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JEWEL BLAMES LABOR BOARD AND ROADS - >fl e a d of Striking! Shopmen Replies to j ; President; H?rding'sj S t r i k e Proclama-1 tion ' ! - ! Chicago. July 13. ? .Railway I executives, union leaders and mem- j bers of the railroad labor board j apparently suspended peace activi-i ties temporarily today. The gov- ! -ernment is prepared to take action | '/^o insure a movement of trains,! and injunctions against strikers j hare been issued- -in Arkansas and j Illinois. Small. outbreaks dotted j the strike map today, >but the situ- j nation as a -whole wai Quiet. -?rv Chicago. July 13.-^-B. M. Jewell, ] head of the striking nilroad shopmen, today sent a "telegram to "President Harding replying to the president's prccla&fcrathon on the i strike situation and, opening a new phase of the grievances of the striking shopmen^ . The. telegram which was signed also by the pres-; Idents of six 'shop crafts, said the j men walked out because the wages - fixed by the labor board were in ) violation of the provisions of the j transportation act; and because of! violation of the labor board's po- j sitions by the railroads. ' The strik- j ers.insisted that interruption of; commerce or interference with [ mails would be caused by any un lawful act by shopmen. START FIGHT FOR TARIFF ON COTTON! Duty of Seveir?eiits a Pound ; on Egyptian Cotton is j Adopted "Washington, July. 12.?Complet- ; ing consideration of committee j amendments to . the agricultural i schedule after two weeks' work, the senate launched "> today, into what promises to be. a several weeks' fight'over tariff dutf.es on ; textiles?cotton. <wool, linen-and' silk.. .The cotton schedule was the \ first in order but only one amend.- \ ment was disposed of, this provid ing for a duty of seven cents, a pound on Egyptian cotton, design . .ed' to protect the growers of long staple cotton in Arizona and South em California. K A flood of amendments tc some sections of this schedule were of fered by Senator -Smoot. Republi can, of Utah on behalf of the finance committee- majority these . representing the work of the com mittee in rewriting rates. Senator j . Smoot explained that the reduc: tions approximated -.4 per cent on ; thread and fabrics and'Snuch larg er decreases in. the duties on ho siery and gloves; representing a cut of 50 pr cent, rc* the case of cheap- j er'grades of gloves. Under questlouing * from the ; : j^emjotrr?tic s&e\i Senator Smoot | said the committee majority also j would pre pose some reductions on i woolen goods, but said that these! could not exceed more than 5 per; cent. A sharp controversy over: ti^. woolen schedule is forecast. T*he;7-cent a pound duty on long J , staple cotton was approved only after a long fight and unsuccess- ; ful efforts by Senators Cameron. ? Republican, and Ashurst, Demo- j cratT Arizona, to have this figure increased first to 15^ cents and j then to 10 cents. Supporting the higher rates. Senator Ashurst told | the senate that while he was'a! Democrat believing ih. the policy of {' tariff for revenue. only, he would ! be untrue to his trust if when aj protective tariff policy was to be j written into the statute books, he sat idly by and permitted discrim- i ination against the interests of his state. ? Opposing any rate on the staple, i Sentaor Stanley, Democrat, Ken-! tucky. declared that it would be aj blunder for the government to ad- i ^-ance millions to reclaim the arid : lands of the Southwest so cotton^ could be produced and then impose j a tax on all of- the people of the ! country so that, the cotton might! be grown. Thfe brought a fiery | reply from Senator Ashurst who j told of the great consumption of Eastern-made goods by the people j in the Southwest to show that re- , c?amation of the land had benefited the whole country.. Attacking the rate with charac-^lB teristic vigor. Senator Simmons of j North Carolina, the Democratic ; leader in the tariff fight, declared this was a "mere Illustration of the character of this .bifl." "Talk about the -s&irp subsidy,"* ;l he. exclaimed. "This' b^t is reek- i ing with subsidies? more in the na- j ture of gratuities than; the ship' subsidy will be. This is a subsidy '? to the growers ofJo^.OOO bales of ? cotton to be paid by the people ofj the country^nany * times over. In; the case of the ship subsidy the government collects the money and j pays it over to the ship owners : but in This case the government j would authorize and empower the \ manufacturers of .cotton goods to ! collect the subsidy from the peo- : pf?, paying over part of it to the < cotton growers of Arizona and put ting the rest in their pcekts." Washington. July 13.?Orders may be issued by the war depart- :l ment sometime today for a move- . Soest of troops to certain localities ; where disorders ha ve occitrred in j connection with the railroad striRe, | Secretary Week's indicated at one I o'clock as he left th*' White House after a conference with the presi d^nt on the situation. m* ? ? ??? Tf m?