y ? ? The Polk County News PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor t rid at the Postoffice at Tryon, N. C., as Second-Class Mall M*ter Under Act of Congress. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION / One Ysar - - - 2.O0 ?:* Months - _ 1.J5 rhras Months l.OO DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATE ' Ca,4V Cantft PAS* rAlun*,* n.x i wi / ?? wviuiHii anviip rial . Lv??l Advertising,' One cent Per Word, Cash In Advance A REAL ARMISTICE DAY . no time since November 11, 1918 has America celebrated \rmistice Day that has so truly represented the cessation of jiities as will this year of 1926. White it is true that the r.oN ceased firing on that memorable day eight years ago, the war .iid not end then. The war over the war had just begun. Trove was physicial but not mental disarmament. Today, howc\e amis, tueii xeauers nave ainea LOgetner ana !l-' luting.and wholesome channels of opportunity during the |r?')"':.isecl leisure demanded; otherwise there will be social and l! problems of more serious aspects than those contained in working time. The world knows how to work, but it has ' arned how to rest and play for its most beneficial results, b-s includes all classes of people. For it is in leisure time, or l,;i-working time, that, that a man does the things which, a' r fill, he has been working for. Where the labor union's de i17"""'* -n(ls, society's duty begins. THE BIGGEST* THING IN TRYON pa -. ? are ^un(*reds, perhaps thousands of laws conceived and Tr.tC^ eit^er to correct some supposed or existing wrong or to j ' and no lessening of obedience can be tolerated if we th 'eP peace anc* Wvapce in civilization. But there are n : . 1 stand out as well in men's characters and'In ago-. j( . '' arK* national loyalty as a clean slate as the result of on< ,jfCOrnpu's'on- Tbe biggest thing in one's life is the good 0r'(- }fTq eittler in the absenee of, or regardless of; the things ?fi'-rc i t0 ^?' sm^es that are shown, the cheSr that is lo, anc* the opportunities that are afforded to others go a *ay in making the world better and happier. fl For the first time In the history o efficiency pennant, gunnery trophy Pittsburgh was the vessel, and some trophies. THE DAY OF YOUTH This is the day of youth. There has never been a period of so much change as the last 50 years. It Is lhe older generation which has made the change now blamed for the misunderstanding between youth and youth finds It difficult to be patient with the older folks. Nothing Is so ludicious as the attempt of an old man to look like a boy, unless it is the struggle of an old maid to look like a flapper. Parents are Imitating children, the children are not Imitating their parents. New Questions of morality are emerging. What sort of morals are we going to have? The method of solving these problems by youth seems shocking to parents. Yet It is youth who must build up and work out these new relationships. Theirs is the right to answer the moral challenge. We older folks have wrought these changes but we don't want more. Our duty is to show youth some great moral principles to be observed; we can show that morality Is sociaj hygiene, that there are certain laws governln social health. We can consecrate our experience to the future, filling it with our own best selves, transforming youth's heritage into something more moral than that which we have Inherited. The Western Canada Co-Orerative Wheat Pool has grown in five years to 127,000 members.. Last year the pool handled 190 millions bushels of wheat. Terminal elevator capacity has been increased from less than one million to more than seventeen millions. Besides this the pool controls nearly 600 country elevators. It is this systematic work that puts the scattered American wheat growers against a hard proposition. INTERNATIONAL INTIMACIES . Franc elabored under the Idea that the battle of Alsace was all for France, but events now Indicate that it was for Alsace. France neglected to take into consideration the fact that half a century has marker many changes in the minds of men. The people of Alsace are not willing to surrender their language and their ways of life, their courts, their schools and the operation of their utilities to the direction of Parle. They desire to continue as Alsatians and have organized a widespread ["Home Union" which demands selfdetermination after the model of the United States, and the restoraion of the local parliament. The French government is making every effort to suppress the movement but reaction is becoming so pronounced that It may be compelled to yied at least the same measure of autonomy enjoyed within the Reich. One-third of all the coal produced in Great Britain goes up in smoke. Sanitary Inspectors and engineers estimate this eionomic loss at 60 millions tons per year?to say nothing of the pollution of the air and the smoke nuisance. ?? - a? ? V... J ntlll mot. 1D^ propose^ LttA UUUgCl mil Uinav France the highest taxed country in the world. The budget calls for 60 billion francs, or about one-third of the total national Income. It provides for payments