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CEDARTOWN STANDARD Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown and Polk County Volume 36. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, August 3d, 1922. Number 28. SENATOR HARRIS TIMELY SPEECH On Live National Topics Delivered before Legislature. the As a member of the Immigration Committee I have supported efforts to stop all immigration for five years. The American Legion endorsed that policy, and after my resolution to that effect was defeated I proposed the amendment to the present law to extend the 3 per cent quota restric tion law until June 30, 1924, pend ing the enactment of permanent re strictive measures. The House pass ed the hill extending the law only un til 1923, when Congress would not be in session and the steamship com panies would have brought over mil lions before another law could be en acted, but my amendment prevented this. The Committee on Territories handles all legislation affecting our insular possessions, and in order that I might have information at the source, nt my own expense I visited Hawaii and the Philippines. I went from there to China and Japan, where the South exports so much cottdn" and cotton goods. Soon after I entered the Sennte I learned that the Meat Packer Trust was discriminating against the pea- nut-fed hog in Georgia and the South. The Senate adopted my res olution to investigate the alleged dis crimination, and the Department of Agriculture is continuing an inves tigation to determine all phases of the relation of the peanut-fed hog to the so-called hard hog. When this investigation first began they were paying from 3 to 7 cents less for peanut-fed hogs than those fed on corn in the North and West,but now the difference is much less. I shall continue until there is no discrim ination, and I hope my work has sav ed the hog-rais(*rs much. Amendments to the appropriation bills for the Department of Agricul ture, which I offered and supported, have made it possible to fight the peach pests by establishing an exper iment station at Fort Valley; estab lishing peach, watermelon and can teloupe marketing stations at Thom- asville and Macon; establishing a tobacco experiment station at Tifton; starting pecan experimental work in the Albany section, and establishing a boll weevil experiment station at Eatonton. As a member of the sub committee framing this legislation I have supported items to fight the boll weevil; develop the cultivation of peanuts, sweet potatoes and other crops. The Department is now ex perimenting on Georgia cane syrup to stop the fermentation which in jures the sale and prevents a higher price. At my solicitation the Sec retary of Agriculture sent experts to Georgia from the Market Bureau to -co-operate with the Market Bureau of the Georgia Agricultural Depart ment and the State College of Ag riculture. The Esch-Cummins bill, practical ly guaranteeing the railroads an an nual earning of 6 per cent, was pass ed by a Republican Congress. I vo ted against the bill. Under the law the Interstate Commerce Commission raised freight rates at a time when agriculture and nearly all industries ^ere at a standstill and prices so low that the increased rates made ship ments prohibitive, which paralyzed all industry. I was the first Senator to pr*tdst against the high rates, and I have constantly urged lower freight and pnssenger rates to help business as well as railroads. When the rail roads made a 10 per cent reduction in rates on certain agricultural duets*aonie time ago, they did not TrL elude watermelons which,as you know is a large industry in our State. I took the matter up immediately with the Commission, and they agreed to include watermelons in the reduction. The railroad rates are still too high. Business and the roads will suffer un til the rates are low enough to allow the farmer, lumberman and manufac turer a fair profit, which will encour age him to make more shipments, thereby benefiting the producer as well as the railroads. Since the close of the Civil War the South has been discriminated a- gainst in many ways by the Federal Government. Take the matter of freight rates from the Middle West to the Southeastern ports, including Savannah and Brunswick. The rates were much higher for the same dis tance than the rates to New York and the Eastern ports for years. I join ed with other Southern Senators, and we had this great injustice remedied, but the Eastern ports are now at work trying to bring back the old situation. The South is discriminated against in the matter of open freight rates on cotton and other products. For three years ,, 4^have co-operated with other Southern Senators in an effort to stop this injustice. Ocean freight rates from New York and Eastern ports to South America and through the Panama Canal t<5 China and Ja pan are the same as the rates from Savannah and Brunswick, which arc 000 miles nearer. But when we ship cotton, naval stores and other pro ducts to Liverpool and other Euro pean ports, they charge us more than from New York. This discrimina tion is inexcusable and should be stopped. When the Muscle Shoals proposi tion was before the Senate last year, I offered an amendment providing that nitrates made at the plant dur ing peace times should be sold to the farmers at cost, and that they should be given the preference in purchas ing. In our State alone we have used in one year more than $50,000,- 000 of fertilizers. If this plant should bo developed as proposed, it would save the fnrmers of Georgia more than $12,000,000 