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r b a m 3 .3 Pi SHOWERS ESTABLISHED 1868. SMeTroops Ordered To Take Charge of Strike Situation AmendmentToVolstead Act For 2.75 pet. Beer And Billion Tax Planned E LESS RIGID LAWS Booze so Plentiful That the TJ-. i-i ii . . x-nce rails rrom $14 to to $5 a Quart in Year. DEMAND GROWS FOR j HOME BREW STUFFS! Legislators Said to Be Hear ing From "Back Home" Complaints Many. WMHINDTON BT-RBAn THB AHHRVILLB CITIZB B H. F. C. BRYAST) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Two facts In connection with the enforce ment of national prohibition have become apparent here with in the latit few weeks. They are: First, conservative people who have here tofore sat on the fence and watched the ultra drys and the ultra wets fight, are now taking a keen interest with a view of enacting sane laws j that can be enforced, and second many thousands of nica and women, Vets and drys alike, think that the manufacture and sale of non-intoxicating cereal beverages, containing pot more than 2.75 per centum alcohol by volume should he per mitted so that It could be taxed to yield approximately a biJllon dol lars. Thousands of letters in the White House and the senate and house office buildings plainly indi cate the growing demand for more conservate prohibition laws and reg uiatlons. The quiet volunteer cam paign that has been going on tor several months has made an Impres sion here. Tf the radical "drys" were li loosen their grasp upon congress for a few weeks administration lead ers would adopt the suggestion of 'nf. Edward R. A. Seligmnn. pro fessor of political economy at Colum bui University, "to permit the sale and henvy taxation of beer." He said the United States shnrM be Ret ting at least $1,000,000,000 from that source.. .Made An Impression. Prof, Hellgman took thr.t position r hcfoi'e a. senate committee and it ' made a lasting impression. His view is that of members ot Uis houso and senate who would lift th 'Volstead i wot definition of beer aud provide for u tax of $10 a barrel on two nnd three quarter per cent cereal bever age. It Is understood here that president Harding, Secretary Mellon and Internal Revenue Commissioner Hluir would gladly welcome a law making possible non-kick beer. They have been told by old and experienc ed revenue agents that the liquor traffic Is on the Increase and that in 1 1n- absence of the lighter drinks, Scoteh whiskey, imported via Canada and the Islands off the Florida coast. ' moonshine, made in great quantities In Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ten nessee and other southern states, hootch turned out In New York, New England .and middle western states, and diluted and caromel colored alcohol, are being marketed in great quantities In this country. In ad dition to this traffic home-brew Is on the Increase. Former Prohibition t ! ' P" T GE SAFE F Two Are Hurried From Sa vannah to Charleston Jail to Avoid Violence. CHARLESTON, S. C, Aug. 14. C. O. Fox and Jesse Gapplns, accused of killing William Brazell, a taxicab chauffeur of Columbia, near Leeaville. K. C, Sunday night are lodged in the Charleston county Jail, having arrived at dawn from Savannah. They were guarded on the trip by Sheriff Roof, of Lexington county and two ieputioa. Everything at the station wss quiet when the two prisoners, handcuffed, were taken through the building into a waiting police . motor patrol in which they were hurried to Jail. Few people knew the men had left Savan nah and those who were gathered at the station had come out of sheer curiosity. C6unty Sheriff Joseph M. Poulnot. of Charleston, and Sheriff Robf, held conferences during the day but de clined to say anything with respect to any plans for transferring the men to the state penitentiary in Columbia. Sheriff Poulnot has augmented the usual guard at the Jail. It is known that deputies and rurlal policemen are on duty there with the Jailor. It Is reported that men in Columbia are very anslous to learn when and by what route Fox and Qapplns will be carried to Columbia.. This after noon several-Columbia motor cars were said to be in town but there was nothing to indicate that these motorists are concerned in any move ment to wrest Fox and Gappina from the authorities. So far the governor has not In structed that the two national guard companies here, the Washington light infantry and the Sumpter guards, be mobilized and while the guardsmen are feady to answer such a call they arc not anticipating it. S J. Ktrby .a one-armed man, now in the -state penitentiary, is emoted as aving-xonfsased, that Qapplns -held Brazell while Fox repeatedly stabbed him with a pocket knife. Sheriff of Richmond county (Augusta.) Ga.. is reported to have this confession and also confession from Fox and Gap-Din. CON SERVA TIVESAR DECLARED FIR 0RG1ANSHELD ON HOMICIDE CHARGE 1 MOB THE E ASSAILS TAX REVISION AND G.O.P. Declares Sudden Chaneres in . S proposals Only Add to Prevailing Confusion. FORMAL STATEMENT MADE BY CHAIRMAN Says Business World Will Not Be Satisfied by Po litical Jugglery. