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, TUS STATUES- ! North Carollaa ralr Hw4i aad Tuesday) eentlaaod mild tewipcratara. t ; on your paper. Band ran--! five-day -before axiirai u., u In erdar to void biuiuc a Ingle copy. VOL. CXIIL NO. 94. VIVIANI CONTINUES T ! Mission of Former French Pre mier Subject of Widespread Speculation . POSIT.ON OF HARDING " NOT YET MADE CLEAR Much 'Opposition To More To Declare Peace By Resolution Wfcen Congress Convenes; United States Holds That Germany Mast Bear Bespon. sibility for the War New. and Observer Bureau, ; . m District NaVional Bank Bldg By EDWARD E. BRITTO.N (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, April S. The principal ' tople of talk la Washington the past week has been concerning tba visit of former Premier Bone Vivani, of France, and the mission that brought him here. That it had to do with relations of th country vit!i France and the League of hat'ons is known. The attitude of th country ou me reparations matter wun Germany has been soujr'it and it is the agreement that it has boon tiade plain that the United States holds that Ge many must shoulder the responsibility of the war, and meet the reparation figures; that we stand with our allies of the war in those matters. And th .special envoy from France has said nothing of any wish of France to hav its debt to us cancelled. Otherwise, the position of the Hard ing administration appears still in muddle, and the wiggle and wobble of its election day declarations eon tinue. One day we hear that the reparole peace resolution of Henator Knox is to be pigeonholed, while Wm last of the week brouhf intimations that immoihrtc peace with Germany i to be urged promptly upon the eonven ing of the sixty-seventh Congress in extra session. This is exactly what Viviani does not want. Its passage, he : 1 1 l. ... M jiujua, mi. utj a aiBim'r ui vncuuruKC mcnt to Germany to continue to resin the terms of the peace treaty with the allies, who have accepted it. And if th is adopted, then of necessity the Ameri can troops in German occupied tern tory will be withdrawn, a sign to the Germans that we are not standing witu our allies. Such a peace is declared by its opponents to he a dishonorable peace, no that will shame America in the eyea of the nations wltlrwrhifh fought side by side. Whether the B this wilt soon be known. Senator Knox .was in ' a long conference with I'reSnlent Harding on Bnturday, closet ed -with him for about two hours, and it is known that he and the Senators hub ui ivr ni'pwraio peace bit. LI a - . . i aiandoned their purpose, Only post tiv word from the President as to definite policy with regnrd to. interna tional affairs can clear the situation nnd at present the administration seems to be simply feeling its way, wiggling and wobbling towards the final show down. Community Board. The National Community Board created to take' over the community work which the United States Bnrrau VI UUUMIJVV .UHHUVIIVU, Will HIT. .1ICT .,4 -p v i ... i .m i - . i. nnual meeting of its trustees here on April 13. The governor aad school superintendents of all States have been alected counsellors of the board, eight een of. these having accepted and planning to attend. Among these are Dr. . C. Brooks. State superintendent of schools of North Carolina. The board is waiting to hear from Governor Mor rison. The board has seven depart' monts of activity, plans to assist local communities to organize themselves on theMiasia of citizenship, to aid com- munity service agents, both govern mental and volunteer, more effectively to function and eliminate waste of money, energy and good will due to needles duplication. Next Wednesday a deputation from th National Woman's Party have an engagement to see President Harding and will specifically ask him to put the power of th administration behind th bill to be introduced -in Congress by the woman's party seeking to remove es disqualifications in the law, inelud ing th Civil Service It i declared that women in civil service hold that way and means should be adopted to correct a situation which they say "is intolerable to self-respecting Women." They hold that this exist in (lamina tions, in promotions and in salaries paid by th government. North Carolina ia not represented in th deputation, but Virginia, South Carolina and Mary ; land are. Kemovlng Her Dead. An-noaneamat