POUHfcfori
Five Thousand Attend
Virgiiria^Dare's Anni
versary From A? Sec
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Manteo, Aug. 18;?Some five thou
sand citizens fpom all sections of
_N"orth Carolina gathered at Fort Ra
leigh, Roanoke Island* today-and en
thusiastically joined m helping cele
brate the. 1144th birthdsy o#- Virginia
Dare, the first child of English par-j
entage to be born on American soil, !
_*and the bringing of Dare county into J
intimate -toueh" with the rest- of the I
state as &' result- of completion off
new bridges and-highways.
it woa S big day for Dare,- the!
high spot of the week's program in
connection urth Homecoming.Week.
There were speeches, ? band music,
singing and a real old fashioned pic
nic dinner. There were two senators,)
three congressmen and more than a
dozen high state officials among J
those present ?
Gathering usder the shady trees
which abound in the vicinity of Fort
Raleigh, the huge crowd participated
in a program which proved tmpsually
interesting all the way through. A
? large speaker's platform had been I
rected for the occasion and was oc
cupied not only by the orators of the
day But also by about 50 distinguish
ed guests. Part of the crowd sat ohj
improvised benches while others stood J
in "the rear, me u. a. navy uany
proved a popular attraction. -Hiss
Effie Westcott directed the-singing
of three patriotic melodies, ""^he Sta*
Spangled Banner,^ "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" and "the Old North
'State." " ! i: :
The two principal speakers on the
program were Josephus Daniels and
Cameron Morrison, who spoke in the ,
order named. Mr. Daniels gave, an
interesting sketch of the historic
background of Hoanoke" Island, re
ferring to .it as a place of mysteries;
miracles and romance. ] He told of the i
early colonisation of that section and
also described the experiments in -
-flying- by the-Wright brothers.
His tribute to rite effective work, done
in the-past by the coast guard evoked
hearty applause. v * - <
Mr. Morrison also" devoted himself
to a 'recital of historical data, siying
-also iij the^amrae of his remarkfc-that
govemment should be undfer the'- di
rection. of every1 class of people, "not
just farmers or just business mem"
'' Glass, domiaati onhe said, "would
threaten the very foundations .of de
mocracy." >'' <
. "We. want government at the hand?
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of no single class, n
sovietisra. Oar supreme
with groups of fools ia many largpr
cities who .ere teaching outright trea
son. " ft is the duty atgocft. citiaehs
to "answer t^hese damnable doetrin?
! of teachers under all flags."
IX B. Fearing dpened the day's pro-,
gram by presenting Br. Robert Brent.
j Brane, of Edenton^as ri&steriuf cere
mony. The invocation ^was pro
nounced by Rev, H- B, Hines,-; Mr.
Fearirg introduced J. C- B. Elpring
haus, wjio, in torn, presented Josepbus
Daniels. At the request of thd chair
man, Mr. Ehripghaus then took over
duties of master of ceremonies.
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Pongre?sman Lindsay-C. Warren in-J.
troduced Mr. Morrispn, calling atten
tion to the record which the former,
governor had made during hirterm of
office* vldhr. Ehrin^haus presented
some of the v distinguished visitors.
Among those. ceWed upbn were Sena
tor J. W. Bailey, E. B. Jeffress,
chairman of. the State Highway- Conv
mission, J. A- Hartness, secretary of
state, Willis Smith, speaker of the
house, of representatives in the North
Carolina legislature; Congressman
John H. Kerr ,of the second district,
Congressman JTohn J. Cochran, of Mis
souri, the guest of Mr. Warren; Bax
ter Durham, state auditor; Allen J.
MoywaII. of the revenue deDartment:
J. Crawford Biggs, chairman of the
state 'board of ejections; Frank, (gra
ham, president Of the University of
North Carolina, Judge Walter ?L.
?Small and CoL John D. Langston. Mr.
