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PROTECTION OF
COTTON AT SEA
Senator Smith, of South Car
olina, Reads Letter in Senate.
Willingness and Ability of U.
S. All That is Needed.
Washington. —Willingness and abil
ity of the United States to protect
cotton shipments on the seas is all
that must he determined to restNk at
least two-thirds of the export busmens
with Germany, in the opinion express
ed by flermsn spinners. Writing in
answer to inquiries of Senator Smith,
of South Carolina, ns to cotton trade
conditions In Germany, Addlx and
Cordes, of Bremen, said in a letter
laid before the senate today:
"The question of cotton import to
this country remains absolutely with
the American government and wheth
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or this is strong enough or willing to
protect the interests or property of
American citizens crossing the ocean
I under the American or neutral colors
from English capture:”
Wrote Spinners.
Senator Smith wrote to cotton spln
|ners in many European countries, in
[Germany the supply of American cot
ton has been reduced nearly two
thirds, the letter stated although men,
money and orders are available to
keep the mills at full time. Consump
tion will be at least two-thirds of the
normal, or 2,000,000 bales annually, ac
cording to estimates of German spin
ners, if cotton can be brought to them.
Hanks have excessive credits and wil
lingly loan funds for cotton importa
tion at four and a half per cent, it is
added.
Spot cotton has risen to 19.65 cents
a pound at Bremen because of the
shortage. It was declared. About 40
per cent of the mills are working full
time, the letter adds "and in Igeneral
business in better than before the
war.”
Transportation.
A- to the question of transportation
the letter says:
"We do not doubt that in the event
of larger cotton slifbments to certain
ports, England under some pretense
will capture thorn if steamers are
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Isn’t it worth while to be sure that the work is done under
absolutely sanitary conditions?
In China the rich pay a physician to keep a family well.
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those of the smaller European nations.
We would prefer that shipments be
made in American boats.”
Writing from Moscow, a Russian
spinner said the situation there was
not bright. Consumption of American
cotton decreased 100 per cent for lack
of importations, the writer declared,
and mills were working only half
time. Funds are hard to obtain and
the available supply of labor is re
duced 20 per cent, the letetr said.
'GOMMi SENSE’
COMMISSION
On New Trade Board the Mem
bers Must Have These Qualifi
cations, Says President
Washington.— I'resident Wilson has
let It be, known that he had made
"common sense" the chief qualification
of the five men he is to nominate as
members of the new trade commis
sion within the next two weeks. He
does not desire theorists for the com
mission, but the men who will be able
to intelligently deal with business
conditions in the United States.
Politics, It is said, will not govern
the make-up of the board, although at
least one Republican probably will be
named.
Among the numerous whose names
ar< under consideration are Jos.
Davies, commissioner of corporations:
A. <Thurman, solicitor of the com
merce department; E, N. Hurley
president of the Illinois Manufactur
ers' Association; John E. Richardson,
of Tennessee; Thos. H. Felder of
Georgia.; George Rublee of New
Hampshire; Samuel h. Rogers of
North Carolina; Prof. Henry .1. Wa
ters of Kansas; E. A. Krauthoff of
Missouri and W. B. Westlake of In
diana.
WIFE SHOT HUSBAND.
Mobile, Ala.—Reuben F. Mcßroom,
a merchant operating stores in Mobile
and Pensacola, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded by Ills wife, Mrs.
Theresa Mcßroom, in the yard of their
home here today. No hope is held out
for his recovery. Mrs. Mcßroom sur
rendered to the police and wiih docket
ed on the charge of assault to murder
and refused bond. Mrs. Mcßroom re
cently entered suit against Mcßroom
for divorce.
Telephones
51
769
1257-J
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
IKE BIG CUTS
IN WATERWAYS
‘PORK BARBEL'
Rivers and Harbors Appropria
tion Bill Presented to House
Today---No New Proje<s3.
Millions Lopped Off in Esti
mates
Washington.—Big cuts in army en
gineering board estimates for existing j
waterway Improvement jirojects ;
throughout the country—in some in- ;
stances more than fifty per cent— 1
were made in the annual river and
harbor appropriation bill as reported
to the house today. The committee
on rivers and harbors lopped off near
ly $20,000,000 from the army board’s
recommendations and brought in a
measure appropriating $34,138,580.
