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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18
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PACE TEN
EDITORIAL NOTES
BY y. ID. WATSON

rave oOme Money; and Ask for the National
Warehouse Bill" meaning the Federal Ware
house Bill of Congressman Lever, of South
Carolina
The advice to the farmer to gin slowly was
good; the advice to save some money was
better, provided the farmer could get any to
save but the advice to ask for the National
Warehouse bill is simply advising the farmer
to do what is against his interests. and play
right into the hands of the National bankers
Ii IS amazing TO see q man of Hon Clarence
P0e's intelligence walk into such a trap. and
when the bankers can 50 easily fool such
leaders as the editors of The Progressive
Farmer, IS it any wonder that the average
farmer is fooled by the Slick promises of the
banker and politician?
The Lever bill would, as Mr.. Lever sums
it zip, provide:
A system Of GoyenmentalIv licensed
warehouses protected by ample bond,
under Government inspection and super
vision. issuing uniform warehouse re
ceIpts, the weights and grades of the
products specified therein having been
determined by Govclnmentalv licensed
and dlslntercsted graders and we ghers,
will furnish to the farmer sufliciencv of
credit to enable him to market his prod
uctS gradually as the demand for them is
strongest and the price highest; and to
my mind this Is the ideal toward which
we must work.
And Just as sure as the farmer works to-
ward Mr.. Levers ideal, he is putting the
sllid~ under Rural Credits to send the measure
into oblivion
Any warehouse scheme, State or National,
should not be touched by the farmer with
tcI-foot pole, unless he wishes to help the
banker keep him at the bankers mercy, Just
a. he is noW-anv scheme that does not pro
vide system of long time loans at low rate
OF interest will not benefit the farmer one bit.
You can borrow now on warehouse receipts,
bat YOU can only get ii for short time at
high rate Of interest, and there is nothing in
the Lever bill that offers any relief.
You can standardiZe a cotton warehouse
receipt until you put it on par with Gov
erun1eut bond. but what good does that do
the farmer If he has TO pay the banker any
where from twelve TO one hundred per cent.
interest on the money that he borrows on the
receipt for sixty or ninety days, with the priv
ilege of renewal at the same rate of interest
al Inc expiration of that time9
Anything short Of Rural Credits is break
m@ faith with the farmer-it is repudiating
the solemn promise of the Baltimore plat
form. as we'll rs the promises Of President
Wilson during the campaign and after
election.
The Administration has given the banker
what he asked for, the railroads what they
asked for while the Trusts have been having
things pretty much as they wished.
Why not give the farmer what was prom
i>cd him, instead of buncoing him with Ma
tlonal Warehouse measures that put him at
the mercy Of The Money Trust?
Our recent note to England caused genuine
surprise throughout the country, and the
more timid of US saw another war cloud
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18

But our back in this instance is apt to be
without bit.
Great Britain is too closely connected with
the money power here for war to be declared
by us-the banking interests headed by Nor
gan would never allow war at this time
Mr.. Bryan is carrying his fight against the
Presidents program for preparedness before
the people, and Judging from some Of the
towns that have been billed for his lecture,
he has decided to 90 out on the byways as
we'll as the highways.
just what this Bryan campaign will amount
to YOU can't tell until Congress convenes next
month, but it looks like it will result in
serious break in the Democratic ranks.
No doubt the President now regrets that he
ever took Mr. Bryan out Of private life for
a position that he was SO utterly incapable
of filing, and most certainly he sees that he
should have put him out of office when the
lSanto Domingo scandal was unearthed, or
even when the Dumba statement became
known.
While we have been greatly wrought up by
the different happenings Oh the high seas,
from the Frye case and the sinking of the
L,lstania on down to the seizure and search
of our vessels by the British wouldn't it be
more to our safety to have a rigid investiga-
ton of certain conditions here in our own
country?
For months there have been mysterious fires
and explosions plots of dynamlting ammuni,
ton plants and steamships unearthed-in
fact a state of revolution right here within
our borders.
The trail of these criminals leads right up
to the doors of those high in the diplomatic
circles Of some of the European powers, but
4
an arrest in a case similar to what a labor
leader Or |. W. w. orator would be railroaded
to the penitentiary for.
Why is ii that the authorities are afraid to
protect American lives and property right
here in our own country, it matters not who
has to be dealt with in order to get the guilty
criminal?
Life and property here at home are equally
as worthy of protection as life and property
on the high seas
So why does Washington hesitate to punish
crimes that are committed at Washington
the Bethlehem plant, the Roebling plant, the
Baldwin Locomotive Works or the Midvale
Steel Company, to say nothing of the differ
ent ships upon which bombs and other ex-
plosives have been found, with which to
send the shi p and it's cargo Of human beings
to eternity?
The Presidents plan for preparedness is
like most compromise plans-it does not suit
the jingoes, and it is abhorrent to the peace
at-any-price doves who follow Mr.. Bryan's
cooling.
The bigger army men going to fight
the program because it does not create one or
two more West Points and tremendous
standing army-at the peoples expense
while the Bryanites are going to fight it be-
cause it is contrary to the teachings of Christ.
The situation is a muddle, and the only
oIo0 hot "a too OF
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18