FJninghanS' also presented two of
Governor White's lineal descendants,
Mrs; Francis D. Winston and ..; Miss
Rose White Kenney,)ier niece. Judge
Winston was also presentd. V; ?'
Tyre Taylor spoke - in behalf of
Governor Gardner, whoAvas unable to
be present, Mr. Taylor stressed the
importance oi^catering to Hie tourists
who visit North Carolina in large
numbers every year., He urged that .
a state association be formed to mark
the historic places and also to con
sgjve historic records. A resolution
bearing out this idea was presented
by Judge Winston and was unani
mously; adopted.
- Bruce Etheridge, Frank'Stick,- Vic- j
tor Meekms, Walter Ftheridger I>. B. '
Fearing, M. R. Daniels andvother citi
zens of'the island acted as hosts at
the bountifully laden dinner tahlos.
The new hotel at Mantes came jn for
much praise and commendation. The
hard surfaced road which runs along
the ocean front fpr 18 miles also re
ceived much favoi-ble comment So
did the entire citizenship of "Dare
county for havjpg staged such a fine
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Heavy Sales of
Made on Border
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I Spirited J^ddlng forlto
I . bacco Reported on One
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Good quality tobacco sold -at ad- I
vanced prices yesterday on the bor- I
der markets. Fairmont reported spir- I
ited bidding, with a' few baskets sell- I
I ing from $40 to $46 a hundred. Tues
day's average as officially given, was I
? $13.99 as against $12.18 the name day J
I a year ago. I
The average price at Lumberton I
yesterdafy was $1417, although more I
tlmn the usual quantity of poor tobac- I
I co was sold. The Export Tobacco 1
Company's representatives came on I
this market yesterday to remain the
rest of the season. I
I All grades of tobacco from $7 up I
I advanced in price yesterday on the I
I Fairmont market A few baskets of I
? fancy tobacco soid from $40 to $46 a 1
I hundrsd. Today'?-sales are estimated I
I at 706,000~ pounds, and average is es- I
' tima-ed at $14.96. Yesterday's^ffi- 1
I dal report 593,910 pounds, average I
I $1839. One year ago, 513,530 pounds
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Lamberton* Aug. 19.?Good donee* I
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ichiugew ^ Grades, selling: fb$ $10 audi
Bchevaliersongsanswer tq
fLEAS GF PICTURE .FANS
Floods of fan mail, registering' em
Bphatic protest, have convinced Para
Bmoairt studio officials that, in silenc
Bing Maurice Chevalier's gay .singing
?voice in his two recent pictures,-they
?have gone contrary to public desire.
Convinced by the evidence, Jesse L.
BLasky, Paramount production^ chief, .
Bconferred with Ernst Lubitsch, direc
Btor of Chevalier's pew, starring pic
Bture, ""The 15fnilii)g^ lieutenant," and,
Bbetween them, they arranged for the.
Bsmiling Frenchman to singl^bur songs
Bin the picture.
B "Primarily Chevalier is a great ar
Btist," says Lubitsch. . . "Where his
Bsongs ariflogically woven ipto the'ac
Btion of the story, they serve to speed
Bup rather than retard its dramatic ac
Btion. Realization of that fact, coupled .
Bwith the public demand^ prompted us; |
? to plan a Chevalier " vehicle which
?would give the star plenty of chance
|to sing. :
I 'We selected 'The Smiling Lieate* >
?antf *?& Oscar Straus and Ciif
?fortf'Gray prepared the music, and^i
3 Straus- fe the popular Continental] I
composer. Grey has written !yric*;^]l
Chevalier^ previous pictures. They I
- 4,7S? miles in 49 hoars *nd ft xaixa&KAS mioutxauWMip 4% txnje they had :^ri
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The Farm Board
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Plan bnnpanlind
narimpracncai
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Blalock Says
Short of a Mussolini
Could Put It in OpSifc
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Raleigh, Aug. 20.?U; Benton Bla-"
loch, president of" the American Cot
ton - .^Cooperative Association, , last
weefc-termpd "impractical" the plan
of the Federal Farm Boan^to plow
up every third row of cotton, and add
ed that if. the plan were attempted^
"nothing short" of a Mussolini could
put it ip operation." ~ ,
"? Mr. Blalock, who had just returned
from a three-day inference in
Washington with the Farm Board and.