No New Projects.
No provision was made for new pro
jects, the bill providing only for con
tinuance of work already undertaken.
Tht committee nan been preparing
the measure for several weeks and
completed its work last night. Esti- I
mates has been submitted to the com
mittee by the board of engineers call
ing for appropriations aggregating i
$53,000,000. The measure as laid be- j
fore the house carries about $14,000,- I
000 more tha.i last year’s appropria- j
tion, which was for maintainance of
work on existing projects.
Proposals for Change.
Although a number of proposals de
signed to change the present system
of making appropriations for water- i
way improvements had been suggest- I
cd including that of Senator Newlands
for creating a commission to control
all river and harbor expenditures, the |
committee took no action on them.
Chairman Sparkman explained that no
new legislation had been considered I
because the committee had worked
under pressure in order to carry out |
the general plan for speeding up the
bill so as to assure completion of the
legislative program before March 4.
ATLANTA INVESTIGATING
LOCKER CLUBS AGAIN
Atlanta, Ga. —The Atlanta grand
jury is again in the midst of a sen
sational investigation of the city’s
fashionable clubs, to determine wheth
er or not their sale of beverages to
members violate the prohibition law.
Tlie jury has found itself handicap
ped by having nearly every juryman
a megiber of at least one such club,
and has got around this disqualifica
tion question by using alternate jury
men,
A juryman who is a member of the
Capital City Club will retire while that
club is under consideration. He will
come back, however, to pass on the
Piedmont Driving Club or any bther
of which he is not a member. The
court takes the ingenius position that
a member of one club will have no
sympathy for another.
Jurymen whose relatives are club
members are barred, and this brought
from one member a protest.
“How about you fellows whose
daughters attend every club dance?"
be asked. “That’s as, close as being
kin to a club member, 1 ’
It is expected Unit little will Come of
tlie investigation, which lias been un
dertaken several -times before.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
“FEDS” MEET IN CHICAGO
Chicago.—Members of the executive
committee’s Federal League met here
today to consider questions which Jas.
A. Gilmore, president of the league,
said were largely private affairs of
the organization. It was announced,
[however, that new plans for the 1915
i ampnign would he announced. Be
sides President Gilmore the commit
tee is composed of Robert B. Ward of
the Brooklyn club, and W. E. Robert
son of the Buffalo club.
PENALIZE NAVAL CONTRACTORS.
Washington —Contractors who agree
to furnish the navy material must
| hereafter fulfill their contracts on
time or suffer a penalty. Pursuant
to this policy to end delay on ship
work. Secretary Daniels today order
ed the paymaster general rigidly to
, enforce the clause embodied in all
contracts and open purchase orders
stipulating that if satisfactory de
livery is not completed on time the
paymaster general shall he at liberty
[ to buy the articles at the contractors’
I expense, any additional cost to be
collected from the bondsman.
NATIONAL LUMBER ASSOCIATION
Chicago.—Organization of nil lumber
associations In the country Into a na
tional body will he effected at a con
ference to be held here on Feb. 24
Htnl 25, It teas announced today.
This movement was decided upon
yesterday at a conference attended by
approximately 100 lumbermen, repre
senting various associations in th«
lumber industry. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers’ Aaao
i latlon. The purpose of the Febru
ary conference, it was said, would be
to launch a co-operative advertising
and publicity campaign in behalf of
the industry.',
RICE FOR BELGIANS.
New Orleans. —Thirty thousand
pockets of rice will be shipped from
here for destitute persons in Belgium,
according to announcement by a local
rice Concern today. The shipment will
be forwarded on the British steam
ship Wabana. January 12th. The
names of the purchasers were not
given,
$40,000 GEORGETOWN, S. C. FIRE.
Georgetown, S. C. —Fire yesterday
d.wtroyed the handsome home of
Mayor >V. H. Andrews and three other
residences In the fashionable section
of Georgetown. The loss is estimated
at $40,000. Fire Chief MacPonald de
clares lack of water pressure largely
| responsible for the loss.
THE “HAYLOFT" BURNS.
Terre Haute, Ind. —Two persons
were killed and a number Injured to-
I day in a fire which destroyed a large
rooming house known as the "Hay
loft." A lighted lantern which either
fell or was knocked to the floor was
| believed to have started the fir*
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