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Connecticut western news., 1916-01-13

The Quecn's Twin and Other Stories,
 $. O. Jewett Yeast, Kingsley Omo, Melville Dr. North and his Friends,
 $. w. Mitchell An Adventure of the North. Parker Tho Long Way, NJ. I. Taylor Arizona Nights, $. E. White Little Prndy atroics. eight vols,
 S. May Thc Twins. Aldin Flower Babies, May The Yale of Pigling Bland, Potter Ihn luae Star Ranger, z. Grey The Rose Garden Husband, Widdemer Amarilly Of Clothes Line Alley,
 Maniates 1'he Princess of tllr Moor. Murlitt Michael c sailGrAn, Stratton. Porter Kathic ot Skcncshorough, NJ. B. Curtis The Divas Ruby. Crawford sally Cast,ctln Southerner, Marriott Your Uucle Lew, Sherlock There Shc Blows. Wheeler The Professors Mystery,
 Hastings, Hooker The Nurmoil, Warrington JatfcTy, w. J. Locke The Jester. l.. Moore The Bachelor, Orcutt The Money Master, Parker Polyanna Grows Up, E. H. Porter K. Rinehart Five Little Peppers Grown Up, Sidney The Adventures of Joel Pepper, Sidney Five Little Peppers and their Friends.
 Sidney Ben Pepper. Sidney Felix O'Day, F. Fl. Smith some Experience of an Irish R. M,
 Somerville, Ross Eltham House, Ward Dear Enemy, Webster The Fruit of the Tree, Wharton Penelope's Postsc-ipts, Wiggin The Colonel of the Red Huzzars,
 !. R. Scott The Last Try, J. k. Scott
 History
 The City of Domes. Barry The New May of Europe 1911-1914,
 H. A. Gibbons The Mikado's Empire, 660 B. D. Vols. Ill, Griffis The Note Book of an Attache,
 E. F. Wood
 Poetry
 Poems, Moves Poems. Van Dye Poems, l.. A. Poethose
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-13
"A I0GENES Looked For an )) Honest Man. If He Had " Been Wise Enough to
 Advertise He Could Have Sat Still and Waited For Honest Men to Come to Him.

Joyful. "I should like some rather joyful hosiery" said the slangy young man. Yes. sir. How about checkT' said the brisk habertlasher, thinking of what always brought most joy to him. self.-Butfalo Express.
 Advice. The fellow who finds fault with his boarding house should try running one himself-Manchester Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
ROAD INSTITUTE WORK BY KELLER
State Engineer to Travel About the County and
 Instruct Farmers

