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THE BA1NBRIDGE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
MAY YET TAKE
MUSCLE SHOALS
SENATOR I.ADD'S BILL WOll.D
ACCEPT OFFER OF
DETROIT MAN.
Washington, July 8.—The Govern
ment would accept Ford's offer for
the purchase and lease of the Muscle
Shoals projects, Including the Gov
ernment's interests in the steam pow
er plants at Gorgus, under a bill in
troduced in the Senate today by Sen
ator Ladd, Republican, North Dakota.
The measure, Senator I .add said,
had the approval of several members
of the Senate agricultural commit
tee, of which he is a member.
The North Dakota Senator did not
reveal the name of the committeemen
who had approved the measure, but
it was known that it was acceptable
to the Democratic members. Senator
Ladd, is presenting the bill, called
attention to the expenditures made
by American farmers for nitrate im
portations from Chile, and asked the
Senate is “the farmers should con
tinue to pay more than $.‘1,000,000 an
nually when Mr. Ford offers to relieve
(thorn of these burdens at Muscle
Shoals."
Cost of Imports.
“The average importations of Chil
ean nitrate for five years, 1011-1015,
inclusive,” Senator Ladd said,
"amounted to 651,714 long tons, with
an averuge value at the Chilean port
of $17,611,007, and with nil export
dutji paid to Chile on this tonnage
amounting to $0,010,078.02. The cost
of ocean freight, insurance, commis
sions, etc., on this five-year perior of
Chilean nitrate importations can be
conservatively estimated at $10 u ton,
making a total of $20,030,815.02.
"Of this tonnugc, during this pe
riod, there was consumed ns a fer
tilizer, by the farmers, about 260,000.
tons.
“Chilean nitrate carries about 15
per cent, of nitrogen plant food or
fixed nitrogen, and this 250.000 tons
of Chilean nitrate used during this
five-year period, therefore, yielded to
to the farmers 40,000 tons of nitrogen
plant food or fixed nitrogen.
Henry Ford's Agreement.
“Mr, Ford, in his final offer of May
30, expressly agrees and binds himself
throughout the lease period to man
ufacture nitrogen and other commer
cial fertilizers, mixed or unmixed,
and with or without filler, according
to demands, and these fertilizers pro
duced iluing the lease period shall
have a nitrogen content of at least
40,000 tons of fixed nitrogen, und
therefore Mr. Ford agrees to produce
fixed nitrogen at Muscle Shoals equal
to the fixed nitrogen contained in that
portion of Chilean nitrate used by the
fanners in the five-year period, 1011-
1015, inclusive, and it will require
490,000 horsepower to produce this
amount of fixed nitrogen, namely 40,-
relWi tons, and 200,000 horsepower will
produce as much fixed nitrogen as was
* carried in the total ini|H>rtntions dur
ing the five-year period, 1011-1916,
inclusive.
“Shall the farmer* continue to pay
more than $3,000,000 annually export
duty to Chile for nitrates, plus ocean
freight, commissions, insurance, etc.,
iwbrn Mr. Ford offers to relieve the
fanners of these burdens at Muscle
Shoals?”
I arte r, Senator Ladd said he believed
the Ford proposal would offer the
best, returns to the country of any
ilevdlopment to be made at Muscle
Ktimals. After a careful study of this
bill, lie said, he wus prepared to give
it his support.
The measure was automatically re
ferred to the agriculture comiuittei
Melon Reports In
Thomas Stopiied
Thomasville, Gr.. July 8.—The an
nouncement that the daily market
reports of the watermelon crop that
have been issued here for several
■weeks during the melon season will be
discontinued means that the season of
1922 is practicully closed in South
Georgia. This announcement, which
is made by J. W. Park, local represen
tative, states the service will be re
sumed in a few days, from Macon.
The last report Riven out Friday
showed that up to July 5, inclusive,
ear lot shipments of Georgia
melons have been made, as against
t*4l»2 to the same date last year and
that Florida melons of the same date
this year show 1020? us uRainst 5454
last year. The price of melons here
f. o. b., is reported as dropinp to
1ST. $60 for the averaRe 22-pound
melon and $l2b-$i<>0 for the 28-
pound ones.
LONG SKIRT SECRET IS Ol*T
Paris, July 8.—The reason Paid-
customers insist upon long skirts is
that many women were able to make
simple short frocks without proinR to a
UiWr.
Copyright 1922 Hart Schaffner & Marx
Now for the Great July Clearance Sale
BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30
J /
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, all Hats and Furn
ishings at Extreme Price Concessions
Regular $ 55 to $ 60 Regular $ 45 to $ 50 Regular $ 35 to $ 40
Suits now Suits now Suits now
$40.00 $35.00 $26.50
Palm Beach Suits, S10.00 to $15.00; Mohairs, $15.00 to $22.50
Selling has been very active this season.
Lots are broken. That means some good
sizes are gone from each pattern.
But the Suits now on sale are the same
patterns; just as good in every way as
those that sold early. You’ll find yours.
Shirt Values
Nothing like it ever offered in Bain-
bridge before. Prices less than half.
You will have to see them to appreciate
their values. $1.00 UP
Bargains in Hats
Every Hat in our house,
both felts and straws, AT
ACTUAL COST.
Shoes
We sold the 100 pair of Shoes we set
aside for this Sale. So we have set
aside 72 pair more, at $5.00
to $7.50. Worth $8.50 to $12.00
TERMS—STRICTLY CASH; NO ALTERATIONS or RETURNS
Fields & Fields
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES