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GASTONIA, N. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 30, 1920.
SINGXE COPY SCENTS
LONDON PAPERS INSIST
T t UPON HAVAL RESTRICTIONS
Vnt Conference on Desirabil
- ily of Subject Between Unit
, ed States, Great Britain and
' ' Japan.
- ' CBy The Assoeiated Press.)
" ."LONDON', Dec. SO. Insistence upon
the desirability of restricting naval ara
tnents nd the holding of a conference on
' the wiect by the United States, Great
Britain and Japan was renewed today
ty London newspapers.
The Times, saying the belief was wide
ly prevalent in the United States that
Great Britain was bound by treaty to
'support Japan in the case that country
should enter a war with America, devot-
, ed more than half of a long editorial,
eeking to convince Americans that this
'belief was "grotesquely false.". The
newspaper recalled that when the United
states and Great Britain in 1914 signed
. the peace commission treaty, Great Brit
ain immediately notified Japan of the
fact. Japan was told that the agree
' snent to submit disputes between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain to investi
gation "by a peitaainent international
1 commission constituted an exemption on
Jreat Britain's part to aid Japan.
"If that does- not explode all uneasi
ness about Anglo-Japanese attack," said
the newspaper, "the suspicion must be
beyond the powers of reasoning."
Reiterating its advocacy of an agree
ment between the three powers, The
Morning Post contended such an agree
ment should not infringe upon tho prov
ince of the league of nations, and among
' other things, urged it would be ,much
Cnore profitable to all concerned to agree
. as friends rather than compete as rivals .
"The British government," said The
Daily News, " definitely Tavors such an
international conference on disarmament
as waa proposed by Josephus Daniels;
United States secretary of the navy, and
maintains it is the function of the league
of nafions to call it. This would meet
amy possible objections here, America,
while not a member of the league, par
ticipated in the Brussels financial con
ference and thus would not be retreating
from her position regarding the league. '
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
IS BEFORE HOUSE
(By The Associated PreaL)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 40. The sun
: lry civil bill, the first of lS.Jbig ftpproW
priation measures to finance the govern
ment during the next fiscal year, today
was before the house for consideration.
Carrying appropriations of $383,611,292,
the bill represents a reduction by the
i-A appropriations committee of more than
420,000,000 from the estimates submit
led by the government departments and
' ct $52,000,000 from current appropria
tions. While the bill was expected to receive
tho usual protracted consideration, it was
not believed the total of the items car
ried would be materially changed when
the measure finally passes the house.
EDITOR GOLD, OF WILSON DAILY TIMES, GETS
A THREATENING WARNING THROUGH THE MAIL.
Tells Him to "Stop Talking or Publishing Articles That Might
s' Cause the People to Think Our Society Is For Disregard
ing the Law" Fails to Find a Clue.
Wilson, Dec. 29. John D. Gold, ed
itor of the Wilson Daily Times, received
i- a threat 4oday through the mails. The
warning was written on the leading lo
aj hotel stationery and signed "Be
ware,' after which were two daggers
and a cross. The warning was enscrib
ed in capital letters.
"Mr. John D. Gold, Dear Sir: We
take method of informing you of the
fact that we must insist that you stop
talking, or, even publishing, articles that
might lead the people to think that our
society is for the purpose of disregard
ing the law, which, of course, it is not,
and we further say, when you are writ-,
. Ing of negroes, you shall not say 'Mr.'
and 'Mrs.'; if so, you are subject to
fall in the volcano instead of sitting on
it.
"When yon read this, you may tip the
mayor the following: 'that we most fa
vor the white prisoners more and not the
negroes so much. ' Now, let this be a
warning to yon, and others also. What
natter we send you for publication, we
, advise that yon publish it. Beware, or
you will be placed the mercy of the
great invisible empire. You may pub
. lish this if you so desire, fts you see this
is not written in due form.
'BEWARE. "
Thinking that perhaps he might get
V a line on the author of the "startler,"
j Mr. Gold interviewed J. F. Collier, who
- fcas been in the city several days work-
; ing up interest in organizing a circle of
. the Ku Klux Klan in Wilson. Mr. Col
1 lier denied knowledge of the author of
t . the threat, said that the purpose of the
' klan was not for the purpose of stirring
-up racial strife, but for the uplift of the
. ''Tieatu community, and that about, 200
7 reputable cltheas are behind the move
; .ment. Perhaps what' brought forth the
: i warning ;as e- communication sent 4 to
. The TioVby DrC 8. Hargrave, a
j. aegi Af j yViciarf otf this eltyia which
7 'was. eutiMTjtfijlliis warning, which waa
.."' v . ' ' -
PUNS FOR INAUGURATION
HOLD RIGHT OF WAY
Senator Knox and Will H. Hay?
