CALDWELL COUNTY IS RUNNING BEHIND THIS
YEAR IN THE PRODUCTION OF WHEAT, REPORT
Government owner-':.'? v.; a dem
ocratic operation of ri..roa-s.
Curb on profiteering and h:g cost
of living.
Jailing of food and clothing prof
iteers. Right to strike and abolition of
compulsory arbitration and anti
strike legislation. ?
. Hands off in Mexico by the United
States government.
Endorsement of the Irish republic.
Right of collective bargaining.
Advances in wages wherever nec
essary t - maintain the American
standard of living. .
Shorter work day, if nceessary, to
prevent unemployment. .
Samuel Gompers was re-elected
president of the federation for the
39th consecutive time, and his salary
was increased from S10.000 to J12,
000, despite his protest
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Caldwell Is Running Behind Thi
Year la Production of Wheat j
Caldwell and surrounding counties
shew a decided decrease from last j
year in the acreage of wheat to be j
harvested, according to the official '
announcement from the State's crop j
reporting service, which represents
the Federal and State departments of
agriculture. Incidentally this State
ranks at the top in agricultural sta
tistical work
The latest official report gives
Caldwell county 10,it8 acres, with a
condition of l7 per cent of normal,
which indicates a yield of 9.7 bushels
per acre. This is a better yield but
less acreage than iat year, when we
were cred.ted w.ih 70.-00 bushels to
tal vield and ranked 'Mh among the
pective yield than a year ago.
The State shows 12 per cent less
in acreage, with a forecasted yield of
ten bushels per acre, whereas it yield
ed less than eight last year. The in
dicated yield is for 7,306,000 bushels,
this being about the same as from
last year's larger acreage. The ma
turing weather conditions this year
have been much better than they
were for the past two years, when
the growth of crops indicate big pros
pects, but went to pieces in the de
velopment of the grain. This was
caused by the wet followed by hot
and dry conditions.
The national crop shows some as-
'.' figures. The winter wheat
counties of the
reports were r.
but showed 0!.
jtvering pract.c
above. Our v. -r;tory
is repor:
our farmers as
in acreage but n.ueh le:i
:e. The threshers'
on-.plete ins; year.
'.ache's thre-hed.
the san.e y.ehl as
evn 'n juntas ter-
bv .i Hint H" of
1 0 per cent les
n pros-
acreage of the United State! is but
per cent of that growing a year
ago. and the spring wheat of the
northwe.: is 16 per cent les Teh
':!! 1 conditions of the crops show
very low conditions of 7S 'J per
f a full crop of winter wheat
s i M' for spring wheat. Fortu
'.ite'y the spring wheat promises a
,'! of one-third trove than the
ii'. r acreage made lat vear. Teh
spring wheat failed last year at and
after this date, making a final yield
of but 9 bushels p?r acre, which is
about the lowest recorded. All wheat
is forecasted to make 781,000,000
bushels, averaging 14.5 bushels per
acre, with a condition of 81.7 per
cent- of normal as compared with
93.8 per cent last year at this date.
From the foregoing it is very evi
dent that the 17 per cent decrease in
the prospective wheat will mean a
higher price for the farmer's wheat,
and of course a higher price for flour.
This strongly indicates the reality of
a shortage of labor and probable food
production. Farmers will do well to
make their own flour and save their
seed wheat this year.
N.orth Carolina has the advantage
of the northwetern wheat belt in
that our prospects are for a good
iro-i and theirs for a poor one. This
-hou'ul enable oar farmers to sell
their crop more wsoiy. It may also
help us to maintain, our rank of
fourth in, total crop values among
the States of tl..- Tn on.
DRASTIC ACTION IS TAKEN TO
RELIEVE FUEL SHORTAGE
Drastic action for the relief of the
fuel shortage in New England and
other sections of the country was
taken by the interstate commerce
commission Saturday night in the is
suance of preference and priority or
ders to the railroads for the trans
portation of bituminous coal to tide
water for trans-shipment by water to
destinations within the I'nited States.
Stating that "an emergency exists
which requires immediate action."
the commission ordered all railroads
in the eastern and southern territo
ries to give preference and priority
to carloads of coal consigned for
shipment by water to N'ew England
or any other domestic destination
"unitl the further order of the com
mission." The order is effective to
day, the 24th.
The commission simultaneously or
dered all railroads east of the Mis
sissippi river serving mines to fur
nish the mines with coal cars in pref
erence to any other use for a period
of thirty days beginning Monday.
A virtual embargo on the export
of coal is expected to result from
the commission's order, because rail
road men assert the agents appointed
for the direction of coal shipment
v.itu.ut issue permits for the move
ment of coal for fon-ign destination
unless it can be shown that the prof
ronce and priorities directed will
not be imperiled.
At least thirty days will be neces
sary to care for domestic wants, it is
said, provided congestion is over-
come to a point permitting rapid coal
; movement.
, "Beeise of a shortage of equip
ment and congestion of traffic, ag
gravated by unfavorable labor condi
tions." sai dthe commission's orders,
"which continue to exist upon the
1 lines of each and ail common car
riers by railroad within the official
classification territory and southern
classification territory, subject to the
interstate commerce act. and, fur
ther, because of the inability of said
common carriers properly and com
pletely to serve the public, and espe
cially in the matter of transportation
of butiminous coal to N'ew England,
an emergency exists which requires
immediate action, particularly to the
transportation of bituminous coal to
' tidewater trans-shipment piers at and
north of Charleston, S. C, for trans
shipment by water to coastwise points
within the United States."
FEDERATION OF LABOR EN
DORSES LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The American Federation of Labor
1 adjourned its annual convention at
I Montreal. Canada, Saturday night
; after endorsnig the league of nations
i without reservations.
The closing session of the two
i weeks' convention was a stormy one.
Irish sympathiiers. supported by the
progressive wing of the Federation,
opposed the movement to endorse
the league, and throughout the de
bate on the question President Sam
uel Gompers had difficulty in main
taining order. His gavel was smash
ed in his efforts to quiet the pro
ceedings. Mr. Gompers and the executive
council left immediately for Wash
ington to put into operation the pro
gram framed by the convention. The
first move, it was said, will be launch
ed against the Democratic national
convention to obtain incorporation in
the party platform of the federa
tion's program. They will urge also
that the federation's non-partisan po
litical policy, which wa unanimous
ly approved by the convention, be
carried out.
Labor's program, as outlined by
the convention, demands:
Ratification of the peace treaty.
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When a physic or miscalled "laxa
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This rending, tearing action is ex
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ONIONS DRUG ON MARKET; PO
TAOES 3 TIMES AS HIGH j
Onions have become a drug on the I
market for the first time in years, the
department of agriculture reports in 1
its market review. On the other j
nana. Juiatvio aic t n w 11 tuic iimc
as high as a year and comparatively
scarce. California onion growers
are plowing undeV their crops be
cause the onions are not worth the I
cost of marketing.
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