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- 1 TUZ GASTONIA (N. C.)-DAILY GAZETTE r-7 IP r3 It; Kj It at arid. 11 l l l till l l l rift 4 mm i i "aa" Friday, Monclay Every Dress in the House and ale Friday9 Saturday and those MondayATCOST on the way to be :f put With Just Enough,Mark-up Added to Cover Express and Handling Charges 35 Ladies Dresses FRIDAY MORNING FOR $1.00 Choice While the Lot Lasts - See our window display Thursday ' for these Summer Dress Bargains. . Every dress in the house goes in this sale. -Special prices for these three days on all Summer Dress goods in our dry goods stocks also, some splendid value here also. Meeting The Popular Demands Of The Public In A DRESS SALE Without A Profit 200 DRESSES To select from, and every one this season's newest and .best styles, colors and materials. All racked off into groups for convenient choosing. SILKS AND COTTONS ALL IN CLUDED TH PRICES RANGE FOR COTTONS $1.00 - $1.35 - $2.35 $3.75 ' FOR SILKS $5.95 - $7.95 - $9.75 $12.95 Extra Salesladies on Hand to Serve ' You - - .' A SALE OF 200 DRESSES Without a Profit To r oras 209-211 W. MAIN AVENUE Depa Tt Store nraeet GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA DOORS OPEN 8:45 Friday ' Morning: Textile And Political Conditions In China Further Expansion Of Cotton Manufacturing In China De pendent Upon Increase In Power-Loom Weaving Wages Far Below Those In Japan Business Little Affected By Political Situation-Industrial Status Of Japan Is Critical. By, Frederick W. Howe. At the time I was in China the textile business Fas quite decidcly in the dol drums. There lias been a very con siderable increase in tho .''number of power spindles and other preparatory machinery sinee gay 3915. American machinery manufacturers furnished the buik of this machinery but there has also been considerable nuiehinery sent to China from England and some from Germany and Japan. Just for the mo ment there apparently it at least am ple machinery, if not too ninny ..spindles, to make the yarn required by the knit ters and the vast home haud loom in dustry. A Must Increase Power Loomage. There are only something like 10, 000 power looms in China while there are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of hand looms still in operation. These are -gradually- being displaced and in an interview that I gave to' the Far East Review,- which 'was' published in their issue of June 3d, I commented somewhat on this phase of the textile situation in China. I do not know just when power looms began to displace the hand looms with which our Pilgrim forefathers, or rsther mothers, were so familiar but i it must have been somewhere around the yeat 1800 or perhaim earlier. China foF the past few years has been going through a similar evolution in regard to weaving and this is going! to continue with increasing momentum j until all or nearly all of the hand I looms are displaced and this, of course, ! Will take great many years. Wages Lower Than In Japan. Another very interesting condition is tho ratio of wage between China and Japan. At the present time a fairly , skilled weaver or spinner in a Chinese cotton mill makes about :Joc to 4Uc (gold basis) per day of twelve hours. i ins same grade of cotton mill tive in Jaitaa would make $1 f 1.20 per day. A highly skilled operative in a Chin es. cotton rnillcouM make 50c per day wliile in a Japanese mill the Eame grade of operative would have to be paid 3 Veti per day, which is approximately $1.50. This has brought about a remarkable omlitiosi that tiie Chinese mills at the 1 r. w nt time are able to sell cotton 'v;,rti to Japane e buyers at so low1 a iiipcre that the Japanese mills cannot ci iupcte and are shut down or curtail ing to mime extent. , China if coarse rais some cotton iij this gives them a little bit of edge i .ii the cotton market," which, added to tueir trc-tticudous labor cost advantage, liera 00 to is giving the little Island of Nippon something to worry nbout . The Japanese are meeting thia situ fltion the tx-st they can in at least one way and that is by building as rapidly as jossible large cotton mills in China, the same benig managed by Japanese but Operated, of course, by hinese. Political Situation And Gen. Wu. As I' see it, this present revolution while it may not be the last U going far to bring about the unification i.f China, but I believe that we will fill yet live to Bee the provinces of China governed by civil governors instead of the present military governors, r Tuchons, with one President of the country. I doubt if they ever get" to gether in as close a states union as the United States, but believe thev will have a more loosely grouped tinion ,of the provinces under one President dur ing the next few years. - ' General Wu Pei-Pu is a most re. markable man. He apparently is not desirous of being President, but would like to be the chief war lord and take care of the military situation . I see by the papers, however, that his mod esty is winning him a great many