Have ' Prominent Parts in
Inaugural Arrangements.
MAKION, 0., Dec. 30. Plans for the
inauguration held right of way today on
President -elect Harding's schedule of
conferences.
E. 6. McLean, the Washington pub
lisher, who is chairman of the inaugural
committee; Senator Philander C. Knox,
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the con
gressional committee on inauguration,
and Will H. Hays, who, as chairman of
the republican 'national committee, will
have an active part in inaugural arrange
ments, were among those called into con
sultation here on details of the ceremony.
Both Mr. Hays and Senator Knox have
been pergistently mentioned for cabinet
posts and their visit here addedf to specu
lation about the selections soon to be
made by Mr. Harding. It was not re
vealed, however, how far the conferences
might have concerned that subject.
Others on Mr. Harding's appointment
list during the day included a committee
of the National Grange, who asked for
tho interview to present their views on
the agricultural situation.
WINNERS IN CLUB
CONTESTS AKNOUNGED
Winners in the boys club contests in
Oaston county were announced today by
O. Lee Gowan, county agent, as follows:
Luther Kiser, Bessemer' City, winner in
the calf club; Russell Stroup, Bessemer
City winner of the pig club, prizje iand)
Kemp Kiser, of Bessemer City, winner
of the corn, club prize.
The successful contestants will be
given as prizes trips to the N. CI Steftte
College summer course in agriculture and
club work. Mr. Tom Sparrow gives the
prize in the calf club contest, Mr. S. N.
Boyce in the pig club and Mr. I. H.
Gantt in the corn club.
Luther Kiser, the winner in the calf
club, has taken $91 in prizes on his calf
at the Sunnyside fair and at the Gaston
county fair. Russell Stroup won $30 in
prizes on his pig.
NEW BERN IRON WORKS
MEN AGAIN ON STRIKE.
Profit-Sharing Plan Fails to Get Tiiem
More Wages and They Quit.
New Bern, Dec. 29. For the second
time in less than a month, once after
their wages had been reduced 10 per cent
and once after they had tried out nnd
agreed upon an income sharing plan,
employes of the foundry and shoos of
the New Bern Iron Works and Supply
Company, one of the largest concerns of
its type in the south, have ceased their
labors, declaring that they cannot work
for the wages that they received in both
inatanees, first under the wage reduction
and again under the income sharing
plan.
printed in The Times of December 23,
purporting to have been 6ent out to a
number of Gentiles. How the doctor
became in possession of the warning is
not stated:
"Do you realize that you are sitting
on a live volcano! You are requested to
attend a meeting Monday night, Decem
ber 2f, 1920 Facts of vital importance
to your community, state and nation will
be put before yon and you will be invit
ed to become a charter member of the
most powerful secret organization in
America. You are invited to bring
your friends whom you can vouch for
morally, who are native born white gen
tiles, '9 ver 18 years of age, and who owe
no allegiance to any foreign government,
rules, creed or political party. Say
nothing of the meeting to others. Be
sure to come. 'Duty without fear of re
proach . ' Signed, ' COMMITTEE . ' '
Commenting on the above, Editor Gold
said:
"We have received from time to time
articles for publication from the head
quarters of this organisation, and have
recently been led to believe by such pub
lications that it was in no sense organ
ized for lawlessness, of the right of sup
posed wrong, or for the purpose of reg
ulating or punishing any one. For that
reason we have recently been publishing
some of their matter.
"This is the first time .we have ever
seen one of their secret circulars and if
this is the kind of work they have in
contemplation then The Tiroes must
withdraw its support. We have no idea
what is meant by a volcano. If we are
sitting on one, it is not the duty of any
secret society to band, itself to 1ceep the
lid on. .' We have no objection to the or
ganisation of any secret1, society, but
when it eomes to the regulation of the
affairs of the community-, and the preser
vation of law and order, that is for the
properly" constitutedoflicers of the law,
duly elected l)y all Le people. " . , ; " " "
RESULTS OF THE
RED GROSS CAMPAIGN
Sum of $3,404.87 Was Raised
During the Fourth Annual
Roll Call Under Direction of
Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, Coun
ty Chairman Result Consid
ered Good in View of Finan
cial Conditions.