is mad by th War -Department that work ia going on in removing th soldier dead from the great American cemetery at Bomaga, France, where mors than 22,000 bodie of tho who gav their live in th Argonn r interred, th shipments of th bodies to b expedited. Ia all ther were 73,882 dead overseas, of whom 1316 hav been returned. Re quests mad ar to allow 19,861 bodies to remain permanently , while definite instructions hav been received regard ing 60,040 bodies; Ther ar 25,842 dead whoa final resting place ia not yet fully dcided. Of th dead bnt 1.240 remain anid en tilled. Tomorrow a committee representing th American Federation- of Labor and It affiliated unions will hav an audi ne with President Harding with th purpose of andeavoring to prevail upon th President t grant amnesty t what ar termed "th political prisoners," Th deputation will b handed by Presi dent Samuel Compere, of th American Federation of Labor. ' . Circulars, statement and hitters, propaganda la favor of a protective tariff pour into correspondent bureaus hr, th effort being mad t hav th commercial and agricultural .organisa tion of th Booth aad nil Southern agencies of organired industry to ex- 4Ca tinned oa Fast TrJ TEN PAGES TODAY. AL 6. FIILD. FKIMIIK , AMERICAN MINSTREL ' DIM AT A6 Of Tl Gals, Ohio, April IsAlfred GrUBa A1 C Field, ramie of Amrkaa aU autre la, sited at has home her today. Ma death resulting front Urigat's diaeaee. . Bern sevaaty-tw year , ago la Leeabarg, V Mr. Field we adaca ted la tho cosasaoa ochool of Brawnsvilla and Pitteharg. Pa, later boeomlng Jatrtd la hanking aad farming. Ia ISM no atrd the theatrical basin, orgaalxlng a mlnatrel ahov which ha eporatod eeatiaaoasty nine that Mm. Mr. Field wa a former high na tloaal ffle af tb Elka aad arid ly-kaawn la Masaal elrria. Th faaeral wUI k held, her Taoaday afternoon. No Troops To Be Sent To Guard Court House; Investiga tion Continues Covington, Ga April J, With th trial' of John S. Williams, prominent Jasper County farmer, charged with murder in connection with th killing of eleven negroes in th vicinity of hrt farm twenty mile from hare, set for Tuesday morning, official and attorney for both th Btat and defense pen a busy day examining witnesses add making investigntion bar today, while Judge John B. Hutcbeaon, at his Jonea- boro home, announced no troopa would be required to guard the eourt houae. In making the announcement that ha had decided not to ask Governor Hugh M. Dorsey to Bend troops to Covington for th trial. Judge ilutcbeson de clared "the better elaas of people of both Newton and Jasper counties ar law-abiding and desire that the defen dant in th murder eases b given I fair and impartial trial." Greene F.- Johnson, leading eeanael for Williams, was in Covington through out the day conferring with witnesses for the defense. He visited the Wil lioms farm and made a tour of the see tions of Jasper and Newton counties, where the eleven negro bodies were found after Clyde Manning, aa em ploye of Williams, had eon (eased and pointed out the graves to omciais. In hi alleged confession, Manning declared he and other negroes killed some of the blaeka at Williams' instrue tions. while the white farmer assisted in the murder of others. Both Williams and Manning and evrl material wit nrsacs are held in the Fulton- county tower at Atlanta. The defendants and witneaaea will be brought here early Tuesday by Sheriff B. L. Johaaon, who will bo accompanied try arnnmoei armed deputies. V Solicitor General A. M. Brand, who will direct tho prosecution of Williams, said tonight he would hold an important conference --with W. M. Howard, lor iner Congressman, and prominent Augusta attorney, who haa been engaged to assist the solicitor and Assistant Attorney General Graham Wright. The conference will be held in Atlanta, he said, and all three will return to Cov ington early in the afternoon. - TWO HURT WHEN CAR . OF POWDER EXPLODES Six Freight Cars Splintered By Terrific Balst at Freder icksburg, Va. Fredericksburg, Va., April S. Two men Were' injured, at least aix freight car were destroyed, and traffic on the R. F. and P. railroad waa Blocked for hoars this afternoon when 40,000 pounds of black powder in a car exploded ia the freight yarda near here. The in jured are A. W. Johnson, conductor, and A. B. Brown, brakeman. The blast could be heard ten or fifteen miles distant. Glass