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WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21lg
THE HICKORY DAILY RECORD
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September 11, 1915, at the postoffice
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The Associated Prescs is exclusive
1 untitled to the use of republica
tion of all news credited to it or
not credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
United States Steel Corporation,
which won its strike a few years ago,
voluntarily announces an increase of
20 per cent in wages. That is pretty
good tone just now. It also must not
read good to one William Z. Foster,
who led the ill-fated strike. 11 em
ployers and employes would get each
other's point of view and make an
honest effort to avoid differences,
there would be no strikes.
Johnstown, Pa., people became
somewhat excited over some near bctr
which they thought was the real
article. If they did not know the
difference, who was so unkind as to
tell them they were deluded ?
One of these days the rail strike will
be over and most folks will be happy.
Still, nobody seems to know what to
do about it.
Those Spencer shopmen who are
guarding the home of Rev. Tom P.
Jimison as the result of several
threatening letters are wasting their
time. Tho letters iJimison received
were not signed. People who write
letters without disclosing their names
are not dangertiw. If it were possible
for a dozen or more people to get
togetlhcr, they might attack the
Spencer parson, just as dozens of
Spencer men have attacked workmen
and laborers there when they were
in the majority. A great many people
undoubtedly believe Jimison did not
get more than was coming to him, but
there are not enough cowards among
those who don't like his tactics to
double up on him. The shopmen arc
making a grand stand play; nothing
more.
' There are no public servants more
faithful than the rural mail carriers
the city carriers too and Catawba
county people, who appreciate this
faithfulness to duty will read with
interest of the picnic on Monady, Sep
tember 4, of the rural carriers of
the ninth congressional district at
Ball's Creek camp-ground. The car
riers invite their friends to be with
them. The Record suggests that the
good people of Catawba county might
desire to take this occasion to show
their appreciation of their fine public
servants. It would be a fine oppor
tunity to scatter seeds of kindness,
to' let these faithful men know that
their work is noted and to express in
a suitable manner the thoughts that
all of us share.
.'The days are always warm enough
hereabouts, but for several nights re
cently many persons must have sought
extra covering at night. We have those
changes in temperature and shifts in
the wind that make this climate rc
. markable. The summer has not been
unusually warm, even during the hot
test days, and there have been many
nights this summer when the swim
ming pool was not patronized on ac
count of the chilled air. Last winter
too was mild, and there was not a
month that the earlier garden truck
would not grow. Wie may be due for
a cold winter, however. It is likely to
come at a time when fuel is hard to
Several independent steel companies
yesterday followed the United States
Steel Corporation in increasing wages
20 per cent. That' sounds pretty good
following months when it probably
was hard to keep an organization
together. With the strike settled,
all of us may be able to enjoy more
prosperity. High wages in one place,
it is a safe bet, will result in high
wages at ancther. The law of supply
and demand will regulate wages.
' The Record will be among the North
Carolina papers to share in the im
proved news service of the Assiciated
Press. The conference in Raleigh Sat
urday night was called for the purpose
of giving better state service, and the
Record was not represented fo'r the
reason that train schedules were shot
to pieces. This newspaper will be im
proved as rapidly as conditions jus
tify. Some day, even before the shadows
descend too low, most men who have
toiled in town expect to get out into
the country, where they can lead real
lives. It's the' real thing and with au-
tomobiles and good roads, there is less
trouble getting to work than there
used to be in cities before the day of
gas engines and street cars.
It remains to be seen whether order
will be maintained at the Spencer
shops without the troops on the spot.
If the trainmen could give the proper
assurances, North Carolina would not
be put to the trouble of having troops
there at all.
The Salisbury postoffice employe
who knocked the preacher to the side
walk might have been filled with
righteous wrath, but he did his cause
no good. Violence is no more to be com
manded os one side than another.
TARIFF MAI)
Springfield Republican.
Withe Senators McCumber, Smoot
and McLean representing the senate
majority in the conference between
the two branches of congress on
the tariff bill, Senator Lenroot of
Wisconsin will probably have to vote
against the bill on its final passage,
He finally voted for it in the senate
but "never again" was his ultimatum
unless the rates which he particular
al abominates are reduced in the
conference stage. Inasmuch as the
majority in the senate is so large
that his vote will not be needed, the
outcome is easily foreseen. Lenroot
will have to join Borah, Norris and
La Follette in a last ditch opposition.