>ney is a fsnrjie. fther*' is a GERMANY j MAKES PLEA OF BANKRUPTCY Reparations Commis sion Informed That No Payments Can Be Made For Three Years Paris. July 12 (By the Associated Press).?Germany served notice od the aliied powers through the rep arations commission today that she could no longer meet cash obliga tions of any sort, whether growing out of the Versailles treaty stipula tions undertaken by acceptance of the London ultimatum of May 5, 1921. or arranged by the schedule of payments drawn up by the reparations commission on March ,21. 1922. The depreciation of the. mark on foreign exchanges is given as the j reason for the impossibility of j Germany to pay. and for her re quest that she be relieved of cash engagements, including the pay ment of 32.000.00a gold marks on Saturday, as well as all subsequent payments in 1922, 1923 and 1924. ' The German note submitted to the commission makes no mention of Germany's intention regarding cash payments after 1924. but asks that the negotiations for a foreign loan , interrupted at Paris last month, which Germany blames for the continued fall of the mark, be resumed at tke earliest possible date, or a financial, economic and social catastrophe in Germany is likely to develop.. The reparations commission will decide tomorrow whether Germany must meet the July 15 payments, but will make no ruling as to a further moratorium until it receiv ed the report of the committee on guarantees now in Berlin. TREATY WITH CANADA ' j ? Old .Agreement May Be Re vised in Some'Respects ' Washington, July 12.?A pro posal that the century old agree men< between the United States and.Canada rcsgarding the military and naval defenses to be maintain ed .on the international border .be revised in permanent form and in line with the agreements reached at the Washington arms limitation > conference was the chief mission here today of W. L. McKenzie King, prime minister of Canada, to confer with Secretary Hughes. A new treaty modernizing the Rush- ' Bagot agreement probably will be j negotiated between the-two coun-j tries. The agreement, which the pro- j posed ne wtreaty would- modern ize. was . proclaimed by President I Monroe in 1818 after having been ratified by the senate. It thus had all the force of ah international convention, although not drawn in the' form of a treaty. This understanding was negotiat ed by Charles Bagot, British min ister io Washington, and Richard j Rush, acting secretary of state. It j is in the form of letters exchanged ; between the negotiators on April | 28 and 29, 1819, and provides! that: The naval force to be maintained shall be confined to the following 1. vessels on each side: On Lake Ontario to one .vessel 1 not exceeding 100 tons burden and j armed with one 18 pound cannon, i On the upper lakes to two ves sels not exceeding like burden each and armed with like force. On the waters of Lake Cham plain, to one vessel not exceeding like burden and armed with like force. All other armed vessels on these j lakes shall be forthwith dismantled.] and no other vessel of war shall be j there built or armed. If ei ther party should be hereaf- ; ter desirous of annulling this stip- j ulation and should give notice to; that effect to the other party, it { shall cease to be binding after the j expiration of six months from the; date of such notice. The naval force so to be limited shall be restricted to such service I ?s will, in no respect, interfere j with the proper duties of the arm ed vessels of the other party. The document is held to stand i as the only forerunner in history] of the naval limitation agreements) reached in the recent Washington j treaty and has stood the test of years without being challenged. SPECIAL REPORT ON BOLL WEEVILS - j Department of Agriculture S Will Give Information inj August Cotton Statistics Washington, July 12.?A special report .by the department of agri culture as to the damage wrought In the cotton states by the boll j weevil will be made under a reso tution by Senator Smith (Demo-} erat) of South Carolina, adopted i today by the senate. The infor- j mation is to be given in the August j cotton crop report of the depart- ! ment. The secretary of agriculture is j directed under th?