Montgomery, January 23.-(SpecialJ
 Announcement was made by State High way Engineer w S. Keller this after
 noon that road institute work in Alabama will begin at Brewton on February at 10 o'clock in the morning. The institutes will be held in practically every county in Alabama and will be conducted by the state highway department with the co-opera ton of the United States de-
 partment of public roads.
 The plan of holding institutes to stm-
 ulate interest in highway construction will be inaugurated at Brewton, after which institutes will be conducted in F other counties in rapid succession, the engineers On the first day two institutes will be held, the second at Evergreen. The itin-
 erary for the next 10 days includes Mon | roeville, February 8; Camden, February l g; Selma, February 10 Marion February l II; Centreville, February P; Tuslecee
 February II; Union Springs, February 15: Scale, February IS; Clayton February IT. I Ozark, February Is, and Hayneville Feb ! ruary 19.
 1 The dates of futures institutes will be announced later.
 i The state military department this aft ernoon announced the election of Cant | H. A. Moon, formerly adjutant, First bat talion, Field artillery Birmingham, as first i lieutenant of Company K. Fourth infan- try, Birmingham.
 The department also announced that i Company D. Second infantry, Montgom- 1 cry, had been awarded first prize in rifle i shooting for the year 1915 by the DuPont | Powder company This is the second wear this company has won the prize The second prize was awarded to Company A, Second infantry, Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
-HEFL|N'S SPEECH ON COTTON SITUATION IS IN GREAT DEMAND Shows How Cotton Section Is Made to Suffer Un-
 duly From War COTTON EXCHANGES
 LARGELY TO BLAME All Present Conditions Would Indi- cate Cotton Should Be Higher
 Now Than for Many
 Years Past
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, January 2S.-(SpeciaD
 Representative He7in's speech on the
 "Cotton Conspiracy in the House last
 week attracted nationwide attention.
 For copies, there have come innumerable calls from Alabama. In greater part it follows:
 I Mr. Hefin. Mr. Speaker, the south has
 8 natural monopoly in the production ot
 cotton. Nowhere in all the world can the
 particular staple that we produce be grown except in the cotton belt of the
 United States. That cotton belt is l4oO
 miles long from east to west and 300 miles
 wide and has in it AS, ,o00,000 acres, S20 counties, and produces two-thrds of the
 worlds cotton crop This billion-dollar
 product produced in the south every year is entitled to falr treatment in all
 the marts of trade.
 True, the people of the south do not re- ceive that amount of money for the cot ton crop, but that amount would be re- ceived if cotton brought it's fair value.
 year ago. when conditions produced by the European war depressed the price of cotton, we appealed to Congress to N''N NSN'~'' were in distyess. They had produced 100000 bales of cotton at cost of 10 cents a pound and sold much of it for 6 cents and 61s cents a pound. Congress did not grant the relief that we desired, but the President, through Secretary Me- Adoo, was instrumental in extending aid by raising a fund.- through certain bank CTS in the west, north, east and south, money was to be loaned to the farmer on cotton at cents a pound.
 Only $35,000 of that amount was bor- rowed by the farmers, but its presence had the effect of putting up the price, and the average price of that crop was about cents. When cotton factors found that money coudl be borrowed by the cotton producer at cents a pound, and cotton was then selling at that price, the price went up. Why? Because the spec ! ulators and spinners knew that if the farmers got that crop tied up in loans 1 they would hold it until cotton went back to 12 and 13 cents, and 13 cents was the figure at which it had sold for five years prior to the European war. In the fall of 1913, after Mr. Wilson became Presi- dent, cotton sold for 13 cents.
 Now in the early fall of that year there was a premedtated effort on the part of certain gentlemen in New York to pro- duce panic in the south, They had ] two objects in view. One was they :. wished to be able to say that cotton had Drought low price during the first year of a democratic administration, because that administration proposed to regulate the New York cotton exchange, and the ) other was to obtain the cotton crop at low price, and mighty factors who { operate upon that exchange, and those interested in it, proceeded to try to bring 'fabout panic. And how did they do it? rThe eastern bankers had been loaning money to the banks in the cotton belt. x They made these loans to the local
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tain the ordinance, would not author ize it.
 The Alabama Travellers association is making active preparations for the holding of it's convention in Birming- ham in June next, and an elaborate pro- gramme will be completed for the oc- casion. Louis J. Adler of Mobile, presi- dent, is noted for his knack of mak- ing convention 'go,' and it is pre- dicted that the meeting in Birmingham will be one of the most largely attend ed ever held by the A. T. A.
 Incidentally the United Commercial Travellers intend to hold convention in May at Huntsville, and the whole crowd of them in Alabama is working for 250 additional members to the Ala bama council. Grand Counselor w. L.. Wall of Huntsville reports that Hunts vile will give the U. c. ITS one grand time, and the whole city is hoping that every member of the order in Ala bama will attend the meeting.
 Also it might be said, the Travellers Protective association will have con- vention in May, probably the 5th and 9th. This meeting will be held at Gads- den, and the usual T. P. A. attendance of several hundred is expected The iitilDtI5 OI lHe A. r. "A are ellInuSldSllc and have launched a determined mem bership campaign. They expect to take Gadsden by storm, and turn the Coosa river upside down.
 
