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The Lid is Off!
Yes, the pot is “‘bilin’’. Three candidates have
tossed their uppermdst apparel into the ring and
said ‘‘vote for me’’. '
The first was the announcement of Hon. Gordon
Lee for Congressman from the Seventh distriet. This
week Mr. C. M. Head, a well known citizen and
farmer of Cobb county, makes his announcement
for representative from Cobb county and Senator
Herbert Clay authorizes us to say that he will be
a candidate for representative from the Cobb coun
ty also.
Mr. Head, who has taken an active interest in pub
lic matters for a number of years states in his an
nouncement that he is against the present Tax
Equalization law and is in-favor of a tax law that
will place taxes fair to all classes. He is in favor of
free school books, good roads and more constructive
legislation. e
Mr. Head has made a marked success as a farmer
and business man and is active and wide awake in
any matter in which he is connected. He has a large
number of friends in the county and will make a
good race for representative.
Senator Clay, who has the honor of being presi
dent of the State Senate, is also well known iu the
county politically and needs no explanation of what
he will stand for. He will not be eligible to run
for senator in the next election on account of that
office going to Cherokee county for the next vear.
'l‘.he Fourth in Marietta was a sane one indeed_
Large erowds were in Marietta all day. They were,
with very few exceptions, all peacable, sober and
enjoyed the day. in a fitting manner.
St Pt
A Cobb county farmer has offered $5.00 a quart
for the first five quarts of boll weevils brought to
him dead or alive. He states that this is one of the
best way to get rid of them and makes the attract
ive offer to get the farmers interested in keeping
them down during the early part of the season. lln
his letter to the Journal he suggests that the mer
chants and banks of the county offer similar prizes
to encourage the farmers to pick the weevils from
their cotton. If it takes a day to pick a quart ol
weevils the time would be well paid for and at the
same time the farmer would be exterminating thous.
ands of boll weevils during the season.
The offer appears on the first page of this issue.
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A Town Spirit
A town spirit is just as necessary as a team spirit
or a college spirit to get any where. Small towns.
with a few hundred population have grown into
cities in a few years, through cooperative, progress
ive town spirit.
Where there is a cooperative team spirit the team
wins and all members are made happy. Where &
college has a cooperative spirit the college is sue
cessful and every student and member of the facul
ty is benefitted. Where a town has a cooperative
spirit it prospers and every ecitizen profits by it.
Let there be a cooperative town spirit and you can’t
beat that town for a place to live and do business.
Competition is a good thing. If every player tries
to be the best player on the team, it's a good team
and will win. If every student tries to lead the
class, the class will be a good one. If every mer
chant in town tries to run the best business it’s a
prosperous town—provided when it comes to mat
ters in which the team, class or town as a whole is
concerned, every member of the team, class or town
gives his cooperation in a spirit that’s best for all.
What has made Atlanta? The ‘‘ Atlanta Spirit”’,
nothing more. A thousand towns had a thousand
natural advantages, but lacked the spirit and At
lanta forged ahead.
A town with a spirit soon becomes a city and it's
business men financiers.
An applican for work at the Ford plant asked a vete
ran Ford worker if it were true that the company was
always finding methods of speeding up production by
using fewer men. The veteran replied:
“Most certainly. In fact,” he continued, “I just had
a dream which illustrates the point. Mr. Ford was dead
and I could see the pallbearers carrying his body. Sud
denly the procession stopt. Mr. Ford had come to life
As spon as the casket was opened he sat upright, and, on
seeing six pallbearers, cried out at once: ‘Put this casket
on wheels and lay off five men.’ "—Wall Street Journal.
NATIONAL NEWS DIRECT ‘
FROM WASHINGTON
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BUSINESS STRAWS |
Reports issued by the Department of Commerce cov
ering business conditions for March show that out of 50
commodities for which figures relative to 1919 are avaii
able that production increased over February in 43
caces, decreased in 5 cases, while 2 commodities remained
tite same. ' This huge increase is partially real and par
tially due to the increase of about 10 per cent in work
ing time over February.
