THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23, 1921.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 192X.
j NOT AS SEVERE AS IT LOOKS
The studied fight agairfst the "cotton
' marketing plan which is' being' promot
ed in this country, among the, producers,
' of cotton, ought not be allowed to have
weight until the issue has been studied
through by the individual farmers, the'
evidence properly weighed and a decis-
' ion reached in a calm and quiet and un
prejudiced fashion- The fight against
this movement has been undertaken
in North Carolina by certain members
and dinfluential leaders of the Farmers'
Union, whereas, it is our understanding,
; that in some other States the Farm
ers' Union is lending not merely its
endorsement to this plan, but that its
leaders are actually helping in putting
the drive over. In North Carolina, some
; of the ablest councillors among the
. farmers are taking leadership in this
movement, notable among them being
. Dr. Clarence Poe and many others of
hardly less influence among the cotton
, and tobacco growers.
The cotton marketing plan looks to
- be severe if one is satisfied to study
J. it only from a distance, but, looking
more closely into the scheme, one dis
covers that it is rational and embraces
the cardinal principles of marketing.
'..When a farmer signs up with the or
ganization, he commits himself to it, cot
:tcn and all. ..For five years, . the pledge
; says, every pound of cotton he makes
must be turned over to the, farm bur
eau organization which; in turn, will
control it and sell it whenever it gets
igood and ready. ; At the time the farm
er turns his cotton ' over :to this or
ganization, he can get the cash for
it if he elects: If he.' on the other
hand, should so designate, he may mere
ly borrow some money .on.it until the
price gets right. At all events, the cot-
ton ia not his, but the property of
the cotton marketing association. And
that is where the apparent severity
of the plan comes in.
Nevertheless, is not this exactly
the plan that is imperative if there
is ever to be a successful marketing
plan worked out for the farmers of
the South? So long as .they, indi
vidually, can do with their cotton what
ever they please and sell when and
where they choose, there is no way in
the world for the mass of farmers to
control the price and manipulate the
.markets. There must be synchronous,
co-operative effort and cooperation
comes often not so effectively by word
of mouth as by compulsion.
There's nothing wrong with this ef
fort and if Mecklenburg farmers will
study it thoughtfully, relieve them
selves of all spites and prejudices and
approach the matter with a view to bet
tering themselves and their neighbors,
they will arrive speedily at the conclu-
sion that this movement is entitled to
their cordial and permanent support.
Certainly, all of them will agree that
the cotton . and tobacco producers of
the South need redemption. " They have
a chance to get it through this effort
and so far as we are able to see, it
Is about the only chance they do have
of getting it now or at any other
time.
FIGHTING GOMPERS
Right-thinking mn of all, classes must
find themselves at this timi very strong
ly hopeful that Samuel Gompers, the
veteran leader of organized labor, will
not be dethroned in favor of John L.
Lewis, head of the miners' federation'
of the organization. Mr. Gompers is
getting pretty old, but he is yet show
ing enough vitality to give rational di
rection to organized labor, and in view
of the criticalness of these times, it
would appear to be grossly unwise to
change leaders in the midst of a stream.
More than that, Gompers is a con
servative who has struggled to hold or
ganized labor aloof from the socialistic
and radlcalistic elements within its
hanks. It need not be deduced that
Lewis is a rampant socialist, but he
is being put forward by many of this
type and is getting added strength from
disaffected conservatives who have
wearied of Gompers' leadership. It is
not necessary to admit agreement with
all of Gompers' theories and ail of his
ptlicies In times past to feel kindly to
ward him. in this , test, but rather, only
that his steadiness during the maiiy up
heavals of the past few years and his
wellknown conservative judgment, are
entitled to continued recognition and
reward.
THE SITUATION AMONG THE
The. claim has been made by offi-
cials of the Textile Workers of Am
erica that in Charlotte, Concord and
Kannapolis there are 15,000 operatives
out on strike which began June 1.
From the best information which this
newspaper is able to command as to the
wages being paid these operatives when
they retired, they were getting about
an average of $15 per week, weavers
and spinners both figuring in the cal
culation. Figuring on a basis of an
average of $15 per week for these 15,000
employes, they have entailed upon them
selves a loss during the past three
weeks of $225,000 per week, or an ag
gregate of $675,000, or $45 for every
one of them. And this loss per week
will be continued until the strike is
ended.
