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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1921)
RAIL WORKERS PROPOSE PARLEY UNIONS ASK PRESIDENT TO CALL CONFERENCE WITH EXECU TIVES FOR DISCUSSION MUST SETTLE DIFFERENCES Desires To Avoid Delays And Expense Incident To Submission To Labor Board Chicago. Railroad employees re j cently laid a proposal before President ! Harding for a conference between la lx>r and the railroads in an attempt to ! settle the whole transportation prob lem now confronting the country so , far us labor is concerned. In a telegram signed by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employees’ do- j partment of the American Federation j of Labor, the chief executive was ask <d to call a conference between the railway executives and the labor un ions "to undertake to compose the dis- | ferenees on ail points in dispute.” Mr. i Jewell declared the unions had “every faith" that such a conference would be | productive of immediate salutary re sults.” The text of the message follows in full: “Two million railroad workers and j their millions of dependents are vital ly interested in your efforts to effect a solution of the railroad problem. Obviously no policy or program that Is unacceptable to them will be produc tive of the much desired result of co operation, and, accordingly, therefore, we urge respeetfuly that we he given u voice in the determination of what is lo be done. "The first essential to peace and or derly progress in the transportation Industry is a speedy settlement of the controversies between the carriers and the railway employes over national agreements and wages, and it is our belief that you eun bring this about by the application of the principle laid down by you in your Inaugural ad dress when you said: ‘1 had rather sub mit our industrial controversies to the conference table in advance than to the settlement table after conflict and suffering.’ "Accordingly, we urge that you use your executive Influence to bring about u conference between the railway exec utives, as (hoy are organized national ly, and the railroad employes, as they are organized nationally, to undertake to compose the differnces on all points In dispute. Such a conference is con templated by the transportation uet and is in keeping with the spirit of the times. We have every faith that It will be productive of immediate sal utary resulls. The employees will wel come it and co-operate with you in ev ery way to make it a complete suc cess. '•yVe have constantly urged this method of procedure as the best means of avoiding the necessary delays and expense incident to the submission of matters In dispute to judicial deter mination by the railroad labor board. We prefer at all times to adjust points of differences through mutual agree ment with the railway executives, lie cause of the present abnormal condi tions we consider it assential in the interests of all concerned to conserve time and effort by reaching an agree ment through a joint conference. Cleveland Auto Plants Increase Forces Cleveland, O.— Automobile plants here had 1,600 more employes, than they did n month ago, a gain of 21 per cent, according to the monthly survey conducted by the chamber of commerce in co-operation with the United States department of labor. Gains of 4.2 per cent were reported by plants manufacturing food and i kindred products, two per. cent by textile houses and 5.3 per cent by thirteen miscellaneous factories. Nine ty-seven plants, formerly employing approximately 100,000 persons, report ed. Marine Aviators Safely At Paris Island Charleston. S. C. Marine corps aviators reached the marine corps station on Paris Island, near Beau fort, S. C„ recently. The flyers are scheduled to leave Parts Island at 10 o'clock for Daytona. Fla., listed as the next re-fueling station. The aviators reported that the Fayettevllle-Parls Island flight was without incident. Dog Chases Cat, But Rejoins Crew New York. Thor, a seagoing dog. was safe aboard the steamship Oscar 11, somewhere at sea. despite the fact that he abandoned the ship recently in pursuit of a cat that scratched Ills nose and was left behind when the liner sailed. Bank Wrecker Gets 15 Years In Jail Washington —August Jaedicke. head of the defunct Hanover State bank of Hanover, Kuns.. was given a prison sentence on his pica of guilty to three charges of embezzlement. Cotton Growing States To Co-Operate Memphis, Tenn.—The cotton growing states are to be federated into one or ganization for the exclusive marketing of the next cotton crop. This plan has been adopted by the American Feder ation of Farm Bureaus and approved by a number of states. Plans for the federation call lor organization of the farmers of each cotton-growing state into marketing associations under a state head. The farmers are to re linquish all hold on their cotton after It is raised, turning it over to the atute marketing organization for sale. WILL PLAN TO HELP FARMERS Is rirst Step Os New Administration Toward Solving Farmers’ Various Troubles Washington.