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METALS
The iron and steel trade made a big forward move
ment for the month, with increases of 25 and 56 pe:
cent, respectively, in the production of pig iron and steel
ingots. Sales of merchant pig iron dcubled, and pro.
ducton, shipments, and unfilled orders of merchant iron
made considerable gains,
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AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
Production of passenger automobiles increased 40 per
cent in March over the preceding month, while the out
put of trucks was 50 per cent greater. Truck produc
don amounted to 19,422 machines. This is the largest
output recorded in any of the nine months for which
igures are available. Figures for April and May show
that there is a continued increase.
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CONGRESSIONAL AGRICULTURAL INQUIRY
A principal cause for increasing cost of living in the
United States is the “unwieldy system of marketing and
distributing commodities, coupled with wasteful practices
on the part of the public,” accordng to findings made
oublic by the joint Congressional commission on agricul
aaral inquiry.
SHEPPARD-TOWNER ACT |
All but six of the States have accepted the provisions
of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act. In most Statesl
the administration will be in charge of the child hygiene
divsions of the State boards of health. The Federal
Children’s Bureau is cooperating in the different states.
Plans under which the indvidual States will administer
‘he funds locally vary with local needs and resources.
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CONDITION OF COTTON CROP
The low condition of the cotton crop reported by the
Inited States Department of Agriculture is attributed
w 0 the lateness of the crop, frequent rains, cool weather,
loods, replantng, and in some regions the appearance of
he boll weevil in unusually large numbers. A condi
.don of 69.6 per cent on May 25, as compared with a
tOtyear average of 74.6, was reported.
The boll weevil threatens much damage to the Geor
vie erop. In two-thirds of the State the crop is late and
veevils will be numerous by the time the bolls are pro
duced.
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ENCOURAGING SYMPTOMS IN CUBA
American Consular representatives in Mexico report
to Washington that there has been no pronounced im
provement in general conditions in Mexico in the last
thirty days. The banks report that collections remain
only fairf and deposits have not increased during the
month.
l A contributing cause to the scarcity of money is the
general hoarding of gold. Many of the more conserva
tive depositors have withdrawn their funds from Guad
alajara banks and have refused to re-deposit them. With
little or no barkruptcies and failures reported, still the
conditon of the majority of Mexico’s retail establish
ments is not satisfactory.
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FARM CONVENIENCES
The extent to which farmers of the United States
are now utilizing the latest aids which inventive genuis
has offered to the producing and business world is il
lustrated by some facts presented in the 1920 census.
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TELEPHONES
'~ The Trade Record of the National City Bank of New
Vork says that the number of telephones, by which the
‘ ‘armer may communicate with his local trade center or
vith the great cities in which the prices and markets for
lis products are determined,is officially state at 2,498,493
n 1920, while another authority puts the total number
'f phones in all the United States “without regard to
mwnership” at the end of 1920 at 13,411,379, which sug
vests that rearly one-fifth of the phones in the United
Stales are now in the farm home and farm business
cervice; while 38 per cent of the reporting farms were
cqu:pped with telephone service i Iy2o.
\ AUTOMOBILE AND TRACTORS
The automobile statstics are also extremely suggestive.
They show the number of au‘omobiles on farms in 1920
it 2,146,362, while figures comgpiled by Automotive In
dastries put the total of automobiles in use in all the
United States at 7,904,000, sugwgestng that the farmers
wwned in that year considerably more than one.fourth
£ the automobiles of the country, to say nothing of the
132,000 motor trucks and 246,000 farm tractors reported
n operation on the farms in 1929. Over 30 per cent
f the reporting farms in 1920 utilized automobiles.
FARM IMPLEMEN I'&
Still another evidence of the disposition of the farm
’r to utilize machinery in increasing his business activi
des is found in the fact that the value of his “farm im-]
slements and machinery” reported in 1920 was nearly
‘hree times as much as in 1890. The official valuation of‘
‘arm implements and machinery in 1920 is $3,195,-
100,000 against $1,265,000,000 in 1910, $750,000,000
m 1900 and $494;000,000 in 1890.
