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JWaVE PAGES TODAY. U RALEIGH; N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1921.
TWELVE PAGES' TODAY.
PRICEiTlVfc CENTS
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IN THIS SECTION
Tar, Heel Senators and Con
gressmen Have Heard Noth
" ing of Reported Famine
SLUMP IN BUSINESS
BUT NO .STARVATION
0. 0. P. Administration Brings
"Hard Times" But No Such
"Hard Luck" Conditions Ob
tain In North Carolina As
Eeported By The Public
Health Service Recently
The News nnd Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E; BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 21. That North
Carolina is not to be included in the
list of States of which the public
health service in a press bulle
tin issued 'a few days go says ":i
veritablo famine has been developing
in the rural districts of the South and
particularly in those of the cotton belt,
which stretelies from Eastern Texas
to the Carolina!,'- is emphatically tic
rlared by the Senators and Representa
tive! from the State, who also declare
that there is no evidence that con
ditions of food in the rural suctions
of North Carolina are such as to
threaten an outbreak or epidemic of
pellagra, despite tlrf statement of tho
Public Health Service '"that pellagra
would show a heavy increase this year
was foreseen last full, when the cotton
market failed."
Tho "famin in the United States,"
publication of the public health ser
vice; carrying the report that th'
people of the Southern States in whic'.
cotton is raised were so bad put to it
that thov were using a '"hnrd luck"
diet that would bring on pellagra and
result in a heavy toll of life, being
called to the attention of the members
of Congress from North Carolina
brought from each and all of them the
reply that there were no such con
ditions ns set forth. With only
statement larking from the second
district, as Congressman Kitchin is out
of the city and recuperating in North
Carolina, hero is what is said by
tie m :
8enter Simmons!" With cotton
. and tobacco prices lit a low ebb the
furmers of North Carolina have man
aged bv hook or crok to get along,
despite the low prices of their crops,
Conditions are not at a point where
they are not able to get a suftieicntcy
UHO
OCATE
of good food. I have not heard a word
- of there bing any ghortago of rations
among them. There is. nothing to th'.
report that thev are ia. such, n ion
dition to threaten an outbreak ' of
pellagra. They art; asking . only tint
measure of relief as in other States
in order to meet their obligations."'
Senator Overman: "While people in
some parts of the Stato may be suffer
jng from tho en eft a "or the low prices
of their products, there is no truth in
the chargo that any one in the Stirte
is near the point of starving, and there
fore, at the point of being overcome
wih pellagra. So far as my observ
tions and information goes there is
nothing to this report of famine threat
ening. Those who are employers would
see to it that tenants hrrd tho neeossi
tics of life. Our people are a liable
people, and while there, is. adversity
owing tn tho crash in tho market, they
' tale this matter philosophically, Mid
-look to the futuro for better prices
In North Carolina we have gone
through trials and tribulations before
w survived the days of the hardships
of the civil war and of reconstruction;
we went ahead despite five and si
cent eotton. Our State ia a State of
s ' brave people, and we are working out
onr own salvation. We are not starv
ing in North Carolina, neither is there
ny condition to threaten an outbreak
of pellagra."
Representative Brlnaon : There , is
"56 iign of starvation of, the first dis
trict and nothing of any breaking out
in pellagra-. Because- of the- low price
V of eotton our people are vary much de-
pressed, they find it difficult to borrow
money, but there is no such condition
as to indicate famine, lack of proper
food, or K-n epidemic of pellagra.'1
Representative Ward: "There is no
. thing in the publication which fits any
part of the Third disriet that I know
" of or haTe heard. If there are any who
are goffering from tlap need of proper
food it can only be among improvident
white or improvident negroes. I have
"" " heard nohitng to indicate such a eon
' dition.
Rejreacntative Pou: ''There may be
a few scattered eases of pellagra in the
fourth district, but nothing Ucyond the
ordinary. There ia no epidemic or
; rnpi6rem1crcm " people on
'auffering Unaneially from the low price
of eotton and tobacco, but they do not
... . lack proper and nourishing food.
Kenreaeaatlve Stedmaa: "I tee peo
ple from the Fifth district constantly
tome almost every day, and I have not
- heard breath of any such and of
famine or pellagra. There it detti
r alien in my durtriet that I know of,
id the health conditions I, understand
to be excellent."