We have no way to tell what 'the
material circumstances of these opera
tives are at this time nor how long they
will be able to remain away from em
ployment. Neither have we any esti
mate of what losses the mills are suf
fering by reason of the idleness of
their looms and spindles. The mani
fest fact is in front of us that both
are losing and, considering the char
acter of the cotton goods market, the
mills are probably suffering a great
deal less than the mill operatives. An
outsider would judge that in the case
of both, it is an experience in trying
to make both ends meet and in such
a test as this, the resourcefulness f
the employers will probably stand them
in better stead than that Of the em
ployes. This being the apparent status of
the strike, it is evident that mutual
harm is resulting to both the mills
and their workmen and that the mo
ment has arrived when the issue dej
serves serious, sober, prayerful thought
on the part of the principals in the
strike. Obviously, present conditions
can not be perpetuated indefinitely.
Whatever the sources of income to the
employes, they have no reason to ex
pect an indefinite period of support
from their organizations and if this
be. so, then they, must, sooner or later,
face the issue of providing for them
selves and for those for whose ma
terial condition they are responsible.
If their income is cut off, we imagine
few of them are positioned to rely
upon their savings to feed and clothe
their wives and their children and,
therefore, unless the present situation
is brought to an end, suffering among
them is inevitable. v
And this is a contingency that the
community may well determine to avoid.
Widespread suffering for the necessities
of everyday existence is intolerable in
a society such as ours, and we respect
fully submit, that it is this phase of
the situation, likely to developvat any
moment, toward which public thought
should be turned and toward which
also, the better thought of the employ,
ers and the employes of the mills should
be concentrated.
It is not the . purpose of this news
paper to enter into any extensive argu
ment' on the issues involved. .It is
generally known that the strike result
ed from, cuts in wages which the work
ers thought iwere unjustified or, at
least, which they were influenced to
believe, were unnecessary. Nobody likes
to accept a reduction in wages, but
such deflation has been somewhat gen
eral throughout the country and the
whole world within recent months, and
it is an admitted truth that the same
general declension must be uniform
and universal before adjustment is
attained, nobody must be left out. Cot
ton mill wages especially went skyward
PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM AT
UNIVERSITY
It is more than an' item of passing
interest to old students of the Univer
sity, to . note the election of Louie
Graves to the professorship of journal
ism at the University of North Carolina
The student of 20 years ago remeber
him mighty well and can to this good
day visualize the agile and ambitious
yjmng man as he stood at the quarter
back position on the football team of
that time and directed the movements
of that machine, and in the class-room
master the intricate courses Of study
with an ease that was the despair of
his fellow-students.
He is now Professor Graves of the
faculty of the University of North Caro
lina and he comes back to the Hill
from experience on metropolitan news
papers and special magazine work to
teach the young men of the State how
to become journalists. We don't know
much about professional instruction in
journalism. We have had some rather
decided misgivings as to its practicality.
The newspaper business is one that
experience alone can master, and yet it
has been demonstrated in many of the
leading colleges and Universities that
Journalism is a subject that belongs to
the curriculum and that the training
given young men in . the class-room
etands the min eminent stead when
they reach the experimental stage.
"It is imperative, therefore, to accept
what has been provn as a static fact
and to lay aside doubts and prejudices
and. "uncertainties of opinion, and so do
ing, we lay down the forecast that
Professor Louie. Graves will come as
near turning out skilled and polished
newspaper men from the University of
North Carolina as any other prpfessor
anywhere holding a similar chair. He
ia back where he can do the State
a fine service and-where, it is certain,
his efforts will be properly appreciat
ed. DESERVE WHAT THEY ASK FOR
. The better element of the colored pop
ulation of the settlement known as
"Brooklyn", which seems to be some
thing of the Sodom and Gomorrah of
negro quarters, according to these peti
tioners, are entitled to public support
when they come before thelty com
missioners and ask for better and more
adequate police protection. Whatever
one may think of the wisdom or pro
priety of the appointment of a colored
policeman is not germaine. The thing
these men are after is law and order
in their community and it is the dis
MILLS AND THEIR PEOPLE
during the days of peak prices. The
claim is made that in this vicinity
cotton mill employes have at times re
ceived from 240 to 250 per cent higher
than the pre-war wage. Moreover, with
the reduction of from 50 to 75 per cent
which has been made, it is easy to cal
culate that present-day wages are still
from 75 to 100 per cent above the pre
war level. We discover that spinners
are being paid from $10 to $18 per week
now whereas they got $18 to $28 during
the peak periods, and weavers are get
ting from $13 to $22 per week as com
pared with $24 to $37 when wages,
touched top.
