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Tri-Weekly Market Reports
COTTON
NEW YORK. April It).—Relatively
firm Liverpool cables, reports of tin-,
favorable weather in the south and
bullish overnight reports from the
spot market led to a renewal of
active covering by near months
shorts in the cotton market opening
todav First prices were firm at ad
vanet,-' of 33 to S 4 points, with May
contracts advancing to 31.9a and
October to 26.00 during the first few
minutes, or 57 to 93 points net high
er. The advance was checked by
heav'y realizing at these figures.
There were quick reactions of 20 or
25 points but the covering continued
with the market active and steady
during the early trading.
The demand from .-norts later, be
came less urgent ami i-aalizing con
tinued with May contracts selling off
to 31.37 and July 25.67 or about o 3 to
58 points from the early high lev els.
Trading then became quieter and the
market was fairly steady around
midday - with active months showing
net advances bf 30. to 50 points. Pri
vate reports v m tl.y s<“ >est that
rains would cause a considerable de
lay in farm work exerted a sustain
ing effect on the late forenoon mar
ket-
The market was easier in the ear
ly afternoon under continued realiz
ing ami selling .for a reaction which
seemed to lie encouraged by reports
of ail easier feeling in the stock
market. May declined to 31.25 and
October to 25.62. making reactions
of 38 to 70 points from the high
level of the morning, but steadied
at these figures on. renewed cover
ing- with the market ruling about
p/" 1 to 10 points net higher around
2 o clocks yokk COITON
The following were Hie ruling price* 1*
the exchange today: .
Tone, steady: middling, 31.63 c; quiet.
Last I’ice.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Clo*e.
May . 31.70 31.95 31.25 31.31 31.2< 31.02
July ..30.10 30.43 2!'.65 20.69 29.67 29.01
Oct 25.92 26.00 25.61 25.64 2>.6> 20.43
PetV • .25.35 25.38 21.98 25.05 25.05 24.80
Jan .24.80 21.94 24.52 24.5a
Cotton futures 11:43 a m. b><H
.Tminar-, muni, al: May. n1.43.Ju1j, -J.J(.
October, 25.74; December. -u-0o-
NEW ORIJJANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, April 10.—The
cotton market had a. wildly excited
opening owing to the strength o
Liverpool, which was more than 80
American points higher than due.
The first trade in May was
at $2.00, but as the call proceeded
that month sold up- to 32.31 or 103
points above the close of yesterday.
July traded up to 30.40 during the
call or I'3 points up. October advanc
ed to 25.30 or 58 up. The advance
in Livperpool was attributed to
heavy short covering on fears of a
squeeze in near months owing to
growing scarcity of supplies. J. he
market off 41 points on May
and 47 on July on realizing and
quieted down considerably by the end
of the first half hour of trading.
‘Following the sensational advance
of a little over a hundred points at
the opening the mraket eased off
rapidly on realizing and then re
lapsed into dullness until within half
an hour of noon when prices weak
ened sharply on a rumor that, a
prominent authv. umated March
consrunptnon at only 483,000 bales
against 623.000 in March, 1923.
Weakness in the stock market
owing to falling off in unfilled steel
orders helped the decline. May drop
ped to 31.-10, July to 29.55 and Octo
ber to 24.9-1, or 91, 85 and 45 points,
respectively, down from the early
high.
The mapket fluctuated Yiervously
flaring the afternoon within a nar
row range, but generally above the
low level of the forenoon; Although
constructive sentiment was held in
check by an easy stock market, the
market was supported by a very
good spot demand at a high basis re
ported by interior markets, and by
cables reporting a very active busi
ness at Manchester. Trading set
tled around 31.70 for May. 29.70,f0r
Tuiy and 25 for October, or 30, 2Q
and 8 points respectively above the
lows of the day, and 23 to 42 points
above t'«e previous close.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T''e following were the ruling price* l*
the exeb-nge today:
Tone, Steady; middling, 31.73 c; steady.
