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thttRSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932. !> THE JOHNSTONIAN—SUN, SELMA, N. C. THE JOHNSTONIAN—SUN M. L. STANCIL, Editor and Mgr. PUBLISHEd”^^^ THURSDAY rbe Sun Publishing Co., Inc. Selma, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION One Year $1.00; 6 Months 50c Entered as second-class matter July 4, 1929, at the post office at Belma, N. C. under the Act '-f March 3, 1879. 4 AYS THAT MORE PROTECTION NEEDED voted for certain protecti-jje measures in Congress. When the Democrats are looking tor an issue to stir up political issues and divert the rninds of the people from their own short comings, they jump on the protective tariff; but when get to Congress and face the issue from an unprejudiced business standpoint they are less enthusiastic for low tariffs or for no tariffs at all. The best business men in the United States are protection ists, because they could not be the best business men and be anything else. A WORD that all too p^^^jcularly, m finan- things we better judgment” cial matters, lu 1 nau «n y jp jp. cial matters, ir X . jp “IF I had only ■^.tters ’any. The past is past. but groans won t and when you again Forget It. Loo. ahead ^ counsel of those have money to spare, seek the ^o ho are expenencecl and reoa i ^ g .LET THIS, BANK ADVISE Accounts, I.v Remembering how steadily the southern states send men to Congress to vote agpnst all protective tariff bills, it teresting to note in the Char lotte (N. C.) Observer, one ot North Carolina’s leading daily papers, of recent date, the most earnest plea that 09^^' gress and the Administration come to the rescue of the min ing industry in North Caroli na with higher duties on im ported ores. The Observer de clares that “Competing toreign mills have played havoc with domestic producers and forced them to close their mines. The Copper Mining Industry in North Carolina, it declares, is Treaded for extinction unless " Congress does something, r or- eign copper can be laid down in this country, the Observer says, for less than the cost ot production at American smelt- But it is not in North Car olina alone, nor in behalt oi the mining industry alone, tnat protests are being heard pro claimed against the inadequate tariff' rates of the Ilawley- Smoot law. The manufacturers of paper protest that then in dustry is menaced by the in- creasing importations of pulp, wood pulp, and paper; Ameri can sugar manufacturers aie complaining that importations of foreign refined sugar threat en their industry; manufact urers of steel protest against dumping of foreign steel prod ucts on the American market, pointing to the fact that there was a 50 per cent increase in iron and steel imports in iiaich as compared with Februai-v, and calling attention to othcial xeports which show that in 1931 more than 45,000 tons of flat rolled steel and 360,943 tons of all classes of steel w-ere imported, and that due to this importation 237,130 men lost work in the United States. , And so the protests come rolling in with increasing vol ume, not only from producers of raw materials but from manufacturers of a score of products who declare that the duties carried in the Hawdey- Smooth tariff law are wholly inadequate to preserve them from devastating foreign com petition. , One reason for the present inadequacy of these rates is the fact that so many of our trade competitors have gone off the gold standard and are consequently able now to bu> materials and obtain'labor with cheap money. In Finland, for example, manufacturers . ot pulp from which paper is made can buv for $1.00 that which would have cost them $1.40 under the gold standard. And so it goes all over Europe. As a result of depreciated curren cy in these countries our tariff rates virtually have been re duced from 30 to 40 per cent In almost innumerable lines of manufacture they are no long er pi'otective at all, to say nothing of being extortionately high as Democratic leaders have persistently charged. If this condition continues much longer American nianufactur- ers”in many lines w'ill be forc ed into bankruptcy, for it is not possible for them to com pete with cheap foreign labor costs and at the same time face the deflated currency dif ferential in favor of imported goods of 30 to 40 per cent. There never was any justm- cation for criticism of the Hawdev-Smoot bill on the score that it afforded too much pro tection. With world conditions as they are now, with depie- ciating currencies in twenty- five countries, and with vast accumulations of manufactui- in»' o'oods as well' as raw mate rials" all over the world seeking an outlet at any price, it is 'tob plain for demonstration that the rates in the law are too low rather than too lii.gh. Only a few days ago William Bailey, our own Norm Carolina senator, reahzmg the value of the prr.toctivc hariff- DON’T WANT TO MISS COPY —LIKES EDITOR’S POEMS nev i-i , I YOU! Branch Banking & Trust Co., Selma, N. C. Last Monday, June 6th, we received a postal card from one of our ladv subscribers in the State of Georgia, which read as follows; Griffin, Ga., .June 4, 19o2. Mr. M. L. Stancil, Selma, N. C. Dear Sir: I failed to get The Johnstonian- Suu of May 26th. Will you plea.ie send same, as I enjoy your papei and especially your poetry, so much that I don’t like to mi-s a single issue, of your paper. And oblige. Yours, MAYME BENNETT. showed improvement by starting a program of building up England first, and the same process could better be adopted by the United States than the slogan of ‘‘chaos or cancellation.” Cancellation