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THE MONROE JOURNAL. FR1PAY. NOVEMBER 10. m;. PAGE TWO Fertilizer Trust Sells Dirt and Sand, Mr. Hammer Alleges ' prntf it d (ni in the Hoi EE WANTS HENRY FORD ! Senate, it ded in ;he House Com ! mitt, on Military Affairs and the ' fertilizer companies and other biz in- TA DUVr IfUQfir COnil C'terests rejoiced and were made triad. lU flAlL fflUOvLIi duUALdjit ooUd as though these interests ' had won. Copies , of Hi. Speech Irging That Th scrapping process at Muscle lfctroit Manufaciarer Be Allowed i Shoal, had already bejrun. and h.p T. Make Nitrate. Received j menu of materials were go.nr out , from the nitrate plant, when the "THE BEST PRESENTATION ON farmers, who had fought for the THE SUBJECT." SAYS HEATH preservation and operation of these, i plants fom the beginning, called on Secretary of War Weeks and asked dare. That Fertiliier People and him it he would undertake to secure Power Corporation. Refused to Bid proposal, for the purchase or lease on Big Project Until They Saw Mr. of the c Government . property at Ford Waa Going to (Jet lU Muacle ShoaU. He agreed to do so, and once more these various inter Fertilizer manufacturers were ac-. including the hydroelectric cused of selling farmers rC rounds of i ro'r companies of the Southeastern -inert matter." sand and dirt, with were given an opportunity to everv 100-pound sack of their prod- bl n the property. Once more the vet by Congressman W. C. Hammer, answer was unanimously no Not ef this district, in his speech in favor anoffer was made., and the House cf leasing Muscle Sholes to Henry; had. rejected the amendment approp. Ford. This deliverance, copies of 110.000.000 f. wntmuing - wiich have just been received here. 1 the. work at Muscle Shoals The was described by Major W. C. Heath. I P"jert . was a dead ijsue until I out te bis speech introducing Mr. Hammer of the blue there dropped the thunder to his audience at Waxhaw. "as the oo.t f Henry Ford. (Applause.) best presentation of the rVvt he "here was a rank outsider who did had read " ' not Mon-i. to the fraternity, who red E-:trac:s ?rn tbe sre .h real: 'the audacity to ope the well laid It was in 1SL-S, the rear of cur P,an of th$ t:v.-.Knlv ii.trct.oied ar with Spain, that Sir William, J"1.18- nt' Z' w V. i j rooks, then president of the British , tounding. Somtt.fns had to be dne ssociation fop the Advancement of ' offer h.ad j", e r m to mM called the af.ention of the! -' P"' "J ne:.ry ro.u scientific world to the fact that " "m were rapidly nearing the tnJ of our doom, it wa. uwided that tne A a availKble su-ply of nitrogen, and ni-1 " Power Co. the loz-uil party trcj-en is one of th, mU essentiality resent a bid which it was elime:i:s recessarv to m-nra-n life u.ntly infv ted. would I" more 1 ban in env form on this plane:. We are ! " " F"1,'1 .posul Mean all familiar, or should be. w'th the -le. enc-iarair. J l.v th? unfriendl hi.-.torv of what followed the nitrogen j reception which the proposal was expirimcnt that we trel a f,w years I receiving at toe hand, of .he re- .;.,,.. in. tury of War, other bidder.; of un- the doom which await, them at the coming election they refuse to per mit th Hmi tA fiinrtinn until it is --- . branch of the Government, so much so that even Secretary of War Ycks , says this congress na. reacned tne lowest ebb of any Congress in the entire history of the Nation'? 'Even the staid old Bos.on Tran script declares this the worst House in many years, breaking more pledge, than any Con gress in 20 year, it. leader, being leaders in name only, and for the, most part they represent either the worst of the most stupid in either party today, and by it. record is un worthy of another lease of power. Conditions are such that other great Republican newspaper, condemn the House in equally strong terms. Ford to Work Out Farm Problem. "Mr. Ford also has a provision in hi. offer about research that is caus ing no end of anx ety to those who have feasted and fattended so Ion; upon the public. What do the f-i tilizer companies want with research? 