DECREASE OF HORSES 1
It is not surprisng then, adds the Trade Record, in
iew of the increasing use by the farmer of these time!
- nd labor saving devices, the telephone, the automobi!e,l
he motor truck and the farm tractor, coupled with the |
normous increase in his farm implements and machin-!
ry, to find that the census reports the value of horses
n farms in 1920 only §1,782,000,000 against $2,031.
100,000 in 1910, a decrease of 14 per cent in value of
orses, while all other classes of farm anmals increased |
n value in the same period, the increase in value ot‘s
sheep being 70 per cent, poultry 141 per cent, cattle
143 per cent, swine 148 per cent, and goats 181 per cent. |
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LABOR UNIONS ARE AN INSTITUTION i
A feature of the growth of our large ndustrial insti
‘utions has been the melting together of labor groupsj
‘nto unions. The old policy of “firing” a man has pas
sed, and today millions of American workmen carry onl
heir negotiations with their employers through their!
eaders, thus giving them representation in groups. Du- |
«ing the war the Government gave full recognition to
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abor unions; and in the handling of the affairs of rail
road operators the raiiroad owners and the Government
jave dealt with the unions, or “brotherhoods,” as they
:re called.’ All will admit that the system of proving
satisfactory. "
A decision by the United States Supreme Court holds
that labor unions are an nstitution. Originally the
inions were a sort of society or a band of workmen
zrouped together for a common purpose. But if this
was once the case, it is no longer so. In deciding the
:elebrated Coronado coal case the Supreme Court held
that labor organizations, although unincorporated, are
imendable to the Sherman anti-trust act, and that under
it such organizations may be prosecuted for restraint
of interstate commeice. Chief Justice Taft announced
‘he decision for the full Bench, and there was no dis
sent.
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GERMANS WEARING COTTON-WASTE
Ten per cent to fifteen per cent of all cloth now man
ufactured in Germany is made of cotton waste, says Act
ng Commercial Attache Breed, in a report to the Depart
‘nent of Commerce.
All sorts of cotton waste materials are consumed by
he mills but linters, sweepings, rags, lap ends, clippings,
ilver, and bobbing waste are most common. The prin
‘cipal products made from these waste are light weight,
!coarse textiles which are largely consumed domesticaily‘
oy the peasant classes or exported to foreign countries
iwith very low foreign exchange rates. Other uses of
:otton waste in Germany are in the manufacture ofl
heap blankets, felt, cleaning rags, and machinery waste,
and a rather large quantity is consumed by paper manu-.
facturers in making paper roofing. |
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THE PRICE OF GASOLINE |
“Gas” sold for practically half the price six or eight
vears ago that it brings today. There is an old joke that
ras goes up a cent a gallon every time the Rockefeller an
wunces another benefaction. According to that the
tockeiellers must have heen very generous in giving away
heir money during recent years, because in places where
vas sold from 12 to 16 cents before the war the price is
low around 28 cents.
There is such a strong suspicion that there is profi
“eering in gasoline that the United States Senate is go
‘ng to investigate the situation. Reports from the Geo
‘ogical Survey show that the stocks of gasoline on hand
lave been large and that the production has been amply
ufiicient. During the war the stocks were constantly de.
oleted and the production was insufficient to meet the
demands. At one time the users of fuel oil had a hard
me to get their supplies. The results were particularly
lisesterons to the manufacturers of illuminating gas.
While this condition existed the prices kept going up
rradually until a figure but little above the customary
rice of today was reached. But there has been but littie
orice reduction; and in consequence the Senate is turn
ng loose the anti-trust cyclone, Senator LaFollette, as
its chief investigator.
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PLENTY OF GAS
The daily average consumption of gas in the United
States in 1921 was 12.375,638 gallons. The average pro
duction for the same period was 14,119,313 gallons. For
the first quarter of 1922 the daily average consumption
dropped to 10,289,441, but the falling off is explained by
the fact that the demand for gas is somewhat seasonal,
the winter months being light. However, the production
did not lessen, and the figures show that there was an
excess of production over consumption, for the same
period, amounting to nearly 3,000,000 gallons a day. The
Bureau of Mines also keeps statistics about gasoline, and
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The high mileage records of Firestone Cords continue to em
phasize the fact that Firestone methods are different and better.