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. The ad ministration tax revision program was attacked tonight by Chairman White, of the democratic national committee who declared in a formal statement that business men would not bo fooled by the methofls adopted by the re publicans "In order to make a false show of economy." "The sudden change In the repub lican tax bill program decided unon at the recent White House confer ence," said Mr. White, 'has only added confusion and uncertainty to the government's fiscal situation and business and financial circles general ly are surprised and disappointed at President Heirding's repudiation of Secretary of the. Treasury Mellon as his fiscal adviser and his recognition instead of Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee as the financial guide of his administration. "Secretary Mellon told congress presumably with the knowledge and approval of the President that he will need $4,564,000,000 to meet gov ernmental expenditures for the next fiscal year. He told congress also in view of these expenditures that taxes cannot be reduced. "This meant, of course, that tho re publican campaign promise to reduce federal taxes would not and, in fact, could not be kept. "Chairman Fordney, who wrote the wonderful tariff bill of which the sen ate .Is expected to leave only the enacting clausevcame to the political rescue of the administration and an nounced a plan to reduce taxes re gardless ' of the amount of money needed to meet expenditures, which would create a deficit to be taken ore of by borowing tho money, thus Increasing the. public debt, but as the optimistic Mr. Fordney saw it, his plan would make it appear that the party was keeping its campaign pledge to reduce taxes and was mak ing a grand record of economy. "Upon his return from his vacation, President Harding was called upon to choose between tho Mellon plan of providing for enough revenue to meet expenditures and the Fordney plan for Juggling the taxes by ficti tious reductions and a false show of economy. He chose the Fordney plan seemingly sacrificing an honest . finan cial policy to political expediency, which ought to deceive nobody. ' "The business world has waited long for a sane and honest revenue act in order to adjust its affairs and escape the business stagnation caused by two years' delay under republican rule in revising the internal taxes. It t -CMtinned M Pagt Tic. IS Of E Is Strung up to Tree Sunday About Noon, and Riddled With 1,000 Bullets. KINSTON, August 14. A mob va riously estimated ' at 1,500 to 2,000 armed men captured Jerome White Held, negro, charged with criminal assault on a white woman, of Jones county, and after hanging him to an oak tree by the roadside, fiddled his body with bullets, about noon to day. . The victim of the alleged assault. committed late yesterday Is reported j to nave positively identified the ne gro when he was taken to her home six miles from the Jones county woods in which the capture was made this morning. She is the . wife of,, a prominent Jones county farmer. The search began last night following the alleged crime about sunset and was contin ued throughout the night and until 11 o'clock this morning, when the ne gro was seen to emerge suddenly from a thicket. He was commanded to halt, which he did according to reports here. Then he was placed in an automobile and rushed to the home of his alleged victim who identified him but cried "please don't kill him here In the yard," according to current ao counts of the affair. "We won't," members of the crowd are ,eald to have responded. The negro, was taken to a point a mile from ..the home and hanged and - shot, after which the mob dispersed, leaving tns body hanging by the heck to the tree. It is said that fully a thousand bullets penetrated his body. WlIili'RinJRN TO WORK ' KET WEST, Fla.. Aug. 14. -Cigar workers In local factories who have knan A BAIfara 1 ' A A l aa Kaba ivaaa, i4f dlagraamatovr- wages andr-wwrking conditions, will return to work to morrow. The cigar makers settled their differences early last week and an agreement with the pickers ,and packers branches of the Induntry ' was reached Thursday. IT FINANCE METHODS NEGRO LYNCHED JONES COUNTY EMMENS MOD ASHEVILLE ASHEVILLE, N. C, BIG STRIDESQVER STATE LOECADE Census Bureau Shows Al most Six Per Cent De crease in Illiteracy. BUNCOMBYis FIRST IN LITERACY TEST Urban Population Shown to Be Younger and High er in Literacy. WAHH1Xi:TOV RrrROT THB AKHKTH.LB ClTUKtf t II E V. UIIYAST WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Tho fol lowing statement is issued hy the cen sus bureau relative to the illiteracy census in North Carolina. The census bureau reports that in the population of Wilmington as enumerated in Jan uary, 1920. there wero 3,374 pe&ohs ju years or