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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

lean citizens.
How much the foreign investments in
Mexico aggregate is difficult to figure
for the value OF some of the properties
has increased so tremendously in re-
cent years that former statistics no
longer fit the case. 1t can be accept
ed that no other OIL basin of the world
is so valuable as that of the Tam
pico district. Oil from the wells Is
carried by pipe lines the comparatively
short distance from the wells or stor-
age tanks TO Tampico city or to vessels
some miles off shore. the vessels anch-
ored in the gulf alongside pipe line
stations and getting a cargo, of oil
about as rapidly as a ship gets grain
under the many spouts of a grain eIe-
vator- q
1t can be accepted as fact that
there would be little or no oil devel-
opment in Mexico today but for E. l.
Eoheny, of the Mexican Petroleum Co.,
who was the arganaut in that field.
Taxes Changed From Year to Year.
Mexico expects an export tax on
all oil the Dutch, British, French and
American companies ship away. The
oil people have no objection to taxes
but they insist that they be established
for a term and not changed sud
denly and arbitrarily. as has been the
custom. Also they demand that when
they pay taxes they get protection. At
present oil company in Mexico is
safe without it's small private army
and even then it has to pay tribute to
bandit groups periodically.
Next in richness to Tampfco's oil
territory is the sisal industry OF Yu-
catan Out of sisa1 we make binder
Irvine and If we did not have binder
Irvine we would have difficulty in
gathering various of our crops includ-
ing wheat
Yucatan practically is a republic in
itself. 1t bows distinctly to the Car
rama government but only about az
you do to a person in the next block
in whom you have little interest
Yucatan attends to its own affairs
and tells CarranZa to do the same
in regard to his business.
There was time when Yucatan
sold its hennequen crop at fair price
and when Merida. the car ita1 city,
was modest sort of place but not
now. Some American bankers saw
fine opportunity TO fatten their purses
and sting their fellow citizens. They
did both. The entered into a combi-
nation with the Society Regulatora OF
Yucatan which was made UP of the
group OF government and other Off
Gals and planters having charge of the
marketing of the crop. As a result of
this combination the price of binder
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

so | can do my house work without any
diificulty. | advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs MARIE BOYD, 1421 5th
St, N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
tons where hospital operation io the
only alternative, but on the other hand
SO many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Finkhan's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary - every woman who wants
TO avoid an operation should give it a
fair trial before submitting to such q
trying ordeal.
II complications exist, write to Lydia
y. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mess,
Tor advice. The result of many years
experience is at your service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

twine was advanced about zoo per cent
within a year. Every American who
eats bread pays tribute to this piracy
for it is represented in the price of
wheat and flour. Some of the Ameri-
cans concerned were threatened with
criminal prosecution but the cases
were not pushed.
| May Start Binder Irvine Trouble.
1t would not be remarkable if Car
rama succeeded in his plans regarding
oil that he would try to effect some
plan to trouble this country in regard
to binder Irvine, for he hates the Uni
ted States.
For a small agricultural district
there are few spots on earth r'eher
than MARBLES, the tiny state sout.. OF
Mexico City. There are conferred the
principal sugar plantations ard mills
OF the republic.
At Monterey are such textile estab-
lshments as are important and. asid>.
from those at Guadalajara and GUIANA
juato, the principal copper mines of
The country are close to the American
line in the states of chihuahua and
Conora- Mexico has riches in gold and
silver but larger riches in copper
Americans Have Lost Heavily.
1t is charged against the Americans
that they have taken the treasures of
Lexico. The truth is that aside from
the profit that has come recently
through the oil fields, the American
investment in Mexico has been unfor-
-unate- Boston built the Mexican
Central Railroad and had reason to
regret it. Hartman spent $50. 900. 000
nearly that sum oman extension of
the Southern Pacific down the west
coast and never got a cent i'm return.
The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
las been a financial frost to the in
weston. Scores of other enterprises
that were concessions of great value
according to General Carranza, have
made those who put their money back
of them heartsick.
The United States, equipped as it IS
today, would have no difficulty in
Lringing Mexico to terms within 100
days. In the villa affair Uncle Sam
was like a small boy with a pop gun.
Now he is a giant with wonderful
srmor and wonderful weapons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
INTERVENTION
SOON IN MEXICO
IS PREDICTED
INTERESTS OF INVESTORS WHO
HAVE LOST WOULD BE PRIN-
cIPAL CAUSE, ACCORDING TO
FINANCIAL WRITER
tHy RICHARD sPILLANE)