Last I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
May ..32.00 32.31 31.10 31.45 31.40 31.28
July ..30.40 30.40 29.50 29.57 29.53 29.47
Oct. ..25.40 25.10 24.92 24.95 21.92 24.73
Dec ..25.03 23.05 24.63 24.63 24.63 24.43
Jan 21-18 24.28
Cotton frtuns noon bids steady. January,
21.57: Ma.'. 31.33' Jul.'. 29.63; October,
21.97; December, 2t.72._
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, April I,o.—lotton spot,
good demand, but business moderate: prices
steady. Good middling. 19.73; full.' mid
dling, 19.28; middling. 18.83; low middling.
17.98; good ordinary, 16.98: ordinary, 16.18.
Sales, 10.000 bales, including 6,800 Ameri
can Receipts, 1.000 bales, no American.
Futures closed steady, net 13 to 31 points
higher than previous close.
Tone, steady ; sales, 10,000; good mid
dling, 19.73 d. _
Prev.
Open. Close. l*tcs®
April -•-•■
May 18.Oi 18.52 18..,..
Junue .18.35 JB.pl
Julv 17.38 17.81 I<.s<
August 1« 90 16.71
September 15.92 1.1.77
\e tuber 14.90 15.1,8 15,02
November ■ 14:83 14.68
December ' 11.69 14..>3
.la unary 11.38 14.52 14.35
February 14.44 14.27
March .... .... .... ..... 11.39* 14.20
SPOT - COTTON
Atlanta, steady. 31.25 c.
New York. stead.'. 31.65 c.
New Orleans, stead' . 31.75 c.
Galveston, steady, 32.25 c.
Mobile, steady, 31c.
Savannah, steady. 31.35 c.
Wilmington, steady. 31.75 c.
Norfolk, steady, 31.6.3 c.
Augusta, steady, 31.31 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady. 31.13 c.
St. Louis, nominal.
Montgomery, steady. 31.15 c.
Houston, steady, 31.85 c.
Memphis. steady, 31.23 v. ' \
Little Kock, steady. 31.23 c.
ATLANTA SPOTCOTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 31.25 c
Receipt- 386
Shipments .. 9-14
Stocks 20.296
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Upeu. i lo«e.
\pril 10.1561 10.40 J0.15® 10.40
\;. lv - 10,31 tfi 10.32 10.31 6110.33
jime io.iom 10.50 in.:;4M io..■>•'>
July ~..10.656710.66 10.65% 10.66
Aug. 10.70 M 10. SO 10.76® 10.78
s pt 10.8761 10.89 19.85% 10. St;
Oct 10.40% 10.60 JO. 366/ 10.45
Nov 9.40% 9.75 9.36® 9.50
Tone. toady ; sales. 13,000.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
(CorrecUS oy Atlam* Commercial Ex
change.)
Rid. Asked.
Crude oil. bas:» prime tank..J 8.75
C. 8. meat. 1 per ven stu-
m-mu, car lots 38.00 38.50
C. S. meal, at common rate
4 points, ear lots 36.n0 36.50
C. S hulls, kx.se, car lots ... IS.OO
C. S. bull*, sacked, car lots.. 21.1)0
I Infers, first cut. 106fll*ic.
Linters, second cut (cottonseed hulls fiber or
savings. 3s4c.
Linters. clean, mill run. &%®6%c.
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY. Mo . April JO.—Wheat:
No. 2 I.aid. We: >1.20; No. 2 red. $1.07®
1.(%.
( ~-u; No 2 yitluw 7s®7o%v: Nd. 2
n tved. 73%®74. ,
Oat.-; No. 2 vl' tt.
GRAIN
CHICAGO (Thursday). April 10.—
Wheat trade was draggy today but
there was enough buying by shorts
to prevent any material reduction
in price. Selling was credited large
ly to northwest account, and it was
broad enough to prevent prices
rallying. Crop report of yesterday
was ignored, as it is generally be
lieved that there has not been
enough growing weather to indicate
the true condition of the crop. Ex
port trade was quiet with the lower
sterling and easier market in Liver
pool acting as a deterrent. Milling
demand was quiet. Receipts con
tinue small. Primary receipts were
only slightly in excess of shipments.
