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New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Political
"Cry-BaEv''

Curiously enough, cotton has al
ways been the political "cry-baby"
of American agricultural politics.
Pleas for it, plans for it, special
Legislation and every conceivable
kind of paternalism, are put for
ward. Regulations of every con-
ceivable kind, designed to hamper
everybody in the trade except the
planter, have been urged with an
obstinacy grown chronic and thun-
derous in their insistence. Wet
nursing till dotage is what its polit-
ico-farmer friends seem to want for
the fibre-in the bale.
And yet only last year, when the
value Of cotton to the planter was
compared as between 1914 and 1917,
not IN terms of money equivalent per
pound, but in the amount of con-
sumable goods that cotton will pur-
chase, 1T was found that the cotton
grower was much better off than the
farmer who raised wheat and corn.
Cotton to the Teutons should he
rationed-controlled. Let America
go to the apostles of the gospel os
and say: mo cotton
until restitution and restoration ars
complete TO the last spindle, loom
and pfennig.~ 4
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

association has invited the coopera-
ton of the Master Cotton Spinners'
Association of England. This bodv
will proceed to investigate how the
United States can best contribute
to reconstruct and equip the tex
tile centres destroyed by the Ger
man invaders.
In sum, the Teuton is heapino
up, day after day, a mass of incop
trovertible proof that in order 10
try to mitigate the full penalty for
incendiarism, thievery and wreck
ing, he intends, with his ingrained
mental clunsiness, to employ as
many of his contemplate attributes
as he may think will serve the end
OF perpetuating the ruin of his late
opponents and eliminate them as
competitors in international marts.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

This "Commissarial," which di-
vided itself into nineteen sub-depart-
ments, has one consisting of fifteen
members dealing exclusively with
cotton. 1t is charged with the duty
of working to create those condi-
tions which will make it possible to
pass through the period of war in
dustries rehabilitation with the
least economic disturbances, so far
as raw cotton is concerned.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Allied Controlled
Cotton Production

Raw cotton for all practical pur-
poses is under the permanent con-
troll of America and the nations as
soclated with her in the war. This
is readily seen from a general s1r-
vey of world production.
Before the war the situation was
something like this The Allies used
some 2o,25o,000 bales, of the total
annual production, of which the
United States raised a crop of a.
100000 and the British Empire T :
100000 bales.
During the same crop year over
Zo,25o,OOo bales were spun in the
Allied countries, being used as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Ho'o Spinning
Spindes 4re Distributed

cotton manufacturing in tho
United States merits rather de-
TAILED examination, for, although the
Southern states of this country have
come close to dominating the inter-
national raw cotton market, they
are not by any means to be disrc-
garded as spinners of cotton. To
examine from sundry angles the
position the South holds as COM
pared with the Northern division Of
the trade is interesting, instructive
and essential to a complete review
of the world cotton trade.
1914 COMPARISON UNITED srArrc
NORTH AND SOUTH
North. South
Number of cotton
Number of spindes 1S,247l4l 1956S gon
Number of looms 409017 o62 $50
Number Of wage
earners ........ 1891 159.ao
Number of wage
earners per 1000
spindIes ......; 12.7 1876
Cotton consumed
value Of products 900 $3.50 csseSe cas. 900
Value of product
per pound of cot
ton used d'.... 29.4 cents. 17.6 cents
Bales of cotton
used per cstab-
ishment twelve
months) ....... 1885 4-9S
Cotton used per
spindle per an
mum (pounds) -. 7215 150.o5
Value of product
per spindle per
annum ....... s22.77 s22.2s
Value of product
per establishment
\, per annum.. $647,4o3 st19 SIS
Number of opera
tives per estab-
lishment .... ass o3o
Number of spindlcs
per establish
ment .......... 2S.i20 1880
Number of looms
per establish
ment ......... s22 S95
Going back to 1911-'12 and COM
pairing that season with the wear
1916'17, notable changes are seen to
have taken place in the distribu-
tion of the American cotton crops.
Whereas in the former season the
mills of the United States used ONLY
33 per cent Of the years crop, in
19l6-'17 their share of the takings
reached Sd per cent Of the total
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