—The war finance cor poration recently issued a call for a conference here April 4 of Southern bankers to discuss methods by which the exportation of Southern agricultu ral products may best be financed Announcement of the conference fol lowed discussion of the farmers’ prob lems by the cabinet after which it was said definite plans for farmer relief probably soon would be put forward. Announcements of the conference are confined to the bare statement of the call and the. date. In the light of recent development, however, it is regarded as the first step by the new administration looking to a solution of the farmers’ difficulties. Several other such meetings are planned, it is stated. Secretary Hoover expects soon to meet with representa tives of the agricultural industry to talk over with them the problems which beset their industry. Leaders of several farmers' organizations are also preparing to carry their kit of problems to the white house in the near future, probably befor econgress gets far into the work of the extra session. Secretary of Commerce Hoover had recently brought up the subject of cot ton for discussion in a meeting of the cabinet. He had outlined the plight of the cotton growers, because of de creased Imports, low prices, demoral ized markets and tight credit. Officials of the finance corporation desire, it is said, to explain to the Southern bankers, on whose shoul ders fall I lie burden of providing funds for the export of cotton and other products of the soil, just how far the federal agency can go in sup plying the money they seek. In this connection, it is deemed likely that the treasury’s position with respect to ex ports to Germany also would be made clear. The corporation already has approv ed a loan of six million dollars for the financing of shipments to states in central Europe, and Secretary Mel len has said there is no objection to loans on exports to Germany provid ed the finance corporation is given good security by the exporting houses. There have been indications on sev eral occasions that the corporation is ready to extend aid in shipping to Czeelio - Slovakia and Poland, al though a public statement to that ef fect never has been made. In these two countries, exporters have report ed great opportunities for the market ing of cotton and other exclusive Southern products. While there was no official expres sion, it apparently is the program of those officials having to do directly with the farming industry to spread conferences over several months in which time representatives from the various sections of the country may be called here to see what can be done for them. Finance corporation officials have paid several times that the western and middle western farm ers must be vigen consideration soon. It apparently was the concensus of opinion in the cabinet discussion, however, that the cotton interests should he the first to receive atten tion. Press Agent Dies Os Wood Alcohol Chicago—Will Read Dunroy, poet and widely known as a press agent, died here of wood alcohol poisoning. Men with whom he has been asso ciated lately said he had not taken a drink for years, but he asked a friend for one to cure a cold. Dunroy was 46 years old and in his younger days was a protege of William Jen nings Bryan, who paid his way through the University of Nebraska. Lt. W. D. Coney Is Much Weaker Natchez. Miss.,—Lieutenant W. D. Coney, who was seriously injuried when he fell with His plane while at tempting a return flight from Jack sonville to San Diega. California is much weaker. Harding Pay Check March $5,520.84 Washington.—President Harding re ceived his first monthly pay check. It was for $5,620.84. Ordinarily the monthly check sent to the president by the treasury department is made out for $6,250. but Mr. Harding was "docked’’ for the three and a half days Hint Woodrow Wilson served as President this month. Italy To Back Harding's Association Rome. — Ambassador llolandi Ricci is quoted by the Triliuna s Washing ton correspondent as saying Italy will support an association of nations pro posed by President Harding. "We are ready to receive and support any new proposal insuring peace and eco nomic development,” he was quoted as saying. "We are ready to co operate fully with President Harding. Italy absolutely is for peace and any thing insuring it. Our words and the president’s can be made, "We nurse uo grudge against any people." 5,000 Mile Flight For Marine Corps Washington.—Two marine corps airplanes left the naval aviation sta tion here on ihe first leg of a 5.000 miles flight to Charlotte Amalis, Vir gin Islands, and return Major Thom as C- Turner, chief of marine corps aviation, and lieutenant U. G. Brad ley, chief test pilot of the navy and marine corps, occupied the first maclv ! ine. which rose at 1:02 p. m. The second machine carried Lieutenant L. H. Sanderson, pilot, and Gunnery Sergeant Charles \Y. Rucker. