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A NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO
pUBLIC SERVICE.
By E. L. RAINEY
pRESIDENT-ELECT IS QUARRY
OF THOUSANDS. WILL HAVE
MANY PLACES TO FILL.
When Senator W G. Harding as
qumes the role of chief executive of the
pation next March he automatically
pecomes the greatest job dispenser in
e world. Office seekers have been
pesciging him since his nomination,
and, while his predecessors have had
similar experiences, no former presi-
Jent at the beginning of his term has
pad so much patronage to dispose of
as President Harding will have. ‘
The latest records of the census bu-1
rean and of the civil service disclose
that when Senator Harding enters the
white house there will be approximate-‘
jy 600,000 persons on the executive
rolls of the government. This does“
ot include judicial and legislative
jists, nor the muster -rolls of the army
and navy. Of this great total 450,000
men and women are in the classified
service, which means that, having
passed civil service examinations, theyl
are reasonably immune from po)o'"ah
attack. The remaining 240,000, | “¥d
ever. hold the places, large and S
ypon which the covetous eyes of the
job hunters are set. |
Best Pay to Governor of P. L ‘
Without the postoffices of any class,
Senator Harding will have a multitude
of jobs to fill. The ten cabin?g posts,
each paying $12,000 a year, o course, |
rank first, although they are not as
remunerative. as other places at the
disposal of the president. The best pay
ing position in the government service,
aside irom the position of president
itself. is that.of governor general of
the Philippines, which carries a salary
of £lB.OOO, the vice governor receiving
$lO.OOO. Other territorial governorships
which President Harding will fill are
Porto Rico, $10,000; Alaska, $7,000,
and Hawaii $7,000.
Xext in importance to places in the
cabinet are the 11 ambassadorships.
They each pay $17,500, and include
posts in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil,
Chile. France, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Peru and Spain. If the
international atmosphere clears suffi
ciently during his term the new pres
ident also will have ambassadorial
posts, now not filled, in Germiany, Aus
tria, Hungary, Rus;ia and Turkey.
Next in diplomatic importance are the
ministers. Six of these, China, Cuba,
Czecho-Slovakia, Luxemburg, the
Netherlands and Poland, pay $12,000
each.
Board Positions.
On commissions there are places
that are sure to attract numerous ap
plicants. These include the interstate
commerce commission, with 11 mem
hers, under the new transporation act,
at salaries of $12,000 each, and a gen
eral counsel at $10,000; the United
States shipping board, with five mem
bers at $7,500 each, and three admin
istrative places that pay $lO,OOO each;
the federal trade commission, with five
members at $lO,OOO each; the federal
reserve board, with five members at
212,000 each, and the farm loan board,
with five members at $lO,OOO each.
The treasury department seems to
6ffer a good harvest. Auditors of va
rious deparfments of the government
are places eagerly sought. The com
pensation runs from $4,000 to $5,000
Then there is the post of treasurer of
the United States, a comfortable of
fice with a salary of $B,OOO a year, and
a register of the treasury, who draws
$4,000 a year for the privilege of hav
]ii.‘;‘ his signature printed on all $1
)IIIS,
. Other Good Jobs.
The customs service boasts of one
of the real good jobs in the govern
ment, that of collector of the port of
New York, who receives $12,00 a year.
He has a large staff of inspectors un
der him nad also has a private yacht
at his disposal.
[he jobs listed are only the “high
spots” of the thousands the president
elect will have to dispense. His first
act probably will be to name his sec
retary, who will receive $7,500. This
will he followed by the seleetion of his
personal staff of stenographers and
white house clerks. If he follows the
rule of his predecessors he will not
mike many changes in the personnel
of the executive offices or in the white
house proper, for there he will find
men who have served faithfully
through many administrations.
Baptist Women See.
Peril in Immodesty
Executive Board of Georgia Women’s
Missionary Union Adopts Resolutions
Believing that immodesty in the
dress of young women and girls and
laxity in social relations of young
men and women is indicative of a seri
ous decline ni moral standard that
threatens the sacredness of the home,
the executive board of the Baptist
Women’s Missionary Union of Geor
gia at its recent meeting passed. a
resolution urging women of the nation
to encourage sensible and modest
dress, to see that young people are
properly . chaperoned on automobile
rides and at dances and to discourage
the use of intoxicating liquor and im
modesty of all kinds.