Rev. J. vW. C. Johnson, rector of St.
Mark's Episcopal church, who is county
chairman for the annual Red Cross mem
bership drive, has "submitted his final
report on tho work in the county as
follows:
City of Gastonia $2,687.65
River Bend Township 93.25
Dallas 62.25
South Point 306.40
t'hcrryvillo 63.00
Bessemer City 21.00
H
$3,233.53
For Junior Red Cross Work.. 171.32
H
$3,40487
In the city of Gastonia the su:n raised
was secured as follows:
Women's Teams $1,231.10
Men's Teams 1,179.00
Gastonia Mill Villages 200.55
Colored People 27.00
Pledge Men's Team 50.00
u
Total Gastonia Township. . . $2,687.65
Tlu distribution of the fund will give
$941. 00 to the American Red Cross, and
$2,2Dl'.o5 for the Gaston Chapter, A. B.
C. All funds have been deposited with
the Citizens National Bank, through Mr.
G. G. Willis, cashier of the Fourth Roll
Call, who can receive any further con
tributions or delayed remittances. The
membership shows a total of 1,806 with
about two hundred additional donors,
some below the one dollar membership,
and a number of special gifts for the
local chapter.
t In a letter to Mr. W. D. Anderson di
rector of the Gaston county chapter,
American Red Cross, accompanying his
final report, Rev. Mr Johnson said:
"In presenting my report as chairman
for Gaston county of the Fourth Roll
Call, opportunity is afforded me to ex
press appreciation to many workers in
the eity and throughout Gaston county,
who have gathered these funds, for their
earnest work and support of the plans of
the Roll Call. Especially should the Red
Cr-.sH value the work that has been done
by Mr. D. M. Jones, as chairman of the
finance committee of our Red Cross
chapter, who directed the men's work in
the Roll Call, and by Mrs. J. Lean Ad
ams, chairman of the women's teams for
Gastonia, and by Miss Nell Pickens, who
directed the work in the other townships
of the county, and that nearby Gastonia.
With Miss Pickens' workers there came
the hearty support and earnest endeavors
of such faithful workers as Miss Melva
Gulliek of Belmont, Miss Ida Rankin
and Mrs. L. D. Henderson, of Mount
Holly, Mrs. G. F. Hovis, of Lowell, Mrs.
D. P. McLurd, of Cherryville, and others
,who should be mentioned.
"There is no question as to the many
friends the Red Cross has in Gatson
county and the place the new work has
made for itself in the hearts of our peo
ple. There is a readiness of good will
and sympathy with the cause that at an
other time than this late fall would have
meant larger financial results. As H is,
I believe that with gifts during the year
from our important industries the Gaston
county chaster can be assured of its
maintenance for the year 1921."
ASK INFORMATION
ABOUT COAL SITUATION.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. General
suggestions on legislation dealing with
the coal mining .industry were sought by
the special senate committee investigat
ing the bituminous coal situation today
from Dr. Harry A. Garfield, former
federal fuel administrator. The com
mittee had arranged to hear Dr. Gar
field in executive session.
An informal conference of the com
mittee yesterday with Dan W. Sims, of
Indiana, who recently resigned as spe
cial government attorney in the prosecu
tion of coal operators and union miners,
indicted at Indianapolis on charges of
conspiracy, was followed by a state
ment that the committee would not at
this time call Mr. Sims to testify. The
decision to temporarily excuse Mr. Sims
was reached, it pas said, because of the
fact that the conspiracy cases still were
pending, and public consideration of the
government's legal policies involved
m if lit be prejudicial to the defendants.
COLORED WATER FOOLS
PROHIBITION AGENT.
(By The Associated Press.)