It iook s as if there will be a mote
liberal reduction in visible supply
of Monday. Minneapolis wheat
stocks are decreasing more rapidly
of late. Sales of 100,000 bushels
were made to go to store.
Wheat closed 1-4 to 1-2 cents high
er. The market having a late rise
on covering by shorts. May, sl.Ol
7-8 to $1.02: July, $1,03 1-2 to $1.03
5-8; September, $1.04 1-2 to $lO4. 5-8.
Corn was under pressure from
longs and lower prices were estab
lished at the start. On the dip there
was some covering by shorts to col
lect profits and this caused locals
to buy in anticipation of a rallyy
Offerings, however, were liberal
enough to prevent a rally. Cash
corn was weak and the basis was
1-4 of a cent to 1 cent lower. Indus
tries were the only buyers. Ship
ping demand was poor, offerings
from the country are light except
•in the west. Receipts were larger.
Corn rallied, with wheat and closed
1-4 to 1-2 higher. May. 76 7-8-so
76 3-4; July, 7.8 .1-2; Sepetmber, 78 1-2.
Oats were quiet and steady. There
was' some covering by May shot -
Oats were 1-8 to 7-8 higher. May.
46 1-4 to 46 3-8; July, 43 7-S; Septem
ber, 40 1-8.
Provisions were easier under com
mission house selling. Smaller pack
ers bought on the break.
Lard closed 2 1-2 to 7 1-2 lower,
and ribs 2 1-2 tojji lower.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
Tbe following were the ruling price* u
the exchange todaj’:
. Dre v,
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
May ... 1.0.1 V* 1."2 1.00 7 » 1.01% I.Olti
July ... 1.03 J. 03% J.o2’; 1.03% 1.03%
Sept. .. 1.04 1.04% 1.03% 1.04% 1.04%
CORN
May .... 76%. 76% 76% <6*s 76',m
July 78 78% 77% 78', 2 >B%
Sept. .... 78 78% 77% 78% 7S
OATS—
May .... 43% 46% 45% 46% 45%
July 43% 4 1 43% 43% 43%
Sept 39% -A>% 39% 40% 40%
LARD—
May 10.90 10.92 10.90 10.92 10.95
July .... 11.15, 11.17 11.15 J 1.15 11.20
RIBS.L
May .... 9.80- 9.80 9.8(> 9.80 9.82
July HXIO 40.10 10.10 10.10 10.12
BELLIES—
JIny 10.20 10.‘.’2
July .... • 10.55 19.55
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 9 cai'i
I 'urn 88 ears
pals .... 33 cars
Ilogs 2-1,000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, April 10.—Wheat: No. 2 hard,
$1.03%; No. 3 hard, $1.02%.
Corn—No. 2 mixed, 77c; No. 3 yellow,
75%@76.%e.
Oats No. 2 white, 48%@48%c; No. 3
white. 46%(1/ 18c.
Rye—No. 3. 61 %e.
Barley—67(s 81c.
Timothyscd - 85.006/ 7.60.
(' '.ore rseed —5.16.50fe 22.50.
Lard—slo.B2.
Rih«—B9.B7.
Belfiei—slo.2s.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST LOCIS. Mo., April 10. —Cash, wheat,.
No. I hard, 81.06: No. 2 hard. $l.O-1.
Corn. No. 3 wiiitO, 7<%(<Z7Sc; No. 2 yel
low, 81. c.
Oats, No. 2 white. 50%e; No. 4 white,
49,C.<-.
Futures: wheat, May $1.02%; July,
$1.02%..
Corn, May. 78<-; Jbly, 79% $/79%e.
Oats, May. 48e: July, blank.
FLAX “QUOTATIONS
DI LI TH. Minn.. April 10..-»-tlnso, flax,
Max. $2.37%; July, $2.32%: September,
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, April 10.—Flour: Dull and
um'hanged.
Fork—Hull: mess. $'.:i.756/ 25.75.
Lard —Steady; middle west spot. $11.335£
11.43.
Sugar—Raw, easier; centrifugal. 96-to*t,
6.40 c: refined,, dull: granulated,-8.20@8.400.