Either Senior Carranza must back
down or there will be Intervention IN
Mexico by this country. That practi-
cally ~ certain. In some respects the
situation is similar TO that which con-
fronted us In Hayti The government
there was unstable, the rights of for
cigncrs were not safeguarded and Some
European nations advised the United
States that IL we did not act they
would be compelled to do so. We act
ID. We practically police Santo Do
mingo and Hayti today. For the first
time i'm decades there is peace.
Holland. France and Great Britain
principally in the Tampico oil regions
although France has considerable in
terests in the wonderful hydro-eIe
plant at Nexaca which supplies light
and power to Mexico City.
The bonds of the Mexican National
Railways are held principally in this
country but to some extent abroad
The Mexican government owns the
common stock The value or this stock
today is negligible and il probably will
be "A generation before 1t il worth any
thing. Mexico's railroads aggregate
$4,000 miles.
Practically every development of
consequence in the republic has been
the work OF outside engineers, capt.
talists and promoters. Mexico not hav-
ing brought forth any man of distinc-
ton I'm these departments for so o.
100 years.
William Jennings Bryan. while Sec
rotary OF state. once asked some Amer
leans who had properties in Mexico
and who suffered from raids by rveo-
lutionists.
why don't you get out of Mexico
You have no business there. You only
went there TO make money. and now
you expect the government to collect
your bills. 1t will do no such thing.
Good day"
Mr.. Bryan was wrong. A nation is
like a family. The government stands
as the head of the household. The
protection of the family at home and
abroad is duty.
investments There by Invitation.
American and foreign Enterprises
and money were invited into Mexico.
The concessions granted in the admin
istration of Perfirio Diaz were for the
national benefit. They added greatly
TO the national wealth. They opened
the nation up. through mines, rail-
roads. hydro-electric plants. harbor
Developments. great plantations and
oil fields. Today Carranza would
write new constitution which would
make foreign ownership of any of the
resources of Mexico Illegal and, at the
same time. confiscate to the state all
properties now held by other than Mex
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strength and stability Of the bases Of
Belgium's prosperity.
An important key to q nations In
dustrial progress and possibilities II
its coal supply. Hitherto Belgium's
domestic coal has come from the
southern fields. which,. with a single
interruption of about four miles, ex-
tend across the kingdom. For some
years before the war the output aver
aged about 23.OO0O0O tons, and until
1909 Belgium exported an excess Of
coal. Since 1910, however. the in
creased domestic consumption, due
primarily to the very rapid growth of
the Industries, has brought about a
reversal OF trade conditions. The dis
covery of two new coal fields, one nd
jocent to the Netherlands border and
the other in the southern part of the
kingdom, promises to relieve the me-
cessity for reliance upon imported coal
In the near future.
Along with the coal resources In the
southern provinces are rich deposits Of
iron ore, but owing In part to legal re-
strictions governing the extraction OF
these deposits the production OF ore
has been small for long time. New
ertheless Belgium's fifty blast furnaces
produced in 1912, chiefly from Luxem-
burg ores, 100000 tons of pig iron.
This output Of iron was reflected In
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
COMMITTEE WILL
UNCOVER WHOLE
MEXICAN STORY

