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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1921 GREENSBORO lUu.Y NEWS rjMlsa Every Day I r,m By OmulOT New Cnm B. B. JBfteRBSS .. A. B. JOVNER,...AveTt,slg "' BARLB OOIHEr..... Editor A. Im STOCKTON.. Managlag Bailor Daily an mdy. S per yean Me per weeki Dally Only. ST.00 yeari IS per week. Single I WT. Dally, 6c Hoalay, Te. SUNDAY, DECEMBER II. 1921. THE WASHINGTON CUNKERKNCK. Nov. 12 Hufthes submit P"0;' program for ten-year nav I """"W. and scrapping by the Unite' State, of 80 ships, total tonnage 146,740, py Oreat Britain. 19 ahlpa. fiS3.37S ton: by Japan, 17 ships, 448. 928 tons; after wlilch the nuvles of the ITnltod States and (ireat Hrltuln would be llml'd Jo GOO. 000 tona each. Japan' to .100.000 Ion. Three moiitha after adoption of proposals ther Knifed States would have 18 capital ahlpa. Great Brltajn 22, Jannn 10. ... ... Nov. 14 France and Italy agree to act together on question coming be fore the conference. J Nov. 16 Oreat Hritain and Japan ae. cpt American armamant limitation proposal aa a basis of discussion, th farmer asking more aubatantlal refliio tlona In iibmarlne tonnage. Franca aid Italy approve agreement and for mer aika that land dlaarmament b alen taken up. Nov, II China preaenta ten prlncl plea. Nov. 17 The other nations repre sented acoept In principle Chlna'a pro poaala that aho he admit'ed to the fam ! ily of aovorelKn natlona. Nov, 2t Brland promises that France twill aoon cut her military service to ill month, and on hi ro,ut that Franca he not left to defend liberty alone, assurances of moral support are k plven by the delegate of the nations ' (bat fought wlih France In the war. A Joint declaration of policy toward itiilna. baaed on territorial and admin istrative Integrity, economic opportun ilty, and enforced "open door," and lh abolition of "special rights" I agreed USon by all nations represented- November 45 The committee df nine agrees In principle to the abolition ol i tra-terrltorlal right In China. November 2 The nlno powors adopt : resolution for rellnqulahment of for" turn postofflco privilege In China. November 29 Resolution are adopt i4 looking to abandonment of foreign courts In China. November 30 Japan makes formal - request for a 10-10-7 naval formula, basing the ratio on considerations of national security. Hughe and Unlfour tender good offices for aottlcmont of , rlhantung Sueatlon. ' December I Oreat TtrJlaln, Japan and Franc agree to retire from much i ol th lid Territory of China. Deo. Japan agree to return lo China administrative control of Shan tung, conditionally. Dee. 7 Far enst committee adopts laaolutlnna providing for the neutrat Hty of China In case of war In which China Is not a party, Insuring the ter. irltorlal Integrity of China, and pro viding for ua of wireless station In China. Deo. 10. Tent of ho four-power treaty, to supplant the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and pave the way for accept ance of the American proposals for naval reduction. Is laid before the con ference, and made public It Is an agreement to endure for ten years, and may b denounced by any signa tory power on 12 montha notice, after that period. - ,,,, Deo. 12. Japan announce willing ness to withdraw postoftlcos from China January 1, HI'S. Hettlemant Is reached of the controversy between America and Japan over Yap. Deo. 14 China ask of the power In conference that th Japanese 21 demands treaty, and all trenttos grant- Ing special sphere , of Influeno In China, bo abrogated. Dec. IS Agreement la reached hy"th three power on the 6-6-J naval ratio, modifying thn Hughes proposals by In crease of maximum tonnage of each Jiower during and after the ten years' ( naval building holiday. Japan ac cepts tentatively offer of China to buy K.mnw-1'how Tainan railroad . for 51 million German gold tnarks. France claims the right to a naval strength t equivalent to that of .Inpan. ARAGRATHIC. - ; Yon wouldn't take -our advice and do your shopping early? Well, now take your punishment. The power agree to respect China's Integrity, and whether they do it or not depends on their own. Secretary Weeks announces that he is in favor of conscription in case of another war. He might as well be. , Still time In which to buy some more Christmas seals, if you are not entirely certain that you have done your duty in that respect. . Belfast seems to have a monopoly on civil war in Ireland at present; which is one of her industries that tho Green will never covet Art addendum might have been , added to the Jury's verdict in the : Taylor case, in the words of the old song: "Someone's evl-dent-lc falsi. fied." More talk of cloture in the senate. , Apparent success of limitation of armaments conference relies hopes of the possibility of limitation of argu ments. Have circumstances arisen that make it necessary for