* Smith resolu- \ tion to confer with agricultural commissions, county agents and others in the cotton belt and ob tain information regarding the area of weevil infested fields and j also estimates of th* money dam age. The information is to be pub- j lished in detail by states. Pew things in the world taste! as j good as they look, and it may be ? that this is true of flappers, also, j m? m> m> Th** farmer along the lower Mis- j issippi e:in understand why North got dnink short rj after the flood. ' MR. WANNAMAKER'S ANALYSIS OF GOVERN MENT COTTON REPORT! * ? - ?' i i . (- j Points Out Important Changes Which Must! Be Made in Gathering Statistics of Grow ing Crop.?1922-3 Crop Will Not Go Over Nine Million Bales I <Augusta Chronicle). Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, of St. Matthews. S. C.< president of the American Cotton Association, was in Augusta recently. Discuss ing the cotton outlook, he gave an interesting analysis of the Fed eral Crop Reporting Bureau re port and made suggestions of im portant changes in the bureau's methods. "The severe and drastic changes which have fallen to the lot of the cotton growers during the past two years must be more fully recogniz ed by all agencies issuing crop re ports," he said. "The cotton in dustry of the United States is im periled by the wide infestation of the boll weevil, and normal farm Dperations are severely handicapped by the intense financial depres sion of. the growers. "The heavy -infestation of de structive, insects, the cost of the purchase and application of insec ticides, the small use of commer cial fertilizers in the old cotton states, and the non-purchase of young mules throughout the cotton be?t for the past two years, are all economic factors which must be seriously considered in diagnosing the present cotton situation by gov ernmental and private statistical agencies. "It is admitted by the govern ment and pr|vat% investigators that weevil infestation is heavier and more widespread dver the belt this season, than one ye'ar ago, while the had financial condition of the rarmerg is practically the same. "On Julv 3. the crop reporting bureau made the Jtpe condition figures 71.-2. as . against 69.2 for the same period one year ago. The May condition report 'was 69.6 per cent, which indicates an improve ment i during the month of June in the growing csrop of only 1.6 per cent, or a net loss of 5.7 per cent less than the general average con dition for that month. June al ways shows the maximum condition of the crop with a gradual loss in condition during the balance of the growing season. With a fore cast of 152.2 pounds of lint cotton per acre in the June condition re port of 1921, the actual yield of the crop for that year was found to bs only 124.5 pounds of lint per acre. "Condition, of the crop now is ! practically the same as one year, ago, with weevil infestation much heavier. If the same conditions prevail for the balance of the sea son as was the .case in 1921. in stead of a crop of 11,065.000 bales as now forecasted by the bureau, the final yield would not exceed 9. O?O.000 bales of cotton on the es timated increase, of the cotton acreage. There is practically no hope for a normal yield of cot ton this year based upon the pres ent condition of.tfee crop, heavily infested with weevils and the lim ited use of commercial fertilizers. "The heaviest . percentage of abandoned acreage-, after planting each season takes places during the months of May and June. The abandoned acreage. therefore, should be ascertained and publish ed July 1st or not later than Aug ust 1st each year, to show the amount of cotton acreage actual ly in cultivation. To postpone publishing this important informa tion until the December revision of acreage renders its market value worthless to 'the growers or any department, of the cotton trade. The bureau report issued in July estimates only the increase or de crease in the area planted to cot ton, and takes no note of>the per centage of abandoned area after planting. The abandoned cotton acreage since 1915 has each year approximated 3 1-2 per cent of the total planted, as shown by the fol lowing data: Tear. ?Acreage? Planted. Abandoned. 1916 . 36.052,000 1.067.000 1917 . 34,925,000 1.084.000 191S._ 37.207,00"<> 1.199.000 1919.35,133.000 1.567.000 1920. 37,043.000 1,165.000 1921 _. 