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AI*T1 CO-OP'S THROW OFF THEIR SHEEP'S CLOTH* INC CUiwm Pm Writ* A boat • Tk* CiMt Victory Of Tfco Ainil^Hw la Tto Nuk rillo Ciwrt IUmm mikliah ■ gliinii latfrtaf by CIhnm Po» addraeaad to the hnun of North and South Cu»> Simi Vingtata which danla wtth cnprmtiv® movement and tho aawrt flght hurt mM «t Naahville. Dmi FrtaBda;— "I am Jwt hack from tha hearing at Naahville, North Carolina, whara fee flrat great onalought oa the co operative marketing movement waa ■idl by tha intonate that will mora and earth to eraah tt Thla flrat ault in tha Catallnaa or la which tha eo-operaitive ■aitattac aaaoriation haa brought an tajunctlon to eompol a algner to da bvar hie eray, ta pay a penalty of five canta a pound for each poand ha had aald oataida tha aaaoeiattoa, and ta pay tha aspaoaaa of tha aaaoclatlon ta proaocattng him, all of which thine* are called for by tha contract. And in spita of all that attorney*, warehousemen and deal*** fighting ao-oparativa marketing could do, farmer* backed tha contract. "Whether yon bar* lifned or hare »t signed tha eo-operatlva marketing contract, Mr. Farmer, I wieh you eon Id hare atood with ma and with dm other* ia tha multitude that throngad tha courtbouae of Naah eounty. If you hare algitad tha eo oparatiTe marketing contract you would hare had your faith atrength aoad. If you hare not signed it, I be Here you would hare had it borne tato your rary soul that tha co operating farmer* have anliatad in a great battle for freedom and that it ia your duty and tha duty of every other farmer to gat into thla great battle adn fight ahouldar ta a boulder with your eoamdaa until tha victory aomee—or until you die and pa** tha fight on to your children and ehild ren'a children. " Tor freedom'• battle once begun, Itaqoeathad fieai Heeding aire ta aaa, TV>ogk baffled aft, I* ever won." *1 say ad thla baeauaa there hi Naahvllle, aa never before, waa ra vaalad with braaan ahareeleaaneee tha true inwardneae of all the bitter and determined fight that apaclal in tareata have made and will continue ta make again* tha effort of tha farmer to free htmaelf from audi special (nterasta. and instead to "lfaka himaalf meater of hia own in Wharerer opponents of eo-operstiTS ssarkstinr Hiti found a fanner thsy thought they might fool theee last taps yaars, what kart they told him? Ha rent they told him that co-opers thre marketing waa a weak and fu tile tMsf that could oarer amount to ■ackt Haren't they told him that no-opera lire marketing offered no ■pedal adnntapa to the farmer and that ha might aa wall let it alone? But at Naahvflle laat Thuraday, thank Ood, the opponenta of oo-opera ttra marketing threw ot their sheep's <io thing. Thay mnaaekad tham aahree. Here they am not trying to fool aome paer trasdacstsd man with apurioua falaahooda—not at an. On the contrary, thay were going before a distinguished judge whp eouldnt be mialed by mare sillinaaa sad absurdity. Consequently, fac ing Judge Daniels in NashriUa Court, the opponanta of co-opaiaUia marketing gave utterance at laat to their real fears—the terrible faaturea that have oppressed and haunted them ever since the farmers of imarlra began to ahow signs of —ill lag aomething to aay about the hale of products mads in the sweat «( the farmer's own faea. **Bpea> lag under the eolswin aua ptoas ef a great court trial MtM to break up co-opera tire marketing] what did theea diatinguiahed attor Hvs say? Did thay aay that oo-ap •nttire marketing is a futile thing, a thing that can never amount to MHk, no matter how many farmers ga Into It? Did thay any the eo-op esatifs marketing promised the term an aa special beneftta, no spadal ad ▼antegaa? "Not within a ihmmaail milae oi each a thing! Thaaa dieting* iahed attorneys hi their solemn affidavits apepated to Mm euaita to break up eooperattn marketing for two great rsssoas and That, they said that oo-o para tin ■aikatlag win ghra the farmer sack tremendous power that if it goae or aasherked, then farm era effl eooa hi Ma to dktate the prieea of aU theii IfNt tUpb product* aad that mmw facturera aad btjfH* (Im whole ha at tha marry of the finair. "Second, they said that the co-op aratWa marketing law givee tha fam ar, tha producer of agricultural pro dacte, eppcial _ privilegaa and special advantages for getting tka nppar hand of other daaaaa, aa4 far thia raaaon thaaa attornajn declared tha