Tae Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Carrier, per year_..___ $3.00 By carrier, per year .......--——--—- $3.o0 THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. I .re: b. WEATHERS ....__V. President and Editor a ERNEST HOEV_..._........... Secretary and f’oreftian RENN DRUM __ News Editor L. e, DAIL _ Advertising Manager Entered as second class matter January 1 190b at the postoffice at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act ot Congress. March 3. 1079 We wish to call your attention to the fact that It is and "•ns been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of re ict cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has beta published. This will be strictly adherred to. WKDNKSr)AY>j)CT-'1> [^~ TWINKLES Have you strolled through the galaxy of attractions at the fair? If not, you’re missing a real farm show. i~ ■ . ./ -... • . * I If only this world had enough men of the Judge Jim! Webb calibre. But such being the case there would be little ! necessity of a better one elsewhere. I --- . *- I Now that Bobby Jones has accomplished what the critics j termed impossible, by winning everything in golfdom in one year, why don't the Democrats nominate him for president? Very few folks would heiitate to ask if Bobby were wet or dry. TARIFF HATRED OF AMERICA TpHE MINOR GUNS in the Republican campaign barrage, the two-by-four spell-binders, are going about the South declaring that the record of the Hoover administration and the tariff bill are not, and should not be, campaign issues. They are very emphatic in this declaration because they real ize what a blow the tariff has been to the South and how the average citizen, regardless of political affiliation realizes that he or she has not benefitted by the tariff monstrosity. But up where the big heads of the Republican party, the leaders, lay their plans it is admitted, with some pride, that the main issue of the campaign is the success or failure of the tariff. Incidentally, the G. 0. P. campaigners should en lighten their help in the South and let them know just what’s going on. In a radio speech broadcast throughout the nation recently, Congressman Wood, of Indiana, chairman Of the Republican congressional committee, declared that the Hoov er administration and the tariff bill ARE THE REAL IS SUES of the campaign. (He should send Mr. Jonas a wire to that effect). Since such is the case, and since the Republican leaders have decided it is their duty to stand or fall by Hoover and the tariff, let’s see if the two haven’t had something to do with the business depression. Today this nation occupies the “unenviable position,” to borrow the term from one of our leading statesmen, “of a na tion huilf upon the misery and misfortune of other nations.” Production in America has been so keyed up that we pro duce more than 120 million Americans can possibly consume. Where, then, are we to find markets and prosper unless other nations purchase our products? Are we not doomed to eco nomic isolation unless we find a market for that surplus? Our textile plants could supply the demand of America alone by running only seven months per year—what of the re maining five months? It all means that we must cut pro duction, turning thousands away from work, or sell our sur plus products. Has the tariff bill helped eliminate that sur plus? No. Instead it has laid ihe foundation for making the surplus larger. More than a score of countries, in a re taliatory move against the new tariff which bars their goods from America, have decided to do without American goods. Still the campaigners would tell us that Hoover and the tariff have had nothing, nothing at all, to do with the depression. Many of our American corporations in the attempt to do business with these other countries are moving their plants away from the United States. What does that mean? It means, to borrow the expression again from one of the sound est thinkers of this period, that “the American laboring man who had been working in these plants is left sitting in the shadows while the Canadians and the Irishmen hold the jobs he once held.’’ The manufacturers will continue to do busi ness, but the American workingman cannot benefit thereby, because he is losing his job. And what could be the cause, If it is not the tariff? Two thousand American industries are moving to other countries, because of the tariff, yet Hoover and the tariff bill of Maladministration have nothing to do with the unemployment situation—bosh! Why is wheat selling at a record low price—and cotton? Why are cotton, wheat and tobacco farmers wondering how they may exist? Across the bakeries of London are posters reading “Our Bread Not Made from American Wheat.” America has incurred the enmity of the entire world by the tariff bill. Can other nations be blamed for their attitude when they turn thumbs down on our wheat, our cotton pro ducts, our tobacco? Mr. Hoover stood by and permitted the selfish big interests to strike this great blow against the economic heart of this country by their tariff bill. Today he could have been the biggest man in the country had he dared to tell the big business that it cOuld not revise the tariff to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, and that he would not permit them to throttle the farmer and the workingman. But he did not. That cannot be denied. And, as it is, he heads the most hated government