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SECRET OF “GETTING ON”
Atlanta Constitution—Seven
teen years ago a little Greek boy,
George Galolis, eight years old
and penniless, came to Atlanta
and went to work .as a bootblack.
Still a bootblack—rather, pro
prictor of the largest shoeshining
and clothes pressing establish
ment in the city, the same one in
which he first shined a pair of
shoes seventeen yegrs ago -
“Greek George” has just paid
$55,000 in spot cash for a parcel
of Atlanta realty that it worth
every cent he gave for it,
“Work like hell and save like
the devil”—that, says George,
has been his guiding motto 'in
life, and obedience to which has
made him a tich man at 25.
System, for April, quotes |. N.
Darling, more familiarly known
as “J. N. Dijng”, perhaps the
most popular topical «cartoonist
of his day, as having said recent
ly, in giving his explanation ‘of
the whys and wherefores of his
popularity among the ncwspa—‘
per readers of America, that!
“You can’t get anywhere unless
you're willing to work to get
there.”
“Ding)” according to System,
is a “glutton for work,” and in
addition to drawing ‘somewhat
more than 500 cartoons a year,”
which is “hard work for him,”.
he devotes about one-half of each
“working day” to his duties as
secretary of The Des Moiiies,
Towa, Register and Tribune
company, in which position
“Darling is far from a figure
head.”
Mr. Darling, as suggested,
does not attribute his success in
the professional and business
world to ‘“genius,” to “good
luck”, to any “gift” or happy
combination of circumstances ;
but simply to “constant reading
and study,” of which he says, “it
all helps, not only in cartooning,
but also in my other business ac
tivities,” and to downgight hard
“plugging”, day in and day out.
“And,” he says in System, “if
more folks were willing to work
their heads off, fewer of them
would be complaining that busi
ness is poor!” .
There is a deal of tryth in that ;
and there is not a boy nor a
Jyoung man in America, with his
life’'s work before him, but who
might read a helpful and valua
ble lesson In the recorded accom
plishments of either “Greek
George”, the humble boothlack
or of J. N. Darling, the celebrat
ed topical cartoonist. .
FACTS, FIGURES AND FICTIONI
—By R. E. Porter— |
Some curious things are ln“nwi
brought to light ahout the transpor
tation problem. It has been made
public that you can ship fruit from
Africa theaper than you can send it
from California to New York by rail.
Also you can ship a holt of goods
from New :York to South America
cheaper than you cgn transport it
from one side of New York to the
other,
With all our assumed intelligence
we do not seem to be able to devise
a railroad system but what would do
violence to the intelligence of an in
thabitant of the Isle of Yap. Some
day the owners &f railroads will real
ize that a lot of useless “officials” are
being carried on the pay roll at high
salaries, They may even decide that
bout one-half of them can be dis
pensed with and the other half be
paid a salary more in keeping with
the value of their services.
The citizens of Georgia have been
shocked by the gruesomen news from
Jasper and Newton counties. The
news ~olumns of the daily papers
have been' carrying stories for the
past week telling how negroes have
been knocked in the head like hogs,
and drowned in the rivers like cats.
It is not for any of us to say just
- what particular person did it. but this
, much can be safely said. That if we
ad a good police force in_the coun
try under the direct control of the
- chief executive of this state such
things could not happen. Those
ntiea have sheriffs, and dcputy}
jmlike other counties, but
they never know such things are go
ing on,
Mayor Jim Key of Atlanta came
down and gave us a good talk on
government ownership as it applies
to our water power. He says our
state should be given the authority to
develop our own water power for the
benefit of the whole people, instead
of allowing a few to do this work
for the purpose of robbing the peo
ple. The North Georgia Octapus
]km»wn as the Georgia Railway and
| Power Co., says we should not be al
[lowed to do this for it might make
gta_xc:. a little higher, and that the dear
fpvoplc would not have any voice in|
!‘s;nirl taxation. Well, let's see, the
I press of the state informs us that aid’
E;mw(-r company is now levying taxes
{in the hape of excessive rates for cur
,'r'(*nt and gas on the people of North
| Georgia ‘withott consulting anybody
i:x:(:(-[zl some figureheads known as|
the Georgin Railroad Commission. f
| If you looked closely a few days|
ago you noticed away off in one ('m‘—i
ner of the daily papers a news item|
headed somcthing like this: ".‘ht§
Wariield calls a meeting of the L’nim‘lf
heads for conference in New York |
April 4th.” Now Mr. Warfield is th"g
chairman of the Railroad Securities |
Owners’ Association. This :A«m:i:l—%
tion is composed principally of the |
head of Insurance Companies who |
have loaned the railroads large sums!
