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PAPERS
Issued by the War Industries Board
The Priorities Board of the War
Industries Board has listed paper
mills as an essential industry and has
rated them in fourth class for priority
for coal on the distinct understand
ing that the greatest possible economy
in the use of paper be exercised and
that the reduction in the use of paper
by the newspapers shall be 15 per
cent on week-day editions and 20
per cent on Sunday editions.
Paper mills will be put upon the
priority list for coal conditional upon
their signing a pledge that they will
furnish no paper to any customer who
will not sign a PLEDGE IN DUPLI
CATE THAT HE WILL EXERCISE
THE GREATEST POSSIBLE ECON
OMY IN THE USE OF PAPER AND
Will observe all rules and
REGULATIONS OF THE CONSER
VATION DIVISION OF THE PULP
AND PAPER SECTION OF THE
.WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. These
pledges are now being prepared and
will be furnished shortly. One copy
will be left on file with the mill and
.the other will be sent to this office.
Effective immediately.
1. Discontinue the acceptance of
the return of unsold copies.
2. DISCONTINUE SENDING PA
PER AFTER DATE OF EXPIRA
TION OF SUBSCRIPTION, UNLESS
THE SUBSCRIPTION IS RENEWED
AND PAID FOR. (This ruling to be
effective October 1, 1918.)
3. Discontinue the use of all sam
ple or free promotion copies.
4. Discontinue giving copies to
anybody except for office working
copies or where required by statute
law in the case of official advertising.
(Signed) THOS. E. DONNELLY,
Chief Pulp and Paper Section, War
Industries Board.
This rule forces newspapers to stop
all subscriptions that are not paid in
advance on October 1, 1918, and pro
hibits newspapers extending any
credit on subscriptions.
Politics are really and truly ad-,
journed for two years, at least.
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“Let’s have a hog show,” says the
Cochran Journal. All right. Bring
put the profiteers.
All the politicians, so they say, are
against price-fixing for cotton. Now
let them make good.
By this time we hope all the explan
ations of the recent primary have been
(settled. Now for business!
The boys at are in no vise
responsible for the talk of price-fix
ing for cotton. Regardless of our
likes and dislikes we must back up
the men over there. Get ready to buy
bonds.
The first few cool days of the fall
should remind you to get in a supply
of wood for this winter. As compared
to the ice shortage the past summer,
the coal and wood shortage this win
der will cause a real kick. Prepare in
wine.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBERJ^mS
A GIANT AWAKE
When we raelize the enormous re-!
suits obtained in the first eighteen
months this country has been at war,
we are thrilled and amazed. The Uni
ted States has done more in the same
length of time than any nation haSj
ever done before. Starting from the
very bottom, we have organized a
great army, equipped, clothed and;
supplied the men with the best the
world alfords; we have built railroads
in France, constructed docks, built
great warehouses; our navy has been
doubled, trebeled and quadrupled; we
have organized our resources and
brought our factories up to full war
strength.
Great as have ben the results so far j
we must do more in the months to,
come. We must still save food to
our soldiers and the soldiers of our
Allies. We must train and equip other
legions until Germany’s doom is seal
ed. We are just beginning to feel our
power. The United States was a
mighty giant asleep at the outbreak
of the war. Now this giant is aroused
and fully awake.
To carry on these great plans the
fcountry must have money in almost
unlimited quantities. Our expendi
tures have only started. During tne
next twelve months the War Depart
ment will have the greatst expendi
tures it has ever known. The people
must furnish the money in order that
a speedy victory may be achieved.
Hence the Fourth Liberty Loan.)
This loan is upon us. The money
must be raised. It is up to the civilian j
population left at home'to furnish the’
sinews of war. The men at the front
•will take care of the fighting. We
must take care of the demands made
upon us by our government.
Every city, county, village and
hamlet should come up with its quota
of the approaching loan. We believe
the citizens of Butts county will not'
fail in this great work. More than ev
er before this is to be a “victory”,
loan. Our military leaders have as-'
sured us they will bring victory with
in a year if we supply the men
money. We cannot do less than sup
ply everything they ask of us.