windows and plastering ia homes and store throughout Fredericksburg were damag ed. The extent of damage could not be estimated tonight, but it is thought th total will be high. Intense excitement was caused here aad throughout th surrounding coun try. Hundreds rushed to th scene' of the blast. Several freight ears were splintered by the explosion, which set three other ear on fire. Th Fred ericksburg fire department, after a hard fight, prevented the flames from preading. For a tune it was feared other ear of explosives might b en th train, but this waa dispelled by the authorities of the railroad. Two water tank in the immediate vicinity were .destroyed by the blast, and tw eow ia a nearby field were killed. TO DISCUSS MEANS OF FINANCING EXPORTS War Finance Corporation and Southern Bankers To Hold Meeting Today Washington, April 3. Director of ti e War Finane Corporation will meet here tomorrow ' with representative banker of th South to consider methods of financing export of cotton and other agricultural product of that section. The-banker will be informed, it I understood, that th . government - ia ready on adequate aeearity to . extend financial aid through the : fiaanee eerporatioa for exportation of the agri cultural product to any part of th world. Officials iadieated tonight that- the banker might be. arged to syndicate their f naneial strength for aa export program ia order that plenty of security eaa fc offered for goverameat loans. Through saek a eombinatioa of fund, It was aaid, nothing ought to stand in th way of obtaining th neces sary money from th finance corpora tion. . " t V. .; Fourth Aaaual Bon Bhotr. Piao- hnrst. Tomorrow. All day. starting at JAiSO -a, av-Adf4 , PEONAGE CASE TO TRIAL TOMORROW RAILROAD WORKERS PLAN TO ORGANIZE FOR CLOSER UNION Want District Councils To Bet-! ter Resist Attacks or Ran Executives ASK UNION HEADS TO SANCTION NEW PLANS Representatives of 170,000 Or. ganised Railway Employes Declare Distriot Councils at "Strategie Points" Necessary To Perfect a 100 Per Cent Organisation Nw York, April 8. (By th Asso ciated Press.) Bepresentntives of 175, 000 organised railroad employes, ia special convention here today, called upon the executive head of th recog nised national and international rail road anion to sanction th formation of district "offensive and defensive" alliances Railroad District councils 4a the New York , district and at other "strategi pointa in the railroading In dustry." Thoa district organisations are neces sary, It wa atated ia a letter sent to th executive anion officials, to enable th railroad mployes "to better resist the concentrated attacks of the Bailway Executives' Association nd no bring about a elooer affiliation of all railroad employe and perfect a 100 per cent organization in all crafts by stimulating interest in their own welfare and edu eating them in the value of solidarity, Delegates to the convention, who rep resented all local railroad unions in the greater New York district, urged that "a state of statu quo should b declared by the American Federation of Labor, so aa to clear tho way and make it. possible . for what are now commonly known a th transportation brotherhoods to affiliate with th Amer lean Federation of Labor." Through thi aetioa, it was atated, the preamble and resolution that gave birth to industrial autonomy by the formation of the general departments within the federation would be pre served." La rawly Attended. More than 250 representative of local uniona in the Mew York district at' tended the convention, which waa called by district officer of the United Broth erhood of Maintenance of Way Em I'loros, The 1 delegate affirmed their eonfi dene in their international and ns tional officer and pledged -to them 'oar all in thair untiring effort to senaf ait- maisrte4n-for th railroad employee tho working condition and th standard of living that they ar o justly entitled to." We further believ that it would b to the best interact of all concerned," added th communication, "that th present existing pact between the six teen recognized railroad onion be re nffirmed and continued indefinitely, and that the principle of craft amalgama tion, nnd industrial autonomy be not only recognized aa a principle but to be heralded by the railroad workers aa accomplished fact." 