LENOIR, N. C.
LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920
Page Seven
RESOLUTION DECLARING WAR
AT END PASSED BY HOUSE
- The Republican joint resolution
declaring the state of war with Ger
many at an end and repealing most
of the war-time legislation was adopt
ed last Friday by the House, and is
' now with the Senate for action.
The vote on the' passage of the
peace resolution was 242 to 150,
Twenty-two Democrats joined with
the Republican majority in support
ing the resolution and two Republi
cans voted against its adoption. The
vote ended a two-day battle of words
in the House. It was marked through
out by sharp partisanship except for
those on each side who broke away
from party lines to join the opposi
tion. Former Speaker Clark, Represent
ative Kitchin of North Carolina and
Representative Flood of Virginia
. took part in the fight on the Demo
cratic side, while Representative
MondelL the Republican leader, who
closed the debate, received a warm
greeting from his party colleagues.
Representative Kitchin's speech
aroused the Democrats to an out
burst of cheering as he assailed the
Republican membership, charging
them with "pretense and hypocrisy,"
and challenging them to submit a
straightout proposal Vor repeal of
war-time legislation if they were sin
cere. At the close of his speech Mr.
Kitchin suffered a collapse resulting
from what was said by his physicians
to be a slight stroke of paralysis.
Representative Mondell later ex
pressed the sympathy of the House
for Mr. Kitchin, the members stand
ing while he spoke.
Opposing the resolution, Repre
sentative Flood of Virginia declared
the treaty would have been ratified if
the Republican majority in the Sen
ate had not been "obtained by the
purchase of a senatorial seat in Mich
igan." He characterized the New
berry case as the "most shameful
and disgraceful debauching of an
electorate that has ever occurred in
this country."
Chairman Porter of the House
committee on foreign relations intro
duced in the House Tuesday of last
week the majority report of the com
mittee recommending adoption of the
resolution declaring the state of war
with Germany at an end. The report
recited a number of authorities on
international law to support the com
mittee's contention that there were
three methods of terminating a bel
ligerent status by treaty, by con
quest and subjugation of one com
batant, or "by the mere cessation of
.hostilities so long continued that it
is evident that there is no intention
of resuming them."
It has become the "plain duty of
Congress" to declare "the admitted
fact" that the war with Germany
was ended, the report said.
"There has been," it continued, "a
complete suspension of hostilities on
both sides without any intention of
resuming them. Congress is clearly
exercising powers which are within
the constitutional rights in recogniz
ing and declaring that the war is at
an end. As by the resolution of
April 6, 1917, Congress officially rec
ognized the fact that war had been
thrust upon us, so now it becomes
the duty of Congress to give official
recognition to the fact that the war
is ended. Moreover, the general wel
fare of the United States impera
tively demands that all uncertainty
upon this subject shall cease and that
the extraordinary war powers of the
government shall be vacated and set
aside.
"The laws conferring extraordi
nary powers upon the President for
the duration of the war are still in
full force and effect and constitu
tional rights are still suspended.
Many of these, laws are extremely
drastic, and could De justified only
as war necessities; but since war has
ceased the justification for these laws
no longer exists.
"The effect of this resolution on
all of the war legislation will be. pre
cisely the effect that the ratification
and proclamation of the treaty would
have had. Laws that were to be in
' force for the period of the war would
hav ceased with the President s proc
lamation; under this resolution they
will cease with the date of its pass-
arra fin fha nrhav hann laura thof
. - - i. t : A
weic tu uuiiiiiiuc in client iui a time
after the ratification of the treaty of
peace will continue in effect for the
specified time after the passage of
-this resolution. The resolution,
therefore, has no effect upon exist
ing laws other than the effect that
the ratification of the treaty would
have had.
"Section three provides for the
resumption of reciprocal trade rela
tions between Germany and the
United States for a period of 45
days, and further provides, that such
reciprocal trade relations shall be
permanently established when the
President has ascertained and an
nounced that Germany has declared
a termination of the. war and has
made the waivers and renouncements
on behalf of itself and its nationals
which are specified in said section.
The placing of these conditions on
the permanent resumption of trade
with .Gerqfciny is a reasonable exer
cise of the power vested in Congress
bv the constitution 'to regulate com
merce with foreign nations. In
making certain legislation contingent
on a fact to be ascertained and an
nounced by the President, this para-
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tgrapn ioiiows precedents estaoasnea
in previous avis in vimgress auu es
pecially section three of the acts of
Oct 1, 1890 (the McKinley tariff
act), which was sustained by the
Supreme Court in the case of Field
vs. Clark, 143 U. S. P.; 649.