Kewreaeatative Lyee: "Like the other
part ef the South the people of North
Carolina art hard -hit by low prices for
eottoa and tobacco, but .there ia no tuch
condition of want of proper food, of
famine, .or f pellagra, ia the Butt
district that described by the public
health Service. There tat been pellagra
7 all ever the South for years and there
' knight be tone scattering cases in my
district, bat there ia nothing to indicate
any animal Increase. Our people are
able te ret proper food aad I take ae
-:.. l. the Tepwt." --------
Bepr attlvo Haswrf ."There, ia
- pellagra -af any eenaequenee ia the
rVventa district that I hare heard a heat
If there U tuch I de aot know ef it.
eiCewtlaeed ea page fear.)
BACKING
UN
SEND
WARSHIP
I
Demonstrate Ability of Airship
To Destroy Camtar Fight-,
ing Ship
DENBY CONGRATULATES
AIRMEN FOR COURAGE
Former German Battleship Ost
friesland, Which Took Part
In The Battle of Jutland,
Sinks 25 Minutes After
Aerial Attack Was Begun;
Bombs Menace To Warships
On Board tho Destroyer Leary, En-
route to Norfolk, Va., July 21. By the
Associated Press.- The ability of the
)airplane to destroy the capital ship was
demonstrated today off the Virginia
CCapes.
Army bombers, launching projectiles
weighing one ton, sank the former Ger
man battleship Ostrlcs!and, a 23,000
ton heavily armored ship, in exactly
twenty-five minutes after they opened
tboir' attack at 1-:15 p. m., from an
altitude of approximately 1,700 feet.
Two bombs which landed overboard
within a few yards of the port quarter
gave tho ship her death blows.
Seven' bf the one ton weapons were
dropped by as many army ptancs which
camo from Longley Field, Va., 80 miles
away, but immediately after tha two
had exploded near the port quarter, the
Ostfrieslaud began to settle - bv the
stern. Those bombs were launched by
separate planes within a minute of each
other, the first at Vl .'lCi p. m., and with
in five minutes the ship's quarter deck
was slightly uwasli and he began to list
to port.
As the water, rushing in through
rents, torn in the hull by the 1.SHH)
pounds of T. N. T., which the bombj
carried, Hooded compartment after com
partment, the big hulk went over
gradually until she had turned bottom
up. She was then badly down by the
stern and as she started the final
plunge the bow rose high out of th
sea to disappear slowly.
Once A Great Ship.
Thus tho end camo to a otiee great
ship of the-. lecrman navy, which took
an important part with the German
first battle squadron' in the Battle of
Jutland and reached home safely after
having struck a mine laid bv the at
tacking British grand fleet. Naval men
and. many others of the thousands as
sembled on half a score of warcraft
viewed the end of the big ship almost
in awe, but the Army men, and pattt
cularly the aviators, were highly elated.
Many of the regarded this as proof of
tho claim of Brigadier General Mitchell,
assistant chief of the Army Air Serv
ice, that tha airship was making the
battleship obsolete.
With the sinking of the Ostfriesland
the airmen during the month of joint
bombing tests off the coast had sent
down by means of bombs practically
every type of hgliting ship a subma
rine, a destroyer, a cruiser and a dread
naught. In addition, Navy airmen had
found and bombed the old battleship
Iowa while that craft was seeking to ap
proach the const from tea under radio
control.
Denby In Statement.
Soon after the Ostfriesland disap
pearcd beneath the surface of the aea,
Secretary Denby, of the Navy Depart
ment, who with Admiral CoonU, chief
of naval operations, and many other
high Naval officers, Army officers and
members of Congress, had viewed the
bombing from the. Naval transport Hen
derson, issued the following statement:
The plunge if tho Ustrieslnnd, when
she sank after the terrific poinding of
tho last few days, ended ono of the
most remarkable and interest series of
experiments ever cpnductd. They have
been practically perfect in co ordination
between he two tserviee, and have been
characterized throughout by a fine
apitit of- -eomradeebBi- Scientific- con
clusions of the utmost value undoubtedly
will result from the scries. An out
standing and a most admirable feature
has been tho splendid courage and skill
of the airmen. I congratulate them
with all my heart.
Major General Charles F. Menoher,
chief of the Army Air Service, who also
waa aboard the Henderson, declared in
a statement tbat he did not think the
sinking of the Ostfriesland showed that
the battleship was doomed, but that it
did show hat the aerial bomb eonsituted
a real menace o capital ships which
must be met.