you, Guilford citizen, to be away from home all , Tuesday? See about absentee voting, first thing tomorrow, A demand has been made for a protective tariff on leaves chemically treated for Christmas wreaths. And to be sure our trees should be pro tec led against the pauper leaves of Europe. .... They have tarred and feathered a whita man at Sanford for "selling liquor to young boys." But if San ford Is all that ur of his guilt', why didn't it have tho fellow tried and sentenced to tho county roads? Here begimieth the' shortest week in the year for all adults whatsoever, the week of the shortest day of the year, speaking by the calendar and Pa's pocketbook; and the longest i week of the 62, for all childhood. ! ' A New Jersey Santa Claus was se . rlously burned when his false whisk I art took lira from a cigarette he was jamoking. That's what comes of fail ing to play a character part in char- tar j 'twas the stem of a pipo that 'was clenched in his teeth. Santa Claus with a cigarette, indeed 1 'Tis Morilsg. THE SLAYING OF THE BOUNCER ' BILL. What's the Idea in the ferocity of the house of representative at Ra leigh against the bouncer bill? We were under the lmpresiion that the senate was the anti-Morrison body, if any; yet the senate confirmed Watts and passed the bill that would confer increased power upon the chief exec utive, while the house, although it had no chance at Watts, murdered tho measure that would have given the Governor real control over ronage. Evidently Codlin's the friend, not Short. For there can be no mistaking the fact that the defeat of he bill was due to dislike of the executive. There is no other imaginable reason. If the Governor were the type of ex ecutive that suited the ideas of the house, why on earth should the house object to giving him the power to re move officials whom he had ap pointed? In fact, on the face of it, the thing seems to indicate more than merely lack of confidence In the ex ecutive apparently the house has a lively animus against the present oc cupant of , the gubernatorial chair. For the bill' applied only to officers whom tho Governor had himself ap pointed. If the Governor is of the wrong type, then it is reasonable enough to suppose that his ap pointees are also of the wrong type. The bill therefore cannot be con strued as an endeavor to save the heads of honest officials against the wrath of an unreasonable executive. Its 'defeat merely prevents the Gover nor from changing appointees of his own type. ' "s- Af ter all that we had heard of the anti-Morrison character of the senate it would have been less matter for surprise if tho action had been tsken in tJiat body. Tho jolt was delivered by the fact that the slayers of the bill are In the' house. There appear to have been a swap all around; but the manner of it, and the reasons for it do not yet appear. IT USUALLY TAKES WORK TO, CARRY AN ELECTION. Have you dsne any missionary work for the tuberculosis hospital olection? Do you number among your ac quaintances, to your knowledge-, any man or woman who has registered and who intends to vote againt this great humane and progressive enter prise? If o, might not tho 'right word in season start that person .thinking right about the present sol emn timy ana opportunity ol citizen ship? Were you influential, in a direct and personal way, insetting anyone registered? Anyone who had to be persuaded to register, unless he had theretofore been in doubt about his duty, is liable to bo a bit careless. If you have induced a careless or absent-minded citizen to register, you thereby assume a sort of obligation to) sec to it that be votes. But two days intervene before the election. Ample time In which to look after matters like these, but none too much. This election must be carried. If it carries itself, it will bo a most un usual sort of election. It takes votes to carry an election, but as a general thing, it takes zealous, intelligent personal work to get votes; to get out anything like the maximum pos sible vote. HOME-OWNING IN GREENSBORO. Tho University of North Carolina News Lotter declares that, while statistics of the 1920 census cover ing urban tenancy are not available, the figures of 10 years ago showed that the percentage of rented dwell ings ran from 62 in Greensboro to 77 in Winston-Salem. - That is an inter esting item of information to us. It would Indicate that in 1910 Greens boro was first among the home-own. ing cities of the state; but we can ill afford to gloat much over the fact until we learn what the census of 1920 will reveal. However, there is every reason why it should continue to hold first place, on account of the fact that the indus trial population, the great renting class, is practically all outside the corporation linos. The inhabitants of the city proper are not factory workers to any overwhelming extent; and if a large proportion