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Investigation Underway In
Cotton Textile Imports
An investigation is now be
ing conducted by the U. S. Ta
riff Commission in Washington
and has special significance to
the cotton industry in Newton
County.
The investigation, instigated
by the National Cotton Coun
cil and strongly supported by
the American Cotton Manu
facturers Institute, concerns the
entire cotton industry in this
country. Its purpose is to de
termine if the U. S. cotton pro
gram, supported and regulated
by the government, is being ad
versely affected by unregulated
imports of cotton textile goods.
The Cotton Council, an or
ganization representing the far
mer, ginner, warehouseman,
seed erusher, merchant and
spinner, or manufacturer, pre
sented testimony during the
past week which claimed that
the American cotton program
is being harmed by these im
ports.
The cotton contents of cloth,
yarn and garments, shipped in
to this country last year re
these 318,000 bales were ana
cotton, the Council said. And.
as more thnn three - fourths of
these 318.000 bales were ene
lyzed to he foreign - grown
cotton, these imports captured
markets that would have other
wise gone to American farmers,
the organization asserted.
The Council pointed out that
under the law about 30,000
bales of extra long staple raw
cotton can be imported into
the United States each year.
Therefore, the unregulated flow
of cherp'v - made textile from
abroad is drf’nitejy circum
venting the law.
Another point brought out
was the fact that U. S. textile
mills consume about t hree -
fourths of all cotton grown in
this country each year.
“Therefore, we think It’s ri
diculous for the government to
continue to ignore this growing
import problem which is jeo
pardizing the U. S textile, in
dustry — an industry which is
the American cotton farmer’s
best customer,” W Rhea Blake,
executive vice president of the
Council stated.
Importers, on the other hand,
opposing the import fee, assert
ed that a pound of cotton sold
to foreign manufacturers is as
good as a pound sold to domes
tic mills.
The Cotton Council, however,
denied this assertion, saying
that it Is foolish for the gov
ernment to use tax money to
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CLOSE APRIL 1
EVA STEPHENSON,
Tax Receiver
To The Citizens
Os Newton County
’ wish to express to you my gratitude for your
confidence in electing me to serve you for another
term as Clerk of your Superior Court.
Your vote and support are deeply appreciated.
Sincerely,
S. M. HAY
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
. subsidize cotton exports, and
- then allow this same cotton to
» re-enter the U. S. in the form
> of cotton goods and take mar
> kets from domestic - made
goods that would be manufac-
I tinned from American cotton.
The government subsidizes
’ all cotton sold overseas at eight
• cents per pound, which means
■ that it can be bought by a M
; eign textile manufacturer about
S4O per bale cheaper than
American manufacturers have
to pay. This, coupled with the
foreign wage rate of one - tenth
that paid by U, S. mills creates
a situation with which Ameri
can cloth manufacturers can
not possibly compete.
During the past week, a large
number of Southern Congress
men, including representatives
and senators from Georgia, Ala
bama, and the Carolinas, either
appeared before the commission,
or sent statements to them, urg
ing that the full powers of the
Section 22 act be used to af
ford remedies for the cotton in
dustry, This could include quo
tas on textile imports, quotas
and fees, or other measures.
Several textile officials, rep- |
resenting the American Cotton
Manufacturers Institute, textile
trade association, appeared,
urging the Commission to re
commend a country -by -
country quota system, which
would control the amount of
foreign - made goods that
could enter each year, but not
shut off foreign trade. Most
have conceded that there must
be some trade between nations,
but that it should be regulated
because of the wage level paid
in foreign nations.
The investigation is signifi
cant to Georgia. Alabama and
the Carolinas, where the tex
tile industry provides employ
ment for large numbers. In j
Georgia 100,000 are employed
in the industry, wh> h distrv- ’
butes an annual payr l of some '
$300,000,000 In A 1 a ba ma
around 40,000 are employed at
an annual salary of $140,000.-
000. In South Crolina two-
- thirds of all manufacturing r»rn- 1
■ ; ployaes are in textile, and in
North Carolina half of all man
i, ufacturing employees are in
- textiles.
i Ab for agricultural income
s cotton is still an important part
-1 of the farm economy in these
states.
