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Tri-Weekly Market Reports
I COTTON
NEW YORK. April 17.—Relative-1
ly steady Liverpool cables and a few j
overnight buying orders gave the
cotton market, a steady tone at the
opening today. First prices were
4 to 15 points higher. Fresh buy
ing was held in check by the prox
imity of the holidays, however, and
the market was quiet with prices ;
sagging off during the early trading
under realizing promoted by favor
able weather prospects and contin
ued complaints of poor demand for
cotton goods. 'lay sold. °ff from
30.65 to 30.45, and October from
25.30 to 25.14, or 3 to 10 points net
lower. Private cables reported a
narrow market in Liverpool with
contracts scarce and prices higher
cn pre-holiday covering.
After selling off to 30.30 for May
and 25.03 for October, or 17 to 20
points net lower, on the favorable
weather outlook, prices steadied on
a renewal of covering by near-month
shorts, accompanied by reports ot
a coAiiheVd strong spot situation
Ivray to 30.54, making a net
advance of 7 points, and October sold
up to 25.20, or within 4 points of
yesterday's closing. The market was >
steady around midday.
The market later turned easier
on reports of price shading in the
cotton goods market. 'J here was I
some Wall street selling on the de-.
cline to 30.28 for May and 2j.08 for
October. Prices were within a point I
or two of these figures around 2 .
o'clock, the market showing losses ,
of 6 to 19 points.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices t«
the exchange today:
Tone steady; middling, 30.70 c, quiet.
Last Prer.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close
May .. 30.65 30.65 30.20 30.33 30.33 30,4.
July .. 29.08 29.09 28.66 28.66 28.66 28.89
Oct. .. 25.3023.3025.0025.3025.0025.24
Dec. .. 24.65 24.65 21.40 24.40 21.40 24. j
Jan. .. 21.16 21.25 24.05 21.07 24.07 24.14
11:15 a. m. bids, steady * May. 30.54; July, ;
28.99; October, 25.1 S; 1 : December, -4,a9, :
January, 24.25. *
NEW ORLEANS COTTON j
NEW ORLEANS, April 17.—The j
cotton market opened moderately
higher owing' to the better Liver
pool cables than due and cold weath
er in the western belt. First trades
were 22 to 24 points above the pre
vious "close on old crop months and
10 points higher on October. May
gained 3 points additional during
the call trading up to 30.73, but July
end October did not gain on the
opening sales at 28.85 for the foi met
and 24.65 for the latter month. The
market eased off after the start on
a forecast for generally fair weath
er in the central and western por
tions of the belt. May tmded down
to the level of the previous close
and later months dropped to*.figuies
3 to 11 points below that level, Octo
ber showing most loss.
Following the early spurts of ac
tivity, the market became, veiy
quiet with little disposition to trade
on either side of the account owing
to the triple holiday following to
day's session. Prices gradually
eased off 7 to 8 points from the early
low level. May trading down to 30.39,
July to 28.52 and October to 24.37.
The market then improved owing to
shorts covering in a small way and
ruled steady around 30.60 for May
and 24.5(J for 'October with very lit
tle doing.
TrfLer ruling quiet and steady in
the early part of the afternoon, the
market turned easier in the last
hour of trading on prospects of fair
weather in the belt and a report the
price of ginghams had been lowered
in the dry goods market. New lows
were established, May trading down
to 30.33, July to 28.45 and October
to 24.36 or 29 to 40 points down
from the high of the morning and
13 to 19 points below the previous
close. There was talk of 20,000
bales of May notices being issued in
New York on April 25, which will
be the first notice day in that mar
ket.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices la
the exchange today:
lone, steady; middling,\3o.7sc, steady.
Last I'rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
May .. 30.70 30.73 30.33 30.36 30.34 30.46
July .. 25.85 28.85 25.42 28.45 28.42 25.63
Oct. .. 24.65 24.65 24.30 24.34 24.30 21.55
Dee, .. 24.31 24.33 24.05 24.05 21.05 24.24
Jan 23.80 21.01
Noon bids, quiet; May. 30.58: July,
28.67; October, 24.48; December, 14.17; Jan
uary, Ift. 00.
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, steady, J0.25c.
New York, steady, 30.70 c.