co-operative marketing law ia un constitutional and aiaat ho awept off tha aUtuta booka. "Thaaa, my frienda, ware tha rhanraa that tha klred opponaata of eo-operatlve marketing rapaatad om and orar again bafora tha court. Thanh (3o4, tha aaaak la aff. Here that eo-operatlve marketing "Wont amount to anything." and "Doeant promise anything to tha fanaar," Just raaiind him of tha sworn ehargaa mada by tha opponents of oo-opera tira marketing aa thay fought tor thoir thraa in Naahvilla Court. Thaaa man are fighting co-operative mark eting because It really doaa prrmlaa to become powerful enough to, make the fanner maater of hia own In dustry. They are fighting to control the legialaturea of North Carolina. South Carolina, and Virginia next time ao aa to repeal tha co-operative marketing law because they admit that it really doaa give the farmer greatar advantagea than he haa ever bafora enjoyed in any fight to con trol the producta of hia own labor. "The chief pity and ahama of it la that thaaa sptclal intareata are uaing and will continue to uae aome Bo ca!! ed farmers aa thair dupaa, too la, and cat's paws lp this conapiraey to keep tha farmer forever at thair mercy. It waa a man who calla him self a farmer but who admitted that ha waa now in tha employ of a ware house fighting co-operative market ing—ha waa one of the two mi de fending thamaelvea agalnat the charge of having violated thair con tract and their pledge to thair bro ther farmers And aa I stood In tha courtbouae in Nashville, a loyal fann er pointed to another man paaaigg through tha crowd aad aaid with a sound of hiaalag through Me teathi "There goaa a contract-breaker." And there waa a look and a loath ing on thia loyal fanaer*a face aa If he had seen Judaa Iacariot passing- by with hia thirty pieces of silver or ahama-curaed Benedict Arnold with hia hag of traitor'a gold. That 1a tha epirtt wa have got to develop among farm era. So long aa a fanner really haa tha conaant of hia mind and conacianca to atay out of thia great fight, it la not for ma to eondemn him or rebuke him. Ha muat decide for htzneelf. But once a man haa decided ud signed tha con tract, ha should keep tha faith aa your ancestors and mtna kept tha tasivit wn«n wioy iviiunw WW ton at Valley Forge or Lm at Gettys burg, and riiM all and dared all rattier than hand down to their child ren and children'* children the shame of being a traitor to one's fellows. "I repeat that to the ma who hasnt signed, I would leave this matter on his mind and nnnarlsnos the question whether yon can leave It to our brother (amen to fight this battle alone. "Whether yon realise it or not, it is the world-old battle against privi lege. What I saw in Nashville court was but another effort on the part of greed and privilege to do that which Isaiah rebuked three thoueand years ago—To torn aside the needy frosa jadgpaent and to take away the right from the poor of my people." Today aa then, "WKh the spoil of the poor in their hnnass" the kwAdarise oi greed "have drawn oat the iweri and have bent the how to cast down the poor and weedy.* The man who have fattened on the farmer, the men «{ho have grown rich aad powerful handling Ms pro ducts, are determined at all haaards not to let the farmer gat for hie owi needy wife aad children the profits that have heretofore enriched ths middlemen and speculators. Ths teaching of all history, as George H Stevenson saya. ffc ear tksaght fto the week this that, is that the tens er can never—in fact no one can erei —prosper aa a mscs piuduoat of raw materials. The sse* who 4* coal live in hnto; the mm whe tell and handle H la flae heoaee. "Hie men who eat timber aad ras lumber-saws Mve ia shacks aad eah ins; the aun who manufaetan hna bar and set) it sre well housed. TV men who grow cattle nuke mud profits; the fcackeia, the distributors sre prosperous. The men whe makl peanuts an poor; the cleaners and distributors an wealthy. The aM* I who wilt cotton and to ha ess sod i Mifir on* Itvs humbly; thoss vW buy and handle and manufacture these producta Ihri mora fwywii »y "And ss ths (mm is flflMtef to day far a Itrpr share of the waaKh that Ha createe. Ha Is flghilag to ba somethlag son than s )nhnr , of raw oMtorlsls. Ha Is f ighting to I gat and keep far hiaMelf ths pnflto that cobm from handling sad distri buting, and wissr handling sad dis tribution—of tha products of his ssfl. Ha is fighting to brtog about a real isation of tha prephecy attend nearly thrss thouaand years age.