of them as large proportions go in urban com munitiesdo not prove to be home owners, then it will be In order to in quire what is the matter. But even if tho percentage of home owners in tho entire popula tion stands at 38, or even if it should be slightly increased, there will be indicated a field in which tho labors of every civic organization might produce valuable yields during the next decade, What - better service could tho chamber of commerce and similar community organizations ren der the city than to increase in some measure the proportion of its citizens that lives under its own roof-tree? All authorities agree, and their testi mony has the backing of common sense, on the increased value to the community of tho man who acquires ,a direct financial interest in ita de velopment. Tho home-owner has such an interest in his town; and it is therefore of prime importance to the town to increase the number of its home-ownera. C......I . . uirciuuio una never put in any really whole-hearted, energetic effort to promote this tendency, or certainly not in the last 10 years. It would therefore occasion little surprise if the forthcoming census figures show that we have gone backward in( that particular since 1910. But it is a thing that w ought to be pushing for all we are worth. It should be in cessantly agitated, year in and (year out; and every civic organization should do what 'it can' to further the cause. However, should we undertake any such campaign Immediately, we should promptly run into an insur- pat-yOnountable obstacle lack of , room within the city limits for home-build: insr. , All our various efforts toward housing the increasing population of the city have been handicapped by that very thing; and all jjf tua will be until by municipal action V re move the handicap. - You cannot build a first-class city on an-area too small for a second-class one. We cannot make a first-class city out of Greens boro in its present territory. THE NEXT WAR. ' Secretary Weeks holds that the draft law of the world war was "one very great piece of legislation; car ried on almost perfectly." Never theless In a similar emergency he would mobilize men, money and man ufactories under a conscription law; he would conscript "every person" in the United States from 18 to 60, and would say to each,' "You are to do thus and so because you can do that better than anything else. You can fight or you can serve in some other capacity, a capacity for which you are best suited." ' Th selective service law was a bold stroke of genius, which" owed no little of its success to its very bold ness. It was a masterpiece of states manship, if a work, an idea, that is far from being as ffood as it might possibly have been may be called a masterpiece. It seemed like, a piece of governmental audacity, but it was not. It was Bimply built on -a correct knowledge of the human nature in American citizenship.' When we reflectupon the innu merable evils thut have followed the failure to draft all manpower of the nation on an equal basis, so that those who risked their lives on the battlefield and on the seas served for a pittance while those who did the necessary tasks safe at home drew wages hitherto undreamed of, it is necessary to remember that in what was done the enemies of thg country at first rejoiced, holding that its bold ness had overleaped. The broken soldier came home to beg for employment, even to ask alms; the boyhood companion he had left behind had founded his fortune. Statesmanship might have been wiser, might have gone further, might have anticipated this very situation; but here again it isjiecessary to re call that statesmanship was con- corned with the duty of winning the war, at all costs, as expeditiously as possible; not with post war condi tions. The American people are aternlv resolved that there shall be no next time; but none can guarantee that for them. If there'ever is another war, it must be evervhnrlv'. everybody an equal partner in its responsibilities, In its labors, In its sacrifices and dangors, in go far as that may be possible. That is one of the lessons learned out of melan choly, tragic experience. M .... . .. . u .,uvs war Dnaes. iNo more profiteers. , No more war millionaires. No more wur prosperity, fulse, insidi ous, demoralising. To these ends, the war department should begin now to prepare for the next war. v That is the sort of Dre. paredness that will not incite but will rather prevent war. It should be known of all men that the specifica tions were in existence, that tha ma chinery for preliminary action was at all times In readiness to function, whereby the nation could be changed within an hour from a peace status to a war status; that all men would be under the immediate necessity of registration, that to each would be assigned a function, that nrivate business should all become public