New Orleans, steady, 30.75 c.
Galveston, steady, 31.35 c.
Mobility steady, 30.25 c.
Savannah, steady, 30.40 c.
Wilmington, steady, 30.5<>c.
Norfolk, steady, 30.65 c.
Augusta, steady, 30.40 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 30.10 c.
St. Louis, nominal.
Montgomery, steady, 30.28 c.
Houston, steady, 34c.
Memphis, steady.
Little Rock, steady. 3?.50c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 30.2 c
Receipts 330
Shipments 613
Stockslß,63s
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, April 17.—Cotton, spot mod
erate business; prices steady: good middling,
19.30; fully middling. IS. 85; middling,
18.35; low middling,. 17.50; good ordinary.
16.50; ordinary, 16.00; sales. 7.000 bales,
including 4.300 American: receipts, 9.000
bales, including 100 American.
Futures'closed barely steady, net un
changed to 24 points up from previous close.
Tone, barely steady; sales, 7,000; good
middling, 19.30 d.
Trey.
Open. Close. Close
April 18.14 .17.90
May 17.90 17.90 17.66
June ... ... 17.68 17.66 17 46
July 17.30 17.2:: 17.07
August 16.40 16.29
September 15.50 15.14
October *..... 14.95 14.84 11.80
November 14.51 14.47
December 14.37 11.34
.1 nnuarv 14.21 11.17
Fel ruary 14.14 11.14
March ._. ■_.. .. 11.07 14.01
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATISTICS
LIVERPOOL, Avril 17.—Weekly cotton
statistics:
Total forwarded to mills, 38,000 bales, of
Miich American 25.00?.
, Stock. 599,000 bales; American, 342.000.
Imports, 32.000 bales; American, 9.000.
Exports. 2,000 bales: American. 10,009.
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
Spots ... 10.00 bid
tpril lO.OO'u 10.60 10 00'.’10.‘0
Mac 10._9(<i 10. U 10. ISO 10.20
?nne 10.400 10.00 10.30(<i'10.4‘.
Julv 10.600 10.68 10.550 10.'?
tucust 10.770 10.81 10.65; 1«l.
*cptlo.B7olo 10 7«<>10.7S
Met 10.300 10.10 10.150 10.25
Nov > 400 9.50 9.2(' ;
Tone, weak; sale*. 13.300.
GRAIN MARKET’OPINIONS
Clement, Curtis A Co. With the pit ele
ment we'ii covered, it is a question whether
an advancing tendency can be maintained.
Bartlett, Frar.ier A Co.: Strength in the
cash market* might carry futures higher.
Harris, Winthrop & Co.: We doubt much
further upturn.
Stein. Alstein A Co.: AVe expect tise rally
to extend further.
Hulburd, Warren A Co..- As much of the
buying wa» by shorts, we doubt if the ad
vance wjl* extend much further.
Riordaft, Martin A Co.; Friendly to wheat
on ifhdires and believe com go n; higher.
Tbotnaon. McKinnon A Co.: I'r.e ad'Stos
has relieved an oversold conditivn.
HIE ft l LAVIA IKI UI EisLY journal
GRAIN
CHICAGO (Thursday), April 17- —
Wheat hesitated a little in the
early trade today but the. advance
again got under way and further
good gains were established. Fear of
the passage of the McNary-Haugeu
bill fixing a basic price of wheat
much above the present level was
givetx as the reason of the recent
short covering and this also cheeked
selling pressure.
Shifting of hedges from May to
July helped the May delivery while
crop news for the northwest telling
of deficiency in sub-soil moisture
created a demand for the new crop
months. Some betterment in the out
side trade was noted. Strength in
corn induced locals to buy. The Eas
ter ho’ioays, which start tomorrow
and continued until Tuesday in Eu
rope, was given as the reason lot
the lull in export trade. Mills did not I
follow the advance in futures.
Primary receipts were much less i
than last year and also much smaller ,
than the shipments.
Wheat reacted in the la<e trading
and selling by local longs. Last
prices were % to %c higher. Max,
81.02%1.03 to $1.02%; July. $1.05%
to $1.05; September, $1.06% to
$1.06; December, $1.08%.