Washington, Aug. 10.-Deternnined
not to spare time or resources in Its
efforts to uncover the whole story of
the relations between the United
States and Mexico including facts Of
Mexican heterogeneous OIL American
rights during recent years. the three
members Of the sub committee named
late yesterday by Chairman Lodge,
of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee. today were preparing prelim-
mary plans for their work. The SUBJ
committee. consisting OF Senators Fall,
New Mexico. and Brandegee, Connec-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

ueeu Is IOE commercial ant
49, industrial credits whicI
will enable manufacturer,
promptly to restore and equip theil
devastated plants and purchase raw
materials.
In view OF the relatively small ma.
tional debt, Belgium is in q favorable
position in bidding for credit abroad
Moreover, the indemnftIes should uItf-
mately more than Offset the entire war
debt.
Belgium's record OF superior finan-
cial and Industrial achievements IN
the past is her surest guarantee for
the future. It is the most densely
populated ee----try in the world. Hav.
ing an area of 1873 square miles
somewhat larger than Vermont and q
little smaller than Maryland), Belgium
supported in well-diffused comfort a
population of more than 100000 in
1914. An excess of immigration over
emigration in recent years indicates
that an average density of more than
$50 inhabitants per square mile has
not produced undue pressure upon the
country's resources. The kingdom
stood eighth among the nations, rank
ed according to aggregate wealth, and
sixth according to total foreign trade
and in commerce per capita was sur
passed only by the Netherlands.
Belgium's prosperity and its high
rank among the Industrial nations be-
fore the war had an especially sound
basis in the country's highly developed
agriculture. About three-fifths of the
total area was under cultivation. The
average value of the produce per acre
was approximately 500. q yield equal
ed by no other country.
Although Belgians sold considerable
quantities of foodstuffs abroad. the
country is not self-supporting as re-
CARDS food The imports of liquors
and foodstuffs have regularly exceeded
the total exports-in 1912 by $132, 0O0.-
OOO Nevertheless domestic produc-
ton annually of $50 worth Of food
stuffs for every person In the king
dom contributed greatly to the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

II you are DIVERSIONS why remain sof Why
be envious Of those who are slenderi Here
is important news for you.
Tho korein system is accomplishing mar
vels in healthfu1. speecy. pleasant reduction
burdened with fairness. Use oil of korefn aud
follow the reduction system. No starving.
no tedious exercises, cslomel salts-a
genuinely correct and delightful system.
Endorsed BY fhysiciaHs.
Reduction 10 TO 60 Tbs. or more-what-
ever Won require TO get symmetrical figure
positively guaranteed fair test, under 500
forfeiture or no cost TO you.
There's INFINITE icy IN keeping diary that shows
your measurements gradually heeomins smaller while
ynu are improving In vyaeity health and attractive
ness. Bring happiness info life ard .roforz II
~ many wears. Gain APPRECIATION OF o<Ae-si Become
slender and easily stay sol
You may obtain oil Of koreIn at druerists'
everywhere. Positively HARMLESS Brochure
vita convincing testimonials mailed. in plain
envelope. free. IL you write Eorc-o c..
Nl@-c9. Station +. New York.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

the eountry's prosperous steel indus
| ~.
In keeping with the development o6
the iron and steel Industry. there has
been = significant expansion Of various
related lines Of manufacturing. espe-
ciaIly machine and engine works and
the construction OF railway equipment
and automobiles. The zinc. lead, chem
ical, glass and textile industries are
among the other more important enter.
prfscA
The total mileage Of the Belgian
railways Ia 1912 was H1oo 2020
miles of standard gauge roads and
2.471 miles Of light. or meter guages
roads, This was an average Of 47.6
miles Of line FOR each square mile Of
territory. the greatest railroad density
a whole In any country.
The Belgians have Tor : long time
held q prominent position n intorna-
tional finance. the estimated volume o8
foreign investments In 1911 being
$40. 100000 Belgfsn capital - found
in a great variety Of enterprises al.
most all over the world.
In the Belgian Congo there Is an
asset which will prove Of Increasing
importance In the future development
of Besgium's industries. In area the
colony Is eighty times ~ large as Bel
GUM itself. Although situated In eQua-
toriaT Africa. its climate u on the
whole much more salubrious than thar
| OF most tropical countries. because the
| greater part OF the country 10 n COM
p0rativeIy high plateau. The pcpuin-
ton OF the colony n variously esfi-
mated at from 100000 to 15.00o.UU
Since the annexation Of the Congo
by Belgium In 1908 Industrial enter
prise there has been concerned chiefly
with preparation TOR comprehensive
and well rounded development Of the
colony through the exploitation Of Its
resources - agricultural. forest and
mineral.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
ANNUAL SERVICES
FOR GEN. GRANT
HELD YESTERDAY

