Cotton Week Dates
Announced For 1955
I Kth National Observ
ance Scheduled For !
May 9-14
National Cotton Week for 1955 will
I be observed May 9-14 for the 25th
I consecutive year, the National Cotton
I Council announces.
At that time cotton will be spot-
I lighted through community-wide cele- 1
I brations, and cotton products will be,
I featured in special merchandising, ad-
I vertising, and publicity campaigns. j
Cotton Week is sponsored bv the I
I National Cotton Council—central or-
I ganization of cotton growers, ginners, i
I merchants, warehousemen, spinners,;
I and cottonseed crushers—in honor of j
I the nation’s foremost fiber. Cotton'
I accounts for nearly 70 per cent of all
I textiles made in this country.
National Cotton Week in 1954 was
I the most effective in the history of
I the annual springtime event, the Coun-
I cil reported. Communitywide obser-
I vances in one hundred and fifty cities
I and towns were among highlights of
I the week honoring the number one
I textile fiber.
No Comment
By Walter Chamblin, Jr.
I j
Principal interest in Washington!
I nowadays centers around the outcome j
I of the congressional elections, but it
I is becoming increasingly evident thatj
I —regardless of which party wins!
I control of Congress.—the legislators!
I are going to have an exceedingly busy!
I time next year.
A huge number of issues are ac-
I cumulating for consideration when the
I members of Congress assemble for the
I regular session starting January 5.
Whatever happens in the November
I elections, Mr. Eisenhower will be
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I President for another two years. He'
jwill submit his legislative recommen
jdations to Congress in January in his
i State of the Union Message.
I j Also, whatever happens in the No
| vember elections, the New-Fair Deal
ers will continue to push for enaet
| ment of their legislative program. But
'.Mr, Eisenhower will have veto pow
er and a two-thirds vote by both the
Senate and House would be required
to pass legislation over his veto.
Here are a few of the subjects
which seem certain to play a promi
j nent part in the proceedings of the
| next session of Congress:
! 1. A renewed battle over revision
jof the Taft-Hartley Act. Mr. Eisen
hower has said definitely that “the
,Taft-Hartley Act needs some revis
ions” and “they will be proposed to
I the Congress.”
j 2. Amendments to the recently pass-!
ed Atomic Energy Act. Two import
,ant points will be involved . . . (1):
• advocates of federal power develop- \
jment will seek to limit the part that
: private enterprise can play in atomic
development and (2) the advocates
of government control will seek to
continue the present ban on the pri
vate ownership of atomic patents dur
ing the next five years.
| 3, Further tax revision, including
whether to permit the corporate tax
rate to drop from 52 per cent to 47
per cent on April 1 for a revenue loss
of $2 billion: whether lower excise
taxes on automotive products, tobac
co and alcohol will be allowed to go
into effect on the same date for a
: revenue loss of about $1 billion; ana
! whether there should be an easing of
, the tax on foreign business income
I and on capital gains.
4. Vigorous efforts will be made by
'the Administration to hold appropri
jations and spending to the minimum
1 (consistent with government efficien
cy, and national security). Its suc
cess will determine whether a higher
| ceiling now $275 billion—will be
| sought on the permissable national
| debt. A temporary $6 billion boost
'was voted by the recent Congress,
but this applies only until next June
30. The national debt now is just a
(shade under $275 billion and a $4.7
billion deficit is in prospect for this
year. Hence, it seems certain that
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serious consideration will be given to|
the $275 billion ceiling must|
be elevated again. I
I 5. A strong attempt wilt be made
by public power advocates for legisla
tion to authorize Government develop
ment of the S4OO million Niagara Riv
er hydroelectric project. This would
lie a Venture into socialism, as there
is not even a pretense that it would,
be anything other than a federal pow
er project to prevent private construc
tion and operation desired by five pri
vately-owned companies.
6. Congress will consider reports by
the Hoover Commission (to reduce’
bureaucracy) and the Intergovernmen
tal Relations Commission (to return
federal activities to the states). These
are expected to point the way to re
duce federal spending and to slenderiz
ing the Washington bureaucracy.
7. Mr. Eisenhower will submit new
, proposals with the tariff and foreign
trade—subjects certain to stimulate,
! considerable discussion.
Other proposals certain to be con- i
sidered include continuation or revis- j
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Prospects for cotton production in;
(North Carolina took a fairly sharp
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, 1 in Piedmont areas and spread, with
{damaging effects into other cotton
; producing counties. The October 1
■ forecast was for an expected produc
tion of 35,000 (500-pounds gross
I weight) bales—a 9 per cent reduc
tion from earlier estimates, according
to the North Carolina Crop Reporting
Service. Such a crop would be 19 per
cent, or 84,000 bales, under produc
tion last year and 28 per cent, or'
141,000 bales, less than the ten-year |
average production. i
The lack of moisture has caused a
lot of bolls to fail to mature, especial-!
ly in Piedmont counties and on the
late planted cotton in eastern areas.
Also, in the drier areas the mature,
1 bolls failed to reach normal size. How-1
ever, early plantings in eastern coun-’
ties generally are producing very good
yields.
j Harvesting of the 1954 crop is well
advanced in all areas.
IN. C. SOYBEAN CROP IS 25
PERCENT ABOVE LAST YEAR
The North Carolina soybean crop isf
- SECTION TWO
i forecast at 4,769,000 bushels as of
i October 1. This is an increase of 25
. per cent over the 1953 crop of 3,814,-
000 bushels. A crop of 4,769,000 bush
i els would be the largest crop since
1951 when production totaled 5,098,-
000 bushels.
On the basis of reports made by
growers to the North Carolina Crop
Reporting Service, the yield per acre
'is forecast at 16.5 bushels. This ex
j coeds the 1953 average yield by two
| bushels and equals the record yields
'of 16.5 bushels set in 1951 and 1952.
RECORD EGG PRODUCTION
Laying flocks in North Carolina laid
;an estimated 109 million eggs during
I September the highest September
'production of record. Production dur-
I ing the month was 4 million above
I that for August and 10 million above
that for September, 1953,
The North Carolina Crop Reporting
Service reports that there were. 8,608,-
000 layers on hand during Septem
ber—3 per cent above the number on’
hand a year earlier.
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