Corn was under pressure at the
start but the character of the buying
on the opening dip was impressive,
causing shorts to cover ;wd checking
bear pressure. It looked as if the up
ward movement of yesterday and to
day is for the purpose of forcing a
sleeping short interest to stampede
but so far they have
failed in their purpose, if such was
the object. Receipts are light and
spot market followed the upturn in
futures. Shipping demand is better.
Corn lost all of its early advance
under selling by local longs. Last
prices were %c higher to %c lower.
May, 78% to 78%c; .July, 79% to
79%cc; September, 78% to 78%c.
Oats followed other grains. Shorts
were covering and pressure was
light. Duluth advised a local dealer
that all but 225,000 bushels of their
stock had been sold to go out. Also
that they had No. 3 white oats to
sell at 5 1-2 cents over Chicago July,
c.i.f Chicago. Country offerings to ar
rive increased on the bulge and 50,-
000 bushels were booked late yester
day and more this morning. Local
shippers bought back a few cars
from the east.
Oats were unchanged to %c high
er; May, 47% to 47%c; July, 41%
to 44%c; September, 40%c.
Provisions were slightly easier un
der a little selling by hedgers.
Lard closed 2%c lower; ribs un
changed and bellies 5 to 7%c higher.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling price* i>
the exchange today:
I’rev,
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT— /
May ... 1.0'1% 1.03% 1.02% l«O2% 1.02%
July 1.04% 1.05% 1.04% 1.05% 1.04%
Sept. .. 1.05% 1.06% 1-95 1.05% 1.05%
CORN
May .... 78% 79% 1 78% 78% 78%
July .... 79% 79% 79 79% 79%
Sept7B% 79% 78% 78% 78%
OATS— .
May .... 4»% 474<-% 4<% 47%
July .... 44% 44% 41% 44% 44%
Sept4o% 40% 40% 40% 40%
LARD—
May .... 10.95 10.95 10.92 10.92 10.95
July .... 11.15 11.17 11.15 11.15 11.17
RIBS—
May 9.92 9.92
July 10.17 10.17
BELLIES—
May 10.45 10.40
July 10.77 10.72
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 29 ears
Corn 69 cars
Oats 31 cars
Hogs 32,000 head
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY, April 17. Wheat, No. 2
hard, 99c<&51.23; Xo. 2 red, $1.08(«J.11.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, 80c; No. 2 mixed,
Oats, No. 2 white, 51<*.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED FRODtTCTS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Ex
change.)
Bill. Aaked
Crude oil, basis prime tank..s 8.85
C. S. meat, 1 per cent am-
monia, car lots 38.00 39.00
0. 3. meal, at common rate
4 points, car lots 36.(K1 37.00
C. S. hulls, loose, ear lots ... 20.00 21.00
C. S. hulls, sacked, car lots.. 23.00 24.00
Linters, first cut, 10%@llc,
Linters, second cur (cottonseed bulla fiber or
savings, 3%@4C.
Linters, clean, mill run, s@6c.
CHICAGO CASH”’qUOTATIONS
CHICAGO. April 17. —Wheat, No. I, hard,
51.06%@1.07%; No. 28 hard, $1.08@1.11%.
Corti, No. 2 mixed, 79 ; ic; No. 3 yellow,
78% 'a 78’ ;C.
Oafs, No. 2 white, 50@50%c; No. 3
white, 48’v(d50e.
Rye. No. 2. 67c.
Barley, 69%(§;88c.
Timothy seed. 85.00'fi T.uo.
Clover seed. $13.50(3.22.00.
Lard, $10.82.
Ribs. $10.12.
Bellies, $10.50.
ST. LOUIS “QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, April 17.- Wheat No. 2 red,
$1.15: No. 2. $1.10(31.111...
Corn, No, 3 white, 81c; No. 3 yelow, SI
® 82c.
Oats, No. 2 white, 50%@51c; No. 3, 50
®so%c.
Futures: Wheat,, May, $1.02%; July
$1.04%.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. April 17.- Butter, 4.102:
creamery, extras. 35c: creamery standards,
35c: first*. 33%e; second*, SS’-.-e.
I Eggs, 20,111; ordinaries, 20%c; firsts,
21 %<■.
Cheese, twins, 18%tijl8%c; Young Amer
icas, 21S.