of money, and have taken the bonds |
of the railroads, asuming of ('om'n(‘z
that the interest and principal would |
be paid when due. l
However since the Government r(‘-!
leased the roads a deficit has been!
accumulating on practically all Hw'
roads, and now comes _these rc:dl
owners, who have collected the mon
cy from the insuring public :mdl
loaned it to the railroads and want
to have a conference with the rcprv-‘
sentatives of the real railroad men
who can make transportation a. suc
cess as well as a ervice. Verily, we
are learning a little all the time.
GENERAL LABOR NEWS
‘At St. Johns, Mich,, the plant of the
Hayes Wheel Co., resumed operations
with full force. The plant closed in
December. It makes truck wheels.
The number of unemployed in Swit
zerland has risen from 113,000 to 128,-
000, Many watch factories and tex
tile industries have closed.
Twenty seven hundred union factory
employees of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe
company, St. Louis, voted to work 48
hours a week, beginning Marceh 1, in
stead of 44,
The mills of the Fort Wayne Cor
rugated and Hartford City Paper com
panies, Hartford City, Ind.,, did not
close, as had been expected, and man
agers of the plants were of the opin
fon that, although orders for several
weeks have been light, they may be
able to continue operation indefinitely.
Offictals of the Youngstown (Ohio)
Building Trades Employers’ associa
tion said that eraftsmen would be re
quested to accept a 20 per cent wage
reduction in the new agreements that
are effective May 1 next. The request
wits submitted to more than five thou
sand workmen. Journeymen.said they
wonld oppose the wage cut.
Wiages of 3,000 of the 4.000 employ
ecs of the Baltimore Dry Docks and
shipbuilding company have reduced ap
proximately 10 per cent. J. M. Willis,
vice president and general manager,
said the cut was “not only to put us
on the same basis as other industries
of the country, but to enable the com
pany to meet competition.”
At a meeting of the Chattanooga
(Tenn.) earpenters’ union it was voted
to reduce wages from $1 an hour to
80 cents an hour. The earpenters are
the first of the bullding trades to take
action, but other branches are ox
pected to follow suit at once. Build-
Ing activities have been peactically at
a standstill for several months,
There is a growing possibility that
union carpenters of Connecticut will
organize co-operative building concerns
to compete with the builders, following
the present controversy over wages,
The builders have organized a state
society to fight for open shop and to
bring down wages to their pre-war
level,
Van Bitten, chief representative of
the United Mine Workers of Ameriea,
fermally called oif the miners’ strike
In the Birmingham (Ala.) distriet. The
order was released through Vietor TII.
Hanson, Mr, lHanson immediately re
lessed an order from Governor Kilhy
ordering the state troops to he with
drawn. DBoth sides agreed to leave
the settlement up to the governor,
The seamen and licensed efficors are
asking the United States Shipping
board to act as arbitrator in the dis
pute over wages and working condi
tions between the Amdrican Steam
ship Owners’ association and Inter
national Seamen's union, the Marine
Engineers' Beneficial association, and
the Masters, Mates and Pllots, associa
tion. The owners insist upon a 25 per
cent wage cut and elimination of over
time pay, zllthnu:.:!\ their agreement
with the men runs until May 1.