31.678,000 1.169,000 "It is conceded that nearly all of the abandoned acreage occurs in May and June, hence to post pone this information to Decem ber postpones a most important feature of the growing crop. The association has vigorously protest ed against such postponement and is urging the support and influ ence of southern senators and con gressmen to induce the crop re portin.?,' bureau to show the percen tage of abandoned acreage this season in the August 1st report cov ering the July condition of the crop. "Dr. R H. Coad. chief of the federal boll weevil laboratory at Tallulah. La., and leading author ity on weevil poisons, stales that the total amount of calcium arsen ate bought by farmers this season amounts to about 12,000,000 pounds. Figuring four pounds of calcium arsenate per acre for*each application and a minimum of five applications through the season, this allows 20 pounds for each acre treated. l( can be readily seen that the available supply of cal cium arsenate this year will only be sufficient to treat 600,000 acres of cotton, against more than 34. OOO.OOO u< rt>s planted, 95 per cent of the total area under cultivation being infested with weevils. "It is conceded by all the gov ernment experts, after years of constant experiment*, that the cal cium arsenate treatment in pow dered form is the only reliable specific against the weevils so far discovered. It is expected that the demand for calcium arsenate in; 1923 wHl be fully 25,000,000 j pounds. In this connection, it is; j noted that the pending tariff bill in j ' congress provides'" a J protective [duty on imported raw arsenic of: j 25 cents p?r pound, which, added ! to. the increasing demand . in the j cotton belt, will greatly advance j j prices to the farmers unless pro- j I tective cooperation is given by the j j federal and state governments be- j ?fore another crop is planted, j "The total amount of calcium j jarsenate used throughout the en-; j tire cotton belt this year is not suf- j } fieient to properly treat one-third I j of the cotton area planted in! South Carolina alone. It is quite! j evident, therefore, that unless the j weather is dry and hot sunshine I prevails over the cotton belt dur- j j ing July and August there is no possible hope to check the destruc tive ravages of the weevil. ! "After more than a year of per jsistent efforts.by the American i Cotton Association, the outlook is I now most favorable to secure re- j j liable data on the stocks and grades j ' of cotton held in storage at stated I i periods each year, j "Senator Wm. J.- Harris, of j Georgia, has introduced a bill in j the senate authorizing the census bureau to count the tenderable and untenderable grades of cotton held in the United States and to as certain the same information rela tive to cotton supplies in foreign countries through the co-operatfon of American consuls and other agencies. This information will be gathered and published on Sep tember 1. December, and March I of each year. Secretary Hoover, of the department of commerce, and Director Stewart, of the cen sus bureau, have given definite ap I proval to the bill, which will doubt | less be enacted into law in the ; near future. Cotton growers will' j be informed each year as to the j supplies of raw cotton on hand, j. throughout the world so as-to bet ter regulate the acreage to be planted in the spring, and similar information on September 1 will determine the best methods of mar j keting. Furthermore, the cotton ! exchanges will be restricted to the supplies of tenderable cotton on futures contracts, instead of count ing all kinds of cotton in the sup plies, as' has been the custom here ; tofore. I "In view of the great uncertainty I as to the correct cotton acreage 1 planted, due to the many revisions ! of the acreage last year, and "the wide discrepancy in the July and December acreage statistics.of 1921, congress is being urged to appro priate funds and authorize the cen sus bureau to take a census of the i cotton acreage planted in 1.922, and j to provide for such a census every (five years hereafter." ANOTHER BONUS GRAB i . - ? : Washington. July 12.?Repre j sentative Upshaw of Georgia is I backing a bill in congress. the j purpose of which is to extend fin ' ancial aid to relatives of.victims of j the Knickerbocker Theater disas i tcr. It will be recalled that Repre I sentative Upshaw's neice was one ; of the victims and one of the ; heroines of the tragedy. I With most sincere respect for the I grief which all who had relatives I and friends in this surpassing hor i ror have"* suffered, it seems wise to ? ! point out that there is no more! j reason for the United States treas- j i ury to ccme to the relief of the sur- i j vivors of this* tragedy than to help j j those who were bereaved in the j Iroquois Theater disaster in Chi ! eago or ihe General Slocum holo- i ; cause in Xew York. On the the- i ; ory that the United States might! ? have prevented the Knickerbocker j ; disaster by a better, larger or more ] ! adequate building department in ! I the city government of Washing-; ? ton. D. C. the unthinking may find i ! some support for this proposed! I measure. But why not say that i the United States should have aj j theater inspection service which isi 1 nation wide? And even if it had' i such a service, why consider that ; ; any theater failure calls for gov-1 I ernment funds for survivors? Wei i have an interstate commerce com-! ! mission with an accident investiga- | j