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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS,?; CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1921.
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HOUSE SHORTAGE STIMULATION OF
WORST FEATURE AMERICAN TRADE
Is Thought to be Principal
Bar to an Immediate Ke-
turn to Normalcy.
By RALPH BARTON
; Staff Correspondent of The News.
' CopyrifVt 1921, by News Publishing Co.
Washington, June 4. Stats govern
ments throughout the country .are com
ing to realize generally the importance
of rent regulation, according to a state
ment today b officials of the Depart
ment of :Labor, who have just complet
ed a survey of rent exaggeration and
who are now engaged in inquiries con
cerning the ' drop in living cWs.
v These investigations of living costs
show that, while food, clothing, fuel,
house furnishings and other items of
the family budget have decreased con
siderably, rents on the whole are con
tinuing to rise. In Chicago, the in
crease in rents has been very large dur
ing the last six months. In most large
cities, rents have advanced perceptibly
in the face of diminishing costs of
commodities generally-
RENTS CONTINUING CLIMB
i
Statistics already obtained shoty that,
in Chicago, where rents last December,
were about fifty per cent higher
than during the pre-war period,
they are now seventy-eight per cent
higher. New York, Philadelphia and.
other cities show in general a tendency
on the part of rents to advance, though
living costs as a whole have declined
on the average about fifteen per cent
from their peak in May or June of last
year.
T Secretary Davis has made clear his
own opinion that the housing situation
in the United States is the principal
bar to a return to normal conditions.
In the first place, housing is utterly
In Foreign Fields is Being
Studied x to Decrease
Unemployment in U. S.
By L. C. RIARTIN, ,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, June 4. Stimulation of
foreign trade as a means of finding
jobs for the jobless in the United
States is being studied in Congress in
the' hope that legislative aid may be
rendered. Already three Items in a
program f helping increase export
trade have been worked out and oth
ers are to follow.
Particular attention Is being paid by
Congressional seekers for foreign mar
kets to Latin-America. Natural and
gradual improvements will come in
the European trade situation, they be
lieve and this was borne out this week
by reports from American consuls and
commercial attaches abroad predicting
an increase in trade with Europe in
the near future. Therefore, new trade
should be developed in new fields. Sen
ators and Representatives believe.
Three steps thus far initiated include:
Approval this week by the Senate of
an appropriation of $250,000 for grant
ing data on Latin-American and Far
Eastern opportunities to extend Unit
ed States trade. ,
Introduction by Senator Norris, Ne
braska, of a bill creating a $100,000,000
farm export corporation to send. Ameri
can farm products abroad.
-'Announcement today by Senator
Borah that he will hold hearings next
week on the bill repealing Panama
Canal tolls for American ships as a
means of helping American vessels, in
the Far East and Latin-American
trade.
'Borah .intends to have brief hear
ines. nrobably about midweek, to be
followed by early consideration of the
tolls reneal in the Senate. . The bill
- -i j. . a a t- :1 j
inadequate in mis country tuuay. jduiiu i ; I , , v cnArt
ing was held up during the war because I expected to pass wj the suppor t ot
nf th itv tw iw ahmiid Ha I a united republican . majority.
diverted to the war work. Since the
armistice, building has continued to lag,
principally because of enormous costs
of building materials and, in some
places at least, because of somewhat
questionable practices in which both
builders and labor officials were involv
ed. , . '
As a result of these conditions,
housing in the United States, ac-
cording to recent estimates, is one
' million, two hundred thousand
homes short of what is actually
,- needed and the present rate of home
- construction is said to be insuffici-
ent to replace buildings destroyed
by Are. With building: costs as
;.; high as they are, landlords are
capitalizing their holdings at re- .
placement values and the conse
quences are increasing rents, in-'
creasing congestion and considera-,
ble hardships for tenants.
Secretary Davis has been much con
cerned with the housing problem and
believes that .if " it can be relieved
promptly, much will be accomplished
toward the promotion of normal econ
omic conditions. The increase in rents
in some places practically counteracts
the gain in the purchasing yahie of the
dollar made by drops in food prices and,
since workingmen are almost painfully
sent being asked'to accept wage reduc
tions in the face of them.