Coffee —Rio No. 7, on spot. Js%c; No. 4
Santos, 19%@20%c.
• Tallow—Firm; specials, 7%fri7%<'.
Hay—Steady; No. I. $1.50; No. 2. $1.13®
1.20; clover, $1.05® 1.30.
Dressed Poultry—Uuiet; turkeys, 20®36cs"
chickens, 22®48<-: fowls, ( 13®31c: capons,
30®46c; ducks, 20®26c: Long Island, 22®
30c.
I.He Poultry—Easy: geese. 12® 16c: ducks,
13(</:;0c; fowls, 26®31c; turkey*. 25(l?43o:
roosters, 15c: cbi'-kens, 20®35c; bioilers,
50®.35(:; capons, 456150 c.
Cheese—Oniet; state milk, common to spe
cials. 16® 23c; skims, common to specials,
12®18c; low grade*. 56/tic.
Florida Quotations
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. April 10.—
Wholesale quotations prevailing on the
Jacksonville market today, as reported by
the state marketing bureau, follow:
Beans, green, hampers, fancy, $3.00®
3.50.
Cabbage, crates, fancy. $2.00®'2.39.
Cucumbers, square bu hel crates, $3.50®
6.0".
Eggplant, < crates, fancy, $1.75® 2.2 >.
English peas, hampers. fancy. $2.30®
Lettuce, big Boston. hampers. Florida
head. 82.75®3.(t0.
Teppers, crates, famy, $2,006/2.30.
Potatoes, rose, bushel crates, s3.oo®j
3.50.
Squash, crates, fancy. yellow crooked
neck. sl.oo® i.vo.
st raw berries, s'>.4o® S.oo.
Tomatoes, fancy. $2.25®2.75.
Grapefruit, box, fancy, $2.006/2.25.
Oranges, crates, fancy, heights, $2.25®
Sugar Market
NEW YORK. April 10. No further
changes were noted in the local raw sugar
market early today with prices still quoted
on the basis of $0.40 for ( ttbans duty paid.
l'he unde-tone was steadier and there was
sales 36,000 bags of Porto Ricans to an
outport refiner and 13,500 lings of Cubans
to a local operator, both for prompt ship
ments.
Row sugar futures were firmer on cover
ing and renewed buying by commission
houses promoted by the steadier tone iu
the spot market. Prices st midday were
four to seven points net higher.
No inereas* was reported in demand for
refined sugar and prices were unchanged
at 88.20®8 40 for fine granulated.
Refined futures wer» nominal.
NEW YORK RAW - SUGAR MARKET
Upen. Close.
May 4.7" (.68
July 4.80 4.83®4.54
September 4.71 4.80
De-ember 4.36 1.33
March 3.70
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YORK. April 10.- Coffee, Rio. No.
7, 17%c; Samoa, No. 4, 19%c.
Open. Close.
| May 13.4-5 13.42
i July 12.46 12.5 S
I Sept 11.75 11.89
('< 1 11.76
Doc 11.40 .11.48
March 11.10 11.21
South Carolina Mills
Resume Operations
CHESTER. S. C-. April 10—The
Cotton Mills, at York,
twenty miles north of Chester, which
have been standing idle, went on full
time this weeek and the Neely Man
ufa.turing company, and Travora
Cotton Mills, of York, which have
j been runmng full time have gone on
l half time, Cannon Manufacturing
! comiymy, of York, continues on full
tittle. . • :
WILSON MEXICAN POLICIES
HAMPERED BY OPPOSITION
AROUSED IN GREAT BRITAIN
War-Time President Stir-,
prised by England’s Fos
tering Plans of De Id Hu
erta Against Washington
Demands
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CHAPTER NX
N)NE of Woodrow Wilson’s poli
cies will be more difficult for
the historian to understand
that the co n plicated relations with
Mexico. The author happened to
have played a part in the course of
events growing out of the Mexican
Situation as early as October, 1910,
when President Taft and Secretary
Knox were dealing with these per
plexing questions. It was during
the Taft administration that the
author, as a representative ot the
Associated Press, was privileged to
win the confidence of both the Ma
dero and Diaz factions and to as
sist iu bringing about an armistice
and subsequently at Juarez, Mexico,
the signing o£ a treaty of peace
whereby tbe Madero revolution was
formally terminated and bloodshed
avoided. The author was engaged.