\ leading Atlanta woman, who is a
member of the board, said:
The immodest dress of many of
our young girls and the careless lack
of supervision of their social diversions
show that we are in serious danger
morally of getting into the ways of
the old countries. This resolution was
introduced to call attention of mothers
10 their responsibilities.”
LIVED ON VEGETABLES
FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS
A teetotaler for 73 years, a vegeta
rian 70 years and a non-smoker for
nearly as long, Joseph Wilson, of Lon
don, "England, recently celebrated his
¢ighty-seventh birthday anniversary by
¢itertaining 800 peofl{, o
THE DAWSON NEWS
{ The Former German
| .
Emperor Now Living
In Very High Style
i Has Income of $520,000, and Employs
Fiffy Servants at His Castle in
Doorn, Holland.
| Revelations in Berlin of the sums of
imoney which the former German em
g'pe_ror has been permitted to draw from
' Germany during the past two -years,
itogether with the announcement that
‘the Dutch government will tax him
‘on annual income of 1,300,000 guilders
;(about $520,000), have caused the
burghers of Doorn, the former kaiser’s
| Holland retreat, to speculate as to
i what he does with all his money.
From Germany the former emperor
is said to have drawn 1,000,000 guil
ders. Besides all this income the Rus
sian government has contributed ad
ditionally to the furnishing of his new
house at Doorn. For a long time Wil
liam complained of being financially
embarrassed. Now, according to the
people of Doorn, he is living in high
style.
Has Fifty Servants. |
Not counting his marshal, Gen. Von
Gontard, and other members of his
immediate suite, approximately 50 ser
vants are now employed to keep up the
"n" Lenzollern house at Doorn. There
rp ‘arwomen, whe are kept busy
[Doaits 4nors, brasswork and
otherwis. * » castle up to the
standard of oi. cleanliness de
manded by the to:.. . empress, Au
gusta Victoria. They receive the equiv
alent of -a dollar a day. In all, William
now employs six cooks. There are also
a number of gardeners and personal
i'servants.
To maintain this array of servants
William pays in wages alone about
$20,000 a year. Their upkeep costs him
!as much more, ‘and this does not in
fclude the high-salaried employes. Dur
{ing his 18 months’ stay at Ameron
gen, William lived at the rate of about
$325 a day..ln his new estate, how
ever, he is spending much more.
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THEFTS IN PUBLISHER'S NEW
l YORK OFFICE MYSTIFY DE
TECTIVES IN THE CASE. 1
' NEW YORK.—Through the walls
of police secrecy today filtered knowl
edge of three robberies in the office
of William R. Hearst in the last year.
In each case'a safe was opened and
the loot totaled $13,200. Not the slight
est clew has been developed in the
last two cases, although the craftiest
of the Enright detective force still
are seeking the trail of the robbers.
Following the first robbery, in which
$4OO in curréency and $2OO in checks
were taken, the employes in the office
were cross examined and a young
clerk, it is said, confessed he had stolen
the money. The matter was dropped
when the young man’s friends made
restitution of the $4OO.
The robbers in the second theft left
behind no clew. They broke into the
safe last summer and escaped with
$9,000 in currency and $3,000 in checks.
And, then, three weeks ago, while
the detectives were beating the brush
for the thieves, the safe was looted
again. This time the loot amounted to
$B,OOO, all but $2OO being in currency..
SOCIAL LEADER FORSAKES
DRAWING ROOMS TO WORK
IN PERFUMERY SHOP.
NEW YORK, N. Y —Forsaking
New York’s most elite drawing rooms
for a desk in a perfumery company’s
office, Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oel
richs, social leader, says she is proud
to be a means of showing that socie
ty women have brains.
“I love it,” Mrs. Oelrichs said. “I
have been a business woman for twd
weeks, and already my friends want
to do it, too. I did not choose perfum
ery because the use of it has been an
especial hobby of mine, but because
the head of the company is a friend.”
