. j Goods Company j i ] }