The fourteen manufacturing ma
tions ranks as follows in the num-
Der of bales used per spindle. The
number of bales used by each 1000
spindles being taken as the factor
of comparisons:
Bales Used Per 1000 Spindles
CT. Britain 1850 Italy. I'll. .73
Canada 1870 Belgium :. 172.4
France. .136.45 u. S. 1886
Germany 1919 Portugal. .215.83
Brazil. ... 1890 Russia .272.3O
Spain. .170.39 India. .357.94
Austria. 17O.52 *Japan. .69O.63
Japanese factories, AS a rule,
work day and night shifts-twenty-
two hours a day, six days a week.
This accounts for the comparatively
large quantities Of cotton used by
her mills. The number of bales
per 1000 spindles," though en-
ployed officially, is not, however,
a precise measure of the weight in
pounds consumed per spindle, al
though it furnishes a close enough
comparison for our present pur-
pose.
AS showing some of the discre-
pancies due to this method of COM
parison, the factories of Japan and
India get almost all the cotton they
use from India, whose bales average
only about 410 pounds each. On the
other hand, Brazilian cotton used by
the mills of that republic average
but 80 pounds to the bale, while the
average bale of Egyptian cotton
weighs $50 pounds. The American
standard bales weigh 500 pounds
each. At any rate, this basis of
the number Of bales a thousand spin
dies is the standard adopted by the
international Federation of Master
Cotton Spinners' Associations and
used in their annual reports.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

permitted to operate the tex
~ tile machinery stolen from
France, Belgium and Po-
land with cotton grown in the
United States or in the lands of
the Allied countries?
This is momenrous question re-
quil'ing a prudent answer. An an
swer which must come out Of the
Paris conference. 1t will be by
no means overlooked by the public
Of the Allied countries when the
details of Reconstruction" are
agreed upon.
The world has now to face the
task of getting back to normal
again, and in that enterprise cot
ton viii be one of the raw mate
rials of major Importance. Few
realize the significance of cotton
in the sphere of human activities.
1t concerns every human being. 1t
meets man at the cradle and goes
with him to the grave. The fibre
also forms the scanty clothing of
hundreds of millions of the poorest
people of the world. Cotton is vital
to industry. There is no subst-
tute for it. And Americans should
remember that the United States
produces the larger part of the
worlds supply.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
est Reparation From the Germans

1880 to 1900 was 33.8 cents a pound,
our total exports in the ten years
averaged only the equivalent of
23,400 standard 500-pound bales per
annum.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

standard of 44 bales to the metric
ton. More than IS per cent of these
came from the United States, the
exact figures, in bales, being:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
as Club to Wrest r

10 per cent of the cotton. Scat
tered among other nations, $685.
600 spindles were at work, being
the remaining A per cent, and these
spun 100000 bales, or AZ per
cent of the total factory consump-
ton.
The number of cotton factories
in each of the leading countries be-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

we were not always dominant as
cotton growers. Indeed, now that
the American crop has reached it's
present great proportions it seems
like fairy tale to read in "The
Magazine Of American History of
A. u. lsoo, that "when the uncle of
the founder of the Sheffield Scien-
titfc School at Yale College took
250 bales of cotton from Charleston.
5. G., to Liverpool, at the beginning
OF last century, the dealers would
not at first believe that his cotton
was from this country"
Nor in the light of our present
large production does it seem pos
sible that, although the average
price of the staple over the wears
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

~ HALL the Central Powers be
~ permitted to operate the tex
~ tile machinery stolen from
France, Belgium and Po-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

as newly grown C
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
By William Whittam

E1ormorly Special Agent IN Great
M Britain, u. S. Department
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

Total 2,1O2 ,95S
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

annunl,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
TO DEVELOP AIR SERVICE.

