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MATTEIR UP - TO CONGRESS Indication of Hard Fight to Permit President to Make Exception of Light. Wines and Beer. Washington, June 30.-As war4ime prohibition took effect tonight the De partment of Justice announced that its agents throughout the country would not attempt tomorrow to stop the sale of two and three-quarter per cent beer This eleventh hour development, a flat reversal of an earlier ruling today by the department, was due to the un certainty as to ho wthe Federal Dis trict Court of New York might rule on a pending claim by brewers that beer containing that much alcohol was not intoxicating. But while this uncertainty existed as to beer of lighter alcoholic per entage than that sold generally here tofore, full warning was given that with respect to whiskey and all bever ages as to whose intoxicating powers there was no doubt, every government agency would be set to work in a de termined effort to prevent their manu facture and - sale. Depends on Courts. How long the sales of two and three quarter per cent beer might continue would depend ordinarily on the speed of the courts, but Congress meanwhile will step to the front in an effort to complete the effectiveness of the war time law. Exactly 'what they have refused heretofore to do, prohibition members of the house now will attempt passage of a straight, clear-cut bill for en forcement of war-time prohibition. Counted Noses. When word spread tomsght that the Attorney General by his ruling had permitted beer saloons and breweries to remain in operation, members of the judiciary committee counted noses to find a sufficient numnoer ready to gptoathe front and demand separation of .the. enforcement measures so as -to. get through at once a bill that would stop the sale of all beer containing more than .one-half of one per cent sko!hol. Congressional leaders, it was said, refused to abandon plans'for a recess beginning probably tomorrow in order to put the bill through as an emerg ency measure, and the whole question of prohibition will be held up until next Monday at the ear;lest. There were indications tonight that a hard tight would be made in behalf of an amendment to be offered by Represen tative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri which would permti the President to set aside in the war-time act in so far as it relates to light wines and beer. Two ISeparate Views. While the iAttorney General's staff was wrestling with the question of in toxicating and unintoxicating beer the judiciary committee sent to the llouse it~s report in which the bold as sertion was madle that anything over (ne-half of oneC per cent alcohol v*as intoxicating within the purview of the general law, and that Congress and not the court, should fix the alcoholic percentage of all beverages, sales of which is restricted by prohibition stat uates. But while the milder beer, like some notable, was accorded unusual honor by the joyful throng, a long dry finger movedl across the miap to night at idinight an dblotted out of existence a man's legal right to buy o'r 'ell liquor. $ale of these intoxicants again will be legal with~ dlemobiliz/a tion of the army, dlate or which will be determined by the Ptesidlent and until J)anuary 16, 1920, at -which time it will be prohibited for many a (lay by constitutiopal amendment. "Like Poppies Spread." In every 'city where the saloon lights blazed for perhaps the last time the merry making kept up until the tolling of the midnight hour, when the belle sounded the closing warning at Boston the folk at San Francisco still had three hours to drink. Attorney Gen'?rnl Palmer' in his statement to the policy of the depart menit enlledtattention to the fact that the authorities in every city and State had been requested to give the utmost cooperation in the fnatter of enforcin'g all indisputed provisions of the war time law. The temporary refusal not to proceed against those selling two and three-quarter per cent beer, al thoug hevidence against them will be obtained with a view of the prosecu tion in the event the court decided against tIQ brewers-does not mean that persons offerin git for sale in ter ritory heretofore dry will be exempt from arrest and prosecution. Gambler's Chance. Saloons selling two and 3 1-4 per cent beer will take a gambler's chance and stay open at their own risk it. was emphasized. The Bureau of the Internal Revenue upon the bulky shoulders of which will fall much of the great task of breaking up the iE "r selling, today issued regulations g. Oing the sale