1 They have been doing business for 50 year, with little or none of it, j and they have finallv educated the farmer to buy their "Wonder Worker j Corn Grower" with his eyes shut. They have sold him dirt and sand,1 inert matter, for years, ail nicely ! sacked and neatly labeled, and if) the compound contained only 12 1 pounds of plant food and SS pounds ( of inert matter in a 100-pound sack that was no fault of theirs. The ; very nature of the kind of business . they were doing reeu.red that it be done that way, as though the farmer did not have enough sense t j mix the 12 pounds of plant food with iS , pounds of dirt and anJ from his own ' ftirm, thereby greatly savins freight 1 rates. And then by this methods the railroads received more freight, and,' again, a 100-pound sack looks like it ; is worth more than a 12-pounds sack.' (Applause.) I "Ii was merely the result of usincr dustry was driven out of the United Known r.,:!it."ns",.lm n "H- tne raw materials mat are available. r cm uuu iiv ini'".ao 1 io uc sure, iiK'ic nau vwn uiwruncrn i ABU ICR Pert ormance war Croo Assoc Sc er.ee States by the veto of President Taft when an" attempt was r.wr.e to locate sue)) a plant on the Cooa River in Alamaba, and the air fixation ni trcgen industry from that day to this has been a beggar at the con gressional doorway seeking a supply of cheap hydroelectric power that is necessary lor a maintenance of the industry. "Whether at home or in foreign bjen nmde for the property htehjnij moments when inventors had previously had been considered on its j brought out new processes, but, hap- way to tne national junK neap wun,r,iy for the fertilizer interests. the entire consent and approval of the opposing interests. Dubious House Committee Report "For seven months the Ford pro imsnl was in the office of the Secre tary of War, and finally the Secre tary sent it to Congress, not with a lands nothing is so inspT.ng to a 1 iccomiiiendation, but with a letter of patriotic American as to tor old '.he , unment. in which his friendly atti tude toward the otter was apparent, and after months of voluminous hear ings in which the intents and purposes flag of freedom, and I am &.laJ this is fo. 1 am glad that we have an AnrVa we can al! be proud of, and a flag that wa worship with a spirit of devotion, but 1 Low my head in shame when I read the ntAgen rec ord ef this great country of ours. "In snite of the fact that during the year l'.il" we imported from Chile two hundred and fifty three 5,00J-tun thiplonds of nitrate of soda the Ord nance Department in October of that vear was confronted with a very large deficiency in the fupr'.y of ex-ploi- es of materials for explosives, and finally, 17 months after Congress had provided the way and the means for the solution of the war-time ni trogen emergency, the .Ordnance De partment turned io the only people cn this continent with commercial experience in the business which they were trying to develop, namely, the American Cyanamid Co.. r.nd nitrate plr.nr No. 2 at Muscle Shoal.-, with its annual capacity of ll'J.OOO tons cf ammonium nitrate, containing 4J,0t'O tons of rure nitrogen equiva lent of 2.")t).0()0 tons of Chilean ni trate, which is the amount if nitrate tissJ in a normal yt-ar by American aarcuture. ihis great p.ant was th : immediately available, the Govern ment had asked the Alabama Power Co. to cooperate in an effort to secure this power quickly. Afier much ni e'litiation, which vas brought to a hasty conclusion on the day of the ' iaiso renort ot the siirnin:: ot the result, but li nion.lv, ct priceless 1 ,rmist.ce, the company entered into time had been lost due to misguided U most remarkable arrangement with or incorrect views as now in the , he Government whereby the Gov l.t.h; of time fully appear-, and when :-r:iment placed tn additional unit in the plant was ready to offer the re-1 its power plant and j a d