business, that every able-bodied man would at once become a soldier, com batant or non-combatant, and that the pay of all men in everv rank would be equal. LAYING IT ON THE THIRD IN TERNATIONAL. x The head of the federal secret serv ice says that a mon who hag been arrested in Europe knows more than anybody else about tbe Wall street bomb outrage. This is the" plainest sort of warn ing to all and sundry who have un comfortable knowledge of the affair. It gives them the best possible opportunity-to continue- to - make them selves as hard to find as they have been since tho pcplosion occurred. The third international is charged with being the real culprit. . It will fit in very well with preconceived ideas if the charge can be made to stick. As at present disclosed the tale does not hang together. It was, i(' fore gone conclusion that the authors of the outrage, responsible or Irrespon sible, belong to the cult of the ex treme reds and are at least in spirit ual kinship with the Moscow organ ization. . It has been clear enou,i;h, also, that the act was one of insanity or ex treme cleverness. The police of the whole world have had every incentive to catch the guilty. 'd while the wonder-working sleuth of fiction is seldom in evidence In real life, tha combined detective forces of the world, official and unofficial, consti tute an Impressive pack; to evade all of them by sheer luck for any length of time is an extreme j Improbability. Laying aside the theory of the super human cleverness of 1 aoma Insane person, we must assume a plot whose instigators were able to employ the highest type of criminal talent and to back it up with a world-wide pro tective organization. ' , THIS SHOULD RECEIVE ATTEN TION. By the way, has the special ses sion of the legislature taken steps to make it possible for a man to get married legally in" North" Carolina, except by virtue of a somewhat strained construction of the law on the part of the attorney-general? To be sura, Dan Cupid seems to be oper ating satisfactorily enough under he present arrangement; but II there is any virtue in clarity in the statutes it might as well be applied to that one as to any other. And- while the ingenuity of the in terpreters oi me law nas prevented any revolutionary disturbances, the anomalous wording of, the statute has directed against North Carolina the satirical shafts of every faceti ous archer In the country. It is quite possible that' the thing has been done already ten minutes would be ample, time in which to pass th necessary amendment and we have overlooked the report of the action; but if it has not been attended to, the special session ought to devote "the necessary few minutes to it before adjourning without date.. . , William J. Burns claims that they have arrested the man who knows all about the Wall street explosion, but not tho menwho did it. The prisoner, however, is In Poland, and we shall wait tt hear what he says, if anything, before hurrahing over the achievement of the government sleuths. ' 1 An American citizen who is the great, great nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte may bo offered the Alban ian crown. If Mr. Bonaparte should accept, aftef reflecting over what happened to various members of his family who have occupied thrones, he is a reckless delegate. If William J. Burns has caught the Wall street dynamiter, he is the lad that Chief Prohibiter Kohloss needs in North Carolina. PVBLIC PULSE AST HVSIiFFERAfil.B NUISANCE. Editor of The Daily Now: 1 crav sufficient space In your columns to commend you for Friday's editorial on mashers, to congratulate Judge Collins for the way In which hu handled tho specific case, and to tuko off my headgear to J. M. McClur. The would-be lady charmer I an insufferabla nuiaanc to th publlo. ,1k the ancient Gadarene hi name la legion, for he I many. He la found upon train, ' about hotels, on tha streets of our cities, and in all public, places. He ogles every pretty woman who come along, butts In It she I without escort, and make unseemly remark about her It she has a male companion. No woman 1 safe from hla leering look and an noying approaches. A blaok ey Is a fine remedy for the disease that alia him. The next best thing la two blaok eye and a road sentence. 