LEXINGTON, KY.,Dcc. 30. Pnz
aled prohibition agents here are trying to
solve the mystery of 40 cases of confis
cated "liquor", which yesterday prov
ed to be colored water. They say gov
ernment seals on the flasks apparently
have not been tampered with and that
they, show no other signs of having been
refilled. ,
The t" liquor" is part of a large ship
ment seized here last October en route
from the Hipy distillery at Frankfort to
Shenandoah, Pa., removed from bond,
agents claim, with forged permits. In
vestigation will be made at the'Ripy dis
tillery, it was announced . , '
' ' ' ' ' . '
HOSTILITIES AT FHM
ENDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Agreement For Capitulation of
Fiume to Be Signed Tomor
row D'Annunzio Reported
Going to South America.
(By The Associated Press.)
TRIEBT, Dec. 29. Hostilities at
Fiume between Italian regular troops
and D'Annunzio 's legionaires ended to,
night .
The agreement for the capitulation of
Fiume will be signed tomorrow morning.
Orders for a cessation of lighting at
Fiume apparently followed a report to
General Cavligia, commander of Italian
regulars in Dalmatia, that the council of
Fiume, to which Captain Gabriele D'
Annunzio had turned over his powers as
head of tho '"regency of Quaruero, "
had accepted-the terms of the Italian
government.
At a conference held at Abbazia yes
terday, the council g;-.ve complete rcrojj
nition of the treaty of Rapallo, against
the application of which D'Annunzio and
his men were fighting, and signed an
agreement for the capitulation of' the
city.
The last news from D'Annunzio per
sonally stated he had resolved to leave
Fiumo by airplane, and it iis presumed
he planned to take with him Signorita
Luisella Baccara, who has been in Fiume
for several months and to whom he has
declared he will be married as soon as
ho is given a divorce from his present
wife. Signorita Baccara refused to
leave the poet-soldier when an attack on
the city was imminent, declaring she
would rather be killed than to quit the
city.
Blew Up Bridge.
(By The Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 28. An officer of D'
Annunzi's legionaries arrived here from
Fiume today and gives an interesting ac
count of events there. An officer of the
regulars a few days ago presented him
self on the bridge connecting Fiume and
Susak and asked what the legionaires
would do if the regulars attempted to
enter the city. The officer of the legion
aries answered: "Try and you will see. '
At 11 o'clock that night the bridges
over the Enec river were blown up, the
explosion wrecking many houses.
To South America.
(By The Associated Press.)
The Evening News Rome correspond
ent says today that D'Annunzio has ac
cepted the terms of General Cavligia
commanding the regular Italian forces
about Fiume. D'Annunzio 's legion
aries will be dissolved and granted am
nesty, the correspondent declares, add
ing that it is expected D'Annunzio will
go to South America.
Still Inexorable.
(By the Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 30. A dispatch to
Tho London Times from Milan quotes
Gabriele D'Annunzio in a manifesto as
saying :
"I am still alive and inexorable. Al
though I prepared myself yesterday for
sacrifice nnd already had comforted my
soul, I feel today disposed to defend my
life by all means.
"I offered it hundreds of times smil
ingly in my war, but it is not worth
while to throw it away in the service of
a people who could not be distracted even
for a moment from their Christmas
greediness while we were assassinated by
their government."
GOL. RICHARDS IS NEW
CHIEF MILITIA BUREAU
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Colonel
George C. Rickards, of Oil City, Pa., was
appointed today by President Wilson as
chief of the militia bureau of the war
department.
Colonel Rickards, who is a Pennsyl
vania national guard officer, and at
tached to the infantry reserve officers
corps, will assume his duties, tomorrow,
succeeding Major General Jesse McL
Carter, who goes to a line command.
Colonel Rickards will have the rank
of major general and will be the first
national guard officer to hold this posi
tion. - Appointment of a guard officer
who is a member of the reserve eorpa to
this post is provided for in the army
.reorganization bill passed at the last
session of congress.
Aa chief of the militia bureau. Colonel
Rickards, who has been serving with the
general staff, will have supervision ove
the employment of the national guard
as an integral part of the army of the
United States as provided for in the
army reorganization' aet He will have
a number tf national guard officers on
his staff and will become a member of
the general staff -of the army and chief
adviser to the secretary of war on mat
ters connected with the national guard.
QUEBEC PLANTS CLOSE.
THREERIVERS, Quebec,' Dee. 29.
The plants of the Wabasno Cotton Com-
Ipany and the Tidewater Shipping Com-
1 1 . -a V m
pany ciosea voaay uniu January xu. xne
Canada Iron Foundry Company also shut
down one of its departments indefinitely.