The Fourth Liberty Loan begins
soon. Let us all gird up our loins,]
tightie.n our belts and be prepared to,
raise the amounts asked of us. To do]
less than our full duty will be to fail,
the men fighting “over there.” Our
boys have never failed us in the su
preme test and we cannot afford to
fail them now.
Get ready and be ready for the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
AS TO COTTON PRICES
That the people of the South are
just as loyal and patriotic as any sec
tion of the country has been proven
time and time again. They are willing
to make whatever sacrifices are need
ed to wi nthe war. But this doesn’t
mean they are willing to have the
price of cotto nfixed without a protest.
Does the necessity for price-fixing
for cotton exist? What is to be gain
ed by price-fixing? Can’t the same re
sults be obtained in other ways?
These are questions that we
all asked ourselves sipce this matter j
was first brought up. In the first place,
we do not believe it is necessary to fix
the price of cotton to win the war.
The government says he price must
be fixed ovv.ng to the short crop and
for ibe proper distribution of the
staple. So far as knowm these are the
only reasons given for price fixing.
If the government needs cotton to
fill war orders, the government can
take the cotton it needs. That can be
done without putting a price on the
entire crop. That would be fair to all
concerned.
It is perfectly evident to any per
| son who has given the matter any
! thought that this price-fixing senti
ment originated in the North, East
and West, sections that know practi-
I cally nothing about cotton, the cost
of growing the staple i&d all the ele
ments that enter into the crop. The
issue, stripped to the naked bone, is!
largely one of sectionalism.
The present crop cost the farmers
more than any crop ever produced/
This was due to high labor costs, high
fertilizers, high mules, high farm ma
chinery' and every other item that en
tered into the production of the staple
A price less than 30 cents would entail
a positive loss to he Souh. If price
fixing is bound to come, this fact
should be borne in mind.
1 In 1914 the South was in deep tra
vail. The government refused to in
terfere then, when this entire section
was perilously near bankruptcy. Many
of ou rfarmers are just recovering
from the enormous losses sustained
during the 1914 season when cotton
sold for five and six cents a pound.
Novi that cotton is selling at a good
price—though a moderate price in
view of other commodities —it ri<
seem that the South should be allowed
to enjoy th prosperity that high priced
cotton brings.
If the government is determined to
fix the priceof cotton it should be fixed
at a figure higher than 30 cents.
If cotton prices must be regulated,
as a w'ar measure, the sooner the price
is fixed the better it will be. The pe
riod of uncertainty, of spculation and
disorganization should be brought to
a close at the earliest possible minute
so that the farmers and business men
of the South may know what to ex
pect.
YOUR SHARE OF BONDS
The Liberty Loan committee has
worked out a table showing the
amount which should be invested in
Liberty Bonds in 1918 by heads of
families of varying income, from
SBSO a year to $10,284,000 a year.
The SBSO man is called upon for 10.61
per cent of his income, or $99. The
ten-million dollar man is asked to in
vest 95.64 per cent in bonds, or $9,-
841,000 —but it is estimated there are
only four such men in the country.
Some of the personal quotas thus
made are:
Income Per Cent Amount
$ 1,000.00 11.88 $ 119..00
1,500.00 14.04 210.00
2,000.00 16.20 324.00
2,400.00 18.00 432.00
3,000.00 20.28 609.00
5,500.00 30.96 1,703.00
7,500.00 39.36 2,952.00
12,500.00 50.40 6,300.00
It is expected that one-third of the
cost of the war this year will be met
by indirect taxes, and the other two
thirds, or sixteen billion dollars, must
be obtained from Liberty Bond sales.
So get out your checkbook and your
pocketbook and give the committee a
happy smile—and a big order for
bonds.
Report? show that Georgia will
plant the largest acreage in wheat this
fall ever known in the history of the
state, Every ounce of wheat will be
needed and every farmer should try
to raise enough for his own use.
The war is stressing as it has never
been stressed before the survival of
the fittest. Many a little fellow with a
hole-in-the-wall-business will find that
he cannot go on doing business at less
than cost. The sooner that kind is
wiped out the better it wall be for the
country.