the directors of the American Cotton
Cooperative also stated that neither
he nor any other director of the as
sociation was consulted as tP the ad
visability -of the scheme and, sfl far
as he knew, neither was any member
of the Cotton Advisory Ce*7?niittee, of
which he is a member.
When-asked for his ideas about
handling the incomings crop,. Mr. Bla^
lochrsaid that all cotton held by the.
that held by the American Cotton Co
operative^ which is financed in &ch a
manner that it can be carried at min
imum post, should be held off the
market forj^Jaast another year.
"We, canxtot' -'expect the j
Federal Farm Board to cohtan?:* *io j
pile up eurpta? eottoh;" said Mr. .Bla
lock, "therefore the incoming-crop, or
at least a-large .portion of it, must be
marketed. This, howeyer, should be
done in an orderly manher.and not
'dumped' on an already glutted mar
kets-otherwise stilT lower price.levels
may be , the result for the nation's
chi^f money crop."
Mr. Blaloek said that two of the
touthV largest cotton manufacturers
had B^Kested-to hj&n that nt>w is the
tijae, not only for large cotton man
ufacturers,-but for manufacturers m
all linen to, come into the market ami
buy stirplus stocks** of cottota since
they could not hope to find satisfac
tory markets for their products m\til
the buying power of the American
farmer is restored t& a higher basis.
"Of course," Mr. Blatlockad&Sd,
"w^ahould begin now through every'
agricultural: agency in the south - and
through-* the support- of southern
bankers tcNay oyr plans for a heavy
curtailment - of cotton; acreage neXt
season." >-? -
? When preeflbd for his opinion of
limiting cotton acreage by 'legislative
action, he sjudlie betieYed that iTthjs
matter: was left to a vote of the cot
ton producers t^eptselveatWy would
vote by e big majority to linait cotton
acreage. hy law Sn ; each^rtton state*
The-proposal to automatically limit'
eet^apCacrehge by having each state
legisiature'paoss laws.- for the conser
vation ??? otir greatest natural _ *ie
source^the sofl, by hot allowing cot
tottop-hl w?rtfe> p/mm*
toasdemtwa,h??n?)!(<fed.
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Try Riwd ^ase
First of 3 Talesmen Or
dered to Wmt at
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Beaxifp'rt, Aug. l7P-Due to-the fact
that a jury from some other county
had to be sunun</ied apd no order
batf been made for it.ffie trial of the
county cases did not Jet under way
here today.
Judge Clayton. Mocot, who is hold
ing the special term offcourt, said the
cases, would be finish^! if h? had. tq .
stay her# ointil the Jgit day ofi Be
cetaber. Be made the necessary or
jders for securing veifires from Pitt
[ county, the first of 36-'talesmen to he
here Wednesday, the second Thursday
and 50 more on next Monday.
V The first 'case to be taken up is that
against. County -' Attorney^" Luther
Hamilton ,asking^fqr ?i accounting of
| oertain delinquent tax collections.
There was iome biareri^g between
attomeys^iot- the ilte?ctive sides as
to the order in Vi^ j^&wes^should
he heard, . ^udge .jj^epe oettled ^thia' i
calendar as adopted. A laVge array :
of attorneys, accountants .engineers
and chemists are hpre to take part in
the trial.
Defendants are: Luther Hamilton,
county attorney; W. L. Stancil, former
co- hty auditor; George, W. Huntley,
fqrnwr chairman of the board of
county commissioners i C. ? JL Howe
and George J. Brooks, former county
engineers; F. M. Simmons and Sim
mons Construction company, road
contractors." ~ ,
In filing four suits against the de
fendants'fthecounty alleges cpnapir
acy to apfratfd thq county ^. ro?J
building operatiqhB,' in collection of
taxes and-other derelictions in office.