'J. M. McClur gave th masher who as noyed his wife exactly what he needed. Judge Collins gave him sufficient time on the roads to let It soak In good. And It was splendid of th Dally New to back both up with that editorial. Bully for McClure, Judge Collins, and Tha News. TOM P. JIMI80N. Spencer, A KAMI SHOW FOR Mil. HARD INO. Editor of the Pally New; I enjoy tha Dally New very much, especially the clever editorials, a'nd tho clean and wholesome manner In which the new la prevented. However, I do wish that th manage ment of the paper would understand that everybody all along for a gener ation or moro ha desired In Borne form a getting together of th nation to Insur peace, Th scheme of Mr. Wil son failed because he did not hav the gumption to present- It In th right way, and not because th people did not want it. Mr. Harding will spend a good shar of hi admlnlatration try ing to unravel th knot caused by Wilson' foolish attempt to do some thing without consulting hi consti tuted advlBers. He did the same thing In Princeton and the trustees there had decided to ask for hi resignation when they saw an opportunity to get rid of him by boosting him into the governorship of th state. Let us all give Mr. Harding a fair, show, and drop Wilson, remembering that Hard ing works with the mistake of Wilson tied Ilk a hall to his leg. I voted for Hughes and for Harding, otherwise my Democratic record is continuou for nearly 60 years of voting. With many congratulation for your most excellent paper. K. H. T. HONFIELD, Th Reotory, Oxford. , DOCTH1NES WOV'I.D CREKP II. Editor of the Dally New: Th author of your aermon-edltorlal in today's paper, in arguing for the teaching of th Bible In atate school. state "You cannot thtnk of Paletine without thinking of Jesu. but In atate schools you are not allowed to think of Him," nd goes on to say that there Is no objection to thinking of Homer, Pluto, etc., when one think of Greece, and bring th analogy on down to America, ending with Woodrow Wil son. Th point i lacking, unless w as sume, as your correspondent seems to hav done, that teachers can be found who Hvill, for instance, present the teachings, of Jesu fr from th dogmas to which they Individually subscribe. No doubt. It would bo kn excellent thing it th JJIblo could be taught In state school a your cor respondent would have tt taught, but as sure as there are differences In re ligious opinion, doctrines would creep in, and tbero would be objections from Christiana of different denomina tion, m t to mention the injustice that would -bo done to the rights of the minority, composed (in this state at least) of Jows, Catholics, and atudents of the higher criticism. One ,1s forced to the conclusion that the Bible cannot be taught In state scuooU without violsnca bain don to yA looks uke a world's RECORD religious freedom, whloh 1 dearer than all elso to liberty-loving Ameri can. J. 1 1. CORDON. . Kaleigh, Dec. 12, 'gl. COMPLAINT AND WARNING. Editor of TheDally News: , I wish to ay- to my Brother "Farmer: Before you vote for another bond Issue and an Increase In your tax, compare your tax receipts for tho past thro year, ana men call on your moit fortunate noighbor who pays taxes on. cash and bonds, only, and most bond aro exempt, and then scratch your cranium and wonder why it i that the man who has a bank account or owns stock and bonds Sets by with ao much lees taxes than you. 1 pay one and one-halt times aa much taxes a I did three years ago. I have no moro on' whloh to pay taxes. I paid tha taxes for my neighbor the other day, who only pay on cash and bond. He pay Just one-third the amount he paid two year ago, and list about th same amount. I itood for some time In and around th sheriff's office th other day. I noted the look of changing and disappoint ment on th face of evory farmer or land owner who paid hi taxes while I wa present. I heard more than on man say, "I shall have to mi some land, I juat cannot pay the nortnoui tax that are being -hsapd upon ua We have appealed to every sou roe from which w might hop for relief but an hav turned a deaf ear to our appeal W asked th county commissioners for a reduction of th valuation of our land. They sent us to the state board, and they sent us baek te the oounty commissioner, but they were all adamant Not a thing doing." Now, Brother Farmar, surely your eyes are open By tma time. . lour only relief 1 at the ballot box. You had better use that privilege while It 1 yours. This privilege Is sometimes taken from you. The state and our oounty 1 now plastered over with bonds, th prlnolpal of which tinhorn generation will hav to pay, and you wer not even consulted In th matter. stated to a aentleman in the city of dreansboro th other day that I be llevtd rbat th farmer and small horn owners would be forced In self-defense to defeat some propositions that hav some merit. This they will be forced to do on aocount of th ever increasing burden of taxation that 1 being heaped upon us. I forgot to mention that while th poor farmer was begging for relief that one of the largest corporation of the, country was asking for a rebate on their taxes. They were promptly handed a coeck for 1149,000, with th remark, "We ara pleased to serve you, Call again Once again I warn you, be careful. ' Colfax. W. E. BOWMAN. A CRITIC OF CO-OPKRATITB KBTINO. Editor of Th Dally New: MAR- If th farmer who are signing th so-called co-operative tobacoo mar ketlng contracts would think tha mat ter over -and