in reporting the events of the Alex-j
ican revolution in 1912 when instruc
tions were sent by the Associated
Press to proceed to Governor Wil- I
son’s headquarters and begin a daily i
chronicle of Mr. Wilson’s activities
as a presidential candidate. While
accompanying the president-elect; one
day from New York to Trenton, word
came of the capture of President
Madero and Vice President Pino
Suarez by Victoriano Huerta who
made himself dictator in Mexico. Mr.'
Wilson told the newspaper men with
him that he did not believe any
harm would befall either Madero
and Saurez. He was deeply shocked,
therefore, when he heard of the bru
th! murders which followed.
Taft-Knox Policy
Secretary Knox g” the state depart
ment, accustomed as he was to the
habits of the countries below the
Rio Grande, was not inclined to make
an issue of the murder and refuse
recognition, because as a practical
thing the United States government
had in the past extended recognition
wherever a government seemed to
be in military control of the situa
tion. Inquiry was never made too
closely Into the virtues of any. par
ticular individual or group of individ
uals in a Latin-American govern
ment. The Taft-Knox administra
tion was ready to recognize the
Huerta regime but asked for a set
tlement of the troublesome bpunda-l
ry dispute in the Chamizal zone.
The Huerta administration mistaken
ly believing that better terms could
be secured from the Wilson- admin
istration procrastinated rind the 4th;
of March, 1913, arrived with no recog
nition ext jnded.
Secretaiy Knox instructed Hunt-i
ington Wilson, assistant secretary ■
T £.tate, to get in touch with Mr.
Wilson before the inauguration and
advise him of the status of Mexican
affairs. The president-elect was sus
picious and did not act accordingito
the advice given him. Nor did he
accept in later weeks the counsel of
Henry Lane Wilson, the American
ambassador at Mexico City, largely
because he believed Ambassador Wil
son had played too intimate a part
in Mexican affairs and was himself
a party to too many unofficial and
intormal compromises with the
Huerta administration. When Am
bassador W.lson returned to the
United States and Nelson O’Shaugh
nessy was left in charge of the Amer
ican embassy in Mexico City the same
distriust of O’Shaughnessy was ap
parent although the reasons for it
were not the same. Mr. O’Shaugh
nessy was on intimate terms with
Huerta and 1 resident Wilson believed
that O’Shaughnessy did not press
with proper vigor and emphasis the
notes being sent to the Huerta ad
ministration.
Controversy Not Desired
Although President Wilson was
stubbornly insistent that ‘'Huerta
must g 0.,” he' was never anxious to
precipitate a controversy with 'Mexi
co involving tbe use of physical
force.
The dispatch of former Governor
Lind, ot Minnesota, to Mexico as an
unofficial envoy rather than commis
sioner was decided upon as a means
of getting impartial reports on the
situation in Mexipo. Governor Lind
had had no experience in the diplo-!
rnatic world or in Latin-America, but ,
his repoi’t® (■'resident'!
Wilson and Secretary Bryan as .
lucid and accurate. Mr. Wilson had
the idea, however, that the Mexican ‘
'policy on which he was embarked
would have an influence upon other)
parts of Central and South America. |
The arbitrary usurpation of power i
and especially the overthrow of gov
ernments by physical force had un
settled Latin America for genera
tions. President Wilson became con
vinced of the necessity of taking
such a* stand in order that some-]
thing might be done toward stabiliz-;
ing the governmental situations in
Latin America. Confirmation of this '
view was publicly given tvhen Mr.
Wilson made his famous speech at
Mobile early in 1914, declaring that
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! the United States did not tvish to
/add another foot of territory itt the.
'1 Western Hemisphere by conquest
and that the American government
> frowned upon efforts by tiny Ameri
can c tizens to exploit concessions of
peoples to the south of us. He de
nounced concessionaires who inter
sered with the processes of orderly
government and who intrigued to
overthrow one administration in
Latin America so that it might be
succeeded by another more favorable
to these privileged interests.