Read. "a Book of Sketches" by Thos. E.
Watson. This book covers a wide field of
literary research. Historical, Biographical,
Personal Beautifully illustrated. Paper
cover. Price. 75c, postpaid The Jefferso-
Man Publishing Co., Thomson. Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18

Read Foreign Missions Exposed, by Thos.
e. Watson. Beautifully printed. Profusely
illustrated Price 80 cents The Jefersonian
Publishing Co., Thomson. Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18

Demand for ss6randznOsher'S
Stories" was Brisk.
The first fifty copies of the delightful book by
Mrs. Howard Meriwether Lovett were soon ex-
hausted.
The following school teachers applied for copies
and they were promptly sent. Six copies
distributed by MIR. Watson personally. The list
follows
Miss Mary L. Barwick Hephzibah Ca
Miss Jewel Hayes, Eastonolle, Ga.
E. G. Gorriss, Eatonton, Ga, Rockville School.
Mrs. Carrie Hurst, Toccoa Ga, Carnes Creek
School.
Miss Eta Williams, Oglethorpe Ca, R. F. D. 2,
Lebanon School.
Miss Willie ONeal, Dublin Ca Poplar Spring
School
Miss Lottie B. Gilmer, Gillsvie, Ga.
Mrs. R. w. Shank, Crawfordville, Ga Mar
garets Grove School.
Miss Blanche jenkins, Sylvester, Ca Evergreen
School
Miss Marie Barton Armuchee Ga.
Miss l.. V. Asker, Union Point, Ca Oak Grove
School.
Miss Valle Carr Jackson, Ca, R. F. D. No g.
Arnold Wadley, Berner Ga.
Miss Osse Mae Eddleman, Madison, Ca
w. L. Knight, Blackshear, Ca, Pierce County
School.
P. A. Shunan Blackshear, Ga.
c. c. Jarrard Finleyson, Ga.
J. j. Pinkston Seville Ga Seville School
Miss Clara Kendrick Newborn Ca
Miss Floyd Dolvin, Crawfordve, Ca, Lyonville
School.
Miss Jessie Davis Pitts, Ga.
Mrs. r. w. Shank, Crawfordville, Ca
Miss Jennie Hayes, Eastonole, Ca, r. F. D. g.
Miss Lula Jones, Willacoochee, Ga.
Miss BERTHE Stanfied, Manassas, Ga.
Mrs. R. E: Broadwater, Grovetown Ca
d. E. Pennington Ideal, Ca, Ideal School
Jessie B. Smith, Tunnel Hill, Ca.
Miss BERTHE Stanfied, Manassas, Ca Longyiew
School,
Miss Lula Jones, Willacoochee, Ca, Inman
School
Mrs Harry Snifet Diffee, Ca, West cambridge
Public School.
w. o. Dewberry Ellabell, Ga
Miss May Graham Washington Ca, Lundburg
Miss Berta Brown, Hartwell, Ca, Air Line
School,
G. G. Whiting, Seville, Ca, Powers School
Miss Lura Skinner, Ogeechee, Ca HartweH
School
Miss Genie Park, Chamblee, Ca. Wyie School
Miss Pearl Lancaster Hawknsvie, Ca Lanier
School.
Thomas w. Murray, Welston Ca, wellston
High School.
w. H. Kitchens, Drsinoldville Ca, Fair View
School.
Miss Katherine Duggan, Eastman Ga haywood
School.
Mrs. B. B. Mcdonald, Hazlehurst Ca
Miss Leola Mae Martin, Thomson, Ca, Piney
Grove School.
Sweetwater School, Thomson, Ca
There have been so many kind and appreciative
letters written about these books, and the ap-
plicatons were so much in excess of the demand
that have ordered SO additional copies, which
will be mailed out when received.
Road ga Roolx of SIyntchoc0 I,u TLoe u
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
SAY $500 WILL STRIKE TO-DAY.
!. W. VS. Threaten TO Have 5O,.
600 Go Out on Waterfront.