'It would be to the best Interests of tho organized railroad ' employe ia th different railroad centers, it waa stated, that they be permitted to form friendly railroad district council in order to bring about a better local an derstanding and so that they may be better able to carry out the mandates of tho several national and Interna tional anions in line with the offensive snd defensive program aa at present in effect. And that said railroad dis trict councils be allowed to function and be officially recognised by th executive council of the American Federation of Labor; aad the executive council of the railway employe de partment of the American Federation of labor to issue what may b known emergency charters for the present or nntil a final disposition i made of th policy manifested her ia th dis trict of New York and other strategic pointa in the railroading industry throughout th United State where this matter ha been given serious considers won." Declared Imperative.. Formation of ' the district council was declared to be ''imperative at this moment of concentrated oppoaitioa on th part of tho who would divide th employe in order to destroy their eonomlo organisations. Beside promoting closer affiliation between th varioua unions, it waa ex plained that these councils would dis seminate sucn knowledge to our membership and information to the public, consistent with the policies of the railway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor, as will give a lar nndrtnding el ear purpose. As sooa a word ha been received from the national and international union executive ofiemls, Anthony Spair, president of the New York dis trict council1 of Maintenance of Way and Ballroad Shop Laborer' locals, was authorised to call to another spe cial convention to tak final action oa th proposal. . FaMral af Mrs. W. B. Rodman. .Washington, N. C, April S. Funeral services of Mrs. W. B. Bodman, who died at her horn In Norfolk, .. Thursday war held here yesterdsy. - Th deceased is oarvived by her hus band, Col. W. B. Bodman, and four children, W. B. Bodman, Jr, Dr. N. F. Bodman, Mrs. John M. Bobinson, of Charlotte, and Mis Hannah . Bodman, of Norfolk. . RALEIGH LEADS IN NAYAL RECRUITING Washington, April I. Ia the South eastern division Of th Navy Beeruiting Service, Balelgb hernia the list for, tb number of recruit for th week end ing Mareh Jl. With Ci recruit from ight states, Baleigh reports 19, Bieh moad aad Atlanta tieing for end plac with IS each. Th total of U ealitm4U for th ptk is SSB. 1 RALEIGH. N. G. MONDAY MORNING. APRIL A. 1921. Wade Looks for Spring Drive" of Wild-Cat Stock Exploiters Insurance Commisuone, Issues 'Warning For Protection Of . Investors; No Stock Salesmen Now Licensed In North Car olina ; Attacks Mail Order Stock Campaign ; State Law Considerably .Strengthened. A spring awakening of Bio Sky, wild cat stock aaploitera ia Jferta Carolina, who last year .flooded Eastern North Carolina with worthless securities, ia ex pected by Stacey W. Wad, Insure ne Commissioner, who ia receiving score of inquiries from oil companies, mining companies, patent promoting eoaeerna, all asking for information a to th method of getting lata th State. "No Bine Sky company I low licensed to do business ia North Caro lina, "says Commissioner Wad ia a statement of warang. Farther, ther is not a singl licensed stock salesmsa ia nil of th State of North Carolina, Oa April 1, all licensee expired by ope ra tios of the law at the present not one has been renewed. If nny of these companies ar bow operating, they ar doing so ia opea violation of th law and th Commiaioar will tak pleas ure in prosecuting them when their ac tivities ar reported to him. Asks Co-vparatia. Mr. Wad insist that he i a friend of legitimate business and would pat nothing in tho way of any genuine, bona-fide proposition with th right sort of backing. But be ia th eternal foo of all stock promotioa scheme that hav bnt scant prospect of enriching anybody exeept the promoters and ha is going to nse every means at his com mand to right them. To this end he asks th co operation of tho people of the State. "Investors are warned to be on the lookout for stock; and bond salesmen of th crooked variety. They should insist that all salesmen ahow their li cence from the 8tat Department of Insurance and should never purchase unless such license is shown. Commis sioner Wade eaa do nothing with the promoters who ase tho