Unfortunately for Mr. Wilson his
own department of state did not
consistently follow the outline of
policy he made at the start of his
administration with respect to the
recognition of governments which ob
tained their powei' by the arbitrary
overthrow of the preceding adminis
tration. The kidnaping of the pres
ident of Peru and the succession of
its vice president. was followed by
recognition extended in the usual
way by the Wilson administration
land there are other cases in Central
I America in which the United States
! found that expediency required the
[recognition of the existing regime,
giving it moral support rather than
j the encouragement of a period of
chaos.
Wrong Impression Given
Theoretically Mr. Wilson’s policy
of insisting upon the orderly proc
esses of government and free elec
tiot s to prevent disturbance Yvas
excellent and there is no question
th it Mr. Wilson contributed a great
deal toward tbe formulation of a pol
icy which some day may be more
! literally followed than it tyas in his
) administration but the fight made
■ against Huerta did not lead to the
I kind of impression Mr. Wilson want
led to make in Latin-America. On
the contrary it gave the agitators
I in Central and South America an cp
j portunity to insist that the United
1 States was trying to interfere in the
•internal affairs of sovereign coun
tries and that one step of interfer
ence would be followed by another
until the “Colossus of the North"
gobbled up its weaker neighbors.
| As an interesting corroboration,
| however, ot Mr. Wilson’s early am
! bit ions with respect to Latin Ameri
i can policy, Hie department of state
| 11 der the Republican administration
ot Secretary Charles Evans Hughes,
i brought ah ut the signing- of a series
of treaties between five Central
I American countries whereby it was
I mutually agreed that recognition
would not be extended to any gov
ernment which owed its origin to the
i use of physical force, or the intrigue
i of ambitious politicians at the head
j of revolutionary armies.
I President Wilsdn had little idea
! that his Mexican policy would lead
to serious complications with Europe
i and the general public was not aware
! of the pressure being brought upon
[ him by European interests to recog
nize the Huerta regime and secure
! a settlement of the debts owed by
{ Mexico to foreign bond"holdcrs.
In curious fashion indeed did the
I Mexican policy become interwoven
i with the diplomatic relations which
developed between the United States
I and Japan on the one hand over the
i alien legislation f the state of Cali
j fornia and the desire of the British
'government to obtain a repeal of the
! law passed by the same congress ex-
I empting American vessels from the
I payment of canal tolls and thus dis-
I criminating against British and oth
i er foreign vessels.
Conflict With Britain
Mr. Wilson had many tempestu
ous conflicts Yvith the British foregn
office over the apparent support given
j to the Huerta regime by the British
government, a support intensified
to no small extent, by the large oil
interests of British companies whose
influenc in the British foreign of
fice was appreciable.
Mr. Wilson felt, of course, that the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty guaranteed
Great Britam against discrimination
and he was ready to ask congress
for the iepeal of the Panama Canal
tolls act but in doing so he saw the
wisdom of obtaining a reciprocal
pledge from Great Britain whereby
the London foreign office would exer
cise its great influence qvith the Jap
anese in .bringing about a peaceful
solution of the Japanese-American
controversy.
Great Britain by virtue of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance was in a
position to hold Japan at bay in
the event of an excrescence of war
spirit, ft had never been unequivo
cally established whether in the event
or war between Jauan and the United
States, Great Britain would be
obliged to assist Japan or could re
main neutral. In ’any event, the
British were in a position to per
suade the Japanese not to make a
serious issue of the California ques
tion. That is what Mr. Wilson meant
when he used the much discussed of
phrase “Matters of far-reaching and
delicate concern’’ in his message to
congress asking for ungrudging sup-
■ port for his foreign policy in doing
i for Great Britain that which would
’I make amends for an apparent viola
j tion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
After the Panama act was repeal
| ed and Mr. Wilson had done what he
. thought would please the British
j foreign office he was very much sur
l prised to discover that the British
j were indirectly supporting the Huer
ta regime in Mexico Walter ‘Hines
Page. American ambassador to Great
Brtain, had many a stormy confer
ence with Sir Edward Grey, the Brit
ish fore’gii minister.* all of which led
|to an expression from the British
I government of a willingness to per
! ruit the United States to have a free
' hand in dealing with the Mexican
! government. Mr. Wilson in those
■ da.vs was convinced that the Huerta
t regime would have toppled much
Raising of Poultry
For Market Offers
Farmers Broad Field
A broad field t-xr'ls for spi
tion by f:n mcis in producing table
poultry of prime quality, according
to the United States depa t tinent of
agriculture.