Live poultry, none; fowls, 23<7t25c; ducks,
28c: geese, 16c: turkeys, 22c: roosters, 16c.
Potatoes. 226 cars: Wisconsin round
whites, $1.25(1/1.50; Kings. $1.25(111.35: Min
nesota and N. 11. Ohio Red rivers, $1.25(3
1.50; round whites. $1.2061’1.35.
Naval Stores
SAVANNAH, Gal, April 17.—Turpentine,
nothing doing: last sale April 10 at 94%c:
receipts, 208: shipments, 12; stock. 4,705.
Rosin, firm; sales. 5011: receipts, 606;
shipments. 558. stock, 52.630.
Quote: B, $4.40; P. E, $4.60: F. G. $4.65:
H. $4.70: 1, K, M, $4.75; N, $4.80; window
glass, $5.70; water white, X, $6.40.
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. Close.
May 4.38 4.46
July .... 4.58 4.68
September 4.57 4. its
December 4.1 S 4.236/. 1.25
March 3.5 S
NEW YORK“~COFFEE MARKET
NEW YORK. April 17. Coffee, Rio No.
i 7. 15%c; Santes, No. 4, 719'sC.
Open. Close.
Julv 12.51 13.0(1
May I.LHS 13.75
Septeml er 12.15 72.37
Pe, ember 11 so 11.97
4 a.-ch .11.52 11.69
Sugar Market
NEW YORK, April 17. Raw s’ gar ws>
steadier anj unchanged early today. Cuban
was quote! at 6.15 duty paid. There were
J sales of 5.(V0 bags tub/ui to an operator.
1 Price movements in raw sugar future*
■ were irregular and trading was of an eveu
, ing up character. First prices were un
changed to 3 points lower, but values ral
j lied later on covering and at midday there
1 wc'-e 1 to 2 points net higher.
INo further changes were reported in re
fined prices, which are listed at from 8.00
to 5.25 for fine granulated.
1 Refined future* were nominal.
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< and was to go to the hospital to be
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' for the kidneys, and after three
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CARVING HELD BACK
ByLJCK OF FUNDS,
BORGLUM STATES
‘'We are working on Stone Moun
tain on half rations, so to speak, and
for that reason the work is not pro
gressing as rapidly as it should,” said
Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, ad
dressing the Kiwanis club, of Atlan
ta, at their weekly luncheon Tues
day at the Ansley hotel.
"It is taking a month to do the
work we ought to do in a week. For
instance, the air compressor supplies
enough air lor four o • five drills, but
when we have occasion to hoist up
to the precipice some planks for stag
ing, or some coal for the. blacksmith's '
forge, we have to shut off the drills I
because the hoisting apparatus takes ;
all the compressed air.
“Atlanta isi not giving the me- i
morial the financial support it de- I
serves. It will bring to this city ;
more people find more money than >
anything any other city can.)possibly ;
do, it' you want to put it on that '
basis.
“For years I was told to carve at
least K one head on the mountain to
demonstrate the feasibility of the
plan. I have done that. The head
of Robert E. Lee is on the mountain,
and it is greater than the Sphinx of
Egypt, yet many Atlanta people are
skeptical. 1 have no doubt many of
you are still skeptical. We are carv
ing icw the heads of .Jackson and
Davis and will unveil them June 3
if we can keep the work going, and
the figure of Lee down t ohis saddle
will be carved before the winter, un
less the lack of f inds compels us to
curtail the program.
“As to my own compensation, I
have been paid less all told up to
date for my work on the mountain
than 1 can make in three months
in my Stamford studio. Perhaps you
ask', ’Why do you keep on :at this
thing for a bdre living?’ If you
ask that, it shows you are such
hard-headed business mon that you
cannot understand how a man
could have an ideal ’to which he
would devote his life.”-
Mr. Borglum received an ovation
at the close of h'is address. Robert
T. Jones, who presided, congratu
lated him on behalf of the entire
club, and said. “I am sure we hqve
received a new inspiration from Mr.
Borglum’s address. J am sure also
that I speak the sentiment of every
Kiwanian when I say this club is
going to do its full part by this
magnificent and wonderful enter
prise.”