of alcohol for me .al purposes. Those regulations are so strict that it will be next to impo:ssible, bureau agents said, for a man to obtain whis key for general driking because at most he cannot have more than a quart and he cannot get that unless he is ill, and it is provide! in an ef fort to restore him to health. There is no restriction, however, on a man's right to "use" the liquor stored in his home, nor are the government agents authorized to obtain warrants and seize his stock so long as it is not offered for sale. From the very inception of the war time law, there has been the greatest confusion re garding its provisions. President Wilson, in a message to the present Congress recommended repeal of the law insofar as it related to light wines and beers, but this was passed over with little consideration. In a state ment given out Saturday night the President announced he was with c t authority to suspend operations of the act at this time, but that he would do as soon as the army was demobilized. Until the very end dealers everywherg had held to the forlorn hope that the President would set aside the law. Confusion Extends. The confusion extended even into official quarters. Early today officials of the Department of Justice said that the law prohibited the sale of 2 3-4 per cent beer and light wines, then on the heels of this the district attorney at Baltitnore announced he had re ceived instrifetions from Washington not to interfere with such sales for the present. After the issuance of the attorney general's statement of ficials dismissed the wihole subject with the explanation that the depart ment had "reversed" itself. There were all sorts of rumors afloat in Washington tonight as to what might happen in Congress in view of the stand taken by Depart ment of justice. Some members in sisteid that there would be a demand toiorrow in the (louse for immediate consideration of the straight war time enforcement bill and that not even an agreement for a rece . over the holi day could prevent action - once the fight was launched. The argument was advancedl in (uarters not generally. regardled as~ ardent for prohibition that the war time bill, sent in as pare one of a Ven eral measure, could be taken out with out affecting the other parts, and passed after ank agreement to dispense with debate. Later in~ the evening, however, some oif the prohibition lead ers said they would be content with plans for the holiday. But there was a general feeling of unce'rtainty arnd members who are prc pared to blorik ettorts to put through war time eni forcement without full consideration of amendments to change the alcoholir' percentage anid other provisions. there virtually was nio ebance before ret week. JAPANESE MAKfE AP'OLOGlY Washington, July 1.--Commenting today Ai a published report that the incident growing out of the clash be tween American and Japanese soldiers att Tien Tani, China, March 12, had been closed with an ap~ology by thei Japanese Government offleialo of the State Department said the negotia tions still were going' on. - "The ex ehanges have been entirely friendly and officeials expect that the matter will be soon satisfactorily closed. World Demand foi Shows Sh American Cotton Association Presents Figures, Which, Though Start ling, It Regards as Conservative. (By J. Skottowe Wannamaker, Pres.) We are facing a cotton famine, the most serious that has ever existed since cotton was first cultivated in America. Cotton today is the cheap est commodity in the world. A pound of middling cotton, selling for 33 cents today, run through an automatic loom can be sold at wholesale to con verters for $1.08. On this basis the raw material would be worth 68 cents Cotton will be unobtainable at any price and we will have ail enormous unfilled demand before any cotton from the 1920 crop (that is next years crop) can be secured. Prices have only started to advance. 