"Section four provides -a penalty
for violation of section' 3, whenever
the prohibition provided by that sec
tion shall be in force.
"Section five maintains the rights
to which the United States has be
come entitled under the terms of the
armistice or by reason of its partici
pation in the war -or otherwise, and
ratifies, confirms and maintains all
fines, forfeitures, penalties and seiz
ures imposed or made by the United
States on account of the war."'
With mrosnecti of hioher coal
prices next winter, it may be neces
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HERE'S WHAT LABOR DEMANDS
OF CANDIDATES
Organized labor's views on indus
trial problems hkely to enter into the
coming political campaign are pre
sented in detail in reply to a ques
tionnaire submitted by the advisory
committee on policies and platform
of the Republican national commit
tee. The reply, made public Sunday
at American Federation of Labor
headquarters, is signed by Samuel
Gompers, Matthew Woll and Frank
Morrison as members of the platf orm
committee of the national non-partisan
campaign of the federation.
Acceptance of the principles enun
ciated in the reply was regarded by
political observers in Washington as
determining organized labors sup
port of candidates in the November
elections. These principles include:
Acceptance of the. eight-hour day
and the six-day week, with Saturday
half holiday.
Recognition of American wage
earners' right to organize in accord
ance with their judgment.
Continued exemption of labor or
ganizations from anti-trust laws.
Acceptance of the right of employ
ees to choose their own representa
tives from within or without the
plant.
Recognition of the right of em
ployes to strike.
Abandonment of the use of the in
junction in labor disputes.
Establishment of free Federal em
ployment agencies in the administra
tion of which labor would have a
voice.
der old age and retirement pensions
unnecessary.
Equal pay for equal work.
Minimum age of 16 years for em
ployment of children.
Extension of the Federal work
men's compensation act to all wage
earners not protected by State com
pensation acts.
Elimination of company welfare
and uplift organizations and substi
tution of welfare work as conducted
by labor organizations.
Other phases of the industrial sit
uation covered by the questionnaire
and labor's replies include the prin
ciple of the Kansas court of indus
trial relations, the function of the
secondary strike or boycott, right of
government employes to organize and
to strike., establishment of Federal i
arbitration boards and encourage
ment of thrif tamong wage earners.
'"The general principles in what is
known as the Kansas court of indus
trial relations law," the labor com
mittee asserted, "are principles that
are so anti-democratic as to be repre
hensible in the extreme and remap-
nant to every American concept of
justice, freedom and democracy."
The "secondary strike," or boy
cott, the reply stated, has been re
sorted to and will be resorted to only
when tactics of employers left to la
bor no other course.
Defending the right of government
workers to organize, the labor com
mittee said the right of such workers
to strike "should be maintained, but
there should never be occasion to
use it."
REVALUATION ACT QUESTIONS
DRAW ANSWERS
State Tax Commissioner A J.
Maxwell has just issued a statement
in the form of answers to ten ques
tions about the revaluation act, in
response to inquiries made by farm
ers and turned over to Mr. Maxwell
by Editor Clarence Poe of the Pro
gressive. Farmer. In summarizing
his replies to the farmers' ten ques
tions Mr. Maxwell says:
"The gist of the whole matter is
this: "
"Revaluation was not adopted for
the purpose ,of increasing taxes.
Without revaluation the ordinary in
creases would have yielded a far
greater gain in taxes than the 10 per
cent increase to which the revalua
tion act limits the State.
"There were serious inequalities
under the old system. One hundred
dollars worth of
property in one j
itflimfv micrhf hpnr
half as much 1
I--; oa mnoh nr thrpe times
much, of the tSate burden of taxa- j nomination, which has been the sub
tion as $100 worth of property in an-1 )fct extended secret hearings by
other county. Thsi was not fair. j 'h.e foreign relations committee.
"I tis not likely that revaluation ! 1 he was no record vote on confir
will increase the farmers' burden. ; mation. Senator Lodge, Republican
Other classes of property have in- an(1 chairman of the foreign relations
creased as much as farm lands. Farm ' committee, presented Mr. Colby's
lands are assessed on the basis of name e favorable recommen
May 1, 1919. values, and there have ' datum of the committee, and Sena
been marked increases in some of lor Jones, Republican, of Washing
them of which revaluation takes no ton,' immediately asked for a vote,
account, while personal property is , Several Republican Senators who
taxed on Jan. 1, 1920,, values. Mil- nave een, 'e8aed, as crltics or P"
lions of dollars worth bf solvent Ponents of Mr. Colby were, not pres
credits are being put on the tax ent at the session.