 The many friends of A. $. C"Chris'') ) Johnson will be grieved to learn that he sustained a broken arm and two broken ribs as the result of attempt ing to knock a steam engine with it's ant of ftnt a track near Flomaton. The automobile in which MT. Johnson was riding is a complete wreck. and MT. Johnson em- phatically states that he is not far removed from the state of the ma chine. He is at present in Flomaton re- cupera ting, and hopes to see his friends shortly.
 While we are talking lugubriously, Tom Eppersons friends will regret to learn that he has been i'll for the past few days. Mir Epperson is universally popular and the boys extend to him their best wishes for his speedy recov- cry.
 
 Gene Hawkins of Baltimore, a trav. cling salesman, was stopping It the Morris yesterday. William Savage is taking the rest cure, only he don't call it that. MT Savage says he has worked IS years without even one day off He was told that he might have a months vaca- tion recently, and had to look up the word in the dictionary to learn it's meaning. He decided that it meant that he could loaf for a while without miss ing any of the pay days, so he's doing it. You deserve it, old man.
 
 Several members of the Birmingham camp of Gideons, the organization of Christian travelling men, visited Tusca- loosa yesterday and placed Bibles in al the guest rooms of the hotels of the city. The party was accompanied by state officials of the organization. pr. J. M. Shelburne, president of Howard college, also was of the party, and de livered an address on the work of the Gideons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
EGYPT NO COMPETITOR

Following an exchange of cable grams between this country and Lon don, it became known today in Wall street that Great Britain is threatened with a cotton famine.
 Now. suddenly. they are confronted with the prospect of the most serious situation in their textile industry since the civil war.
 Mir Wilson of Florida. Will the gen tleman yield right there?
 Mir Heflin. will yield for a ques. tion.
 Mir. Wilson, of Florida. Does Eng land depend upon Egypt for cotton?
 MT. Heflin. Oh, no; Egypt produces long-staple cotton. something like our sea island cotton, and England fuses vast quantities of hort-staple cotton, such as only the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24

price went up ? or cents a pound. (Ap- plause) The New York speculator and banker, often one and the same person, loaning money to the local southern bank CT and operating on the bear side of the exchange, was holding up the southern banker with one hand and robbing the southern cotton producer with the other. -(Applause.)
 But, MT. Speaker, their plans were in- terrupted in 1913. Just as the local south err banker was making ready to press the merchant and the merchant to press the farmer for prompt, immediate pay ment, MT. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. stated that the government would deposit crop-moving funds in the south. What do you suppose happened then? Why these esatern bankers said to the local southern bankers, You need not inconvenience yourselves; if you de- sire to keep this money longer we shall be glad for you to do so.' (Applause) So when they found that the government would not permit such an outrage to be perpetrated against this great producing class of our people these eastern bank CTS immediately decided that they were not obliged to collect at once money due by southern banks and an extension of time was granted
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out, stating that they had been in the cotton business for many years and never had they seen such determined effort to depress the price of cotton as there was that day before the crop yield was
 announced, it mattering not whether it was large or small" Now, let me read a portion of another letter received from a man who lives in the south:
 Hon J. Thomas Heflin member of Con gress, Washington, D. C.. Dear MT. Heflin: I have noticed in
 the press that you have taken good
 deal of interest in the present cotton sit
 uation. which is very commendable, as
 it means so much to the southern farmer
 T have never seen a statistical position
 of cotton stronger than it is today, with
 more reasons why it should advance and
 fewer reasons why it should decline. I
 was Tn New Orleans a few days ago and
 to my surprise I found the big operators
 on the bear side, yet believing ultimately
 cotton would go to 15 cents per pound
 for the present. I was further informed
 that MT. - was a bear This convinced
 me beyond doubt that there was a com
 bination between the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges and the spin ners to decrease the price of cotton until it was out of the hands of the farmer and then permit it to take it's natural course, which everyone with whom have talked admitted meant very much higher prices.
 I must confess that I was surprised to find that some of our southern cotton
 men, such as members of the New Or leans cotton exchange, would lend them selves to a scheme of this kind but was so thoroughly convinced that it ! was prearranged agreement against the interests of the southern farms that I thought l would write to you, believing 1 that in your position you might be able to. make investigations and possibly bring
 about exposures that would aid the
 southern farmer in getting larger price fo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24