The |. w. W. committee In charge Of
the strike OF lonGshoremen ~ North River
piers 80. 81, A. and 81 said Yesterday
that there wouli he 900 longshoremen
on strike to-day at the Sa vanuah Line
pier, 81. and 1000 AT the Old Dominion
piers, 20 and &c. The committee went
Yesterday TO the Erie Basin. brooklyn.
10 get the lpneshoremen loading the San
Marcos to strike,
The committee said that after the
tieup At the Savannah and old Dominion
piers II would begin n campaign 10 get
30. 1000 lOngshoremen and Transfers to
strike along the entire waterfront, In ad-
ditioa to 1900 seamen and marine Are
men.
The committee will call on the presi-
dent OF the Clyde and Mallory lines. II.
II. Raymond, TO find out II he will grant
the demands OF the strikers. He said
Yesterday that he had 600 strike breakers
working on the piers and would have
500 more at work to-day. TIE Schmitt-
berger Detective Agency yesterday fur
n!shed 22j strike breakers. and 200 ltal-
ians from New Jersey were marched 10
the piers. The strike breakers were
provided with beefsteak ami potatoes on
the piers and will be quartered there
until the strike ends. The STEAMSHIP
Apache, which was scheduled to sail
yesterday, viii sail Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
NO TIDE WATER OIL STRIKE.
Part Of BayOnne Plant. Thought
Unsafe, shut Down.

PAssAic. y j., july 22.-Robert Dix
Benson, president OF the Tide Water oil
Company of Rayonne. said tonight that
he wished to make II clear that there
was no strike at the Tide Water on
Cumpany's works,
The case and barrel departments
were closed down yesterday by my or
ders." Mr.. Benson said. because | be.
lieved the place was unsafe for the men
and Was unwilling for them to remain
in danger. The trouble is neat the part
OF the works occupied by those two de-
partmcnts and yesterday and TO-DAY
strikers set Are to the buildings which
these men would have been In II the
departments had not been closed down.
The closing lays OF about 1000 men.
The process OF refining the oil IS still
going on and 500 men are still at work
at our plart"
MIR. Henson said the only Way the
company could get the men still at work
In and out % the works was by boat,
since the only street they could use is
Fast Twenty-hrst street. which -
blocked by strikers and guards. The
men therefore are going to II from
work by water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
SAY 10000 MAY GO OUT.
Leaders OF Gnrmrnt workers Say
TO-da aud Tomorrow VIII FELL.

Sidney Hillman. president OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America, said yesterday that II the in
dependent children's Jacket manufac-
turers do not grant the demands OF
the workers by noon to-day 10000
jacket makers will strike. Vice.
President Joseph Schlossberg of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America said yesterday that the strike
Of the children's Jacket makers is TO be
followed by a strike Of 10.000 workers
on mems clothing in Independent shops
in case their demands are not granted
by tomorrow.
An agreement similar to the one ef-
fected between the ~Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America and the Ameri-
can Clothing Manufacturers Associa-
ton was made yesterday by represen-
tatifes OF the children's Jacket makers
unions and the Children's Clothing
Manufacturers Association. The agree
ment affects 5000 workers.
Clothing trade representatives said
Yesterday that the clothing strikes in
this city will be followed by a ~rHeral
strike movement of clothing workers in
volving 100, 900 persons in Boston, Roch-
ester. Baltimore and other clothing trade
centres.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
WARS TURNING POINT IN FALL.
Berlin Editor says Neutral states
Will Then Decide.
speciol cable Despatch o TIE srs.