age ana over wno were illiterate in the sense of being unable to write. Including 246 native whites, 14 foreign born whites and 2.111 ne groes. The percentage of illiteracy in the total population 10 years of age and over Is 9.0, which shows a do crease since 1910 when it was 14.9. For the native whites tho percentage is 1.6, for the .foreign horn whites, 2.3, and for the negro, 19.6. That the younger generation in this city Is much less illiterate than the older Is indicated by tho fact that while 8.5 per cent of the males and 13.4 per cent of the females 21 years of age and otver arc illiterate, the percentage of illiteracy in the population 15 to 20 years of age is but 4.8. These additional statements arc made: There are 241 445 illiterate persons 10 years of age and over in the state of North Carolina. Illiterate meaning unable to write. Of this number 104, 643 are native whites of native paren tage, 171 are of foreign mixed paren tage and 474 are of foreign birth. The number of illiterate negroes Is 133,516. In the total population 10 years of age and over the percentage of il literacy Is 13.1 which, it is gratifying to note, shows a diminution since 1910 when it was 18.5. In the case of the negroes, the percentage de clined from 31.9 to 24.5 and in tho case of the native whites of native parentage, from 12.3 to 8.2. Cities Less Illiterate There Is more Illiteracy in the rural districts of the state than in the cities, the percentage being 14.1 for the rural population and 9,3 for the urban. For the native white population of native parentage the urban percentage of il literacy is 4.0, while the rural is 9.2. In the case of the negro population the, percentage is 20.8 in' the urban population as against 25.7 Jri ft !ta"? By counties the percentage ef 11 literacy ranges from 22.4 In Edge- combe county to 8.4 ln Buncombe. There are 460,898 children 7 to IS years of ago In the state and of this number 400,846 or 87.0 per cent were reported as attending school. In 1910 the percentage attending school wfis 76.5, thus indicating a gratifying im provement as regards school attend ance between 1910 and 1920. Of the children 14 and 15 years of age ln 1920 77.4 per cent were attending school and or those 16 and 17 years of age 50.1 per cent. . Of the white children 7 to 13 years of age 80 7 per cent were attending school in 1910 rnd 89.5 per cent in 1920. For the negro children the same age the percentage In the same Interval Increased from 68.6 to 81.3. The percentage of children attending schools was considerably larger In the cities than In the country dlitriots, the percentage of children In the urban pop ulation 7 to 13 years of gea being 91.9 while In the rural populations it was 841.1. Urban according to census definition Include all cities and other Incorporated places 2.500 population or more. Forty and four-tenths per cent on over two-fiftha of the population in the state of North Carolina are either Infants or children under la years of age; 10. 5 per cent are young people 15 to 19 years old; 33.0 per cent, about one third are men and women In the prime of life, being 20 to 44 years old. while 16.0 per ecmVbalng 45 years of age and over, are wel along In middle life If they have not reached old Rge. , . Differences In Age The urban - population as. compared with the rural shows some rather strik ing differences ln age. The percentage 20. to 44 years of age being 41.9 for the urban population. compared with 31.9' f Coniinvrd Ml Pa Tito EDUCATION MA L s?5r i- MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST Home Party to Meet Carolina Member Big Dirigible Crew (Sfrrlffl f'ffrrspntid'-nrM Thf AknW ClM.-'n I GKKKNSBOUO. Auk. 14. M.iu ricp Lay. chief petty officer avia tion section, United Slates navv will be greeted by a number of Greensboro people when he lan.ls fr om the big dirigible Zlt-2 some time after August 2.'i. His wife and mntlier-in-lnw,. Mis. K. ( Hidge and a .sister Mrs ('. V. Stockurd, live in Greensboro and arc planning to meet the ,te ship when It dips down to be pi o e,l in Its hangar at Lnkrhurst. Lay, while an Alahaniian by birth really claims Greensboro us his home, as bis wife nnd all of her people have always lived here. The big dirigible in which he is coming home from Howden. Eng land, was formerly the K-3S but has been renamed by the Ameri can crew which went across to pilot it to the United States over the Atlantic ocean. The North Carolinia man among the crew has been in tho naval service for 13 years, and until he went to England to help bring the ship home he was at rcnsacola, R'la. British Government Makes Public Official Documents Passing in Parley. LONDON, Aug 14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The correspondence between the British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, and Kamonn l)e Valera, the Irish republican leader, made public by the British govern ment this evening shows that, while