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Rejected manuscripts will not De ’returned. _ ALL DRAFTS, checks, express money .orders and postal money orders for.tne paper should be made payable to tne {■order of the Wilmington Star Co. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED'PRESS. The Associated Press hs exclusively I entitled to the use for publication or , A I I ^ . M y. M A yd i + ^ 1 t r •nutiea 10 use ------ all news credited to it, or not otherwise credited, in this paper and also _ the local news published herein. Ail rights of re-publication of special dispatches •herein are also reserved. _ _ K -v Ip U,, b P: h b' b FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1923 Germans Resentful. The attitude of the German govern iment towards the French occupation Of the Ruhr valley, with a larg^ army end a big staff of engineers, collec tors, and civil attaches is one of ""passive resistence,” as advised by Premier Cuno. Germany promptly dissolved diplomatic communications with both France and Belgium as a national protest against the military occupation of German territory. The German ambassadors to \ France- and Belgium were recalled by the Berlin government. German party spirit is bitter and popular resentment is man ifest, although the . people in the Ruhr territory have been advised by the German government to refrjdq. from hostile demonstrations. b j The French feelings were’ huiJt' by the order of the Washington govern ment, withdrawing Americas soldiers from Germany. While the govern ment at Washington claims that it of ficially notified France some time. ago of America’s readiness to submit a plan for- bringing, about a solution of the reparations problems by means of a 'financial commission to Investigate Germany’s ability to pay, the proposal was not accepted by France. The French government knew that the United States was op posed to military action, and while France proceeded in spite of the American attitude, the American gov ernment did not see fit to protest against the French-Belgian occupa tion of Germany. At the meeting of the reparations commission last Tuesday in Paris, the attitude of- the American govern- j tnent was made known by the Ameri can observed, who has invariably at tended the meetings of the commis sion. The commission declared Ger many “voluntarily in default,” by a vote of 3 to 1. The affirmative votes were cast by the French, Belgian and Italian commissioners. Sir John IS w IS' Bradburry, the British commissioner voted in the negative, Roland Boy deh, the American observer, did -not vote, as he was not an official member | V of i the commission. The proceedings wore described as “cut and dried,” With the exception that Mr. Boyden made a,speech in which he attacked the Versailles treaty, and his indict ment of the pact was especially laid ohi “its too liberal application;” Taking a View similar to that of the British 'commissioner, Mr. Boy den agreed with him that from the technical judcial point of view, Ger many was in default, but in bis opin ion Germany was less to blame than the commission and the peace treaty itself “for placing an impossible tack on-V Germany.” He*constantly blamed the “treaty, but he took the ground th£t coerclVe measures were ljot'War rahted, owing to the fact, that .the reparations question should have been considered as a whole Instead of with reference only to ? its Coal and wood particulars. ' Jhe’ British 'commissioner took- a; similar view and stated plainly that extreme measures were not necessary since, Germany was only 111 1-2 per cent in default, and had offered to ma&ja up that in cash. , , If must not be! .overlooked stha| France has not gone Into the Ruhr solply on account of Germany’s email coal, wood and stone default, but? she has been prepared for months to occupy German territory till Ger many settles her. reparations obliga tions in cash as well as in supplies. ...' ‘ - 1 •• v ^ . , . : .. (. . • One Billion Dollar Bug. -6—- ' Mr. J. Scottowe Waanamaker, of St. Matthews, S. C., ; president of the American ,■ Cotton > association, re viewi the ravages>of the cotton boll weevil for- the la,st twenty,,,...eight years, beginning