a year on the cost of fertilizers in my judgment, which is equal to the total annual expense of our State government, including Confederate pensions and common schools. The Federal Farm Loan Banks, created under the Wilson administra tion, loan money to farmers nt a cheaper rate of interest and for a longer term than the private loun companies. The privato companies were anxious to stop these banks,and they went into Court to test their le gality. It was enrried to the United States Supreme Court, and for more than a year while the case was pend ing the Farm Loan Banks could not sell their bonds to get money to loan. This worked a great hnrdship on those f who had lost so much in the two years ' following the war. When the Su-1 preme Court upheld the hnnks, many believed and still feel that the Farm Loan Board was not mnking loans as i fast as they should have done. I conferred with them time and again , and urged against delay, as our neo- \ pie were suffering. I took the mat- , tor up with the agricultural bloc und we passed resolutions urging haste. I was appointed chairman of a commit tee to confer with the Board. The other members of the committee were Senator Fletcher of Florida, the au thor of the Act creating these banks, and Senator Kenyon, chairman of the agricultural bloc. Georgia has receiv ed more money from these banks than any State in the Southeast, the total to date being $11,999,835. (Continued on 3d Page.) ‘RIP VAN WINKLE’ IS COMING HERE STRIKE SITUATION IN A DEADLOCK Kiwanis Club to Presen a Good There is nothing as popular in the ^ray of an entertainment in Cedar- town as a home talent production. There is a good reason for this, of course, in the fact that they are al ways good, and people know before hand that, they are going to be worth seeing, while a chance has to be taken on traveling troupes. One of the best of the many fine ones staged here will be “Rip Van Winkle,” the famous story of Wash ington" Irving which was dramatized and in which the great Jefferson starred for so many years. The Jef fersonian version will be presented here Fridny evening, the 11th inst., at the Lyceum Theater, with an ex cellent local cast. Mr. J. F. Wakefield, a capable and experienced theatrical director and producer, will be in charge of the en tertainment. He comes highly rec ommended by a number of Southern cities. Why It Is Given. There is a particularly good reason why this entertainment is being giv en, aside from the fact that Mr. Wakefield has come at a time when everyone feels the need of “some thing different,” and that reason is this: The Kiwanis Clubs of Georgia are engaged in the laudable work of fin ishing and furnishing the “Georgia Bay” in the memorial building at Valley Forge. When Hon. Chas. Adamson, of Cedartown, visited the place, he found that all of the thir teen original Colonies had complet ed their work of representation ex cept Georgia. The now Empire State of the South was only a struggling colony in Revolutionary days, but played an important part in the war that brought American freedom, and all Georgians must feel that our Stato is in a false position until we t Popular Attraction for Cause. see that she is properly represented ( with her sister States in this me- j mortal. ■ Mr. Adamson, a patriotic adopted son of Georgia, with his accustomed liberality at once gave $500 for an appropriate tablet there and came home with a determination to see Gobrgia was properly represented by tho completion of her Bay. He raised some money by contributions from Georgia manufacturers, and then took the matter up with the State Kiwanis organization. It was prompt ly adopted, and each Kiwanis Club was given its quota to raise. .The Cedartown Club has nearly $400 as its share, and a good proportion of this amount will be raised by “Rip Van Winkle.” So, you see, you nre not merely in vited to attend n renlly enjoyable performance, but to also help in a matter that should appeal to the State pride of each and every one of Chief Justice Fish The Play. “Here’s to your good health, and may you live long and prosper 1” It was worth good money to hear Jefferson say this in his inmitable manner, and it is going to be worth your while to hear “Rip” say it next week Friday evening. “Rip Van Winkle” is a play that all have either heard or read about, and tho production here with tho electrical effects of tho storm and the rising sun on the awakening of old “Rip” after his twenty years of sleep, is something no one should miss seeing. Mr. Wakefield will play the part of j “Rip,” and the rest of the cast will i bo well selected, and will be announc ed in full next week. The play will bo presented in four acts and six scenes, and you can 1 count on two hours of genuine en-! joyment. Rnv it in Cedartown. Over Big Question of Seniority for the Striking Rail Shop Men. All questions connected with the strike of railway shopmen could now be easily settled but for the question of seniority. They could and should have been amicably settled by some common sense diplomacy on both sides before the strike, and then there would have been no bothersome question of seniority. But both capital and labor have men in high power who have no con sideration for anybody but them selves, and as a result both sides are losing heavily every day and an in nocent public is mnde to suffer heav- ily. The strike of the rail shop men is in its fifth week, and most of the railroads of the country are filling the places of the strikers as rapidly as possible. On the Central no effort has yet