the Alabama lief and make available the great 1 i'.iwer Co. a profit of yjsO.OoO'J for tor.naee of explosive material that j installing this Government property wr.s r.ecessr.ry the sacrifice j bed Ivtn' n the Alabama Power Co.'s own Kia.ie r.nd the war had been won. lend. . "Then followed the breaking up of AlaSama Power C". Overplus Its the patents could be purchased and; KH'ae.1 up in a saie, wunoui aisiuro-, ing their normal business operations.. But here comes this fellow Ford with j a pile of cash as big as the Pyramid i Ghizeh and sends along his chief en gineer to testify that he is ready to siwnd more than $50,000,000 to work1 out the farmers' problems. Of course, 1 it is preposterous, say these interests.! Ford Does Not Need This to .Make! Money j "But, Mr. Speaker, let us drop this' point of view of the interests and; take up for a moment the viewpoint of the great body of people who have sent us here to Washington to repre- i sent them. No reasonable-minded man can claim Tor a moment that ! Henry Ford needs Muscle Shoals to! make money; he has a well-demonstrated working plant for that pur pose at Detroit, Mich., which is one of the wonders of the world in mod ern industries, and it is turning out tractors and automobiles at the as tounding rate of 5,200 per day But, Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to Mr. Ford, it can hardly be said that it is desirable to go down in history merely as a maker of 'flivvers.' how- necessary to provide a supply 01 : "V '" "c "r . . . . un1 ft ,0 Alice .1 nnn.a.int. tk. In electric power tor nitrate plant, ivo. , 7 j i 2 at Muscle Shoals from a source ar.cNnotives of Mr. Ford were hi'.ter ! ly assailed the majority of the com- niittee finally reported a recommend- ation for the acceptance of his offer. Doubtless to the astonishment of the c.her bidders their proposals, includ ing that of the Alabama Power Co., did not even receive serious co:i s deration. "Just why the majoritv of the Mili tary Committee should elert to play 1 into the hands of the Alabama Power Co. by reserving the right to roll to that company the Government's in terest in the steam plant at Gorgas, Ala., and undertaking to 'accept' the Vd proposal on this basis it is hard to understand. "During the war. when it was making this unmatched offer for Mus cle Shoals Mr. Ford is seeking to liu Id an agricultural monument to himself that shall endure when the last of the host of 'flivvers' has gone the way of all machinery." Eight thousand, five hundred miles without any engine trouble! That's the performance of a Buick driven through Monroe Wednesday by Mr. F. W.&tibbs, en route from his home in Soo, Canada, to St Petersburg, Fla. "The only trouble I've had with my Buick since its purchase," Mr. Stibbs said to a Journal reporter, "was an occasional puncture. ..The engine hasn't miss ed a lick. At the rate I'm going now there isn't any telling how many more miles I'll get onj of her." . Continuing, Mr. Stibbs said: "There is no doubt in my mind but what the Buick is the best car in its class made. I wouldn't have any other, personally. Most people in Canada hold the same opinion, as the Buick is unques-' tionably the most popular car in my native country." Mr. Stibbs performance is not unusual. There are scores and scores of people in Union county getting the same big mileage with little or no upkeep charge. The' Buick is your best bet. Secrest Motor Co. Authorized Buick Dealers a great war machine, a pe.