Many Kiwanians voluntarily stat
ed to Mr. Borglum that they had
not subscribed to the memorial but
were going to do so at once. One,
the head of a large business, /aid he
would like to be one of a hundred
business men to appropriate 1 per
cent of the gross volume of their
business until the memorial is fin
ished.
Governor Walker made a short
talk. He was the lucky winner of
the autographed baseball given away
by the junior chamber of commerce.
Several other names were drawn
from the hat ahead of his name, but
these Kiwanians happened not to be
the fathers of boys and therefore
could not take the baseball under
the rules of the award.
T. Cliff Perkins was named
chairman of the Kiwanis committee
of the clean-up campaign of the
city, to assist W. V. Davis, chair
man of the drive, and Fred Cool
edge, secretary.
Governor AValker and P. T. An
derson, governor of Kiwanis, *of
Georgia, werp honor guests at
the meeting. Arthur Falkinburg
led the community singing and Miss
Ethel Bayer ami Mrs. Klien Keese
contributed several numbers to the
musical features ofc the program.
Atlanta Boy’s leam
Wins Carolina-Davidson
Debate on Philippines
DI’RHAM, N. C.. Anrll 16.—The
freshman intercollegiate- debating
team of Davidson college won a
unanimous decision over the Uni
versify of North Carolina freshman
team in Davidson Tuesday night in
one division of a triangular debate
between the freshman teams of Car
olina, Wake Forest and Davidson.
The Davidson team upheld the af
firmative of the query, "Resolved.
That the United States should grant
complete and immediate independ
ence to the Philippine islands.” The
speakers for Carolina were C. A.
Boswell, Whiteville, N. C.; T. E.
Clemons, Wilson, N. C., and R. 11.
Greenwood, of Asheville. Davidson
speakers were D. U. Stewart, Do
than, Ala.; Harllee Branch, Jr., At
lanta, Ga., and C. W. Williams, Da
vidson, N. C-, with L. M. McCutch
en serving as alternate and time
keeper. Dr. F. F. Shewmake. of the
Davidson faculty, was presiding of
ficer of the evening. ’
The Davidson negative team met
the affirmative team of Wake For
est on Wake Forest floor, while the
negative team of Wake Forest en
countered Carolinas affirmative
team at Chapel Hill.
Widow Fatally Burned
COVINGTON, Ga.. April 17.—Mrs
Erie Pool, thirty, a widow, was per
haps fatally burned a mile south of
here Tuesday afternoon when coal
oil she was pouring into her stove
took tire. Her twelve-year-old son
was painfully burned trying to save
her. The Pool home, another dwell
ing and a Methodist church were
consumed in the fire.
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WAR DECLARATION MARKED
TURNING POINT IN CAREER
OF WILSON AS PRESIDENT
Loss of Wife and Uprising in
Europe Came Near Un
nerving Executive —Prob-
lems of Neutrality Recalled
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1924, by the George H. Doran
/•otiip/iny in the United States, Canada, South
America. World publication rights reserved
by Current News Features, Incorporated.)
CHAPTER XXII
IF Woodrow Wilson's problems
were such as tb break the vital
ity of much stronger men in the
first year of his administration,
those burdens seem in recollection
to be relatively insignificant com
pare dto the mental strain he suf
pared to the mental strain he suf
rope in July, 1914, just seventeen
months after his inauguration.
To the world itself August, 1914,
will always be a date which, sepa
rates one epoch from another in
the history of mankind. Even more
abrupt was the change which that
historic month made in the life and
career of Woodrow Wilson. It was
a turning point hardly perceived at
the time, as he struggled not only
with matters of state, but with a
melancholy induced by the death of
Mrs. Ellen Axson Wilson.
For more than a year in the White
House the restraints of official obli
gation and the artificial atmosphere
of the executive mansion with its
enforced seclusion for the chief ex
ecutive, had troubled Mr, Wilson’s
spirit and given him hours of un
forgettable loneliness.
His was a restless soul, seeking
self-expression, wishing that official
cares and responsibilities could be
swept aside and the free air of ir
responsibility brekthed once more
In a torment of conflicting desires
he lived from day to day. His crav
ing for companionship was pathetic.
He longed for old friends. He yearn
ed for the freedom of other days.