It was pointed out that most, poul
try is shipped alive by producers be
cause they are not skilled in dress
ing and are not equipped to handle
a.nil shjp the dressed poultry in good
condition over long distances.
Shippers of dressed poultry will
find it profitable to fatten the birds
for a period ot’ ten to fourteen days
before killing, the '!• I tart me nt says.
Requirements of the market to
which the poultry are sent should
determine whither the birds should
be scalded or dry-picked, and also
the style of dressing. The birds
should always be well bled and chill
ed immediately alter slaughter, it
was stated.
Failure to chill properly is often
responsible for spoilage and m warm
w<athcr dressed poultry should be
shipped packed in ice to prevent
spoilage in transit, shippers are ad
vised. The birds should be graded
for quality, ttnlformily and size and
noor quality birds should be shipped
in separate packages when the ship
ment is a large one, it was stated.
It probably will not pay to fatten
poultry that is in fairly good condi
tion of flesh before shipping them
alive, because the shrinkage in
weight of specially fattened poultry
is likely to be heavy /luring the jour
ney to the market, the department
points out.
In shipping alive, producers are
advised to grade the birds as to age
and kind and so far as practicable
to ship in separate coops. Overcrowd
ing in coops, especially in hot weath
er. causes heavy losses, it was stated.
In shipping either live or dressed
poultry, the department emphasizes
the importance of determining the
best days of the week for poultry
on the market selected and the plan
ning of shipments to arrive on those
days. The name of the receiver and
shipper should appear on the con
tainers in order to avoid confusion,
it was stated.
Guyton Bank Closes
GUYTON. Ga.. April 9’.—By orders j
of the directors, the Effingham i
county bank was closed here Tues-!
day and the affairs of the institution
placed in the hands of the state sup
erintendent of banks. It was stated'
by officials that there was no short
age. I
soener if it had not been for the •
British help.
As for the controversy-with Japan,
only those in the inner circle knew
how serious the crisis really became.
Th ■ United States and Japan were
much neater war in those days than
anybody dreamed. Mr. Wilson hated
war and yet was powerless it seemed
to remove from the Japanese mind
the impression which had become
ft ed there, namely, that the United
States must cease discriminating |
against Japanese nationals and that |
pride required a show of might.
There were midnight conferences)
with the secretary of war, Mr. Gar-!
rison, and the secretary of the navy, |
Mr. Daniels, in attendance. American |
naval vessels were secretly ordered:
to proceed to points of best advan- j
tage in protecting American inter-1
ests in the Far East. The American j
troops stood under arms at Corregi-1
dor, tbe fortress at the Philippines. I
The Japanese fleet was not unmind- |
ful of what was happening.
Mr. Wilson saw the danger of a i
single slip—a collision of forces or
some act like the blowing up of the
Maine which might precipitate war.
Suddenly instructions were issued to
all American naval vessels to sus
pend all movements while the diplo
mats struggled again with a formula
by which it was hoped to maintain
peace.
Some day when the diplomatic cor
respondence of that period is made
public, it will reveal the worrisome |
hot is spent by the president almost!
from the beginning of his administra-!
tion in battling with foreign qties- j
tions which in the end proved his j
physical undoing
(Tuesday's chapter explains why :
( airanza was finally recognized—
the German factor in the Mexican
problem.)
April 9’. —By orders
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Daughter of Old South Dies
At South Carolina Homi
AIKEN, S. April s.— Mil
Elizabeth Ramsey, widow of th
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as "the unreconstructed rebel,'' die<
here Friday. She was 79 years o