or Chaos? r a i >}Da HEARD AROUND j THE COURT HOUSE I Next In a recent address Lloyd George, leader of the Liberal Party in Eng land, declared that world political parleys are futile and do not seem to lead the nations of the world any where in their efforts to get out of the political and economic mor ass. In spite of the various confer ences which have been held since (he end of the World War things seem to be going from bad to worse. “Take the simple test of arma ments,” said the fiery little Welsh man. “They are bigger, more power ful and more shattering than ten year.s ago, after ten years of hand shaking and ten years of agree ment at every conference that has been held.” There can be little doubt about the 'truth of thi.s state ment. After all of the talk we have heard about disarmament during the past decade, all of the pious ex clamations , about peace and univer sal brotherhood, Europe is more heavily armed than ever before, and there does not seem to be the slight est chance that the present Geneva conference will be able to do any thing definite. About the only nation which has taken disarmament ser iously has been the United States and as a result Uncle Sam has fal len behind in naval strength since the Wa-hington naval conference was held. About the only sort of a confer ence which would have a chance to succeed in Eurpoe would be one called for the purpose of putting the final burden of the cost of the war on the shoulders of the Ameri can taxpayers. There is something which would be popular all over Europe and there are some signs • that such a move is in contempla tion. Every once in a while we get from Eurpoe reports of the distress ed conditions of things on that un happy continent. We are told that the little countries of Central Eur ope, some of them allies and others former enemies of France, are about collapse financially and that this will carry Germany down, too. In fact, it is stated, Germany will then be unable to pay not only repara tions, but private debts as well. And of course, so the argument goes, France, Italy and Great Britain can only afford to pay us on their debts as much as they receive from Germany in the way of reparations. This all leads to the conclusion that we must cancel the European debt, that if we do not all Europe is going into ' collapse, and America will be di-agged down in the general ruin. “Cancellation of chaos” has therefore become the European slo gan, and through this slogan it is hoped that Uncle Sam can be fright ened into cancelling the debts. But Americans have had so many things at home to be frightened about during the past year or So that they are getting “fright proof” so far as Europe is concerned. The general belief is growing in America that if Europe is to have chaos and dissolution, a little thing like debt cancellation will not prevent its tak ing place and the best thing for Uncle Sam to do therefore is to fortify himself as well as possible against the storm. Uncle Sam has enough to do to look after the storm signals here in America and has no time to take on the troubles of Europe. In the meantime though conditions in Central Europe including Ger many are undoubtedly bad, things seem to he on the mend in England and Italy, and to be no worse in France, so that it is barely possible they will be able to pay us on ac count after all. Anyhow, England , D MBDJ D ■*> 3 D «■> C D 0 D Last Saturday was a busy day for the John.-ton county Democratic politicians, and there was said to have been a very active workei operating in various localities, going by the name of John Barleycorn. Any way there were an unusual number of fights in the county Sat urday and Saturday night. time you are out of fix as the result of ir regular or faulty bowel movement, try Thedford’s Black-Draught for the re freshing relief it gives thousands of people who take it. Mr.E.W.Cecil.a construction super intendent in Pulaski, Va., says: "W'hen I get con- It had been expected that nearly all the incumbents would win out in the county Democratic primary, and this seems to have come true. But there will have to be a .‘-■econd primary to decide afew contests, and this means that there will be a’ second primary election on July 2nd. There will also likely be a big- fight in the July primary between the candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor, and those for United States senator. J. C. B. Ehringhau.s, who appears to have the hacking of the Democratic .state machine, is well in the lead for the nomination for governor, but if R. T. Fountain and A. J. Maxwell and their friends shoulS combine their forces they could easily defeat Ehringhau.s in the second primary. stipated, my head aches, and I have that dull, tired feeling just not equal to my work. I don’t feel hungry and I know that I need something to cleanse my system, so I take Black-Draught. We have found it a great help.” Sold in 25-cent packages. Cool Off “Up Top! FOR CHILDREN—and gi-own-up.s who prefer a liquid—get 1 pleasant-ta^ting SYRUP of Thee -1 " ford’s Black-Draught; 25c and dOc In the contest for the Democratic nomination for United States sena tor Robert R. Reynold.s of Asheville was in the lead Saturday, with Cameron Morrison, the present in cumbent, in second place, and with Bowie, Grist and Simmons trailing along- behind in the order named. Reynolds and his friends are, of course, highly elated, - but the best political minds are expecting him to get left in the July primary. Rey nolds is making his fight on a wet platform, while he has had against him four candidates who are sup