He saw himself imprisoned’ in the
White House, forced to do many
things which an artistic tempera
ment and an irrepressible spirit
would never have tolerated in pri
vate life. He was devoted to his
family, to his wife and daughters.
The birth of the first grandchild had
brought new joy to the,household.
Mrs. Wilson’s Death
The marriage of his youngest
daughter, Eleanor, to the secretary
of the treasury, William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo, had made the last days of
Nrs. Wilson’s life happy. Both the
president and Mrs. Wilson were very
fond of Mr. McAdoo and in a letter
to a personal friend written at that
time, Mr. Wilson described the af
fair as a genuine love match which
had the hearty sympathy of the
whole family.
The death of Mrs. Wilson a short
time w after the marriage cast a
shadow of despair over the White
House. Although the physicians
had anticipated that the illness
would be fatal, Mr. Wilson did not
know until a few days before death
came that he would be deprived of
his life companion. His answers to
letters nt that time revealed the
depth of his feeling. Tenderly he
said farewell at her last resting place
in Rome, Ga., whither he had gone,
consoled only in the thought that
her life had as long been spared.
It was under such circumstances
that Woodrow Wilson, president ot
the United States and bereaved hus
band, fought alone the trying prob
lems which beset him in the neu
trality days.
On the night England declared
war against Germany, Mr. Wilson
was walking slowly from the execu
tive offices to the White House when
the message reached him from the
state department that England had
war on Germany.
“Let us pray that Germany will
not develop a von Moltke,” was Mr-
Wilson’s spontaneous comment. He
had been apprised of the situation
in Europe by Colonel House, and
had followed carefully the course of
affairs since the Assassination of the
Austrian archduke. Recognizing that
the world would expect the United
States to intervene with its good of
fices, Mr. Wilson made the cus
tomary tender of mediation and was
of course, brushed aside by the
belligerents, who were already at
each other’s throats.
Saw Effects of YVar
Historian that he was, Mr. Wilson
saw at once the far-reaching effects
of a- European war. He told his
friends that the entire course of the
world would be changed by the war.
and that whether the conflict would
be of short or long duration, the
world would never be the. same.
Unhesitatingly, Mr. Wilson issued
his proclamation to the American
people, asking them 10 be neutral
in word, thought and deed. This
statement was criticised abroad, but
it was, after all, in consonance with
the legal requirements of the sit
uation. From the very beginning,
the president recognized that the
militarism of which the kaiser was
the exponent had contributed to the
international rivalry and friction
which for a generation had enveloped
Europe in war clouds. In those early
days Mr. Wilson did not think it
possible that the European belliger
ents would continue their warfare
I for more than six months at the
outside. The turning of the German
tide at the First Battle of the Marne
brought hopes of an early peace.
Feverishly the president watched
the bulletins of battle, but outwardly
i his calmness and reserve were un
: changed.
To counteract the expressions of
| pro-ally sympathy.-, the German sup-
porters in the United States began
a. campaign to win public opinion.
Mr. Wilson feared the consequences,
especially as he saw the inevitable
coalition of the anti-British elements
including certain Irish and the Ger
man-Aniericans.
The existence of these two groups
—the Irish-Americans and the Ger
ma n-Americans—gave M
more worry than any phase of the
whole war situation. He did not fail
to recognize how hotly flowed the
blood of sympathy in the veins of
the Germans whose kinsmen were
battling on the western front. Nor
did he blind his eyes to the fact
that the Irisli who had waited pa
tiently to be delivered from the Brit
ish crown could not resist the op
portunity offered them of retalia
tion in a critical hour.
Two courses of action were open
to Mr. Wilson in an effca't to pre
serve an equilibrium inside the Unit
ed States. He believed, for instance,
that the failure of the British gov
ernment to uphold traditional prin
ciples on the high seas in the rules
of maritime warfare relating to neu
tral vessels must not be permitted
to pass without protest. The British
people resented Mr. Wilson’s notes,
arguing that Great Britain was
fighting “the battle of civilization,”
and that the United States should
not annoy the British navy with
precedents or legal arguments.