Capt. Charles ]. Glidden, an officer
In the U. s. Air Service, Military Aero
nautics, stated in Washington, this
week:
"All men who wish to take part in
the development of the nations air SER
vice as an aviator or dirlglble balloon
pilot, chauffeur, mechanic or work at
some thirty other trades required in
the air service, by sending their name
and address Immediately to the De-
partment Air Service Officer, 1Oi
Broad Street, New York, N. Y, will
receive an important communication
on the subject which l have prepared,
after serving as an officer several
months in the United States army fly
ing school at Southfield, Americas,
Georgia, and the United States Army
balloon school at Fort Omaha, Ne
braSka."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
DELEGATES ADOPT
REVISED COVENANT
AGREE TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
PLAN WITHOUT DIVISION OR
AMENDMENT.
French and Japanese Amendments
Withdrawn After Formal State
rnents Are Made.-ltaIy Not
Represented at Session.

Paris.-The covenant of the league
Of nations in revised form, moved by
President Wilson, was adopted on
April % by the peace conference in
plenary session without a dissenting
vote.
The presidents motion also named
Sir James Eric Drummond as secre-
tary general of the league and pro-
vided for a committee to inaugurate
the league.
Thus one of the notable works of
the conference passes its final stage
and is incorporated in the peace treaty.
The French and Japanese amend
ments, after brief discussion, were
not pressed and the way was thus
cleared for unanimous acceptance of
the league.
Italy was not represented at the
session, but the name of Italy appears
as one of the members of the leaguf
in the covenant as finally adopted
Nine labor principles were adopted
for insertion in the treaty.
President Wilson was recognized at
the outset for a detailed explanation
of the new covenant of the league.
His speech was without oratorical eff
feet and confirmed the explanation
of the textual changes, and named
Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Spain on
the league council and also on the
committee to prepare plans for the
first meeting of the league.
Baron Maxine, head of the Japanese
delegation, in brief speech called re-
newed attention to the Japanese
amendment on racial equality. He
said that the race question was a
standing grievance. which might be-
come a dangerous issue at any time,
and announced that an effort would
be made to have the principle of
racial equality adopted as part of the
document.
Paul Hymans, representing Belgium,
expressed the regret of the Belgian
people at the selection of Geneva as
the seat of the league of nations, while
approving the high aims of the league.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Dry Area In India.

I A concession of considerable impor.
lance and potentially has been grant
ed to Calcutta as an experimental
measure by the excise authorities of
the representation made by the Cal.
cutta Temperance federation, support
ed by local public opinion. 1t has now
been decided that certain area in
this town should be made into a dry
area. This area, which may be called
the educational area, includes within
1t the Calcutta university, all the
large colleges and schools, represent
ing about 10000 young men, graduates
and undergraduates, four important
public squares, and a number of hos
pitfalls, churches, mosques and tenn
pies; and the authorities have ruled
that all grog-shOps and drug shops
shall be removed form this area for a
year at present.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
AMERICA TO FEED THE WORLD
United States to Send Foodstuffs to
War Stricken Europe.

Paris.-In the harvest year from
August, 1918, to August, 1919, Europe
must import 29,00O,0OO tons of food
stuffs from overseas and to meet this
there is available total of about 3d.
100000 tons, Herbert G. Hoover, chair
man of the food section Of the 'su-
preme economic council, said on April
81, in reviewing the present world food
situation. The supply available is suf-
ficient to meet the needs of Europe
but shipping conditions are not satis-
factory on account of strikes in many
countries and, as result, there is no
question that the entire American sur
plus will be absorbed.
1--WE are now at the worst phase Of
the European famine that was newt
able after This world war;" Mr.. Hoover
said.
The United States, Mr.. Hoover con-
tinued, will supply to Europe during
the year ending next August, food
stuffs vailed at $2,500,OO0OOO.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Government SAFE
ON ITS GUARANTEE
GRAIN CORPORATION OFFICIALS
ARE CONFIDENT OF THE
SAFETY OF PLAN.
Federal Wheat Director Declares That
Crop Indications Are That Wheat
Will Be Traded In on a Fair
Price Basis.