there is a deadlock on the question of independence for Ireland, the ne gotiations still are open. Great Britain offered Ireland com plete autonomy in llnanco and taxa tion, military forces for home de fense, her own police and among other things, control of the Irish pos tal services. In his reply to Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. I)e Valera argued for-independence and offered to submit the Ulster questions to arbitration. In his final letter. Mr. Lloyd Gcorgo denied Ireland's right to secession, re fused foreign arbitration for Irish questions and. expressed the hope that Ireland -louta ' ecept ' tho ' JJrith terms,' which ho declared the best that - could be offered. British Proposals. The British proposals, which were dated July 20, said: "The British government is actu ated by an earnest desire to end the uphappy divisions between Great Britain and Ireland, which have pro duced so many conflicts in the past and which have once hiore shattered the peace and well being of Ireland. At the present time they long with his majesty, the king, ln the words of his gracious speech in Ireland last month, for a satisfactory solution of 'those, age-long Irish problems which for generations embarrassed our fore fathers as they now weigh heavily upon us,' and they wish to do their utmost to secure that 'every man of Irish birth ehould ' work ln loyal co operation with the"free communities on which the British empire Is based.' They are convinced that the Irish people may find as worthy and com plete an expression of their political and spiritual ideals within the em pire as any of tho numerous and varied nations united in allegiance to his majesty's throne and they desire; such consummation not only for the welfare ot Great Britain and Ireland and the empire as a whole but also for the cause of peace and harmony throughout the world. "There Is not a part of tho world where Irishmen have made their homes but suffers from our ancient feuds. No part of it hut looks to this meting between the British gov ernment and the Irish leaders to re solve these feuds in a new under- ( -rottMM'-if nil Page Tico IRISH GOT AT REMAINING OPEN DESPITE DEADLOCK "MISERY LOVES COMPANY." BY BILLY BORNE. you LOOK V vn,, CITIZEN 15, 1921. Concord Mayor and Citizens Urge Governor Morrison To Act While Bloodshed May Yet Be Avoided GOVERNOR S ENTIRE DA! WITH E BEFORE Mayor Womble Tells Him He Fears Rioting Will De velop Over Strike. CONCORD OFFICIALS DECLARED HELPLESS Metts Instructed to Use Special Train if Neces sary to Reach Scene. Governor Cameron Morrison last night ordered stato troops to take charge of the textile strike situation at Concord. Adjutant General John Van Metts has been requested to take charge and will probably arrive In Concord In time for any emer gency that may arise this morning. Major H. Ii. Faison, of Greensboro, bust night was also requested to pro ceed at once to the scene of the utrike. Concord troops have been or dered mobilized and Charlotte troops in arms ready for immediate call. General Metts who was at Camp Glenn last night was instructed to use a special train if necesftary In order to arrive In Concord this morning. The governor stated last night that ho had given tho matter tM most careful consideration and had spent practically tho entire day at the tel ephone in an effort to get exact in formation on tho situation. The cli max to tho situation was reached yesterday afternoon, it is understood, when the following request was re ceived from J. W. Womble, mayor of Concord: "To his excellency. Cameron Mor rison, governor of Worth Carolina: As mayor of the city of Concord, I hereby request that troops be sent to Concord to preserve law and order, and eo protect life and property. My reason for making this request is that I have exhausted my authority In yny. efforts to ceeura. a aufftrh'nt number-of policemen ta handle the situation. Situation Worse "Up to date the sheriff of Cabarrus county has not subpoenaed any dep uties to assist the city policemen ln preserving order. The situation is growing worse, and I feel that riot ing will result Monday morning and that human life will bo sacrificed un less an adequate force can be pro vided. Under existing conditions life and property, ln my opinion, cannot be protected without tho presence of troops.'' Il .as satej last night that Sheriff C. L. Spears was slightly optimistic over the situation early yesterday, but last night ho practically "threw up his hands" when he telegraphed the following message to Governor Mor rison: "Have made some investiga tion since conversing with you. The police of the city caruiot handle the situation. As this Is llio case I can not handlo It., If trouble should start, take the matter In hand." Chief uf Police C. A. Robinson, of Concord, late yesterday wired the governor as follows: "The city police force cannot preserve order and en torre the law. Send troops at once before it is too late to preserve life, The chief executive yoBtcrday was In communication with a number of citizens of Cabarrus county and he was strongly urgod of tho need for the presence of troops at once. Sev eral prominent cltisccns were among the number, it was stated. The gov ernor held conferences yesterday With several parties from Concord. Mayor Womble and City Attorney L. J. Cald well were in Ashevillo yesterday, but returned to their homes last night. r Adjutant General Goinff to CanrorA- uoHi io KMncora,. lUIBliill n IIBAt! Till' eilOIHK I'llUkl I V. 