1ld your cotton and reap a golden harvest. The mill and the speculator who have sold cotton short failed to real ize the situation. On account of ex isting conditions today for the first time in the history of the Exchange, when ,a mill sells cotton on the Fx change as a hedge, instead of this resulting in depressing the market, it will have the result, for the first time of eventually raising the price of raw cotton. The contract today forces de livery of 7-8 inch staple white cotton. Low grades and unspinnable cotton can not be edlievred as heretofore. As a result spot cotton will be demanded by the purchasers of all contracts The mill and the speculator may close their contract out to someone else at a much higher price than it was sold for and shoulder the monetary loan, but the purchaser of the contract will not cancel out same. A matter of tremendous import is the fact that as a result of a sys tematic agitation on our part last spring, when October was stilling at planters in arvious sections of the belt bought the amount of cotton for 'ctobed delivery in the early 19 1-2 cents to 22 cents, that they could have reasonably expected to have made. This price was far below the cost of production. Cotton will be demanded on these contracts, this re sulting in a double reduction in acre age. Demand for and Supply of Cotton. One o fthe leading bear experts of America has issued the following statement: 'World's expected demand fcar next season, beginning -August 1, 1919, 17,000,000 bales. Bales. United States will need--. -7,500,000 Europe will need ----.---.8,500,000 Other parts of world will need ------ ------,-------.1,000,000 17,000,000 Estimated A merican crop, 1919 ------ ------------ 12,500,000 Estimated carry-over in ex cess of consumption..-4,500,000 17,000,00 Note--Some day that European de.. mand will be: England, 3,000,000t bales; Germany, 4,000,000 bales; leav.. I ing France, Belgium, Italy, Poland and other countr'ies not supplied." This statement, while approved by the leading bears aind many of thet manufacturers, is absoulutely incor- t reet. Tfhe Ame'rican Cotton Associa.. I tion, for the purpose .of verifying t same, has made a painistaking inves- a1 igaition, and as a result, finds that r the followving figures are conserva tive: Bales. C Worjgl'l's ex pected demand e for next season, beginning -t A ugust 1, 1919-..--.--...-.0,500,000 r United States will need - --.-8,5i00,000 'I Europe will need .- --.----10,000,000 Il Other parts of world will 0 need ~--- ----.----- -.. ..2,000,000 t. 20, 5i00,000 " Estimnaltel American crop, a 1919----- --.--. ... ... ..--.10,000,000 if Estimacedl carry-over in y excess of consumption ..-- 4,000,000 14,Q00,000 this will show w shortgage in supply of .... ....... -...6,500,0000 fa In. this estimate we have -shown Eu o Raw Cotton ortage of Suppl3 rope far below her requirements. Eu rope shows a shortage of cotto Lought in the last four years as corn pared with the previous four year f 15,935,437 bales. In the above er Limate which we made as the resul f a careful investigation, we onl how her pressing needs. Abnormal I)emand for Raw Cotton. Both the American Cotton Associ Lion and the American Cotton Expor Finance Corporation have received great number of letters from ever section of Europe tirging that order for cotton be filled. *Jnc order i for 1,000 bales of cotton per wee for the next six months. These let ers are coming from all of the man facturing centers of Europe, fror orporations, firms and individuals, a stating that they are in urgent nee >f raw cotton. One of the large firm htates: "As to the amount of cotton to b ised in Europe it will only be limite ,o the financial arrangements tha an be made by Europe for buyin ?otton in America and the transpor .ation facilities. The trade fails t .nderstand the pressing need for cot :on and cotton goods in Europe. A i result of the war England, France Belgium, Germany and Austria ar short from 1915 to 1918, inclusive, a east 17,000,000 bales of American co on. They are short as compare vith the four previous years 15,935, 137 bales. There were over a 1,000 )00 bales of raw cotton and manu factured cotton goods destroyed dur the war in Europe, which adde Go this amount, brings it up to 17 )00,000 bales of cotton. So that i will be readily seen that there is a unheard-of, almost unthinkable, de naud for raw cotton and cotton good in Europe;Our governments are er ouraging intense activities on th part of manufacturers and lendin hem every assistance possible to -pur bhase raw cotton. They fully realiz hat this is absolutely necessary s s to stop the great unrest and fur ish the people with means of earn ing a living, and also of furnishin revenues for the payment of ou mormous war debts. Our mills ar na-king more money than it was eve bought would be possible, and if w 'an obtain the raw cotton, we wil nave a gold mine. England has never been barer o nanufactured cotton goons in the las sixty years. Do not have the impres uon that the American mills hav mupplied the need for -the manufact ired product in England. Such is no he case. The war created an abnor nal demand for raw cotton. This, an he destruction of cotton during th var, has been entirely