New York.-Officers of the grain
corporation announced on April 20
their conviction, at the close of three
day conference to determine policies
for the coming year, that the govern
ment price guarantee to wheat growers
could be made effective without en-
1angering the market or causing loss
to the national treasury.
julius III. Barnes, president of the
corporation and federal wheat director
declared that crop indications were
that wheat would be traded in on the
government fair price basis. 1t will
be possible, he added, that the market
generally might be above the fixed
price schedule, in which event the
wheat director would not be influenced
In trading, as congress adopted no
maximum price policy.
In case crop exceeding the de-
mand required government purchases
and resales in order to make good the
difference between the market price
and the farmers guarantee, Mr..
Barnes said the conference recognized
the necessity of measures to insure re-
Election of the resale rate to conspm-
ers of bread.
However, with the spring wheat sea-
sop two weeks late, indicating a de-
creased acreage offsetting the fore
cast record-breaking winter crop, the
director asserted there was a lessened
chance that the. country would produce
"the very large exportable surplus of
wheat popularity expected"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Four Kinds of People.

There are four kinds of people II
this world:
(a) Those who are grouchy at home
and pleasant everywhere else.
o. Those who are pleasant al
home and grouchy elsewhere.
(c) Those who are pleasant both al
home and elsewhere.
(d) Those who are grouchy every
where.
Glass (a) are as the sands Of the
sea.
Glass (b) are rare.
Glass (c) are rarer.
Glass (d) are public and private
Observation-Disclosures Gi,lilan.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Catarrh cannot he cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
Catarrh is local disease, greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditiong. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is composed. OF some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
OF the ingredients In HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE 10 what produces such won
oerful results In catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c, Testimonials free.
z. ]. Cheney & Co.. Props, Toledo. o.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

Vegetable Compound cured me so did
not need the operation, and ! am telling
all my friends about it-"-Mrs. A. w.
BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
1t is just such experiences as that Of
Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy household word
from ocean to ocean Any woman who
suffers from Inflammation, liberation,
displacements, backache, nervousness,
irregularities or " the blues" should
not rest until she has given it trial,
and for special advice write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
RELINoUIsH CONTROL OF WIRES
5urIeson Has Recommended That
Cables Be Returned to Owners,

5urIeson Has Recommended That
Cables Be Returned to Owners.
Washington. - The government is
preparing to relinquish control next
month of American cable lines and to
restore the telegraph and telephone
systems to private ownership immedi-
ately after enactment by congress OF
laws necessary to safeguard the prop
critics.
Postmaster General Burleson, as d.
recting head of the wire communica-
ton service taken over as a war
measure, announced on April % he
had recommended to President Wilson
that the cables be turned back forth
with, probably not later than May 10.
An hour later the postmaster general
gave out statement saying he would
recommend that the telegraph and
telephone service be returned to prl-
vate owners, contingent, however, up
on financial protection to be obtained
from congress.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
B0SCHEE'S SYRUP

Will quiet your cough. soothe the In.
f1ammation of sore throat and lungs,
stop Irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring a good nights rest. free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
In the morning. Made and sold 10
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription. assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing Off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil.
lied countries.-Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Enemy Trading List withdrawn

Washington. Withdrawal of the
enemy trading list, established under
the trading with the enemy act to
prevent trade and communication be-
tween the United States and persons
in neutral countries suspected of serv-
ing the enemy interests, was an
nounced Sunday by the war trade
board in accordance with a decision
of the interallied economic council,
Cancellation of the list is effective
April 20.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

Portland.-R. L. Francis. assistant
purchasing agent for the federal rail-
road administration, Southern Pacific
lines, has begun placing orders for
railroad ties to aggregate 20.OOO,OOO
feet among the mills of the northwest,
1t was announced Monday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Rurleson and eompers Clash.