— "They shall bulM houaas and In habit thias; aad thay shall plant «hs yards and sat tha fruit of thsas. Thay shall not build and snothar In habit; thay shall not plant and sa othsr sat* "Nor ds I think it too much to ho llars that now at last "flu erlss of thsai that hars rsspsd have aatarsd into tha aars of ths Lord or Bahoath." "As I ssid in ths bsginnlng, ths battle for ths farmers' righta has just begun. The wealthy aad power ful interests fighting co-operative marketing will go to tha State Su preme Court, the Federal Courts, the United States Supreme Court. The > fighting farmers need the help of all > their fellows. And I do not believe that any fanner could have heard the' champions of ths spsculstors and middlemen in Nashville Courthouse without realising that It is his duty to join with thoas fanners who ars fighting for freedom through co operative marketing. "8inc*rely your friend, "CLARENCE POE." ________________________ • I VOTERS HEAR JOSIAH BAILEY Raleigh Man Compare! Re publican Promise* With Rec ord* Of ^dminUtratipa Wilmington, Oct. M.—8 peaking her* tonight in th* interest of the Democratic campaign J. W. Bailey, of Baleigh, launched a aevere and do in tad attack at th* SmWh* ^ natta«rIE3.5 pointed with pride to th* accompliah ment* of the Democratic party in th* •tat*. In attacking th* Republican record Mr. Bailey pointed to the promia** mad* by Preaideot Harding prior to hi* electioa and compared thoee pro mise* with th* aeoompliahment* of his administration. Mr. Bailey diecoesed Preaident Harding's promia* of sn asaociation of nations and aak*d the whereabouts of that association now. Preaident Harding, said the speaker, promised economic joatice to th* basin*** man and to th* workar. In discnaaing that qoaation Mr. Bailey declared that th* President had been a dismal fail ure in hi* efforts to sattl* Industrial disputes. Mr. Bailey went into details of th* R*publican administration and turn ad from that to a discussion of the adminiatration of affairs in North Carolina. Diecuaaing that question he said: "Nobody accuses Gorsmor Morri son of not keeping his promia**. If then is complaint H fa founded upon the rapidity with wkieh he has preaaad the fulfillment of hie pro misee. He has been going ahead at a great rata. He saw to the scrap ping of the revaluation act. In 18S8 real aetata will be appraised by local authorities, and nil necessary read justments will b* made. We are building school* and roads >ta rate that fa attracting universal admiration. No good citfaaa will «p pea* good fro* schools. They are the best inraetment that can be made with tax money. Good roads are equally Indispensable. If we earn plain of the distribution of th* hor des of taxation, we knew that we can gat that redistribution through th* Democratic party. Th* people tea do through th* Daaaoriatic party whatever they want to do. It daae net belong to any man or eet of aaaa. It fa a* good as the people ehoaa* to maka it. Th* thing to do is not to stead off and ciltfafa*. hot to eoa* on In, do your part, and aaaka It what It ought to b*. Thar* fa al ways much to ha dm by way of pro gram. Thar* are always aean who staad hi the way. Bat the people eaa run things la th* Deaaoeratfc party whenever they want to." Good Health . If J— woeld aajoy good haahb, keep your bowels regular. N* one eaa reasonably hop* to feel writ, wham conatipated. When needed, 'take ChamheHain'a TaUete. They • en mild ead gentle. ROCKFELLER IS r<MI EIGHT HOUR DAY Says New York, Oei. tf.—A taring hie eight-hour day la the lt-fc <Wy A unjustifl today by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Tha statement ippMn in the form af »n article iliwd by Mr. Rocke feller in the current >«—» of The Hurray Graphic and follow* an ar raignment of working eondltlona tn carta ta oil fl*Ui of Wyoming in the by IL 8. Lynd. who thraa month* Investigating conditions. Tha atatamant la tha second within a waak Mr. Rockefeller haa given out tn behalf of tha laboring nan. Tha previoos one. iaaued laat Wednesday, took up tha rudirala In the Intaraat of coal miner* in Somerset county. Pa., and particularly thoae employed by the Consolidation Coal company, of which ha la a stockholders. "I believe that generally (peaking the 12-hour day and the (even day weak should be no longer tolerated in industry, either from tba viewpoint of public