Mr. Borah in deciding to join the
opposition at once took the ground
that it was impossible at this time
to frame a tariff bill in accordance
with the protective tariff principle,
and . the evidence he cited was in
controvertible. The finance commit
tee for four months while the bill
was pending kept revising rates
through committee amendments;
they brought in several hundred new
ones within the last week. That
meant that international trade con
ditions are so extremely fluctuating
that no solid basis could be found
for fixing duties according to the
difference between cost of production
at home and cost of production
abroad. ' -i
The "flexible." tariff provisions are
themselves a confession of the truth
of Mr. Borah's criticism. The bill
does not make a tariff; it authorizes
tho president to make one, withm a
50 per cent margin, through the
tariff commission, until 1024. Inas
much a.s a 50 per cent spread up or
down will be possible as the presi
dent . may order, every interest that
seeks high protection took caro in
the senate to get the rates placed
( n the highest possible level to start
with. This is only less vicious than
the imports valuation scheme that
Mr. Fordney champions and which the
house conferees will probably f ic-ht
for.
This bill is officially described a
measure to raise' revenue yet reve
nue has almost -,been lost sierht of.
The trehsury now requires dbllar
revenue by the billion and this bill
would bring in only about $400,000,-,
000 a year, or about $65,000,000 more
than the Simmons-Underwood law.
Senator McCumber in his public state
ment says little about revenue. "The
main object in the framing of this
bill," he says, "has been the stabil
ization of American labor."
In order to "stabilize labor" the
highest tariff in American history is
being enacted. Yet such a tariff must
blight the . foreign trade upon which
labor must depend in no small degree.
It must burden the American consum
er as he was never burdened before;
and labor consumes as well as pro
duces. No one Jiving can remember the time
when such outrageous tariff doctrine
was boldly defended in congress as
during the recent senate debate. Sena
tors like Gooding, of Idaho, Bui sum
of New Mexico and Stans field of Ore
gon have repeatedly declared that they
would fix tariff rates as high as 2000
per cent if necessary to encourage the
production of anything that could pos
sibly be made or grown in America. In
fact, cutlery rates have been raised as
high as 445 per cent. Smoot himself
has denounced the dye duties at "out
rageous." Such legislation is protection gone
mad because a reasonable considera
tion for consumers has bnpn ahanHnn.
ed under the political pressure of the
Hysterical producers of the country.
LAST SHOWING KATHERINE
MacDONALD PASTIME TODAY
If your missed seeing Katheiine
MacDohald the American beauty in
"Her Social Value" a First National
attraction at the Pastime yesterday
you missed a fine picture. Last
showing today. Tomorrow and Friday
"Woman's Place," a new Constance
Talmadge comedy, is the feature pic
ture. In the picture, Miss Talmadge
plays the part of a young society
flapper who gotes into politics, running
for mayor pf her city against her
finance and who finally grabs off the
political job in town, that of bossing
the political boss, as a wife.
The story of "Woman's Place" was
written by John Emerson and Anita
Loos and not tlie least of entertain
ment provided is the titles. In sup
port of the star is a strong cast of
fine types. Kenneth Harlan is the
political boss and hero who wins Con
stance for his bride and Hassard Short
ia the addlc-pated erstwhile finance
who wins in the race for a mayor
alty title, but loses in the battle for
a lady's favoT.
The picture is developed along farce
comedy lines and in this connection
is typical of the vehicles in which
Miss Talmadge specializes.
. THE TRADE OUTLOOK
Springfield Republican.
Business sentiment takes on a cheery
character if.it is 'Assumed' that the
strikes are near final settlement and j
that trade will bound forward because j
of tho rich agricultural production of,
the year. Yet the sooner the industrial
situation becomes normal, the better.
At present the soft coal settlement ,
affects only 15 per cent of the bitu-j
minous production; the remaining Si)
npv font must he brcuffht back and
probably mine competition will ac
complish it soon. The rail strike must
be settled immediately if the roads are
not to lose heavily on autumn business.
A compromise is to be expecied be
tween the executives and me unions,
perhaps this week. While we are stil.
m summer every wees s delay no v
must have serious results.
Yet the strikes have already con
tinued so long a time that the slow-ins-
ut) on industrv caused by them
will only be gradually overcome. Rail
road equipment is in poorer shape th?.n
it should be to handle the autumn
traffic. The soft coal scarcity' means
that priorities must be enforced for
months to come and that some indus
tries must fail to get fuel enough. This
is true of the iron and steel industry,
whose production has declined from 15
to 20 per cent since June and cannot
be immediately restored. One result is
higher prices in the t-tecl market ow
ing to scarcity compared with demand.
The turn of the year wiil come be
fore this industry can get back when
ii was before the strikes. ;
Wholesale prices of commodities
tend to rise generally outside .of the
agricultural list This is true par
ticularly of building materials, in
cluding lumber, Portland cement and
turpentine as well .as steel. Whole
sale building ccsts rule around 07.4
per cent above their pre-war base.
The effect of the now high tariff,
whu enacted, cannot be exported to
'check: this tendency, although those
grains whose prices are made in the
world market will follow the natural
course dictated by economic condi
tions abroad.