A cold material faet has been
demonstrated," be said. "That fact is
that the battleship can be sunk by the
aerial bomb. That's tho real lesson of
this affair. The only thing to be done
te to view that as a cold, material fact
and attack the jiroblegi accordingly,
' tiir "i i i . . 1 1
x nave no cnangea mj mina ai an
to the result of the bombing maneuvers.
I hare always contended tbat thejiomb
did. constitute a very grave menace to
the capital ahip and that extratrdiaary
precautions had to be taken to meet the
menace. That s the whole story
Take Sanaa View
Naval officers and tnost of the mem-
ben of Congress tretewt were under
stood to have taken the tame view.
Naval expert! said the aeience of naval
eonst ruction bad not progressed to the
point where a ship could be built which
would withstand inch explosions s those
occurring almost directly alongside the
Ostfrieslsnd. They-ttid the probltnaref
protecting the battlethi would have te
be attacked lost at was that or pre
eeiat hem against erpedo ' boat aad
later tubmtriaet.
General Mitchell, who hat personally
directed the work ef theArlfiy bombers
ia the tettt, circled arouad the sinking
ship and wat give a cheer by tht guests
ea the Headertoa wheat he passed that
vessel after heading hit EE S porsuit
Diane for Lengley field.
General Henoher titer teat hint the
following radio saeasaget
"Conrratnlatleat te yea aad entire
aircraft brigade oa jot brilliant per-
omaace otday,
0 BOTTOM w-SEA
Confusion of Purpose Holds
Up Plans to Drain Quarry
t
One Automobile Tire And One Drowned Negro Harvest of
Grappling Hooks Yesterday; Application Made For Per
mission To Fence Off Quarry Aneh Charge Admission;
Subscription StartethTo" Pay Expenses of Drainage; Ask
Governor To Order Work Done -
Confusion laid hold of the scheme to
drin.rhrtoek Quarry and lay bare its
niystefles'yestirdoy, and a multitude
nf counsel worked at cross purposes
throughout the day to the end that
nothing was done. The work of the
divers was slowed up, and the day's
harvest yielded nothing save an auto
mobile tire, and he body of Joe Mer
ritt, a young negro swimmer who went
down with heart failure and was
drowned.
Application for permit to fence off the
grounds contiguous to the Quarry and
lay a fee upon U whn gathered there
to watch the progress of draining the
pool was made to Secretary of Htnte J.
Bryan Grimes, chairman of the Building
and Grounds Commission. Permission to
drain was readily grafted; bflt the Tent
ing privileges were held up until a
meeting of the Commission can be held
today.
Payment of the cost of drainage is the
avowed intent of the plan to charge for
admission to tho environs of the Quarry,
with a' small admission fee. While many
aro willing to pay, or say they are, the
scheme will have small bid for popu
larity among the thousands who gather
there daily to watch the progress of
events. Yesterday's crowds were big
ger than ever, and upwards of 5,000
were there when the body of the young
negro was dragged out two hours aftcj
it went down. L.
Work to Cost $500
The Quarry itl undoubtedly " be
drained, whether by public subscription,
or application of gate receipts, or
through the use of public money -for
defraying the expense of the operation.
The cost will approximate J.VX1, since
ew transmission lines from Bloodworth
.reef to the Quarry will be needed.
he motor to lie used is triple phase
ype, anil tne oruinnry iignung wires
n ill not dw.
Tho hat was passed among the throngs
yesterdav bv a group of friends of I.
W. Simpkins, who has contracted to get
the cars out of the water. licss than
1NATE
E
Lloyd George and De Valera
Fail To Attain Objective;
May Try Again Soon
Ixindon, July'21.(By the Associated
Press.) The eonversntiona between Mr.
Iloyd George and Kamonn De Valera,
from which it was hoped the basis for
n Irish peace conference might emerge,
have boon terminated for the present
without that objective having been at
tained.
At the final meeting of the British
Prime M inister and the I rush Sepuhlican
leader todav, Mr. Lloyd George submit
ted definite proposals whieh were rep
resented as the considered judgment of
himself and his cabinet as constituting
suitable gTOund for a full-fledged peace
parley, based upon his interviews of the
past week with Mr. Do Valern nnd Sir
James Craig, tho Ulster premier.
These proposals, it is learned authori
tatively, comprised less than ten articles.