policy or of Industrial effi ciency," the oO magnate says tn his most recant statement. "I believe both have been proven to be uimacsa sary, uneconomic and unjustifiable." Evan tn thoae tnduatrlsa where tha so-called "continuous process" is aa inevitable fee tars, Mr. Rockefeller says, he believes tba routine should be so adjusted that tba employes can have at least one day's rsst in seven and can obtain that share of leiaurs for self-devslopment which accom panies the work-day of approximately eight hoars. "While the adoption af thaaa standards may and Ms greater efficiency and staaosay will result, and that from tha outaet public opinion will support any in dustry which installs them." With regarda to living condi tiona even tn Isolated localttiea with oil cam pa, Mr. Rockefeller declarea that it ia not only poaeibie but neceesary to make reasonable provisions for tha health, comfort and contentment of thoae who labor there tn behalf of the entire community. "I have never believed that these things should be provided for work ing men and women either as a re-1 suit of chance generosity or deliber ate paternalism." the statement con tinues "Quite aside from tha fact that In my Judgment they repreeont the aoondeat economic policy, they are doe to the employe as a human betng flrst and a member of the in dustry afterward." The article of Mr. Lynd, which call ed forth Mr. Rockefeller's statssneot, ia an inteneive study of conditions in the Elk Basin crude oil producing field of Wyoming, where, according to the author, "one man in three works IS hours a day and seven days a week, and all other classes of labor, including office personnel, work a nine-hour day, six and a half days a PoUooed By Cmkm Smmt To HU »■ # noiiw Philadelphia, Oct. W. W. Stor Ntt, Mi npnt accountant of Dawaa, who witk hia wife wis poiaoned Thuraday by i place of nb mailid to thai* borne, died tonight in the Bryn Men hoapital. Mia. Starratt, raporUd in • critical eondition and attending phyaiciana hold oat little hope for )nt iscorary. Federal, lUU and local authoritiae an anmad h t atiwioaa affort to trace the aaoder of the pukip, It mi addraaaad to Mn. Starratt and raacbid bar beaae Tknrsday after noon. It bora m return addraaa, however, aad apart from the fact that II waa maUad from a local rail way atatioa. aatkorMea working on the eaaa bare bo etna aa to tta origin. The eaka waa la a tfa has aldrna ad l» handwriting unknown to Mri Starratt, aha aatd later. It waa the only contonta and looked aa if H had baaa cat tarn aa laad wadding cake. Aaauming that It waa from friende. Mn. Starratt gave part to bar huaband and ato the remaladar heraelf. Bath ware atrieken aooa afterward. DANIELS TRIBUTE TO MAJ. STEOMAN Fifth DUtrkt WW Hmme 1ft. —U By RaturMf H» T. High Mat, Oct. km tonight Mm* a •t the auditortan, Umpkm Dsn isle, former iMnlitr of I) States Nary. paid a high Coihtwhim Charlae M. the only »urvi tag Mtoiu of tho Confederate Ataiiaa now earring la the United States Coatiw, who cowm ay for n ilotttw In Ifcw her. f Mr. Daniels wh goest of boimr at • banquet tendered "him by local Democrat* at the ffhocatea Roto! at • o'clock. Ho waa preo*nlad at tho auditorium by Senator 0. E. hall. Lewie Taan*. local rhatnaan, pnaliil at tha Mnalc for tbo occasion waa furnished by tha Elk. band. After discussing national and State iasnea. Mr. De» t«Ia bail tbo following to aay of Major Stedman. I have no doaira to rkain my poli tical residence though I would bo happy on eloction day if tbo privilege could bo afforded of voting for tbo re election of Hon. Charlaa M. Rtod man for Congress. And tbara are ton* of thouaanda of other voter* In North Carolina, man and women, who wo aid travel far to enjoy the opportunity of putting in a ballot for the chivslrous Major on election day. Above all others tha voter* of the Fifth District are honored. Other districts may rote for able and faith ful Congressmen, bat the unique dis tinction belongs to thla district of giving honor to theaaaelvea by firing an unprecedented majority to the only RepreaantaUve in Cpngreea who bravely followed Lee in the crucial years of lMl-t. The voters of all other diatricte have called younger men to serve theoi in Congieee I mean younger in years. There are none younger in spirit or saore will ing in serviee than Charlaa M. Sted ried to the call. Hie record in the ttruggiaa in the War of Brothers ia beyond any appraiseaient by