Special cable Despatch TO THE srs.
LONDON, July 22.-Interest in the
Balkan situation has been intensified by
the activity Of the Rumanian and Bull
garian Ministers in London. The Ru-
manian Minister paid two visits TO Sir
Edward Grey at the Foreign Office to-
day and yesterday, n the Bulgarian
Minister called three times.
In this connection an article in the
L~okdidnseioer OF Berlin, written by its
proprietor. Eugen Zimmerman. has at
tracted considerable attention. He ex-
presses the belief that by autumn the
neutral States will a declared them
selves.
There are still many knots to un-
ravel." he says. but unless all symp-
toms are deceptive a clearer view OF
the Anal political groupings of the world
war will appear with the fall OF the
leaves. Then the final result will begin
TO develop
A despatch received tonight from
Vienna by way OF Amsterdam states
that NJ. Styanoff. Director of the Bull
garian National Debt. has been In tho
Austrian capital in conference with the
heads OF the principal financial insti-
buttons, and departed tonight FOR Ber-
lin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
WANTS y. S.
TO BUY BELGIUM BACK
Merchant Would Borrow $500, 600, 600, 900, Purchase
Country From Germany and Restore 1t to It's People
-Favors High Duties on Exports.

n large standing army nor that va are
ignorant Of the burdens Of taxati'n. but
we should rather direct our snorts
toward advocating preparedness to the
minimum degree compatible with ma
tional Insurance and ask that inns
preparedness to the minimum degree be
planned scientifically and upon economic
lines.
I'VE often point with pride to the
standing of our navy and its relative
position to that OF other Powers. In
doing so. however. W. ignore the cir
cumstance that the United states needs
two navies and that. should the Pan
anna Canal be in any way
Ga thing readily possible under an eR!!-
Gent spy system) from the point OF
view OF the Eastern coast. our navy
would, upon sudden attack. merely con-
sist OF those vessels which happened
to be in Eastern waters and that tne
navy Of the West would be the rev
ships on the Pacific so that. from TINS
point OF view. the relative rating or the
American navy is greatly less than we
have been inclined to consider II.
And so, when we 20 TO Congress 10
urge legislation, our attitude should pc
that. while We are OF course TO be
guided by the expert advice the GOV
ernment has at its command. we wish
TO he so prepared az to assure us
against attack by sea from any Foreign
Power. We cannot risk American ma
tionalfty. American ideals or American
happiness on the whims or fancied
necessities or views of any foreign po-
tentate or Cabinet. They are too sacred
to US to he subject to any such menace
and we who feel this. while believing IN
peace and abhorring war and its horror
demand absolute protection for all the
| United States and our institutions stand
for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
HARD COAL MINERS
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
Officers Of the Union Start
Campaign to Get $4,000
New Members.
CONVENTION IN THE FALL