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE CONDITIONS COMMERCE IS REPORTED AS YET APPARENTLY WAITING FUR THER DEVELOPMENT INCREASED ACTIVITIES NOTED Reports From Banks Indicate Farm, ers' Needs For Labor Are Being Supplied Washington.—Business showed little indication in March of getting away from the uncertainties of last year, according to the monthly review of conditions made public by the federal reserve board. Increased activities were noted in some trades, but with those exceptions commerce apparently was waiting further developments be fore moving toward anything like nor mal conditions, federal reserve agents reported. Regarding trades showing a healthi er side, including automobiles, tex tiles and footwear, the board hesitated in saying they had experienced more than temporary advances due to the spring season. Whether the activities of such lines portended a general re vival of business, the board declared no definite statement could be made. Without exception the board’s ob servers reported that the buyers’ strike, felt first last summer, still showed an almost solid front. So great has been the influence of the public’s refusal to buy at high prices that where heav ier sales are reported in wholesale and retail trade they are ascribed wholly to local conditions. The only optimistic expression was in connection with the employment sit uation, which, the review said, reflect ed slightly improved conditions during the last thirty days, attributed to the increased seasonal activity in the three lines of manufacturing mentioned as showing more life. Reports from reserve banks touching agricultural communities, indicate that the cry of the farmers for labor is be ing answered by persons driven out of cities through unemployment. Here again, however, future conditions could not be forecast by agents of the board because of uncertainties in general conditions. Reductions in wholesale prices con tinued during March and on this ba sis the board declared that post-war readjustment had not been completed but declined to hazard a guess as to how long prices might continue to drop. In retail stores the drop has not been as rapid as in wholesale trade, but reports indicate the detail decline has been steady. The combination of conditions in all lines has forced a continuation of liquidation, it was stated. Frozen cred its continue to lie released, yet there was only a slight reduction in the to tal amounts of bank credits outstand ing. “An attitude of greater hopefulness on the part of the business community and the expression of opinion on the part of commercial leaders that dis tinct improvement in domestic condi tions is in sight,” the board said, “rep resents a forecast rather than an anal sis of actual facts. The extent to which these conditions are warranted cannot now be determined. A gloomy picture of the shipping sit uation was presented. It showed more than 30 per cent of the government owned tonnage tied up on March 14, for lack of a remunerative cargo. Reg ular ocean liners throughout the world are parrying most of the traffic with curtailed sailing schedules, the review said. President “Docked” For First 3 Days Washington.—President Harding re ceived his first monthly pay check on the Ist. It was for $5,520.54. Ordinari ly the monthly check sent to the pres ident by the treasury department is made out for $6,250, but Mr. Harding was “docked” for the three and a half days that Woodrow Wilson served as president in March. Electric Bolt Kills 2 Men And Mules Selma. Ala.—Jack # Culpepper and Andrew Culpepper, negroes, father and son. and two mules they were driving, were killed in a flash of lightning near Martin's station during a thunderstorm, the coroner said. Southern Unitarians Conclude Meeting New Orleans. —With the selection of Memphis as the next meeting place, the Southern Unitarian conference closed a three-day session here recently. The next conference will be held in the Tennessee city in March or April of next year, the exact date to be de termined later by a Memphis commit tee headed by Rev. William E. Clarke, secretary of the conference. Follow ing the adjournment of the business sessions, a laymen's meeting was held recently at which Randolph Coolidge ; of Boston, was the principal speaker. Movie Censorship Strongly Indorsed Albany. N. Y. —Gov. Nathan B. Miller has come out strongly in favor of cen soring moving pictures. "The word ' ‘censorship’ does not have a good ring, he says, "hut of course we have all sorts of censorship now. You cannot send lewd things through the mail. If you do you are liable to land in the penitentiary. That is a censorship of a kind. You cannot publish obscene literature. Then there is always the question as to what is obscene. The question gets down to the personal I eouatiou. BRITISH MINERS CALL STRIKE Miners Federation Has Issued Call For General Strike Os All Mining Trades London.