tion department, but we don't pay; i damages to relatives of railroad I I disaster victims. We. have a steam- j ; boat inspection service, but no rel- i j ative of the General Slocum vie- j j tims received aid from the treas-i j ury. j j The United States is not an in-' r-.urance company. It pays pensions, j ! rightly, to its own servants: it j 1 aids rightly, its own soldiers and I sailors: but that it should relieve! : distress of the relatives of the vie-j j tims of non-governmental trage-j j dies is hardly a defendabic pro-] posal. i 4t m ~ Oroville. Cal.; July 1*3.?Xumcr-J I ous strike-breakers and guards 'were injured, several seriously. I when about 7.". men. speeding into i j town early today in automobiles, j charged the Western Pacific round-i j house here. Th?- attacking party j Ithen motored away. Four guards.. I who are missing, are believed tOj ; have been kidnapped." I Nothing agrees with a grouch, J ; not even what he eats. People not only liv*> in their an- ; t?-s. but speeders die in them. J germany to make plea for relief; Representatives Confer With ! Allied Leader Over Finan- j cial Matter Pari--, July 10.?The two repse-j sentatives of the German Govern- j ment, Dr. Fischer, chairman of the German War Debts Commission, j and Herr Schrceder. Under-Secre- j tary of Finance, during the course Of a three hours' conference this ! afternoon informed . M. Dubois, president of the reparations com mission, that the financial situa tion of Germany had reached such a condition that the" cash payments of the indemnity would soon be come impossible. i While the Germans did not for- j mally request a moratorium, they ? made it plain to M. Dubois, and | later to each of the members of j the commission that Germany felt j that such relief would be the only i way out of her difficulties. M. Dubois and the others of the commission listened to the German representatives and asked many J questions, but reserved their deci- I sion until a later date, after the | commission has formally received Germany's request and given it full consideration. The commission will meet tomorrow to discuss the>; new crisis and it is probable that I Dr. Fischer will have further in formal conversations with the members. Herr Schroeder has asked Berlin for instructions, and ! may return* to Germany tomor- ! row. May Request Moratorium. It is explained that the Ger- i mans do not seem to know just j what was wanted, but among the tentative proposals they had with j them was one calling for payment j of the remaining cash installments ! this year by means of a loan, pro-/ J \ided a moratorium of at least two years was granted. Without a j moratorium a loan could not be j raised, the Germans explained. ?The visit of the German repre sentatives : of the commission was described in reparations eircles as "a breaking of ground," which might lead to a general considera tion of the whole reparations questions, provided the Allied coun- ; tries are willing to discuss the j question of Allied debts without participation of the United States, j There is a feeling that in view of j the forthcoming Congressional ; elections the United States would { not now participate in any general | consideration of the Allied debts [ which might have for its purpose j cancellation of the debts or indefi- J nite postponement of their repay- j ment. and some of the experts take the view that the Allies should go | ahead without the United States. a law i enforcing governor; Wilson G. Harvey is Making! a Record and Winning! General Commendation Columbia, July 11.?Governor! Harvey is being warmly commend- 1 ed by friends throughout the state j for his firm stand for law enforce- j ment and the conservative use of} the governor's pardon power.) Fresh commendations * are being j receive! on his statement of Mon day regarding the handling of \ state constables and the co-oper- j ation of magistrates in the en- j forcement of laws. The governor proposes to use , the state constabulary as a i "floating constabulary." sending the nine officers to various parts of j the state at different times, in-1 stead of having them stationed, as how, in a certain territory, where I they become known to law violar tors and where law violators be- j come expert in the art of dodging ! them. Regarding: the magistrates, the j governor points out that these oZ- j ficiais can do much towards bring- j ing about an enforcement of laws,! in co-operating to the fullest .with j the constables, state and local. He says he has a high regard j for the. magistrates, most of! whom are men of good character. ? but he has seen cases where the I fullest co-operation was not ex excised. For instance, he said, it! is possible for a constable to go! to a magistrate's office and secure] a warrant for the arrest of a man j who is selling liquor, and before the constable gets from the mag- j istrate's office to the place where ! i he proposes to serve the warrant. | the law violator has been notified j and has changed his base and de stroyed all evidence of guilt. "If I find any examples where I magistrates are not affording full \ Cooperation. 