Mr. Page’s Letters
Ambassador Walter Hines Page,
at London, shared tlie British view
and wrote many emphatic letters to
the president, urging that the Brit
ish be let alone. Mr. Wilson hoped
in his heart, of course, that the al
lies ivould win, but for a time he
was of the opinion that such a vic
tory might be obtained without com
prornisin gthe neutrality of the Unit
ed States. Mr. Page's letters, many
[of which have been published, re
vealed that he was constantly try
ling to bring the United States gov
ernment into a view more sympa
thetic with his own, and the diffi
culty! which readers of the future
will have in appraising- the signifi
cance of those epistles is that they
may be read in the light of Amer
ican participation in the war, and
not in the background of the neu
trality days in which they were
written.
Mr. Page and President Wilson
were constantly quarreling with one
another over American policy and
if it is true that the Washington
government did not see eye to eye
with Ambassador Page on what was
happening in Europe, so it is' also
tiue/that Ambassador Page did not
appreciate what was happening con
temporaneously in the United
States.
Different conceptions there are,
to be sure, of what the function
_pf an American ambassador is or
should be. Under the American
form of government the president of
the United States is charged with
the conduct of foreign policy. With
the guidance of the secretary of
state he formulates principles .of
action in conformity with what ap
pears to be public opinion inside the
United States and not outside. There
are ambassadors who consider them
selves to be not agents ot the Unit
ed States government charged with
the responsibility of executing in
the most tactful manner the instruc
tions and commands given them by
the president or secretary of state,
but who regard themselves as sec
retaries of state residing abroad.
Mr. Page felt that the Washington
government should follow his recom
mendations. President Wilson felt
that Mr. Page should follow the in
structions given him by the Wash
ington government. The controversy
did not become public at the time,
but the author and other newspaper
men were well aware of the friction
and it was commonly reported that
Mr. Wilson had said of Mr. Page
that "he was 100 pro-British.”
British Never Feared I'. S.
Living in the London environ
ment, Mr. Page was tempted to ab
sorb the. British viewpoint. He was
a man with the courage of his con
victions. While he did not. believe
at the time that hfs letters were
having effect, there is no question
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(Copyright, 1921, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
lof their influence in staying tlie
' hand of Mr. Wilson and the depart
ment of state with reference to the
transmission of protests not too vio
lent in language 01* too threatening
in tone. The British never for a
moment were afraid that the Unit
ed States might enter the war
against them. ’l'hey knew that all
danger of that had been swept aside
by the sinking of the Lusitania and
the constant violation by Germany
of American rights on the high seas
destroying human lives whereas the
British 11 ansgressions affected con
traband property of American citi
zens.
The United States, moreover, was
enjoying the beginnings of an indus
trial revival due io the heavy pur
chases made by the allied govern
ment in the United States, and pros
perity was too good a political slo
gan to be scorned in the campaign
of 1916, wherein Mr. Wilson was
to come up for' re-election- —a mate
rialistic consideration by no means
trolling but present nevertheless
as an incidental factor.
With respect to the Irish question,
Mr. Wilson did realize that he could
be of service both to the Americans
of Irish descent and the British gov
ernment, and he was not slow to iet
the British know that their cause
in the United States was being in
jured by their policy toward Ireland.
At the president’s elbow stood an
Irishman —Private Secretary Tumul
ty—who was well aware of the po
litical value of the Irish question
in the United States. Secretary Tu
multy knew that large sections of
the Democratic vote, especially in
the large cities, came from the Irish
and their sons. In his own home
district, Jersey City,‘were thousands
of Irish voters and he knew the im
portance of retaining their support
throughout the country. Woodrow
Wilson was always in sympathy
with the aspirations of the Irish peo
ple,—he. knew history too well to
regard the desires of the Irish as
unnatural or repressible. He never
lost a favorable opportunity to re
mind the British of the American
relationship to the Irish question.
While- the anti-war element in. the
United States during the campaign
of 1916 was by no means made up
of persons who sympathized with
Germany as against Great Britain,
thousands of anti-British partisans
voted the Democratic ticket
of a belief that Mr. Wilson wouiu
keep the United States out of the
war on the side of England.
