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The decline of $5 a bale in the
price of cotton yesterday follow
ing publication of the government
crop report proves, in the mind of
many cotton men here, in a meas
ure the extent to which the cotton
grower of the South is at the mercy
of the gambler of Wall Street.
The estimate showed a probable
crop this year of 11,230,000 bales,
an increase over the July estimate
of 214,000 bales.
Using the increase in the esti
mated crop as a pretext, the bears
got busy and Cotton dropped a
cent a pound. The man who
wants to sell his crop, or who had
to sell it, there being many of
the latter class at this season of
the year—was the victim, to the
profit of the gambler who put into
his own pocket the money stolen
out of the pocket of the poor ten
ant or small farmer.
Nothing was said about the to
tal crop being under last year’s
yield of over 12,000,000 and of
•world peace preparing the way for
early world demand for our staple
to reclothe Europe and let the
spinning mills return to the busi
ness for which they were built.
No. The government agents said
there would be a little more cot
ton produced than appeared likely
in July, and therefore it. was worth
cent less per pound!
* * *
Every cotton planter, large or
small, should get behind the Amer
ican Cotton association, which
contemplates taking the market
ing of cott'on out of the hands of
the Wall Street gamblers and put
ting it where it belongs, in the
hands of the producers. Then
and then only, may the cotton
grower get what his product is
worth WHENEVER he chooses to
sell.
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The president has decided to
ask representatives farmers of the
country to the vital conference on
labor and economic conditions
which he proposes to hold at the
White House immediately upon his
return from his nation-wide speak
ing tour, which starts tonight.
Labor leaders, financiers and man
ufacturers are to take part in the
conference.
It is well that the president
followed the suggestion of certain
of his advisors and included farm
ers in the conference. If there is
one class of industry in this coun
try vitally interested in labor con
ditions it is the' farmer-—and the
whole country is dependent upon
lhe farmer for sustenance. The
farmer has a right to be heard—
and to have a vote in passing
judgment on the solution of the
problems with which the nation
has to deal right now.
♦ • ♦
When General Pershing is greet
ed in New York next Tuesday it
will be with the full rank of Gen
eral. The Senate yesterday pass
ed the bill bestowing that honor
upon him, and a,s the house had
already passed it, the bill went to
the president today for signature.
• » •
Glen E. Plumb, author of the
Plumb plan tor tri-partite control
of the railroads of the nation, in
a speech this week made a state
ment or two worth thinking about,
despite the unpopularity of his
own scheme.
“The railroad experience di the
last eighty years,” he said, “shows
that no road ever paid off an in
debtedness except by creating a
new indebtedness of the same or
greater par' value.
“Today' We are still paying for
the use of locomotives long since
sent to the scrap heap. We are
paying returns on the shades of
ties that have been ashes for gen
erations. Rails that have been re
placed half a dozen times still de
mand from us the earnings paid
for by our ancestors. The prop
erty investment account of the
railroads is nothing but a whited
sepulchre, full of corruption and
dead men’s bones.”
* * *
Near the Times-Recorder office
is a garage, which is equipped
with “free air” service. About
twice a day somebody tampers
with the air cock and there is a
great noise as of escaping steam
until someone runs and shuts off
the expensively leaking air. Which
is just the opposite of what trans
pired the other day at Ord, Neb.,
according to a news dispatch.
Here’s the story:
“F. J. Bell, owner of a ga
rage, advertised free air to mo
torists. Someone started pumping
air into the tank and then went
downtown. Witnesses are not
agreed as to how high the tank
went into the air after it tore a
hole through the roof of the ga
rage—some say it went 200 feet
and others 100 feet—but when
the tank came down it smashed a
hole in the roof of the Bell resi
dence next door and landed in the
new battery building, which is un
der construction.”
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 202.
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TONIGHT ON HIS
TREATY “SWING”
WASHINGTON., Sept. 3.—(By
Associated Press.)—The conference
between labor, capital and agricultu
ral interests, called by President Wil
son for discussion of the present
economic situation, will be held in
Washington between October 5 and
10, it was learned at the White House
today. The president wrote today to
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, representatives of
agricultural associations and Samuel
Gompers, head of the American Fed
eration of Labor, asking them to sub
mit nominations for delegates from
each group. President Wilson will
then select a list of his own and com
bine the two. Forty or forty-five del
egates will be chosen. ,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (By
Associate.? Press.) - -President Wil
son will leave the capital tonight on
his speech-making tour of the country
to urge early ratification of the peace
treaty. His first stop will be at Col
umbus, Ohio, where on Thursday he
wi : l deliver the first of his scheduled
thirty addresses.