1 propose to investi- ! gate them, even to the point of re yoking commissions, if this be i necessary." the governor stated j yesterday. The governor recently received a j strong commendation from the ; mayor of a small town in the low- j er half of the state, thanking him ] for his quick action in suppress- I ing lawlessness in that town. The governor called in a state con- ! stable and sent him to the little town, with orders to arrest the j persons guilty of the law viola- I tions reported by the mayor of the j town. The constable went and his arrival, unannounced, caused con-j sternation in the town. The law violators <vere arrested, and the mayor now writes the governor that conditions are noticeably im- j proved as a result of the prompt action. The governor says the cost of the state constabulary and the re j suits do not check up, and unless there is improvement, he will pat all of the constables on the "'float ing'' schedule. Satiety and piety have much the same sound, and that isn't all thev haw- ui common. ? WE ARE MARCHI POVERTY <Manufacturers Record). Railroad .traffic, outside of coal, is steadily increasing. Railroads are buying rolling . stock more freely than for some years. The pig iron market is several dollars a ton higher than it was a few months ago. Lumber is advancing and is in big demand. Construc tion activities in the building of dwellings, apartment houses, schools and churches, hotels and. office structures, and even in some eases, industrial plants, have chang ed wonderfully for the better. From the stagnation of twelve months ago there is in these lines of in dustry unusual activity. Even a railroad strike would not prove permanently harmful as it' would result in an overwhelming defeat for the striken-. The advance in the price of farm ?products has lifted a tremendous load from the agricultural inter ests of the entire nation.* From the low prices brought about by de flation, cotton and; wheat and corn and other farm products have advanced more nearly to a living basis for the'farmer. > The reduction of interest rates forced upon the Federal Reserve Banks by the constant pressure of the Administration, and the easing up of credits, ; has -wonderfully stimulated many lines of work. Bankers who a year ago were re fusing to make loans, or if they made them were . charging high rates of interest and making the borrowers in many cases sit on the "mourner's bench" as though they were committing a crime in seek ing to borrow money,\re now seek ing borrowers. ^ There is no more money in the country than there was then to cause this change. .We have a lit tle .more gold than we neeed, and all that has brought about this change is an easing up of credits and a lowering of the rate of in terest. Broadly speaking, there is not/ today any more reason why money should be easy than there was twelve months ago, put under the pressure of the administration, Secretary Mellon, and Comptroller Crissinger, the folly and the wick edness of the deflation campaign of the Federal Reserve Board has' been reversed. * Throughout the l$nd the spirit of pessimism is being succeeded by optimism. Everywhere men are realizing .thata new day has dawn ed in the management of the Fed eral Reserve System,. and that Gbvernor.Harding and his cohorts, can no longer absolutely dominate the financial policy of this coun try. ' This in itself is a blessing of ?ritold value to every ..'interest in the country, mercantile, manufac turing and agricultural. Where a year ago we' were short of money, (at least the bankers were so telling the public), we now find such an apparently unlimited supply of funds that issues of in dustrial and railroad and munici-. pal and foreign bonds are eagerly grabbed and- almost instantly ab sorbed out of the market and put away in strong boxes. The soutlrfs sperding $100,009, 000 .on - new school buildings, and $25,000,000^ on chureh 'structures, and more millions than ever be fore on other lines of. construe-, tion work, especially on highways. And this is only typical ? of .what is going on in all parts of the land. Recessions thpre may be from time to time, but the gradual trend is. upward and onward.. , i The mountain climber, scaling; the 'dizzy heights of some high | mountain, looking upward to the j peak feels that he has made no' advance:' but, when he reaches; some vantage point and turns around and . looks to the valley