its invasion of Texas and ending? with the infesta tion of North Carolina, and; tit is .rather discouraging : view that he takes of the prospect? of thg great" cotton growing industry of tfce.TJnit ed States. Mr. Wannamaker states that after six years of ravages in • a cotton growing section, *the> weevil damage becomes less than tTuring its first three years infestation,, but even at that it is--endangering the indus try as a whole in all: thh. southern belt. As to North Carolina and Squth Carolina, he expresses the conviction that it will be .Jimpossible to. grow cotton profitably in these two states unless heroic steps are; taken in all the particulars of trying to -grow cot ton under pest conditions. < The New York Evening Post views this as a national calamity, and it proceeds to discuss it in this . exceedingly inter esting way: - .. . Compared with the loss caused America by the boll weevil the $2,590,000 which the American Cotton Growers Association plans to spend in combating it in a drop in the sea. If about 1890, when Mexico lossed the pest upon Texas the whole ^Americaui army . had been mobilized and the total an nual revenue of the Government appropriated to drive it back, the nation would have been the gainer. Because we fought only a delay ing and harassing battle at first the cotton grower and weevil are now grappled in something like a fight to the death. At the time the European ■ war began the world regarded an average Amer can crop of 15,000,000 bales as a certainty; in fact, the 1914 crop , exceeded 17,000,000 bales. The boll weevil is the chief factor re sponsible for the drop of the crop to 7,950,00 bales in 1921 and 9i* ' 960,00 Oin 1922. With $60 or $70 a bale formerly the normal price, Uncle Sam’s bill for entertaining— the ravenous guest is easily cal culated, Great Britain in alarm is. increasing the subsidy to cotton growing al lover her empire—in -Nigeria, East Africa, the Punjab, ; Mesopotamia, and northern Aus tralia—and in proportion as Bri tish, Chinese, and Brazilian grow ing Increases we shall lose our market. In the economic history of in sects there is no more inexorable invasion than that which the ..bill weevil has pushed to the far limits of the coton belt. The lit tle quarter-inch driller had oc cupied about 1,400 square miles in 1892. Not until 1905, in spite of its passion for puncturing bolls and laying eggs therein—four or more generations a season—had it occupied 100,000 square miles, and the South was but n^JHUy.; worried. Then in each of the next six .years i t - ’added 27,000 squared miles to its domain, and by 1912 American agriculture saw in it the most terrble portent since ’ the spread of the Hessian fly from Long Island after the Revolution, n 1915 and 1916, aided by mild 1 . winters, it made record - gains- of more than 70,000 square miles each season. In these years Okla - homa and Arkansas were - over run, it went , like Sherman, 1 through Georgia to the. sea, and it reached the borders of SPUth* Carolina. In 1919 it had pushed across South Carolina and was moving north of Wilmington. Now it is ready to conclude the T con.quest of. Virginia and is at bay only in western Oklahoma and^ Texas, where, climatic conditions^ are unfavorable. So prolific is the insect, so well does it hide itself within the plant and ao contemptuous is it of ordI nary sprays and powders, that it j has mocked science. Not until - 1919 was the efficacy of calcium arsenate, which the boll weevil sips . with the dew, demonstrated, s and this powder has, to be used rj at the rate of’ twenty pound® to /; the acre. It costs so much that only large crops justify its em ployment, and the shortage of the mineral—not 1 per cent of the amount needed—is almost a pub lic scandal. By early planting, destroying the breeding places, and developing early varities we can . limit the destruction. It ... would be obviously be better to spend a huge sum to eradicate the weevil once and for all. If that were possible, thair to spend large, sums forever to reduce the annual ■; Joss; but for the present it is im- .. ; possible. Better than any gran diose plans on paper would be a , practical assurance that 10, ftOO tons of calcium