CARFARE, TOO.
The cost of street railway transpoiv
tation is another -.big item in the wage
earner's budget, at least in many cities.
In Boston, for example, car fare has dou
bled and the. man who must, ride to
work spends $1.20 a week to do so
The cost of trolley transportation na
turally has an intimate relation to
rents, for high fares tend to keep men
as mar the center of a city as they
can get, in order that they -may walk
to work. .
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has
found that the reflex of the conditions
has been rather drastic rent legislation
covering, in .-hort, practically all th-3
features of European rent legislation.
Thus regulated by law in New York,
Maine and Washington, and the Dis
trict of Columbia;- Eviction of tenants
except under certain specified conditions
Is forbidden in New York and the Dis
trict; New York and New Jersey are
encouraging builders by remission of
taxation; North and South Dakota are
lending money for home building, and
New York and California are consid-
conscious of such increases, they re- ering similar measures.
rv ivir.TiTAM L.. MALXABAR,
f International News Staff Correspondent
London' June 4. Four million work
ers" In the United Kingdom are id 3
tonight, either striking or unemployed.
The miner s' .executives tonight
branded the latest offer of the min'e
owners, as ".cynically paltry and resent
ful," adding: . ":
"We are being asked to sell our la
bor as if we were chattels."
Delegates of half a million strkifig
cotton operatives, charging trickery on
the part of the mill owners, announced
they "would have accepted anything in
reason and with honor, but we are not
going to be trodden on and then kick
ed," .
The above expressions by strike lead
ers in the midst of Britain's industrial
crisis reveal the temper of the work
ers and indicate that the kingdom is
faced with a prolonged struggle. In
deed, it is feared even in conservative
quarters that the struggle is again
drifting alarmingly out off, the govern
ment's hands. J
The cabinet was admittedly nervous
throughout the day. The government
was understood to regard the sudden
intensifying of the crisis as a reaction
of the 'workers to the announcement
that the unemployment insurance
funds are exhausted, involving a sharp
reduction of - the weekly aid. l nis. pre
fects 2,126,900 -persons officially regis
tered as entitled to tne government
"dole." ;
From the coal fields comes a daily
increasing number of ominous repots
from local guardians of charity f unefcs
that their resources are overdrawn
anrl lrinrtcaered. '
The start of the cotton strike is bit
terly illustrated by' the statement of
E. Judson, president of the Operative
Spinners' Amalgamation, who said
wp' went the limit: our concessions
reached the point where human en
durance could go no runner, ine ern
ninvers think we have nothing t3
firht with and are done. On -the other
hand, the damage to capital by flood
ing heretofore belittle, is suddenly rec
r'i7ori Rxnerts- are assessing th;
damage in Scotland alone at $10.00tV
000 It is too eariy yet to juuse. iyl.iiy
of our people have been fighting on
empty stomachs. . . They can go f urthr
er." - '
DOG PROVES LOVE FOR MASTER.
Eugene, Ore. Proof that there .is
no greater love than that of a dog for
his master, was .given by a Scotch
collie which had to be lassoed before
neighbors could -remove the dead body
of hfe master, Christian YVizenreid.
who dropped dead or his farm near
hWhen neighbors came upon the body
of Wizehreid,- a 93-year-old resident of
Lane county, the dog refused to .11dw
them to come close. Ater he had
been subdued the faithful animal fol
lowed the hearse twelve miles into
Eugene and entered ' the undertaking
parlor, where , At . ,took considerable
maneuvering to put him out. x
DRIVE
4 MILLION IDLE I AGRICULTURISTS
UNITED KINGDOM DECIDE ON
..... r.
Great Britain Apparently
Facing Prolonged In-V
dustrial Struggle.
Secretaries of Commerce
and Agriculture Should
Be on Reserve Board, j
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
; International News Staff Corres
pondent. Washington, June 4. A 'drive" to
make the Secretary" of Agriculture and
-the Secretary of .Commerce members of
the Federal Reserve : Board was start
ed tonight by 22 Republican and Dem
ocratic Senators from so-called agri
cultural states composing the recently-.-organized
"agricultural bloc."
