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SECRETARY DAVIS EXPRESSES
OPPOSITION TO INFLUX OF
FOREIGNERS
W. J. SPEER MAKES PUBLIC RE.
I CEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
I . FOR THE PAST YEAR
Would Examine Prospective Settlers
For Mental And Physical Fitness
Before Leaving Their Country
rests were made, but that two -white ex p 0 rts in tobacco raising, and they
men were at one of the' stills when the? j^ye been in the county since - the
ofifeers approached and that they were first of the year instructing the farm-,
recognized and will be put under arrest. era . ,
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JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
L. LIII.
$1.50 a In Advance
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923.
No. 17
IUSINESS HEADS DESCRIBE THE
PRESENT CONDITIONS „ IN
COUNTRY’S ENTERPRISES
TACKS IMMATI9N LAWS
Gains In Business Appears Normal And
[Healthy, According To Secretary
* Of The Treasury
New York.—Three of America's in-
atrial prophets—Gary, Schwab and
nderlip—whose voices carry the. far-
:-thereat, spoke recently, after long and
jgagaclous silences. The country, trem*
*“4bus on the edge of a business boom
eason, held its breath and listened.
ch prophet sang briefly of triumph
ttd conculded wtlh a warning.
• Judge E. H. Gary told stockholders
of.the United States Steel corporation
tliat business is exceedingly good; that
L, ie corporation earned over $1,000,000,-
)0 gross in 1922, which was more than
‘00,000,000 over 1921; and that -the
iy of steel makers had been grant-
higher pay for their good and the
;od of the company.
[e shook a warning finger at the
:dusive immigration laws, deploring
barrier which keeps husky labor-
men twiddling their thumbs in
lurope while American factories keep
leir "help wanted” signs nailed out.
erican Industry must have them,
said.
harles M. Schwab, helmsman of the
ethlehem Steel corporation, Gary’s
ding competitor, who is credited
#th the ability to sense the country’s
v^business pulse without a laying on of
bands, announced that busines is both
plentiful and healthy. Using his old
standby, the steel industry, as his
rometer, he recognized the arrival
period of business expansion, and
ratulated the country that much
e steel stream is going into new
truction and railroad equipment,
e, too, added one word of caution.
«e' utmost care must be exercised,"
K qualified, “to prevent this expan-
of business, from developing Into
bondary inflation, which would be
strous."
jrhaps the most pplnted chant of
Uniph, as well as the sharpest warn-
, came from Frank A. Vanderlip,
financial expert. The entire coun-
he said is indubitably prosperous,
the exception of its farmers. This
perity appears to be here to stay,
redicted.
r. Vanderlip, however, saw the
lef peril to sustained business activ*
T in an unfair advance of prices.
Han Hydro Plant Near Tuscaloosa
irmingham, Ala.—The Alabama
rer company plans to build at once
urge -hydro-electric plant at Lock
17 on' the Warrior river near Tusca-
sa* it was announced here by R.
Mitchell, in charge of this branch
the corporation’s activities. The
it will be linked with the south-
tern super-power system which em-
ss lines running to the Virginia
, it was announced. Petition was
. with the Alabama public service
lissio for certificate of construc-
of power facilities and hearing
been set for April 23.
rations Guilty Of Conspiracy
bw York.—Twenty-three pottery
Aufacturing corporations and twenty
Jvlduals, members of the Sanitary
ptjters’ association, which includes
ers of 85 per cent of all the Sam
i' pottery produced in America, were
icted by a federal jury of conspir-
restraint of trade.
rl Teacher Saves Boy’s Life
ahta.—Dramatic Incident, such as
despair of playwrights and mo-
picture directors, was enacted near
one morning recently, at Lee’a
md,' near Hapeville, when a slip
high school teacher risked her own
to save that of a member of the
[week-end party she was chaperoning
;who seemed doomed to drown. The
[teacher jumped in without removing
jany of her clothing and caught the
’boy as he was going down the third
Itinie. pulled him to the bank and resus
citated him.
Washington.—Declaration of E. H.
Gary, chairman of the board of the
United States Steel corporation, that
the restrictive immigration law had
made imminent a serious labor short
age, served to draw the attention of
government officials to the immigra
tion question and the labor situation.
Both immigration and labor condi
tions were touched upon by the cab
inet at its meeting and Secretary Da
vis presented a report which, it was
stated later at the White House, con
vinced President Harding that Judge
Gary jwas quite correct in his state
ment that a labor shortage was threat
ened.
The portion of Judge Gary’B state
ment as made at the annual meeting
in New, York of the United States
Steel corporation stockholders criti
cising the restricted immigration laws
and blaming it for the labor scarcity,
however, brought replies from several
quarters.
Chairman Johnson, of the house
immigration committee, in a formal
statement declared there should be no
lifting of the restrictions of the act,
and ascribed criticism of the statute
by large corporations to a desire for
cheaper labor. Senator Heflin, Dem
ocrat, Alabama, also issued a state
ment in reply to Mr. Gary’s declaring
that congress, Instead of liberalizing
the present immigration laws, should
at next session strengthen them.
