Hood Praises
Recovery Act
Boston—Ernest P. Hood, presi
dent of the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, said the
1934 outlook for the cotton tex
tile industry was brighter than for
many years.
He lauded progress made under
the national industrial recovery act,
but struck at the present cotton
processing tax as retarding the in
dustry.
Hood proposed that a sales tax be
substituted for the poundage tax
levied upon manufacturers to pay
■cotton growers for reducing their
crop acreage.
"If the farmer is to be subsidized
and paid for not growing crops,”
Hood said, "it would be much
fairei and cheaper for the consum
er if a general sales tax were levied
and the money so raised distributed
to the farmer. A sales tax would
be on the ultimate sale to the con
sumer and would not be pyramided,
as is now the case.”
"The processing tax on cotton,’
be said, "is a poundage tax and
has all the inherent inequalties ot
such a tax. The heavier and more
durable fabrics u*:d by the work
ing classes pay a much higher tax
than do the lighter and finer fab
rics used by the people with more
money to spend.
“The tax is levied on the manu
facturer, and each time the fini
shed goods change hands between
the manufacturer and the con
sumer the tax is pyramided, be
cause of the custom of each handler
in taking a percentage markup.”
Hood said, “the year 1933 will
go down in textile history as the
most revolutionary year since the
introduction of power machinery.”
The outstanding accomplish
ments of the cotton textile indus
try’s most memoraWe year are as
follows:
"1—A shortening and equalizing
of the hours of labor, thus increas
ing employeeiflfc*|^^xtent of
170,000 persofiPII^^^*6’-^
"2—The establishment of a
minimum wage, ' eliminating the
extreme exploitation of labor for
merly in vogue.
"3—The acceptance of the op
portunity to legally self regulate the
industry toi insure a balancing of
production and consumption, re
ducing the evils of cut-throat com
petition.
-"4—The final abolition of child
labor.”
He pointed out that not only had
there been large scale reemployment
out also a general ^ct-up in wages.
"It is estimated that on March
1, 1933, the cotton textile industry
employed about 320,000 workers
at a total wage of about $12,800,
000, ” Hood said. "On September
1, 1933, it wias estimated that the
industry employed 466,000 employ
es at a total wage of about $27,
000,000, an increase of 45 per cent
in the number of employes and 111
per cent in the amount of wages.”
BALL COST $25,000
Detroit, Mich. — Frances M.
Dodge, daughter of the late John
F. Dodge, millionaire auto manu
facturer, was presented to society
in the most elaborate debutante
since 1928. The affair cost $2 5,
000.
SOLD WHISKEY TO AID SON
Oklahoma City, Okla.—A mo
ther, 46, testified in police couri
here that she sold whiskey in or
der to send her 21—year-old son t<
a mid-western university for ai
engineering course. Judge Miki
Foster fined her $20 on each o
two charges.
"Are you troubled by imprope:
thoughts?”
"Why no, I rather like them”.
| Mrs. Henry Ford' |
DETROIT,: . . . Mrs. Henry Ford,
wife of the motor magnet, as Presi
dent of the Women’s National Farm
and Garden Ass’n., presided at the
sale of holiday wreaths made by
needy farm women of Michigan, all
proceeds being returned to the farm
home workers.
Prune Bush
Roses In The
Early Spring
The best time to prune bus!
roses in North Carolina is attei
the winter freezes are over and be
fore growth starts in early spring
"This recommendation will ap
ply to all the common bush roses
such as the Teas, Hybrid-teas anc
Hybrid Perpetual*,' says Glenn O
Randall, floriculturist at Staff
College. "One of the most com
mon errors committed in pruning
roses is that they they are noi
pruned severely enough. This is
true particularly for the Teas anc
Hybrid-teas. Varieties in thesi
classes should be pruned to froir
2 to 6 buds with the exact num
ber of buds depending on the vigoi
of the variety. The mast vigor
ous varieties should be pruned les:
severely. Pruning stimulates plam
growth and if the weaker bushe
are more severely pruned, withii
reasonable limits, the resultmj
growth will be better.”
Randall points out that man]
persons prune their roses in thi
fall and sometimes heavy freeze
occur to kill back the plants afte
they have been pruned. It is bet
ter, he says to wait until after al
freezing weather is over -and thei
do the pruning. All weakened dis
eased canes should be remove
completely and only 2 to 4 cane
left. These are pruned back to th
number of buds recommended.
Pruning* roses properly has .mucl
to do with the vigor of the plant!
the size of the blooms and th
length of the stems.
PRISONER STABBED
Columbia S. C.—Charlie Me
Cormick, 25, was stabbed to dead
by a fellow prisoner at the Soutl
Carolina state penitentiary.
No Longer Any
! Excuse For The
Money Hoarding
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: Washington—At the close of an
historic first day of government
guaranteed bank deposits Waiter J.
. Cummings, chairman of the Federal
1 Deposit Insurance corporation, said
1 with satisfaction that only one fed
eral reserve member had refused to
became a part. 0£ jj,e Sy$tcm.
All the others an(j more than 7,
000 state non-member banks were
under the protection 0f tbe insur
ance plan, which until July -1 guar
antees all accounts of $2,500 or
less and which thereafter will cover
neposits of an even larger amount.
As for the one staying outside,
the First National of Englev,00j>
111., officials expect prompt settle
ment of its case when the time
comes. Unless it changes its mind
by July 1 and buys its allotted!
share of deposit corporation stock,
:he law compels the federal reserve
aoard, Governor Black said, to ex
pel it from the reserve system.
BANDITS LOOT BANK
OF $41,000
Marlin, Texas—The sheriff's
affice here was advised that Vice
President M. V. Bradshaw, 50, and
two other employes of the First
State bank of Marlin, kidnaped by
robbers who looted the bank of
$41,000, had been released unin
jured near Rogers, in Bell county.
DEAD COW WRECKS CAR
Brunswick, Ga.—A dead cow
on the highway sent an automo
bile skidding from the road and
injured Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Five
ash and their 10-year-old daugh
ter, Eugenia. Fiveash received a
broken leg and lacerations. Hisj
wife and daughter were injured
slightly.
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In Caldwell County last year 240
club boys completed projects in 4-H
club work and made reports to the
farm agent.
helped sy cardui
Here’s the true story of how Car
dui helped Mrs. H. E. Dunaway,
of MeComb, Miss., as written by
herself:
"I was sick and rather discour
aged. I was so weak and thin, I
was not able to do my work as it
should be done. This made me
fret a good deal, and did not help
my condition.
“I had pains across my back,
and lower part of my body. My
nights were spent in rolling from
one side of the bed to the other,
hoping I would soon go to sleep.
Then when morning would come,
I would be Just as tired as when I
went to bed. A neighbor, seeing
how badly I felt, told me to try
Cardui. After I had taken one bot
tle, I was much better. I kept on
taking Cardui, and I was stronger
and slept much better at night.”
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