These records, steadily increasing in number and in mileage
totals, justi{y the Firestone contention that there is one best
way to build tires.
Amarng the primary sources of Firestone extra mileage is
double gum-dipping—the saturation of the cord l{)lit:s in a vat
of liquid gum—thus coating each cord and virtua y eliminating
internal heat and friction.
, Another is Firestone air bag curing, with its 200 pound
pressure, which places evexy cord accurately and equalizes the
; tension., .
‘ By blending the rubkers of different plantations and types,
§ and by tempering it before mixing, Firestone men add still
1 more mileage. ‘
a Many cord tires are good—a few are better—Firestome users |
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‘L: with Fireston: Co:rds—and buy your next tire accordingly.
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their figures show that on March 1, the stock on hand
in the United States was 854,000,000 gallons, which was
a greater supply than ever before in the history of
the industry.
The Senate Manufacturers Committee has these figures
and they have been discussed somewhat in the Senate,
The Committee will seek an explanation from oj] pro
ducers and dealers for the continued high Price of gaso
line, and they will inquire into the possibilities of a
collusion and conspiracy having been effected that has
resulted in boosting the price of gasoline, and keeping up
the price. According to the best information that is giv.
en out through the Government agencies an increase of
a cent a gallon on the price of gasoline means a tax of
$50,000,000 a year upon the American people.
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FIDDLING WITH FORD
Anyone who has followed the upbuilding of the war
plants at Muscle Shoals knows that the completon and op
eration of these projects promises a real industria] re
juvenation for the South. There seems to be no question
in the mind @f anybody about the desirability of the
Government finishing the project. But instead of going
ahead and doing it Congress plays with the political situ
ation that has developed by reason of the Ford offer. In
‘the meantime nothing is being done to place Muscle
‘Shoals in condition so that the Government, or anybody
‘else, can make it an assett to the South. Mr. Ford’s
}offer provides that the Government shall complete the
‘Wilson Dam and the rest of the plan{, and his interjecting
;himself into the proposition has had no real effect upon
the situation except to tie up the work and prevent Con-
Fgress from going ahead with the completon of this most
important industrial enterprise.
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THE ECONOMIC CONTEST
The railroads uttered a piercing yell of protest when
huge reduction in freight rates were recently ordered,
There followed a reduction in wages of thousands of
railroad employes—and there was immediately another
vell accompanied by threats of a strike. Then ensued
quiet! The whole transaction is only another chapter
in the economic contest that is designed to lower all
values. The same method that shows up so conspicuous
ly in the railroad situation is operating in every other
phase of economic life. By its progress we trace the rea.
son for cheaper clothing, !cheaper food, and, reduc
tion in most of our expenses. It is the process which
President Tarding refers to as “normalcy”.
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When a vote is to be taken on some important meas
ure, a Congressman who can not be resent “pairs” him
self with some representative who would vote “aye” to
the Congressman’s “nay”, or vice versa. Once a Demo
cratic member of the House received a letter from an
active politician of that party in his distrct, calling at.
tention to the fact that he was reported in the Con
gressional Record almost every day as being ‘‘paired”
with a Republican. “I don’t doubt your loyalty to the
party,” read the letter; “but I think the boys would
like it a good deal better if you paired with Democrats
instead of Republicans.—Harper’s Magazine.
oo Wsticassiesis
! Dr. James Melvin Lee, head of the Department of
' Journalism in New York University, said during the
course of an after dinner speech: “The average person,
as well as the average nation, is blind to his own faults.
An American woman, a leader of the S. P. C. A. was
soliciting subscriptions for the animals’ cause in Madrid.
| ‘Will you subscribe, sir?’ she asked a Spanish grandee.
“ ‘T'll do better than that, madam,” said the grandee
graciously. ‘l'll get up a bull-fight for your society’s
benefit.” ”’—The Argonaut. ;
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922