'nil Mil l:.Li:ir,H. Auk- It A.-.ing Adju tant General 1'i.ink .Mitchell, tonight bus ordered t'omian,v K. FirK N. C. Infantry regiment m i 'oimc.-il on duty lit its home Ktation ami nKn has Ooi.i pany K of the .same regiment. .'.I t har lotte, to hold itself in readiness lo move upon orders lioin his oi:ioe. Both companies were onb'i-d out lor; duty after a long business i'unli'i"nr i between Governor .Morrison at he-I ille and Adjutant Geii' i il .t. Van It. : Metts, who Is nt Moiclnad fitv. The' summon, arcoruiiii,' in aiUo us rioiu the governor to those in (haie here, Is delicate. Captain Kenneth K, Caklv.ell, of Concord, is In command ot tin- Con cord company, which bv now, is on duty tt avert threatened trouhlo ns a result of the textile strike In Concord. Captain Melvln G. Caldwell, yf Char lotte, coniniiiuds the itaer company which may be moment irily ordered to Concord. Adjutant Goner ii Me'ts is on his way from Morohad Cltv r.nd will, if the situation remnlns ritual, go direct to Concord nnd take chirpe of the troops. Addition il comparb s will 14o ordered out If there is de mand for them. BARRETT, HEAD OF LABOR IN STATE, TO STRIKE SGENE Operator Declares Overseers Are Not Permitted to Enter Mills. James P. Barrett, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor, left yesterday afternoon for Concord to Investigate conditions at first hand, he stated. Mince the trouble began, Mr. Barrett, stated, he has boon in constant touch with lite situation. "There was only one arrest around the mills Saturday," he declared. That 'man was tired the night before off the Concord police force. When taken Into .custody by tho officers he had a pistol and a razor In his pos session and his arrest was made at the request ot ono of tho labor lead ers. Mr. Barrett said ho could not of fer any comment on tho situation other than that ho firmly believed no violence would result. One of the Locke mills at Concord la being operated, U was stated last night, and two others under the con- j tught, and two o trol of that eo. mpany will start as soon as market conditions Improve. Information reaching Ashevllle last night from mill owners whs to the effect that tho picket lines would not (CmiiiiMil m ' T.l CLIFFORD'S 'RIDE' Democrats Have Not For gotten When McAdoo Got Call for Trip of 1914. wSH!nTri nrniE4n Tnil AMHKVII.t.K CITUN.f I ffr if r, i;. nri 1 1 WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 14 -i Colonel Kd wards Cliffprd assistant sen-clary of tho treasury in chargo of the War Hlsk Insurance and Pub lic Health, will he questioned by members of Congress about the use he niado of the Kcvenuu Cutter An droscroggln last Sunday.A statute en acted in 1884 provides, "unci here after revenue cutters shall be used naively for public service and in no way for private purposes." It 1m assured that Col. Clifford ac companied by lilllott Wadswnrth as sistant secretary of treasury in .charge of foreign loans, Col. U. S Mnxcly, military aide to General Charles G. Biwcs, director of the budget and William 1'. Abbott right hand man to General Dawes and others spent the week end on tho Adroscroggln having here last Sat urday afternoon anil returning Mon day morning after a cruise dorn the I'otomac and nut to Hampton Koui's. Colonel Clifford declared today tl.M he wiih out on an Inupectlcs 'ithe.s conversant with tho facts said the outing was more for pleasure than anything else. That Is jUHt what Hep resentative .lam' Byrnes, of South Carolina and other members of the house want to know about. It was explained today that the democrats would not have troubled Col. Clifford to tell about his week endcr on Androscroggin had it not been that William Glbbs McAdoo was called dowii severely for a trip on the revenue Cutter Ondago in 1914. On the floor of the House July II, 1914, representative Good of Iowa said, "It Is not a pleasant duty for a member to call attention to viola tions of tho law by. officals whoso sworn duty it Is to enforce the law. But whil? we are considering a great appropriation bill. It seems to me that it is not inappropriate for con gress to know how some of the mnnev which wa are anrorirlatlncr is j being used by these who have charge of its administration." MVr'JoderrT'armhTTrTO story that Secretafy McAdoo ' had gone from Washington to his sum mer home on the Onondaga, "What we need today" Mr. Oood