arsenate would be available next season at/ .' fifteen cents a pound. And a , campaign directed by'the AgVicul- ' ■ tural Department, through partly financed by the cotton growers, would seem preferable,to one dl; rected by any association... ' ' We are sure that the Post has con sidered this matter in a very inform Way, and every line, of what our valued New. York cdntemporay says wilt be read > with morb- than ordin ary interest in North Carolina. Here in the midst of .boll weevil infestation, we are fighting the bil lion dollar bug, with ntir limited re sources and genius, k$d while farm ers will endeavor to^preduce some cot ton during the" Coming "season, they are not counting on any great re sults this year. Last season proved so disatrous to some of bur cotton growers that .they are . doubtful whether they will. make, ah-attempt to grow Cotton this year. The cost and the risk are both great. . - -.0-- : A Chicago bandit has been arrested in Seattle../He might have knbjm that Seattle would do most anything to 'secure publicity. -o 1 There is an ancient axiom that it is impossible to squeeze blod out of a turnip, but France has an idea ftiat she can do it regardless of “feelers” from Washington. ^ . . t. > ■ ’’ ’ . / . Women Boosters.' -0-- ~ ■ When Chafleston cut loose from ancient traditions j; and reorganized her chamber - of .-commerceat ■ r,. the close of last year; the -oo<J radte&l change 4q Jts policy^jsas to wafefc'wo men eligible to membership, f Many of the leading wom|rypf the etty im mediately, came in topwhli4 tim- mem- J bership, and the Charleston Ifeheri-. can states,.that this'fusion of?^|new j glement into chamber .of coimlprce j work has put new life into that here- j tofore staid old body. The chamber, directors, the^lteering committee and the executive tom^ilttee mlt ofi Mon- j day night and made wonderful pro gress vin arranging,ia constructive pro? gram for this' years’ The wonven mem- j hers of the committees actively epn cerned themselves in all waiters "com1 cerning the chamber. One •; of -the main addresses of the evening,Vas by J Mr. J. B. Wiles, of Chicago, wjho-gave | various expert opinions on enlarging the beneficial scope of the ci&rjfest.on chamber of commerce. Mr.' .Wiles made it a point to commend the cham ber for its conception of the- Value- of’ women as forces in chamber-of com merce work ,for it^?cJt^;8Cnd fibmtj] munity. One ofthe'beheficlal reWts of this new membership is that- the chamber can count on larger and more representative, meetings - of the j booster organization. ,; It* will 'be a, womans organization junjess -thg men attend the meetings'.' ;/ ■ „ ■ "" [■■■ Useful Booklets For Carolin ians.' -i-0-— The Star acknowledges receipt of J two valuable booklets just issued by i H. Mi London, legislative reference librarian, under, the auspices of the North Carolina Historical ^commis sion. One of them contains 71 pagos, qnd it is titled'. "Directory of the State and County Officials of North Carolina.” It is pocket-size, and it is as . interesting as,it is valuable for ready reference. This concise directory, contains a complete list of North Carolina con gressmen, state officials, heads of various state departments, state boards, state commissions, state in stitutions and their presidents, su preme court justices, superior court judges, district solicitors, members of both houses of the general assembly, together with their names and ad dresses. It gives for each county the names and addresses of the clerk of j court, register “of deeds, sheriff, coun ty-treasurer, coroner, surveyor, audi tor superintendent, of . heal th, superr. intendent of schools, 'superintendent j public welfare, chairmen of boards j of elections, farm agents, and county ( and highway commissioners. It also, contains a list of the -counties com posing each of the’various counties in' the various judicial and.. . senatorial; districts throughout the state. I _^Of almost equal value and interest te the othef“booklet issued by Libar ian London, embracing a compilation, by counties, of the official vote cast at the 1921 election for state officers, judges, solicitors, congressmen, as well as the state vote on the