Wheat has dropped below $1 a
bushel on large crop yields, b'.tt it
fail; to receive much support in the
export demand. ' T.mV. seems due to
two facts; in countries like Poland
where tho crop is large imports are
not needed, while countries like France
that face a sh,';-t?.gc cannot afford
to buy much in America. The French
government has arranged for the. re
turn of "war bread"' in some measure.
Our total commodity exports for July
ggregated $305,000,000, against $334,
m July 1021. Evidently with Europe in
its present financial condition and fac
ing an acute crisis in Germany, we
must look for ;x trade unlift chJox
!y from the farm population of the
west and cotton growers of the south.
The great abundance of capital for
investment commands attention as
much as the. cheap money rates in t'v.
stock "market, yet new bond issues out
Bide municipals arc just now spur
ngly offered. This situation wili doubt
ters change within a short time,
.Scmtemhcr is less than two wto-ks off;
and whatever business' activity . doer,
develop will be met with an easy mon
ey market. The federal rcsevve ratio
remains somewhat in excess of SO per
cent. If congress puts through a benup
bill this fall, as is now confidently
predicted, the country's financial con
dition may sustain .some shock yet
much will depend on how the bonus
money is provided.
GET THE MEN
Gmstonia Gazette.
In his address to .federal prohibitior
agents gathered in Raleigh, Director R
A. Kohloss, in speaking of. stills captur
d by agents, said: "They are not worth
a continental. When 77011 go out anc
destroy five stills you 'ain't done noth
ing While you are breaking up that
paraphernalia, a smart bootlegger ot
block;, ler is buying ten more and there
you r.e. Get the men; sit up with
them; sleep in the clay-time as they do
and v ork in the right with them. You
mus! learn the habits of the liquor
outh "v. They don't generally show
grea '. brilliance in their work, althougt
they are clever and smart. You must
out general them."
If one has taken care to notice most
of the captures made by county and
local officials are stills only. Sometime.'
the man is taken, but most often, the
.story reads that the "still was warm
but there were no traces or the operator?--."
An escape like that only makes
them more wary and harder to catch
next time. Says the Salisbury Post,
after quoting Mr. Kohloss:
Mr. Kohloss is right. The stills
amount to little if the men who oper
ate them go free. If the men who own
and operate the illegal distilleries are
taken and sent to prison they are at
least restrained for the time being anc
given a lesson in law enforcement. To
cut up the plants only puts the distiller
to a little inconvenience and additional
expense, but it does not lessen the out
put nor lessen the bootlegging.
The prohibition agent is, we believe,
making a big, honest effort to break
up this illegal traffic in whiskey. What
he lacks very greatly is the co-operation
of officers of city and county, in all
counties of the state. In many, many
cases the local authorities do nothing to
aid in enforcing the law, and in some
cases actually follow a policy which is
hindering to federal agents. If every
officer who draws a salary for uphold
ing the constitution as he has sworn to
do, were to honestly do his duty the
prohibition laws would under no cir
cumstances be a laughing, stock.
W, PASTIME TODAY-Last Showingg
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Sometimes we. are in doubt whether
it was the president or Wayne 13.
Wheeler who ' received that mighty
popular vote in the last presidential
election. But there is no doubt about
the matter in Mr. Wheeler's mind.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Hochester, Minn., a distance of 1700 miles, with his son, Chester, 13, lit
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AS an aid in preventing attacks and for
relief from sneezing, wheezing and
cold in the head, Vicks VapoRub will be
found of value.
Keep Vicks up the nostrils at all times, par
ticularly when exposed to dust. To clear
the head, melt m a spoon, and mhale the
vapors, hi Doaum?, apply vick3
as directed for Asthma, to ease the
breathingand make sleep possible.
Vicks is goo-!, too, (or Summer colds or
catarrh; for insect bites, sunburn, cuts,
bruises, sore muscles, tired feet, and
. poison oak, or, as it in otherwise called,
poison ivy.
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-rHE skillful commanding general of an army
T hopes for a clean-cut victory when he goes
into battle. But he is equally well prepared with
plans for a successful retreat.
The ambitious young man, too, hopes to bend
fortune his way. But his life campaign, to.be
strong, must have a line of retreat left open to
ward the secure goal of personal independence,
gained thru careful savings, v :
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ore and Earn
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Save more and you will most probably earn mote.
You will feel that you are getting ahead, you will
take your work and your life earnestly and your work
will soon tell in better results.
A savings book balance is worth more than the money
it represents. It is a credential of character and industry,
tt gives you a feeling of "getting ahead" which increases
your working efficiency.
f The man who has a savings account here is always
prepared for the favorable opportunity, always ready
to step into a better position or make a good investment.
Firs! National Bank
HICKORY, N. C.
. Capital and Surplus $300,000
i. D. Elliott president; K. C. Menzies, vice-president anl
cashier; J, L. Cilley, asst. cashier.
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