overlooked an< he European wants are entirely tin lerestimated, and have probably beer .ept in the dark by the Americar nanufacturers, who are reaping r olden harvest. Experts are now in iFurope reprie enting the American Cotton Asso iation and their report is in lin4 vith the above. Trhey stat in arddi ion that Europe will use a fabulouL mount of raw cotton at a price e'ver ar in advance of present prices. Ev ry European country Is preparing t< 'ut on a carmpaign of intense activi ies for the purpose of regaining los, rade aind for the purpose of furnish rig their peropde with work, aind thui eriving revenues fc r t heir suppori nid for the paiymentt or~ their enor. 10us war debts. J,aw of Supply and Demand Rules. The enorous inflation in Europe wil f course', drift into A merica. We, ol ciurse, do niot take intor considheratior 're eighty billions of dollars in cur-~ anrcy issued by the Blolsheviki regime, 'his is practically wvorthless. Thre in ation, aside from this, breaks all rec rds. This in addition tor thre fact mt (luring the four years referred te merica's consumption of raw~ c'ottonl 'as really in excess of pro:lue'tion by prproximately three inxlllion bal's that estiemating the consurmption for the 'ar enidini' A ug'.ut 31 al only eleven !llo:r bais, anid ever'y inlication is Jrt wv' be aibrolutely imnpos'.d%, 'en with fidutl weather conltiti n Oin now on to produce an-I tratner, 1 the :rcreage planted, more than the average crop for the last four years. This means that we will have an en ormous shortage of raw cotton. In all r probabilities the crop will be far be L w the four-year average, in which case the nmanufacturing interests are - facing a period of complete exhaus tion of supply of raw cotton before this time next year. These are actual facts, actual condi tions. "The wise man is governed by t facts." The manufacturer who fails to recognize the existing conditions I will pay dearly for his folly. The pro ducer who sacrifices cotton under these conditions will simply be enrich ing the manufacturer and robbing l t himself. Cotton is the cheapest com " modity in the world today, and con s' iering population and demand, we Swill have the smallest supply ever re 3 corded. As a result, the highest price ever paid for cotton Is an inevitable certainty. Some Startling Facts. We have entirely overlooked the enormous destruction of material l which resulted from the world war. s The following tabel will throw some slight light on this side of the pic L ture: The following facts regarding the t war have been complied from litera ture furnished by the government loan - organization, based upon information issued by the United States Treasury: - The total cost of ammunition and guns to equip our army amounted to , $12 for every hour since the birth of a Christ. t Over 2,500,000 shoulder rifles were t produced in the nineteen months of I our participation in the war, more - than either France or England pro - duced during that neriod. e - Before the armistice was signed, - our speed in producing an:munition t 1 was twice that of France and 10 per c - cent greater than that of England. At e t the end of the war our production 1 n of machine guns was twice that of < France anr nearly three times as s great as England. t Six million two hundred and fifty c e thousand pounds of 75-millimetre am- i munition were fired by American ar- 1 tillerymen. e It takes ten months to manufacture one 1.- 'nch, 50 calibre rifle and costs about $.'00,000. Its life is 150 shots. - Fro:, April 6, 1917, to December, 1918, vt manufactured 438,652 pistols and 7 663 revolvers. On November-11, 1918, the United r States had 1,949,316 soldiers in Eu rore and 22,234 en route, besides 32, 1 3863 marines. We had 9,104 in the Siberian expedition and 1,634,499 in f the United States, making a grand to t tal in the army of about 3,700,000. - The enormity of the supplies pro (duced for shipment abroad may be - gauged from the following items: t Blankets, almost 20,000,000. Wool coats, over 12,000,000. 