—Great Britain has <jome to the crisis in the dispute between the coal miners and the government. The miners’ federation has issued a call ‘ for a general strike of all mining trades, including the pump men and other maintenance men, un less there is a settlement at once. This development came suddenly, with the government’s refusal to grant a subsidy payment on coal produced. Only once before have the miners, in striking, called out the pumpmen, and on that occasion only certain mines were affected. These are the men who operate the machinery which keeps the water out of the tunnels. If allowed to accumulate for even a short time, the water may wreak incalculable damages to the mines. For the second time in six months, the government and British industry are faced with a coal crisis of tre mendous potentially. On the previous occasion, the min ers —backed by the powerful tripple alliance, including transport workers and railway men —succeeded in forc ing Lloyd'-George and the labor minis try to compromise. They licked, how ever, public opinion, which was dis tinctly against the strike, and failed to win the fixed flat wage increases of 2 shillings a day they demanded. The government had made ample pro vision for maintaining industry and transportation lines in event of a strike. Under the present system, coal is sold in England at approximately the cost of production, all profit coming from sales abroad. The government has, therefore, consistently fought to keep up production and, upon the in creased output, would have depended the payment of increased wages. Agreements Anent Industrial Peace Chicago.—lndustrial peace is de pendent upon the continuation of na tional agreements between railroad corporations and employes, W. J. Lauck, economist for unions, told the United States railroad labor board. “Employer and employe are organiz ed into strong national bodies,” he declared. “Financing and practically all business relationship is on a na tional scale. Hence it is of utmost importance for the peaceful and pro ductive development of industry that employer and employe should work out national trade agreements.” Mr. Lauck said an investigation of the labor situation of many industries tended to show: 1. Industrial peace is attained by national agreements. 2. Establishment of uniformity in working conditions is socially import ant. 3.»The unions observe their contracts. 4. Trade agreements are not inconsistent with the genuine open shop. Trade agreements hu manize the industrial situation. Mr. Lauck presented documentary evi dence showing the movement toward national agreements in the railroad and a number of other industries. Pope Concerned Over Irish Situation Pome. —Deep concern over deplor able conditions in Ireland was ex pressed by Pope Benedict during his interview with Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix, of Melbourne, Australia, who came to this city from England, where he was in close touch with the Irish situation. Archbishop Cerretti, papal under secretary of state, acted as interpreter during the audience, which lasted an hour and was marked by utmost cordiality. Will Seek To Dismiss Divorce Suit New York.—Dismissal of the com plaint in the divorce suit brought by Edith Kelly Gould, former actress, against* Frank Jay Gould will be ask ed. A motion requesting dissolution of the action on the ground that the defendant was granted a valid di vorce from Mrs. Gould last year in Paris and that he ivas not her legal husband when the present suit was instituted. Fireworks Caused Chicago Blast Chicago.—Outlaw fireworks manu factured by the firm of Singer and Schaffer caused the blast that killed eight persons and injured fifteen in “Little Italy,” preliminary investiga tion showed. The firm, according to the police, has been warned several times against making fireworks on its premises. Both Singer and Schaffei disappeared immediately after the ex plosion. Blind Burglar’s Tracks Cause Arrest Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. —A cu riously shaped footprint discovered on a sofa in the home of William T. Lockwood, in Huntington, which was robbed, led to the arrest of George Hawxhurst, the first blind burglar the police here have ever heard of. Hawxhurst, who has been blinded from birth, confessed, the police say, that he also had robbed the home of Matthew Curley, in both instances re lying upon his sense of touch and hearing to guide him in his opera tions. Defeated Candidate Asks Supervision Washington. —Jose Miguel Gomez, defeated liberal party candidate for the Cuban presidency, was in Wash ington recently to appeal to the state department for establishment of a provisional government in the island under an American chief executive, if necessary, to supervise new elec tions. In collaboration with Dr. Manuel Rafael Angulo, representative here of his party, the liberal leader has prepared an extensive protest against the conduct of the recent Cuban e.ections to be filed. BANKERS PUN AID FOR FARMERS MEET WITH WAR FINANCE COR PORATION TO DISCUSS THE BOOSTING OF EXPORTS GOVERNMENT READY TO HELP Bankers May Be Urged To Pool Re sources To Provide Ample Security For Loans Washington.