mails further than to say this word of warning! ''These mall order sales campaigns violate the law of tho Btat but there ia. no way of reaching the criminals nntil the Federal Government takes a hand in it aad atop such campaigns Cotton Growers Must Cut Expenses Department Says Operating Ex 'enses Must Be Carefully Considered COST 33 CENTS A POUND TO RAISE 1920 COTTON Present Prices Tail To Pay Xx. penses Or Interest Oa Cap. ; ital forested Washington, April 3. Uottoa grow- or eaa meet th preseat price situs tioa by "carefully considering" operat ing expense and reducing them when ever there is a likelihood of obtaining a low yield per acre, the Department of Agriculture aays in a report today oa the remit of a survey oa baaio require ment and eosta of producing cotton. By applying last year a men and male rates for labor and prices then paid for seed snd fertilser to the baaie require' menta in an investigation ia Mitchell County, Ga-, tho average operating ex penae of cotton waa fixed at approxi mately 33 cent a pound there. Maa aad Mala Bateau Man and mule rate for labor la this investigation and seed and fertiliser coots, th department ayt constituted 4 per eent or ue total operating ex pen, exclusive of land rent. Other expenses amounting to 10 percent of tho total, included such item as gin ning, manor, equipment, taxes, insur ane and overhead. Man labor was earged at the rate 30e an hour, mule labor 20c an hour, aeed Sal a ton and fertilizer at 4 a ton. From th total eot of S54.14 an acreage aeed credit of $1.90 was deducted, making a. total act cost of $5226. Asserting that th rates for labor and seed did not start to decline until after th 1920 crop had been produced the report adds:. Failed to Pay Kspenaee. "With eottoa around IS to 15c .per pound, the returns not only allowed no interest on, capital, but laiaed to pay operating expenses at going rates for labor and prevailing price for agrl cnlture. With cotton at ISo per pound it would renuire a yield of approximately 450 pound of lint to cover operating expenses. 'The application of th basis require ment of production in astimating cost should be of vital Interest to grower at thi time," th report add. "The history of th year 1920 will aot b forgotten immediately aad it will b safe to say that th lessons of this period will bear some fruit. N Iaterest la Election. Lenoir. April 3. There sxipears to b little interest in the coming municipal election, whieh will be held within a few weeks. Mayor Prltehett has announced h will be in th rae for reelection. So far Mr. Pritehett ia the only candi date, but friend of B. F. Williams snd J! A. Pos a- mentioning them for office. Frost Doe Damage. Lenoir, April .Although ther wa a heavy froat here Saturday aad a good deal of tfamag has ' been don to th fruit, it is not thought thi all sf it is killed. Many gardener sovered growing vegetable aa much as pos sible, and torn people covered peach trees to keep offth froat. 1 v 1 '' ' Revival At Lenoir. Lenoir, April I. Much inter! i being manifested in the revival which is ia progress at th first Methodist Church, being conducted by th pastor, Bar. E. B. Welch. Tho maetingft will continue through another weak. The Inging is being conducted by Homf B. Jenkins of Atlanta, G, 0 ia states where they ar illegal. Th aa of tho mail in thi way is prima- laei evidence that the companies are afraid to submit their propositions to tho Stats Department of Insurance and that their business would not bear close examination. Nine-tenth of the mail order promotioa scheme ar , fakes aad whosoever is deceived thereby aot wise," Defeaaas Strengthened. When these companies apply for li cense, or for th renewal of license. they ar going to 'find th state's de feases considerably strengthened. Soma of the thing which th applicant will hav to do are; First, secure a license for every aala maa that it put ia th field and ar rang a bond for $1000 in reputable bonding company for each salesman. Heretofore, a bond with, personal s euritie waa all that waa required aad ao justlfieatioa waa required oa sueh bond. Second, the company can sell stock only for eaah or for Botes made payable to the company and the old stunt of en doming such notes "without recourse'' will not be permitted. The last Legis latere passed a law prohibiting this practice and it will no longer be po. sible for a slick