1 Emory University had the
■ first intra - mural athletic pro
) gram in the U. S.
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
City of Covington, Georgia
February, 1960
GENERAL FUND - FEBRUARY 29, 1960
Cash on Hand - February I, 1960 _ $ 456.86
Receipts during Month -$40,827.49
Expenditures during Month , ___534.877.54
Cash on Hand - February 29, 1960 $ 6,406.11
RECEIPTS:
Police Fines — — „ , — $ 2,293.44
1960 City Business License —„ i 3,649.00
1959 City Tax Collections $ 427.70
Light and Water Deposits ... , $ 355.00
Cemetery Upkeep —— $ 40.00
Rents —1 55.00
Hospital Insurance „ _$ 400.18
Parking Meter Collections ~ __ | 131,00
1959 Street Paving | 517 14
Gas Deposits — —. $ 230.00
Material Sales . „ r | 11,94
State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. I Cr. 1-402) $ 7.50
Telephone Calls • Police Dept. (Cr. 3-206) ~, $ 2.00
Pye-Barker Supply Co. (Cr. 2109-121 $ 112.64
Merceek-Banks Agency (Cr. 1-402) j 1.69
Georgia Railroad Retainer Fee | 20.00
Surplus-Trans. from W 4 S Revenue Fund 8 292.54
Surplus - Trans, from G & E Revenue Fund 131,543.01
Shortage for Month 1 40.76
$40,827.49
EXPENDITURES:
Administrative Dept. | 7,660.66
Police Department — T . f 4,03 1.93
Fire Department | 1,696.92
Sanitary Department I 3,609.08
Cemetery Department . j 197.73
Street Department _ 8 3,762.07
Parks Department — , _ | 71.31
Public Lands and Buildings _ $ 1,(91,10
Repair Shop . , 1 436,14
Civil Defense — , u < 31.83
G 4 E Sinking Fund - Payment on Transfer to 1958
Municipal Bldg. - Construction Fund ___ $ 5,000.00
Petty Cash - Drawer Money $ 50.00
Electric Deposit Refunds __— _$ 1,045.75
Gas Deposit Refunds | 447.12
Dempster Dumpster Payment , $ 797.58
1958 W& S Bond Acct, - Sinking Fund $ 128.31
1958 Municipal Bldg. Bond Acct. Sinking Fund _> 64.15
1958 Airport Bond Acct. Sinking Fund . $ 21.39
Materials & Supplies Inventory - Water _ $ 2,053.74
Filtration Plant . Water System $ 84.00
Meters - Water System $ 175.00
Mains - Sewer System $ 1,920.33
134,877.54
GAS AND ELECTRIC FUND — FEBRUARY 29, 1960
Cash on Hand - February I. 1960 $ 1,000.00^
Receipts during Month |7? 784 77
Expenditures during Month 172,784.77
Cash on Hand - February 29, 1960 $ 1,000 00
RECEIPTS:
Electric Collections , —534.033.30
Gas Collections __ sl7 044 2*
Gas Calleetiens - Oxford , $ 4,573.45
Material Salos , $ 113.78
573.784.77
EXPENDITURES:
Electric Department _ || 5,984.83
Gas Department __ $11,907,72
Gas 4 Electric System - Sinking Fund _ 5 3,600,00
G J E Renewal 4 Extension Fund | 1,000.00
State of Georgia - Sales Tax f 1,103.24
Credit; Vender's Commission , . $ 54.1 Q
Surplus - Transferred to General Fund —S3 1,843.08
WATER AND SlWtt FUND • HHUADY If, 1% 714 ' 77
Cash on Hand - February I, 1960 , | (,000,00
Receipts during Month „ _____ $ 7,335.71
Expenditures during Month $ 7^336.71
Cash on Hand - February 29, 1960 $ 999 00
RECEIPTS:
Water Collections 5 5,796.51
Sewerage Charges , $ 1,491.00
Material Sales $ 41.20
$ 7,335’71
EXPENDITURES:
Water and Sewerage System $ 2,875.60
Water 4 Sewerage System - Sinking Fund $ 3,435.00
Water 4 Sewerage System - Renewal 4 Ext.