Hundreds of workers are affected. '
AMERICAN TENNIS .
PLAYERS SCORE DOUBLE
TRIUMPH IN AUSTRALIA
Tilden and Johnston Best
Brooks and - Patterson, the
Australian Champions.
(By The Associated Press.)
AUCKLAND, N. Z., Dec. 30. Ameri
can tenuis players today scored a double
triumph over the greatest Australasian
net stars and tonight held the position
of favorites in the tournament for the
Davis cup, tho historic championship
trophy of the tnnis world.
William Tilden, 2nd, of Philadelphia,
battered down Norman E. Brookes, cap
tain of tho Antipodean team, while Wil
liam T. Johnston, of San Francisco, vir
tually smothered Gerald L. Patterson,
the brilliant young star who won the
English championship from his team
mate, Brookes, in 1919.
Tho Americans need only one match
to win the cup. The scores of the
matches follow:
Tilden defeated Brookes 10-8, 6-4,
1-6, and 6-4; Johnston defeated Pat
terson 6-H, 6-1, and 6-1.
Brookes and Patterson have .1 chance
to partially redeem their position tomor
row in the doubles nainst Tilden and
Johnston, and there are many who be
lieve tliey are capab'e of gaining a trifld
in the tournament, being rated as tho
greatest doubles players on the courts
today. The final singles matches will
bo played on Saturday.
Tilden was plainly puzzled by tho
splendid volleying of Brookes today, and
Brookes maintained a terrific pace all
through tho match. Tilden 's brilliant
returns did much toward turning the
tide in favor of the Americans, although
the hent and Brookes' age may have had
something to do Iwith the final result.
Brookes' game was only slightly below
that shown when he was in the heyday of
his old time mastery. Tilden 'e ply jus
tified his position as world's champion.
The match was played in two and a
quarter hours, including intervals of
seyen minutes between the sets. It was
contested bitterly, but in the most sports
manlike manner, Brookes deliberately
driving tne ball out of the court on one
occasion in order to make up for an
assumed error on tho part of a line
umpire.
LONE BANDIT SOBS
ENTIRE TRAIN CREW
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 30. A lone
masked bandit swung onto the rear plat
form of a Frisco freight train as it left
Fort Gibson last night and thrusting his
revolver in the face of the conductor,
robbed him of his watch and money and
compelled him to turn his back. He then
seated himself near the door, and robbed
members of the train crew as they en
tered. When the train neared the Ar
kansas river bridge the bandit set tho
airbrakes and jumped off.
PREDICTS THAT FARM LABOR WILL
COME DOWN MATERIALLY BY EARLY SPRIN6
Say Members of the National Grange -It Must Drop Otherwise
the Farmer Cannot Afford to Produce the Big Crops Need
ed to Feed Our Immense Population.
David Lawrence, in Greensboro News.
Washington, Dec 29. Six practical
farmers, members of the executive com
mittee of the National Orange, eat down
to luncheon here nnd, reverting for the
moment to the days of barter, they fig
ured out the decline in the prices of
farm products in terms of a dollar meal.
S. J. IjO well, president of the National
Grange, said it coat him four bushels of
apples to get the dollar to pay for his
lucheon. During the war, it would have
cost him only a peck of apples. W. H.
Thompson, of Maine Grange, in effect
had to pay a bushel and a half of pota
toes instead of a peck, which was the
equivalent of a dollar a year ago. Les
lie R. Smith, of Massachusetts, had to
offer two bushels of onions as contrasted
with the war equivalent of a peck of on
ions. Charles W. Holman, of Texas,
could have gotten his luncheon for two
pounds of cotton in war times, but now
he had to contribute 11 pounds of cotton
for the dollar. Prof. T. C. Atkeson,
of West Virginia, said there had been
little change in wheat, for his meal cost
him half a bushel of wheat, slightly less
than a year ago. S. M. Loomis, secre
tary of the National Grange, had to pay
four pounds of cheese, whereas hereto
fore the same dollar meal would have
been purchased for two and a half
pounds of cheese.