Announcement is made by the
Wheeling Steel corporation, which con
trols all of the independent iron and
steel mills in the vicinity of Wheeling,
W. Va, that a general reduction in
wages will be effective at once, Wages
of common laborers are cut from 46
to 40 cents an hour and wages of all
other employgees reduced in proportion,
excepting those working on the ton
nage basis or sliding scale which is
not changed due to contracts hetween
the unions and the men, Approximate
ly 2,000 men are affected.
Employees of the reed chair de
partment of the Heywood-Wakefield
company, Gardner, Mass, were noti
fied of a cut of 25 per cent in wages,
effective March 1. The reed workers
are working on short time. The re
duction will affect 200 men.
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Brick Outlasts Granite Mouse.
A well constructed brick house wi:
outlast one built of granite.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL sth, 1921
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'HAS A, F. 0. L. INDORSEMENT
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' Bill if Pacsed Will Require Employ
ers to Pay Benefits to Workers They
Discharge—Employees Affected by
Strike or Lockout Are Barred.
A bill to compel employers to pay
unemployvment insuratice henefits to
their workers, when unemployed, was
introduced in the Wisconsin legisla
ture, backed by the American Federa
tion of Labor. |
The measure would require employ- |
ers to forin mutual insurance compa- |
nies and pay benefits to the wm'l:erS;
they discharge, at the rate of $1.50 a
day for adult men and women and 75
cents a day for boys and girls be- |
tween the ages of sixteen and eighteen ;
years. 5
The unemployed, providing they had
worked at least twenty-six weeks,
would he entitled to benefits for a max- I
imum period of 13 weeks on the basis
of one week for every four weeks of ;
work. ! j
Workers idle as a result of a strike |
or lockout are not entitled to benefits, 1
and farm laborers, individuals receiv- i
ing pensions of more than $5OO annu
ally, persons whose annual income ex
ceeds $4,500 and individuals mainly
dependent for their livelihood upon |
some other person also are exempt.
State free employment ofiices, al-‘
ready established, would administer
the act in each locality, and would'
seek work for the unemployed. It is
provided, however, that an idle work- |
er need not accept work at a lower
rate of pay, where working conditions
are less favorable than in the place of
last employment, or where a vacancy
has been created by a strike or lock
out.
If an unemployed worker finds or is
offered suitable work in another dis
trict his last employer is given his
choice of either paying the railroad
fare to the new job or continuing to
pay the insurance benefits,
To Work Only Six Days in Week.
Superintendent W. P. Gleason of
the Gary (Ind.) plant of the Illinois
Steel company announced a new pol
icy when department heads were noti
fied that not a single employee of the
mill would be permitted to work more
than six consecutive days a week,
without a 24 hours holiday.
As a result of the order hundreds of
workmen and even officials who have
been putting in seven days a weck will
get their first weekly day off in years.
Although it will make no material dif
ference in the pay checks of these offi
cials on the pay rolls, it will cut two
days’ pay off the steel worker who has
%een working every day in the two
weeks' pay.
Plan Profit-Sharing in France.
The first organized effort to intro
duce in France the system of sharing
the profits of industrial enterprises
with the workmen was recently made
‘||n Paris, when representstives of the
- employers and workmen met to frame
- such a plan.
- Deputy Godart, former under-secre
ilary of the ministry of war, in the
| opening spéech cited several individu
al cases of French manufacturers who
| had hdopted the system since the war
| with excellent results,
The employers and workmen formed
separate committees to draw up tenta
tive projects.
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Government’s Proposal Rejected. ]
Operatives in the British huilding‘
trades rejected the government’s pro- l
posal for “diluting” the building indus- l
try by the absorption of former serv- 1
ice men to allevinte unemployment.
The executive committee of the opera- |
tives said a ballot among the different
unions resulted overwhelmingly
against acceptance of the plan. The
ground was taken that the workers
now in the industry were tully able to
meet housing needs by direct labor
through contracts with the building
guilds,
Co-Operation Plan in Canada.