Fund _ _ _$ 733.57
Surplus - Trans, io General Fund $ 292 54
$7,336.71
Ice Storm Tax
Deductions
Some North Georgia home
owners may get deductions
when they file their Federal
income tax returns next year
but it won’t be easy, according
to A. C. Ross, District Director
of the Internal Revenue Ser
vice.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
“Trees and shrubs are part
of the real property. If the ice
storm damaged nonbusiness or
namental trees and shrubs, the
fair market value of the entire
property before the storm and
its fair market value immedia
tely after the storm must be
compared. The difference is de
ductible unless it exceeds the
cost (or other tax basis) or un
less the loss is reduced by in
surance or other recovery”, he
explained.
Ross pointed out that neither
the usual taxpaper nor the un
। usual Internal Revenue em
ployee is competent to appraise
1 real estate. “I recommend that
' all taxpayers who suffered
substantial damage secure the
services of competent real es
tate appraisers immediately”,
he added. He said that such ap -
praisal fees may be deducted as
a cost of preparing the Feder
al Income tax return.
PHONS
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From Chick To Broiler
Life Span Has Been Reduced
By ART SUSOTT
(In Agricultural Marketing)
A tourist from the Midwest
— so the story goes — while en
route to Florida stopped in
north Georgia tor some “first
hand observing” of the State’s
broiler industry.
At a large broiler farm, an
obliging caretaker showed him
around. Impressed with the size
of the operation, the Midwes
terner asked how long it took to
grow a chick to 3 1/2 pounds.
About 0 weeks, he was told.
The visitor then asked about
the growing time 15 years ago.
In those days, the caretaker
explained, birds generally were
grown to 3 pounds. This re
quired 12 to 14 weeks — or 3
to 5 weeks longer than now.
The tourist paused a few
seconds to mull this over. Then
he commented: ‘'l'll say this
for you Georgia folks — you’ve
shrunk the frying chicken’s
life span ”
Actually, the natural life span
of a Georgia broiler is neither
longer nor shorter than it was
a few years ago. But the tour
ist had put his finger on one of
the significant achievements of
the broiler industry — that of
reducing the time it takes to
grow a broiler chick into a
market - size bird.
Had the visitor from the Mid
west taken the time to tour
other segments of the Georgia
broiler industry, he would have
discovered a wide variety of
other accomplishments. He’also
would have been struck by the
vast scope of the operation.
Gainesville, Ga., for example,
boasts one of the largest and
most modern processing plants
in the country. This plant has
an 800-foot straight produc
tion line area where workers
kill, eviscerate, and pack 100
chickens a minute, 6,000 an
hour, or 50,000 a day.
Although the past year was
a “rough one" for the broiler
industry and economists aren’t
too optimistic about broiler
prices during the first half of
1960, many Georgia producers
figure they can make the ne
cessary adjustments. They are
hoping that their resources,
energy, and ingenuity will en
able them to cope with the
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situation — and in the end
strengthen their position for
future growth,
One of the founders of the
Georgia broiler industry, who
onsrates a closely integrated
sl3 million broiler production,
processing, and marketing en
terprise, recently had this to
say:
“We need to specialize. Our
industry has relied too greatly
upon a perishable product, Most
of the industry is still depen
dent for its main source of in
come upon ice-poultry accounts,
and this doesn’t put us in the
best selling position even
though we produce a quality.
product.”
, He believes that through re
search, specialization, and im
proved marketing, Georgia pro
ducers can develop new poul
try products that will appeal
to consumers and have longer
sales and shelf life in the food
markets. “This," he emphasizes,
“will not only strengthen our
marketing position but great
ly expand our market here and
abroad.”