posed to be dry. As a result Rey nolds got practically all of the wet Democratic vote.s in the state, while the dry votes were divided between his four dry opponents. It is ex pected that in the second primary the di-ys will line up for Morrison and defeat Reynolds. ALL CAME TO AN END. The only interest that Johnston county Republicans will have in the July primary will be setting on the fence and watching- the fight. In the June primary held last Saturday, there was only one Republican contest, and that was a State,con test between Newell and DePriest for the Republican nomination for United States senator. There was very little interest taken in that, as it was a foregone conclusion that Jake Newell, who was the nominee of the. Republican State convention, would be the winner. In many precincts DePriest did not get a single vote. There will probably be an effort made by some of the Democratic workers to get Republican.s to vote in the Democratic primary in July, but they should stay. out of it. In years past many Republicans have gotten fooled out of their votes in the fall election after voting- in Democratic primari e=, the Demo crats contending that all must sup port the nominees of the primary. Those who suffer under the pres ent depression should read the fol lowing: There was a business depression in 1857 lasting 12 months. There was a business depression in 1869 la-ting 8 months. There was a business depression in 1873 lasting- 30 months. There was a business depression in 1884 lasting 22 months. There was a business depression in 1887 lasting 10 months. There was a business depression in 1893 lasting- 25 months. There was a business depression in 1903 lasting 25 months. There was a business depression in 1907 lasting nearly 12 month--.. There was a business depression in 1914 la.sting 8 months. There was a business depression in 1921-22 lasting 14 months. All of them came to an end ex cept this one. It will, too.—Chicago Daily News. STRAWS ALL NEW MODELS $3.00 FINE or coarse-braided zig-zag or smooth-edged and light as the well known feather. Just the Straws for “cQol heads.” Black or Combination Color Bands. All Head Sizes. Selma Clo. & Shoe Co. Selma, N. C. V; ^ictcDri “IF WE FAINT NOT.” L. M. Smith, dairyman of Wake county, reduced his grain feed by 260 pounds a day and cut out the use of beet pulp when he turned his herd of 50 cow.s on a pasture that was limed, fertilized and plant ed last fall . R. 0. Lancaster of Craven coun ty made some money on a lot of 181 hogs this spring and sold his corn at a better price than had he disposed of it at market prices for gi-ain. Saint Paul, writing to the Gala tian Christians, says: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” These calm and weighted words are intended to put into the soul a spirit of rugged perseverance while we wait for the har\-ests of ralvation from the sowing of gospel seed. Have you observed the patient struggles of nature to come to the harvest with ripened seed and with abality to reproduce its life? Every where this persistence may be ob served. .Some years ago, while trav eling- in the mountain country of the west, I found much inspiration in the evident struggle of the moun tain pines growing in the scanty soil of the no'oks and crannies of the Rockies. Many of these hardy trees were dwarfs, so meager was the soil in which their roots were dining, and often they were bent with prevailing winds, and twisted into curious shapes, but they clung- to the granite cliffs and patiently | endured through the pasing seasons. 1 There -was a nature in them that would have been tall and symmetric al in a more sheltered place and in a friendlier soil,but they seemed like soldiers, like heroes to me,, and the memory has often been an inspira tion to struggle on in the affairs of life. These little Jack Pines brightened the face of the cliff with Get ahead*-’ stay ahead of the weevil T hat is the whole story this year. Either you get ahead of the weevil or he will get ahead of you. Fields are full of weevils this year, according to reports. If they find squares, there won’t be much cotton at picking time. Cotton squares are the weevils’ favorite food! Therefore don’t give them any squares to eat in your field. Set your crop before they are ready. A side-dressing of 100 pounds per acre (200 pounds would be much better) of Chilean Nitrate will do it. There is nothing like Chilean to pick up a crop of cotton and hurry it right past the weevil. ■What else can you do that is so easy, so cheap; so safe and so sure ? Side-dress—100 pounds Chilean Nitrate per acre—right after chopping. See your dealer now and impress on him you want Chilean “Natural” Nitrate. He is anxious to get you just what you want. TWO KINDS Bofh are natural 100 LB. BAGS AND 200 LB. BAGS 'CHILEAN kiTHATE EDUCATSONAL^^ BUREAU, INC. North Carolina their rich green foliage, and here and there one could even .^ee the brown seed cones that gave promise of another generation of hardy ever green ti-ee.s. “Give me the man who holds on when others let go,” .«ays a writer, “who stiffens up when others re treat, who knows no .such word as can’t,' or give up; and I will show you a man who will win in the end no matter what obstacles confront him.” In due season—if we faint not! j Let the people of God be fully per- I suaded that the riches of divine , grace are worth all they cost. What ever the price may be, and however , ong the harvest time may seem to I e m coming,, never give up until prayers are answered.—Wesleva. I Methodist. - -
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