' It was agreed ' at a meeting of the
Senators that they should stand to-
gether, irrespective of party or section
al' anuiations, . behind a bill sponsored
by Senator Capper, republican, Kansas,
that would not only provide for the
Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary
of Commerce sitting on the Federal Re
serve Board, but wpuld give the ag-.
1-icultural interests, through them, a'
direct voice in the board's deliberations
and decisions. .
V The meeting was held behind closed
doors, Senators "Capper and ; Kenyon,
republican, Iowa, being designated to
announce" the legislative program
adopted.
Support of the Senate packer con
trol bill as a substitute for the one
passed by the House recently;" the Cap-per-Tincher
"anti-grain gambling" bill;
and the Capper-French," "truth in fab-,
jics" bill was embraced in the pro
gram. - A sub-committee headed by Senator
Smith, democrat, South Carolina, was
appointed to work out proposed
changes in the Federal Reserve act.
,The sub-committee was authorized to
confer with Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon and Comptroller of the 'Curren
cy Crissinger next week.
,. One of the . Federal reserve act
amendments suggested would make it
mandatory on banks members of the
Federal reserve system to make loans
to farmers and livestock men upon
warehouse receipts for a 12-month pe
riod, it being contended the customary
commercial loan of only 30 to 90 days
Is not sufficienffor agricultural needs..
It was argued that the Federal Re
serve Board is now "distinctly a bank
ers' organization" and the farmer', and
the. livestock man should have an ac
tive voice in its affairs. ' -.
NO SURPRISE ATi SUMMER SCHOOLjNOL PROS
DECISION H E R E
Mayor Walker Hopes Relief
May Yet Be Obtained
From Situation.
U. STUDENT HAS FOOT
AMPUTATED BY TRAIN
- Chapel Hill, June 4. W. H. Con
vey, of Glen Alpine, Burke county,
pharmacy student o fthe University
of North Carolina, trying to board a
moving train at Carrboro, the Chapel
Hill station, this morning, slipped and
fell with his foot across the track. The
train smashed his right foot badly.
He was; taken to Watts hospital and
about half the foot removed.
. W More . Heat -.rrFy
... . Less Care ' V J
SOB SISTERS DUPE PUBLIC.
Paris. All Paris was touched a
month ago by the story of two young
girls whose parents, had been killed
by the war and who, having lost
their employment in a factory through
illness,, sprang together, one" Sunday
afternoQn, in the River Seine, bui
were rescued..
A newspaper opened a subscription
for them which is said to have reached
$10,000.
The statement is now made in the
Eclair that .the girls are excellent
swimmers who have played the same
trick on the generous public in several
provincial xowns.
Word that the state supreme court
had upheld the ruling of - the: attorney
general with regard to the Invalidation
of the municipal finance act was re
ceived Saturday with regret:, but not
with surprise by Mayor J. O. Walker
and his two colleagues.;; -The. mayor
had been informed by the city ."" attor
ney and other members of the local
bar that the supreme "court could not
declare the act validly under the circum
stances. The decision, nevertheless, leaves the
commissioners "still up the . tree" with
regard to . their financial program for
the comoing year. Although a . new
budget was scheduled to have become
operative June 1, the commissioners
have taken no steps towards preparing
it, preferring to spend as little money
as possible and await continued efforts
to secure relief from the situation be
fore framing a budget for the coming
year. ,
Mayor Walker said he exected to
receive a communication from Presi
dent Roberts, of the State Association
of Mayors, the first of-the week which
will contain information regarding con
tinuing, the fight to'get around the
bad financial straits in which cities
have been placed by the invalidation
of the act.
The only hope which , Mayor Walker
can see is a special session of the legis
ture. If the cities only knew if a ses
sion would be held in the next 60 days,
90 days or in the next four or five
months they would v know what to do,
the mayor said. As the matter stands
now, however, city officials do not
know whethed to plan for the opera
tion of the city on a revenue of from
25 to 40 per cent lower than last year
or hold up a program with the hope
that relief may be obtained in the next
few months.