Whether they met with a flat rejec
tion by the Irish Republican leader or
were taken by him witbous comment for
review bv himself and his colleaguet in
Dublin, in the hope they might contain
the' nucles for negotiations, was con
cealed by the brief joint communique
issued after the meeting. This read:
'Mr. Llnyd George and Mr. De V alert
had a further conversation at 11:30
o'clock this morning, lasting about an
hour. The basis for a further confer
ence has not yet been found. Mr. De
Valera has' arranged to return to Ire
land tomorrow and to communicate with
Mr. IJovd George again after further
discussion with his colleague.
Mr. De Valera aad his colleaguet, if-
ter their rrtura t Irian-e4dqiarters,
expressed their anxiety for the attain
ment of peace, despite what af least
the temporary impasse reached.
TWENTY-THREC. PERISH
ON BURNING SCHOONER
Pcnsacola, Fla.. July 21. Twenty-
three lives were lost In the burning of
the two masted sehoacr Viola off the
Gulf const near West Bay late today,
according to twenty Chinese survivors
nho were arrested by Sheriff Coram,
of Bay county. The Chinese are said
to have been bound for Chicago. The
aptain of the schooner -has not been
located.
The 20 Chinese, who are in jail at
St. Andrews, assert that 23 of tbe men
on the Viola were drowned when the
schooner barsedr bat-e4ia4tweie fni -
rvMito find, any trace pf the; bodies
tonight and are of the opinion that
the prisoners manufactured the story.
The officers of the Viola are said to
have escaped through the woods to
West Bay and thenee by automobile
to hipley. Sheriff Ellis of this coun
ty, it searching all trains here ia aa
effort to locate-the men, aad he hat
called the United Stttet amthorhiet to
hit aid.
Te Trans tart Paeaaaate
Tampa, Fla Jtly 21. f. L. D. Can,
representing a shipping , organisation
operating forty Skipping ' Board v re
st Is, hat opened office here for the
purposes . ef handling pheephtte skip-
Bents from this port to foreign eon a.
trie. The vessels ate operated from
Golf te Europeaa Berts. Headquarters-
ire ia Kew Orleans,
DM t Age at 1M Tears. "
fort, Meyers, Pit, Jaly 21ruerl
services were held here today for aim.
Caroline A. Holland Ooodaa, who died
yesterday-at the home ef her ton, E.
Good , wealthy South Florida cat
tleman, at the age ef 100 years. She it
believed te hare been the aldeat woman
florida, I t -
TERM
PEAC
CONFERENCE
$100 was realized. Bagwell and Bagwell
made, application to Colonel Grimes for
fencing off privileges, and a number of
influential citizens urgedthc use of the
State's contingent fund for clearing out
the water. The Governor has at his
disposal certain funds to be used in
the prosecution of crimo investigations,
and rewards for fugitives, ete.
' Wade Has No Law
Another day passed without official
notice being taken of the. situation that
has monopolized the Intercut ef cearal
North Carolina since the first news of
it was carried in this paper last Mou
day morning. Insurance Camniissiuimr
Stacy W. WnJtv definitely declined to
take oflicial action in tho matter on the
grounds thai the law only authorircd his
department to prosecute investigations
of arson. No other official has taken
action in the mater.
Commissioner Wade did offer a con
tribution of $100 toward paying the ex
penses of draining the pool, and the
use of detectives to assist any interested
insurance company in their investiga
tion of tho preseuce of automobiles in
the quarry. Ue communicated with the
National Association of Underwriters,
and urged them to contribute to the
necessary expense of removing tho
water from the Quarry. Mr. Wade's
contribution to the fund will bo avail
able when the remainder a,f the needed
sum hns been raised.
Charlie Farmer .Ready .
Charles G. Farmer, superintendent nf
the Mechanical Division of the State
Highway Commission, was ready to
move 'at a moment's notice yesterdny,
but did nothing in the face of the con
fusion among those nho are promoting
the drainage of the Qiiayry. Purvey of
of the pool was niada by the Carolina
rower and Light Company, and prelim
inanea to erecting new transmission
lines were gotten out of the way.
Formal application will be made to
Governor Morrison today fo order the
(Continued on Pago Four
Request For More Definite In
formation As To Allied Loan
Status Made
J O " -
Washington, July-"!!. The adminis
tration'a refunding bill wat held up to
day by a call from the Senate finance
committee open Secretary Mellon lot
nadditional and more definite infor
nation as to past commitments with
respect to the nation's foreign loans
The tariff -bill will reach the eomjnittco
tomorrow and will require prompt at
tent ion, so it appeared uncertain to
night when further action can be taken
upon the refunding measure.