make a few figure they would see th impracticability of th marketing plan proposed by th co operative association when I say as ociatlon I do not mean the farmer the Association proper Is composed of a group of absente landlord and tt'B down in tha contract aa the party of th first part, and th farmer ar down aa tha partle of the second part. In this article I. only Blv tobacoo marketing condition In Piedmont North Carolina and Virginia. I do not keep up with the Bouth Carolina and the eastern North Carolina market. The production of leaf tobacco in this part -of th country In enormous. And ther I a continual flow of tobacco in and out of tha sal house for about Ix months In tha year on th large markets, It is disposed of at th rate of 1000 pound or more a minute. It lake about six month In the year to sell on year' crop at the rapid way it 1 now old. taking oft Baturday. Sundays and th holiday It leaves about 100 sale days, that mean the tobacco I sold at th rat of on par cent of the crop a day. Under the marketing plan proposed by the as sociation It would take at least (our times a, long to handle th tobacco and get It out of th way It doea now no matter If th tobacco waa sold or not sold. If th association can take over th tobacco warehouses now In us and can find an outlet for th tobacco as soon as It I made ready for aale It might be able to handle on per cent of the crop a week. On per ont of next year' croo If H 1 i . LONG STEP FORWARD larg on will be about all th ware houses will hold and leuv working room tor th grading force. On the Danville market on per cent would be about a half million, on th Win-stbn-Salenr market about the same or a little more, on th Reldsvllle market about 70.000 pound. The above .cal culation ar based on tha 1D20 crop the crop - next grown may be larger or It may be smaller. If th assoclatlan takes over the present day warehouses and cannot find an outlot for th first flow of tobacco, It will b blocked In one or two weeks. If it cannot' lake over the warehouses now in us It is blocked now. It can go no further. It has no money nor credit to build tha nec essary storage house and buy equip ments ita Daoer 1 worth no more than the market Value of th tobacco It j has In possession. If the associa tion can take over th warehouses now In us, on per eent of tha crop carried through tha mixing and grad ing; process proposed by th associa tion would be about all It could handl in a wk, At th rat of on per cent a week it would take two year to gat in on year crop- that being- tb case many farmers would hav to keep their tobacoo through on summer and a less num ber through two summer, and aotne would have three crop on hand at one time. Borne farmar could deliver their tobacco at th beginning; and other along between time until th two yeara war out.- Or It might be arranged In this way let all the farmer ' in th district deliver one per cent of their tobacoo at th same time. If that plan waa adopted the farmer who had 1,000 pound could deliver tan pounds., Th farmer who had 100 pounda could deliver one pound. The farmar who had ten pound could dellvir fly or tlx leav. - If th tobacco farmers do not get their usual amount of money in the fall nd they cannot if th co-operative marketing plan make much head way, th merchant will hav a dull time and most all kind of business will suffer. Bom farmer ar under the lmprea slon that money from th federal re serve bank win now inrougn mo tobacco, storage house in tne great eat abundance, but that will not ba the case, th money when sent. If ever sent at all will ba sent to th local banks on application and th local banks 111 b mor or la responsible, and it is not probable that any advance 111 be mad until th tobacco is nooled. reasonably priced, Insured and well taken car of. Th federal bank may send out money enough to last three or four week and then not send any mora In six month or longer, ine farmer hav Been naving soma on (loulty In getting money from th fed ral land banks. Grading and prlolng th tobacco la goingto open tha door for many dla putes over th pne ana grade or the tobacco there I no doubt but favoritism will be shown. Favoritism la one of tb trait of human nature. It I manifest in th churches, school and all of th walk of lit and no doubt will b until human nature 1 ohanged. ' Farmer ar .told of th great uo ceaa being made In co-operative mar keting fruit, melon and vegetable. that la no doubt true, but ther 1 vast difference bstween thing that ar edible and a poisonou weed there ar million and million of peo ple who would buy a melon or a peach or snap bean who would not buy peck' of leaf tobaaco. Leaf tobacco I wanted only by a few manufacturers and exporter, something "to eat I wanted by th whole population of the world. nobody excepted.' The farmer ar also told that they can get one-half of th valuation price