from which he has climbed he willi find that he has made great pro; j gress, and with renewed vigor and fresh courage will press onward to the summit. So the business interests of thei country, climbing out of the Val-| ley of Desolation and the Sjloughj of Despond, looking upward to the high summit of Abounding Pros perity from which they were kick ed by the Federal Reserve Board, feel that they have not accom plished much. But if they will stop for a moment and turn their eyes' So the long journey which has been made from the Valley of Poverty and Desolation they will realize that they have accomplish ed wonderful things and like the mountain climber will catch new inspiration, new energy, and go for ward unt'} we reach the summit Of abounding * prosperity. Then that superb, all-emoracing prosperity of 1919 and the early part of 1920 will be more than duplicated, and every man will find an abund ance of employment: industry will be ta.xed to meet the increasing demand for its xmtput: men will no longer walk the streets in vain begging for work and finding it \ not: the cry of the pessimist that "there is too much businses and it must be brought back to nor mal conditions" will no longer be heard ringing through the land. as it was during 1920 when the! Federal Reserve System was guilty 1 of that crime of drastic deflation ; due to incompetence, and the in-1 ability to measure up to the re-1 sponsibliities and possibilities of j the hour. Despite all the croaking to the j effect that Europe cannot recover j from the effect of the war. there j is no question in our mind but that Europe will rebuild on the wreck and ruin wrought by the war a higher civilization and ai vastly greater business develop- j ment. Germany cries that it cannot pay its reparation biii. but this is the cry of the cringing coward: a] bully when successful, a whining cur when licked. Germany has,( ample resources with which to meet its liabilities. If France can] rebuild its fortunes, how much! more..easily van uninvaded Ger many rebuild its commercial and! industrial interests to the point' where it can meet every reparation NG FROM TO PROSPERITY i demand. Germany is unwilling to I tax its people as England and j j France are doing, but it's industrial i ! interests are humming with activity j j and making larger profits than ev er before. Austria, Poland, Czecho-Slova- j kia and Italy are all moving for- j ward to better business and finan- j cial conditions. Russia, it is true, is still in the j j power of its gang of murderers, j j But the lesson taught.yto the world j ! by Russia's bolshevistic experi- j j ments will be worth far more than: I the break down of business and of j civilization in Russia, has cost the j world. Men everywhere, in every country have heard of the unspeak i able folly and wickedness of bol shevism. Russia is & rotten corpse which will stink for generations to come in the nostrils of all civil : ization, and other countries will be [ saved from bolshevism by reason of the- lesson learned through . Russia's experience. Thus, even the collapse of Russia will eventually bring to the world a profit great er than its loss. - Turning from Europe to Asia [we see conditions presaging a new birth in China, giving assurance of a younger and more virile life in ' business than that land,:?which was old in civilization when Moses led the Children of Israel out of; Egypt-,?has ever seen. In South j America and Africa progress is be- j j ing^made. * j In this country, when'measured-i by quantity, quality and contiguity and availability of development, our resources match tfie rest of the world. Here we have an oppor tunity for development so vast, so dazzling, so world embracing m influence as to stagger the human j mine. Producing, as we a?re ?doing I more than'one-half of the coal and j ! the iron and the cotton and oil, 1 [ and many other essential products, j with nearly one-half jthe railroad j mileage, with more than one-third ! of the. world's accumulated wealth, I we have a country of. such bound j.less resources, such limitless op j portunities that there is no place Uh this land for the pessimist. From the day when Columbus {-landing in his new-found world !."blessed the cross and knelt in prayer" in thanksgiving to God j for guidaiice across the trackless J ocean, and prayer to God for the ] future of the country which he had j found, until this/hour, this nation j has bj?en led by Divine Providence. j^As a nation we have sometimes Jjstumbled, many times blundered, j and committed wh?8 might 'seem [unpardonable sins; and yet through j its' whole history we have been led t as by a Pillar*, of Fire at night and a Cloud by day. ' Ail that we have. . achieved is but the pioneering work :of opening up a continent of matchless resources! of laying, the foundation for the advnacement in material things, in ethics,, and In Christianity, which have mightily * affected the destiny of, the world, and which will more and more shape .world affairs. , Let us then rejoice in the fact -that busiress is improving, that idle ?hands are finding profitable em ployment, that poverty, no longer is to reign with a deathlike pall over the country, but that pros perity?which means better home:*, better living, better food,. better slothing, more of the comforts.and j 'joys of life to those who have suf- I fered in times past in poverty?is now in sight. Dublin, July 13.