on the British debt settlement, but only provides to rthe payment of interest on the commercial debt to the United States and nothing for ehe war debt The chief item of expense is payments of claims to damaging regions which are reconstructed on elaborate plans regardless of original conditions. Some 20 billions of francs are still due on these claimB. The largest stable item in the 1927 budget is interest on national debts, amounting to half the entire budget The foreing sentiment against the United States seefs to have a welldefined motlde. European business men, hat in hand, continue to ask for funds to finale their enterprises ?and American financiers continue to fall for it at the expense of American industry. During the past nine months our investments in Europe reached the huge total of $890,000,000. Thp full sum of our investments abroad, taking no account of war debts, is about $12,000,0000000. ' *1 j I POLK COUNTY NtW? or the Pittsburgh ,wCf | f our nuvy, a single sliip has won bntlle and engineering award. The U. S. S. of htr officers are seen above with the THE FOUNDATIONS OF PROSPERITY Defense of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act by President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon and other Republican leaders as the cornerstone of American proseprity Is, at this par ticular time, a remarkable contribution to economic science. These talff pronouncements are put forward as the explanation of flourishing industry, high wages and a home market in general that is always active. But even while the encomiums are being read the textile and woolen industries of New England are deep in the doldrums, the grain farmers fo the West are suffering and the cotton growers of the South are seeking ways of carrying a crop that will not bring on the market the cost of production. It is the business of the Government, say the President and his Secretary of the Treasury, to guarantee indirectly through tariff protection high prices for manufacturers, high wages for employes and therefore high prices fo the farmers who produce foodstuffs and raw materials for th etextile and other manufacturies. Any revision downward of the tariff duties, says Mr. Mellon, will reduce American buying power In every group of the population. Is the country to understand, then, that the producers of cotton and woolen goods have failed to receive the protection they needed? Has New England industry been neglected in writing the tariff law? These factories have at this time only small stocks of goods on hand. Why is there not a demand for cotton that would relieve the Federal Government and all local agencies of the burden of attempting to finance the cotton crop until it can be sold at a small margin of profit? Why is there not a demand in the industrial centers for breadstuffs that would afford the grain farmers good returns on their labor? Over-production, it is answered. But there the argument for thetariff collapses. The thesis laid down to start with is that tariff is the gearing of the industrial machinery which makes maBs production possible and profitable. To be effertive, this tariff must protedt not some groups of the people but all who in anyway sell and buy in the great American home market The truth is that the devotees of extremely high tariff duties are idolaters; they are near-sighter worshippers of a fetish whose influence on economic affairs is a superstition. A reasonable tariff has its place in such a courtry as the United States. An unreasonable tariff such as that now in operation is discredited by daily events in the world of business. The high tariff argument utterly disregards the vast natural resources, the lntiative land the per captia propductive power of the country. At the same time this tariff for a country that has become a nsoiUnr nnHnn in thrnwinc interna tional trade out of its poper balance. In Feburary, 1917, Wall Street had loane dEurope four and a half billoaned Europe four and a half bilin June of that year. Wall Street was notified that unless more money was raised Europe would default on the interest. Financiers were called in council and it was decided to declare war and issue bonds. The bond act was signed on April 28 and on the same date Mr. McAdoo, the U. S. Treasurer, advanced 40 millions and the next day as much more and before the bonds were printed we nad loaned a billion dollars. The Wall Street money had to be protected, and_ it jvas. There has been no discount of that debt but it may take ever? ablebodied youth of the land to collect it, and there'll be none on this new debt One brood sow and two litters of pigs per year cost little bit will aid much in providing a plentiful supply of meat on the home farm. It is a crime against childhood not to have a family cow on the farm. . *? 