consti tutional amendments, voted on by the people at the last election. Both these booklets are handy references, which may be obtained without cost by 4ny person who makes application to H. M. London, legislative reference librarian, Raleigh, N. C. this is . a thoughtful service ren dered to the people in line with the functions of the state historical com re mission. ri •: ' r V' : —a——— ' The Germans wanjt to., settle doWn, but the French whntio..settle up#"j... .Nprth Carolina- is going to get, there in spite of those who are -disposed to throw mohkey-vfrenches: Into f.'the machinery. •. %. - —o •The Entente allies are too much di vided to make the Turks ^understand that the Lausalln'e’ conference Is a coroner’s inquest. ■ 0-,.. • Chicago Is talking about her pros pects for having a population, of 50, 000,000. Why should the -Windy city, heep on nagging at New York? y i| J The man1 who can propound a solu tion for the Germany reparations has an opportunity t£ do laV cohsiderSalge amount of damage to the reputation of Solomon.’ --o-— ' A'certain minister preached from this text: “#hey toil not, neither do they sin; yet' Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.” A certain bewitching ele ment in his congregation probably re garded Such a text as entirely too personal. ^ s , ■ * ■ ■ . --o -—^ y At the recent meeting of the Nat ional Woman’s party, our igdjt friends deihanded more equal rights..' Thig i® .evidently a demand on the male' of the species, hence the men foljcf will have to get together and demand as many equal rights from the ladies as. they are demanding from the men. In union there is strength, and also various opportunities to come to a wise understanding. ; . ^ - J - •, " ’''r'" ♦ • •' ■ 7 CONTEMPORARY VIEWS. ■f "OCCUPATION" AND FINANCE !| France’s apparent determination to .occupy the Ruhr region is, on the sBurface at least, the outgrowth of al leged necessity for theV immediate :BWJJ*etions of ■ fa«&spkr goods to as sist in bftJancing’itKe budget which is ni^jr- in jjS^iger Wfebreaking down. The sitTi^tip^^s thgi stated presents a sinfulaiVfeo'mm<^Ttary on post-war fin ancii&^X%Sieiv7France has consistent ly dsbufned>!tnat Germany could and woufihSpay wn&t all advisers said she neithC*^ woul&;(nor could. In this re gard her policy has been in, striking contrast, to that of Great Britain. Ever since the armistice the Bfl tish Government has reiterated its In tention of collecting, at least in part, both the' German Indemnity and -the. loans it made to the Allies during the itSf^r^.-yBut, so far as' its current finan cial :iffairs have been concerned, it has ‘followed * strictly “pay as you go’V-ITOpyJ meeting expenditures for puehslo’hsj interest oft American and Wjffc'eVW’i debts and unemployment (aii ..direct outgrowths of the war) front curreii t; taxation. As cap well bey.uifjlestood jthia policy has not been althgijither popular with the British taxpayer, who' pays to the State a Higher '.ratio of Mils income than is re (luifid .in any v$ther country in the, world) tiut it .has;, made it posisble tor ithe Government tp pursue a dignified and 'humane financial policy without tth'due ’SiffflatiOn ’ <5f' tfye currency. .4*) FrSiree, on the' other' hand, a ‘'well-101 gh t' drishanageable public cielfb haA’pehn pileduplsliice the war. (i. «.« fifth Addition to. tiisWar debt) under; they)fifcfion ihar^lthVWas “recoverable fromaGermani^i’. ‘According to the Treaty of Versailles, it was, but prac* tically it was not. Much of this debt .was created in order to rebuild the 'devastate'd regions ofs France—but in thlfr.As, ih AfUSineSs.'tTi general, a fin hndi^l policy. ,'m»stj ii>ft. determined by practical , -^onditidsd*?. not theories. Sirihe : France’s.,,ulAywiimportant debtor i-ifeeftn a is "-ban kr u p t she must shape-her-flnancial' policy accordingly. ' Thus far hhef -hals; been unwilling to impose taxation to meet war burdens. If she continues in this frame of mind it would seem that further inflation was inevitable, regardless^ of fher policy towards Germany.