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Shipping Problem First Coolidge Has To Settle Must Make Up Mind and That Before Congress Convenes] Whether Will Approve Policy of Harding or Listen to Entreaties of Private Interests l\f DAVID I.AWItKXCB |?J to Til* OBII) Washington, August 18.?President Coolidge has come face to face with his first major problem?shipping policy?and he cannot wait for Congress to convene but must make up his mind at once whether the policy approved by the late President Hard ing shall be continued or amended. He must act at once. The President thus far has given the impression of a man who doesn't know what it's all about but who wants to tread cautiously and familiarize him self first with the why and wherefore of the whole matter. ? t'nfortunittely shipping Is such a complicated affair that a few con ference# with Chairman Farley and the members of the Shipping Hoard will hardly give the President any thing hut surface thought*. In the end he will have to take the Judg ment of the Shipping Heard or nee the whole thing disintegrate In-fore "" him. Mr. Hardini: spent more time on the shipping question than any thing else. Scarcely r. day went by that he didn't work on It. Chairman Farley came into office with a dis tinct understanding that President Harding would follow a given policy. Mr. Coolidge is at liberty to change it and there are rumors that he wants to do so but the truth is the President doesn't know enough about I it to have such a rumor circulated.! When lie Bets down to tin; bottom: of It, he will approve what has ?>??? n laid before him. He will do so be cause Congress would never sanction the present method of operating Government ships if it ever got at the facts. The new policy which Mr. Harding was about to put into effect is more in line with congressional sentiment than any plan that has yet been pro posed. And after all the Shipping Hoard is not an executive department but an Independent eetabllaliinettt responsible to Congress. What Mr. Farley is proponing to ?tho President is that the Shipping Boarfl shall turn from one form of Government o|>eratlon to another. The Government has always opcrat I ed ships?ever since the war. Hut the actual work was done and Is be ing done still by agents known as, "managing operators." / They have established lines and companies. The Government pays these managing op erators a commission on gross reve nue. It doesn't matter whether a line Is making money or not. The commission must be paid just the -Mme. As a matter of fact most of the linos have been losing money and the .Government has been meeting the losses. The companies organized by these managing operators an owned by them?all the good will and contracts for facilities are the property of the private operators. The Government heretofore has sim ply depended upon the agents for operation. All this was to be changed by President' Harding following the de feat of the subsidy bill. He sensed the opinion of Congress to be that public funds could not be used to en rich private Individuals. If a sub sidy wasn't to be granted, then a commission would be equally disap proved. Preparations were made to have the American Government en ter Into direct operation, hiring per sonnel not on a commission basis but on salaries. The lines were to be grouped Into frtim 12 to 18 corpora tions which the Government was to ?protect! you against wild cat fnrtatmenU.. The host business sometimes falls for the smooth tongued oil stock salesman and otlicr distributors of "Blue Sky" se . eurltles. Put aside so much a week and compound interest will very quickly Increase and mul tlply the principal. Tour money Is safe here ? from possible poor Judgment on your part as well as tbo pub lie at large. Carolina Banking & Trust Co. own In entirety, facilities, good will, ships, equipment?everything. Nat urally the agents who now have the commission system without any of the risk of losses do not want the plan discontinued. Some of them are said to he Indulging In efforts to in fluence the President to maintain the present system. If he does, Congress will probably go into the controversy and refuse to appropriate on that basis. So Mr. Coolldge Is up against a tangle that will give him enough to worry about for a year or more un less lie gives the present Shipping Hoard the authority to go ahead as Mr. Harding did. The board adopt ed its policy after a conference with President Harding and over the op position of many private Interests following a struggle of many months in w hich all sorts of efforts were made to Influence Mr. Harding to tu*;n over the ships to private Inter-! ests. He Anally came to the conclu sion that direct Government opera tion was the only way to safeguard expenditures of the tax payers' mon ey and that if the Government ever was to have a shipping system to sell to private interests, it must be In a position to sell the whole thing, ships, facilities, good will and all the elements of a complete organization. Mr. Coolldue's caution Is being mis taken for doubt. In the end he will adopt the Harding policy. MISS ItOlllNSOX TAKKV TO RICHMOND HOSPITAL. Miss Elolse Robinson, who on last 1 Thursday suffered an attack of acute Indigestion while at Nag 'Head, was taken "to a Richmond hospital on the Monday morning 'train- Miss Robin- j son. accompanied tiy C\ O. Robin- j