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The Wii V II vn m T-n-Ti "4. $1.50 Per Year WILSON, N. C., Friday, July 1, 1921 Vol. 25 No. 39 .SON ADMINISTRATIONS PERMANENT TARIFF INTRODUCED PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME No Official Estimate Was Made of the Revenue the Bill is Expected to Return, Bat Un official Estimates Place the Return as High as $700,000, 000 a Year. Washington, June 29. The ad ministration's permanent tariff bill -was introduced today in the house of representatives and for the first time was made public. No explanatory statements accom panied the introduction of the meas ure as heretofore has been customary and no official estimate was made of tbe revenue it is expected to return. Unofficial estimates by members of the ways and means committee, how ever, placed the expected return as high as 1700,000,000 a year. The Payne-Aldrich law in tbe normal pre war years produced a little more than 1300,000,000 a year. Examination of the bill, which av erages 346 printed pages, shows that in some cases the rates proposed are higher than corresponding rates of the Payne-Aldrich law while others are lower. An estimate of how the whole bill compares with the Payne-Aldricb law would be possible only by tariff ex perts making a detailed study be cause the schedules of the new bill are in many cases not framed in par allel with the subjects of the "Payne law" but are differently constructed. In comparison with the Underwood tariff law of the Wilson administra tion, the new bill removes many ar ticles from the free list althtfught ft 1 leaves a large list free of duty, in cluding print paper, wood pulp, leather and harness, and agricultural implements. It raises the duties on the great bulk of imports already be ing taxed. It has made no notable additions to the free list. Young Man Who Inflicted the Injuries Died Yesterday Morning From Wounds. Washington, N. C, June 30. Miss Lola Ecklin( who was shot by Leslie Cox Sunday afternoon who was jeal ous when the young lady appeared with another man died at a local hospital at six o'clock this morning. Cox, who shot, himself after firing two bullets into the young woman's body, died early yesterday morning. Miss Ecklin was conscious up to a short time before her death and said she had no hard feeling toward Cox and was sorry for him. "I .know he wasn't himself," said Miss Ecklin. "I can't understand what made him do It.' WILL NOT STOP FIGHT. Jersey City, June 30. Prosecutor Perry Gavin today told representa tives of the Associated Press that unless more facts are presented him by the International Reform Bureau he would not recommend to tbe Hud son county grand jury tomorrow that it return an ' indictment sought to prevent the Dempsey-Carpentler fight. MARRIED WOMEN DEBARRED Newport News, Va., June 30. Married women have been barred from teaching in the public schools of Warwick county, the members of the school board deciding to employ only single women. , , ; "The place for a married woman is at home with the children of her own," said a member of the board, board. MISS E KLIN DIED FROM GUN WOUNDS E I COMES UP WEDNESDAY Chariman Fordney is Prepar ing a Statement in Advance of His Formal Report Which Would Clear Up Any Doubts as to the Exact Nature of the Proposed Bill. Washington, June 30. The aver age rate of duty on the permanent tariff bill introduced yesterday in the house ranges between 18 and 20 per cent according to unofficial reports. This is compared with 18.55 in the Payne Aldrich bill, Chairmaa Ford ney of the ways and means com' mittee declared today. The Under wood average rate he added was 6 per cent and tbe Dingley average 26 1-2. "But when we are able to work out accurately the correct figures it will be found the new bill runs slightly below the Payne Aldrich bill," Mr. Fordney said "On manu factured wool our rate is less than scheduled K." The chairman said he was prepar ing a statement in advance ot his formal report which would clear up any doubts in the bill. The bill will not be considered by the full com mittee until Wednesday after the holiday. It will be reported that day. Democratic members already are at work with .the minority report op posing the bill. The bill as it stands will be taken up by a Republican caucus1 tonight in an effort to reconcile all differ ences so the party will be able to pre sent a solid front. - Fordney indicated the, rule would be obtained to prevent amendment on the floor except offered by the committee. , It is the expectation that the com mittee itself will offer a number ot