1 Overcoats, almost 8,000,OGO. r Shoes. over 26,000,000, I Stockings, almost 90,000,000. n - Frozen beef, ovvr 250.000,000 lbs. t Flour, about 543,000,000 pounds. r A bout 2.500,000,000 cigarettes. Beans, about 40,000,000 pounds. Hlard bread, about 28,000,000 lbs. t, Salt, about 14,000,000 pounds. h There wvere transported to the army Iab~roadl from A pril, 1917, to Novembher il 1,1918, 4,897,(;00 tons oif freight. r I We lost 271 airplanes to the enlemy I and1 they lost 491 to us. it To equipJ our* aviators t here was pro e v'idedI, ori in course of manufacture, ont t< November 11, 1918, in ex('ess of $5,000 e O00worthI of materialI. Jir Estimate C'onservative. Ial I real ize that our estimate as to the h; world's need will be startling and will IT probably be ridiculed. Ilowever, I tI also realize that as a result of a thor- 0 ough invest igation that this estimate le (of ours is conseratvive. England wouldl 5< -use far in excess of the amount of cot mt ton showvn, were it possible to secure same'. As to the prodluctioni of the T growing crop for A merica, even wererly you to accept the figures shown b~y the. to bear estimate of 12,500,000 which fig. e! uires arec abhsolutely ridiculous, still thl Iyou would have an enormnous un tlled Ill demnand~ for raw cotton. It is stted t h that time proevs all things, andl I *it Ihave no fear but that it will verify the wl' cor'rectne.ss (of our sttatemnent. th When demand exceed(s suppily, and th |when we have an enormous inflation in of currency, it. can mean only one thing, w< that is, we wvill have e'normously high *en prices for rawi cotton. Post this in w: your scrapbook and you will receive fo your reward. * .i, LOCK OF FRAME BWllDINCS''BORN ity of Florence Barely Escapes Ser ious Conflagration. SMtALL. INSURANCE ('ARRIED 'roperty Destroyed Will Be Replaced at Once With Brick Structures Florence, July 1.---Florence narrow y missed a serious conflagration his morning when the Buchheit row f frame tenants, stores, pressing lubs, etc., were destroyed by fire. The alarm from box fourteen, at ast Evans and Church streets, in the lidst of the business section, was oundled at 9 o'clock. The lire was hen bursting through the roof of the .wchheit block of frame buildings in ast Evans street. The department 'as soon on the spot, but the inflam iable material that the fire fed upon aused the flames to make arpid head ,ay and by the time the first stream f water was turned upon the seeth ig flames, the building had begun ailing. Nearly everything in the everal apartments of the building ras burned and the loss was consider ble. The McMillan building, across the treet on the osuth side, soon caught s well as the large billboards of rays. The Berry building on the est side and the Buchheit tenant wellings on the north, were danag d. The top of a gasoline filling statici ank caught and shot up a long stream f fire. The tank was expected to xplode but a stream was shot at the laze from a distance and it was put ut of business. The property destroyed will amount o several thousand dollars and on ac ount of the high rate enarged by the nsurance companies on the risk about 0 per cent, there was little insurance nl any of the property. The fire originated from a spark rom a stove flue in a restaurant be ng driven under the shingles by the tiff, notrheast wind that was blow ng. The buildings destroyed will be re laced with brick structures at once y Mrs. S. .1. Buchheit, the owner. AI.MOST CAUSED CLASH negroes Taken to Hotel at St. Mat thew's St. Matthews, July 1.--Three white ergeants in charge of a baseball ine of negroes came near stirring up genuine hornets' nest here this lorning. Arriving in town about 8:30 he negroes who were also in uniform rere marched 4directly to the hotel. No ne suspecting the purpose of the of cers in charge, paid any especial at 'ntion until it was lease 10d that they' ad been marched upstairs and had rdlered( breakfast and taken char'ge of ie lobby. The presence of the neg ies confounded the pr'oprietor, Mrs. erlong, and in a very few mlomeICnts was knowvn over town. Beftore a *owd couldI giather they were advised get out least they b~e summ narily ect "d. 'Th is they se(em to have done a leisurely way, wit hout evidencing ly knowledge (If the fact that. they comcommitted a breach of Southern anners. When they arrived again on 0 st reets, their mnn lers were not a penitent nature. A numiber of ad ing citizensII had come a non the 'one and when i'.dvised of the ugli 'ss of their conduct, one of the ser anifts is said to have resented it. lat was enough. But for the time appe~arance of Sheriff Ifill, wvho ok charge o fthe ofieers and advis them immiediately to leav~e towvn, e-re may have been serious trouble. owever, after having gone back to e~ station to take' the next train out, was learned that the conduct of the ioie party, both in getting oil' at" e station and at other places when ey were not suspicioned (, had been a taunting nature rnnd the party are waited upon by men ready to force their demands, and inst ead o-f itiing for the train they took the at route up the ranlwa from.