While most of her friends are asleep
Mrs. Oelrichs, in her fashionable apart
ment, is preparing for the day. She
breakfasts at 8:30 o’clock with her
daughter, Marjorie, 12 years old, and
is ready for the office when her chauf
feur brings around the machine at 9:45
o'clock.
Mrs. Oelrichs said her work has not
interferred with her social life thus
far. .
“I am oiten tired in the evening,”
Mrs. Oelrichs admitted. “You see, my
hours are from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
That’s longer than the office hours of
most of the men I know. Sometimes
I work overtime. I've tried to organize
my house and my social life so that
they won't interfere with business, and
have managed very well 1f I have to
give up anything it won't be my
work.” :
Peace Party Expense Bill
To Be Aired in Congress
WASHINGTON, D. C—Ex
penditure of $1,651,121 by Ameri
can delegates to the "peace confer
ence at Paris, as shown in the re
port filed with congress by Pres
ident Wilson, will be investigated
by the house. <
“We want to find out how many
botitles of champagne were paid for
out of the $283,560 reporfed for
food, hotel and kitchen supplies,”
said Representative Rogers, of
Massachusetts. .
“] want to find out how many
broken chandeliers had to be paid
for out of $125,870 reported as pay
ment for damages to the Hotel
Crillon,” © ... o )
“DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1920
FARMERS’ UNION TOLD THAT
PRESENT SYSTEM OF DE
FLATION IS CRIMINAL.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Secretary David
Houston of the United States treasury
department and less than a dozen in
ternational bankers are directly re
sponsible for the present plight of the.
cotton growers of the south, and the
present system of deflation used by
these financiers is nothing short of
crime, J. J. Brown, Georgia commis
sioner of agriculture, told delegates to
the state convention of the Farmers’
Union in session in Atlanta the past
week.
Commissioner Brown said the time
has come “to tell the truth in Georgia
about conditions.” He said he wanted
all the farmers to pay every cent they
could on their debts, but to ‘“hold
their cotton in spite of Hades.”
There’s Money For Everybody But
The Farmers. ;
Mr. Brown told the farmers that
the money is here in this country, that
it has not been burned nor destroyed
and said the farmers of Georgia aad
the country never before faced as
many responsibilities as they do now.
ing can be laid directly at the feet
“The trouble we are now experienc
of Secretary Houston and a dozen in
ternational bankers,” he said. “When
railroads wanted money they went to
the government and got it. When the
mine operators wanted money they
went to the government and got it
But when the farmer needs it he gets
nothing from the government but ad
vice.”
“The present cotton crop was raised
by the Georgia farmers under a sys
tem of inflation,” continued Mr.
Brown. “It was raised when materials
‘were high, labor high and everything
else that goes into production was
high. Now the farmers come to mark
et his cotton under a system of de
flation.
System of Deflation Nothing
But a Crime.
“And I want to say with all my
strength that the present system of
deflation under which we are working
is nothing short of a crime.”
Mr. Brown told of incidents in Geor
gia where mules, horses and cattle
were forecosed recently at a fraction
of the cost less than a year ago. He
attacked the system of distribution
under which all farm products are
Eagdled and said this must be recti-l
ed.
“One man in a Georgia county rais
ed a steer. He went to his local mark
et and after getting quotations on
what he could get for his steer finally
made a unique agreement with the
butcher. He sold the steer at the price
offered, inciuding hide, tallow and oth
er by-products. He asked the butcher
to sell him part of the steer back as
meat. When the deal was concluded
‘the farmer bought-back one-fourth of
‘his steer for meat at Chicago prices
and owed the butcher 90 cents more
than he had received for the steer—
hide and all.”
Imports Hurt South.
Mr. Brown said these were some of
the things the farmers of Georgia face
now. He discussed cotton seed prod
ucts and said the influx of oriental oils
had destroyed the peanut and cotton
seed market in the south.
BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN
AND STOCK KILLED IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
A cyclone in several Southwest
Georgia counties Wednesday did much
damage, the loss running up into
thousands of dollars.
In Quitman counyt, on S. H. Dayvis’
place, seven mules were killed and
trees and houses were demolished.