salesman to load a man np wit hworthleas stock, tak ni note for it and then let his company tand from under by endorsing the notes "without recourse. Third, th company making applies tioa will receive the closest scrutiny. Under th law th Commissioner haa au thority to make aa investigation of ev ery company making application to aell stock, to the company a expense and the Commissioner proposes to do this very thing. He believe .that a person! investigation by a dependable repreaen tatlve of the Insurance Department, will bo worth more than all of the recom mendations and affidavit ever collected and filed by one of these "Blu eSky" companies. of Making. Crop To Consider Plans for Defense Against German Dye and Chemical Trade Washington, April S. Defense of the nations' war-bora dye industry against competition of the German dye and chemical trade will be taken up shortly by the Department of Com merce in conference here' with repre sentative of American manufacturers. Rapid revival of the German industry, especially a a factor ia foreign trade, department official aaid tonight, must bo taken into account by American interests so tho industry may bs se cure here snd the country remain in dependent of foreign eon rees of supply, O titer American products needing the co-operation of the government ia the field of foreign trade, according to Sec retary Hoover, will be given the atten tion of the department one at a time. Mr. Hoover is to meet with the War Fiaanee Corporation and Southern bankers tomorrow ia aa effort to de velop a workable plan for building up cotton exports. Tho credit angle in tho trade revival program, officials said, ia ia ths hands of ths War Finance Corporation, whieh la expected to aid th exporters through eorpo ratios organised under th Edge set in different,' sections of the coun try. In sddition, formation of combi nations for extending foreign com merce under the Webb-Pomerene act has beta advocated by Secretary Hoover aa th most practical method of moving commodities after eredit has been obtained and also as a defense against similar combinations by foreign exporters. Government experts ia commenting tonight on the situation, expressed the opinion that American concerns should follow their goods to the market rather than rsly upon foreign middlemen to dispose of the commodities. In many foreign eounries, where American goods ar competing with th French-and th British, they said, th Americans were selling through wholesalers who natur ally favor their own national wherever rossible. American merchants, they added, should make their front line the foreign market, rather 'than the port of shipment Strengthening of the country's ship ping position, commerce officials as ssrted, would naturally follow the foreign trade revival to which the ad ministration is giving its efforts. Be sumption of the flow of American goods to tho ports of th' world, they eon ended, would provide the businesa to tak American (hipping out of it pre nt (lump. AMATEUR TOURNAMENT AT PINEHURST TODAY Pinehurst, April 8. A field of over 200 wil) start play in the North and South amateur ' championship tourna ment at Piuetmret tomorrow. The favorites for the qualifying medal in clude Perry 'Adair, last year's medal list; B. P. Merriman, Frank Dyer, Gardiner "White, F. C. Newton, Jim Stand ish, Joe SchJotman, Ned Beall, Harold Weber and Al Meddles, who won th medal two yean ago. North Carolina's interest will be looked after byabout a doxca eon- testantef led by John W. Bowman, of Aberdeen,. Howard O. Phillips, of Moor county, Tom Kelly, of South ern Pines, and Nelson MscBas, of WJImjBftOB, ' DiEipSTRYW TEN PAGES TODAY NEW GOVERNOR OF PANAMA' CANAL ZONE Col. Jay J. Morrow, of ths United State Army Engineer Corps, who was appointed governor , of the Panama Cannl Zone by Secretary, of War Weeks, CoL Morrow, who has been acting gov ernor, succeeds Brigadier General Cheater Harding. Re-Organization of the State Highway Commission Pre lude To Work Six new members of the State High way Commission will be inducted into office thi morning at U o'clock ia th Executive Chamber when Chief Justice Walter Clark administer th oath to th mea appointed by the Governor and eon firmed by the State Senate to ad minister the State Road Law enacted by the recent session of the General Assembly. Shortly thereafter the sew eomniia- sioa, a