of their tobacco advanced on th tu mortgage and can get th second mortgage discounted and In that way get a much money a they woud if HIV lUVHKUU PJ, V. -UbllUII, Th contract th farmers ar alga. Ing doesn't read that way. Th sec ond 'mortgage goes to pay the operat ing expenses of th pool and when the tobacco I sold and all Indebted ness Is paid what money la left on th Second mortgage will be paid to the farmer. Some farmer ar un easy, afraid they cannot sell their tobacco if they do not sign th con tract don't go so fast, brother farm r, tt' the man who algna the contract who cannot aeu hi tobacco, not yon, Tbe vim faraas tf be hu alamos' tp contract would do well to let tha old woman have a. large per cent of his next year' crop, or it might ba better to let th old woman nam tne entire crop and hlr to her for wages, then ( he can lump on either stao or in fence. I hav no old woman myself and can not play that game. - ' W. H. SCHOOLFIEL.D. Badlar, N. C. , - TOBACCO GROWP.RS' CO-OPMR ATIVB MARKBTINM ASSOCIATION, Editor of The Dally New: - - I had promised to devote, If possible. a week or more during this month to tha organising of the Tobacco Grow er' Co-operative Marketing associa tion. Finding tlfat Impossible, I trust, that you will accord me spuco fofr u. few words about the 'mutter. V Co-operatl" e 'marketing has become ' thing of vital concern not only to each individual farmer, but also to our tat and to th whole nation, Kvery- body know that the basis of our country' continued prosperity and wel fare 1 lncralng production from th oil; and everybody knows that this cannot ba continued unles farming IS made mora profitable. Yet today we ar confronted with tho cold and ugly fact that th home-owning wealth producers are deserting the soil and that th tenant class 1 Increasing and becoming less efficient. The impending loss In material pro duction Is no less ominous than tho los of such a yeomanry. All history teaches that these evils, If not check ed, mean the beginning of national de cay. Every statesman knows that th only remedy Is to remove th causes which r making agriculture unprofit able. Th basic cause is the condition which force the farmer to sell hi products at wholesale and at prices fixed by the man to whom he Mil; and which, at tho same time, forces him to buy his supplies at retail and at prices fixed by th man from whom h buys. Being forced "to Bell in his Individual capacity and In direct com petition with all other producers, be rushes upon the market hia whole crop at once, while the world 1 not ready to buy at once this whole crop, which It will take the world a whole year to consume. This wasteful and un scientific method of marketing nulli fies th law of supply and demand. Thu. a great horde of speoulators have sprung up; they have organised to buy at sacrifice sale; thay offer th farmer th lowest possible starva tion price; and In turn, they charge the great unorganised consuming class a price many times higher, indeed Just as high aa It Is possible for them to pay. i Thus, we hav In thla great rich country th humiliating spectacle of th million of consumers under-fed and ander-clothed on account of th high cost of living, while th millions of wealth producers ar forced to nil at bankrupt prices. The only possible remedy for this economic cancer Is co-operative mar keting. Under th proposed oo-opra-tlve marketing association agreement the farmer will sell hi prop gradually a the world needs It and thus restore for his protection th law of aupply and demand. This 1 th only way to remove th great horde of unnecessary peculator and middlemen who now tand bstween tha producer and the consumer. It I th toll which these middlemen levy upon both producers and consumers that make up much of th arnormou difference between th low price which th farmar get and th " high prloe which th consumer " pay. President Harding, using 'th great, depression In agriculture and th op pressive klgh cost of living to th con sumer, declared In his last message to Congress, in favor of co-operative marketing a tha essential remedy. A bill designed to help remove this evil, known as the Capper-Volstead bill, la now before Congress. The President and Congress want to help, but they ca,nnot help effectively unles the far mer wilt first" organise themselves Into co-operative marketing associa tions. . Thar are no staple crop produced in th world which lend themsslv more easily to co-operative marketing than cotton and tobacco. The farmers of nearly every other civilised coun try hav already learned that co-opar-atlv marketing la absolutely essential to th success of their busines. nd they have already 'begun to organise. It la high time for us to begin. , MARION SUTLER, ' Ilea. 1 'V A
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1921, edition 1
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