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ton, N. C, as Second-class Matter.
Whether or not an embargo on food
stuffs is imposed by the present con
gress (chances ' are very much that
it will not be,. "dud both to Internation
al reasons . and . politics) .those ; who
have been agitating the question have
the satisfaction of knowing that they
have stirred people to action and that
it would take but little more for such
to become a reality. They have blaz
ed the path.
Chances against enactment of
food embargo grew less when the
question was advocated in its relation
not to the country's domestic prob
lem, but as applied to its foreign pol
icy. To -declare an embargo as a
retaliatory step would get it without
logical, and, in a way, would tres
pass upon the question settled at the
polls, when the course of President
Wilson was endorsed. In consequence
of this endorsement any retaliation of
this character would rather lie within
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1916.
A current event Electric Week.
The modernday
graphophone
chatterbox the
Some
wrong.
folks only too
often
write
Still a wooden leg may be preferable
to a block head.
Boycott sounds masculine, but
seems to be a feminine job so far.
it
Jumping mullets continue to be tak-
nfor- submarines by nervous skip-
pers.
When a fellow falls down on his
job he generally holds up his employer.
The Goddess of Liberty is going to
show how it is possible to be lk-up
and yet be a perfect lady.
Mr. A. Turkey Gobbler is under the
impression that these days about
every man has an axe to grind.
Wonder if Congresswoman Jeanette
Rankin will feel insulted if they refer
to her as Miss Representative?
Is charged with handling foreign af
fairs and who has closely studied the
question. ' ,
When an embargo is advocated as
retaliation the question loses force as
solution of a. domestic problem and,
at the same time, is placed in the
same class with munitions, the ship
ment of which is purely within the
rights as allowed a neutral country
by International law. To prohibit
such shipment would in itself be an
unneutral act. But to place an em-
! ia rem nn f'-orleriifT'a Txrnnlrl nnf ho un
neutral, providing it was not done as
a matter of retaliation nor because
one country could transport the art
icles across the water while another
could not.
To meet a domestic exigency would
not be unneutral .and would not place
I such on a par with munitions of war,
as people cannot eat the latter. It
would not be without precedent in
European affairs, nor should war be
necessary to keep innocent people
from suffering the pangs of hunger
and experiencing mental torture that
comes from' want; from the strain of
! trying to make both ends meet. Em
bargoes are generally used in war.
There is no reason why a foodstuffs
embargo should throw people out of
THE" NEGATiyE MAN.
It is amusing to see people who
have nosuggestions , to make standing
on the sidelines andN poking fun. at
those who are making them in. effort
to solve the high cost of living. They
are of the class (in many instances
some of tne same ones; wnoj nave
either attempted to laugh to failure or
pessimistically grunted at all reforms
of the past. Some of them have axes
to grind in having custom, no matter
how antiquated, no matter how iniqui
tous in application to modernday de-
- j
mands, remain unshaken, while others
are merely negative citizens. They
have never suggested reforms? and
whenever reformation has been sug
gested they have been disbelievers.
If the country had been left to them
it wlpuld never have progressed. If
t is to be left to them it will slip
back down hill.
It is true s that many of them have
been only too willing to cnime-m
when reform was applied and proved
successful, but when more . strength
was needed to get the reform they were
missing. Whatever may be the vir
tues of such people initiative is not
among them, and that is one of the
biggest and brightest elements for ex
pansion of the country and for the
welfare of the people.
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THE BALANCE OF POWER.
The Statue of Liberty is now lit-up
every night, but in that it has . no
advantage over the majority of New
Yorkers.
The real funny part about the car
toons in the comic papers is the way
the characters hand out 1,000 bills
upon all occasions.
King Constantine would rather part
with his artillery than with his life,
and wherein all good and loyal paci
fists will admit that he has a good
eye.
It is told that the Durham messen
ger boy, who, in his fancy, maried a
woman with millions, is feeble mind
ed. How about those people who
swallowed the story?
it Is hard to think that aesthetic,
classical Boston is standing for Billy
Sunday slang, but it is doing so and
enjoying it. Perhaps, after all, the
Bostonese are human.
No surprise need be expressed be
cause Congresswoman Rankin admits
she is over 25 years of age. She has
to be that old to be entitled to mem
bership, according to the constitution.
As long as there is going to be dis
crimination, why when nature gives a
poor girl a pretty face and an ugly
girl money, it certainly must be ad
mitted that nature knows its business.
The Philadelphia Record thinks the
Republican party has got to provide
itself with a different set of leaders
Different in character, we take it, and
in which event it wouldn't be a Re
publican party.
Something seems to whisper that
this is going to be a bad month for
bills, as people will want it all for
Christmas, and then next month will
be a bad one, because they spent it
all for Christmas.
Champ Clark is inf favor of the abo
lition of the Congressional Record.
In view of the high price of coal will
the gentleman from Missouri wait un
til the winter months are over, so as
not to deprive many an office of fuel.
A number of North Carolina count
ies are claiming the oldest voter, but
none so far has put in the claim to
possessing the man who has voted
most. Perhaps, it is recognized that
Buncombe has. a cinch on that proposition.