men of my generation. It la only those who lived in those crucial days who know the sbcrifices of Lee and Stedman and alt who marched with them. Nothing approaching It came until the bell of the French trenches. And then in our World War there waa no lack of food and no lack of medical attention. But no man ought to bo elected to Goaimi became ho ni a brave soldier. It la becanaa ha had quali ties that ahono in tha war that tha aaaa gifta have ahown In Major Stedman in peace. Ha la easily tha boat beloved man in tha House of Repreeentativeo, not alona by man of hi* own section and party, hot by man of all tieoda and all parte of tha anion. How has ha won tha haarte of hi* colleagues? Exactly aa ha won tha haarta of Ma comrade* in war, aa he won tha love of hia associates in youth and aa ha won your regard and aupport whan tha Fifth District called him to sueeesd William W. Kitchen in Congress. Tour diatriet haa had the distinction to furnish two remarkable men to the Hooae in the past acore of yean for William W. Kitchen haa had no ' superior in that body in my day unless. we except Ma eloquent brother, Bon. Claude Kitchen, the preaent leader of the Houaa, elated to be ipeaker of the Houae when tha Democrats organise it after the fourth of March next ft waa my food fortune to be in Washington during eight yean of tha service of Major Stedman, I saw Mm often, I fait hia presence aa a steady ing force far national honor and na tional duty. Ha waa erer at Ma poet in tha oval days of war. He al ways rang trip. Every man who wore Uncle Sam's uniform knew that In MaJ. Stedman he In couraga, backing Ihem up with firing Una awry day, hia heart with the boys under arma and Ma devotion to thaan fan hearted. And whan war waa over, and paaaa, l.aksnil ha aa whit behind Weodrow Wilson in favoriag keeping the piadge to Ijhapan to know the of Maj. Stedman by all of the aaUaat Mfc, | htm thi* nnup "Obey your *set | or. We need you too arach (or |M I to Jeopardise voor future ability k I Mrvt. The nor and wn of the : rlfartrVrt w<U *nlut and roll up br I yon Ik) biggest majority you hm ) nr«r received." That U th* message they aio seat ing now to cbaor tha Grand Old Mm ' of tha Fifth District. And that mm ■ago with a groat majority will Mag increased strength whoa it ia wM 1 to him oa tha night of tha atactica. Tha whok State and tha whota 0m> gross will torn with approval aad honor to tha Fifth District wfaaa ft honor* its«lf by honoring its gaUaa* soldier-atatosmsn. Jim Barrwtt la Fiasd la a Salisbury Court Salisbury, Oct t*. Jsmae F. Bar rett, president of the Charlotte Her ald company and former editor sf that paper, and labor loader, today paid into the Rowan county not |U and coats for being drunk on the o* casion of his visit bars during th* rail strike la August. The charge of ill uiikanim* was not resisted aad was of carrying a concealed waapsa, a pistol, during the Hies visit lafsrrod to above, aad fined him $75 aad costs. This charge was resisted and notice of an appeal was given. Bar rett took the stand aad insisted that he had taken it away from similar man to prevent hi* using It, and thai later he gave it to a third man. J. Frank Flowers, Charlotte law yer, repreaented Barrett aad argued that guilt did not lodge wher* than waa no intent to conceal bat Judge Furr held that putting the pistol fcs his pocket mad* Barrett guilty. Barrett'* conduct happened daring a very tanaa tiasa aad whan th* as tir* community waa aa tiptoe and M national guardsman hare to pwl trouble, attracted ron*ld*r*bl* atten tion. Hearing of the caae waa poet poned three tias** on aeeoant of Mr. Barrett being in a aanitorium. Turkey* WW B* HigW Tki* Tor W**hington, Oct. 28.—Porebodinga of hifb-priced turkey* this year an ••an in agricultural department *» nouncementa that deapite a iteadr increaae In tka price of turkey* pro duction ha* steadily d*rr»***A 1W average price received during Mm four month* October to Jaaaaay, 1916-46 va* IS oanta a pound. H» average price received during a iW. Ur period of im-tl waa tt oaata per pound, according to tb* depaft aiant'a figure*. turkey* on fan* ta *a United Stataa, while ia 1*10 than were only MW.70® and hi 1M0, thaw ware S.OTJM. Daring the U*t *ta yean tha price of turkey* baa ka creaaed to the producer more than 100 par cant. wfcOo durtag tha part 90 year* tha naa*er of feukay* pre ducad ha* decruaaad about M par cant, the d*parf »t atataa.