banks the local banks aided the local
 merchant, and the local merchant was
 aiding the farmer. So the eastern banks
 held papers against the local southern banks due in October and November.
 and these eastern bankers sent word to the local southern banks that they would expect settlement of their accounts promptly when due. This right in the
 heart of the cotton gathering season. KNEW THE EFFECT
 They knew what effect it would have They had given the southern banker an extension of time on former occasions but
 now they must press him for full settle
 ment. They knew what would happen. The local bank would call on the mer- chant and the merchant would call on the farmer and the farmer would be com pelled to sell his cotton whether he want ed to or not.
 These New York fellows, interested in
 the banking business, were also bear spec
 ulators on the New York Cotton Ex- change They were loaning money to the
 southern banker making his papers due
 in October and November; and they were playing on the exchange at this end of the line to break the price of cotton, by bearing the market, and at the other end of the line forcing the producer to sell
 at the figure fixed on the exchange, and then they would hold the cotton until the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
PROFITED BY LESSON

In 1914 the farmer produced too much cotton and he lost $375 5O0O GOO on that crop. But on the principle that the intelligent man will not commit the same big blun- der twice the southern farmer reduced his cotton acreage in 1915 about 5000, ,00C acres and he planted corn, wheat, oats. peas and potatoes where he had produced cotton before. Not only that, but he cut down his fertilizer supply to nearly half of the amount used in the year 1914, and he produced crop in 1915 50OO,OOO bales short of the 1914 crop.
 told you year ago in this House that the acreage would pe reduced and that small cotton crop would be made but there were those here who said, NO; you cannot get the farmers to reduce the acreage but they did reduce it.
 Mr. Speaker in the spring of 1915 cot ton prices were greatly hampered by in- reference with cotton shipments Great Britain consumes more of our cotton than any ether country: she has more spindIes Tn operation than any other country and makes the finest cotton goods in the world The cotton-spinning industry is the great est money-makng industry in all the Uni ted Kingdom, and Great Britain is care ful to see to it that her spindles are supplied with cotton.
 In the late summer and early fall the spinning interests of Great Britain joined ScItdiii opiiIieiS III NeW ESlanQ In the claim that there existed a large supply of old cotton there and here. I knew that the claim was untrue and that it was made for the purpose of injuriously af- fecting the market and depressing the price. I stated in August that the sup ply of old cotton here and abroad wa smaller than was claimed by the spin- ners. l have said all along that Great Britain had a small supply of cot
 Here is statement from the New Yorl, Commercial of December 24, 1915:
 If the south continues to hold, it is predicted England will be forced to pay very high prices for the staple during January and February.
 Here there is enough cotton for all requirements but owners are not satis- fled with prices offered and are holding creating what may be described as an artificial shortage. Abroad the situation is entirely different. There, owing to the acute scarcity in ocean freight room and high transportation rates. the mills are threatened with cotton ramine and an era of extremely high prices.'
 Now. MT. Speaker here is special iron, New York, dated January 7 It is to tbs Washington Post and reads as follows:
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than the world has ever used in any 25 years before. Now, we must not over look the fact that Germany and Austria received early in the season through neu- | tral countries 100000 bales of the 1914 l crop. That is just 100000 bales short of their usual supply. Our cotton crop is | short 5,000,O00 bales 100000 bales gone to 1 Germany and Austria, so there are 1000 | coo bales missing that they did not cal culate on, and today the cotton supply { of Russia and France is short and Eng l land faces a cotton famine.
 l Because this cotton was not consumed 1 by spindles speculators are trying to
 make the public believe that it is still in existence. With the world supply so small and the increasing demand so great, nothing but interference with cotton ship
 ments and conspiracy on the cotton ex- changes keeps cotton below 15 cents. (Ap- plause)
 1 MT. Garner: Will the gentleman yield? i MT. Heflin: I will.
 DENY FRIENDLY COMMERCE l MT. Garner: Before the gentleman's time l is up will the gentleman kindly suggest 1 to the House a remedy for the question of interference with cotton on the high 1 seas?
 | Mr. Hefin: Yes, sir One thing I would | do, I would not permit any Egyptian cot 1 ton to come into our country until Great | Britain permits our cotton to go freely to neutral nations. And 1 would not permit any country that interferes with our com
 merce with neutral nations to enjoy the
 fruits of friendly commerce with us. (Ap- plause) That is my position
 1 Now, MT Speaker, cotton has sold for i 15 cents in times of peace. It sold for [ b cents five years prior to the war in Europe, and the cotton situation is more i acute now than ever, for the consumption
 of cotton is so great compared with the supply. From the sewing thread to the sail rope and the sails upon the sailboat. | from the cord on the lightning express 1 to the wings of the aeroplane, from the powder behind the bullet to the deadly power behind the torpedo of the subna- rine, cotton has performed a tremendous work. It's uses in the domestic world are 1 or the increase. We have mercerized cot
 ton that resembles silk so much that 1t i takes an expert to tell the difference. The
 cement industry is great and cotton sacks
 are used for shipping cement Automobiles
 are being manufactured by the thousan nds
 and hundreds of thousands, and cotton | is used to make automobile tops and
 tires. Why. it is used for nearly every 1 thing; there is an increa sing demand for it all the time, and yet the price has l not followed the law of supply and de-
 mand this season.
 l The law of supply and demand is ham, pered. It is tempered with by these con- 1 sprators on the exchange, and they will 1 not let that law have full and free oper- 1 ation; and 1 submit to this House that the conspiracy to prevent this or any
 other product of the soil from bringing | (Continued on Page Seven)
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A REAL CONSPIRACY