As usual President Wilson's speech
Saturday night at the banquet attend
ing the ceremonies of lighting the
Statue of Liberty was a gem for plain
t expression and for thought. The Pres
ident is a mastermind, for weaving
simple sentences into mighty phrases,
and for ringing the bull's eye with
small words.
work,, if the demand at home is suf
ficient, and that -is the first point at
present. Upon the same principle
would depend the reasonable profit for
those who produce and those vho sell.
Home consumption should be suffici
ent to yield a reasonable profit to all.
As the handling of trans-Atlantic
shipments go there would be some
people out of work, but think of the
number that would be out of work to
morrow should the war end, as the
result of less demand for munitions of
war. Just as provision is to be made,
or attempted tobe made for them, so
It could be made for. those very few,
by comparison, who mighty be out of
work should an embargo be found nec
essary. When there is an over-production
prices are low, but when the produc
tion is small prices are high. Yet those
who attempt to justify present prices ;
by smaller crops than last year are
without the facts. A comparison will
show that prices are far out of pro- t"
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portion to me amerence in proauc
tion; far higher, and undoubtedly it is
caused by the demand from the warr
ing countries. Yet it needs no resort
to figures, to a mathematical com
parison, to demonstrate this. If one
heeds how the price of wheat slumps
whenever there is tangible talk of an
armistice or rumor of peace being
near, he can be convinced of this fact.
This is a straw, without taking into
account the great sales being made to
foreign countries. Only last week
Russia established an enormous credit
for the purchase of wheat in America
and the features of the market Satur
day were the large buying orders of
the Dutch and Greek governments.
Some one argues that wages
have gone up as well as the price of
necessities. That sounds reasonable,
until it is analyzed. Then it is seen
that the cost has gone up far in ex
cess of any salary or wage increase
and there are thousands of men whose
pay has not been raised within the
past two years.
The way the matter now appears
the Independent members of the
House of Representatives, whether
known by the title of Socialist, Prohi
bitionist or Progressive, will hold the
balance of powerr so far as organiza
tion of that branch goes. In other
words, whichever side they select to
go with can organize the House.
Reports Saturday declared they
would form themselves into a faction
all their own, and stand back for in
ducements. It is not hard to realize
that such formation would be reason
able, if the idea is to obtain strength
that would help their cause, but "in
ducements" is rather a cold, hard
sounding word. There is such a thing
as principle, and surely those things
which, the Independents advocate are
rather in the Democratic ranks than
in the Republican.
But if inducements are really what's
wanted, the Democratic party can
supply them, wherein the Republican
party cannot. The former is in con
trol of congress as a whole and in
full control of the administrative ma
chinery. It has all to offer, while the
i Republicans have nothing.
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an attractive post card and address
labels, -which read :
Congress is now once more in ses
sion and will endeavor to do those
things which it left undone '.ast time,
it is supposed. At least the Demo
crats will recognize the necessity of
hurrying, so that if they have to mark
time during the next congress, due to
a Republican controlled House, it will
have placed on the statute books
things needed for the progress of the
country and can then watch them
placed in operation, while standing on
guard to prevent any interference.
TE MARINA CASE.
If the captain of the submarine that
sunk the horse-ship Marina made a
mistake and Germany acknowledges
the error and pays idemnity, there is
nothing that can be done further so
far as Germany is concerned. It
would not be right to sever diplomat
ic relations with Germany because one
of its officers made a blunder, which
the German government acknowledg
ed and readily made reparations, as
far as in human power to do so.
But this' would not allow the mas
ter of the submarine to escape. It
would be the duty of the German gov
ernment to punish the captain and to
make it plain to the United States
that this punishment had been admin
istered .and was commensurate with
the crime committed.. , The United
States should make this a part of the
settlement.
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Monday.
Opening of the international trap
shooting tournament at St. Thomas,
Ont.
Annual meet of Alabama Fbx Hunt
ers' Association opens at Furman,
Ala.
Tuesday.
Rules conference of National Trott
ing Association, at New York city.
Opening of annual bench show of
Haverhill Kennel Club, Harvehill,
Mass.
Jack Dillon vs. Al McCoy, 10 rounds,
at New York.
Wednesday.
Annual meeting of Interstate Trap
Shooting Association, at Jersey City.
Anual bench show of Hudson Coun
ty Kennel Club, at Union Hill, N. J.
Opening of annual Wniter race
meeting at Havana, Cuba.
Battling Terry vs. Charley Chip, 10
rounds, at New Castle, Pa.
Patsy Cline vs. Jimmy Duffy, 12
rounds, at Providence, R. I.
Friday.
Annual meeting of executive com
mittee United States National Lawn
Tenuis Association, at New York city.
Aiinaui meeting Illinois intercolle
giate athletic association, at Peoria.
Joe Welling vs. Phil Bloom, 15 1
rounds at New Haven.
Johnny Ertle vs. Battling Lahn, 10
rounds, at Albany, N. Y. '
Freddie Walsh vs. Pete Harley, 10
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Annual bench, show of Memphis
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