-^Michael Col lins has been appointed comman der in chief of the Irish national army, it was officially announced today. Collins. Richard Mulcahy.l and Gen. Owen O'Duffy will form ? war council in supreme, charge of militant' operations throughout the country. Physical culture in this country has progressed to the point where very few people say "a:halete." a mt ^ After all, the immodesty of the j one-piece bathing suit dep?pidsi largely on the size of the piece. The favorite summer- resort is j still the water cooler. r I CHARLESTON NAVY YARD TO BESCRAPPI? _'_ * j . 'S Washington. Jury 10.?Acting Secretary Roosevelt today: signed an order closing the navy yard at Charleston, S. C, "as soon as prae* ticable." While no date is set. it is expected that the yard will -be definitely closed by next fall. Closing of the Charleston navy yard. Mr. Roosevelt said, was de cided on as it was considered the least essential and was dependent on the state of completion of th^ gunboat Tulsa. As soon ths Tulsa is far enough along to be moved to anatfier navy yard for completion the yard may be clos-? ed. it was said-. Approximately 150 vof the cleri cal and drafting:, force and . i?0 mechanics and laborers will be af fected when the closing finally oc curs, it was,added. MEN STAY OUT ON STRIKE ? ? r Florence, July 10.?The ultunatf of the Atlantic..Coast Line was totally disregarded by'the 700 shop men who ?re on 6trike here. Not one retuerned to work this morning despite the threatened . loss of se niority righto and other privilege^' of service. "Neither the men nor the local railroad officials would make a statement today. ' Th^ shopmen's president stated, how+ ever, that reports frQui other <Jo??t, Li?e.shops -were that,the men had remained_jDUt. Pickets have been -established around the shop prem ises and the ladies* auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was today serving refreshments to the' men oh this duty. ? ?? '? , .-? Senator Smith WfflTrytoStw Navy Yard Omer Washington. Julv 10.??Senator E. D. Smith, expressed himself as greatly surprised this evening when informed^ by The News and Courier, correspondent of the, issuance of the order for the closing of th? Charleston Navy Yard. He ^ said that Secretary Denby had always j told rnixn that he knew of no in tention of this sort and that he, thV I senator, had been relying upon thie j assurance. j The senator said that if there was an exeess of navy yards, as CqL Rooseve'Jt is understood tohave d^ clared, it. would, have been tbV natural vhing to expect the closing of some of the numerous yards along the North Atlantic instead of the only one the United States 1 has South of Hampton Roads. Senator Smith was much arous* ed and expressed his intention of protesting to the Acting Secretary of the Navy against'the order and of asking its suspension. The sent a tor proposes to undertake to get in touch , with the secretary of the navy. Denby, by cable, and ask a suspension of the order if the Act ing Secretary does not show a dis position to .reopen the matter. / DIRECTS VERDICT FOR YORK WOMAN York, July 12.?A verdict of not guilty as to Mrs. Effie Hudgins was directed by Judge Frank P.> McGowan at 4 o'clock this after noon immediately after the state had closed its'testimony in the. cast, of Mrs. Hudgins and Albert Zim-i merman, charged with the murder? of the former's husband. Pink Hudgins. on the outskirts of York on the nigjtt of November 7. The motion for a directed verdict of acquittal as to the case against Mi-s. Hudgins was made by the de fendant's counsel 'on the ground that no evidence had been hatro-L. duced to conrect her with the a!-* leged crime, and though argued against by the state's attorney, was granted, and the verdict read m court, following which trial of titel case againsfc Zimmerman .proceed TOBACCO FARMERS BANNER WAREHOUSE (INDEPENDENT) Now open to receive your Tobacco to be stored, graded, tied and extend any accommodations you may want Several buyers in town who will buy now if you want to sell. Yours for service, BANNER WAREHOUSE G. E. McDANIEL, Auctioneer.. W. T. HARNSBERGER, Prop.