Won as Peace Apostle
In not a single speech or state
ment did President Wilson promise
to keep the country out of war but
the slump speakers did and the
theme of the entire campaign as
conducted by Democratic headquar
ters was a defense of Mr. Wilson’s
policy in refusing to go to war with
Germany. From this the inference
was clearly drawn that he was a
candidate who would maintain
peace. Nor was there anything
tangible in the declaration of the Re
publican candidate, Charles Evans
Hughes, to indicate that he would
plunge the United States into war.
Mr. Hughes confined himself simply
to a general declaration of his in
tention, should he be 'elected, to as
sert American rights and protect
American interests everywhere.
Irrespective of Mr. Wilson’s own
part in the campaign of 1916, the
♦vest certainly had the idea that
Mr. Wilson’s action in the past was
an assurance of his intentions in the
future. Since those momentous
days, especially in view of the fact
that within six months after the
election or 191&, the United States
was engaged in war against Ger
many, there has been a tendency
to regard the Democratic campaign
of 1916 as a deception and Mr. Wil
son’s part in it as an acquiescence
at least in the program of peace.
The truth of the matter is that
Woodrow Wilson feared that the
United States might be drawn into
the war against her will but never
cherished the idea in 1916 that Ger
many would be so foolish as to drag
America into the conflict. Mr. Wil
son’s hopes were that the United
States might be mediator and peace
maker. For himself, he craved the
privilege of intervening and giving
the basis of peace to the belliger
ents. He made a speech in which
he spoke of the possibility of “peace
without victory” and it’was widely
misconstrued abroad as a desire on
the part of Mr. Wilson to deprive
the allies of the fruits of their ulti
mate triumph by a premature armi
stice. It was derided in America
as an empty phrase. But what Mr.
Wilson hoped for was that the dead
lock might enable peace to be made
; on a basis that would not kindle the
fires of revenge or sow the seeds of
another war. He meant a peace
without revenge.
(Tuesday’s chapter tells why
President Wilson did not recom
mend war in 1915 and 1916—How
neutrality helped the Allies.)
Government Directed
Co-operative Markets
Are Proposed in Bill
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Es
tablishment of a federal system of
cooperative marketing of farm
I products is proposed in a bill in
troduced by Representative Wil
[ liams, Republican, Michigan. Au
i thorization also would be given
■ Hearing house associations to form
i export. corporations under the
| Webb-Pomerene act.
A board of seven members is pro
' vided in the bill ’to administer its
I provisions, two of them would be
: tlie secretaries of agriculture and
I commerce. Local co-operatives
! would be brought into clearing house
j associations, to be composed of co
operative associations, wholesalers,
i commission men. dealers and large
I consumers, all subject to regulation
by a federal marketing board.
The bill calls for an appropria
.ion of $15,600,000 to cover the first
: two years of its operation.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 19SL
Entomologists Meet
To Co-ordinate Work
Os Weevil Control
At a meeting of federal and state
entomologists Tuesday, in the office
of J. N. Harper, president of the As
sociation of Southern Agricultural
Workers, steps were taken to stan
dardize methods of experimentation
in boll weevil control and the testing
of boll weevil remedies.
W. E. Hinds, state entomologist of
Louisiana, presided, attending tlie
meeting were: ,
Dr. W. R. Dodson, chairman of
cotton council, Baton Rouge, La.;
Dr. B. 11. Coad, chief in charge boll
weevil investigations, Tallulah, La.;
Prof. R. C. Gaines, assistant of Dr.
Coad; Dr. W. E. Hind, Baton Rouge,
La.; J. N. Harper, president Associa
tion Southern Agricultural Workers
and director soil improvement com
mittee, Atlanta, Ga.; C. A. Whittle
and David D. Long, of Mr. Harper’s
organization; Prof. R. P. Bled-ca,
Georgia experiment station; Prof.
Clay Lyle, A. and E. college, Starks
ville. Miss.; Prof. C. P. Blackwell,
Clemson college; Prof. T. L. Thomas
entomologist, A. and E. college, Col
lege Station. Texas.
Dead at 124
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.
Old Jas, a, native living on a farm
near Kroonstad, has died at the age
of 124. Free State officers who were
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2 Mexicans killed in Fight
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Apri
12.—Two Mexicans were killed
found wounded in a general fighl
at the Tintic Standard mine, at Divi
dend, Juab county, today, according
to meager reports received at the
office of the sheriff at Salt Lake
county. ♦