—Directors of the war finance corporation will meet here soon with representative bankers of the South to consider methods of financ ing exports of cotton and other agri cultural products of that section. The bankers will be informed, it is understood, that the government is ready on adequate security to extend financial aid through the finance cor poration for exportation of the agri cultural products to any part of the world. Officials indicate that the bankers may be urged to syndicate their fi nancial strength for an export pro gram in order that plenty of security, can be offered for government loans. Through such a combination of funds, it is said, nothing ought to stand in the way of obtaining the necessary money from the finance corporation. Cotton growers can meet the present price situation by “carefuly consider ing” operating expenses and reducing them whenever there is a likelihood of obtaining a low yield per acre, the department of agriculture says, in a recent report on the results of a sur vey on basic requirements and cost of producing cotton. By applying last year’s man and mule rates for labor and prices then paid for seed and fertilizer to the basic requirements in an investiga tion in Mitchell county, Georgia, the average operating expense of cotton was fixed at approximately 33 cents per pound there. Men and mule rates for labor in this investigation and seed and fertilizer costs,„ the department says, constitut ed 84 per cent of the total operating expense, exclusive of land rent. Other expenses amounting to 16 per cent of the total included such items as gin ning, manure, equipment, taxes, insur ances and overhead. Man labor was charged at the rate of 30 cents per hour, seed $Bl per ton and fertilizer at $46 per ton. From the total cost of $56.16 per acre a seed credit of $3.90 was deducted, making a tota{ net cost of $52.26. Asserting that the rates tor labor and seed did not start to decline until after the 1920 crop had been produc ed, the report adds: “With cotton around 12 to 15 cents per pound the returns not only allowed no interest on capital, but failed to pay operating expenses at going rates for labor and prevailing prices for ag riculture. With cotton at 15 cents per pound it would require a yield of ap proximately 450 pounds of lint to cover operating expenses? “The application of the basic require ments of production in estimating costs should be of vital interest to growers at this time,” the report adds. “The history of the year 1920 will not be forgotton immediaely, and it will be safe to say that the lessons of this period will bear some fruit.” Ex-Empress In No Immediate Danger Doom, Holland. —Former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany, whose condition took a turn for the worse re cently, is reported to be in no par ticular danger. Should another simi lar attack occur, however, it is feared her death will result. Hurls Acid In Face Os School Teacher Jerome, Ariz. —Mrs Clarence V. Hopkins, wife of a mining engineer, was rushed to the Prescott county jail recently to avoid violence, against her, following the throwing of acid into the face of Lucille Gallagher, a school teacher. Mrs. Hopkins enter ed a restaurant where Miss Gallag her and another teacher were eat ing and, according to witnesses, seiz ed the young woman by the hair, pushed her hat back and poured the acid into her eyes rubbing it in with her hand which was severely- burned. During the war Mr. Hopkins, Miss Gallagher and another local teacher were in Washington doing war work. Ex-Kaiser Watching Charles' Attempts London. —Former Emperor William and the German crown prince have been watching from Holland with the greatest interest the attempt of ex- Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary to secure restoration to the Hungari an throne, the Evening News corre spondent at Amsterdam reports. Both the ex-kaiser and his eldest son have been kept well posted by telegraph of the progress of Charles’ attempted coup and there has been much going and coming of prominent Germans during the recent past. Great Falls Mills Resume Operation Chester, S. C. —The Republic cotton mills, which embraces two large mills at Great Falls, in Chester county, is running on full time, both night and day, and is running at its maximum in every department. James B. 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