Secretary Mellon was requested by
the committee to examine thoroughly
all records of negotiations nnd agree
ments made by the Wilson sdministra
tion regarding both the principal and
interest payments upon all loans made
allied governments and advise the coiu,
mittee at the earliest bpportunty of the
extent to which such negotiations and
agreements commit this government
and deprive the treasury of freedom of
action in futuro transactions.
Secretary Mellon, 'when he appeared
before the laance committee today, was
bombarded by a rapid fire of ques
tions aimed by Democratic members to
develop to , what extent he considered
himself bound by the negotiations con
ducted by the Wilson administration,
He stated that so far as refunding ne
gotiations conducted by former Assist
ant Secretary Rathbono for this gov
ernment and Mr. Brnchcllt,...lur .-.the.
IvfitijK '"government were concerned
there had been no commitment of th
government. He xepeuted that it might
be embarrassing should this govern
ment attempt to revise the arrangr-ment
for the deferment until April 1922 of
payments upon accrued interest inas
much as the agreement had been ol
served by the Americaa government fo:
xwo years.
Mr, Mellon taid he could not at this
time tdvise tho committee whether
there had been other negotiations
which would restrict him ia his negoti
ations. Until he had an opportunity
to fully inform himself of all essen
tial details of former negotiations, the
treasury aeeretary said he could not
outline to the committee definite plans
or policies but would attempt to collect
all . primccal and interest now oweJ
the United States, "taking care of all
1 llghll me hale;
EIGHT PERSONS LOSE
UYES WHILE IN BATHING
Heaatea, Texae, July IIEighl
stnm were drowned aad three
there Brer death , were rescied
when aiiteea dekfatea U tht B
tint Yaeef People's L'b annual
, state eacsta patent , tt , Pslseloa,
forming bathing party, were
eaegat la the andertew of the Calf
of Mexico at the mewth ef Gree.a
' Barest, tweaty-twe ssllee from Ptl
actea, Jata tadtj. .
BANK OF ENGLAND CUTS
RATE TO 5 1-2 PERJCENT
London, July 21. The Bank of Ent
land today reduced its rate of discount
front per cent te 513 per cent.
Announcement ef tha reduction re
moved the uncertainty which hat been
prevalent ia the money market during
the past fer weekt, '
The chief factor fating the way te
the reduetioa has been cheeper money,
which was brought about by the ttagaa
toa ia trade aad tht intUtiom ef credite
fhftmgh gartraaeat borrowing. '
HAIT ACTION ON
REFUNDING BILL
0 V ERNMENT HEADS
b
REPLY FROM JAPAN
Bf lieve Tokio Government Will
Consent To Discuss Far
Eastern Problems
ANOTHER EXCHANGE OF
VIEWS OVER SITUATION
Japanese Ambassador and Sec
retary Hughe? Discuss Sit
uation. Resulting From Ja
pan's Reluctance To a
Broad Discussion of Far
Eastern Matters .. -.
Washington, July 21.- !lly llm A-w
ciated Press. R mewed confidence
that Japan will consent to a broad dis
uision of Par Eastern problems as
part of the disarmament conference
was evident in official circles here to
night after another informal exchange
f views between the Japanese and
American governments.
During the day" tho Japanese am
lassauor, Huron wiutciiarn, called on
Secretary Hughes at the State Depart
ment and they are understood fo have
discussed at length the situation result
ing from Japan s reluctance to have
the Par Kustern questions subjected to
debate in the disarmament negotiations.
It was indicated -afterward that the
mntnal exchange as regard .d ns help
ful by both sides nnd that the ccm
vernations soon- might . roach a .stage
making possible n more formal iliplo
mntic correspondence on tho subject,
Attitude I nshsken.
There was every evidence that tin
American government remained un
shaken in its belief that to definitely
eliminate any subject from tho scope
of tho confer;'iice beforehand uiielit
prove a serious barrier to the disorn
ment discussion itself. On the other
hand, it as indicated that American
officials had no desire to t'.ym ul.it
list of tho -questions that it thinki
should lie discussed and would be ouite
content if1 the Tokio government simply
agreed t -ow -intrt the eonfrrrnrr
with an open mind as to consideration
of anything . vital h distrrmanieiil
agreement.
Those in e.hnrge of tho preliminnrv
negotiations here have heard with much
interest the suggestion that some nf
the troubles of the conference Tnithf
ho obviated if such questions as tin-
disposition of the Pacific islnnd of Yap
and the control ef Khahtung peninsular
Kayo eettled before the -delegates aa
scniDia. Aiuiouan omcioi comment is
larking, It is manifest that such a de
velopment would bo highly plensing to
American officials nnd that some steps
may be taken to speed these questions
toward solution.