The United Mine Workers Of America.
through officers Of the organisation who
have their headquarters In this city. yes
terday announced that preparations arc
being made for a national strike Of an
thracite coal miners. The preparations
will include n campaign with two meet
ings a day until September 9.
Immediately following the campaign
the three district organizations having
jurisdiction over the anthracite fields
will meet at wilkesbarre. Pa. in Joint
convention to formulate the demands of
the workers for presentation to the mine
operators. The following announcement
was made:
April /, 1915. the present agreement
between the anthracite coal operators
and the mine workers throughout the
anthracite belt will expire. Unless sat
isfactory arrangements have been ON
cluded by that time the coal mines will
practically he at a standstill. Most
every one is familiar with the long
struggle Of 1900. when over a hundred
and fifty thousand coal miners s,rug-
gled for a year to secure al increase
In wages, shorter work day and gener-
ally improved working conditions as
well as recognition OF the union
THE strike was finally terminated by
the appointment Of "A commission by
President Roosevelt. which made the
award OF 1909. granting the miners a
small increase. but refusing to give them
the leverage OF union recognition. Since
tQ0D the n,iperQ ba va ctrtiUulaI IN ner-
feet their organization. but every N
tract year has found them weak in num-
bers, with the result that only one in
crease In wages has been received by
them since 1909. This increase was
secured In 1912. when out OF a total OF
$4,000 men and boys employed in the
mines less h n 10000 were paid up
members Of the union.
The $1,000 membership OF 1912 has
grown during the past three years to
100. 900. the highest ever known in the
anthracite field. Union officials estimate
that the number OF men employed in
and abou the mines and not now anti
lated with the union is 10000. who are
eligible for membership. On this figure
the promoters Of the campaign based
their hope for a hundred per cent. or
ganizstion n have adopted for their
campaign slogan the words. After Fifty
Thousand Converts In every mining
town the miners are showing ar intense
interest In the campaign. Mines are
always closed on meeting days and the
membership committees OF local unions
are making a house to house canvass Of
the non-affiliated workers In order 10
get them out in full force to attend the
meetings and hear their chieftains plead
unity for the common good of all"
John i. White. president OF the United
Mine Workers OF America, said yester'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. July 22.-Organ-
lied labor leaders as well as the man
%ufacturers here are investigating the
charges that German none and infiu-
ence were used TO oment the Reming-
ton arms strike, which is about 10 be
settled amicably. Samue Gompers'
president OF the American Federation
Of Labor. who 10 expected here In the
morning to confer with the international
labor leaders In charge OF the situation.
plans to discuss the German matter
with Major Walter G. Penfield. general
manager OF the new Remington plant.
II was Gompers who. a few days ago
In Washington. admitted that what
Major Penfeld charged had been en-
countered by certain labor leaders.
J. j. Keppler. international vice-pres-
ident OF the machinists' unions. who re-
turned from New York to-day to tell
his observation-disclosures J. Savage or
the michinists' executive board and
Vice-President John A. Johnson Of the
structural iron workers-that an agree
ment with the Remington officials on
the workers demands woul probably
be obtained by Saturday night. also an
ilouIlNeb NUit 'o''lptfS duu ~ Ni'
Labor heads gathered In Bridgeport
would confer tomorrow after the A. +.
Of l.. president sees Major Penheld
on the other hand the local manu-
facturers' association has Investigators
out trying TO s~ubstantiate certain in
formation which has been received by
the employers. Nearly all OF the MEM
bers are convinced that there is much
to the charges OF German influence. es-
pecially in the arms strike.
Keppler would not say who II is in the
Remington company with whom he ex-
poets 10 effect a settlement Of the present
strike. but II Is understood TO he either
Marcellus Hartley Dodge. president OF
the company, or Samuel F. Pryor. the
vice-president. Keppler told Savage and
Johnson that al agreement. probably
signed by the president OF the lteming-
ton would be made tomorrow
or Saturday. so that the men now on
strike could return to work or Monday.
All three, however. asserted hat the
matter was not definitely settled to-
night and that there might Vet be "A
hitch before the negotiations are com
pleted.
II have had a conference with some
one In New York" said Keppler. which
leads me to believe that the whole con
ttONtTSN Us 10 tne tlSHN HouT NtliltlliS
will be settled. We expect 10 make an
agreement with the Remington company
embodying the terms the company is
willing to grant. The other shops doing
Remington work on sub-contracts prob
ably will not be included In this settle
ment. but We intend to go after them in
dividually, The present arrangement,
too. will not In any way AFFECT our gem
! eral campaign for eight hours for work
ers in other manufacturing centres in
New England"
The settlement with the Remington
officials will be discussed by Gompers
and his associates when they meet to-
morrow. Al the same time the mill
wrights, whose status precipitated tht
Remington strike the carpenters. the
machinists and structural iron workers
will get together to determine whn'
union the millwrights ought to join
This has been a disputed matter fol
about twelve years.
Developments in the dwindling strike
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
FRENCH LOSS 4
Berlin Reports Sanguinar, nrtii,
In the NOsgcs.

BERiiN, via Amsterdam. july .-Tlt
statement given her, to-day .,r J
ing the operations in the wo-t... THEA
tire OF the war says:
To the west Of the NIrn,.., u.
troops are further progressing Ng.
orous artillery comhats g. Is p. Ice
tween the Meuse and 'g, N.>,t4
South Of Le'ntrev the French t'' is
collapsed before the obstacles . '1o.,
OF u advanced position,
In the Nosses Yesterday 'I, .'emy
attacked six times southwest O. i. b.
sacker kopf, but wa r'uG 20. WITH
sanguinary losses 10y 90, Bt,a.au
troops.
Counter attacking Ne |rc,a9'...,
"A portion of our trench winch Nts
IN the hands of the eutul. 'te. :
1877 Alpine troops pr. so, crs, au. :
them three officers. In th, cs,uAs
We repulsed an enemy a'ts.A lear
Sondernach,
An enemy hiplane fc., down L ler
our fire ~ the forest of n,'r,r.
Ia an aerial fight over TO MIs,
stcr Valley three GerWta as,'-
gained a victory over taycc a-.rrst-
rics, OF whom " Wee FORCED 90
descend in the valley Of the Iraaa.