been made to fill the places left by the men when they walked out four weeks ago last Saturday, the author ities hoping that the strike would be settled and the men take their old places without loss of seniority. The road and its men have always gotten along well together, and the places have been hhld open for the latter’s return. President Winburn gave no tice last week, however, that he had waited as long ns was reasonable and possible, and notified the men that if they did not go back to work Monday their places would be filled. The men asked a delay until today, in tho hope that the trouble might be adjusted, and ho gladly granted their request. President Harding last week mnde the Government’s position perfectly clear that it hnd no intention of forc ing the men to work, but that every man had a right to work if he wished were held Tuesday, at which proposi tions were made for settlement. The deadlock arises from the fact that the roads consider it their duty to stand by the men who have stood by them tho past month, while the strik ers insist on going back to their old old places ns if nothing had happened It is to be hoped that some adjust ment can soon be mnde by which the men can go back to work . The Coal Strike. Conferences have been called for the operators and miners in the coal strike, and the general feeling is hopeful that it will soon be settled. In Chicago. We recently called attention to the difference in the high class of labor in this section as compared with that in some of the big cities. For in stance, tho street car men in Chicago quit Tuesday and left that great city to walk. Arthur Brisbane, who is an ultra organized labor sympa thizer, condemns them severely and says they have struck simply to show their power. In the meantime, a suffering pub lic lives in hope that enough wisdom may soon bo found to settle suck troubles by the use of common sensa on both sides. Notice to Farmers. The fall allotment for the Cedar town National Farm Loan Associa tion has been received. In so far aa possible applications already mada will be taken care of in the order of their filing, and now ones within tha allotment on the same principle of priority. Applications' should be filed at tba earliest possible moment, and must . , * . .. | be in to receive attention not later t« do K„ «nd that the Government j thlm A 20th> would nrotect him to tho utmost in i HOMER WATKINS Sec. and Treaa. would protect him to the utmost in that right. At the call of President Harding, meetings of rail owners and workers Use Polk county products. Palace Theater -6 ONE DAY ONLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 7. Schedule, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9.30. Admission, 15 and 30c, TAX INCLUDED. Gordon Lee Here. Makes Announcement Chief Justice William H. Fish, of the Supreme Court of Georgia hn.s made his announcement for re-elcc- Fish Hon. Gordon Lee, the Seventh’s honored Congressmen, was here for a few hours yesterday. The House has adjourned for a few weeks, and ; tion to thnt hi K h office. Jud he is taking advantage of the oppor- Ra y H: tunity to make a hurried visit to | To the People of Georgia: home folks. • j I «m a candidate to succeed my- Polk county people generally are ! Relf aK Chief Justice of the Supreme glad indeed that Mr. Lee has no op- Court of Georgia, subject to tho position for re-election this year. Democratic primary of Sept. 13th. The longer he stays in Washington j My dutieH nre RUt . h that I will not the better he can serve our people, i be a ble to make an active campaign and they hope he will continue to f or re-election. My entire time is serve them for many years. / j taken up by the requirements of my - . | position, and therefore I have little Enjoyable Reunion* j time to look after my own interests. .* | j w jjj ^ rea tiy appreciate your influ- The beautiful and hospitable home ence and support, and assure you if of Mr. C. N. Waits, of Buncombe j re-elected I will endeavor to give you district, was the scene of a delightful t he same faithful service that I have gathering yesterday. Mr. Waits is a j rendered in the past. Being in per- “past master” in tte fine art of con- f ec t health, with my long experience cocting a Brunswick stew, and he out- j fcel that j can (lo more efficient did hmself on this occasion. And he 1 wor j { than ever before, lives in one of the best neighborhoods j j wi n regard another endorsement in the county, and his neighbors and from yqu as a crowning honor of a their wives were there with big has- . jjf e 8 p C nt practically in your service, kets of good things—enough for a ] Respectfully, crowd twice as large as tho two hun- ; y WILLIAM H. FISH, dred who were there. i •» Rubber Tires. I A Sudden Death. v, ‘rrr: Best Goodyear Wing Rubber Tires . Mr. Colley pledger, . an excellent! put on your buggy for $11. Work young farmer of •Blooming Grove dis- j guaranteed. A. L. WEAVER, Rfd 3, • trict, died ’suddenly Tuesday morfc- i - at Sutton’s Mill. j ng. When he awoke he complained of ♦ ;— t— I not feeling well, and after breakfast; ^The Prettiest Girl in Dixie” will when he took the cow to pasture, he j be presented by local talent under stayed so long that his wife became j the auspices of the Woman’s Mission- uneasy and went to look for him, j ary Societies of the First Methodist finding his dead body in a little gully. • church Tuesday evening, the 15th The bereaved-family have much sym- ( inst. pa thy in their loss. i iWW? THE GREATEST PICTURE OF ALL “Let’s Go Smiling Through 1922.