New York, Aug. 1O.-The thirty
fourth annual memorial services for
Gen. Grant will be held late today At
Grants Tomb by the American jew
isl1 Seventy Elders. Their motto will
be Grant, we are here again"
Jewish memorial services At Grants
Tomb have been held annually since
1885.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

Suffering, and two
doctors d e eide
that i would have
to go through an
operation before /
could get well.
I" My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham .
Veg e table Com
pound, advised me
to try it before sub
uniting to an opera
ton Itrelieved me
from yy~xr fr~Svrklan
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
81 Ack
GOVERNMENT TO
RESUME CONTROL
MEAT PRODUCTS

London. Aug. 10.-George NJ. Rob
erts, food controller announced last
night the government had decided to
resume control Of the supply and dis
tribution of imports of bacon. ham and
lard, and that the prices TO be charged
would also be under supervfsion-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
Rheumatism

is completely washed out Of the sys-
tenn BY the celebrated Shivar Mineral
Water. Positively guaranteed by
money-back offer. Tastes fine; costs
trifle. Delivered anywhere by our
Pensacola Agents, West Florida Groc-
cry Co. phone them.-adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

gregated in beer hall and were in
an argument which they were trying
to settle with their fists. Farther down
the streets three soldiers had more
than they could carry inside and were
scrapping over a bottle one carried
on the outside
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

ticut, republicans, and Smith Arizona.
democrat was appointed under au-
thority granted by resolution adopted
in the senate. and of which Senator
King, Utah, was author.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
BY ALBERT BRETON,
Vice President Guaranty Trust Co. o.
New York.

the beginning of its gre,
task Belgium's most urgel
need is for commercial ar
industrial credits whi<
will enable manufacturer
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
HOW MRS, BOYD
Avoided IjIIiE An
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-t.I suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16
Company
208 <. Superior St.
Alma, Michigan

This will be ready will be stacked the doors
with splendid of Mems Womens and Chdrens Cloth
ing marked and saving prices.
Alma clothing children,
and low, and lower
Cash Stores"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
COTTON REPORTS
ARE FURNISHED
Cotton Marketing Association
Receives Full Telegraphic
Service

At the headquarters Of the govern
mcnt cotton grader at No. II East
Liberty Street. Sumter, arrangements
telegraphic market reports every
fifteen minutes of the market prices
of cotton. AS soon as a telephone is
put in, these reports will be phoned
to the various centers Of Lee, Sum
ter and Clarendon counties as these
reports come in.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
which has been furnishing this infor-
nation will transfer this matter 10 the
cotton graders office as soon as the
latter place gets telephone installed.
Every bale should be sampled, grad
ed, stapled, and recorded at the grad
er's office. What the cotton farmers
need now, and need worse than any
thing else is to sell their cotton
through one agency. Cotton is now
sold largely and almost entirely on
"n1iddling basis" The cotton grad
er and his assistant Captain A. W.
Suder are now fully prepared to tell
every cotton seller not only what his
cotton grades and the length of the
cotton staple, and the grader and his
assistant can tell any farmer just
what his cotton ought to sell for, by
grades
But best of all. the thing for the
farmers to do is not to sell bale of
cotton until after the American Cot
ton Association fixes the minimum
price, to be accepted. The selling of
thousands of bales of cotton at this
time is simply feeding the cotton
mills. depressing the prices. and
those who sell for less than a profit
are causing those who are trying to
hold to lose money also.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
OLD MAN SHOT
FROM AMBUSH
George GLADDEN., 20 Years Old,
Killed and Robbed Near
Camden

