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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop'r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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VOL. LII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, CA„ THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1922.
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No. £5.
[THREE BIG STEEL CORPORA-
r TIONS ANNOUNCE 20% RAISE
| IN WAGE'S OF EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC TO PAY
STRIKE COSTS
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CONSUMER AGAIN “GETS IT ,IN
THE NECK,” STATISTICS
EXHIBIT
No Explanation vrr vne increase Haw
Been Given by Steel Corporations,
i But Is Due To Labor Scarcity
’ New York.—Three big steel corpo
rations, employing normally nearly
three hundred thousand workers, an-
Bounce a 20 per cent wage increase
for all day laborers In their manufac
turing plants. The United States Steel
c orporation -took the lead, but was
Quickly followed by the Midvale Steel
& Ordnance company and the Youngs
town Sheet and Tube .company.
In the absence of Charles Schwab
and 'Eugene Grace of the Bethlehem
Steel corportion, no other official of
that company Would commit ijjimself.
Secretary Brown said, howevoBj; he did
not know of any action that bad been
taken on the wage question. /President
Matthews of the Crucible Steel corpo-
• ration said his company had taken no
action "as yet.” It was generally be
lieved in financial circles that all im
portant steel firms would announce In
creases within a few days.
News of the Increase came/as a sur
prise to the financial district, probably
because wage adjustments In other in
dustries have been generally down
ward. It was followed by slight re-
■ cessions in the price? of steel shares.
No explanation of the increase was
given by the steel corporations. How
ever, it Is known that, the immigra
tion law has cut off the supply of un
skilled laborers which formerly drift
ed to the iron arid steel centers.
When the /labor shortage became
acute last sprnig and. the. steel Industry
bogan to show signs of rehabilitation,
temporary relief was offered by the em
ployment of men thrown out of Work
by the coal strike.
Resumption of coal mining and ,'ttae
^increasing derpand-for laborers in oth
er industries, combined with the ex
pected business revival this falirifl re
ported to have caused apprehension
among mill managers, who feared that
the higher wages elsewhere would
cause • sufficient desertions to hamper
their operations at a time when there
was every prospect for heavily increas
ed orders,
i Chicago,—The rising tide of prosper*
ity has not only .wiped out the unem
ployment problem of a few months ago,
but has created an actual shortage of
men with an accompanying increase in
wages, according to employment agents,
railway officials and-manulacturere.
One evidence of this, they said', was
to be found in the raise in pay an
nounced for employees of the United
States Steel corporation. Employment
agents of Madison street, the thorough
fare of the unemployed, complained
that there was a scarcity ot both rail
road labor and farm hands and said
that as a result higher" wages were
being offered. One railroad official at
tempted to show that the steel com
panies were being forced to pay higher
wages because of the wages paid for
the same class of labor by the rail
roads acting under/ authority
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Situation Growing Out Of Mine And
. Rail Strike Prove .This
To Be True
ATLANTA MAINTAINS ITS RANK
AS ONE OF THE LEADING
SOUTHERN CITIES
Commander And Crew In Plane Wreck
Fashingtom—The giant J seaplane
"Sampnio Correia,” en rfmte to the
Brazilian, centennial, collapsed in the
sea between Halt and Cuba, the navy
department has been advised. The de
partment announced a radio message
that it had received from the nayql
station at Guantanamo. The message
stated that the United States cruiser
Denver from the station had-picked up
Lieutenant Hinton, the commander of
the seaplane, and" the crew. Hinton
and the crew were picked up by the
Denver at latitude 20 north and lon
gitude 74.38, which point lies in the
passage between Haiti and Cuba.
Washington.—It is an old saying that
the public pays the bill in any great
strike, and there perhaps has never
been more tangible evidence of this v
than in the situation growing out of
the mine and rail strikes.
It is estimated by statisticians that
during- the mine strike mine workers
have lost approximately $300,000,000
in wages, figuring thqt they worked
normally during thenr present walk
out. But Such are the demands for
fuel confronting the country today
that, resuming work, the miners will
be virtually assured steady, full-time
employment for many weeks. Thus
they will get back their losses — ex
cept' in the anthracite fields, where
maximum production is maintained at
all times.