It was indicated that thp case against.
Hamilton would he called first, when
court' reconvenes Wednesday.
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Tobacconist, Native of
Warsaw, Passes Away
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GoWsboro, Aug. 19.-r-Harry Wood'
ard; about 39, of Goldsboro, was
found dead'in bed in his room in a ho
tel in Claxton, Ga., Tuesday-night,
following a few days' iHness of ton
cilitis. At il o'clock Tuesday night
be was resting- comfortably and an
hour later he_jsas found dead.
The remains are expected to arrive '
in Goldsboro at 12:30 Thursday.
Mr. Woodard had Jjeen with the
Georgia market since July. 10, and
planned to he back in Goldsboro in '
time for the opening of Ihe market
to Goidsb^ ;
zsz&sssszs.
be was employed by tJie
idaire company. He was a member of
? 'OTrvfvuig ape his wife; two snialT
the committee were ^apW'Tor Miss.
Ada L. Burroughs, of Richmond, for
Imei? tafetettrefof Canndn% anti-Stntth
committee of Virginia; ; Joseph-R. Pre
from .New Jersey; and C. _ Baffcom
Slemp, republican leader of Virginia
and former secretary to^ President
Coolidger, They have not been lo&pb*
ed hy the process servers; .
: Committee " members declined^to
comment. on the purpose for which
witnesses were being summoned. Miss
Burroughs bluntly refused to answer
any questions of the committee About
BishopCaftiumV. financial transac
tions in the'1928. Campaign when she
was called 'last .spring. ?Apparently
the comnAtee_untetoda,ta her
another chahce to reply tothoee ques
tions."' '. . ? ' ?
The committee is inquiring into the
charge of Representative Tinkham,
republican; Massachusetts, that the
Bishop failed to account as rtkjmred
by Federal low, for all of the money
placed at his disposal in the 1928 cam
iAto&iz.r ~ . -rv v
The committee reported today that
subpoenas., have-been served oiTEdwin
C.-r Jameson, New York capitalist, who
gtote $65,300 to Bishop Cannon for his
anti-Smith' drive and upon Jackson's
secretary, H.-F. Heatey,"of New York.
Vice Freskfenfc*-Cgrtis was far
foffhed today by^ Senator itobinson.
Republican, of Indiana, that he cbuld
not; Serve on -the investigating coqf
mittee because of other business. He
was *^e<1 ta take the place of Sen-:
cpngrtsB meets in Be&mber. ?
tJhairman Nye hlb called the. com-j
mittee to meet-August 27 to resume
the Cannon -inquiry^ The other mem
bers of the. committee are. Dale, Bev
publican, Vermont, and Wagnef, New.
York, and ?)iH, ; Washington,- both
Democrats. - . '
Defeat of Rebel
Cuban Federal Troops
DislodgedRfebelForces
at Gibara '
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^Hjavana, Aug. 19.?The government
Announced tonight'thdt federal trodfcs
had., engaged strong rebel forces in:
the town of Gibara, on the- north
coa&t of Orfonte-province, ahd'that
the insurgents had been dislodged.
' It was at Gibara, an official report
said todbyj that an expeditionary
force was- landed from a Norwegian
boat reinforce tHe insurgent
strebjdth of the town.
[^Military censorsnip on au outturns
mwb ffons Cuba, which has been Jh
force since Sunday, wis lifted; ?y. the
government tonight
No casualties ihthe Gibara engage
ment were reported officially, als
t^tgh dispatches to newspapers pre
yioupjj^had estimated the- dead and
wounded in the fighting there-at be
bfeen 200 and 300. The, government
iptement said the troops which en
countered -thd rebels there were from
^IU^^C3ara, Camaaguey and Oriente
Ponces..:;-'
Besides the attack by-troops on $he
town, the <9?mmanique' said, the rebels
were bombarded by airplanes and by
gunfire from the cruiser Patria,
madras sent there from Nuevitas,
H pbft; Those who escaped,
sough^p^Jn.* rail
the tbwn,- aitd
their capi^ was expected within , a
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M&penihg September!