-iou of sal vage, and the return to a ptact'-timc basis. The administration, appreciat ing the fact that Congress had sud. in making the original appropriation for the n'trate niant, that these plants should produce "'nitrates and jroducts for munitions of war and useful in the manufacture of fertili zer, and ether useful products," sent experts to Europe to work out a plan for the utilization of the nitrate plants. The Special Interests Intervened "Meanwhile certain special interest which for years had been doiing out to the farmer his nitrogen fuppiy in this coumry looked wi h no small con cern at the prospect of t.ie building up a great nitrogen industry in America, but they knew that the plant was an explosive riant, that for its conversion to manufacture of fer tilizer products would mrjire the in vestment of many millions of dollars. These interests then decide! that the United States nitrate plr.n s should not b(? operated Ly anyone in the production 01 fertil.zer. "A ready answer, therefore, await cd the Federal nitrate director. Dr. Arthur Graham Glasglow, when he approached the presidents of the great fertilizer compan e.. He offer ed them the use of these nitrate t'lants frw of any rental cr other charge whatever until they should tarn J per cant on such Tapital as they might invest, and thereafter, he proposed, that they divide any addi tional profits with the Government, nut witn one accora they turned him down coldly. "An effort was also made to get cer tain nananciers in New York to un der .ake to form a company to operate these plant.. Scant consideration was given to the scheme and na investi gations undertaken: en apfieal wa likewise made to tne coke oven in terests with the same result . Ford'. Thunderbolt So, as a last resort a Government corporation was proposed Ly the ad ministration, under what was known a. the Wadsworth-Kahn liil. These interests, having declined the oppor tunity to operate the plants tnem teivts, priKeedcd to Wnhard the t.'embers of Congres with pro3janc!a ld"-crse to the propcssl that the t O' ernn'?wt shiuld operate 'hi i:.?.t. i aad when tl.e bill was faJtd by J. R. Turnage of Ayden N. C, is buying from ',b to 100 milk cows to se.l 011 time r.t cost to his farmer cus tomers! his merchant wants his pa trons to cont.nue prosperous that he may prosper with them. Ilrml ' 'Tlits cmUi aci, which he.I been de nounced in vigorous terms by the Atternry General and the Acting Julws Advocate GeiHial, sought to iurn every possible change of circum stances to the advantages of the Ala brnu Power Co. Under it terms, by a siniiile expedient of supplying want to the Government at a price almost twice as high as the price of tour ni Us per kilowatt hour asl;ed by the Union Gas Sr. Electric Co. in its contract to supply power for ni trate plant No. 3 at Cincinnati, Ohio, and (ippljing part of the. power charges on tL1 purchase of the unit, the Alabama Power Co. would ulti mately have become the owner of the Government property with no cost to it whatever. But the Alabama Pow er Co. overplayed Its hand by refus ing to bid on the Government property unt.l after the Ford bid bad come n, and then, scsing the futility of attempting ti secure this power plant jnder a contract with the highest ical authorities in the administra ; ve branch' of the Government had declare.! null and void, the company ri'ially came out with an offer of 2.500,000 which I believe was sub etiuontly raisci to 81,0 JO.000 for !e purchase of the Gorgas plant, which had been built by the Ala janu Power Co., as heretofore stated, iicie- a long and difficult to under s.and contract with the United States at a cost of about $5,600,000 to the American taxpayers, f2S0,00O of hich wa. clear m-ofit to the Alabama Tower Co. The Alabama Power Co.'s position for years 'has been one of ..ntic pation that the Muscle Shoal, nower project m it. entirety would fall into it. hands, as it. clearly seen by all who htve taken the time to . -Av and unH.rstand its operations. "I. it not the duly of the Govern ment to bear the burdens of the rich, as nas been demonstrated in the ac tion of this Congress in its tariff and revenue bills and in attempting to nas the ship subsidy bill end other legislation? And now, in the closing ja ' oi this session, instead- of at tending to the public business the majority leaders have decreed a pro gram cf adjournment from day to duy and refuse to permit considera of Mu?le Siioah cr other l9;iis-i laVi.i (0 the interest of tne friiier !.