Statisticians further estimate that
mine operators have lost approximate
ly $300,000 in profits, damage to plants
and possibly loss of markets. But,
such are the demands for fuel that
those operators who have produced
despite the strike have bOQSted prices
far above the normal level; and, when
the production is once resumed fully,
the boosting process will go 1 merrily on
among them all.
. Already it is estimated that the peo
ple in the country have been called
upon for approximately $100,000,000 by
way of increased fuel prices, anti-that
this bill will run up to a half billion
dollars at least before the winter is
over. •
It was to check this that President
Harding proposed his coal purchasing
agencye’to congress. And failure of
congress to enact such a measure—as
no wappedra certain—will mean that
the public will be called upop to pay
absolutely every cent "the traffic
will bear.” This; according to some
of the highest officials in the govern
ment, may reach $18 to $25 a toh for
coal.
But coal prices _ape not all that will
hit the public. Already, according to
statistics compiled by the labor depart
ment, wholesale prices of many com
modities from food to building mate
rials are beginning to go up. Yack
of transportation facilities, due to the
shopmen's strike, are making the fill
ing of orders for many of life’s neces
sities as dlficult as in. the case of coal.
Heavy demand, coupled with inade
quate supply due to Inability to trans
port goods, means, under economic
laws, rising prices. ■
Millions being lost to growers in the
West; through lack of cars, will bp mil
lions borne by the public eventually
through buying on a limited market
in fresh and canned fruits and vege
tables. Greater profits from a small
er outlay instead of small profits on
quantity outlay wiil.be the toll exact
ed by wholesalers apd retailers.
Eventually this toll will mount into
millions, officials say. Unequipped
with laws to balk profiteering, the de
partment of justice, of course, is study
ing the situation throughout the coun
try and may recomihend some legislar
tion. later to cope with It.
Atlanta.—Atfanta maintained its
rank as one of the .leading Southern
cities in the ambunt of buildings put
: under way during July, figures given
in the American Contractor’s resume
of statistics shows. Following are the
figures of Southern cities showing a
[comparison of building this July and
July a year ago.’
July, 1922. July, 1921.
$2,208,220 $1,948,322
652,563
1,059,950
-1,180,830
• 177,336
. 367,350
• 2,310,095
- 331,522
Atlanta - • >
Augusta - -
Louisville ..
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Knoxville - ■
Memphis - «
Nashville - ■
161,756
703,000
761,350
64,947
205,249
1,101,<918
531,382
Man Is Killed By Auto
Atlanta.—Thomas Edward Hull, 45,
this city, was injured fatally recently,
■^hen the automobile he was driving
west along Ed-gewood avenue was
struck by a high powered car going
south out Jackson street. He was
rushed to a hospital where he died
a few hours afterwards. The car that
collided with the one operated by Mr,
Hull was driven by Henry Atkins,
nogro chauffeur for John M. Nichols,
also o£ this city, Mr. Nichols was
riding in the machine at the time oI
the afccident, it is said. According
Jo several witnesses the negro was
traveling at a high rate of speed and
did not slow up as he .approached
Edgewood avenue.
FARM WAGONS
AT PRE-W AR PRICES
“Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White
Hickory.”
You can take your choke they are all high-
grade. We handle Vulcan Plows and Parts.
You will probably not use much Fertilizers but
will want what you do use to be strictly High
Grade.
We make ours and know what's in it and you do not
have to pay and.more than for the ordinary kind.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO FIGURE WITH US.
HEARD BROTHERS
MACON, GEORGIA.