Yap Matter I'p
It is considered entirely likely that
to this end negotiations, regarding Yap,
over which Japan was awardeik a man
date by the League of Nations, may
be actively resumed in the near future.
In the case of Hhantung the indicated
view of the State Department has been
that any dispute. . over sovereignty
should bo a subject of negotiation be
tween Japan and China. Iteports have
reached here that Tokio is ready to un
dertake such a negotiation ami it would
occasion no surprise in well-informed
circles if China were encouraged to tike
a similar attitude.
JAPAN VVOl'LD NOT DISCLS8
SHANTVNG AND YAP MATTERS
Tokio, July 2!. (Hy the Associated
Press.) The Japanese cabinet, the
IjCirhi Nlehi Shinibuu says today, has
uecitiea lo pauiripaie in me proposed
Washington conference with n general
program of not discussing questions nf
fecting sovereign rights of participants,
and also not to discuss the Shantung and
Yap questions, which it is held were
decided by thu Palis peace conferonce.1
A delegation of peers representing all
the parties visitW Foreign Minister
ehtda-ttrdnyn,rrpes'fJ6ii'ed""hlin
coming the conference, according to the
Yomiuri Kim bun. Viscount Veliida ei
ponrrded his views! Trith relation to "the
conference nnd the Anglo-Japanese nl
liance, says the newspaper, and added
that although the ijuestions of Hhantung
and Siberia were popularly supposed to
be included, these matters had in fact
been decided at the Taris conference.
DECLARES ENGLAND' MI ST
REPLACE OBSOLETE SHIPS
London, July 2K (By the Associated
Press;. The Prime Minister, IJoyd
George, declared in the House of Com
mart today that it was essential for the
government to proceed with its policy
of replacing obsolete capital ahips of
the Navy. Mr. Lloyd (jcorge made this
declaration in answer to quest iona con
cerning tbo governments naval pro
gram. . L
ships, the Premier taid, would not lie
affected by the forthcoming conference
on disarmament ia Washington, which
he assumed "will be a complete suc
cess." '
"'The Prime Minister was spoaking con
eerning the four capital ships provided
for in the NavaJ estimates.
FOUR PERSONS DIE IN
BOARDING HOUSE FIRE
Cleveland, July f 1. Two women and
two children were barnrd and tuffo
ented to death in a bearding house lire
shortly before noon today. Tbe women
were Mrs. Elits Moeemaa, 70, and ier
daughter, Mitt Xillie Moaemat, Si, pro
nrlctort of .the. bearding house. The
children were Helen Etankovich, 3 years,
and relit Bttnkovica, ,2, taid to have
beea left at tbe boarding house recently
by their father. All four were found
dead ia bed, the child rra ia the arms
of tht women. ,
Mlahstef I Aanaasiasted
Belgrade. July 21. By the Ataneiated
Prcss:)Mwlttr of the Interior Irash
hoviet, of . Juge-filvh. wss shot dead
this morning by a rente Bosnian Com
ajunistjJhe ataaetia. wat arretted,
EXPEC
FAVORABLE
REPUBLICAN TARIFF
BILL PASSES HOUSE
AFTER HARD FIGHT
TARIFF FAILS -TO
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Congressman E. W. Pou Shows
Folly of Building Up Wall
Around All Imports
The News and Obvrvcr Bureau,
tin;! Di.-trict National Hank I.ldg',
By EDWAKI) F-. BRITTON
'Bp Special Leased Wire)
WuidtintftiMi, July 21.-t'oiigressuiiin
K. V Pou knows of the iniquities of
the, Republican tariff. His continued
service in the House ef Representative.!
h:rs given kirn a wide range of vision"
of Kcpuhlnnn policies ami plans. He
has learned that their iroinises to the
people amount to nothing when the
interests eall upon them for action
that will benefit the few at the eipens.
of tho luirtiv. The present condition
throughout the country show- that tho
Republicans nre failing to meet the
necessities nf the times, and talking
with Congressman Pou as to coml'tioui
and the remedies whi.'h the Republican
.party--! precrtlH-tf lie hird -things to
say which ring the U-ll on tlwse mat
tors, ami giv.' the note of warning ti
tho people that they must not be de
celved bv the Republican tariff bill
the Republican
that it is a snare iriol a delusion. In'
regard to this .Mr. Pou said:
'KeT.v person-who emors tn W;lh
ingtou bring the sniiie report. There
is no prosperity in nny part of the na
tion: The biiMneH man i-a-n borrow
money only by paying a very high rate
of interest. The farmer sees not one
ray of hope in the future. He would
be contented if he had reasonable as
surance of xt price whi.'h would pay the
cost of production, but unless there i
a change in existing condition the
fanner can not reasonably expect a
nxic.iut.hia runmunlity wkuji -w4l pay
the cosf.'of product ion. There is de
predion '-nrnoirhfihg almost to despair
among those engitged in agriculture.