> Keports'from the border markets,
which are watched and viewed with
sjosest interestbj farmers Ip /this
section, are more promising this
W^k, prices increasing Bteadiljr as
the better grades are marketed. On*
market reported the sale of 60-ceht
tobacco one day. - The unusually good
quality and splendid cures of - the
weed ih this immediate community
has been made the basis of high
hopes of. growers here for a much
higher averse than last season.
jhd" market here sold more than
twenty-two millionpouCda last season
for an average y ground thirteen
_:ents, which represents a healthyand
steady growth, and warehousemen are
anticipating a great increase in
poundage sales'this year. With four
commodious Warehouses and-up to the
minute foctflties-this market is am
ply able to take care of huge sales,
and a block iir a rarity.
The sales houses are operated by J.
Y. Monk, J. M. Hobgood, G. W. Webb,
L. R. Bell'and R. H. Rnott These
p^>prietors are experienced Ware
housemen in addition to being pro
gressive, honest and" astute business
nfeh. They maintain a dose supervis
ion' of their sales daily which as
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f sures tne larmer 01 a rapia ana tnor
oiigh handling and marketing, of hio
product. The'very fact that Earm
ville, while ranking high among the
! big fjve markets Of Eafitern Carolina,
does not hoM the primary position m
? regard to: sise, is advantageous in
that keener and more individual in
terest is shown the customer than is
possible on a larger market.
!?' The. two Betsjrf buyers are made
up-of efficient mfeii who serve the in
- terest of the farmers impartially and
^trive to cooperate wft&H the ware-"
fJboukemen in i providing p market
"Which will compare most favorably
rOnd hold its place with the toher
; markets of thia heit - - ''
. ...The manufacturing concerns repre
! perial Tobacco Ckw, the American To
bacco Co., the R. J. Reynolds, Uggett
'ljk Myers, and Export Tobacco com
pany.; Other manufacturers, domestic
and foreign are. ably represented, by
the fevers! dealers, includingHthe A.
C. Monk Tobacco".Co., and C. B.
Cheatham Co. #. LoCrilard is expect-,
ed to be represented here this season
and China-American will; probably
have tf buyer herif also. J
A progressive and cordial spirit,]
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gtjftttSfc*: distinct pr^c Wpi T*^
'ie^*m&rket, exist>-ianfliBt thfrbtUtofesS - j
men'hnd citizens of FarinriUd/wMeh-v"
insvhesfull cooperation- With the to- -</
"baceonists in plans for the test inter- < -
est of the market anditacustbmwsr ' -
> Hard surfaced highways rtuiiiivftr-"''"
to the remote rtrfci districts, mattntf *
the market readily accessible to far-'
mere in a territory of mom than a ?
hundred miles.
The ^Jnited States Department-of - -
Agriculture hae successfully worked -
cut a complete system of standard ?
grades for tobacco, and the Federal- -
State grading service has in the " tast y;
f^w years- maintianed graders on se
lected markets during the selling ses~'
son, fpr the convenience of the-farm- ?
er who desires $?? Farmvflle has been
designated as the key market of tho -
section for this service this season.
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"Tobacco buyers purchase tobacco;
according to their own grades without
reference to the government's grades; ^
but at the same time the tobacco'that
has been graded by the departments
furnishes a public record of the prices' '
at which their various grades seHy ?
and makes it possible to cemjuuee" .
grade for grade the selling price Of ?
tobacco in the varous sections.*
The necessity for serious consider
ation in the handling, grading and "
t^ing of tobacco is very evident" and
warehousemen are stressing the facf
that green tobacco is pot desired by '
tke buyers, and shohld not be mixed "
with well ripened and well cured'to- '*
baccos. .