chairman and nin member, will withdraw to th office of th State Highway Cetmniaalon and begin" th work of building 8,300 miles of Btat road aad maintaining them. This first session of the Commission will prob sbly last until Wednesday afternoon Massed detail of reorganisation of the work of building and maintaining roada ia North Carolina will be the im mediate task of the new Commission centering chiefly in the adoption of seme scheme of maintaining the roada that will be immediately taken over to Mat control and upkeep. It ia understood that the Governor will discuss finances with the Commia (ion before it withdraws for its first session, inquiring of them the tentative needs for immediate road building unaer the Mate System. It is bum understood that the Commission will formally request the issuance of sd proximately two million dollars of the authorized ten million for the flr.t year s work. Chairman Frank Piure. will lav ha fore the full commission a detailed statement of the present status of road work in the State, including plana for approximately 600 miles of road ready to be let for construction, ano complete plana for the organiza tion of the maintenance department authorized and dirocted in the new road law. Interest in the initial session of the Commission appeared to be at a high heat throughout the State last nieht, Delegations from every section of the Commonwealth are in the city with varipua matters to lay before the body irom toe recommendation of some person for a job with the road forces to the selling of entire mountains of available stone for road building purposes. Some scores of citizens were regis tered at the various hotels in the city, 'each of them with some matter to lay before the Commission, pet roads, pet people and pet deposits of materials aad the' like. It is thought unlikely that many of these projects will reach the attention of the Commission at its present meeting, since its time will be larguly taken with the larger as pects of organization and gutting the work under way. BODY OF NATURALIST BURIED IN CATSKILLS . Boxbury, N. T.,- April S.-John Bur roughs was laid to rest this afternoon on the mountainside where he was born exactly 84 years ago. From th peaks and the valleys of bis beloved Catskill Mountains came hundreds of neighbors to pay him their final honors. Others from far off corners of ' the nation joined them at the grave. AJ1 morning and in the early after noon the alope down the two miles, of rocky mountain, to Boxbury waa dotted with i groups of -villagers .trudging up ward to the burial spot. Back of the grave which waa blasted from solid rock, and rising high to one tip of .the mountain which, bears his name, was ths clomp of woods where Mr. Burroughs hunted the fox snd ob served the birds during bis- youth and old age. To the right, ever a little knoll, was ths weather-blackened house In which he was. born. Behind .the grave a, great boulder on which Bur roughs played as a -boy and of tea sat in the twilight shadows aa a man of the wide out-doors, formed the slab of his resting place. Sooa a bronze plaque Will be imbedded In the stone to im uorteiix, its signifleaaroj J .i-f ! v v ' h h I? - ? M .. . v- & . l'; fi d - 'it 1 CaBMHMMaBZfcaI INITIAL SESSION OF ROADMEN TODAY PRICE: FIVE CENTS SAYS TAXATION IS Former Secretary of Agricul ture Gives Analysis of Sur vey ofCondi tons FAVORABLE DOMESTIC CONDITIONS OUTLINED Peace Settlement and Interna tional Trade Next in Import, anoe to Taxation; Decrease in Crime Reported; Crop Out. look Good; Business Has Passed Crisis - Baltimore, Md, April 8. David F. Houston, former Secretary of Agricul ture, ia analysing a eountry-wid sur vey of industrial, financial, agricultural and other economic conditions, de clares that "th big national question is taxation, with peace settlement aad international trad next.'' - - - Th survey, mad ia all of th geographical divisions of tb United States by field agent of tho FidoUty and Deposit Company of this city, con sisted of answer to 3d qustioay farmer, banker, manufacturers aad puuuo omciaia. An interesting restore. of the statistics is that ia ovary sectioa exeept New England snd the Bocky 'Mountain states, building operations show a marked increase. General traxts- rvratnm ronamons ia every stats were reported "good" and raw materials plentiful. Savinga accounts, th sur vey