-.! t!:; pu jlc Ker.e rally. It i not I ;,2 ..c" trs so scaled tbout! NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING To the Stockholders cf Icemorlee Cotton Mills Company: You are hereby advise! that at a meeting of the Directors of caid above named corporation on the 1st day of November, 11122, the follow, ing resolution was unanimously adopted: "Resolved that in the Judgment of the Eoard, it is advisable and most for the beneht of the Icemorlee Cot ton M lis Co. that the same should be forwith dissolved, and to that end it is ordered that a meet'ii; of the Stockholders Is held on I he 1st day ot uecember, A. U., I . ut U10 of fice of the company in the tow.i of West Monroe, N. C, to tiko action upJii 'his re-olution, .ni fuither, :nat U.e Secretary forthwith give notice of said meeting and of adap tion of th's resolution, within ten days from h!s dae Lv publishing" the rata resolution, with n notice of itt adoption, in the ionioe Journal, newspaper published in the city iff Monroe, N. C, for at least four weeks, one fe week successively, ana oy ma lu g a written or printed cop 01 the same to each and every stock nobler of this company in the United Mates. And you are hereby notified that tne roregoir.g is a true and correct copy of said resolution, and you will govern yourself accordingly. This the 1st day of November, 11)22. R, L. DOUGHKKTY, Cecy. John C. Sifcis, Attorney. R.H. GARREN, M.D. Practice Limited to Treatment of Disease, of EYE. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Of lie Ofer THE UNION DRUG COMPANY PHONE 258. ; DR. P. M. ABERNETHY ! VETERINARIAN . Of lea FOWLER k LEE STABU MONROE. N. a Phone SOS. Reldenc. Pbone 1SI-J. THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN DOING A STORAGE BUSINESS No Grease or Dirt 'on Your Seats When You want to Ride OPEN ALL NIGHT Don't Risk Your Car or what you have in it beinjj stolen. MONTHLY AND TRANSIENT PATRONAGE SOLICITED. LOVE'S STORAGE STATION WEST JEFFERSON7 ST. The boil weevil hurts the "wait and see" farmer far worse than it does the prepare in advance one. LAND IN nrroun FJK SALE OWNSHIP Under and by virtue of the pro visions of a deed of trust dated the llh day of January, llMil, by Balus Kaker and w'fn, to the undersigned Trjstee, said deed of trjst be'ng reg istered in Book A. X. page 3, to which reference is hereby craved, and at the request of the holder of the note for vhich said deed of trust was exe cuted to secure, and by vrtue of the provisions of said deed of trust, and default having been made in the pay ment of the note secured by said deed of tru.V., 1 will on Monday, the 4th Day of December, A. D., 1922, at twelve o'clock at the court house door in the city of Mon roe, Union County, N. C. offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, tor cash, all of the following r tim fvi Vt a A In vt fin 1st Tract: Iing lit said county W union ana siaie 01 noun Carolina on the waters of Cane Creek ad join ing the lands of W. L. Belk, R. T. Sustare. Grant McCain and others, bounded a. follow., vie Beginning at a pile of .tone, by 3 pine, in an old field and run. S. 88 E. 13.70 chs. to a pile of atone, by 3 R. O., Mr.. R. L. Belk'i line; thence S. 4 W. 18.7S chs. with the old line to Belk. atone comer on E. aide of a branch; thence N. 88 W. 13.75 chs. with StaU lineHiear R. P. Plyler'i corner; thence N. 4 E. Joining corners of lot No. 6, 18.75 chs. to the begin ning containing 27 acres, more or lea., being lot No. 7 W. G. Sus tare'. land. 2nd Tract: Adjoining the above described tract and containing 55 acres, more or less, and known as Lots 5 and 6 of W. G. Sustare'. place and being the same land deeded to Morrow-Hoath A Co. by M. J. and John VV. McCain on Nov. 20, 1839. Ihia Nov. 2, 1922. JOHN C. SIKCH, Tnisee. rji ..', '' B UJV.J . -mm Use Superior Drills for Bifjcer Crops I'Hiec vour seed in the cround nt iu.t llie ricbt ' ' distance apart. Cover it Willi dirt at just the riiiht depth. 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