At one time, this processor’s.
output was almost exclusively ।
ice - packed poultry. He now
processes 20 percent precooked
poultry, 10 percent ice-packed,
and 70 percent frozen. Within
a few years, he expects pre
cooked poultry to account for
40 to 50 percent of his out
put and frozen products al
most all of the rest.
Whether other Georgia pro
cessors follow this trend to
ward specilization cannot be
predicted at this time. But one
thing is certain. The Georgia
broiler industry is not going to
stand still. Industry leaders
constantly seek new markets
for their product and greater
efficiency in its production.
In this way they hope to
maintain Georgia’s title as the
Nation’s No. 1 broiler - produc
ing State for many years to
come.
Endurance
When a few simple precautions
are observed, the “beauty of wood
siding can endure for centuries,”
the U. S. Forest Products Lab
oratory declares. As proof, the
federal agency points to the pres
ent excellent condition of South
ern Pine sided homes over 200
1 years old.
Porterdale School Speaks
On Monday, March 7, Mr. Sail
ers' Sixth Grade had a class
meeting in order to elect new
class officers for this six weeks
period. The officers who were
elected were: President, Larry
Walden; vice-president. Dianne
Layson; secretary, Gail Moore;
reporters, Jimmy Jones John
Dickerson.
After the class meeting,,we de
cided to have our class meetings
every Wednesday.
In English, we have studied the
Rules of order and are also learn
ing a poem entitled “The House
by the Side of the Road”.
Our secretary appointed a com
mittee for devotionals for five
days. The members of the com
mittee are: Brenda Womack,
— SPECIAL —
FARM MACHINERY SALE
Dispersal Os W. B. Spearman Estat*
FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
MONDAY, MARCH 21
10:30 A.M.
Tri-County Livestock Barn Premises
Located Junction State Highways No. II end 12
SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA
Four Wheel Drive Army Truck, IVj Toe
1949, ty.Toa Chevrolet Track, Stake led
If4l, Ford Truck, Tandem Axle
1447, 2-Tax Chevrolet Truck, 2->poed Axle
Sot Cultivators for John Deere M. T. & 8.
Set Floaters for John Deere M. T. * 8.
Full Type Fewer Fest Hele Digger
Allis-Chalmers All Crop 40 Combine
20-Ft. Harvey Baled Hay Conveyor
International Harvester Grain Drill
New Holland Hay Baler
Merrill Side Delivery Bake
International Harvester Full Type Bermuda Grau Harrow
10-Disc Heavy Duty Atkens Bush end Bog, Timken Bearings
20-Disc John Deere Killerfer Cutting Harrow
9-Teoth John Deere Killerfer Spring Tooth Scarifier
1948 John Deere G Tractor with Powertrol
1949 John Deere 8 Tractor with Fawortrel and Bollermotic
John Deere M. T. Tractor with Hydraulic Manure Loader
John Deere Subsoiler
John Deere Killerfer Subsoiler
Brillidor Cultipacker Seeder
OTHER TOOLS AND EpUIFMENT TOO NUMEROUS
TO MENTION
DON'T MISS THIS SALE FOR BIG EQUIPMENT VALUES
For Further Information Call or Contact:
J. C. SHEPARD, JR. TOM 8. DALLY
Telephone • 3405 Telephone • 3995
SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA
Thursday, March 17, 1960
Larry Walden, Sandra Blake,
BiUy Edge, Dianne Layson and
Jimmy Gates.
We hope the pupils will enjoy
the vacation for Spring Holidays.
Jimmy Jones and
John Dickerson
Reporters
Traffic accidents are destroy
ing this nation’s greatest natur
al resoyce — its manpower,
Judson B. Branch, president of
Allstate Insurance Companies,
declared recently. It’s a terrible
indictment of our national stan
dards when we generate such
little effort to preserve human
life on the highways, he said.