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Forty-Five Vessels Of Board Are Idle
New Orleans.—Forty-five vessels of
the United States shipping board, with
an aggregate deadweight tonnage of
240,246 tons, are. laid up in the Mis-
sissipi river below New Orleans, ac
cording to an official of the shipping
board. Twenty-four-of the vessels are
at Twelve-Mile point and twenty-one
at Nine-Mile point. *
Arc Finding Cream Business Profitable
Hawkinsvllle.—Since the establish
ment of the Hawkinsvllle creamery
several months ago, the dairy indus
try has made rapid strides through
out this section and promises to be a
leading factor in the upbuilding of
perm&nent prosperity. Five years ago
but little attention was given to any-
thing outside of cotton, especially
cows except for the individual use oi
the owners, and now Interest has
reached the point where nearly the
entire farming Interest has become in
some way or other interested in the
dairy industry, some of them in -a
small way but one which has possi
bilities. •'
Will Probe Lynching Of 8layer
Juliette.—The Monroe county si&er-
ior court will convene for a week’s
session soon, with Judge W. E. H.
Searcey, Jr., presiding, and Solicitor-
General Emmett Owen looking after
the state’s interests. B&th civil and
criminal dockets are light. A large
number of grand and traverse .jurors
have been drawn. The most import
ant matter to come before the grand
lury. will he an investigation of the
recent Glover lynching near Holton in
this, county. L. C. Bittick, deputy
sheriff, has served subpoenas on about
thirty Bibb county citizens who will
appear as witnesses before the grand
. try. v
Free 8tate Commander Assassinated
Dublin, Ireland.—Michael Collins,
commander of the Irish Free State
army and the most outstanding fig
ure in the , entire Irish situation, has
been assassinated. It has been offi
cially announced tljat Collins had been
shot and killed from ambush near
,Bandoii, County Cork. Collins’ life
has long been in danger and his as
sassination, as reported, follows what
was regarded as an attempt on his
life within the past forty - eight
hours. On this occasion a-bomb was
Fair Associatfbn Officers Elected
Juliette.—The Monroe County Fair
association has elected officers as
follows: W. H. Dame, president; L.
P. Goodwynq, Clarence Waldrep, W
M.' Spier, and Zenas Hencely, vice
presidents; H. L- Worsham, manager,
and J. H. Clarke, secretary apd treas
urer. Subscriptions are being secur
ed for the prize list and the date of
the' fair will be announced soon, ji
is believed the fair will be the best
ever held in Monroe as excellent agri
cultural and other exhibits will be ar
ranged and a program of attractions 1
will be carried out.
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REPAIR WORK
By Expert Mechanics On All Oars.
BATTERY SERVICE
We Recharge and Rebuild Ajl Sizes and Makes.
New Willard Batteries in Stock.
WELDING
Acetylene Welding of All Kind. „
TIRES and TUBES
U. S. Tires and Tubes and Accessories in Stock.
McLendon Auto Co.
CALVIN E. McLENDON, Prop’r.
PERRY - GA.
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DON’T BE DECEIVED
Buy your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Range*,
Glassware, Churns, Etc., CHEAPER than any man in
Perry. I am in business to stay; I* know that all Mer
chandise is cheaper than it was six months ago; I have
taken my loss and if you buy fr om me I will not sell you
one article for less than cost and make it up on something
else. AIM ask is an opportunity to *meet honest compe
tition on any line I Jsell.
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Lets Forgetjthe Blues, Go To Work and Make
The Best of It. >
J. .W BLOODWORTH,
“THE FARMERS FRIEND.*%
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
was*'
$9,000 Destroyed Ip Ginnery Blaze
Lawrenceville^-The cotton ginnery
thrown, and exploded under the aut<£) of F- Rice, eight miles east of Law-
mobile in which Collins was in the - ^nceville, was totally destroytd by
habit of riding. The IriBh leader was 1 fIre recently. Mr Rice had had the
not in the car, however. greunds around the gin house Clean-
ed off the day before the fire; In
Indiana Governor Backs Soldier Bonus ' addItio “ to the destruction of the gin-
_• nery, there were several bushels of
Indianapolis, Ind. Gover or \Mc-, -^heat and a Ford car burned, which-
Cray sent telegrams to Senators Wat- belonged to ' John Hall. It is said that!
son and New uYgng the passage by the loss amount to abou t $9,000, with'
congress of an adjusted compensation . ?5J500 logurance . .
act for veterar-s of tha wcrjty war j |
are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all
other farm products
Bring us your, products.
Perry Warehouse Co.