friends and there is getting to be quite an insistent demand that he take the presidency of China. A Noted Publicity Opinion. .WhiUj- I was in Japan Isaac Mar cosson, the well known publicist and writer,, in an address before the House of Peers in Tokio, summed up the political situation in China and the importance of a better understanding between that country and Japan in such a clear and forceful manner that I am going to quote from his address as follows; - "Kime I last had the privilege of addressing en audience in Japan I : have traveled far and seen much. I exixi-ted to find chaos and disorganiza tion in China, but even my wildest exi-etation of disunion did not ap proach the situation I discovered iu Peking early in April. The wonder to me then, and I have not ceased to! marvel about it since. 5s that China j has been been able to get along with so! nine government. As a matter of I fact, practically since the revolution I that overthrew th Afanhii ru.w,. t China Las had practically no cehercut ! administration. "Hut when you go to China you! find OUt Why this aiii-ient rnlruuiiia ! able to amble along aiid even develop cespite the well nigh incredible graft end dishonesty among ita public offici als and the almost constant succes sion of civil wars. It is beause the country is a big nud "its-resources so enormons tint it. is practically self sufficient. As you travel through the hunt today you observe that the crops are ripening and that business every where, despite the selfish ambitions of tho tuchuiis, who have only been nnxi ous for personal power and jdunder, is expnnding. j in j leads me to nay trial in my opinion China can never be . wholly unified, as we know unification in the West. Each Province is such a self- contained empire and has such a tre incurious population that the hojio of tho nation lies in the establishment of a federated group of autonomous states patterned after the United States of America. The reason is obvious. China' is merely a group of diiTereut countries, earh speaking a different language, with customs and habits peculiarly its own. : There nre many far-seeing Chinese today who be lieve that if this group of autonomous states is established the capital of this federation must bo removed from Peking to Nanking or to some other central city. There is a strong pre judice ngainst Peking in many sections. "I had the good fortune to meet most of the outstanding Chinese lead ers, I must say that 1 was impressed with the personality of Chang Tso-lin, who is a sort of mediaeval figure, full of craft and cunning. I was much surprised at his swift overthrow, but I do not think that he ,is eliminated as a factor io the Chinese situation. His administration of the Manchurian provinces, has been admirable and most of the people in the Mukden province in particular are loyal to him. . "Wu Pei-fu is a strong and com manding figure and I believe that with bis victory and-the subsequent over throw or 'resident Hsu : Shib-chang a step has lwen taken towards frtaJiliza tion. The tragedy of China, however, is that the moment a leader rears' his head above tho muek and niire: of petty conflict be beeonfps' a target for a new conspiracy. I hope that Wu Pei-fu Mill not suffer this fate, for he is that rarest of all Chinese speci mens an honest official. "If you will permit me to be quite frank I must say that in China there is still a deep suspicion of Japan. The Chinese believe that, Japan regards their vast domain an a special field of exploitation, . through the agency of what, for the want of something bet ter, is designated as forceful penetration. "Xo man can travel over the Far East today without realizing that economic and political peace in- the Uncut depends upon close eo-0!era-tion between China and Japan. Such a co-ordiuatun. which should be the logical result of the Washington con ference, means more than economic stablizatiou. It means that two great laces which have a common kinship of art nnd philosophy can help shape the destiny of the whole world. The world is weary of bicker and tumult, such as oiiUun in Euroj at the time, America in particular gusted with the naf ionalisic ajitag-oiii-ins of Euroieaa countries and is more anxious than ever to turn its interest and energy and resources to ward the Par East. "For this reason I maintain that 1!i- Jour in i in hf for this new present is dis- Japan. ' Jf such co-operation is achieved it will mean n new epoch of help for the Orient among the Ameri can people. ' Preference To Americans. China has in tho main gone suc cessfully through the painful process of after-war liquidation. Their costs of both labor and material are v now down to a very low point, labor espe cially, as I have outlined e above. In my opinion the present dullness in eotton textiles in China will soon Tie over and I believe that there will lie an increased demand for textile ma chinery and esjieeially American ma I was greatly gratified to learn that tlie Chinese really like and trust American