So here is conspiracy to prevent the operation of the law of supply and de- mand to depress the price of cotton and admitting all the while that cotton will gos to 15 cents. God speed the Attorney General in his prosecution of these crimi- nals (Appause) Let me give you the situation in the cotton world The Amer ican cotton crop of 1914 was about 16- 5O0,OO0 bales Our farmers reduced the cotton area 100000 acres, and the size of the crop will be five and one-half million bales short of the crop of 1914. What is the situation abroad? In 1915 Great Britain said to India, Reduce your cot ton acreage. We want you lu produce indigo. which is a gold crop, and we want you to produce food supplies for the army" and India cut her cotton crop more than 6.000.0OO acres, and India is making the smallest cotton crop that she has made in years Then Great Britain said to Egypt, You must reduce your cotton acreage and produce food supplies for the army" Mark you, Egyptian cotton Is not in competition with our cotton, except some sea island cotton grown in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia.
 Russia produces cotton; and what hap pened in Russia? Russia said to her peo- pie, Reduce your cotton acreage and produce food supplies for the army.'' Then the people or Great Britain and Russia said, What about cotton next year?" and the answer was. '"The United States will make all we want, because for the last three years she has produced upon the average 100000 bales year." And then they reasoned that Austria and Germany would not be permitted to get their usual supply, which was about 100000 bales.
 So. with an average crop of 15,O0O 900 bales in the United States and 5000 GOO bales kept out of Austria and Germany to be added to the worlds supply, Great Britain and Russia thought that there would be cotton in abundance for all their needs. But MT. Speaker, all these cal culations have been upset. Great Britain and Russia reduced their cotton acreage and the cotton producers of the United States reduced theirs, and cut the supply of fertilizers to half the amount used in 1914 So, instead of making an average of 15,0o0,00O bales we are making not more than 100000 bales, 100000 bales short of what they expected us to make. Now. then, take the reduction of cotton acre. age in India. Egypt and Russia and the reduction here, and then think of the vast amount of cotton consumed in making gunpowder and high-explosive shells, sur gical lint and medicated cotton used by the armies in Europe-and they have used more in this way in the last 15 months