amendments. No radical changes are contemplated unless ordered but a vote of a Republican caucus will be taken. CONGRESSMAN BUCK ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Chicago, June 30. Mrs. Wini fred Mason Buck youngest daughter of late Congressman Wm. E. Mason, today announced her candidacy to succeed her father who was Congress man at large from Illinois. Mrs. Buck is the mother of four children. F, Bill, Provides Creation of Cor poration to Promote Export ing Agricultural Products. Washington, June 30. Favorable report on the Norris bill to create a one hundred million dollar govern ment corporation to promote the ex portation of agricultural products was ordered today by the Senate Ag ricultural Committee. Chairman Norris was asked to urge the senate to give the bill a promi nent place on the calendar before the agreement for a three day recess is grafted. Democratic members gave notice they would be opposed to the purchase of products for sale abroad. They said they would oppose other provisions on the ground that certain tasks assigned the bill are now per formed by other government agen cies. PROVISIONS MARKET. Chicago, June 30. Prospects ' of Cooler, weather and rains in the north west ' led to declines in the wheat market today. The opening was from 1 1-2 points lower. Corn was weaker with wheat and opened, lower. Oats reflected the downward course of the other cereals. Higher quotations on hogs caused provisions to advance. RA RAT ARJFF SLIGHTLY BELOW PAYNE BILL mm m ON EXPORTING BILL E BY TO CUTEXPENSES DAWES IS. IN CHARGE The Great Need is Not the Re duction of Personnel of Gov eminent Workers But to Catch Up the Wasteful Ex penditures of the Govern ment. (By David Lawrence). (Copyright 1921 by Daily Tijmes.) Washington, June 29. General Dawes takes charge today of the bud get job. He will try to establish a de finite relationship between the in come and outgo ot government funds. He has asked the government em ployees to meet him in mass meet ing. That's only a small part of the drive for economy. The real trouble is something with which the average government employee has little to do namely the method by which Con gress appropriates money and falls to keep track of appropriations spent. i The biggest abuse in government . expenditure today is the so-called I "revolving fund." It grew UP during th war h i. th Rnm in nrfn.iri ! as the practice of Congress in past years of authorising specific appro-1 priations to be reimbursed by moneys ' received from sales of Government This automatic Increase of funds available to government departments without the necessity of reporting to Congress has seen severely criticised by students of' government economy Both Secretaries Glass and Houston rr no...,.. oo.i,al vi n.c . canui, ca. l.,.c..v it and President Wilson gave special attention to the subject in his last 1 message to Congress recommending that Congress discontinue the prac- The revolvine fund was necessary j..., ..i- ...i I.. j.-.-.t.,- to grant wide discretion but since ' then it has developed into a conven- lent device for the spending of DRIV BEGUN ADMINISTRATION money not specifically ordered by.1"" lu,co v"cl,B0 Congress. It works out this way: supposing ,I)EMr8EY w FAVORITE Congress has appropriated $100,000,- 1N rlCK1NG THE WINNER ono for rnnnine PxnenaM to the War New York- June 30. Jack Demp- Department. The same act of Con- W was rnled the favorite amonS, gress gives the War Department the'165 "Potmen out of 225 Interview-j right to use such receipts of money ed as to the probable outcome of his as may come to it through the sale match .wltn Georges Carpentier at( of property or supplies. Consequently' Jersey citv Saturday. Fifty-eight the $100,000,000 fund is automati- cany sept intact dui wnat actually. nas happened w that Congress has wune a suaueniig indirectly given the War Depart-few including a college track train ment the right to spend $50,000,000 er of considerable note said they ex it ly chance the receipts from the pected the bout to be about even, sale of government property or un- used supplies should amount to that THE GAME THIS AFTERNOON much. What may be true of the Warj Department is true of other depart-. ments of the government. Another menace to economy is in the handling of government law suits, Congress always hesitates to auth orize the expenditure of large sums of money for legal talent. Yet the law yers for the claimants usually get big fees ranging all the way from $10,000 to $100,000. Such fees on the side of the government are un known. The government