Secretary Davis’ report was written
prior to Judge Gary’s address but de
clared “throwing open the gates at a
time of prosperity in order to flood
the country with workers and non
workers would serve to bring prosper
ity to an end." Mr. Davis added that
unemployment now had been reduced
to a minimum and that wages were
rising, supplementing his report with
a verbal statement to the president
that a shortage of workers already ex
isted in some of the skilled trades.
“Under these conditions, with labor
everywhere in demand," the labor sec
retary’s report said, "it is Inevitable
that there should be agitation among
some for the lifting of immigration
restrictions."
The report presented two features of
legislation which Mr. Davis hopes to
have enacted by the next congress to
supplement, the present law fixing im
migration quotas for the various coun
tries.
Two Dead, One Dying In Smash-up
Scranton, Pa.—Mrs. Alice Bonno
and her sister, Mary Colburn, were
killed when an Ontario and Western
train struck an automobile in which
they were riding. Charles Bonno,
husband of one of the victims, is dy
ing.
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
! There From All Sections Of
The State
Toombs County Will Be Developed
Lyons.—A committee from the Ki-
wanis club of Vidalia met with a com
mittee of the Lyons Booster club re
cently to draw up some plans for agri
cultural development of Toombs coun
ty during this year. E. L. Meadows,
E. T. McBride and George Rountree
represented Vidalia, while George H.
McBride, W. P. C. Smith and W. T.
China represented Lyons. County
Agent C. G. Gamer represented the
county at large. E. T. McBride was
selected as chairman and C. G. Gar
ner as secretary.
Two Stills, Beer And Sugar Confiscated
Swainsboro.—Revenue Officer Pierce,
operating out of Dublin, paid this coun
ty a surprise call recently and captured
two mammoth stills; aid considerable
beer and sugaf. One of these stills
was about five miles from Swainsboro,
near Adrian, and the other on the
S-wainsboro-Wadley road, near the Jef
ferson county line, but in Emanuel
countv. It Is understood that no ar-
Atlanta.—State Treasurer W. J.
Speer’s annual report for the year end
ing December 31, 1922, was made pub
lic April 14, showing receipts and dis
bursements during the year.
On January 1, 1922, the report show3,
there was in the treasury brought over
from the previous year the sum of $i,-
727,866.25, and during the year the re
ceipts from all sources were $12,889,-
801.22, making a total of $14,617,667.57
to be accounted for.
But the report calls attention to the
fact that all 6f the receipts during the
year were not available to pay appropri
ations, Buch items being as fellows:
Rental of Western and Atlantic rail
road, $540,000; sinking fund, $100,000;
forest reserve fund $1,678.97; public
service commission fund, $16,455.52 ;
sale of refunding bonds, $174,159.13;,
temporary loans from banks, $600,000;
motor vehicle fund,- $1,831,274.69.
These items make a total of $3,163,-
468.31, which was not available to pay
appropriations. The Western and At
lantic rental was not available, as this
rental for five years was hypothecated
by the legislature in 1921 to pay a cur
rent deficit.
The motor vehicle fund is not avail
able to pay appropriations because the
whole of it goes to the state highway
department for maintenance and con
struction of roatfc. n »yifl other depart
mental expenses.
Thus the net available receipts to
meet appropriations amounted to $9,-
726,332.91, which was approximately the
total amount appropriated by the leg
islature for the year 1922.
The balance in the treasury at the
beginning of the year, it was further
pointed out, did not represent a net
balance. It represented merely a carry
over from the previous year, and
against this were outstanding unpaid
appropriations carried over from the
previous year, so that one about off
set the other.
The total disbursements during 1922,
the report shows, were $12,984,534.82.
This included the motor vehicle fund
which went to the state highway de
partment.
The balance remaining in the treas
ury at the end of the year was $1,633,-
132.76. Against this balance was out
standing unpaid appropriations brought
over from 1922. There is an overlap
ping of this kind from year to year, so
that the treasurer’s annual report does
nof show an absolute segregation of the
finances of the year covered by such
report.
In addition to state funds covered
into the treasury and disbursed there
from, there was handled during the
past year, as usual, a large amount of
federal funds which come to the state
for various purposes. These items were
as follows:
Federal social hygiene work, $6,-
7944.23; federal fund for combatting so
cial diseases, $3,081.82; federal voca
tional education fund, $108,579.87; fed
eral industrial rehabilitation fund, $25,-
817.41; total $1,561,134.74.
Chatooga Farmers Will Dry Tobacco
Summerville. — Tobacco growing
may take the place of the time honored
“King Cotton,’" and, results of this
year’s experiments will probably de
cide whether tobacco can be raised as
a commercial crop in the county.
Since the boll weevil made its appear
ance in the county two years ago,
some of the leading citizens have been
* giving serious thought to diversifies^
' lion and different crops have been ex
perimented with. Colonel John D,
Taylor, one of Summerville’s progres
sive business men, and owner of much
valuable farm land throughout the
county, thinks tobacco can be raised
successfully here, and he is too con
fident of it that he has sent to North
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