books for the first time. The farm-1 r.r.,
er's livestock and farm equipment COTTON PRICES ORDERED TO
will be more highly burdened here-1 BE INVESTIGATED
after. I . Attorney General Palmer has or-
as
"The chang ein time of listing was dered an investigation of an alleged
made solely for the reasons of book- illegal combination to depress cotton
keeping, etc., and the farmer given prices. In a telegram to United
special privileges to offset any disad- States Attorney Alexander at Ad
vantage. 1 1 lanta Mr. Palmer issued instructions
"The maximum constitutional tax for the examination of charges that
rate will be reduced. ; cotton dealers have combined arbi-
"If the income tax amendment is trarily to reduce the price of cotton
adopted folks who do not earn their in violation of the Sherman anti-trust
incomes will he taxed the same as act. The complaint was that cotton
those who do, nad the burden on 1 dealers were controlling the prices
other people correspondingly re-; through manipulation of differentials
duced. j in the various grades of cotton.
"This will enable the State to free 1 Mr. Palmer announced that the
all real and personal property in government would take "appropriate
North Carolina from tax for State . action" as soon as all of the facts in
purposes. Taxes for a State system the case are developed.
of schools and roads must still be
collector, however, and the revalua
tion was necessary in order to secure
justice between individuals and coun
ties in this work in the future."
HIDE , IN TRUNK, TOP LOCKS,
TWO ARE DEAD
Albert and Arselle Dawson, 4 and
5 years old, were dead,; and Betty
Hayes, 11 years old, a cousin, was
unconscious when found " Saturday
afternoon at their home in Durham,
locked in a large trunk. They were
discovered by their grandmother af
ter having remained in captivity sev
eral hours. The children were left
at horns by their grandmother when
she left early in the morning to go
to work. Betty Hayes, the older of
the children, upon regaining con
sciousness, stated that they entered
the trunk while at play: The lid to
the trunk fastened automatically
when they lowered it and their ef
forts to obtain freedom wots futile.
SLATS' DIARY
Friday ma was kidding pa cause
he is gitting bald hare on his hed.
&. pa sed he h assent no nse for hare
for all that he
uses his for is 2
come it & muss it
up enny how. Ma
ast me to take a
dose of medisen
& I quoted Bill
Shakespeer too
her I sed throw
f i s s i c k 2 the
dawgs. pa tuk
it wen he come
home- went 2 the
stoar & I bought
sum paper & pen
sils 2 draw, pitch
ers on & with.
S a t u r d a y
Jake's sheep
found a little ba
by lam today,
early this Morn
ing in the a. m.
Cutest thing, wish
I had aseen it 1st & his Sheep wood
ent never found it I bet. went 2
the pitcher show & saw Charley
chaplin. He is very comikal.
Sunday had soar throte and did
dent have 2 to 2 s. s. throte better
after dinner. Drawed pitchers of
waggins & churches & dogs & guns
Ast pa 2 tell me sumthing 2 draw
an dhe sed draw a automobeel & I
sed tell me sumthing that wassent
?.hard. h 8e.d.draw.a pan of mush
tride it but cuddent do it
Monday A can come & ast pa 2
git him a job at the stoar & pa ast
him did he drink, the Man sed if
he had enuff money 2 drink he wood
ent need no job.
Tuesday after skool Jake & his
cozzen come down 2 play his cozzen
is Richard sumthing. we diddent
play long our disposishuns diddent
match, very well.
Wednesday Wm. s. Heart at the
show, tride 2 Work ma for 11 cts.
Acted nice at the table, pa sed wots
the matter with Slats he acks as po
lite, as if he was away frum home,
went to the Show.
Thursday Jake throwed my ball
over ole man Bell's fense & I went
2 git it. Bull Dog chased me diddent
I ketch me but skunt the hide off the
hind end of my heels, pritty near.
Close eskape. 1 11 say it twas.
COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAIN
ING SHELVED IN SENATE
Compulsory military training was
shelved last Friday in the Senate,
and, after a plan for voluntary train-
ing of youths was substituted in the
army reorganization bill, a fight was
started to eliminate this and strip
the bill of all training provisions.
The Senate voted 46 to 9 to substi
tute the voluntary for the compul
sory method. There was no direct
vote on the compulsory plan. Its
defeat was conceded, and, to provide
for some method of training Ameri
can youths, many advocates of com
pulsory training supported the
amendment of Senator Freylinghau
sen, Republican, of New Jersey, in
corporating the voluntary method.
Chairman Wadsworth of the mill
lary committee gave notice that a
vigorous fight would be made to re.
tain the voluntary plan under which
all youths between 18 and 26 years
or age could enlist for fourTnonths
training in any year selected by
tnem.