1 ??? J V Blisters, callouses, in-grown toenails and other foot troubles can generally be traced to ill-fitting shoes worn in childhood. ' i > - V NEW YORK 8 BATTLE ROYAL New York Is normally a Republlpan fltfttp Tn 1920 "Mr TlnrHfni? swept it by the mountainous plurality of 1,100,000. Two years ago Mr. Coolidge secured its electoral vote by a lead over Mr. Davis of approximately 870,000. JCven in 1916 when Mr. Wilson was winning the Presidency, he lost the state to Mr. Hughes bylOO.OOO votes. It is this normal prejudice for conservative Republicanism upon which the supporters of Ogden Mills are counting for the defeat of Governor "Al" Smith. They reason that this year New York will retrun to its customary political loyalties and install a Republican Administration st Albany. The Democrats realize all too well New York has a traditional bias for the Republcan Party. They know that if Governor Smith is re-elected for a fourth term, it will be due quite largely to his personal popularity and to the defection to his standards of many Republican voters. There is no gainsaying Smith's prodigious strength, notably in New York flit. v. Win lone frnKornat.-?rn! career bears witness to the fact that he is vastly stronger than his party and that he has a hoi don the con?? fidence of the people of his state that falls little short of hero worship. Consider for a moment the vote which this Democratic statesman has secured in a normally Republican state. He first entered the gubernatoral lists in 1918. Although two years previously New York had elected a Republican Senator by a plurality of 234,000, it gave him the governorship by a lead over his Republican opponent of 54,000. In 1920 Smith ran for re-election. Pitted against him was an unusually strong candidate, Judge Miller. That was it will beremembered, the year of the Harding landslide, Smith lost by the narrow margin of 74,000 while the state went for Harding by the mammoth plurality of 1,1000,000. Two years later Smith was again the candidate of his party while Miller carried the Republican standard. This time Smith won by 285,000 votes. In 1924, Smith was again drafted. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was his adversary. New York celebrated its Republicanism by giving Mr. Coolidge a plurality of nearly one million while it paid tribute to Smith's popularity by re-electing him by a handsome majority. ? Contemplating the amazing political career of this truly amazing votegetter, the Democrats are counting upon him to do the strong man's stunt again this year and to poll enough Republican votes to win reelection. Will he succeed? This is perhaps the most interesting political question of the moment. The Republican have a strong candidate in Ogden Mills and are leaving on stone unturned 'n their endeavor to recapture the state which by all the laws of probability belong to them. They profess to believe that Mills will poll sufficient votes in up-state New York to offset the large majority! which Smith will undoubtedly, command in the city. Just now the betting odds favor Smith to win but the Dempsey- Tun ney fight proved quite conclusively that professional betters were not infa liable judges. Al] that they can do ^is to make guesses and then back them with their money. Any how, it is a battle royal which is waging in -New York. Frojn the standpoint of politics, it is the chief sporting event of the year. It is not altogether unlikely that it may have reprecussions in national politics. ?r Four Yean of Fasclam (From Asheville Citizen) Premier Mussolinia continues to rejoice over the youthful vigor, strength and determination of Fascism. Speaking to a great throng of Black Shirts assembled before the Coliseum yesterday, for the celebration of Fascism's fourth birthday, the Premier declared that it is "iditic" to decry Fascism as an oligarchy with acruel tyrant as its head. When the Black Shirts first marched to Rome, Mussolini rightly says that the government and industry were- in a sad state of confusion. The dictator can properly clal 19that he As Drought to Italy Discipline, application to industry and for the most part probably as much personal liberty as the Italian noonlo rlomnnrl fni> fhomafilvna Rut FOU|/It UVUinuil 4U1 VUUUISV< VO< WU? if the World War's result reallymeant the appearance of greater opportunities for democratic government everywhere, then the rule of facism Is a step backward if it Is to be a permanent regime. For in the long run dictatorships, when they are not authorized by national constitutions, fo^ the preservation of the country in times of crisis are the dire opposite of training for democracy. Mussolini, to be sure, contends that democracy as Americans understand it is a failure, but many more people than the Americans have leajrned, by experience and history's lessons that democracy with all its weaknesses is preferable to even the most "benevolent oligarchy. r Tom Tarheel says he may not I get much money from his cotton this year but he expects his cows, hogs, hens and garden to keep his family in ' good shape until next year. t_< .- 'V r- ' l - c - ^ t^ - 'rr??