A co-operative clothing factory, in
corporated fer £200.000, hes located in
Winnipeg, Canada. The new concern
now produces men's made-to-measure
suits for saie to the wearer direct or to
the tailoring trade, and expeects soon
also to make wowen's suits and men's
cloth caps, I'rom 34 to 40 workers are
employed, each of whom is a stock
holder. The present equipment of the
plant is said to be capable of produe
ing 600 suits a week, and within three
months it is expected that 500 people
will be in the company’s employ.
Soviets Oppose Labor Unions.
The Copenhagen Petrograd Pravda
prints an article by Nikolai Lenin de
claring that the fight between the la
bor unions and the soviets for suprem
acy wiil break up the whoie Bolshevik
state system unless a settlement is
,Soon reached, The grticle, which is
captioned, “The Communist Party in
a Crisis,” deciures that the majority
of the RNussian laborers are too selfish,
“They are cut for material benefit to
themselves at the expense of the gen
eral wella e of the commugist state,”
it says.
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LOST—GoId fountain pen with ini
tials D. J. T. lost on West Palm be
tween Main St. and High School.
Finder please return to Leader office.
ti
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Davis announce
the birth of a baby girl Monday af
ternoon at their home on West
Oconee street.
State’s Proud Boast.
Every town in Massachusorrs hare
u free pubiic library, .
THE SAPIRO PLAN AND THE BANKER :
[ (Continued from Page One)
‘Thcre ought to. be another that “Coton is our MONEY-TIE-UP
crop!”
From the southern banker’s viewpoint, there is, of course, anoth-
Jang]c to the question. He wants to know, since outside financial in
[ terests are as be called upon to assist him in a crisis, if they won’t be
tound cutting into the profitable side of his cotton business in normal
times. Something might,be said here about his greater dependence
for permanent prosperity upon the general prosperity of the farmer
{ than upon his opportunity to lend and possibly, to lose all his money
on one risk__but let that pass till the next article. ~Meantime, on the
jpoint in question :
Let him stop for a moment to consider just two things. First,
}whutcver the nature of broad financial support constructed in the
| background, the individual grower, to be financed most conveniently,
‘has to be financed in the-place where he lives. Second, the cotton
‘grower is not a cotton grower alone; not only is he ofte nengaged
1n other business, but he is at all events a member of a community
m which the local banker is not only his friend, but one on the
strength and prosperity of whom rests largely the capability for
Lonest business development, and the expansion of all values of val
ues of that community.
If he will realize those things in their full meaning, he will un
derstand that it is not generosity, but cool necessity and good husi
ness, that protects him and dictates the policy of Sapiro organization
to let the local banker finance the crop for as much as he CARES TO
lUNDERTAKE; to reldive him where HIS interests stop ; where he
does undertake to finance, to give him a MORE STABILIZED
COLLATERAL, BACKED BY EVERY ENDORSER HE HAS
HAD BEFORE AND A GREAT ASSOCIATION B ESIDES; and
to go out and create for him new avenues of negotiation for his paper
and increase the liberality of those, like the Federa] Reserve Banks,
which he already has. - |
THE SAPIRO PLAN AND THE MERCHANT l
, (FIETH ARTICLEY l
Great numbers oi southern country merchants receive cotton
direct, or take a lien on it. in lieu of cash, for supplies which they fur
nish the farmers. : I
If they take cotton direct, they are in the precise position in the
cotton market of the cotton grower. When he “gets it in the ncck,”l
they “catch it in the same place,” even so. Most of them would pre
fer to receive cash. The Sapiro plain association is meant to put the
grower in a position to pay cash for i« merchandise,
Where they take a lien on ¢ -h pavment.by the grower
will also gradually be substituted o, | -y preier to continue to ex
tend credit and retain the lien, the asso iaiion will strengthen the ob-l
ligation by backing the farmer’s paper ‘taclf in taking over the cotton,
or, at the option of the lien-holder, will not take the cotton at all—
just as explained in the preceeding article,
There are some co-operative marketing associations which trans
form themselves into co-operattive buying associations and compete,
with fatal efficiency, with private supply businesses in furnishing the
farmer with supplies. The Sapiro contract specifically fails to license
that business. This is a selkig assoeation purely, and that is a matter
concerning cheaper production rather than more advantageous sale.|
If the farmer wants to form co-operative fertilizer and supply com- |
panies, he is at iberty to do so, but he must form absolutely sepi:rate
and independent organizations for the purpose. This association can
not conduct them, or subsidize them, or in any way engage in the
supply business__it is beyond its purpose, and beyond its character
or its rights under the law. :
So much for the Sapiro plan as it directly affects the country
merchant and the larger merchant who sells directly to the farmcr.l
But- the greatest point of all in this angle of the subject affectsl
cqually, not only the special class just mentioned, but evry banking |
and business interest in the South. ™ It will not be necessary to quole!