Not since the Koohcwlt panic of 1!7
lias tho condition of the nation in at
most evcy line of endeavor been so
depressed.
Favors Prohibitive Tariff
"The remedy offered by tlie.Uardtng
administration is the PoWlnoy turiff
bill. What may we expect when this
bill becomes lawf I served on the
ways end mean oniirittee with Mr.
Fordney and I thiink Tknow what hii
tariff views are. When the Payne !:nv
was tinder consideration he time nnd
again gave expression to his views-
build the tariff nail high enough to
shut out everything which can be pro
duced or manufactured in America. I
do not pretend to quote his exact
words, but he certainly favored a pro
hihithe tarift against the importation
of commodiics whi'h could be produced
inside his proposed t.n(f wall.
The bill he has reported contains
the highest rales ever written in nny
tariff bill which has become a law. From
the operation of mii Ii a law nobody but
a lunatic should expect relief from ex
isting conditions. One statement should
he siifllcient to prove this beyond "nny
doubt, rnr the first tune in the his
tory of tariff legislation, America is a
creditor nation. - OthtT nations one ua
more than twenty billion of dollars. Just
how one expects thfse debtor nntions
to pay even the interest on this vast
sum, it we puss n I a r i it lull wHiien eer-
tuinlv shuts out imports, is a problem
which nobody has attempted to ex
plain. More than this, manufacturing
of many commodities in America has
outgrown the domestic market, Just
how these great companies nre Jo find
a market for the goods they manufac
ture if we build an insurmountable
tariff- -w,Ttt 'tr- Bftotlfer- piroimfrr-wnte1t'
nobody has attempted to explain. It
is nxininntie in com mens that a ship
sent 4rad- loaded "with goods must
also return loaded if foreign commerce
is to live.
We Kill Merchant Marine.
'President Harding with eoiphatic
gesture deeland to (ongrcss in his per-
nallv delivered niee.i(i: (following
the example recently revived by . Mr,
Wilson) that America was ti have a
merchant marine. Just how this prom
ised merchant marine is to survive un
der the operation of a prohibitive
tariff is also a problem nobody baa at
tempted to explain. There is Stt ex
planation and only one. A merchant
marine tan be built up under such
conditions if supported by a huge jrov-
crnment subsidy jwiid oiit of tho Na
tional treasury. W ithuut the aid of a
subsidy our merchant marine cannot
Mm -igit ytftus-un'ier m row-
ney tariff law.
"Tl,( ration tins ncu-r in prosper
ous aa under tht Wilson administration.
But for the ;reat Federal reserve act
whieh hit masterfuh leadership put
through Congress we would today lie
in the midst of a panie far more, tragic
in results than the panic of Ti or the
panie of l'.H;7. For some strange reason
in the last election, the penple of
America voted for a change. The pres
ent tdministration rode into power
upon the platform damn Wilson." It
it bard to understand why France
sent the great Clemeneesii into retire
ment. It it equally hard for toW
people to understand just - why the
American should vote or a change
from conditions which existed" under
the administrstion of Mr. Wilton. The
coantrj, it now partaking ef the fruits
of the change for which the people
so overwhelmingly voted, The flavor of
the fruit it somewhat bitter."
Training Camp ' Open
Columbia, 8. C, Jaly 21. Eleven hun
dred young men of th South between
tbe age of 16 and -I encamped al
Camp Jetasea for army training, began
I drill ia earaeet today with ' military
- 1 cnlesthenir it a beginner. CoL Andrew
Hero, Jr, it ia command at tte camp.
PROVIDE REMEDY
Democrats and Dissatisfied Re
publicans, However, Keep
Oil, Hides, Cotton and As
phalt On Free List
MINORITY HOLDS LINES
TIGHT AND WINS FIGHT
ON CONTESTED ISSUES
Duty On Hides Had Little
Chance After Compensatory .