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GARNER GIRL WINS V ' ' _
COTTON CO-OP PRIZE
. Raleigh) Aug. 20.?Elisabeth Bar-; ,
rington, state champion essayist, re* \
turned to Garner Wednesday'^
three day trip t? Washington, wnich -
along with a cash prize of $50 was ?
awarded her by the North Carolina ,
Cotton Growers'Cooperative Associa^ -
tion, sponsors of the gta^-widiK essay
competition.
While in Washington Miss Bar
rington, who graduated from Garner *
high school last spring, visited, the
nation's capitol, Washington^"monu
ment, the offices of the Federal Farm
Board ,the Congressional Library-and
other places af ipterast
. Several thousand students of 123
jstate high.schools' participated in the1'"
contest this year, and, because of the' " ,
Strong competition, it is ceftafttly a
distinct honor to be state chanipioii;
M. G. Mann, secretary-treasurer of'
the cooperative, who had full charge.
of the contest, said.
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Agree Upon Financing of
If CottonGrown This Year
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Cooperative Members to
.Get One Cent Under
Current Market Price
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Washington, Aug. 19.?An agree
ment for financing the handling of
4Mtton rby. cooperatives during the
present crop year was agreed upon to
'^ay by: the Farm Board and the
American Cotton Cooperative Associa
tion. .
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Fanner meriibers will receive- an
advance on cottorr marketed through
Ifce cooperatives of one cent less than
the prevailing price at, pomf of deliv
ery. If the price iY .seven cents a
pound, growers - will be given six
cents. If it drops to five cents, the
advance will decline-to four cents,
r The primary financing- will be
donh through commercial and inter
mediate credit banks. The board will
J^ure the. second loans. sCarl Wil
Uansr. cotton member of the <board,
said ioday; no accurate estimate of
the money required to finance the op
erations could be made. ?< ?
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Director* of the'A. C. C. A. were
m Washington hat 5Vpdk conferring
pffi^^boanf. "Ifeey 'adopted a 1
program to which the board could hot
Agree in its entirety. The pifcseht
-plan, in many respects, is a compro
mise. WUUain^|^K^?oweyer, .both
parties were in harmony upon it. ;
^?^ie Ifouid's. announcement^ which
was made sfcjartly after E. F.VClpfci
r-,sss;ss
fit agreement upon this year's ad-A
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AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
OPPOSE 'RATE. INCREASE
Raleigh, Aug; 20.?'The North' Caro
lina Council of "Agricultural Organi
zations, carrying out its purpose ' to .
support and protect the interests of
the agricultural classes, has petitioned
the Inter-State Commerce-Commission '
to disapprove any Increase in rail1
rates on farm products.
The'petition of the railroads for a
15 per cent increase, in freight rates,
now pending before the inter-State
Commerce Comnriasion, has met se
vere opposition from organized^ agri- '
culture. Outstanding among the op
ponents df the increase is the Ameri
can Cotton .Cooperative Association,
of which U. Benton Blalock, of Ea-"
leigh,.is president. '
> The resolution, signed by C. P.
Cates, of Mebane, president, and M.
G. .Mann, of Raleigh, secretary, op
poses the railroads' petition on the *'
ground that "it would be unfair and
orijost u> increase the'present burdens
&nd '?."ndicap3 under which our fpriu
e? are smuggling by increasing the
railroad rates that are chargttf for the'/
transportation of agricultural comino- V \ '
dities."
The following state organizations 4
join in the concerted petithmV The 4
Grange, Farmers Alliance, Ihttensidh
department, Mutual Exchanges, Dai- ?
rymen's association, Crop Improve
ment association, Division of "Ma*- ? V
keta, Cotton Growers Coopei'ative As
sociation, and the Agricultural Press.
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