Washington. - Postmaster General
Burleson, in statement Sunday night
defended his administration of the
postoffice department and his policy
in operating government-controll tel
ephone and telegraph systems against
charges made by Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

saved me from an
operation, / cannot
say enough in praise
oft. Isufered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me 80
! could hardly be up
from my bed, and ]
was unable to do my
homework. ] had
the best doctors In
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, but
lydia 10. Pinkham'a
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Just Talk.

"Wombat, your wife is talking about
going to Europe next summer"
"Well, 1t doesn't cost any more to
talk about going to Europe than II
does to talk about going to Hornet
Crossroads. And that's where we're
going. Courler-Journal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Haywood to be Released on Bond.

Chicago.-Bonds of $4,000 for the
release of William ID. Haywood, gen.
eral secretary and organizer of the l.
w. W., serving sentence in Leaven-
worth prison for violation of the
espionage law, have been signed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
snewstorm Visits Britain.

London Following period of per-
feet spring weather, one of the worst
storms in some time ragged over the
British isles Sunday night, covering
the country with from four to six
inches of snow.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Eisner's SLAYER Killed by Moo.

Berne.-Count Arco Valley, who as
sassinated Kurt Elmer. the Bavarian
premier, at Munich, February 81. and
has since been in a hospital there after
an attempted lynching by mob, was
recently dragged from the hospital by
Spartacan crowd and killed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Pilot FaIls in Rurnlna Piano.

New York.-With his clothing ablaze
and flames rapidly mounting toward
his face, Paul L. Ferron, 81, an avis
tor in the government mail service
volplaned 1000 feet to earth at Belmont
park and escaped death.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
On the Job.

HE had clever way of getting
votes"
so? What was it?"
Passed out cigars to the women"
Il should think that would have Of
Tended them"
mot at all. Told them to take
them home to their husbands, and they
all fell for the plan"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Hlchoook,s Hal in the Rinn.

Washington.-With Senator Hitch
cocks hat in the ring, the density of
presidential candidates. in the United
States senate has reached such de-
gree as to suggest the formation of the
senatorial league of favorite sons"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Adaptahle.

II see you have quit using long
words in your speeches.
Had to quit" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. my new stenographer can't
spell 'em."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Greek Schools Closed BY Italians

Saloniki.-The Italian government
has closet all the Greek schools in
Argyrocastro, northern Epirus and has
sent 100 Italian school teachers there
according to Information received by
the Hellas, Greek newspaper.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Conviction Is Sustained.

Washington.-Con of w f.
Hallowell In Oregon on charges or as
Ing the matls to defraud was, in ef-
feet. sustained by the supreme court,
Thich refused to review h's case.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Paris Fair Is onened.

Paris.-The Paris fair, which Ger
man long-range guns and air raids
made impossible last year, WAS for
nally opened on April IS by President
PoincGre and other government and
Elunlc.pal officlals.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
Horrors.

Il wouldn't kiss that dog If were
you"
"Oh, Fido is washed every day"
'"That may be, but as 1 came up the
walk he has just caught a rat"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02
To Have a clear sweet skIn.

Touch pimples, redness, roughneal
or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint
ment, then battle with Cuticura SOAP
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

Age sometimes brings wisdom teeth,
according to the price we can Oxford to
pay the dentist.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

Keep your liver active, your bowels clean
you'll keep healthy, wealthy and wise. Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

Come to think of 1t we can't remem
Der ever seeing a mudslinger with
clean hands.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

For a merciless critic commend US,
to the successful author.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-05-02

The water shark bites a mans leg
off, but the land shark merely pulls It.