—New *ork Jounpal of Cofnmeree. financial Imperialism France's apparent initent to occupy the. Ruhr and bdfein the collection of taxes at the point of ;the bayonet Is lamentable from the political and gov ernmental standpoint, but It is like ly to be of no. little interest from the economic and fiscal side as- well. Can a foreign couhtry do better or show greater efficiency, in . the administra tion of a conquered territory and in the adnainistratfon of its affairs than the people themselves? There are examples'and illustra tions on both, sides fo- this question; but the belief that there can be « fective administration of this sort which results in advantage or profit to the conquering nation has little to support, it. Success in such imperial ism. has been bach, in those countires whose revenues ’ wehtf back into the soil and business of the nation, and in which only the smallest portion was deducted for. ; exportation or remit tance to the 'country that exercised, control oyer them. 0ur experience in the’ PhlllPP*nes is;a case in point. "We jave-received nothing .for our govem oil that we me id' of the islands,-’And all that we have ,n th® stl-Jefeturned to the rnhYbiSttf#/^^'KnSStera control Of India furnishes .much the same kina •if illustration 6f~' edUmtalisfti. The two cases may be contrasted,, to ad vantage, which the experience of Spain in governing her colonies, and with the profit-making management sf various tropical and Oriental peo ple* in the interest of Vheir Western exploiters. Where such domains have been a source of gain the result has been deterioration which has prompt ly reacted upon the income-producing power of the community. France's purpose in her occupation is no ordinary case of colonialism, rhere is no pretense that self-govern ment is impossible. The provinces ire occupied in order to collect the \ indemnity. Taxes are to be gathered from the start; and, so far as possible, applied to Germany’s debts. The plan isT not likely to work; for. In so far as necessary funds are taken from the people, their productiveness is likely to fall off, and in so far as they are untouched, there will, be little or no pltange from past conditions. If the Rhine provinces are merely held 09 j » hostage which Germany may^y back in the future by liquidating the indemnity the. case -1" different* ;but this is not what France nominally proposes, and it should be added such a programme is as little likely to sue peed as any .Other. « . • ; , . Imperialism has been' successful in world history only when .unselfish; Financial' Imperialism h»sj never had more than a transitory value or ad vantage to amy of-the parties to it. In this case it is highly, fmprobablft that real gains' of- profit* will accrue from such imperialism as Is contem plated. If France gets*- through her. aocupatlop, epough to *he penses it-^sssurt|#'g lar upkeep Of tlje gtevernfretft ia^prop Briy provided f6r—It will be all that pan reasonably be expected. • The economic aspects of this expert r*w»rvt Are as hazardous, and discourage phases.—New tork >Journal of Com merce. ' ' v ..,-——ft-— French occupation, of the Ruhr Will bo a failure if it does not produce rep arations, and a disaster if it discredits and 6reahs.',down1th‘e, republican gov Arhmejafc of 'Oerttfanyii The danger is not'«o near'as Some* pessimists seem to think. Certainly not all of the dire results predicted by, them can follow. hear, variously, that German “heavy industry'’ will be ruined to the profit of French heavy industry; that French and German heavy industry will, amalgamate, fusing all the. coalj and iron of the Ruhr and %orraine into an economic combination of enormous power; that occupation of the Ruhr will be immensely profitable to the Sunshine.'lLaundry Damp, Wash aer Hill’s acts at once ' chock* Colds in MHottta *■- i^'lttheftrft signofaaid takeH2&( _ Jr,1 Bromide Quinine. Quick to act. Safest^ and merit dependable edd^^ headache and i known.! MKH.HIU.VI VOMMNY! fC^StKomide Quinme through The French PoucV TowWp ■&£r **a game* j Industrial kings who win have the benefit of French currency .and can watch the rest of Germany slide down hill; that a Rhineland whose,.