Unless relief is procured, the city of
Charlotte will have from 25 to 40 per
cent less revenue for covering operat
ing expenses during the coming year
than last year. The commissioners will
be unable to sell bonds for carrying out
anj constructive work and they will
be so hampered financially as "to make
it barely possible to maintain all of
the departments.
" Mayor Walker said that he felt cer
tain relief would be obtained, even if
extra session of itie legislature should
be necessaiy. The indefiniteness of
the expected relief is worrying the offi
cials considerably, however.
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TO 0PENM0NDAY AGAINST MOsl
evidence Does Nn tv
Carnentpf nm
Two Hundred Students Ex
pected to Enter Summer
Session.
Around 200 students who failed to
make their grade during, the last terra
are, expected to enter in the city sum
;mer school which will open Monday
at 9 o'clock in the Junior High
School for a course of eight weeks.
The summer school has been opera
ted for. several years and has made it
possible for. hundreds of students tc
"catch up" in their studies and there
by gain promotion at the beginning
at the .next term. ,
' Aubrey M. Elliott, who has been
principal 1 of the Junior High School,
will be in charge of the summer
school. The faculty was announced
Saturday by H. P.. Harding, superinten
dent of schools, as follows:
High school section: Fred B. McCall,
Misses Bertha Donnelly, Minnie Downs,
Jessie Henderson and Mrs. W. F.
Rucker; seventh grade: Mrs. C. W.
Jones: sixth grade. Miss Ethel Ray;
fifth grade, Miss Ethel Delaney; fourth
grade, Miss Gay Willis.
Other teachers will be added ' during
the term if the Attendance warrants
it, Mr. Harding said. The school will
open each morning at 9 o'clock, con
tinuing in session until 12:30.
The summer schools have proved ex
ceptionally popular with students cf
the public schools, Mr. Harding said.
It has enabled hundreds during the
last few years to save a year in their
work, and continued good results are
anticipates for the session opening
Monday. , ' ' .
FORDSON
Knee & Blalock
The xase against J. j. Io
penter, charged with at '. ac
dron a nlanli- on tha v,j p ln8
- iicciu ot Q rjr , "
a plumber, while the two were at
on a house on East Bo,,),,,,..., 4
ded, was noi prossed in the 1
curt Saturday when h .,.eeorder'!
noimrfid that. Vi Ma i
: . - -"i. nave suffi 1
cnuciib t-v vkj.aLui a conviction
iaiu waa isshuea against v
rFriday - charging him with
to drop a plank from thP t,,n mM
on the head of Graham who
a8 ,
gaged in lumbing work
neath,. Moser contendded that
ii ma nana and .
he called to Graham to -w 5
the way." 0K
Unpleasant feeling between the
men is alleged to have resulted fT1
a quarrel during the morning
Hoser. who belongs to a union .
Graham, who does nnt ' "55
f?a.tpd the charsres airs'nct ti' Ivesu
occurrence was accidental. Grah
was required to pay the costs
cost. Graham was not struck If
-In Portugal the marriage age of im
is fourteen, of woman twelve the sa
law being in operation in SwitzerS
FORDSON
Knee & Blalock
FINDS RELIC OF CIVILIZATION
Boston. To the stork goes the blame
or credit for Charles Thurston's discov
ery of a bottle of ripe old champagne.
The bottle of "contraband" was presnt
ed to Thurston on his marriage day.
forty-seven years ago,' to be opened
when his first baby was born: The
champagne, laid away and -forgotten
came to light when Thurston was pre
paring to move. ' He will not wait for
the stork.
CHINESE EDUCATORS. IN ENGLAND j
London Commissioners appointed ty !
the Chinese government to study tho
United States and European education
al systems have arrived in London.
They have already made an exten
sive tour of the United States, and will
remain in England for several weeks
before going to France.
The party hopes to be able to inves
tigate every form of education m this
country from the. elementary schools
to tfie universities. ,
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