business men. They have learned that by ami f large we keep promises that we make as to deliveries and they know we afe constantly en deavoring to give them the some qual ity of product that we would give to a domestic mill in the United States. This inspires confidence and consequent ly the relations between Amerieau ma chinery manufacturers and the big Chinese mill men are most pleasant and bid fair to continue. v. Japan Faces Industrial Crisis. The situation in Jannn is somewhat different. It seemed to me that prices were still extremely high there, but apparently (he Japanese have not an yet been able to liquiilate or else they have, for, reasons of their own, felt that the time had not arrived to their advantage to put their costs of labor and material on a lower . basis. In fact, they may not bo able to do this. I found it to be the opinion of many business men over there that Japan is facing a very serious crisis in an in dustrial way on this account.. The Japanese ore, as wo all know, very able and aggressive people- with most fertile minds, but their tremen dous neighbor across the sea, China, is a powerful coinjietitor and one that cannot easily Jmj overcome or met on equal terms, at least in the manufac ture of yam and cloth. The Japanese nrill men .are certainly applying their iiunas mast energetically to this problem. grave Grand Representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodg will also be elected who will attend the corning session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at' Detroit September 18-2U. Several Important matters will eome up for consideration at this session nffectinir the furnro wol. fare of patriarchal Odd Fellowship in; -ortn Carolina. The Encampment branch of the Or der has made good progress daring the past year and a number of Odd Fel lows will attend this meeing. The officers of the Grand Encampment are ns follows: A. C. Melvin, Grand Patriarch, Durham; J. C. Wright. Grand High Priest, Rhiloh; D. W, Davis, Orand Senior Warden, Hender son vi lie; H. A. Ha Hard, Grand Junior Warden, Asheville; E. W. Jennneret, Grand .Scribe, Asheville; John E. Wood, Grand Treasurer, Wilmington; C P. Ilurchefte Grand Marshal, Winston Halm; W. 8. Bagwell, Grand Sentinel, Durham; J. It. Woodall, Grand Out side Kentinel, Wilson; John D. Berry, Grand Representative, Raleigh. In ad dition to the present officers there will be a number of other prominent Odd Fellows in attendance. The Master Mind. V First Crook; I've bin wonderin' Bill how does a man ' get bis own money out of a bank. Second Crook: " Easy. He jes' forges ht3 own name to de cheek.- Life. . j '- . . . ! Rotary Jumpe ODD FELLOWS WILL MEET AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH NEXT WEEK. (Special to The Daily Gazette.) WILMIXGTOX. N. ., Ang. 10. The Oceanic Hotel 'at. WrightKviile Beach has been designated as head quarters for the annual session of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of North -Carolina, which will convene in its 75th annual session next Tuesday night, August 15th. The session will be held in the hall room of the Oceanic Hotel and the entertainment committee of Campbell Encampment Xo. 1 of Wilmington is makiug plans for a cor dial reception to their visitors. After the conclusion of the business session on Wednesday the memlters of the Grand Encampment wilt be taken to Fort Fisher in automobiles for a sight- swing tour to this historic poiut. There will be ottier entertainment features tendered the visiting Odd Fellows and this will be an important session of the com-1 uraui r.ncaiiiiiiuent. Ju addition to uiunily of interests between China and the regular officers to be elected, two rs if, ? i '"' M' X S ' ' - ; - f .. rutiUOUP money m . mil vne vr ouv newmi in mm- k fl E l l H ua m , Yi:vrJSg?gi.-. :.; - - vv - -r. , , , j Time to chuck that old, dirty staw bonnet dnd get a nifty new Fall "Ud." ;, Our new styles are on tap tho proper blocks, curls, dips and colors; . Buy your new hat from US. We'ye got the BIG LINE to pick from. We won't send you out with a hat you'll want to throw away twelve times , within ten minutes, because your friends "guy" you about it. Instead, they, too, will come to us. x' Wear our good, "Nifty" clothes. V The Young Men's Shop, Inc. , WARREN GARDNER, MGR. en he returned front Australia "cenUjr. Since 1U arrival the MtUe "uihU Peeplnx from thonmter! W PQucb wu born. , Advertise in The Daily Gatetta. THE STRONG DIRECTORATE of this bank has influenced many people in opeshjg their Cliexking Account here. '- " Guided by such men trained in financial affair, every depositor tliarcs in the security given. . i'?' If without a banking home we Invite you to look up the record of our IHreetors, t'iien become a depositor. Established 18S0 Our Capital , and Surplus , ,$5OO,C00.CO ' The First National Bank ' "The Bank of Dependable Service" SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GASTONIA DAILY 'GAZETT&
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