showed, increased ia 19 states. Folic officials of 27 state said thr haa been a noticeable increase La crime over last September, but a de crease was reported in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermoat, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Newt York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Colombia, Vir ginia, Weet Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, . Georgia, " Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, aad Mississippi. , . Crop Oatlook Goad. -a every state ths consensus of opine tarn . V. ,U- M 1 ' u larracra .in mm SB posed of all their last easoa' crop. Low price snd shortage of money aad labor ar said to hav caused a reduc tion la acreage ia all states exeept Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Misaoari, Nebraska and the Pacific Ooaat itato. The erop outlook for 1921, however, ist every ease, wa reported fair or good. The sorvsy indicates that the bant aea world is still feeling its way, bat with increasing confidence aad with th conviction that th worst has tssd. said former Seerstary Honstoas "Tb country has successfully bora th strain caused by a most notabl drop ia price, particularly of a vast volume of raw material, aad has weathered a trying period of liquidatioa. " , The demand for finished prodawta has not developed to the point wher our factories feel justified in taaiag ths requisite quantity of our surplus raw materials to furnish tho nsrsssary relief to their producers; but ther ar some indication of a change ia tai- direction. FavoraM CeadiUoae. This survey does noint to eartaia favorable domestic conditions. Th oet of living has appreciably diminished. maiding operationa in a number of districts tend to iarreasc. There have reeently bee no strikes of eonseaneneo. Greater productivity of 'abor per maa ia reported from all districts. Baw materials ars plentiful, and physical transportation conditions ars good. There have been no business failure of moment. The erop outlook is satis factory; and the banking situation haa unproved. ' The country is better off today than it was three months ago, and manufac turers in growing numbers ar planainc definite production schedules. Informa tion from other quarters thsa this sur vey indicates that the automobile in dustry and some textile lines are pick ing up now. But the pubbe is still u,.:la. ... 1 . a L.LI . .o..i.ll4uk ils uuaua; ana prounoiy will continue to purchase eautionslr until retail price reductions become more nearly equal to tho reduction ia ' manufacturers' and wholesalers' prices. nig Prices Blamed. "The maintenance by retailers of a relatively high price level has been perhaps the chief stumbling block to quickened industrial activity. Ths great cut in producers' aid wholeealera' priees last summer and fall wa not ' followed by proportionate reductions ia the priees to consumers. It ia apparent that we are approaching the point wher many manufacturers ean get material at priees they can afford to pay. and with lower wages and more efficient labor they ran furnish goods at - cost within tho consumer's reach. "An appreciable reduction in was-efl is noted in every aeetioa and in virta- ally every kind of industry. Th fact that savinga accounta hav increased ia the industrial sections, however, would seem to indicate that in such distriete wage and aalary reductions hav aot - ueen as great as rne reductions in in ' priees of commodities, and that thr-V fore, fortunately, the decrease ia wagea has not necessitated lowering f th standard of living. , The eredit situation Is improved. Interest rates range from 6 to 8 pr eent for the country as. a whole. bnt-T" banking funds are reported available by every soction except the South aad ' Bocky Mountain regions.'' Death ar H. N. Blaselt. Dunn, April 2. Hannibal N. BixseQ died reeently st his home near Fayette- ville. Mr. Bizzell was married thro ' times snd be is survived by ni third wife, who wss Miss Kate McEsasi. . His first wife waa Mia Kate Cader wood." To thi naioa ther war bora four children. They are J. A. BixseU, a member of the faculty of Cornell University, Ithaca; N, T, Mr. JuHn -A. Culbreth, of Falcon; Mr. Claad Grantham, of Goldsboro, and Lawrence IT. BisselL auDerintendent of the lirht and water department of fhls-eity' Mr, i Bissau's qcnd. jfiit wmfs Mrs, fUBtii' 6IG QOaLTIOil f 0 BOTHERING PEOPLE 'I