At Florence, in Stewart county, the
storm destroyed several buildings. Re
ports also say it struck Springvale in
Randolph county.
At Winchester, in Macon county, it
damaged Judge W. H. Feltons six to
ten thousand dollars; Felton Hatcher,
Billy Phillips, Taylor estate and Will
McKinsey from one to two thousand
dollars each. Several head of stock
were killed, but no persons were kill
ed or injured.
Judge Felton, who lives in .Macon
but was spending the day on his farm,
narrowly escaped being seriously hurt
by a scantling which was blown
through the wire screen of the porch,
missing him eighteen inches.
Seven buildings were blown down
and others were badly damaged. Some
automobiles were damaged with loss
estimated at $lO,OOO to $12,000.
Felton Hatcher's barn was blown
down on forty cows, killing six. Had
it ot been for the presence of 200 of
Mr. Hatcher’'s hands, who lifted the
top, the entire herd would have per
ished. Mr. Taylor’s and Mr. Phillips’
osses do not exceed $2OO each.
HARDWTC—K ASKS FOR REPEAL
OF TAX ON SOFT DRINKS
Governor-Elect Represents National
Bottlers Before Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Repeal of
the 10 per cent tax on fruit juices, car
bonated waters and soft drinks was
urged before the house ways and
means committee by ‘former Senator
Thomas W. Hardwick and Ellis John
son of Georgia, representatives of the
Association of Bottlers of Carbonated
Waters.
WOMEN'S HOSIERY PRICES
| ARE ON THE DECLINE
‘ The cost of women’s silk hosiery,
)priced by manufacturers last spring at
$27 a dozen, have dropped to $15.00.
Mercerized stockings, during the same
period, have been reduced from $7.50
to $3.50 at the. mills.
Recovers Stolen Gems
Through Solomon-like
Efforts of Detectives
Diamonds Missed During Dance in
Atlanta Returned When Lights
Were Extinguished.
During a dance in Atlanta, Ga., Miss
Jane Inge, of New York city, absent
mindedly left five diamond rings, val
ued at $1,500, in the ladies’ room.
When: she missed them, during a
dance, she hurried back but they had
disappeared. The mamagement of the
dance hall notified the police as soon
as Miss Inge reported her loss.
Four detectives and two police of
ficers responded, and while the officers
guarded each door, one of the etectives
announced that a theft had been com
mitted and that the lights would all
be extinguished to allow the theif to
replace the property. Otherwise, the
four detectivs would search every one
in the room.
While the lights were turned out the
dancers were grouped about the door
to the dressing room, but were kept
moving so that the culprit might not
be revealed. When the lights were
turned on the rings were found on the
dressing table, in amost the same place
where Miss Inge had left them.
AUDIENCE WHICH PA.CKED
COURT HOUSE CHEERED |
DECISION OF JUDGE. 1
MACON, Ga.—The four persons ac-|
cused of poisoning Fred D. Shepard,
wealthy Fort Valley fruit grower, to-i
day are free by decision of Judge
Henry A. Matthews, following the
long hearing on whether they should
be granted bail |
The decision went further than the
question of bail. Judge Mathews an
nounced at 1 o’clock Tuesday night
that he did not consider the evidence
presented sufficient to warrant suspi
cion of their -guilt.
It was indicated today that the
#udge’s decision will end the case, and
that indictments would not be asked
for Mrs. Pauline J. Elmer, Shepard’s
former wife; Mrs. Irma Henry, her sis
ter: Ernest Hopson, her san by a for
mer marriage, and Mrs. Annie Cutts,
the four accused.
Close Is Dramatic.
The hearing came to dramatic close
in the massed court room Tuesday
night. The judge's decision, announc
ed fram the bench, was the climax of
‘the lTong and bitter contest. The crowd
was still as he said:
“Upon consideration of the entire
evidence in this ease it must be seen
that it is very conflicting; it does not
appear to any degree of clearness that
these defendants had any part from a
criminal standpoint.”
He paused. He was the object of
the intense attention of every person
in the crowded court room. His words
meant freedom or imprisonment, and
probably death, to the four defendants.