Accompanying President Wilson
will be Mrs. Wilson, Rear Admiral Ca
ry T. "Grayson, personal physician to
the president; Secretary Tumulty, a
corps of stenographers, secret service;
men and some thirty correspondents!
representing the press) associations
and leading metropolitan newspapers. |
The president has scheduled thirty
set speeches in the principal cities of
the West and South, and it is pre-1
sumed he will be compelled to de-’
liver short speeches at smaller towns
along the route, although it is known '
he is opposed to the practice.
The presidential train will be com
posed of the president’s private car,
another for the stenographers and se
cret service men, and one for the cor
respondents, aso a dining car and
baggage car. Along the entire route j
a pilot engine will be run' ahead as a
precautionary‘measure against acei-j
dents and other eventualities.
Members of the party will live on
the train practically during the twen
ty-seven days of the trip, only a few
overnight stops being planned.
Before leavipg Washington Presi
dent Wilson will issue invitations to
labor leaders, financiers, manufactur-
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BELGIAN ROYAL
COUPLE TO BE
WILSONS’ GUESTS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—(By
Associated Press.) —The king and
queen of Belgium will arrive in
Washington about October 1, to be
guests of President and Mrs. Wilson,
at the White House, probably remain
ing three days. They will then tour
the United States.
The Weather Forecast
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and
Thursday. Little change in temper
ature.
ers and farmers to attend a confer
ence early in October for considera
tion of the problems of labor and and
of those who direct labor.
The president, it also was learned,
plans to complete all arrangements
for the conference before his depar
tu«a, so that the meeting may be
held, immediately upon his return the
last of this month. The first session
of the conference probably will be
held at the White House,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919.
NEW ZEALAND
i UNANIMOUSLY I
' O. K’S. TREATY
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WELLINGTON, N. Z„ Septem
ber 3. (By Asociated Press.) —The
peace treaty with Germany was <
' unanimously ratified today by par- \
.' liament, after members of the labor '
. ! party had criticised the pact.
J
GERMANY DENIED
PACT WITH ENTENTE.
BERLIN, September 3. (By As- ;
sociated Press.) (Tuesday)—The
I foreign office has denied the report,
I attributed to the American press,
I to the effect that England, France
; and Italy have seceretly agreed with
’ Germany that the latter shall pro- j
, cure raw materials and finished pro- ■
ducts from only those three entente
countries.
GEN. HOOPER WORSE.
SELMA, Ala., Sept, 3.—(By Asso
;ciated Press.) —The condition of
! Gen. C. W. Hooper, state commander:
: of the United Confederate Veterans, j
j was again reported critical this i
morning. Little hope for recovery is I
held. I
RUSSIAN REDS
ASK PEACE AS
FORCES ARE!
SURROUNDED
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Proposal of Bolsheviki
Officially Announced
I
At Berne
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ANTI-BOLSHEVIKI,
WINNING AT KIEV
Admiral Kolchak Gives
Up Omsk, Goes To
Irkutsk
BERNE, September 3.—(By As
sociated Press.) —The Russian Bol
sheviki have proposed peace negotia
tions, following the rout of their
forces, which are surrounded, acj
cording to official announcement re
ceived here.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIKI
WINNING AT KIEV
LONDON, September 3.—(By As
i sociated Press.)— Anti-Bolsheviki
! forces occupied *the southern out
! skirts of Kiev today, according to
i a wireless message sent out by So
viet headquarters at Moscow and
picked up heft. The message says
fighting is proceeding. ,
OMSK EVACUATED
BY ADMIRAL KOLCHAK.
LONDON, Sept. 3. (By Associat
ed Press.) —A wireless from Moscow
reports that Admiral Kolchak, head
of the All-Russian government, has
evacuated Omsk and transferred his
headquarters to Irkutsk.
RENOVATORS AT WORK
ON FEDERAL BUILDING
Decorations and repairers were at
work today renovating the lobby of
the federal building here, a little
more than sixty days late. The con
tract for the job was awarded last :
spring, to be started July 1 and i
to be finished by September 1, but
! the firm, an eastern concern, has
i asked the government for an exten
sion of time on the ground that the
labor situation has made it impossible
; to obtain the class of artisans neces
; sary to do the job according to gov
j ernment standards. It is believed
j the extension will be granted. The
: same firm has just completed a sim
j ilar job on the Macon federal build
ing, also behind scedule.
Two men are at work here, and
■ more are to follow. They were at
. work today in the main lobby of the
postoffice cleaning the woodwork and
I furniture. The walls are to be re
; finished and the property otherwise
put in first class condition.
COL. M’KENZIE HURT AT
CORDELE STUMP BLOWING
CORDELE, Sept. 3.—While he was
- attending the land clearing demon
stration on the (freer farm yester
day, Col. H. C. McKenzie was badly
hurt by a piece of flying stump which |
I went some several hundred feet from;
: a blown-up stump into a crowd of j
j spectators.