-t.i fr-jyiY ii'iiTlrilitf'iMiii * 's-jrt N That young man Garland, who promised several years ago to give away his fortune, has finally succeede in doing so. His gifts to various philanthropies have totalled over $l,60i),000.00 and report nas it mat tne oouom ot me cast box Is now completely visible. The problem that arises' in his case is most interesting. He did not he did not believe in hereditary weailth. Having not earne dthe money he considered that he was not entitled to it. What should he have done? I d0 not ask you what you would do in a similar case. That would eb bebyeging the question. I ask what Garland should have done, granted that he believed the principle of hereditary property to be wrong. Editorial writers have presented the following views: 1. Even though Garland things the institution of hereditary wealth wrong, he can't change it by his Quixotic action, and he hasn't changed it. He should therefore have kept and enjoyed the fortune himself. 2. He believes the fortune injurious to his own development as a he-man. He was therefore right in disposing of it, no matter whefe or to whom. * 3. He is opopsed to hereditary THE POSTOFFICE (From Asheville Citizen) Asheville will be one of the cities included in the first congressional appropriations for new federal buildings, Treasury officials assured Manager F. Roger Miller of the Chamber of Commerce when he called on them this week in Washington. This program places the matter where it was in the understanding of Asheville people when Congress adjourned. An apparent change of purpose in Washington was followed by the appearance here of blue prints for remodeling the old Postoffice, and the protests that arose were natural and justifiable. The next move after Congress convenes, is to see to it that the appropriation is not delayed indefinitely. Representative Weaver should be sent back with a majority that will give him additional prestige as the spokesman of the people of the Tenth District. A bank in Polk County realizes the value of legumes on the farm and has finanoed a purchase of 3,000 pounds of vetch seed which the I OAnntv onnnt will Hnlivnr tn fn pmnro wuukj agv^ut n in ucu>ci tu iniuiuo at five cents per pound below the local selling ^price. READ THE POLK CO. NEWS i | Columbus I Construi f Highways; Bridges; Buildi X and Mill Construction; Ston T % T We are asking for your fir: f second. + + +**+********************** < <> < > WEDOAL] i: GENEIfAL CONTRA I WILL GLADLY FURNISE 1 YOUR BUILDING REQUIR EXCELLENT SERVICE-W ;; PROUD OF. I NOW HAVE BER OF TRYON BUILDINC ! I YOU? ;; BRICK - WOOD AN\ I; R. A. S i > General Contractor i I ' < J J \ | Let Me Have Your Building 1 ;; Low Cost, Good Workmanshi] ;; Remodeling Old Building. i; RESIDENTIAL AND i !i" D. E. B. g ;; Building ( :: TRYON, N. c. ......... ...I.M.MI.II.li THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 19M rlait Eugene Read ? \ PROBLEM FOR HEIR8, AND Jjl TH08E "WHO ARENT HEIR8 II proderty. Ho should .therefore M* B every means In his power to ficM H it One of those means wm * II tremendous fortune that he should II have ttsed for propagancfa against I j te thing he hated. 4. Inheritance of wealth is a sod- If J al problem. We are fast modifying II it, as to huge estates, but as long N jjj as we have it, with some babes arnt-'H K ed in the cradle and others defense*^! I I loss ho should see that his own ara-| armed if he can. Garland'scase is different from-:! Andrew Carnelge's. The bhraw Scot j accumulated more than a third, of a . Iff billion and gave it away, all bat paltry thirty million. But he had I the ?8? of H all his life. Garland has given away in youth |j| ?and has given all of it. Ib ha 3 crazy, or wise? What do you think? Bear in mind, while coming to your decision, that the inheritance wiv tax is now a permanent feature of our tax system and that it is mak- | ing far greater progress than any jjlL; other tax we have. Bear in mind, jfl too, that Garland is honest. Simply settle the question on the i basis of your own common sense and | reason. It is the function of this THINK column to suggest. You ij I 'must do your own thinking. DEBTS AND TAXES It is gratifying to know that the ... j I United Slates has induced its nation- ' P j ai debt by about six billions since r I ! 1919. If the 1920 taxes had been maintained to this date the additional revenue would have amounted to 14 III I billions. In a , sense, therefore, s ' 14 billion tax reduction was effected despite a 6 bililon decrease in national debt. Debt reduction is itself one of the best ways to reduce expenses. Due i|U to the rise in the dollar value, payments on the debt made between 1919 and 1926 saved the Treasury 600 millions as compared with the ul same payments it made at the present dollar value. Although the abnorai war expenses are declining the natural growth ot || the country calls for additional ap- jl propriations, and It is very doubtful 1 if further taz reductions will be pos- 11 sible or advisable if a sinking fund 1 is to be established to P&y the remaining 19 bililons of debt I Direct primaries would be all right if politicians could be prevented from priming them. Finding a convenient parking Vj place 's on a par with getting into a boardig house bath room. | Building and 11 ntinn Pa IsUUII UV. ngs; Residence; Commercial J | le and Concrte work. , 11 i: I st job you'll ask us to do the