Mrs. Pauline Elmer, her face ghastly,
gripped the arms of her chair. Slowly
the judge spoke.
“T do not find that there is reason
jable ground laid to suspect the guilt
of these four defendants. They are
therefore discharged.” . \
Decision a Shock.
The shock of this pronouncement
struck the court room dumb for an
instant. Then a shout, a cheer, ap
plause from the massed spectators. In
voluntary they raised up from their
seats. But they were halted by the
spectacle of a black clad woman who
rose before them as one who has been
‘brought back from the dead. Mrs. El
‘mer stood before them. Her face was
'white, her black-encircled eyes glazed.
l.ooking always upward, she stepp
ed slowly to the center of the room
while those around her gave way. She
swept her hat from her head and lift
ed it in her hand.to One above—
“l have not walked alone!
“Not always have I been alone!
Jesus has walked with me!
“Jesus did not walk alone in Geth
semane; He was not alone in Gallilee!
He has walked with me.”
Falls in Faint.
And then she fainted. Her friends
rushed to her and found her uncon
scious, her glazed eyes still gazing up
ward.
The crowd pressed ‘forward and
shook the hands of all the defendants
and the attorneys.
- SEEMS TO BE SAFE
WILL NOT BE TAXED HEAV
IER, SAYS CHAIRMAN OF
WAYS AND MEANS.
Representative J. W. Fordney, of
Michigan, chairman of the house ways
and means committes believes it will
not be necessary to increase taxation
on small incomes to meet expenses of
the government.
This step was recommended in the
lannual report of Secretary of the
Treasury Houston to congress. He
suggested that the rate on incomes of
less than $5,000 be raised from four
to six per cent and that the rate on
incomes between $5,000 and $40,000 be
raised from 8 to 12 per cent. This, it
was figured, would bring an additional
$151,000,000.
Would Seek Other Source.
“I am not ins favor of putting any
more burdens on small incomes,” said
Mr. Fordney. “We can get along with
out that, and can get the money from
some other source without great diffi
culty. Moreover, we can cut the esti
mates submitted by the executive de
partments from $500,000,000 to $1,000,-
000,000. This will avoid the necessity
of collecting much of the reyenue
which Secretary Houston said was cs
sential.” <
RESERVE BOARD POLICY
| —t .
PUT BROAD-MINDED MEN IN
'~ CHARGE, HE SAYS. HARRIS
ALSO SCORES THEM.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The fed
eral reserve board was criticised 'forl
failing to meet the respopnpsibilities
that have fallen upon it because of the
financial distress of the farmers in a
speech in the senate by Senator Hoke
Smith, in which he advocated revival
of the war finance corporation. Sena
tor Smith criticised the federal reserve
board for refusing to discount factors’
pdper. To give such an opinion, Sena
tor Smith said, they had to violate
three provisions of the act.
“If I had had a clerk in my office
when I practiced law who'd give thatl
opinion,” said Senator Smith, “I would
have advised him to go back to school.”
In his speech Senator Smith said
in part: ,
“The federal reserve board has act
ed unwisely and dilatory in meeting
the present agricultural crisis. Instead
of moving aggressively last year to
check soaring prices they waited until
the peak was reached and prices were
going down hill and then the action
of the board was such that they might
do down hill more rapidly. The kick
should have been against soaring
prices. The help should have been to
check the down-hill progress.
“It has been said that the board did
nothing to depress prices upon farm
products. Everything that has come
from the treasury and from this board
has been hostile in spirit to credits
upon staple agricultural products. The
s~irit which has gone from that board
has not encouraged member banks to
aid. 1 will name one particular thing
that it did injurious to_the handling of
farm and other products.
~ “Since the organization of the fed
‘eral reserve board until ‘this fall fac
tors’ paper have been subject to re
‘discount of the regional bank, but this
year the federal reserve board formal
‘ly decided that factors’ paper could not
be rediscounted under the federal re
’scrve act, and forbade the further dis
counting in the regional banks of fac
tors’ paper.”
Harris Informed of Slump in Advance.