-capital-; lsts do business In franciP'and Avhose workmen. are paid in francs- Will da-i tatch itself from Germany -and ally1 itself with Prance. It appears, however,- that-labor on' the Rhine and Ruhr is not.to -be bought with the franc. Labor is firm for the maintenance of German unity, AVhat of the great capitalists? Dr. Wirth, who as a former Chancellor ought to know, says, that the German government should get them out in the open and look them in the eye rather than let . them whisper behind, the Beenes. His speech contains Inti mations that If the capitalists Of the Ruhr had done their duty Germany would never be in her present predica ment. The rich men who keep their mofley abroad and steadfastly prac tice sabotage' on the payment of .rep arations, because they do not want to be taxed, are the worst enemies of the German Republic and Of ' the French devastated districts as well. If the occupation of the Ruhr Is suc cessful, It will be so by virtue of get ting 'at the pockets of the manufac turers. There is reason to suspect that the Rulir capitalists won’t stand the gaff Stinnes asked Poincare to let him come to Paris and find a way out. The French Premier replied that the Ger man government has an embassy through which it can discuss repara tions with the French government. Yet It is intimated that the private citizen Stinnes may he allowed to see tlw head of ttfe French government— after his Ruhr properties have been occupied by French troops. When he has waited-barefoot in the snow for •a whllei'ie' may be willing to listen to' reaSbri.—New York Times. IS YOUR GAIN EVERY DRESS, SUIT AND COAT X We Have Left Must Be Sacrificed Below Cost Price. There’s a Reason for Everything. Let Us Tell You Why! HERE'S ACTtJAU VALUE: DRESSES up to $30.00. Bfelow $£,98 to $1 o,50 COATS up to $40.00. Below Cost Sale price.. Slip-on Sweaters $1.50 and $1.98 $3<98 t0 Sjg.95 ’S 120 MARKET STREET J i January She Free Hose and House Slippers To make tfce last two days of this, our January Shoe Bale, especially interesting to the buying public, ;we are offering still further reductions on goods that are on display on tables and also offering during special periods both Friday and Saturday FREE SILK HOSE and HOUSE SLIPPERS. , ^ Ladles’ black kief . one-strap pumps, welt ftoles, Cubah low heels, quite a few sizes left, values to ,$9-00. , 52*45 To close out ....... Women’s black - satin, bro^vn akcln, -patent, leather and dull calf one-strap pumps, covered Baby Louis heels, values to $9.00. -To close out ••. $4.95 Women’s or bis giflS’ patent .s leather ipupip* and brown calf .pumps ana, oxfords, ,low flat heels, quite an assortment of sizes and styles, values to out O:..^0.?!°s!.....-$3.95 Cantilever oxfords for women, the most highly advertised {shoe sold in the city, onoe & wearer, always a wearer. .To ' introduce them we are offering black , kid, brown kid and brown'calf oxfords that sold t for $10.60 and $11.60, fiO OE f, .. at . •0^00 FREE F R EE i '0 r PRIDAT • Morning ,,•••«• ♦ •.9l80 toa 11 iOO ^Afternoon •i:*. -2i30 io 4*00 f| { sAjcftDAy . > {Morning ... X,-v.....#530 <0 IntOO { Afternoon '...., .. ;2i30 to-iiOO Evening ... . .TitKI to 8:ilb Daring:- the above mentioned pe> ,{rlods we will gfve absolutely FREE {with each purchase of $6.50 or over ijone pair of 'Ladies’ Silk or • Wool ■..Hose, values to- $3.50, or.-one pair i of .Men’s Silk Hose, values to $1.25, or one pair of Men’s, jv'omen’s or ■ Children’s Felt House Slippers; a ; limited , quantity to be given*- q-fyay each period. S< , ;► . 'w- T «* * . ■: ■ r - . * Barlin Bro’thers.Jtfew York high grade turn pumps, highest grade pumps sold in the city; two stylos, that sizes are broken* one, sold for *11^)0, patent leather-fawn buck trim med and bldck satin patent leather trimmed, Spanish Louis heeL To close M C -■ . out .. . . . .. 9 * l*»M Florshelm shoes on table, assort ~ ed sizes, styles and * widths, —sold up to (12.50.- If you can :K get, aflt,. they are' -- # yours for '.V..-..,.. L J UU VO ll $4.95 Men’s. Russia calf bale, English last; also a few other styles, ,' sold Up, to' *11.00.., To cloite out as we/ire diScontinu- Qg tng this fine. The Florsheim shoe for men, all neir’ fall styled in shoes, sold ' up. to *12.50, all sizes . and widths. To close out at— : 88.85 — 89.85 v it SSSfJJ
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