therefore is frequently outwitted and must pay millions of dollars in judgments simply because it I will jiot spend the relatively small sums to win lawsuits. Another factor in the same situa tion is the tendency to ignore the outcome of government lawsuits be cause Congress always appropriates money for the payment of judgments. Thus a department officer, doesn't feel that the Judgment must be paid out of his own appropriation for this year. Usually the lawsuits take' years to settle in the courts. Congress has not insisted that any special sums be set aside by any department to meet adverse judgments In the courts. Indeed, it has happened in certain cases that a certain depart ment set aside seventy five per cent ot the, value of certain properties be cause It thought that was a fair (Continued on page ) DEMPSEY ANXIOUS FOR A DECISIVE KNOCKOUT IN BOUT BEFORE THE 12TH ROUND Thev Heavyweight Champion Declared He Did Not Want a Towel Thrown Into the Ring as a Signal of Defeat J Fighter Must Not Get Chick enhearted. Atlantic Cltv. June 30 Jack' Dempsey declared today that he wants the fight to end decisively with 1 appropriation bill directing a reduct- nouse thiB afternoon to hear Dr. either himself or Carpentler stretch-,'011 tne regular army to 150.000 j Kilgore explain co-operative mar ed on the floor of the ring it possible men bv October 1, but at the same ket before the 12 rounds have been.time advised Congress that in bisj He wag introduced by Mr. Louis fought out at "Boyles Acre" in Jer- opinion further legislation might be Tomlinson who emphasized the sey City Saturday. The world heavy weight so declar- ed himself today when he said he did not want a towel thrown in as a Big - nal of defeat. The bout should be allowed to go to a knock out Without regard to the battered condition ot the contestants and without having, been stopped by a referee. Dempsey sald "Ths best way to stop a fight so as to s't everybody is to knock the other man stio. I don't want Carpentier's' men to throw in a towel. I know ....... " comes my turn to take it they are not going to throw inany towel J p for. me. Nobody is licked until he isejuce he enlisted forces send your counted out "a fighter gets chicken- " w.- nin Punch t ,s daze.d M may get knocked out a "eeperai pnBcn orn li'irrLi Awn ni tei nnuv uikuku, juiio ou. aiier iuree( , . , . . . n ol experiment rroi. wm. u. wodburn of the Northwestern Univ- j uo ""uu cr taininB red whlte and blue kernels nrnAju...H -j u . 1 j ' "uuu"u,u "u u WOu. BOUU be able to perfect rows on row of kernel shwin 8oIid ba of red and wn,te D' "e rea ana wnite lu "'av ",uc a,,u l,,cu ,luu Predicted that the French challenger " noi&i.i, In the game between Wilson and bers was discussed at a conference Suffolk at end of 4th inning: SuffolkWlast night by 60 representatives who 2; Wilson 1. MARKETS COTTON. New York, June 30. Liquidation - over the crop report and the ap- that reason and for the reason they proaching holiday were reported at bad not been permitted to take a N. Y. and Liverpool. There was a de- greater part in the house proceed cllne of from 8 to 10 points on the lngs. cotton . market. I No action was taken. The market at noon , was as fol- inwsr Jan. 12.78. March 13.05. Julv 11.45. Oct. 12.16, Dec. 12.63. meeting. He told them there was no to be keenly solicitous that. New York, June 30. Cotton fu- cause to be uneasy. He said he real-both the senate and house give pri tures ooened steadv: Julv 11.50. Oct.'ized the feeling in the country that ority to those two measures and ex 12.20, Dec. 12.71, Jan. 12.80, March 13.12. The market closed at 2:16 as fol- lows: Jan. 12.73, March 13.05, May 17.34, July 11.46, Oct. 12.17, Dec. 12.63. Spots Wilson market 9 1-4 STOCKS. New York, June 30.- -The weak- ness of Mexican oils was the over- shadowins feature at the opening of today's stock market. Mexican . Pe troleum declined 4 1-4 and immedi- ately extending 'this with another . publican, and Representatives Camp point. Pan-American Petroleum- lost bell, Pennsylvania, Carew, New York 2 1-2 points, General Asphalt, At-' and Q'Brien, New Jersey, Democrats, lantic Gulf. U. S. Rubber and Sears voted in the negative. Lineberger, Roebuck were also heavy. PRESIDENT SIGNED BILL CUTTING THE 150,000 MEN BY OCTOBER Harding Expressed Fear That if the Letter of the Act Were Followed a Serious Injustice Might Be Done in Dismissal of Men Enlisting Under Contract. Washington, June io. president Harding signed today annual Narmy required to relieve tne government oi 'embarassment of violation of obliga- tlon to