Senator Harris also has made a
speech in which he strongly urged
speedy legislation looking to the re
lief of the agricultural interests, and
scoring the financial policy of the gov
ernment,
Following his speech the senator in
|conversation declared that W. P. G.
|Harding, governor of the federal re
serve board, had informed him weeks
pervious to the recent terrific slump in
cotton that the farmers must prepare
for conditions which prevailed in 1914,
when cotton sold for 6 cents per pound.
AGAIN THERE'S DOUBT
GOVERNOR’S MIND SEEMS TO
HAVE UNDERGONE ANOTH
ER CHANGE IN MATTER.
ATLANTA, Ga—That Governor
Dorsey has reconsidered his views in
regard to an extra session of the !eg
islature, and is not now inclined to
issue a call is the information obtained
from reliable sources at the state cap
itol.
*The governor himself practically
confirmed this information by stating
that the attorney general and the tax
commissioner had altered their orig
inal opinions concerning the effect of
the United States supreme court de
cision upon the tax equalization law
of Georgia.
Business interests of the state have
also let the governor know'that an ex
tra session of the legislature is not
looked on with favor.
Legislature Might Abolish Office.
A new element which has entered
into consideration of the question in
the last day or two is the now experi
enced fear that if the legislature is call
ed together to work on the tax equal
ization law certain of the members
will take the position that under the
provisions of the constitution the gov
ernor will not have the authority in
issuing a call to tie the session down
merely to a matter of amending cer
tain paragraphs in the existing law, but
that he can merely state the subject
matter the legislature is called to work
upon. If under that assumption the
legislature should have assigned to it
consideration of the subject of tax
equalization legislation then the whole
measure would be thrown open to de
bate and fight, and if that is done
there is “serious danger that, in re
vamping out the present law so as to
work out the existing defects and at
the same time strengthening it, the
temper of the legislature is such that
the office of tax commissioner may be
done away with.
Rights of Legislature.
1f the gemeral assembly should be
called in extraordinary session in Jan
uary or February can that session de
mand the last election returns of the
secretary of state, canvass those re
turns, declare the result and inaugu
rate Governor-elect Hardwick?
The question was raised today in
capitol gossip and there was a con
siderable disposition to believe that
such a step could be taken under the
provisions of the constitution. .
PILGRIM FATHERS’ BONES EXPOSED
WHEN BOX IS MOVED AT PLYMOUTH
PLYMOUTH, Mass.—The bonesof some of the Pilgrim fathers were
exposed for a time today, when the box in which they have been kept was
;;légn from the canopy over Plymouth Rock, where it had rested since
Ti.xe records do not identify the bodies; but the two relatively well
preserved skulls and other bones found in the casket are reputed to be those
of members of the colony who died during the ordeal of the first winter.
The canopy is to be removed and the rock reset under conditions that
will bring it again to shore level. i
Senator Harding Polled
7,507,677 More Votes
Than Did Governor Cox
Number of Ballots Received By All
Candidates in the Recent Presi
dential Election. |
Complete figures of the popular vote
in the presidential election show that
Senator Harding, the republican can
didate, polled 7,507,677 more votes
than Gov. Cox, his democratic oppo
nent. ‘
A total of 27,101,673 votes were
cast Nov. 2, of which Harding receiv
ed 16,639,378 and Cox 9,131,701. Debs,
the socialist candidate, polled 910,477
votes. The farmer-labor party receiv- 1
ed 242,160 votes and the prohibition
candidate 177,957 votes. |
The total vote ca5t........27,101,673
Harding’s vote ............16,639,378
CONE wOte e o S 130
Harding’s plurality ......... 7,507,677
States Rep. Dem.