Secretary Wallace, President Harding, or any other great men of the
bour, to avoid contradiction of the statement that the whole United
states is right now realizing one thing: that the prosperity of the en-l
tire American business fabric__trade, fnance, industry, railreads.__|
depends directly on the prosperity of the American farmer. If thc‘
husiness of the nation feels that way, what about the business of the.
South, which is distinctly an agricaltural section ? 1
I the merchant in the larger city who does not sell direct to far—i
mers does not yet realize how he is directly involved in this pProposi-
Hon of farmers welfare, let him consider that he sells to a community
hat does, directly or indirectly sell to farmers, and then let him be
think him of what happens o 0 his own or to his customer’s line of
credit at a southern bank when that bank is loaded to the gun wales
carrying unprofitable cotton. :
And whatever diversification of crops, or better marketing of
other crops we may achicve in the future, the unprofitable marketing
of cotton is right now the greatest single factor upon which the pros
perity of the South depends. The Sapiro plan for cotton aims to in
sure, in the most cfficient way, that profitable marketing.
This is short. But is more necessary to the southern merchant
or the southern banker, 2 &
Viclates Traffic Laws.
“While returning to camp one night
1 walked right into a herd of ele
phants.” states a well known explorer
in his memoirs, We have always main
tained that all wild animals above the
size of a rabbit should carry two
head lights and one rear iight while
traveling after dark.-—London Puach.
To The Ladies
Of Fitzgerald
AS we handle only the best
meats money can buy, it gives
us great pleasure to offer it to
our customers, for we know when
you once get the meats we handle
you will be convinced that it is
the best that can be had.
( So let us fill your wants. The
prices are the lowest. All orders
cash on delivery. '
Sanitary Market
J.L. PIGFORD, Proprietor
PHONE 143 - - 217 EAST PINE STREET
Chance for Gofden Service.
Mark how men drain every cup of
pleasure. until sensibility wgars out;
and then health wears 'nut: and then
kbility to feel wears out. Give me
the poet or teacher who will put a
true picture of this before men, and
he stall do the age a golden service,~
H. R. Haweis.
~vted Rag to a Bull.”
~3t Is probable that the expression ‘4.
red rag to a bull,” signifying some
thing which arouses wrath, has been
fmported from Spain, where red cloths
are used in the buli rings, in order to
infuriate the animals before the mata
dor makes his appearance. But bulls
lare not the only animals affected by
i red. Many horses, especially stallions,
1 are irritated by red; and turkey-cocks
attack wearers of red most ferocious
ly, as do ganders. Physiologically,
red is a color which irritates and
fatigues the optic nerves; and so it
arouses temper and produces a quam
| »elsome frame of mind.
| Remarkabie Februarys.
i February without a full moon is
i found by S. H. Gaythorpe, an English
| Inquirer, to have occurred in the nine
| teenth century in 1809, 1847, 1866 and
; LBB5, but the present century will leave
;2 record of only two instances—l9ls
rand 1961. In the next four centuries,
;there will be 14 such instances., Very
|curiously, five Sundays in February
‘bave about the same fréequency, and
‘happen thirteen times regularly In
four centuries. The two occcurrences
:are not connected. ‘
g Fake and T’ruth About the Aspen.