Rates Had Been Taken Off
"Leather Products ; Asphalt
and Oil Duties Drowned'Un
der Veritable Din of "Noei" ;
Seven Republicans Voted
Against Bill Oil Final Pass t
age and Seven Democrats
Voted Por It; Democratic
Motion For Elimination of
American Valuation Prorls.
ion Defeated By Same Vote
That Passed Bill 289 To
1 87 ; Parties Are t Divided "
Squarely On Tariff Issue
.". Washington,. July 2l. The RepubH- "
can protective tariff bill, estimated
by Chairman "Fordney to raise around
fcluO.OOOMO in revenue annually, was
passed tonight by the House by a
vote of "'. to' 1'T -precisely tha vote
by which a Democratic, motion" for
elimination of it American valuation
provision w-s defeated. Seven Hepub
l.cans voted against the measure, whilo
the same number of D-mocrata tup
ported it.
Oil. hides, cotton and asphalt ttood
up against a determined fight to tax
them and remained on the free list.
the Imgwnrth dye embargo, first
of live tive fiitrM scheduler to go
j'-lii -the. Huui. pf r for a s.-ft- ato
rte and backed by most of the Repub
lican members of the ways and meant
committee were throw u out, 209 to
1'XI. ,.:
Democrats Cain C round.
Forming and holding a flying wedge,
and aided by Republicans not satisfiei
with all the bill's prbritioet, the Demo
cratic minority mode -the most of itt
chance and won on each. The wnyt
nod means committee lost out on threa
of the fiie amendments laid before the
House.
There was not much chance of im
posing a duty Mi hide and cotton af.
ter the House, in committee of the
whole, had defeated amendments
carrying' eompent atory rates on their
manufactured products. When. the oil
amendment was reached there was
such a shout of noes that a roll call
was not demanded. A moment later "
Chairman Fordney, trying to make
himself heard above the din whiei
prevailed during three hours of vot
ing, announced that sentiment in the
committee of the whole against tax
ing asphalt liad been so overwhelming
that it vn not worth while to go
through the form of calling the rolL
Flock of Amendment.
Mou' than tun hundred committee
amendments, rushed through during
the last few days, were put np to be
voted on in a block. Some merely
correrted spelling In the bill, some
shuffled commas, and some changed
the rates, but the lH-nincr.it, still
holding their force in line, compelled
record, vote.
Just beforv the time came to past
the bill, Representative Garner, of
Texas,., ranking Iteniocrsit, oa the trije
.ajtil..Bm"Cr!rtrfiitr(e"'7 stepped to the
front with the expected motion to
send the bill hack to it framert with
ins! Tactions to strike out the American
valuation ana reciprocal provisions.
This was where the Kcnublicana and
Democrats divided sqaarely on the
whole tariff issue, although thev had
split widely on some of the earlier
votes. - -
Sill A "Monstrosity
' After the House had passed the bill
and adjourned until Momhiy, Chairman
Fordney. aind Representative Garrett,
crf-;Tennepee., the acting minority
leader, issued statements defending and
denouncing it. declaring the measure
a "monstmsity," Mr. Garrett assert
that the Democrats were given "just
five TipportOnitics to win and they won
all" nre.". . . ,
If the hill'had been opened up for.
amendment under tbe general rules ef
the House," he added, Ntoit aa4ell--ing
what would huve happened to it.
When I say five opportunities I metn
in-the House itself. Of course, we hid
a few chances in the committee of the
Whole and there we defeated the ie
crVnse of duties upon leather aad boeta
and shoes and upon cotton manufac
tures. "There were only twenty-two linee of
the bill out of Xfi'-O lines read for
amendment. Not a member of the
House excei t tne majority members ef
the ways and mean -committee ud an
opportunity mi . to offer it ftend
ment except aa it waa aa amendment to
a committee amendment.
A Day ef Kctrlbatien.
"By tuch methods wa this monstrosi
ty passed. The day ef retribution will
come."
The Stfl page bill, with i'a multitude
of amendment got to the 8eaate In
the usual way. to be referred to Chair
man peareee'a naaaea eommittee for
tinkering. Ha lotg it will remain
there nobody kaowt- (senator Penree
said, however, th.-t open hearing weald
be hid; bat that they probably would be
bricy. It teemed to be pretty well -derstood
by House member that when
the bill eoces back from th Senate H
hill not be la the time fom as patted,
today, - -a -
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