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November, 1922 THE ATLANTIAN 5 self, and from the standpoint of big business was by no means an ideal man for the post. Secretary McAdoo faced a problem more complicated and many sided than the Hudson tunnels. We do not re call his making much outcry over his and the country’s troubles, but he stayed by the job so faithfully and thor oughly that some classed him as a “financial wizard.” Courage, resourcefulness, a keen sense of justice, prudence, genuine patriotism, executive ability and undying tenacity won out again, and having done another great job on a Sec retary’s salary, he quietly took up the task of making a liv ing for his family. He has in eminent degree those quali ties which have made some of our best Presidents great, and if the American people should prove wise enough to put him at the head of the government, this rare combina tion of dreamer and doer would make a great President for all the People. SENATOR GEORGE Judge George has been elected by a decisive majority as Senator Watson’s successor. He is a man of character, of good ability, and attractive personal qualities. He is spoken of as a Jeffersonian Democrat, which is a sort of fetish in certain sections. Every man who believes in Democratic principles may be fairly considered a Jeffer sonian Democrat, but when it comes to the application, there are many things we must do under present conditions which Jefferson did not have to face. We prefer to think of Judge George, who has not been a professional politician, or place hunter, as a Democrat of today, wedded to sound principles in such a way as to bring the largest measure of good to the whole people. That is, after all is said, the only sort of Democracy that counts. One grows weary of the eternal threshing out of opinions. We want a faith which proves itself by its works, and from what we learn of Judge George we are impressed with the idea that he is going to be that kind of Senator. THIRTY-CENT COTTON The shortage in the cotton supply of the world is begin ning to be apparent even to the unthinking. To keep the world properly supplied calls for an American crop around 12 million bales on an average. Last year we fell short, but the European monetary difficulties, necessitating a rigid economy, coupled with the carry-over from previous years, saved the day for the consumers. Another short crop in America has brought us face to face with the fact that for the next season there will be no carry-over, and, however sparingly people may buy, we are going to face the end of the present season with the world bare of raw cotton. The situation developing from this condition is going to be too difficult for the gamblers, those parasitic enemies of the cotton growers more deadly than the boll weevil, to handle as they have heretofore done. Resulting from a naked world, and an insufficient sup ply, the harassed cotton growers will have for once the chance to recoup a small part of their losses, and the extent to which they will recoup the losses of the past two years will be governed by their ability to sit steady and sell spar ingly. If they can and will do that, they will see thirty-cent cotton and thereby put several hundred millions in their pockets. The mills are making great profits. Even the present prices of manufactured cotton will justify 30 cents for the raw material. Present conditions demand and justify for the cotton growers of the South the solid support of every bank, every merchant, every cotton dealer and every cotton mill in the South. If every interest in the South will unite in this emergency and get behind the men who have been so sorely stricken in the last two years we will see the South, by the time we begin to harvest another cotton crop, 500 million dollars better off than it is today* and any man who, in this emergency, holds back for any reason what ever, is, to put it mildly, the sort of citizen who is not a credit to any country. THE NEXT CONGRESS A great work lies before the next Congress. How it will be done only the future can tell. The present Congress has been an overwhelming failure. If the next Congress should remain Republican by a big margin we can expect nothing for the public as a whole, but much for the exploiting section for the dominant party will accept the public support as an endorsement of the rot ten failures and shortcomings of the past two years. If on the other hand the present dominant party, should retain power by a narrow margin, the era of explanations, of hedging, of passing the buck, will set in, and the results of that era will demonstrate whether it is possible to fool all the people all the time, One thing stands out like a sore thumb, the Republican party, as at present organized and dominated, must go if all the people are to be gainers by government. There are some favorable signs. The machine has had some hard knocks from within, and if enough of the new leaven can get into the new Congress to exert a real influence we may see some change for the better. As long as the reactionary element can control through such men as Lodge, Smoot, Frelinghuysen and men of that type, we have nothing to expect. One cannot help feeling that the Democrats are making a mistake in trying to beat men like Pinchot, BrOokhart, Howell and Frazier, instead of remaining passive in those states and allowing the Progressives to walk over the standpatters. It is not so much the party label that counts as the character, views and principles of individual men and just so long as we tie on to the party labels, regardless of individuality, just so long must we pay the price.