on earth. How the Republican leaders have the heart and the audacious courage to go before the people and uphold the tariff monstrosity, is hard to comprehend. Surely the citi zens of this country will not be fooled. Why is the farmer suffering, why is the laboring man without work, why are | the business men, the merchants, doing only a small busi | ness? The tariff |s the answer. And the manner in which ; American firms are moving trj other countries does not ms .sure anything in the immediate future but increasing unem ployment and a gain in missing payrolls. The Republican campaigners, attempting to mislead the voters by their many yells and howls, cannot dispute the facts set forth above. Let the little man, fighting the fight of his life, beware. SOME FACTS, NOT POLITICAL PALAVER ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS QASTING AROUND for something to howl about in order to take the attention of the people away from Republi can failures, Republican campaigners, notably Mr. Jonas, have been discussing and “cussing” the cost of school books in the State. Often in the past The Star has urged citizens not to take political propaganda too seriously until they found out lor themselves how much of the propaganda was based upon facts. It will be worthwhile to bear that urge in mind now and hereafter. Speaking in South Shelby Mr. Jonas had quite a bit to sav about. North Carolina-schools and the cost of text books. Ten dollars, lie said, is required to purchase books for one school child each year. Is that true? Since the school book controversy arose B. L. Smith, superintendent of the Shelby city schools, and a member of the North Carolina Text Book Commission, has written to the newspapers showing just what is the true situation. Mr. Smith writes not as a member of any political party and not for political purposes. He writes as a member of the book commission in order that the people, the fathers and mothers who purchase books, may know the actual facts. Here is his summary of the situation, and every citizen who desires in formation regarding the matter should read it: “There is a lot of loose talking done about the cost and change of text books. As a member of the North Carolina Elementary Text Book Commission I have felt it my duty to investigate the matter to see whether North-Carolina citi zens are having to pay too much or to change too frequently, In ray humblfe judgment the advantages are with this State. “The competition among publishers is quite as keen as that among any other business groups. There is very good reason to believe that this keen rivalry forces the company that gets the contract to a very close margin of profit. “The State government sets a nominal profit which a dealer is allowed to receive for handling the books. It is so small that, it is often difficult to get a business concern to bother with it. “Due to the great amount of research and experimental work done in the preparation of a book for publication, it has become very expensive to prepare the “copy.” Books are more durable than they have been made heretofore. More care than ever is exercised in the muke-up of the books to prevent eye-strain and to facilitate learning. Illustrations are more attractive than they have ever been. “The actual cost of text books is invariably exaggerated* The Shelby schools meet the accredited rating. Here the average cost per grade amounts to only $3.22. If the parents see to it that the books are taken care of, it is reasonable to expect that they can be resold for half price. That would leave a net cost ]K*r pupil per grade of $1.61 for all of his books—reader, speller, language, arithmetic, health, writing, music, drawing, geography, history, and dictionary. How COUPONS from (Sec Below) OCTAGON SOAP PRODUCTS Coupon saving is easy. There are sis Octagon Products, each of which has a coupon, livery time vou need soap of any Kind, sim ply ask your dealer for ''Octagon." Soon you'll have enough to get this fine kettle. Start today! You'll need 100 coupons, at least 10 of which must be from Octagon Soap Powder. k This strainer kettle is one of the hig hest values we've ever been able to offer, hix-quart size. Beautiful highly polished aluminum. Cover clamps on. will not slip off. Has strainer with hinged lid that makes it twice as easy to pour off water. 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To be sure it falls on the citizenship in different ways—in North Carolina the parents pay all the cost, in some other States the govern ment through taxation assumes part of the cost, and m others the government through taxation pays all the cost. “Through its laws North Carolina guarantees to its citi zens the selection of the best educational materials at the lowest cost. Surely our parents are entitled to the best pos sible price and our children to the best possible text books!” It’s as easy and natural to enjoy the fragrant mildness of a Camel Cigarette as it is to admire beauty when you see it. Camels are made, and always have been made, for discriminating smokers—the people whose keen judgment unerringly selects the best. But that doesn’t mean you have to be an expert to enjoy Camels! The delicate, mellow fragrance of those choice sun-ripened tobaceos is some thing that anybody can appreciate. Camels arc naturally smooth and mild — never parched nor insipid. 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