The simple question, therefore, which
must be determined is whether or not
these reductions, somewhat substantial,
we admit, are out of line with the de
crease in the cost of jiving. That ought
to be the only issue involved. Cotton
mill owners have no right to expect
to get their labor cheaper than the
average level of living costs. In other
words, if the weavers who got $37 per
week back yonder are not able now
to take their $22 and buy with it sub.
stantially the same things which their
original $37 ' bought; then there is a
question not merely of economics but of
morals involved in the issue of this
reduction.
The government figures showing the
relative increase in the cost of liv
ing indicated a general raise of about
100 per cent. . Statistics now show that
there has been a decline in the cost
of food and clothing of something like
50 per cent. Rents and fuel which
figure so largely in the cost of living
equation with some of us have declined
practically nothing, but these are two
elements that trouble the mill popula
tion but little. They pay only a nomi
nal house rent in tnis section, ine same
Ifent that they have paid for twenty
years or more without any,, increase
whatever and in the case of fuel, it is
our understanding to be the custom
of mill owners hereabouts to furnish
fuel to their employes at cost. The
price paid for coal, for Instance, by the
mill operatives during all the period
of high coal prices, when as much
as $16 per ton was being paid by the
public, was between $7 and $9 and
houses are being rented them on a basis
of 20 to 25 cents per room per week,
making a four-room house rent for 80
cents to $1 the month. Thus two prin
cipal items in the equation of living
costs which concern the average man
in these times more than any other
are not burdensome to the mill workers.
It would appear, therefore that es
pecially as regards the average mill
workmen, the decline in his wages has
not . been disproportionate to the cost
of living and that today's reduced
wage-card still shows an increase of
from 50 to 75 per cent over pre-war
levels.
It is such facts as these that should
be studied without bias and"-passion
by the mill population of . this com
munity and they are such facts as the
employers and employes might well dis
cuss among themselves in conference.
It is certainly patent that there-will-be
no speedy getting togetner until there
is restored a spirit of mutual concern
between them Unci until the basio facts
of the, situation are known and un
derstood. There are truths which the
employers ought to divulge to their
employes and truths which the em
ployes ought, in turn, to tell teir em
ployers to the end that in a spirit of
mutual interest and common brother"
hood, they might discuss the issue ami
cably and come to a rational, fair and
equitable understanding.
tinct duty of the city to give it to
them,
They are as much entitled to it as
the stores of the merchants up-town,
and just as deserving of it as. any white
settlement. The law makes po presump
tions against them' merely because they
are colored people and reside in a com
munity tenanted largely by members
of their own race, neither must public
duty take this into consideration. They
are, first of all, citizens of Charlotte,
many of them property-owners, and
many of the petitioners first-class, law
abiding, constructive men of the com
munity and the commissioners ought
to give anything within reason they
may want to lift their settlement into
a higher state of orderliness.
SHOULD RATHER BE EMBARASSED
We can not bring ourselves into agree
ment -with Mr. David Lawrence whose
special dispatches to The News are
always . . interesting and enlightening
when he says that the Harding admin
istration has been spared a great deal
of embarassraent because the coun
cil of the league of nations has address
ed an invitation to Mr. Elihu, Root,
Judge Gray of Delaware and Mr. Oscar
Straus to sit in with the world court
on International justice. On the other
hand, it would appear that such an in
vitation would, be the cause of a great
deal of embarassment to .. the admin
istration. The court to which these eminent
Americans have been invited is a pro
duct of the league of nations. In
fact, it is a corrollary to it, and in its
creation Mr. Root took a more promin
ent part than any other single man. It
is largely his own creation and in this
instance, he has been Invited, along
with others, to return to a convention of
the body he created when the Adminis
tration to whose policies he, as a re
publican, is committed, has refused to
recognize not only this' particularcourt,
but the parent of it as Well, the league
of nations.