. The aspen leaf is said to quiver be
- causg the cross of the crucifixion was
- made of this wood. The fact is that
- the leaf is broad, and placed on a long
leaf-stock so flexible as scarcely to be
able to support it in an upright posi
tion. The upper part of the stalk is
flattened. and, being at right angles
with the leaf, is peculiarly liable to
be moved by the faintest breath of
air.
| Wedding Days in Holland. |
In orderly Holtand, where every
thing happens by rule, the different
classes of society choose different days
of the week on which to be married.
For some unknown reason Monday is
society’s day and marriage fees for
that day amount to a sum approxi
mate <o $24. On Saturdays the
charge is $2, or nothing at all if the
couple do not wish a separate cere
mony, and are willing to join a group
of 20 couples. At these group mar
riages, the clerk reads the service once,
all the couples making the responses
in chorus.
How Many Colors for a Section?
Not long ago a train started out of
Grand Central in two sections. After
running a few miles the first section
lost time, and the second, running
ahead, was ordered to put up green
signals and run as first section. As this
train approached the next tower the
dispatcher asked the signalman if the
engineman had put up signals, The
signalman replied, by telephone, “Yes,
he just put up the green and blew.”—
New York Central Magazine.
Influence of Toys.
The toy ugly in form, design or color
should not be given to children for it
may offend an inherited artistic sense,
and misdirect a budding instinct for
those things which are beautiful. One
cannot expect a child to develop good
taste if be is surrounded by articles
and playthings which violate all the
~canons of symniétry and color.
‘! Ex-President. in Congress,
Only one president returned to pub
lllc life after quitting his office. John
Quincy Adams, retiring from the pres
|ldency in 1829, returned to Washington
In 183 as a member of the house of
!represemanves at the age of sixty
four. Friends feared this step would
.dim the luster of his great fame, but
his service in congress only added to
2is renown.
Mixup Was Too Much for Him.
Chester could not understand why
Lloyd was called his half-brother. It
was explained to him—his father had
married twice. He couldn’t seem to
grasp the idea, however. Lloyd soon
married and was later divorced, all of,
which mystified Chester greatly. But
when Lloyd married again his bewil
| derment was complete. *“Dad.” he im
| plored, “what relationship is Lloyd to
us now?” i
Maotter of Principle,
A good many widows get married
just to shiow thar they can, and not
,hvmusv of any particular liking for
what they get.
Announcement
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THIS 1s to notify
our numerous
friends that we will
follow the up-to
date methods of
the grocery busi
ress and sell for
the cash only to
everyone, at the
cheapest prices in
town. .
_ This is no reflection upon
your credit but is acknowledged
in all the large cities and over the
whole country as the new lead
ing methods of conducting a leg
itimate business. _
Here is the proof in our prices:
24 lbs. S Rsl 20
Flour - . oV
12 lbs. Corn 35c
Meal for -
Compound 'l2ll C
Lavd. Ib. - -
White Meat 160
pound - = v
Whole grain |, 7’c
Rice, Ib.j- -'-
Eagle Brand 2@o
Coffee, Ib.f-
White House 4(§c
Coflee, Ib. -
Franco-Ameri- 38 C
can Coffee, Ib.
No. 10/Com- l ‘!5
pound Lard HR.&t
pound lard w
wIOO -leo C-So 9@%
Hulls, at - v
3100 s OSS, 1
iMeal at,— ¢
= -
100 Ibs. good Z
horse Feed Lo
[Flowers 9 g é
Bread C-14C
We handle t#e only original
PURINA IGH CLASS
FEEDS Xor/stock and chickens.
Don’t let¥ome boob make you
think there js an imitation as
good as the PURIINA.
There is none so good.
Phone 470