The missile struck him in the face. ■
! His nose was broken, some teeth
■ were knocked out and it is feared that j
I his jaw was fractured. The injury is j
I causing considerable pain, but physi-l
| cians attending say he is doing as ;
well as could be expected. He was!
taken home immediately after the ac-1
' cident and physicians attended him |
there.
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121 MEN LEAVE
SOUTHER;6OMEN
STILL AT FIELD
A squad of 121 enlisted men and
one officer, Lieut. Gardener, got what
may be their last look at Souther
Field this morning when they board
ed three passenger cars at Arles
Station and started for Texas at
tached to the 2:17 this afternoon.
The men, many of them Qeorgians,
were somewhat reluctant to go, but
most of them realized that the change
would, take them closer to the Mexi
can border where old army men were
predicting action before long, and
they were not altogether grieved at
the transfer.
Colonel Rader received word this
morning that orders were on the way
to send the men to Fort Bliss, near
Houston, instead of Kelly Field, but
it is known where orders will place
them by the time they arrive. They
have previously been ordered tp
Ellington Field and Kelly Field.
The departure of 121 men did not
entirely put Souther iFeld out of
business, as had been feared. Col
Rader stated this afternoon that he
still had about 60 enlisted men at i
the fort, as the the result of a num- I
ber of recruits being sent here re- >
cently, and these would b able to j
keep the camp in shape fairly week I
keep the camp in shape fairly w’ell.
DE GAMA TO RESIGN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—(By
Associated Press.) —It is reported in
official circles that Brazilian Ambas
sador DeGama will resign his post in
the near future, with Senor Xavier.
Brazilian minister to Great Britain,
succeeding him. t
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EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REAL PURPOSE
I TO KILL PACT
IS ACCUSATION
OF HITCHCOCK
Declares Such Course
Would Be Suicidal
To U. S.
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INSANE MIXTURE
Combination of ‘Pol*
troonery and Folly,*
He Declares
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—(8/
Associated Pressu) —Declaring the
real purpose of the senate foreign
relations committee majority in
amending the peace treaty was to kiE
the treaty entirely, and that such a
course would be suicidal to the Unit
ed States, Senator Hitchcock, demo
cratic leader, asserted in a senate
speech today that a majority of the
senators never would accept any of
the committee changes.
He characterized as an “insane
mixture of poltroonery and folly”’
Senator Knox’s proposal that the
treaty be rejected and a separate
peace made with Germany.
The treaty opponents he said,
•crawl on the ground with a micro
scope searching for pitfall” in the
League of Nations and overlook
substantial benefits which the treaty
would bring the nation.
“By a vote of nine to eight” said
, Senator Hitcheok, “the committee on
foreign relations is to bring squarely
before the Senate he question of de
feating the pending treaty. Suppose
the Senate should vote ,n favor of
• the Shantung amendment of any
i o:her what would happen?
“Either the President would refuse
to go further with the treaty, or he
I would submit the amendment to the
1 nations associated with the United
States. Does any one believe that.
Great Britain, who has already rati
fied the treaty and is also under
pledge to Japan with regard to Shan
-1 tung, would Accept the Shantung
amendment? Does apy one think that
France, also under a pledge to Ja
pan, would ratify this change? Does
anyone suppose that Japan herself
would submit (o this humiliation be
fore the eyes of the world?
i “I cannot conceive of any intel
ligent and candid man who would
assume such a thing as a possibility.
We would be met by an instant re
fusal to accept the amendment, and
then where would the United States
find itself in this international set
tlement? We would find ourselves
out in the cold, isolated from the
rest of the world. The work of
ratifying the treaty would proceed
without us.
“The treaty itself provides that
when three nations in addition to
Germany have signed it shall go in
to effect. It is easy to see tjie en
ormous benefits which Great Britain
and France will derive from 1 this
treaty. They will not take any
chances. It is preposterous to sup
pose that Japan will delay ratifita
tion.
“What then will the United States
do? Some say that Congress can pass
a joint resolution declaring a state
of peace with Germany. Others say
the United States can negotiate a
separate and independent treaty.
Those who talk this way evidently
have no conception of the enormous?
benefits which the United States de
rives from this treaty.
“In Article 281, Germany is com
i pelled to accept full responsibility for
; the damages caused by the war. Does
I anyone think if we 'Undertook to ne
gotiate a separate treaty with Ger
i many, Germany would make any
such concessions to the United
States? Germany might say she had
never declared war on the United
States; that it was the United States
which forced war upon her.”
While republican leaders hope to
report the peace treaty to the senate
Friday, they said today discussion of
the resolution of ratification, in which
th’e reservations will be incorporated’,
would take some time and might de
lay the report until early next week.