HARRELLSON-LENTZ.
Salisbury, June 23. J. Frank liar,
rellson, of Cherry ville, and Miss Marv
Hill Lentz, of Norwood, were ' Married
this Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the home of the bride's parents, 4Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Lentz, at Norwood. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. .1.
F. Kirk, presiding -elder of the S4iir
bury Methodist district. The couple
left by auto for a bridal trip and upen
their return will be at home at Cherry
ville. Mr. 'Harrellson is. secretary ,f
three cotton mills of the Rhyne chaW
of mills. Mrs. Harrellson is a l
uate of Davenport College and has been
teaching at Bessemer City.
The social editor has a job to pacify
the town and cater to the howling mob
who want things written down. They
never dare let her alone, and she has
anger in her tone e.ach time she hears
the telephone. ' She always wears a
frown. Her golden locks fly here and
there as she grabs up a pad and scrib
bles down some swell affair that Mrs.
Coolcaeh had. She writes a hundred
nnmps nr no and r-rles out in desuair
and woe. She often stops to puff and
blow. She's slowly going mad. As
she sits in perspiration writing up
some dope, she mutters in deep conster
nation. "I have lost all hope. I had to
sit, up all last night because NI had so
much to . write. Does anybody want
to fight?" Then she starts to mope.
But suddenly the phone rings out. She
raises up her head and bellows with a.
hectic shout, "I wish that I were dead..
Then both cheeks turn a reddish shade
when someone murmurs, "Adelaide, my
son is in the seventh grade. His giv
en name is Ned." As soon as she
she writes Ned's feat down, the phone
will ring once more and-some cracked
person in the town Will tell her with
a roar, "My little grandchild, Henry
Clay, had quite a time on his birth
day the twenty-first of this past May.
His middle name is Noah." Then
somebody calls again and Adelaide falls
back and sighs, "I'll surely go insane
if I keep on this track. Hello! Mrsr
Bunion Clark? Played tiddle-dee-winks
in Myers Park? You say you made
the highest mark? Dear me, is that
a fact?"
Every day it's just the same. She
has to write a page about, a bridge
or checker game Miss Hopelass Kase
will stage. The social folks in town
have made a total wreck of Adelaide.
No one knows the price she paid.
She's always in a rage.
Coprrisht, 1921, byKews FuMIsMnS Co.
UNABLE TO FIND
AIRMEN'S BODIES
Airplanes Cover Waters of
Chesapeake With Flowers
for Two Comrades.
Knumnrt Ws. Va. .Tune 23. Nearly
two score airplanes, led by General
Mitchell, cniei ot tne army air service,
this morning covered the wreck of the
old battleship San Marcus and the
waters of ChesepeaKe Day nearDy wim
flowers in memory of Captain Howard
Douglas and Lieutenant M. J. Plumb,
killed yesterday when their machines
collided in the air.
Scout machines from Langley field
slowly combed the surface of the water
for several square miles in search of
the bodies of the flyers, but without
ucr-ess. Both officers were strapped in
their mashines and are believed to be
resting on the bottom where the weight
of the engines took'' them. Only a few
pieces of wreckage have been found.
General Mitchell, -it is ..understood,
holds that neither .airman was to blame
for the accident. - lieutenant Plumb
was soaring upward after releasing a
bomb and Captain- Douglas, advancing
ih a quartering direction, could not see
the rising craft in time to avoid the
Crash. . . . , ''
Maneuvers have' been suspended for
today in honor of the dead and no pro
gram has been mapped out for tomor
row. -A corps of nursea and a great
deal of emergency hospital equipment
had been assembled at Langley field
in connection with the bombing tests,
it was learned today.
COLGATE TO OPEN
NEW OFFICES HERE
W. A. Iunkley, of Boston, has com?
to Charlotte - to travel out of this cit.v
for Colgate & Compny, which has no,
had an office here since W. S. Dorr,
former representative, moved the com
pany's office to Richmond. Va. Mr.