Camden. Sept. 5.-George GLADDEN.,
a 70 year old white man. was waylaid
and murdered early Wednesday morn
ing as he was going to his work at
the Wateree Powr Dam in West Wa
terec and his body was robbed Of
considerable sum of money.
The old man is known to have car
ried a large sum of money with him
at all times and his relatives state
that he was relieved of around ST.
500 by the murderer. The crime oc-
Cured just before daylight on a by
road leading to the HardSway Com
works. and two negroes fol-
lowing close behind Mr.. GLADDEN. state
that they saw the revolver flashes
and could hear the murderer as he
made his way through the woods.
The ASA ssin evidently sat beside the
road and awaited his victim. Three
shots were fired. two taking effect.
one passing through the body enter
ing from the back, causing instant
death
Melton Banks. white man. who
worked alongside of the old man at
the Hardaway works. was arrested
soon after the crime was committed
as being a suspect.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
MAKING PLANS
AGAINST FLU
Health Officers Consider Recur-
renee of Epidemic

Raleigh, n. c.. Sept. 5.-Health Of
fccrs of Virginia. South Carolina and
North Carolina, appointed a special
committee at the July meeting of the
National and Provincial Health Off
GERS Association, held at Atlantic
City. were in session here today con-
sidering the possible recurrence of an
influenza epidemic this fall and win
ter.
The committee declined to issue any
statement for the press. DR.. w. S.
Rankin Of North Carolina stated that
bulletin would be prepared dealing
with the situation as IT appears to
them. containing suggestions. regula-
tions for combating u recurrence Of
the disease in epidemic form.
The other members of the COM
mittee besides d.. Rankin arc Dr.
Emmon S. Williams of Virginia and
DR.. James A. Haync OF South Caro-
lima
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
1t Emphasizes the Necessity of
Keeping Faith With the
Allies
DOCUMENT CARRIED BY
SIR GEORGE CLERK
New Note Says Entente Con-
slider Rumania Still as Their
Faithful Friend

Paris, Sept 5 (Havas)-T1r note
of the supreme council. which Sir
George r. Clerk. of the British for
eign office. is carrying to Bucharest,
is couched in firm but cordial Ian
guage, according to the Petit Pari
sien today 1t says the communica-
ton recalls to the Rumanian cabinet
the engagements i. had entered into
and sets forth the necessity for their
being kept
1t is said by the journal that Sir
George is taking with him the sew
enty-five radiograms which the Ru-
manian delegation is reported to
have declared were sent from Paris
to the Rumanian government within
the last two weeks but none of which
reached it's destination, Rumania
claiming a similar failure of the va
rious allied notes to reach here.
AS to the new allied note, the jour
nal says it declares the peace con-
ference considers Rumania as faith
full friend. expresses the wish that its
government will not detach itself from
the body of the allies, requests ex-
plantations on various points, asks
that Rumania evacuate Hungary
speedily and meanwhile cease requisi-
tioning supplies. while putting the
material already requisitioned at the
disposal Of the allies for the purpose
Of making just division of it or its
equivalent among the various nations
having claims against Hungary. The
note is said to end by asking Ruma-
MIA to cooperate with the allies in
reestablishing order in Hungary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
COTTON CONVEN-
TION TO BE IN n. O.
Those Who Expect to ATTEND
Should Leave Tomorrow

Columbia, Sept. 5.-All South Car
olinians who expect to- attend the big
cotton convention in New Orleans
next week are urged by J. S. Wan
namaker to leave tomorrow afternoon
for New Orleans Those from the
middle and lower part of the State
are. urged to leave Columbia at four
o'clock by the Southern Railway train
for Spartanburg, and will leave Spar
tanburg tomorrow night. Those from
the upper part of the State can take
this train at Spartanburg. Greenville
or Seneca. Indications point to a
large attendance from South Carolina.
The campaign for members is pro-
crossing splendidly in this State. ac-
cording to officials Of the South Car
DINA Cotton Association. Most en-
couraging reports continuc to come
in from all over South Carolina. In
dicatiops point to a tremendous
membership in the State.