Alabama ...... ... 74,690 153254
Arixon® o UL e L 0629 5606
Arkansas ...... ... 69874 105,618
Californiis ..., ..... 024922 229,191
Celorado ...... ... Y 7348 104,936
Connecticut .... ... 229,238 120,721
Delatvare ... ... 2858 39011
Ploride ...... ..... #4853 90518
Georgia .... ...... -4E08) 107,162
Idafe: ... oo BBIPY 46,576
IHinois .o o 14204800 534,395
IRdiana .00 ..o 606320 511,364
Towa . i oo REE 207921
Ransas 7. ... ... 369195 185447
Kentucky ...... ... 452480 456,497
Tovisiana ...« ... 38588 ¢ 82519
Maine oo oviooo 156355 BRoal
Marylaand ...... ..: 236,117 180,626
Massachusetts ...... 681,153 276,691
Michigan: ...... ... 7628065 233,450
Minnesota ... ..... 519,421 142,994
Mississippi ... .... 11,576 69,277
Missouri .. ..., 721,162 57?,999
Montana .... ...... 109480 §7.870
Nebraska .... ..... 247,498 119,608
Nevada .io, oo 879 9,851
New Hampshire ... 96,196 62,862
New Jersey ....... 611,670 258,229
New Mexico ....... 57,634 46,668
New York .......;236 187 771774
North Carolina .... 232,806 305,447
North Dakota ..... 100,072 37,422
Ot . vdivh, . 1188022 780057
Oklahoma .... ...« 243,415 215320
Oregomn: .. .« ovs i i 343:092 - 80,009
Pennsylvania ... ..1,218,515 503,202
Rhode Island ..... 107,463 55,062
South Carolina ..... 2,632 63,940
South Dakota .:... 109,785 35,657
Tennessee ...... .. 219,829* 206,558
TOXAS i vheon. HEOORO - 289 688
TR i inh ~ERRN: BGIGSO
Yerimofit ... ...... GBB2 4918
Virginia .. «..0,.. 82858 141670
Washington .... .. 223,127 84,298
West Virginia ..... 282,007 220,780
i Wisconsin ..... ... 498,576 113,422
Wiyoming ... ... 3509% 17.429
Totals ......,....16,639.378 9,131,701
GENERAL LOWERING OF SAL
ARIES FOLLOWS INDUS
TRIAL DEPRESSION.
Wage cuts affecting 500,000 workers
and amounting to from 10 to 22 per
cent have been made or have been de
cided upon by employers throughout
the country during the past few weeks,
according to statistics. Heading the
list of the recent cuts is that made by
the' textile mills of New England and
New York state, which cut wages
221, per cent, 100,000 workers being
affected by the decrease.
The clothing manufacturers of New
York city are deadlocked with the
workers in a plan to save more than
20 per cent in manufacturing costs by
paying the workmen on piece basis
and reserving the right to discharge
incompetent help.
Cotton Mills Down.
Cotton mills are cutting wages or
closing in almost every section of the
country and thousands of employes
are affected. The Tennessee Copper
,company and the Dick Town Copper
company, at Copper Hill, Tenn., have
reduced wages ten per cent within the
last few days. The Tyer Rubber com
pany, of Anover, Mass., which has
ibeen on a three-day a week basis, has
'reduced wages 15 per cent.
i Dispatches from Pittsburg indicate
lthat steel mills throughout the coun
try will reduce wages whenever there
has been a substantial lowering of the
cost of living. The automobile and
rubber industries are reported to have
' been especially hard hit by the indus
itrial depression.
|
GREAT ARMY OF
I
| HUNTERS IN U. S.
| Government Census Shows That More
! Than Seven Million Nimrods
' Have Game Licenses.
! There are more than 7,000,000 hunt
lers in the United States, according to
la census taken by the department of
'agriculture. The estimate was made
lfrom the number of game licenses is
i sued by the various states.
e The census showed that in 1919
' there were 3,600,000 state licenses Is
!sucd. Besides this number it is esti
| mated that 3,500,000 hunters are ex
'empted under various state provisions.
[The returns from the licenses were
| approximately $4,500,000.
THERE’S SUCCESS
AND HAPPINESS
IN CO-OPERATION.
VOL. 39.—N0. 17
- FARMERS SEEMS LOST
DEMOCRATIC STEERING COM
MITTEE VOTES TO DELAY
ACTION ON MEASURE.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Hopes of
emergency tariff legislation to ‘benefit’
the farmers ar the session of congress
went glimmering today. The senate
democratic steering committee, after a
conference over the house tariff bill,
decided that the bill should be referr
ed to the finance committee and be
considered in the regular way by the
full membership.
Significance of this decision is more
serious for emergency tariff }efislation
than appears on the surface. It prob
ably means that no such legislation
can be passed at the short session of
congress, ending March 4th.
