Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-15

poses TO discuss tnlS HldlteT luhS III nis
next message, and make the strength
ening Of the navy an administrator
measure
The city Of Asheville, N. c., Is very
much stirred over the operations OF an
unusually slick thief who has been do
ing business there recently. The THIEF
is described as a young white man ~
or 25 years of age. His plan has been
to go to a restaurant, drug store, jew
elry store or any other C that
suited him, and buy goods to the
amount Of from $3.50 to IS and request
that the goods be sent to a certain
house and that the messenger bring
change for a $40 bill. Upon the arrival
Of the messenger the thief would take
the change and on pretense Of going
after the bill would go around the
house and not show up any more. This
unusually slick thief swindled several
different concerns in the city and when
his victims compared notes they had
no trouble in agreeing upon his iden-
tity, but up to this time that is about
all they have.
New York, October 10: The cot
ton futures act Of August Is, 1914,
known as the Lever law, was declared
unconstitutional today by Federal
District Judge Hough because, as a
revenue measure, 1t originated In the
senate instead Of the house OF repre-
s%entativeS as the constitution required.
The decision vas rendered in a test
case brought by Samuel 7. Hubbard
Of the cotton brokerage firm Of Hub
bard Brothers and others to recover
s 1000 paid under protest to John q.
Lowe, Jr., collector Of internal reve-
nue., under the provisions Of the law.
T,,lvpnnnf NO ran6aro6 in 70 vnr nf the
plaintiffs. The suit alleged that the
act was unconstitutional, first because
it originated in the senate, and, sec
ond, because the law taxed the man
ner Of performing the transaction in
stead Of the transaction itself. Judge
Hough sustained the first contention,
but gave no finding on the second.
He said: The bill known as the cot
ton futures act, approved August IL,
1914, lever was and is not a aw OF
the United States and therefore as a
proposition it Is not longer open to
discussion. This is m Of the legisla-
tive projects which, to be a law must
originate in the lower house. The
constitution provides that all bills for
revenue must originate in the house Of
representatives. It is most unSatisfac-
tory to ground decision upon 80 tech
nical a point, but such as it is, this
finding disposes Of the case and l
must leave u~ndiscussed the argument
equally able and instructive upon the
other. and permanent branch OF the
legislation" o.. Concerning he conten-
ton Of government attorneys that the
speculation In cotton futures, Judge
Hough said it was immaterial what
interest was behind the act so long as
congress had labelled 1t a tax measure.
After reports Of the decision reached
cotton traders there vas a sharp break
in the market. Until then cotton had
been firm. with January contracts
selling more than $3.50 q bale over
Mondays closing, but news Of the de-
cision carried prices down almost to
Mondays levels. Later the opinion
was expressed that the decision would
not affect existing contracts and rail-
lies Of from 10 to Is points followed.
The market remained unsteady until
the close, however, and opinions upon
the effect Of the decision were diver
gent. The cotton futures act became
operative February IS, and if the
higher courts sustain Judge Hough. or
II the government does not appeal all
Of the money collected under the law
will have to be refunded. Although
III act placed a tax of two cents a
pound upon all transactions in cotton
for future delivery, it was openly avow-
ed by its sponsors as being a measure
designed to prevent speculation in
cotton futures. This form Of trading
formed a considerable portion Of the
business done between cotton broker
age firms in the United States and Liv-
erpool. When it became operative
trading in futures was curtailed. The
business done by W or three large
New York and New Orleans firms rap
idly dwindled and several prominent
cotton brokers prepared to retire.
A world religion, a religion in
Guiding the truth Of all religions and
excluding all patriotic, national and
racial bias, was declared to be a prime
requisite for world peace by Mira
Ali Kuli Khan, charge d'affairs Of the
Persian legation at Washington, in an
congress at San Francisco last Tues
day. He said: Humanity, from the
dawn Of history, has progressed under
the guidance Of prophetic teachers
from a state Of infancy through the
various stages Of development leading
to it's maturity. In spite Of all OBJ
stacles to the contrary the course Of
humanity, in the long run, has never
been impeded by retrogression. The
prophets Of God, whose gospels were
the result Of a well-founded optimism,
aimed at the unity of man because Of
their due knowledge Of the principle
Of human unity. which in the mind Of
God has eve been an accomplished
fact. Each world teacher accomplish
ed that plan in conformity with the
limited capacity man Tested by his
people. God applied his original plan
for the uniflcation Of Israel through
Moses. Of the Gentiles through Jesus,
Of the Parsees through Zoroaster,
Of the Hindus through Buda, and Of
the other sections Of humanity through
other world teachers and prophets.
Today, which to the wise and thought
full is the day Of the maturity Of the
human race, God will accomplish that
noble plan. In the voice raised in all
parts Of the world in favor Of peace
and in efforts extended by the peace
loving element in the worlds popula-
ton which constitutes the positive, af-
firmative principle Of the human body
polite, we find a potent, manifest
proof that the Day Of Peace has dawn
ed, and is steadily, though slowly,
breaking through the dense clouds
which temporarily impede it's course
to the meridian of it's glory. Although
the effecting Of a world brotherhood
is the determined plan Of God, it is for
the membership Of the human family
to cooperate In it's realization. In u
effort to unity the world we must take
the lessons taught by the past great
spiritual uplift of their respective peo-
Piles, for no unity Of a people existing
in a civilized state could be indie
pendent of moral and spiritual char
acter. The building of such charac-
ter has been the task OF every true
religion. AS u aim today is the crea-
ton of a world civilization, based up
on a world unity, we must enlarge our
conception Of religion to reach the di-
mansions Of a world religion-the re-
ligion of humanity. Such religion
should include the truth Of all re-
ligions, and exclude all patriotic, ma
tional and racial bias. The most sue
cessful political and industrial steps
AIKEN by any nation toward human bet
terment are those represented by the