Dunkley . is attending the sessions of
the Pharmaceutical convention, where
he is placing the Colgate products on
exhibition.
Mr. Dunkley is giving away souvenir
packages of the Colgate products, in
cluding, several specimens of toilet
soap and other articles.
Mr. Dunkley also presented a broch
ure relating the 115 years history of
the Colgate house and telling some
thing something of its founder.
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PLANNING ANOTHER
TRIP TO THE ARCTIC
Vancouver, B. C-, June '23. Another
expedition to the Arctic slope under the
direction of Vilhpalmer Stefansson, Can
adian explorer of the Northlands, was
indicated today when incorporation Of
the Stefansso Arctic Exploration and
Development Company was announced
under way. The company will hav
a capital of one hundred thousand dol
lars and it was understood a. Suitable
vessel for the trip has been found and
is now located in the -North.
Stefansson. who is president of the
j new company., said ene purpose of the
develop practical features of marketing
reindeer meat and furs, as well as to
thoroughly explore the resources and
country lying to the north of Canada,
LURE OF JAZZ.
Boston, The lure of jazz music was
explained and condemned before a girls'
conference of women workers at the
Twentieth Century Club by Miss Maude
E.- Miner, secretary' of the New York
Probation and Protective Association.
The speaker outlined dangers to
youngr girls from dark galleries in
moving' picture shows and promiscuous
automobile ridings
"In treating some of the Boston run
away girls who find themselves in New
York I always sympathize with them,"
she said. "Many of them have a dull,
inactive life at their work and have
no recreation."
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Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water
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This garment is meant to take the place of
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real corset, yet is so much more comfort
able. We sell Warners at $1.98
HANDKERCHIEFS
Pretty line new Handkerchiefs, very spe
cially priced. Colored Sport Handkerchiefs
at . . . . . .... .... . . 15c
The new hemstitched colored borders 10c
Pretty new colored Linen Handkerchiefs
at . . 25c
Plain hemstitched White Handkerchiefs
at 5c, 10c
UNDERTHINGS
Ladies' Gauze Vests 10c, 15c, 19c
Ladies' fine knit Union Suits, $1.25 and
$1.50 values 85c
Ladies' Fine Swiss Ribbed Mercerized Lisle
Vests, 50c quality 39c
Ladies' Muslin Pants. ...... .50c. 69c, 75c
TEDDIES AND GOWNS
Ladies' Good 75c quality Muslin Gowns 49c
Extra values in Ladies' Teddies, in pink or
white . . ... ...... .... . . 59c
New lot embroidered and lace trimmed
Teddies, $1.25 quality . . . . . . . . . . 85c
Lace and embroidered trimmed Gowns.
Good $1.25 values . . ; . . . . 85c
$1.50 quality lace and embroidered trim
med Gowns. New values. New and low
price. Specially priced ....... $1.19
Here's a new lot of fine Gowns. Made of
pretty quality Nainsook, beautifully trim
med. Good $2.50 to $3.00 values. Special
at ; $1.98
BABY THINGS
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Klemerts Baby Pants, waterproof 50c, 69c
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The standard Hickory Rubber Pants for j
babies . . . . .
In our Lace Department we are selling f
hundreds of pretty Val and Torchon Laces.
Thousands of new patterns, both insertion
and edges, 10c value, yard 5c
15c to 20c values, yard 10c
Job Counter in Narrow and Wide Laces.
10c quality Filet Lace and Insertions 5c
18c to 25c values in 2 to 3 1-2 inch filets 10c
18 to 24-inch Shadow Laces, in white or
cream. Values 39c to 75c yard 10c
5c and 10c Shadow and Val Laces on our
big Special Lace Cdunter, to clean up lot
at yard 2c
ODDS AND ENDS
Rubber Sheeting. All widths, 3-4, 4-4, 6-4,
Klemerts standard Rubber 85c, $1.25, $1.50
yard.
Big lot real $1.50 TJorsets. New lot. New
and better values. Extra Rood corset at
$1.25 to $1.50 .... . .. 98c
New Collars and Vests. . . . $1, $1.50, $1.98
New Collars . . J. 50c, 98c
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