asserted, "Is a renaissance of law enforcement. How can the president ('mtlB4 ut Ptf Ttro ON REVENUE BdftT CONGRESS WILL BE PROMISED AG WATCH LABEL ON VOUB PAPER It Will Tell Voti When Voyr Subscription Expire. Renew Five Days Before Ex plration. So You Won't Mitt An luu. PRICE FIVE CENTS I C T D 1 If C CITJIATinHI u I llllL ul rUH I lull ln lln !C Sympathizers Said to Harass and Menace Employees ' Entering Gates. DISORDERS TAKE PLACE SATURDAY Concord Military Company Reports It Is Ready for Duty in Town. COXCOUn, N. C, Aug, 14. Cap tain Kenneth Caldwell of the Con cord military company, upon In structions from Adjutant General Metts. late tonight reported to 8her Iff Spears of Cabarrus county that he was mobilizing his company and would be ready for. duty Immedately ln connection with the strike situa tion. CONCORD, N. C, Aug. 14. While Governor Morrison, at Ashevllle, has been uiving his attention to the strike situation here and has ordered troops In readiness for duty, all has been quiet today In the mill villages in volved and no disturbances have been reported since yesterday morn ing when there was considerable dis order at the Locke cotton mill, which resuntod operations' Thursday after being closed slnoe February. F.ach morning since the Locke mill reopenod several hundred strike sympathisers. It ' is reported have gathered at the entrance to the mill and Jeered and harrassed and even menaced the employes as they en tered the gate. The situation has been growing dally more tense, sev eral fist fights having occurred, it Is reported, ' - '. : , The developing situation,, com bined with the fact that announce, ment has been made that the Hart sell mlH, one of tho score of plants , in this section closed June 1- by strike, will probably resume tisera tlon Monday at noon, constituted the reasons ' for " requesting Governor Morrison to order out troops. II was. reported today that the big Csainon mill at Kannapolls, seven miles from l'ore, will probably reopen Tuesday, but this report could not be officially confirmed, in th; absence of 3, V. Cannon, general manager. John rean, textile union organlrtr, who Is here, is quoted as having nald that the outcome of the fight between the textile union and the southern mill owners hinges upon the outcome of the present situation ut Concord. HEARN WIN RACE SANTA ROSA, Calif.. Aug. 1.1. Ed die ileum won iKUy's M mile auto mobile race on the Cotat! gpeedway, near here. His time was one hour, 21 minutes. 19 1-5 seconds. Roseoe Sarles was see- I ond and Tommy Milton third. I SOUTHERN TARIFF CONVENED TODAY Will Take Action on Tariff Policy and on Perman; ent DyeEmbargo. GHKKNSBORO. N. C Aug. 14 A number of delegates from different sections, of the country arrived in Greensboro tonight for the opening meeting tomorrow morning of the southern tariff congress which will be in session here two days. ' John II. Kirby of Houston, Texas, president of the congress, arrived to night and will preside over the ses sions. Following the convening of the congress tomorrow, the address to morrow, tho addresses of welcome and response, K. P. Wharton of Greens boro, president of the North Carolina division and Mr. Kirby wHl deliver ad dresses, At the afternoon session ad dresses will be made by Ii. E. Taylor of Carlsbad. New Mexico, president of the National Mohair Growers' associ ation, ('. L. Parsons of Washington, secretary of the American Chemical Mocleiy and F. W. Petaluna, a leading poultry grower. The address by Sen ator i:. V. ldd, of North Dakota, will be the main feature of tho session tomorrow night. He will speak on the "West and the South." Soon after the congress convene! tomorrow a resolution will be present, ed by A. B. High, chairman of the res olution committee which hears the signatures of more than 150 bankers In North Carolina. This resolution ttibmits that. tariff policy of the 7tU congress was settled at the last elec tion: that the southern tariff congress favors such tariff schedules as will equilize the cost of production In this cituntry with that of foreign countries so far as mi v be consistent with the public welfare, such schedules to be placed at once as to prevent discrimi nation; that the congress Is opposed to the doctrine of free raw material on agricultural, p&storlal and , mineral products. i Another resolution prepared - nnd backed by 110 cotton mill and other manufactures will be submitted to the congress. It reads as follows: ; "We favor such national legisla tion as may be required to perma nently establish the dye Industry la SOIFIGRTSOL tit ""CTni1rT'r '"" as essential to such establishment the ' contluuance of the temporary embargo now in force under the emergency tar-k Iff act beyond its expiration date ot : August 28, and until such Urns as v permanent legislation shall be enacted ! , by congress ' , .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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