enlisted men whose discharge the 'eduction will make necessary. I Because of a provision In the bill forbidding the war department to ex- ceed tne actual amount appropriated tBe President said if the letter of thed were IOow rave induce might be done In the dismissal ot men who enlisted under a definite contract. lne secretary oi war stateo mr. ,iraras: win smi ra avoia tr o n ir Arsttnt Yin IV a niinhahla " " - f.v--. - ' " - th secretary "mmt f the Becretar I'S STRENGTH The President is understood to Dacco manufacturers did not know have adopted the course instead of!what t0 depend on- vatnlnir th meamtrn hnnnniM the fl.l U Calif Ornia.:: after the first five- Vai Vfiflr for which the h.n ar-nro- - , nrlntca fnnHa hotrltia tnmnrrnw - ---- LAST KFPORT TO STOP BOXING BOUT. Trenton, N. J., June 30. In a last effort t0 t0D Dempsev-CarDentler u. t .i... o a t- Wm. F. Crafts, superintendent of the international reform bureau, today .wrote to Governor Edwards demand ing that he prevent the bout. crowt 0f Republicans Recent-' jy ecet j0 Congress Had Sounded Note of Protest. Washington, June 30. The quest ion of speeding up work in Ccngress and greater participation in the acti- J vities of the house by the new mem- j are serving their first time. The meeting was caused because of complaints that Congress bad not accomplished what it should in its last session and in protest on the part of the new members both for Representative Mondell of Wyom- ins Republican leader addressed the Congress was delaying actiqn. on im- portant legislation but declaredCon- gress had done all it could have done in fact more than any other Congress in his memory had done. BORAH AMENDMENT PASSED THE HOUSE. Washington, June .2 9. The house agreed late today to the Borah dis- armament amendment to the naval appropriation bill, voting 330 to 4. Representative Moore, Indiana, Re- Republican, California voted present, M L IRK OF CONGRESS ELOQUENT APPEAL BY DR. KILGORE TO THEJARMERS MEETING AT COURTHOUSE Dr. Kilgore Described the Ar rangement That Seeks to - Market Cotton and Tobacco So That Our Farmers May Derive Benefit From a. Co-Operaiive System. Farmers from all parts of the- couuty were present in the court i neceggity tor action In order to pool tne cotton crop and keep ,t off the market untn a Jalr price lg reached. Dr Kilgore expiaillei the system how the wi dlstricteQ and j handled by a Doard of directorBf composed of leading business men and gubstantial citj2ens, The members of the association i will sign a contract to deliver their cotton to the management in each district to be sold in pools. He ex plained the California plan, after wh,ch m(j henj & r tefned , Heretofore moves similar to this made for one year. He stated that one year contracts have been fail- ures DecauBe tne Bp,nner8 and t0. year contract, exalred the prune and i ...!. .,... .lrnH ..n tn, .nan . . and fifteen years. There were 90" per cent ot the California growers s signed. i i - The North Carolina plaa proposes -to incorporate the business and will bind the members thereto to deliv- elr ropi t0 tbe forme4 under tbe organization. Dr. Kilgore stated this organiza tion will be the biggest factor in the cotton and tobacco business, and the larger the membership the stronger and broader it will be1. The larger amount of cotton and to bacco pooled, the greater the force for the control of the price. The purpose is to keep the confi dence of both tbe producer and the consumer. He said we are today 1IowinS t5,e plans of fifty years " -"- (Continued on page 8) I ACTION ON TARIFF Urges That No Legislation Be Attempted That Would De lay the Tariff. , Washington, June 30. President Harding is understood to have taken, a firm stand today during a confer ence with some house leaders that no legislation should be attempted that would delay enactment of the tariff ,and revenue bills. The President was pedite action on them. Reapportionment of representation, in Congress on the basis of the 1921 census was discussed: and the execu tive was saldxto have expressed n opposition to the passage of a reap portionment bill provided it would not Interfere with the tariff for .re venue legislation. After the conference the house census committee decided to report a reapportionment bill for action at this session but agreed not to deter mine the proposed' sise of the house until July 14. The committee was re ported to be practically evenly di vided on propositions to retain tbe present else of 43S members and to- increase to 410. PRES DEN 1
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