Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-03

employed by railroads running west
and north Of st. Paul from Lake Su-
perior to the Pacific coast and unless
1t is speedily settled it will be means
Of serious interruption to traffic To-
night both sides to the dispute issued
statements. The railway managers
said: "The switchmen demand double
pay for holidays, Sundays and over
time. an advance Of 60 cents per day
of ten hours in wages and other things
which If conceded would have entailed
additional expense upon the railroads
of about forty five per cent Managers
offered concessions which were refus-
ed" Speaking for the switchmen,
President Hawley said: 1--WE want an
advance Of six cents per hour In pay,
elimination of overtime and Sundays
work as far as possible and request for
double pay for overtime in the nature
of penalty more than anything else.
This strike will result in tie-up OF
railroad traffic from now on, and not a
switch engine will move In the terri
tory between the head lakes and the
Pacific coast"
Birmingham, Ala, November 80:
Later returns from the state indicate
that yesterdays majority against the
prohibition constitutional amendment
will run above $4,000. 1t appears that
vote of not less than 125,0o0 was poll
ed. the largest in the history OF the
state. AS the sweeping nature OF the
defeat of the amendment is realized,
there is a disposition in all circles to
see the result of its probable effect on
future legislation in the state. Indus
trial leaders and business men OF Biz
mingham are almost unanimous In
their belief that the result was rebuke
to recent drastic legislation and dec
laration of the people Of Alabama OF
their determination to return to con-
servatism. Leaders of the Birming-
ham Chamber of Commerce believe the
election will have the effect Of bringing
a great deal Of eastern capital to Ala
bama, which has been timid for the
past two or three years. Leaders OF
the amendment forces were over
whelmed by the news Of the result, as
they were absolutely confident of VIC
tory I'D to the last moment. Gov. Co
mer left for Mississippi last night on
fishing trip. THE election determined
that the men Of Alabama did not wish
to write into their constitution police
measures, nor surrender rights they
have expressly reserved" said United
States Senator Johnson. 1T does not
mean the return Of the saloons, nor any
backward step in public morals. 1t
means that Alabama Is conservative
and not to be shaken off her feet by
mere sentimental appeals"
Charlotte Observer: There have
come to our attention some interesting
figures-the quotations Of cotton prices
in New York from the year 1893 to
1907, both inclusive. Down to the
year 1921 only the highest prices for
each year are given. From that year
on both the highest and the lowest
quotation for each year are quoted. 1t
is a most interesting table Of figures.
The compilation Is made by the Shell
don Audit company Of Atlanta, and
that company vouches for the correct
ness Of the figures. In 1898 cotton sold
in New York at 80 cents a pound.
From that time to the year 1912 the
high price ranged downward between
80 cents and 103 cents. The lowest
price for the period reached five cents
in the year 1912. In 1S45 the lowest
price again touched cents and the
highest did not go above 81, the latter
being the lowest high-price record since
the year 1898. From that year to 1850
we find a gradual but fiuctuating rise
up to 1861 when the lowest price was
10 cents and the highest %. Then the
price Of cotton on the New York mar
ket began to jump, reaching the high
mark in 1864, when the lowest price
recorded was 6S cents and the highest
s1S9. From that time it began to
drop, with fluctuating quotations, the
lowest figures for the lowest price Of
the year being in 1899, when it reached
5-16. The table Of figures showing |
the highest and lowest prices Of cotton
on the New York market each year for
over one hundred years demonstrates
the fact, that, with the exception of
only few years southern farmers have
been able, with proper economy and
intelligent farming, to raise cotton at
profit.
Washington, November 80: In
glowing terms, Secretary of Agricul- |
ture Wilson in his annual report pic |
lures the results of the farmers work |
for the year ending June 80, last. |
Most prosperous of all years is the
place to which 1909 is entitled in agri- |
culture, declares the secretary of agri-
culture in his thirteenth annual re-
port made public today. The value Of
farm products is so incomprehensibly |
large that it has become merely row |
of hgures. For this year it is $780, |
000,0U0, a gain Of $S69,0OU,000 over 1908. |
The value of the products mas nearly |
doubled in ten years. The report says, |
III years of agriculture, beginning with |
a production of $4,417, 100000 and end
ing with $S,76O,OO 900! A sum of $780,
00U, 100000 for the period! 1t has paid |
off mortgages, it has established banks, |
1t has made better homes, it has help |
ed to make the farmer a citizen of the
world, and it has provided him with
means for improving his soil and
making it more productive" The most |
striking fact in the worlds agriculture |
is the value of the corn crop for 1909, |
which is about $1,72O,OOO,0OO. 1t nearly |
equals the value of the clothing and |
personal adornments of 76,000,00O peo-
pie, according to the census of 1900.
The gold and silver coin and bullion of
the United States are not of greater |
value. 1t has grown up from the soil
and out of the air in l20 dayS-$15,- |
100000 a day for one crop, nearly |
enough for two Dreadnoughts daily for
peace or war; This crop exceeds in
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