sou and Mrs. C. H. Robinson came I up from Nags Head Sunday night on I he Vunsclver. She had a restful night and her physlcan felt that she was In condition to make the trip j to Richmond. Resides Dr. H. M. S. , Cason of Kdenton she was accom-! panted tb Richmond by her mother; Mrs. ('. H. Robinson and sister, Mrs. A. S. Hanes. Secretary It C. Job Speaks For The Fair Urge* Dare County to Helpj Make ThU Year's A Real J District Fair Secretary R. C. Job has returned from Manteo ^rhere he attended the, celebration of Virginia Dare Day and where he spoke, following the ad dress of Dr. Collier Cobb, in the in-' terest of the Albemarle District Fair to be held here In October. "It makes my -heart swell with pride," Secretary Job said, "as I have ithe honor of standing on this his toric spot a few moments ago while at the landing I tried to visualize the ships of the Mother country sailing In. j "Our ancestors came here and se lected North Carolina as their land ing place which ha? proved to be the i most productive spot in the 1'nited States and it is up to us to perpetu-j ate their memory by improving our' State so that we may hand down to posterity something even greater and, grander than what was given to us. 1 "We aa loyal North Carolinians miist advertise our resources and this only can be done throuuh co-! operation. One method of doing this is through our District Fair which Is being held at Elizabeth City Octo- I ber 9 to 12. This Is a District Fair) ?made up of 12 counties of whicli Dare County is one. We are parti cularly asking that each county, in addition to individual exhibits, have a county exhibit, showing the agrt-1 cultural and natural resources and al?o those things of historic value. A first prize of $100 is ofTered for the best county exhibit and a second prize of $75 and a third prize of $50 is offered. Twenty-flve dollars Is giv en to each county that has an exhibit. We solicit your co-operation to make this Fair the most successful that has ever been held in the District." Little Miss Margie Mellck Wilson of St llrides, Virginia, Is visiting her aunt,"" Mrs. Sam Dulln, on West Matthews street. INTEREST GROWS IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Raleigh. August 20.?Growing In terest in the southwide membership drive Is shown in reports received by Corner H. B. Mask. Manager of the Field Service Department of the Worth Carolina Cotton Growera Co operative Association. Reports from locals show 175 contracts signed during the past week with a number of locals yet to report. Special effort is being made in War- | ren. Cabarrus. Cleveland, Ruther ford. Polk and Lincoln counties. Ar rangement have been made for a ! county-wide drive In Rowan with" the assistance of local leaders to-! getter with a number of interested | business men. Field workers in the ? Northeastern district have completed j preliminary work for a district drive.' Manager Mask confidently expects a membership of thirty-five thousand when the campaign closes. ?B???SS??SS?? Yes, We Have No Bananas But you should see our new Fall Ties. Don't wait till you have to have one to make your purchase. Weeks & Sawyer Where the Best Clothes Come Front ? ? ? ? ? 11 ? ? E ? la) ? ? MITCHELL'S One Price To All PHONE 100. O. F. GILBERT, Prop. when your Rings get Leaky. DEVELOPING lubricants during two generations for 9very conceivablc industry had given us twenty years ago an exceptional foundation on which to build a lubricating service for motor cars. Automobiles have since brought us scores of new puzzles. Every one, right up to the minute, has been faced, solved and added to our experience. The Polarine Chart (at your dealer's) ahows the right consistency for your motor. Keep your ring? tight?then rely on our recommendation for perfect result*. Take piston rings: they must fit. Heavy oil is no substitute for badly worn metal. Any oil is bound to putnp past leaky rings and carbonize. Yet motor designs vary and experience convinced us that even well fitted rings still required the right consistency of oil to maintain perfect compression. After long investigation wc selected three, neither too few nor too many to meet every legitimate requirement, and the Polarine chart boils down the proper answer for your car. Polarine is the result of long experience kept alive and up to date by constant study. You can trust this experience to give you sound lubricating service ? advice and quality products both. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) SOMETHING NEW for ELIZABETH CITY The Estate Heatrola Looks like a Victrola, works like an ordinary stove. Can be connected to any chimney, but heats the whole house without pipes or radiators. Takes practically the same amount of coal as a stove that only heats one room. It is new in Elizabeth City, but old in other cities. Those who have tried them say they are crazy over the Heatrola, and that they will do more than is guar anteed by the manufacturer. See Them on Display in our Store M.G.Morrisette & Company "THE FOG" ? WITH AN ? ALL-STAR CAST He mistook pity for affection and sex for his dream of love. By William Dudley Pelley Directed by Paul Powell Produced under the personal super vision of Max Graf ALKRAMA TODAY ?: Admission 10c and 35c 15c and 35c Owens Shoe Co. FOOTWEAR OF MKIHT Main St., Hinton Building
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