All the leading colleges of the coun
try have been taken over by the gov
ernment to train young men for war
work. Our work of preparation is just
beginning, and though we all hope
the war will end next year, we must
prepare just like the war was going
to last ten years.
With the Allies hitting the Hun on
all the fronts, the kaiser is beginning
to sit up and take notice. It is just
such hammering as this that will bring
the Germans to their senses. We must
back up the men in the trenches and
buy bonds to keep them supplied with
guns and ammunition.
The “work or fight” laws should be
changed to he “work and fight” law.
It is evident that it is going to take a
lot of work as well as a lot of fighting
on the part of those left at home to
pay all the war taxes and keep the
men at the front supplied with money,
munitions and comforts.
The consensus of opinion is that the
restaurants and hotels are the worst
profiteers of all. Nobody objects to
higher prices when they get value re
ceived, but the hotels and restaurants
have both raised prices and cut con
' sumption, which means they are get-
I ting “theirs” both ways.
FEED OUT YOUR HOGS SIX
WEEKS EARLIER
In every lot of hogs on feed two or
three weeks quickly and actually eat
less than others. If all would fatten
like these, the entire drove would be
ready for the market six weeks
earlier and to save six weeks feed is
an item that you fully understand.
The hog that fattens easily must be
in prime physical condition. The B.
A Thomas’ Hog Powder is a condi
tioner for hogs. It keeps their system
clean and healthy and enables them
to fatten quickly without falling prey
to the usual diseases of hogs. The B.
A. Thomas’ Hog Powder is not stock
food. It’s straight medicine and we
took the agency because it enables
you to feed out your hogsjnuch ear
lier.
Carmichael Hardware Cos. Dealers.
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Sfuirdy SLoes for Stuirdy Boys
Bring the boy who is "hard on shoes" and that
means nearly all real boys. Let us fit him with
a pair of Selz "Senators." This is the famous
shoe that relieves the minds of mothers and
the pocketbooks of fathers. It’s a black chrome
blucher, double sole, comfort last, that wears
longer and protects growing feet from future
foot troubles. Moderate prices.
HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT
The United States is spending such
vast sums of money that we cannot
begin to grasp the expenditures.
The following figures, as given out
by the various branches of tihe War
Department, for the period ending
June 30th, will give an insight into
some of the expenditures:
Artillery, $1,050,000,000; automat
ic rifles, $300,000,000; small arms,
$100,000,000; artillery ammunition,
$1,900,000,000; small arms ammuni
tion (practice), $08,000,000; stores
and supplies (personal, horise and or
ganization), $230,000,000; armored
motor cars, $100,000,000; total $4,-
100,000,000.
Some other expenditures by the
War Department wiere $375,000,000
for ngineering operations, mostly in
France; $37,000,000 for flour, $145,-
000,000 for sugar, $43,000,000 for
bacon, $12,000,000 for beans, $9,-
000,000 for tomatoes, $2,000,000 for
rice, $47,500,000 for rolling kitchens,
$127,000,000 for shoes, $565,000,000
for clothing; for blankets, $147,000,-
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J. ARENSON
JACKSON, GA.
Specializing in Selz
vaN. Shoes >7
000.
Some smalle rexpenditures were
over $6,000,000 for axes, $,635,000
for field stores, $2,700,000 for car
penter, and $224,000 for blacksmith
tools, $2,500,000 ror shovels.
The department has bought 266,-
000 wagons and carts, costing $37,-
000,000; and 410,000 horses and
mules, costing $99,000,000; food for
them cost $62,000,000, and harness
$29,000,000.
OFFICIAL COUNT GAVE MR.
WISE MAJORITY OF 3,128
The result of the primary, as ap
proved by the congressional conven
tion in Macon Friday, gave Congress
man Wise an official majority over
G. Ogden Persons of 3,128. The con
solidated votes showed Mr. Wise re
ceived 8,297 votes and Mr. Persons
5,169.
Your Money Should Not Be Neu
tral; Enlist It In The Fourth Loan.
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