The situation brought about by the
decline in the prices of farm products
brought the officers of the Grange ' to
Washington for a general talk on agri
cultural policies, particularly as it will
affect the Harding .administration. Sev
eral of the officers are leaving for Mari
on this week to discuss agriculture with
Mr. Harding. They have read the re
ports thai Henry C. Wallace, of Iowa,
has been selected for secretary of agri
culture and would offer no comment. It
is said that they have men of their own
to propose to Mr. Harding who have had
more experience as practical fanners
than Mr. Wallace, but one of the group
indicated that while Mr. Wallace may
not have ben a farmer as long as they
PHILADELPHIA MAN
SAYS WORST IS OYER
Urges People to Start Buying
to Set Wheels of Industry in
Motion Warns Public Not.
to Wait Too Long.
(By The Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Dec. 30. The belief that'
business readjustment and deflation "is
more than half completed'" and that
"the worst is over" was expressed by
Alba B. Johnson, president of the Phila
delphia aud Pennsylvania chambers of
commerce, in an address before the Boa
ton chamber of commerce today.
"Is it not good business as well aa
good patriotism to start buying now, to
set the wheels of industry once more into
action, to relieve unemployment and to
spread the improvement of conditions
over a longer period! Let me warn y
not. to wait too long," he said.
M.-. Johnson nsked the cooperation of
business men in making the private op
eration of railroads under the transpor
tation act a success.
OKLAHOMA MAN AND WIFE ,
DIE TOGETHER IN HOTEL.
(By The AsM.iciaieti Pres.)
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Dec. 30.
Breaking imio a locked room of a local
hotel early this morning police discovered
a man, believed to be W. F. Meadows,
30, of Tulsa, Okla., dead and a woman,
thought to be his wife, dying, as the re
sult of bullet wounds. A warm revol
ver was found between the two who were
lying in bed in their night clothes.
Pistol reports aroused hotel guests
who summoned the police. Entrance
was effected through a window and the
man discovered with two bullet wounds
through the heart and the woman by his
side shot through the center of the fore
head. She was rushed to a local hos
pital, but is still unconscious.
Letters found in the room were 6k
dressed to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mead
ows, Tulsa, Okla. Bank books of 1 a
Bkitook, Okla., and a Broken Valley,
Okla., bank are made out to the earns
persons. A key ring found in the
clothes of the man, however, bears the
name "J. A. Sanderfeur, 518 . South
Robinson street, Oklahoma City, Okla."-
OLD MISSISSIPPI BOATMAN
' PASSES IN LOUISVILLK
,3y The Associated Press.)
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 30. Joha
Neist, 81 years old, who was second en
gineer on the steamer Robert E. Lee
when 'she won from the steamer Natehes
in the famous race from New Orleans to
St. Louis on the Mississippi river is
1870, died here last night.
Mr. Wiest 'a work in repairing a
broken water pipe and stopping a leak ha
the boilers during the race was said to
havo made victory possible for the Rob
ert E. Lee. He was the last surviving
Participant in the race.
thought necessary, nevertheless, he had
been on the farm more years than ths
appointees of the past. Here is the
kind of secretary the National Grange
wnnts:
A practical farmer who should be not
only in sympathy with farmers, but so
identified by ideas, vocation and effort
that farmers will recognize him as one
of themselves. The head of the depart
ment must be a man around whom agri
cultural interest and workers will rally
with confidence in his leadership. "
There's another thing the Grange '
wants from President, Harding's secre
tary of agriculture a cost accounting
system that will tell the people of the
city convincingly about the costs of the
farm. Other things affecting agricul
ture to be discussed at Marion include a
permanent tariff. Some of the members
of the Grange look askance at the
"emergency" character of the present
tariff proposals. Some of the duties are
regarded as too high and as likely to in
vite retaliatory tariff wars while other
schedules are far too low.
"What the fanners ought to have,"
said S. J. Lowell, president of the
Grange, "is a protective tariff that win
represent the difference in the cost sf
production here and abroad and nothing
more. I believe the job can be done
equitably. " ' "
Mr. Lowell, said agricultural condi
tions throughout the eouritry were dis
couraging, largely because the cost of
labor had not conie down. He said he "
looked for a drop in the labor cost next
spring. He declared that while' plenty
of labor was in idleness the cost would
not come down until some of the savings
of the prosperous period through 'which
the nation had passed were exhausted. .
But that the cost of labor on the farm
would come down, , he had no doubt
whatsoever. :
"Labor will eome'down," he declar
ed emphatically, "because it must tome"
down. Otherwise the farmer cannot af
ford to produce the big crops needed to
J feed cur immense population. "