While Senator Simmons, ranking
democratic senator on the finance com
mittee, and other prominent democrats
on the committee denied there would
be any filibuster to prevent a bill be
ing passed he insisted the measure
would have to be “duly considered.”
Others of the steering committee talk
ed in like strain.
_ Blocks All Tariff Legislation.
“Duly considered” and “fully con
sidered,” in senate parlance, are euphe
mistic expressions for long drawn-out
discussions which, if need be, can be
extended into a filibuster. It is not the
senate practice to make a deliberate
avowal of a purpose to filibuster.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
acting democratic leader, stated today
that he is opposed to any such legis
lation.
“The bill,” Senator Hitchcock said,
“is not a tariff at all, but embargo
upon the importation of certain agri
cultural products. I am opposed to
such legislation at this time. I am op
posed to it as a matter of principle.”
It is understood that Senator Hitch
cock’s opposition to the bill is shared
in whole or in part by other demo
cratic leaders, including Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina, Senator
Glass of Virginia, and Senator- Harri
son of Mississippi. According to Sen
ator Harrison the farmicrs’ protection
measure is a sop prepared by the man
ufacturing interests of the east in re
turn for which, he exclaimed, the man
ufacturing interests would demand
protection on a scale equally as high.
The senator contended that no farm
er had asked for such protection.
Passed by the House.
The bill has been passed by the
house, receiving an overwhelming ma
jority. It received the support of
many democrats.
In the opinion of Representative
Crisp of the Third district &I Georgie
and other leading house members, the
passage of the hill providing protection
for farm products would not serve as a
precedent,
“It is an emergency measure,” Mr.
Crisp said, “and is of a nature with
anti-dumping legislation. It is intend
ed to save the farmers in the momeént
of their greatest distress and does not
mark a renunciation by the democrats
of their hatred for protection as a per
manent policy.”
At the same time, producers of pea
nuts in southern states, Alabama and
Georgia especially, have repeatedly pe
titioned for protection against Orien
tal importation in response to such
petitions. Mr. Crisp, in the ways and
means committee this morning, raised
the protective tariff on peanuts from
two to three cents, and established
the tariff on peanut oil at 26 cents.
Minority Report Assailed Bill.
Representative Rainey, = democrat,
from Illinois, in a minority report from
the ways and means committee, sharp
ly opposed the bill. He maintained
the agricultural interests of this coun
try would not be benefited by it, but
that it would react against them.
Urges Country Banks
| To Liquidate Loans
Notice Sent Out By Seventh Federal
Reserve District Borders on a
Demand on Farmers’.
CHICAGO,III.—A plea, but at the
same time a veiled demand, that farm
ers and country banks in the middle
west agricultural section liquidate
their loans were sent out today by the
Chicago federal reserve bank to the
banks in the Sevengh federal reserve
district. The latter stated that complete
liquidation is not sought, but only an
immediate beginning.
The appeal is clearly directed, par
ticularly at lowa, where the refusal of
farmers to sell their crops and pay off
loans at their banks has been marked.
This has resulted in the lowa banks
borrowing, more heavily from the re
serve institution than they should. The
reserve bank concisely states that the
farmer must bear his share of declin
ing prices and that other industries
are feeling the effects of readjustment
just as keenly.
The statement of the Chicago federal
reserve bank is important in that it
was an authoritative utterance con
cerning the necessity of liquidating
loans of the country banks.
AT LAST A HAVEN
FOR FUGITIVE HUSBANDS
Treaty to Extradite Erring Spouses in
Canada Is Quashed.
WASHINGTON, D, C.—The genial
husband whose wife’s cold feet annoy
him or who refuses to roll out in the
morning and whoop up the_ kitchen
fire hereafter may hie himself to Can
ada with perfect assurance and safe
ty. He cannot be extradited and made
to face the consequences of his sel
fishness. _ 3 .
. Despite the prevalence of woman
suffrage the senate foreign relm
committee refused to approve a’ trei
negotiated with Great Britain for the
extradition of wife deserters from Can
ada. Worse still, the negative vote
was overwhelming.