The Senate vote eliminates com
pulsory military trainine: from con
sideration in future development of
the army reorganization bill. The
House bill has ho training provis
ions, compulsory or voluntary, and
the enforced method, therefore, will
not come before the conferees.
COLBY'S APPOINTMENT IS CON
FIRMED BY SENATE
The nomination of Bainbridge
Colby as secretary of state, was con-
nrmed 'ate Monday by the Senate
11 was understood that no objection
was raised to confirmation of the
NEGOTIATIONS FOR WAGE 3ET
. TLEMENT COME TO CLOSE
Wage negotiations between the
conference committees representing
the railror.ds and , the unions were
broken off last Thursday night when
the railroad representatives declined
to continue consideration of demands
which have been estimated to total
$1,000,000,000 unless the public was
five a voice in the proceedings. Un
er the provisions of the transporta
tion act the wage, controversy now
will he referred to the railroad labor
board, which, is yet to be appointed
by President Wilson. The law pro
vides for three representatives of the
public on this board,
I:' A GOOD PRESCRIPTION
V.nt less; breath more. -Talk
less; think more.
Ride less;, walk more.
Clothe less; bathe more,
f , Worry less; work more.
Waste less; give more.
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$6,270,690 APPORTIONED NORTH
; CAROLINA FOR ROADS
I A total of $6,270,690 has been ap
I portioned to North Carolina for road
work, Chief Thomas H. McDonald of
the bureau of public roads, a few
days ago informed Representative
Godwin.
Secretary T. U Riddle of the
Dunn chamber of commerce had ask-,
ed about the probability of Congress
making additional appropriations for
construction of State highways, and
Mr. McDonald wrote:
"All of the appropriations already
made by Congress to aid the States
i nroad construction work have been
apportioned to the States. From
those appropriations there has been
apportioned to North Carolina a total
of $6,270,690.68. There will be no
more funds apportioned to North
Carolina unless Congress should
make additional appropriations for
that purpose. There are a number
of bills pending providing for ad
ditional appropriations, but as yet
none of these has passed. The sec
retary of agriculture, in his last an
nual report, recommended that addi
tional appropriations be made to con
tinue the policy of Federal aid al
ready inaugurated. You will readily
see, therefore, that the question of
future appropriations to North Caro
lina depends entirely on the action of
Congress."
BONDS MAY BE EXCHANGED
FOR PERMANENT ONES
The treasury has completed ar
rangements for the exchange of tem
porary Liberty bonds issued during
the loan campaigns for bonds of per
manent form with interest coupons
to maturity attached SecretaryH ous
ton announced Monday.
Exchange of temporary third loan
bonds began on March 15 all banks
being authorized to make the trans
fer for the treasury. Within the
next month officials expect to be
ready to exchange permanent bonds
of other Liberty loans except those
which still have one interest coupon
to come due. They need not be ex
changed until after those coupons
mature the latest date being Oct. 15.
Secretary Houston urged again
that holders of first and second 4 per
cent bonds make their exchanges
early since the conversion privilege
on these bonds still is open and it is
desired that the conversion to the
highest interest rate and the ex
change into permanent bonds be ac
complished simultaneously. All reg
istered bonds are in permanent form
and Mr. Houston appealed to holders
of temporary bonds wherever pos
sible to exchange them for registered
bonds thus making a further trans
fer unnecessary and providing safety
for the owner.
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS AFTER
COAL PROFITEERS
Attorney General Palmer has in
structed Federal district attorneys to
receive and consider complaints of
profiteering in bituminous coal
"which may arise in your district un
der the Lever act."
Mr. Palmer's telegram was pre
pared after some bituminous coal op
erators had stated publicly that the
new wage scale agreed on under the
terms of the award by the coal strike
settlement commission would result
in an increase, of from 60 cents to
$1.25 a ton on coal. Pointing out
that the total increase in wages had
been estimated at approximately
$200,000,000, Mr. Palmer said that
if this entire amount were "added by
the coal operators to the price it
would only make an increase of 40
cents a ton. If, however, the oper
ators absorb the 14 per cent increase
which became effective in December,
ther ewill be left only $97,000,000
to be passed on to the consumer. In
this event the increase in the price
of coal at the mine should amount to
20 cents a ton."
HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE
A GOOD JOB OF IT i
After grieving for some time over
the death of his wife Grover C. Kan
nay went to a peach orchard on ar
mountain top near Charlottesville,
Va., placed twelve sticks of dynamite
on the ground, lighted the fuse and
threw himself upon the explosive.
His body was blown to bits and the
mnort shook the mountain side. 1
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